Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-19

and SyStematiZed, gives the best cours-
ing, in the opinion of experts to be seen
III the United States. 1t is seldom that
race is for less distance than mile
and quarter, which brings out the
speed, cleverness and stamina of the
dogs At other places, owing to the ar
engagements of the parks, speed is about
the only quality brought out.
OF all the famous dogs seen on Mon
tana course, Twister easily comes first.
He came from royal family that car
ried off three-fourths of the prizes for
seven years. Mr.. MacDougall brought
this dog in 1892 for 1925, and Twister i'm
proved the stock in Montana by leaving
four or five top notchers of his get.
Fred Nichols bought Battle Royal an
own brother to Twister. He also bought
brunette and from that cross came
Flying Dutchman, Lady Fullerton, and
later King Cashier Lear King, White
Anna and Jessie "A, I'll star winners.
Regina has produced Flashight, Little
Impus, Lady Regina. all stake dogs.
Mike Davies. Fleet has produced the
| stake winners Gypsy, Mayflower and Bob
Fitz.
Billy Walker is royalty bred, by Ser
rcnto ont of Cricket
Barrester has produced some fine pups
and is famous dog.
| Mr.. MacDougall, the father OF coursing
III Montana, is an enthusiast and proud
of it. He talks OF his dogs as the owner
o. thoroughbred racer talks of his
| horse.
'Coursing," he says. "Is a poor mans
! sport. A man doesn't have to be mill
| lionaire to own a couple of fast hounds
| For conditioning them, all that is need
| cd is plenty of exercise and good food
| The development of cOursing in Califor-
| ia has astonished the sporting world
| The coursing parks there generally have
| from $1,000 to $500 for the Saturday
| stakes. and perhaps $3.50 for the Wednes-
| day stake. The latest thing is the Cali
! fornia futurity, which shows the devel-
| opment Of this royal sport. In the first one
litters had to qualify before they were
eight weeks old. and was open to pups
| whelped since January 1, 1892 Original
~ 250 whelps We're listed, the first paw
ment being $3.50 on March II, and 1854
paid; on July 1. 122 made the second pay
| ment of $3.50 and of these, 96 finally
| were drawn. The total entrance money
was $1466, and the coursing park made
| it up to $4,000. The winner received
S'.14o. the runner up $124O. the next three
S!oc each, and the next six. $50 each, and
the next twelve $125 each, while the
breeders of the winner and the runner
up received SIS each additional. That is
| coursing in California.
Some people think the greyhound is
indifferent and without affection Some
even think he lacks in intelligence. Tha
is simply their ignorance. The graz
hound is grand dOg-the very king OF
dogs. He is a gentleman all through
What would you think of a gentleman
who went hopping about and going
through contortons to every stranger:
The greyhound understands that. He
has the pride of race within him. he is
disnified. But to the owner there is nc
lack of affection. A man may own a dog
| OF some other breed and they are friends
While they are together. But the gray.
hound has just one friend, and when his
affection is drawn out. it is for life.
SO with the sport itself. A man NAV
follow the turf few years with a prifit
OF pleasure or BOTH and then he gets
| urea OF 1t. But no man ever went in for
coursing and gave it up. AS a rich horse
owner once said to me Il go to the rae
track to win money, but after all, wher
want sport and pleasure, l go to the
| coursing park And wherever cours
ing comes, it comes to stay We started
her under difficulties. but we have gone
steadily on, and l am proud of the stocl
| we have here"