INTRODUCTION 5 



follow next to the hare-finder, or he who is to start the hare 

 until he come unto the form ; and no horseman or footman 

 is to go before, or on any side, but directly behind, for the 

 space of about forty yards. 



2. You ought not to course a hare with more than a brace of 



greyhounds. 



3. The hare-finder ought to give the hare three so-ho's before he 



puts her from her form or seat, that the dogs may gaze 

 about and attend her starting. 



4. They ought to give twelve score yards law before the dogs are 



loosed, unless there be danger of losing her. 



5. The dog that gives the first turn, if after that there be neither 



cote, slip, nor wrench, wins the wager. 



6. If the dog give the first turn, and the other bear the hare, he 



that bears the hare shall win. 



7. A go-by, or bearing the hare, is equivalent to two turns. 



8. If neither dog turn the hare, he that leads last to the covert 



wins. 



9. If one dog turn the hare, serve himself, and turn her again, it 



is as much as a cote, and a cote is esteemed two turns. 



10. If all the course be equal, he that bears the hare shall win, 



and if she be not borne, the course shall be adjudged 

 dead. 



11. If a dog take a fall in a course, and yet performs his part, he 



may challenge the advantage of a turn more than he gave. 



12. If a dog turn the hare, serve himself, and give divers cotes, 



and yet in the end stands still in the field, the other dog, if 

 he turn home of the covert, although he gives no turn, shall 

 be adjudged to win the wager. 



13. If by misfortune a dog be ridden over in his course, the course 



is void, and to say the truth, he that did the mischief ought 

 to make reparation for the damage. 



14. If a dog give the first and last turn and there be no other 



advantage between them, he that gives the odd turn shall 

 win. 



15. A cote is when a greyhound goeth endways by his fellow, and 



gives the hare a turn. 



16. A cote serves for two turns, and two tripplings or jerkings for a 



cote ; and if she turneth not right about she only wrencheth. 

 The first version has it thus :— A cote shall be more than two 

 turns, and a go-by or bearing the hare equal to two turns. 



