328 EMPLOYMENT OF THE DOG IN HUNTING, ETC. 
17. POSTPONEMENT OF MEETING.—A meeting appointed to take place on a 
certain day may, if a majority of the conmittee and the stewards (if appointed) 
consider the weather unfit for coursing, be postponed from day to day; but if 
the running does not commence within the current week all nominations shall 
be void, and the expenses shall be paid by the subscribers, in proportion to the 
value of nominations taken by each. In the case of Produce Stakes, however, 
the original entries shall continue binding, if the meeting is held at a later period 
of the season 
18, TAKING Docs To THE SLIPps.—Every dog must be brought to the slips 
in its proper turn, without delay, under a penalty of £1. If absent for more 
than ten minutes (according to the report of the slip steward or of one of the 
stewards), its opponent shall be entitled to claim the course, subject to the dis- 
cretion of the stewards, and shall in that ease run a bye. If both dogs be absent 
at the expiration of ten minutes, the stewards shall have power to disqualify 
both dogs, or to fine their owners any sum not exceeding 45 each. The nomi- 
nator is answerable for his dog being put into the slips at the right time, on the 
right side, and against the right dog. No allowance shall be made for mistakes. 
No dog shall be put into the slips for a deciding course until thirty minutes after 
its course in the previous round without the consent of its owner. (See Rule 31.) 
19. CONTROL OF Dogs IN Siips.—The control of all matters connected with 
slipping the grevhounds 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 inter- 
fere with the dogs, under a penalty of £1. Neither must they holloa them on 
while running, under the same penalty. Any greyhound found to be beyond 
control in slips may, by order of the stewards, be taken out of the slips and 
disqualified. 
20, GREYHOUNDS OF SAME COLOUR TO WEAR COLLARS.—When two grey- 
hounds drawn together are of the same colour they shall each wear a collar, 
and the owners shall be subject to a penalty of 10s. for non-observance of this 
rule. The colour of the collar shall be red for the left-hand side and white for 
the right-hand side of the slips. The upper dog on the card must be placed on 
the left hand, and the lower dog on the right hand of the slips. 
21. The order to slip may be given by the judge or the slip-steward, or the 
stewards of a meeting may leave the slip to the sole discretion of the slipper. 
The length of slip must necessarily vary with the nature of the ground, but 
should never be less than from three to four score yards, and must be maintained 
of one uniform length, as far as possible, throughout each stake. 
22. THE SLIpPER.—If one greyhound gets out of the slips the slipper shall 
not let the other go. In any case of slips breaking, and either or both dogs 
getting away in consequence, the slipper may be fined not exceeding £1, at the 
discretion of the stewards. 
23. The judge shall be subject to the general rules which may be established 
by the National Coursing Club for his guidance. .He shall, on the termination 
of each course, immediately deliver his decision aloud, and shall not recall or 
reverse his decision, on any pretext whatever, after it las been declared ; but no 
decision shall be delivered until the judge is perfectly satisfied that the course 
is absolutely terminated, 
24. The judge shall decide all courses upon the one uniform principle that the 
