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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 19, 1889- 



work together that the jack, though he turned repeatedly, 

 could not get to the plain. From this point on Hazelhurst 

 scored all the points, Balkis keeping close in the rear. The 

 jack was a very strong one, and gave Hazelhurst a good 

 gruelling, till he by sheer force of speed drove her close to 

 fence and killed in grand style. Balkis was thoroughly 

 pumped, while Hazelhurst was not perceptibly the worse 

 for his hard work. Hazelhurst won. 



WANDA AND HIGHLAND CHIEF 

 were slipped on a strcug whitetail. "Wanda was at first 

 unsighted, which gave Highland Chief fully 50yds. lead. 

 Wanda soon sighted, however, challenged Chief, and to- 

 gether they worked to the jack in fine style, Wanda turning 

 the jack to Chief. From this point onto the finish Chief 

 kept selfish possession of the jack, got in some very quick 

 work and won with a good kill. Wanda being very much 

 out of condition was consequently greatly pumped. High- 

 land Chief showed great speed from start to finish, scoring 

 10 to Wanda's 6. 



HAEMONT AND TUNOB. 



For the first 25yds. Tunor led toward the jack, when 

 Harmony got settled down to a rattling pace, took a go-by 

 with perfect ease, wrenched, turned, wrenched again and 

 killed in short order. From first to to last she did all the 

 work, beating Tunor pointless. A course of moderate 

 length, made so by Harmony's quick and beautiful work. 

 GIPSEY AND ANDY M'GKEGOR. 



This was, with one exception, the longest slip of the day, 

 the jack getting fully 125yds. away before the dogs were let 

 go. After a short gallop Gipsey stopped working, but soon 

 recovering started off at a beautiful pace, but not fast 

 enough to prpvent Andy from quickly getting in two turns, 

 conrsing the jack down toward; the lane, when he quickly 

 turned "her, forcing her back over the upper field. Here 

 Gipsey again sighted, challenged Andy, and together over 

 main Held and adjoining one they coursed her in beautiful 

 style, till Andy, forcing the jack toward the lower corner, 

 wrenched, killed and won. An excellent course, occupying 

 fully seven minutes. Gipsey was well winded. 



ZOE AND FOREST QUEEN. 

 Despite the fact that she had had no training whatever, 

 Zoe showed up in excellent style, being strong aud full of 

 fire. The jack was a rare good one. Zoe did all the work 

 at first, scoring in rapid succession fifteen turns to Queen's 

 eight. The two bitches did their work most beautifully 

 from start to finish, which was made by the jack getting 

 away, at which point the judge declared it an "undecided'' 

 much to the outspoken dissatisfaction of every one. From 

 first to last it was never in doubt that Zoe won the course, 

 and it might have been ended twice, in both instances mak- 

 ing Zoe a very easy winner. This was indeed a marvelous 

 decision and worthy of the judge's great experience. When 

 asked by one of the stewards to give the store on which he 

 based his award, he was utterly unable to do so, which fact 

 did not tend to make matters any pleasanter. 



GLENBOIG A BTE. 



Wanda went into the slips with him, aud they we're let go 

 on a marvelously strong jack which was given fully one 

 hundred and twenty-five yards law. Puss made straight for 

 the plain and reaching it was lost to sight before either of the 

 dogs had got anywhere near her. With the exception of 

 this very short run, Glenboig did literally nothing but jump 

 up and dowu trying to locate the jack, which he was unable 

 to do. The entire distance covered by him was not 200yds., 

 yet the judge awarded Glenboig the course. This was all 

 wrong and showed an utter want of knowledge of the first 

 principles of coursing. If the spectators had the least doubts 

 of his total ignorance as shown in his previous decision, this 

 egregious blunder dispelled them. Glenboig ran the bye with 

 a beateu dog, so that he should do as much work a's those 

 dogs which had had good punishing courses in order to put 

 them all on an equality, and not let one score a bye doing no 

 work at all. The result of the decision was that Glenboig 

 nothaving donethe slightest possible coursing was perfectly 

 fresh and had one course scored to his credit. From this 

 point on to the very finish ^the meet the question as to 

 which would bejthe winner was never for a moment in doubt. 

 In every one's mind it was dollars to doughnuts that Glen- 

 boig must win, and any bookmaker would have quickly 

 given odds of 100 to 1. No one member could have taken 

 the decision to himself, yet all were affected by it. It was 

 gross injustice to the dog himself, not to mention the disad- 

 vantage every other dog was subjected to. The owners of 

 the next brace of dogs should have challenged the decision 

 at once, and had it occurred in England it would not have 

 been allowed to stand one moment; in fact, no judge would 

 have dared to do it. A short course even with a kill may be 

 judged an undecided one.as was done in the case of Mr. Web- 

 ber's Sister in Black two years ago at Great Bend. The advan- 

 tage here given to Glenboig was by far too great to be' overcome 

 by any of the remaining dogs, as Hazelhurst, Highland 

 Chief, Harmony, Andy McGregor and Forest Queen had 

 done all the work they cared to do, for a while at least. Mr. 

 Black, the slipper, had up to this time kept his temper 

 well down, but now he rose in his righteous indignation 

 and threw the slips violently down, refusing absolutely to 

 slip any more dogs to such decisions. Mr. Black, in his de- 

 sire to see coursing introduced into this country, had again 

 most generously agreed to slip for the club, though he felt 

 quite sure of arrest. The annoyances of arrest and trial 

 were bearable, but this judging was more than he could 

 stand. He was, however, won over by Mr. Watsou, and 

 agreed to slip as before. 



Third Series. 



HAZELHURST A BYE. 

 Hazelhurst went into the slips with Gipsey. A very 

 strong jack flew out of the lane and made for the plain 

 in fine style. This sight drove Hazelhurst nearly wild with 

 excitement and eagerness to get away. In some unaccount- 

 able manner he slipped his collar and made for the jack at 

 lightning speed. Gipsey was held in theslips by Mr. Black, 

 and Hazelhurst had to do all the work alone. Up and down 

 he coursed the jack in true workmanlike style, making 

 turns, wrenches and trips in rapid succession; but so strong 

 was the jack that it was evident he would never be able to 

 catch her He, however, forced the jack by sheer work 

 down to the lane, which it entered; then as the dog, greatly 

 pumped, was taken up, the jack turned up the lane toward 

 IrSiS ,1- Mx-hacy quickly dropped on his knees right in 

 in mVw? ? naC £; and b ! fore puss k ^ ew sh e was held fast 

 to life so** The S i ecta *S^ agreed she had won the right 

 Sa£?oS^^^i oppri back int -° P^erve. This 

 Mr Wiynrn ^n^ &2& C0UrSe was llldeed liard luck for 

 Glenbo^Tbye contrast to the running of 



HARMONY AND HIGHLAND CHIEF, 

 i £ f °od strong jack was let out to these two do°-s which 

 left the slips like a shot. Chief did some excellent wS at 

 first scoring three go-byes. Afterward Harmony c ™ nB 

 settled well down to her business and worked her lack ™ 

 and down the main field in a beautiful manner, scoring five 

 turns to Chief s four. Then came a straight run ui several 

 wrenches by Harmony, when Chief killed^ Both do'l had 

 Y^£Th 1Qg tr ^ aL Sartaany stood it remarkabfy well 

 showing both speed and bottom, but Chief was not so wel 

 wrt$8?I B H™, McGregor, had drawn his 

 dogs for Nov. 15, the original day for the meet but the 

 repeated oostnonemnnts nf P * rnmt.h ,..„\o^.. e ™ e ?f> ^ the 



Chief was drawn too fine, though he showed wonderful 

 speed and great fire and heart. Harmony won with many 

 points to spare. 



After Harmony's kill Mr. Black the slipper was again 

 arrested by the S. F. P. C. A.'s remaining officer, who had 

 put in an appearance after he found the club had left for 

 the coursing grounds. Mr. Black was worn out, the road 

 was muddy, and he could not walk fast; so by the time he 

 was brought before the Judge and the officer got back to the 

 grounds the meeting had been concluded. As soon as the 

 officer had disappeared, Mr. Garbutt, one of the field stew- 

 ards, volunteered to slip the remaining dogs, and performed 

 the office very satisfactorily. 



GLENBOIG AND ANDY M'GKEGOR. 



Mr. Huntington's nomination of Mr. Erastns Hopkins's 

 black dog Andy McGregor proved to be a good one. Glen- 

 boig came to the slips as fresh as a daisy. This course was 

 the grandest and most punishing of the entire meet. The 

 best jack of the day, a big strong black tail, rushed from 

 the long lane like the wind, making straight for the plain. 

 The slip was made at about 100yds., and then began a ter- 

 rible gruelling. Up and down the first field they coursed 

 in excellent style for over two minutes, Glenboig scoring 

 four turns to Andy's three. Andy here pressed the jack so 

 closely that she made a desperate break for the plains, he 

 still leading, however, and holding her well in hand for over 

 half a mile straightaway over the plains. Here Glenboig 

 ran in, scored a go-bye, and ran fully a quarter of a mile 

 further on with Andy hugging him close. Glenboig pressed 

 the jack so closely that she turned and made a terrible dash 

 for the fence far down to the left. As she flew under it 

 Glenboig went through it and killed. Andy held on re- 

 markably well, and at the finish was not 10yds. behind. The 

 taken time from start to finish was nine minutes. Andy 

 was thoroughly exhausted from this punishing course, and 

 for a half minute reeled about like a drunken man and was 

 hardly able to stand. Willing hands, however, were ready, 

 a bit of brandy braced him up, and he was soon all right. 

 Both dogs had a terrible gruelling; and had Glenboig not 

 been so fresh on account of the bye he "ran," the result 

 might have been different. Both dogs showed great fire, 

 speed and bottom from start to finish and grit to a remark- 

 able degree. As Andy had never seen a jack or cottontail 

 before this meet, his work and kill were very meritorious. 

 The judge was asked by one of the stewards for the score, 

 but was unable to give it. 



FOREST QUEEN AND ZOE. 



A good jack was slipped to this brace of fawns and away 

 she went at a rattling good pace. At the upper end of the 

 field, all of a sudden, she squatted, to the surprise of every- 

 one. On came the dogs at full speed, and she let them get 

 within about 10yds. of her, when up she jumped like light- 

 ning and sped over the field at full tilt, both bitches in hot 

 pursuit. From this point on to the finish the gamy little 

 Forest Queen did nearly all the work, and after a course of 

 moderate length killed, winning easily with many points to 

 spare. 



Third Series. 



GLENBOIG AND HAZELHURST. 

 A good jack made the pace for this brace. The slip was 

 perfect, both dogs getting away together. The jack in- 

 creased her speed to her full capacity, Glenboig leading well 

 up to her in fine style. Hazelhurst now began working in 

 earnest, feeling that he had an antagonist of metal and 

 speed. From this point on to the finish Hazelhurst showed 

 wonderful bursts of speed, holding his hare well in posses- 

 sion. The jack then made a dash and ran down the field, 

 both dogs pressing her jclose. Here Hazelhurst made five 

 quick turns to Glenboig's three, and with three go-byes and 

 a trip turned the jack to Glenboig, who killed in fine style. 

 The beauty of the latter part of the course was marred by 

 the jack being forced so close to the fence, where the kill 

 was effected. This was another one. of Mr. Morris's queer 

 decisions, and which, if it had been properly given, would 

 have landed Hazelhurst a winner. 



HARMONY AND FOREST QUEEN. 



This was one of the most punishing courses of the day and 

 both bitches received a terrible gruelling. From the very 

 outset Harmony did all the work, only letting Forest Queen 

 in at the turns. The latter is so very small, that she was 

 enabled to turn herself more quickly than Harmony. Har- 

 mony, however, scored six go-byes in quick succession, four- 

 teen turns and four wrenches, to the Queen's seven trips, 

 eight turns and one wrench. Harmony showed marvelous 

 speed from start to finish; and the course was ended by her 

 catching the jack, dropping it and then turning it right 

 into Queen's mouth, who caught and killed. Not a single 

 point should have been allowed Queen for the kill, for it had 

 no merit. The peculiarity of this course was, that every 

 turn of the jack that Harmony made was just in the direc- 

 tion of Queen. The jack was a very strong one, and de- 

 served to have gotten away. The judge awarded this course 

 to Queen, who scored at least twelve point less than Har- 

 mony. This decision did not improve the general feeling, 

 as every one saw it was Harmony's course, with plenty to 

 spare. This course showed off her running as never seen 

 before. Of all the greyhounds that had run, her motion 

 was the most poetic and finished. She lacked nothing in 

 style and worked her jack with consummate skiU. Queen, a 

 wee bit of a bitch, is a little wonder. She ran like a demon, 

 held on to Harmony with wonderful tenacity and showed 

 herself to be game from the word go, but was badly beaten. 



The dogs now remaining to compete for the four prizes 

 were Glenboig, Forest Queen, Hazelhurst aud Harmony. 

 Mr. Watson, the only steward on the. grounds, had to go 

 with Mr. Black and the officer. Mr. Garbutt, the field 

 steward, was slipping, and consequently there was no one 

 to attend to the drawing of the dogs. Glenboig and 

 Forest Queen were ordered into the slips. Mr. Morris 

 acted so queerly about the drawing that it caused 

 most unfavorable comment. Repeatedly he had ridden up 

 to the slipper, Mr. Black, and asked the names of the dogs 

 then in the slips, which Mr. Black as often refused to give. 

 This was perhaps the strangest proceeding ever Derformed 

 by a judge on the coursing field, and many wondered why 

 it was done. Queen was greatly distressed afterthis course 

 and had not recovered when again ordered into the slips for 

 the 



Final Series. 



GLENBOIG AND FOREST QUEEN. 



In Forest Queen's previous course she had had a terrible 

 gruelling, and was, consequently, greatly distressed. Ten 

 minutes after it she was ordered to the slips with Glenboig, 

 who, on account of having done no work in the bye, was 

 still comparatively fresh. The brace was slipped on a very 

 poor jack, and as Forest Queen had not yet recovered en- 

 tirely she had no show against her antagonist. Glenboig 

 led up to the jack in fine style, and quickly scored four 

 turns and five wrenches, while Queen could only get in two 

 turns and two wrenches. Glenboig now increased his pace, 

 and killing his jack, won a course of moderate length. This 

 gave Glenboig first prize and the cup, with Forest Queen 

 winner of second prize. 



Mr. Morris showed his utter and lamentable ignorance in 

 contending that Hazelhurst and Harmony should run off 

 nf tha t™ r ? lrd aud £ourth P ri2es - Mr - Wixom, the owner 

 ^te&E^S5"?J5 ™ n ,them- claiming justly that 



repeated postponements of amonth" causing repeated change ^*ihA»"M»£2 1 £ lu » BU L V 1UU * u ™ a > claiming justly that 

 of diet and exercising was more than ^o^«g§? i ^^^"^ S^^f^g 



to allow it. The result was that Mr. Morris was routed, 

 and here ended his wretched display of ignorance of the 

 very first principles of coursing: 



SUMMARY. 



RED. WHITE. 



Woodhaven Kennels' blue )„„„:„„ f t Mr. Watson's fawn dog 

 bitch Fleet f against- ( Waverly . 



Mr. Huntington's black and / Q „„j_„t ! Horn ell-Harmony Kennels' 

 white dog Balkis j- against ( black dog Hazelhurst. 



Mr. Oaminoni'g blue bitch j „.„„•_„* t Mr. Huntington's white and 

 Wanda J- against j black dog Highland Chief . 



Hornell-Harmony Kennels' I Mr. Lambert's black dog 



blk and w. b. Harmony [ againSt | Tuner. 



Mr R.Hffiih'<= Virinriie. Viifor. / Mr - Huutlngton names Mr. 



rin A brindle Dltch -against- Hopkins' black dog Andy 

 ,Tipsey \ { McGregor. 



M Rackham' S r Stater Messrs. Ide& McCoy's fawn 



Black f 1 dogGleuboig. 



Mr. Growtage's Zoe j against j M | w «f£ s n f awa bitel1 



Mr. Work's br. dog Prince f against j 



The result of the running was as follows; 



First Series. 



Waverly beat Fleet. 

 Hazelhurst beat Balkis. 

 Highland Chief beat Wanda. 

 Harmony beat Tunor. 

 Andy McGregor beat Gipsey. 

 Zoe and Forest Queen undecided. 

 Glenboig a bye. 



Second Serifs, 



Hazelhurst a bye 

 Harmony beat Highland Chief. 

 Glenboig beat Andv McGregor. 

 Forest Queen beat Zoe. 



Third Series. 

 Forest Queen beat Harmony. 

 Glenboig beat Hazelhurst. 



Final. 



Glenboig beat Forest Queen. 



Glenboig first, Forest Queen second, Hazelhurst and Har- 

 mony divided third aud fourth. 



Great credit is due to Mr. Watson, the treasurer, and Mr. 

 Huntington, the worthy secretary, for their indefatigable 

 efforts and untiring zeal. These two gentlemen had every- 

 thing to contend against, and together they saw to the pur- 

 chasing of the jacks, renting of ground, designing of preserve, 

 corral chute, securing of counsel for defense, etc., and to 

 them belongs all the praise for making the meet such a suc- 

 cess. It was deeply regretted and openly deplored by every 

 one on the ground that neither of these gentlemen secured 

 any of the prizes. Time after time, to their own loss, they 

 gave up their trainers and sent them down to Hicksvil'e to 

 oversee the carrying out of their designs, not seeming to care 

 whether they won or not, provided the meet was a success. 

 It was a case of want of selfishness which should be thor- 

 oughly appreciated by the club. Mr. Huntington, however, 

 has the consolation of having bred thethird and fourth prize 

 winners. Harmony and Hazelhurst, the former being by 

 Doubleshot out of Clio, and the latter by champion Balkis 

 but of champion Cassandra. 



It is a thousand pities that Dr. Cryer could not have 

 attended the meeting of Wednesday. The decision which 

 he gave on the Saturday previous in the Fleet- Waverly 

 course was prompt and intelligent, in marked contrast to 

 Mr. Morris's bungling work. The interference of the 

 Society was annoying enough, but the judging of Mr. Morris 

 was such that it spoiled the pleasure of the whole meet. 

 This gentleman grossly imposed upon the club, and con- 

 vinced them somehow that he was perfectly capable; and 

 relying upon his statements he was allowed to officiate in a 

 capacity to which he himself should have known he was 

 wholly unfitted. He sought notoriety and got it, and the 

 Eastern Coursing Club had to suffer irreparably by it. Had 

 Mr. James Black or Mr. Landon been appointed, everything 

 would have passed off satisfactorily, for both gentlemen are 

 eminently qualified to act. 



I have repeatedly referred to the decisions Mr. Morris 

 rendered and which caused such unfavorable comment both 

 from the members and the spectators, and to substantiate it 

 all I will quote from Mr. Morris's report in a Chicago paper 

 of Dec. 13. Speaking of the Fleet- Waverly course he says: 

 'And when about 100 yds. distant the two dogs were slipped. 

 Waverly threw up his head in fine style and kept well up 

 with Fleet's superior speed." Mr. Campbell, one of the 

 greatest coursers that ever lived and breeder of Canaradzo 

 and a hundred other grand greyhounds, wanted his dogs to 

 run "low in front andT high behind." Mr. Morris wants his 

 dogs to run high in front, heads up in fine style. I leave it 

 to the public to decide how much weight is to be given to 

 Mr. Morris's opinion, decisions and remarks. How he dared 

 palm himself off on the club iu such a manner passes all 

 comprehension. Time after time he was asked by the 

 stewards for the scores and was unable to give them and he 

 also acknowledged it. The question then arose, how could 

 he make his decision? At every turn and corner his ignorance 

 was most apparent and deplorable. His assumption marred 

 the entire meet and the Eastern Coursing Club now realize 

 how they were imposed upon. 



The evil done, however, cannot be repaired now. The 

 jacks were strong, wonderfully strong some of them, and 

 quite used up the dogs. The dogs were all thoroughbred, 

 of the very best blood that England can boast of. and some 

 of them as beautiful as they were fast. The work both of 

 jacks and dogs was of excellent quality, being equal to many 

 and superior to that shown in some of the large meets held 

 in England. The sport was conducted in a perfectly legiti- 

 mate manner. 



Sister in Black and Mr. Webber's beautiful bitch Mother 

 Demdike, who ran into the last four at Haydock Park, were 

 on hand Saturday to try conclusions, and it was deeply re- 

 gretted they were absent on Wednesday. The running of 

 these two noted dogs (Sister having been in the Great Bend 

 meet two years ago) was looked forward to with great pleas- 

 ure. The rain that came pouring down early Wednesday 

 morning no doubt led Mr. Webber to conclude there would 

 be no meet, but the sun finally coming out enabled the club 

 to carry out its programme. CARNAEIS. 



NEW JERSEY KENNEL CLUB —The adjourned annual 

 meeting of this club was held on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at Tay- 

 lor's Hotel, Jersey City. In the absence of the president, 

 Mr. K. E. Hopf occupied the chair. The treasurer's report 

 showed a balance of over 8100 in bank. The motion of C. 

 J. Peshall, to reduce the annual dues from #10 to So, was 

 carried, and on motion of Mr. Shotwell the dues for the 

 present year were remitted to the members. The advis- 

 ability of holding a bench show next spring was discussed, 

 but no decision was arrived at. The following officers were 

 re-elected: C. J. Peshall, Presideut; E. R. Hearn, Vice- 

 President: W. Shotwell, Treasurer; Geo. Wilson, Secretary, 

 and A. C. Wilnierding, delegate to the A. K. C. 



LADY TEMPLE'S EUROPEAN TRIP.-Caum.sett Ken- 

 nels, Lloyd's Neck, N. Y , Dec. 1 1.— You may be interested 

 to know the Caumsett Kennels' The Lady Temple (Beaufort 

 —The Lady Margery) sailed on the steamer Holland on Dec. 

 14 to be bred to Mr, W. K. Taunton's Hotspur.— R. H. 

 Perby, * 



