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tives of the World. Mr. Warwick, of Shrewsbury, who judged the 

 meeting, declared to me long afterwards that the second day's 

 coursing over Tanner's Down was the grandest he ever witnessed, 

 course after course going right away from the slips for quite a 

 couple of miles. On a moderate computation he calculated that 

 he rode over 120 miles that day. 



For any further comments on the actual running' I cannot do 

 better than refer to the account of the meeting as it appears in 

 vol. xiv. of the ' Coursing Calendar,' from which much interesting 

 information may be gathered, and in conclusion I quote from the 

 remarks prefacing the report of the Saturday's running : 



' By two o'clock all but the deciding course of the Druid Cup 

 were run and the party separated with a vivid impression of the 

 charms of Salisbury Plain as a coursing ground, and a strong im- 

 pression that we shall never see the like of the late meeting, which 

 has gone off without a single contretemps. Of course, one side 

 must lose ; but as the managers of the World have the consolation 

 of knowing that no pains have been spared to bring the contest to 

 an issue successful to themselves, and as after the first round the 

 contest has been a very close one, they have no reason to feel in 

 any way disgraced. The trouble of carrying through the manage- 

 ment of the World in a meeting of this kind is so enormous, that I 

 do not believe there is the slightest chance of a return match, 

 especially as, with the prestige gained by the Altcar Club, it would 

 be considerably increased.' 



The following is the return of the matches detailed in the fore- 

 going article : 



ASHDOWN PARK CHAMPION MEETING. MARCH 1860 



Stewards LORD SEFTON, LORD UFFINGTON, MR. T. D. HORNBY, MR. 

 RANDELL. Field ^te sards MR. ETWALL AND MR. BOWLES. Flag 

 Steward MR. MALLABEY. Judge MR. J. H. M'George. Slipper 

 H. SPRING ALL. 



CRAVEN CHALLENGE CUP 





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