SOME ENGLISH COURSING CLUBS 



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country coursing ; indeed, the club is now the most influ- 

 ential within hail of London. Its rise has been of a very 

 rapid description, whilst its ever-increasing popularity is a 

 sure sign that coursing still has a great hold upon the Kentish 

 sportsmen, who assemble in great numbers whenever it is 

 announced that the hare will be publicly coursed upon the 



A Cliffe meeting 



marshes which lie between the chalk cliffs and the river wall 

 of the Thames in Northern Kent. 



The meetings are well worthy of more than passing men- 

 tion ; for the venue, now that the North Woolwich and Amicable 

 clubs, whose meetings used to be held on Plumstead Marshes 

 and about Bushey Park and Hampton respectively, have 

 ceased to exist, lies nearer to London than any other coursing- 

 ground, and the sport enjoyed is of the good old-fashioned type, 

 where hares are walked up and slipped at as they leave their 



