308 EMPLOYMENT OF THE DOG IN HUNTING, ETC. 



b. Where a hare bears very decidedly in disfavour of one of 

 the greyhounds after the first or subsequent turns, in 

 which case the next point shall not be scored by the dog 

 who may be unduly favoured, or only half his point allow- 

 ed, according to circumstances. No greyhound shall 

 receive any allowance for a fall, or an accident of any de- 

 scription whatever, with the exception of being ridden over 

 by the owner of the competing greyhound or his servant, 

 provided for by Rule 24, or when pressing his hare, in 

 which case his opponent shall not count the next point 

 made. 



21. Penalties are as follows : — 



a. Where a greyhound, from his own defect, refuses to fol- 

 low the hare at which he is slipped, when he shall lose the 

 course. 

 h. Where a dog icilfidly dands 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 

 subsequently made by him are not to be scored ; but if he 

 does his best to fence, and is foiled by sticking in a mouse, 



