The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-04

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from the which running through
Il stake in one day would entail. The other
stakes will lie Il puppy event and an FIJI
aged stake.
Mr.. Brown. who Is an indefatigabie
worker for the cause OF coursing, complains
that the members of the ristime Club are
somewhat indifferent to its needs. He says
that owing to absence Of certain members
from the city and the Indifference of Others
affairs Of III. club have been allowed 10
drag. The c!'Ib is composed Of very wealthy
men, who donate literally toward its sup
port, Tor IL mas never been sclf-Sustaining
Like horse racing. Coursing is a sport when
requires a betting adjunct 10 pay its way.
Betting On courses Is not legal in Missouri.
Air. brown says the members of the cub
have forgotten TO take the interest in its
affairs they promised TO take. and the en-
tire burden OF conducting 1t has fallen upon
MeSsrS. Ralph Orthwein and J.. J. Lawn.
whose broad shoulders have about grown
scented the club with $500 to carry the
Waterloo and American Derby through.
and Mr.. LAWN spent almost as much IN
fencing ana arranging the park for cours-
ing.
Mr.. Brown said that but for Messrs.
Orthwein and LAWN he would have been
seriously embarrassed for funds. no; be-
cause they were not to be had. but because
he could not reach his members. He says
the detection OF Mr.. Crawford from the
club has been much felt. for Mr.. Crawford
lent the struggling and unproductive sport
iihsia! aid in The last two years.
Placed upon the same basis as horse
racing. c~OurSinG yields a very handsome
revenue. II is worth $S.UQ4 Il day to the
San Francisco parks. which runs awo days
each week. Betting is conducted on the
b~aris-mGtuai principle and the track holds
10 per cent of all moneys handled. The
sport attracts from 200 to 1880 people
daily. and the betting runs as high as 49,
Ga to a Sunday afternoon. In a city where
Sunday pleasure resorts axe not numerous.
as in 81. Louis. coursers think that c~ours!ng
operated here as in California would be a
very remunerative investment for capital
lists.
Captain W. d. Turner. an experienced
courser. and kennel editor OF the Sportsman.
a local sporting publication. defends the
for the relief dog. the chief OF which il
that American hares are gamer. faster and
harder 10 kill than English hares. hence
use the dogs much more. This. to a certain
extent. iS, true. The lowland hare Of the
British Isles fattens on sweet clover. tur-
is Il fat and lay rascal. Similarly. the
American hare. when taken from his Kan
sas prairie and put in the clover OF Delmar
Park. grows fat apacc and waxeth lazy.
The moor and mountain hare OF the British
Isles Is an entirely different proposition.
she is like the Kansas hare, slender, tough.
Captain Turner urges that as the Amer
tcah ngIe IS so much harder TO kill than
H"T t'ASiiSh SISTER. tie american grey
hounds need relief. Yet 1t is passing strange
that coursing prOspercd in 81. louis for ten
years without the use of a relief dog. Pa
tria, Militia. Quickstitch and many other
Turner's uncle. won stakes in st. Louis
parks without being sustained by the relief
dog. yet lived ten years later to produce
stake winners Of to-day.
Coursing in England Is often very severe.
The Waterloo is run on level plain near
LIVERPOOL. But take the mountain Hars9 nf
the North Of England, Scotland and Ire
land. on their native heath. over moor;
yon will find coursing in a park Ike Delmar
rather much OF chiId's play. And when one
thinks Of the barbed wire. OF the prairie
the past decade, he feels that the velvet
sward of Delnar is indeed soft going.
is permissible. 1t might be we'll to use him
in the sapl:nG stake on Sunday. for nothing
so Injuries a ssnling as an unsuccessful first
course 1t is well that the youngster should
taste blood first time he Is slipped. and a
long successful stern chase Is to be avoided
II possible. Also. when one dog is injured
or refuses TO follow the hare. The writer Is
not unduiy preiudiced against the relief dog.
and he is always willing to subjugate his
ne does thing that two fully grown dogs |
should be able to take care of one hare. and
h" further thinks that when a hare beats
though. as Captain Turner very truly ,
states. she generally dies from the effect of
the course. |
Judge Smith reported two parties to the
Executive Committee last Sunday for using !
his decision did NOT suit them. Secretary
says the club will vigorously stamp |
put such breaches Of craftsmanship. Mr.. |
but Judge Grace did not leave St. Louis |
making an apparent b!under or |
No Judge is infallible.