330 EMPLOYMENT OF THE DOG IN HUNTING, ETC. 
during a course; but in every vase 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. 
(b.) Where a hare bears very decidedly in favour of one of the greyhounds, 
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 greyhound shall receive any allowance for a fall or an acci- 
dent, with the exception of being ridden over by the owner of the competing 
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 subsequently 
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 £1. 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 con- 
siders the merits of the dogs equal; and if either is then drawn, the other cannot 
be required to run a bye ; but the owners must at the time declare which dog 
remains in. (Sce Rule 33.) The judge shall signify the distinction between a 
