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expiration often minutes, the Stewards shall have power 

 to disqualify both dogs, or to fine their owners any sum 

 not exceeding 5/. each. The nominator is answerable 

 for his dog being put into the slips at the right time, on 

 the right side, and against the right dog. No allowance 

 shall be made for mistakes. No dog shall be put into the 

 slips for a deciding course until thirty minutes after its 

 course in the previous round without the consent of its 

 owner. (See Rule 32). 



20. Cont7'ol of Dogs 171 Slips. — The control of all 

 matters connected with slipping the greyhounds shall 

 rest with the Stewards of a Meeting. Owners or servants, 

 after delivering their dogs into the hands of the Slipper, 

 may follow close after them, but not so as to inconvenience 

 the vSlipper, or in any way interfere with the dogs, under 

 a penalty of i/. Neither must they holloa them on while 

 running, under the same penalty. Any greyhound found 

 to be beyond control in slips may, by order of the Stewards, 

 be taken out of the slips and disqualified. 



21. Grey Jwunds of Same Colour to Wear Collars. — 

 When two greyhounds drawn together are of the 

 same colour, they shall each wear a collar, and the 

 owners shall be subject to a penalty of \os. for non-ob- 

 servance of this rule. The colour of the collar shall be 

 red for the left-hand side and white for the right hand 

 side of the slips. The upper dog on the card must be 

 ])la(cd on the left hand, and the lower dog on the right 

 hand of the slips. 



22. T/ic Slip. — The order to slip may be given by 

 the Judge, or the Slip Steward, or the Stewards of a 

 Meeting may leave the slip to the sole discretion of the 

 Slipper. The length of slip must necessarily vary with 

 the nature of the ground, but should never be less than 



