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a meeting’ of stewards and other members of the Jockey Club on the subject. 
There were present, the Earl of Stradbroke, the Duke of Rutland, the 
Marquis of Exeter, Colonel Peel, W. H. Irby, Esq., and Mr. Greville. A 
special meeting 1 of the Jockey Club took place subsequently, on the 25th of 
July. He gave letters to his clerk to be put in the Post-office in consequence 
of these meetings. 
Robert King Smart proved the sending of the following letter : — 
“ 7 , Oxendon-street , July 7 , 1841. 
“Sir, — I am directed by the Stewards of the Jockey Club, to request your 
attendance on Wednesday next, at 1 o’clock, in pursuance of the following 
resolution passed at a general meeting of the club on the 5th instant : — 
“‘That the stewards do summon before them the persons who refuse to 
pay the money lost by them to Mr. Gurney on his Epsom account, and that 
those who do not appear, or who shall still persist in refusing to pay, without 
shewing satisfactory cause, shall be considered as defaulters, and treated as 
such.’ 
“ I am. Sir, yours, 
“C. Weatherby.” 
“R. Thornton, Esq.” 
Mr. Weatherby’s examination resumed. — There was a meeting of the stew- 
ards and other gentlemen, at which it was resolved that Messrs. Portman, 
Beale, and Clarke were authorized to settle the amount of the bets made by 
Mr. Gurney, and that all persons indebted to Mr. Gurney should pay the 
money lost to them. 
The resolutions of the Jockey Club, which were passed at the Thatched- 
house, St. James’s-street, were then read. The meeting was held on the 7th 
of February; there were present Colonel Anson, Duke of Rutland, Colonel 
Peel, Earl of March, Sir John Shelley, Duke of Richmond, and Earl of 
Wilton. On the 9th of February a summons was issued, calling on Mr. Thorn- 
ton to attend. lie did not appear, nor did he make any communication. By 
the 5th rule of the Jockey Club, which was read, it states that all disputes 
relating to races at Newmarket, and bets on racing elsewhere, if any of the 
parties interested should request the interference of the stewards, shall be 
determined by two stewards and two referees, who shall be members of the 
club ; one to be chosen by each of the parties concerned, if either of them 
shall desire to have a reference. If only two stewards be present, they shall 
fix on a third person, being a member of the club, in lieu of the absent 
steward. But the stewards, if they think fit, may call in any of the members 
of the Jockey Club to their assistance, or may refer the case to a general 
meeting of the Jockey Club, if the importance or difficulty of the matter in 
dispute may appear to them to require it. The stewards have the power of 
deciding, but the parties have the option of appointing two referees — one 
each. The rules of* the Jockey Club are the laws of the turf as regards 
horse-racing; but, as regards bets, their jurisdiction is universal. There 
was no request made to him by Thornton as to the reference. He is the 
official organ of the club. It is not the practice to decide in the absence of 
one party. 
Lord Abinger. — If one party claims an adjudication, and the other refuses 
to attend, does the Jockey Club proceed to decide ? 
Witness. — Did not remember a case of the kind. There have been instances 
where parties failed to attend. 
Lord Abinger. — What is the course then pursued? 
