The St. Louis Republic., 1900-11-28
GOSSIP OF THE GREiHo; Nns.
ST. Louis Hounds Go to Ci.icaSo-Tk
..Eciicf-D DC. .i,nsS,.

ATlHCf liylcS. the trainer whose mounds
nave been 30 successful at De HudIaInDnt
Park this season, left last night for Chicago
10 attend the opening meet OF the tlerStie
Country Club OF that city. Hynes took wi,h
two puppies owned by Mr.. Descheseaux,
which ne recently purchased from II. c;
Fashion. very iine and handsome dog. out
of Lacy of Fashion. 1t IS said they are ve!y
eomely, animals. W2Eburt0p ard Astral
Maid should Give the best dogs Chicago mas
quite Il lot ut trouble before they are pat
out.
Doctor Van Rummel introduced the jack
RABBIT. or American hare. to England III is''i;
He took a hall dozen OF the Kansas breed
and liberated them nn the SO 5sm9ns Altcar
nually run. The Britons were SO eager 30
try their dogs on The American harts that
they coursed them all out OF existence in
with the speed and staying powers of tue
jack rabbits that they ordered fGo of them
from Kansas. Now. Doctor Nan hulnmeit
says, the mare is doing we'll in England, and
has much improved the coursine there. lie
is much faster and crifucr and more en-
during than the English hare. BT cr"ssinS
the imported jack ON the fat and Sothtui
English hare the British coarserS nave i'm
proved their stock very much.
staying power by transition from the arid
plains of Kansas 10 the fertile pastures of
England, though one would i'nasine that
the rich grass OF English gardens. In Kan
sas: ne lives on arid pastures. whers N
keeps in condition runnin. around. trying
TO get enough 10 eat in Il county. Hence, he
is 1.-THE, lean and far speedter than his
English cousins, who feed iat IN tUfnip
patches. cabbage gardens. oat fields and
blue grass. Engishme''. when they first see
the American hare coursed. ALWAYS pro-
claim that the dogs are no good because
they do rot get to work on the hare as they
do in England They fail to notice that The
American Is much faster than the English
hare. and cannot be handled easily by
the hounds.
The writer had the pleasure of a look at
Nj. Mcnown'$ Narburton7 White NiasS
puppies recently. They are bred Of q i'm
dam. but, just the same ar: eloquent tcSti-
mony Of Warburton's potency as y sir.
Though hut months old. they already
show bone superior to tina. rf many q
puppy of il months. They have pAsierrs
and feet on which Hercheron stallion
that the tendency Q: TIL. greyhound in
America il TO run 10 extreme tiiieness in
bone. the value of a big-boE2d sire who
can transmit his desirable qualities tc. ;,!s
progeny is very apparent. OF cp.irsa. White
Wings threw beautiful puppies TO War
Cloud. who was = fee of a greyhound, and
herself
After the first generation bred in Amer
lea. the English greyhound seems to lose
bone and size. This pecularity IS very APP
parent among ST. Louis 2Tgyhounds. Good
bitches like Astral Maid. Queen of ST.
Louis. Gil BIAS. Black Beauty ete.. are all
A generous supply Of bone in puppies is
what breeders Of Sreyhounds most need and
desire.
The ST I,aus Coursing Club has SO stout
" wrought to maintain the sport of the
leash. in face OF oudurinc and most ad-
verse conditions. that harsh criticism. Of
anything IT nlay soc iii 10 do comes Rather
stintediy and with poor grace. In fair
weather and in fuul-,nostly fou'-the
Coursing Club people stuck by the abused
an; msligncd spor, which they have just
now succeeded in bringing out of the dol
drums into fair-welther seas.
In ali tairness and Gentleness. without
any aspcTits. it must he said thai the ''rc-
liei-dos'' outrage at De Hodiamont is gc.
sportsmen. The reiief dog is the canine Sa-
marian who is supposed To come 10 the
are unconsciousiy committing felo-Ge-ss by
chasing the white scui Of q dying ard un-
catclla!iie jack rabbit.
In England. the home OF coursnG. no such
thing as q relief dog Is known They
say the jack rabbit is u tougher customer
than the bare and needs more running.
De HcGiamont field. any pair Of decent
crcyhounds should be able to kill Il hare be-
fore. the hare Kills them. If they cannot do
so they are not worth the relief dogs dental
intercessiCn.
Then. above all. ii is not snuare deal
It is not sportsmanship:, 1t is pure CONNER
cialism. .AdhereRts of the reef-Gog system
ry yso NJ, is better to Kill Kin chsap rabbit ta
rghts lcea: III IS not the snortStnan'S inea.
ihe hare is entitled 10 Il fair snow and Il
chance for life. When hare gets out, and
by superior speed and endurance runs twa !
sreyhounds off their legs. by all the laws Of
COG and honest mankind that "vIrirlint" Is
entitled to the life it has Won Il may he
4 worthless verrin but il has made 4 Eal-
liant and successful fight for life ana should
be given 1t. The man who will turn ON
another dog or another pair of dogs to kill
such q hare must have blond in his Veins
that would make nice packing fur Slaughter
house hogs
In California the odious relief dol, system
W. ksvM Of an unnolS alliance hetwnen |