a sheep dog put up a hare...

THE TRUE SPORTSMAN'S GAZETTE
The Era (London, England),
Sunday, January 27, 1839; Issue 18.

over a healthy part of the New Forest, I observed a sheep dog
put up a hare, which was immediately pursued by a lurcher,
attendant upon a farmer who was close at hand. Puss found that
she had very little superiority in speed over her pursuer, and as
there was no cover which she could resort to for shelter, she in
running over a part of the plain, where there were some rab-
bit burrows, retreated into one of their holes. A turf cutter
who was engaged near the spot was employed to dig her out.
of her temporary asylum. This act was not, however, so
speedily effected, for the burrows were so intersected, that it
was a long time ere he discovered the one in which she lay
concealed. On being at length captured, she was let go again
before the dogs, but as is almost invariably the case in such
instances, she was picked up by the hunters before she had run
fifty yards.

A challenge

THE RING (canine)
The Era (London, England),
Sunday, February 18, 1844; Issue 282.

A challenge appeared in our last from Henry King, of Birmingham,
offering to back his black lurcher bitch, Gip, to kill rats, for 5 or 10
sovs ; the number was not mentioned ; but the bitch is open to all
England, to kill 50 or 100 rats, against any other dog that may be pitted
against her. The money is always ready at Mr. Samuel Russell's, the
Shakspere's Head, Queen-street, Birmingham.

THE CANINE RING

THE RING
The Era (London, England),
Sunday, November 2, 1845; Issue 371

CANINE

On Monday last the renowned lurcher dog, Tommy, had a contest
with the celebrated Bow Lee dog, Spring (22lb), for 10 sovs a-side
The betting was 6 to 4 and 2 to 1 on the lurcher, with few takers. It was
soon seen that Spring had not a shadow of a chance, except as a cour-
ageous dog to receive, and after contending for one hour and ten
minutes, the lurcher was declared the winner, without any perceptible
punishment. The lurcher was excellently well trained, and handled
in first-rate style by Young Simons, of the Gipsy King, and Spring
by Jud, of Bow Lee. It was fought near Manchester.

TRESPASS IN PURSUIT OF GAME

POLICE INTELLIGENCE
The Preston Guardian etc (Preston, England),
Thursday, December 24, 1857; Issue 2365.

(Before Messre. Winstanley)
TRESPASS IN PURSUIT OF GAME, - Thomas Pyke,
shoemaker, of Fulwood, appeared to answer a charge of
trespass in pursuit of coneys, on land in Haighton, in the
occupation of Mr. Corless, farmer, and over which Mr.
Anderton has the right of shooting. - John Bradley, game-
keeper, said the offenence was committed on Wednesday
morning, the 9th instant. Saw Pyke with a lurcher dog,
on the land, about a quarter to eleven o' clock, and watched
him above an hour, during which time he was beating for
rabbits with a stick. At last he started a rabbit and the
dog caught it. Pyke then took it up and put it in his
pocket. Witness then went to him, and charged him with
taking rabbits. He at first denied that, but afterwards ad-
mitted having one, which he said he found. - The defend-
ant said the rabbit mentioned by Bradley must have been
dead three or four days, and he had thrown it away ; it had
evidently from the wound in its neck, been killed by a
ferret. He had no intention of taking any rabbits. A
previous conviction was proved against the defendant, and
he was fined £1 and the costs, in default of payment to be,
imprisoned one month. - The money was immediately paid.

Night Poaching

DISTRICT POLICE NEWS
The Derby Mercury (Derby, England),
Wednesday, November 7, 1860; Issue 6712.

Nov. 3
[Before R. W. M. NESFIELD, and W. LONGSDON, Esqrs.]
Night Poaching.- Two young men from Sheffield, call-
ing themselves John Marshall and Thomas Atherton, where
charged by Mr. Wilson, head keeper at Chatsworth, with
poaching that morning at 1 o 'clock ; the keepers found about
300 yards of netting and stakes, and on the capture of these
men by the keepers they were attacked by a powerful lurcher
dog ; this, however, the keepers killed in self-defence, and took
the prisoners to the Bakewell lock-up at 3 a.m. - They were
committed for three months each to hard labour, and ordered
to find the usual sureties at the expiration of their imprison-
ment.

DRURY V. SCOTT

Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England),
Saturday, April 10, 1824; Issue 3702.

DRURY V. SCOTT,
This was an action to recover the value of a dog
which was killed by the defendant's gamekeeper. It
appeared in evidence that the plaintiff's servant was
out with the dog ( a lurcher), and that when near the
defendant's residence at Woodhall, he killed a hare.
The defendant's gamekeeper came up immediately
after; the servant threw the hare into a ditch, and
the dog instinctively ran away, the gamekeeper having
previously sworn vengeance against him. The
gamekeeper then seized hold of the man, and the dog
seeing this, returned to defend him. The game-
keeper threw a cord around the dog's neck, and
brought him to his master's house, and there hung
him. The servant was convicted of poaching, and
sent to the House of Correction for three monthes,
The only defence was that the dog was a lurcher, and
was found in the pursuit of game.- Verdict for the
plaintiff - damages 40s.

POACHING

Police Courts
The Newcastle Courant etc (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England),
Friday, February 2, 1877; Issue 10545.

POACHING.
Geo. Walton, otherwise Geo. Thompson, was charged with
poaching on the Rokeby estates on January 4th, A game
watcher, named Spence, discovered, on the morning in
question, about nine o'clock, footprints in the snow, and
afterwards came upon the defendant, who had two hares
in his pockets, and had with him a lurcher dog. Defend-
ant, who did not appear, was fined £1 and the costs. -John
Nicholson, a labourer, was then charged by a game watcher
named Wim. Calvert, with killing two rabbits on Sunday
the 31st December, near Gilmonby. On being seen, de-
fendant decamped, but he was afterwards identified. De-
fendant was fined £1 and the costs, which were paid.