COURSING NOT CRUEL.
Speaking ata social function at Adelaide last weiefc in 4 poniiection with :.tki& Waterloo Oup, Sir Lancelot Stirling said he regarded coursing as one of the best sports in the world; Some people condemned it as being cruel, but he did not agree with . thenty Very few of-the many: hares that-Kad| been pursued by the "dogs at that meeting had been caught and, those that had been overtaken had not been tortured in any way. Other speakers urged that the odcta were in favour of the hare in every instance. A good' lead was given" to it, and this •was generally sufficient to enable it to escape, after a keen run. The aim was-not to"catch the hare, but for, it, to bring out-the points.of the,'grey--; hounds.-.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 11 August 1913, Page 4
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129COURSING NOT CRUEL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 11 August 1913, Page 4
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