Auckland Coursing Club.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IV, Issue 202, 7 June 1894, Page 3

Auckland Coursing Club.

The Great Northern Challenge Stakes Meeting takes place on Wednesday next and the Saturday following, and there is every prospect of the fixture being largely attended and a very popular one. There will be quite an intercolonial flavour about the meeting, as dogs from the South and from Australia are going to take part, and the sport provided at the Avondale Plumpton should be of the best. Final payments will be made on June nth, the draw takes place on the 12th at 7 p.m., and the . card will be called over at 8 p.m. on the izthatthe British Hotel. The sale of privileges in connection with the meeting , will be held by Messrs Digby Tonks and Co. on Friday next at noon at the Brunswick Mart. We trust the Coursing Club will have a prosperous meeting.

The last race at the recent Normanby Trotting meeting was run in the dark, and several of the » contestants being in the saddling paddock when the start was made, dashed out and joined the runners in the race up the straight. One of them, Le Corbeau, has since been disqualified, with the rider, Keith, for two years, and the nominator, R. Lucena, has been fined £7. In arriving at this decision the Normanby stewards acted on the complaint of the .starter.