DUNEDIN COURSING CLUB

Evening Star, Issue 15512, 6 June 1914, Page 7

DUNEDIN COURSING CLUB

First Day.—Feiday. The wind pierced to the marrow. The dogs felt it to some extent, the hares more, and probably it was partly owing to the intense coldness whilst they were boxed, though in a greater degree to the want of knowledge as to the way to the escapes, that so many kills as 21 took place, the hares appeared to be quite bewildered. With a fuller acquaintance of the enclosure they would have shaped well. They were mostly strong enough, anyway. One hare went clean away from both dogs on a straight line: the course between Miss Poverty and Star of Papanui. In one other respect, also, th© management was at fault. A new system, that will work well, was adojsted of announcing the results, this being done by means oi a me m t>n.:n-.-from the judging* platform. Unluckily the communications between the platform and the slipper were not reliable, and hence two or three announcements were wrong. This, however, can be easily mended. The general plan of the details was excellent. Mr H. Divers (the secretary) took personal control, and shaped really well. That was the opinion of the large crowd that mustered in the outside stand. Nothing very special was noted in the form shown by the dogs. Fairlake anil Ulster ran a no-course in the first round of the Maiden Stake. The six competitors in the Open Stake were all from Southland. In the second round of the Maiden there was an undecided between Earl Clements and Cyclone, and a no-course between Comedy King and Lord Raglan. This round resulted thus- Sabre beat Chief Commander, Beacon beat Fairlake, Star of Papanui beat M'Gluskey, Pride of the West beat Awkward Jim, Southern Star beat Highland Lad, Cyclone beat Earl Clements, Scotia Star beat Kilsyth, Lord Raglan beat Comedy King, Wild Wind beat Kilts, and Soldiers' Chorus had a bye. The shades of night were falling fast before the slipper slipped the last.