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the opinion that Rich and Rare wrenched. This was em- 

 phatically not the case, as the alternate judge, officers of the 

 club and representatives of the press, who rode the inner 

 circle of the course and could thus observe more plainly, 

 all agreed that the changing of the hare's course was 

 not from any crowding. The dog followed the hare in her 

 course, and that was all there was to it. Rich and Rare won. 



Mr. Saulsbury's Meta and Mr. Luse's Paulina were put in 

 slips, but no hare was found and the runnings were ordered 

 closed. It had been a most delightful, successful day. 



The members of the club met at the club rooms at Great 

 Bend on that (Friday) evening, to enjoy a banquet offered by 

 the ladies of the resident members. The table was plentiful 

 and elegant, and all the arrangements perfect. During the 

 progress of a most enjoyable evening responses were made to 

 appropriate, toasts by Col. David Taylor, Mr. C. G. Page. Dr. 

 G I. Royce, Mr. H. C. Lowe, Mr. T. W. Bartels, Judge 

 Townsley, Mr. Frank K. Doan, Mr. A. C. Fair, Mr. J. V. 

 Brinkman, and representatives of the sporting press. Mr. 

 W. W. Carney was thanked for his generous treatment of 

 the club in throwing open his ranch. The citizens of Great 

 Bend and members of the club engaged in mutual felicita- 

 tions. The occasion was highly pleasurable. The ladies of 

 Great Bend deserve high thanks from all present . 



Saturday morning was clear and warm. There were over 

 two thousand in line by noon. As a popular event the meeting 

 has already become a pronounced success. The early comers 

 found hanging up in the club room a large wolf (coyote) 

 which had just been killed by Mr. Amos Johnson's big black 

 and tan dog January. The wolf was sighted within two 

 miles of the club house by Mr. Johnson, and when January 

 was loosed he. closed within a mile and killed the wolf by 

 himself. This is sufficient commentary on the large dog 

 question. For game larger than rabbits, the little ones are 

 too light. They are handy on the hares, but not on the hare- 

 killers. 



Meta and Paulina went to the slips. The judge ^ 

 the wrong side of a wire fence, and was unsighted. 



got on 

 ed. No 



course. 



Plus and Tippecanoe were ordered down in the third series 

 of the Puppy Stakes. The Meta— Paulina course had to drag 

 along. This should have been run the day before, which 

 was prevented by the Lady Dublin— Bob carry-over on the 

 day previous. The fruits of deviation from the card now 

 began to grow apparent. This was vigorously and sensibly 

 commented upon by Mr. Lowe. As a matter of fact, this 

 one deviation threw the final runnings over to Monday, when 

 they might as well have been finished on Saturday! The 

 club needs to learn that rules are made to be followed, and 

 that not each man is free to except himself from them. 

 While the judge was explaining these points. Plus and 

 Tippecanoe were slipped on a hare. Plus took a racing go- 

 by, Tippecanoe drew by on the inner circle. No kill. No 

 further scoring. Plus won. 



Catchem and Full of Fun were next in the third series of 

 the Puppy Stakes. The judge missed the gap in the wire, 

 and as the dogs were for a time lost to view, a no-course was 

 called. 



Rowdy and Clara were slipped on a hare driven down by 

 the beaters. Rowdy led up, did the work, killed, and won 

 with ease. A quarter mile course. 



Meta and Paulina were ordered down again in the All-Age, 

 and ran a three hundred-yards course. Meta thrown out by 

 a turn of the hare at first; Paulina held back a trifle. Meta 

 raced away and got possession, turning. Paulina drew in, 

 but lost to Meta. Meta raced close, wrenched, killed and 

 wou. Paulina was a good bitch in all her previous courses. 

 Little was accomplished during the morning. It was now 

 1 o'clock. 



After lunch Catchem and Full of Fun ran a rattling course 

 of over a mile and a half. Catchem led up, Full of Fun got 

 placed, and then it was give and take. Full of Fun earned 

 t wo go-bys, and Catchem one go-by. In the constant wrench- 

 ing Full of Fun got to the hare quicker, and held possession 

 longer. Catchem killed. Full of Fun won. At the kill a 

 cottontail was started, and the dogs broke away. Full of 

 Fun led up and killed. Mr. Bartels has a game" runner iu 

 Catchem, but he does not yet turn handily enough. 



Flink and Belle P. now r took the slips, amid great excite- 

 ment. Both dogs were eager and alert, and both looked fit, 

 Belle P. much the better. Flink does not look a thorough- 

 bred, and indeed is not. A good hare was started on the 

 buffalo grass. Flink led up, and placed Belle P. Flink had 

 a trifle the advantage in the early exchanging. Belle P. 

 nearly evened the score within the half mile. Flink took a 

 racing go-by, and held possession for a fast half mile. Belle 

 P. drew in on a turn, and for a time had the best of the ex- 

 changing. On soft ground, after the first mile, Belle P. 

 drew away, made a racing go-by, and to the end did most of 

 the work, running game to kill, and turning the hare into 

 Flink's mouth. Belle P. won. Blood tells m the long run. 

 Mr. Page, Belle P.'s owner, while following, ran into a 

 barbed guy wire at a fence corner, and got a shocking fall: 

 his horse was sadly cut up, and he much hurt though not 

 seriously. Robt. Smart, Flink's owner, who did not see the 

 latter part of the race at all, impugned the judge in vile 

 language. Mr. Bartels proved himself a gentleman, and 

 declined an altercation. At the club meeting that night an 

 unanimous resolution was passed giving the man Smart his 

 choice between expulsion and an ample written apology. In 

 this the club took wrong action. They should have expelled 

 him without recourse. The club has no need for hoodlums. 



Rich and Rare and Meta were now put in the slips, and 

 after a short no-course, in which Metaled, were sighted on a 

 good hare. Meta led up to the hare, leaving Rich and Rare. 

 Meta wrenched five times and turned. At the turn Rich 

 and Rare got in, but held possession only a moment; he 

 possibly made one wrench. Meta took a racing go-by, 

 wrenched nine times, turned, and ran all around and away 

 from Rich and Rare for the remainder of the course. The 

 hare was lost for a moment, and when sighted Meta again 

 led till taken up. The hare escaped. Meta won. Rich and 

 Rare was doubtless further down in the runnings than he 

 belonged. Started after five hares, he failed to turned three. 

 This fact would not be worth mention had not Dr. Van 

 Hummel been anxious to find a jack rabbit which Rich and 

 Rare would not turn within 300yds. 



A bye race was run between Rowdy and Clara in the fourth 

 series of the Puppy Stakes. Rowdy had the best in a long 

 course. 



The winning dogs were now thought unfit to do themselves 

 justice in the deciding courses, and much to the regret of all 

 the last courses were held over till Monday. Had the cours- 

 ing begun every morning at 9 o'clock instead of 10:30 and 11. 

 this holding over would never have been necessary. 



The greater portion of those attending the coursing meet- 

 ing were forced to leave before Monday. A dozen or fifteen 

 only were on the club grounds Monday morning. The 

 weather was very cold. Meta and Belle P. were called to 

 run the deciding heat in the All-Aged. Meta was with- 

 drawn, lame; Belle P. won, taking championship and cup. 



In the closing races of the Puppy Stakes, or "Great Bend 

 Derby," Full of Fun and Plus went into slips. One hare 

 was not sighted; on the second. Full of Fun led and did most 

 of the work. Plus drew in, wrenched and killed. Full of 

 Fun won. 



Rowdy and Full of Fun ran a hard no-course into the hills 

 out of sight; a second hare was a grand white-tail on buffalo 

 grass. Rowdy led up and placed Full of Fun. Rowdy 

 again got possession and held it over a long course, the 

 judge sending up his flag while the dogs were still miming, 

 Rowdy being clearly winner. 



Rowdy won Great Bend Derby. 



Full of Fun second. 



During the meet all the dogs were fed on Spratts Patent 

 dog biscuits, which gave general satisfaction to the owners. 

 The winners and runners-up in both stakes were trained on 

 this food. It is a comfort to owners sending dogs to be 

 entered to know that they will receive careful attention and 

 the best possible food. This was assured by the club, who 

 will use that food next year also. 



Mr.^H. C. Lowe, who was one of the judges, is a brother to 

 Mr. (Sea Lowe, of England, whose contributions to the 

 London l 'i< Id and other leading sporting jounals of Eng- 

 land (over the name "Leatherhead") are so well kuown. 



In the bench show held at the club house Saturday at noon 

 there were thirteen entries. Mr. H. C. Lowe judged. Mr. 



C. G. Page's dark brindle bitch Belle P., of Minden, Neb., 

 was awarded first prize for best dog or bitch, and also the 

 special prize offered by the secretary, Dr. Royce, of an ele- 

 gant pair of English slips, for the best bitch winning in any 

 stake. Belle P. is an elegant bitch, regularly marked in 

 dark tiger brindle. Her head and neck are fine, back well 

 arched, shoulders well placed. She is fine and symmetrical 

 in every way, and was placed right in the decision. Mr, C. 

 Cookson's dog Newton Tip, of Emporia, was given second. 

 This was not a right placing; there were better greyhounds 

 entered. Newton Tin is a fair-looking large dog, but coarse 

 and a, trifle throaty; his shoulders are not good, and he lacks 

 symmetry and fineness. His color is a brindle. 



At the business meeting of the club on Saturday night 

 the following officers were elected: Pres., Col. David Taylor; 

 Vice-Pres., I). N. Heizer; Treas., J.V. Brinkman; Sec, Frank 

 K. Doan. Ex. Com., G. I. Royce, D. N. Heizer, G. N. Moses. 

 The additional vice-presidents for other States are to be 

 chosen by the executive committee. 



There was brought before the club the question of pur- 

 chasing theTJlil & Carney ranch, where the coursing grounds 

 are now located. This ranch is for sale, and is liable to be 

 sold. If so, the club would doubtless have to go elsewhere, 

 and leave what is probably the finest coursing ground in the 

 world. To the contrary, if the club secured these grounds, 

 stocked them with hares, antelope and other game, ap- 

 pointed a gamekeeper to prevent indiscriminate slaughter of 

 the great number of wildfowl which abound on the flats, to 

 keep down the coyotes and to protect the young hares— in 

 short, if a great game preserve could be made of the wide 

 Cheyenne Flats, then a home and a place would be found at 

 once and permanently for what would soon be the most 

 colossal sporting event of the nation. The ranch schedule as 

 offered is as follows: 8,400 acres of land, grazing and farm- 

 ing; 1,400 head of cattle; one barn, 300x48ft.; one horse barn, 

 150x30ft.; 00 head of Norman mares and colts; one flue and 

 spacious dwelling house; seven windmills and water tanks; 

 25 miles of wire fencing. The price asked was $130,000. It 

 was proposed to form a stock company. Forty thousand 

 dollars could be placed in Great Bend at once, Could this 

 project be practically carried through, it would be a grand 

 thing not only for the American Coursing Club, but also for 

 the sporting interests of the entire country. 



To fulfill its duty as a chronicler, Forest and Stream 

 begs to remind the members of the American Coursing Club 

 that while they were discussing the best means of raising 

 £130,000, they allowed one of their judges, Mr. T. W. Bartels, 

 to start back for Denver without offering him one cent for 

 his railway fare, either way. Mr. Bartels was courteous and 

 obliging enough, prompt and just enough to deserve better 

 treatment. Of both the judges it may be said that they rode 

 and judged well and fearlessly, and were a credit to them- 

 selves and the meeting. 



Comparing the meeting with that of last year, an improve- 

 ment of more than 100 per cent, is manifest in every particu- 

 lar. The entries were more numerous, the attendance was 

 greater, the rules were better followed; everything went 

 more smoothly, and every thing pointed to a growing strengt h 

 and steadiness. Great Bend should— what any other town 

 in Kansas would do— raise a purse of SI, 000, or* even §500, for 

 competition. Nothing will bring men, or even dogs, together 

 quicker than money; nothing else will do so at all. Visiting 

 sportsmen were well treated by the citizens of Great Bend. 

 The members of the club and citizens alike treated the rep- 

 resentatives of the press with the greatest kindness. Forest 

 and Stream is pleased to note these pleasant features, and 

 to congratulate the club on the wonderf ul growth of the past 

 year, as well as the brilliant prospect for the building up of 

 a grand national sporting event. 

 Following is the summary of mnniugs: 

 SUMMARY. 

 ALL- AGED STAKES (AMERICAN FIELD CCP). 

 First Series. 

 Robert Smart's black dog Flink 

 beat 



R. D. Saulsbury's white and fawn dog Leo. 



D. N. Heizer's white dog Demon 



heat 



J, V. Brinkman's brindle and white bitch Constance. 



L. Zutavern's black bitch Thorna 

 beat 



C. F. Cluver's brindle dog Full of Fun. 



M. E. Allison's red fawn dog Terry 

 beat 



I, D. Brougher's brindle bitch Do or Die. 



D. Taylor's black dog Midnight 



beat 



\V. W. Carney's red fawn dog Barney. 



C. G. Page's brindle bitch Belle P. 



beat 



A. C. Schermerhorn's black and tan dog January. 



R. D.^Saulsbury's brindle bitch Lady in Black 



beat 



B. M. Mutersbaugh's black bitch Dina Black. 



H. C. Lowe's brindle dog New T ton Tip 

 beat 



P. Daugherty's brindle dog Clumsy Jack. 



Dr. Q. Van Hummell's brindle and white dog Rich and 

 Rare 



beat 



G. I. Royce's mouse bitch Honey Bee. 



C. G. Page's mouse and white dog Pedro 



beat 



M, E. Allison's red fawn dog San Pedro. 



M. E. Allison's red fawn dog Sandy Jim 



beat 



G. I. Royce's mouse bitch Humming Bird. 



A. C. Fair's black dog Fleet Aleen 

 beat 



Ed. Tyler's black dog Bounce. 



R. D. Saulsbury's black and white bitch Meta 



„ n , beat 



D. C. Luse's red fawn dog Sport Aleen. 



D, C. Luse's fawn bitch Lavina 

 beat 



G. N. & E, R, Moses's mouse bitch Flirt. 



D. C. Luse's red fawn bitch Paulina 



beat 



A. S. Allen's light fawn dog Jim Blaine. 



A. Massey's brindle bitch Gipsy 

 mm 



F. K. Doan's fawn and white dog Tat. 



Second Scries. 



Flink beat Demon. 

 Terry beat Thorna. 

 Belle P. beat Midnight. 

 Newton beat Lady in Black. 

 Pedro withdrawn. 



Rich and Rare a bye with Honey Bee. 

 Fleet itleen beat Sandy Jim. 

 Meta beat Lavina. 

 Paulina beat Gipsy. 



Third Series. 



Flink beat Terry. 

 Belle P. beat Newton Tip. 

 Rich and Rare beat Fleet Aleen. 

 Meta beat Paulina. ' 



Fourth Series. 



Belle. P. beat Flink. 

 Meta beat Rich and Rare. 



BeeidiiKj Kent. 

 Meta withdrawn. Belle P. won championship and cup. 



PUPPY STAKES (GREAT BEND DERBY). 



First Series. 

 Amos Johnson's black bitch Dina Black 

 beat 



D. N. Heizer's black bitch California Bell. 



W. J. Dixon's black bitch Plus 



beat 



B. M. Mutersbaugh's brindle and white bitch Lady Estelle. 



Mrs. L. F. Tyler's black dog Tippecanoe 

 beat 



S. J. Shaw's fawn bitch Lavina. 



H. P. Typer's black dog Colonel 



beat 



A. Laidlaw's mouse bitch True Foot. 



T. W. Bartels's black dog Catchem 

 beat 



E. A. Rowell's.black dog Dick Taylor. 



G. I. Royce's black bitch Widow in Weeds 

 beat, 



A. J. Buckland's white and fawn bitch Ruby. 



T. C. Luse's black dog Full of Fun 



beat ' 



Geo. Spencer's mouse dog Dandy. 



W. W. Egnew's white bitch Lady Dublin 

 beat 



C. P. Townsley's mouse dog Bob. 



B. M. Mutersbaugh's fawn bitch Baby May 



beat 



E. W. Moses's brindle bitch Lady Gray. 



M. E. Allison's fawn dog Rowdy 

 beat 



O. B. Wilson's fawn dog Minus. 



D. C. Luse's red fawn bitch Clara 



beat 



F. Zutavern's white and red fawn bitch Jessamine. 

 J. W. Brown's dog Hal T. disqualified. 



Second Series. 

 Plus beat Dina Black. 

 Tippecanoe beat Colonel. 

 Widow in Weeds withdrawn. 

 Catchem a bye with Dick Taylor. 

 Full of Fun beat Lady Dublin. 

 Rowdv beat Baby May. 

 Clara a bye with Hal T. 



Third Series. 

 Plus beat Tippecanoe. 

 Full of Fun beat Catchem. 

 Rowdy beat Clara. 



Fourth Series. 

 Full of Fun beat Plus. 

 Rowdy a bye with Clara. 



Decidiny Heat. 

 Rowdy beat Full of Fun, and wou. 

 Full of Fun second. 



RICH AND RARE— SANDY JIM MATCH.— Hutchin- 

 son, Kas., Oct. 29.— Editor Forest a nd Stream: The matr-h 

 race between Dr. Van Hummell's greyhound Rich and Rare 

 and my champion Sandy Jim for a purse of 8100, best two 

 in three, on the grounds of the American Coursing Club, the 

 2Sth inst., was forfeited to Sandy Jim, the Doctor failing to 

 put in an appearance. The forfeit money, $40. was paid over 

 and Sandy Jim declared the winner.— M. E. Allison 



SAWDUST FOR DOGS. 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



Mr. Oesterreich has pointed out a source of danger to dogs 

 in the use of sawdust tor bedding, and I wish to show where 

 that same material is very useful. It is no small job to 

 thoroughly dry a dog after washing, and without it washing 

 is of more harm than good. Let whoever has this job on 

 hand get a quantity of very fine sawdust, from thoroughly 

 dry wood, such as comes from a scroll saw at a cabinet 

 factory, and after roughly drying the dog with a towel 

 thoroughly rub his coat with the sawdust, working it clear 

 to the skin, throw a cloth over the dog for a few minutes and 

 then brush the sawdust out. Generally it will be found that 

 the coat is perfectly dry after one application, but if a second 

 is needed it is no great job. I have found it to work per- 

 fectly well with both mastiffs and bobtails; how it would 

 work with satinette dogs like spaniels and setters I don't 

 know. I was first led to this by the difficulty experienced in 

 quickly drying a horse wet with sweat in winter, and some- 

 how stumbled on this. Pine wood dust is the best, as being 

 the more absorbent, but any kind will do, but it must be from 

 thoroughly dry wood and the finer the better. W. Wade, 

 Huxton, Pa., Oct, 39. 



IMPORTED KINO.-Brooklyn, Oct. 2S.-Editor Forest 

 and Stream: Will Mr. A. C. Krueger say on what authority 

 lie advertises the great beagle Kino as "imported," when it 

 is commonly known his importation consists in having been 

 imported into Canada from the IT, S. and back again here.— 

 MALCOM. 



