The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-04-21
fine 6OURSING CONTESTS.
Spring Meeting of the Redwood
Falls Coursing Club Has
Exciting Events.
Coursing Will Continue To-Day and
Probably To-MorrOW-6ood
Crowd Present.

ing held around this city. The meet
ing is not as largely attended as it
might be, owing to the fact that
large number of people have not seen
course, and hence have failed to OBJ
serve that there is more excitement
seeing pair of feet footed hounds
chasing the festive jack rabbit over
the prairie, than to see whole lot of
horses jockeyed around for horse
race. But there is plenty of enthusi
asm, and those who attended the first
days coursing on Tuesday, made ar
rangements to attend the second day,
or Yesterday, and the crowd yesterday
was larger than was the crowd of
Tuesday, and to-day and tomorrow
will probably find still larger crowds
halting on the fields, as the slipper
turns loose the hounds in their chase
for hares.
The preliminary meeting of the
club was held at Hotel Francois on
Monday night, when it was decided to
have 16 dog stake, with $l25 added
money by the club. The owners of
the different hounds at once made
their nominations, adding $3.50 more
money to the purse, which was conse-
quently swelled to 1886, less 10 per
cent. to be returned to the club for ex-
penses, etc. It was decided that the
winner of every course should win a
portion of the money. The drawing
followed, aud the hounds we're ar
ranged in eight pairs for the benefit of
the slipper and his steward. On Tues
day morning Handy & Smith with
drew their black dog, Coyne's Rab, in
order to give James Keefe of Morton
an opportunity to enter his hound,
Jim.
The storm of Monday was threaten
ing to the success of the meeting, and
when the owners arose Tuesday morn
ing, it was decided not to go into the
field until IL o'clock a. M, anyway,
and when that hour arrived, it was de-
cided 10 get rush dinner first, and
start out at about IL: 80 o'clock. The
clouds commenced to break by that
time, and Washington avenue was
lined with dog wagons, carriages, men
on horse back, etc. w. Irving
Royce, of South Dakota, the judge of
the course, headed the procession, and
it started for the meadow land just
west of Hugh Green's farm, five miles
south of the city, where Mr.. Green
vouched for large supply of active
jacks. Positive injunctions we're Civ
en- as the honnds we're slipped by the
crack slipper, G. F. Massey of Chicago,
the crowd should halt, and that in no
case. should sown field be crossed,
except by the judge and his steward.
These injuctions we're carefully OBJ
served, except on Mr. Green's field,
and the crossing there was by his per-
mission.
1t was big crowd that assembled
when the event was announced, despite
the fact that for a few moments a
light drizzling rain fell. The first e.
vent was between Russell & Wilson's
red female, Glen Rosa, and Handy
& Smiths brindle female, Kitty Ward.
Rabbits bobbed up from all direc-
tions, but the slipper, to the exsspera-
tions of the crowd, although strictly
up to rules laid down, refused to slip
the hounds, on account of distance, or
failure on the part of both hounds
to see the rabbits. Finally, after half
mile of chasing, a rabbit was got up
and the dogs we're let loose. After
half mile of chasing the rabbit was
killed., ana the event was awarded to
Glen Rosa.
The second event was between
Handy & Smiths white fawn female,
Twin City Girl and H. Hornby's brin-
die dog, Frank Green, both winners of
| famous races at Waterloo and Daven-
port. A rabbit was got up within a
few yards of Greene's house, and so
active we're the dogs that it was killed
with both dogs scoring even points,
necessitating another run for the event.
1t took long time to find the proper
rabbit for this event, and the chase
was long one, resulting in the rabbit