COURSING. 461 



This will disqualify any dog from further competition 

 in a public coursing meeting, as will be seen by the rules 

 governing coursing. 



A greyhound after the fourth running season is not 

 safely employed in public coursing, although the famous 

 Miss Glendyne, of England, ran her coursing honestly 

 last spring, winning the Waterloo purse, although she 

 was defeated for the Waterloo cup by a three-legged 

 hare being raised at her first course, and her opponent 

 did such vigorous work at the start, and caught the lame 

 hare so quickly, that she scarcely got to her work. She 

 divided the Waterloo cup in 1885; won it in 1886. 



However, it is much safer to leave the old ones in the 

 kennel when selecting a brace for a public contest. 



SLIPS. 



When taking a pair of dogs into the field for training, 

 a pair of slips is as necessary as a harness for a horse 

 when you desire to drive. The advantage to a dog so taught 

 is very appreciable in a close course, for the run up to 

 the hare may be the only advantage one dog may have 

 over his adversary in a sharply contested trial. 



The slips are an ingenious device, so constructed that 

 a pair of dogs are held together as though in a yoke. 



The two straps around their necks, instead of being 

 buckled, are held by a spring, as the dogs stand side by 

 side. The straps are attached to a piece of steel by 

 swivels. This will enable the dogs to turn without get- 

 ting twisted or tangled up. A leading-strap is attached 

 to one of the swivels, and passes back between the dogs 

 to the slipper, or man who does the leading. Through 

 this round leading-strap runs a strong string, on one end 

 of which is fastened a small iron pin. This pin holds the 

 collars in place until the slipper has the word from the 

 judge to let them go. He then pulls the string, and both 



