The Whitehaven News September 7, 1905 The Trail Hound Case

The Trail Hound Case

The Whitehaven News - September 7, 1905

THE TRAIL HOUND CASE.        An unusual case was heard before the Whitehaven Magistrates on Monday. Two men were charged with conspiring to prevent a hound from winning a hound trail at the recent Labour Demonstration Sports at Cleator Moor. The evidence of the prosecution was met by evidence for the defence that was flatly contradictory; and a witness who helped to police the course for the committee, gave evidence that favoured the defence.        The magistrates thought  that no jury would convict on such evidence, and  consequently dismissed the case. That there is frequent more or less organized interference with the hound trails is notorious. Such conduct is highly unsportsman like and reprehensible, but it is difficult to see how the law can be invoked, with much prospect of success, to put a stop to it. Such roguery, where it is evident, might possibly be dealt with by committees of management excluding suspected persons, and so promoting honest sport. If the prosecution has had no other good effect it may help to bring the public  opinion to bear in the matter and tend towards this end. ******

 

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