166 THE AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DOG. 



11. THE SLIPPER. If one Greyhound gets out of the slips, the slipper 

 shall not let the other go. In the case of slips breaking, and either or both 

 dogs getting away in consequence, the slipper may call both dogs back and 

 put them again in the slips, at the discretion of the stewards. 



12. THE JUDGE shall be subject to the general rules which may be estab- 

 lished by the American Coursing Club for his guidance. He shall, on the ter- 

 mination of each course, immediately deliver his decision aloud, and shall not 

 recall or reverse his decision, on any pretext whatever, after it has been 

 declared; but no decision shall be delivered until the judge is perfectly satis- 

 fied that the course is absolutely terminated. 



13. THE JUDGE shall decide all courses upon the one uniform principle that 

 the Greyhound which does the most toward killing the hare, during the con- 

 tinuance of the course, is to be declared the winner. The principle is to be 

 carried out by estimating the value of the work done by each Greyhound, as 

 seen by him, upon a balance of points, according to the scale hereafter laid 

 down, from, which also are to be deducted certain specified allowances and 

 penalties all races to be run by courses. 



14. THE POINTS of the courses are : 



(a). Speed. Which shall be estimated as one, two, or three points, accord- 

 ing to the degree of superiority shown. (See definition a below.) 



(b). The Go-by. Two points, or if gained on the outer circle, three points. 



(c). The Turn. One point. 



(d). The Wrench. Half a point. 



(e). The Kill. Two points, or in a descending scale in proportion to the 

 degree of merit displayed in that kill, which may be of no value. 



(/). The Trip. One point. 



DEFINITION OF POINTS. 



(a). In estimating the value of speed to the hare, the judge must take into 

 account the several forms in which it may be displayed, viz. 



I. Where, in the run-up, a clear lead is gained by one of the dogs; in 

 which case one, two, or three points may be given, according to the length of 

 the lead, apart from the score for a turn or wrench. In awarding these points, 

 the judge shall take into consideration the merit of a lead obtained by a dog 

 which has lost ground at the start, either from being unsighted or from a bad 

 slip, or which has had to run the outer circle. 



II. When one Greyhound leads the other so long as the hare runs 

 straight, but loses the lead from her bending round decidedly in favor of the 

 slower dog, of her own accord; in which case the one Greyhound shall score 

 one point for speed shown, and the other dog shall score one for first turn. 



III. Under no circumstances is speed without subsequent work to be 

 allowed to decide a course, except where great superiority is shown by one 

 Greyhound over another in a long lead to covert. 



If a dog, after gaining the first six. points, still keeps possession of the 

 hare by superior speed, he shall have double the prescribed allowance for the 

 subsequent points made before his opponent begins to score. 



(b). The Go-by is where one Greyhound starts a clear length behind his 



