COURSING.

Evening Star, Issue 12844, 20 June 1906, Page 3

COURSING.

[By Go By.] Erin's Pride, winner of the New Zealand Waterloo Cup, ran at 571b weight. She I was bred in Tasmania by Mr V. Jackson, j her part owner and trailer, and now has ! a record of eighteen wins out of twentyi one courses. Her pedigree is as follows : I By Domino out of Britannia, by Jack Rnf- ! ford—Bardell, bv Barmbv (imp.). Domino, ' by Songbird—M*aid of I"lrin, bv Artisan—j Bonnie Doon. Songbird, bv Livingston—- : Sonnet. Jack Rufford, by ftufford—Fairy. ■ It has been many years since the general spirit of coursing men was so jubilant, and the utmost unanimity prevails. The main cause is the excellent vniy the hares ran and th© complete success of the new system. Fancy forty hares boxed in half an hour, and without the slightest distress to the hares. When, a hare was liberated for a course, ho came out as I fresh as paint, and in some instances too fresh for some of the dogs. Some dogowners attach undue importance to a! " grneller " on the Forbury Park enclosure, thinking it would certainly mar a dog's chance in the stake running, but I doubtvery much if the after-effects would be very serious, as the Forbury Park is perfect for the greyhounds in every respect. I hear that Mr John Collins carried everything before him at the recent Blacks meeting, winning the Maiden with Loch Krin and dividing with Lieutenant Bill and Erin. Well done! If any man deserves a. win, it is popular John Collins.

" No more weak hares will ever be seen on the Forbury Park again," remarked the lion. secretary for the Dunedin Coursing Club. They ran well, certainly, during the Waterloo Cup, but they will run much better at our next big maiden meeting early in August. For there were one or two little errors made in the training of the hares which will not be repeated, and I expect the result at the conclusion of our next meeting will be brilliant. "If there is anything I like to see in this world, it is for the hare to escape," remarked the genial secretary, "and it's my ambition to vie with the Kensington Coursing Club, Sydney—that is, to have only three hares pulled down out of about sixty ding-dong courses."