Jan. 18, 1894.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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FIXTURES. 



Jan. 15.— Brunswick Fur Club's winter meet. Bradford S. Turpin 

 Sec'y. 



GOURSINC IN CALIFORNIA. 



The San Francisco Coursing Club had tfaeir second meet- 

 ing in the Newark Park on Sunday last, Dec. 24, and it was 

 a "decided success Twenty-four of the crack dogs of this 

 section of the State entered for the meeting, and . it is, I 

 think, no exaggeration to say that they were the pick of all 

 the kennels, and when the draw was made not one of the 

 crowd that attended would undertake to pick out a winner, 

 that is, for single courses, except at even money. Skyrocket 

 and Little Banshee were the only ones of the "cracks" that 

 did not show up for the meeting. The entry money was $50 

 each and the stake was named the "Xmas Cup." 



Considerable excitement was exhibited by the leashmen 

 over the event, and had the weather kept fine there would 

 certainly have been a large number of people in attendance; 

 but for once the weather completely foiled the sportsmen, 

 and when Sunday morning broke it, was evident that the 

 day was to be a bad one, and in all probability wet jackets 

 were in store for all who went for outdoor sport. 



The regular sportsmen, however, were not to be balked of 

 their pleasure, and about one hundred of them appeared at 

 the ferry prepared for anything — rain or shine. 



On arriving at Newark, about 10 o'clock, it was found that 

 the running ground was in fine order, though there were a 

 few pools of water to be seen here and there over the surface, 

 and heavy clouds were forming toward the southeast that 

 indicated a downpour, which came along in due time, and 

 shower after shower came down throughout the rest of the 

 day that reminded one strongly of a tropical rainfall. 



Mr. Dugan, the manager of the park, informed the com- 

 mittee that there were thirty-five of the finest hares in the 

 running ground that had ever been seen there, and "depend 

 upon it," said he, "you will see great coursing," aud most 

 assuredly he was correct, for stouter running game was 

 never seen at Newark, and not till the third course was one 

 of them killed— the two first hares especially being regular 

 "road runners. " 



It was just ten minutes past 11 when the first pair of dogs 

 were handed Mr. Wren, and as he and Judge Grace moved 

 out the rain was coming down like "ramrods," as one of the 

 bystanders expressed it, and when the last brace was handed 

 to him it was exactly 3:30, thus finishing the twenty-four dog 

 stake, after allowing for the luncheon time, in about three 

 hours. Finer coursing has seldom been seen on this field, 

 and notwithstanding the heavy and incessant showers, the 

 crowd seemed to revel in the sport and appeared not to 

 know that there was anything but sunshine. But of course 

 it must be remembered that there were none there, but the 

 genuine lovers of the game, and to them, as a rule, good 

 weather or bad weather seems alike— if the coursing is only 

 good. 



All the dogs acquitted themselves wonderfully well, but of 

 course the pride of place must be given to the winner, as he 

 met in his run down the card the very pick of the dogs, and 

 he disposed of each one of them in the most workmanlike 

 manner, showing avast improvement over his Thanksgiving 

 Day running, clearly proving his owner's assertion when the 

 coursing commenced that he was a 50 per cent, better dog 

 than on Thanksgiving Day. On that occasion he was beaten 

 after a fine trial by Jack Dempsey, but this time Jack was 

 well beaten by his sister, White Cloud, who fell after a strong 

 effort in the next round before Shortstop, thus completely 

 reversing in each of these cases the running of the three 

 dogs. From this it would appear that dogs are as liable to 

 change as horses. The other dogs that particularly distin- 

 guished themselves were Queen Bess, Vida Shaw and the 

 Australian dog Waratah, who showed an extraordinary dash 

 of speed, indeed, surpassing any of the dogs of the meeting, 

 and actually losing his course with Queen Bess, paradoxical 

 as it may seem, through his great dash of foot. The follow- 

 ing are the details of the courses: 



First Round. 



Dotty Dimple— Chief of the Valley.— Dotty Dimple 

 and Dowling's Chief of the Valley met a boomer, and the 

 way it scampered before the hounds was a caution. The 

 course was a very long one, each of the dogs doing a great 

 deal of work, though in the commencement Dotty had the 

 best of it, but not by a great deal, and when the hare made 

 good his escape Mr. Grace must have stopped to think which 

 of the two had the balance to its credit. Dotty got the ver- 

 dict. 



Queen Bess— Glenfarron.— Queen Bess and Glenfarron 

 were then sent after a flyer. The old veteran Glenfarron 

 made play at once and shot out, the black bitch raced up 

 sharply and both ran for a hundred yards close up to the 

 game. The bitch then shot out and brought the hare round, 

 and nearly all the rest of a long trial was hers and the hare 

 escaped. 



Whip— Native Son.— Whip and Native Son were sent 

 after a regular flyer, and it was a long run to the game 

 before either dog got near enough to turn it. Whip, how- 

 ever, got there by a length, but the white dog could give no 

 help. Whip eventually killed and won. 



Waratah — PRtDE of the Park — Waratah and Pride of 

 the Park were next called out. This little beauty was made 

 a hot favorite, as all remembered her work with Long John 

 the week previous. Just as both dogs were put in slips, 

 however, Pride broke away and got on to a hare, which gave 

 her a heavy course before she killed. After half an hour 

 she was again put in slips, but Waratah proved altogether 

 too much for her and beat her, though she made a very 

 game effort at the finish of the course. 



Marvelous— Olympic.— Marvelous (late Home Rule) ran 

 a great course with Olympic The course took place during 

 the heaviest of one of the showers, but it could be seen that 

 Marvelous had the best of it after the first two or three 

 turns. He killed and won. 



Mart ASK— Rustic Maid.— Mary Ann and Rustic Maid 

 had a fair course, but as the work got hot it was seen that 

 the Maid was throwing up her head and allowing her oppo- 

 nent, to do as she pleased, showing that the Maid had learnt 

 a little too much. Mary Ann, of course, won after a most 

 exhausting trial. 



White Rustic— Jenny G.— These two also had a great 

 course, and to the astonishment of the talent Rustic beat 

 Jenny, always a reliable and a clever bitch after a fine trial. 

 This "was the first appearance of Jenny for many T months. 

 She was a hnt favorite, too, and, indeed, the first of the dogs 

 on which odds was given. The hare escaped. 



Vila Shaw— Longfellow. — Vida Shaw and Longfellow 

 were, next in order, the latter beiug the favorite, but upset 

 the talent in an unmistakable manner and won a decided 

 victory. The hare was a regular stinger, too, and the course 

 was a heavy one for both dogs. 



White Cloud— Jack Dempsey —These dogs are brother 

 and sister, and from the decided manner in which Jack de- 

 feated her in the Thanksgiving meeting he went out a 3 to 1 

 favorite. But never were tables so completely iurnad, aud 

 again the knowing ones fell, as the bitch gave .Jack an un- 

 merciful thrashing at all points of a long cour-e. Sbe led 

 him to a hare by a lengt h and beat him well at r 11 points. 



Short Stop— Red luiscii. — These wereslipi ed to a rattl- 

 ing hare, but Short Stop got first turn by three lengths, and 

 won a long course, doing all the work. 



Magpie— Queen of the Valley.— Magpie had really the 

 ;reat course of the day with Queen of the Valley. The work 

 u one in this trial was most severe for both dogs, but Magpie 

 eventually got the flag by a clever kill. The course caused 

 great excitement, so clever was the work. Magpie was a 

 little faster, but the Queen was the closest worker and the 

 stamina of the hare was wonderful. 



Long John— Country Boy.— They went out as equal 

 favorites, but John made a show of the Boy and won easily. 

 Why Country Boy was ever supposed to have a show with 

 Long John it is difficult to conjecture, except that he is said 

 to be very fast after the patent hare. 



First Ties. 



Queen Bess— Dotty Dimple.— Queen Bess and Dotty 

 Dimple had a great run to the hare, running as if in slips for 

 fully three hundred yards and then Dotty reached out a 

 length ahead and secured the turn. Both dogs then did some 

 clever work but the hare broke away, and in a long reach to 

 the escape Queen Bess had all the best of it, and when puss 

 escaped the Queen had a decided advantage and got the flag 



WARATAH— Whip.— Just as this pair of dogs were being 

 placed in slips the owner of Whip held him loosely and right 

 in front of him a hare jumped up. Of course he shot away 

 and had quite a course to himself. He was allowed half an 

 hour's rest, but he had no show with Waratah, who won.a 

 sharp course. 



Marvelous— Mary Ann— Had a great course after a 

 flying hare, which managed to escape from them. Marvel- 

 ous won after some clever work 



Vida Shaw— Rustic Maid— Were slipped to a great hare 

 that gave both dogs an extraordinary lot of hard work both 

 in runuing and in turning, but it eventually fell to the fangs 

 of Vida Shaw. In this course Vida hurt one of her forefeet, 

 and came back to the kennels very lame. 



Short Stop— White Cloud.— This course was a surprise, 

 as it was thought the white bitch would, after her defeat of 

 Jack Dempsey, be at least a match for the San Jose crack, 

 but she never made a point in a comparatively short course. 



Long John— Magpie.— This was another short course. 



A KENNEL AUTHORITY PICKING A BONE. 



the hare being more of a dodger than a runner. John got 

 the flag. 



Second Ties. 



Queen Bess — Waratah. — Slipped to a hare from the 

 upper escape. The dog shot out, and when he got alongside 

 the hare he was fully six lengths ahead of Queen, but run- 

 ning wide of the game. The hare doubled back and Queen 

 coming in its way she ran in, wrenched and killed, getting 

 of course, the flag, but only by pure accident. 



Vida Shaw— Marvelous.— Vida Shaw was sent out to 

 meet Marvelous on three legs, but by her wonderful pluck 

 she absolutely beat this fast and clever dog after a fine 

 course, Marvelous getting the lead up by two lengths. The 

 hare was both a flyer and a worker, and it was here that 

 Vida shone. She eventually got the kill, which secured 

 her the course. 



Short Stop— Long John.— Short Stop bowled Long John 

 over in a canter. 



Third Ties. 



Queen Bess— Vida Shaw.— This was a great course, 

 though the Queen had always the best of it. Yet Vida, not- 

 withstanding her injury, fought well, and was never far 

 away from her opponent through all the points of a great 

 trial. 



Shortstop— Tom Hayes.— This was a bye for Shortstop. 

 Tom didn't give the crack and winner of the stake a point. 

 He beat him in the run-up, and in another dash picked up the 

 hare, and thus beat the great Shortstop pointless. Of course 

 Tom Hayes was fresh and this was Shortstop's fourth course 

 within three hours' time. 



Final. 



Shortstop— Queen Bess.— Queen Bess and Shortstop, after 

 the latter had his half hour's gi-ace, were then called up and 

 sent after a great hare. The course was a fine one, but 

 Shortstop managed to get first turn, and then some clever 

 work was put up by both dogs, Shortstop all through having 

 a little the best of it, and when the hare fell he was a decided 

 winner. 



Mr. Grace and Mr. Wren gave thorough satisfaction all 

 round, as usual. 



SUMMARY. 



T. J. Cronin's w & f b Dottie > . . ( J, Dowlings's hr d Chief of 



Dimple f oeaT 1 the Valley. 



T. Cooney's b & w b Queen I w j M Oman's r d Glenfarron. • 



Bess | ( 



J. Cranston's bl & w d Whip J- beat -j J. Shannon's wd Native Son. 

 R. E. de B. Lopez's b&wd| , , ) J. J. Esmond's br b Pride of 

 Waratah f beat 1 Park. 



J 'S£ Rule) MarPel ° US r W \ * Oman's * d Olympic. 

 M. Tiernan's f b Mary Ann | beat \ ^^JSSB!^ * & 

 Dowling & McCorraiek's w d i . \ T. J. Cronin's w& blk b Jen- 

 White Rustic f oeu 1 meG. 

 J. J. Edmonds's w b Vida I 1 J. H. Perigo's bl&whtd Long- 

 Shaw f beat 1 fellow. 



S. A Cummings's w & br b / h „„ f 

 White Cloud 1" beat 



j T. J. Cronin's wht d Jack 

 Dempsey, 



P. Curtis's br d Shortstop j- beat j A. Merrill's f d Red Prince. 

 P. Ryan's blk & wht, d Mag- \ . 1 J. Dowling's br b Queen of 



pie ( beat "I the Valley. 



M. Tiernan's br d Long John \ beat j ortors blk d ^ 0Untry 



First Ties. 



Queen Bess beat Doitie Dimple. Vida Shaw beat White Rustic. 

 Waratah beat Whip. Shortstop beat White Cloud. 



Marvelous beat Mary Ann. Long John beat Magpie. " 



Second Ties. 



Queen Bess beat Waratah. Shortstop beat Long John. 



Vida Shaw beat Marvelous. 



Third Ties. 



Queen Bess beat Vida Shaw. Shortstop a bye. 



Final. 



P. Curtis's brindle and white dog Stortstop CMidnight— Peasant 

 Girl) beat T. Cooney's black bitch Queen Bess (Laurelwood— Black 

 Bess) and won the stake, 840; Queen Bess took $25, Vida Shaw .$15, 

 Marvelous and Long John $10 each. 



The Merced interstate meeting will commence on Wash- 

 ington's Birthday. The number of entries will undoubtedly 

 Be large, and the first money will be either $400 or $500. The 

 San Francisco Club will also hold a large meeting in their 

 park the week after the Merced meeting, so that, all who 

 may come from a distance will have another big stake to 

 play for without having to lose much time. 



The sport is growing fast all over this coast, and grey- 

 hounds that have any pretensions to good breeding cannot 

 now be had here for less than $75 or $100, while two years 

 ago the same could be had easily for $25 or $30. 



Gazehound. 



• • • • 



Beagle Hunting in England. 



IF only the American hares could be induced to run in the 

 open as their English cousins are won't to do, how much 

 more interesting it would be to follow the merry little hounds 

 in this country. This sort of thing is denied our beagle 

 men, however, and as a usual thing we must be content to 

 rush through briers and swamp at the imminent risk of 

 limb aud cuticle, with a multiplicity of checks giving us our 

 only views of the hounds, and if it was not for the music . 

 there would be precious little to encourage one to undergo 

 the fatigue. Just to show the happier conditions under 

 which our cousins across the water take their sport we will 

 give an account of a run with the Worcester Park beagles 

 which we find in the last English Field: 



This good little pack has been showing the most remarkable sport 

 this season, Scarcely having had an indifferent day, On Wednesday, 

 the 6th, they met at Harefield House, Cheam, and punctually at 11:16 

 a move was made to North Cheam, as the coverts on the Epsom side 

 were going to be shot on Friday. After drawing for about a quarter 

 of an hour, a holloa some way off was heard, and our master set off 

 at a rare pace. No sooner were hounds laid on than it was apparent 

 that scent was all that could be desired. Our hare took a most extra- 

 ordinary line, Straight into Sutton, and, after running down one of the 

 -•treets, in at one gentleman's front gate and out at another one; 

 hounds suddenly checked. A wag was here heard to ask whether our 

 worthy master would not like to make a cast down the High street, as 

 It appeared the only spot where hounds bad not run. Mr. Simpson, 

 however, noticed a'hound sniffing about at the wooden paling in front 

 of a small house, and the good lady, at that moment coming out, in- 

 vited him to draw her diminutive back garden. Every one felt, inclined 

 to laugh, as it had been cleared of everything except a group of three 

 cabbages. Mr. Simpson, however, went in and there was puss, who 

 was up and off like a shot, managing to just squeeze out between the 

 wall of the house and the fence— a space apparently not big enough to 

 let a cat through. Hounds were quickly taken round, and, after run- 

 ning right round the churchyard, went out into the country through 

 the football field, till finally we lost her on Mr. Lee's field. Time, one 

 hour. 



Our master here handed over the horn to our energetic whip, Mr. 

 Longman, and after drawing one or two fields blank, we crossed the 

 road and drew toward the kennels. Hounds seemed every now and 

 then to have a bit of a line, and sure enough when within about half a 

 mile of their kennels up got Sarah, and a grand run ensued. They 

 raced over the grass like foxhounds, every member of the pack giving 

 tongue, over the Epsom road below the Queen Victoria Inn, on to Mr. 

 Hale's land, then right-handed up through Mr. Fiddymet's into Non- 

 such Park, where they checked, with only Mr. Longman and two 

 others with them. After about ten minutes Rowdy, Willing and 

 Wasteful hit it off again, and up got puss who had been squatting and 

 crossed th" heavv plow land of Mr. Martin's, across the line, through 

 Harefield House garden, and away like wind, the field being about as 

 completely spread-eagled as it has ever been my lot to see. It was 

 now evident that her point was the very covert which we had been 

 purposely avoiding; however, it was utterly impossible to stop hounds 

 and the only thing was to blunder on as best we could, for there was 

 no more "run" left in us. Fortune favored us, however, for just as 

 we got into the same field as the covert bordered, we saw our hare 

 lust in front, clef n dead beat, and the way Livery and Tragedy drew 

 but from the pack and rolled her over within 100yds. of the point was 

 a treat which only the few blown mortals who were there could prop- 

 erly appreciate. This was a three-mile point from where she was 

 found, five miles as hounds ran, all over grass, with the exception of 

 one plowed field, and with only one check. Time 45m. and every 

 hound there. 



A three-mile run over grass is something for our Kreuders, 

 Reeds, Chapmans and Jamiesons to dream about, but, alas, 

 we fear with no possibility of realization. Even our friend 

 Phcebus would feel disposed under such circumstances not 

 to push the height of his beagles over the 15in. line. In the 

 account of another day's work with the Cheshire beagles we 

 find the hounds called off after a ran of an hour and a half 

 in the. open, and this after killing the first hare at the end of 

 a fifty -three-minute "gallop." 



An interesting account is also given in the same paper of 

 a run with the Surbiton beagles, in which a noted beagle, 

 Rosemary, came to an untimely but glorious end. After a 

 good run, the hare being hard pressed, "puss" turned toward 

 a railway cutting, the walls of which were of chalk rock 

 with a sheer fall of 43ft., and to tbe consternation of those 

 below, Rosemary, with the hare in her jaws, was seen to dis- 

 appear headlong down to the metals below, followed in- 

 stantly by seven other hounds. Poor Rosemary and the 

 hare were found lying dead together, and most of the others 

 lay where thev fell, stunned by the fall, while, to make mat- 

 ters worse, those few of the hounds .able to move narrowly 

 escaped being cut to pieces by a passing train. After the 

 wounded hounds were taken back to the kennel the remain- 

 der of the pack, seven couple, found, two more hares, one of 

 which afforded a run of one hour and a quarter before she 

 was pulled down. "Poor Rosemary was left to her last long 

 sleep near the spot where she fell, in the midst of the scene 

 of many of her former triumphs." 



• a • * 



American Foxhounds. 



THE anxiety displayed by the different clubs, which have 

 the welfare of the American foxhound at heart, to adopt or 

 formulate some standard whereby these hounds shall be 

 judged in the future, is very commendable. At the same 

 time, we are afraid that this zealous feeling may lead to some 

 confusion. Already we have two associations or clubs in the 

 field whose intention it is to form a standard at an early date, 

 and another club is to be formed at the coming Saratoga 

 show with this end in view. The arrangement of a standard 

 is too important a matter to be considered hurriedly or in 

 the interest of any oue strain; it should be a welding of all 

 interests, so that the result should conduce to the common 

 weal. The National Fox Hunters' Association, an associ- 

 ation composed of the most prominent fox hunters in the 

 country, and who are also members of the other clubs, is the 

 only body of sportsmen on which this duty should devolve, 

 There would be no objection to the fox hunters at the Sara- 

 toga show and those of the Brunswick Fur Club carrying out 

 their intention, with this reservation, that before finally 

 adopting such standard as they may propose, they would for- 

 ward the same to the committee on standard, selected by the 



