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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
of the Match-book, at Newmarket/’ and delivered free of 
postage. 
By order of the Stewards. 
Newmarket , 16^ May, 1816.—Some disputes having 
arisen respecting the qualifications of horses to run for par¬ 
ticular races, as well in regard to the time when the certi¬ 
ficates should be produced, as to the person by whom the 
qualifications or disqualifications should be proved, the 
stewards of the Jockey Club, in the hope of introducing a 
uniformity of practice in this respect, and with a view to 
prevent disputes, declare it as their opinion, that when the 
qualification of any horse is objected to before starting, it 
is incumbent on the owner to produce a certificate, or other 
proper document, to the stewards, or clerk of the course, 
before the race is run, to prove the qualification of his 
horse ; and that if he shall start his horse without so 
doing, he must be considered as disqualified; and further, 
that their decisions on all cases referred to them on this 
point will be regulated accordingly. 
By order of the Stewards. 
TURF ABBREVIATIONS. 
The following are the abbreviations used in designating 
the different courses at Newmarket, with their respective 
measurement; as also of the abbreviations used in de¬ 
scribing races throughout the United Kingdom :— 
Miles. Furls. 
B. C. The Beacon Course . 4 1 
L. T M. Last Three Miles of ditto 3 0 
D. I. From the Ditch in ditto . 2 0 
T. L. I. From the Turn of the Lands in ditto 0 5 
C. C Clermont Course 1 5 
A. F Across the Flat 1 1 
Yards. 
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