The San Francisco call., 1899-10-21
THREE PARKS BID
FOR THE PATRONAGE
OF COURSING MEN
Owners Of Fast GFeghOundS
Offered EVerg InduCement
to Run Their Best Dogs,

Three COursing parks will bid for the
patronage Of the public and of the owners
Of feet dogs to-day. The most ardent fol-
lowers of the game do not believe there is
a demand for that number of parks, and
look for one of the establishments to close
its gates before the Christmas chimes are
ringing out their message to the world.
The owners Of dogs have bestowed their
favors impartia1ly
The San Mateo Coursing Association Of
fered substantial prizes for its initial
meeting and secured at least a bakers
dozen of the best dogs in California.
These include Connemara, GIediator.
Royal Flush, Crawford Lad, Young Amer
lca. Soubrette, Luxor, ThOrnhil. Bone,
Wild Traiee and Plough Boy. Tc offset
this Union Park has the best puppy stake
ever drawn here and an open stake. In
gleside bid for another class of dogs and
filled big nOn-WinnerS' stake. Many
good dogs are forced into this class by
the chances of coursing, such as 'hukey'
hares or being drawn against the best
dogs. Three thousand dollars is being
disbursed in prize money, and while these
times last the cOursing men will be happy.
The running of the California grey
hounds, Pasha kennels Metallic and Emin
PaSha, in the American Waterloo to-day
at Dallas, Texas will be watched with in
terest. John Halton wires friends here
that his charges stood the journey by rail
quite well. He is not sangutne of success,
as he predicts the classic stake will be
from England. He is by Mirror Moor
Thetis, and is a half-brother of Thought
less Beauty, which won the English
Waterloo cup in 1897 He is the property
of John Chartlan & Son, prominently 1den-
tilted with the sport of the leash in the
East.
It seems an assured fact that next
years American Waterloo will be run in
a California park. Each of the local or
ganizations promoting couFsing is ex-
pected to bid for the meeting. The added
money is but 5000 this year, an amount
which will not stop any of the local parks.
The managers are accustomed to adding
The dog Temple may be seen here this
year, but if not he will surely come next
season, when he should be at his best, as
The dogs which made coursing history
on this coast are gradually disappearing
J. Keenan's Flying Buck died some days
by Bryan Dougherty, being by Royal
Crest-DaiSy II. Others of the litter were
Daisy Crest, Royal Daisy, Nellie Conroy
and Royal Buck. The latter had a Merced
stake to his credit. while Flying Buck had
innumerable winning brackets to his cred
it in the parks. This litter is pronounced
the greatest ever whelped in this State
all the greyhounds being stake winT IS Of
renown.
Hugh Lynch has been unfortunate with
a litter of Hughie-AIystic Maid puppies
They were attacked with distemper and
six of the eight died. Mr.. Lynch's great
stake winner Lottie NJ is recovering from
the eueClS Oh a lOHS course SHe ndu some
weeks since. She has filed out and grown
quite MISUNDERSTANDING for such a mite Of
a greyhound as she was.
Gus AberCrombie has secured Tom Null
caster as trainer, and he will handle the
dogs of his new employer exclusively
Mr.. Abercrombie has a number of young
dogs which are full of promise.
e. S. Babcock, manager of the Hotel del
Coronado has purchased a greyhound of
aristocratic lineage from David Dillon of
Ingleside Coursing Club Mr. Babcock has
owned and coursed greyhounds for years,
and has secured this dog for breeding pur-
poses.
The recent rains practically assure the
holding of the Interstate Coursing Clubs
meeting at Merced about the 18th of No
vember.