COURSING
The 1953 coursing season was opened at Sockburn on Saturday, when the Christchurch Coursing Club held a meeting at which the race for the South Island Challenge Cup was deci Jed. Results:— First Round.—C. R. und J. Kingston’s Marksman. 8 points, best J. Black's Just Wyn, 4 points; C. Readman's The Pied Prince, 6 points, beat A. and D. Flutey's Imperial Lord, 1 point; 14. and T. Fraser’s Real Lady, 2 points, bes t R. Sutherland's Beechwood, 1 point; H. McAlister's Gay Micawber, 2 points, beat R. Peters's Our Hero, 0; L. R. Blackburn’s Direct Shot, 6 points, beat S. A. Fuller's Boniface, 41 points; P. T. Wilde's Sandy Heritage, a bye. Second Pied Prince, 2 points, beat Marksman, 0; Real Lady, 5 points, beat Gay Micawber, 0; Direct Shot, 8 points, beat Sandy Heritage, 4j points. Semi-final.—The Pied Prince, 2 points, beat Real Lady, 0; Direct Shot, a bye. Final.—The Pied Prince. 3 points, beat Direct Shot, 2 points. The final of the Maiden Cup was won by M. and W. Humphries’s Black Beret, which beat E. Hands’s Inkspot by 2 points to L
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27036, 11 May 1953, Page 11
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