National Coursing Rules Toy 



29. Second Hare. — If a second hare be started during a course, 

 and one of the dogs follow her, the course shall end there. 



30. Greyhound Getting Loose. — Any person allowing a grey- 

 hound to get loose, and join in a course which is being run, shall be 

 fined ;,^ I. If the loose greyhound belong to either of the owners of 

 the dogs engaged in the particular course, such owner shall forfeit his 

 chance of the stake with the dog then running, unless he can prove, to 

 the satisfaction of the Stewards, that he had not been able to get the 

 loose greyhound taken up after running its own course. The course 

 is not to be considered as necessarily ended when a third dog joins in. 



31. Riding over a Greyhound. — If any subscriber, or his 

 servant, shall ride over his opponent's greyhound while running a 

 course, the owner of the dog so ridden over shall (although the course 

 be given against him) be deemed the winner of it, or shall have the 

 option of allowing the other dog to remain and run out the stake, and 

 in such case shall be entitled to half its winnings. 



32. No Course. — A **no course" is when by accident or by the 

 shortness of the course the dogs are not tried together, and if one be 

 then drawn the other must run a bye, unless the Judge, on being 

 appealed to. shall decide that he has done enough work to be ex- 

 empted from it. An undecided course is where the Judge considers 

 the merits of the dogs equal, and if either is then drawn, the other 

 cannot be required to run a bye ; but the owners must at the time 

 declare which dog remains in. {See Rule 34. ) The Judge shall signify 

 the distinction between a " no course " and an " undecided " by taking 

 off his hat in the latter case only. After an " undecided " or " no course," 

 if the dogs before being taken up get on another or the same hare, the 

 Judge must follow, and shall decide in favour of one if he considers 

 that there has been a sufficient trial to justify his doing so. A "no 

 course" or an " undecided" may be run off immediately, if claimed 

 on behalf of both dogs, before the next brace are put into the slips, or 

 in case of "no course," if so ordered by the Judge, otherwise it shall 

 be run again after the two next courses, unless it stand over till the 

 next morning, when it shall be the first course run ; if it is the last 

 course of the day, fifteen minutes shall be allowed after both dogs are 

 taken up. 



33. Explanation by Judge.— The Judge shall render an ex- 

 planation of any decision only to the Stewards of the Meeting if 

 required, through them, before the third succeeding course, by the 

 owner, or nominator, or representative of the owner or nominator of 

 either of the greyhounds engaged in the course. The Stewards shall, 

 if requested to do so, express their opinion whether the explanation is 



