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    Only 4 more sleeps to Dessie Mackens Annual Christmas Dog show this Saturday 22nd December, at Hall's Mill Inn, Lawerencetown, Co Down at 11am. Always a great show, good prizes, and full of Christmas Cheer. See you all there Margaret Mc Stay
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    What a brilliant Magazine " Just finished reading my copy of " The Country Sports and Country Life Magazine " in the shops from last Monday. Some great reading on Salmon Fishing/Awards at Shanes Castle/ Birr Castle/ European Hunters Day/ Arts and Antiques/ Game finding/shooting/Retrieving/Shoots/Trout Fishing in Ireland, and also many more Country Sports related interesting stories. Well worth a read to all Country Sportsmen and women around this great island of ours, and only costs £3.00. There are 7 pages of Lurcher, Terrier and Whippet coverage of shows North and South of the border accomp
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    Thanks Denned
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    I believe the first bedlingtons were bred up in the town bedlington, from a cross with a then hard working french water dog, the Poodle which I guess was for hunting otters and other water game back in the day, here in England they added whippet blood to other breeds for foxing and rabbiting, like the Old English Black & tan terrier x whippet which gave us the Manchester Terrier a very hard dog which could take game twice its size, today the Manie lurchers have more leg around 21"than show dogs of only 16". Very interesting,thank you
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    Think you are right there. Seen that somewhere in my research,that Greyhounds were crossed with small terriers, (including possibly the Bedlington Terrier), to produce a small, swift hound capable of hunting rabbits and other small game.
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    I think you are right.Greyhounds were crossed with small terriers, (including possibly the Bedlington Terrier), to produce a small, swift hound capable of hunting rabbits and other small game.
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    The lurcher is a type of dog originating in Ireland and parts of Great Britain. While not a pure breed, it is generally a cross between a sighthound and any other breed, depending on the qualities desired by the breeder. Collie crosses are popular, given the working instinct of a sheepdog when mated with a sighthound, gives a dog of great intelligence plus speed good results for the huntsman. Lurchers, given their breeding to purpose, can be as small as a Whippet or as large as a deerhound, but most are of a size similar to that of the greyhound. The coat type will again be variabl
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    The Whippet, an English Greyhound in miniature, is the fastest domesticated animal of his weight, capable of speeds up to 35m.p.h. There are several different theories about the Whippet’s ancestry. Some historians believe that the Whippet resulted from breeding runt Greyhounds repeatedly down in size, while others think that Whippets came from crossing Greyhounds with smaller Spaniels. Another theory is that the Whippet descends from crosses between Italian Greyhounds and various terrier breeds, particularly the Manchester Terrier. The Whippet arrived in England in the 19th century and ori
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    Had a lovely night out at the Northern Ireland Whippet Club Christmas dinner on Thursday night in Portadown. The craic was good, good food ,good company and a few bevvys. Very tired lady next morning, after a very late night. Janet Boyce, hope you got home to Donegal alright yesterday. A great wee get together. Hope to see you all again at the NIWC Christmas Dog Match this Tuesday night 4th December 12 at Laurelvale Cricket Club Portadown. Many thanks to all involved. Margaret Mc Stay
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    Dont forget this great Race day to morrow, Sunday 25th November 12 at Roscrea Co Tipperary. Come along and enjoy this great day of racing, fun and excitement. Promises to be a great days racing.
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    DONT FORGET
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    Dont forget next Sunday 25th November 12, Roscrea Working Dog Social Club are having Lurcher Racing. Always a great day out
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    Always a great day out with Canine friends from both North and South of the country, and full of fun and Christmas Cheer. Cant wait, Really looking forward to the show Dessie, and the best of luck with it
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    Dont Forget Sunday 25th November 12 , Roscrea Working Dog Social Club are having Lurcher Racing on Sunday 25th of November Starting time 11 0 Clock Sharp Under 23 Over 23 under 24 Big dogs Three classes, Please make sure all dogs are entered in the right Height classes All Dogs must be entered before Thursday 22nd November to enable the draw to be made . Everybody Welcome. All dogs must wear muzzles For further details contact Shane Lee on 0863296667 Margaret Mc Stay
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    Thanks Jed for your nice comments, It was nice speaking to you on Saturday.
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    Mourne Race Day Saturday 3rd November 12 Saturday 3rd of November 2012 was Mourne Race Day, in aid of MacMillan Cancer Care. I jumped out of bed bleary eyed, opened the blinds, and to my horror, it was pitch black outside. My mind was still fixated in the zone of beautiful summer mornings, when I would awaken to the sound of the dawn chorus outside my window and the daylight and sun beaming in through the pane. Yes, it was time to load up the dogs in the trailer, and set out on our journey to the beautiful Mourne countryside, and the Mourne Race Day. We stopped off at “Gilberry Fayr
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    Good luck Shane with your Race Day.
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    Only 3 more sleeps to Mourne Race Day this Saturday 3rd November 12 in Aid of Macmillan Cancer Care.. What a great idea Tango, and for a very worthy cause. Come along and meet up for a good days Racing, sport ,craic,and fun. Lets hope God will shine his blessings on us and give good weather on the day. Please enjoy the your day, as well as giving to and supporting this very worthy cause. Macmillan does wonderful work all over the country and further a field, and as I myself and many other people around the world have been down that road and can not praise Macmillan enough. These people a
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    The Northern Ireland Lurcher Racing Club have now a site on Facebook under : NILurcher Racingclub
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    Really looking forward to Mourne Race Day Saturday 3rd November 2012, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, at Glasdrumman, on the Newcastle, Kilkeel road. BT34 4QW. Come on up to Glasdrumman , which promises to be a great days Racing, Sport and Fun. Cant wait. See you all there. Margaret Mc Stay
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    Lovely gesture, and very thoughtful. There are quite a few shows around the country both in England , Ireland ,scotland ,and Wales who run shows for good causes, like charities and hospices etc, and I am sure they would appreciate getting them.
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    Ideally situated in the shadows of the famous green Glens of Antrim, and deep in the heart of the Irish Countryside, lies the townland of Dunsilly, Co Antrim. This was the perfect setting for the last “ Sporting Whippet Club NI “ show of the year Sunday past 16th September. The venue for the show as usual, was at Dunsilly Kennels and what a day that was. As Dunsilly kennels is situated of the M2/M22 at junction 1, this is a superb venue and easily accessible to the motorway. There was a reasonably big crowd there, and with the exception of a few showers, the weather was on our si
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