Gilbert Stirling, Esq., Horse Guards. Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, 15 Richmond-st, Brighton. Joseph Fearon, Esq., Keakill House, Whitehaven. The Field, 346 Strand, W. London. The Jockey Club, Newmarket. Capt Lane, Debdon Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex. John Clarke, Esq., 7 Prince of Wales's Road, Edwd. Studd, Esq., Hallaton Hall, near Uppingham. Mr J. Cockin, Hednesford, near Stafford. Mr William Goodwin, Trainer, Newmarket. RULES CONCERNING HORSE RACING IN GENERAL THE following Rules and Regulations of the TURF CLUB, as amended and arranged by the Stewards and Members, were adopted at a Meeting held in the Club House, Kildare, for that purpose, on Wednesday, October 17th, 1866. THE RULES CONCERNING HORSE RACING IN GENERAL govern all Meetings in Ireland that are subject to the Established Rules of Racing. THE RULES AND ORDERS OF THE TURF CLUB apply to the Curragh only. N.B.-1760 Yards are a Mile. 240 Yards are a Distance. 4 Inches are a Hand. 14 Pounds are a Stone. 1. Horses take their ages from the 1st of January. 2. Catch weights are, each party to appoint Catch Wts. any person to ride without weighing. 3. A feather weight shall be considered 5st 7b, Feather. and the usual declaration must be made when the jockey carries more than that weight. 4. A maiden horse or mare is one that has Maiden never won a Plate or Sweepstakes in any country. horses. 5. A Plate is any prize given to be run for with- Plates. out any Stake being made by the Owners of horses to go to the winner. Sweep stakes. Post Match 6. For a Plate, no person can run, either in his own name or in that of any other person, two horses of which he is wholly or in part owner, unless permitted to do so by a special clause in the conditions. 7. When a Stake is deposited by the Owners of the horses, which is to go to the winner, and an additional sum of money, or a cup, or a piece of plate, or any other reward, is offered, as a prize to the winner, even though such addition shall be denominated a Plate by the donor-such race shall be deemed and taken to be a Sweepstakes and not a Plate. Three subscribers make a Sweepstakes; and if a Stake has the required number of subscribers at the expiration of the time of closing, and the number is afterwards reduced by death (or in the case of a Produce Stake by failure of produce), the race is not void as long as there are two horses left, the property of different persons, and if the number is reduced to two it is still a Sweepstakes. 8. For a Post Match, or Sweepstakes, each or Sweep- Subscriber names two or more horses of the proper age, but can only run one, unless a greater number is allowed by the conditions of the race. stakes. Omissions, how sup 9. When no particular weights are specified for a match or stakes, the horses are to carry 8st 10b; plied-of and if weight is agreed to be given, the highest weight; weight is to be 8st 10lb. Of Course; 10. When any Match or Sweepstakes shall be made, and no Course mentioned, the Course shall be that which is usually run by horses of the same age as those engaged, viz. :— If Yearlings........ If three years old... If four years old .Two Furlongs. .Six Furlongs. ...One Mile. ...Two Miles. If five years old or upwards...... Four Miles. And if the horses should be of different ages, the 11. If no day is mentioned for a race, it shall Of day. be run on the last day of the Meeting, unless otherwise agreed to by all the subscribers. As to Nominations. 12. In all nominations for Sweepstakes and Description Plates, the horse or mare entered must be clearly necessary. identified. The name of the sire and dam must be given, and if the dam has no name in the Racing Calendar or Stud Book, such further pedigree and description must be added as will distinguish the horse intended to be named from any other of a similar pedigree. If the dam was covered by more than one stallion, the names of all of them must be mentioned. sufficient. 13. If a horse has once been entered with his When the name and pedigree in a race published in the name is Racing Calendar, it will be sufficient afterwards to mention him by his name only, even though he has never started; and in entering a horse for the first time by his name in several races closing at the same time, it will be sufficient to give his pedigree in one of these nominations, and his name only in the others. If the name of a horse which has run be changed, it is necessary, in entering the said horse, to give his old as well as his new name in every nomination until the change has been duly registered in the "Book Calendar;" and if his name be changed again, all his names must be repeated for the like period; but if a horse's name be changed before he has run in public, it shall be sufficient to give his new name in the first entry made after such change. When the 14. In naming for a race in which horses of agemust be different ages are admitted, the age of the horse mentioned, named must be mentioned. No yearlings can run Nominations of Foreign horses. for public stakes, and no horse which has run for a yearling stake is qualified to run afterwards at any place where these Rules are in force. 15. No horse foaled out of the United Kingdom shall run for any race until his Owner has produced a certificate of some Racing Club of the country where the horse was foaled, or from the Mayor or other public officer of the district, stating the age, pedigree, and colour of the horse, and the marks by which it is distinguished; and also a certificate of the horse's age, signed by a Veterinary Surgeon, being a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Such persons to be approved of by the Stewards, and the said certificates to be lodged at Mr. R. J. Hunter's Office, in Dublin. No horse, though foaled in the United Kingdom, which has been exported before running in any public race, and is afterwards brought into this country to run, shall be qualified to start until the Owner or person in charge of the horse has produced a certificate of his age, signed as above. |