Ireland Blackstairs Working Dog Club.

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Our flapper racing is coming to an end for this season. The final for the Larry Foley and Liam Cooper Perpetual Cups will be held this Friday evening at 7.30 on the flapper track behind Rackards Pub in Caim, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. Weather permitting.

[bazholly 27]

hope yous have a great night lads hope to see yous soon

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hope yous have a great night lads hope to see yous soon

 

Thanks for the support Barry, we hope to have a good night, and we will see you soon.

[jimjim 18]

looking forward to a great evening lads You know there must be some sort of RECORD going on here, my grandad told me this flapper meeting started in CAIM in the year 1954 can any other club beat that? in those days they had, would you believe, LIGHTS on the flapper track, they had four bookies, every dog was tattooed and timed , there was an race card for all races wasn't that some professional outfit, i'm really impressed. they had races for whippets,terriers, lurchers and working sheepdogs. just imagine your sheepdog bringing home the cows twice a day and a champion race dog by night?the terrier was sorting out foxes and badgers and rats(,this was before the ban of course) the blackstairs men really knew how to run a good operation, this was in rackards field of the famous rackard hurlers just around the time of the three in a row ( all ireland hurling finals) which wexford won . this must of been a great time for a young fellow back in the old days and by the way they ran the races over the winter too and were well supported. You know most people come on here bickering, fighting , and how they know it all about racing and lurchers that are greyhounds and greys that are lurchers and who should of this and that and also how great the mighty game fairs are etc.. etc.. i think we should look back to the men of 1954 and how they done it , no computers back then lads and very little cars for that matter, they were sporting men and fair men they ran a race meeting as good as any track meeting in shelbourne park and provided sport all year round . SO WELL DONE TO THE MEN OF 1954 i SALUTE YOU. and to the blackstairs men of to day good luck with your event as always you run a good clean operation and are true dog men yours in sport

 

 

jimjim

Edited August 30, 2012 by jimjim

[jrussell 0]

looking forward to a great evening lads You know there must be some sort of RECORD going on here, my grandad told me this flapper meeting started in CAIM in the year 1954 can any other club beat that? in those days they had, would you believe, LIGHTS on the flapper track, they had four bookies, every dog was tattooed and timed , there was an race card for all races wasn't that some professional outfit, i'm really impressed. they had races for whippets,terriers, lurchers and working sheepdogs. just imagine your sheepdog bringing home the cows twice a day and a champion race dog by night?the terrier was sorting out foxes and badgers and rats(,this was before the ban of course) the blackstairs men really knew how to run a good operation, this was in rackards field of the famous rackard hurlers just around the time of the three in a row ( all ireland hurling finals) which wexford won . this must of been a great time for a young fellow back in the old days and by the way they ran the races over the winter too and were well supported. You know most people come on here bickering, fighting , and how they know it all about racing and lurchers that are greyhounds and greys that are lurchers and who should of this and that and also how great the mighty game fairs are etc.. etc.. i think we should look back to the men of 1954 and how they done it , no computers back then lads and very little cars for that matter, they were sporting men and fair men they ran a race meeting as good as any track meeting in shelbourne park and provided sport all year round . SO WELL DONE TO THE MEN OF 1954 i SALUTE YOU. and to the blackstairs men of to day good luck with your event as always you run a good clean operation and are true dog men yours in sport

 

 

jimjim

 

It must be a record alright jimjim. It is some achievement to keep racing going for that many years. Tim Flood the collie trainer from Cloughban ran racing in the late 70s and 80s. It used to be good racing back then aswell, see you friday night, looking forward to the final.

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looking forward to a great evening lads You know there must be some sort of RECORD going on here, my grandad told me this flapper meeting started in CAIM in the year 1954 can any other club beat that? in those days they had, would you believe, LIGHTS on the flapper track, they had four bookies, every dog was tattooed and timed , there was an race card for all races wasn't that some professional outfit, i'm really impressed. they had races for whippets,terriers, lurchers and working sheepdogs. just imagine your sheepdog bringing home the cows twice a day and a champion race dog by night?the terrier was sorting out foxes and badgers and rats(,this was before the ban of course) the blackstairs men really knew how to run a good operation, this was in rackards field of the famous rackard hurlers just around the time of the three in a row ( all ireland hurling finals) which wexford won . this must of been a great time for a young fellow back in the old days and by the way they ran the races over the winter too and were well supported. You know most people come on here bickering, fighting , and how they know it all about racing and lurchers that are greyhounds and greys that are lurchers and who should of this and that and also how great the mighty game fairs are etc.. etc.. i think we should look back to the men of 1954 and how they done it , no computers back then lads and very little cars for that matter, they were sporting men and fair men they ran a race meeting as good as any track meeting in shelbourne park and provided sport all year round . SO WELL DONE TO THE MEN OF 1954 i SALUTE YOU. and to the blackstairs men of to day good luck with your event as always you run a good clean operation and are true dog men yours in sport

 

 

jimjim

 

 

Thank you for the great write up, your grandad was correct. I must admit the racing was better 10 or 15 years ago, but the dogs are bred for more speed now. Everybody has the same type now, not like years ago, but the management have the final say with who's is in or out, so there would be no arguing. We will see you on Friday.

[jimjim 18]

looking forward to a great evening lads You know there must be some sort of RECORD going on here, my grandad told me this flapper meeting started in CAIM in the year 1954 can any other club beat that? in those days they had, would you believe, LIGHTS on the flapper track, they had four bookies, every dog was tattooed and timed , there was an race card for all races wasn't that some professional outfit, i'm really impressed. they had races for whippets,terriers, lurchers and working sheepdogs. just imagine your sheepdog bringing home the cows twice a day and a champion race dog by night?the terrier was sorting out foxes and badgers and rats(,this was before the ban of course) the blackstairs men really knew how to run a good operation, this was in rackards field of the famous rackard hurlers just around the time of the three in a row ( all ireland hurling finals) which wexford won . this must of been a great time for a young fellow back in the old days and by the way they ran the races over the winter too and were well supported. You know most people come on here bickering, fighting , and how they know it all about racing and lurchers that are greyhounds and greys that are lurchers and who should of this and that and also how great the mighty game fairs are etc.. etc.. i think we should look back to the men of 1954 and how they done it , no computers back then lads and very little cars for that matter, they were sporting men and fair men they ran a race meeting as good as any track meeting in shelbourne park and provided sport all year round . SO WELL DONE TO THE MEN OF 1954 i SALUTE YOU. and to the blackstairs men of to day good luck with your event as always you run a good clean operation and are true dog men yours in sport

 

 

jimjim

 

It must be a record alright jimjim. It is some achievement to keep racing going for that many years. Tim Flood the collie trainer from Cloughban ran racing in the late 70s and 80s. It used to be good racing back then aswell, see you friday night, looking forward to the final.

yes my grandad told me about him to, as well as being a great sheepdog trainer he won all irelands with his sheepdogs at trialls and won alll irelands for hurling too, did he run the racing in caim or was it in cloughban.?

[jimjim 18]

looking forward to a great evening lads You know there must be some sort of RECORD going on here, my grandad told me this flapper meeting started in CAIM in the year 1954 can any other club beat that? in those days they had, would you believe, LIGHTS on the flapper track, they had four bookies, every dog was tattooed and timed , there was an race card for all races wasn't that some professional outfit, i'm really impressed. they had races for whippets,terriers, lurchers and working sheepdogs. just imagine your sheepdog bringing home the cows twice a day and a champion race dog by night?the terrier was sorting out foxes and badgers and rats(,this was before the ban of course) the blackstairs men really knew how to run a good operation, this was in rackards field of the famous rackard hurlers just around the time of the three in a row ( all ireland hurling finals) which wexford won . this must of been a great time for a young fellow back in the old days and by the way they ran the races over the winter too and were well supported. You know most people come on here bickering, fighting , and how they know it all about racing and lurchers that are greyhounds and greys that are lurchers and who should of this and that and also how great the mighty game fairs are etc.. etc.. i think we should look back to the men of 1954 and how they done it , no computers back then lads and very little cars for that matter, they were sporting men and fair men they ran a race meeting as good as any track meeting in shelbourne park and provided sport all year round . SO WELL DONE TO THE MEN OF 1954 i SALUTE YOU. and to the blackstairs men of to day good luck with your event as always you run a good clean operation and are true dog men yours in sport

 

 

jimjim

 

 

Thank you for the great write up, your grandad was correct. I must admit the racing was better 10 or 15 years ago, but the dogs are bred for more speed now. Everybody has the same type now, not like years ago, but the management have the final say with who's is in or out, so there would be no arguing. We will see you on Friday.

looking forward to it

[just hunt 69]

Well done Mat ,Tom and co .Racing the way it should be ,for a bit of crack

As for the prize fund (you know you need one of these now )

I hope its bragging rights only

JUST HUNT

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See yous all there, it is a great evening for racing, and it should be an interesting couple of finals.

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Well done Mat ,Tom and co .Racing the way it should be ,for a bit of crack

As for the prize fund (you know you need one of these now )

I hope its bragging rights only

JUST HUNT

 

It is hard to know who will be bragging after tonight

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Not long now, hope to see yous all there, the larry foley cup and the liam cooper cup is waiting to be filled :toast: :cheers: :drinks:

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Here are some photos of the winners :toast: