COURSING.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 698, 23 July 1903, Page 7

COURSING.

(By

“ The Judge.”)

The Wellington and Suburban Coursing Club has received eighty-eight nominations for the Wellington Cup, of 100 sovs, which will be run off on August 26, 28‘anh 29, at Trentham Park. Among the Auckland naminations I notice the names of the Messrs Tapper Bros., C. Chilcott, Martin Taylor, P. Brierly, and T. Stewart. It seems highly probable that another successful gathering will eventuate.

Mr C. Withel’s Gipsy won the Leeston C.C. All-aged Stak#, defeating Mr Les Lievre’s White Knight in the deciding course. Mr O. R. Wise, of Oamaru, acted as judge.

* * * * The Wairarapa Coursing Club intends forming an enclosure on the Masterton Shew Ground, while the adjoining paddocks will form excellent feeding grounds for the hares. The run will be between four and five hundred yards, and a splendid view of the coursing will be obtained from the stand and raised ground. Mr Cochrane, the secretary, is taking energetic steps to have the place brought thoroughly up-to-date, while in a few days plenty of hares are due from Rangitata.

The N.S.W. St. Leger and Champion Cup will take place at Rooty Hill, near Sydney, on August 13 and 14.

The New South Wales N.C.A. will hold the Grand Challenge Stakes at Rooty Hill next year, and it promises to be the biggest event in the coursing line that has yet taken place in the Colonies. The prize money will run to over £5OO.