The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-11-14 00:00:00

THE STOURBEIDGE OBSERVER.

KINVER HILL PRIVATE MEETTG.

The first of these annual coursing meeting i for
the present s,p.son tok place on Me ers. webb's
Royal Seed Farm, at Kinver Hill, on Tuesday.
Tl,ere Nte!e between 200 aid 300 gentlemen e t
amongst them being Messrs, A. Staveley Hill, Q 0-,
NI P., G. King Ilarri,o, (the Conservative and
Liberal candidates for the Kingswinford Division
o t itiordshire ) W. Showell (the Conservative
,:andidate for the Bordeiley Division of Birtning—
him), Charles Harriz,on, C. P. Noel, W. J. Turney,
if. 'l'. Hickman, W Gr-en (ex-Mayor of Kidder-
minister) Cr. Wolloton, J. Trevor, L. Nielio:s. A. B.
Dyas, T. B. Parry, W. T. Jones, &c. The weather
was very favourable, and there was an abundance
of go,-,d along hares, and thanks to the vigilance
of the bead keeper, G. Abel, s.,me splendid trials
were winessed. The coursiwr commenced at 9.30
prompt, in a field adjoining tie homestead, and
from a cover there twenty-nine courses were ob-
tained. Two other fields were beaten, and after
the card had been run through twice an adjourn-
ment was made for luncheon, which Messrs. Webb,
with their accustomed hospitality, had provided in
a large marquee. Three other stakes were then
made up, two for puppies, four in each, and another
for four all-aged dogs. At the luncheon the healths
of the Messrs. Webb, with good wishes for their
1, prosperity, was proposed by Mr. G, King Harriscm
and supported by Messrs Showell and Staveley Bill
Mr. Edward Webb responded. It was afterwards
found that the whale of the stakes on the card were
; divided, and there remained nothing to be done but
to run off the male-up stakes. Hares were soon
ft-mnd in the home field, and the made-up stakes
resulted in wins for Mr Trevor, whoso dogs were
nominated by the Marquess of Auglessy. Mr.
Nicholls had a nice puppy running in the Kinver
Hill Stakes but the palm was borne away by Mr.
Beirne's litter by Leader Blanche May all three of
I.liich divided stakes, Mr. Wigulore ran a good

bitch in Lady Burleigh. The Wordsley Slakes
were didided between two fast ones in Fitz Fred-

eriek and Stockjobber. Longbottona, belonging to
that well-known courser, Mr. Tom Stone, and Miss
Eastlake, belonging to Mr. Abbotts, divided the
Enviile Stakes. The bares ran well, and with the
exception of la course here and there, the trials
were most satisfactory, Mr. Wentworth's thcisions
could not be taken exception to, and Mr. Moore
slipped exceedingly well. The following are thP
details. The Kinver Hill Stakes, Mr. Nicholls'
.:•Torth Malvern and Mr. Beirne's Bon Slir, divided.
rite Whittington Stakes, Mr. Breeze ns Jersey
Nleda, and Mr Wigmore's Lady Burl, igh, divided
lie High Groove Sillies., Mr iteiroe's Biddy
M'Grath and Mr. Cliessityre's Childhood Home,
, divided. ,The Stourbridgc Stakes, Mr. Breeze us
ChArley 111 and Mr, Beirne's Bright Agnes,
.iivided. The WAdsley Stakes, Mr, Byrne's Fitz
Frederick and Mr. Stone's Stockjobber, divided
The Enville Stakes, Mr. Abbott's Miss Eastlake and
Mr. Jones's Joe Longbottom, divided.

THE TIVIDALE COOK.FIuhTPTG CASF.

CHARGE OF PERJURY.

At the Old Hill Police Court, on Wednestiar,
Police-constables Charles Mountney and James
Winfield, of the :Staffordshire constabulary, and
police-constable George Smith, of the Worcester-
shire constabulary, were charged Voith committing
wilful and corrupt perjury in a case of cockfightins
heard in this court.
Mr. Smith-Dorset (instructed by Mr. 11. Jack-
son) bppeared to prosecute, and Mr. Alfred Young
(instructed by Mr. W. Waldron) was for the de-
fendants.
Mr. Smith-Dorset, in opening the case, said on
.he 10th of June Midi= Evens and 'three other de-
fendants were charged with being the principals in
a cockfight which took place on the 25th May, and
ten other defendants were also charged with ai,ing
and abetting. The defendant Winfield swore on
that occasion that Midian Evans was present at
the cockfight, and that he playel one of the c ckf:
in the battle. Winfield made that statement three
distinct times, an I eventually the Bench fined
Evans- .£6 and costs. Evans was not a cock-fighter,
and never had been present at a cock-fight in his
lite.
The complainant Midian Evans was then sworn,
He detailed his movements on the date named, and
the places where he was at different times. He
defiled that he was pesent at the cock-fight during
any part of the time it was going on. His meeting
will the three men, Wilkinson, Bridget, and Bet'
raft, who were arrested with him atter the fight
was over, was quite ac.,idental. William Bridget
and other witnesses were called in support of
Evans's statement ; and the Bench then adjourned
the case until next Friday.