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the owner of one of the two dogs induces the owner of the other 

 to draw him for any payment or consideration ; but if one of the 

 two be drawn without payment or consideration, from lameness, 

 or from any cause clearly affecting his chance of winning, the 

 other may be declared the winner, the facts of the case being 

 clearly proved to the satisfaction of the stewards. The same rule 

 shall apply when more than two dogs remain in at the end of a 

 stake which is not run out ; and in case of a division between three 

 or more dogs, of which two or more belong to the same owner, 

 these latter shall be held to take equal shares of the total amount 

 received by their owner in a division. When there is a compulsory 

 division all greyhounds remaining in the class that is being run, 

 even where one is entitled to a bye, shall take equal shares. The 

 terms of any arrangement to divide winnings, and the amount of 

 any money given to induce the owner of a dog to draw him, must ' 

 be declared to the secretary. 



36. Winners of Stakes Running Together.— If two or 

 more greyhounds shall each win a stake, and have to run 

 together for a final prize or challenge cup, should they not have 

 run an equal number of ties in their respective stakes, the grey- 

 hound which has run the smaller number of courses must run a 

 bye, or byes, to put itself upon an equality in this respect with its 

 opponent. 



37. Objections. — An objection to a greyhound may be made 

 to any one of the stewards of a meeting at any time before the 

 stakes are paid over, upon the objector lodging in the hands of 

 such steward, or the secretary, the sum of 5/. which shall be for- 

 feited if the objection proves frivolous, or if he shall not bring the 

 case before the next meeting of the National Coursing Club, or 

 give notice to the stewards previous thereto of his intention to 

 withdraw the objection. The owner of the greyhound objected 

 to must deposit equally the sum of 5/., and prove the correctness 

 of his entry. Expenses in consequence of an objection shall be 

 borne as the National Coursing Club may direct. Should an 

 objection be made which cannot at the time be substantiated or 

 disproved, the greyhound may be allowed to run under protest, the 

 stewards retaining the winnings until the objection has been with- 

 drawn, or heard and decided. If the greyhound objected to be 

 disqualified, the amount to which he would otherwise have been 

 entitled shall be divided equally among the dogs beaten by him ; 

 and if a piece of plate or prize has been added, and won by him, 



