NATIONAL COURSING CLUB RULES. 371 



provided for by Rule 24, or when pressing his hare, in which 

 case his opponent shall not count the next 'point made. 



2 1 . Penalties are as follows : — 



a. Where a greyhound, from his own defect, refuses to fol- 

 low the hare at which he is slipped, when he shall lose the 

 course. 



0. Where a dog wilfully stands still in a course, or departs 

 from directly pursuing the hare, no points subsequently 

 made by him shall be scored ; and if the points made by 

 him up to that time be just equal to those made by his 

 antagonist in the whole course, he shall thereby lose the 

 course ; but where one or both dogs stop with the hare 

 in view, through inability to continue the course, it shall 

 be decided according to the number of points gained by 

 each doa; during the whole course. 



c. If a dog refuses to fence where the other fences, any points 

 subsequently made by him are not to be scored ; but if he 

 does his best to fence, and is foiled by sticking in a meuse, 

 the course shall end there. When the points are equal, 

 the superior fencer shall win the course. 



22. If a second hare be started during a course, and one of the 

 dogs follow her, the course shall end there. 



23. Geeyhound getting Loose. — -Any person allowing a grey- 

 hound to get loose, and join in a course which is being run, shall 

 be fined ,£1. If the loose greyhound belongs to either of the 

 owners of the dogs engaged in the particular course, such owner 

 shall forfeit his chance of the stake with the dog then running, 

 unless he can prove, to the satisfaction of the Stewards, that he 

 had not been able to get the loose greyhound taken up after run- 

 ning its own course. The course is not to he considered as neces- 

 sarily ended when a third dogs joins in. 



