Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 5.00 - Rules Of Greyhound Racing › Section 5.02 - Greyhound Racing Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Age
The age of a greyhound is reckoned
				as beginning on the day it was whelped.
Arrears
include all sums due for
				entrance money, subscription, stakes, fees, forfeitures and any default
				incident to
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				5.00.
Association
. Person or persons, or
				body corporate conducting a recognized meeting in Massachusetts.
Authorized Agent
. An individual
				appointed by a written instrument signed by the owner and filed in accordance
				with the Rules of Greyhound Racing. No individual shall be an Authorized Agent
				for more than one owner.
Breeder
of a greyhound is the owner of
				his dam at the time of whelping.
Commission
means the Massachusetts
				State Racing Commission.
Day
means 24 hours ending at
				midnight.
Declaration
means the act of
				withdrawing an entered greyhound from a race at least ½ hour before the
				time designated for the drawing of post positions for the race in which said
				greyhound is entered.
Equipment
as applied to a greyhound
				means muzzles, number blankets, and all other paraphernalia common or
				otherwise, which might be used on or attached to a greyhound while
				racing.
Established Weight
means the racing
				weight established by the owner or trainer as the greyhound's best racing
				weight.
Greyhound
. Synonymous with the word
				dog throughout
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				5.00.
Kennel
. Any place where greyhounds
				entered to race at Massachusetts Dog Tracks are kept.
Law or Laws
shall mean M.G.L. c. 128A
				together with any and all amendments thereto.
Lawful Authority
shall mean any court
				of competent jurisdiction.
Lessee
. A person who holds a contract
				on a greyhound, copy of which is filed with the Racing Secretary and the
				Commission.
Licensee
shall mean any person granted
				an occupational license in connection with greyhound racing issued by the
				Massachusetts State Racing Commission.
Lure
shall mean a mechanical apparatus
				consisting of the following component parts: A stationery rail installed around
				the track; a motorized mechanism, which travels on the rail; a pole, which is
				attached to the mechanism and extends out over the track; and a decoy.
Maiden
. A greyhound that has never, in
				any country won a race other than a match or private sweepstakes. Conditions
				referring to Maidens shall mean Maidens at the time of starting. A Maiden that
				has been disqualified after finishing first is still to be considered a
				Maiden.
Massachusetts Bred Greyhound
. Agrey
				hound that was whelped in Massachusetts from a bitch owned by a Massachusetts
				resident, provided that said bitch was serviced by a stud standing in
				Massachusetts that was owned or leased by a Massachusetts resident. The
				greyhound must remain in Massachusetts for the first six months of its life and
				be registered as a Massachusetts bred greyhound with the Department of Food and
				Agriculture in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Department of
				Food and Agriculture.
Massachusetts Resident
. Any person who
				has been domiciled in Massachusetts for at period of at least one year.
Massachusetts Greyhound Breeder
. A
				Massachusetts resident who breeds Massachusetts bred greyhounds.
Matinee
. A schedule of races conducted
				in the afternoon.
Meeting
. Entire consecutive period for
				which license to conduct greyhound racing has been granted by the Commission to
				any one Association.
Month
means calendar month.
Night Performance
means a schedule of
				races conducted upon a racetrack during night hours.
Owner
means the person in whose name
				the greyhound is registered at the meeting in accordance with
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				5.00 and may be sole owner, part owner or lessee. An
				interest in the winnings only of a greyhound does not constitute part
				ownership.
Place
shall mean first, second or
				third and in that order is called Win, Place and Show
Post Position
means the position
				assigned to a greyhound for the start of a race.
Post Time
. The time set for the
				release of the greyhounds in a race from the starting box.
Program
. A daily schedule of races
				conducted at a racing meeting in accordance with
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				5.00.
Race
. A contest for purse, stakes or
				entry fees on any course and in the presence of duly appointed racing
				officials.
(a)
Overnight
			 Race
means a race for which entries close 72 hours or less before
			 the time set for the first race of the day on which such race is to be
			 run.
(b)
Purse
			 Race
is a race for money or other prizes for which no entrance fee
			 is required.
(c)
Race
			 on the Flat
is a race over a course in which no jumps or other
			 obstacles are placed.
(d)
Stakes Race
is a race publicly declared open to all
			 complying with its conditions to be fulfilled wholly or in part subsequent to
			 its closing and in which required entrance fees, if any, are to be paid for
			 each greyhound engaged and added is contributed by the Association.
Recognized Meeting
. Any racing meeting
				given by an Association in good standing within the enclosure of any race track
				licensed and conducted under the sanction of law and rules and regulations of
				the duly appointed Commission.
Replacement
shall mean the act of
				substituting a qualified greyhound for one that has been withdrawn prior to the
				day of the race.
Ruled Off
shall mean the act of
				barring from the grounds of an Association and denying all racing
				privileges.
Scratch
shall mean the act of
				withdrawing an entered greyhound from the race on the day of the race.
Starter
. A greyhound is a starter for
				a race when the doors of the starting box open.
Subscription
means the act of
				nominating to a stake race.
Suspended
shall mean that any
				privilege granted by the officials of a racing meeting or by the Commission to
				a person licensed by the Commission has been withdrawn.
Tote or Tote Board
shall mean the
				totalisator.
Trainer
. A person employed by an owner
				to condition greyhounds for racing.
Weighing In
. The weight of the
				greyhound taken at first weighing in, in accordance with 205 5.00.
Weighing Out
. The weight of the
				greyhound previous to post time or time of the race in which it is
				entered.
Whelped
. A greyhound is whelped at the
				time of its birth.
Year
means a calendar
				year.