NATIONAL COURSING CLUB RULES. 309 



the course shall end ttere. "WTien tlie points are equal, 

 tlie superior fencer shall win tlie course. 



22. If a second hare be started during a course, and one of the 

 dogs follow her, the course shall end there. 



23. GiiEYHOUND Getting Loose. — Any person allowing a grey- 

 hound to get loose, and join in a course which is being run, shall 

 be fined £1. If the loose greyhound belongs to either of the 

 owners of the dogs engaged in the particular course, such owner 

 shall forfeit his chance of the stake with the dog then running, 

 unless he can prove, to the satisfaction of the Stewards, that he 

 had not been able to get the loose greyhound taken up after run- 

 ning its own course. The course is not to be considered as neces- 

 sarily ended when a third dog joins in. 



24. Riding over a Greyhound. If any subscriber, or his 

 servant, shall ride over his opponent's greyhound while running 

 a course, the owner of the dog so ridden over shall (although the 

 course be given against him) be deemed the winner of it, or shall 

 have the option of allowing the other dog to remain and run out 

 the stake, and in such case shall be entitled to half its winnings, 

 if any. 



25. 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 has done work enough to be ex- 

 empted from it. An undecided course is where the Judge considers 

 the merits of the dogs equal, and if either is then drawn, the other 

 cannot be required to run a bye ; but the owners must at the time 



