248 THE BOOK OP THE DOG. 



Of these the Go-bye is where one dog starts a length behind the other, but passes him in 

 a straight run, and gets a length in front. 



A Turn is when the hare is turned at not less than a right angle from her course. 



A Wrench is when the hare is turned at less than a right angle from her course. 



A Trip is when the dog gets hold of the hare, but fails to kill her. 



In calculating the number of points which are to be given for speed, the judge must take 

 into consideration the start which one Greyhound may have lost from being badly slipped or 

 from not sighting the hare. Also when the hare bends round in favour of the slower dog, 

 it is customary to allow one dog a point for speed, and the other one point for first turn. 

 It is also determined that speed alone shall not determine a course, except under very excep- 

 tional circumstances. 



In event of a dog losing ground at the start from being badly slipped or not sighting 

 the hare, the judge is to decide what allowance is to be made to him, on the principle that the 

 foremost dog is not to begin to score until the second has had an opportunity of joining in 

 the course. Again, too, when the hare favours one dog the latter's next point shall not be 

 scored, or, at most, only half his point, at the discretion of the judge. And no Greyhound is 

 to receive any allowance for any accident unless he is ridden over by his adversary's owner or 

 the latter's servant. 



A Greyhound loses the course at once if he refuses to follow the hare when slipped. 

 But when he wilfully stands still in a course, and desists from the pursuit of the hare, no 

 subsequent points he may make are allowed him. If in such an instance the points awarded 

 him up to this point exactly equal his opponent's, the offending dog loses the course ; but when 

 one or both dogs are unable to continue the course, and stop with the hare in view, the course is 

 decided 'by the number of points already awarded by the judge. Also, where a dog refuses to 

 fence where the other fences, his future points shall not be counted in his favour unless he 

 sticks in a meuse, when in such an event the course shall end from the time he stuck. If, 

 however, the points are equal up to then, he loses his course. 



Amongst the most stringent rules of the National Coursing Club are those which refer 

 to the description of the entries ; and the reason of such a policy must be obvious to all who 

 give the subject a moment's consideration. It is especially provided that the name and 

 colour of the dog and of his parents shall be clearly given, and in the case of produce 

 stakes any distinguishing marks must also be given. A subscriber must also, if requested by 

 the secretary, state in writing, before or during the meeting, the names and addresses of those 

 who reared his puppies; and any puppy is liable to disqualification whose description does not 

 tally with that given by the subscriber. No Greyhound is said to be a puppy which was 

 whelped before the 1st of January of the year preceding the commencement of the 

 season of running. A Sapling is a Greyhound whelped on or after the 1st of January of the 

 same year in which the season of running has commenced. If the name of a Greyhound 

 which has run in public has been changed, the subscriber must notify the change to the 

 secretary, who shall place both the new and the old names on the card of the meeting. The 

 penalty for neglect of this- rule by the subscriber is disqualification of his dog. 



In cases where a subscriber names a dog which is not his own property for a stake, and fails 

 to add the word " Names" or letters " N. S." to his entry, the dog is disqualified. Any subscriber 

 naming another's dog is compelled, if requested, to furnish the secretary with the bond fide owner's 

 name. The draw is arranged by putting either the dogs' names or numbers which correspond 

 with numbers which have been allotted them, into a hat, and drawing them out by hazard. 



