Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-12
. HARE AND HOUNDS +;

Since the death of st. Lawrence his
brother. there has been some demand
from California coursng men for the
services of Battle Royal and Fred Mich
oils shipped him to California on the
10th inst. to be there placed in the stud.
Battle was Il very handsome dog in his
young days. of good size ard very fast,
ana his success as q sire in Butte, with
very limited opportunities, makes it
likely that he will do well in San Fran
cisco.
With Battle Royal. Mr.. Nichols
shipped Il bitch puppy by Bonnie Craw-
ford out of Brunette. The five other
pups of this litter that were at Mr.
Nichols place. of which three were the.
property Of G. H. Macdougall. unfor-
tunately died recently. VIM. Rowe and
Tom Knowles each have a bitch puppy
OF this litter, and they, with the one Mr..
Nichols shipped away, are all that are
left of a litter of ten. Such is luck with
greyhounds.
Mike Davey, Butte's blind sportsman,
had the misfortune to lose his grand
bitch. Lady Trump. by Twister--Colo-
RADIO Belle. Mike had gone down the val
ley with a lot of hounds to see them
run some Whitehall jacks. They had one
run, in which Lady killed her hare in her
own brilliant style. Another hare was
put up sometime afterwards. and in the
very breakway Lady ran into another
dog and broke her neck. Lady Trump
had not been very successful IN the park,
having been usually out of condition
w hon Nry,c
going on. but was recognized as one of
Coursing men generally will keenly re-
greet her death. as they all delight in
Mikes love of the sport, and rejoice to
see him own a good one.
Blind Mike. as he is usually called, is
an interesting character. He lost his
sight as the result of a blast when still-a
youth. He is now about thirty years old.
No man with eyes can excel Mike in de-
VOtiOn to cOurSing, and few are better
judges of a greyhound. 1t is remarkable
how well he remembers the different
dogs-after a light smoothing of his
hands over one, he is seldom unable to
call him by name. His own dogs. of
course. he can recognize with certainty
at mere touch, and it is pretty thing
to see him with his dogs, for they seem
tn realize his deficiency and are as ten
der of him as his human friends are.
When he calls them, they go to him
promptly, knowing that they must touch
against him before he knows where they
are. If one of the boys has pup diff
cult to control from timidity or bad
temper, they usually give him to Mike
to handle for a while, with the result
that the pup soon becomes as gentle
and biddabe as the rest.
On coursing day, Mike usually has
dog or two running, which he takes to
slips himself. and rubs and cares for
One of his brothers usually goes with
him. 1t is customary with all the cours-
ing men to call the events of course
as they occur when Mike is in hearing
and from what they say he gets clear
iGea of the merit displayed, and can
kick like good fellow too, when the de-
cision does not agree with his ideas.
He can recite the points of course
years afterwards more correctly than
those who actually saw it. That he is a
good conditioner is evidenced by the per-
Torrance of Montana Jack here last
summer when in his hands for training.
Mikes enjoyment of coursing and
hunting goes to prove that no disability
eed be fatal to peace of mind. if a mans
heart is in the right place. The coursing
men generally, to their credit be it said,
are as tender of this poor fellow as one
would expect women to be. At that, he
! is no whimperer. but takes his hard fate
with truly admirable philosophy. In fact
/ if an argument threatens to degenerate
| into wordy war, Mike is always ready
| to fight, and is not the easiest game to
| go up against in a rough and tumble.
But that has seldom happened, for all
the boys think the world of him, and go
out of their way to add to his comfort
| or pleasure.
King Cashier and Col. Lopez both ran
at Union Park, San Francisco last Sat-
urday, but both went out in the first
round. The open stake, in which they
ran, was won by Daisy Clair, daughter
Of st. Clair, litter brother to Battle
Royal, the runner-up being Wild Norah
Royal Crest bitch. In the champion
stake for sixteen, run off on Sunday, the
flying Palo Alto won hands down, Lady
| Clair runner-up. Palo Alto is by Emin
| Pasha, and is without doubt easily TIE
=, fastest dog in California. He has in the
past had a fashion of hesitating as he
| neared the hare at times, which lost
him many courses, said to be the result
| of a mix-up with cat when he was d
puppy. He did this usually when the
| hare broke back short, but would always
go in again as soon as the hare straight
| ened away, and if there was no short
| turn, but free-running hare made Z
wide. sweeping turn, there was no hest
tation on his part, and no chance for the
other dog either.