RACING RULES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1361, 26 December 1885, Page 2

RACING RULES.

The following are some of the most important ot the new rules adapted by the Canterbury Jockey Club, and now sent 'o the Dunedin Jockey Club for approval ;

I “ All race meetings held in the Pro v I vinoial District of Canterbury, north of I the Bangitata river, shall be run under I the 0 J.C. Rules If a horse runs in a 11 ace at any meeting la the aforesaid disI triot which is not held under the 0 J O I Rules, such horse shall be permanently I disqualified from running at any race I meeting held under the C.J.O. Bales, I unless the committee of the OJ.C, see I just and sufficient reason to remove such I disqualification.” I “ The full programme of every race meeting run under these rules shall be submitted to and receive the sanction of I the committee of the U.J.C., prior to the j meeting taking place/’ I “lu no such programme when the I totalisator ia used shall the amount of I added money be less than the net com I mission estimated to be received from the I totalisator (having regard to the amount I received as commission at any correspond- | ing m eting), exclusive of all amounts re I coved from owners fur nominations and I acceptance, the intention of this rule being j that the minimum net amount given to I owners m the way of stakes shall be at I least equal to the sum' received from the J totalisator ” J

" Tho entrance and acceptance fee for a race shall under no circumstances ex ceed L 6 per cent of the amount of added m"ney. ’

“ From and after the Ist October, 1885, ail fines imposed upon joekeys by the 0 J. 0. shall be paid to the credit of a fond, to be called the Distressed Jockeys’ Fund, to he administered by the commit tee of the Oiub, and all fines imposed upon other persons shall go to the Race Fund of the meeting.” The Clubs defined by the rules as m tropolitaii clubs are the Dunedin Jockey Club, Wellington Racing GUb, I land Bay Park Racing Qlab, Wanganui Jockey Club, Taranaki Jockey Olub, Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club, and Auckland Racing Club. j