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CHAPTER XVI. 



National Coursing Club Precedents established by it Constitution and 

 Bye Laws Rules for the guidance of Coursing Meetings Rules for the 

 guidance of Judges in their Decisions of Courses. 



NATIONAL COURSING CLUB. 



SINCE the first edition of this book was published the National 

 Coursing Club has been formed, chiefly by the exertions of the 

 gentleman known to coursers as Mr. C. Jardine. As originally 

 constituted in 1858, the members were to be elected by the sub- 

 scribers to the Waterloo Cup, after the dinner on the evening before 

 running. In 1862, however, it was decided to vest the election in 

 public coursing clubs possessing twenty-four members and upwards, 

 the change to be gradually effected by excluding ten members 

 annually from the club by ballot. At present there are only 

 twelve of the original members remaining; and in the year 1864 

 the probability is that the whole list will have been elected by 

 clubs, or at all events there will only be two elected by the 

 Waterloo Meeting. 



The first act of the club was to draw up a code of rules for the 

 regulation of meetings, which have since been universally adopted, 

 subject to such modifications as maybe necessary for the use of clubs. 



