The unusual theft of nine hares from a coursing club resulted yesterday in a young man avoiding a conviction for taking them.

The story of nine hares will be filed in the unusual crimes department and the young man who stole them had penalty in his case put back for four months.

THREE of the four major stakes at the Cork Coursing Club’s Christmas meeting at Blarney, Co. Cork, yesterday resulted in upsets.

FAVOURITES fell like nine pins on the opening day of the Cork Coursing Club’s fixture at Blarney yesterday.