COURSING IN ENGLAND

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 201, 30 April 1887, Page 10

COURSING IN ENGLAND

The Waterloo Cup was divided by Mi Hornby's roan dog puppy Hei\sehel (by, Macpherson Stargazing II. ), and Mr Glad," stone's black dog (slveater Scott (by Macpherson Madge). Both greyhounds were highly fancied, in feet, started favourites, bar, of course, Miss Glendyne. Abouir the latter bitch the- absurd price of 3 to 1 was taken on the night of the draw. She ran through the first two rounds brilliantly, and might have proved victrix a thii^d year, in succession but for meeting with an accident in her tussle with Hermes. M.v Hibbert promptly sent for Hutton, the bonesetter, but the latter could not gcMo Liverpool in time, and Evan Thomas* the lootil' man, pronounced Miss Glendyne suffering from a sprain. Hardly, however, had MvHibbert reluctantly withdrawn his famous bitch from the contest that* Hutton a?>peared on the scene, and af tier a mon\sni s manipulation set her down perfectly well. A to© had got out of joinij, that was all. This was aggravating, and as a stroke of bad luck seldom comes-, alone it naturallyfollowed that the kenneFs second string, the. Kempton winner (Huic Hulloa), should be> put out in the fourth round after an. undecided. The last four left in were Clamour, Greater Scot, Hersohel, and Jenay Jones. Clamour will be remembered as starting first favourite for the Waterloo Cups of 1885 and 1886. This year the old dog was supposed to have lost all form, and was not backed for sixpence. The Waterloo Plate fell to Mr Alexander's Alec Ruby (by Alec Halleday out of Rubia), whilst Mr Hales's Happy Omen (by Milling , ton— Badiaht) and Mr Graham's Harp string (by Glenlivet out of Polly) divid.ed, the Purse,