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place on a certain day may, if a majority of the Committee and 

 Stewards (if appointed) consider the weather unfit for coursing, be 

 postponed from day to day; but if the running does not commence 

 within the current week all nominations shall be void, unless it shall 

 be especially stated otherwise in the conditions of the Meeting or in 

 the conditions of a Special Stake or Prize at such Meeting, and the 

 expenses shall be paid by the subscribers in proportion to the value of 

 nominations taken by each. In the case of Produce Stakes, however, 

 the original entries shall continue binding if the Meeting is held at a 

 later period of the season. 



19. Taking Dogs to the Slips.— Every dog must be brought to 

 the slips in its proper turn without delay under a penalty of ;^i. If 

 absent for more than ten minutes (according to the report of the Slip 

 Steward or of one of the Stewards) its opponent shall be entitled to 

 claim the course, subject to the discretion of the Stewards, and shall in 

 that case run a bye. If both dogs be absent at the expiration of ten 

 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 and 

 on the right side. No allowance shall be made for mistakes ; but if 

 the wrong dogs shall have run together in any round, and the mistake 

 is not discovered until another round has been run, no objection can be 

 made, and the course must stand as run. 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. Control of Dogs in Slips. — The control of all matters con- 

 nected 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 in- 

 convenience the Slipper, or in any way interfere with the dogs, under a 

 penalty of ;^l. Neither must they holloa them on while running, 

 under the same penalty. An owner, trainer or attendant after 

 putting his dog in slips may go forward to catch his dog, but must 

 keep well clear of the line on the run of the hare, and must go forward 

 on the same side as his dog is in the slips, except in such cases that the 

 Stewards shall decide that it is advisable for both parties to go forward 

 on the same side. Anyone infringing this rule may be fined a sum not 

 exceeding £^ at the discretion of the Stewards. Any greyhound found 

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

 taken out of the slips and disqualified. 



21. Greyhounds of same Colour to wear Collars. — When 

 two greyhounds drawn together are of the same colour they shall each 



