The record-union., 1899-01-30
SWIFT HOUNDS, DAzEDHARES
A FAIR DAY OF CoURsING AT
THE PARK.
The Trap System Was a Failure,
and It will be
Rejected.

Yesterday morning dawned fair and
clear, an ideal day for the coursing
races at Agricultural Park A goodly
number of spectators and sports as
sembled to see the dogs race for the
hares, and many were eager to witness
the new trap system of turning the
hares loose. 1t was a failure and was
abandoned.
There were some surprises in the out
come of the days races, though the
first hares were neither swift nor
strong, Some were so weak that they,
were killed before the dogs were set
free. Tea Rose was a delightful sur
prise in short run, in which she shat
tered the record of Promise, Me, though
the hare-evidently not very fast or
park Overwhelmingly stood dazed
for moment, then ran toward the
hounds. Tea Rose flew like the wind,
ran past the hare twice, and ended the
sport by killing the quarry. The crowd
was disappointed that so fine a runner
had so poor hare. With a swift,
strong bait in front of her Tea Rose
would have done some fine running.
There was murmuring when ine trap
was fixed for the second hare, the gen.
eral opinion being that the trap might
be all right, but that the hares were
cooped too closely in their little pens be-
fore being placed before the dogs. 1t
seemed. too, as if the traps rather
dazed the little racers, which sat for
moment in bewilderment before spring
ing away from the hounds. Some of
the men in charge said that the hares
were a sickly lot, some said they ran
badly because they did not know the
grounds while others held that the
traps and the coping were response
BILE for the bad work AT any rate,
the sixty hares did not furnish enough
quarry for twenty-four runs, and three
finals will be run under the old system
next Sunday.
In spite of all the drawbacks, there
were some good races, and the day was
full of surprises, short-enders making
good winnings. The Duke of yelling
ton surprised everybody by beating
Handspring, and Little Wonder did not
stand a. show against Lady Glendyne.
Some of the racing was spirited.
Though the hares were not runners
off the reel so to speak, and though
all seemed bewildered or sick, some Of
them were good on swift, short turns;
and some of the best sport of the day
took place excitingly close to- the grand
stand.
In the afternoon there was a very
good attendance of women and
largely increased turnout of men. There
was some spirited betting during the
afternoon. -
The best racing began after a dozen
or more races when the traps were
abandoned, and they will be discarded
after this.
The score of the days coursing races
was as follows:
Condrey & Rought's Tea Rose beat
O'Neil & Hanrahan's Promise Me.
L. A. and Y Kennels Lewie L.
beat D. McCreadie's Black Bess.
L. NcMahon's Lady Glendyne beat
Nethercott Bros Little Wonder.
C. Woodworth's Blue Stone beat H.
O. Buckman's Dago.
w. Haley's Skylight beat J. Doherty's
White Rocket.
j.. O'Connelrs Bryan beat G. H. Sew
ening's Captain Memo.
Alvord & Devine's Reception beat
P. w. Sheehans Eva S.
Mcdonald & Murphy's Duke of Well
ing beat Condrey & Rought,s Hand
spring.
: O'Neil & Hanrahan's Mercury beat
J. Hilps Kitty Lonsdale.
w. r. Newman's Wide Awake beat
L. A. and Y. Kennels FAeta A.
R.. Lawrence's Lady Suffer beat
Walsh & Heenan's Busy Bee.
j. H. Ryan's Lanky Bob beat Ed
Tilden's Lille T.
Second series-Tea Rose beat Lewfe
L.. Lady Glendyne beat Bluestone,
Skylight beat Bryan, Duke of Yelling
ton beat Reception, Mercury beat Wide
Awake, Lankys,Bob beat Lady Suffer.
Third series-Tea Rose beat Lady
Glendyne, Skylight beat Duke of Well
ington, Mercury beat Lanky Boo.
Fourth series-Tea Rose beat Sky
light, Mercury a bye.
(The final series was not completed
for lack of hares.)