The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-11
Royal Daisy Secures Second
Place After a Series of
Game Struggles.
CLOSE OF A GREAT MEETING.
California Hounds Prove too Clever
for the Cracks From Over the
Mountains.

MERGED, CAL, Dec. 10.-The interstate
coursing meeting was brought to sue
cessful termination this afternoon, j. II.
Dickinson's nomination, Right Bower,
being the winner and W. c. Peyton's,
Royal Daisy, the runner up. The weather
was splendid for coursing, being perfectly
cool. The attendance on the fields was
very large, from 400 to 600 people being
present Everything in the shape OF a
vehicle was there, the equlpage that
looked as though it had come from the
ark as we'll as the four-in-hand that GER
tainly would have won prize at the late
horse show. Ladies were there by the
score, both on horseback and in vehicles,
adding much, of course, to the attractive
ness of the coursing field.
The sport commenced in the morning
with a match between T. Halls ANNE
Laurie and W. G. Peyton's Flying Buck.
Upon being slipped both shot out well
after the game, but just as they had gone
about 100 yards Flying Buck turned over
in fit, which gave the race to Annie.
This was a great blow to Mr.. Peyton' s
chances, as Flying Buck was considered
one of the best sprinters at the meeting.
The hares ran all day as if they were
trained to the work, nearly all the courses
being from one to three miles, and but few
kills took place. OF the six Sacramento
dogs Shamrock was the only one that went
to slip in the second round, and Royal
Buck in grueling course finished him I'M
mercifully.
Of the four Eastern-bred dogs Anna
Laurie, Ventura, Master Glepkirk and
Charming May all went down before Cali
fornia-bred dogs, Master Glenkirk going
into the second round and falling there
before T. j. Cronin's Dotrie Dimple.
This course was a great one, but the
daughter of Dan O'ConnelI and imp. Lady
Cleveland proved more than match for
him, and he fell, but not ingloriously
This dog was looked upon as being su-
perlor to any dog in the stake and was
heavily backed. T. Halls Annie Laurie
after having had desperate courses. fell in
the fourth round before E. Geary's Elec-
trio, which up to this point ran nobly, and
consequently was heavily backed in the
pools in each Of his following courses.
But all through the meeting no one
SttIueu W uObICc MI. DlChSOI
ton Right Bower, which in his first at
tempt knocked over in very short course
one of the cleverest little coursers in the
State-Mr. McInerney's Little Banshee.
His next attempt was with Daisy Crest,
and in good course he beat her, TOO, in a
clever manner.
In the third round he met Emin Pasha
in bye and cleverly ran an undecided
heat with him. In the fourth round he
met the conqueror of Master Glenkirk--
Dottie Dimple-and handsomely thrashed
her in splendid course. Twenty minutes
later he had to meet Electric, that from
his previous performance was slated by
one-half the coursing men as the dog that
must certainly come out on top, and
thrashed him in most unmistakable
manner in fine course, leaving him for
the final to try conclusions with w. G.
Peyton's great Royal Daisy.
Royal Daisy had also performed splen-
didly, knocking over in her career through
the meeting such fliers as Lissak, Ruby
and Skyball. The final course created
great excitement, as at the last moment
the bettors saw that Right Bower had
more than good show against Mr.. Pey-
tons Nomination, and the result proved
the correctness of their Judgment. The
Bower beat her in a splendid trial by ii to
points.
The excitement at the finish was in
tense, and Mr.. Dickson was cheered again
and again by the excited and enthusiastic
crowd.
President Shannon warmly congratu-
lated the assembled spectators, and es-
peciaIly the citizens of MERGED, on their
splendid bearing throughout the meeting.
Right Bower. the winner of the meet, is
a handsome, fawn-colored dog, owned by
T. Cooney of San Jose, is about % months
old and is by Dashaway, out of Queen Bess.
Royal Daisy, the runner-up, now owned
by w. c. Peyton of Santa Cruz, is by
Royal Crest, out of Dougherty's Daisy.
She thoroughly proved that she is of high
lineage.
Mr.. Grace's work was excellent from
beginning to finish, and again proved that
there is not his equal as Judge in the
United States. Mr.. Wren handled the
slips admirably, and all reached MERGED
overjoyed with the two days sport.