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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 



Stewards to be directly or indirectl}' under the care, training, management, or 

 superintendence of a person whose default has been twice published in the 

 Racing Calendar, shall be qualified to be entered or run for any race, and so 

 long as any horse is in the Forfeit List, such horse shall not be qualified to be 

 entered or run for any race. The disabilities under this rule extend to all arrears 

 officially notified by a recognised Turf authority of any country. 



no, A corrected Alphabetical Index of the horses and owners in the last 

 Forfeit List shall be published in the first Calendar of every month. Such 

 monthly list shall commence not less than three years before the time at which 

 it is published, and shall be carried down to and include the latest Forfeit List 

 which has been published in the Sheet Calendar as above mentioned. 



111. If a horse which, or the owner of which, is in the Forfeit List be entered 

 for any race, the nominator of such horse shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 

 50 sov. 



Weights, Penalties, and Allowances. 



112. Weights. — (i) No horse shall carry less than lost in a Hurdle Race or 

 Steeple Chase (except in a Handicap Steeple Chase of three miles and a half, or 

 upwards, when the lowest weight may be Qst 7lb). nor less than list in a 

 National Hunt flat race. 



(ii) Catch weights are only permissible for matches or private sweepstakes. 



113. Penalties. — In estimating the amount a horse has won in any one or 

 more races, account shall be taken of cups or moneys, whether derived from 

 stakes, bonus, or any other source, gained by him in steeple chases, hurdle races, 

 and National Hunt flat races, in any country, of the value of 20 sov. or upwards, 

 but in the case of welter flat races, only of winnings in such races and in others 

 to which the " Rules of Racing " apply, deducting only his own stake and 

 entrance. Winnings during the year shall include all prizes from the 1st of 

 January preceding, to the time appointed for the start, and winning shall include 

 dividing, walking-over, or receiving forfeit. 



A Challenge Cup is not estimated in the value of a race until it is finally won, 

 provided the sweepstakes or added money amount to 20 sov. or upwards, but when 

 won outright the winner must carry a penalty in respect of the full value of the 

 Cup and money prize. 



Penalties for winning a fixed sum shall be understood to mean for winning 

 it in one race unless specified to the contrar}^ 



114. No horse shall carry extra weight for having run second, or in any lower 

 place in a race. 



115. Extra weight shall not be incurred in respect of matches or private 

 sweepstakes. 



116. Penalties are not cumulative unless so declared by the conditions of the 

 race. 



117. Where winners of selling races are exempted from penalties, only such 

 horses as have run to be sold, shall be entitled to the exemption. 



118. When any race is in dispute, both the horse that came in first and any 

 hoise claiming the race, shall be liable to all the penalties attaching to the 

 winner of that race until the matter be decided. 



For penalties on dividing after dead heats, see Dead Heats. 



119. All penalties and allowances shall be calculated according to the 

 amount of the value of each race as reported in the Racing Calendar. 



120. Allowances. — No horse shall receive allowance of weight or be relieved 

 from extra weight, for having been beaten in one or more races ; Provided that 

 this rule shall not prohibit miaiden allowances, or allowances to horses that have 

 not won within a specified time, or races of a specified value. 



121. Allowances to the produce of untried horses are for the produce of horses 

 whose produce never won a race in any country. 



122. Allowances are cumulative unless otherwise specified. 



123. No horse shall be entitled to allowance of weight for being half-bred. 



Weighing Out, Exhibiting Numbers, etc. 



124. The IVeighing Room. — No person shall, without special leave from the 



