Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-19
TIES CANINE POPULATION
More Dogs in Proportion Population, Than
Any City in the Whole United States.

faces of his enemies and then calmly
watched them through the glass.
Kimball has blue blood in his veins,
being a son of the thoroughbred, Prime
owned by Michael Grogovich. 1t is
hard to say what KimbalIs value Is.
but it would take a big sum to induce
Mr.. OrtOn to part with him.
There are a few well-Dred st. Ber-
nards here. the best, perhaps. being
owned by Charles Joyce and Mr.. Wal
ker. of Walker & Atchison. It
Time was when Butte boosted of "a
number of thoroughbred bulldogs, but
they have nearly all disappeared.
Charles A. Clark probably ownes the
finest fighting bull. an imported thor
oughbred that he brought back with
him from Kansas City.
Well-breu bird dogs are still scarcer,
owing, perhaps to the scarcity of birds
herea bouts.
But in all the riff-raff that makes up
the overwhelming proportiol of Butte's
dog population there is one bright spot.
The coursing hounds furnish that.
Butte has 300 greyhounds, all thorough
breds and many of them royalty bred
princes of the blood and litter brothers
to the kings of the courses.
This fact is largely due to the pres
ence here of so many Cornishmen. 1t
is an old saying that not a Corrishman
leaves his native land without a grey
hound pup under his jacket Most of
these dogs are kept at Centerville. and
there are some really fine kennels.
c. H. MacDougal probably owns tn
finest collection of hounds, and the
measure of success attained here in
establishing and popularzing the sport
of coursing is largely due to his untir-
ing efforts. He owns some fifteen dogs,
four of them being now in California.
Fred Nichols has a fine kennel Of
from twenty to twenty-five dogs, in
Guiding youngsters.
]. E. Hosking is the happy possessor
of fifteen.
Perhaps the most striking figure in
this field is Mike Davey. who may fair
ly claim to be sui generus. AS stated
recently in the Inter Mountain, he is
totally blind, and yet is one of the
most successful trainers in the country.
Not long ago he trained Mr.. Jones'
Montana Jack and won a match. His
| memory is simply marvellous, and once
he has handled greyhound, he can
| identify the animal thereafter on the
| instant by simply touching him.
OF the really great coursing hounds
| now belonging here. about the best is
King Cashier, belonging to Fred Hos
| king. He is by Battle Royal, out of
| Brunette. the latter a brother to the
! famous Twister.
Col. Lopez, temporarily on the coast
| is the pride of Mr.. MacDougal's kennel
| Lopez is worth over $780, and is son OF
| Twister He was bred in California
Montana Jack owned by A. w. Jones
is by Billy Walker, out of Fly. 1t is {
matter of profound regret to all dog fan.
ciers that Walker was poisoned las
slring. He was a grand dog. wonder.
! full courser, and left but few of his get
| Fritz Regina, Tom Crappo's dog. by
| Fitzsimmons, dam Regina, is considered
by coursing experts, to use their tech
nical term. the most consistent gray.
hound here. Fitz is steady, true. and q
very close racer, and generally gets q
piece of the prize money.
Charley Prince, a brother to King
| Cashier, and Jessie H., the latter the
winner of a stake last summer is a Yer,
promising animal.
| Coursing was inaugurated here about
| five years ago, and has been maintained
and improved at an expense of 500 900
| including prizes, training, etc. OF course
the receipts have not been anything neal
| that figured and the difference has come
| from the pockets of the enthusiasts who
| keep the hounds.
The coursing park, as now arranged