COURSING. 



Antiquity of Coursing Xenophon's Treatise on Hunting 

 Arrian a Master of the Art of Hunting The Greyhound in 

 Italy and Greece Lcelaps Ovid Cromwell a Courser 

 Establishment of the First Coursing Club Ashdown Park 

 Meeting The Maltou Club The Newmarket The 

 Amesbury The Altcar The Waterloo Cup Hlxclusiveness 

 of the Old Clubs Influence of Democracy on Coursing 

 The National Coursing Club : Constitution of; Officers j 

 Rules " Greyhound Stud Book " Points of the Course 

 Definition of Points Allowances for Accidents Penalties 

 Enclosed Coursing : Principal Grounds for ; Advantages of; 

 Opinions for and against Staying Power in Greyhounds 

 A Long Run What Qualities a Coursing Dog should 



THE hunting of the hare with fleet-footed dogs pursuing 

 their quarry by sight only is of ancient date, but far from 

 being such an old-established sport as the pursuit of the 

 hare and other wild animals by dogs of the sagacious 

 order relying on that faculty of scent which, in many 

 varieties of the dog, is developed to such a marvellous 

 extent as to astonish us, and has led so keen and accurate 

 an observer and cautious reasoner as Haekel to form 



