DUNEDIN COURSING CLUB.

Evening Star, Issue 14036, 17 April 1909, Page 11

DUNEDIN COURSING CLUB.

First Day. —Friday. There was a fair attendance at the Fornuij I lumpton. consisting mostly of the regular patrons. Mr M. Quirk did all the slipping excepting for the course in which be owned one of the dogs, and so far as coidd be seen lie discharged that duty enpM r T Kelt’s decisions” were promptly signalled, and generally accepted ripnt°p^ et ' ' ,!r * J Fethahy made an effilent Pi ess steward. The secretarial duties v ere undertaken by Mr P. H. Power, who m his quiet way had everything attended to properlv. The coursing area was dry and somewhat hard on the dogs’ feet. The portT— E COntlnues and conc ludes our reMAIDEX STAKE. First Round (continued). — F a fr l J n Ward ’? Zetland Lady (Tyrone— De ? n) beat , Mr R ‘ Greenslade’s Horando In a good race up Zetland Lady off Iwt - I 1 "’ and ’ Brando standing xr T a r. ue . aten f01 ‘ the kill. b f "ii ! Urtls ’ s Ladj ' Elizabeth (Kilty— Wt Ale) ran dean away from Mr G. Whittmgham s Clear the Wav, and won anyhow after a strong hare. (Rpt r r SrS n Preb o e and S teve nson’s Blonde n Wth' R “n n n Uel led Messrs W and Whites Dry Hays by half a dozen lengths, and did all the scoring MavTs’L Pat r rSOn T a, ] d Rober tson’s Little -lay (Separation—Lady May) led Mr R Penmans Monarch’s Jewel by several engths, but Little May did the work, and n on easily. 3

—Second Round

Sable beat Bright Eyes.-Salute led form ° nßtbs ’ and showed much the better

Sorcery beat Black Chapter.—Sorcery was up tour lengths ahead, and was much a.-ter ail tlirougn. though working wide. Bright Plume beat J. O. Nathan.—The two got together to the hare, when J 0 did*SLhe'VoA. th ' ra,,C ' “O'*

Wolfe’s Schnapps led Arrah-na-Pogue Vm T w u } en |?T’ and when the latter Mlled Wolfes Schnapps was declared the winner. Arrah-na-Pogue ran on a peg and got hurt. 53 _ Captain Cook beat All Over.-Captain Cook hung a bit, hut raced past for the turn and the exchanges seemed to be equal.

Roosevelt and Kentish Fire got together to the hare, and after that Roosevelt took possession, winning decisively. Zetland Lady beat Lady''Elizabeth.— The hit er led up*by a little, but could not like Zetland Lady. Little May beat Blonde.—Blonde led nearly ten lengths, but ranged all over the shop. leaving Little May to work out her win alone.

10s; third dog. £2 10s. —First Round.—

Mrs A. Aitken’s Keighery’s Gift {Andy I lanagan—Ace of Diamonds) beat Mr A. Gilhgans May Bonnet. Keighery's Gift div’f d^' T ° en ®^ s ’ and le exchanges were

Mr W Sumpter’s Fog Signal (Separation —Weasel) - and Messrs R. H. and .1 W 1 rices Gold Band (by Gold barmy Parnell) ran an undecided, log Signal shot in for first turn, but there was „°t mvi ch in it, and idd Land killed. In the run-off the dogs were up together, and Gold Band got the vermet, probably with not much to spare. vU G ’, G : Todd ’ s Admiration (Separation -Weasel) held -Mr J. Ward’s Goldspur at the finish oi the run up; and thereafter worked the closer, winning decisively Mrs J. Penman, jun.’s .Silverstream (Waterloo—Portergaff Lil!) beat Air W J Smith’s Deuce of Diamonds. Silverstream led by four lengths, and, galloping very strongly, had matters all his own way ,w IrS . J ’ Pennlan - jun.’s Watermark {Waterloo—Portergaff Lill) led Messrs Jenkins and Boyles i’artan by eight or ton lengths, and killed meritoriously Messrs R. H. and J. W. Price’’* Mather Machree (Faugh-u-Ballaeh-Pnzzle) led Messrs Prebble Bros.’ Jim Forward a length, and won with something to spare.