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and Ages of all Greyhounds, with the Names of their owners, and the owners of their sires and dams, must be registered in the Stud Book. The Registration fee shall be one shilling and sixpence for each Dog registered on or before 30th of June, and an additional fee of two shillings shall be charged for the Registration of all Greyhounds (other than Saplings) after that date to the end of the coursing season immediately following. Any owner by payment of thirty shillings annually may compound for the Registration of any number of Greyhounds bonâ fide his own property. No Greyhound shall be registered whose sire and dam have not been registered; provided always that such sire and dam may be registered at the same time on payment of a fee of ten shillings for each dog; but the pedigree, with name of owner of such sire and dam, must be supplied to the Keeper of the Stud Book, and verified, if necessary, before such registration. Every change of ownership must be registered at a fee of one shilling. A Certificate of Registration must be given on payment of the fee. 6. Stud Book. - The Greyhound Stud Book shall be published, under the authority of the National Coursing Club, on the 15th day of September. 7. Time for Registration. - The Registration of Greyhounds shall be made on or before the 30th day of June, and Registrations made after that date, if they do not appear in the Stud Book of that year, will appear in that of the following year. 8. Names.--If the same name has been given to more than one greyhound, the Keeper of the Stud Book shall give priority to the dog first registered, and shall add to every other such name, except the one first registered, a numeral, commencing with II. Names once used will not be again available until after a lapse of ten years. 9. Greyhounds not Registered are Disqualified. -All Greyhounds whose names do not appear in the Stud Book, or whose owners cannot produce a Certificate of Registration from the Keeper of the Stud Book on being required to do so by a

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