. Coursing and falconry. Coursing; Falconry. CHAPTER I THE WATERLOO CUP Mention of public coursing is to be found as far back as the middle of the seventeenth century, but it is only in compara- tively recent years that public stakes have become a sporting institution. In an admirable article by that sterling authority, ' Robin Hood,' in the ' Field Quarterly M^gazme and Review' of February 1870—an article to which I am indebted for much valuable information on the coursing of the past—the writer estimates that at least 50,000/. was run for in stakes in the preceding year. This was in the palm
. Coursing and falconry. Coursing; Falconry. CHAPTER I THE WATERLOO CUP Mention of public coursing is to be found as far back as the middle of the seventeenth century, but it is only in compara- tively recent years that public stakes have become a sporting institution. In an admirable article by that sterling authority, ' Robin Hood,' in the ' Field Quarterly M^gazme and Review' of February 1870—an article to which I am indebted for much valuable information on the coursing of the past—the writer estimates that at least 50,000/. was run for in stakes in the preceding year. This was in the palmy days of Lords Sefton, Craven, Lurgan, Grey de Wilton, and a host of others, for the sport was then a thoroughly popular one, and was supported by the highest in the land. We have already spoken of the origin of coursing. For a long while greyhounds were used as a means of catching hares, apart from relative merit, and a dog that ran cunning and could account for fur with unfailing regularity was regarded as a real friend, instead of being promptly put out of the way—a fate that generally overtakes rogues since stakes were instituted By-and-by owners would match their dogs against each other ; but for a long time the. 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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