Waterloo Cup

[shepp 2,285]

I'm sorry if I sound ignorant but I've been thinking about this one for some time.

Having never attended any type of organised hare coursing meeting such as the Waterloo Cup before the ban, I wondered how enough hares were found for the dogs to course.

Were they flushed into the general area of the meeting.

Did the meeting treck from field to field.

Were the hares bagged, which I would guess was unlikely.

I would appreciate it if anybody could throw some light on this for me.

Many Thanks

Shepp

[Guest markbrick1]

I'm sorry if I sound ignorant but I've been thinking about this one for some time.

Having never attended any type of organised hare coursing meeting such as the Waterloo Cup before the ban, I wondered how enough hares were found for the dogs to course.

Were they flushed into the general area of the meeting.

Did the meeting treck from field to field.

Were the hares bagged, which I would guess was unlikely.

I would appreciate it if anybody could throw some light on this for me.

Many Thanks

Shepp

FLUSHED

[ru_and_dill 0]

Shepp,

If you go to www.nationalcoursingclub.org and then on to their news page, you'll find details of a DVD of a brilliant programme made for the BBC called "The Last Waterloo Cup". Absolutely required viewing for anyone who followed couring under rules (pureblood greyhounds, rather than lurchers, and aiming to test the dogs rather than catch the hare).

And before anyone goes off on one, yes, we followed it and loved it, and yes, we've four lurchers, three of which did their coursing under different circumstances entirely Let's not get into a "bloody snobs", "bloody cheats" battle -

[shepp 2,285]

Thanks ru_and_dill,

Sounds interesting, I'll take a look into that.

[Crow 1]

Agree with above - get a copy of 'The Last Waterloo' it's pretty good. In fact, I had a mate from Surrey staying over recently and he was enthralled - changed his views on coursing completely

[Guest MOLLY]

I cried at that programme

MOLL.

[Ray Mears 272]

I cried at that programme

MOLL.

 

women!

[TOPPER 1,809]

Yep this was a good program, suprisingly considering the bbc made it they are normally anti bloodsport and anything to do with it

[shepp 2,285]

Yes the BBC are Labours lap dogs

[zap 4]

i went to the last waterloo cup it was great ,it was the first time i had ever watched the greyhound coarsing and loved it just wish it was still on .we even had some fool strip of and swim this massive puddle on the field his mates offered him 50 each if he done it mad .I take it the dvd is the same as the one they showed on the telly or is it showing more coarsing ?

[snoopdog 1,256]

on the last waterloo cup i was stood on the bank watching the courseing and a hare came up by us it had escaped the dogs a then some silly tw*t let a dog go out of the crowd ..the hare was half fooked anyway and when his dog caught it they cheered ..fook me ..a basset hound could of caught it ...it fooks it when you see somthing like that happens it gives reight coarseing lads a bad name did anyone else see that ,???

[MIKE 18]

Yes I was there when that happened f*****g arseholes, what does that prove to anyone ..............

[snoopdog 1,256]

it proved that they no fook all about hare coarseing and no fecking respect for there quarry... the hare had won that battle of athletes and then some pillock lets a unfit lurcher at it and thought he had done well..it was about 6" deep in mud and water on the embankment side the hare was stuggleing anyway....you not even suppose to have your dogs there anyway.the stewards threw them out they should have knocked him out ...sorry about going on one but it pissed me right off..

[ru_and_dill 0]

it proved that they no fook all about hare coarseing and no fecking respect for there quarry... the hare had won that battle of athletes and then some pillock lets a unfit lurcher at it and thought he had done well..it was about 6" deep in mud and water on the embankment side the hare was stuggleing anyway....you not even suppose to have your dogs there anyway.the stewards threw them out they should have knocked him out ...sorry about going on one but it pissed me right off..

 

Easily solved, I should have thought - isn't this where the eejut who slipped it is given (according to rules) 100 yards law, and then a couple of bull-greys are slipped

 

I'm usually a deerhound kind of a guy, but I can see this is where the bull-blood could come in handy

 

For what it's worth, the team that made the programme are on record as admitting that they came to it as standard BBC Islington antis who thought that it was evil blood-smattered snobs, and during the making of the programme they realised that they had been deceived by the nonsense, and in fact were producing a lamentation for its death, not a celebration.

 

And if tears are for women, then I'm in touch with my feminine side - I don't believe anyone who's ever cheered as the hare got away could watch that final scene dry-eyed. The one in the barn, with how-many-hundred hares that had been shot over the coursing grounds the next day. Makes me shivver even now, and I've watched it more times than I've eaten rabbit pie...

[mavphill 0]

Yes the BBC are Labours lap dogs

how can you say that after "war in Iraq" affair!