ii6 COURSING 



Fashion ; and Mr. W. Paterson's r w d Plymouth Rock, by 

 Carratze — Process, divided, without the latter running his bye. 



Kempton carne next, and the fact of Mr. S. H. Hyde being 

 at the head of affairs (coursing) was a guarantee for good 

 management. It was over the Sunbury pastures that the first 

 i,ooo/. prize was run for, the ground, like Haydock, being a dead 

 flat. Hares ran very weakly at first, and coursing was a com- 

 parative failure, but after a year trials were fairly good, and 

 continued to improve subsequently. Coursing at Kempton took 

 immensely at first with Londoners, but after a few meetings 

 the attendance fell oif, and the patronage of the general public 

 became so scant that the directors resolved to cease holding 

 meetings, and the champion fixture of January 1889 was 

 abandoned. 



The reason given was that during the last three years the 

 directors had to fill several nominations the best way they 

 could, so as to secure the requisite number of runners, and the 

 meetings were carried on at a loss. The following return gives 

 the winner and runner-up in the Great Champion Stakes : — 



1883 



CHAMPION STAKES, at 25 guineas each, with 500/. added ; 



winner 1,000/., second 500/. ,; 64 subs. 



Mr. L. NichoU's f d p Royal Stag, by Ptarmigan —Raby Lass, 



beat Dr. T. S. Hosford ns (Mr. W. Osborne's) r or f d Waterford, 



by Bothal Park — Curiosity. 



1884 



CHAMPION STAKES, at 25 guineas each, with 500/. added; 



winner 1,000/., second 400/. ; 64 subs. 



Mr. G. Bell Irving ns (Mr, H. G. Miller's) r d Manager, by 



Misterton — Devotion, and Mr. T. Stone's r d Sea Pilot, by Haddo 



^Sea Beauty, divided. 



1885 



CHAMPION STAKES, at 25/. each, with 500/. added ; winner 

 1,000/., second 400/. ; 64 subs. 

 Mr. S. H. Hyde's bd d Ballangeich, by Craighton Castle — 

 Heathbird, beat Mr. W. Carver's r or f d Britain Still, by Misterton 

 — Arama. 



