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the racing mau, should each respect the pursuits 

 of the other, though he may not feel disposed 

 to join in them. I have stated what the hare 

 hunter thinks of the courser ; the owners of 

 the long tails is not a whit less exclusive in 



his ideas, " There's those d shooters " is a 



compliment I have more than once heard from 

 the courser, if he found a brace of pointers or 

 setters ranging over a locality he had proposed 

 to find a hare in. 



Private Coursing is usually practised by men 

 whom age or a want of enthusiasm prevent 

 hunting, or, whose pecuniary means are only 

 equal to a galloway and a leash or so of dogs. 

 The farmer is frequently a courser for a very 

 prudent and sensible reason, he can take his 

 greyhounds out at such times as suit his 

 business, he is not obliged with them to make 

 "a day of it." He hears of a hare having 

 been seen close by, he tries to find her, 

 succeeds or not in doing so and kiUing her. 



