The morning call., 1894-01-01
HARES THAT FLEW
Great Coursing Out at
Newark Park.
JACK DEMPSEY WINS HoNoRs
s
Long JOHN, Dottie Dimple and
Sting Also Praised. ::
JACK DEMPSEY WINS HONORs
PRESENTATION To Mr.. GRACE.
The Courteous and Efficient Judge
Made tile Recipient of
- Handsome Watch.

poualed ANYTHING seen there. Indeed,
MERGED never showed such sport. and it is
questionable if anything like it was ever
seen ON the famous AtcaT, a place made
classic by the achievements Of such giants
of the coursing field as Master McGrath,
D.. C0omasSie and Fullerton.
About two hundred of the followers of
the leash journeyed yesterday morning to
Newark, and on arrival in the field the
wealth CT was really unpleasant. a bitter
cold wind swept down from the coast
ranges, and of course oyercoats and muf-
feEs were in keen demand, while the sun
OF California struggled almost in vain for
hours to burst through the heavy atmo-
sphere, task which it eventually sue
ceededsin doing about l O'clock. 80.
q. 1t is really difficult TO say which of the
dogs Gid the best. as there were so many
wonderful courses. Jack Dempsey. how
ever, came out on top, defeating Ia his
course through the stake such wel-knOwn'
filters as the great SkyTocket. Marvellous
and Long John. besides turning over good
dogs like Swift and White Rustic.
Another dog that aStonlshed his owner
and the crowd at large was Long John in
his courses with Vida Shaw, Sting and
Dotty. Dimpe His, run with Sting was in
all probability the greatest COURSE ever
run in Newark and will be remem bered
for month SstQ come among the leaShmen
There was always belief among the grew
hound men that the big brindle could not
stay In. a. long. course, but he settled con-
ciuslvely tlTat question. yesterday and
proved beyond a doubt that he is, when
iii ana WELL great greyhound.
Another one that showed extraordinary
power and speed was 7. j. Cronin's Dotty
Dimple, and were il not that she got an
other hare after beating her brother Relief
fvi rTT gf,,-
have defeated Long John in the fourth
round. and great as was his running he
ODiydeteated her by one or two points.
z. d. AOlan's Sting, loo. did wonders
aud IT is questionable if Mr.. Grace ever
Judged such a course as that between this
dog and Long John. 1t surely lasted five
minutes, if not more. Queen of the Val
ley. too, Fan well, but in her first course
with Jennie g she broke or dislocated a
Zoe, which of course left her in the second
round a comparatively easy opponent Tor
DotY Dimple.
Skyrocket, it must be admitted. did not
run with his accustomed brllfiancy, for ia
his first course with Longfellow he barely
saved himself from defeat by the escape OF
the hare, which brought the judges cap
of. aud in the next trial defeated Long
fellow with no great amount Of sport In
his courses with Jack Dempsey IN the
third round he led Jack little better than
a length until very near the game, and
then Jack put on squirt that brought
beth dogs together against the fence, and
as the mare broke away Dempsey was the
quickest IN pursuit, turned, killed and
won.
Of the dogs defeated in the first round
MT. La { MAS dog, Swift, deserves espe-
cial mention for the determined manner
. IT, which lie stuck to Jack Dempsey in a
grueling course, 1ud most assuTedly when
this ~0ung dog, If taken proper care of.
CONES 10 maturity Mr.. La Cunha will
have the pleasure Of seeing him at
the finish OF stake before the season
closes.
The hares that furnished such wonder
full sport came from the Tulare district,
and TO say that they were flyers can
scarcely give correct idea of what they
were. John Dugal said they were OF
some hat different species to any yet M
ported to the park-"birds" ne called
them.
After the first round of the card was
finished a most pleasing event took place.
The committee of the club, standing Oh
the steps Of the stand, asked Mr.. Grace to
come mp among them, and as he did so
DOminlck Shannon, pres ident Of the club,
turned toward him and addressing him in
that easy manner Tor which he Is we'll
known, handed to Mr. Grace a beautiful
gold watch with his monogram engraved
on the back and also on the handsome
locket attached.
MIR. Grace was certainly taken by sur
prise, as the affair had been Kept a secret,
for it is well known that he always re-
fused any compensation, and, indeed, for
bade any attempt at making him any kind
OF returns for his services as judge. On
this occasion, however, he was completely
in the hands of his friends, and he had to
surrender to the inevitable. Turning to
Mr. Shannon, he acf epted the gift in q
few fitting words. Three cheers for Mr..
Grace were given with will The watch
cost $3.50.
The coursing then proceeded. and the
thiTty-d0S stake was finished by 80 P. NJ,
with the following result:
First round-T. j. Cronin's Jack
Dempsy beat a a. La Cunha's Swift; J.
Deans White Rustic beat j. 0'Shea's
Fearless; j. Il. Perigo'S Wee Lassie ran
bye; P. Curtis SkyTocket beat }. Il. Per-
beat Z. Iiernan's Mary Ann; w. Ferries
Coomassle beat z. Tiernan's Glenade; T.
}. Cr0nn's D0tty Dimple beat ]. Dow
llna's Chief IF the Valley; j. Dowling's
Queen OF ire Valley beat T. j. Cronin's
Jennie q; L. Geary's Bonnie Lass beat
a. a La Cunha's Dleblo; j. j. Edmonds'
Pride OF the Park beat A. A. La Cunba's
Quick; j. Cranston's Marvellous beat r.
Tracy's Swede; Ii. McCracken's Twl.
light beat S. a. Cummings White Cloud
T. Tiernan.s Long John beat A. A. La
Cunha's Lion; ). Edmonds' Vida Shaw
beat p. Curtis Rockette; P. J. Nolan's
Sting beat J. G. Thomson's Surprise.
Second rOund-Jack Dempsy beat Rus
tic. Skyrocket peat Wee Lassie. Relief
beat Coomassie, Dotty Dimple beat Queen
Of the Valley, Pride of the Park beat Bon
ME Lass, Marvellous beat Twilight, Long
John beat Vida Shaw, String ran bye
Third round-Jack Dempsy beat Sky
rocket, Deity Dimple beat Relief, Marvel
Gus beat Pride OF the Park, Long John
beat String.
Fourth rou0d-Jack Dempsy beat Mar
Vicious, Long John beat Dotty Dimple.
Flnal-Jack Dempsy beat Long John
and won the stake-S60; Long John took
$50, and Deity Dimpie and Marvellous SIS
each.
he Consolation stake for the beaten
dogs VIII be run to-day, and the club hal
ADDED purse To the stake. There will be
private coursing as soon as the stake is
finished. -