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 129
e- ginning was a decided success. The enclosure is situated on Mr. James Owen’s property, and a better or more genial sports- man than the proprietor of Holestone does not exist. The running is rather severe, as it is all uphill, but the trials are of the very best kind. The running ground being in… … of Ireland where so many greyhounds are bred and reared as in the district surrounding Holestone, nor in Her Majesty’s wide dominions are there keener coursers to be found. Two, and sometimes three, meetings are annually held at Holestone. In comparing the two styles, greyhounds repeatedly runat -…
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