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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 



A " cup " is any prize not given in money. 



The " Forfeit List " is a record of arrears published under the sanction of the 

 Turf authorities of the United Kingdom, 



A " handicap " is a race in which the weights to be carried by the horses are 

 adjusted by the handicapper for the purpose of equalising their chances of 

 winning. 



A " free handicap " is one in which no liability for stake or forfeit is incurred 

 until acceptance. 



A " Nursery handicap " is one confined to two years old horses. 



A " post race " is a race for which a person may, under one subscription, enter 

 two or more horses, and run any one or more of them as the conditions prescribe. - 



A " produce race '' is one to be run for by the produce of the horses named or 

 described at the time of entry. 



A " selling race " is one, the conditions of which require that every horse run- 

 ning, if a loser, may be claimed, and if the winner, must be offered for sale by 

 auction, or be liable to be claimed. 



A " weight-for-age " race is any race which is not a handicap or a selling race. 



The "nominator" is the person in whose name a horse is entered for a race, 



" Owner " includes " part owner " or " lessee, " 



'• Authorised agent" means an agent appointed by a document signed by the 

 owner and lodged at the Registry Office, or, if for a single meeting only, with the 

 Clerk of the Course. "Authorised agent" includes sub-agent, if authority to ap- 

 point a sub-agent, is provided by the document. 



'* Arrears " are any sums unpaid.in respect of fines, compensation, fees, entrance 

 money, stakes, subscriptions, forfeits, and purchase money in races A\ith selling 

 conditions. 



The " time of entry " means the time fixed for closing. 



•' Started " — Every horse shall be considered as having started which is under 

 the Starter's orders when the advance flag has been raised. 



Calculation of Time. 



2. When the last day for doing an5'thing under these rules falls on a Sunday, it 

 may be done on the following Monday, unless a race to which such act relates is 

 appointed for that day, in which case it must be done on the previous Saturday. 



3. " A Month " means a calendar month : " a Day " means twenty-four hours, 



4. Racing Season. — No race shall be run earlier than in the week which includes 

 the 25th of March unless that be the one next before Easter Sunday, in which case 

 races may be run in the week preceding, nor later than in the week which includes 

 the 22nd of November, but in the interval between the last and first named weeks 

 the Jockey Club will sanction weight-for-age races for four years old and upwards 

 over a distance of two miles and upwards, with a minimum weight of gst 7lb, and 

 of not less value than ;^200, such races not to be selling races, and to be under the 

 authority of the National Hunt Committee, 



Stewards of Meetings. 



5. There must be at least two Stewards for every meeting. 



6. Each Steward may appoint a deput}' at any time, or if there be only one 

 Steward present he shall, in case of necessity, appoint one or more persons to act 

 v.'ith him. If none of the Stewards are present, the Clerk of the Course shall 

 request two or more persons to act during the absence of such Stewards. 



7. Powers of the Stewards, — The Stewards of a meeting have full power to make 

 (and if necessary to vary) all such arrangements for the conduct of the meeting as 

 they think fit, and, under special circumstances, to put off any races from day to 

 day until a Sunday intervene. 



8. The Stewards have control over, and they and the Stewards of the Jockey 

 Club have free access to, all stands, rooms, enclosures, and other places used for 

 the purposes of ihf! meeting. 



9. They shall exclude from all places under their control : — 

 (i.) Every person who is warned off Newmarket Heath. 



