Five per Cent. saved in Forfeits.—The proprietor of any horse, &c. engaged in MATCH or SWEEPSTAKES, who shall declare his intention of not starting before eight o'clock on the evening preceding the engagement, to the Keeper of the Match Book, or either of the Stewards, shall be entitled to five per cent. and no more, of the forfeit.
Not Staking, a Disqualification in future.—No person shall be allowed to start any horse, mare, or gelding, for MATCH, SWEEPSTAKES, or SUBSCRIPTION, unless he shall have paid all former stakes and forfeits to the Keeper of the Match Book by eight o'clock the evening before starting.
Trial Ground.—That the ground shall not be engaged for trials, by the proprietors of any stables of running horses, more than two days in the same week.
Crossing and Jostling.—That when any match is made, in which crossing and jostling are not mentioned, they shall be understood to be barred.
Courses.—That when any match or sweepstakes is made, in which no course is mentioned, it shall be understood to be the course usually run by horses of the same age as those engaged, viz. if yearlings, the Yearling Course; if two years old, the Two Years Old Course; if three years old, Rowley's Mile; if four years old, Ditchin; if five years old, or upwards, Beacon Course. And in case the horses matched should be of different ages, the course to be settled by the age of the youngest.
Forfeits.—That all forfeits, declared or incurred for any MATCH, SWEEPSTAKES, or SUBSCRIPTION, shall be paid to the Keeper of the Match Book before twelve o'clock on the evening the race is run, under the former penalty of five per cent. to the Jockey Club; and persons making default herein, shall not be allowed the deduction for the timely declaration of such profits.
Entering and Shewing.—Horses, &c. entered for plates or subscriptions, shall not be required to be shewn, if such horse, &c. has before started at Newmarket; and the owner of each horse entered for a plate or subscription, shall declare to the Stewards, or the Keeper of the Match Book, the evening before by eight o'clock, or when the list is read, at half past nine o'clock, whether his horse is intended to RUN or NOT, which declaration shall be deemed obligatory, if in the AFFIRMATIVE, unless the horse be taken ill, or matched; and if in the NEGATIVE, his name shall be erased from the list.
Ten per Cent. saved in Forfeits.—That the owners of horses, &c. engaged in MATCHES or SWEEPSTAKES, in which the forfeits shall amount to ONE HUNDRED GUINEAS, or upwards, shall be entitled to a deduction of TEN PER CENT. if they declare their forfeits by half an hour past nine o'clock the evening before running.
Trials.—No gentleman shall try the horse of any other person, except his declared confederate, without giving notice of such trial, by inscribing the name of such horse, or horses, or their pedigrees, with the names of their owners, before or immediately after such trials, in the Book at the Coffee House.
Under a set of RULES and REGULATIONS so judiciously formed, so unanimously adopted, and so willingly acquiesced in, it is natural to conceive, every thing has been introduced, and every measure adopted, that could be thought equitable and necessary, towards shielding the property of opulent and eminent individuals from the depredations of those rapacious sharks, and determined adventurers, (as well in HIGH as in low life,) with which every avenue to the TURF has been infested for near a century past; and which nothing can totally prevent, but drawing such heterogeneous line, as will infallibly exclude those nefarious, well known pests from the superior, liberal, and unsuspecting classes of society, who do honor to their country.