INDEX 



NOR 

 ing' allowed and subscribed 

 by him, 4-6 



North, Colonel, 21, 23, 24, 29, 



, 149, 152-155 



North of England Cqursing 

 Club, 181, 198; early days 

 of its institution, 213; mem- 

 bership and present patrons, 

 214 ; the Rainton Meeting, 

 214 ; a singular incident of 

 sport, 215 ; early hour of 

 meeting, 216; the Eslington 

 Meeting, 216 ; at West Rain- 

 ton, 217 ; minor meetings, 

 2T7 ; non-members' nomina- 

 tions, 218 ; new patron and 

 new ground, 231 



North Seaton coursing ground, 

 200 



Northamptonshire, trapping of 

 passage hawks in, 280, 364 



Norway, 47 



Norwegian gerfalcons, 310-312, 



3H 

 Not Out, 149 



Oaks at Massareene Park, 44 

 Objections fnade to greyhounds 



in coursing, 410 

 Offement, Baron d', 349, 355 

 Officials of clubs and courses, 



391-395. 397-399 

 Old HavvkingClub, headquarters 

 - of, 238 ; record of game killed, 

 269, 279 ; sport in Ireland, 

 274 ; in possession of ' The 

 . Duck-killer,' 286 ; score of 

 rooks and crows Jaken in the 

 spring of 1887, 302 ; owners 

 of Sibyl, Bacchante, and Elsa, 

 304 ; fate of their Norwegian 

 gerfalcons, 314; Barbary fal- 

 cons, 325 ; record of sport by 



427 



OXE 



two members in Meerut, 326 ; 

 Robert and John Barr in its 

 service, 345, 346, 358; mem- 

 bers in 1864, 358; reorganisa- 

 tion in 1S72, 358 ; Mr. Gerald 

 Lascelles manager, 358 ; re- 

 turn of head of quarry killed 

 in 1887,' 359; and in i8go, 

 359 ; famous hawks in its 

 possession, 359-361 ; mem- 

 bers in 1890, 362 ; objects 

 of the club, 362 



Oliver Twist, 125, 160, 162 



Opinions canvassed of noted 

 coursers, 145 ; on the twelve 

 greatest greyhounds of the 

 century, 146 ; the best ever 

 run, 147 ; twelve most suc- 

 cessful stud dogs of the last 

 thirty years, 147 ; the best 

 stud dog of the day, 148 ; six 

 best-looking dogs and bitches 

 within memory, 148 ; the 

 most exciting and best con- 

 tested courses, 149-152 ; the 

 most successful of coursers, 

 breeders, and trainers, 152- 

 156; judges, 156; slippers, 

 157; merits of the coursing 



. grounds, 157; most success- 

 ful sires within the last thirty 

 years, 157- 163 ; the question 

 of the improvement or dete- 

 rioration of greyhounds, 163- 

 167 ; on the running of sap- 

 lings, 168 



Orford, Lord, 158, 179, 315, 

 316, 348, 353, 354 



Oriental falconers, 241 



Oswald, Mr. (Auchincruive), 344 



Owen, James, 122 



Oxer, George (falconer), 352, 

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