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started : and shall also report by whom, or by what cause, any delay was occa- 

 sioned. 



39. The Judge. — The judge, or his authorised substitute, must occupy the 

 judge's box at the time the horses pass the winning post. He must announce his 

 decision immediately, and such decision shall be final, unless an objection to the 

 winner, or any placed horses, is made and sustained : Provided that this rule shall 

 not prevent a judge from correcting any mistake, such correction being subject to 

 confirmation by the Stewards. 



40. The judge shall, at the close of each day's racing, sign and send a report 

 of the result of each race to the Registry Office. 



Regulations for Race Meetings. 



41. All Race-courses must be licensed, and all meetings sanctioned, by the 

 Stewards of the Jockey Club. 



42. The conditions of every race before closing, and the full programme of 

 every meeting, before it takes place, must be advertised in the " Racing 

 Calendar," and no alteration can be made in the conditions of any race after the 

 last advertisement. 



43. The last rule shall not preclude the addition of more money to a race be- 

 fore the time of closing, or of a new race to the programme of a meeting subse- 

 quent to the publication of the last Calendar issued previous to the meeting being 

 held. 



44. The Stewards of the Jockey Club may at their discretion prohibit the 

 advertisement of any race or meeting in the " Racing Calendar," or call upon the 

 Stewards to alter or expunge any conditions, even after advertisement. 



45. At every meeting advertised in the " Racing Calendar," one-half at least 

 of the total amount guaranteed for prizes shall be apportioned to races of a mile 

 or over for three-years-old or upwards, and of this half not less than a moietv 

 shall be for races of a mile and a quarter or upwards ; but where more than one 

 Meeting is held at the same place during the current racing season the apportion- 

 ment may be calculated over each Meeting, or over all the Meetings ; pro- 

 vided that in the case of Meetings where races are already closed, the Stewards of 

 the Jockey Club shall have power to relax the above Rule as to the apportion- 

 ment of the money. No two-3'ears-old shall run in any race with more than 200 

 sov. added before the ist of June. 



46. There shall be no race of less distance than five furlongs. 



47. The programme of each day shall be subject to the following regula- 

 tions : — 



(i) There shall be at least two races of a mile or upwards of the minimum 

 aggregate distance of two miles and a half. These races must differ at least 

 one furlong in distance, and they shall fill with five entries. Neither of these 

 races shall be open to two-years-old ; and one of them shall be neither a handicap 

 nor a race with selling conditions. 



(ii) There shall not be more than two races, to which three-years-old or 

 upwards are admitted, of less than seven furlongs, and of these two races only one 

 may be less than six furlongs. 



(iii) Of the races confined to two-years-old, there shall not be more than two 

 races a day before September 1st, nor more than three a day at any time. 



(iv) Matches and private sweepstakes may be sanctioned by the Stewards, in- 

 dependent of the above regulations. 



48. The advertisements must state the days on which the meeting is to be 

 held, the dates for closing the stakes, the names of the persons to receive nomina- 

 tions and declarations of forfeit, and a place or places for the entry for every race, 

 the dates when weights for the handicaps will be published and when forfeits will 

 be due, and, before the time fixed for closing (races for future years excepted), the 

 names of two or more persons as Stewards, and of the Judge, Starter, Clerk of the 

 Course, Handicapper, Stakeholder, and Clerk of the Scales. 



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