Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-28
WITH HARE
AND HOUNDS
C0lrSing Park Will be Opened
Sunday.
GREAT o PROMISED
The Stake For Sunday is For ~
DOgs--Ali Ready For the
Bell to Tap.

The West Side Coursing park, under
the management of G.. H. Macdougall,
will throw it's gates open to the public
on Sunday. April 80, at 1 p. m. There
are about 10 good hares in the field, and
while the intended improvements have
not all been completed, changes ave
been mad which will very much i'm
prove the quality Of the sport. The bad
weather SO prolonged has retarded the
work, but the escape fence across the
east end is completed, SO that whenever
a hare reaches the east end he will be
only Il few feet from safety. Kennels
have been 5ui!t for the accommodation
of the dogs, the stand has been improved
to some extent, though the INTENDED i'm
prOvements are not finished, and the
new slipping chut is ready, by means of
which the dogs will be slipped in plain
view of the stand-not behind a fence, as
formerly.
The management has promulgated a
set of rules for the government of the
park, modelled somewhat on those in
force at the race track last season, and
these rules, Mr.. Macdougall says will
be enforced to the letter. Doping or
stimulating is absolutely forbidden, and
dog owners are informed, in character
istic language, that if they don't like the
efforts Of the management to Civ them
fair treatment, they are welcome to keep
their dogs at home; but that. as long as
they are entered and on the grounds,
owners will have to take their medicine
for that stake nyway but kicking will
be punished by expulsion from the park.
The take for Sunday is for "a dogs,
the large number Of entries necessitating
an earlier start than was formerly the
rIICtnD1 n n Jo1n11- Of I 4 TT,a G-,x
brace will be called to slips at one to the
minute, and thereafter a course will be
run every 10 or u minutes, except that
there will be an interval of Is or 20 min
utes between rounds. Four Jerome
boxes have been built for the hares, each
holding 10, and it is believed that by
their use the hares can be KEPT fresher
and the courses be made more uniform
IN length. The new slipping stand, be-
ing nearer tho southwest corner of the
park, will admit of a longer slip. It was
impossible to give a decent slip from the
Old stand. as the hare would be out of
sigh if allowed to get a fair distance
away. From the new stand it is be-
! lieved 1t will be possible to give the hare
a good 100 yards start, which will make
the run-up betWeen 200 and 300 yards in
length. or even more with a strong hare.
To the entrance money of $3.50 each,
amounting to $50, the management has
added $40, making a total of $105, divided
as follows: To the winner. $50: runner
up. $40; third, $40: neX three, $3.50 each;
winners of one course, $3.50 each; to the
dog beaten by the winner in the second
round, $3.50.
Following is the draw: Montana
Eclipse VS.. Swift; White Cloud vs.. Billy
Walker; Random Shot Date Royal
flush VS.. DeloradO; Flashlight vs.. Belle
of Butte; Bluebird (of Anaconda) We.
Fltz, Jr.; Searchlight VS.. Mischief; Lady
Regina vs.. O'Connell: Flying Dutchman
vs.. Ransom: Torpedo VS.. Lady Hearst
tof Anaconda): Pet VS.. Belle de Mutt;
Sapphire vs.. Mephisto; Black Spring VS..
Queen of Diamonds.
Gold filings. Lowest rates. Or WIN