WITH HARES AND HOUNDS.

Mataura Ensign, 8 May 1912, Page 5

WITH HARES AND HOUNDS.

CORE COURSING CLUB. OPENING OF THE SEASON. The Gore Coursing Club opened the season at the plumpton on the Core racecourse yesterday in dull weather. The attendance was very meagre. The plumpton was in good order and tin* hares ran well. , '1 lie judges and slipper (Messrs H. S. Irving and G. "Whittingham) gave entire satisfaction. All the arrangements were well planned and the secretary (Mr J. Latham) B jand assistant secretary (.Mr J. L. Mitj.' c-hcll), together with the able commit-i J tee, worked hard to make the meeting . ! a success. j The following are the results:— ! 1 j M AIDEX STAKE.—First dog, tlfij M runner-up, CI; third dog, L'.i; two "| dogs at i'2. 1 Second Round. Irish T-.vist beat Green Bonnett. Kilrosa beat Jewel Stone. t ' Miss jto.se heat Kelerin. L ' Loch Buio beat Two I'p. : Whirlwind a live. > Irish I wist led Green Bonm-it by uvn i lengths and received first, turn. A give: > ami take course ensued in which the • > iormer did most of the work. [ | Kilrosa led .Jewel Stone by four 1 lengths and did all the work before the' bare escaped. | Miss Hose led Kelerin by three ' , lengths and secured one turn before the! . hare escaped. j I.oeh iinic showed the way to Two lip by four lengths and put the here slightly oil its course before homiiej'. Whirlwind a bye. I STIM'Y STAKE.— Winner. .CIO: nu>' ner-iip, jj I ; two dog:; at L'l Ids. i First Rounil. I ( O. Kelly's The Bower beat .J. Mo-i L' ayV; Diamond Kino;. ■ i Millar's Lit lie W oilder Ileal D. 10. Sanson's Matagauri. :: 11. B. Owen's Woollton beat Broad : Bros. and Xoble's Diamond .Jubilee. I 1 James .Milne's Meteor beat 10. G. and < .1. W. Price's Royal Sceptre. j 0. Kelly's Puritan beat A. Cuff's • Surefoot. ji \V. Lambert's Bit of Blue beat O.'l Dnnlop's Fusilade. j< John McDonald's Hiwiroa beat W. ; 1 Cox's Grand Finale. j The Bower led Diamond King by; three lengths and secured a couple <>i ' turns before the ban- escaped. •> Little Wonder led Matagauri by four ' lengths and did all the work on a fairly j ; long course, the latter coming in at the < death. j: Woollton led Diamond Jubilee by a.' (length and secured first turn. Both,' I dogs participated in the ensuing work [ v but the former showed out more pro-j minently. ■ 1 Meteor led Royal Sceptre by four;*' | lengths and in a very short course se-■ 1 I cured a, smart kill without turning the! j hare. Puritan led Surefoot by thr<<' lcmribs' ' i and secured a couple of turns in a short , '• | course, Surefoot coming in for the kill. i j Bit of Blue and Fusilade ran a no-1 ' j course and on being liberated again the \ 1 | pair ran up evenly to the hare. The! : former secured the first turn and then j j both dogs participated in a good deal i jof work before the hare escaped, the; form or being more prominent. j* | Hiwiroa led Grand Finale by six ■ I lengths and did all tho work before the • I hare escaped. I ' Second Round. ! J The Bower beat Little Wonder. I '• Meteor beat Woollton. i 1 Puritan beat Bit of Blue. J I Hiwiroa a bye. ! > | The Bower and Little Wonder ran a no-j course and in the second run The Bower' i led by six lengths and did practically .< all the work before the hare escaped. | ' M<'teor led Woollton by three lengths: : and secured the first two turns. The | t latter came in for a couple of turns and ! 1 the former got in another turn before • tho haro escaped. Puritan led Bit of Blue to a poor hare and in a very short run secured a couple of turns and killed. Hiwiroa ran a bye. SECOND DAY. 'Hio coursing was resumed this afternoon in dull weather, when there was a ! '■ slightly bettor attendance of tho pub-i* lie. The hares ran well and some very! ' interesting coursing was witnessed. Th<>j ;l slipper (.Mr Geo. Whittingham) did good j v work and the judge (Mr H. S. Irving') c gave every satisfaction with his decis:cns. Following are tho results: - " MA ID EX. ' Third Rsund. Kilrosa beat Irish Twist. 1 Loch Buio a bye. I"' Kilrosa got the worse of the slip and!" Irish Twist led by three lengths for aj l while, but the former raced up and reached the hare first by two lengths. ! :! securing first turn. Kilrosa did prae-1 :i ticai'v all the work before the hare es- " taped. Misy Pose and Whirlwind ran an undecided course, and on Ixlng slipped the second time Whirlwind led by three 11 lengths and never allowed Miss Uose to ! score a ]ioint. " Loch Buio ran a bye. v PUPPY STAKE. ! Third Round. J , Meteor beat The Bower. : Puritan beat llhviroa. j Meteor led The Bower by six length.-.! v ~ alid secured the first turn. The Bower ;h came ill for a little work but Meteor came in again and wound up with a t. few points to his credit. ; Puritan and Hiwiroa ran two undo- j s eid'eds and the third slip saw Puritan j lead Hiwiroa by three lengths to a ij splendid hare. A ingthy course ensued "'.n which Puritan showed out most pro- [ '' minently. ; I Final. , t Puritan sustained injuries to his feet '' and tho owner asked leave to withdraw J him which was granted by the committee and the stake was awarded to '' Meteor. > 1: SLPPLEMEXTARY STAKE. —Fii>i r dog, CI; .second, l'l. First Round. W. Goodall's Scottish Mae beat 11. B. ' Owen's Woollton. I "W. Lambert's White Hope beat J. MeT.eay's; Dium.-nd i\ l ! M.B. Gn :-.•!*• K*. Lv-at A. ('■.>! V "■ Surefoot, ' ;

[ ltd Sf-o-Astih Mac by six j ic:i;.sliis in a fji'iuiitl !i;;rt», but the inter outdated Woollton in tlic work | that ensued on a course. Amite Hoj)e / (lowed the way to I)ia'm>nd Ivir.ji by lttiir to a p;ood in: .. and never allov.vd tin* latter to sv:j: o betoro puss cs-ajK-d. Kt lerin hd th;(lrijiuut by and .'u><'iu<(! a .smart kill without turiiin;' the hare.