112 COURSING 



250/. and a piece of plate value 50/. In the final course Mr. 

 G. Darlinson's Deceit beat Mr. G. Woodward's Woodland 

 King. The fame of the Plumpton ground had now spread 

 far and wide, and we had amongst the Irish supporters Lord 

 Lurgan, Captain Archdale, Mr. F. Watson, and Mr. J. Sands. 

 Other patrons of the meeting were the Duke of Hamilton, 

 Lord St. Vincent, Sir John D. Astley, and Colonel Goodlake. 



Enclosed cotrsing. Driving out a hare 



It may be mentioned that, although the new style had become 

 popular with a certain section of the coursing community, 

 many of the old school opposed it strongly, and with the best 

 reason, for it utterly lacked the elements of real sport. The 

 Ground Game Act, however, which came into operation in 

 September 1880, having naturally led to a lessening of the 

 number of hares throughout the country, it was urged that, if 

 coursing was to exist, the enclosed system became almost a 



