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original position in the next round, if guarding does not 

 prevent it. 



1 6. Byes. — A natural bye shall be given to the lowest 

 available dog in each round. No dog shall run a second 

 such bye in any stake, unless it is unavoidable. When a 

 dog is entitled to a bye, either natural or accidental, his 

 owner or nominator may run any greyhound he pleases 

 to assist in the course, provided always that in Sapling 

 Stakes only a sapling may be used, and in Puppy Stakes 

 none older than a puppy. Ikit if it is proved to the satis- 

 faction of the Stewards that no sapling or puppy respec- 

 tively can be found to run an accidental bye, an older 

 dog may be used. No dog shall run any bye earlier than 

 his position on the card entitles him to do. The slip 

 and the course in a bye shall be the same as in a 

 course in which a decision is required, and the Judge 

 shall decide whether enough has been done to constitute 

 a course, or whether it must be run again, and in the 

 latter case the Judge shall give the order. If at the 

 commencement of any lound 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. A bye must be 

 run before a dog can claim the advantage of it. Byes, or 

 participation in w innings through being entitled to byes, 

 shall count as courses won. 



17. Slip Steiuara. — The Committee of an Open 

 Meeting and the members of a Club Meeting shall appoint, 

 on the first evening of a Meeting, a Slip Steward, whose 

 duty shall be to see that the right greyhounds, both in 

 courses and byes, are brought to slips in their proper 

 turn ; to report to the Stewards, without delay, any grey- 

 hound that does not come to the slips in time, and any 



