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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 30, 1890. 



ever, held the hare as the dogs drew off for the straight- 

 away, showed the speed and won. The hare escaped. The 

 Eastern dogs seem to be unable to stay with the tremen- 

 dously fast jacks which have been foiind here this meet. 

 They are fine and close at first, but are not up to the long 

 gallop. Thns it may almost be said the hares are too good 

 for the best coursing style. 



LANCASTER— MISS BEATRICE. 

 D. C. Luse's Lancaster and Dr. L. G. Landy\s Miss Bea- 

 trice were not well sighted, but on straightening out Lan- 

 caster showed a tremendous going power, and had it prac- 

 tically all over a hard course. The hare escaped. Lancaster 

 won. 



IiADT IN BLACK— LADY JANE. 



Mr. Lnse's Lady in Black and Mr. Heizer's Lady Jane 

 made much of a repetition of the above course, and Lady in 

 Black won handily. 



MASTER GLENDYNE— LANCASHIRE LASS, 



Mr. Alfred Haigh's Master Glendyne and Lowe & Page's 

 Lancashire Lass did not sight their first jack, but afterward 

 got a big one. They made the third race that was all one 

 way, Lancashire Lass leading and doing the work and win- 

 ning with all to spare. 



LORB NEVEESTILL— MINNIE STATON. 



Lowe & Page's Lord Neverstill and Blemton Hollywood 

 Kennels' (of Hempstead, N. Y.) bitch Minnie Staton, got a 

 long slip on a big jack over hard ground. Minnie went up 

 with a great burst of speed, and scored, holding the hare for 

 a half mile. Neverstill drew by and worked ahead over the 

 flat to the hills, wrenching occasionally. Minnie stopped at 

 the hills. Tbe hare escaped. Lord Neverstill won. Thus 

 Mr. Hopkins, who brought out Minnie Staton for Mr. Bel- 

 mont, saw his dog go out on the first heat, as indeed all the 

 Eastern dogs had done. It was thought by many that tbe 

 rarefied air of these plains, about 1.800ft. above sea level, is 

 too much for a dog that is not acclimated. The main truth 

 is, nowever, that all these Eastern dogs were fitted miser- 

 ably. A Mongolian Chinese sort of handling is what vic- 

 timized them. 



SNOWBALL— BELLE. 

 Mr. D. N. Heizer's Snowball and Mr. A. C. Schermerhorn's 

 Belle got a good whitetail. This was a one-dog course. 

 Belle led up and harried, and placed Snowball twice, but 

 she could not hold. Belle went ahead, worked the hare in 

 redhot style across the fiat quite unaided, coursed it up the 

 hills, clung to it, and killed alone beyond the bluffs. Belle 

 must have scored over 30 points, and gave the prettiest ex- 

 hibition of close work yet seen. Belle won. 



VERDURE CLAD — LADY GRAHAM GLENDYNE. 



Rookwood-Landseer's bitch Verdure Clad and Mr. W. W. 

 Carney's bitch Lady Graham Glendyne got a "long" jack, 

 which got away. Verdure led up and turned, placing Lady, 

 who lost it soon. Verdure was then ahead for a half mile 

 or more, but scored only by wrenches, and but three of 

 those, the hare leading her too far. On the hillside Lady 

 took a straight go-by and a turn, and the dogs passed out of 

 sight, the judge being entrapped by one of the numerous 

 wire fences, which are flagged, but not gapped as thev should 

 be. The course was undecided. 



LADY BARTON — CUTE. 



Mr. Luse's Lady Barton and Emporia Kennels' dog Cute 

 •got another of Mr. Carney's phantom jacks. Lady did the 

 work nicely for three-quarters of a mile. She works very 

 close. Cute then drew by and scored repeatedly, holding 

 the hare to the hills, where both dogs and hare escaped the 

 judge, who made it undecided. This closed tbe running of 

 the day. Out of 14 hares coursed oolv 3 were killed. 



A business meeting was ca,lled at the Morrison House 

 during tbe. evening. It was discovered that by the resolu- 

 tion passed the evening previous the representatives of the 

 press would technical] y, tbough unintentionally, be excluded 

 from the course. The resolution was therefore rescinded, 

 and the full courtesies of the grounds were extended to all 

 the press. 



Tliursday, Tfvird Day, Oct. 23. 

 The weather was bright and warm. The crowd was the 

 largest ever seen at any of the meets here, and was hard to 

 keep in order. The system of field marshals has never been 

 extensive or well organized enough in the club, and might 

 be improved in this respect, although the gentlemen in 

 charge did their best in their difficult task of managing a 

 quarter of a mile of excited horsemen and tangled equipages 

 No accident had as yet happened, till in the afternoon Dr 

 Foncannon, of Emporia, got an ugly fall while his horse was 

 at full speed. This ground is as dangerous to ride over as 

 any m the West, and there will be a serious accident here 

 yet. A judee takes his life in his hands every course he 

 runs Mr. Halloway is to be complimented on his skillful 

 and determined horsemanship. He has been fairly mounted 

 and has been in at the finish in nearly every course unless 

 stopped by wire. His judging is thus not' guessing, and 

 those who ;haye objected to his judging have for the most, 

 part simply displayed tbeir ignorance. The reporters for 

 the press not having so good a string to pick their mounts 

 from, and being for the most part confined to weak-kneed 

 cow pomes, whose law is hardly over a half day, have found 

 it hard to see some of the long straightaways, which have 

 so much marked this meet. More hares were killed to-day 

 but once more it was apparent that the jack rabbits of these 

 flats, now bred by the survival of the fittest for the past five 

 years, are actually too fast for pretty coursing. Eine condi- 

 £V on -S? d wind are necessary- The Eastern dogs, especially 

 Mr. Phister s, had this against them; they were not fitted for 

 this work m the least, were nearly all soft and not strung 

 up, and lacked the weeks of actual work on this very conn- 

 try that they needed to command any chance to win ' A feel 

 along the loins of Mr. Lowe's or Mr. Luse's dogs to-day 

 would tell the story. They were hard and fine. The gentle- 

 men from the East brought fine dogs here, but they should 

 blame themselves chiefly, and not the dogs, that they went 

 out in their first or second course so generally Next vear 

 they will have the wisdom of experience, and being men of 

 pluck, they will doubtless come again, and knowing more 

 do better. 



LADY BARTON — CUTE. 

 At 10:20 the first brace went in, Mr. Luse's Lady Barton 

 and Emporia Kennels' Cute. This was quite a repetition of 

 their undecided course, of last night. Lady ran and turned 

 twice, coursing the hare admirably, none better. At thi-ee- 

 vJ+i a°JL a mil M Cx }^ , t00k U P the running, scoring but 

 little. After a mile of it he ran past the hare in grass and 

 Lady came on and picked it up to no merit. Lady Barton 



DOLLIE— NIP. 



^^ r ; o ? h + t W ' sI)olliea i? d ? VIl, ; 1 Haiffll ' s Ni P got a good hare. 

 Nip set the pace emphatically for a mile. Dollie drew bv 

 earned tbree go-bys, coursed well and strong, Nip helnbni 

 her nicely m the exchanging. In a watery flat, belly Seep 

 to the hare, Dolhe made a sensational kill, and won a verv 

 pretty course. J 

 BARNEY, JR.— MASTER PETER. 



Mr. Brougher's Barney, Jr., and Lowe & Page's Master 

 Peter got a red hot hare. Peter ran up, turned, wrenched 

 often, earned a go-by, and did it all for a half mile, rolling 

 up a lot of points. Barney then drew by, and settled to cut 

 M W t P t C ° re ' standlng t0 wiQ had he nob killed too soon 



YONDER HE GOES — TRALES. 



Mr. Luse's Yonder He Goes and Mr. G, N. 



Moses's Trales 



went in. Trales wentup the better when they got laid out for 

 the hare, each being a bit unsighted at start, Trales showed 

 ahead for four turns, a go-by and repeated wrenches. Yon- 

 der He Goes then drew by and worked the hare beautifully 

 for four turns and a dozen wrenches. Trales was placed, 

 but lost on a straight go-by, Yonder going in and killing to 

 a very creditable win. Trales is last year's champion. His 

 feet are badly banged up, and except for the late rain he 

 would not have been entered, being also rather soft iu flesh. 

 Yonder He Goes is a Trales puppy, and seemed a very good 

 one indeed, albeit a bit lacking in filial respect. 

 Running was now be gun in the 



GREAT BEND DERBY. 

 BUSY BEE— GIRL'S FAVORITE. 

 The first puppies in were Russell & Nichols's Busy Bee 

 and Emporia Kennels' Girl's Favorite. A bad start was 

 made, but by judicious riding the. judge laid the dogs on. 

 Girl drew up, and in hot exchanging had the better of it, 

 doing it all alone at the close and picking up the hare in 

 her stride. Both these bitches were jet black and of the 

 same size. They made a spirited course. Girl's Favorite 

 won. 



Luncheon was now had and a few photographs of the dogs 

 taken. 



DENMARK— LIEUTENANT LEO. 



Emporia Kennels' Denmark and Mr. Luse's Lieutenant 

 Leo then ran a hot and long undecided course. 



AJ AX— SURPLUS. 



Emporia Kennels' Ajax and Rook wood- Landseer Kennels' 

 Surplus ran a bruising course ou a "long" hare, neither 

 doing much to speak of. Surplus fell and Ajax got his first 

 advantage, but could earn little. Surplus won. 



MADDOX— BARTENDER. 



Emporia Kennels' Maddox and Nichol's Bartender got a 

 twisting young whitetail and made a pretty course of it in 

 full view of the crowd. Bartender was a bit the better to 

 the hare, took a turn, placing Maddox for a turn. Bar- 

 tender drew past, coursed merrily close in and at length 

 turned to Maddox, which killed. Bartender won. 



LANARADZO— DEWLAP. 



Mr. Luse's Lanaradzo and Rookwood-Landseer Kennels' 

 Dewlap got a bruising run ou one of Mr. Carney's ghost 

 rabbits, but if they ever got a point from it, nobody but an 

 owner could have seen it. Undecided. 



DENMARK— LIEUTENANT LEO. 



Denmark and Lieutenant Leo went in to decide their for- 

 mer difficulty. Four jacks got off unsighted, the crowd 

 being now very unruly. A.t length they got a good hare. 

 Denmark got the run-up and turn and shoved ahead in the 

 exchanging. Leo drew by, turned and wrenched. The hare 

 led to the hills, Denmark following after a racing go-by, 

 and possibly turning the hare. Leo was beaten before he 

 got up a second hare, which he coursed. Denmark won. 

 LANARADZO— DEWLAP. 



In the undecided course, Lanaradzo— Dewlap, three hares 

 got off unsighted, and the dogs then got a short slip and ran 

 a hare to earth in a quarter of a mile, Lanaradzo being 

 best to the hare and a bit better in the brief exchanging, 

 won. A second hare was sighted before the dogs were taken 

 up and they coursed it, Dewlap never giving Lanaradzo a look 

 in and killing alone, on a hard hare. Such is life. 



all-age stake — Second Series. 



KING LEAR— LORD MACPHERSON. 



The first pair to tempt fortune a second time were King 

 Lear and Lord McPherson. This was a clinking course and 

 full of work. The judge gave McPherson 14 points and 

 Lear 12. To the reporter it seemed that this might have 

 been reversed, and the totals of both not so large, but this 

 should be said with diffidence, for the judge had the better 

 horse. Lord McPherson won. 



LIBERTY— MAJOR GLENDYNE. 



Liberty and Major Glendyne got a hare which did not 

 belong among Mr. Carney's bright galaxy of immortals, and 

 they gave it a. merry course. Major was better in the run-up, 

 and showed all the speed at first and got his six points in 

 advance, showing fine work for a half-mile. Liberty then 

 was placed, and did a lot of close and plucky work, ahead of 

 Major part of the time, and ran out a neat kill to win. A 

 very close and showy course. 



NORWEGIAN— LITTLE CLIMBER. 



The fine light brindle, Norwegian, now went in with the 

 tidy bitch Little Climber, and he gave her quite the worst 

 of it at the ran up, and could outfoot her at will for three- 

 quarters of a mile. He, however, did not seem to turn so 

 closely as he should, losing bis stride several times on the 

 hot comers. Climber learned his weakness, got to the hare 

 and did the better work toward the close, killing and falling 

 over the hare. Little Climber won. Thus Mr. Phister saw 

 his last dog go out. Much sympathy was expressed for him, 

 as this was his first appearance here, and his generous 

 enthusiasm in greyhound matters grounded a hope that he 

 might see his dogs in plenty of events. Norwegian is a half- 

 brother to Fullerton, and he is a greyhound every inch, but 

 it is very likely that if Fullerton himself, no better fitted 

 and as much unused to these hares and this climate, were 

 here to-day, the story would be much the same. This might 

 shock some coursers in England, until they knew more of 

 the conditions of the running here on the wild native jacks. 

 There are jack rabbits here, plenty of them, which, on a slip 

 of 100yds., will run clear away from any two greyhounds on 

 earth, bar none. The man who says his dogs* will catch 

 them all, simply shows either his ignorance or his lack of 

 candor. 



BELLE— LADY GLENDYNE. 

 Belle and Lady Graham Glendyne ran a long and pretty 

 course. Lady Avas first up and had the better of it for a 

 dozen points. Belle then went by her as she liked, taking 

 six go-bys. and working the hare in wonderful style. 

 Belle, turned the hare to Lady, who barely missed it as it 

 took to earth. Belle won. A very good bitch, unless she 

 has outclassed herself in her two courses up to date. 



LANCASHIRE LASS— LANCASTER. 



Lancashire Lass and Lancaster did not work well in the 

 slips, the Lass not leading well. A hare was started and 

 passed within 10ft. of them. In their struggles, the dogs 

 were mixed up, and the Lass was thrown and unsighted 

 Not much merit, therefore, was in the run-up, which lay 

 through the line of vehicles. Lass got a bad fall in the 

 course and fell behind, but gathered herself up, steamed by 

 on a great go-by, and was then the better in a long following 

 run to the hills. Lass then closed up and turned tbe hare to 

 Lancaster, which killed. This was the hardest course yet 

 run, the pace of hare and dogs being simply terrific. Lan- 

 cashire Lass won. 



This closed the day's running. The representatives of the 

 press were once more laid under their annual indebtedness 

 to Mr. and Mrs. Carney for the hospitality of their home 

 without which feature the meet would not seem a success. 

 A ball at the Morrison House, in town, concluded the festivi- 

 ties of the day. * 



Friday, Fourth Day, Oct. g& 

 The day was bright and very warm, the heat in the after- 

 noon being fairly blistering. The attendance was again 

 very large and among the crowd, there were numerous un- 

 ruly spirits, who became impressed with the belief that the 

 whole show was intended for their especial benefit. One of 



that gentry refused to obey the commands of field marshals 

 Schermerhorn and Page, and was promptly unhorsed, the 

 brawny president of the club, Mr. Heizer, assisting in this 

 with a grace and ease which showed his fitness for bis office. 

 The offender was sent from the grounds, and this well- 

 merited and too-long-delayed lesson had a very good effect. 

 It was reported during the afternoon that one. Jay Gould, 

 of New York, would be upon the grounds, he being then at 

 Hoisington, near by, but Mr. Gould did not appear, much 

 to the relief of those who owned valuable stock in the grey- 

 hound line. 



At 10:30 A.M. running began again in the second series of 

 the All- Age Stake. 



LADY IN BLACK— LORD NEVEESTILL. 



Lady was first in on a rather twisting lead up, and won 

 the turn and a wrench. At the end of a half mile Never- 

 still fnade a burst to close, but the black outfooted him, 

 working and staying beyond belief for so slight and weedy- 

 looking a bitch. Neverstill got a go-by on the inner circle, 

 but lost again, and Lady led for the balance of a corking 

 course of two miles, the hare escaping in grass. Lady in 

 Black won. 



LADY BARTON— DOLLIE. 



Lady Barton and Dollie were two wicked little ones, the 

 latter being a sister to Dr. Shaw's other fine little bitch 

 Belle. Lady won the run-up and first work, Dollie a go-by 

 and two wrenches. Lady drew by and placed Dollie. 

 Dollie took up the challenge and crowded the bare ahead 

 for three-quarters of a mile, showing the speed and grit of 

 all the Trales puppies, and would have killed in a moment 

 had the hare not taken to high grass. A kill would have 

 meant a win for her, but as it was, Lady Barton won. The 

 latter is a wonder for so small a creature. 



MASTER PETER— YONDER HE GOES. 



Much interest was felt over the course between Master 

 Peter and Yonder He Goes. Master Peter being thought 

 about as good as any of Mr. Lowe's fine lot of young ones. 

 Peter had the best of it for the first few wrenches, and was 

 the speedier. Yonder He Goes closed with great pluck, 

 wrenched and reached to kill, flecking the hare and taking 

 an ugly fall, which threw him over cover. He rose, closed 

 the gab at once, with the hare turning slightly in his favor, 

 turned, wrenched, and with a snake-like reaching kill, 

 peculiar to himself, ended and won the course. 



Derby— Second Series, 



GIRL'S FAVORITE— DENMARK, 

 They let two hares off unsighted, and then ran a short 

 undecided. Later on they lost another hare unsighted. 

 After dinner they got off. Favorite had the run-up and a 

 wrench. Denmark drew past and did the little that re- 

 mained for over a mile, when the hare was lost. Denmark 

 won. 



SURPLUS— BARTENDER, 



These two got a long screwing lead-up, Bartender taking 

 the scanty honors, and holding ahead for a mile with six 

 points to his credit. He passed Surplus out of hand and 

 placed him. Surplus later drew in on the inner lap and 

 killed to no merit whatever, making only a point and a half 

 according to the judge's score in his course of a mile and a 

 half. Bartender won. 



Lanaradzo now ran his bye. Lieutenant Leo for mate. 

 Luncheon was then had, and a late start made after that. 

 Running now started in the 



All-Age— Third Series. 



LORD MACPHERSON— LIBERTY. 



These two got a very strong hare. McPherson ran up and 

 was better in the first light exchanging. Liberty then held 

 ahead for a mile and a half, but the hare was too strong for 

 her to score and escaped in the bluffs. Lord McPherson 

 won. 



LITTLE CLIMBER— LADY IN BLACK. 



They got a crossing run-up, the hare favoring Lady, which 

 wrenched and turned wide, placing Climber who turned, 

 tryi ng then to close at full extension on a straightaway. 

 Lady then put on a terrible burst of speed and went right 

 by, turning also. The hare took to earth a few hundred 

 yards further on. Little Climber is out of the question a 

 fine bitch but the black freak, Lady In Black, was too 

 much for her here. 



YONDER HE GOES— LANCASHIRE LASS 

 got a long, hard, bruising course, with plenty of scoring, 

 and Yonder killed the hare. The judge made it undecided. 

 The Lass bad apparently the better of it, but as to that no 

 one could tell who was not right up with the dogs. 



BELLE— LADY BARTON. 



The remarkable little bitch Belle now tried conclusions 

 with her short-taded half sister Lady Barton, tbe lady with 

 the iron legs. There was no credit' in the run up, the hare 

 favoring Lady, who traded turns at once with Belle. No 

 real go-by was had, but Lady seemed a bit the quicker. She 

 placed Belle, who crowded* up, tripped the hare and fell. 

 Lady then killed and won. The course was very short, and 

 it might perhaps have been well to put them in again. It 

 would at least have been a pleasure to see the white and 

 brindle Belle at work on a "long" hare. Thus Dr. Shaw's 

 bitches both went out. They have been very good, and in it 

 lies a lesson. Both Dollie and Belle were in the country all 

 summer, and they had killed over sixty jacks themselves 

 and were^nicely fitted. They were beaten only by a bitch 

 whose fitting and care had been equally good, and whose 

 sire was the same. 



Derby— Third Series. 



DENMARK— LANARADZO. 



They got a hard hare for puppies to handle, but worked it 

 very cleverly and evenly. Denmark was stronger for the 

 finish, drew ahead, killed and won. 



Bartender ran a bye with Lieutenant Leo. 



There now remained in the All-Age, Lady in Black, Lady 

 Barton, Yonder He Goes and Lord McPherson, all the prop- 

 erty of Mr. Luse, and Mr. Lowe's brindle bitch Lancashire 

 Lass. For the latter the prospect seemed very far from 

 pleasing, one against four, and when Yonder He Goes and 

 Lancashire Lass were called again to the slips, Mr. Lowe 

 withdrew the Lass and Mr. Luse had all the stakes. He 

 was urged to run it down, and not leave the championship 

 for four dogs to divide, but at first consenting, he later took 

 up his dogs. Mr. Luse thus won the American Field cup, 

 which is offered in $100 cash, the entire moneys of the All- 

 Age Stakes and also the beautiful cup, value §100, which 

 the National Greyhound Club, by its agent Mr. Watson, had 

 with fraternal greetings sent out to its older Western con- 

 frere. The cup was later on formally presented and received 

 with great applause and a vote of thanks from the American 

 Coursing Club. 



Derby— Fourth Series. 



BARTENDER— DENMARK. 



These two now went into the slips to determine the win- 

 ner of the puppy stakes. They got off well in a very pretty 

 course, which they worked to an early kill by Denmark, 

 which won. 



This closed the running of the meeting, as Mr. Luse had 

 now determined not to run down the last four in the All- 

 Age. There is therefore no championship in the All-Age 

 Stakes this year. Following is the 

 SUMMARY. 

 The American Field Cup, All- Age Stakes. 

 Open to the world, For thirty-two or more all-age grey 



