344 LAWS OF COURSING 



18. Should a fresh hare be started during a 

 course and one dog pursue it, the course to be 

 there ended and decided by the points gained 

 or greater speed shown ; the same if another 

 dog gets loose and joins in the course, unless 

 he belong to the owner of either of the other 

 dogs, and then he is to lose the course. 



19. If a course be equal, any decided supe- 

 riority of speed shown, to give the casting point. 



20. The brace of dogs next to run to be 

 taken by the slipper as soon as he has loosed 

 the preceding ones; but they are not to be 

 slipped at a hare until the other dogs have been 

 taken up. 



21. The judge to give his decision only to 

 the person appointed, without holding comnui- 

 nication with any one ; if the owner of either 

 dog interfere before he has given his judgment, 

 the course should be decided against him. 



22. The decision to be given in favour of the 

 dog gaining most points. 



THE END. 



