The herald., 1897-12-26
FIeet-Footed Hounds Pur=
sue the Festive Jack
FOOTBALL AT FIESTA PARK
PASADENANS HAVE A WALK
OVER WITH HIGH SCHOOL
Games on Other Gridirons-Baseball
at the Park Today-San Bernar-
dino Defeats Los Angeles

Bunny had a bad time Of it at the
GREYHOUND coursing races at Agricul-
tural park yesterday. Out of the IS un-
fortunate jackrabbits that were pursued
by Sc swift and slim hounds. only two
managed to reach burrows, to be
snapped up later on by few freeboot-
ing greyhounds which had escaped the
leash, when they presumed to come out
of. their holes for a nibble at the stubby,
dry grass Of the infield.
A finer day could not have been picked
out for the matches. In the forenoon the
attendance was slim, but in the after
noon the crowd grew gradually very
large, in consequence of which the long
faces of the booksellers grew pleasantly
round as the day grew older and their
piles increased.
An incipient row was stopped before it
degenerated into scrap by the advent
of genial man, who offered to referee
the matter. and whose Solomon-like
judgment was accepted by the disput-
ants. AS Old Boy. a fawn hound. entered
by A. C. Hadley, which had just won the
match with Grey Duke, was being led to
the kennels by his master, big Irish
man claimed ownership of it. The other
would not concede this. and the two
grabbed each other without, however,
coming to blows. 1t was then that the
arbitrator made his appearance. After
having patiently listened to both ver-
sions, he managed to elicit from Hadley
that he had picked up Old Boy, or what
ever his name was previously, over
month ago, the hound being evidently
lost, and had trained him to such good
purpose that he had won the fifth match.
It was then that the solon of the cours-
ing track delivered himself of this wise
decision. that pleased all concerned. He
proposed that Old Boy should go back
to his first master after the end of the
matches today, but that Hadley should
hold on to the hound until then, and
should be entitled to any prize that the
animal might win.
A number of the matches We're short.
the hares running badly. as if they had
never before seen a greyhound and did
not know the danger but several other
races We're all that could be desired, the
runs being all around the course, with
the jacks lodging and doubling in excel
lent style. The first match, between
Fleetfoot and Memo II, was a very eXcit-
ing event and proved a tie. That between
Antelope and Lady Lillian was one of the
longest on the card, while Lemo caught
his rabbit only after very sharp run,
in which Mac was beaten.
At the conclusion of the regular pro-
gram successful balloon ascension and
parachute descent were made, which,
while excellent and cleverly done, hard
ly lasted over a minute The aeronaut,
perched upon a trapeze, upon which he
performed, ascended several hundred
feet, and alighted not fifty yards from
where he had gone up, While the balloon
collapsed In the center of the incOurse.
Following were the matches winners
and scores: Poker Davis, 6: Sandow, /;
Fleet, 6: Pudge B., 5; bye, Klondike, :;
Lady Grace Gn place of Here We Are).
4; bye, Charlie, 5; Dan Richie Gn place of
Hetty Green). 0; Old Boy, A; Grey Duke,
2; Wanda, 8; John L., G; Juanlta IA Red
6; tie, Fleetfoot IA; Memo, Ia second
match, Memo II, 9; Fleetfoot, .: Dan
Ruiz, IL; Unknown, 5; Sailor Girl, 0;
Skyball, 8; tie. Galtee More, 6: Gipsy. 6;
oecOHu IHdtCll, IlpSN, Z, Nrdltee Moore
2; Trip, II; Slide Trombone, O: Lady
Lillian, 26 Antelope, I; Rag Baby, 5;
Dan Richie, 4; bye Here We Are Gin
place of Ponto). S; Frisco, 3: White
Chief, 6; Geronimo, 3; bye, Punch, Q: Red
lin place of Nellie Bly). 5; Wild Irish
Boy. s; Kid Mccoy. o; Linnie Lightning,
IL; Prince, = La Tosca. 1S Mac, :: Tril-
by, 5; George Lavigne, o. Fritz, II; Look
out A. bye, Lemo. Il; Mac Cin place of
Searchlight), S; Juliet, .; Flying Jib, >;
Romeo. 4; True Blue, 0: Dandy, 5; Fan
ny c., L. bye, Mermaid dn place of Jack).
S; The Times, 9; Joe, s; Prince (Red), s.
After the regular coursing races there
were several matches. The first one
was a puppy match between Oscar. g.
Mermaid, 4. John L. beat Bounce, 10 to
4, and Juliet was victor over Bounce, 10
to 0.
The ties and the final will be run to-
day at the park, the winner of the first
and second matches coursing together
the winner of the third with the fourth,
and so on, until all fourteen have raced.
Then these winners will again be
until the final result.