COURSING IN ENGLAND.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 465, 23 April 1890, Page 6

COURSING IN ENGLAND.

THE WATERLOO CUP. (from our own correspondent.) Colonel North’s gracious patronage of the Waterloo Cup has completely killed speculation on that once heavy-betting event, and taken almost all vitality out of the coursing itself. This year there were scarcely a score of wagers chronicled before the night of the draw, and even the proceedings after the time-honoured dinner were tame in comparison with the exciting scenes on this occasion in days gone by. Fullerton, of course, was favourite, but not a very hot one, in fact 9 to 2 could have been had to a largo sum even after the Nitrate King took £B,OOO to £2,000 straight out and laid £I,OOO to £2OO on his crack beating- Plemonfe in their first course. Troughend, the dog that divided with Fullerton last year, was backed straight out for a trifle at £I.OOO to €ls. On Wednesday in the first two rounds the usual number of fancied candidates, including Colonel North’s Troughend and Nickleton, Sir R. Jardine’s Gwenna.and Mr Hyslop’s Scaleby were put out. Tho crack Fullerton, however, landed the Nitrate King’s bet of £I,OOO to £2OO on his beating Plemont with absurd ease, and also ran such a brilliant course with the speedy Glenogle that 6 to 4 became the best offer against the colonel’s dog winning outright. Mr Pilkington’s smart Pins and Needles at 100 to 12, and Mr Gladstone’s Green Fern at 100 to 8, were next in demand, long odds ranging from 20 to 1 to 1,000 to 12 being laid against the other thirteen. In the third and fourth rounds, with Monkside and Gladiola, Fullerton also triumphed, and last night 6 to 4 was betted on the crack’s victory to-day. Downpour, Donald O’Kane, and Green Fern are also left in. The finals resulted in exact accordance with anticipation—Downpour beating Donald O’Kane and Fullerton Green Fern. Then the crack and Downpour were put together, and Colonel North’s dog won a magnificent course, scoring thrice to its opponent’s once, and for a second time crediting the Nitrate King with the Derby of the leash. The invincible Colonel was nearly winning tho Purse as well as the Cup, Troughend being only put out in the final for this event by -Mr Swinburne’s Knockminny Boy. The Plate fell to Mr Graham’s Jim o’ the Hill, Mr Crosse’s Coca Water running up. The prices of the four last dogs left in the Cup on the night of the draw were—9 to 2 Fullerton, 1,000 to 35 Green Fern, 20 to 1 Donald O’Kane, and 66 to 1 Downpour. ENCLOSED COURSING. The abandonment of the enclosed coursing meetings at Kempton and Newcastle may be said to ring the knell of this never very edifying phase of sport. The arrangements at these Parks were as satisfactory as the nature of the business permitted, the entries being usually representative and the hares fairly strong. But the B.P. would not go to see enclosed coursing either in the North or South, and the big £I,OOO stakes were in consequence wasted. In Australia (Mr Sampson of the “ Referee ” implies) enclosed coursing has “ caught on ” genuinely. I can’t myself remember to have seen reports of any, but no doubt “ Pendragon ” is right.