Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-06

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With them when they come. so there will
be the excitement Of trying out the local
dogs against the strangers. The present
indications are that many Improvements
VIII be made in West Side park. 1t is
the intention to move the stand to about
half way up the field on the north side.
from which point the run-up can be seen
Perfectly, so that there will not be dis
pltes about which dog led on account
CT the angle, and also the work, after
the hounds reach the hare, will be plain
~ visible.
In course last summer. this matter
LAS very clearly illustrated. The dogs
came quartering across, instead OF going
straight up, as usual. The judge said
the dog on the right led two lengths.
People standing at the south end of the
stand We're quite sure the lefthand dog
I'D by two lengths; those at the north
end thought they We're about even. with
the right-hand dog perhaps a shade the
best of lit, while from over near the gate.
the right-hand dog looked to have half
a length or 50 OF a lead. If thay had
been running closely together, the diff
ferenc cou'd have be- n Sc n moe easily
hut the left-hand dog bore to the left, so
that they Were running perhaps twenty
feet apart. With the stand about oppo-
site where the first turn Is usually made,
there would be no room for such per-
fectly honest differences of opinion. In
this particular case the run-up decided
the course, as the subsequent work was
about even.
A fence will be run along the south side
of the water course. which will leave the
ooursing field the same length as at
present, but 1t viii be much narrower
at the west end, gradually widening out
to almost the present width at the east
end. This will insure a course right up
The field almost invariably, yet the part
where the work takes place will be al
most Its present size. The best trials
have been those in which the hare did
it's doubling on the high ground in the
southeast corner, and that is the IA
vorte play ground of the hares during
the week, so that the trails will be quite
as good as the majority have been in the
past, and nothing could be better than
that yet the possibility of occasional
twisting scrambles across in front of the
pre- sent stand will be practically elimin-
| a,ed.
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The negotiations looking to the i'm
provement and other matters in connec-
tinn with Westside park are not yet con-
summated, but there seems good reason
to believe that they will be shortly.
Coursing ought to succeed in Butte with
proper management and sufficient
strength behind it. Its struggle for ex-
istence has been an uphill battle. but
success is now surely within grasp. No
sport is fairer The genuine chara cter
Of the contest should and does appeal
10 everyone possessed of sporting blood.
Greyhounds have fashion Of upsetting
dishonest schemes to stop them. by go
ing out and racing all they know. in
fact they rarely fail to try, unless old
OF stale or woefully out of condition.
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" 4 funny story of pretty scheme that
went awry is told of a California cours-
ing man Of old days. He calculated to
stop his dog and make a few dollars
by backing its opponent, so fed his own
all the cooked beef it would eat. He
overdid the trick and the dog turned up
to run as empty as drum! His having
been little sick did not bother him
and he won hands down. A similar
thing happened here, when a we'll known
performer by mysterious means got a
chance to gorge herself the morning of a
stake. Some who knew played the good
thing but she came to slips empty
| enough, and won the stake.