COURSING.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 18 July 1929, Page 3

COURSING.

MEETING HELD AT PATEA. i : 1 ; There was much good running and ] > a number of very close contests at the * meeting of the Patea-Hawera Coursing > Club yesterday on the club’s enclosure - at Whenuakura, when the R. P. Morrissey Cup and the Y.C. Clock events ■ were decided. The former went to ■ Messrs Hurley and Willis’ Diamond > Blot- and the latter to Mr W. J. Jef--1 frey’s Golden Mom. The owners of Diamond Blot just failed to land the * double, for their dog Om- Jack was just beaten in the .second event by a narrow margin. The weather was good and the hares , fan well, hut unfortunately, owing to ; i sickness, a number of dogs entered . were unable to compete. There have also- been several deaths from a. malady ; that is prevailing .amongst dogs. These troubles' reduced the competitors to - * 16, but these all put in good work. , The success of the meeting was due . largely to the efficient work and or- , ganisation shown hv the officials, ( Messrs F. S. McKenna (secretary), J. Paterson (treasurer), C. Sheahan (slip- . per), J. W. Bourke and E. J. Bourlie - (stewards), assisted by Mr . A. Me- j Kenna. Mr J. Feaver, of Opuna-ke, acted as judge, and gave every satisfaction with his prompt decisions. The results were as below: MORRISSEY CITP. First Course. —Miss K. Ercyne’s Our ] Nancy 3A v. Mr C. Bradford’s Kerry j Aroonlighter 2: Messrs Hurley and Willis’ Diamond Blot 1 v. Mr H. ] Hill’s- Mt. Egmont 0; Air J. A. < Bourke is Flight Commander 5 v. Air ’ ,T. Hannana’s Lady Mickey 2; Air E. S. McKenna’s Gift 2 v. Mr AY. Watts’ Dusky Gem 0; Airs S. Hickey’s Golliwog 9 v. Messrs Hurler and Willis’ Wild Prince 4. Second Course. —Diamond Blot 7 v. / Our Nancy 3; Gift 10 v. Flight Commander 1; Golliwogg a. bye. ; Semi-final —Diamond Blot 24 v. Golli-j wog 0; Gift a bye. • Final. —Diamond Blot 11 v. Gift 5. In the final the winner gained maximum points for run out and lead, and had the better of the first turn, but after that the work was fairly even. 5 The winner is, said the judge, a great p “wreneher.” n V.C. CLOCK. a n First Course. —Air J. Hannan’s Miss I Mickey 3 v. Mr J. A. AlcKemra’s Not c Out O'; Air AAV J. Jeffrey’s Golden ] Alorn 3.1 v. Atessrs ITurlev and AVillis’ v My Jewel 3; Messrs Hurley and AVil- s . Its’ Our Jack 10 v. Air R. Cairns’ a Pakcha 4. t Semi-final. —Golden Alorn 5 beat c | Miss Mickey 2; Our Jack a- bye. Final.—Golden Alorn 3 v. Our Jack 1. All but one of these courses weVe ' exceedingly close. and the winner in : the first round just got home from S

Alv Jewel. The filial was a great display of clever work. The meeting, though competition was confined to a comparatively small number of dogs, was very interesting, and there were a. large number of local people and visitors from other parts present.