The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
A Heavy Fog hnterfered With Union Park
 Events. Some Long Courses Which Enthused the Patrons of
 the Leash. Tho Probable Winners of tho First Round of To-Day's
 Meeting.

Considering that a large number of neonIe who take an active interest in oours;np could not get away from bus,nass still there was a very enthu- elastic gathering of leashmen present yesterday at the second urday meetins held on the grounds of Union Coursing Park. The weather was quite pleasant up to noon, put after the mld- day hour a bank of fog stole in from old ocean and almost enVeloped every thing in darkness excepting the cours- ing field. which, owing to its excellent situation e-caped the ominous blanket of the SC
 Rut the chilly atmosphere had it's dire effect upon the champion sprinters of the nutet Merced plains. The hares, which arrived from Tipton on Thurs dav last. were not acclimsted nor were they. in fact, conversant with the grounds consequently they did not run es well as the spectators expected. But eynerience in enclosed coursing has proven beyond argument that on cold and foggy days the hares run poorly, therefore allowances must De made TOT some of the courses that were Wit nessed yesterday. Some of the runs wave exceptionally good-so good. in fact that the hares carried their pur- suers the entire length of the big field and finally gained their liberty by en- | tering the escape.
 Doubtless if the weather is favorable today and the sun will accord the oo,,rsers pleasant Sunday smile, the natrons of the game can safely count
 uDon enioytng some first-class sport this Afternoon at Union Coursing Park.
 The judging yesterday was good. There were no objections raised to 1 Iudpe Bulls decisions, consequently the gentleman went home happy ln the l thought that he had pleased the many neonIe whose eyes watched closely the ,pnoTements of horses and dogs in each | coursa of the first round of the stake which resulted as follows:
 Omen Stake, an-age greyhounds. total cash prize s64T 5O-Theron 621h pounds beat
 Defender 54z pounds miLa MShte 5a beaf os I pI'
 mic Cork 46; Lissak 6214 beat Magnet 5613
 Emin Pasha 55 beat Fly 39a4; Santa Alicia
 z7Ik beat White Chief 041a; Metallic 4O14 1 heat Forget B; Lord Byron 6512 beat Mer- cv May 4S; Nellie B 4619 beat Terrona 6312 | Rosette 5411 beat Gallagher 61: Chit Chat SO beat Sportsman 61A: Moore's Prescrip-
 bsst fon 2 6es T4nf l5 irving SG Baeh s beat
 Dawn PeSs % 5o; ssecastc 5i1a beat At Last 62,
 wayfarer e1A beat Speed 5sA Tod Sloan
 47ls beat Uncle Sam 571z; Chartist 5214
 beat Vankirk 50; Waratah 611a beat Val 1 ley Star 62; Blackstone 5s beat Fear Not | 60: Van Cioie 4S beat Sans Souci 39i4; Rus | ty Gold 56 beat Skylark 571S; Susie AZ beat l Pretender 6S: Firm Friend 5S3 beat l Eclipse 5SM; Camelia 45% beat Marcels | 50ax Move On 54tz beat Flashlight 55A l Joy Bells 45 beat Gold King o8A; Douglas 1 571a beat Freda 42A
 In the courses between Mira Monte
 and Fair Rosalind, Fly and Emir Pasha, Terrona and Nellie B.. Black
 stone and Fear Not, Eclipse and Firm
 Friend, the hares ran very strong, and
 gave the dogs gruelling runs from end | to end of the field. In to-days cours- | ing leashmen must not forget that
 when pairing the winners of yester-
 day, Emin Pasha. Santa AIecia an6
 Metallic of the Pasha Kennels arc 1 guarded, and will not run in the order l the winners were returned yesterday According to the form displayed by l the winners in the run down of the | open stake, the successful competitors | in the first round of to-day's meeting should be Theron, Lissak, Emin Pasha | (guarded), who will meet Lord Byron | Santa Alecia (guarded), who will meet | Nellie B., Rosette, who will meet Me | tallic (guardeO, Chit Chat, Flying Buck, Sarcastic, Tod Sloan, Chartist
 Blackstone, Susie, Firm Friend, Move | On and Douglas a bye.
 Possibly the dogs in the final will be Thereon, Susie, Rosette and Chartist.