Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 5.00 - Rules Of Greyhound Racing › Section 5.23 - Starter: Duties

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) The Starter
			 shall give such orders and take all such measures, not in conflict with
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			 start.
(2) The greyhounds shall be
			 started from a type of starting box approved by the Commission and there shall
			 be no start until, and no recall after the doors of the starting box have
			 opened.
(3) The Starter shall
			 report causes of delay, if any should occur, to the Judges.
(4) A false start, due to any faulty action
			 of the starting box, break in the machinery or other cause, is void, and the
			 greyhounds may be started again as soon as practicable, or the race maybe
			 canceled at the discretion of the Judges.
(5) Time of the race shall be taken from the
			 opening of the doors of the starting box.
(6) Each Association shall be required to
			 install an automatic timing device approved by the Racing Commission and a stop
			 watch checked and certified by a competent watchmaker which will be available
			 for the use of the Judges. The Judges shall use the time shown on the timing
			 device as the official time of the race if they are satisfied that the timing
			 device is functioning properly. When stop watch time is used as the official
			 time of the race, it shall be so announced to the public.
(7) Each Association licensed by the
			 Commission shall be serviced by at least one or more graduate veterinary
			 surgeons licensed to practice under the laws of Massachusetts. Such
			 Veterinarians shall be on the grounds of the Association at weighing-in time
			 and during all racing hours.
(8)
			 The Veterinarians shall make an examination of the physical condition of each
			 greyhound at weighing-in time.
(9)
			 Any greyhound the Veterinarian does not consider in proper physical condition
			 shall be reported through the Paddock Judge to the Judges who shall order said
			 greyhound scratched out of the race for which it is entered.
(10) It shall be the duty of the Veterinarian
			 to make his final examination and inspection of all greyhounds during the time
			 they are in the paddock before they leave for the track and if he finds any
			 greyhound not in proper physical condition such greyhound shall be reported
			 through the Paddock Judge to the Judges who shall order said greyhound
			 scratched.
(11) Bitches in season
			 are not permitted on the track.
(12) Bitches coming in season during the
			 racing meeting must not be accepted for entry within 90 days from the date of
			 coming in season.
(13) Bitches in
			 milk are not eligible to school or to race.
(14) Bitches in season must be reported to
			 the Judges and the Veterinarian. Owners and Trainers failing to report this
			 condition promptly shall be fined, suspended or both.
(15) Bitches that have not raced in ten days
			 shall be brought to the paddock at weighing-in time for inspection by the
			 Veterinarian at least once each week. Bitches not brought in upon report of the
			 Veterinarian shall be declared off for the balance of the meeting.
In cases where a bitch has been prevented from racing because
				of an injury, the Judges, upon certification of such injury by the Veterinari
				an may modify or waive the provisions of
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