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not returning until the trials are partly or wholly 

 finished, shall be given credit, provided the Judges 

 are satisfied that he has been running; testimony 

 of interested parties not to be taken on this point. 



Rui,E 24. — Any person allowing a hound to 

 get loose and join in the chase, shall be fined not 

 less than $5. If the loose hound belongs to an 

 owner of one engaged in that particular chase, 

 such owner shall be fined in the discretion of the 

 Directors, unless he can prove to the satisfaction 

 of the Directors that he had not been able to 

 take up his hound after finishing his last chase. 

 The fact, however, of other hounds joining in 

 shall not necessarily end the chase. 



Rule 25. — No hounds shall be eligible to 

 compete in trials that have been hunted or kept 

 within a radius of fifteen miles of the meet within 

 three months preceding the trials. 



Rule 26. — The entries in a stake shall be 

 numbered and divided into packs, in the discre- 

 tion of the Directors; said division shall be made 

 by drawing lots under supervision of the Judges. 

 When possible, a kennel or owner should not 

 have more than one hound in each pack. After 

 the first round the Judges will order such hounds 

 as they elect to run in the following rounds. In 

 the general average, the Judges shall make their 

 decision upon the uniform principle that the 

 hound showing the most aptitude and ability to 

 find, trail, and catch a fox is the winner. The 



