The Blog Party will be at Reid’s in Parker, CO, east of Denver, the weekend of June 11. Regular blogging will then resume. I couldn’t have quit if I wanted to with all the response! Health continues iffy: PD under control at the moment, but apparently a bad case of spinal stenosis is next on …
Tag: Coursing
New Coursing Book
To See Them Run: Great Plains Coyote Coursing, with text by Utah folklorist Eric Elaison, splendid photos by Scott Squire, and a long introductory essay by me, is finally out from the University Press of Mississipi… and about time! Our efforts have seen us, for about five years (more?) right through a couple of academic …
Before the Fall; Legends of Winter
Rare archival footage from pre- revolutionary Russia of real psovaya borzois catching a wolf, with assist from scenthounds, while greyhounds (galgos? ) look on. No fear if you are squeamish about blood– as often happens today, at the end, the hunter is going in with a forked stick to pin the wolf and catch it …
Doggage
Unbelievably, the A-K litter, Ataika and Kyran’s, the first Almaty litter in the US, turned nine yesterday. Shiri sent these photos of her Larissa and Paul’s Zoltar, still in the field… Riss with housemates Tavi and Gaddi Here is their mother with them, the day after their birth, and two months ago, still hunting…
Hare vs Hound…
Tim Gallagher asked if I had ever seen an image of a hare chasing a hound, as in this portrait in stone from a Roman fort in England. Well, I hadn’t, but Herb Wells has…
Coursing Poem
The sporting poem lives– in several forms, but I like it that it does in our own vernacular and non-academic culture, not just as a barely- living remnant in England. By Dave Isely, of the threatened California coursing culture, sent by his wife Robin:
Catch
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Best Coursing Photos of the Year!
Terence Wright sent these pics from the Albuquerque gang last night. His, Greg’s, and Warren’s dogs at least are represented, and Greg’s gyr cross Spook. I am envious– come on down! Meanwhile, right click to enlarge as always. I believe these last two are double grandchildren of Ataika and Lashyn. UPDATE: the black dog is …
Good Run
Tavi, and Tavo Cruz’s Luna, bred on a Dutch Salmon longdog out of our Kyran. Yes, we do use wrong names sometimes. Remember how I said big packs are sometimes less effective? This was a three dog run; they caught the hare shortly. Always click right or double for bigger photos. Shot by Shiri…
Run
The following will need little comment, but it is unusually illustrative. The little red tazi with the gray face is Larissa, an Almaty dog in origin, Ataika’s daughter and we hope the next mother- to- be. The cream male is Tavi, the intended father, a mix of Kazakh genes and Russian. What to notice is …