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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. 4, 1898. 



COURSING AT GOODLAND. 



The Kenmore Coursing Club's First Meeting:. 



GOODI.AND, Kan., Oct. 17.— The initial meeting of the Ken- 

 more Coursing Club has clearly demonstrated the fact that 

 there are hundreds of places on the Western prairies where 

 a coursing meeting can be brought off, and it really seems 

 that every new place chosen proves to be a better one than 

 the place where the previous meetings were held. The 

 onward march that coursrag is making in this country has 

 received an impetus through this meeting that perhaps will 

 carry it forward more rapidly than any iniluence it has had 

 not excepting the big international held at Huron. 



Goodland, Kan., where the meet was held, is in Sherman 

 county, near the western border of the State, on the grandest 

 of all railroads, the Rock Island. It is a neat little city of 

 2. dOO people and is the headquarters for this division of the 

 liock Island. Its road house and shops are quite a feature 

 of the place, and it has waterworks and other advanced 

 improvements. It is made up of a select element of the 

 active young people from the eastern part of the State and 

 many are from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, etc., which give it a 

 refined and citified look. 



The people are active, generous to the fault and have 

 thoroughly captured the hearts of the coursing men, and 

 unless, as at Great Bend, they eventually think that they are 

 i dispensable to the club, the meetings may be held here in- 

 definitely. 



The city was agog on the arrival of the coursing men and 

 the citizens had arranged a reception and banquet in honor 

 of their guests. The drawing was done at the banquet in 

 1 he Opera House, preceded by an address of welcome by the 

 Mayor. Toasts were responded to by "Our Visitors," J. H. 

 Stewart; "Kenmore Coursing Club," Dr. Q. Van Hummell; 

 "Coursmg as a Sport," Dr. Koyce; "The Sporting Press," 

 Basil Hayman; "Goodland and her Jack Rabbits," M. A. 

 Rush. The banquet was followed by dancing till a late 

 hour. 



The grounds where the coursing is done are the vast level 

 prairies which extend from the suburbs, and you can course 

 for miles without the least interruption or annoyance in the 

 form of wire fences or other obstruction. The soil is a sort of 

 loam which crumbles under the dogs' feet, and that Avith the 

 soft buffalo grass makes a model footing for them. Fortun- 

 ately the dogs incurred no injury further than that two of 

 the dogs hadTa couple of nails torn off, which perhaps iniured 

 the chance of Light Foot in the last course. 



The first two days the weather was delightful and cool 

 with a pleasant breeze, but the third day it was quite hot, 

 but not enough to distress the dogs, and barring the death 

 of Touchwood III., the first day, none of the dogs were in 

 the least injured. After his course with Battle Eoyal, 

 Touchwood seemed to be much distressed and died in a few 

 hours. He was owned by Nelson P. Whiting, of Minneapolis 

 Mmn and was imported by him. He would have been a 

 valuable dog in the stud for this country and it was a great 

 pity that his death had to be recorded. 



/rMr. Bradbury, of the Maybrook Kennels' was unfortunate 

 in losing a very fine puppy, purchased of E. H. Mulcaster, at 

 Huron, S. D. 



While out in the yard, she jumped against a pitchfork 

 that had been carelessly thrown into some loose hay in the 

 yard, one of the tines penetrated the heart and she died 

 suddenly. She was a promising youngster by Glenkirk ex 

 Gilda. 



_ The judging was done by Mr. E. H. Mulcaster of Wiscon- 

 sin, and gave almost universal satisfaction. The courses 

 were many of them long grueling ones, but were nearly all 

 ended by kills or by the hares going in holes, which is 

 quite a common thing for them to do on these open buffalo- 

 grass prairies, while in the eastern part of the State it is a 

 very rare occurrence. They were about equally divided- 

 white tails and black tails— although the white tails are 

 rather m the majority. There was no scarcity of hares, 

 sometimes three jumping away at a time, but in no instance 

 did they separate the dogs. They are big, strong fellows, and 

 start away as independent as you please but soon strike their 

 stride aud are away. 



Although there were at least a thousand people on the 

 grounds each day, perfect order was preserved throughout, 

 and great credit is given the people of this locality for their 

 courtesy and great interest taken in this greatest of all 

 sports, coursing. 



The slipping was done by Ralph Taylor, of Colorado 

 Springs, a son of Col. Taylor, of Emporia, Kan. He gave 

 good satisfaction, some expressing themselves so strongly as 

 to say he was about as good a slipper as they had ever seen. 

 He is a great walker and fairly kept the horses on a trot the 

 day through. He is just from office work, and how he could 

 stand the three days' work was a mystery. 

 . is' looking forward to a spring meeting, and if so 



It will Ifbely be held about April 15. 



At the Regular meeting of the club the officers elected for 

 the ensuing year were; President, Dr. Q. Van Hummell, 

 Indianapolis, Ind.; A''ice-President, M. B. Tomblin, Good- 

 land, Kan.; Secretary, C. F. Weber, Goodland, Kan.; Treas- 

 urer H. C. Lowe, Lawrence, Kan.; Executive Committee, J. 

 Herbert Watson, Brooklyn, N. Y.; H. C.Lowe, Lawrence, 

 Kan.; T. W. Bartels, Denver, Col. 



Action was taken whereby the constitution and by-laws 

 of the American Coursing Club should be adopted, substi- 

 tuting the name Kenmore for American where it appeared, 

 and that the executive committee be empowered to make such 

 alterations as it deemed necessary and to report the same at 

 the next regular meeting. 



A very important step was taken in the adoption of the 

 following: 



Moved" that the Kenmore Coursing Club adopt the rules 

 of the National Greyhound Club, with the following mod- 

 ihcations, that wherever the name of the National Grey- 

 hound Club appears in said rules there shall be substituted 

 therefore the name of the National Coursing Board. 



borne of the prominent coursing men from abroad were: 

 E. H Mulcaster, Fox Lake, Wis.; Dr. Q. Van Hummell, 

 Indianapolis, Ind.; Mr. Bradbury, of the Maybrook Kennels, 

 Dover Plains, N. Y.; T. W. & S. F. Bartels, Denver, Col.; 

 H. C. Lowe, Lawrence, Kan.; D. C. Luse, Great Bend, Kan.; 

 bani. W. Vidler, Colorado Springs; Ralph Taylor, Colorado 

 bpnngs; J. R. Cochran and Dr. Miller, Winfield, Kan.; 

 ii. H. bhaw, W. N. Sweet, F. Drummoud, S. Melton, A. Mel- 

 ^'^^J-^- Cochran, of Wallace, Neb.; M. Barrow, of Denver, 

 and Dr. Geo. Irwm Royce, Topeka, Kan. 



Tlie meeting has proved a grand success, there never hav- 

 ing been a meeting held with less friction. All leave for 

 their homes to enjoy in memory the happy scenes on the 

 prairies surrounding the pretty little city of Goodland, the 

 home of the ram makers. 



The club having done away with the per cent, plan, taken 

 from the winnings, happily came through with $78 in the 

 treasury, and §30 still owing them, with all expenses paid 

 to date. There is no good reason why a club cannot be man- 

 aged so that everything can be done on business principles 

 The future of the club is very bright. 



The charter members of the club are: Dr. Q. Van Hum- 

 mell, Dr. A. C. Cattanach, Denver, Col.; H C. Lowe, Law- 



D. C. Luse, C. M. Bradbury, of the Maybrook Kennels; 

 J . R. Cochran and P. H. Mulcaster, went to Leoti Saturday 

 mornmg to attend the open meeting held there Oct. 34. Mr. 

 Mulcaster will j'udge and Mr. Cochran will slip. 



Goodland Stakes, 



Latj&hed At— Rook.— The first brace was placed in the 

 slips at 10:30, about four miles fi-om the city. Laughed At 

 led from the slips three lengths to the hare, worked up sev- 

 eral points, turned the hare, served himself, and went on 

 working a number of points, when another dog joined in 

 and killed, but it in no way altered the course, as the victory 

 was a decisive one for Laughed At. 



Light Foot- ViOLa.— Viola led up to the hare just as it 

 hnd stopped to look around, but puss soon got away at a 

 terrific pace, the bitch scoring several wrenches and a turn, 

 from which Light Foot took advantage, carrying the hare 

 away for some hot work, bringing it back toward the spec- 

 tators he let Viola in for a go-by on the inner for a meritori- 

 ous kill, but the dog had won handily. 



Reak Admiral— Drvtime.— From a good slip Rear Ad- 

 miral drew away to the hare three lengths to the good, 

 wrenched rapidly, turned to Dry time, and she looked well to 

 her advantage and scored like a witch, but getting pumped 

 out let Rear Admiral in for a go-by; the bitch stopped in the 

 course, but the hare had clearly outfooted his pursuers and 

 escaped. Rear Admiral won. 



Touchwood— Battle Rotal.— Battle Royal acted badly 

 in the slips, and several hares getting up kept Taylor busy 

 to get them sighted, Touchwood pulling into the slips until 

 he was quite choked, but a hare coming close Battle Royal 

 caught sight and they went away with Touchwood well in 

 the lead, reaching his hare four lengths before Royal. He 

 wrenched several times anf^^ turned to Battle Royal for a 

 good sequence of points. Touchwood, showing distress, 

 .stopped. When taken up he was in bad condition and died 

 in about five hours, evidently from congestion of the brain- 

 possibly from rupture of a blood vessel. 



PRracESS Mat— Lady ix Black.— May showed herself a 

 whirlwind from the slips, working like a demon on a strong 

 hare, entirely shutting out Lady in Black. 



Bennarita— Boomerang.— To a .short .slip the brindle had 

 a shoulder the best of it to the hare, turned to Boomerang 



MR. H. C. LOWE WITH PHINCE CHAKLIE AND PRINCESS ilAY. 



International Meet, Huron, South Dakota. 



^^elson P. Whitmg, Minneapolis, Minn.; M. B. TombUn, C. 

 F. Weber, Goodland, Kan. St. Patrick Kennels, Denver, 

 Col.; Maybrook Kennels, Dover Plains. N. Y.; Scout's Rest 

 Kennels (Buffalo Bill's), Wallace, Neb.; E. H. Shaw, Wal- 

 lace, Nely Michael Allen, Chicago, 111. ; Geo. Irwin iloyce. 

 Topeka, Kan, 



and he, making a game effort for a kill, flecked the hare 

 lightly, but coming strong made a grand kill. We would 

 have been pleased to see the hat come off. The slip was 

 short and the margin was very small if any. 



Royal Crest— Jeff.— Two" hares got up just as they were 

 slipped and Jeff pulled away slightly from the one Crest was 

 pursuing, which gave Royal Cre.st a good lead up and some 

 nice work before Jeff began to score, but this country dog. 

 hard as nails, having killed over forty hares since Septem- 

 ber, had got too vvise, and after scoring strongly quit dead, 

 but seeing his master again went up and being placed by 

 Crest scored several wrenches and a turn, but quit again, be- 

 ing too cunning for public coursing. As usual in these cases 

 Jeff's owner made a pretty strong kick, being wholly igno- 

 rant of the rules, but an explanation was taken in a good spirit 

 and settled for all time, a good precedent. The hare went to 

 a hole. Royal Crest won. 



White Lady— Willy Nilly.— White Lady went a merry 

 clip to the hare, having three lengths in his favor, Willy 

 Nilly running a very erratic course. White Lady let up her 

 speed after scoring strongly, and let Willy Nilly in for a 

 turn, but the hare outpaced them for safety and took to a 

 hole. White Lady won. 



Woodford Boy— Miss Dollar III.— Miss Dollar fairly 

 smothered Woodford Boy, doing some very pretty work, 

 only letting Roy in for a turn. Again getting possession. 

 Dollar carried the hare back through the crowd for a beauti- 

 ful kill. 



Rhea— LiviKG Yet.— To a neat slip they went away like 

 a double team, Living Yet showing a shoulder to the front, 

 turning his hare to Rhea. She took up the work with a 

 vim, never again letting Living Yet in for a point and kill- 

 ing in capital style, won. 



Nancy— Belle of Eltham.— Mr. Luse showed a confi- 

 dent face as he took Belle to the slips, but she was scarcely 

 in it with the little brindle, who in a short course scored a 

 decisive victory, killing in pretty style. 



Van's Petek-Vol i aire.— Peter led to the hare in a long 

 run-up, wrenched repeatedly, turned the hare to Voltaire 

 for a driving course down a hard road to an old sod shanty, 

 round they went three times, the hare looking for a safe re- 

 treat among the sods lying looselv about, but they were too 

 speedy for bunny, and again they went away for a lot of 

 hard work, and Peter killed and won, Peter showed an in- 

 clination to lay up his speed a bit, ha\'ing a bad toe, but ran 

 gamely on to the finish. 



Grkenshinf: ran a bye with Mr. LeMoyne's Lord Neversettle 

 — Partera dog that was sent from Denver too late to enter 

 the stake, and it was well he did for the sake of the other 

 entries, for he simply snuffed out Greenshine. He is a fac 

 simile of Master Peter, but a trifle smaller. Had he been in 

 good hands and well fitted he would have done some grand 

 work. 



This finished the first round, and the first round of the 

 Kenmore Derby was run off, 



Kenmore Derby. 



First Round. 



Miss Cody— Beau Brtoimell,— Considerable interest at- 

 tached to this stake when the first brace were placed in the 

 slips, one of them being from Dingwall and Miss Kitten, the 

 pair imported by "Buffalo Bill." Beau Brummell showed to 

 the front m an instant, got over his hare and it was bard to 

 displace him; he worked up a good string of points, when 

 Miss worked for a go-by on the shorter corcle, made a phe- 

 nomenal dash to kill but missed her mark and getting back, 

 repeatedly made most supreme efforts, but the big white- 

 tailed hare kept them busy guessing. The dog in the mean- 

 time made some masterly exchanges, the hare caiTying them 

 away for a two mile course; in an effort to kill,thebitch fell, 

 forfeiting her chances, the dog going up for a half dozen 

 points, drove the hare to a hole and won. Up to the time 

 Miss Cody fell she had a bit to the good. A wonderful game 

 pair of pups and hard to beat. 



Fanny— St. Lawrence.— St. Lawrence never gave the 

 country girl a look in, the hare going to the brush on an old 

 tree claim, and the dogs lost sight. St. Lawrence beat her 

 pointless. Lack of education made the country bitch act 

 badly and they were obliged to single slip them. 



Bird's Eye— Willis H.— The little red bitch went out of 

 the slips m pretty form, made a dash for the kill and tripped, 

 but the cute white tail fairly slipped from her jaws and led 

 them a merry dance, Bird's Eye having the best of it in 

 some pretty exchanges, the hare gradually drawing away 

 from them after a pumping course of two miles 



Border Rufflan— Billy Taylor,— This was decidedly 

 the prettiest course of the meet thus far. The dogs were a 

 very showy black and white splashed, by Dingwall out of 

 Miss Kitten, and litter brothers. They went out of the slips 

 like meteors, and racing up to their hare whirled him about 

 as fast as the eye could follow them. Billy Taylor had 

 rather the best of the run-up, but the big brother would not 

 be denied, and taking the work from Billy's turn steadied 

 himself and held close to his hare for a dozen wrenches; at 

 the turn Billy nicked in, and .some beautiful and rapid 

 exchanges took place, but the big white-tail had all confi- 

 dence m himself and fairly played with the whirlwinds, and 

 after nearly worrying them down worked for a hole. Border 

 Ruffian laid up a bit, but soon came out again, but too late, 

 as little Billy had the best of it and won. They were a good 

 pair of representatives of a worthy sire. 



After this course lunch was served in picnic style on the 

 open prairie, without a tree or shrub to shelter us, but 

 nature afforded a soft velvet carpet in the short, close curly 

 buffalo grass. It was a most enjoyable feast, the keen air 

 and long ride giving one a capital appetite. 



BeAconsfield— BoAL's HoPE.— Beaconsfield led to the 

 hare, placed Boal's Hope, she turning to Beaconsfield, and the 

 big red fellow made a masterly drive and overran his hare 

 Hope getting in wrenched strongly, taking the hare to a hole 

 near the spectators. Beaconsfield stopped with the hare in 

 full view. Boal's Hope won. 



Melitta— Bonny Bell.— Melitta went out of the slips 

 like a rocket, carrying the hare along like a cloud. Bonny 

 Bell trailing on gamely, and getting an opening went in for 

 a grand kill of merit, but the black had a long string to her 

 credit and won. A gi-and bitch and no mistake. 



Bon Bon. — She ran a bye with Buenaritta as helper 

 and a right able help she proved, for dashing in she killed 

 in 300yds. 



Goodland Stakes— Second Round. 



Greenshine— Laughed At.— To a slip of 150yds. the dogs 

 became unsighted, but Laughed At getting on the line of 

 his hare raced up, and in the subsequent work held posses- 

 sion aud made a grand kill and won. 



Rear Admiral— Light Foot.— Rear Admiral drew away 

 on the outer circle, scoring four lengths to his advantage in 

 the run up, held close to the line of his hare and wrenched 

 several times, placing Light Foot in the turn, the red fellow 

 holding the gift and adding to it. Good training showed its 

 value, and the red won with much to spare. The hare went 

 to a hole. Light Foot won, 



Battle Royal— Van's Peter.— The annual squabble 

 over an accident took place during this course. It seems 

 that Mr. Lowe iad requested Mr. Vidler, of Colorado 

 Springs, to ride the course and assist in securing the dogs. 

 He had a rather smart little pony, and the tricky hare coming 

 back through the riders he was making an effort to hold up 

 his horse when Van's Peter came round on the turn and 

 brushed his hindquarters against the horse's leg, but was 

 scarcely checked in his speed and did not receive any injui-y. 

 It came near being a repetition of the Pearl of Pekin case. 

 Summary measures should be taken to keep down careless 

 riding. As a rule the owners of the greyhounds running- 

 keep too close up, leaving a grand opening for an accident. 

 Lock the door before the horse is stolen. 



Battle Royal— Van's Peter.— Battle Royal was un- 

 sighted from the slips, giving Van's Peter a strong run-up, 

 several wrenches aud a turn; coming again, he made a game 

 dash for a kill, but only flecked his game lightly, and going 

 out wide let Battle Royal in for s^ lot of hot work, Peter's 

 sore toe throvdng him out wide in the turn, and although he 

 drew off among the carriages could not wipe off the black 

 and white's score. Battle Royal won. 



Boomerang — Princess May.— Boomerang had gotten 

 away in the morning with the blanket on as the hare came 

 down by the wagon where he was being held by his owner 

 and made a strong course. In the meles he injured his ankle 

 and as they went from theslips his crippled condition showed 

 against him and his smart sister put it all over him in a 

 pretty course, the hare being lost in a cornfield. 



White Lady— Royal Crest. -Royal Crest went out of the 

 slips in his best form, beating White Lady very handily to 

 the hare and fairly smothering her. It was a long stern 

 chase, the hare outfooting them. The black won with con.sid- 

 erable to his credit. He has any amount of speed and at 

 times works pretty close, but again will go out wide and let 

 a very ordinary dog score on him. However, he is a valua- 

 ble dog for coursing men, and if properly nicked will yet be 

 heard from through his offspring. 



Rhea— Miss Dollar III.— This was the neatest pair yet 

 placed in the slips and acted in model style, both are good 

 ones and go a clipping gait, so much was expected of them. 

 £o a model slip they went away together with Aliss Dollar 

 showmg gradually to the front and reached her hare two 

 lengths ahead of Rhea, but the little one would not be denied 

 and taking up the work, some pretty exchanges to place, 

 Rhea carrying the hare selfishly to herself down through a 

 ravine, and as they raised the opposite bank, Miss Dollar 

 took a cropper and stopped; Rhea carrying the jack away 

 single-handed for two miles to a hole. 



Nancy a bye.— Nancy was placed in slips with her big 

 brother fi-om Colorado for a bye, and the contests were over 

 for the day. 



It was nearly sundown and we were ten miles away from 

 the town. It is wholly unnecessary to go so far, as hares are 

 very plentiful neai' by. To-morrow the management promise 

 to course much nearer home. 



THURSDAY. 



Kenmore Derby— Second Round. 

 Beau BEUiiMELL— St. Lawrence —There was considerable 

 interest centering in this course as the black and white son 

 of Dmgwell was thought very fast and St. Lawrence had 

 shown a fast clip. The big fellow showed his heels to Beau 

 Brumiaell and landed his hare in masterly style, briugiag 



