. Coursing and falconry. Coursing; Falconry; CHR 1892; PRO Stewardson, Misses (donor). 146 COURSING the sport, as it had hitherto been conducted, fairly frightened the better class of coursers into a steady opposition. A valuable opinion in this direction is given by Mr. J. Porter Porter, who says :— Now that enclosed coursing is losing popularity, all must see the ruin that has arisen from it ; good greyhounds spoiled ; fluky, flashy ones benefited ; stamina and determination lost sight of ; encouragement to every public-house landlord to keep a dog" of. sorts ; encouragement to small bo
. Coursing and falconry. Coursing; Falconry; CHR 1892; PRO Stewardson, Misses (donor). 146 COURSING the sport, as it had hitherto been conducted, fairly frightened the better class of coursers into a steady opposition. A valuable opinion in this direction is given by Mr. J. Porter Porter, who says :— Now that enclosed coursing is losing popularity, all must see the ruin that has arisen from it ; good greyhounds spoiled ; fluky, flashy ones benefited ; stamina and determination lost sight of ; encouragement to every public-house landlord to keep a dog" of. sorts ; encouragement to small bookmakers and welshers ; and deterioration of all long-odds betting before a meeting, and conse- quent prejudice to good books ; strong incentive to run for money value only, and not for sport's sake. It now lies with the real sports- men of Great Britain and Ireland, who course for the love of the thing only, to raise the standard of coursing, which has sunk far below its proper level. The thanks of all may thus be ensured, no matter how a few may be annoyed for a year or two. Mr. Frank Richardson, a northern courser who took to the sport as far back as 1850, but who for the past four or five. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cox, Harding, 1854-1944; Lascelles, Gerald, 1849-1928. Falconry; Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania) PU. Boston : Little, Brown, and Co. ; London : Longmans, Green, and Co.
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