Daily inter mountain., 1900-11-24
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2 HARE AND HOUNDS
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H. c. Granting is rejoicing over the
possession of new Greyhound, a bitch
puppy, by his old favorite, Billy Wauser,
out Of HosAing's Coomassia Queen
Henry says she has Billy's motemen;s S
and manners to hair and is quite sure
she can step to some purpose already,
though only eight months old. She is a
light brindle of good size and with
Blly's short, "coSby" build. If she is
half as good as her sire, she will do, for
a better little dog than Billy Walker
never looked through slip. Butte cou s.
ing men join in commenting the brute
who poisoned him to the best attentions
of his Satanic Majesty. Why is ii
that the dogs that make man think of
the old saying, The more l see or men,
the better l like dogs" are always the
ones to get dose of poison?
The saying quoted has been attributed.
by the way, to almost every famous man
of letters of modern days. AS a matter
of fact. it is a classic and dates back a
matter of two thousand years or A4uee.
1t is none the less true on that account
though. Many man might pe the bat
ter for knowing little Billy Walkers He
had quaint, strongly jnddvy1ualiz@ d
character and was as plucky as douil-
dog, though as gentle and lovingnas-
we'll, as a dog. His friends were many,
and it was amusing to see him graet
them, which he did very politely ,,lg
was impossible to get him Dy friend
without his stopping to poke his litiie
nose into their hands. He realized, .as
all noted dogs do, that he was famous,
and the remark, That's Billy Walker"
as he passed along the street, always
brought him to a halt to see if it was
someone he knew. A little adulation
was not unwelcome. Trained or un-
trained, sick or we'll, he always put up
a good race. There were faster grey
hounds here. but they We're never safe
from Billy's demon rushes and undying
gameness. He always had a hair-rais-
ing squirt in reserve for a critical mo
ment. Many course he wen simply be
cause he would not give UP. Between
courses he exhibited the grave quietude
of the gladiator, walking quietly, hus-
banding his energies for the next trial
At West Side rark it was the custom
to ring three bells to get ready, and five
bells to go to slips. Hounds that were
raced fairly often knew the signal as
well as their owners, and would turn
and strain at the lead to go to the gate
a five bells, while at three, they merely
prlcked UP their ears. At Union park,
San Francisco, they ring an ELECTRIC he'll
from the betting ring to put the dogs in
slips. Until the bell rings the hounds
walk quietly UP and down near the slip
per's stand, but the moment thas bell
sounds it is known in the stand by their
turning and eagerly pulling their han /
lers toward the slipper. Many of them
back into place like fire horses. o.
d. Dougherty's Daft whelped D nine
puppies on November 10 to G. H. Mac
dougalfs Bonnie Crawford. Unfortun-
ately, six of them died, leaving Mr.
Dougherty only black and white d 9
and two red or fawn and white bitches
For several days Daft's life was indian
ger but she and the remaining puppies
are doing we'll now.
The California boys did not have a
very pleasant time at Modesto the first
day, last Tuesday. The weather was very
warm and hares We're scarce, SO that
they did not get through the first
round. Iowa Maid had six-minuts
course IN which she got no help from her