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his owner or nominator may run any Greyhound he pleases, to assist in the 

 course; provided, always, that in sapling stakes, only a sapling may be used, 

 and in puppy stakes, none older than a puppy. But if it be proven to the sat- 

 isfaction of the stewards that no puppy can be found to run an accidental bye, 

 the owner shall have the power of substituting an old dog. No dog shall run 

 any bye earlier than his position on the card entitles him to do so. The judge 

 shall decide whether enough has been done to constitute a course, or whether 

 it must be run again. If at the commencement of any round in a stake one 

 dog in each course has a bye, those byes shall not be run, but the dogs shall 

 take their places for the next round as if the byes had been run. 



6. POSTPONEMENT OP A MEETING. A meeting appointed to take place 

 on a certain day may, if a majority of the committee (and the stewards, if 

 appointed) consider the weather unfavorable for coursing, be postponed from 

 day to day; but if the running does not commence within the current week, 

 all nominations shall be void, and the expenses shall be paid by the subscribers 

 in proportion to the number of nominations taken by each. In the case of 

 produce stakes, however, the original entries shall continue binding, if the 

 meeting is held at a later period of the season. 



7. TAKING DOGS TO THE SLIPS. Every dog must be brought to the 

 slips in proper turn, without delay, under a penalty of five dollars ($5). If 

 absent for more than ten minutes (according to the report of any one of the 

 stewards), its opponent shall be entitled to claim the course, and shall in that 

 case run a bye. If both dogs be absent at the expiration of ten minutes, the 

 steward shall have power to disqualify both dogs, or to fine their owners any 

 sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25) each. No dogs shall be put into 

 the slips for a deciding course until thirty minutes after the decision of the 

 course in the previous round, without the consent of its owners. 



8. CONTROL OP DOGS IN SLIPS. The control of all matters connected 

 with slipping the Greyhounds shall rest with the stewards of a meeting. 

 Owners or servants, after delivering their dogs into the hands of the slipper, 

 may follow close after them, but not so as to inconvenience the slipper or in 

 any way interfere with the dogs; nor must they halloo them on while running, 

 under a penalty of five dollars ($5). Any Greyhound found to be beyond con- 

 trol may be loosed out of the slips, and the course decided by the rules of 

 the club. 



9. GREYHOUNDS OF SAME COLOR TO WEAR COLLARS. When two 

 Greyhounds, drawn together, are of the same color, they shall each wear a 

 collar, and the owners shall be subject to a penalty of one dollar ($1) for non- 

 observance of this rule; the collar to be red for the left-hand side and white 

 for the right-hand side of the slips. After the first round, the upper dog on 

 the card for the day will be placed on the left hand, and the lower dog on the 

 right of the slips 



10. THE ORDER TO SLIP may be given by the judge or by a slip steward, 

 or the stewards of a meeting may leave the slip to the sole discretion of. the slip- 

 per. The length of slip must necessarily vary with the nature of the ground, 

 but should never be less than eighty yards, and must be maintained of one 

 uniform length, as far as possible, through each stake. 



