The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-05
FIRST SHIPMENT is MADE
Jack Rabbits for the West Side
Coursing Park.
ED CANAVAN IN CHARGE
he Has Acted as a Judge of .Coursing
for the Last Ten Years Fully Ac-
quainted With All the De.
tails of Management.

The first shipment of jack rabbits for
the West Side Coursing park was re-
ceived Tuesday morning and shipments
will follow each other rapidly now, I'M
til at least 400 good jacks are in the
park and wonted to their surroundings
Shelters have been erected in the es-
capes. and the jacks will be fed only on
that end of the field so that when run,
they will naturally strike up the field,
since they will regard that as their
home base
Ed Caravan of San Francisco, who
will act as judge and also take care of
the park, arrived from the coast few
days ago. Mr.. Caravan has been judg-
ing coursing for the, past 10 years. AS
the gentleman is still quite young, this
may seem strong statement, but the
1act is that his first experience in the
saddle was when he was about Is years
Ola. MI. Canavan's father was proprie-
tor of the old Ocean View park, one of
the nrst coursing parks to be organized
IN Frisco Since his first attempt, very
Few Sundays have elapsed in which he
WaS not acting as judge at some of the
many Frisco parks, and good judges
OF such work assert that he is the equal
or John Grace, IL not his superior, and
the Frisco coursing men swear by
John Grace. The employment of Mr.
Canavan will no doubt prove a wise
move and result in profit and satisfac-
ton to Mr. Macdougall as his work is
sure to do away with the disagreeabe
Kicking which was regular accompa-
niment to the sport in the past OF
course, there will be a few kickers left,
but they will be those who do not know
the points of coursing. except in the
rare instances when two dogs score so
nearly alike that the lookers-on are JUS
tilted in differing in opinion as to which
won.
Mr.. Caravan having been connected
with the Frisco parks for SO long, is
fully acquainted with all the little de-
tails of management, which Butte
coursers have heretofore had to evolve
Tor themselves, and has already made
many valuable suggestions. The Butte
coursers have been enjoying his recit-
ais of the doings of the great dogs of
the coast. He thinks Montana grey
MOUNDS a very much better looking lot
than those of his home He saws that
the great, unbeaten For Freedom is a
very ungainly dog, with no pretensions
to beauty, in fact, that fancier would
not pick him up on the street on the
strength of his looks. He is tall and
lean. very narrow in front, stands bad
~, and the only point that Indicates
speed is the tremendous development
of his understanding ito him in front.
but about a foot wide behind 1t was
supposed up here that such a wonderful
performer would, OF course. show some
indications in his looks of his remark
able speed and stamina. For Freedom
was imported by ]. H. Rossiter in Jam
uary, 1898, after winning the Altcar
Puppy stake, 12S of the best puppies in
england competing. A few days after
his arrival in San Francisco, he started
| in stake at Union park. at 80 to / to
win. Mr.. Rossiter backed him little
at that price, not supposing his condi-
ton would be good enough to land him
in first place, and won 5000 for $40. His
career since has been an unbroken Sc
ries of victories, and he has won some
where about $1,000 in stake money. He
was retired several months ago and
placed in the stud his look being limit
ed to five selected bitches at $3.50 EACH
three of the five services were booked
within week of the announcement. He
was put in training again recently and
competed in the John Grace cup race
at Union park last Sunday in which he
again won first money, $500.
A good greyhound in California, Mr..
Caravan says, is as good a bread win
iiSi 90 q man NdlrtS- Sul us N fSoH WON
over $4,000 in 1898 with about five dogs
running. Colonel Lopez, who is we'll
known to many Butte coursers, has
been only fairly successful, yet his total
winnings foot up to couple of thou
sand dollars. There are considerably
over one thousand greyhounds in train
ing in and around San Francisco, and
any kind of a youngster of decent
breeding and appearance is worth from
$50 to 500, while a fairly successful
runner brings from 5000 up to $1,000.
Nearly 200 dogs start every week in
San Francisco alone, and in addition to
the two in the city, there are six parks
running, at which Frisco men can run
their dogs.
1T is uncertain as yet when the West
side park can be opened, since that de-
ponds on the weather, but it is believed
that the first stake will occur early in
April. 1t Will be for "a dogs, open to
all, for a purse of 500. divided as fol-
lows: First. $50; second $40; third. $40;
next three $3.50 EACH winners of one
course to save their stake; $3.50 addi-
tional will be paid to the dogs beaten
by the ultimate winner and runner-up
in the first round, and the same amount
to the dog beaten by the winner in the
second round. Entrance, 500 each. A
long division of this kind enables the
owner of a moderate hound to scale off
a little money, and those that have the
misfortune to meet the winners of first
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