Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-20
HARE AND HOUNDS

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Butte coursing men are eagerly waiting
for the draw in the John Grace cur,
which will bring together the cream of
the greyhounds of America. J. H: .Rossi-
ter Will start Fiery Face, litter sister to
this years English Waterloo cup winner,
and for his second entry, either his Old
stud deg, Eamin Pasha, or the imported
dog. Fortuna Favente. Both OF these lat
ter are really beyond coursing age,
though both are in excellent health and
may have a race left in them. Among
the other cracks that win start "
Beacon, Luxor, Royal Flush. Palo Alto,
The CRATER, Macs Melody, Greenhall,
and others that have won stakes in the
past.
The John Grace cup was
in 1895, in which year il was won by Rob-
inson &Peyton's Fear Not, with the same
owners Kirk Glen second. In 1896 it was
won by Nellie Conroy, now the property
on IT,. II. Macdougalf, with st. Lawrence
second. In 1897 Comcnemara won, Susie
second. In 1898 Imp. For Freedom won,
Ihornhill second. In 1899 Luxor won,
Connemara second. The local interest
attached to this list of winners is that the
dogs canned represent blood lines OF
which Montana has representatives in
every instance. Fear Not and Kirk Glen
are near relatives Of Billy Walker, and of
Macdougail's three Master Glenkirk
youngsters. Nellie Conroy is now here.
and had an own brother here formerly N
Twister, both of which dogs nave left a
number of descendants behind them,
Connemara is by a brother to Nichols
Brunette. and is a half brother to Nellie
Nonroy, being out of the sac-e dam.
Susie, Thorrhill and Luxor are an akin
to Nellie Conroy on the DAMS side, and
For Freedom is near akin to Nellie Con-
roy, Battle Royal, Sweet Idleness, and
other Butte dogs. So it would appear that
we have here as good stock as .theyFhave
anywhere, and there is no real reason
why some Butte sportsman should not
some time have the luck to breed a WIN
ner of the cup.
Coursing at Seattle has become fairly
we'll established, a great many OF the
second-raters of San Francisco having
gone there. Ed Caravan is Judge; he for
anerly Judged at Butte. ana is about as
good as they make at his job so long as
he keeps steady" Colonel Lopez and
Montana Jack played a small engage
ment at Seattle last month. Jack start
ed i'm a 32-dog stake, and divided with
three others, as darkness prevented the
stake being nun off. He.won three cours-
es in brilliant style. Lopez went out the
frst round in the same stake, then got
third in a 16 the next Sunday. Red
iFront, by Battle Royal-B1unette, bred
Wy Fred Nichols, got second in a "a two
weeks previously. The coursing park at
Seattle is the old Athletic para ous near
Madison park, b~eautiru.iy situated, but
RI ther rough coulsing ground. The sport
draws large crowds. j. j. Haslgerty, for
merly of Butte, made a .gocd winning by
backing Montana Jack when he ran
there; he had to take a ,ha,pre on the
Butte dog, for old .tMae- sake.
1t seems that two coursing parks win
not pay in San Francisco; San Mateo
park shut down last week, probably for
good, but as something more than 200
dogs start a: Mon park every week, it
looks as if one park could handle the
business.
The stake at Union park last Sunday
was won by Pleasant Girl, Controller
second, M~aciousall's Colcnel Lopez ran
only one course, in which he beat Rossi-
ler's Reckless Archer, and was then
drawn, as it was believed Ithat he was
not quite risEht. Archer, a very fast deg.
but a wild worker. led Lopez three
lengths in the run-up, hui Lopez out
worked him and won by a score of 6 to
I. Lopez has yet to meet his first de-
eeat in California.
r H HOSl in o'c Rash Adyopfr,ro NL&p,ir
Pasha- Venture) was bred, on October IL,
to H. C. Gramling's Barrister (Boomer-
ang-Imp. Buenretiro). This should be. a
great cross. The bitch is fairly fast and
a great slayer, while Barrister is very
fast. or was before he get too cid. The
blood lines are of the best.
The Interstate club will give a stake
IN the open in November, to he run at
Modesto. Cal, entry s.. The added mon
ey has not been announced, but will no
doubt be good. Colonel Lopez will proB-
ably be a starter, and should have a
good chance, as staying is his forte.
W. E. Nolan, who judged the cours-
Ing in Butte last summer with credit to
himself and satisfaction to greyhound
owners, has decided to make Butte his
permanent home-a good thing for cours-
ing here. A reliable and able judge has
always been the great want here. Mr..
Nolan fills the bill. He is in the emplo
of the Kennedy Furniture company.
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