Nov. 3, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



887 



pBcted source. Messrs. Walter Haltiwell, Billy Rieger, A. 

 L. Bennett and M. Heim, all well-known shooters of Kansas 

 Citj', were on the grounds taking their initiative in a sport 

 hitherto unfamiliar, but apparently very enjoyable at the 

 time. These gentlemen will remain after tlie meet ana 

 shoot in this section for a few days. Ducks and quail are 

 very abundant. 



The lunch sers^ed at the grounds to-day was one feature 

 which could uot be called pleasant. It was, indeed, highly 

 discreditable, a feast much worse than Barmecide— suicide 

 would be nearer it. Moreover, the field party was kept wait- 

 ing an hoxix and a half while this absurdity of a meal was 

 in course of preparation. 



American Field Ctrp Stake— Open to the world, for 

 thirty-two or more all-age greyhounds. Entrance fee, $10, 

 the winner to receive 10 per cent, of entrance money and cup 

 ($100 cash) donated by Dr. N. Rowe, editor AmeHcnn Field; 

 also a solid silver cup, donated by D. C. Luse, owner of 

 American Coursing Kennels, cup to be won twice by the 

 same kennel, to be withheld if stake be divided, the runner 

 up 50 per cent, of the remaining entrance money; third and 

 fourth, 35 per cent, each, of the money remaining after 

 second division. 



First Series. 



Running began at 10:15 A. M., first brace being 



LiviNa Yet— Dolly.— Mr. Luse's white dog, Living Yet, 

 was quite too much for Dr. Shaw's white and brindle bitch, 

 the old-time Dolly, though the latter closed ahead on a fol- 

 lowing course ou a hot hare which was not killed. Living 

 Yet ran up, working the hare tidily for a quarter of a mile 

 and won in hollow fashion. 



Blue Prince- Pkij^oe Chaklie.— Blue Prince is a Dakota 

 dog, owned by Mr. H. G. NichoUs, of Mitchell, S. D. He 

 met a hot one m Mr. Lowe's Prince Charlie. Prince was 

 favored but ran unsighted, closing, he ran wider on his 

 turns, and though he killed, the eminently business-like 

 work of Charlie gave him an easy win. 



Lady Barton — Flying Dutchman.— Mr. Luse's bay 

 freak never ran a neater course or scored a cleaner win. 

 Dutchman was favored, but Lady drew by twice, once on 

 the outside, placed him, took the hare from him, killed and 

 won. 



Queen— Snowball.— Mr. Martin's Queen, unlike many 



The above mentioned struggle to get something to eat 

 now followed. After the mockery Mr. Nicholls put in Blue 

 Prince to do a turn with Nettlefield in the unfinished bye, 

 and the latter showed herself very handy, killing alone. 



Lord Neveestill—Bood lee. —These now got a course in 

 earnest. Neverstill seemed not in the least hurt by his two 

 sprints of the morning, and went a cracker. The hare 

 favored him and be held it to several points, taking it again 

 from Boodler after placing her. Boodler came stronger, 

 made a game bolt ahead and killed in her stride. Lord 

 Neverstill won. 



Dkt Time— Chloe.— These now got their course, a short 

 one but brilliant, thoitgh one-sided. Mr. Watson's fawn 

 bitch showed a great turn of speed, tripped, came about like 

 a flash and killed. Dry Time won. 



Royal C'kest— Master Peter — There was great interest 

 in this course, Mr. Watson's black dog Royal Crest carrying 

 a bit of money besides his owner's good wishes. Sulky- 

 looking Peter, "however, ran good enough to beat anything. 

 Crest was the better up, then exchanging followed, both 

 dogs very wide on their turn in the high grass. The hare 

 was a corking good one, and they lost it finally in the grass 

 after a bruising run. As the hare straightened out, Peter 

 led, not .scoring much. At one-half mile Cre.st was placed, 

 but did not make much of it. Peter now drew ahead, seem- 

 ing for a time to have the hare in good control, and showing 

 great speed and staying quality. Crest followed gamely, 

 but was out of it, though he made a fine showiug on the 

 whole. He was hard, but perhaps a bit too fine-drawn. 

 Master Peter won. 



La dy in Black— .Jim K.— Mr. Luse's weedy looking little 

 black bitch Ladj' In Black was evidently a favorite when 

 she went in with Mr. Michael Allen's Chicago dog Jim K. 

 At first Jim was not well sighted, hut after all were well 

 extended Lady In Black simply glided ahead as if the other 

 were tied. Lady went in, needing no help, worked the hare 

 merrily and called forth general admiration. On rough 

 ground Lady caught a horrible cropper, rolling over three 

 times. Apparently none the worse, she whirled up into line 

 and went at it again, once turning almost on her heel in a 

 drive for the hare. Jim was placed here, but Lady took 

 his chance away and rushed to a kill alone. Lady In Black 

 won. 



"Now-you-oughtn't-to-do-that" way. The club has always 

 been too lenient in such juatters, and as a result finds itself 

 much further back than it need be in the progress toward 

 being a model organization. The result has not yet been 

 disastrous, to be sure, but nerveless dogs, nerveless men and 

 nerveless managements come to grief sooner or later, and 

 the rule will not be broken here. The executive committee 

 of this year was a good example of an executive committee 

 without any wish to ofi'end anybody, no matter what any- 

 body might have done or be doing. This may or may not 

 be the best sort of executive committee in the world. The 

 same policy colored the conduct of the whole management. 



The party left the club house at 9:45 and put in a good 

 day's work, getting off 23 courses, in spite of delays in put- 

 ting up hares in the morning. The Judging was good, and 

 the kicking far below the average in volume, which again 

 aflrorded a grateful though unexpected change. Great im- 

 provement also was visible in the lunch, which a.t 1:40 was 

 announced in loud tones by the clhef, "A bowl of soup and a 

 square meal, 35 cents," wHich I am sure must impress every 

 one as reasonable enough. 



Two surprises happened and two favorites went down. 

 Lady In Black made no showing of any worth, and Lord 

 ISleverstill ruined his brilliant record of the day previous by 

 quitting rank in his course, after having it all in hand. The 

 puppies made a good showing and accounted for as many 

 hares as the old ones. Mr. Watson had the misfortune to 

 .see his last dog thrown out to-day^ his puppies proving too 

 young to go the pace, and Dry Time, his old one, meeting 

 too hot company. Mr. Watson, however, bore his losses 

 very philosophically, although he at length entered protest 

 on the Aladdin-Laura decision on the ground that Laura was 

 overage for the Derby. Mr. Watson is a model club member, 

 and there is room for many like him, if New YorK can sup^ 

 ply them. He is regarded here with considerable distrust, 

 however, because he doesn't kick. A man's health i.s not 

 thought good unless he kicks plenty. Even the horses kick 

 at a coursing meeting. A Great Bend saddle covers a multi- 

 tude of sins, and sometimes carries an equal multitude of 

 them. 



Running was first taken up in the puppy stakes. 

 Great Bend Derby Stake— For 16 or more greyhounds, 

 18 mouths old or younger. Entrance fee, $5; the winner to 



other queens, had no pedigree, but .«he got there tout le 

 meme, Mr. Heizer's Snowball makine it interesting mean- 

 while. Snowball was the better for a half mile, neither too 

 handy at it. Queen then drew by, working the hare cleverly 

 for a quarterof a mile. Snowball drew ahead, but did noth- 

 ing, the hare going off. Queen won. 



Sporting Press— Irish Lass.— Sporting Press is really 

 Bobby Smart's old-timer, Miss Smart. Me.ssrs. Hayman 

 and Hough, press representatives, nominated her on Uncle 

 Bobby's promise to have her on hand in due time. Yet 

 being three times called in open court, thered dog came not, 

 hut made default, much to the newspaper men's disgust, 

 who wanted a run for their money. According to time- 

 honored form and custom, they kicked, called for "justice" 

 and served uotice of their intention to file a protest and tear 

 up the internal machinery of the executive committee. 

 Irish Lass had a bye with Arthur Massey's O'Rourke, who 

 on three legs ran around and picked up the hare. Lass a 

 bye. 



Lord Neverstill— Boodler.— Mr. Lowe's bench winner 

 Lord Neverstill and Mr. Bowman's bitch Boodler made a 

 bad go ot it, both well nigh unmanageable in slips. Boodler 

 broke loose and Neverstill followed suit. Put in again, 

 under Arthur Massey's protest that Neverstill's collar was 

 too loose, a hare was started and Neverstill threw himself on 

 his back, unhandsomely fighting and struggling to get loose. 

 He slipped the collar over his head and had a hard course 

 alone, losing the hare, though showing a great turn of speed 

 and cleverness. Boodler was not slipped. No course, but 

 some loud kick, of course, though Massey was not to blame 

 and the owner of Neverstill was distinctly at fault. 



Dry Time— Chloe.— Another unfortunate accident. The 

 slips hung. Chloe got ofi", but Dry Time was thrown end 

 over end. Chloe made a gallant course alone on a hot hare, 

 which broke to the hills. No course. The slips were now 

 changed. 



Clara— Fanny.— Mr. Luse's Clara was in whelp and 

 could not have been asked to win, though she helped Fannie, 

 who had the better of the luck and the scoring. During the 

 course Lord Neverstill for a third time broke away, and 

 joined the course, not however, affecting the result" Mr. 

 Lowe was very properly fined io for allowing his dog to run 

 loose . Fannie won. Mr. Lowe should carry a hook and 

 line and bait, so as to catch his loose dogs. 



SousiE— Pearl of Pekin.— Sousie is a clever bob-tail, 

 bred by Mr. Lowe and owned by Mr. Haigh of Illinois. 

 Pearl of Pekin is Mr. Bartel's much advertised Denver 

 bitch, on whose protest in the Chicopee Lass course last 

 year the brave-hearted executive committee of the club has 

 been struggling nobly for a j'ear to act. Sousie gave Pearl 

 almost as good a drubbing as Chicopee Lass did. Sousie 

 led up 10 lengths in 100yds., turned, wrenched 4 times, 

 turned and led, placing Pearl, who apparently could not run 

 eaough to keep warm. Pearl then led to the hills, but 

 neither got anything out of the hare after that. It looked 

 as though Pearl of Pekin had fought once too often, Sousie 

 beat Pearl pointless. 



Best of Fashion— NETTLEFiBLD.—Mrs. Pope's dog was 

 absent, possibly side-tracked between here and Brooklj'-n. 

 Shaw's Dolly went down to run the bye, and the dogs 

 were slipped, but were not sighted and did nothing. 



Belle of Eltham— Britain Yet,— Mr. Luse got Belle of 

 Eltham of Mr. Phister, of Cincinnati- whose absence by the 

 way has been one of the serious losses of the club. Mr. 

 Ha'igh's Britain Yet is of Trales descent. Britain led up 

 and was one point the better in a fast go at a good hare. 

 Belle went wide and had not much to show, though she 

 tripped to Britain's kill. Britain Yet won. 



Lord McPherson— Monk Bishop.— Mr. Luse's Lord Mc- 

 Pherson did not run in championship form this year. 

 Monk led and was the better for a half mile, going clever 

 for a big one. There was small exchanging, Monk making 

 most of it. Lord McPherson killed. Monk Bishop won. 



Norwegian— Woodford Boy.— Mr. Luse's half-brother 

 to Fullerton disappointed many. Woodford Boy is a local 

 dog sired by Lord McPherson. Boy led a shade in an even 

 run-up, taking the first turn out of the hare, held it for 

 work and placed Norwegian. The latter scored and held 

 ahead briefly, but at one mile of hard coursing of a long hill 

 hare Boy drew by, pushed up and actually killed in his 

 stride. Boy has much local reputation as a hare killer. 

 Woodford Boy won. 



Nelson— Prince Rupert. — Nelson was not good enough 

 for the White Lips dog. Unsighted at first, Rupert drew 

 by as they extended and worked to the good on a bruising 

 course on a hot hare. Nelson wide on his turns when placed. 

 Prince Rupert won. 



What Care I— Poland Duke.— Arthur Massey's fawn 

 ran against Poland Duke, another dog Mrs. N. Q. Pope was 

 plucky enough to send out from the East. Duke was not 

 fit. What Care I led, got a couple of points out of the hare 

 and then it was a follow to the hills, Duke falling out of it. 

 What Care I won. 



Girl's Favorite— Lady Grace.- Mr. Lyon's Favorite 

 and Bobby Smart's Lady Grace were both sired by Trales, 

 and they are both handy. They got a long hill hare and 

 they got more work out of it than any pair yet had suc- 

 ceeded in doing. Indeed, they made a grand working course 

 of it. Lady led, Grace was placed, they traded, Lady drew 

 by and led to the hills. Lady Grace won. 



Master Glendyne— Gilda.— Mr. Haigh owns Master 

 Glendyne, Mr. Mulcaster, the judge, owns Gilda (imported. 

 Mentor— Gladys). The judge being, therefore, not qualified 

 to judge this course, Mr. B. Hagman judged. Master led 

 up, turned and took a few points. Gilda took up the run- 

 ning, cut down the score to almost even and for a green one 

 to the country showed some staying. Master now drew by 

 and forced the hare away from the hills back in a. wide cir- 

 cle to the carriages. The hare then led out for the hills 

 again and was lost. No scoring was done in the last half 

 mile. Master Glendyne won. 



This closed the first round of the All- Aged Stakes and 

 the running of the day. 



Wednesday, Second Day, Oct, S6. 

 A cold, raw wind from the Rocky Mountains made the 

 ride out more uncomfostable. The crowd was not as large 

 as on the day previous, there being a circus in Great Bend 

 whose attractions were too much for mans' of the local 

 habitues of the coursing grounds. One buggy load of 

 drunken hoodlums made some trouble early in the day, 

 which was rebuked by the management in the customary 



receive 50 per cent, of entrance monev, $60 cash, donated by 

 the Morrison House, Great Bend, and silver cup by National 

 Greyhound Club, of New York city. The runner up 50 per 

 cent, of the remaining money; third and fourth 25 oer cent, 

 each of money remaining after second, division. Afiidavit of 

 age must be made by owner. 



First Round. 



Jim Flynn— Roy's Canary— Mr. Allen nominated an- 

 other loser, the Price & Royce Roy'.-. Canary giving him just 

 one taste of it. Roy led for a quarter of a mile, taking little 

 out of the hare. Jim drew by, Roy drew by in turn, and 

 held ahead for the hills. Roy's Canary won. 



Boomerang— Queen.— Mr. Bartels's Boomerang beat Mr. 

 Roetzel's Queen in hollow manner. Boomerang ran a great 

 puppy, holding the hare at command for SO points quite 

 ahead of Queen, who ducked in for the kill. Boomerang 

 won. 



In this course Porter, handler of Boomerang, ran ahead of 

 the judge, shouting. The judge entered complaint to the 

 committee. It is npedless to state that that august body did 

 nothing whatever but mildly caution the offender. It will 

 pi'obably caution the next man who does the same thing. 



Dry Brook— Raven.— One of Mr. Watson's Burnaby — 

 Drytime puppies and another Price & Royce entry. Raven 

 cannoned against Dry Brook at the go off, and the little 

 yearling was too light to stand it. Raven then did it all 

 in a short and brilliant course, killing with merit. Raven 

 won. 



MAY DAY— Sylph.- Mr. Lyon with May Day met yet an- 

 other Price & Rovce puppy. This was a most punishing 

 course, and the longest yet run in the meet, probably three 

 miles, certainly hard for puppies. Sylph led up and kept 

 ahead throughout, though doing little with the hare, which 

 circled back wide and then led for the hills. Doubling back 

 at the fence, the hare was either killed or went to earth. 

 Owners of Sylph thought she killed, and at any rate Sylph 

 won. 



Nancy— Royal Ruby.— Mr. Lowe's JNancy was by no 

 means good enough for Mr. Lyon's Royal Ruby. This was, 

 however, a most spirited little course, "the dogs having per- 

 fect control of the hare throughout, Nancy was at first un- 

 sighted, but when .she got in, scored, Ruby took it up and 

 from then on had far and away the best of it in the rapid 

 exchanging, showing ahead and going clo.ser, though both 

 were too inexperienced to turn well. Racing ahead. Ruby 

 caught the jack by the hindleg, and both were then such 

 greenhorns they did not know how to kill, apparently. 

 Royal Ruby won with much to spare. 



Ketchum (o 6^e).— Mr. Mulcaster's imported Roy was 

 drawn against Mr. Laidlaw's Ketchum, but Roy had gone 

 ofl' foi-m and was drawn. Ketchum ran a bye vpith Queen, 

 who helped him much. 



Rome Marble— Sir Hugo.— Price & Royce's Rome Mar- 

 ble made a close thing of it with Lowe & Page's Sir Hugo. 

 The lead up was pretty. Hugo a shade the better. There 

 was small merit in the turn that followed. The hare then 

 led for the hills, and the pair were evens on the scanty work 

 they got out of her after that. Rome drew away from Hugo 

 and led, but could not score in the judge's opinion. Sir 

 Hugo won. 



