372 EMPLOYMENT OF THE DOG IN HUNTING, ETC. 



24. Biding over a Greyhound. — If any subscriber, or his 

 servant, shall ride over his opponent's greyhound while running 

 a course, the owner of the dog so ridden over shall (although the 

 course be given against him) be deemed the winner of it, or shall 

 have the option of allowing the other dog to remain and run out 

 the stake, and in such case shall be entitled to half its winnings, 

 if any. 



25. A "no course " is when by accident or by the shortness of 

 the course the dogs are not tried together, and if one be then drawn 

 the other must run a bye, unless the Judge on being appealed to 

 shall decide that he has done work enough to be exempted 

 from it. An undecided course is where the Judge considers the 

 merits of the dogs equal, and if either is then drawn, the other 

 cannot be required to run a bye ; but the owners must at the time 

 declare which dog remains in. (See Bule 27.) The Judge shall . 

 signify the distinction between a " no course " and an " undecided," 

 by taking off his hat in the latter case only. After an undecided 

 or no course, if the dogs before being taken up get on another or 

 the same hare, the Judge must follow, and shall decide in favour 

 of one, if he considers that there has been a sufficient trial to 

 justify his doing so. A " no course " or ," undecided " may be run 

 again immediately, or if claimed on behalf of both dogs, before 

 the next brace are put into the slips, or in case of no course, if so 

 ordered by the Judge, otherwise it shall be run again after the 

 two next courses unless it stand over to the next morning, when 

 it shall be the first course run ; if it is the last course of the day, 

 fifteen minutes shall be allowed after both dogs are taken up. 



26. The Judge shall render an explanation of any decision only 

 to the Stewards of the meeting, if required, through them before 

 the third succeeding course, by the owner, or nominator, or repre- 

 sentative of the owner or nominator of either of the greyhounds 



