Outing . s nose. Drop-ping the dead hare he soon had the sec-ond in his mouth, and was retrieving itwhen a third crossed his path. Again thedead hare was dropped and quickly num-ber three was in his fangs. Yet again a fourth hare tempted thedog and he pursued it with unabatedvigor, but lost it at a drain. LobsterSauce had not yet done, for on his wayback he encountered a fifth hare, and 436 OUTING FOR MARCH. amid the roars of laughter of the crowdat events so unusual and so ludicrouslyout of harmony with legitimate coursing,this splendid lurcher gave pursuit andspeedily effected another kill.
Outing . s nose. Drop-ping the dead hare he soon had the sec-ond in his mouth, and was retrieving itwhen a third crossed his path. Again thedead hare was dropped and quickly num-ber three was in his fangs. Yet again a fourth hare tempted thedog and he pursued it with unabatedvigor, but lost it at a drain. LobsterSauce had not yet done, for on his wayback he encountered a fifth hare, and 436 OUTING FOR MARCH. amid the roars of laughter of the crowdat events so unusual and so ludicrouslyout of harmony with legitimate coursing,this splendid lurcher gave pursuit andspeedily effected another kill. At a coursing meeting the most con-spicuous and the most important man is thej udge. Mr. James Headley has acted in that Again, for the uninitiated in the sport,it may be well to briefly note the severalpoints of merit and the values placed onthem. Points of the course : A. Speed—Forthis one, two or three points, according tothe degree of superiority shown. B. TheGo-bye—Two points, or if gained on the. GLENOGLE, WINNER OF THE PLATE. capacity at sixteen Waterloo Cup terse and amusing recommendationof Thacker, who became a well-known au-thority on coursing through his work onthe greyhound, which was the standardwork until displaced by that of Stone-henge, gives a hint of some of the quali-ties necessary in a coursing judge. Whenhis friend Mr. Hoskins recommendedThacker as a judge to Lord Rivers, thelatter asked what Thackers qualificationswere, and received the prompt reply : Why, my lord, he has an eye like a hawk,he is as deaf as a post, and he rides likethe devil. Deafness is not essential to acoursing judge, but practically he hearsnothing; keeping his keen eye fixed onthe dogs as he rides well up to them, andmentally marking every point made byeach during the course, he pronounces infavor of the one that makes the heaviestscore by doing the best work. outer circle, three points. C. The Tu?7i—One point. D. The Wrench—Half a The Kill—Two points,
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