XXXVI. Throwing Jack

1. The leader of the party, which is to play first, shall
throw the jack.

2. If the jack, runs into the ditch at the first throw
of the game, it shall be placed two yards from it. If it be
thrown into the ditch at any subsequent end, the opposing
party shall throw it over, but shall not play first. When
thrown less than two yards from the ditch, the jack must
be moved out to that distance.

3. The jack shall be thrown not less than 25 yards
from the mat, and if it runs to one side, it shall be
moved straight across and placed in the line of the pins
numbering the rink. If it be thrown less than 25 yards
it shall be treated according to the rule applicable to a
jack thrown into the ditch after the first lead. (See
Clause 2 of this rule.)

4. If none of the foregoing rules have been trans-
gressed the jack shall be played to wherever it has been
thrown, or if moved it must be by mutual consent of the
parties.

5. After having been played to, it shall not be touch-
ed or interfered with in any manner otherwise than by
the effects of the play until the result of the end has
been determined.

XXXVII. Touchers

1. <A bowl, which touches the jack during its original
course on the green (although previously it may have
touched one or more bowls), is called a toucher, and
counts in the game wherever it rests, if on the rink. But
should a bowl, after it has ceased running, fall over and
touch the jack, after another bowl has been delivered,
it is not to be counted a toucher. A bowl, touching the
jack when the latter is in the ditch, is not a toucher.

2. If a toucher run into the ditch when played, or be
driven into the ditch during the course of the subsequent
play, the place where it rests may be marked, but its
position shall not be altered except by the action of an-
other toucher.

3. A toucher must be distinguished by a chalk or
other distinct mark. Unless it be marked before the suc-
ceeding bowl has come to rest, it is not to be counted
a toucher. If the mark be not removed from the bowl
before it is played in the succeeding end, it may be re-
garded as a burned bowl and be removed to the bank.

4. Touchers may act on the jack or other touchers in
the ditch.

XXXVIII. Unfinished Games

Should a game be interrupted for any cause, so that it
cannot be finished during the day in which it was com-
menced, it shall be proceeded with at the point at which
it was interrupted, but if the position of jack or bowls
has been changed, the last end shall be begun anew.

XXXIX. Violation of Rules

Many of the preceding rules have no penalties attached
to them, and all are framed on the understanding that
none of them will be willfully violated. When any of them
are violated that have penalties attached, the penalty
cannot be invoked after the next played bowl has ceased
to run.