On the Laws and Practice of Horse Racing, Etc., Etc |
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... published on this subject : a gentleman , who had good horses two years ago , proposed a class legislation limiting the extent of weight to be carried by horses of the same year , which in practice would have made a large acceptance out ...
... published on this subject : a gentleman , who had good horses two years ago , proposed a class legislation limiting the extent of weight to be carried by horses of the same year , which in practice would have made a large acceptance out ...
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... publish your handicaps during the racing season one day before there is a necessity— every day's running throws a light on the subject ; but the sooner you bring out the spring handicaps , which close in January , the larger will be the ...
... publish your handicaps during the racing season one day before there is a necessity— every day's running throws a light on the subject ; but the sooner you bring out the spring handicaps , which close in January , the larger will be the ...
Page 56
... published and nominations made , the engagements would become void by any alteration of weights , distance , or of the day fixed , without the concurrence of every subscriber . Before a sweepstakes closes , a subscriber may change a ...
... published and nominations made , the engagements would become void by any alteration of weights , distance , or of the day fixed , without the concurrence of every subscriber . Before a sweepstakes closes , a subscriber may change a ...
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... published - viz . the starter being asked why he did not call the horses back , said he was not in the habit of calling them back , because when one was left behind the others came back of their own occord . This adjudged case was , at ...
... published - viz . the starter being asked why he did not call the horses back , said he was not in the habit of calling them back , because when one was left behind the others came back of their own occord . This adjudged case was , at ...
Page 128
... published in the 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 ...
... published in the 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 ...
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On the Laws and Practice of Horse Racing Etc; Etc (Classic Reprint) Henry John Rous No preview available - 2015 |
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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.