Private events we did the organised coursing bit, then, went for numbers, one dog one hare a deerhound bitch I had Becky got 14 one day, thats the best Ive done with a deerhound
On organised coursing events, a professional/semi professional slipper was always used, and judges too.
Alan Wilkinson was probably the best Ive seen as a slipper,
A slippers job on blue hares, on heather is one hell of a job, getting the dogs both sighted, two pretty large dogs pulling you over heather it is difficult, on one even on the borders the judge asked for longer slips three times till the hares were qu