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others will follow Mr. I/use's example, which is in the direct 

 line of improving coursing in America. 



There were not any entries for the Consolation Purse, as 

 the members were too game to see any glory in that. Dick 

 Taylor and Midnight, however, ran a side race, in purport 

 for a purse of $100. Midnight won, much to Col. Taylor's 

 delight, who is a great believer in that dark-hued fellow. 

 This closed the field work of the meet. A wolf hunt was 

 held on the flats on Saturday, but no wolf was started, 

 though several hares were killed. 



Throughout the running the smaller dogs had the best of 

 it. The big fellows will do for field work, but do not score 

 fast enough at a coursing meet. It is of interest also to 

 note that the winners were fed and trained on Spratts' well- 

 known patent biscuit. 



Following is the summary of the meet: 



SUMMARY. 

 The Card as Drawn, 

 american fieob cup. 

 Red. White. 

 A. S. Allen's white and red I _„_{.„„* 1 A. C. Scliermerhor n's 

 bitch Ruby, I I brindlc dog Dandy. 



^SgfayJiin?*'- ^ d0g !" Mam* ] S.J. Shaw's bitch Skippie. 



D. C. Luce's brindle hitch I „„„ ,„., ! Waterloo Kennels' blue 



Bessie Lee, \ ^ 1 bitch Humming Bird. 



Q. Van Huminell's while I ,.„„,;., „f 1 Joseph Roetzell's hitch 



& red hitch Minnehaha, \ ( 'U nul ^ / Jenny. 



Q. "Van Humniell's brindle / j I. Zutavorn's red doc San 



& white dog M««l er Rich, f WMm j p edro . 



M. B. Allison's red dog f ,„,„ .-„..» t Q, Van Huminell's white 



Rowdy, i aoamkt 1 & Vdlc wtch Migg Rare 



D. O- Luce's red bitch I ,,,,,,.•,,.>, (Frank K. Doan's brindle 

 Paulina, 1 agauibt - { and whjte dog DaT)ger 



Frank K. Bonn's white/ rt „„ lW t W. W. Carnev's black dog 



and blue hitch Daisy, t (lan!,m / Dick Taylor. 

 A. Johnson's black bitch ) w „„ S/ns * \ M. E. Allison's red dot? 



Dinah Black, [ a V amht 1 Twrv 



T. F. Foncannon's black I , ll , rli , lvt 

 and white bitch Mcta, f a 'J aiu * 1 

 1. D. Brougher'e blue bitch i n , lrl . hlt!f 

 Honey Bee, f a amst 



H. C. Lowe's black and ! „ flrli . nai 

 white .bitch White Lips, f «fl™*W 



1 Terry. 

 ID. C. Luce's red bitch 

 I Lavina. 



I C, Or. Pacre's black bitch 

 ) Lads r . 



j Waterloo Kennels' white 

 and brindle dog Trales. 



C T0DSY aSC,S Wai ' k ** 6H a " M ! A - C - Ethan's red dog 

 Waterloo Kennels' brindle Young Golddust. 



bitch Little Lady Glen- - against - Joseph Roetzell's white 



dyne, I ' and red dog Keno. 



Q. Van rJnmmell's brindle i i Tin -. A m„„, „„. „ , 



and whit e bitch Rich and [■ against ] Bobolink 



against 



I Robert Smart's blue bitch 

 I Miss Smart. 



nnttAntti ( Frank K. Doan's red dog 

 against Modesty. 



against a bye. 



Joseph Roetzell's dog Cap i 

 R„ f 

 M. E. Allison's fawn dog » 

 Reno Pilot, t 

 Waterloo Kennels' black ) 

 hitch Lady Milly Glen-'v 

 dyne, ) 



THE GREAT BKNO UERUY. 



E. L. Blanch's brindle I „,,„.;,,,,* I Q.Van Huuimell's white & 



bitch Mary Anderson, t' n l'""* r / brindle bitch Mis? Rare. 



David Taylor's black dog I „,,„,„„, i Waterloo Kennels' white 



Plymouth, f WOWM i and blue bitch Ariel. 



A. Laidlaw's r?d and white! „ tmtmat f C. F. Culver's white bitch 



bitch Goldy, \ n 'J m,m Queen of Kansas. 



Q. Van Hummcll's brindle i njmtmsf I A. C. Fair's brindle and 



&white doe Master Rich, \ ni J cnn * r ) white dog Daw Crocket. 



Joseph Roetzell's bitch j l1llnU ,^ I Q. Van HummclTs white & 



Bell, s - against } ve d bitch Minnehaha. 



M. E. Allison's fawn dog I „„„,•„,., ! Prank K. Doan's red dog 



Reno Pilot, f fffrtt/isc « p a ttie. 



Q. Van Hummell's blue/ . . ( D. C. Luce's brindle bitch 



and white dog Lee, f 'Hianist i Katv Did. 



0. P. Townsley's dog Cap, f against \ ^mSM"* 

 C Cousin°Frl'n S k: VWtC ^ [ W 



GKANB PARENT STAKE. 



R.S. McDonald's red bitch/ \ Frank K. Doan's red and 



Gyp, f aganm 1 whito bitch neot _ 



D. C. Luce's black hitch I J„ v.„„ 



Thorna, f W&lnst -j a bye. 



The Races as Run. 

 american field cup. 

 First Seizes. 



Sandy .Tim a bye. 

 Bessie Lee beat Humming BircL 

 Minnehaha beat Jenny. 

 Master Rich beat San Pedro. 

 Rowdy beat Miss Rare. 

 Paulina beat Dauger. 

 Dinah Black beat Terry. 

 Laviua beat Meta. 

 Honey Bee beat Lady. 

 White Lips beat Trales. 

 Young Goldust heat Topsy. 

 Little Lady Glendyne beat Keno. 

 Rich and Rare beat Bobolink. 

 Miss Smart beat Cap R. 

 Reno Pilot beat Modesty. 

 Lady Milly Glendyne a bye. 

 Ruby beat Dandy.' 

 Dick Taylor beat Daisy. 



Second Series. 

 Sandy Jim beat Ruby. 

 Bessie Lee beat Minnehaha. 

 Dick Taylor beat Paulina, 

 Rowdy beat Master Rich. 

 Lavina beat Dinah Black. 

 White Lips beat Honey Bee. 

 Young Golddust beat Little Lady Glendyne, 

 Miss Smart beat Rich and Rare. 

 Lady Milly Glendyne beat Reno Pilot. 



Third Series. 

 Bessie Lee beat Sandy Jim. 

 Dick Taylor beat Rowdy. 

 White Lips beat Lavina. 

 Young Golddust beat Miss Smart. 

 Lady Milly Glendyne a bye. 



Fourth Series. 

 Bessie Lee beat Lady Milly Glendyne. 

 White Lips beat Dick Taylor. 

 Young Golddust a bye, 



Fifth Series. 

 Bessie Lee beat Young Golddust. 

 White Lips, a bye, 



Sixth Scries. 

 Bessie Lee beat White Lips and won. 



WINNINGS. 



Bessie Lee won the cup, the championship of America and 

 $300; White Lips won $100, Young Golddust won $20, Lady 

 Milly Glendyne $20, Dick Taylor $15. Miss Smart $15, Laviua 

 $15, Rowdy $15, 



Bessie Lee is by Flink out of Toot. She by Bruce out of 

 Big Fly. 



White Lips, imported, is by Hotspur out of Kiss, by Mis- 

 terton. 



THE GBEAT BEND DERBY— PUPPY STAKES. 



First Series. 

 Miss Rare beat Mary Anderson. 

 Plymouth beat Ariel. 

 Goldy beat Queen of Kansas. 

 Master Rich beat Davy Crockett. 



Minnehaha beat Bell. 

 Reno Pilot beat Pattie, 

 Lee beat Katydid. 

 Locks beat Cap. 

 Cousin Frank, a bye. 



Second Series. 

 Miss Rare beat Plymouth. 

 Master Rich beat Goldy. 

 Reno Pilot beat Minnehaha. 

 Lee beat Cousin Frank. 

 Locks, a bye. 



Third Series. 

 Master Rich beat Miss Rare. 

 Locks beat Lee. 



Fourth Series. 

 Master Rich beat Locks and won. 



WINNINGS. 



Master Rich won $150, Locks $50, Lee $20, Miss Rare $20, 

 Cousin Frank $5, Reno Pilot $5, Goldy $5, Plymouth $5. 



Master Rich is by Rich and Rare out of Minnie, by Roger's 

 Jack. 



Locks is by Snowflight out of imported Lady Scott. 

 GRANDPARENT STAKE. 



First Series. 



Gyp beat Fleet. 

 Thorna a bye. 



Second Series, 

 Thorna beat Gyp and won. 



WINNINGS. 



Thorna wou the cup, valne $100; Gyp $40, Fleet $5. 

 Thorna is by Swift out of Daisy. 



Gyp is by imported Nelson out of Pendleberry's Nellie. 



THE BUSINESS MEETING. 

 The regular business meeting of the club was held at the 

 Morrison Hotel Friday and Saturday evenings. The follow- 

 ing officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, 

 Col. David C. Taylor of Emporia, Kas.; Vice-President. 

 Hod. D. N. Heizer of Great Bend, Kas.; Secretary. Frank K. 

 Doan, 1210 Olive street, St. Louis, Mo.; Treasurer, J. V. 

 Brinkman of Great Bend, Kas.: Executive Committee, 

 Messrs. W. W. Carney aud D. N. Heizer of Great Bend. Mr. 

 H. C. Lowe of Topeka, Kas. State Vice-Presidents chosen 

 were: Col. R. S. MacDonald for Missouri, Mr. G. S. Parvin 

 for Ohio, Mr. A. G. Lighthall for Colorado, Mr. C. G. Page 

 for Nebraska, Mr, N. Rowe for Illinois, Mr. A. Fred Nash 

 for Michigan. 



Votes ot thanks were extended to Mr. N, Rowe for his aid 

 and support of the club, to Forest and Stream, through its 

 representative, for its regular and full reports of the meet, 

 and to Messrs. Nash and Williams for their conscientious 

 and satisfactory judging. Mr. E. Hough for services in past 

 and present reports of the meet- was elected an honorary 

 member of the club. Dr. G. Irwin Royce. for numerous 

 past services and cheerful help, was freed from further an- 

 nual dues of the club. 



It was agreed that the field stewards for next year should 

 be sworn deputy sheriffs. It was also decided to charge an 

 admission fee to the grouuds. Notice was given that some 

 changes in the by-laws would be voted on next year. It was 

 passed that the secretary should procure for each member a 

 copy of the new national coursing rules. 



Action was taken whereby the stakes for next year will be 

 largely increased. Discussion was also had to import hares 

 for the grounds from California, the supply being percept- 

 ibly scarce this year. 



It may be interesting to note that the secretary answered 

 three hundred and ninety letters in regard to the club dur- 

 ing the past year and sent out over five hundred mail and 

 express packages, which certainly shows an interest in the 

 club. The running expenses of the club, aside from the 

 stakes, are about $300 for each meet. The club is now quite 

 free from all debt. There will be over $500 gate money next 

 year, counting out all lost by parties entering the field by 

 gaps in the fence; the annual (lues will aggregate $300 more, 

 at least, Great Bend ought by right to contribute at least 

 $400 or $500 to the stakes as a town. Great Bend does not 

 realize, nor do all members of the club stop to realize the 

 greatness of this institution which began in nothing. 

 Forest and Stream is willing to go on record that the 

 sport of coursing in America is just beginning, and will 

 grow more rapidly than any one will like to predict. Next 

 year the American Coursing Club will double, and will bring 

 10.000 people together. It will be the greatest sporting dog 

 event of America. The success of this year and the constant 

 growth of enthusiasm altogether warrant this statement. 

 The club is a lugger affair than most are aware of, and 

 deserves the careful and .attentive report Forest and Stream 

 has tried to give it, There will be persistent effort made 

 during the year by the members to yet further popularize 

 and make better appreciated the comparatively little under- 

 stood but really truly and naturally American sport of 

 couTsing. 



Following is a list, published by FOREST AND STREAM 

 before any other paper, of the membership of the American 

 Coursing Club: 



LIST OF MEMBERS OF AMERICAN COURSING CLUB. 



Col. David Taylor, President, Emporia, Kas. 

 Hon. D. N. Heizer, Vice-President, Great Beud, Kas. 

 Frank K. Doan, Secretary, 1210 Olive street, St. Louis, Mo. 

 J. V. Brinkman, Treasurer, Great Bend, Kas. 

 W. V7. Carney, Chairman Exec. Committee, Great Bend, Kas. 

 Dr. G. Irwin Royce, Topeka, Kas T. W. Bartell, Denver, Uol. 



G. N. Moses. Great Bend, Kas. C. P. Townsley, Great Bend, Kas 

 D. C. Luse, Great Bend, Kas. O. B. Wilson, Great Bend, Kas. 

 A.C. Schermerhorn, Great Bend. J. W. Brown, Great Bend, Kas. 

 Edwin Tyler, Great Bend, Kas. A. S. Allen, Great Bend, Kas. 

 F. Zutervan, Great Bend, Kas. R. P. Typer, Great Bend, Kas. 

 N. Rowe, Chicago, 111. I. D. Brongher, Great Bend, Kas. 

 C. G. Page, Minden, Neb. A. J. Buckland, Great Bend, Kas 

 Col. R. S. MacDonald, St. Louis. Clark Gwinn, Great Bend, Kas. 

 J. B. Martin, San Francisco, Oal. E. W. Moses, Great Ben'l, Kas. 



H. W. Huntington, Brooklyn. C. F. Culver, Great Bend, Kas. 

 J. E. Thayer, Lancaster, Mass. E. R. Moses, Great Bend, Kas. 

 R. F. Jones, Minneapolis, Minn. W. W. Winstead, Great Bend. 

 H. W. Clark, Providence^R. I. L. Weaver, Great Bend, Kas. 



i±. V* . J. lUVIUCUI.C, 11, 



C. D. Webber, Newark, N. J. 

 R, I). Williams, Lexington, Ky. 

 T. B. Terry, Cleveland, O". 

 A. C. Lighthall, Denver, Col. 

 W. E. Stevens, Pontiac, Mich. 

 W. J. Dixon, Cimarron, Kas. 



A. C. Fair, Great Bend, Kas. 

 L. Zutavern, Great Bend, Kas. 

 R. Plager, Great Bend, Kas. 

 A. Massey. Great Bend, Kas. 

 E. A. Rowell, Great Bend, Kas. 

 Hon. B. Ogle, Great Bend, Kas. 



**. a, X»]AUU, ^lUlcH lMU, xxedo. 11U1J. ±J. ugJC, UJXttb X>eUU, 1Y< 



M. E. Allison, Hutchinson, Kas. A. Laidlaw, Great Bend, Kas. 



B. M. Mutersbauarb, Ellinwood, E. L. Carney, Great Bend, Kas. 



Amos Johnson, Ellinwood, Kas. G. Spencer, Great Bend, Kas. 



J. H. Jones, Troy, Kas. G. D. Brown, Great Bend, Kas. 



Dr. Q. Van Hummell, Omaha. L. J. Shaw, Great Bend, Kas. 



R. D. Salisbury, San Diego, Cal. J. H. Clements, St. Louis, Mo. 



T. F. Foncannon, Emporia, Kas. C. A. Stix, St. Louis, Mo. 



James Halloway. Denver, Col. J. B. McCormick, St. Louis, Mo. 



C. Halloway, Grcensbnrg, Kas. 

 H. C Lowe, Topeka, Ka:, 

 R. Smart, Ellinwood, Kas. 

 J. R. Price, Topeka, Kas. 



S. R. Peters, Newton, Kas. 

 L. J. Loomis, Haanibal, Mo. 

 T. A. Scott, St. Louis, Mo. 

 J. W. Munson, St. Louis, Mo. 



E. HOUSH. 



A WORCESTER KENNEL CLUB.— Worcester, Mass., 

 Oct. 27. — Editor Forest and. Stream: I have recently con- 

 ferred with a large number of gentlemen in this city and 

 vicinity with the view of organizing a kennel club. All are 

 very enthusiastic on the subject. A meeting will be held at 

 my office, 288 Main street, Nov. T, at S P. M. All breeders, 

 owners and others interested in this movement are cordially 

 invited to be present. —H. R. Surles, M. D. 



NATIONAL COURSINV 



[From our Special . 1 



HUTCHINSON, Kan., Oct. 

 day, Oct, 23, at Hutch ins. 

 in an American inclosed coursin- 

 fornia meets have greater magti ■ 

 the National Coursing Associati 

 and grown into anything worth 

 character. To the contrary, it is 

 from this little beginning in the 

 the West, there will arise a move 

 sport of coursing into more rapid j - 

 shown in the record of any field sj 

 Enough has been said in the I 

 Stream descriptive of the sport ol 

 less to go into its general details 

 in mind 2 however, that an inclose 

 ent in its nature from open co- ■ 

 American Coursing Club, whose i 

 Great Bend, Kan., and a short dt 

 son grounds may, therefore, be nu*j 

 The association has inclosed a | 

 level ground lying at a distance oG 

 center of the pleasant little town v& 

 most of the active members. T. 

 rounded by a rabbit-tight woven-wil 

 ter of the tract, extending about tjb 

 and being on an average of about K 

 the running track, also inclosed by 

 of this track is the small close for the- 

 for the competing dogs. At the low-r- 

 are provided for the hares, which ol 

 can stand the pace for three quarters,, , 

 quite rid the inclosed meet of all imp 

 animals, or of any unsportsmanlike qu« 

 course is called, the hare is driven from thega ' 

 the dogs being held in slip at a point a trifle b« 

 The proper start having been given, the dogs a. 

 the course terminates quickly in the finish or 

 hare. In a properly conducted meet, the har 

 over the course several times before the day of' 

 once having learned the way of escape they 

 course at a wonderful burst of speed. 



In the rightly made inclosed course the wall- 

 boards, and at the end of the course a six foot I 

 is thrown up with a gradual slope, to break tb 

 dogs, which otherwise, would be in great dange 

 themselves against, the boards of the escape, lue Hutchin- 

 son course is not yet a correct one, and should be completed. 

 The wire fences on the sides of the course were covered Avith 

 burlaps, as a substitute for boards, and to prevent, the hares 

 from attempting escape through the meshes of the wire. 

 This burlaps is constantly tearing loose and flopping about 

 in the wind. The escape is not provided with a bank. This 

 will probably be left until some valuable dog, fast enough 

 to -get close to the hare, has ruined himself against the 

 boards. 



The managers of the association were unable to obtain 

 their wire fence until very late, and owing to this fact and 

 the death of some hares they had shipped in, there were 

 thought to be only about forty hares on the half section 

 when the meet began. Of these, ten good ones had been 

 secured in the close on the day before the meet, but during 

 the night all but. one of these" crawled out through a hole 

 which a careless workman had left. The inclosed meet 

 began, therefore, wuth one jack rabbit sitting in solitary 

 grandeur, waiting to entertain the crowd of perhaps 500 

 persons who paid gate money to witness the sport of cours- 

 ing. This old one, however, quite knew her business, and 

 shot through the course so rapidly that the two loafing dogs, 

 Mr. M. E. Allison's red bitch Reno Belle and Mr. G. I. 

 Joyce's white dog Cousin Frank, w T ho made the first brace 

 slipped, never got the first turn upon her. It was thereupon 

 announced that the runnings would be continued inside the 

 grounds, but outside of the inclosed course; and th r - 

 begun the purely unsportsmanlike proceeding of I « 

 hares within a wired inclosure no longer than a mi 

 direction, where no possible means of escape was p 

 This was a thing which did not please even tin 

 ignorant of the details of a regular meet. 



Mr. D. C. Luse's red bitch Paulina and Mr. Wm. 

 white fawn bitch Belle R, were slipped on a ye n ! J 

 Paulina tried to see how slow she could run; Bel 

 little. The hare ran to the wire fence, saw the fcj 

 died with heart broken before Paulina killed, to 

 merit. 



Mr. M. E. Allison's white fawn dog Reno Pilot ; 

 Wm. Garrett's red dog Frisk showed a bit better wc 

 stronger hare. Frisk led, Pilot did the more work an 

 with no merit shown for either. Pilot won. 



Reno Belle and Cousin Frank w r ent down for their un- 

 decided course, and killed a poor lumpy hare which had 

 been crippled. Ordered down again, Frank led and killed 

 to a win, Belle working but little. A demon of the slows 

 seemed to have gotten into all the doss, and the only real 

 struggle, was for last place. This closed the day, 



Tuesday, Oct. 24.— At about 1 P. M. it was announced 

 that a half-dozen had, during the morning, been driven into 

 the close, and accordingly a crowd of perhaps a hundred 

 persous or so assembled to witness the running. It now 

 became apparent that the meeting was not to bearegnl - 

 meet, and that the stakes would not really be run out, ^ 

 the hares were not at hand in sufficient numbers, 

 original drawings were not observed, but enough dogs v 

 down to show r the spectators how the sport is pursued, 

 to prove to the association that the plan will work perft 

 when a few minor details have been attended to, aga. 

 which it was impossible to guard on such short notice. 



Mr. J. S. Bran ham's semi-greyhound black dog Shar p and 

 Mr. D. Watts's red dog Tim W. went down and followed a 

 hare through to the escape, Sharp running a little slower 

 than Tim. Mr. M. E. Allison's red dog Reno Chief led Mr. 

 Wm. Garrett's red dog Prince to the hare, but lost place, and 

 Prince wrenched, killed and won. Mr. D. C. Luse's red 

 bitch Lavina and Mr. Allison's red dog Rowdy made a very 

 pretty neck-and-neck run for a quarter of a mile, Rowdy by 

 half a length taking the first wrench. Lavina turned, 

 wrenched and placed Rowdy to kill. Rowdy was given the 

 course. Dr. G. I. Royce's blue and white dog Goldy led, 

 did it all, killed aud won over Mr. Allison's red dog Terry, 

 who lagged up all the way. Mr. J. R, Price's red bitch 

 Sylph lost to Dr. Royce's blue ami. white Heroine, who 

 led and won, placing Sylph to kill. 



It was now announced that no more ^running would be 

 attempted, since the jacks were not in hand, but the crowd 

 were told that on the following clay they would be treated 

 to a display of open coursing on the flats outside the grounds 

 The card was therefore practically suspended. Two wild 

 coyotes, taken yesterday, were announced to be hunted on 

 Friday. 



It should be remembered that this meet followed directly 

 on the heels of the Great Bend event, and this, instead of 

 being an advantage, would appear to have been the con- 

 trary. The dogs of the American Coursing Club were worn 

 out and torn up, and quite unfit to run. The gentlemen who 

 had already spent a week or more from business had not 

 time to attend the Hutchinson meet, which would require a 

 week more. There were, therefore, not the best of dogs en- 

 tered; whereas an inclosed meet, with its short, quick 

 course, clearly demands the best and liveliest greyhounds to 

 show sport. Let it not for a moment be supposed, however, 

 that the first meeting of the National Association is any 

 criterion, for it is not. There will be a meeting held next 

 spring which will be a rouser. By that time details on the 



