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47. There shall be no restrictions with regard to training stables in the con- 

 ditions of any race. 



48. Alterations of Dates and Postponements. — The following provisions apply to 

 any alterations in the dates of holding a meeting, and to postponements — 



(i) The date for holding a meeting cannot be altered without the sanction of 

 the Stewards of the National Hunt Committee, unless the weather or ground be in 

 an unfit state for running, when a meeting or race may be postponed by the 

 Stewards of the meeting for any time not later than the end of the following week. 



(ii) In the latter case a certificate must be drawn up containing the reason for 

 postponement, and stating the day and hour when such decision was arrived at, 

 which shall not be before noon on the day preceding that on which the meeting 

 or race has been advertised to take place, or to which it may have been previously 

 adjourned ; such certificate must be signed by two of the Stewards, or by one 

 Steward and the Clerk of the Course, and at once dispatched to the Registry 

 Office. 



(iii) The meetings set out in Appendix A, shall not interfere with each other 

 by postponement except with the sanction of the Stewards of the National Hunt 

 Committee, who have the power to vary the list. 



Omitted Conditions. 



49. When the weights are omitted from the conditions of any race, the horses 

 shall carry I2st 7lb each, subject to penalties and allowances. If the horses be of 

 different age, the weights shall be fixed by the sanctioned scale given in Appendix B 



50. When no course is mentioned, it shall be as folloAvs : — 



If for three-years-old, two miles. 

 If for four-years-old, two miles and a half. 

 If for five-years-old, three miles. 

 If for six-years-old or upwards, four miles. 



If for horses of different ages, the course shall be fixed by the age of 

 the youngest. 



51. When no day is fixed for a race, it shall be run on the last day of the 

 meeting, unless otherwise agreed by all the parties engaged, and sanctioned by 

 the Stewards. 



Special Conditions applicable to Handicaps, Produce Races, and 

 Selling Races. 



52. Handicaps. — If in a handicap for which there is a minor forfeit declared 

 by a fixed time, the highest weight accepting was originally less than I2st 7lb, it 

 shall be raised to that weight, and the other acceptances equally. 



53. In handicaps there shall be no clause permitting an alteration of the 

 weights after publication by the claim of a selling allowance. 



54. Produce Races. — If the produce of a mare is dropped before the 1st of 

 January, or if there is no proauce, or if the produce is dead when dropped, the 

 entry of such mare is void if it is declared by the time prescribed in the conditions ; 

 if twins are dropped the nominator shall at the same prescribed time declare to 

 which of them the engagement attaches. 



55. Selling Races. — In a selling race, the lowest selling price shall in no case 

 be less than £^0. 



56. (i) Any horse running for any race " to be sold," shall, if the winner, be 

 liable to be claimed for the entered selling price by the owner of any other horse 

 starting in the race. 



(ii) If it is a condition of the race that the winner is to be sold by auction, the 

 sale shall take place immediately after the race, and the surplus, if any, over the 

 entered selling price shall be equally divided between the owner of the second 

 horse and the Race Fund. Any such sale by auction shall be subject to a right to 

 bid for, or to buy in such horse, on behalf of the seller. 



(iii) If sold, or bought in, the horse shall not leave the place of sale without 

 the written permission of the Clerk of the Course, and if the horse be not paid for, 

 or the price secured to the satisfaction of tiie Clerk of the Course within a quarter of 



