Racing Calendarproprietor Robert Hunter, 1831 - Horse racing |
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Page xxix
... distance in a fourth heat . 22. A confirmed bet cannot be off but by mutual consent , except in the cases hereinafter mentioned . 23. Either of the betters may demand stakes to be made , and on refu- sal , declare the bet to be void ...
... distance in a fourth heat . 22. A confirmed bet cannot be off but by mutual consent , except in the cases hereinafter mentioned . 23. Either of the betters may demand stakes to be made , and on refu- sal , declare the bet to be void ...
Page xlii
... distance the second heat , dismounts between the Distance - post and the end , but remounts , rides past the Ending - post and weighs as usual ; starts , and wins the third heat , and weighs , without any objection being made . A ...
... distance the second heat , dismounts between the Distance - post and the end , but remounts , rides past the Ending - post and weighs as usual ; starts , and wins the third heat , and weighs , without any objection being made . A ...
Page xliii
... distance after the races were over , found it was short of a mile by four yards . It was decided , that as no objection was made to the measure of the Course before starting , and the mare having performed the distance set out , and not ...
... distance after the races were over , found it was short of a mile by four yards . It was decided , that as no objection was made to the measure of the Course before starting , and the mare having performed the distance set out , and not ...
Page xlix
... Distance . Miles . Fur . Yds . The Beacon Course is 1 138 Round Course 4 187 Last three miles of B. C. 0 45 Ditch - in The last mile and distance of B. C. Ancaster Mile From the turn of the Lands , in Clermont Course ( from the Ditch to ...
... Distance . Miles . Fur . Yds . The Beacon Course is 1 138 Round Course 4 187 Last three miles of B. C. 0 45 Ditch - in The last mile and distance of B. C. Ancaster Mile From the turn of the Lands , in Clermont Course ( from the Ditch to ...
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... distance , and quite flat ; the last half mile straight . PLYMOUTH . Is nearly an oval Course of One mle and a half , quite flat , with a straight run in of a third of a mile . ( li ) PRESTON Is oval and flat - one i ( 4 )
... distance , and quite flat ; the last half mile straight . PLYMOUTH . Is nearly an oval Course of One mle and a half , quite flat , with a straight run in of a third of a mile . ( li ) PRESTON Is oval and flat - one i ( 4 )
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2-mile heats 20 added 9 subscribers agst allowed 3lb Beardsworth's Blacklock Capt carry 3lb Catton Cholstrey close and name Comus Day's distance Emilius extra Figaro Filho da Puta fillies five four yrs old Gayhurst Gentlemen riders gold Cup Grafton's grandam Handicap Sweepstakes horses not thorough-bred Lady Ld Anson's Ld Chesterfield's Ld Derby's Ld Grosvenor's Ld Jersey's Ld Mountcharles's Ld Orford's Ld Scarbrough's Ld Tavistock's Leeds's Lottery mare untried Master Henry Merlin Middleton Morisco Mostyn's Muley Newmarket Nowell's once round Orville owner Partisan Peter Lely Petre's Plate of 501 race recd Richmond's Rubens Sadler's Scott Stonehewer's sister six and aged Smolensko sold St Leger Stakes Stakes of 25 Stanley's started Stewards subscription Sultan Sweepstakes of 50 Thornes's Thornhill's three yrs old THURSDAY Tiresias Tramp twice round two-mile heats untried mares untried stallions WEDNESDAY Whalebone Whisker winner Wood's Wynn's Yates's yrs old colts
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Page xxviii - ... horses, or between either of them and the field, must be settled by the money betted being put together and divided between the parties, in the same proportion as the stakes shall have been divided.
Page xxxvii - 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, the Yearling Course.
Page xxxvi - Newmarket shall be weighed immediately after the same, and shall be allowed -16 above the weight specified for his horse to carry, and no more, unless the weight he actually rode be declared as the weight he intended to ride : and if any horse shall carry more than...
Page xxxvii - The person appointed to start the horses shall mark in his list the time when the horses in each race actually started ; and if there have been any false starts, the first of them shall be considered as the time of starting for that race, and he shall make a report thereof to the Keeper of the Match-book in the afternoon of the day the races are run.
Page xxxviii - In naming or entering for any race where there shall be any particular conditions required as a qualification to start, it shall be sufficient if the horse were qualified at the expiration of the time allowed for naming or entering; and he shall not be disqualified by anything which may happen after the expiration of that time, unless so specified in the article...
Page xxxii - If any horse, &c. shall be named or entered without being identified as before directed, he shall not be allowed to start in the race, but his owner shall be liable to pay the forfeit, or, if a play or pay race. the whole stake.
Page xl - C's rider, after saving his distance the second heat, dismounts between the Distance-post and the end, but remounts, rides past the Ending-post, and weighs as usual ; starts and wins the third heat, and weighs, without any objection being made. A. being second the third heat, in a short time afterwards demands the subscription (not knowing till then that C's rider had dismounted), and refuses to start for the fourth heat, which B and C run for, and C wins. It was decided that, no objection having...
Page xxxvii - Every groom shall have his horse at the post, ready to start, within five minutes of the time appointed by the Stewards. And every jockey is to be there, ready to start, within the same time.
Page xxvii - Jockies must ride their horses to the usual place for weighing the riders, and he that dismounts before, or wants weight, is distanced ; unless he be disabled by an accident which should render him incapable of riding back, in which case he may be led or carried to the scale. 16. Horses' plates or shoes not allowed in the weight.
Page xxiii - Plates are appointed to be run in heats, the Horse, mare or gelding that winneth any two heats winneth the Plate, but if three several Horses, mares, or geldings win each of them a heat, then those three and only they to run a fourth heat, and the Horse, mare or gelding that winneth the fourth heat shall have the Plate.