The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
FINE WEATHER
 FAV0RS THE LEASHMEN.

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 During the past year greyhounds cours- ed at Ingleside for the most liberal purses ever hung up on any inclosed coursing field in America.
 During the present year they will con test for amounts so far in excess of those of last year as to obscure the latter from memory. To open stakes at $4 entry, em- bracing thirty-two nominations. there will hereafter be added no less than SS25; to all other open stakes, s250. The added money in puppy stakes of sixteen entries will be $100; of twelve entries S75. and of eight entries $50. The monthly events for beaten dogs will be fattened to the tune of S20O.
 The first of these increased stakes will be run off to-day and tomorrow. It is for the so-called beaten dogs and the en- try shows an aggregation of performers to whom the ap1ellation seems grievous miSnomer. But this is not unusual with the class. 4 purse for non-winners gen. orally brings out talent that develops the unexpected at every turn in the game. They are in many cases dogs that have been beaten through lack of condition, and have been given long rest to per feet such Then there are dogs that have been beaten by accident, by Q 'huke, by an adverse turn of the hare, and by nu- merOuS other contingencies. Examples Of all these Will uRuIC III IO-Q1N . SldhG, anu in what manner they will this time per form is likely to send many of the know ing ones home on the pOrcine freight. The running begins at l ?. m. this afternoon and tomorrow at Il q. m., rain or shine. According to a new ruling of the h. terstate Coursing Club all candidates for stakes at Ingleslde must hereafter be run in the rghttul name or their owners or of those whom they are nominated. This is to abolish the practice which has ob- tained in the past of giving to a kennel lea nat Is r. ship.
 The meeting for the John Grace cham pionship cup, to be held on February 2, 1 is beginning to awaken lively interest. MesSrs. William Halpin, Terry Butler and J. Larkey have been appointed by the h. terstate Club a committee to arrange the affair It will be run off under the au- spices of the club and to the clubs stakes the management at Ingleside will add $500
 Sater & Gibsons Hercules, reported sold last week, is said to have been placed Nin active training by his new owners, during the past week, near Petaluma.
 Santa Clara County has a strong rep ! resentation in the stake again this week. but it hardly seems as formidable as us Ual. The best of the Curtis dogs are in- eligible to the beaten ranks, and while the various other kennels of the county are at all times dangerous, they have not Of late seemed quite up to form. Dominck Shannon has sold his late stake winner Sarcastic to J. F. Herold of Merced. Here was an opportunity that ] local ieaSnm6n overlooked. During his last month of ownership MT. Shannon | won with Sarcastic S160. Yet it remained for Merced man to buy him for S100 and then to win him out in the interior. MT. Shannon also had other good things '' He was up to few days ago offering three other high class performers for sale at low class figures. As buyers were slow to recognize the snap he has withdrawn 1 them from the market. His sole object in disposing of them at all was to make room for divers additions to his kennels | that daily pVnPPted
 | Picking winners in to-day'S run down ! appears to be task extremely hazard l ous. On paper the likeliest are Gazelle, l Tom Fitz. Hazel, Gladys Pasha, White | Lily Sylvia. Magic, Fireman. Mountain ! Lassie, Fireball, Mohawk, Nelly B, Little ! Corporal, Valley Maid, Systematic, Doug l las. At Last, Forget Move On, Jimmy ! Cook. Clipper, Harkaway and Lady l Grace.
 SACRAMENTO, Jan. 7-Coursing in ! Sacramento has become one of the recog- nized sports of the times. Heretofore but little attention was paid to it beyond the i interest taken by owners of dogs who | reside in the immediate vicinity Now | however, the pleasures and profits of the paStime are sought by many who reside 1 in counties adjacent to Sacramento, and l at every coursing event during the last few months entries have been made from 1 Placer, Fl Dorado, Yolo, San Joaquin and | SOlanO counties.
 Greyhounds formerly kept simply for 1 the sport offered by an occasional chase l in the open field, and which never re- 1 CelN6u the SlRnIeSI care or training, are now being groomed, blanketed, exercised ! and looked after as carefully as thorough ] bred racehorses, and the sport they af- 1 ford in the field of a regular coursing association fully compensates the owners
 for the attention they are now giving
 these fieet-footed animals.
 The matches for next Sunday promise 1 unusual interest, as some splendid anil
 mals have been entered and with the | generous purses which have been offered 1 by Egan & Hanlon there will no doubt,
 be a large attendance. The result Of the drawing last night was as follows:
 J. Hendricks Chance Shot against J. l Hills Kitty Lonsdale.
 W. T. Millners Isonomy against Til- den 6 Phillips Lily T.
 Gilt Edge Kennels Flying Dutchman against J. H. Ryan's Forest Queen. Martin & Capurro's Country Boy against l.. McMahon's Lily of the West.
 T. Kennedy's Gilty against P Mitch els Orphan Girl.
 H. B. x D.'s skylight against M. Rainey's Little Idol.
 E. Walsh's Queen of Clubs against | Gilt Edge Kennels Whip IT.
 Gilt Edge Kennels Busy Bee against | T. Kennedy's Little Delight.
 R. Bulls Blacksmith Boy against N. Kelleher's Reception.
 Gilt Edge Kennels Forget Me Not against l.. McMahon's Pansy. C. Alvord's Eleta A. against H. B. & | D.'s Daisy Hill.
 Condrey & Roughts Butcher Boy against J. H. Ryan's Lanky Bob.