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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 



(c) Persons not qualified as "Gentlemen Riders" or "Farmers," who are 

 desirous of becoming "Qualified Riders," must send their names in for election, 

 with the names of their proposer and seconder, who must be members of the 

 National Hunt Committee, to the Registry Office for publication in at least one 

 Calendar before the day of election. The names of persons elected must be 

 submitted annually to the Committee, at the General Meeting on the second 

 Monday in December, for re-election. The fee to be paid on election, or re- 

 election, is I sov. 



93. Should any Qualified Rider subsequently ride for hire, or appear in the 

 Forfeit List, or be reported b}' the Committee of the Subscription Rooms at New- 

 market, or at Tattersall's, as being a defaulter for bets lost on horse racing, he 

 will lose his qualification, and if a qualified rider by election, his name will be 

 erased from the list of Qualified Riders. 



94. Jockeys' Licences^ etc. — (i) No jockey shall, after the last day of the week in 

 which he has first ridden, ride in any race until he shall have obtained a licence 

 from the Stewards of the National Hunt Committee. Such licence must be 

 obtained annually, on application with full name and address, at the Registry 

 Office, and will only be granted on the condition that a jockey is not an owner, or 

 part owner, of any race horse. Under exceptional circumstances, leave may be 

 granted to Jockeys who are also trainers, to own one or more horses, provided that 

 such horse, or horses, are trained in their own stables. 



(ii) Any person who shall employ a jockey in contravention of this rule shall 

 be liable to be fined by the Stewards of the National Hunt Committee. 



(iii) A list of the licenced jockeys shall be published annually in the Racing 

 Calendar. 



(iv) Every jockey shall pay i sov. for his licence, to be applied as his subscrip- 

 tion to the Bentinck Benevolent and Provident Fund. 



(v) No jockey whose licence has been withdrawn, or refused on the ground of 

 misconduct, will be eligible to ride trials, or be allowed in any weighing room, 

 stand, or enclosure, during the time his suspension from riding continues. 



95. Jockeys' Retainers. — In the absence of special agreement, a jockey's retainer 

 terminates at the end of the current year. The agreed retaining fee must be paid 

 in advance in respect of each year. 



The terms of all agreements shall be registered, and a fee of 5s. paid. 



96. Employers retaining the same jockey have precedence according to the 

 priority of their retainers. 



97. The Stewards of the National Hunt Committee may adjudicate between 

 persons claiming the services of any jockey, and upon disputes between jockeys 

 and their employers, and have power to cancel any agreement between them, 



98. Jockeys' Fees. — In the absence of special agreement to ride for a lower sum, 

 the fee to a winning jockey shall be 10 sov. in steeple chases and hurdle races, and 

 5 sov. in welter flat races, and to a losing jockey, 5 sov., and 3 sov. respectively, 

 and no further charge shall be made, except when requested to leave home for the 

 purpose of riding, in which case the cost of travelling expenses, and I sov. a day 

 for living may be charged to the owner, or divided between the owners, at whose 

 request he left home. 



All jockeys' fees shall be paid to the Stakeholder at the same time as the stakes 

 except under a private arrangement with the jockey, in which case notification 

 must have been previously made at the Registry Office, or to the Stakeholder, for 

 transmission thereto. 



99. Stable Lads. — (i) No trainer shall engage any stable servant who has pre- 

 viously been in a training stable, without referring to his last employer, and 

 receiving a satisfactory reply in writing. 



(ii) Any trainer infringing this rule and continuing to employ such servant 

 after notice has been served on him by his late employer, or through the Registry 

 Office, shall be reported to the Stewards of the National Hunt Committee. 



(iii) Any servant prevented by this rule trom obtaining or retaining emplo}'- 

 ment shall have the right of appeal to the Stewards of the National Hunt 

 Committee. 



