The morning call., 1893-09-18
GOGEBIC WON 1T
Result of the Coursing at
Ocean View.
Great Preparations Being Made for
the COIrSing Events on
Thanksgiving Day.

The owners of crack dogs are COM
mencing to train their hounds for the
series of great winter courses which are
10 take place at Ocean View Park. The
principal of these meets will take place on
Thanksgiving day, when some Australian
hounds with records are expected to con-
test. The c0urslng at that time will last
four days, like those which have made
Merced famous.
Before this great meet there will be
some very good coursing. On Sunday.
September "a. the San j lose club will run a
twenIv-fOur dog stake, which is expected
from the entries already made to be an ex-
the cOuTSing will be open only to crack
dogs. the entrance fee for dogs being
50 80, aud among the prizes will be $40
silver cup. On October there will be
cOursing for dogs that never won prize.
On October 10 there will be a puppy-dng
stake. The following Sunday, October %,
the stake will consist of nOn-priZe win
ners. Then will follow series Of special
cOursing matches before the great Thanks
giving NEST. All of the latter matches
will be under the auspices of the Pacific
COursing Club.
The Thanksgiving meet has been chris
tened the "WaterlOo" stake and races.
leon met his downfall. Probably there
will be Waterloo for number of the
dogs which will be entered to make records.
The coursing yesterday opened with a
match between Nellie Gray and Examiner.
Examiner was the favorite, the betting
being 81 30 to 81 Oh the former. Nellie
Gray proved little speedier than the
talent imagined and won hands down.
Faster and Faster, entered under the
name OF Jennie June, left the slips with
|. Parklnson's LOttie after a very fast
iack which took both dogs over the field
Three dollars were placed on Faster and
Faster while only 81 stake was ventured
on Lottie. There was nothing special
about the course as Faster and Faster was
too speedy contestant and "killed" with
ease.
There were two courses in the next
match, which was between Mollie R and
John n. In the race after the first jack
the points were even. On the second
course Mollie 81 proved the winner.
A great course followed between J. Ker-
rgan's Honeymoon and d. TolanT's
Yreka. The betting was 10 / on Yreka.
The speediest jack of the day made a
splendid squirt after the dogs left the slips.
nose and nose. On and on they went.
neither gaining any advantage. Up hill
and down the hounds speeded after the
bounding bunnie, whose legs could not be
seen, but which knew bv instinct that il
meut became intense as the dogs kept on
with neither having the advantage. No
better course was ever run at Ocean View.
Finally Yreka made spurt and kept it
until the kill.
T. Brosnahan's Sierra aud j. Motifs
Chief ran two courses before their match
was decided. The betting was 8 to on
Sierra. The points were even Oh the first
course, but on the second Sierra proved
the speedier hound.
G. Duffy's Maid of the Valley and D.
OBren's Pride of the Park excited con-
siderable interest in the fine course both
run. The talent was dumped on this race.
Is they placed ST 30 to ST on Pride of the
Park. The latter dog was the loser.
J. O'Farrel's EVELYN and =. Gordan's
Grimes ran hot course. in which the IA
vorte won. Three dollars was placed on
Grimes against 81 on Evelyn. There was
little of an exciting nature in the race and
Grimes easily won.
The last race of the rundown was be-
tween n. Murphy's Dark Rustic and j.
Moffits's GOgebic. The latter dog won
hands down.
In the first ties Faster and Faster beat
Nellie Grav, Matte II beat Yreka, Maid
of the Valley beat Sierra, Gogebic beat
Grimes.
The result of the second ties was as fol.
lows: Faster ani Faster beat Matte ii,
Gogebc beat Maid OF the Valley.
In The final ties Gogebic beat Faster and
Faster, winning first prize.
In concluding last Sundays matches for
prizes PennyrOyal beat Pride of the Park,
Dashaway ran bye with Roll Along and
won. In the runOf Dashaway ran away
with Pennyroyal, not letting the latter
dog scUre.
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