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of subscribers, if the said sweepstakes be re- 

 opened, none of the names of the original LQb- 

 scribers can be left in without their renewed 

 consent ; and after the terms of a sweejDstakes 

 have been published and nominations made, the 

 engagements would become void by any alteration 

 of weights, distance, or of the day fixed, without 

 the concurrence of every subscriber. 



Before a sweepstakes closes, a subscriber may 

 change a horse already named, but this rule does 

 not hold good in naming for a plate ; a nomination 

 for a plate pays entrance money ; you cannot with- 

 draw it, but you may add any number of horses. 

 A horse cannot be entered for any stake or plate 

 after the specified time has elapsed, without a 

 general consent of the subscribers. 



When the Clerk of the Course sends a public 

 return of the races to the official register, he 

 should name the exact weight every horse carried. 



The Judge 



Should receive the list of the horses weighed from 

 the Clerk of the Scales, with the colours of the 

 riders. He should not allow any person or moving 

 object to touch the opposite winning post. When 

 the heat is over, he should write down the colour 



