The San Francisco call., 1897-12-12
WORK OF FAST DOGS.
Lowering Weather but High
Class Coursing Through
out the Day.
As Usual, Several Surprises Develop,
but the Talent Landed the
Best Things.

The rain kept many people from Ingle-
side Coursing Park yesterday, but at least
l2OO watched the flying hounds and like
wise witnessed some ting sport. The
stake was for dogs that have not won
th1 money or better during the past six
months and EN- Draced forty-two perform
ers, Of whom, despite the rain, none were
abent. There were hounds from Santa
Clara, hounds from Sacramento, hounds
lately brought out from the East and iocsl
hounds. Moreover, the repre- ,entatives of
the same localities still remain in the
stake, for only the initial courses of the
rundown were pulled off during the after
noon and all the said sections were fortu-
nate enough to have at least one A1g.
raiser.
As is usual with the so-calIed beaten"
dogs, there were numerous cropplngs out
of The unexpected. ight at the outset
Alice D ran ali around the favorite, Clip
per, ana won handily, albeit Clipper wa
considered a pipe" at 10 to 5. Then
Belle of Moscow, al 8 to l, failed to make
even a show of a run with the much-de-
spised Harkawa IL Old Glory also put
out Sylvia. the , t. l favorite, and Las O.
GOwrIe did the same Tick with White
Lily.
Ot the twentv-One course they lost only
the four mentioned. and even though
cHled upon 10 put up heavy odds at
times, they did it and then smiled
The crack performance OF the day was
tie course between Valley Maid and Al
Last. Twice they had long runs and each
time with points even. Then At Last
wound-it mp handlIy. Unfortunately the
fog had succeeded e ra n and the finish
was los to the spectators. In conse-
quence there was much skirmishing to
hedge between the ihree "undecideds" :"
but At Last showed his old qualities,
which that the longer he runs the
greater his quality.
The running in detail was as follows:
G. Watson's Alice D beat ]. Byrne's Clipper;
D. Flynn's Tom Bell beat Gibson d Moore's
Moni tor; MonteZuma k-nnePs Syivanus beat
J. Dickson's Premier; T. Buffers Susie beat ].
Duane Fireman; Dillon d Riey's Granuale
beat J. BYrne'S Nelly B; Curtis & Sons Com
modore BEAT J. McD1rmott's Lazy Harkavay:
J. Anderson's Lady Jane beat N. Michalik's
Ta-ra-rs; D. ShannOu's Swinnerton beat J.
Lynch d Maher's E. Dorado: b. Dough-
erty's Tessie Fair beat c. Gill1gan's
Biue Belle; E. Heeney's Harkaway II
beat NJ. Tiernens Belle of Moscow; W
Z. Thompsou's Victor beat Cronin &
McDonsld's Reliance; Deckelmau & Panaira's
Od Glory beat Kay & Trants Sylvia; D. shan
mons Sarcastic beat Gibson & Sater's Her
cules; Orient Kennels Uncle sam beat o. V
Mendenhal's Cricket; Montezuma Kennels
joy Bells beat P McCabe's Playmate; J.
Grace's Lass o. GOwrie beat J. Mccormick S
White Lily; W. E. Thompson's High Born
Lady beat q. Cornelius SUnoma Skip; S. E
Portals At Last beat J. Valley Maid /;
Montezuma Kennels Magic beat r. Shea's
Native Daughter; F. Murphy's Lady Grace
beat J. Murnane's Miss Dividend.
Following the running a consolation
stake was drawn, which will be run off to-
day in conjunction with the ties of the
regular event. The drawing resulted as
follows: Ell Dorado VS.. Valley Maid :;
Native Daughter VS.. White Lily; Sonoma
Skip VS.. Fireman; Reliance vs. Nellie B I;
Cricket VS.. Playmate; Mohawk VS.. Her
cules.
The running begins to-day at IL A. NJ