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Horse Racing. 



Value of 

 prizes, how 

 LalculateA 



Winners of hurdle races are not considered 

 winners in flat racing. 



64. A horse walking over or receiving for- 

 feit, except for a matcli, is deemed a winner. 



65. In estimating the value of any prize no 

 deduction shall be made, except of the win- 

 ner's own stake and of any sum or sums re- 

 quired by the conditions to be paid out of the 

 stakes to the owners of any other horse or 

 horses in the race — the entrance for a plate 

 not to be deducted. And every prize, not in 

 specie, shall be estimated at its advertised 

 value in sovereigns, and if such value is not 

 designated, it shall be taken at the cost price. 



The winner of the Queen's Yase at Ascot 

 is exempt from any penalty for such winning, 

 unless this prize is specially mentioned in the 

 conditions of the race. 



Examination 

 of mouth. 



OhjecHons to Qdalification. 



^^y. When the age or qualification of a horse 

 is objected to, eitlier l^efore or after running 

 for any race, the Stewards, or those whom they 

 may appoint, shall have power to order an ex- 

 amination of the horse's mouth by competent 

 persons, and to call for all such evidence as 

 they may require, and their decision shall be 

 final, unless they shall sanction the removal 

 of the question in dispute into a Court of 

 Law. 



