. Coursing and falconry. Coursing; Falconry. SOME ENGLISH COURSING CLUBS 201 country coursing; indeed, the club is now the most influ- ential within hail of London. Its rise has been of a very rapid description, whilst its ever-increasing popularity is a sure sign that coursing still has a great hold upon the Kentish sportsmen, who assemble in great numbers whenever it is aiinounced that the hare will be publicly coursed upon the. '-'^m^L^Ll^ A Cliffe meeting marshes which lie between the chalk cliffs and the river wall of the Thames m Northern Kent. The meetings are well worthy of more than p
. Coursing and falconry. Coursing; Falconry. SOME ENGLISH COURSING CLUBS 201 country coursing; indeed, the club is now the most influ- ential within hail of London. Its rise has been of a very rapid description, whilst its ever-increasing popularity is a sure sign that coursing still has a great hold upon the Kentish sportsmen, who assemble in great numbers whenever it is aiinounced that the hare will be publicly coursed upon the. '-'^m^L^Ll^ A Cliffe meeting marshes which lie between the chalk cliffs and the river wall of the Thames m Northern Kent. The meetings are well worthy of more than passing men- tion ; for the venue, now that the North Woolwich and Amicable clubs, whose meetings used to be held on Plumstead Marshes and about Bushey Park and Hampton respectively, have ceased to exist, lies nearer to London than any other coursing- ground, and the sport enjoyed is of the good old-fashioned type, where hares are walked up and slipped at as they leave their. 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 Edward de Fonblanque, 1854-; Lascelles, Gerald William. Falconry; Richardson, Charles, ed. London and Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co.
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