What is coursing?
There are few in this kingdom that have experienced the excitement and beauty of watching hounds course. Many in our kingdom don’t even know what coursing is. Our noble forefathers could appreciate the speed, agility and grace of watching the hounds run, to them coursing was a favorite sport. Coursing is running specially bred hounds at top speed to simulate the hunt. These powerful animals are fast, agile and thrilling to watch. In period servants were sent to find a nice open field with rabbits in it, they would call the hound handlers (called Fewterers), to bring the hounds then flush out the hare to give it a running start. A brace of hounds (two dogs at a time) would chase them. These hares would usually run straight until they saw the hounds coming up behind them, then with lightning speed dart off in another direction looking for a safe place to hide. The well-trained hounds would work in unison to catch the elusive hare. This would continue until either the hounds caught the ha
