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greyhound which does most towards killing the hare during the continuance of 
the course is to be declared the winner. ‘The principle is to be carried out by 
estimating the value of the work done by each greyhound, as seen by the judge, 
upon a balance of points according to the scale hereafter laid down, from which 
also are to be deducted certain specified allowances and penalties. 
25.—The points of the course are— 
(a.) Speed—which shall be estimated as one, two, or three points, according 
to the degree of superiority shown. [See definition below (a).] 
(b.) The Go-bye.—Two points, or if gained on the outer circle, three points. 
(c.) The Turn.—One point. 
(d.) The Wrench.—Half a point. 
(e.) The Kill.—Two points, or, in a descending scale, in proportion to the 
degree of merit displayed in that kill, which may be of no value. 
(f) The Trip..—One point. 
DEFINITION OF POINTS. 
(a.) In estimating the value of speed to the hare the judge must take into 
account the several forms in which it may be displayed, viz. :— 
1, Where in the run up a clear lead is gained by one of the dogs, in which 
case one, two, or three points may be given, according to the length of lead, 
apart from the score for a turn or wrench. In awarding these points the judge 
shall take into consideration the merit of a lead obtained by a dog which has 
lost ground at the start, either from being unsighted or from a bad slip, or which 
has had to run the outer circle. ; 
z. Where one greyhound leads the other so long as the hare runs straight, but 
loses the lead from her bending round decidedly in favour of the slower dog of 
her own accord, in which case the one greyhound shall score one.point for the 
speed shown, and the other dog score one point for the first turn. 
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. 
(6.) 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 grey- 
hound pressing her, nothing is to be allowed. 
(e.) The Merit of « Kili 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 cireumstances 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 
