The morning call., 1893-05-15

against each other. and in this case the
talent made their first mistake by under
rating Mission Star. The short-enders in
consequence pulled down good stake a t
3 to l: Mission Star showed that she was
in 1t from the first, although Pennyroyal
is one OF the crack dogs. The race was
very close and exciting and Mission Star
won hv but few points.
d. D. Roche's Dan c and sH.s;.Hull's
Snowflake started from the slippers hands
at rapid. even pace, and kent it up across
the field. In care OF a frisky little hare,
whose ears moved so fast that they could
not be seen. Dan proved the better
dog when he once got in the lead, for he
kept 1t until the hare was run down.
T. j. Crnnin's Depend On Me and NJ.
Burke's Eureka left the slip at a lively
gait. but the former dog proved an easy
winner. This was one of the few races
which were in anv way unequal.
The crack dog Sting and the fine bitch
Nettie proved interesting contestants when
they nosed their first hare, but Sting caught
game first.
The next race was between Charles S.
Wieland's John w and J.. MeCormack's
Little Rose. Little Rose tried her best,
but there was ton much steam in John w,
who soon distanced McCormack's dog and
captured game.
r. j, Cronin's White Rustic ran good
race with Charles 5. Wieland's Examiner,
but the first-named was too swift for the
latter and caught the hare easily.
The last of the rundown races OF the
stake was between ID. ID. Roche's John
Mitchell and 7. j. Croniu's Kathleen.
Kathleen won, but mad a hard scratch to
catch game first.
In the FIRST ties Valley Queen beat Mis-
sion Star. Dan G beat Depend On Me.
White Rustic beat Sting, and John w beat
Kathleen.
The second ties resulted in Valley Queen
beating Dan c and John W beating White
Rustic.
Then came the event of the day, the
grand final between Valley Queen and
the handsome and speedy John W. Ex-
element ran very high on this race, and
considerable money was put up on the
result by the ardent supporters Of each
dog.
A lively hare was let from cover and
fairly flew along the tall grass. The two
dogs were well slipped and ran neck and
neck across the field each making point
for point. The first course proved an un-
decisive one. and the race had to be run
over again.
first Valley Queen and John w eping
even pace up and across field. 1t was
easy TO see how both dogs understood
their business. They almost appeared to
exercise generalship and tactics as the
frisky and erratic hare darted here and
there IN zig gag course. Finally tie game
got weakened and both dogs redoubled
their exertions for first place.
Valley Queen spurted and pounced on
the hare with John W a nose behind
Valley Queen had won first prize and car
ried away al the honars of the day.
The winners of the prizes were as fol-
lows: First, Valley Queen; second, John
w third. Dan c; fourth. White Rustic.
On next Sunday there will be a stake
rare at Ocean View Park for puppies and
non-Drize winners. James Beattie was
looking very disconsolate at the park yes
terday. When asked what was the cause
he said that somebody had stolen his
prize pup Nancy, out of John W aud Sac-
ramento Bell. He recently refused $50
for The pup. 1t is supposed he was stol en-
by some boys.