COURSING

New Zealand Mail, 3 September 1902, Page 51

COURSING

WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN CLUB The opening meeting of the WfeiliiiKton at^th 511 u lban ,9 0ur ® iu & Glub commenced w i Recreation Ground. Petone, last M ednesday. The tveather was cold snH«t.! 0 7 ery ’ Jl i lt I} 16 attendance was most satisfactory, about five hundred neonle being present. The first and second lotmds of the Novice Stakeswere run off. Alter Austral won his first course, au obiection was lodged against him bv the owner of Ginger Wine Austral ran in tl e second round under protest, which Messrs T tb ° committee, as slippy,: , ' . Pel ! and T - Morrison acted as slipper ana judge respectively, and -ave satisfaction. Mr Huriy W. Davies “secretary) had the details in connection with details?- 118 Well iu Ilau<L Following are FIRST ROUND. J. Harrington’s b and w d York beat E P Eevien s b and w b Fly W. Brown’s br d Brassey beat W. Morrit k" and w d Wharepouri Bv)r 00 ?’ S /, ai i d w d Derby beat T. Phillips s f d Lee Carbine R- Bailey’s b o Pansy beat B, H. Johns T toas f « nt l w d Prince 11. W . J. Percy’s y and w d Nap beat Fitzgerald and McGovern’s br and w b ' Gipsy Queen D. Kearns’s f and w d Austral, beat E. F. Tyree s br d Ginger Wine, x itzgerald and McGovern’s br and w d Commander beat J. Stratford’s f and bile b Moreen W. C. Welch’s f d Reek beat Guildford m it * bl * alld w b Qceenie. I. H. Richards’s blk and w b Miss Mac beat E. F Tyree’s br and w d Larrikin W. G. "Wood’s blic and w b Miss McGrath beat H. J. Southcombe’s blk d Glencoe

Mr T. A Odium’s f b Kate Kelly beat E. Meech s f d Barney „ SECOND ROUND. Brassey beat York Derby beat Pansy Austral beat Nap Commander beat Reek Miss McGrath beat Miss Mac Kate Kelly ran a bye The meeting of the Wellington and Suburban Coursing Club was brought to a conclusion at Petone on Saturday afternoon Prior to the commencement of the third round the committee met and decided to uphold the obj'ection lodged against Austral, that dog having wou money in a stake at Oamaru, and being therefore ineligible for the Novice Stakes which was for dogs that had never won money in an advertised stake. Th e committee therefore disqualified Austral and ailowed Ginger Wine and Nap, who'were put out by Austral in the first and second rounds, to meet m the third round. Following are details:

Novice Stakes, for twenty-two all-aged aogs. Winner, £10; runner-up, £3. Eou " d -Derby beat Brassey, Nap Kati Tr»n ge V VlUe ’ ¥ ISS McGrath beat Kate Kelly. Commander a bye. TWi Ur i H K° a " d —Nap beat Commander Derby beat Nap Miss McGrath a bye. Final Round—J. W. Wood's f and w d R^' b \A e , at ,¥• G - Wood’s blk and w b Miss McGrath and wou the stake Supplementary Stake, for eight dogs at 10s each. Fiist Round—Gipsy Queen bea 4 - reen. Miss Mac Prince II t¥ C ? k 'w Lari :, ik ¥ beat Glencoe Gipsy w d P™ce 11. and won the stake d