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room was placed under the superintendence of Messrs. John 

 Day and Death, subject to the direction of the Earl of 

 Rosslyn. Printed rules and regulations were posted up, and 

 penalties inflicted for breaking them ; notice was given " that 

 all defaulters in respect of stakes, forfeits, or bets on horse 

 racing were to be peremptorily excluded during any meeting 

 on the Heath, and if any one gained admittance, on being 

 pointed out to the Master of H.M. Buckhounds or the Clerk 

 of the Course, he was to be expelled by force, if necessary, 

 unless he could produce satisfactory proof that he had dis- 

 charged all such obligations. The Stewards also gave notice 

 that every such defaulter should not be permitted to name, 

 enter, or run, either in his own name or that of any other 

 person, any horse of which he was either in whole or in 

 part owner, for any Cup, Plate, Match, or Sweepstakes, 

 at any meeting on the Heath ; and in order to prevent 

 defaulters in regard to stakes, forfeits, or bets upon horse 

 racino', from evadinof this reo^ulation, the Master of H.M. 

 Buckhounds or one of the Stewards of the Jockey Club, if 

 there was reason to suspect that an evasion was intended, 

 could call upon the nominator to produce satisfactory testi- 

 mony that the horse named was not the property in whole 

 or in part of any person in default ; and if the nominator 

 refused or failed to produce such satisfactory testimony, 

 then the Master of the Buckhounds or Stewards of the 

 Jockey Club were to order the nomination to be erased." 



A most excellent rule was that which prevented trainers, 

 jockeys, etc., save those having the privilege of entry, from 

 riding inside the rails. Another regulation compelled trainers 

 to saddle in front of the stands and return to the same spot 

 after the race, and for this purpose a large space to the 



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