The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-16
| HARES GIVE THEIR
FOES HARD RUNS
Exciting Coursing Near
MERGED.
ALL CONDITIONS FAVORABLE
WEATHER FAIR AND THE GAME
FULL OF LIFE.
Results of the First Round of the ALL
Aged Stake, and How the Con-
tests Were Lost and
Won
BY M. j. GEARY.

famed plains of MERGED was cool and
| decidedly enjoyable. The attendance
was very large-in fact teams sufficient
to accommodate the seekers of first
class sport could not be obtained at any
price at o'clock this morning. The
start from MERGED to the happy cours-
ing grounds was made soon after the
innner man was refreshed by a good
mornings breakfast, and, although the
roads leading to the feeding and play
ing fields of the highly conditioned
jacks were dusty in places, the drive to
and from the coursing was enjoyed by
all.
The coursing commenced Immediately
after the president of the club had ad-
dressed the meeting, and read parts of
the riot act to the unruly and ungoV-
ernable. Hares of the never known to
quit when running" variety were found
ad libitum, and as a consequence there
are many quiet and docile dogs housed
in their kennels as l write, Courses of
from two to five miles were many, and
in most instances the hares showed
considerable disrespect for the dogs by
parting company with them at times
when fur was muchly needed. The
ground cOurSed over was of short stub
ble-Sandy surface that is not desirable
for coursing, althou0h a good shower
would have made 1t admirable for the
sport. The game was so strong of foot
and limb that in most instances the
dogs only scored Wrenches until they
had got we'll out of sight of the specta-
tors.
1t must be remembered that the de-
scriptive account of each course which
follows is given from an observers
point of view; i. e., while dogs and hare
were in sight of those who sat in We
hicles. OF course, after they had passed
out of sight the report ended, although
the scores were kindly given by Judge
Grace through his field assistant, T. ].
McHugh.
$500. $3.50, two of s125 each, four of SIS and
eight of $37 so each Results:
Johnny R VS.. Las Palmas-Las Palmas
led well to the hare, but when the game
changed its course Johnny R forced to the
front and held his quarry We'll in hand, SO
to speak, until after a long run the hare
hole. Las Palmas was close up with her
opponent when the course ended Win
Miss Alice VS.. Senorita-Senorita led to
the hare by several lengths and kept the
lead for d long distance, in fact until the
dogs and hare got out of sight At the
finish Miss Alice was leading. Neither
dog got close enough to work the came
in coursing-park fashion. Winner, Senior
TIA. score, TO q.
Mayfower VS. Irma-The hare jumped
within five yards of the dogs and sat
down just as the dogs were slipped. Irma
led and made a drive to kill but missed.
ran like a streak for 300 yards Irna was
first to score wrench and turn: then
Mayflower got in and was leading Irma
when the dogs were lost to view in the
dust; a very long course. Winner, Irma.
Score, s to 4.
White Diamond vs. Jesse Moore-Jesse
was first to the hare by four lengths.
Then White Diamond drew close up, but
Jesse kept in the lead on a long, straight
Diamond by a grand burst of speed made
a go-bye and was leading when the
hare passed over hill and out Of sight
Winner, White Diamond. Score 10 to 6.
Orpheum Lass VS.. Kitty Scott-Or-
pheum Lass led to the hare, which ia
vored her, but neither dog got near
enough to score even a wrench until they
got lost in the distance from view. Win
ner, Orpheum Lass. Score, Is to 0; which
shows that the Lass had things all her
Jennie Wilson VS.. Florence N-The hare
jumped in front of the leading teams and
turned off his line when the dogs were
up by the horses. The course could not
be seen from the teams until the dogs
were far in the distance. Then Florence
Winner, Jennie Wilson. Score, "a to a.
Rusty Gold had bye with Las Palmas
Las Palmas, Notwithstanding her hard
COuISS Will JOUIlIly TdH Well up with
Rusty Gold from start to finish. Winner,
Rusty Gold. Score Il to g.
Tuolumne VS.. Observation-Disclosures
led to the hare and scored quite a few
all her own way when the MERGED dog
suddenly opened up and shot by his op-
ponent, driving the hare at great speed
and scoring fast. He held the lead all
through the balance of the course, out
scoring Quickstitch until the kill. The
course was in full view of the spectators.
TtIIn -
Sweet Music VS.. Mialmo-When the dogs
were slipped the hare suddenly changed
It's course, favoring Sweet Music, but
Mialmo. having the greatest speed, shot
to the front and was first to score. She
made quite a number of points before
Quicksutch got in, and the dogs were
of view into low ground. Winner, Sweet
Music. Score. II to s.
Pet Kirby VS.. Ida-All bets were de-
clared off on this race by the stewards,
as Ida was said to be not feeling well for
some reason not stated. Ida led from slips
and ran well. Notwithstanding her condi
and scored several wrenches until after
covering half mile of ground. Then Pet
Kirby got in and scored point. The
dogs then ran out of sight of the crowd
and coursed the hare several miles. Win
ner Ida. Score, II to l.
Master Jack VS.. Matchless-Both dogs
got away to good slip and ran neck and
mound and was quickly lost to the sight
of the spectators Winner AyMatchless.
Rosie r. VS.. willful-willful had just
arrived from Denver and was consequent
ly not in condition for a hard course
Rosie r. led from slips and opened up
big gap to the hare. She held good lead
until dogs and hare were lost to view
Willful killed. Winner, Rosie r. Score,
u to 2.
Glen Rosa VS.. Pat Malioy-Ths was a
good slip and a close run to the hare but
after passing over a mound, Pat Malloy
made the turn. Then Glen Rosa passed to
the front, driving her game at great speed
on a straight run for a half mile before
a turn was scored. Pat Malloy was then
several lengths behind. The hare made
for and got to a wire fence near MERGED
River, which 1t got under. The dogs
also crossed the fence and Glen Rosa was
holding a good lead when lost to view
Winner, Glen Rosa. Score, 10 to 4.
SunoIite VS.. Gladiator-Gladiator led to
the hare and quickly scored q wrench and
two turns, after which the hare put on
burst of speed and ran the dogs quite
distance before Gladiator scored again, al
lowing Sunolite to get In for a few points.
The hare carried the dogs to q wire fence,
after which the course was lost sight of
as far as the spectators could see Win
ner Gladiator. Score, IS to 10.
I1nry nIrrny -E11 JnI