On the Laws and Practice of Horse Racing, Etc., Etc |
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... papers during the recess , no editor ven- tures to trespass on the forbidden ground , viz . the actual amount of money given for racing prizes in " " proportion to the revenue received from grand stands 4 Horse Racing .
... papers during the recess , no editor ven- tures to trespass on the forbidden ground , viz . the actual amount of money given for racing prizes in " " proportion to the revenue received from grand stands 4 Horse Racing .
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... ground within that margin ; that is the owner's look - out . Horses must be weighted according to the handicapper's idea of their merits , without any other regard to their age , than what he considers is commensurate with their staying ...
... ground within that margin ; that is the owner's look - out . Horses must be weighted according to the handicapper's idea of their merits , without any other regard to their age , than what he considers is commensurate with their staying ...
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... ground of incorrect pedigree or nomination after the race is run , the bets shall go to the horse that comes in first , provided he is of the right age , and that in other respects he has not transgressed the Rules of Racing ; ' but if ...
... ground of incorrect pedigree or nomination after the race is run , the bets shall go to the horse that comes in first , provided he is of the right age , and that in other respects he has not transgressed the Rules of Racing ; ' but if ...
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... grounds for thinking that B. will not pay if he loses , he can protect himself by the 4th rule of betting . If a person has at any time compromised his betting debts , it is not to be presumed that he will speculate on racing events ...
... grounds for thinking that B. will not pay if he loses , he can protect himself by the 4th rule of betting . If a person has at any time compromised his betting debts , it is not to be presumed that he will speculate on racing events ...
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... ground for impeaching it on the ground of fraud or cor- ruption of the Stewards themselves . So long as a dispute remains under the con- sideration of the Stewards , the stakes cannot be recovered from the stakeholder . This was ...
... ground for impeaching it on the ground of fraud or cor- ruption of the Stewards themselves . So long as a dispute remains under the con- sideration of the Stewards , the stakes cannot be recovered from the stakeholder . This was ...
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66 Signed A. H. BAILY ADMIRAL ROUS allowed Amphiaraus appointed Ascot auction BAILY'S ballot bets Bunbury carry extra weight Cetus claimed Clerk Coffee-room colt considered course dead heat decision declared default Derby dispute disqualified distanced Doncaster Duke EARL engagements entered entitled to receive entrance money Epsom Epsom Derby event filly foal Forfeit List foul riding Goodwood Hambleton handicap horse owners horse-owners horses run Jockey Club decided JOHN GAMGEE jostle Judge Keeper Leger LEGER STAKES liable Lord Lord Grosvenor Majesty's Plates mare Match-book Member miles Newmarket nomination objection paid person Play or Pay prize qualified QUEEN'S PLATE race-courses Racing Calendar rider Rules of Racing scales second heat second horse Signed per order stake or plate starter starting stewards subscriber sweepstakes third heat Thousand Guineas Stakes trainer unless void walked WEATHERBY Whip whole stake winner wrong side yearlings
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Page 158 - ... per cent, shall be allowed. All forfeits shall be paid before twelve o'clock at night of the day fixed for the race, and on those forfeits which shall not be so paid the deduction for the timely declaration of such forfeit shall not be allowed. No horse shall be considered as struck out of his engagement, unless the owner, or some person authorised by him, shall give notice to the Keeper of the Match-book, or to his Clerk, or to one of the Stewards present.
Page 144 - Claim of liable to be claimed by the owner of any other horse in the race for the price for which he is entered to be sold, and the amount of the stake — the owner of the second horse to be first entitled to claim...
Page 159 - ... in the Second October Meeting, AF, and the other in the Houghton Meeting, from the DI 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.
Page 131 - Useofflctisubscribes to a stake under a fictitious name, or in the name of a person not fully identified at the time, he shall be considered in all respects as the owner of the horse, and as the subscriber to the stake ; and in the event of the forfeit not being paid, his real name shall be published in the Forfeit List.
Page 157 - Each person, at the time of challenging, is to subscribe his name to a paper to be hung up in the Coffee-room at Newmarket, and deliver to the Keeper of the Match-book the name or description of the horse, &c.
Page 133 - ... notes, payable on demand, and be paid into the hands of the person appointed by the stewards to receive the same, and in default thereof by any person, he shall pay the whole stake as a loser, whether his horse...
Page 126 - ... will be permitted to name, enter, or run, either in his own name, or in that of any other person, any horse of which he is either in whole or in part owner, for any plate...
Page 148 - ... the expiration of which time, if the qualification be not proved to the satisfaction of the stewards, he shall not be entitled to the prize, though his horse shall have come in first, but it shall be given to the owner of the second horse.
Page 145 - When it is a condition of any race that horses shall carry extra weight for winning a certain number of prizes during the year, or be allowed weight for having been beaten a certain number of times during the year, such winnings and losings shall date from the ist of October preceding, and shall extend to the time of starting unless otherwise specified.
Page 131 - ... 20. When a person takes a nomination for a stake in which the forfeit is to be declared by a particular time, and does not declare forfeit by the time fixed in the article, he shall thenceforth be considered to have taken the engagement on himself, and his name shall be substituted for that of the original subscriber.