15S COURSING THE HARE 



being unsighted, or from a bad slip, in which 

 case the Judge is to decide what amount of 

 allowance is to be made, on the principle that 

 the score of the foremost dog is not to begin 

 until the second has had an opportunity of 

 joining in the course, and the Judge may 

 decide the course or declare the course to be 

 an undecided or no course, as he may think 

 fit. 

 b. Where a hare bears \ery decidedly in favour 

 of one of the greyhounds, after the first or 

 subsequent turns, in which case the next point 

 shall not be scored by the dog unduly favoured, 

 or only half his points allowed, according to 

 circumstances. No greyhound shall receive 

 any allowance for a fall or an accident, with 

 the exception of being ridden over by the 

 owner of the competing greyhound or his 

 servant, provided for ])y Rule 31, or when 

 pressing his hare, in which case his opponent 

 shall not count the next point made. 



28. Peiialties : — 



a. Where a greyhound, from his own defect, 

 refuses to follow the hare at which he is 

 slipped, he shall lose the course. 



b. Where a dog wilfully stands still in a course, 

 or departs from directly pursuing the hare, 

 no points subsequently made by him shall be 

 scored ; and if the points made by him up to 

 that time be just equal to those made by his 

 antagonist in the whole course, he shall 

 thereby -lose the course ; but where one or 



