The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-15

from being unsighted or from bad slip, the
Judge ls to decide what amount OF allow
auce Is to be made on the principle that the
score OF the foremost dog is not to begin
until the second has had an opportunity OF
joining IN the course.
Where hare leans very decidedly in dis
favor of one Of the dogs, after the first or
subsequent turns, the next point shall not
be scored by the dog which may be unduly
favored, or only half his point allowed &C
cord1ng to circumstances. No greyhound
shall have any allowance for fall or any
accident of any description whatever, with
the exception of being ridden over by the
owner OF the competing greyhound or his
servant, or when pressing his mare, IN
which case his opponent shall not count the
next point made
Penalties are as follows: Where grey
hound refuses to follow the hare at which
he is slipped, shall lose the course.
Where greyhound wilfully stands still
in course or DEPARTS from directly pursu-
ing the hare, no points subsequently made
by him shall be scored, and II the points
made by him as to time be just equal to
those made by his antagonist IN the whole
course, he shall thereby lose the course,
but where one or both dogs stop with the
hare in view through inability TO continue
the course, 1t shall be decided by the num-
Der of points gained by each dog during
the whole course.
If the dog refuses to fence, where the
other dog fences, any points subsequently
made by him are not to scored, but If he
does his best to fence and is foiled, the
course shall end there. When the points
are equal, the superior fencer shall win
the course.
The hare to be used in the coursing tour
nament came direct from the MERGED plains,
California. They are considered by old
iGh RI hlt ba fae taS in q
world. and we know Of instances where
| they were shipped across the water for
breeding purposes. There are no flies on
Utah hare, by the way, still no one could be
interested to capture them alive, hence it
was necessary to import from California.
AS high as $4,000 has been offered for
prizes in the English coursing meetings.
Master McGrath, it is said, has won that
amount for his owner.
| There Is a great demand for Irish and
| Gordon settlers since the late show.
Italian greyhouuds, fox terriers, deer
hounds and Scotch collies are rather scarce
in this territory.
Major Levey. on his late VISIT advocated
the formation of q racing circuit and was
partially successful. The following states
| are mentioned for membership: California,
Utah, Colorado and Kansas, with Utah in
the centre. Major Levey claims that on
account of his connection with coursing
these many years and the good he did when
he edited the Sporting Journal, and last, but
not least, as the founder of the first public
coursing meeting in the United States,
should this matter be properly arranged,
| coursiDg fields the best in the country will
be fitted out and hare bred for the chase.
Then the public may look forward for the
greatest coursing ever held on American
soil.
G. P. Mason is an ardent admirer of the
kennel. He worked hard for the introduce
ton of the kennel at the late fair and de-
serves the thanks of the public in general.
Major Levey claims the honor ofsintro-
ducing the first Plumpton coursing meet
ing in the United States. 1t was held in
San Francisco July 2 and g. 1881.