The morning call., 1893-08-21
HARkAWAY WINS.
Good Day for the Reds at
Ocean View.
WON WITH THE SLIPS ON.
Fine Series of Coursing Races Yes
terday, at Which the Talent Was
lngloriousIy Dumped.
WON WITH THE SLIPS ON.

more than usually large crowd at
tended the cOursing at Ocean View yes
terday. Those who were present were
rewarded With a good days sport. 1t was
the opinion of frequenters OF the coursing
field that finer races have never been
run at Ocean View.
The day was splendid one for cours-
ing, just sufficient breeze blowing to take
of the heat from the field. The grass of
the park has been dried up by the autumn
winds, and presented a clean a pect
from one end to the other. Every hare
could be spotted the moment he broke
cover, and there was no possibility of hid
ing beneath bits of shrubbery. There
was very lively set of jacks on hand, and
one good point of the days sport was that
there was no interminable waits between
races while boys scurried around for hares.
The Pacific Coursing Club presentedla
good programme, which was carried out
without but slight draw backs. The pro-
gramme consisted of a sixteen-dog stake,
in the running of of which there was
number of surprises to the talent, who
were several times dumped with very
dull thud.
The day was one for the reds, which
color was that borne by the favorites. The
red flag waved three times for every one it
unfurled 10 the breeze for the whites.
The first race was between w. Dams
Belmont and g. D0roughty's Dixon. The
course was decided in favor of Belmont,
but the decision gave great dissatisfaction
to the owner of Dixon. The only time
that Dixon made a point was when Bel
mont made drive for the hare and fell.
Dixon then made turn and killed. The
judge gave the race to BelmOn. on points.
which vQrAIPt ConQrol sfoo
being proper. DiXen's owner entered
very severe kick and refused to run his
other dog. Mamie Kelly.
In consequence of Dorougherty with
drawing Mamie Kelly d. Boland's Head
light ran bye.
with ID. Boland'S Captain Morse, beating
the latter toward the end in good style.
Riey's Queen of the Forest scurried
over the held In the closest race of the day,
her competitor being j. O'FarrelPs Eve
line. The Queen beat with fine kill.
2. Riley's Harkaway beat M. Foey's
Dauntless in coed shape.
j. Breslin's Sierra beat j. Kerrigan's
Eureka. This race was a great dump to
the talent. Eureka was backed for first
place and the talent dropped to l.
j. Kerrgan's Yreka beat W. McSwee-
ney's Frisco, and Jennings, Nightingale
ran bye, as Sicotte's Mary Ann did not
come to the slips.
On the first ties Belmont ran great
race with Headlight and won by two
points.
Lady Napoleon beat Queen of the
Forest. grand jack giving both dogs a
very hot chase. The former scored by two
points.
Harkaway ran against Sierra and the
talent again went down, the betting being
SO 90 to 81. As Sierra had beaten Eureka.
crack dog, 1t was thought the hound had
sure thing against Harkaway, a IA
months-old pup, but Harkaway showed
the heels to its competitor.
Nightingale and 1reka left the slips un-
sighted and rever came together until the
final. when Yreka killed. The Judge de-
clded mo course" at which there was
some kicking. as the betting was to l.
The owner of Yreka refused to allow the
dog to run rgain. as it was taken suddenly
sick. The course was one of the longest
ever run over on the large field at Ocean
View, and the verdict was that if Yreka
had run several hundred yards further the
hound would have fallen. The RAGS was
given to Nightingale.
In the second ties Lady Napoleon beat
Beimont in good shape after a grand lack.
Harkaway beat Nightingale with slips ON
one OF the most remarkable races on the
coursing tield. In spite of the impeachment
OF the slips which hung to the dogs neck
Harkaway did not allow Nightingale n,
score a point. The heat was one of the
worst ever seen at Ocean View consider
ing the dogs.
ln the final, which was a very exciting
race, Harkaway ran away from Lady Ma
poleon. the latter not scoring a point. The
betting was to on the latter dog. as the
Talent thought she had a sure thing be-
cause she was fell sister of Dottie Dim
pie. one of the champions The lack
proved the victor in the race, for he got
away from both dogs into The escape and
lives to run another race next Sunday
Harkaway easily won the race on points.