 Robert started slipping at coursing events from 1881 at meetings around the country he successfully slipped the Waterloo Cup finals as an approved greyhound slipper in 1890, when he slipped the legendary Fullerton and again in 1895 when his brothers had trained the finalists.Coursing correspondents described the slipping as being performed with great success.Married in 1903 in Chester he died at Well House Farm, Waverton, Cheshire aged 49 years old.