See also:

• COURSING (from Lat. cursus, currere, to run)

COURSING (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. cursus, currere, to run)  , the See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting of See also:

• GAME

game by See also:

• DOGS, ISLE OF

dogs solely by sight and not by See also:

• SCENT

scent . From See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to time the See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport has been pursued by various nations against various animals, but the recognized method has generally been the See also:

• COURSING (from Lat. cursus, currere, to run)

coursing of the See also:

• HARE
• HARE, SIR JOHN (1844– )

hare by greyhounds . Such sport is of See also:

• GREAT

great antiquity, and is fully described by See also:

• ARRIAN (FLAvrus ARRIANUS)

Arrian in his Cynegeticus about A.D . 150, when the leading features appear to have been much the same as in the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . Other See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and Latin authors refer to the sport; but during the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages it was but little heard of . Apart from private coursing for the See also:

• SAKE

sake of filling the pot with game, public coursing has become an exhilarating sport . The private sportsman seldom possesses See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good strains of See also:

• BLOOD

blood to breed his greyhounds from or has such opportunities of trying them as the public courser . The first known set of rules in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England for determining the merits of a course were See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up by See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk, in See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth's reign; but no open trials were heard of until See also:

• HALF

half a See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century later, in the time of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles I . The See also:

• OLDEST

oldest See also:

• REGULAR

regular coursing See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club of which any See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record exists is that of See also:

• SWAFFHAM

Swaffham, in Norfolk, which was founded by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• ORFORD
• ORFORD, EDWARD RUSSELL, EARL OF (1653-1727)
• ORFORD, ROBERT WALPOLE, 1ST EARL OF (1676-1745)

Orford in '766 ; and in '78o the Ashdown See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park (See also:

• BERKSHIRE [abbreviated Berks, pronounced Berkshire]
• BERKSHIRE, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1587–1669)

Berkshire) See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting was established . During the next seventy years many other large and influential See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies sprang up throughout England and See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, the Altcar Club (on the Sefton estates, near See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool) being founded in 1825 . The See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season lasts about six months, beginning in the middle of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September . It was not until 1858 that a coursing See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, so to speak, was formed, and a universally accepted See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code of rules drawn up .

In that See also:

• YEAR

year the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Coursing Club was founded . It is composed of representatives from all clubs in the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom of more than a year's See also:

• STANDING

standing, and possessing more than twenty-four members . Their rules govern meetings, and their See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee adjudicate on matters of dispute . The breeding and training of a successful See also:

• KENNEL

kennel is a See also:

• PRECARIOUS

precarious See also:

• MATTER

matter; and the most unaccountable ups and See also:

• DOWNS

downs of See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune often occur in a courser's career . At a meeting an agreed-on even number of entries are made for each stake, and the ties drawn by See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot . After the first See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the winner of the first tie is opposed to the winner of the second, and so on until the last two dogs See also:

• LEFT

left in compete for victory; but the same owner's See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey-hounds are " guarded " as far as it is possible to do so . A See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of beaters drive the See also:

• HARES

hares out of their coverts or other hiding-places, whilst the slipper has the pair of dogs in See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, and slips them simultaneously by an arrangement of nooses, when they have both sighted a hare promising a good course . The See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge accompanies on horseback, and the six points whereby he decides a course are-(r) See also:

• SPEED, JOHN (1552–1629)

speed; (2) the go-by, or when a greyhound starts a clear length behind his opponent, passes him in the straight run, and gets a clear length in front; (3) the turn; where the hare turns at not less than a right See also:

• ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle; (4) the wrench, where the hare turns at less than a right angle; (5) the kill; (6) the trip, or unsuccessful effort to kill . He may return a " no course " as his See also:

• VERDICT (O. Fr. verdit, Lat. vere dictum, truly said, used in Late Latin in one word with its present significance)

verdict if the dogs have not been fairly tried together, or an " undecided course " if he considers their merits equal . The open See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo meeting, held at Altcar every See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, —the name being taken from its being originated by the proprietor of the Waterloo Hotel, Liverpool,—is now the recognized fixture for the decision of the coursing championship, and the Waterloo See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

Cup (1836) is the " See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

Blue Riband " of the leash . In the United States, several See also:

• BRITISH

British colonies, and other countries, the name has been adopted, and Waterloo Coursing Cups are found there as in England . In See also:

• AMERICA

America an See also:

• AMERICAN

American Coursing See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board controls the sport, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief meetings being in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Dakota, See also:

• KANSAS (known as the Sunflower State ")

Kansas, See also:

• NEBRASKA

Nebraska, See also:

• IOWA

Iowa and See also:

• MINNESOTA

Minnesota .

The chief See also:

• WORKS

works on coursing are :—Arrian's Cynegeticus, translated by the Rev . W . Dansey (1831); T . Thacker, Courser's See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

Companion and Breeder's See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

Guide(' 835) ; Thacker's Courser's See also:

• ANNUAL

Annual See also:

• REMEMBRANCER

Remembrancer (1849-1851); D . P . See also:

• BLAINE, JAMES GILLESPIE (1830-1893)

Blaine, See also:

• ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Encyclopaedia of Rural See also:

• SPORTS
• SPORTS, THE BOOK OF

Sports (3rd ed., '87o); and J . H . See also:

• WALSH, JOHN HENRY (1810-1888)
• WALSH, PETER [VALESIUS] (c. 1618-1688)
• WALSH, WILLIAM (1663—1708)

Walsh, The Greyhound (3rd ed., 1875) . See also the Coursing See also:

• CALENDAR

Calendar (since '857); Coursing and See also:

• FALCONRY (Fr. fauconnerie, from Late Lat. falco, falcon)

Falconry (See also:

• BADMINTON, or GREAT BADMINTON

Badminton Library, 1892) ; The Hare (" See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

Fur and See also:

• FEATHER (0. Eng. (ether, Ger. Feder, from an Indo-European root seen also in Gr. lrrepov, and aEreo-Oat, to fly)

Feather " See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, 1896) ; and The Greyhound See also:

• STUD

Stud See also:

• BOOK

Book (since 1882) .