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3. Under no circumstances is speed without subsequent work to be 

 allowed to decide a course, except where great superiority is 

 shown by one greyhound over another in a long lead to covert. 



If a dog, after gaining the first six points, still keeps possession 

 of the hare by superior speed, he shall have double the prescribed 

 allowance for the subsequent points made before his opponent 

 begins to score. 



b. The Go-bye is where a greyhound starts a clear length behind his 



opponent, and yet passes him in a straight run, and gets a clear 

 length before him. 



c. The Turn is where the hare is brought round at not less than a 



right angle from her previous line. 



d. The Wrench is where the hare is bent from her line at less than a 



right angle ; but where she only leaves her line to suit herself, 

 and not from the greyhound pressing her, nothing is to be 

 allowed. 



e. The Merit of a Kill must be estimated according to whether a 



greyhound, by his own superior dash and skill, bears the hare ; 

 whether he picks her up through any little accidental circum- 

 stances favouring him, or whether she is turned into his mouth, 

 as it were, by the other greyhound. 



f. The Trip, or unsuccessful effort to kill, is where the hare is 

 thrown off her legs, or where a greyhound flecks her, but cannot 

 hold her. 



26. The following allowances shall be made for accidents to a 

 greyhound during a course ; but in every case they shall only be 

 deducted from the other dog's score : 



a. For losing ground at the start, either from being unsighted, or 

 from a bad slip, in which case the judge is to decide what 

 amount of allowance is to be made, on the principle that the 

 score of the foremost dog is not to begin until the second has had 

 an opportunity of joining in the course, and the judge may decide 

 the course or declare the course to be an undecided or no course, 

 as he may think fit. 



t>. Where a hare bears very decidedly in favour of one of the grey- 

 hounds, after the first or subsequent turns, in which case the next 

 point shall not be scored by the dog unduly favoured, or only 

 half his points allowed, according to circumstances, No grey- 

 hound shall receive any allowance for a fall or an accident, with 

 the exception of being ridden over by the owner of the compel- 



