The San Francisco call., 1897-04-12
C0URSING TALENT
IN GOOD FORM
Experienced a Phenomenal
Streak of Luck at
Ingleside.
The Outsiders Rounded To, How.
ever, Late in the After.
noon.
1t Was Grand Day for the Sport
and an Imm,nse Crowd Was
in AT, enhance.


card, conspired 20 attract crowd of
coursing enthusiasts to the Ingleside
Park yesterday such as had not been seen
in years.
The throng was so great in and about
the betting ring, and in the grand stand as
well, that it was with difficulty that the
visitors could move about. 1t required
the united efforts of four pool-selling con-
Germs to keep up with the speculative fra
ternity, and even an additional outfit
would have found as much business as it
could have attended to.
The truth of the matter is that coursing
as it is conducted nowadays at IngIeside
is in the ascendancy. The rough element,
that came so near killing the sport not
long ago, has been eliminated and a fair
and square game is now assured to all. 1t
is scarcely any wonder, then, that the at
tendance is on the increase and that en-
thusiasm and interest are rapidly reach
ing a high altit ude The trimming down
OF the hills at the Ingleside park have also
proved to be an immense improvement,
as the spectators can now secure an unob-
struc ted view of the chase from any point
in the grand stand or betting ring.
One of the features of yesterdays sport
was the phenomenal success the talent met
with In the early part of the racing. For
time il seemed that the wise ones were
| invincible in their ability to pick winners.
True, they opened up with blunder, but
after that they recouped with a flourish.
The first event o2 the card was a contest
| between Grace e. Deans Hazel Glen and
Neenan's Fair View. The sharp guessers
plunged on Fair View and lost heavily.
Certainly this augured days dIsappoint-
ment. but it happened that the rule that
generally governs the Superstitlous was
erratic on this occasion, for after the first
dash the knowing fraternity picked fifteen
straight winners.
Indeed, such was their success that the
outsiders" grew timid and in cunse-
quence heavy odds on the favorites be-
came the order of the day. This was
found necessary in order to scare up any
good betting.
The game held on in this way through
out the forenoon, but in the afternoon, at
just about the time when the talent had
commenced TO believe that they could not
be headed in their gallop to wealth and
| fortune, there came reversal of form
which sent some of the odds-giving
plungers out of the ring dizzy. That was
| when Hazel Glen went out again, this
| time to measure her speed against that of
| Hooper's Beau Brummel.
! Now a5eau Brum mel is a celebrated East
! ern crack, and those who make it busi-
| ness to bet 10 win, rather than permit
themselves to be swayed by feelings of
loyalty to home talent, put nearly all of
their previous winnings on the Beau's
chances and gave big odds at that. When
| the flag went up signaling that Hazel had
| beaten the star from the East there were
walls and lamentations among the talent.
and proportionate exhibition OF delirious
| JOY on the part of the victorious short
| enders. Lady Clifton. who was another
| long shot. followed with victory over
| Susie, and after hat the outsiders were
| happy, for the plungers' lucky string had
been broken and betting gradually got
down to an even proposition.
| In the initial trials Hazel Glen beat
| Fair View, Beau Brummel beat White
Lily, Lady Clifton beat Little Tom, Susie
| beat Lightning, Right Bower beat Red
orita beat Cinderella, White Chief beat
Black Prince, Valley Maid beat Waffle
Bloom, Sly Boy beat Ring, Moondyne ii
beat Fiashligh,, Move On beat Oracle S,
Sam beat Uncle Sam, Mialmo beat Mi
mosa, Will-o'the- Wlsp beat Speed, and
TuIlermore beat Lady Blarney.
In the first ties Hazel Glen beat Beau
Brummel L"dy Clifton beat Susie, Right
Bower beat Deceiver, Senorita beat White
Chlef, Sly Boy beat Valley Maid, Moon
dyne beat Tullermore, Sam beat Move On,
and Mialmo beat Will the Wisp.
Inc result OF the second ties was as fol-
lows: Lady Clifton beat Hazel Glen, Right
Bower beat Senorita, Moondyne beat Sly
Bow, and Mialmo beat Sam.
Mialmo beat Ri. ht Bower in the next
run-off and Moondyne beat Lady Clifton.
AS the victorious dogs both belonged to
the Healy & Egan kennels their owners
were not compelled to run off the final,
having already secured first and second
| money. Dillon e. Reilly. Right Bower
| took third money and M. O'Connor's
Lady Clifton took fourth.
| A. G. Bradbury of st. Louis, who has
| just arrived here for the purpose of
acting as trainer for w. G. Payton's ken
| nels, was an interested spectator
of yesterdays coursing. Mr.. Brad
| bury corfesses that the California
| climate and the California grey hounds
| com bine to furnish some good sport, but
| he does not think the coursing men out
| this way see the importance of having a
| better quality of hares for the game.
''ln the East they make it their business
10 train the hares as well as the dogs"
| said Mr.. Bradbury. ~ notice that this
is not done out here. The hares should
| be exercised so as to give them all the
speed possible, thus assuring the public q
high class of sport. 1t is common thing
in the East to see the hares reach the es-
capes and get away from the very best
dogs sent after them"
!! Mr.. Brad bury brought with him five
crack hounds - Pretender. Lady Penn
broke, Jester, Magic and Mystery. The
last three are puppies. ALI of these dogs
will go into Mr.. Payton's kennels.