COURSING.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 692, 11 June 1903, Page 9

COURSING.

(By

“The Judge.”)

WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN COURSING CLUB’S BIRTHDAY STAKES, for seventy dogs.—Opening round : Helensbrook beat Dunlop 11., Lady Retford beat, Commandero, Missfire beat Derby, Vickers beat Gingerwine, Vagabond beat Floss, Nap beat Maud, Clements beat Lord Ranfurly, Jewel Gun beat Spring Water, Black Tracker beat Keystone, Black Watch beat Rufus, Nancy Gough beat Gipsy Queen, Fairytale beat Venus, Romeo beat Pansy, De la Rey beat Lily, Miss Vickers beat Brassey, Settling Day beat Seahorse, Reprieve 11. beat The King, Better Days beat Pedisolida, AustraF beat Glencoe, King George beat MetaMcCarthy, Nobleman beat Vanity Fair, Kate Kelly beat Marquis, Pelorous Jack beat Vanguard, Miss McGrath beat The Spinner, Lord Roberts beat Gipsy Girl, Grifi’o beat Little Billie, Erin-go-Bragh beat Wonderful, Ladybird beat Trickster, Mars beat Barney, First Shot beat Quicksilver, Prince 11. beat Fly 11.,

Marvellous beat Maureen, Llangollan beat Lady Lynne, Nainai beat Lady Orient, Little Wonder beat Miss Mac. Birst ’Pies. Helensbrook beat Lady Retford, Vickers beat Missfire, Jewel Gun beat Clements, Black Tracker beat Black Watch,' Nancy Gough beat Fairy Tale, Romeo beat De ]a Rey, Settling Day beat Miss Vickers,, Reprieve 11. beat Better Days, Austral beat King George, Nobleman beat Kate Kelly, Pelorous Jack beat Miss McGrath, Grifi’o beat Lord Roberts, Ladybird beat Erin-go-Bragh, First Shot beat Mars, Prince 11. beat Marvellous, Nainai beat Llangollan, Vagabond and Little Wonder drew byes. Second Ties. Helensbrook beat Miss Vickers, Jewel Gun beat Vagabond, Black Tracker beat Nancy Gough, Romeo beat Settling Day, Reprieve 11. beat Austral, Nobleman beat Pelorous Jack, Ladybird beat Grifi’o, Prince 11. beat First Shot, Little Wonder beat Nainai. Third Ties. Jpwel 'Gun beat Helensbrooke, Black 1 Tracker beat Romeo, Nobleman beat Reprieve 11., Ladybird 11. beat Little Wonder, Prince 11. a bye. Fourth Ties. Jewel Gun beat Black Tracker, Prince 11. beat Nobleman, Ladybird a bye. Fifth Ties. Prince 11. beat Ladybird, Jewel Gun a bye. 11

! Deciding Course. ! Mr G. Bulled’s red dog Jewel Gun, by I Maxim —Star Jewel, beat Mr R. H. John- ! ston’s red dog Prince IL, by Prince —Juliet, and won the stake. THE TRENTHAM PLATE, for ten dogs ; winner, £lO ; runner-up, £s.—Deciding course : Mr J . McAuliffe’s fawn and white dog Austral, by Myto— lvy Leaf, beat Mr J. Lopdell’s white and fawn dog Missfire, and won the stake. 1 ! Jewel Gun, the winner of the big stake at Wellington, is a big red dog by Maxim from Star Jewel, and belongs to Mr G. Bulled. He was a competitor at the recent Auckland meeting, in which he started first favourite, and his running was, of such an impressive character that he look* ed like going far in the stake. After seeing him perform I was not at all surprised to find he had pulled off the Birthday Stakes at the Wallaeeville enclosure. The Wellington and Suburban Coursing Club’s new enclosure is close to the Wallaeeville Railway Station, and covers about twenty acres of ground (says the N.Z. Mail). It is about 450 yards long from the slips to the escapes and about 300 yards wide. The ground is fenced with netting, and there are at present about fifty-five hares running there. This number is to be supplemented by a further shipment of forty, to arrive from Rangitata this week. At one end of the enclosure are the escapes

to which the hares have now become thoroughly used. The public will witness the coursing from the end farthest from the escapes. Here a grandstand, capable of seating about four hundred persons has been erected. For the convenience of the public a luncheon-room, seating about one hundred persons, has been erected.on the ground.' The club has also let a contract for the erection of kennels for holding thirty dogs. The worst feature, to my mind, is the fact that the public will see the coursing from the end farthest from the escapes, for there can be no place on a ground from which a worse view of the running can be obtained. There can be no possible disagreeing with the judge’s decisions, as no one else will be able to see the points of the course.