Greyhound Racing Definitions

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 205 CMR 5.00. Association. Person or persons, or body corporate conducting a recognized meetinginMassachusetts. 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 205 CMR 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 shallmeana mechanicalapparatus consisting of the following component parts: A stationeryrail 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 ofstarting. A Maiden that has been disqualified after finishing first is still to be considered a Maiden. MassachusettsBred Greyhound. Agreyhound that was whelped in Massachusetts from a bitch owned by a Massachusetts resident, provided that said bitchwasservicedby 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 205 CMR 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 accordancewith 205 CMR 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 whichentries 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. Anyracingmeetinggivenbyan Association in good standing within the enclosure of any race track licensed and conducted under the sanctionoflaw and rules and regulations of the duly appointed Commission. Replacement shall mean the act ofsubstituting 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 anentered greyhound fromthe 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.