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<HEAD>RULES OR ARTICLES For the Hor&s;e-Cour&s;ing at <HI>LEITH,</HI> Erected and E&s;tabli&s;hed by the right Honourable, The Lord Prove&s;t, Bailies, and Councel of <HI>EDINBURGH;</HI> as followeth,</HEAD>
<P N="1">I. <HI>_IMprimis,</HI> There is two Cups in the Year to be run for about the Stoups of <HI>Leith,</HI> each of them of the value of Twenty pounds &s;terling: And the dimen&s;ion of the &s;aid Cour&s;e is twice about the whole Stoups, and thereafter out and in.</P>
<P N="2">II. <HI>Item,</HI> the Diet for the Cour&s;e of the fir&s;t Cup, is to be upon Thur&s;day, the fir&s;t day of <HI>March</HI> next en&s;uing, in the Year 1666. at eleven hours before-noon.</P>
<P N="3">III. <HI>Item,</HI> the Diet for the Cour&s;e of the &s;econd Cup, is to be upon Wedne&s;day the thirteenth day of <HI>June</HI> next en&s;uing in the Year afore&s;aid, at two hours after noon.</P>
<P N="4">IV. <HI>Item,</HI> every Hor&s;e to run for the Cups <HI>re&s;pective</HI> afore&s;aid, is to be kept at <HI>Leith</HI> ten dayes &s;pace before the Cour&s;e; and for evidencing thereof, at the time of entry, to be kept as &s;aid is, mu&s;t be Booked in the Clerks-chamber of <HI>Leith:</HI> And for each Hor&s;e &s;o Booked, the Clerk is to have Twelve &s;hillings Scots. And each Hor&s;e that runs at the Cup, is to carry eight &s;tone weight, and the winner, to have one pund weight of allowance; and if there be one ounce more, the &s;econd Hor&s;e is permitted to challenge the Plate, and &s;o forth &s;ucce&s;&s;ively, to the la&s;t Hor&s;e.</P>
<P N="5">V. <HI>Item,</HI> each hor&s;e that Runs, is to put in Twenty &s;hillings &s;terling; and the &s;econd Hor&s;e is to have the Stakes.</P>
<P N="6">VI. <HI>Item,</HI> each Hor&s;e that Runs, is to be led out to the &s;tarting-&s;toup, one hours &s;pace before Low-water.</P>
<P N="7">VII. <HI>Item,</HI> each Hor&s;e that &s;hall happen to ride within the Stoups, is oblieged to round the Stoup again; otherwi&s;e, he gains nothing.</P>
<P N="8">VIII. <HI>Item,</HI> There is al&s;o a Saddle, of the value of Fifty &s;hillings &s;terling to be run for, on the fir&s;t Monday of <HI>January,</HI> 1666. years next en&s;uing, at eleven hours before noon: and &s;o forth every Month thereafter throughout the &s;aid Year (excepting the two Months above mentioned appointed for the Cups) at the Diets following, <HI>viz.</HI> The fir&s;t Thur&s;day of <HI>February,</HI> at one of clock in the afternoon; The fir&s;t Monday of <HI>April,</HI> at three of clock in the afternoon; The fir&s;t Tue&s;day of <HI>May,</HI> at eleven of clock before noon; The &s;econd Friday of <HI>July,</HI> at two of clock in the afternoon; The &s;e|cond Saturday of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> at one of clock in the afternoon; The &s;econd Tue&s;day of <HI>September,</HI> at two of clock in the afternoon; The &s;econd Monday of <HI>October,</HI> at twelve of clock before noon; The fir&s;t Wedne&s;day of <HI>November,</HI> at twelve of clock before noon; And the fir&s;t Thur&s;day of <HI>December,</HI> at the &s;ame hour.</P>
<P N="9">IX. <HI>Item,</HI> no Hor&s;e above ten pound &s;terling price, is permitted to run for the Saddle; at which price they are oblieged to &s;ell to any of the Riders, if they be challenged before riding.</P>
<P N="10">X. <HI>Item,</HI> every Hor&s;e that rides for the Saddle, is to be kept at <HI>Leith,</HI> forty eight hours &s;pace before the Cour&s;e; and for evidencing thereof, are to be Booked in the Clerks-chamber, and pay as &s;aid is: But if any Hor&s;es be&s;ides, offer to Run, which hath not been kept, and Booked at <HI>Leith,</HI> as &s;aid is, they are only to be admitted to the Cour&s;e with con&s;ent of tho&s;e who ob&s;erve the Rule by keeping their Hor&s;es in manner fore&s;aid, after Booking and payment of the duty thereof.</P>
<P N="11">XI. <HI>Item,</HI> each Hor&s;e that runs for the Saddle, is to put in Five &s;hillings &s;terling, and the &s;econd Hor&s;e drawes the Stakes.</P>
<P N="12">XII. <HI>Item,</HI> the Hor&s;es that run for the Saddle, their Riders are not to be weighted, but permitted to ride as light as they may be provided.</P>
<P N="13">XIII. <HI>Item,</HI> none of the Spectators may pre&s;ume to ride without the Stoups, but are to keep them|&s;elves within the Stoups, ob&s;erving the di&s;tance of &s;ix &s;core from the Hor&s;es that are in the Cour&s;e; under the pain of Ten &s;hilling &s;terling, to be incurred by, and exacted from each contraveener, <HI>toties quoties,</HI> the Triers only excepted.</P>
<P><HI>It is to be noted, that the Prize may not be challenged by any &s;ingle Per&s;on what&s;omever, except there be another Hor&s;e (at lea&s;t) offering, and actually contending with him in the Cour&s;e for the &s;ame.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>EDINBURGH,</HI> Printed by a Society of <HI>Stationers.</HI> Anno 1665.</P>
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