Outing . annuallyis enormous. The night previous to the coursing thewoods and spinneys are beaten by thekeepers, and the hares driven out into theopen where they are coursed. This accounts for the hundreds ofhares seen running about the meadows inuncertainty, almost like a disturbed flockof sheep. From these flocks some aredriven past the slipper, who holds hisdogs concealed and in readiness, and whomakes his selection as the hares trip pasthim, choosing such as run the strongest,at which he runs until the dogs havesighted the fugitive hare, when they areslipped, the hare being allowed suffici
Outing . annuallyis enormous. The night previous to the coursing thewoods and spinneys are beaten by thekeepers, and the hares driven out into theopen where they are coursed. This accounts for the hundreds ofhares seen running about the meadows inuncertainty, almost like a disturbed flockof sheep. From these flocks some aredriven past the slipper, who holds hisdogs concealed and in readiness, and whomakes his selection as the hares trip pasthim, choosing such as run the strongest,at which he runs until the dogs havesighted the fugitive hare, when they areslipped, the hare being allowed sufficient law, as it is technically called—that isa fair start. The excess of hares is often confusingto the slipper, who has to choose his hareand act with promptitude. An incident,or rather a series of incidents, occurredat the late meeting which will give anidea to those who have never been to oneof these coursing meetings of the greatabundance of hares. When Mr. Mar-fleets Lobster Sauce was beaten by ?CU^\—, WELCHER. CarruthersForest Lassie,thelatterkilledher hare, whichLobster Saucepicked up andwas carryingin his mouthtoward his keeper when a second harepopped up just under his 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
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