The morning call., 1894-10-28

with the exception of one, young dogs,
and representing in their lineage nearly all
the great strains of blood known to the
coursing world in Europe, Australia and
this country.
Empire is the property of John Eagan of
this city and d. j. Healy OF Petaluma.
He is a fine specimen of his race and is
both fast and clever. and when but little
more than sapling was the runner-up 10
Wee Lassie in siXteen-dog stake st New
ark last June. This dog is royalty bred,
being by Short Stop out OF Bessey. He is
white and fawn in color and should GER
tainly give good account OF himself at
the forthcoming event
Another of this group is L. j. Cronin' g
fine young bitch Best Trump, by Ben dor
out of the celebrated bitch Chicopee
Lass. She is large, raDgy hound, weigh
ing over So pounds. She is very fast to
her hare and q good worker, and that she
will be sent to slips in Al condition goes
without saying, for her owner is one of the
very few that takes unlimited trouble with
| his hounds. and it is safe to say that so far
as training goes Best Trump will 90 to the
| slips in perfect tune.
! Butcher Boy is owned by A. Merrill, one
| of our young coursng enthusiasts. This
young dog is said to have fine dash of
! speed, which he no doubt inherited from
his sire, Laurelwood, one of the fastest
| bounds that was in the State when he was
\ In his DriWes U0 is sun vi tile great L q H.
petes, the grandam of Skyrocket, Long
| John, COomassie and others of coDsidera-
| BILE note. His dam is Snowflake. This
| youngster has one serious blemish for a
| greyhound, viz. ''prick ears" otherwi sc
| he is we'll formed, and it is ION the cards
! tina. lie is dangerous customer TO meet.
| Skyball is owned by Michael Healy oil
Rockland. and is undoubtedly splendid.
/ looking young dog. He is by John Mitch.
! ell out of Molly II, and consequently CON-
blues in his veins some of our best blood,
and he proved it only couple of weeks
! ago by winning forty-four-dog stake in
| an enclosed park in the clearest fashion. II
was his first attempt, too, and he certainly
was sent to slips without any great amount
| of preparation. In color he is a handsome
| brindIe, with little white on neck and
| feet. lie is now in the hands of Z. j.
| Cronin, who no doubt will send him to
Sins in fine form.
and was imported twelve months age
from Australia by that gen tleman. He is
| taken altogether, a splendid looking dog,
black III color. and weighs sixty-three
pounds. He is purely bred, being a grand.
son of the great Misterton English Wa,
terloo winner). and his sire is the great
Australian dog Livingstone. an Austria
Ian Waterloo winner and the sire of the
two bitches Belgravia and Bloomer, the
former of which won the Australian Wa
terloo in 1892 and the latter captured the
same evsnt in 1898 and 1894. Being the
first hound that ever won the Colonial
Waterloo twice, Warratah is very fas
dog, but he has yet to win his spurs or
California soil before he can be classed a:
one of our great greyhounds. He will bt
! 8 years old next February.
The last but certainly not the least or
this list is 2. Ryan's Maggie. This dog
was bred in Sacramento and is from th;
genuine old California stock. His exac
age is not known. but the proba bility il
that ne Is or years old now. He is
spirited dashing greyhound aud in oDer
ground such as that of Merced he will b,
one of the most dangerous dogs in tn,
meeting. he is by Scalper out of Kitty
Woods and his name denotes his color. Il
the enclosed fields he has won severa
stakes and run up in others, and it is bu
very seldom that the very best OF cur dog
have been able to send him altogether t
the right about.
All quarters of the State will be repre-
sented at Merced as well as all the breed
of greyh0unds that are famed througbou
the world. High hopes of course ar
formed, but as nothing succeeds but sue
cess, many of the dogs that are nursed wit
care to-day will find themselves on the l5t
of November next looked upon with cold
ness, if not contempt, and their owners u
doubt will solace their feelings by hum
ming to themselves
'AFTER THE BALL"