The San Francisco call., 1899-05-07
NOT A SINGLE HARE
ESCAPED THE DOGS
SHORT COURSES THE RULE AT
UNION PARK.
Extra Stake Is Finished Excepting
Three Races, but the Open Stake
Will Afford Sport.

The hares at Union Park did not show
an Improvement in their running yester-
day. In fact, during the day not sin
gle short-tal flyer" made his escape
The races were all Of a sprinting kind
and as result the dogs that had the
foot won the colors of victory
The talent had a prosperous day, as
with few exceptions the faVorites won
easily. In the extra stake there was but
one good short end, and that was the
course between Nellie and Winning
Lassie. In the open stake Safeguard beat
For Glory, 1 to shot; Ski beat The
Exile, 2 to 2l9 shot, and Ben Bolt beat
Flylng Buck. to l shot. The new dogs
OF, rdther' the recent arrivals from for
elgn lands, did not impress the talent ia
NoraolN with their performances. Mas
ter Gordon, however, did fairly well CON
Sluer1ng that 1t was his first appearance
IN IN pu5ibnc IN this country. and an eye
Snould De Kept on him, as he showed con-
SlderaDle dash. Longford, another recent
ARRIVAL, made very poor showing He
dld not score in his race with Log Boy.
Ihe Deacon started off at a very slow
pace from the slips, but when he. com
menced to realize that there was game
IN IN front OF him he got, in and did very
Ialr work a the finish. Nose was as
sun as a poker and made very poor
showing with Magic
The 0 X Capitol and st. Michael race
dlspleased a large number of spectators,
did not award the course to st. Michael.
me oogs were slipped to a hare that
was running near the fence on the south
side OF the field, and st. Michael left his
line and ran cunning, evidently expecting
that O X Capitol would head off his game
and then he would come In for the kill
Inc hare turned back suddenly as X
Capitol dashed at it when under full speed
and st. Michael then took charge work
ing his game for several Wrenches and a
Kill finally. The judge did not consider
q arAit al hoI lrl e.
der the circumstances and decided a ''nO
course" as the result of poor Judgment
displayed by the slipper In the run off
O X Capitol won handsomely.
The judge, however, gave two decisions
which were apparently off color. In fact
old and experienced Coursing men were
surprised at them. These were the races
between Phyllis and Santa Ana and Hard
Lines and Little Joker.
Phyllis led Santa Ana from the slips
and with the exception of two wrenches
did not allow Santa Ana to score; yet the
brindle bitch got the flag. In the Hard
Lines and Little Joker course Little Joker
led from slip, but Hard Lines was first
to take the turn and scored points rapidly
on his opponent allowing Little Joker to
come in for a wrench and turn at the
finish, then Hard Lines made the kill: but
Little Joker got the flag, nevertheless
The rundown and two rounds of the
extra stake were finished yesterday, and
also the rundown of the open stake The
results are as follows:
Open stake, ninetY-siX entries-The run
down: Master Gordon beat Belle Sew
ard; Metallic beat Miss Skyrocket;
Brutus beat Vigilant; Safeguard beat
For Glory; Interesting beat Little Van
Royal Buck beat Mission Tip; Lady
Emma beat Hummer; Lady Claire beat
Rosie Claire; Theron beat Kid Mccoy:
Log Boy beat Longford; Rusty Gold
beat Maid of the Mist Petronius beat
Santa Inez Ski beat The Exile; Gladia-
tor beat The Deacon; Mystic Maid beat
Scout; Old GLORY beat Senorita; Fire
ball beat Lady Gilmore; Ben Bolt beat
Flying Buck: Bonita beat Black Patti:
beat Candelaria; Dauntless beat Wheel
of Fortune Swedish beat Forgive; Lord
BYRON beat Eclipse; Golden Russet beat
Wayfarer; Mercy May beat Mayfower
High Born Lady beat Flying Faster
Morning Glory beat Warship; Wait
Little beat Battleship; Conqueror beat
Spindle; Magic beat Nose; Lotte NJ ran
a bye BOhe beat Miss Grizzle O X
Capitol beat ST Michael; Santa Ana beat
Erin beat Hayseed False Flatterer beat
May queen: st. Oran beat Benicia Boy;
Black Lock beat Minerva; Little Joker
beat Hard Lines; Lowlander beat Madge
Wildfire; Right Bower ran a bye; Victor
beat Myrtle Miller's Rabbie beat Tic
Tac Young America beat Mystic; Syl-
vanus beat Miramonte; Victor Queen beat
Tod Sloan.
Pastime beat Lady Norborne; Winning
Lassie beat Nellie b; Lass O. Gowre beat
Whisk Broom; Van Knapp beat Belle
Anderson: Chief of the Hill beat Road
Agent Masterpiece beat Fireman; Cash
Day beat Silver Star; Hercules beat Bes-