COURSING.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 678, 5 March 1903, Page 15

COURSING.

(By “ The Judge. ”i) The North N.Z. Coursing Association’s first payment for their Grand Challenge Stakes of £lOO fell due last week, for which the good number of 91 nominations were received, as against 96 last season. Over a dozen nominations came from Other parts of the Colony, and with the number of dogs to be seen in training it seems as if the Association is going to have a very successful season. That good dog, Griffo, is looking really well, and great pains are being taken with him in anticipation of capturing the coveted £lOO prize. Lo.rd of the Isles is a much improved dog, and he is sure to give a good account of himself, while the others worth mentioning are Irish Jig, Wait-a-Bit, Te Anua, Stepaway, Hippowai, and Spring Water.

Falka has had a litter, which it is feared will not improve her p ace, otherwise she would likely be a dangerous customer. I have it from very good authority that there is a greater number of hares at Chevalier Park than was anticipated. If this be so, and the shipment from N.S. Wales is landed in good condition, there should be no scarcity of hares this season. • • • Mr T. Macready’s Shy Lizzie (Shylock — Lizzie Wood).* has a fine litter of nine whelps to the defunct sire Wellington. They are all brindles, and have been sold at a satisfac+orv figure to go South. A couple of dogs arrived by the Sydney steamer on Monday morning. One is YesNo, a fawn dog by Lindsay Gordon from Coralie. He has been purchased by Mr. Frank Baker. The other I understand comes from. Mr. Charles White’s kennel, Bathurst, and is consigned to Mr Stevens This one, I am told, is a very nice looking dog named Wallaby, who is by KiR morey from Fanny W. There are quite a number of commissions in the Sydney market for good dogs for Auckland, so that it looks as if there will be a boom in the sport. A consignment of 72 splendid hares came to hand by the Westralian on Monday. Mr Joggin, of Bredbo, will send forward another fifty by the next steamer, which is due on • Sunday. Messrs. It. Coombes and Sander have taken immense trouble in shipping the hares across, and the N.N.Z.C. Association is much indebted to. thae president and late hon. secretary of N.S.W. Coursing Association for their courtesy in the matter. Father Flint, who won the Waterloo Cup last week, is by Fiery Furnace (by Sir Sankey—Flying Fancy) from Fanny Faithful, a red bitch whelped in 1893, by Needham (Herschel —Miss Glendyne) tram Loyal Maid (by Royalty 11. from Leaderess II). Dogs from, the Saughall kennels were successful in 1896 (Fabulous Fortune), 1900 (Fearless Footsteps), 1901. (Fearless Footsteps), and l'N2 (Farndon Ferry), whilst they ran up m 1891 (Faster and Faster), 1892 (Fitz Fife), and 1895 (Fortuna Farvente). Paracelsus, the runner up, is owned by Mr. Pilkington, and has been winning quite a number of good stakes this season. He is by Under the Globe, from that famous bitch Thoughtless Beauty. The first prize is well worth winning, as in addition to £5OO in cash, there is a Gold Cup valued at 100 guineas, presented by the Earl of Sefton. The runner-ulp received £2OO. ••> . • By the way, writing of the Waterloo Cup-winner, Father Flint, reminds me that there is a dog in Auckland coming from much the same strain Or blood, on the sire’s side. This is Mr Macready's bladk and white dog Springwater, who is by Frisky Lad—Sweetwater. Frisky Lad was by Nenagh—Aeronaut, and Nenagh was by Herschel—Mis® Glendyne. Therefore, Father Flint and Springwater’s grandparents, on the sire’s side, were full brothers.