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of the National Coursing Club. Evidence of these facts was given 

 by Mr. Callan, who produced a letter from Mr. Owens, stating 

 ( that he was not prevented by illness or any other unexpected 

 cause ' from judging at the meeting ; and on these grounds it 

 was decided unanimously 'that, as it appears from Mr. Owen's 

 letter to Mr. Scott that he was not prevented acting as judge at 

 the Belleek meeting, it is the opinion of this meeting that the 

 stewards cannot call upon Mr. Scott to pay his entries, and 

 Mr. Bake is therefore requested to return him the 101. which he 

 lodged in his hands, to abide the decision of this club.' 



Case 4. This was laid before the club by the secretary of the 

 Spelthorne Club, arising out of a decision of the stewards at a 

 meeting recently held at Overton. The facts were stated simply 

 by Mr. Dean (the secretary) as affecting A and B, but to render 

 them intelligible I shall relate them as they occurred. In the 

 first round of the Cup, Mr. East's ' Enjoyment' and Mr. Farnell's 

 ' Farewell ' were in slips together, when, a hare being started, in 

 slipping the dogs ' Farewell ' was held by a fault in the slips, 

 while 'Enjoyment' got away single-handed and had a severe 

 course. Mr. East then demanded that ' Farewell ' should run a 

 bye before the course was run out, which was resisted by Mr. 

 Farnell, and ultimately laid before the stewards, who decided in 

 favour of Mr. East ; and the consequence was that e Farewell ' ran 

 the bye, and then coming against ' Enjoyment,' was beaten by her, 

 this bitch ultimately winning the stake. The club unanimously 

 decided ' tha,t the stewards were wrong in calling upon Mr. Farnell 

 to run the bye, there being no rule to give them that power, and 



