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in the name of the owner instead of that of the nominator, and the Stewards may, 

 under special circumstances, grant permission for a horse to run in the name of 

 the trainer. The Clerk of the Course shall, in such latter case, make a report tO' 

 the Registry Office, stating the grounds upon which the permission was granted. 



24. The Clerk of the Course shall make a return to the Registry Office of any 

 Deputy Steward or official appointed, of all complaints to and decisions of the 

 Stewards, of all fines inflicted, and of all horses sold or claimed. 



25. The Clerk of the Course shall have in his possession, for the information 

 of the Stewards, a list of persons warned off Newmarket Heath, and of suspended 

 jockeys, and also a copy of the latest Monthly Forfeit List, and he shall not allow 

 any horse which, or the owner or nominator of which, is in the Forfeit List to- 

 start for any race. 



26. Handicapper. — The Handicapper shall append to the weights for every handi- 

 cap the day and hour from which winners will be liable to a penalty, and no alteration 

 shall be made after publication, except that, by express permission of the Stewards,, 

 a weight may be affixed to a horse duly entered whose name or weight has been 

 omitted from the handicap. 



27. No handicapper shall handicap at any other meeting held during the same 

 week, except by express permission of the Stewards of the Jockey Club. He must 

 attend the meeting either personally or by licensed deputy. The name of the 

 handicapper attending the meeting shall appear in the Calendar containing the 

 report. 



28. Stakeholder. — The Stakeholder shall not allow a jockey to be weighed out 

 for any horse until such horse's stake for that race, and the forfeits for every horse 

 belonging to the same owner, or standing in his name, the jockey's fee, and any 

 arrears claimed under these rules, have been paid, or the Stakeholder shall himself 

 be liable : Provided that he shall not be liable for arrears in respect of a meeting 

 elsewhere than the plare at which the race is run, unless notice of such arrears 

 being overdue has been published in the Forfeit List, or delivered in writing, 

 signed by the party claiming the arrears, to him, and to the person indebted, 

 before ten in the evening preceding the race. 



29. The Stakeholder shall at the expiration of fifteen days after the meeting- 

 render an account and pay over all stakes and added money to the persons entitled, 

 and at the same time notify at the Registry Office all arrears, and one month 

 before the publication of the next available Forfeit List he shall further notify at 

 the Registry Office all arrears then remaining unpaid, for publication therein. 



30. Clerk of the Scales. — The Clerk of the Scales shall exhibit the number (as 

 allotted on the official card) of each horse for which a jockey has been weighed out» 

 and shall forthwith furnish the starter with a list of such numbers, and the numbers 

 shall not be taken down till the horses are started. 



31. If extra, or special, weight be declared for any horse, such weight shall be 

 exhibited with the number, also any declaration to win, or alteration of colours. 



32. He shall in all cases weigh in the riders of the horses placed by the Judge 

 and report to the Stewards any jockey not presenting himself to be weighed in. 



33. The Clerk of the Scales shall always put 2lb extra into the scale to prove 

 that the horse has not carried too much weight. 



34. He shall at the close of each day's racing send a return to the Registry 

 Office of the weights carried in every race and the names of the jockeys, specifying 

 over-weight if any. 



35. The Starter. — The Starter shall give all orders necessary for securing a fair 

 start. The horses must be started from a walk, and also, as far as possible, in a 

 line, but they may be started at such reasonable distance behind the starting post 

 as the Starter thinks necessary. 



36. Any jockey presuming to start, or even to put his horse into a trot or 

 canter, with a view to take any advantage, before the flags are dropped, wilfully 

 turning his horse round, not starting when the flags are dropped, hanging behind, 

 or refusing to obey the commands of the starter in any respect whatever, shall be 

 reported to the Stewards. 



37. A start in front of the starting-post, or on a wrong course, or before the ap- 

 pointed time, is void, and the horses must be started again as soon as practicable. 



38. The Starter shall report to the Stewards the time at which each race was 



