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of extraordinary courses will prove the distance 

 for which such great speed can be exerted. 



A brace of greyhounds in Lincolnshire ran a 

 hare from her seat, and killed her at a distance, 

 measuring straight, of upwards of four miles in 

 twelve minutes : during the course there were a 

 great number of turns, which very considerably 

 increased the space gone over. Daniel says he 

 recollects a hare being found in Cambridgeshire, 

 which, after a severe course, was found dead 

 some yards before the greyhounds, who were 

 obliged to be bled to recover them ; and, out of 

 twenty-two horses which started, only one could 

 make a gallop at the conclusion of the course. 

 The same writer also mentions an instance of a 

 brace of greyhounds coupled together coursing 

 a hare, and killing her at a distance of between 

 three and four miles ; the hare had, of course, 

 considerable advantage in the turns, as the dogs 

 hindered each other in changing the direction. 



It is very desirable that one uniform system 

 of rules and laws should be adopted, and the 

 following are those established at the principal 

 Clubs in the kingdom. 



1. A hare to be coursed with one brace of 

 greyhounds only. 



2. The hare to have four or five score yards' 

 law before the hounds are loosed from the slips. 



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