National Coursing Rules 105 



DEFINITION OF POINTS 



{a) In estimating the value of speed to the hare the Judge must 

 take into account the several forms in which it may be 

 displayed, viz. : — 



1. Where in the run up a clear lead is gained by one of the dogs, 



in which case one, two, or three points may be given, 

 according to the length of lead, apart from the score for 

 a turn or wrench. In awarding these points the Judge 

 shall take into consideration the merit of a lead obtained 

 by a dog which has lost ground at the start, either from 

 being unsighted, or from a bad slip, or which has had to 

 run the outer circle. 



2. Where one greyhound leads the other so long as the hare 



runs straight, but loses the lead from her bending round 

 decidedly in favour of the slower dog of her own accord, 

 in which case the one greyhound shall score one point for 

 the speed shown, and the other dog score one point for 

 the first turn. 



3. Under no circumstances is speed without subsequent work 



to be allowed to decide a course except where great 

 superiority is shown by one greyhound over another in a 

 long lead to covert. 



If a dog, after gaining the first six points, still keeps possession of the 

 hare by superior speed he shall have double the prescribed allowance 

 for the subsequent points made before his opponent begins to score. 



{b) The Go-bye is where a greyhound starts a clear length 

 behind his opponent, and yet passes him in a straight 

 run, and gets a clear length before him. 



{c) The Turn is where the hare is brought round at not less than 

 a right angle from her previous line. 



{d) The Wrench is where the hare is bent from her line at less 

 than a right angle ; but where she only leaves her line 

 to suit herself, and not from the greyhound pressing her, 

 nothing is to be allowed. 



{e) The Merit of a Kill must be estimated according to whether 

 a greyhound by his own superior dash and skill bears 

 the hare ; whether he picks her up through any little 

 accidental circumstances favouring him, or whether she 

 is turned into his mouth as it were by the other grey- 

 hound. 



