The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29
COURS|NG ON
CARPET GREEN
At |NGLES|OE
Saplings Ran With
Vim and Dash.
THE BETTING WAS HEAVY
FOUR. THOUSAND PEOPLE SAW
THE OLD DOGS SPRINT.
Silkwood Was Withdrawn, as He Is
Matched to Run Stake Race
To-Day at San Jose-The
Probable Winners.
THE BETTING WAS HEAVY
FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE SAW
THE OLD DOGS SPRINT.

"Coursing is all right. did not antici-
pate the pleasure the afternoon afforded
me. 1t was the first time l witnessed a
coursing meeting, but you can rest salts
fed that in future l will be a stanch pat
ron of the game"
The foregoing remarks were made by
James Woodward, a prominent Eastern
sportsman, who is on a pleasure visit to
this coast. Mr.. Woodward attended the
big meeting at Ingleside Park yesterday
and he retired from the grounds we'll sat
| ished with the sport, which he unhesitat-
ihgly said was the most interesting Of all
outdoor amusements He will be present
In the company of several Eastern friends
to witness the finals of the all-age and
sapling stakes which will be completed
this afternoon The coursing yesterday
was of the very best, and why not? The
hares-to use familiar saying of Tom
my Hall, the Prince of the Merced cours-
ing fraternity-had their running shoes
on and cut out merry clips for their pur-
suerS. The races were not as severe on
the dogs as old timers have experienced.
| that Ia, when the grass was short and
| dry still there WIS enOugh hard running
| to test the good and bad qualities of the
hounds and also to satisfy the large and
enthusiastic crowd of sport lovers in at.
tendance.
The day was most propitious for the
/ sport, and the betting was exceedingly
spirited. The sapling stake was the first
on the programme, and the dogs entered
| for this event were occasioned very little
delay in entering the slips. With the ex-
ception of Belle Anderson, who sold first
choice in the betting, the favorites won
! rather handsomely.
! In the all-aged stake there were few
| hard upsets to the talent. Old Glory was
defeated by Gladiator, to shot; Tul-
| lamore sent Hotstuff to his kennel minus
| a flag OGrHdV rOmnp0 from
Victor Queen, who sold a strong favorite
at 2 to l.
slkwood was entered against Gilt Edge,
but his owner would not allow him to
compete, as he is matched to run against
Angeline to-day best three in five
courses, at San Jose, for $3.50 a side. Last
San Jose Coursing Association decided
in favor of Slkwood, but the owner of
Angeline was of the opinion that his rep
resentative had won and match race
resulted from an argument that followed.
! 1t is dollars to little apples that Silkwood
will walk off with the long end of the
long green this afternoon.
Revolver ran bye with Gilt Edge and
won a comparatively easy course. Miss
GrizZle and Tod Sloan ran q no-gO, but
| In the run-off Miss Grizzle proved that
she was Tod's superior in the long run.
The results of the rundown of the sap
ling and all-age stakes are as follows:
Ingeside Coursing Club sapling stake. run
down result-Bohe beat Pedro, score 31s-2;
Lady Davenport beat Terronite, PA; Silent
Treasure beat Miss Richmond, 9-6; Baby King
I; Warrior beat Belle of Anderson 6-3; Nancy
r beat Black Dot, 5-3; Maggie n beat Chispa,
20; Night Time ran a bye
Open stake: prizes S110, S75. $50; next two,
$37 so each; next four. S25 each next nine, SIS
each: next eighteen, 81 so each; run down re-
sult-Berniece beat San Mateo. score 7-3 Old
Glory beat Gladiator, 5-5; Fox Kenny beat
Daisy Whallon, 7-3: Interesting beat Brilian-
tine, 6-i; Mira Monte beat Ben Hur, al: Fire
hal hoa Irving Il TaU hon
Rocl1lin Belle, 5-2; Brutus beat Willful, SO;
Glen Chloe beat Pet Kirby. 16-13; Bendalong
Tocaloma, 1910; Lady Herschel beat Bonita,
80; o. X. Capitol beat Lissak, 12-0; Tula-
key, 6-3; Rocket beat Victor, -; O'Grady
beat Victor Queen, 40; Magnetic beat Killarney
Lass 30; Florence beat Nelly B. 6-4 Mon
tana beat Mohawk, 30; Cavalier beat Scot
Free, 40; Rest Assured beat Hummer 70;
Flying Buck beat Vanity Fair. ii: Young
America beat Forgive, 1s3S; Rathbone beat
Forget beat Hercules, 7-5; Connemara beat
Revolver. 30; Decency beat Free Silver; 26-2;
Dick L, Al: Gilt Edge lost a bye with Re-
volver. "a Matchless beat Beauty 60; Mys-
tic Maid beat Babe Murphy, 13-7; Miss Griz-
zle beat Tod Sloan, 9-6; Crosspatch beat Miss
Alice, As
The sport of to-day will commence at 10
o'clock sharp with the first round of the
Sapling stake, and the patrons of the
game who desire to see the start and
finish of the meeting should not miss see
ing the youngsters perform, as there are
many first-class dogs entered. The prob
able winners of the first round are: Win
ming Ways, Lady Davenport Baby King,
Warrior and Maggie N.
In the open stake judging by their
performances of yesterday, our selections
for the first round are: Old Glory, In
teresting. Mira Monte, Koo Lawn. Glen
Chloe, Lady Herschel, X Capitol,
Rocket, OGrady. Montana, Cavalier,
Flying Buck, Rusty Gold, Connemara,
Irma, Royal Buck, Mystic Maid, Cross
patch.
1t is not by any means an easy matter
to pick winners now that the dogs are
becoming so well matched; still The Call
missed only five courses OF the number
of races that were run last Saturday in
the run down.
UNION PA RK.