The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository, Volume 2 (of 2): Of General Information upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the FieldTaplin, William
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The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository, Volume 2 (of 2): Of General Information upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the Field
Taplin, William
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RESPECTING RIDERS.—Every person who shall ride at Newmarket for PLATE,
SWEEPSTAKES, or MATCH, shall be obliged to _weigh_ when he comes in,
allowing two pounds _above_ the weight, and no more. Every rider who
shall neglect to obey this resolution, is guilty of contempt of the
orders of this Club, and shall be disqualified from RIDING hereafter at
NEWMARKET; unless any gentleman, or his rider, shall declare, before
starting, that the rider is above the weight allowed of by the aforesaid
resolution.
FORFEITS.—The forfeits of all bets shall be paid according to the
proportion in which the principals compromise their matches.
MEMBERS OF THE COFFEE HOUSE.—Any person desirous of being admitted into
the Coffee Room, Newmarket, must be proposed by a Member of the Jockey
Club, and his name put over the chimney and door the day before he is to
be ballotted for; that there must be at least twelve Members present at
the ballot, and three black balls exclude.
HORSES ENTERED FOR TWO OR MORE PRIZES.—The owner of every horse, &c.
entered to run for _two_ or _more_ prizes on the same day, shall, for
the future, be obliged to declare to the Keeper of the Match Book,
before eight o'clock in the evening, preceding the day of running, which
of the said prizes he intends to start his horse for; and the said
Keeper of the Match Book shall immediately declare it in the Coffee Room.
ANNUAL DINNER.—To meet annually at dinner on the day preceding the
King's Birth Day. That three Members of the Club shall be appointed
Stewards, and to commence their office on the fourth of June annually.
One new Steward to be appointed every year, on the third day of June, by
the Steward who quits on that day, subject to the approbation of the
Members of the Jockey Club then present. The senior Steward to quit his
office on the third of June annually.
The THREE STEWARDS, or any two of them, shall be vested with full power
to make such regulations as they think proper, in regard to the Exercise
Ground and the Course. The three Stewards, concurring, shall have it in
their power to appoint such person, or persons, as they may chuse, to
keep the COFFEE HOUSE, MATCH BOOK, receive the STAKES, collect the
entrance money, and all other FUNDS belonging to the JOCKEY CLUB. The
Stewards are to be responsible to the Jockey Club for all the money
collected, as belonging to the Jockey Club. The Stewards shall have it
in their power to fix the hours of starting for each match, &c. but they
shall be obliged to fix those hours of starting by eight o'clock in the
evening preceding the day of running. The accounts are to be produced by
the Stewards annually, on the third of June.
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