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opponent, and yet passes him in a straight run, and gets a clear length before 

 him. 



(c). The Turn is where the hare is brought round at not less than a right- 

 angle from her previous line. 



(d). The Wrench is where the hare is bent from her line at less than a 

 right-angle; but where she only leaves her line to suit herself, and not from 

 the Greyhound pressing her, nothing is to be allowed. 



(e). The merit of a Kill must be estimated according to whether a Grey- 

 hound, by his own superior dash and skill, bears the hare; whether he picks 

 her up through any little accidental circumstances favoring him, or whether 

 she is turned into his mouth, as it were, by the other Greyhound. 



(/). The Trip, or an unsuccessful effort to kill, is where the hare is thrown 

 off her legs, or where a Greyhound catches her, but can not hold her. 



15. THE following allowances shall be made for accidents to a Greyhound 

 during a course; but in every case they shall only be deducted from the other 

 dog's score: 



(a). For losing ground at the start, either from being unsighted or from a 

 bad slip, the judge is to decide what amount of allowance is to be made, on 

 the principle that the score of the foremost dog is not to begin until the second 

 has had an opportunity of joining in the course. 



(&). Where a hare bears very decidedly in disfavor of one of the dogs 

 after the first or subsequent turns, the next point shall not be scored by the 

 dog which may be unduly favored, or only half his point allowed, according 

 to circumstances. No Greyhound shall receive any allowance for a fall, or any 

 accident of any description whatever, with the exception of being ridden over 

 by the owner of the competing Greyhound or his servant (provided for by Rule 

 25), or when pressing the hare, in which case his opponent shall not count the 

 next point made. 



16. PENALTIES are as follows: 



(a). Where a Greyhound, from his own defect, refuses to follow the hare 

 at which he is slipped, he shall lose the course. 



(b). Where a Greyhound willfully stands still in a course, or departs from 

 directly pursuing the hare, no points subsequently made by him shall be scored; 

 and if the points made by him up to that time be just equal to those made by 

 his antagonist in the whole course, he shall thereby lose the course; but where 

 one or both dogs stop with the hare in view, through inability to continue the 

 course, it shall be decided according to the number of points gained by each 

 dog during the whole course. 



(c). If a dog refuses to fence where the other fences, any points subse- 

 quently made by him are not scored; but if he does his best to fence, and is 

 foiled by sticking in a hedge, the course shall end there. When the points are 

 equal, the superior fencer shall win the course. 



17. IP A SECOND HARE be started during course, and one of the dogs 

 follows her, the course shall end there. 



18. A "No COURSE" is when, by accident or by the shortness of the 

 course, the dogs are not tried together; and if one be then drawn, the other 

 must run a bye, unless the judge, on being appealed to, shall decide that he 



