Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13

W nile the Ddu WedtNeE HaS
Butte both days that Westside Park has
been open this season, the quality of the
sport has been so good that the grey |
hound men are in a very happy frame of
mind. The California judge, Mr.. Ed.
Caravan, is a bowling success; he knows
his business like a book, and gives his
decisions so promptly n so correctly,
that the boys begin to believe that they
will hereafter get what they earn. and
the consequence is that they are making
entries weeks ahead.
The whole slipping arrangement has
been changed, with great gain in the sat
isfaction of the sport. Where they slipped
from formerly it was impossible to give
the hare fair law, for the reason that the
conformation of the ground was sue
that a reasonable slip would put him out
of sight of the dogs. That made many
short courses, many poor slips and gen
eral dissatisfaction. The chute has been
moved over to the southeast corral, on a
level plateau or bench. and a blind for
the slipper has been quilt on a little ridge
that is even higher, so that as soon as
the dogs come out of the blind they can
see practically all over the field. and the
slipper can hold them in the blind until
the hare is far enough off to make sure
Of a nice, long run-up for the first turn.
BY means of this. even poor hares give
a very fair race, while good ones pretty
nearly kill the dogs. The Jerome hare
boxes are also used, a contriVance in
vented and used in Australia. a sort of
sluice box divided by sliding partitions
into compartments, into which the hares
are driven and shut up, each by himself
in a dark but sufficiently airy cell. where
he sits in comfort until he is wanted.
These cells are numbered, and as each
brace goes to slips, the handler of tho
dog ON the white collar draws a nun
bered check from a box and the brace
get the hare in the cell bearing the same
number. The management try to put
none but good hares in the boxes, though
of course, some are better than others
but since the brace get a hare by lot, it is
t no ones fault if he proves too good or no.
good enough. The first day they put the
= boxes right in the chute, and as i
turned very cold the hares got chilled
: and did not run we'll the latter part o
the afternoon. Mr.. M~acdougall then or
dered a change, that the boxes should b,
t taken back in the corral and the hare!
4 released there given a warming up gal
I lop in the corral before being sen
through the chute, and last Sunday thi.
worked like a charm, only two hares o.
1 the whole lot failing to come out bounc
8 ing, and one of those was not slipped to
S There was only one slip that was a full
S hundred yards. and in most cases Their
: was a straight-away race of over tire
hundred yards before the first turn wa
: made. Being 50 far over, these run
Y We're at an angle from the stand, til
f audience being able to see every move
t ment of the dogs, which presented a yer.
d pretty effect.
Another great improvement is tn
y kennel, where are comfortable quarter
for twenty-three dogs, which will be in
creased to accommodate about thirty
five shortly and quite a large paddocl
d fenced in with a greyhound proof fence
h The dogs are confined to these quarters
Ie not strung all over the paddock an
n grand stand as formerly. They ar
o warned out and ordered by a bell-th
l. slip is marke d by one tap, and til
10 Judges decision is also marked by on
q tap. and his flag repeated from the buI
y. iletin board. Long waits are done ava
Ie with, one brace being sent out a fey
;" second after the former brace ar
> brought in.
= A number of new greyhounds hav
- been brought in lately. Mr.. Macdouga
te has half a dozen California bred young
a sters, which he is not running himsel
since he thinks it is not quite the thin
a for the manager to race under his Ow
management, but which are at the ser,
ice of his friends if they desire to be rel
r. resented in the stakes or wish trial b