COURSING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21998, 6 July 1933, Page 4

COURSING

By Clarence. The Invercargill Club lias another successful meeting in so far as 14 dogs were entered for a £5 limit stake, and some good courses were witnessed. Unfortunately there were not sufficient hares to complete the finals, and four dogs divided the event —viz., Mrs Robertson’s (Balclutha) Heroine, and Omar; Mr Smith’s Peter Pan and Mr Gilmour’s Cheap Jack. It is interesting to note that ou the previous Saturday Mrs Robertson’s two hounds Heroine and Omar won at Balclutha, and at a previous meeting in Southland Cheap Jack won a stake. Other dogs competing who, were defeated, included Wairua, Jolly Princess, Skipper, Silver Laddie, Historic, Merry Lad, Black Crow, Black Thorn, Golden Laddie, and Electric Light. The Southland Club, as well as the South Otago (Balclutha), would do well to put on different class events. Catering for £5 limit dogs does not give allaged hounds a chance, nor does it do justice to others who have maiden dogs. The above winning animals have won several £5 limit stakes, and they have proved themselves as first-rate dogs, capable of competing against all-aged dogs, in which class they rightly belong on their performances. For the sport, to be a success, and to keep interest alive, it is necessary for clubs to give second and third rate dogs a chance in classes of their own. Two successful open coursing meetings have been run off on the Taieri ■ this season, and some new enthusiasts have therebv entered the game. There is no doubt that for a good day’s coursing the open fields provide by far the best amusement and are more beneficial to all. It would be a good thing if Dunedin leashmen linked up with Taieri sports and.instituted regular and attractive open meetings. The South Otago Challenge Cup, which is an annual fixture between the Oamarn, Dunedin. Balclutha, and Invercargill Clubs, has been altered so us to include the Christchurch Club, and will in future be known as the South Island Challenge Cup. This fixture is listed for August 11 and 12, to be run at Invercargill, the local club being the present holders of the cup. The South Otago Club has a number of good hares on the Otanomomo enclosure, and it is proposed to run a maiden and open stake towards the end of the present month. This week, commencing to-day, the New Zealand Waterloo Gup will be the chief attraction, the coursing being held at Waitarn in the North Island, and will continue to-morrow and on Saturday. During the past few years the. North Island clubs have gone in for improving the kennel strains, and there are some finelybred animals competing tills year. The Australian strains—Andy, Terminus, Coomb’s Lad, and other recent importations arc reported to be shaping well. Mr Dickson, of Pnretai, has lost his stud dog Heroic through an accident. Heroic was a consistent performer and the winner of several stakes, and has sired two winning strains ex Miss Murie. In a recent report to hand of the Hamilton Club’s meeting a dog named Black Duke was competing. As Mr Cold, of Balclutha, two years ago bought a black dog named Black Duke (by Again Terminus —Mannequin) from that locality (and he still has him) it would be interesting to know how two dogs can be registered under the same name. This is a matter for the secretary of the National Coursing Association to inquire into.