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was entitled as the nominator of the third dog. Statements were 

 put in by himself and his confederate, Mr. Douglas ; and to 

 support his side Mr. Callan, the secretary, appeared in person. 

 From the evidence it was ascertained first, that the conditions 

 were, that the stake should consist of sixteen Irish against sixteen 

 English and Scotch dogs, the draw to take place on March 8. 

 Secondly, that at the Waterloo Meeting in February, Major 

 Beresford and Mr. Douglas met Mr. Callan, and expressed a 

 wish to have one nomination only instead of two, which had 

 been allotted to them by mistake. Mr, Callan said that he had 

 then twenty-two applications on the Irish side ; but in the re- 

 mainder of the conversation there was a difference in the state- 

 ments. Thirdly, the conditions of the programme, and Mr. 

 Callan's evidence, showed that he could not fill up the stake with 

 Irish nominations instead of English until the time of the draw. 

 Fourthly, a dog was finally entered in Major Beresford's name with- 

 out his knowledge and consent. Under these circumstances it was 

 decided by the club f that Major Beresford is not liable for his 

 second nomination, on the ground that, according to the con- 

 ditions, only sixteen Irish nominations could be allotted before 

 the draw, and even then the additional Irish nominations could only 

 be given by general consent. The club are further of opinion 

 that the secretary was not justified in entering a dog in Major 

 Beresford's name without his instructions.' 



February 18th, 1862. Case 8. An appeal from Mr. Grunson, 

 secretary of the late Whitehaven meeting, was laid before the club. 

 It set forth that, in the first ties of a twenty -one dog stake, the bye 



