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been admitted to explain his own views, they are of opinion that 

 there was nothing in the advertised programme of the Coquetdale 

 Coursing meeting, in relation to the Coquetdale Cup, which 

 debarred Mr. Blanshard, if he chose to exercise the right, from 

 claiming under the present state of coursing law applicable to 

 byes, to draw " Meteor " and substitute " Wild Deer " to run a bye 

 with "Baffler." The club is therefore bound to declare that 

 the decision of Dr. Richardson in the first instance, which was con- 

 firmed afterwards by the stewards and committee, was not in accord- 

 ance with the rules of the National Coursing Club, and must not 

 be admitted as a precedent in future. They feel it due, however, 

 to Dr. Eichardson and the stewards, to record their conviction that 

 they only arrived at the decision which they came to from a strong- 

 desire to carry out the real equity of the case, and that they were 

 actuated in their decision by a strict sense of impartiality. The 

 National Club is sorry to add that they must express a very strong 

 feeling of regret and surprise that the Committee of the Coquetdale 

 Coursing Club should deny the competency of the National Club 

 to enquire into a matter which has been properly brought before 

 them, in order to ascertain their opinion on a difficult subject.' 



February I7th, 1863. Case 11. A charge of default standing- 

 over from the last meeting being gone into, it was resolved ( that 

 the evidence on both sides not being quite satisfactory to the 

 meeting, no decision could be arrived at, and no case of default 

 was therefore substantiated against Mr. Bateman.' 



Case 12. An appeal by Mr. Taylor against the stewards of the 

 Border Club, for ordering a savage dog out of slips. Eesolved, 



