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near the finish, the pistol is fired and the dogs are released. The 

 runners up must then get over the ten-yard mark, beyond the finish 

 line, and the dogs, running right on, snatch the cloth with their teeth 

 and hang to it like grim death. Each dog has a piece of ribbon round 

 his neck, according to his station red, white, or blue ; and the judge 

 or referee, as he is called, holds up a flag of the winning colour to 

 show which has won. The cloth is called "bait," and "live bait" is 

 forbidden. 



The following is a copy of rules in force at a number of racing grounds 

 in the Manchester district, which will make the working of this popular 

 pastime clear : 



1. All doS that have never run at these grounds must be entered in 

 their real owner's name and residence, also the town or place in which 



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they are kept, or they will lose all claim in any handicap, and will be 

 subject to inspection at the scales ; and no person will be allowed to 

 run with live bait. 



2. Any person objecting to a dog on the mark, that heat shall be post- 

 poned. The objector and owner shall stake in the hands of the handi- 

 capper or referee <! each at the time of objection, which must be made 

 into 5 each before the last heat is run. If it cannot be proved on the 

 day of objection, the dog will run under protest. The person who owns 

 the dog shall leave it with the proprietor or handicapper until the 

 objection is proved right or wrong if it is proved wrong the money to 

 be paid to the objector ; but if not proved the money to be paid to the 

 owner of the said dog. 



3. In any case of running-up for a wrong dog, both the owner, the 



