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tlien forging ahead for a quarter of a mile, for the bulk of 

 the work closely assisted by Lady in Black. The scoring 

 then became rapid and constant, both the little bitches 

 working admirably close. Their staying was wonderful, for 

 the hare was very fast and strong. The kill was in corn,' 

 Dolly had the course in hand toward the close. Dolly won. 



KATHLEEN— MASTER GLENDYKE. 



Kathleen ran up and killed the hare, which had a hindleg 

 down, within 100yds. Master Glendyne was outside, crowd- 

 ing to get in, but it was over too soon. Small test, and the 

 dogs should have gone again. Kathleen won. 



LADY BARTON— IRISH LASS. 



Lady a length ahead in a tight run up, turned and worked 

 to five points ahead of Lass. ^ The latter, placed, did little. 

 Lady drawing by and working in her close style, ran up 

 eight points more and turned the hare to Lass's kill, the 

 latter, however, of some merit. Lady Barton won. 



MAJOR GLEHDYNE— HIGHLAND WARRIOR. 

 One hare was unsighted, but a good slip and sight on 

 another followed. Highland Warrior, the Maine dog, had 

 never seen a hare, and did not know what was wanted, and 

 was stai'tled to find his collar jerked oil from him, leaving 

 him alone in the middle of the Cheyenne bottoms. Major 

 closed rapidly, and Warrior grasped the situation, there- 

 after cheerfully endeavoring to get a look in over a very 

 long and bruising course, but falling out when placed. 

 Major led for three-quarters of a mile. Warrior, soft and 

 unconditioned, moreover not handled understandingly in 

 the last two days here, showed great pluck and followed. 

 Major ran the hare to a standstill, and reaching for it, 

 ttu-ned to Wai-rior, which killed. Major Glendyne won. 



LIBERTY— -PUZZLE. 



I'uU sisters, both owned by Mr. Lowe. Mr. Page naming 

 the latter. The slip was short, the dogs being excited. 

 Liberty, favored by the hare, ran up, turned, wrenched and 

 killed in 100yds. Pretty short work, but perhaps enough. 

 Liberty won, 



LITTLE THOUGHT OF— LITTLE CLIilBER. 

 A long course. Little Thought Of led up and did the 

 ilrst work, but Climber drew by and was quite the better 

 for a half mile. Little Thought Of got one go-by. but lost 

 on the turn. Climber now took it up and, showing won- 

 derful staying quality, followed hard to the hills, Little 

 Thought Of losing interest. Little Climber won. 



WALNUT— PRINCE RUPERT. 

 After lunch these dogs, which found no hare when first 

 down, went in again and got one soon, Priuce, favored by 

 the hare, ran up, going wide on the turn. Walnut, now 

 placed, followed carefully on the bank of a wet strip. 

 Prince, going by him, making straight for the hare. Wal- 

 nut got one go-by, but lost. Prince working the truer and 

 closer, placing Walnut to kill. Prince Rupert won. 



LADY GRACE— girl's EAVORITE. 

 One hare badly .sighted, and Girl broke away, but was 

 taken up. Two more hares got off unsighted. When 

 slipped. Girl did it all, Grace onlv placed for scant work, 

 the score being 16 to 5. Girl's Favorite won. 



MASTER NEVERSETTLE— OLD STONE. 

 A tremendous course. Old Stone justified the hopes of 

 seeing a good greyhound proved in him. It is a pity he was 

 not conditioned. He seems certainly, however, to have 

 coursed before. His showing was good, though he could 

 only lose against so fit a one as the Kansas one. Old Stone 

 had the run-up, and for three-quarters of a mile was the 

 faster, working handsomely, but could not stay on his form. 

 At the mile Master passed him and cut down the lead. The 

 bare then turned and came directly back from the hills for 

 which it was making, Master now in the lead. The course 

 passed through the line of vehicles. The California dog. 

 Morning Call, carelessly held by a boy, broke away, ran in 

 and killed the hare, on which Master could not close. Old 

 Stone was pluckily following close and showed good 

 quality. Mr. Canavan was fined -$5 for allowing his dog to 

 escape, which fine he promptly paid. Master Neversettle 

 won. 



P. D. Q,— EXAMINER. 



Colorado against California. Examiner, the Coast dog, 

 ran up and did the work over a sharp course of one-quarter 

 mile. P. D. Q., placed, picked up the hare in his stride. 

 Examiner won. 



This closed the first round of the All- Age. Running was 

 now begun in the Puppy Stakes, or 



GREAT BEND DERBY. 

 A grand lot of youngsters, and they showed themselves as 

 killing as their elders. In the 23 entries there are some good 

 ones. The first down were 



MORNING CALL— STARLIGHT. 



The former is one of Mr. Wielaad's, of San Francisco. 

 Starlight was given by Mr. M. Phister, of Cincinnati, to Mr. 

 Luse, and is better than she looks, she not being in especial 

 form. Starlight is by Norwegian out of Buenretiro. Star- 

 light was thrown out by the slips hanging, but drew up, and 

 in one-quarter mile had won a go-by and a lead. Call 

 also scored, but was again passed by the fawn, which held 

 to a kill of merit. Starlight won. 



ROYAL CREST— LAPLANDER. 



Two hares ran, the slips holding back Laplander, Royal 

 Crest went up and placed Laplander as he came up. Royal 

 Crest is now a long and rather lathy-looking one, and can- 

 not be called in condition, being, moreover, still fresh from 

 a wire cutting. He, however, showed his Greentick blood, 

 and set the crowd cheering, for he turned close as a monkey 

 and had speed and giit beyond belief. He had all the work 

 to do. The hare was very fast, and on the hard short grass 

 Crest could not reach it. He, however, coursed it in noble 

 style alone for a punishing run of over a mile. He ran the 

 hare dead and picked up. Mr. Grace, the judge, as he came 

 back, said, "That is the grandest puppy in America. If 

 mine, $1,000 could not buy him." Certamly he did not look 

 capable of the grand work he showed here. Royal Crest 

 won, 



VAN RICHARD— CHRONICLE. 



The California puppy Chronicle went out. Van ran up 

 sharply, led well, scoring fast, giving Chronicle only placed 

 points till toward the close. Chronicle, then drawing in, 

 killed too soon for his own good. Van Richard won. 

 VAN PETER- LAVINIE. 



Little choice on run up. Peter first to turn. Lavinie 

 scored two go-bys, Peter three and led ahead to the hills, 

 putting a fast hare to earth. Van Peter won. 



EMPORIA LASS— BRITTON YET. 



Neither was too fast or too honest. Lass led up, turned 

 and wrenched. A long course followed along the edge of 

 the hills, Lass, the better plainly and crowding the hare, 

 which took to earth. Emporia Lass won. 



BOB HOOD— BLACK PRINCE. 



In a twisting lead up Prince was the better, but Bob then 

 did it all, working close to a kill of great merit. Bob Hood 

 won. 



BELLE BARTON— TWISTER. 

 "■"Belle held by the slips. Twister favored, but after they 

 were both placed to .score Twister showed faster, and held 

 ahead in the exchanging, turning the hare to Belle, which 

 picked it up, dropped it, Twiater then kjlling.. The latter ' 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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is a White Lips puppy, only ISmos. old. -Belle was point- 

 less. Twister won. 



Salvator and Blue Maid ran a good course, even points, 

 undecided, and were taken up. 



Viola and Gallant Boy went in and a long heat in the high 

 grass on the wet bottoms raised no hare that was sighted. 

 It growing late the running was declared closed for the day. 

 A successful and pleasant day's sport. 



Tfmrsday, Third Day, Oct. 'M. 

 Weather cooler. A very early .start from town was made, 

 but the first pair did not go down till 9:35. The sport to-day 

 was more like ploughing corn than coursing, as the hares 

 proved very scarce in the middle of the big pasture where 

 most of the time was spent, only 14 courses and 3 byes 

 were gotten off, and that by dint of late work. Mr. Grace 

 can not be complimented too much as a judge. He is a good 

 rider, prompt, pushing, and moreover, a juiige of coursing. 

 His decisions have been unimpeachable, and if the club ca'n 

 get him next year, it should by all means do so. That may 

 30t be possible, for Mr. Grace finds the iron soil of these 

 plains harder to ride over than the Merced springy footing, 

 and the hares extremely "long." To-day the hares were 

 very strong, in nearly every instance leading the dogs close 

 to the hills, whether that meant a mile, a mile and a half, 

 or even further. Some grand courses were consequent, and 

 the class of coursing seen was good. The pasture in which 

 most of the beating was done is 1,950 acres in the cle-ir with- 

 out fence. 



The American Coursing Club is a private concern, sup- 

 posed to be made up of gentlemen, but in the crowd on the 

 grounds to-day an ignorant spectator might have gathered 

 wrong impressions, as a goodly mob of hoodhims and semi- 

 hoodlums were present. The colored "gemman" who occasion- 

 ally shows up and runs the affairs of the day was on hand, 

 and also several vehicles adorned by toughs who carried im- 

 posing Kansas jags. The order was not good. In days 

 coming a better system must be adopted and enforced, or the 

 gentlemen of the club must see the pleasantest features of 



THE D. C. LUSE CUP. 



their sport ruined. An admission fee of 35 cents was charged, 

 and some paid it, many free citizens whipping past the gate 

 keeper. There is talk of getting some sort of a lea.se on these 

 grounds. If that be done, a regular fence and gate should 

 be established, and an admission fee of at least $1 charged. 

 That would bar out the wor.st of the mob. A line of 100 

 breeders would be worth more than the 600 or 800 disorganized 

 people who spoiled the pleasure to-day. It is hard to see 

 what the club gains by the presence of the mob, which 

 spoils sport, but does not ada to it. The day must come 

 when all this will have io be faced and settled. The last 

 of these meetings will be disgraceful and dangerous, and the 

 condition of things was not far from that to-day. 

 Running was continued in the Derby. 



SALVATOR— BLUE MAID. 



This was the undecided in the Derby first round yesterday. 

 Two hares were unsighted. On the next, Salvator fell an 

 awful cropper in the run up, and squealed with pain, rolling 

 clear over. Blue Maid was much the faster, and rolled up 

 a score of thirty points, unchecked, though Salvator came 

 stronger at close. The hare went to earth, and LTncle Bobby 

 Smart pulled her out, placing her in the crate with Blue 

 Maid, which made no further effort to damage her, Blue 

 Maid won. 



VIOLA— GALLANT BOY. 



Viola not well sighted. Boy went up fast. Viola, placed, 

 could not hold for a point, and the White Lips puppy, un- 

 aided, made a grand course for one only 13 months old, 

 crowding the hare to the hills, where it escaped in weeds. 

 Viola beaten pointless. Gallant Boy won. 



ORPHAN BOY— VANNESS. 



Orphan first up, but favored by hare. Vanness drew by, 

 and outpointed the other distinctly in the exchanging to 

 the bluff. Boy then coming stronger. An unseen kill was 

 made in weeds. Vanness won. 



LIVING YET— YAN'S GENERAL. 



Living Yet better in run-up, but thrown out by the hare. 

 Van scored, but the other led with one point to the good, 

 and increased this by a clean go-by. No kill. Van's General 

 nearly quit. Living Yet won, 



ALL- AGE STAKES— Seco?u7 Bound. 



The first rounds in both the All-Age and Puppy stakes 

 were now flnished. In the second round the first pair found 

 no hare for a long time. Going in to lunch, the crowd be - 

 came boisterous. Some fool disobeyed the reiterated in- 

 junction which forbids smoking on the grounds and threw 

 the stub of a cigar in the grass. It flared up, and had it not 



[Oct. 29, 1891' 



beep promptly stamped out the fire would have run wild in 

 an instant, ruining the ranch for the season and putting an 

 end to the American Cour.sing Club. The miscreant was 

 not found. Some day the club will learn to make rules and 

 enforce them, but this maybe at the cost of a shocking 

 lesson. 



After luncheon Dr. Q. Van Hummel proceeded with his 

 greyhound auction, as advertised, he offering to sell Baba- 

 zoun. Verdure Clad and four of their puppies. Mr. Cana- 

 van, auctioneer, was unable to get a bid on any of them, so 

 none of them were sold. 



QUEEN— LADY ALICE. 



A short course. Alice ran up, was better and closer* 

 Queen killed. Lady Alice won, 



MASTER PETER— QUE BELLE, 



Slouchy Peter, the most unattractive of Mr. Lowe's at- 

 tractive string, suddenly woke up at .sighting the hare, and 

 threw large gobs of cold alkali dust info the countenance of 

 Dr. Gower's Denver bitch. Peter was very fast, and had a 

 long score to the good when the hare as usual straightened 

 for the hills. Que Belle, which certainly was not in con- 

 dition, but apparently sick, then unexpectedly found 

 strength, but could not cut. down the lead. Kill unseen. 

 Master Peter won. 



PRINCE CHARLIE— VAN RICHARD. 

 Van Richard announced withdrawn. Prince Charlie ran 

 a bye with Babazoun, and had no difficulty in making a 

 blooming spectacle of the latter. Prince is Lord Neversettle 

 —White Lips, and shows the elan of the latter. 



LADY OF FASHION— CHICOPEE LASS, 

 Ml', Lowe's most beautiful, though not perhaps his best 

 bitch, now went down with the California bitch, Chicopee 

 La,ss. The latter showed a very fine drawn, graceful, eager 

 little bitch. The Lass was much the faster up, and turned 

 beautifully close, an ideal coursing greyhound if she can 

 do this often. She passed Lady of Fashion at will on straight 

 go-by, placing her for about all she got, and .staying phen- 

 omenally. She was fresh and keen still when the hare, a 

 big white-tail, went to earth, Lady being well worn out. 

 The score was the almost incredible'one of 33 to 7. Chicopee 

 Lass won. 



We are not familiar enough with the California dogs, I 

 should have stated, to be correct, that Chicopee Lass is a 

 litter sister to Sam Nash, which ran up to Al Farrow, win- 

 ner at Merced meet last fall. 



WILL-O'-THE-WISP— LORD MCPHERSON. 



A bruising course, the longest yet run, and a close one, 

 though the hare was too fast for much scoring. Will o'-the 

 Wisp ran up and scored ahead of Lord McPherson, seeing 

 fast. McPherson took it up, and with only 4 points against 

 6 went ahead toward the close, but could' not cut the lead. 

 No kill. Will-o'-the-Wisp won. 



COMEDY— PEARL OF PEKIN. 

 Mr. Lowe's Comedy is by Lord Never.5ettle— Partera, and is 

 thought good. She had a nail off to-day. Pearl of Pekin is 

 St. Patrick— Daioy Dublin. She looks a beauty, flue drawn 

 and trim. Honors were even up to the hsre, but Pearl had 

 the speed of it when they straightened. Comedy really had 

 the first turn, but the hare favored Pearl, who placed it to 

 Comedy. Comedy triuped and killed handsomely, but too 

 soon. The score was 8 to 6. Pearl of Pekin won. 



VERDURE CLAD— DOLLY. 



Verdure led up and earned her 6 points ahead. Dolly 

 turned once, got a straight go by and killed, too soon. 

 Score, 12 to 5. Verdure Clad won. 



KATHLEEN— LADY BARTON. 



Kathleen is another of the California dogs. Lady Barton 

 is one of Mr. Luse's last year winners. Kathleen ran up and 

 turned, Lady turned, Kathleen turned twice, assisted, 

 doubled close and killed neatly. Kathleen won. 



MA.TOR GLENDYNE— LIBERTY. 



Major Glendyne drawn, his foot being disabled in his first 

 course. Liberty ran a bye with Belle, one of Dr. Show's 

 twin bitches. They got a tremendous hare on pumping 

 course, no kill. 



LTTTLB CLIMBER— PRINCE RUPERT. 



Climber, nominated by Mr. Page, is really Mr. Lowe's 

 property. She is by Lord Neversettle out of Pa'rtera. Prince 

 Rupert is by Lord Neversettle out of White Lips, and is also 

 owned by Mr. Lowe. Prince Rupert led up, and le( t Climber 

 in possession but briefly when placed. He took the hare by 

 himself over a most punishing course, perhaps two miles, 

 allowing Climber nothing. The score was 18 to 8. Prince 

 Rupert's performance was admirable. Pi'ince Rupert won, 



girl's FAVORITE— MASTER NEVFRSETTr.E. 

 Girl's Favorite is the Emporia nomi nation, and is hyTrales, 

 an American C. C. first, out of Bessie Lee, Mr. Luse's win- 

 ning bitch of three years back. Master Neversettle is by 

 Lord Neversettle out of Partei-a. Little choice in the twist- 

 ing run up, but Girl's Favorite far the better when both ex- 

 tended, placing Master, A merry course then to the close. 

 Girl picking up the hare in her stride, then falling with it. 

 Girl's Favorite won, 



EXAMINER (A BYE). 



This was run off with Dr, Shaw's Dolly, the other twin, a 

 good hot course. 



It was now nearly sundown, and the running closed. The 

 second round of the All -Age was now completed. 



Friday, Fourth Day, Oct. 36', 



The start was at 9:35. Weather pleasant till afternoon, 

 when the heat was oppressive. A rattling morniug's work 

 was run off, 9 courses before lunch, 11 and a bye after lunch, 

 or 21 iu all, the hares being more abundant. 



To day the crowd was orderly and pleasant, only one inci- 

 dent marring the enjoyment. Van Hirmmel's handler, a 

 specimen of the exceedingly fresh darky, who has made 

 himself a disgusting nuisance throughoirt the week by his 

 forwardness, fell foul of Arthur Massey, the slipper. As 

 Arthur was trying to slip the dogs in the bye race which 

 closed the day, this fellow ran his horse ahead after the 

 hare, yelling as usual. Arthur called out to him, "Here, 

 nigger, come back there, nigger!" This offended the "gem- 

 man ol: honah," and he later had words with Arthur. The 

 latter made up to smash his head, when the negro, before he 

 was appi'oached within 30ft., reached in his hip pocket and 

 puDed out a knife. Judge Grace stood ready to catch his 

 hand, but others interx'upted in time. Arthur Massey was 

 unprepared to administer the correct treatment to the 

 ruffian. I mean he was not heeled. The necessity of the 

 slipper of the American Cour.sing Club going heeled'in order 

 to be safe is one which must be a trifle humiliating to the 

 club. Should the committee allow this ruffianly handler on 

 the grounds to-morrow, it will have established, in a brief 

 and easy waj^, the fact that the club has no respect for 

 itself whatever. This I do not fancy will be the case. 



GREAT BEND DERBY— Sccc«(i! iJouxd. 



The work began just nicely at the second round for the 

 puppies. 



STARLIGHT— ROYAL CREST. 

 Crest ran up fast on a fast hare, worked our his six points, 

 then doubled them up to twenty, placiny: Starlight, which 

 could not hold. On soft ground Starlight sho\s'ed to front, 

 but wrenched only feebly. Kill not seen. Royal Great 

 won, 



