The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-19
COURSiNG.
Shooting Stray Dogs i'm the Park.
Fun Over MOOndyne.

AS previously stated in The CALL,
coursing is on the verge of a great boom.
and quite a fascination is manifested
among a number of men for sport which,
in past years. was supported only by COM
paratively few people.
Almost daily, Misunderstanding dogs
can be seen following their owners and
trainers along the thoroughfares leading
to the park. Occasionally cat or some
small animal of the canine order crosses
within view of the fieet-footed loDg-tails,
and then flight of speed is witnessed as
the greyhounds fly over the ground In pur-
suit OF their supposed game.
Sometimes an old lady whose pet cat has
been ran 10 earth by the spirited dogs,
whose eyes are always on the alert for
fuT, puts in very opportune appearance
and bleSses, as only old ladies' can. the
owners of the animals that caused her pet
pussy to raise the hairs on its tail and
back. which, as old women contend, Is "a
cats flag of distress when cOrnered by man
or beast
Recently some greyhounds have been
lost near the park. For the Information
Of owners of valuable dogs. the park
policemen have instruction to shoot all
dogs found streyiDg within the park
iiplts. and it is presumed that some of the
lost CANNES have by this time fallen vic
tins to the deadly aim of some park officer.
The usual cOncourse of coursiDg men
who visit the country adjacent to Peta-
luna was seen returning from the chase
last Sunday evening with wounded and
disabled greyhounds. One strapping big
fellow named Hynes appeared with his
trousers looking as il they had come out of
thrashlDg machine. He explained his
rather peculiar predicament, stating that
during a heated race after dogs and hare
l..
sighted for some distance and finally tum-
bled into deep gulch in which were coiled
several bundles of wire rope.
At first thought he suspicioned a den of
rattlesnakes. as he had felt several sharp
stings. which reminded him of great
medicine bottle he always carried when
out for sport. Upon realizing that there
was no immediate danger to be anticipated
from few stabs of the steel he concluded,
after having eXtricated his wounded
anatomy from an unpleasant position, to
take internally instead of externally the
medicine that had been specially put UP
for him by DR.. Wren in case of snakebte.
Strange to relate. the sting occasioned
by the fall into bed of barbed wire was
no longer felt after the Encouragement
had partaken of the doctors powerful
medicine.
a new coursing club known as the Noe
Valley Coursing Club has been organ lied
Win the lOliOWiuS OlUceIS. 1TeSlQent, j.
Il. Kelly; vice-president, j. Doyle; secre-
tary, w. Ring; treasurer, +. Donovan: :
board of directors-J. OFarrell. J.. Motif.
ID. Mahoney, T. Kelleher, d. BurfeInd and
j. Roche.
A warm little incident occurred early in
the week past between the two well-kHOwp
coursiDg men, John Eagan and Jerry Shea
as to the use of the promising hound Moon
dyne and were it not for the timely arrival
of d. j. Healy on the scene the probab ilty
Is that one or two widows would be in the
city by the time.
Healy was generally supposed to be the
real owner of the dog M0ondy ne, and as
the latter is near relative of the great
English Waterloo winner, he is much
priced by the lovers of the leash for breed
ing purposes, hence the anxiety of Mr..
Eagan TO obtain the services of the dog
and the equal determination of Shea that
the dog should be jealousy reserved for
his own and Healy's kennels.
The real ownership of the dog then came
into the dispute, but by the persuasive
eloquence of Healy the question was
finally settled without arbitration. Healy
has announced to ali California that the
dog is the joint property of himself and
Shea.
Healy surely deserves some recognition
from some of the humane societies, for
bad it not been for his timely leap into the
breach the papers would have had some
sensational stories to publish in connection
with the result OF ownership of a most
promising greyhound.