The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-02

HummePs fine dog BabazOon In 1891, VIII eveI
be remembered among the leasbmen present a;
one OF the hnest courses ever seen at MERGED
Dominck Shannon's bitch Maggie M whelped
on The 23d inst. four pups TO his fine young dog
FlashIlght. Both the sire and dam OF THESE
youngsters are SngulaTly well bred ana iheir
progeny surely should be worth looking afier
hight IS by FL Rey out OF Verdurec lad
lhat sister TO FullertOD). and Maggie NJ IS by
w. ii. LOWS impOr, ed dog Lord Neversettle, a
great producer, and her dam, Prlma Donna, Is
a granddaughter of MisteTtoD, Waterloo cup
winner
I. j. Cronin is very proud OF fine young
pilch winch lie is commencing To tram Tor the
big meeting at MERGED. she Is out OF the re-
noWned Chicopee Lass that made name for
hefsen on the plains or Kansas TWO or three
years ago. and by Ben d'Or. she IS undoupt-
euiy rangy LOOKING greyhound. and that she
VIII De good one there can scarcely De a
oonot. As a sapling she ran last May or June
= lew cours IN Newark That stamped her as a
worthy daughter of Chicopee Lass. I'm says
ne i prepared TO put her against any man
uog lOr SlOO or $3.50, two out OF three courses.
Inc hennel, the Farm and the POulterer, an
irish Journal gives the proceedings OF tr lal
Tor dog stealing in Belfast which shows that
San FRANCISCO is not the Only place infested
WIN tnieVeS who make practice OF steaIlng
uogS' unfortunately there are many rascalS
! win such prociivliies but though several oil
them nave been often caught, up TO The present
none ol them have yet been made 10 1eel the
result OF their evil deeds.
ID. ID. Roche and T. CrOnin Of this city have
Deen special marks for the dOg-thieves. and
last sunday j. OShea succeeded IN fnding a
Valuable slut OF his In possession OF fellow
OaklandeT courSing at Ocean View. who SAID
when OSnea accOsted him that the dog was
imported from Australia, and that he bought
.ler LOT small amount of money as the owner
was hard up. If Mr.. O'Shea, Cr0nin and the
OtneTS VINO have had lhelr dogs stolen would
only axe lesson from the case quoted ana
prosecute the thieves dog stealing would soon
De thlng OF the past, as few, II any, OF The
admirers of other peoples property would care
s aDout spending twelVemonlh or so In prison
Tor the sake of having temporary possession of
good-l0Oking greyhound.
III beliaSt magistrate named Hayes sued a
dos-traner for tbs purpose of determining the
ascertaln!ng the loss sustained by its owner
through being deprived of the animal during
Tie last eourSing season.
MI. Hayes had greyhound puppy, Erma,
anu 10 Inc autumn of 1891 he gave thai puppy
10 MI fultCn, farmer, TO rear. Ii remained
III MS possession until December, 1892, when
u was given by MIR. Hayes TO James Spence
Ihe defendant in this case, for the purpose OF
Delhg Trained Tor cOursing meetings. Ii was
entered IN Hayes name for the puppy stakes
al Madden cOursing meeting In January, 1892
home.
On the 22d of February, 1898, he wrote TO
the nlalntln that the bitch had died OF distem-
per. winch prevailed In the kennel. Subse-
quently Ditch called Lady Herschell was en-
teleu III the name or Spence and won prizes at
several meetings amounting 10 $40. a suS-
plcion arose at The PurdySburn meeting that
the Ditcn was not a descendant of Herschell,
ana When Mr. Fulton went 10 SpeEce's kennel
one OF the dogs knew him, came up, and an
sWeTeu 10 The name of EIma. He recognized it
III once by mark on one OF lis thighs. The
uOG was Identified as Erma and the jury as
seSSed the value of the greyhound at $50 ana
the loss which the plaintiff sustained through
not having The animal during the last season at
%l%o' run costs were awarded 10 the plaintiff.