Oct. 34, 1889.] 



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of Wandering Tom and Little Emily III., a grand fellow im- 

 ported in 1888 by Dr. G. Irwin Royce, of Topeka, Kansas, 

 with three Glendyne bitches, in company with D. N. Heizer 

 and G. N. Moses, of Great Bend, Kansas. He is just coming 

 fco himself after getting acclimated. He is a white and brin- 

 dle in color, weigbs about sixty pounds and is very symme- 

 trical throughout; especially strong iu loin and quarters, 

 good bone, and has most excellent legs and feet. His main 

 faults being a little too much fullness iu the head above the 

 eyes, and a neck too short. This latter is a more common 

 defect in greyhounds than any other one fault. He went 

 d own before the grand old imported bitch Dick's Darli ug, but 

 a couple of days previous to the meeting was not himself 

 from some disturbance of the bowels. He is undoubtedly the 

 best all-round coursing dog in the West at the present time. 



Dick's Darling, a rather blocky black bitch, imported in 

 1888 by Mr. D. C. Luce, of Great Bend, Kansas, is worthy of 

 more than a passing notice. She is by Coleraiue Diamond, 

 out of Daylight, and her pedigree carries back to a large 

 number of the Waterloo winners. She won some minor 

 stakes before coming to this country, and in one event she 

 stood to win a big stake, but was snagged on a picket in the 

 fourth round. She is rather low on her legs, very muscular, 

 strong in loin and quarters, well sprung in ribs, and weighs 

 about 581bs. Although beyond the age for coursing, she still 

 goes honestly about her work, with all the fire and vim of 

 an untirctl youngster. She divided the stake after being 

 seriously injured by jumping the fence into the corral in 

 the course with Hand Maid. 



Her daughter. Lady Barton, atlrirteen-niontbs-oldpuppy, 

 went to third- place worthily. She is a little red brindle 

 weighing about 401bs., but goes away like a fiery flame, 

 works her hare as fast as a terrier a rat, and apparently has 

 great staying qualities. She is a very pretty little thing, 

 symmetrical throughout, but with the fault of both parents, 

 too much fullness over the eyes. Were she three months 

 older andlOlbs. heavier, she would certainly be a dangerous 

 competitor in the Great Bend Derby, the 34th of this month. 



Among the little American-bred greyhounds may be men- 

 tioned Bar Maid, who divided the first with Dick's Darling. 

 She is from what would be called unknown stock, but in 

 makeup shows good breeding. She is coal-black, weighing 

 471bs.. and is of a. rather delicate type, a little rangy, well 

 up on legs, and a little light in bone. She has a long stride, 

 but gathers quickly, and when slipped goes away at a grand 

 pace*, in working the hare she rather lacks fire", but with a 

 little more experience will stand well in any eonrpany. 



Another little bitch very noticeable was Hand Maid, a 

 pretty little white bitch with blue markings. She is nine- 

 teen months old, will weigh about forty-eight pounds, is 

 symmetrica I throughout, is fit for a place at any bench show, 

 is built on running lines, and has that determined fire in 

 her eye that brooks no obstacles. She only went down 

 before the old courser Dick's Darling in the third round, in 

 what should have been an undecided course. Spring, the 

 winner at St. Louis, Sept. 23, was in place, but in the first 

 roimd on a long hare, was carried through the half mile 

 course without a turn, breaking a nail, and being down in 

 the second series with Bar Maid was thrown out in a close 

 course. Holly, a brother of Hand Maid, a compact and 

 nicely made fellow, solid blue in color, weighing about 521bs., 

 was working to the front, and only met defeat by Bar Maid! 



Miss Rare, Minnehaha and Melodrama, of the Lexington 

 Kennels, were entered in the second stake and were all in 

 good form, but Miss Rare went down in the first round 

 with Hand Maid, and Melodrama with Ariel, a half sister 

 of Hand Maid. 



There were others worthy of notice, but space will not 

 allow of a detailed description. Mr. D. M. Sidle and Wm. 

 Dunn came from southern Kansas with a string of seven, 

 confidently expecting to win, but after the first fast brace 

 went from the slips they were a little shaky. They are 

 both pleasant gentlemen, ana went home filled with knowl- 

 edge and enthusiasm. 



Mr. Alfred Haigh, of Cable, 111., nominator of Bar Maid, 

 is a gentleman of very large proportions, weighing over 

 330 lbs. He is from Yorkshire, England, and is jolly and 

 kind in his make-up and enters into the sport with' enthusi- 

 asm. It was a sight, to see him with his face all streaming 

 with perspiration and flushed with excitement as Bar Maid 

 weut to the slips for the last round, and after the second 

 course was called "undecided" he collapsed, and was only too 

 willing to divide the first and second money. 



Mr. E. T. Vernon, a prominent attorney of Larned, Kan., 

 was seen for the first time on a public coursing ground. He 

 is a gentleman of Southern birth, Oft. 4in. tall, big-hearted 

 and genial, a valuable addition to the coursing interests. 



Every year brings a new lot and a better class of coursers, 

 and let me say that the interest demands that clubs be 

 formed in different localities throughout the country, and a 

 class of men called to the ranks with a practical love for the 

 sport; men of independence in finance, but not extremely 

 wealthy, as men of this class are apt to en courage exclusive'- 

 ness. 



Clubs can be formed with little expense, and the practical 

 furnishing of rabbits and material for coursing can be done 

 by parties who are adepts at the business, and a round of 

 meetings in the spring and fall can be successf idly arranged 

 for. This is iu perfect harmony with the original ideas of 

 the inaugurators of coursing in this country. 



Make a large stake, open it to the world, and especially 

 invite foreign competition. It will yet come to this, and we 

 hope to soon see a movement put on foot looking to organi- 

 zation in various localities of coursing clubs. The sport is 

 attractive in itself, and is enduring; the personal interest 

 increases with each experience, and it is thoroughly before 

 the public, will rapidly gain in public favor, and in" time is 

 destined to divide the interest with horse racing if it does 

 not become the national sport. 



There are greyhounds through the country which, if well 

 trained, by which we mean exercised and hardened fox- 

 coursing, and if only trained on cottontails, will stand a 

 good show at any open meeting, as instanced by the work of 

 Bar Maid at the meeting here in Hutchinson, Kansas. She 

 had never seen a jack-rabbit, but was fit and went to her 

 work like an old courser. 



At Louisville and St. Louis there was a good lot, and 

 most of them worked gamly. 



The running ground in the Association Park is the long- 

 est in the world, and in fact it is too long. It is 900yds. long, 

 by 75yds. in width; at the end of the course there is an 

 escape for the rabbit into a forty acre field, being a part of 

 the half section of ground devoted to the rabbits; the escape 

 fence is composed of a board fence 4ft. high, with 4ft. of 

 strong wire netting above it, and was supposed to be all 

 sufficient to check the dogs, but proved insufficient for two 

 of them, Dick's Darling and Hand Maid, both of which 

 cleared it at a bound. 



The rabbits mostly ran well, but true to their obstinate 

 disposition, a few of them would wait till pressed by the 

 dogs, and then wdth a fast pair after them, would wait too 

 long. In the open they will often do the same, and it is no 

 uncommon thing to pick up four or five in succession, in 

 ruus not averaging 300yds. Had the distance been only a 

 quarter of a mile, three but of five would have escaped. On 

 Friday when the first series of the second stake was run, 

 seven out of twelve escaped. 



As the new entries for the secoud stake were made, the 

 subject of muzzling the dogs was taken up, and by unani- 

 mous consent of the dog owners the dogs were all to be muz- 

 zled, and by action of the, association it was decided to 

 muzzle the dogs on all occasions whenever and wherever 

 meetings were held in an inclosed park. The racing is just 

 as satisfactory, and instead of kill ing the rabbit, they are 



only mussed over by the dog, and an attendant being ready 

 at hand secures the game, which runs away with little ap- 

 parent injury as soon as released. 



The field officers of the meeting were as follows: Dr. Chas. 

 Halloway, judge; Arthur Massey, slipper; G. Irwin Royce, 

 field steward; D, C. Luse. slip steward. 



It was fully 3 o'clock when the first brace was brought to 

 the slips, but with little further delay the races were run 

 through in rapid succession. I). M. 'Sidle's Little Katie 

 was drawn with D. N. Heizer's imported Trales. The En- 

 glish fellow left the slips in his masterly w r ay, led to the 

 hare by four open lengths, turned to Katie, but she failed to 

 hold possession, Trales leading again for a turn and a kill. 

 Trales won. 



M. E. Allison's Reno Rex and M. Walsh's Maggie went to 

 the slips. Rex cut out the work, turned, made a go-by, and 

 killed, beating Maggie pointless. 



D. M. Sidle's Pearl Sidle was next slipped with Mrs. C. K. 

 Phillips's Bender. Pearl led from the slips, wrenched several 

 times but failed to turn, the hare escaping. Pearl won. 



John R. Pjice'S Reno Pilot a bye. 



M. Mullen's Sport was next down with Mrs. D. C. Luse's 

 Little Thought Of. Little Thought Of raced away from the 

 slips like a flash, lost sight by the rabbit starter's horse, 

 letting Sport in without merit, and the remainder of the 

 course was but a follow my leader to the escape; unde- 

 cided. 



M. E. Allison's Reno Redwood drawn with G. Irwin 

 Royce's Hand Maid. Maid led up with a rush, turned the 

 hare, fell, rolling over twice, but regaining her feet made a 

 grand go bye and killed, again falling, but held the hare as 

 she came to her feet. Maid won, 



Wm. Dunn's Don Pedro a bye. 



J. R. Cochran's Bridget and D. C. Luse's Dick's Darling 

 were slipped to a good hare. Dick's Darling weut away 

 with her usual meteoric style, wrenched several times, 

 turned again comingin, held possession for several wrenches, 

 and killed, beating Bridget pointless. 



D. N. Heizer's Lady Graham Glendyne slipped with W. 

 W. Carney's Jessamine. Lady Graham went away in a 

 style worthy of her noted sister, Miss Glendyne, the Water- 

 loo winner, made a beautiful run up. turned, placed Jessa- 

 mine for several wrenches and a turn; gave Lady G. an 

 opening for a go bye, which she was not slow in accepting. 

 Again turned to Jessamine, and the white and red took the 

 work for a moment for four wreuches, and in the rapid ex 

 changes following Lady (I. won with credit, but being out 

 of condition showed the' effects of a hard course. She has 

 never been herself since having pups, and will require an- 

 other year to get on her feet again. 



D. C. Luse's Lady Barton with A. A. Tanner's Rena. 

 Lady Barton raced away to the hare with speed worthy of 

 her old mother, Dick's Darling, turned in a quarter, placed 

 Rena, who failed to hold possession for a point, letting 

 Lady Barton in for a go bye and turn, and then some pretty 

 work followed, iu which Lady Bartou had decidedly the 

 best of it, beating Rena with much to spare. 



T. Coke Eberly's Cousin Frank being delayed the course 

 with Lady in White was postponed by consent till the mor- 

 row. 



Mr. Phelps's Ace of Spades and Mr. Alfred Haigh's Nip 

 next in order were placed to complete the running for the 

 day. Nip ran away from Ace of Spades, only allowing him 

 to kill without merit. Nip beat pointless. 



The next was the undecided heat between Sport and Little 

 Thought Of. L. T. O. raced away to the hare in her usual 

 style, turned, placed Sport, took the work away from him 

 again, made repeated wrenches and tripped, but the hare 

 escaped. 



Wednesday, Oct. 9. 



Cousin Frank and G. A. Walkup's Chicago, Bell being 

 absent, Arthur Massey's Lady in White, Arthur Haigh's 

 Bar Maid, two bye dogs, were by consent placed together: 

 Bar Maid led from the slips, turned to Lady in White 

 for the kill; Bar Maid won. A. F. Walsh's Kate M. 

 with Mrs. E. A. Rowell's Holly; Kate M. was favored in the 

 slip, but Holly drew up for a go by, turned to Kate, but she 

 falling, gave away her opening to Holly, allowing him to 

 score a turn and a kill; Holly won. 



Wm. Dunn's Clothes Horse came down in the drawing 

 with the St. Louis winner Spring; Spring led to the hare in 

 a masterly way, wrenched repeatedly, but failed to turn, the 

 hare being a strong one carried the eager fellow to the es- 

 cape, Spring winning pointless. 



J. R. Cochran's Ariel was next slipped with Arthur Mas- 

 sey's Savina. Ariel led from the slips with Savina close up, 

 turned to Savina, who wrenched twice and turned to Ariel 

 for the kill. This closed the series in the sixteen-dog stake. 



Second Series. 



Trales placed with Pearl Sidle to open the secoud series: 

 Trales showed more of his old form than yesterday; leading 

 up with a rush he turned his hare, and having considerable 

 the advantage iu the ruu up, again turned, placing Pearl 

 for a turn. Trales killed, winning with much to spare. 



The best course of the day was the one next drawn. Little 

 Thought Of and Hand Maid, two quick, active, workers and 

 very speedy, and the crowd was on tiptoe as they were called 

 to the slips. They went away to a good hare, Maid having 

 the stride, but being unsighted for a moment let L. T. O. up, 

 but recovering, Maid raced aWay, turned the hare, placed 

 L. T. O., and then was seen some of the quickest and pret- 

 tiest work of the season, Maid having the best of it, raced, 

 around L. T. O., wrenched twice and killed. Hand Maid 

 won. 



Don Pedro, Dick's Darling in the slips, the old lady went 

 to her hare like a rocket, turned, went back to her work, 

 turned, let Don Pedro in for two wrenches and a turn, again 

 taking possession rolled up several points, turned to Dou 

 Pedro for a kill without merit. Dick's Darling won. 



Lady Barton beat Lady Graham Glendyne in a short 

 course. 



Nip and Holly were in for the next course, Niplleading to 

 the hare, turned to Holly, and the blue brother of Hand 

 Maid, getting to his work in great style, rolled up points 

 rapidly, winning easily. 



Again the St. Louis crack, Spring, was in, but with a 

 bustler, the Illinois black Bar Maid, with his broken toe 

 nail scored against him. They went, away at a rattling, 

 rushing pace, keeping the spectators in a dizzy whirl. Bar 

 Maid slightly in the lead. Racing to the quarter Bar Maid 

 wrenched several times, turned to Spring, he again placing 

 the black. Bar Maid tripped, Spring killed. It was a close 

 course and a pretty one. This course showed Bar Maid a 

 good one, and went a long ways toward placing her as fa- 

 vorite. 



Ariel a bye. 



Third Series. 



Again the imported white and brindle, Trales, was let in 

 to down Pearl Sidle, which he did in a short course, win- 

 ning easily. 



A tremor of excitement went through the large crowd, 

 and dog men were anxious, as Hand Maid and Dick's Darl- 

 ing were called out. The old lady had won all her courses 

 handily, and the little white had plenty of points to her 

 credit; they were slipped to a demon hare, Dick's Darling 

 getting away in the lead in the first two hundred yards, but 

 only held her advantage to the quarter, when Maid drew up, 

 lessening half the distance in the last quarter to the escape. 

 It was simply a straighta way run with not enough points to 

 make a course, and certainly should have been declared un- 

 decided, but Dick's Darling was awarded the course. 



Over the first or temporary escape they went, falling as 

 they struck the mesh wiTe, but away they raced to the per- I 



manent escape, the two owners of the dogs groaning as they 

 saw them going to the escape, knowing the persistency of 

 both, Comingto theescape, Dick's Darling, afterthe second 

 effort, cleared the fence and was racing away down the 

 corral after the fleeing hare. She carried him to the end of 

 the field and back, killing as her owner secured her. Hand 

 Maid, in her effort to scale the fence caught in the. wire and 

 was secured. This heat was the sensation of the day. 



Lady Barton won over Holly in a short course. Ariel 

 went down before Bar Maid in a short but close contest. 

 Fourth Scries. 



Trales and Dick's Darling, the two imported dogs came 

 down for a rattling course, and even though the old lady had 

 injured her legs and feet in jumping the fence, she was game 

 and eager, and to a good hare she spun away, leading Trales, 

 but becoming unsighted, let Trales up, but as Dick's Darl- 

 ing became sighted again she raced up, turned to Trales, 

 and rapid exchanges took place, the hare turning toward 

 the judge, separated the dogs for a moment, unsighting 

 Trales. Dick's Darling killed a,nd won. but in the judg- 

 ment of your reporter Trales should have had the course. 



Lady Barton, the little red 13mos. old daughter of Trales 

 and Dick's Darling, had worked gamely to third place, but 

 went down before the "dark horse" Bar Maid from Illinois. 

 This brought theruuning to the final course, The two blacks 

 were still left in, Dick's Barling, the imported, and Bar 

 Maid, the. unknown, and they were placed in the slips amid 

 great excitement, Dick's Darling the favorite, but as they 

 were loosed to a good hare Bar Maid shoved to the front; 

 the injury to Dick's Darling's leg had made her sore in spite 

 of her great gameness. Bar Maid turned in 200yds. and 

 Dick's Darling killed; undecided. Again they were placed 

 in the slips, only to repeat the performance. Again to a 

 short hare, and again undecided. As they were taken back 

 for a third triaf the two owners. Mr. D. C. Luse and Mr. 

 Alfred Haigh, after a hasty consultation, agreed upon a 

 division of first and second money, Lady Barton third, 

 Trales fourth. 



Friday, Oct. U. 



The second stake, the American Sweepstakes for Ameri- 

 can-bred dogs only, brought, twenty-four entries, most of the 

 dogs in the first stake being re-entered, but there were 

 several well-known good ones present, including Miss Rare, 

 Minuehaha and a young one, Melodrama, belonging to the 

 Lexington, Ky., Kennel, and Duke of Dodge, a son of Needle, 

 the runner up in the young dog stake at the first American 

 Coursing Club meeting iu 18S6. 



The dogs were muzzled, and rabbits seemingly ran better, 

 and the first, day of the new stake was rather the best of the 

 meeting. The weather had been everything desired up to 

 the present. Saturday being a trifle cooler than the days 

 previous, and twelve courses were rattled off in quick suc- 

 cession. 



Ariel and Lexington Kennel's Melodrama raced to the 

 escape, Ariel leading by four open lengths, reaching the 

 escape. Ariel being but a bit of a body, went through the 

 small space for the rabbit to pass through and ran herself 

 to a standstill, but won the course over Melodrama point- 

 less. 



Kate M. had a walk away over Little Katie in a long 

 strung course to theescape; Lexington Kennel's Minnehaha 

 beat Holly in a elosely contested course, Holly apparently 

 having the best of it, but falling, lost ground for a moment, 

 but was soon at his work and should have been named 

 winner. 



Mr. E. T. Vernon's Beauty ran a bye. 



The Lexington crack, Miss Rare, weut down before the 

 little white. Hand Maid in a pretty course. In the run up 

 Hand Maid showed four open lengths, worked closer, and 

 won handily. As they reached the escape Hand Maid 

 jumped the temporary escape, went to the permanent es- 

 cape like a ray of light, the attendants trying to check her, 

 but evading them she cleared the eight-foot fence without, 

 touching, turned the hare, brought it to the escape and 

 killed. 



Miss Rare's owner, Dr. Van Hummell, attributed the de- 

 feat to the muzzle, and in his usual confident way offered to 

 wager a hundred against Hand Maid in a trial on the open 

 within the week following. 



lh the heat between Rena and Lavina, Rena had the best 

 of it from the slips, but Lavina made a go bye in the two 

 hundred yards, forcing the hare to the escape in a culvert. 



Duke of Dodge beat Bender without an effort. Nip beat 

 E. T. Vernon's Jack pointless on a good hare which escaped. 

 Pearl Sidle beat Duke B. in a short course. Bridget made 

 merry with her hare before her kennel mate Stonewall Jack- 

 son. Don Pedro, in a close course, beat Bar Maid, wanner 

 in the first stake; but she was apparently sore and worked 

 sluggishly. Jessamine beat John Walton's Newton Bell. 



The following day the rain interfered with the conclusion 

 of the stake and running was postponed until Monday, but 

 the rain continued without interruption, and with uo 

 prospect of ceasing, and after mature deliberation and con- 

 sultation by the officers of the association and nominators 

 iu the stake, it was decided to divide the money equally 

 between the winners, and call the stake closed. This, as it 

 has proved, was a wise move, for up to Wednesday night it 

 was still raining, and this iu droughthy Kansas. 



Thus closed the largest' and most successful inclosed park 

 meeting ever held in this country. 



NATIONAL DERBY. 

 Open to the world, $300 to first, $100 to second, $50 to third, 

 $35 to fourth, 



First Series. 



D. N, Heizer's (Great Bend. Kan.) brindle and white dog 

 Trales beat D. M. Sidle's (Winfield, Kan.) brindle bitch 

 Little Katie. M. E. Allison's (Hutchinson, Kan.) red dog 

 Reno Rex beat A. F. Walsh's (Nickerson, Kan.) red and 

 white bitch Maggie. D. M. Sidle's red and white bitch 

 Pearl Sidle beat Mrs. C. K. Phillip's (Greensburg, Kan.) red 

 dog Bender. J. R, Price's (Topeka, Kan.) fawu dog Reno 

 Pilot a bye. G. Irwin Royce's (Topeka, Kan.) white and 

 blue bitch Hand Maid beat M. E. Allison's Reno Redwood, 

 Don Pedro a bye. D. O. Luse's (Great Bend, Kan.), black 

 bitch Dick's Darling beat J. R, Cochran's (Winfield, Kan.) 

 fawn bitch Bridget. D. N. Heizer's white and black bitch 

 Lady Graham Glendyne beat, W. W. Carney's (Great Bend, 

 Kan.) white and red bitch Jessamine. D. C. Luse's red 

 bitch Lady Barton beat A. A. Tanner's (Jamestown, N. Y ) 

 white bitch Rena. Alfred Haigh's (Cable. 111.) black bitch 

 Bar Maid beat Arthur Massey's (Great Bend, Kan.) white 

 and black bitch Lady-in-White. Alfred Haigh's blue dog 

 Nip beat Mr. Phelps's Ace of Spades. Mrs. D. C, Luse's 

 (Great Bend, Kan.) brindle bitch Little-Thought-Of beat 

 M. Mullen's (Nickerson, Kan.) brindle clog Sport. Mrs. E. 

 A. Rowell's (G reat Bend, Kan.) blue dog Holly beat A. F, 

 Walsh's Kate M. E, Burger's (St. Louis, Mo.) fawn dog- 

 Spring beat Wm. Dunn's Clothes Horse. J. R. Cochran's 

 white and blue bitch Ariel beat Arthur Massey's fawn bitch 

 Lavina, 



Second Series. 

 Trales beat Reno Rex, Pearl Sidle beat Reno Pilot, Hand 

 Maid beat Little-Thought-Of, Dick's Darling beat Don 

 Pedro, Lady Barton beat Lady Graham, Glendyne Holly 

 beat Nip, Bar Maid beat Spring, Ariel a bye. 



Third Scries. 



Trales beat Pearl Sidle, Dick's Darling beat Haud Maid, 

 Lady Barton beat Holly, Bar Maid beat Ariel. 



Foivrth Series. 

 Dick's Darling beat Trales, Bar Maid beat Lady Barton- 



