The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02
CON NTROYERSY
OVER COURSING
Lively Row Brewing at
Los Angeles.
BLACK REFUSES TO QUIT.
AND WILL SELL POOLS DESPITE
+. ill.,: ALE PROTESTS,
Chief of Police Glass and the Police
Commission Wrangle Over the !. !
! Matter and the Trouble -. !.
=. .:.# Increases. ~<~.. -. :"
AND WILL SELL POOLS DESPITE
...--::.:: ALL. PROTESTS. !.
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

Los. ANGELES, July If. d. Black.
who has been .e0uducttng coursing &
matches ia Agricultural Park for tive
/. years; will, ) if Mayor F3aton,,s instruc-.
tiQns are obeyed, be. prevented from
conducting this: sport. to- morrow and on
the Fourth of July. Much lItigatiorr
between Black, the Society for the Pre-
ventfoT of Cruelty to Animals and the
T people. of UNIVERSITY. place. that was re-
F.cently annexed by popular. vote to. Los
Angeles, has: arisen. from these Sunday
I=coursing matches. In the face of many
protests Colonel Black insists: that he
Will run the hares tomorrow and on
I the Fourth of July, and will sell pools
on the results. Black declares that no
law exists to prevent 0o1+selling< -"
F This matter was this morning taken
UP at a private meeting held between
Mayor. Eaton; City Attorney Haas and
!. Chief of Police Glass. The City, Attor-
rev declared. that pool selling is for
bidden. by a city. statute, and the Mayor
Instructed the Chief to. arrest Black
Shouts. pools be sold. at the park. now a.
part..Df the city. -. -. r.. " :
+, The determined opposition. of the peo-
pie to the continuance of park
.roursing, With its. alleged attendant
evils, has caused "a rupture between
Police Commissioner. Scarborough and
FChief Glass, which:Will terminate either
in disc1pling the Chief or in. the retire
.ment from the: Police Commission Of
! Messrs, Scarborough or Parker. =
A, committee. OF :citiZens informed the
commission that they protested against
the coursfng that had been. allowed to
proceed at the park, in face Of the facl
that Black had been CQnVtcted OF
/. cruelty TO animals and that the City.
Attorney had declared poQlSelIing at
the park. a violation of the city: Ordiz
nance. Scarborough voiced the protest
of the committee, and Chief Glass, IN: q
fit of temper, declared that: he could
run the police force without interfeT-
l. ence from university committees. or IN
dividuaI members. Of the. police force:
/ The Chief angTdly. declared that Black
intended to CLOSE up. soon, and that the
/ action of the protestantS. was IN the
nature of spite work against the head
! of the police force: -: ::
Upon the events OF the next twenty
! four: hours. viii depend: largely the set
! tlIneEt of the. rupture between the Ro-
| lice Commission and Chief Glass.
| Black said tonight. My lease of
! the park expired: to-day; and have
II paid soc for. the. rent of the grounds un-
! Ill: July 6: 1 have put up 1856. in purses
and spent SIS: to get John Grace: down
i from San Francisco to act as judge ]
f intend to charge no admission, and my
! only chance of profit is in selling pools
+ Tie entire opposition to me='i caused
T by spite. I'll run the matches, even i
! they stop my sale, Of pools: I've :sWorr
+ to myself not TO allow these university
/ 'cranks' to close me up before I'm ready
/ to quit, and III keep my oath. +: ~--.-. -.