The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10
BUTTE News.
ATTENDANCE WAS LIGHT
But There Was Good Sport at
the Coursing Park.
SEVERAL HARES ESCAPED
Ten OF Them Out Of Seventeen Beat the
Dogs-Montana Chief Will Have
Say Before the Money
Is Divided.

After the big stake on July and
the Fourth one might have expected
rather an off day at West Side Cours-
ing park yesterday and the attendance
was somewhat light. The new street
car schedule is not understood yet. One
takes the Columbia Gardens car now
and changes at the switch to the in
coming car which comes home via the
race track
The dust storm, too, scared a lot of
people out of coming. But the sport
was the best yet. With a lot of good
aged dogs in, it is sufficient to say that
10 out of II hares beat the dogs. and
Montana Chief, who got second. forced
an undecided from the great Flash
light, though the latter won easily in
the run off. Chief got an extra course
and hard one in the semi-finals, and
the no-go hurt him worse than it did
Flashlight, who was very good Chief
has improved and will have a say be-
fore the money is divided when good.
Lady Fullerton was a little off and
Billy Walker led and beat her hand
somely, the hare beating them. Flash
light beat Starlight and Net beat
Mimosa practically without a contest
Lord Nelson led Barrster the length
of a city block and killed. The judge
gave it no course, Barister being I'M
righted. In the run off Barrister led
till near the hare, when Nelson Went
by for first and won easily. Montana
Chief was too good for Montana Eclipse
and Tornado knocked Fitz, jr., out.
Ruby had little difficulty with Silver
Dick and Butte was soundly beaten in
his bye by Fitz Regina. The first
round was comparatively uninterest-
ing except for the running of the jacks,
six out of eight escaping.
In the second round it was different.
The good ones were together. Flash
light led Billy Walker but not very
much. and working cleverly for a Won
der did not give Billy much chance.
Many thought Billy had a good chance,
and if Flashlight had made his usual
wild drives, they might have seen their
judgment proven correst But if the
white dog takes a notion to work close
there is nothing in Montana to bother
him. Lord Nelson was always a little
too fast for Net, the latter being tht
worse for her heavy single-handet
course in the first round Montars
Chief and Tornado gave a beautiful ex.
hibition of give and take work CHIEF
getting a little the best of the exchang.
ing. The hare beat them back to the
clipping corral, but by inadvertence the
agte was closed and good hare wa.
chopped against the fence. Ruby anC
Butte were given too long a slip ant
were unsighted by the hare taking t,
the water course--no course. They go
after other hares and We're running G
long time before being caught up. II
the run off Ruby won in long, hart
course. Butte hung on gamely, but tn
little bitch was too good for him.
In the semi finals, Flashlight ant
Lord Nelson had exactly Flashlight':
kind of hare, a racer that struck fol-
the escape at express speed. Flash
light simply enjoyed those long gallop
ing stretches and held his pace
up well. There were no turns only
few wrenches and the white fellow ben
from side to side with his hare il
faultless form, winning the pretties
racing course yet seen at the park
pointless. The hare escaped. Mon
tana Chief beat the tired Ruby to tn
escape.
In the final nobody wanted a one t,
four chance on Chief, but he very near
ly did Flashlight in a twisting cours
to the northwest escape. Chief was no
so much the worse in speed and Flash
light made couple of his wild drives
The kill saved Flashlight-no course
In the run off Chief might have wo
had he been less tired, for Flashligh
was driving wild again. but he had no
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