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old dog, he claimed the stakes, and the matter was referred to the 

 National Club. After a good deal of discussion, turning on the 

 point that Kule 13 lays down no penalty for running a bye with 

 an old dog, being in this respect the only exception in the code, it 

 was resolved, that 'the bye in the third round of the Oakley 

 Stakes at Cirencester not having been run in accordance with 

 Rule 1 3, " Lurlei " cannot be considered to have gone any farther 

 in the stake, and consequently is only entitled to the money given 

 to the third dog.' 



CONSTITUTION AND BYE-LAWS OF THE NATIONAL CLUB. 



The National Coursing Club shall consist of not more than fifty 

 members, of whom seven shall be a quorum. Ten shall go out 

 by rotation, according to length of service, each year, at the 

 summer meeting, and shall not be re-eligible for a twelvemonth. 

 The gentlemen now composing the Club to be first on the list to 

 retire, which, in their case, can be determined by lot ; and new 

 members coming in to be always placed at the bottom of the list, 

 so as to mark the order of seniority. This rule not to apply to 

 the President and Secretary, who shall be elected or re-elected 

 annually. 



The names of these ten members thus retiring shall be declared 

 by the secretary of the National Club at the Summer Meeting in 

 each year, and their places, together with any casual vacancies, 

 shall be filled up with new members, who shall be selected by such 



