Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 5.00 - Rules Of Greyhound Racing › Section 5.11 - Entries

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) Every person who enters a greyhound, or
			 in any way participates in any race or racing under
			 205 CMR
			 5.00 thereby obligates himself to accept
			 205 CMR
			 5.00 upon all questions relating thereto.
(2) For all races the Racing Secretary is the
			 person authorized to receive entries and declarations.
(3) Every entry in a race must be in the name
			 of the registered owner, lessee or his assumed name and must be made in writing
			 or by telegram immediately confirmed in writing. The full name of every person
			 having an ownership in a greyhound or accepting the trainer's percentage, or
			 having any interest in its winnings, must be registered with the Racing
			 Secretary before it starts at any meeting, as must every change in such
			 ownership or interest, thereafter made during that meeting and a copy thereof
			 be promptly delivered to the Commission by the Racing Secretary of the track
			 where the greyhound is racing. Any failure to comply with 205 CMR 5.11 shall be
			 punished by a fine or suspension or both, and if any objection because of such
			 default is duly made and sustained against a greyhound that has run in a race,
			 its winnings in that race shall be forfeited and the purse redistributed by the
			 Judges. Such redistribution shall in no way affect the pari-mutuel payoff for
			 the race.
Any licensed dog track shall permit the owners or trainers of
				Massachusetts bred greyhounds to enter schooling races, both official and
				unofficial, for the purpose of qualifying said greyhounds for pari-mutuel
				races. A licensed dog track shall place all Massachusetts bred greyhounds who
				qualify for pari-mutuel races, after said schooling races, on the active racing
				list in the same manner as any greyhound entered from any kennel which races
				greyhounds at said dog track.
(4) A greyhound shall not be qualified to run
			 in any race unless it has been and continues duly entered for the same; and
			 unless otherwise specified by the conditions of a race, or disqualified by
			 violation of
			 205 CMR
			 5.00, any greyhound eligible at the time of entry
			 shall continue to be qualified, except in an overnight event, in which it must
			 be eligible at the time of the start.
(5) The entrance to a race shall be free
			 unless otherwise stipulated in its conditions. If the conditions require an
			 entrance fee, it must accompany the entry.
(6) Any person having interest in a greyhound
			 less than the interest or property of any other person is not entitled to
			 assume any of the right or duties of an owner as provided by
			 205 CMR
			 5.00 including the right of entry, declaration,
etc
.
(7) Joint
			 subscriptions and entries may be made by any one or more of the owners.
			 However, all partners and each of them shall be jointly and severally liable
			 for all fees and forfeits.
(8) The
			 racing officials shall have the right to call on any person in whose name a
			 greyhound is entered to produce proof that the greyhound entered is not the
			 property either who llyor in part of any person who is disqualified; or to
			 produce proof of the extent of his interest or property in the greyhound and
			 failing of such proof shall declare the greyhound out of the race.
(9) No greyhound shall be permitted to start
			 that has not been fully identified.
(10) Any person who knowingly attempts to
			 establish the identity of a greyhound or his ownership shall be held to account
			 the same as the owner and shall be subject to the same penalty in case of fraud
			 or attempted fraud.
(11) No
			 disqualified greyhound shall be allowed to enter or to start in any
			 race.
(12) A greyhound shall not be
			 qualified to be entered or to start in any race if owned in whole or in part or
			 is under the control, directly or indirectly of a disqualified
			 person.
(13) The entries of any
			 person or the transfer of any entry may be refused with or without notice or
			 reason being given therefor.
(14)
			 No greyhound shall be permitted to enter or to start unless a licensed trainer
			 conditions him.
(15) No greyhound
			 on the schooling list or the Veterinarian's list shall be qualified to be
			 entered or to start.
(16) Entries
			 that have closed shall be compiled without delay by the Racing Secretary and
			 conspicuously posted.
(17) No
			 alteration shall be made in any entry after closing of entries, but an error
			 may be corrected.
(18) If a race
			 fails to fill and is declared off, the names of all greyhounds that were
			 entered therein shall be publicly posted in the Racing Secretary's
			 office.
(19) If an entry from any
			 person or of any greyhound that stands suspended or expelled is received, such
			 entry shall be void and the money, if any, paid for such entry refunded. Any
			 money or prize won under said entry shall be returned.
(20) A greyhound or kennel whose entry is
			 ordered refused at any recognized meeting because of inconsistent racing shall
			 not be permitted to race on any track where these rules are in force during the
			 continuance of such ruling.
(21) No
			 greyhound under the age of 12 months shall run in any official race other than
			 races conditioned for greyhounds of the same age.
(22) The holder of a claim, whether it be a
			 mortgage bill of sale or lien of any kind against a greyhound, shall be
			 required to file the same with the Racing Secretary previous to the time the
			 greyhound is entered. Failure to do so shall for feit his rights in the
			 winnings of the greyhound previous to the time his claim is properly
			 filed.
(23) The Association shall
			 have the right to withdraw or change any unclosed race.
(24) In case of fire or accident, or for
			 other reasons, after due public notice all races or stakes may be postponed or
			 declared off, all subscriptions and declaration money paid must be
			 refunded.
(25) Entries for purse
			 races, the conditions of which have previously been published, shall close at
			 the time advertised in such publication, and no entry shall be received after
			 that time, but in case races fail to fill, additional time may be
			 granted.
(26) Every greyhound
			 entered for a purse must be a starter unless it be declared or
			 scratched.
(27) In the event the
			 number of entries to any purse race is in excess of the number of greyhounds
			 that may because of track limitations be permitted to start, the starters for
			 the race shall be determined by the Racing Secretary.
(28) An entry in a sweepstakes is a
			 subscription and cannot be withdrawn.
(29) A greyhound shall not become a starter
			 for a race unless there has been duly paid any stake or entrance money payable
			 in respect to that race.
(30)
			 Entrance money is not refunded on the death of a greyhound or his failure to
			 start.
(31) The nominator is liable
			 for the entrance money or stake and the death of a greyhound or a mistake in
			 its entry when eligible, does not release the subscriber or transferee from
			 liability for stakes.
(32) In the
			 absence of notice to the contrary, entrance and declarations for sweepstakes
			 which close during or on the eve of a racing meeting, close at the office of
			 the Racing Secretary who shall make provisions therefor. Closing at all other
			 times for sweepstakes shall be at the office of the Association.
(33) When an hour for closing is designated
			 entries and declarations for sweepstakes cannot be received afterwards; but if
			 an hour is not designated they may be mailed or telegraphed up to midnight of
			 the day of closing, provided they are received in time for compliance with
			 every other condition of the race.
(34) Nominations for stake races received and
			 postmarked before midnight of the day of closing shall be valid if received 24
			 hours in advance of closing overnight entries.
(35) If a miscarriage of any entry or
			 declaration in a stake is alleged, satisfactory proof that it was mailed or
			 telegraphed must be presented within a reasonable time or it shall not be
			 received.
(36) A greyhound shall
			 not become a starter for a race unless there has been duly paid any stake or
			 entrance money payable in respect to that race.
(37) The person entering a greyhound thereby
			 becomes liable for the entrance money or stake.
(38) An entry of a greyhound in a sweeps take
			 is a subscription to the sweepstakes and the subscriber is liable for stake and
			 forfeit, but should he transfer the entry he is liable only in case of default
			 of the transferee. Similarly the seller of a greyhound with engagements is
			 liable for stake or forfeit if the engagement is not kept.
(39) If the Racing Secretary should allow a
			 greyhound to start in a race without its entrance money or stake having been
			 paid, he shall be liable for it.
(40) A person making a wrong entry or
			 nomination shall be liable for stakes and forfeits under the no
			 mination.
(41) The entrance money,
			 starting and subscription fees, in every race shall go to the winner unless
			 otherwise provided in the conditions of the race, but when from any cause a
			 race is not run off, all stakes or entrance money if any is paid shall be
			 refunded.
(42) When a person is
			 prevented by
			 205 CMR
			 5.00 from entering or starting a greyhound for any
			 race without paying arrears for which he would not otherwise be liable, he may,
			 by paying the same, enter or start the greyhound and have the arrears placed in
			 the forfeit list as due to himself.
(a) If
			 the seller of a greyhound with engagements is compelled to pay arrears through
			 the purchaser's default, he may place the amount on the forfeit list as due
			 from the purchaser to him. 205 CMR 5.11(42) shall also apply in the transfer of
			 entries when the transferee defaults.
(b) The Racing Secretary, with the approval
			 of the Judges, shall have full authority to waive the obligations incurred by
			 205 CMR 5.11(42) according to the circumstances of the case.