COURSING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 575, 2 August 1909, Page 6

COURSING.

The Wellington Cup Meeting of the Hutt Valley Coursing-Club was concluded at ; Wailaceville on Saturday. Some strong hares wete liberated, and although .the courting ..was,, said to be some of. the best ever seon. at Wallaoevilla quite a large proportion of the,hare's got h0m0. , . The Wellington 15-guinea cup, and. the JESS prize which accompanied: it, was won by Mrs. A. H. Eodgers's r.'.d. May King.(Battle Ax<rDiisky Maid). The cup was presented,to'Mrs.Rodgers •on the course by the ■ president' (Mr. Fitzgerald). . The , other . contests of the day were for the open and supplementary stakes. ! ' : ..; .■.';',■,■.■ Open Stake. ■-;.,' , ,- ; ... : , ,-.. E., W; Curtis's Field.', Day (Manprle—Eeview) beat W. Webb's'(Wauganui) dog ChampionProof (Warraafcd Waterproof—Planet),. &-!,, and in the final heat beat Mr. Loboale'e Boyal Artillery (Danger Signal-Hilda Maxim); i-i. ■.'■:■:.,'. ~ • Wellington Cup... ':•.-.■. ~,'■,, Third round: H. Coleman's Midnight Reveller beat J. /Hannan's : Dan.. O'Connell,■ 9—7j-vT. •Eichards'e Gold: Quartz beat The >Virginian, 3-2; A. H. Eogers's . May. King .'beat;!. EioharaVs Catcb-as-Catch-Can.G-i; "B. and W. Prcetidge's Split Link, a bye. ■ ■ ■.. -."•;.. Fourth round: Gold Quartz' beat Midnight Reveller, 8-7; May King beat Split link, s— i. ■ • : . '■■ •' ■■.■<-<■.' ■ ' Final: May King beat ,T- Riehards'e bd."-'ii' Gold QUartz (Gold/Eeof-Paify), 5-4: ; ; _■;. ". ,v. Supplementary.'Stake. : . J. F.-Burton's Brazen Boy beat E; 3. Saps; ford's Gold Dust, C—l; Al Gordine's Taipo Nui beat Defiance, .5-1 J F -- wi; W. Presfidge'e Polorus Lady beat. H. E. Card'e Full Hand, B—7; H. Colcman's Bending Bow beat' F. AY. Clark's Hazel,, 5-^4; J. '. Hannan'a Sunny Morn beat J. Williamson's Mahe'no, 6-0; F.-W.l.Clark's ..TioW Bathurst beat'E.y. Sapsford's'Gold Thread,. s—6;' J. x Hannahs Robert 'Emuiett , beat S. Mattirson's' MasseyHarris, B—6. ■■ '• ' ''■ ' [ ' ■ . ~ \. Second round: Brazen Boy beat Taipo Xui, B—7; Bending Bow ■ beat Pelorus Lady, S-4j Sunny Morn boat Lord Bathurst, 3H*>. i Third round: Sunny Morn beat Brazen Boy | Bending Bow beat Eobert Bnunett. : ; Sunny : Morn and Bending Bow divided. the prizes.-.- . ..-■ ■■ .■;■■.;;.■.... , ",. ..■'•.. ■ .:■.:■•■