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15. Postponement of Meeting. A meeting appointed to take place on a certain day, may, if a majority of 

 the Committee and Stewards (if appointed) consider the weather unfit, be postponed from day to day ; but it 

 the running docs not commence within the current week all nominations shall be void, and the expenses shall 

 be paid by the subscribers, in proportion to the number of nominations taken by each. In the case of produce 

 stakes, however, the original entries shall contine binding if the meeting is held at a later period of the 

 season. 



1 6. Running in Order. Every dog must be brought up in its proper turn, without delay, under a penalty of 

 i. If absent for more than a quarter of an hour its opponent shall be entitled to claim the trial and shall, 

 in that case, run a bye. If both dogs be absent at the expiration of a quarter of an hour, the judge or judges 

 shall have the power to disqualify both dogs, or to fine their owners any sum not exceeding $ each. 



17. By whom a Dog is to be Hunted. An owner, his keeper, or deputy may hunt a dog, but it must be 

 one or the other ; and, when once the dogs are down, an owner must not interfere with his dog if he has 

 deputed another person to hunt him. 



1 8. Method of Hunting. The person hunting a dog may speak, whistle, and work him by hand, as he thinks 

 proper ; but he can be called to order by the judges for making any unnecessary noise, and if he persists in 

 doing so they can order the dog to be taken up, and he will be out of the stake. An opponent's dog may not 

 be purposely interfered with or excited, or an appeal can be made to the judges ; and if the opponent's dog 

 points game, the other dog is not to be drawn across him to take the point, but if not backing of his own accord, 

 he must be brought round behind the other dog. Dogs must be hunted together, and their keepers must walk 

 within a reasonable distance of one another. After a caution, the judge or judges may have the power to 

 disqualify the dog whose keeper persists in neglecting this rule. 



19. Control of Dogs Competing. The control of all matters connected with the dogs under trial shall rest 

 with the judge or judges of the meeting, assisted in cases of peculiar difficulties by the stewards. 



20. Wearing Collars. All dogs, when necessary, shall wear collars the red for the highest dog on the card, 

 whose place shall be on the left, the white for the lowest dog, whose place shall be on the right side. 



21. The Judge or Judges.- The judge or judges shall be subject to the general rules which may be established 

 by the Kennel Club for his or their guidance. At the termination of each trial, he or they shall immediately 

 proclaim his or their decision, either by word of mouth, or by the exhibition of a colour corresponding with that 

 worn by the winning dog. No recalling or reversing of that decision shall be afterwards given on any pretext 

 whatever. 



22. Length of Trials. The length of a trial shall be determined by the judge or judges. When he or they are 

 satisfied that decided superiority has been exhibited by one of the contending dogs the trial should end. 



23. Injuring a Dog. If any subscriber or his servant shall, wilfully or by carelessness, injure, or cause to be 

 injured, an opponent's dog during a trial, the owner of the dog so injured shall (although the trial 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, if any. 



24. "No Trials "and" Undecideds." A "no-trial" is when, by accident or some other unforeseen cause, the 

 dogs are not tried together. An " undecided " trial is where the judge or judges consider the merit of the dogs 

 equal. If either is then drawn the owners must at the time declare which dog remains in. A " no-trial " or an 

 "undecided" may be run again immediately, or at such a time during the meeting as the judge or judges may 

 direct. If it stand over until the next day it shall be the first trial run. 



25. Withdrawal of Dog. If a dog be withdrawn from a stake on the field, its owner, or some one having his 

 authority, must at once give notice to the secretary or stewards. If the dog belong to either of these officials, the 

 notice must be given to one of the others. 



26. Impugning the Judge. If any subscriber openly impugns the decision of the judge or judges on the ground, 

 he shall forfeit not more than $, or less than 2, at the discretion of the majority of the stewards. 



27. Stakes not Run Out, and Arrangements Made Thereon. When two dogs remain in for the deciding trial, 

 the stakes shall be considered divided if they belong to the same owner, or to confederates ; and also if the owner 

 of one of the two dogs induces the owner of the other to draw him for any consideration ; but if one of the two 

 be drawn without consideration (from lameness, injury, or from any cause clearly affecting his chance of 

 winning), the other may be declared the winner, the facts of the case being clearly proved to the satisfaction 

 of the stewards. The same rule shall apply when more than two dogs remain in at the end of a stake which is not 

 run out ; and in case of a division between three or more dogs, of which two or more belonging to the same owner, 

 these latter shall be held to take equal shares of the total amount received by their owner in the division. The terms 



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