The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
Tacit Stand by the Humans
Society in Favor of the
Sport.
DALTON WILL OPEN A PARK.
C. B. Holbrook, J. S. Hutchinson and
A. H. LiSSak Make Lone Fight
for the Hares.

81 don't like the people who make
money by shutting up rabbits and turn
ing hounds loose on them" said Secretary
Holbrook.
''I don't like a society that goes outside
its province and interferes with other peo-
pies business, and don't like man who
uses his office to satisfy personal spite"
retorted John P. Dalton.
"You mean that 1 have spite against
your"
''You have"
81 haven't"
''I think you have"
The dialogue ended in an exchange of
angry glances that threatened devastation
to any intermediary body.
This was the aftermath OF the meeting
of directors of the Society for the Preven-
ton of Cruelty to Animals held at the
headquarters of the society in the Donohoe
building yesterday.
Dalton had the last word of the colloquy.
He struck match on the mantel of the
secretary's room, looked at that official IN
quizzical way and said:
II am satisfied. The society has sus-
tanned me. Don't worry, Holbrook you're
excited. Good-by." He set his hat a little
Oh OhS o1uS anu WdIheU army away az
companied by Donovan, his friend and fer
the nonce legal adviser.
The society had lively meeting. Closed
doors did not prevent the issuance of
sounds of verbal combat. But it soon be-
came evident that the majority of the
directors did not support the secretary in
his stand against opening coursing park
in this county.
Colonel Jackson opened the discussion
by motion that the new coursing park at
lngleside be not interfered with unless
acts OF cruelty should be perpetrated
therein. The vote was tie and declared
lost. a. II. Lissak moved that it be de-
clared against the principles of the socia'y
to destroy any animal for sport. ii
ton was lost by vote OF to 5.
debate on these motions it was shown ln..t
Colonel Jackson, Jacob S. Davis, Luman
Wadham, Max Stein and j. H. Maugels
were IN favor OF permitting coursing il
properly conducted, while A. II. Lissak,
j. S. Hutchinson and c. B. Holbrook were
strongly opposed to its establishment. II.
E. Holmes left before the matter came to
vote and Frank A. Vail asked to be ex-
cused from registering his opinion.
The arguments that greyhounds are de-
signed by nature solely for the destruction
of hares, and that the death they infict is
more humane than killing them with
clubs, as is done in Fresno County; also
that the hare is killed, not by mangling,
but by the momentum with which the
hound comes in contact with the hare, were
replied to by Secretary Holbrook, who
cited instances of the torture of the small
animals, and called upon Officer Hooper to
corroboratR his statement.
Messrs. Dalton and Donovan were wait
ing to give their views of the matter, but
the tacit decision was made without call
ing upon them. -sr
Secretary Holbrook states that he will
exercise the strictest surveillance and make
arrests as soon as any case of cruelty comes
under the observation of himself or officers
The park is completed, except the erec-
ton of bandstand, and the proprietor
will open it on the 26th inst. 1t includes
eighty seven acres, and is a quarter of a
mile east of Ingleside proper and q few
hundred yards from the branch County
Jail.