COURSING MEETING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9095, 2 July 1888, Page 6

COURSING MEETING.

The first coursing meeting under the Club as at present reorganised took place on Saturday at Plumpton Park, Papatoetoe, and it was in most respects a very successful gathering, the whole of the officers and stewards performing their duties faithfully and well, and giving very general satisfaction ; but although a special train was laid on for the occasion, the attendance was not large, only about* 100 people being present. The hares were in much better trim than at the meeting held on the Queen's Birthday, and some of them ran with great strength and determination; but against this, as

night be expected, there were some weak mes, which afforded little sport. The final jourse in the All-Aged Stakes was a splenlid one, the two dogs being very evenly natched; but at length the judge's award ell to Mr. Fenton's Sailor Boy, Mr. Wood's Master Pat being the runner-up. The Derby Stakes were won by Mr. T. Mc2win's Bluecap, Mr. Porter's Paddy-go-Sasy being the runner-up; and in the Oaks Vlr. YV. A. Fenton scored a second win of ,he day with Ruby, Mr. Beard's Little Nell >eing the runner-up. The whole of the jvents were over in good time, so that the Auckland visitors were able to return to own by the train from Waikato. Mr. J.W. D. Marshall officiated as judge, Mr. J. Ferjuson as slipper, Messrs. W. F. O'Sullivan md T. McEwin as slip stewards, and Mr. 0. Geary as flag steward. la the ■ ir.it round of the All-aged Stakes ihtid is little ground for special comment, except, perhaps, in the course between Loch Lomond and Grace Darling. The logs were badly slipped, and both were unsighted, but Loch Lomond chanced to get ;o the hare first, and many who were cornDetent to judge thought it "should be an uniecided, as the first turn t,j Juld not count mder the circumstances. However, the udge gave his decision in favour of Loch Lomond. In the second round Sailor Boy md Blue Rock ran an undecided, but n the run off the black dog had ill the besb of it, and won his :ourse easily. In the third round ;he meeting between Sailor Boy and Dora B was looked forward! to with some eageriess, but although Sailor Boy placed Dora ;wice, she was unable to hold her position with him, and he ran past her each time. Master Pat and Sylvia met in the fourth round, and on the first occasion no course was given, but the next was expected to prove a very interesting course. They led to the hare close together, where Sylvia forged ahead for the nrst turn, and Master Pat killed. The judge gave his decision in favour of Master Pat, although good judges thought that, this also should be given an undecided, on the same grounds as the first. The final course between Sailor Boy und Master Pat was a very long and exciting one. They were slipped to a really good hare, and Sailor Boy led Master Pat by 45 lengths to 'ihe first turn. He wrenched twice and turned, placing Master Pat, but racing past hi§ rival, he took the next turn, Master Pat took the succeeding turn and Sailor Boy the next, when he drove at the hare and missed her. He only scored one more point in the course for Master Pat, waking to his duty, worked really well, making six wrenches, a turn and a kill, giving Sailor Boy only one chance, but it must be added that during the whole of the latter part of the course the hare favoured Master Pat. The work, however, which he did. at tshe List was noi> eq ■*' U> 'hao which Sailoi Boy had previous _■ uone in point of scores, and the judge, we think, very rightly gave his decision in favour of Sailor Boy. There was a good deal of dissatisfaction expressed at the time, but those who were best competent to form an opinion supported the ruling of the judge. There was very little of special interest in the first round for the Derby. Whip was to have met Man-of-War, but as the latter was not on the ground, Whip ran a bye. In the final course, Blue Cap led 'Paddy-go-Easy to the hare, and drove right into it, never allowing Paddy to score. In the Oaks the victories in the first round were comparatively easy, but in the second round Mystery in her contest with Ruby was very unfortunate, for she drew away from Ruby at a great; rate, but unluckily she fell and spoiled her chance, and the verdict was in favour of Ruby. Little Nell and Kathleen ran an undecided, although in the opinion of many Nell had made four points to Kathleen , !! four. The deciding course was also an unsatisfactory one, but the decision was in favour of Little Nell. In the final course Ruby led Little Nell five lengths to the nare, wrenched, turned, wrenched again, and killed, never allowing Little Nell to score. The meeting was interesting, in the good ciass of young dogs introduced in the Derby, more especially Blue Cap, Trident, and Paddy-go-Easy, but the former seemed to be superior to the others. Mystery, as already stated, was unfortunate, but no doubt if she meets Ruby again she will turn the tables on her.

The following are the results :— Papatoetoe All-Agkd Stakes. A sweep of £2 10s each, 10s to expenses. Winner, £20; second, £10; third*, £5. Two dogs, £2 10s each. FIRST ROUND.

Mr. T. May's blk d Waxy beat Mr. T.McEwin's blue dog Blue Hat. Mr. P. Quigley's blue d Smuggler beat Mr. J as. Cawley'a blue b Forget-me-not. Mr. C. C. Gordon's blk a Robert-the-Devil

beat Mr. W. Wood's rd d Ara\v a. Mr. W. S. Brown's blk b Sylvia beat Mr. Jas. Cawley's br d Favo. Mr. W. Grady's blue b Blue Rock beat Mr. T. Macready's blk d Mainspring. Mr. W. A. Fenton's blk d Sailor Boy beat Mr. J. MeOabe's rd b Meteor 11. Mr. A. Beatty's br d Loch Lomond beat Mr. W. Frenev s blk and w b Grace Darling. Mr. W. S. Brown's blk b Dora B. beat Mr.

C. Halstead's br and w d Silver Prince. Mr. T. Macready's blk and w d Maraschino beat Mr. A. Cairn's f b Musk. Mr W. Wood's blk and w d Master Pat beat I ■ S. Brown's blue d Trenton. SECOND ROUND. Smuggler beat Waxy. Sylvia beat Robert the'Dcvil. Sailor Boy beat Blue Rock. Dora B. beat Loch Lomond. Master Pat beat Maraschino. THIRD ROUND. Sylvia beat Smuggler. Sailor Boy beat Dora B. Master Pat rau a bye. FOURTH ROUND. Master Pat beat Sylvia. Sailor Boy ran a bye. FINAL.

Mr. W. A. Fenton's bik d Sailor Boy (by Welcome Jack —Lady Nelson) beat Mr. W. Wood's blk and w d Master Pat (by Sam—Maritana), and won. Derby.—A sweep of £2 each; 10s to expenses. Winner, £12; second, £6; two doga, £3 each.

FIRST ROUND. Me. T. C. Broadwood's blk d Master John

beat Mr. W. S. Brown's br d Canadian

Bov. Mr. J»k. Wheeler's br d Trident beat Mr. W. Ferguson's blk d Disowned. Mr. Joseph Porter's w d Patldy-go-Easy beat Mr. W, Beard's br d Chips. Mr. J. Black's blk d Gipsy King beat Mr. W. Ferguson's f d Bayard. Mr. W. Freeney's br Whip beat Mr. W. A. Fenton's br d Mau-of-War. Mr. W. Beard's blk d Kalo beat Mr. T. May's blk d Kangaroo. Mr. T. McEwen's blue d Blue Cap beat Mr. A. Beatty's br d Dart. Mr. Joseph Porter's b andw d Magazine beat Mr. G. Hope's blk d Peter Osbeck.

SECOND ROUND. Trident beat Master John. Paddy -go-Easy beat Gipsy King. Kalo beat Whip. Blue Cap beat Magazine. THIRD ROUND. Paddy go-Easy beat Trident. Blue Cap beat Kalo. FINAL, Mr. T. MoEwia's blue d Blue Cap (by Welcome Jack—Lady) beat Mr. Joseph Porter's w d Paddy go-Easy (by Young Hock —Partfaenopia), and won Oaks, a sweep of £2 ; 10s towards expenses ; winner, £8 ; second, £4. Mr. J. McCabe's w b Mystery beat Mr. W. Ferguson's rd b Busy Bee. Mr. W. A. Fenton's f and w b Ruby beat Mr. G. Hope's b and w b Lady Fiances. Mr. W. Beard's blk b Little Nell beat Mi . J as. Otway's rd b Cerito. Mr. Jas. Cawley'e blk b Kathleen beat Vr. John Mach; fr-tie's br d Mdda.

sicoyo round. Ruby beat Mystery. Little Nell beat Kathleen. FINAL. Mr. W. A. Fenton's f and w b Ruby (by Joe— Viol;) beat Mr. Win. Beard's blk b Little Nell (by Blackbird—Lass o , Gowrie), and won.