The San Francisco call., 1897-08-16
The Eastern Crack Rounds
Into Form and Outfoots
Everything.
Short-Enders We're Given More
Than a Fighting Chance at
Ingleside.
The Hare Known as the "0ld War
Horse" Demonstrates Again That
He Bears Charmed Life.

The 'old warhorse" certainly bears "a
charmed life.
He was thrown out into the Ingleside
coursilg park Yesterday for the sixth con-
secutive time as. an inevitable victim OF
the bounds, but for the sixth consec utiye
time he cleverly eIuded his would be de-
stroyers and vanished through the torlorn
hope, known to dog-racing men as the
escape.
The "warhorse" is a hare they captured
away down in Merced, and from all ac-
counts he is one of the wisest of his breed.
He gave his captors battle in the begin
ming, and before they succeeded il bag
ging him they lacerated lis right ear and
SCARED him up generally.
By this ear and by these scars this vet
eran is known to almost every patron of
the popular Ingles;de grounds, and WI en-
he banked up his record yesterday giving
the slip TO two such feet-footed dogs as
Master Glenkirk and Myrtle the crowd
set up an exultant shout that could be
heard mile away.
THAT fellow seems to have been born
10 the business mused John Grace, the
Judge OF the coursing events at this
rack. This is the sixth Sunday that |
through the escapes with clever hounds
in the chase. He's a wonder and no mis-
take. But he wants to look out, for Just
as soon as he commences to get little
over-confident and tries to show oil with
a couple OF hounds he sizes up as being
slow he will get nipped and there will be
a funeral. See if what L say doesn' I
come ont right"
The "warhorse" will be out again next
10 pyi
doubtless be watched with interest.
From a coursing view the programme
furnished at Ingleside yesterday was OF a
high order. They were a hard batch to
guess owing to the evenness as regard s
ability with which they paired Oft after
Saturdays ties. And there were so many
good dogs entered that even the olG-time
connoisseurs> found themselves no safer
than the merest tyro when they got into
the betting ring.
The day opened with an unpromising
and jarring "dump' for the contingent
which is supposed TO know all about The
game and only picks winners. This was
when White Lily and Montana came to-
gether to settle their differences. Mon
tana was played heavily as 2 to favor
lte and was looked upon as a good thing.
White LILY showed all OF the speed and
cleyerness, however, and won the battle
handily.
The big stake event, in which ffty-four
dogs Were entered, was carried off by the
crack Fastener, Leonora. This is the
f1Ier that was sneered at not month ago
because she had travelled so far only 10 be
turned down by a local hound of ordinary
callber. 1t was not until a week ago yes
terday that she showed up in her true
form, and now she s looked upon as one
of the most formida bic coursers on this
side OF the Rockies. Leonora was given
hard rub for the honors of the dav bv
w. M. O'Neil's Promise Ne, a Sacrament TO
phenomenon. This fier won the colors
from every ompetitor he met during the
day until it was left for him and the
Fastener TO decide which OF them wa
entitled 10 first honorS. Then he went
under.
The following summary will furnish the
details OF how 1T all happened:
First ties-White Lily beat Montana, Com
modore beat and b, Promise Ne beat Ala
media, Tipperary beat Ell Dorado Captain
Morse beat Vigilant, Deceiver beat Bend Along
Olden w, Myrtle beat Mountaineer Dan beat
Lawrence Belle. Tullamore beat Bobolink
Leonora beat Happy Day, Hercules ran bye
Second ties-Beau Drummer beat White Lilv
Promise Me beat Commodore, Tipperary beat
Captain Morse, Sky lark beat Deceiver, Myrtle
beat Master Gleukirk, Dan beat .Tullamore,
Leonora beat Hercules.
Third ties-Promlse Me beat Beau Brummel
Skylark beat TipperaTy, Myrtle beat Dan,
Leonora ran bye.
Fourth ties-Promise Ne beat Skylark, Leon
ora Deat Myrtle.
Final-Leonora beat Promise Ne and won
the stake