or Paddoc-Course, a piece of ground enclosed with piles or a wall, and taken out of a park, for exhibiting races with greyhounds, for plates, wagers, or the like.

A paddock is generally a mile long, and a quarter of a mile broad: at the one end is a little house where the dogs are to be entered, and whence they are slip- ped; near which are pens to inclose two or three deer for the sport. Along the course are several posts, viz. the low post, which is 160 yards from the dog-house and pens; the quarter of a mile post, half-mile post, and pinching post; besides the ditch, which is a place made to receive the deer, and preserve them from fur- ther pursuit. And near this place are seats for the judges chosen to decide the wager.

The keepers, in order to slip the dogs fairly, put a falling collar upon each, slipped round a ring; and the deer being turned loose, and put forward by a teaser, as soon as he is arrived at the low-post, the dog-house door is thrown open, and the dogs slipped. If now the deer swerve too much, as that his head is judged nearer the dog-house than the ditch before he arrive at the pinching-post, it is no match, and must be run over again three days after: but if the deer runs straight beyond the pinching-post, then that dog which is nearest when he swerves, or is hindered by any acci- dent, wins the match; but if no such swerve happens, then the match is won by the dog who first leaps the ditch.