Waterloo’As Coursing Digs-In an Advantage of Five Lengths
MAGAZINE ond round,four English dogs re- mained, Noelle’s Commando, Mucky Burky, trained by Liz Hall, Mounteden Radio, and Stroll to Town, owned by Mes- dames Delahooke and Dela- maine with Mr Campbell. The Irish Marshals Supreme just got up to beat the very fast fawn dog Noelles Commando, and Tyn- wald Barney beat Mucky Burky by two lengths. Mounteden Ra- dio led Stroll to Town by a dis- tance, and was the only English dog to get into the semi-finals. He was favourite to win at this stage. Tynwald Barney left the field, sore, after the third round. The winning dog, The slips were very long as Marshals Supreme, the meeting progressed, and the with his trainer Mrs hares ran beautifully. The sec- Marie Roche and (from ond semi-final was dramatic,with left) Mr Andy Hughes, Mounteden Radio leading all Sir Mark Prescott Bt, the way,but a gallant last-minute Mr David Midwood. thrust from Misty Hyland just put IMELDA GRAUER him ahead by a whisker,thus en- suring ultimately an all-Irish con- test against Marshals Supreme. The final was decisive, with Marshals Supreme establishing Irish host ‘Waterloo’as coursing digs-in an advantage of five lengths. He had already reached the semi- The greyhound classic, run at Altcar since 1836, was replaced by a 32-dog stake finals of two other 32-dog stakes, at Sevenhouses, between Kilkenny and Waterford. Joanna Russell reports the Tipperary Cup and the Knockgraffan Cup.The Seamus Hughes win gave him the neces- THE prestigious Waterloo Cup English competitors frustrated Ernest Smith and Albert Shack- sary points to compete in the for coursing greyhounds having by the hunting ban (which in- cloth, the Waterloo Cup runner- Champion Stakes.
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