The San Francisco call., 1898-11-14
Rathbone Won the Big
 Stake HandiIy.
MACS MELODY WAS DRAWN
CLUB MEMBERS ARE PACKING
 TRUNKS FOR MERGED.
Coursing Yesterday the Best in the History of the Track-Mcney Played Freely on
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Yesterday was day never to be for gotten in the history of Ingleside cours- ing The average time of each course was
 better than has ever been known at the
 park before, and barrel of money was taken in and paid out at the betting ring.
 If the average time occupied by eacn or
 yesterdays courses was computed 1t would approximate two minutes Such coursing as this opens sport seekers eyes and Is putting the record of this pleasure on the Pacific Coast against that or the old country. The popularity or lnglesloe is rapidly increasing. This IS manifested
 more and more each week as the attend
 ance broadens out and owners or gooa dogs seek the park as a place at Whlch
 they get fair play and run for their
 money. This morning the Ingleside Club will pack away, bag and baggage, to Merced, where it will see that its good reputation | at the ferry to see the boys off and an equally large crowd will greet them at the
 other end. Yesterday T9mmle tbt hal tan[i an1 had selected grounds and hareS that are
 the best the land affords.
 Macs Melody. suffered defeat yesIeToaSy, S She was in it for the final but had to De withdrawn, as a series of disastrous en- counters had left her completely exhaust ed and it would have been toLly bod 10 hheT beT first hard tussle with Moondyne ana was compelled to run an "undecfded over; She then ran a bye with Victor King ana the latter dog, being fresh, kept the chase up for four minutes. She had nad three
 regular courses previous to this time. ana these last efforts finished her completely. | Rathbone a dog which few picked as the winner of the stake, carried off hrst
 money. In the third rornd he deIeated Royal Buck while the betting was 2h to | 1 against him. Immediately after this course the dog sighted another hare and
 ran for a couple of minutes beIore ne l 1 this mad chase would spoil his chances for the final, but the gritty little piece or
 dog flesh laid out Hadiwist in the mex, next | GIenrosa was withdrawn in the third
 round to preserve her good condition for the Merced meeting. Hadiwist and White
 Diamond ran three courses before de-
 cision could be made by the judge; Each of the courses was exciting. In the four Island Boy the latter scored 4 points while the former was scoring IA. With
 one exception this Is the heaviest scoring ever made at Ingleside. About six short ends produced for their players some money. The highest winning odds were played in the run between American Fla
 The results were as follows:
 AIl-age stake-white Earth Kennels Lottie
 M. beat D. Cronins Swinnerton; F. J. G. Ken
 mas Royal Buck beat A. & B. Kennels Victor
 King; Russell Wilson's Glenrosa beat F. Mor
 ran's Royal Prize; P. o'Donnell.s Counterfeit erty Bell beat D. Hoopers Bendalong; A. Me Laughlins Coolrane beat T. Hughs Irene H.
 Russell & Wilson's Victor Queen. beat C. Strehl's Star Pointer; J. Sheas Rathbone beat
 H. A. DeckeImans Old Glory Bartels Broth 1 ers' Macs Melody beat H. R. Baldwin's For l get: H. R. Baldwin's Forgive beat F. C. l Rline's NJ. Liss Lowe & Thompson's Prince i Hal beat Pembroke Kennels Terrona; Bartels | Brothers Rest Assured beat E. J. Heney's s ! Harkaway II; J. Shea's Young America beat | M Aliens Miss Alice; Pembroke Kennels Syl- | yanus beat P. J. c. Kennas Lawrence; J. 1 Deans Moondyne II beat P. J. G. Kenna's Fear l Not A Van den Burgh's American Eagle beat l P J. G. Kenna's Flying Buck F. Moran s | Golden Russet beat White Earth Kennels Sou brette: A. Massey's Hadiwist beat Joe Perry 8 1 Commodore Nash; Naly & Morleys White Dia-
 mond beat A & B. Kennels Rock Island Boy; J. Deans Brilliantine beat J. D. Doherty s White Rocket.
 | Second round-Royal Buck beat Lotte NJ: ! GIenrosa beat Counterfeit; Liberty Bell beat | Coolrane; Rathbone beat Victor Queen; Macs l Melody beat Forgive: Rest Assured beat Prince i Hal; Young America beat Sylvanus; Moondyne 1 IT beat American Eagle; Hadiwist beat Golden Russet White Diamond beat Brilliantine. l Third round-Royal Buck ran bye; Rath- bone beat Liberty Bell; Macs Melody beat | Young America; Moondyne II beat Rest As- | sured; Hadiwist beat White Diamond.
 1 Fourth round-Rathbone beat Royal Buck ! Macs Melody beat Moondyne II; Hadiwist ran a bye.
 Melody a bye.
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