1 88 COURSING 



It will be noticed that, in addition to the three Challenge Stakes, 

 there were two Open Stakes for puppies in which the club was to 

 be guarded as long as possible. It is also worthy of note that, 

 while the draw is announced for the 17th, it really took place on 

 Saturday the 15th, and the running beginning on Monday extended 

 over the whole week, the final tie for the Druid Cup not being run 

 off till the Monday following. 



The Committee of the Altcar Club were not behind in their 



anxiety to be worthily represented, as the following circular 



shows : — 



' March 31, 1864. 



'AH the members of the Altcar Club will be anxious that it 

 should be represented as strongly as possible in the match-stakes, 

 at Amesbury, in October next ; and in the meantime there may be 

 some desirous either to give up a nomination, on finding the want 

 of a dog of sufficient quality, or to acquire one in the expectation 

 of being able to fill it with a good greyhound. As the committee 

 appointed to act for the club at the Amesbury meeting, we beg 

 leave to offer to be the medium of communication and arrangement 

 in such cases, and shall be glad to hear from any member who may 

 wish either to drop a nomination or to take one up. Letters to be 

 addressed to the Secretary. 



' Sefton, 

 C. Randell, 

 T. D. Hornby. 



' In case of any transfer of a nomination by private arrangement, 

 it is requested that the secretary may be informed of it.' 



There probably was on both sides some difficulty in getting 

 together the most reliable representatives, and the anxiety of the 

 club to be fully prepared is strikingly exemplified in the annexed 

 circular : — 



Altcar Club 



' Dear Sir,— I beg to draw the attention of those members who 

 think of attending the Amesbury Meeting to the advertisement in 

 last Saturday's papers of the Great Western and Dru'd Cups (the 

 entry for which closes on August i), and especially to the condition 

 of a very small forfeit for puppies entered, if subsequently chosen 

 to run in the Challenge Stakes, while they retain the option of 

 starting again in the former stakes, if in the latter they are un- 

 luckily put out in the first round. 



