ENTHUSIASTIC SPORTSMEN
AUCKLAND COURSING CLUB An enthusiastic meeting of the Auckland Coursing Club was held last evening, the president, Mr. F. O’Connell being in the chair. Inside half an hour, £7B was laid on the table either in cash or cheques for the financing of the club’s new course on the Otahuhu Trotting Club’s grounds at Otahuhu. Mr. T. Richards generously offered to buy the hares, and other big donations were made during the evening. The course at Otahuhu is to be fitted up entirely by voluntary labour, and the club’s judge, Mr. J. Wilkin, a man of wide experience in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, said that the course would be about the best in the Empire—better even than that of the famous Olympic Club in London. The secretary. Mr. W. Ratcliffe, stated that it was hoped that the course would be ready in about six weeks’ time, when the first meeting will be held. Mr. Ratcliffe stated that the club’s members now number 7S, which is a good start, considering that the club was only formed last November. At a date very shortly it is hoped to run a 32 dog race. The club has applied for affiliation to the National Coursing Association of Great Britain. A number of whippets are arriving from the South Island to-morrow for the Auckland Whinnet Olub-
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 623, 27 March 1929, Page 11
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224ENTHUSIASTIC SPORTSMEN Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 623, 27 March 1929, Page 11
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