COURSING

Grey River Argus, 4 May 1931, Page 7

COURSING

Meeting at Ikamatua ' i STAKES TO BELEAy LAD. I — The opening meeting of t.ie 1931 1 season and the fourth meeting of the Ikamatua and West Coast Coursing Club wag held af the Ikamatua Plumpton on Saturday afternoon in glorious sunshine, before a good public, attend1 anee*. The plumpton and arrangements were in firist class order and 1 reflected great credit', on the members of thfis energetic sporting body. The coursing was gdod throughout, although, in a number of cases, there was “no course” called by the judge. The hares in the majority of /cases direct Tor the. escapes and seemingly knew how to ‘'save their bacon.” The Open Stakes of £l5 wa« wou by Mr J. Unwin’si (Runanga) fawn dog. Belfast Lad, after an excellent course in Ike final withl which', however, did not course so promisingly as in thd semi-final Logan Chief, the Canterbury-owned dog, ~when he w?Fh with comparative ease-. The> arjrangenients were in the hand? of a string committee of officials, who worked hard; to ensure a successful meeting and included:—Messrs J. (Braithwaite (Runanga), JudgeJ. [ Mclnroe, Assistant-Judge*; J. McLennan Slipper; A. Grogan (Greymouth), Assistant Slipper; M. Flynn and J. I Foster, hare stewards; W. O’Malley, | Patrol Steward; P. Flynn, Course Siew 1 aid and A. Mclnroe junr., Escape [Steward and the Secretary, Mr R. JWaring. I A substantial afterjnoon tea was I provided by a willing band of ladles. ' Open stakes of £l5, second dog to receive £3 and third dog to receive £1 from thel stake: —< FIRST ROUND. I Miss Modesty, Mr F. Heslin’s fawn bitch (Laddie-Rose) —2 points, . beat The Lone Monk,, Mr J. McLennan’s (The Monk-Blue Meg)—-1 point. The .hai’C obtained a good start. Miss Modesty gradually gained' a good lead on the Lone Monk. Tho hare made straight for the escape. Logan Chief, Mr A. Holmes’s blue I dog (Tevoitdale-BiddyJ—-5/ points, 'beat Dorando, Mr A. Mclnroe junr’s. ! wbj’de dog (Danger Signal-Little Sweet | heart), nil. Logan Chief led out, and ' coursed well to turn the hare. The lia,iA- smartly cut into the escape. l Belfast Lad, Mr J. Unwin’s fhwn] dog (Happy Thought-Mars<ellaise) —31 points beat Nancy Dale, Mr A. Leg-i goe’s (Springlea Lad-Fire Fly), ipoints. Belfast Lad got the best of the lead out and followed the hare’s! course. Nancy Dale ran out wide and the hare kept on t Q run into- the. es--1 cape, with Belfast Lad the closest up and Nancy Dale making- up ground. i Brotherhood, Mr B. Winchester’s black dog (The Monk-Hinenioa), 4’ beat ;Cowl, Mr B. Warring’s I fawn dog (The Monk-Blue Meg), 2j I points. Brotherhood led out and! i coursed the hare nicely, Cowl cutting! ! aK’t'OSs and upsetting Brotherhood to| t securo the hare. Mossvale, Mr L. McVicarj’s fawn! dog, (Me»ri vale- Re viera Rose) —34' points, beat Hank, Mr F. Heslin-s| • black and white dog (Merry EnglandBlack)—l point. After two "no courses,” a good lead? up was witness- ' ed and Mossvale was first to see the 1 prey turning thje' hare~near the centre lof the bahilk, securing the game. | Hajik was close up. SECOND ROUND. ! Logan Chief—4 points beat Miss I Modesty 1 point. Logan Chief was! I first away from the lead up and cours- 1 !ed clevCrly to win easily on points. I Miss Modesty made a. poor ; falling whilst turning. ( ■ Belfast* Lad—4 points, beat Brother- | hood 2 points. Both dogs got away ( well with Brotherhood leading out | from the slip, Tut neither) could see thieir game. Belfast Lad turned and ref turned to th<? slipper. Brotherhood kept 1 j the scent but no l course was given Brotherhood then led out from the slip i having a big advantage. Belfast T,adj ! wa» prominent and made a< good course ' securing the hare. Mossvale then ran | a >bye witlh! Nancy Dale. ' SEMI-FINAL. Mossvale-—8 points, beat Logan Chief 3| points. From a good slip Mossvale led out, leaving Logan Chief badly, and secured the* hare, but a "no I course” was given, as Logan Chief had not sighted the prize. Tho second course was easily the best of the day, in which both dogs I tunned the hare Excellently. ~ Mossvale led away to turn the hare, the 'Other dog cutting him out to secure the pijize. Belfast had then run a bye* with Hank. FINAL. I [ Belfast Lad—34” points, beat Mass-1 vale, 2 points. A "no 1 course” was 1 1 ordered in the first slip, as both dogs failed to sight the hare. The second 'slip was alsto a n no course,” when. Mossvale had a big lead to catch the ( hare. Massvale - ’was fiTt away from the slipper,'but ’was soon overtaken, by Belfast Lad. Mossvale failed tin turning, whilst Belfast Lad coursed | ( cellently. MossvalE then made a sue-| cessfu'l turn, but Belfast Lad had had-’ a ‘good lead 'on points to win. < I Placings:— 1 1 BELFAST LAD 1 MOSSVALE 2' I LOGAN CHIEF 3 1 . ■ , ' . —