The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-19

jacks, being always driven toward the
east, would make for the escapes with
more regularity. though they have done
that pretty we'll as it is. With such
arrangements it would be possible to
easily handle 500 or COO jacks, a great
advantage, since the more are in the
field the easier it is to cut out Is or 20
real fiiers. In the past more than hun
dred or so made it very difficult to man
age them.
Ing1eside park, in San Francisco,
where they have coursing every Sunday,
Is fashionable resort at present: there
are seldom less than 5000 people there on
a coursing day. 1t is not much more
than two-thirds the size of West Side
park. and judging from the newspaper
reports the quality of the sport does not
equal ours. An attendance of 500 each
coursing day here would put the club
in position of positive affiuence.
As predicted last spring. the great diff
ncu1ty has been to secure a judge who
commanded the confidence of all con-
cerned, and that is the worst difficulty
to overcome. Coursing differs from all
other sports in that there is so much
that is left to the discretion of the Judge
as to the value of the work done. Ex-
cept in the most one-sided course, there
is room for an honest difference of opin-
ion, consequently coursing men are pro-
verbally the worst kickers of all sports
men. Judging coursing is a complicated
proceeding; there is so much to be taken
into consideration. 1t was hoped that a
judge would be developed who would
possess all the required qualities but
some fault has been found with all of
them, and the new management made
the innovation of building a judges
stand near the middle of the field and
appointing three judges. Tt is impossi-
bic that this system should prove salts
factory long, for the reason that the
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of hare and hounds makes it impossible
TO tell accurately their relative posi-
tons unless the judge is well mounted
and can make his course agree with
their as often as they turn.
Among the hounds Silver Bow is
easily the best so far. He has won
nearly double as much money as any
or the others, and, when fit and well,
can probably beat anything at present
mere. He has a wonderful burst of
speed, is very clever behind a jack
brilliant killer and dead game. He al
ways seems to have squirt left to use
at critical moment-in short, a great
greyhound. Gypsy NJ, from the same
Kennel. is very nearly as fast as Silver
BOW, quite as clever and game, might
beat him any time, and probably would
II he We're anything but at his best.
Lady Emily is another little short of a
real craekajack; fast, clever and full
of fire. Brunette was great for a cou-
pie OF appearances, then trained off;
she Will be good again when in proper
condition. Sly Girl while perhaps not
in exactly the first flight. presses them
closely, as does Mischief, her sister
Daisy Belle, that marvellous midget
could hold her own with any of them in
the early part of the season, but being
shut up for a month, got out of condi-
ton and had not got good yet when
the season closed Sailor was perhaps
the most reliable of them all early in
the season, but his owner made too
much use of this grand dog. and he de-
veloped that bane of greyhound ken
nels, cunning. Silver Dick went by the
same road, in fact latterly a good many
show the hated waiting pricking their
ears and slowing up as they near the
hare, trying to guess which way she
will turn. Among the younger division
the litter by Fitzsimmons- Regina are
easily in the lead. Lady Regina on
one occasion raced the head off Silver
Bow in a most brilliant course after
Montana jack. F'lashlight is quite as
fast, if not a little faster, and is the
most brilliant performer yet seen in the
park. His fire and vim are something
wonderful, but the monkey is too heed
less, and gets terrible falls; he seems
to think that every turn is his last
chance on earth. When little older he
viii probably lose his extreme rashness
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greyhound in Montana another season.
Lord Nelson, of the same litter, is al
most as good as his great brother and
sister, a wonderfully fine puppy. Me-
phsto, also, is above the average. and
Sapphire may do another year, though
he seems hardly fast enough this sea-
son. A sapling of the same breeding,
about IL months old. made his first APP
pearance a short time ago and showed
that he is worthy of his breeding,
though rather young to run. Mephisto
beat him, but none too easily. Another
excellent puppy is Flying Dutchman,
by Battle Royal-Brunette. He was too
young to do much this season. Blind
Mike Davy put down a scorcher in
Royal Flush, by Twister Colorado
Belle; a big, growthy fellow. who re-
quires time to reach his best. Lady
Trump and Ransom. of the same litter,
promise well for the future. There are
many others, grown dogs and puppies,
that have run well and made friends,
too many to mention in this article.
There is good deal of talk of import
ing fashionably bred greyhounds from
California and elsewhere. but whether
or not that is done, there will be no
dearth of good material for next sea-
sons coursing.
There is no good reason why this
grand sport should not win public favor
in Montana. Surely somewhere a good
Judge will be discovered or developed
sooner or later, and then the sport will