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to the satisfaction of tlic National Coursing" Club, to have 

 been guilty of any fraudulent or discreditable conduct in 

 connection with coursing or any other recognised sport, 

 may, in addition to any pecuniary penalty to which he 

 may be liable, be declared incapable of running or entering 

 a greyhound in his own or any other person's name 

 during any subsequent period that the National Coursing 

 Club may decide upon ; and any dogs under his care, 

 training, management, or superintendence, shall be dis- 

 qualified during such subsequent period. 



42. Bets. — All bets upon an undecided course shall 

 stand, unless one of the greyhounds be drawn. All bets 

 upon a dog running further than another in the stake 

 shall be p.p., whatever accident may happen. Bets upon 

 a deciding, as upon every other course, are off if the 

 course is not lun. Long odds bets shall be void when 

 made after the draw unless the greyhound the l^et refers 

 to shall run one course in the stake, other than a bye, 

 after the bet is made. In the case of a Meeting, or of a 

 Coursing Prize, where the nominations are not void in 

 consequence of postponement, all long odds bets made 

 before the first draw shall hold good, but long odds 

 bets made after any draw, except the draw under which 

 the stake is run, shall be void. 



43. Bets or Stakes Divided. — Where money has been 

 laid against a dog winning a stake, and he divides it, 

 the two sums must be put together and divided in the 

 same proportion as the value of the stakes. 



I now proceed to make a few remarks on the 

 various /?/^/?V coursing grounds of the kingdom, places 

 where the sport is still pursued, in spite of the whole- 

 sale extinction of hares, and where the aspiring courser 



