On the laws and practice of horse racing, etc. etc.

Abstract

CHAPTER I. On the State of the English Turf in 1865 1 CHAPTER II. On the State of the Law ... ... 9 CHAPTER III. On the Rules of Racing......17 CHAPTER IV. On Starting—Riding Races—Jockeys .... 24 CHAPTER V. On the Rules of Betting......30 CHAPTER VI. On the Sale and Purchase of Horses .... 44 On the Office and Legal Responsibility of Stewards . 49 Clerk of the Course ....... 54 Judge......... 56 Starter......... 57 On the Management of a Stud..... 59RACING CASES. PAGE Horses of a Minor Age qualified to enter for Plates and Stakes.......65 Jockey changed in a Eace......65 Both Jockeys falling abreast Winning Post . . 66 A Horse arriving too late for the First Heat allowed to qualify........67 Both Horses thrown—Illegal Judgment . ,:; ■ . 67 Distinction between Plate and Sweepstakes ... 68 Difference between Nomination of a Half-bred and Thorough-bred.......69 Whether a Horse winning a Sweepstakes, 23 gs. each, three subscribers, could run for a Plate for Horses which never won 50?......70 Distance measured after a Eace found short . . 70 Whether a Compromise was forfeited by the Horse omitting to walk over.....71 Whether the Winner distancing the Field is entitled to Second Money.......71 A Horse objected to as a Maiden for receiving Second Money . . . . . . . ',-.'■, 72 Eassela's Case—Wrong Decision .... 73 Two Horses running by Mistake Five-and-a-quarter Miles instead of Four Miles .... 75 Match starting at the Wrong Post . . . .75 Stewards revoking their Decision after Distancing a Horse.........76 Horse taken away—Bridle not allowed in the Scale . 77 False Start, St. Leger.......78 Disputed False Start at Newmarket .... 79 Jockey Thrown after passing Winning Post. 80 Jockey dropping Stirrup-leather after passing Winning-In making Stakes the Trainer considered as the Agent. 81 A Horse not considered a Winner unless he is registered in the Official Calendar..... 82 Involuntary Jostle....... 83 Foul Riding...... . .84 Foul Hiding and Fighting...... 84 A Horse Jostling and the Jockey Striking ... 85 A Cross Claret Stakes, Newmarket . . . .85 Complaint of Crossing not made in time . > . 86 Jostling, and allowed to Start again . ., .. . 87 Running wrong side of Post...... 88 Running wrong side of Post, complaint not made in time........ 88 One Horse driving another on the wrong side of Post . 89 Whether the Second Horse distanced can receive Entrance Money...... 90 All the Horses going on the Wrong Side ... 90 Crossing York, 1848—Extraordinary Decision . . 91 A Horse Scratched obliged to pay the whole Stake . 92 Loutherbourg Case ....... 93 Incorrect Nomination....... 94 Declining to receive Evidence on Misnomination . . 94 Similar Case—Evidence received .... 95 Whether a Horse was entered in time according to the Articles........ 96 A Stake illegally re-opened..... 97 Jockey dismounting before he passed the Winning Post allowed to start again, no objection having been made in time....... 97 Two Horses Running for a Plato belonging to same Owner........ 98 Hunters' Certificates not produced—both disqualified . 99 Whether a Horse, the Joint Property of the Subscriber and a Confederate not a Subscriber, can Start without paying Extra Entrance .... 100A Horse not distanced because there was no distance- post ......... 101 A Horse disqualified from Default ..... 102 A Horse disqualified for not making Stakes . . 102 A Horse entered after the time of closing, and winning, because no Objection was made until after the first Heat........ 104 Winning Jockey not weighed owing to a bad fall—■ Horse disqualified...... 104 Horse disqualified owing to the Owner having a Share in another Horse in the Bace . . . . 105 Whether a Horse which wins subsequently to his entry is to carry extra Penalties . • , • • . 105 Twenty-three miles run in 57 min. 10 sees. . . 106 BETTING CASES. On a Double Event—Second Event compromised. . 107 A Case of Collateral Betting..... 107 AVinner disqualified—Second Horse gets the Bets . 108 A Double Event—Horse backed disqualified at the time—Bet void....... 108 A Second Case of Collateral Betting .... 109 A Bet declared off after the Event .... 109 A Double Bet—First Event lost, Second off by consent 110 A Horse wrongly described—Bets void . . . 110 A Bet improperly declared off..... Ill A Dead Heat—Stakes divided..... 112 A Similar Case—Heats—Sweepstakes divided . . 112 A Bet lost not allowed to be paid to a Third Party . 113 A disputed Bet decided by the State of the Odds . . 114 Disputed Bet...... . 114 A Bet, Whether any Horse ever ran a Mile in a Minute 114 A Bet upon Placing First and Second—a Dead Heat for Second . ....._ 115Money given for a P.P. Bet—Horse disqualified . . 116 Horses having started, Compromise of Bets repudiated 116 Tomato Case . ,. . . . . 117 Claxton Case....... . 117

Queen's Plate Articles ...... 119 Kules of Pacing........ 125 Eules and Orders of the Jockey Club .... 149 Scales of Weights for Age . . . . . . 165