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the day of election shall be given to the subscribers, and 

 the appointment shall be published at least a fortnight 

 before the Meeting. The names of the subscribers voting, 

 with the votes given by them, shall be recorded in a book 

 open to the inspection of the Stewards, who shall declare 

 the number of votes for each Judge, if called upon to do 

 so by any of the subscribers. When a Judge is prevented 

 from attending or finishing a Meeting, the Committee 

 and the Stewards (if appointed) shall have the power of 

 deciding what is to be done. 



4. Description of Entiy. — Every subscriber to a stake 

 must name his dog before the time fixed for closing the 

 entry, giving the names (the running names, if they had 

 any) of the sire and dam of the. dog entered. The Secre- 

 tary shall publish on the cards the names of those who 

 are subscribers, but do not comply with these conditions. 

 These nominations shall not be drawn, but must be paid 

 for. For Produce Stakes the names, pedigrees, ages, 

 colours, and distinguishing marks of puppies shall be 

 detailed in writing to the Secretary of a Meeting at the 

 time of the original entry in all Puppy Stakes, and a 

 subscriber must, if required, state in writing to the Secre- 

 tary, before or during the Meeting for which such entry 

 is made, the names and addresses of the parties who 

 reared his puppies ; and any puppy whose marks . and 

 pedigree shall be proved not to correspond with the 

 entry given shall be disqualified, and the whole of its 

 stakes or winnings forfeited. No greyhound is to be 

 considered a puppy which was whelped before the first of 

 January of the year preceding the commencement of the 

 season of running. A sapling is a greyhound whelped on 

 or after the first of January of the year in which the season 

 of running commenced. 



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