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

 case, subject to the exceptipns 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. If he has parted with all 

 interest in the nominations, and dogs not his property are entered, 

 paid for, and drawn in ignorance of his being no longer alive, 

 such entries shall not subsequently be disturbed. When dogs, 

 who have been entered in Produce Stakes, change owners with 

 their engagements and with their forfeits paid, the new owner, 

 if otherwise entitled to run them in those stakes, shall not be 

 prevented from doing so by reason of the death of the former 

 owner. 



8. 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 indiscri- 

 minately. This classification once made, shall not be disturbed 

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

 on account of byes. Dogs whose position on the card 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. 



9. Guarding. — When more than one nomination in a stake 

 is 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 



