The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-01
A NUMBER OF FLEET DOGS
Great Trouble in Picking the
Winners.
THE EVENTS AT NEWARK.
Unexpected Defeat of Several of the
Prime Favorites-NoteS
of the Day.

Yesterdays coursng at Canavan's Ocean
View Park was the best of the season.
The rain had put the grounds into splen-
did shape, and each of the events was very
closely contested. The hares were very
lively and a splendid lot Of game animals.
1t was originally intended to have Ga
dog stake. but the detection of number of
owners OF dogs resulted in scaling the num-
Der OF entries down TO twenty-fOur dogs.
Nevertheless the stakes as far as first and
second prizes were not decided, owing to
the darkness. The last two courses were
run il an almost impenetrable bank of fog
Ed Caravan was judge and gave univer-
sal satisfaction, none of his decisions being
disputed. John Caravan was slipper. the
other officers of the field being William
Halpin, slip steward; William Davis, flag
steward; o. III. Lewis, ID. ID. Roche and f.
Mcdonald, field stewards.
Betting on each event was lively, many
hundreds of dollars eh angling hands. The
short end men were in the main successful,
though the dogs were generally so evenly
matched that u choice was always hard TO
pick.
The prettiest and longest race of the day
came in the first ties when Gogebic beat
John Mitchell. The hare was started near
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grand stand and was only killed after
long, hard chase. Gogebic took the animal
In splendid style, ana though not favOrite
in the betting. landed quite a respectable
sum of money for his hackers. Captain
Morse also ran very pretty race both In
the first and second ties, In the former
leading Dolly Warden, dog with splen-
did record. and in the latter Dan e. who
carried the bulk of the money in the pools.
The first ties resulted as follows: ID. ID.
Roche's Dan beat j. Sullivan's Silver
Star. ID. ID. Roche's Dolly Warden beat P.
Tully's Molly II, II. Beasley's Joe Bowers
beat II. Hulps Snowflake. ID. Towland's
Captain Morse beat G. A. AatSon's Bel
mont. E. p. Kennels John w beat P.
Codey's IIoGuois, FL. Beasley's Greenwood
beat II. Hull's Frisco Boy, E. =. Kennels
Cleverness beat ID. Roche's Mountain
Hare. j. Shannon's Soudan beat G. Gan
mons Vacaville Boy, j. Shannon's Naive
Son beat 2. d. N0lan's Dashaway, E. P.
Kennels Examiner beat P. Nolan's Dark
Rustic, j. Motifs Gogebic beat Shannon's
Vinegar Hill Lass, ID. R0che's John
Mitchell beat J. Quane's Dock
In the first ties Dan c beat Joe Bowers.
Captain Morse beat Dolly Warden, Green
Native Son beat Examiner, Gogebic beat
John Mitchell. The second ties resulted
as follows: Captain Nurse beat Dan c,
Greenwood beat Cleverness, Gogebic beat
Native Son.
In the third ties Greenwood beat Captain
Morse. Gogebic ran bye with Mrs. Far
relps So So. but owing to the darkness the
judge was unable to render a decision.
For the same reason the final race. which
in the event of Gogebic defeating So So
would have been between Gogebic and
Green wood, was postponed until next
Sunday, when the bye aud final will be
run off.
The first and second prizes were un-
decided. Captain Morse won the third
prize. $40; Dan G, Native Son and Clever
ness the fourth, fifth and sixth prizes re-
spectvely of 81 80 each. The first prize is
purse of $40 and clock valued at SIS,
which must be won three times TO become
the winners property. The second prize
is $40.
Tonight there will be a drawing for a
sapllng and puppy stakes at 123 O'Farrell
street In order that there may be no dis
putes as to the class to which each dog
may belong. owners will be required to
make affidavit as to the age OF their dogs.
A consolation stakes will also be arranged
for.