Details + dates of earliest events, Myths and legends, Lifestyle and Habitat of the hare,lgislation on coursing, Arguments for and against. I live in a rural area and need to know more about this subject.
2006-12-03 23:45:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
[edit] Formal coursing
Whether for sporting or hunting purposes, hare coursing was historically restricted to landowners and the nobility, who used sighthounds, the ownership of which was at certain historic times prohibited among the lower social classes. The oldest documented description of hare coursing is the work Kynegetikos (Greek), otherwise known as Cynegeticus (Latin), which was written by Arrian circa 180 AD. This volume, known from its first complete English translation as On Coursing 1831, by William Dansey , was considered by its original author as a necessary addition to the classic work of the same name Cynegeticus (On Hunting) - scent hunting - by Xenophon. Arrian felt compelled to describe the sight hunt and sighthounds because the ancient Greeks only knew the scent hunt. Arrian's description of coursing most likely originates from the Iberian peninsula, where he functioned as proconsul in Baetica. He described hare coursing as carried out by the Iberian Celts, of all social classes. The dogs that were used were called vertragus (Latin) from ouertragos (Greek) swift of foot, which were introduced into Western Europe by the Celts, and they were possibly the antecedents of all European sighthounds, almost certainly the antecedents of the Galgo. It is from Arrian that the most famous quote on the sporting fairness of coursing originates " ... true huntsmen do not take out their hounds to catch the creature, but for a trial of speed and a race, and they are satisfied if the hare manages to find something that will rescue her." Today hare coursing is practiced using Greyhounds that are registered with a governing greyhound body (the National Coursing Club in Great Britain, the Irish Coursing Club in Ireland); the objective is to test and judge the athletic ability of the dogs rather than to kill the hare.
2006-12-03 23:51:16 · answer #1 · answered by winballpizard 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well for me Hare coursing is a matter of a bunch of sadisitic yokels setting greyhounds on some hapless hares, and taking pleasure out of seeing the poor hare ripped to pieces.
I live in the countryside and I think hare coursing is a despicable act.
I would like to take some of the low brow guys who do this sport and set a couple of cheetahs after their arses!
2006-12-04 02:53:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Simple really - Gypo`s and Greyhound "lovers" kill Hares. Do your own research, you should start with the Waterloo cup, include a little Natural History, Rural Mythology, a little bit of Law, and go to watch the ****ards justify it!
2006-12-04 11:23:20 · answer #3 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-23 15:56:16 · answer #4 · answered by kinzer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with winball, except.... if I may say so, that a Hare is masculine gender not a feminine gender if alone. Same rule for cats. Amitiés.
2006-12-05 10:03:07 · answer #5 · answered by Nicolette 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hare gets proper fuct.
2006-12-03 23:48:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋