What year did saluki x's start appearing on the Coursing scene?

[PoshPikey 560]

As the title says when did saluki crosses start appearing on the UK coursing scene - who claims the first?

[johnnylestershair 78]

saluki crosses have been around years i was coursing in the 70 and we had grey hound crosses and they did the job down the fens and round derbyshire so i think the dogs in them days were better because not so much rubbish about and we loved to do it for how sport now a lot is about money which is a same

[poacher3161 1,766]

First saluki x greyhound i ever saw was mid 70s and going on wat the fella told me the dog was bred by the well known greyhound coursing pub landlord from sheffield Crim Smith.

[juckler123 707]

Would have thought theyd have been about in the sixties if not earlier first strains of lurcher i grew up with during the seventies were sal/grey and collie mix they were as popular with the locals as much as the deerhound collie types.

Cugger Edwards was the man that bred them he went on to buy in a pure about the same time as Russ got prince the sire to eve Cugger bred a lot of first crosses from trevor as well as to a saluki/collie type the pups from which made better animals.

There was also a pure that came on newark gypsy site in 75 hed learnt to keep off the runways on aerodromes and was run hard he was put over a massive amount of bitches during this time i believe one old friend keeps dogs from this line still i bought him as a blown dog but he just needed rest and good food but never bred from him as his eyelashes were inturned and had to be plucked for him to see properly he ended his days at my dads

[runem 533]

As the title says when did saluki crosses start appearing on the UK coursing scene - who claims the first?

IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME WELL THE FIRST TIME I SAW SALUKI GREYHOUNDS WAS THE MID SEVENTYS,CHRIS QUINLAN HAD A SALUKI I THINK IT WAS CALLED RIPPER,HE ALSO HAD A 29 INCH BLACK AND WHITE SALUKI CROSS CALLED OSCAR THAT COULD GIVE THE HARES A RUN,,ITS ON VIDEO SOMEWHERE RUNNING DAYTIME AND LAMPING FOXES,,.

[chartpolski 23,106]

I had a Saluki blooded Lurcher around '74, so they must have been around before then.

 

Cheers.

[darbo 4,774]

must admit only seen them in my area early 80s.

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

Crim Smith

 

What a great old feller, ran with him and a few barnsley lad 10 yrs ago or more.

loved his coursing

[macca 83]

the first time i saw one was down in Devon when i was 17 the man reckoned he ran hes 2 dogs on the reds(stags) and could bring them down ive never done the deer but i couldnt see it that was back in 81,nice dogs mind

[riohog 5,701]

must have been around in the 70,s first one i had was 79 . a sandy coulored bitch ,i bought of some traveller boys , she lived till she was 17 years old ,

 

she was lightly fethered . a fantastic bitch ,probebly the best dog i ever owned ;;

[poacher3161 1,766]

Crim Smith

 

What a great old feller, ran with him and a few barnsley lad 10 yrs ago or more.

loved his coursing

Yes another great dog man and caracture no longer with us.The crossfeild tavern pub he had was a good boozer in the 80s and a gang of us went to see his dog run [whiskey judge] in the waterloo cup in the early 80s.

[pbrookes 450]

Had a greyhound off him 18 year ago out of Sam the man "crossfield Sally" . That bitch couldn't half kill hares

[cocker 2,654]

the first one i owned i bought was at lambourne lurcher show of some fella, that was in 1980, lambourne was stopped in 1981 by thames valley police and berkshire council,

£70 i paid for it, a smooth coated red bitch,

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

thats a bitch i remember, running against a mates dog sparkling ruth?

[boyo 1,398]

theres a fella local to us a dog dealer who was dealing in them saluki crosses that is in the early to mid seventies selling them all over the country didnt sell many in wales mind .tbh most in wales wouldnt touch a saluki cross in them days .