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5. DRAW. No entry by a subscriber shall be valid unless the 

 amount of stake be paid in full, when a card or counter bearing a 

 corresponding number shall be assigned to each entry. These 

 numbered cards or counters shall then be placed together in a 

 bowl, and drawn out indiscriminately. This classification, once 

 made, shall not be disturbed throughout the meeting, except for 

 the purpose of guarding, or on account of byes. Dogs whose 

 position on the card has been altered in consequence of guarding 

 must return to their original position in next class, if guarding 

 does not prevent it. 



6. GUARDING. When more than one nominator is taken by one 

 person, the greyhounds, provided they are bondfide his own property, 

 or the property of one person, shall be guarded as follows : Two 

 if more than a four-dog stake, three if more than a sixteen, four 

 if more than a twenty-four, five if more than a thirty-two, six if 

 more than a forty, seven if more than a forty-eight, and eight if 

 more than a fifty-six. In produce stakes any number may be 

 guarded. This guarding is not, however, to deprive any dog of 

 a natural bye to which he may, in running through a stake, be 

 entitled. 



7. CONTROL OF DOGS IN SLIPS. The control of all matters con- 

 nected with slipping the greyhounds shall rest with the Stewards of a 

 meeting. Owners or servants, after delivering their dogs into the 

 hands of the Slipper, may follow close after them, but not so as to 

 inconvenience the Slipper, or in any way to interfere with the dogs, 

 under a penalty of II. Neither must they halloa them on while 

 running, under the same penalty. Any greyhound found to be 



