Coursing Notes.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VI, Issue 262, 1 August 1895, Page 3

Coursing Notes.

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FIXTURES. August 21 and 24—Auckland C.C. Champion Collar Stakes, Sapling Stakes, Recovery Stakes, and Final Stakes.

DUNEDIN. July 31, Aug. 1. 2—Champion and Bracelet Stakes

Mr Macready informs me he has sold one of his Merchant —Bantam pups to a southern gentleman at a very respectable figure. - The youngster was shipped to Dunedin last week. The addition of a Final Stake for an unlimited number of dogs at 10s., who have never won two courses in any one stake at any one meeting, into the August Meeting of the Auckland Coursing

Club is an innovation that has been looked forward to for some time past by local owners, and should result in a very large field. There are many dogs in Auckland that owners would not care to pit against our top sawyers but at the same time would be only too glad to give them a spin with animals of their own calibre at a reasonable figure, if such stake were introduced. Now that the club have catered for the requirements of the class of dogs spoken of it is to be hoped that owners will respond liberally in order that the club may be encouraged to continue inserting stakes of this description in future programmes. A great deal of interest is being evinced amongst local coursing enthusiasts in the forthcoming meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Coursing Club, to be held at the Club’s new Plumpton at Napier on September 4th. Several Aucklanders are already speaking of making the journey, and it is to be anticipated that a very fair sprinkling of local dogs will participate in the gathering, including several of our most prominent stake winners. Mr Fox, for one, will, I understand, take a somewhat formidable string down’ with him, and what with the several other well-known dogs mentioned as

likely candidates the Auckland nominations should render a very fair account of themselves. Ferguson will go down to slip for the Southrons, and if the terms offered by Mr Barr should prove palatable to the Napierites that man will act as judge. The following nominations - have been received for the coursing meeting to |be held at the Forbury Plumpton, Dunedin, on July 31 and August 1 and 2 Champion Stakes, for all-aged dogs at £3 each. —J. Graham 3. W. H. Murdoch 1, J. Fleming 1, J. Deumm, jun. 1, A. Dey 1, C. George 1, W. Harley 1, J C. Jerome 3, J. r Crawshaw 1, Leslie and Black 1, E. R. Kidd 1. Bracelet Stakes, for all-aged dogs, at £2 each.—Alex. Wilson 1, Miss L. M’Kenzie 1, A. B. Wiley 1, J. Anderson 1, A. and J. Deaker 1, W. Winchester 1, D. Wilson 1, J. Pickersgill 1, W. Henry 1, J. Waters 1, A. Cursey 1, Hl Lethady 3, C. Hargraves I, W. Carswel. 1, C. George 1, F. Farquaharson 1, J. H Morris 2, W. Harley 1, C. Reekie 1, W. H. Murdoch 1, J. C. Jerome 2, J. W. ' Price 1, J. Mitchell 4, J. Morrell 1, S. Myers 3, T. Dunford 1, W. Hutchens 1, A. Dey 1, W. Wyne 2. Sapling Stakes, at £2 each.—J. S. Capstick 1, R. Murphy 1, W. Carswell 2, J. W. Price 1, A. Aitken, jun. 1. In addition to the above there will be aistake run on the second day for maiden dogs at £1 10s. each. g fOur Napier correspondent writes: —“ The Hawke’s Bay Coursing Club have appointed J. Ferguson of Auckland as slipper for their inaugural meeting in September. The position of judge has not yet been filled, although several applications from competent men have been received by the committee.” Nominations for. the Stakes 1 to be run at the August Meeting of the Auckland Coursing Club fall due on Friday, August 9th. ■ - Particulars of the National Coursing Club’s Challenge Stake of 1896 will be found in our advertising columns. „ The first payment of ss. falls due on Wednesday, August 28th. Mr Frank Baker’s bitch, Hemlock (Padlock —Spruce), has visited Messrs. Gordon and Macready’s well-known stud dog Merchant (Livingstone—Leoline). The whelping should prove a valuable one. Only one stake has been advertised for the Hawkes Bay Coursing Club’s Meeting, though it is to be anticipated that no difficulty will be experienced in raising sufficient entries for a consolation stake. Nominations (£1) close with the Secretary, Mr G. T. Cross, at the Caledonian Hotel, Napier, at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, August 21.