COURSING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 July 1941, Page 7

COURSING

NORTH ISLAND MEETING OPENING ROUNDS OF CUP EVENT. FAVOURITE NARROWLY DEFEATED. The Wairarapa Coursing Club's North Island Cup meeting commenced at the plumpton, Akura, yesterday afternoon. Good coursing was witnessed by the large attendance. Early in the afternoon a cold cross wind made conditions unpleasant but as the wind decreased later in the day, the conditions were more pleasant. Two rounds in the cup event were run off. The surprise of the meeting was the narrow defeat of the favourite, White Tracer, by Loch Lomond. The hare proved too fast for the dogs and little work was done. The score 1-1 indicated that little separated the dogs. Throughout the meeting the hares ran fast and proved very elusive, giving the dogs an opportunity to show speed and work. Today’s events were the Northern Purse, followed by the Northern Plate and the third round of the Cup event. Tomorrow the semi-finals and finals of the Cup, Purse and Plate events will be run off, in addition to a consolation event for dogs that have not won money at the meeting. Mr F. Yule, of Carterton, has donated £2 2s for the event.

Results of yesterday's coursingare: — North Island Coursing Cup. First round: Mrs M. Prout's (Napier) Matrix beat T. B. Noonan’s (Napier) Top Hat, 6-21; W. L. Jensen's (Carterton) Taringamutu beat H. Fannin's (Hastings) Foreign Lad, 21-0; Miss A. Perry's (Napier) White Tracer beat Mrs W. Williams's (Masterton) OutBiddy, 3-11; Mrs J. E. Kay’s (Hastings) Loch Lomond beat A. Kininmont’s (Wairoa) Hasty News, 51-0; G. Wall's (Hastings) All Cash beat A. E. Willis’s (Patea) Black Out, 51-0; Mrs M. Prout’s (Napier) China Clipper beat Messrs Cooke and McGrath's (Wellington) Nigger Minstrel, 4-0; M. R. Murphy's (Gisborne) Sky Blue beat S. Tasker’s (Wanganui) Royal Mac, 2-0; Mrs W. Williams’s (Masterton) Back Loop Slam beat T. B. Noonan's (Napier) Hats Off, 11-0; H. Fannin’s (Hastings) Young Boston beat Miss A. Perry’s Royal Artillery, 7/3; G. Wall’s Royal Desire beat Cooke and McGrath's Amir Bey, 5-3; Mrs L. H. Jones's Mac's Worry beat S. Davis's (Masterton) N.S., British Pride, 21-2; Mrs U. Laking's (Hastings) Lady Luna beat M. R. Murphy's (Gisborne) See Red, 21-0; A. Kininmont’s (Wairoa) Easy Passage beat W. Spring’s (Masterton) Ballaramaine, 31-6; H. E. Connop’s (Hastings) Master Pariel beat W. Spring’s Julius Caesar, 21-0: H. Fannin’s Old Pal beat S. Gerrand's (Masterton) Democrat. 7-11; J- Bradbury's (Masterton) N.S., The Admiral beat R. Gunn's (Wellington) Wind. Up. 44-2. Second round: Matrix beat Taringamutu, 5-11; Loch Lomond beat White Tracer. 1-1; All Cash beat China Clipper, 1-0; Back Loop Slam beat Sky Blue, 2-1; Young Boston beat Royal Desire, 2-0; Lady Luna beat Mac’s Worry, 51-0; Master Pariel beat Easy Passage, 2-1; The Admiral beat Old Pal, 3-1.