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SPECIAL RULES IN FORCE IN AUSTRALIA. It is provided in Australia that if any jockey shares his riding fee with a trainer, the license of each may be cancelled and further that any owner participating in a jockeys fee will be liable to fine or disqualification. . Tlie Australian rules provide that jockeys riding in steeplechases shall provide themselves with skull Carhe governors of the turf in Australia have issued formal notice to trainers and jockeys that "riotous behavior intemperance or other improper conduct, although not occurring on a race course, will be taken cognizance of." It is required in Australia that farriers operating on race courses shall be licensed. . norses are not allowed to race ovcr the Flemington course at Melbourne, iu Australia, wearing cutting plates, or plates or shoes with projections extending beyond their face or bottom, with the exception that calks or heels approved by the stewards may be used on the hind shoes. It is the duty of stewards of meetings in Australia to at once initiate an inquiry, without waiting for a complaint to be lodged, if any of their number see. or have good reason to believe, that anything has occurred during the progress of a race or race meeting under their control, or in connection therewith, which is contrary to the rules of racing, or of an unfair nature.
