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dental 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. 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 of that round 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. 



11. Postponement of Meeting. — A meeting appointed to take 

 place on a certain day may, if a majority of the Committee and the 

 Stewards (if a^jpointed) consider the weather unfit 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 b}^ 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. 



12. Taking Dogs to the Slips. — Every dog must be brought to 

 the slips in its proper turn, ivithout delay, under a penalty of £1. 

 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 Stewards shall have power to 

 disqualify both dogs, or to fine their owners any sum not exceed- 

 ing £5 each. No dog shall be put into the slips for a deciding 

 course until thirty minutes after its course in the previous round, 

 without the consent of its owner. 



