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made or not, and any money received for forfeits or 

 stakes shall be returned, less the proportion of expenses 

 when the amount has been advertised, and when the 

 nominations rendered vacant are not filled by other 

 subscribers. If he has parted with all interest in the 

 nominations, and dogs not his property are entered and 

 paid for, such entries shall not subsequently be disturbed. 

 When dogs that ha\e iDcen entered in Produce Stakes 

 change owners, with their engagements and with their 

 forfeits paid, the then owner, if entitled to run them in 

 those stakes, shall not be prevented from doing so by 

 reason of the death of the former owner. 



14. Draw. — Immediately before the greyhounds are 

 drawn at any Meeting, and before nine o'clock on every 

 subsequent evening during the continuance of such 

 Meeting, the time and place of putting the first brace of 

 dogs into the slips on the following morning shall be 

 declared. A card or counter bearing a corresponding 

 number shall be assigned to each entry. These numbered 

 •cards or counters shall then be placed together, and 

 drawn indiscriminately. This classification, once made, 

 shall not be disturbed throughout the Meeting, except for 

 the purpose of guarding, or on account of byes. 



15. Guarding. — When two or more nominations in a 

 stake are taken in one name, the greyhounds, if bona fide 

 the property of the same owner, shall be guarded 

 throughout. This is always to be arranged, as far as 

 possible, by bringing up dogs from below to meet those 

 which are to be guarded. This guarding is not, however, 

 to deprive any dog of a natural bye to which he may be 

 entitled, either in the draw or in running through the 

 stake. Dogs whose position has been altered in conse- 

 quence of guarding or of byes must return to their 



