Best Non Saluki Coursing Dogs Of The Past

[inan 841]

 

some good reading in this thread. did any ex track dogs do any good at coarsing?

I had a few lads down at my place one day,,,max was there and a friend of his that did the slipping at the Waterloo ,,,Aron ,,,he brought a young dog to give it a few runs to gee it up...

 

It missed it's first two slips,,,,but it's 3rd and 4 th,,, it put away like and old pro,,,on it's 5 th run of the day it put a few bends in then stoped a keeled over,,,we got it up and it was ok after ,,,but just showed how easy it is to over exert them

 

I was out with the John Jones Greyhound Club down on Romney Marsh , this was years ago,the Judge was on foot two dogs were slipped and they went up to a small cemetary on a hill, it was called "Boot Hill". They ran out of view and there was a big delay before the Judge re-appeared, one of the dogs had dropped dead at the summit.

Edited August 29, 2014 by inan

[inan 841]

See one at the East of England coursing club, that turned his head on the track.

 

He run the best of all the dogs on the day

Would that be the EELC Club or the greyhound club?

[inan 841]

some good reading in this thread. did any ex track dogs do any good at coarsing?

John Bromiley the Greyhound Coursing trainer had a dog in kennels called Peasedown Erin ,it pulled down every time it ran,often on the run up. It had a wonderful gob and was an ex tracker that had been barred for turning it's head, we tried to get a lining off it on to a lurcher bitch, the fee was very reasonable but the dog wouldn't go for it, we ended up using Straw Silks.

[inan 841]

The Best bit irks my sensitive soul,running dogs seldom needed to be the best to fill the bag,all they needed to be was capable.There were a multitude of capable dogs,often pedigree unknown that had an habit of meeting the requirements of the owner,then the ego,s took over.As soon as you want or need a dog that's the best,then,either you will never be satisfied with what you have,or a scally scumbag will filch your prized hound.

Never had the best myself but usually had one that kept me and itself in meat,and provided some great sport too..

[slip lead 862]

 

See one at the East of England coursing club, that turned his head on the track.

He run the best of all the dogs on the day

 

Would that be the EELC Club or the greyhound club?

Greyhounds, the day in question was near six mile bottom.

[Giro 2,648]

Have you got any old Snaps Inan ??

[morton 5,368]

Im a Dinosaur,some of the most enjoyable gallops ive ever witnessed, have at time been the ones were the big eared fella made its escape,often through a mesmeric piece of trickery,cunning or fortitude.When you had a jukel that managed to capture one of these primal athletes you seldom wanted to kill another,until another day.3 from 3,4 from 4,the sad reality of some peoples idyll.In reality a purpose bred dog needed testing to its potential,at times,thus walking from the field with a fistful of fur and in reflection,an heavy heart.

[Bosun11 537]

 

some good reading in this thread. did any ex track dogs do any good at coarsing?

John Bromiley the Greyhound Coursing trainer had a dog in kennels called Peasedown Erin ,it pulled down every time it ran,often on the run up. It had a wonderful gob and was an ex tracker that had been barred for turning it's head, we tried to get a lining off it on to a lurcher bitch, the fee was very reasonable but the dog wouldn't go for it, we ended up using Straw Silks.

 

I remember John talking about that dog Inan, if I remember right though it did line a few bitches...

[morton 5,368]

I used to run a piece of land that held a decent hare or 2,drystone walls,open woodland and a few reed beds,you could nearly walk to the spot that hares would be sat,we ran one time after time,if it failed to lose the dog amidst the trees it headed for the reeds,if they where still on its tail it headed for the open fields and tried to exhaust them,it then had an habit of taking them back into the wood or reeds,as the dogs got educated on each gallop they had the hare at their advantage,then it headed for the walls,through a gap in a corner,then back tracked on itself a few feet further down,this hare had the making of all that pursued it.One day we headed over the same land,the gap in the wall was blocked and a patch of fur was testament to the level some ignorant soul undertook to make a kill,we unblocked the gap and left the land with heavy hearts for a pointless and unrewarding kill,the reward for some is far more rancid a flavour for others.

[fireman 10,917]

It's a pity someone couldn't find and post the clip of that Waterloo Hare launching its self into the air and spinning mid air with the greyhounds tearing beneath it

She spun round mid air landing in opposite direction of greyhounds gaining valuable time thus eventually escaping to the applause of the crowd.

Great clip showing the Hare the respect it so deserves.

I was at a coursing meet maybe Evesham way The lady something cup (greyhounds) and i saw a hare do the same but run up a wooden farm gate and push back over the two hounds which crashed quite grandly into the said gate and away went "Old Sally"

[crorider 174]

Some brilliant reading in this thread

[Ggib 370]

I used to run a piece of land that held a decent hare or 2,drystone walls,open woodland and a few reed beds,you could nearly walk to the spot that hares would be sat,we ran one time after time,if it failed to lose the dog amidst the trees it headed for the reeds,if they where still on its tail it headed for the open fields and tried to exhaust them,it then had an habit of taking them back into the wood or reeds,as the dogs got educated on each gallop they had the hare at their advantage,then it headed for the walls,through a gap in a corner,then back tracked on itself a few feet further down,this hare had the making of all that pursued it.One day we headed over the same land,the gap in the wall was blocked and a patch of fur was testament to the level some ignorant soul undertook to make a kill,we unblocked the gap and left the land with heavy hearts for a pointless and unrewarding kill,the reward for some is far more rancid a flavour for others.

i can imagin mate, that hare deserved the respect of every hunting man, just shows that to some the kill is more sought after than a piece of nature that was more than testing for dogs.

[crorider 174]

 

I used to run a piece of land that held a decent hare or 2,drystone walls,open woodland and a few reed beds,you could nearly walk to the spot that hares would be sat,we ran one time after time,if it failed to lose the dog amidst the trees it headed for the reeds,if they where still on its tail it headed for the open fields and tried to exhaust them,it then had an habit of taking them back into the wood or reeds,as the dogs got educated on each gallop they had the hare at their advantage,then it headed for the walls,through a gap in a corner,then back tracked on itself a few feet further down,this hare had the making of all that pursued it.One day we headed over the same land,the gap in the wall was blocked and a patch of fur was testament to the level some ignorant soul undertook to make a kill,we unblocked the gap and left the land with heavy hearts for a pointless and unrewarding kill,the reward for some is far more rancid a flavour for others.

 

i can imagin mate, that hare deserved the respect of every hunting man, just shows that to some the kill is more sought after than a piece of nature that was more than testing for dogs.

should of definitely given it the respect it deserved and let it breed on

[tatsblisters 9,824]

A well known pro boxer from s.yorks had an awsome hare catching lurcher in the late 70s that was also a mix of deerhound collie and greyhound remember [BANNED TEXT] he bred it a romany travellar called butch price took two pups.

[inan 841]

 

 

some good reading in this thread. did any ex track dogs do any good at coarsing?

John Bromiley the Greyhound Coursing trainer had a dog in kennels called Peasedown Erin ,it pulled down every time it ran,often on the run up. It had a wonderful gob and was an ex tracker that had been barred for turning it's head, we tried to get a lining off it on to a lurcher bitch, the fee was very reasonable but the dog wouldn't go for it, we ended up using Straw Silks.

 

I remember John talking about that dog Inan, if I remember right though it did line a few bitches...

 

I dare say it did, it just wouldn't do the job for us