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declared confederates, shall be held as bond fide the property of a 

 subscriber. The names of confederates must be registered with 

 the keeper of the Stud Book — fee, \s. for each name. Assumed 

 names must also be registered with the keeper of the Stud Book — 

 fee, 5 guineas. 



12. Death of a Subscriber. — The death of a subscriber 

 shall only affect his nominations if it occur before the draw, in 

 which case, subject to the exceptions stated below, they shall be 

 void, whether the entries have been made or not, and any money 

 received for forfeits or stakes shall be returned, less the proportion 

 of expenses when the amount has been advertised, and when the 

 nominations rendered vacant are not filled by other subscribers. 

 If he has parted with all interest in the nominations, and dogs not 

 his property are entered and paid for, such entries shall not subse- 

 quently be disturbed. When dogs that have been entered in 

 produce stakes change owners, with their engagements and with 

 their forfeits paid, the then owner, if entitled to run them in those 

 stakes, shall not be prevented from doing so by reason of the death 

 of the former owner. 



13. Draw. — Immediately before the greyhounds are drawn at 

 any meeting, and before nine o'clock on every subsequent evening 

 during the continuance of such meeting, the time and place of 

 putting the first brace of dogs into the slips on the following morn- 

 ing shall be declared. A card or counter, bearing a corresponding 

 number, shall be assigned to each entry. These numbered cards 

 or counters shall then be placed together and drawn indiscrimi- 

 nately. This classification, once made, shall not be disturbed 

 throughout the meeting, except for the purpose of guarding, or on 

 account of byes. 



14. Guarding. — When two or more nominations in a stake 

 are taken in one name, the greyhounds, if bond fide the property 

 of the same owner, shall be guarded throughout. This is always 

 to be arranged, as far as possible, by bringing up dogs from below 

 to meet those which are to be guarded. This guarding is not, 

 however, to deprive any dog of a natural bye to which he may be 

 entitled, either in the draw or in running through the stake. Dogs 

 whose position has been altered in consequence of guarding or of 

 byes, must return to their original position in the next round, if 

 guarding does not prevent it. 



15. Byes.— A natural bye shall be given to the lowest available 

 dog in each round. No dog shall run a second such bye in any 



