The San Francisco call., 1897-12-20
TALENT UPSET
BY SARCASTIC.
White Chief a Vicious Runner
Up, but Unequal to
the Finish.
and Every Dog Has His
Day.

The stake run off at Ingleside Cours-
ing Park yesterday was the closest
drawn event and embraced the best
talent of any event of the year. 1t
was a wide open contest, and the can
didates almost without exception were
fit to run for their own or their own
ers lives. The knowing ones said as
the running began: Its either Semin-
ole or Blackette. Neither of them
were equal to it. White Chief was out
for game and when he put out Semin-
ole it was conceded that he had the
stake at his mercy.
In a way too, he did But there are
many chances in the game of cours-
ing and one of them cropped up when
the final was reached. 1t came in the
shape of Sarcastic. White Chief fol-
lowed up his win over Seminole by
sending Blackette to her kennels and
then the road seemed clear. In the
next course Sarcastic ran a bye with
his kennel-mate, Systematic, and lost.
The road was then indeed clear for
White Chief. He had only to beat
Sarcastic in the final.
But right at this point White Chief
was pulled up with a short turn. Last
week it was said of Sarcastic: False
alarm" Perhaps he is. At least the
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they made White Chief a favorite at.
3 and to 1. And the talent lost
Sarcastic ambled through the course
and trailed the White Chiefs colors in
the dust as If such performances We're
mere exercise.
Between 5000 and 5000 people were
in attendance, and the finish elected
applause that rustled the trees of the
surroundings. The winner is owned
hV DOTl1iniplS Sha rraSida1,f Of
the Interstate Coursing Club, and as
once before remarked in The Call is
one of the cleVerest and closest work
ers on the coast.
Barring the final the talent had
things pretty well in hand during the
day. At the same time there were one
or two occasions when the shorts"
landed. One instance, too, was most
pleasing. 1t was in the course be-
tween White Lily and st. Lawrence.
A strong tip" had gone out that ST
Lawrence was unfit. He had, report
ran, hard run before being brought
into the field. This, according to the
eternal fitness of things should have
cut him down to something like an
even money chance. Possibly, too, it
did have some such tendency But it
was wholly unnecessary. White Lily
took the speed from the slips; st.
Lawrence tripped the hare, and White
Lily killed. Score, White Lily 8, ST
Lawrence 1. The running in detail
was as follows:
All age, open stake; begun Saturday:
First ties-J. Seggerson's White Chief
beat j. Byrne's Mohawk: Kay &
Frant's Eclipse beat NJ. Tiernan's Tom
Hayes; ]. Byrne's Seminole beat J..
Gracie's Lass o. Gowrie; J. McCor-
micks Black Prince beat McComb &
Bryan's Fleetwood; NJ. Murphy's Tod
Sloan beat Larkey & Rocks Myrtle; T.
Buffers Susie beat d. Shannon's
Senorita: Kay & Frant's Diana beat
D. Shannon's Swinnnerton; D. Shan
mons Sarcastic ran a bye, Bell of
Moscow being absent on account of
sickness: ]. McCormicks White LiIy
beat j. Kerrigan's St. Lawrence; D.
Hooper's Beau Brummel beat Monte
yuma kennels Joy Bells; J. Farley s
Snow Bird ran a bye, Move On being
absent; Curtis & Sons Blackette ran
a bye with Lady Campbell and won
Second ties - White Chief beat
Eclipse; Seminole beat Black Prince:
Susie beat Tod Sloan; Sarcastic beat
Diana; Reau Brummel beat White
Lily; Blackette beat Snow Bird.
Third ties-White Chief beat Semin-
ole; Sarcastic beat Susie; Blackette
beat Beau Brummel.
Fourth ties-White Chief beat Black
cite; Sarcastic ran bye with Sys-
tematic.
Final-Dominick Shannons Sarcas-
tic beat ]. Seggerson's White Chief
and won the stake.
This week there will be but one
days coursing. 1t is an unwritten law
that coursing does not obtain on
Christmas, and in consequence the
running will be confined to an open
stake limited to thirty-two dogs, to be
pulled off on Sunday.