Coursing and Falconry (the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes) (1892)
Cox, Harding, Lascelles, Gerald, Duke of Beaufort (Ed.) · Longmans, Green and Co. (London) · leaf 117
94 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.… … It may be mentioned that, although the new style had become popular with a certain’section of the coursing comniunity, 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…
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