The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-23
TO CHASE RABBITS.
WICHITA COURSING CLUB WILL
TURN IFS HOUNDS LOOSE TODAY
Sixteen Slim, Sleek Dogs, Eight Of Them
From Winfield, Will Try Their
Speed and Skill at GObbling
tie LOng-Earsd Jack
Schedule OF Races.

Jack rabbits around Wichita better look
lock spry today. The Wichita Coursing
club will be out bright aud early Sixteen
slim, slick. rampant greyhounds will root
up the prairie and make life "a bowling,
roaring horror for the long cared, ioug
legged. Zip flop jack.
The Wichita Coursing club. of which
Ray Oliver lsmnnager, has eight dogs.
which 1t will race against eight dogs from
the Winfield Coursing clnb.
CoursiDg is new to Wichits. 1t is in
tended to make this u coursing center. II
there is one thing that makes N mans
heart throb like a dummy engine going
up steep grade. it is to see
dog in whose confidence and
friendship he is. get his nose down be-
tween his legs and plough furrow in the
buffalo grass, behind jack rabbit that is
turning fantastic sOmersaults at the rate
of eighty miles minute.
This is what will happen a few miles
southwest of Wichita this morning.
The dogs will be run in pairs. The first
scoot viii be taken at $50 o'clock. The
two dogs will be held by two slips. Then
some one will beat out jack rabbit. The
grey hound yexrn 10 jump out of his hide.
The dogs will be kept in their skins. how
ever. The jack rabbit will be per-
mtted to canter at about eight
feet per canter, until be is fifty yards away
from death and the greyhounds. The
slips will be quickly looseaed and the dogs
given liberty.
Then the fun begins. A jack rabbit is n
queer bird, as it were. II the space is
open, he will run ahead as straight MS u
girls bangs in a rain storm. When he
meets with AL obstruction, he turns cor
ner as sharply as q man lodging creditor
with his thirty day notes.
1t is in this practice of the jack rabbit
of turning double back handspring aud
then bullying of at right angles that
makes the greyhound fall into himself with
dazzling rapidity. 1t is also in this mainly
that the points in the race are scored,
There is one man who follows the dogs
and scores the points. He is the judge.
Before the greyhound grabs the jack rao-
bit and shakes the gizzard out Of him
there is always long race. extending
from one to three miles.
The judge times the speed of the dogs
and gives the better cxnine one, two or
three points. If one dog is behind the
other and overtakes him. passes him and
kicks his eyes full of autumnal foliage, it
is called go-by, and the lucky dog is
given two points. II one of the dogs
skins up alongside the jack aud forces or
scares him into turn-that is one OF the
rectangular spasms spoken of abOve-the
dog gets one point. Ii the dog only
makes the rabbit veer TO one
side or become wobbly in his gait
the dog is credited with a wrench, or one
point The trip counts one point, and is
where the dog makes an unsuccessful eff
the dog two points.
1t is expected that about 800 people will
bs present. The runs will continue ali
day, and it is advisable to take lunch.
The spectators are requested to stay to-
gether aud not follow the dogs after they
are turned loose. The sOursing ground
can be reached by driving west on Maple
street to the old Stanton corner, thence
south two miles and west ond-hali mile.
Signs showing the direction have been
put up
The following are the races;
Dan Garrison's Lead against r. B. Han
mas Gold Dust
J. T. fuckers Tuck against j. w. Ram.
sey's Bob.
p. NcDermott's Spring against j. ".
Ramsey's Meteor.
Bob Msrrictt's Bob VI. against r. b
Hanua's Light Foot.
T. Mahon's Punch against J. W. Ram
sey's Goldie.
ID. Gsrrison's Spare against r. B. Han
mas Jerry.
B. Marriott's Fanny against a B. Han
mas Jack.
sey's Dandy.
Tie Wichita dogs are named first. J.
II. Cochran, veteran courser, will act AS
slipper. Ray Oliver will be judge.