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Was your granny Flo Jo ? Cheers.
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Mate, we tried putting a bit of lurcher into the non-peds years ago , it didn’t work. If these coursing breds are faster than non-peds, why aren’t we racing them instead ? mC seems to think the non-peds are the little, shivering roach back pedigree types, they are not, they are 100 years of breading the fastest whippets with the best greyhound blood to get a race dog that is phenomenal over the sprint distance. They are miniature greyhounds, and some not so miniature ! LOL ! I had a non- ped in the very early 70’s and it’s grand dam was a collie/grey; For the last 5
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If you’re talking to me , we don’t do 250 straight, you’d need a greyhound track for that. I can arrange a race over 150, 175 or 200yards on a whippet track. I said these were the fastest dogs over 150-200 yards….dont be moving the goalposts ! LOL ! Cheers.
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Did you ever meet my mate Dave ? He’s a pal of Gerrard and Billy, he’s been over a few times, he got a real Wheaton off the lads years ago. I met Billy when he was over here . Cheers.
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I’m really looking forward to it mate, Gunter will tell you they are some lads I’ll be staying with ! Cheers.
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That “whippet “ is 25” and 50lb ! LOL ! Cheers.
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C’mon ! My protege is so unfit it would be a mismatch , I’d punch him that many times he’d think he was surrounded ! I’d put that many nuts on him he’d think he was a palm tree ! LOL ! He’s ok mate, just misguided ! Im trying my best to educate him…. but it’s bloody hard work ! Cheers.
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I was at an Open Whippet event today. I went to see the dog that Max has just lined his bitch with. Anyhow, the dog and its two litter sisters were in the final of the Veterans Scratch Race . One of the bitches was the winner with the dog second . The bitch did 8.04 seconds over 150 yards. There was about 1 1/2 yards between the three of them. The record is 7.96 seconds, held by the dog. So that bitch at six years old was just 0.08 of a second outside the record. Any of these three would make any coursing bred look like it was running backwards. Now, don’t start about “slo
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I’ve had to good a day to bite mate ! Have a go at Bangers, he’s feeling left out ! LOL ! Cheers.
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Jack ? JACK ! Isn’t in my vocabulary, mate ! LOL ! Cheers.
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If it came on top for Grebby, he would just shape shift, morph into his myriad of identities, disappear into the ether and the police would have more chance of finding the Scarlet Pimpernel ! They seek him here; They seek him there; They seek that damned elusive Pardus everywhere ! Apologies to Baroness Orczy , Cheers.
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Yeah, I’m getting mixed up with the rugby player. I should know his name, he wanted to buy a deer/grey off me ! Cheers. .
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Be careful mate ! I know people who tried every loophole to carry on coursing; On permission, using falcons with the dogs, carrying guns and saying the dogs were just flushing or picking up….nothing worked, and some very high profile people prosecuted, like Sir Robin Prescott and Clarissa Wright. Cheers.
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Max has just mated his bitch with the fastest non-ped whippet/greyhound ever; I might be temper for a real whizz banger, 12 minute plodders are no good these days ! ( mC will be in shortly wanting a race on the slop in January ! LOL ! ). Cheers.
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I’m seriously thinking of a new pup now my bitch is four years old. I’ll be 73 when I go over to see the Irish lads. Most of my life I’ve never any permission, but to be honest, for daytime coursing , I’m on and of the land quickly, not like the old days when I’d walk the land for hours, safe in the knowledge I’d be long gone before any busy body got to a phone box. These days you don’t even see the busy bodies , they’ve video’d you and the police have your car number and just lift you at home. You just have to be more careful, use your head, these days. Cheers.
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I thought it was just me ! Ive been rebooting my ‘phone, then I realised other sites are working normal ! Cheers.
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Makes me look forward to the trip even more ! LOL ! I should bring mC with me , he would bore them into submission telling them about his Salukis ! Cheers.
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Rab and the Armagh Sniper say you are a good lad, if a bit mental, so that’s good enough for me ! Cheers.
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“Many have tried ,and many have failed” ! LOL ! Cheers.
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I’ve seen the videos mate ! LOL ! Ive told you, my only caveat is I don’t do any digging ! Ive had one terrier in almost 60 years of working dogs, and I was quickly convinced that wasn’t for me ! Ive been out with many good men, and the first thing I say is; “ if I’m doing something I shouldn’t be, tell me. ; if I’m not doing something I should be be , tell me ! “ I’ve never been out with anyone who complained about me afterwards, and I’ve been invited back many times. And that’s , literally, all over the world ! Im really looking forward to seeing you all, but remembe
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Never to old to learn , mate, that’s why I’ve travelled so much to see others work their dogs ! Cheers.
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The more you pick , the more you get. I used to leave them until they were big, but they tend to go “woody” so I pick them when they are smaller. Cheers. -
I only go to Hunt Shows these days to support my local hunts, and let’s not forget the money from lurcher and terrier and hound showing and racing goes towards the survival of the Hunts. Cheers.
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That’s exactly how I see it. People with binoculars watching the race unfold across the fell tops then the mad dash of the run in. Very fit hounds and people who can condition a dog. Theres plenty of people show and race lurchers whose dogs have never seen a rabbit. It has no bearing on my type of lurcher work, but is a good day out in the summer months. Cheers.
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That’s what I’ve been saying all along ! The trail is laid in a circular route around the fell, then when the hounds are nearing the finish the owners holler and wave towels and such and the hounds come racing in. Cheers.
