COURSING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14237, 1 July 1910, Page 2

COURSING.

THE SOI'TH CAjNtTERBCRY CLUB. J Patrons - Messrs A. S. Klworth.r, 'aj*d I)r C. E. Thomas; president—Mr IT. MoWhirtor; vice-presidents—Messrs [G. Kerr, J. W. Skinner, W. H. Andorjßf>n, J. A. Duncan, C. E. Kerr, J. 1 O'Donndl, P. Ileillv, P. Porto-, S. •Hanson, H. Rothwell and W. It. Shat- ; tiiek; treasurer —Mr W. Connelly; ; secretary—Mr .!. 11. Bodgers; he,". ; jud^e.—Mr \\ . Swuipto-; hon. slipper ! —Mr George Taylor. • The South Canterbury Coursing 1 Club, determined to keep the sport Jif ; ec-nrsrng alive ia South Canterbury. ; l'.".\'\ another meeting yesterday, on • the "Wsi.sb.dyke I'lumpton, when ideal | weather conditions prevailed, and from ; the point of view of spoil-, (he im-.-tlni; ■ wiis probably the best yet held by the j Club. In some opening remarks, made ; before the (irst eouitfe wa« run, the j president (Mr T. MeAVln'rler, who eyI »rc:.--cd a ceireral supervision over the. ' n-.ectltm and did everytluntr possible : to make it a success)' said that for ; years tin- Club h;xi had to contend iwith difficulties, it had met with » .series of misfortunes, but in soite of : all. it was still in existence—thanks | to the efforts of a few enthusiasts, hut ; for whom, it would hare heen in liouijdailoii. Tf it should happen that the .Club could not carry on. he could a,s- ---' sure them of this, namely, that it j would die gamely. But' they need not think of that at present, for the j South C':i.:fsill>£ .'Job w-ts , a live Club, bent upon providing good j sport for the pulc.'o, and he hoped chut j all present would spend a pleasant time that afternoon. (Applause.) i The hares yesterday, were very j strong ones, and more than once they j ran the hounds to a standstill. This of course, implies that there were some lout; and interesting courses. The hares were obtained from Mount Somers tlistrict, and they only had one fault, which was that they were not -suilkieiitly- familiar with the road to ho:i!-.» and safety. Xone of them made straight for the escapes, and nearly all preferred to lwtint. the north-east-ern portion of the course where they had apparently been used to squatting. There were two events on the programme—a Maiden stake of £3O, and an Open Stake —and both brought out some good dogs whose capabilities wero well shown. Mr AY". Sumpter, lof Oania.ru, gave everv satisfac|tion as judge: Mr G. Taylor filled the ibill well, as slipper, and Mr Peter Fox liberated the hares in a thoroughly satisfactory manner. Afternoon "tea 'was supplied by Air J. H. .Rodders, j who also filled the position of secreitaiy, in a manner which left no room ' for complaint. j The following are results:—

Maiden Stake. First dog £2O, runner up £4 10s. third dog £a, and 2 (logs at, £-2. First round: — Mr A. Brown's i' b Noblo Rose beat Mr R: Reid : s blk and w<i iiarewaid. Mr R. 'Fiiiott's blk d Black Runner beat Messrs l'edlow and Wood's blk d Galtimore.

Mr if. Smith's Lady Tracey beat Messrs Gerrie and Gawn's brd b Miseiiievous.

Mr H. Fitzsimmons'e blk and w b Fern Leaf beat Mr W. Connelly's blk and w d Lord Nolan.

Mr J. Fndd's r d Labour Dav beat Mr J. Reilly's f d Moving Days" Mr F. Brown's br d Black Rock beat Mr A. F. Willis' b d Blue Bov. Mr A. Muir's blk and w d "C'oley's Mistake, run a bye, Mr "W. Sparke's Dry Day, not jHitting in an appearance.

Mr J. Pickworth's Ladv Ward'beat -Mr J. Robertson's r d Pay Day. Messrs F. C. and C. E. Hack's Maori Clupf beat Mr J. Re.lly's Fern Mark. Mr O. R. Wise's w b Snow Signal, beat Mr AV. Goss' rd and w d Nikola.

Noble Rose and Hareward were sent in pursuit of a hare which led them a long and a merry chase. She dodged back and forward over the lower half of the course until she Had both dogs fairly tired out, the course causing great amusement, for although both dogs "were pretty smart they failed at every attempt to take a wrench out of the liare. Finally Hareward threw up the sponge exhausted, and Noble Rose, who proved herself a line bit of stuff, chased the hare to the far end of the course where she reached safety. It was the best course of the day and was won by NobU Rose who proved much the better of the two.

Galtimore and Black Runner also had a tricky hare, and Black Runner get ting in first, scored the victory. In slipping Lady Tracy and JLLschievous, the former hung in the slips, but notwithstanding this littTe handicap, she showed herself the better dog of the pair, in the long course which followed. The hare escaped, and Lady J racy won <ui points. Lord Nolan and Fern Leaf had another very strong hare. The former, a young dog who made his first appearance in public, took the first turn out of the hare, but Fern Leaf thereafter did practically all the work and ran herself to a standstill. The hare then escaped, Lord Nolan chasing her to the escapes.

Labour Days and Moving Days, two full brothers, showed a fine turn of spaed and had a hare which subjected them to a good test. After a long gruelling course in which Labour Day outstayed his brother, the hare es'caped. •A very even course was run between Bine Boy and Black Rock, but the latter did slightly more work than th« former, and was awarded the course. Coley's Mistake, who had an accidental bye, ran a good course, the hare finally escaping. i'ay Day and Lady Ward had,, a short course in which they alternately took a turn out of the hare. Lady "Ward got in and killed and was awarded the coarse.

tfe.ni Mark and Maovi Chici liaA a. I good spin, and killed the hare after she had dodged buck to the place of li Iteration. Fern Mark ran wide at the svaiti and though he worked well after he tfot in, the course, was awarded to Maori Chief who had taken three turns out of the hare before Fern Mark got to work. Snow Signal and Nikola bad a gruelling course, in which the former showed to advantage all through, and finally killed. She was on the hare first, and with turns and go-bys was heaping up points all the time.

Second Round. Black Runner beat Noble Rose. Lady Tracey beat Fern Leaf. Black Rock beat Labour Day. Lady Ward beat Coley's Mistake. Maori Chief beat Snow Signal. Black Runner and Noble Rose had a brief run. The former, a 10 months old pup, was the freshest of the pair, and getting in first, took a trio of turns out of the hare, killed, and was awarded the course.

Lady Tracey and Fern Leaf coursed their hare well ami killed, the former winning on points. Labour Day and Black Rock had a hare which led them a merry chase

:uid evaded tliern cleverly for some time when Lsibonr Day killed; but Black nock led up and turned practically every time, and won the course. Lady Ward and Cokey's Mistake had a good run. The former was on the hare all the time lost nothing at tin- turns, and won easily. Maori Chief and Snow Signal iiad a very brief course, the former unm:;;! a big advantage in the lead nj>, and won. Third Round. Black Runner beat Lady Craggy. Black Rock hoat Lady Ward. Maori Chief a bye. Black Runner and Lady Traeey hid a severe course mi which they" Iwth <aot ia a lot of £<>od work, bat BUoli

liliuuer took liiu-L ~l lh..' (:ic i; v,:,» -Or„| j, I -ivill- :■ e _-, !,V. ~„ I V .; IS auardcd the cour.-e. Rlaek Bock an! I a 'v U,r,| 1v...! n tip t'ip go. In -.he, i?.i-.-,t p.m. «f tincourse Black Uork fccoiv;d i,;ci.st .if the points, though at ihe finish Lady Ward wrenched f.-.vi -..; r.rH l»:i,«-d. Maori Chief trut :. tt\c- very well. Sciru-K-Vil.

Black Runner mot Maori Chief and they iiacl a. good course. The former showed to best advantage in all points of the game, and iron.

Black Book ran u bye. hi the final. ■Black Runner and Bladi Rock met. Tin- courso lusted only a few b«'ouJs uml ncui, hi favour of Black Rock, who won the stake. 'lllis cours* was run in a fast failing light. OPEN STAKE. Lord Clements bent- Snowdrop. Joy Bell heat Oeueral Carrier. Able Boy, a bye.

Lord Clements Snowdrop had a great run alter a strong bare which thev coursed until tbev ran tliemselves to a .standstill. The liaro then got home. The dous were very evenly matched, and the judye remarked that he had never before judged such an even course, there bciiiy; only ono point oi difference between t-ne two dojrs, this being iu favour of Lord Clements. Joy. Bell ran up to her hare, took several turns out of it and killed, Cenora! Carrier not yetting an opportunity to score. Able Boy who had a. bye, chased and caught a strong: hare. In the second round Lord Clements was withdrawn, leaving only Joy Bell and Able Boy in. These two ran a bye separately, and then the final. Tn this there was a good go. Joy Bell led np, and fleet of foot as she proved, kept on the hare all the time and won, Able Boy only getting in a few points at the last before the hare escaped.