The morning call., 1892-01-10
COURsING.
Speedy Hounds That VIII Contest at
Ocean View.

Speedy H Ounds That VIII Contest at
Ocean View.
On Sunday, the nth inst, there will be
several match races, and eigh. handsome
prizes will be given for n0n-prize winners
of the stakes which Will be run for today.
The park is in fr5t-class condition after the
rains and from all accounts the mares are
running like demons.
coursiug meeting will take place to-day
al Ocean View f5T The most valuable prizes
that have ever been offered on this Coast.
The contests viii be open to thirty-tWO
dogs and the drawing VIII be held on the
ground. The entrance is placed a. So aud
the hares VIII be given free OF charge.
The Queen of England has written a let
ter lD which she expresses sympathy with
the agitation nOw being carried on for the
abolition of the sport Of rabbit ceurslug.
The Pail Mall GaZ-tJe urges the Queen 10
give evidence Of the sincerity Of her SYM
pathy with the movement by the withdrawal
Of her support r. m the maintenance Of the
Royal Buckhounds
A New York exchange says that Nr d.
{. Luse, owner Of the American COursing
Kennels, Great Bend, Kaus., has received
from Nj. Phjster, Cincinnati, six OF the finest
imported gTeyhOuudS IN America. They are
from the kennels Of Colonel North, the nj
tTate king OF England. -Four are half broth
eTs and sisters 10 Fullerton, winner Of the
Waterloo cup three times in succession.
The hounds are Norwegian, Belle Of Ethan,
BeuRerito. Nettle, Field and Caryck
Tie first c0uTSing club ever formed was
that al Swatfham, in Norfolk, by the then
Lord Oxford IN the year 17T6; then followed
Ash5own Park Ia 1880, formed under the
sanction and patronage OF Lord Craven.
Among the then vOtaTleS of the sport at
AshdOwn one was pTe-eminent, namely
Miss Richards OF Compton Beauchamp,
near AshdOwn Park, in Berkshire. This
lady IS re uted TO have heen endowed with
personal charms OF no SecOnd-rate quality,
aud though continually fattered with the
attentions Of the gaycst gallants Of the day,
nothing would persuade her TO give sp
single blesseGueSs fer the uuptgl tie.
Ii is stated that not a DAY passed during
The cOursing season, fair or foul, on which
this interchangeable spOrtswOman was not
dragged IN her coach and six 90 the downs,
where, SprIuglug out upon her native turf,
she cOuTs-d on foot for the rest Of the
morning, sometimes walking a distance OF
twenty or twenty-five miles The rest Of
her time was spent In the judiciOus manage
Uent Of her own affairs, and the exercise Of
a substantial hospitality. OF which mau and
horse, rich ana poor, paTtO0k al all times
and seasons Miss Richards carried her
love of dogs, aud particularly Of the long
tailed species, to a height which, perhaps,
initiated readers alone may lie disposed TO
treat with indulgence.
Oa hiring cook her first question was:
Young woman, DO you love dogs?" The
qualified a swer would be: " Yes, please,
your ladyshp, in their proper PAGES"
Then quDth Miss Richards gravely: IF
you are dsp sed to stay with ne. remember
their place 10 my house is wherever they
think tit TO 60" At her death Miss Rich
ards consigned her gTeyhounds aad spaniels,
together with her personal property, to her
adopted child, Miss ". Watts, directing By
her will that the dogs should be taken care
of as long a they lived; and under Miss
Watts protection they eaJoyei the true
otium cum dgnitate some to the age OF 16
OF % years, enrlchIng the nelghbOring ken
mel OF the then Lord Craven with his best
blood.