The morning call., 1894-06-24
Tier is self-eXplanatOry:

better sense than running their pets after hares
on ground that is as hard as flint.
The following letter is selfexplanatory:
RIVERSIDE, June ! 3, 1894.
To the sporting Editor Of The Cdti-SIR In The
last four weeks edition of the Sunday CALL l no
ticed challenges and counter challenges of some
Of the coursIng men of San Fran tsco, Sacramento
and MADEIRA, also OF large meeting To be held at
MERGED. Please give some further In Information on
the subject in one of your Sunday editions TO
the time, place ana amount or purse, and If the
stake is limited TO a certain number of dogs; also
II there will be puppy stake, and how many
judges.
l have four fine bred dogs imported from Scot
land, seventeen months old in November. l
would like to run some OF the chailengers a few
match races, terms and place TO be agreed on
hereafter Anxiousy awaiting the information
l am yours truly, ARCHIE MCCRELLA
III reply TO our cores oUdents letter the
great meeting at MERGED will take place either
in the last week of October or the first week of
November next. The stake Will be open TO all
Corners aud the entry will he SO each dog
There will be no limit TO the number of dogs
The first prize Will be at least $500 ana gold
cup, and the other prizes VIII be in proportion
There Will be no puppy stake but there Will in
all probability be a consolation stake Tor dogs
beaten in the first two rounds. There Will, OF
course, be but one judge, Mr.. Grace, the gentle
man who Is looked upon by all CalfOrnians
and indeed by all cOursing men throughout the
country as in every sense the equal OF the Eng
llsh judge, james Headley.
Our correspondents imported dogs will be
very near tile right age Tor the great meeting,
and however good the youngsters may be, aud
as good dogs as we'll as good men come fra
the land o. cakes" it is fair TO presume that
those under notice Will be worthy representa-
lives OF their great progenitOrS-Cauld kale
ana Scotias Thistle. One thing is certaIu,
however, and that is II ourRiverside friend ever
meets any Of our California productions IN the
greyhound line during the MERGED meeting, he
will contest against those that are emlnently
worthy OF his steel, and If he succeeds Ia down
ing them he can 90 home thoroughly satisfied
that he made no mistake In importing grey
hounds from beyond the Tweed" and that
each and all OF them are "bra Scots"
Thursday last being very cool almost cold)
day, b. Doherty aud one or Two other friends
took trip down toward Lake MERGED with his
hounds Uhe Royal CTestDaiSy litter, and
finer afternoons sport they could not have
wished for. The party was fortunate in finding
some great hares, TWO out OF the five started
being killed. The largest dog of this litter.
the one known as Fawn Buck, was supposed by
Mr.. D0herty to be too large and unwleldy,
and nothing near as good as the other three,
but Tuesdays trials must have convinced him
that he was very much mistaken. Indeed, from
the work done on that occasion Flying Buck
would be by far the most appropriate name for
this splendid young dog.
There are, ii would seem, many thieving ras-
calls all over the city who make IL O business
whenever they see welb dog Of any breed
at large TO Immediately catch him and secTete
him away, presumably hoping thereby TO r.
celve some reward on '1uding" the dog for its
owner. Greyhound men seem 10 DO the par
ticular prey of these thieves. JUS at present
j. OShea Is the sufferer, TWO Of bis dogs having
been taken away from his very door one day
last week. and although he had advertised no
one has yet "found' them for MIN. The pound
men should keep their eyes open for these fell
lows, and II they would but throw their net
over some OF them aud place them in their
cages tie chances are That they would have 10
drown these ours as they do the uuTedeemed
dogs, one would think II worth their
while TO redeem such worthless vagabonds.