366 EMPLOYMENT OF THE DOG IN HUNTING, ETC. 



he may be entitled, either in the draw, or in running through 

 the stake. 



I o. 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 

 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 puppy can be found in time to run an acci- 

 dental bye, the owner shall have the power of substituting an old 

 dog. No dog shall run any bye earlier than his position on the 

 card entitles him to do. The Judge shall decide whether enough 

 has been done to constitute a course, or whether it must be run 

 again. 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. 



1 1 . 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 proportion to the 

 number 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. 



1 2. Taking Dogs to the Slips. — -Every dog must be brought to 

 the slips in its proper turn, without delay, under a penalty of £i. 

 If absent for more than ten minutes (according to the report of any 

 one of the Stewards) its opponent shall be entitled to claim the 



