COURSING

Evening Star, Issue 23690, 25 September 1940, Page 2

COURSING

NOTES AND COMMENTS [Uy Plumcxon.] Answer to Correspondent. Mr 11. Corcoran’s My Peter is by Great Peter —White Mist. Air M. Fletcher’s My Fancy is by Black Paper —Mountain Doll. Hawke’s Bay Season Ends. The Hawke’s Bay Coursing Club held its final meeting for the season to decide an Open Stake and a Maiden Trophy Slake. The trophy for the Maiden Stake was presented by Mrs T. E, M'Donald, of Taradale. During the season Mrs M'Donald’s longtails have performed excellently, and with the tin hare season now in full swing in the North Island the success of her many performers in this brunch of the sport is expected Under the direction of Air J. R. Fletcher and Airs H. Kay, the club’s president and secretary respectively, the stewards had arrangements well in hand, and the meeting went with a swing. Both the judge (Air J. Lopdoll) and the slipper (Air R." Croft) performed their duties capably. Following are the results;— OPEN STAKE. —First Round.— Aliss P, Swanson’s Royal Artillery (Boston Boy—Not-a-Doubt) beat Messrs James and Taylor’s The Clipper (Cin Paph—Racking Footsteps) after a fast and exciting course, by 1$ points. Airs J. Front’s (N.S.) China Clipper (Black Andy—Black Bebe) beat Airs I. Patrick’s Battleship (Chancellor — Irish Molly) in a very short course by half a point. Airs T. E. AUDonald’s Loch Lomond (■Royal Sovereign—Desire) beat Air L. Gray’s (N.S.) Kaitere (Fiery Footsteps—Wild Chase) by 1 point in a short course. Alr'P. H. Donoghne’s Red Chief (Native Chief —Aliss Lupin) beat Air _G. Wall’s Royal Desire (Royal Sovereign —Desire) in the longest, most exciting, and the cleverest course of the day, with the son of Native Chief always doing its best to win well hv 4 points. Miss A. Perry’s White Tracer (Great Worry—White ‘ Gold) heat Airs G. Hall’s Alangatera (Chancellor —Dolaine) by 2 points in a fair course. —Second Round.— China Clipper heat Royal Artillery after a good course, on a fast and clever hare, by 1 point. Loch Lomond beat Red Chief by 1 point in a fair course. White Tracer ran an excellent bye. —Semi-final.— White Tracer beat China Clipper after a pood course by 2 points. Loch Lomond ran a bye. —Final.— White Tracer beat Loch Lomond after a long course on a fast, clever, and wild-breaking hare, by 5 points. AIATDEN STAKE. - —First Round. — Air H. Al'Donald’s (N.S.) Amber Valani, imp. (Tarago—Desire) beat Air E. J. Sullivan’s Sovereign Lady (Royal Sovereign—Lass o’ Gowrie) after a great course on a brilliant hare, by 2 points. Air R. Wall’s (N.S.) Hats Off (Royal Sovereign—Annie Laurie) beat Airs J. E. Kay’s (N.S.) The Gaffer (Barney Al'Gregor—Ruching Footsteps) by 3 points in a short and uninteresting course. _

Mr D. L. Price’s Alickey Free (Royal Sovereign—Lass o’ Gowrie) beat Air G. R. Heslop’s Floodtide (Noontide — Hamilton’s Pride) by 1 point in a very short course. Airs V. Laking’s Old Pal (Chancellor —Dolaine) beat Alessrs Al'Grath and Cook’s Nigger Alinstrel (Fiery Footsteps—Not a Doubt) by 5J points, after a long, fast, and clever course on a brilliant hare.

Mr A. Robertson’s Star Ranger (Royal Sovereign—Annie Laurie) beat Mr A. Bishop’s Black Royal (Royal goult—Scotch Nation) in a short and disappointing course by 1 point. Mrs J. Front’s Sparkling Footsteps (Fiery Footsteps—Sparkling Thorn) beat Mr J. E. Parson’s Betty Pride (Chancellor —Dolaine) after a fair course by 2J points. Mr S. Dockary’s (N.S.) Loppalong (Electric Hope—Rahpipay) ran a bye. —Second Round.— Amber Valani beat Hats Oft by 1 point in an even but short course. Old Pal beat Mickey Free after a good course on a clever hare, by 1-J points. Loppalohg beat Star Ranger by 2 points in a short and uninteresting course. Sparkling Footsteps ran a bye. —Semi-final. —■ Amber Valani beat ,01d Pal in a very short course by 1J points. Sparkling Footsteps beat* Loppalong after a fast and thrilling course on a clever hare by points —Final. — Amber Valani beat Sparkling Footsteps by half a point in a very short and most disappointing, final course on a very fast and wild-breaking hare. Notes. In the maiden trophy stake meeting a dog appears under the name of Mickey Free. This name was claimed many years back by Mr J. Hannan. The dog he registered proved a great success both on the enclosure and later as a stud sire. Mr Hannan’s, dog, Mickey Free, was by Pretty Mickey— Miss Artillery. This dog was later sold by Mr Hannan to Mr Roche, and while owned by the latter Mickey Free sired many winners. It is unfortunate that the names of many outstanding greyhounds of the past should be duplicated, and in most cases during recent years by dogs of very ordinary standard. Tho stud dam, Rahpipay _ (Why Worry—Mickey Lass) appears in most clubs’ programmes incorrectly. Owners of dogs, when nominated, should make sure that mistakes such as this do not appear. Greyhounds are not entitled to the prefex imp., meaning imported, unless they come from tho other side of the Equator, Dogs bred in Australia and raced in New Zealand are not entitled to such a prefix. They should appear as Australian bred. This question was decided many years ago.