left to right: Mrs. A.F. Ellis' Gerg of Ifold, Mr. J. Nagle's Sulhamstead Thelma
and Mr. Edwin Watson's Plain Clara
at Amesbury yesterday
WESTERN DAILY PRESS BRISTOL - Thursday, January 29 1925
COURSING WITH IRISH WOLFHOUNDS
For the first time in the history of British sport Irish wolfhounds figured
yesterday in a coursing meeting. The event, which had aroused great interest,
took place on Boscombe Down, near Amesbury, Wilts., and attracted a large
company of sporting men and women, many of whom had come a very long distance
to see what sort of show the biggest of all dogs would make against the strong
running hares of Salisbury Plain. Yesterday the heats for the President's Cup
and the Steward's Cup were run off, and though greyhound coursing men who were
present will probably not fear any great anxiety for the established order of
this sport, it will be generally admitted that the performances of some of the
hounds were highly creditable and demonstrated the possibilities of the breed
for sport. They were put to a very severe test; the slipper invariably allowed
the hare more than the recognised start - thirty yards - and during the day
there were but three kills. But some of the events produced really good sport,
and a tremendous lot of ground was covered before the hare eventually got to
cover in a clump of wood. The wolfhound is handicapped in several ways as
compared with the greyhound. The latter, as a result of being bred from many
generations of coursing ancestors, are equipped at the outset with an
instinctive aptitude for the sport; they are lightweights and therefore quicker
on the turn, and being lower to ground better able to take a hare on the
run.
There is no need to make a comparison between the greyhound and the wolfhound.
The friends of the latter believe, and after yesterday's events, more firmly
than ever that the great Irish hound is a real sporting breed and could be used
with confidence against a big, quick-moving quarry. There were some magnificent
examples of the breed entered for the meeting, and some of the best known
breeders were present. Mr. I.W. Everett had his famous champion Felixstowe
Kilcoo entered, and Miss Beauchamp of Woodborough House, Bath was present with
her grand young dog Thor of Ifold. T.H. Hudson of St. Mary, Bourne, Mrs. Barr
of Mayes Green, Surrey, Mr. Chas. Champness of Weybridge, Mrs. Ellis of
Mersham, Surrey, Dr. O'Keefe of St. Helens, Mrs. Southey of Frinton-on-Sea, Mr.
A.P. Strohmenger of Sunningdale, Mr. E. Watson of Berkswell, Warwickshire, and
Mr. J. Nagle of Stonehenge, also entered dogs. Major Harding Cox acted as
judge, and Mr. J. Nagle, hon. secretary of the Irish Wolfhound Coursing Club,
was the slipper. The meeting will be continued today.
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| Miss Marlow with a trio of hounds left to right: Mrs. A.F. Ellis' Gerg of Ifold, Mr. J. Nagle's Sulhamstead Thelma and Mr. Edwin Watson's Plain Clara |
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| Mr. J. Nagle slipping a pair of hounds at the Irish
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WESTERN DAILY PRESS BRISTOL - January 30, 1925
GOOD SPECIMENS OF IRISH WOLFHOUNDS
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For more on the Amesbury Coursing Meeting - from The Field and another publication - see http://www.irishwolfhounds.org/coursing2.htm
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GLOUCESTERSHIRE ECHO - Thursday 19 January, 1933
NOVEL COURSING
IRISH WOLFHOUNDS IN EVENT NEAR BROADWAY
An unusual coursing meeting, being confined to Irish wolfhounds, took place at
Springhill, near Broadway, today, by permission of Captain W.N. Hannay,
M.C.
There were two events; the Broadway Stakes, for £2 and a cup presented by
Mrs. F. Nagle, and the Springhill Stakes, for £1.10s and a cup, also
presented by Mrs. Nagle. Fourteen dogs took part.
The ground was covered with three inches of snow, and fog made the meeting
doubtful, but conditions later improved. Hares were plentiful and there were
good long courses.
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