The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-13

All greyhounds by the way are not
grey, and Judge Dennison laughs as I
tell him 1 had supposed they were, and
says, "some are yellow, some black, like
Comanche Lass, some brindle and some
spotted.
They are most intelligent too. and
learn readily how to best make points at
q coursing meet"
The shortest heat run was abont one
hundred and fifty yards, the longest
about two miles and a half. think l
rode about thirty miles altogether. The
long run was won by Beauty g. and
have the rabbits ears as a reminder of
the race.
One of the short races was described
to metechnically by Judge Luse, as FOL
lows: "The rabbit started and Comanche
Lass went up and made first turn, plac-
ing Frank for next turn; Lass worked
hare strongly through fence, scoring rap
| idly by wrenches, brought back to Frank
who caught at once, when l displayed
white flag. showing to crowd that dog in
! white collar had won"
This ia the way l saw it "untechnic-
| ally" Three little specks the autumn
landscape for two or three minutes,
which seemed even shorter then as we
came up, the pretty dogs standing over
their prey, looking at US for commenda-
ton, while the judge waved the colors
of the winner, as the crowd cheered ex-
citedly. There were ladies in carriages
tenderly caressing their favorite hound,
which they held in firm restraint, and
these ladies themselves are among the
most interested spectators of the sport.
There were dogs from Osawatomie,
Emporia, Newton, Council Grove, Great
Bend, and Burdick, beside the local dogs.
Some Of these were beauties and l be-
lieve l admired them enough, though
the meet impressed me, l am sure. very
differently from the manner in which
it does the dog owners and fanciers.
To me the charm of it all was in the
early start when the town turned out to
look and admire, the canter over the roll
ing hills, the river winding its way
picturesquely behind US through the
gold and brown and gray landscape,
Cottonwood Falls and Strong City in the
distance and an occasional farm house,
few large ones, for this a grazing rather
than farming country.
The crowd winding along the country
road like detachment of some army;
the halt on the hill and the beginning of
the chase.
1 cannot become as interested in the
points made as l am in the swift running
of the hare, the swifter pursuit
of the dogs, the galloping of the
horses with their heads thrown up,
the cries of the marshal
who warns the crowd that they must
keep back and explains to some dssatis-
fed ones who wonder what owner of the
dogs Pm representing; that this lady is
press representative from the east who
has done us the honor to come here to
write up our meet" whereupon l felt not
just right, for we Topeka people are
rather proud of being westerners, if we
aren't all natives.
KsI watch the race I find myself
wishing that the hare would get away or
else keep on running forever, a1d that
we might follow just as long. l didn't
want to catch the poor thing. The pleas
ure was all in the chase. When l said
this to one of the gentlemen, he said
with a laugh, That's just like woman"
l suppose it is. But Diana was a wom-
an.
At last some one suggests that we in
vestigate the we'll filed lunch baskets
we had brought out and we dismounted
and made several merry Parties over the
field, ours sitting down on the lee side of
d haystack which protected US from the
raw wind and eating Geld meat and
bread and butter with eelish seldom
brought to terrapin and CANVAS back
There were pickles anG canned fruits
and apple butter, real country apple but
ter for dessert.
We ate with even self astonishing ap-
petites and drank water out of jug
after we had finished.
Then we went back to the chase and
kept at it till darkness drove US back to
town with one undecided course left to
be run off today.
There were twenty-four dogs entered,
making twelve winners which are match
ed and are running today against each
other for first second and third money.
Last evening Judge and Mrs. A. W.
Denuison of Ell Dorado, Mr.. and Mrs W.
E Dennison of Council Grove, Mr.. Luse
of Great Bend, Mr. Guthrie of Osawato-
ME, Senator and Mrs. w. A Morgan and
daughter of Cottonwood Falls and others
gathered in the hotel parIor, talked over
the day, till one by one every one re-
tired, leaving me to wait for the
1870 bus, which would take me to
the train, and as the roar of the water
running over the dam recedes in the dis
tance, the long whistle of the train comes
to my ears, and as the driver lashes his
horses inio gallop I realize that the
Cottonwood Falls coursing meet will
long be pleasant memory to
BECKY SHARP.