and above his own stake, shall amount to 1007. or more (unless the winner shall object to allowing such deductions to be made) and the money so raised shall be disposed of in the following manner, viz. Two handicap plates of 1007. each, for three, four, five, six years old, and aged horses, shall be annually given to be run for; one in the Second October Meeting, A.F. and the other in the Houghton Meeting, from the D.I. And if any horse-keeper shall object to contribute to the above fund, he will not be allowed to start a horse for either of those plates. 28. The Stake-holder at Newmarket is allowed to The retain, out of the stakes in his hands, the following holder. fees for his trouble, viz. For every match, one pound. For every plate, one pound. For every subscription or sweepstakes, where the whole stake exceeds 1007. and does not amount to 10007., two pounds. For every sweepstakes where the whole stake amounts to 10007. or upwards, five pounds. [The charges for stake-holding at Ascot and Goodwood are the same as at Newmarket, with the exception of handicaps, for which the charge is one per cent.] Stake 29. The keeper of the Match-book is entitled to Fees for no. charge a fee of 2s. 6d. on all nominations at New- minations. market, if published in the Racing Calendar before running, but not on the entries which are made at Newmarket during the week of running. 30. The weighing fee for plates and stakes is 10s. Weighing each horse, and 10s. extra for the winner; the former fees. is to be paid to the Keeper of the Match-book at the same time with the stakes, and for plates at the time of entry. The Keeper of the Match-book shall charge the proprietors of such horses as receive forfeit, and shall be excused from appearing, with the same fees for weights and scales as if they had come over the Course. No weighing fee is charged for matches. 31. Towards defraying the expense of repairing the Heath tax. Course and Exercise-ground, two guineas annually shall be paid in respect of every horse that shall be trained at Newmarket, and one guinea annually for every horse that goes there for any race-meeting and uses the ground for exercise, or runs any private trial VOL. XCIV. с Entrance to plates. Plates and Sweepstakes walked over for. Starting. Races for or public race thereon. And the same shall be paid by the stable-keeper or servant having the care of such horse, and be charged by him to the owner of such horse. The Stewards shall make such orders as they think fit relative to the returns to be made by the stablekeepers or servants, of horses under their care, and if any stable-keeper or servant shall fail to make a true return according to this order, he will be surcharged one guinea for each horse omitted in his list. N.B.-At present all trainers are required to send in on the 1st of February, a list of the horses which have been under their charge from the 1st of January, and on the 1st of every succeeding month a list of any additional horses that have been under their care since the preceding return. 32. The entrance to a plate at Newmarket shall not exceed 3 sov. 33. When a plate given from the funds of the Jockey Club is walked over for, only half the amount is paid, and if a sweepstakes to which money is added by the Jockey Club is walked over for, only half the added money shall be paid. Relating to other matters not before specified. 34. Every groom shall have his horse at the post, ready to start, at the time appointed by the Stewards; and every jockey is to be there, ready to start at the same time. Every groom or jockey making default herein shall forfeit 57., to be paid to the Keeper of the Match-book, and by him accounted for to the Stewards. 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. And if any delay shall have taken place, he shall state by whom, or by what cause, the delay was occasioned. He shall regulate his watch by the Coffee-room clock, which shall be considered as the true time for this purpose. 35. No races for gentlemen riders are allowed, at Newmarket during the regular meetings without the sanction of the Stewards, and, that accorded, such races must be the first or last of the day. weights 36. Any member of a Racing Club riding in with the leading horses in a race shall be fined to the amount of 257., and all other persons to the amount of 51. ⚫ 37. Rule 39, concerning Horse-Racing in general, Raising extends at Newmarket to the highest weight left in at ten o'clock the preceding evening in handicaps for plates and stakes, where there is no declaration of forfeit, and where the weights are fixed the night before running. 38. If any trainer shall engage a man or boy actually serving in the stables without consent of his last cmployer, or shall harbour or employ any man or boy who has run away, and, after due warning having been published in the Racing Calendar, shall continue to retain such boy in his service, he shall not be allowed to train or run horses at Newmarket, or at other meetings where the Newmarket Rules are enforced. Every jockey at the termination of his apprenticeship is free to form engagements for himself, irrespective of any which may have been made for him during such apprenticeship. 39. No race can be run at Newmarket over a shorter distance than the T.Y.C. with the exception of two yrs old plates and stakes run between the commencement of the Craven and the end of the First October Meetings, which may be run any Course not less than half a mile. This rule not to apply to matches, or to private sweepstakes of 25 sov. each or upwards, handicap sweepstakes excepted. 40. No rule or alteration of a rule of the Jockey Club takes effect until it has been published in the Racing Calendar, unless specially ordered to the contrary at the time the said rule or alteration is adopted; and no new rule of the Jockey Club can be passed, and no rule be rescinded without previous notice being given in the Sheet Racing Calendar, nor at any meeting at which less than nine members are present. handicaps. in 1866. REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE JOCKEY CLUB DURING THE YEAR, ABRIDGED FROM THE SHEET GALENDAR. At a General Meeting held at 6 Old Burlington Street, London, on Wednesday, February the 7th, pursuant to notice advertised in the Racing Calendar It was proposed by the Stewards: When it is a condition of a selling race that the winner shall be put up to auction after the race, the half of any surplus which may thereby be obtained over and above the price for which the horse was entered to be sold, shall be paid to the owner of the second horse, and this shall not invalidate the privilege of the second horse as to the prior claim of any beaten horse under Rule 57. If at any country meetings the winner of a selling race shall by the terms prescribed be sold by auction, and the moiety of the surplus be not paid to the owner of the second horse, the said winner shall be disqualified for being entered or for running in any race where the Newmarket rules of racing are in force. An amendment was proposed by the Duke of Beaufort, and seconded by Lord Westmorland: That the consideration of this question be postponed till one of the General Meetings in October. On a division the numbers were, For the amendment 6 Against it - - 9 The original motion was then put and carried, 13 members voting for it. A Committee was appointed to assist the Stewards in making arrangements to carry out the resolution of the last General Meeting, to levy a toll on carriages, and the following regulations were agreed to and published before the Craven Meeting: Notice is hereby given that in future a toll of 58. will be demanded for every carriage or other vehicle going on to the Heath. The gate-keeper at the entrance to the road leading from Newmarket will collect the toll, and will give a ticket which must be given up at the gate placed at the other end of the road, near the Weighing Stand. Carriages coming from Burwell, or in that direction, may enter at the side-bar near the new saddling stables, where a man will be placed to receive the toll, and no carriages will be allowed to come on the Heath except by one of the two roads above named. Carriages leaving the Heath and returning to it during the day will have to pay each time. The Annual General Meeting of the Club was held at Newmarket on Wednesday in the Craven Meeting. The accounts for the year ending December 31, 1865, were presented and passed. His Grace the Duke of Beaufort was appointed Steward in the place of C. Alexander, Esq. who retired by rotation. The late Earl of Chesterfield was appointed a member of the Bentinck Fund Committee in place of the Duke of Beaufort, who retired by rotation, but again became a member as Steward of the Jockey Club. The members now are W. G. Craven, Esq. Hon. Adm. Rous, Stewards of the The Duke of Beaufort, Jockey Club. Earl of Portsmouth G. Payne, Esq. Duke of Richmond The following proposals were made by the Stewards, and unanimously agreed to-that Whereas, it is enacted by the 65th Rule that in estimating the value of any prize no deductions shall be made, except of the winner's own stake, and of any sum or sums required by the conditions to be paid out of the stakes to the owners of any other horse or horses in the race; and a practice has been introduced of advertising prizes in money with deductions varying from 25 to 10 per cent. to be returned by the winners, to their double injury, inasmuch as such subtractions cannot be recognised in estimating the value of prizes, and a winner of a 1001. plate with 20 deducted is obliged to carry the extra penalty of weight imposed upon winners of 1001. the Jockey Club should appeal to the Stewards of country races, the Racing Committees, and the Lessees, to discontinue this obnoxious and unfair system, and to advertise the real net addition only. |