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Coursing

Coursing is the pursuit of game by dogs—chiefly Greyhounds—running by sight, not by scent. The object is not to catch the hare, but is rather a test of speed and agility between two Greyhounds. The first set of English rules for coursing was drawn up in the reign of Elizabeth I.

External Links

Original British Coursing Rules by Duke of Norfolk



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