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stake, unless it is unavoidable. When a dog is entitled to a bye, 

 either natural or accidental, his owner or nominator may run any 

 greyhound he pleases to assist in the course, provided always that 

 in sapling stakes only a sapling may be used, and in puppy stakes 

 none older than a puppy. But if it is proved to the satisfaction of 

 the stewards that no sapling or puppy respectively can be found to 

 run an accidental bye, an older dog may be used. No dog shall run 

 any bye earlier than his position on the card entitles him to do. 

 The slip and the course in a bye shall be the same as in a course 

 in which a decision is required, and the judge shall decide whether 

 enough has been done tp constitute a course, or whether it must 

 be run again, and in the latter case the judge shall give the order. 

 If at the commencement of any round in a stake, one dog in each 

 course of that round has a bye, those byes shall not be run, but 

 the dogs shall take their places for the next round as if the byes 

 had been run.- A bye must be run before a dog can claim the 

 advantage of it. 



i6. Slip Steward. — The committee of an open meeting and 

 the members of a club meeting shall appoint, on the first evening 

 of a meeting, a slip steward, whose duty shall be to see that every 

 greyhound is brought to slips in its proper turn, to report to the 

 stewards, without delay, any greyhound that does not come to the 

 slips in time, and any act on the part of the slipper, nominators, 

 or their representatives, vi^hich he may consider should be brought 

 to their knowledge. If a nominator or his representative should 

 refuse to comply with the directions of the slip steward, or should 

 use abusive and insulting language towards him, the stewards may 

 inflict a penalty not exceeding 2/. on the person so offending. 



17. Postponement of Meeting. — A meeting appointed to 

 take place on a certain day may, if a majority of the committee 

 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 propor- 

 tion 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 Dogs to the Slips.— Every dog must be brought 

 to the slips in its proper turn, without delay, under a penalty of \l. 

 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 



