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ing greyhound, or his servant, provided for by Rule 30 or when 

 pressing his hare, in which case his opponent shall not count the 

 next point made 



27. Penalties are as follow : 



a. Where a greyhound, from his own defect, refuses to follow the 



hare at which he is slipped, he shall lose the course. 



b. Where a dog wilfully stands still in a course, or departs from 



directly pursuing the hare, no points subsequently made by him 

 shall be scored ; and if the points made by him up to that time 

 be just equal to those made by his antagonist in the whole 

 course, he shall thereby lose the course ; but where one or both 

 dogs stop with the hare in view, through inability to continue 

 the course, it shall be decided according to the number of points 

 gained by each dog during the whole course. 



c. If a dog refuses to fence where the other fences, any points sub- 



sequently made by him are not to be scored ; but if he does his 

 best to fence, and is foiled by sticking in a meuse, the course 

 shall end there. When the points are equal, the superior fencer 

 shall win the course. 



28. If a second hare be started during a course, and one of the 

 dogs follow her, the course shall end there. 



29. GREYHOUND GETTING LOOSE. Any person allowing a 

 greyhound to get loose, and join in a course which is being run, 

 shall be fined i/. If the loose greyhound belong to either of the 

 owners of the dogs engaged in the particular course, such owner 

 shall forfeit his chance of the stake with the dog then running, 

 unless he can prove, to the satisfaction of the stewards, that he had 

 not been able to get the loose greyhound taken up after running 

 its own course. The course is not to be considered as necessarily 

 ended when a third dog joins in. 



30. RIDING OVER A GREYHOUND. If any subscriber, or his 

 servant, shall ride over his opponent's greyhound while running a 

 course, the owner of the dog so ridden over shall (although the 

 course be given against him) be deemed the winner of it, or shall 

 have the option of allowing the other dog to remain and run out 

 the stake, and in such case shall be entitled to half its winnings. 



31. A 'no course' is when by accident or by the shortness of 

 the course the dogs are not tried together, and if one be then 

 drawn the other must run a bye, unless the judge on being appealed 

 to shall decide that he has done work enough to be exempted from 

 it. ' An undecided course ' is where the judge considers the merits 



