Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-08
SPORTING NEWS.


The Inter Mountains 'Coursing Tout
took to the woods after Tuesday and has
not been seen since. The way the short
ends downed the ~favor;tes on hat day
was simply awful. He was right in about
seven cases out OF ten IN the first round,
but after that, every course made his
record worse. The defeat Of Flashlignt
by Flying Dutchman, when the latter was
tired from a heavy course and sick into
the bargain, was one of those accidents
that makes the talent look s.sr 4 hole to
hide in. F1ashlight led up about eight
lengths, a frightful lead, then drove at
the hare from the side. But the hare was
gong a little faster than he calculated.
and instead Of picking it up, he crossed
a couple of lengths behind it and went
right by, looking back at it over his
shoulder. The hare broke oack toward
Dutchman, who Immediately took posses
sion and Went wrenching along back to-
ward the slipping corral. The dust of
Flashlights turn rose between him and
the hare, and he had to stop a second tD
locate the hare. When he did. h. made a
wonderful squirt down to take a hand
again. and ran right into Dutehman.
Dutchman was first to recover after the
collision, and broke after the, hare and
killed, shutting Flashlight out decisively.
The amount of it IS that TIashlight made
a mistake. and Dutchman never gave
him a chance to repair it. buchanan is
a bad dog to make mistakes with, being
SO clever and game that he is always
more than ready to seize the slightest
opening. and once in possession, it takes
a wonderful dog to put him out. He beat
his young brother. Lear King, by just the
same quality. The puppy had the foot
over him. but Dutchman managed to hold
his IN SiHp oil thn NEa SOARING a I'm nSt nvon
with King. then wound un with a clever
Kill. which saved him the course. Had
the hare made the escape, the pup WOu.d
have won. Lear King is a good one, but
does not stick as close to his game as he
will when a little older. The dogs that
run at the scut and keep running at the
scut will every once in a while beat fast
er dogs that dom work as close.
Mr.. Carlisle Mason last week became
a full-fledged cOursing man, by purchas-
ing of James Treloar that very smart
sapling. Montana Skyball. bS F.tzsim-
mons-Belle of Centerville, winner of the
June sapling stake. Skyball is a very
handsome y%oungster, of good size n
with a fair amount Of speed, and has a
good chance to. develop into a useful
~greyhound.-of course may prove a
crackerjack.' The price was $50, very
moderate for a well raised, sound p
tina has shown a good trial. 1t is to be
lOpCN a lCN " hAN "AA ~
into the ring, and add a little enthusiasm
to the sport. There are a dozen young
sters in town that have shown good trials
that can be bought for a moderate price,
that are ready to go right on racing. Lear
King would be a good purchase for a
new conner. being of good Size, fast and
| stout, royalty bred, and just at the point
of developing into a successful racer.
| And there are others. Lady Euclid show
ed a wonderful trial with Dutchman, had
! him beaten off and only lost by a point
by the hare making the escape: had it
stayed out in the field ten seconds long
| err. Dutchman would have been gone.
The stake for Sunday is a sixteen with
some very good ones in, Billy Walker,
! Lady Fullerton, Flashlight, Barrister,
! Lord Nelson, Tornado and others. The
Inter Mounta is through picking WIN
| ners, though.
The Anaconda boys were sporty enough
to enter five in the Independence stake,
three of which won a course or more. In
fact, after Flashlight went out, the stake
looked a gift to Lady Hearst, but she got
her quietus in a frightful course with Cor
in & Ayres' remarkable puppy Rusty,
the hare keeping them gong till both
were ready to drop. Lady Hearst won
well, in spite of Rusty's gallant efforts,
but had not a run left in her after it was
over, and was easily beaten by Sapphire
in the semi-finals. Mill Creek and Miss
Marietta each won a course, while Blue
bird, quite out of condition, and Bobby
Burns went out in the first round. Lady
Hearst got third money. The Anaconda
boys are thorough sportsmen, and the
Butte coursing men are always glad to
see them run up well in a stake.
Sapphire surprised everyone, his owner
more than all. No one ever saw him SO
good. This big fellow has always been
run pounds too heavy, and was not con-
sidered dangerous by the Knowing ones,
but he downed them one after the other
in good style. He and Dutchman did not
run off for first money, both being the
property of James BENEFITS of Meader-
Vile. Had they % SO it is dollars to
%doughnuts Sapphire would have won, for
Dutch was sick and tired out. The
chances are Sapphire could have beaten
him even up or Tuesday, though. for the
big fellow certainly was in great form.
He beat Fitz-Regina practically point
less, at one to three. Such is the luck Of
coursing; the wise ones get off wrong
about as often as they do with the ponies.
RACE Rail-