The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
BELLE BRANDON
STAKE ATTRACTS
LIBERAL ENTRY
At Least Thirty-TwO Fashion
ably Bred GreyhOunds Will
Make Their First Appearance
CLASS is IMPROVING
Standard Is Raised NOticeably
Since Sport Is Promoted
but One Day in Each Week

The Belle Brandon challenge cup
stake for greyhounds whelped last year.
which will be run on Washington's
birthday, will be an event out of the
ordinary this season. 1t is expected
at least thirty-two puppies will start.
where in other years from sixteen to
twenty-four were considered a repre-
sentative entry.
1t will be unique in this that not one
, OF the fashionably bred youngsters has
been seen in public, so there will be no
line on their form. DR.. F. p Clark of
Stockton will be represented by some
Imp. Fine Fire-Ma of Erin youngsters
which are pronounced of great prom
ise.
Dan Riordan will start the first of
Ireland's progeny, some puppies out Of
Mollie r.
DR.. ]. ]. Gaynor of Eureka will be
represented by some Imp. Dudley Dia-
mond- -Schillings Best puppies and also
some by Imp. Hawker- Pearl Pasha.
James Sweeney expects to show some
crackajacks. He will start some Dy
Rocker-Gallant Foe, Rocker-Imp. Fiery
Face and Imp. Fortuna Favente-ROl-
licking Airs.
j. j. LAWN of ST. Louis has sent out
the pick of his kennels by Imp. Fetter
Free -FloradOra. They are likely look
ing and as the Fetter Frees have been
showing early speed these may be
wonders.
Ed Gilbert has some puppies by st.
Croix- Imp. Dora B. The sire is by the
famous Connemara. He was injured
when young and was never cOursed.
DR.. Walsh pins his hopes for the cup
OH a puppy by Pasha Pleasant-Belle
Rocket S. r. Mounts entries are by
Gold HiH-Gold Lace James Carroll
has some puppies by Imp. Bright Gold
Columbia. p F. Callan will start some
by Gambit- -Molsey. Thomas Hall, the
veteran Merced coursing man, will send
up six of the progeny Of Johnny Rex
The California Plate. for the older
dogs, will be run in conjunction with
the Belle Brandon. At least sixty-four
entries will be received, the largest in
the history of the stake. There will
also be a consolation event. The total
prize money for the meeting will be
$1,000.
Paul Heard, secretary Of the Abilene
(Kans.) Coursing club, and one of the
best known leashmen in the Middle
West, was killed recently. A greyhound
tripped horse he was riding and he
was thrown heavily. his skull being
fractured.
Since coursing has been limited to
one day i'm the week the attendance
at both parks has increased and the
quality of the greyhounds has ap-
parently improved. the poorer dogs be-
ing excluded. This is particularly no.
ticeable this week, when the class is
especially good. The Union Park stake
is a representative one, including the
fastest greyhounds from the Middle
West and from the south These are
pitted against PocatelIi, Fair TarIee
and other flyers.
The first course tomorrow will be
run upon the arrival of the 1915 a. m.
train. The likely winners in the first
round look to be:
Miss Green. Queens Motto. Barge Rocker
Arm. Silver Heels. vandai. Anna Ryne.
Anton Barefoot Boy Advertiser, Pepper Jack,
Bill Dugan, The Referee. Cubanola, PocatelH.
Title r. Mi Amigo. Fair Tralee, Haredene.
Tom King. Tralee Boy HaDhazard
The card at IngIeside Park is made
up of a champion stake and an open
event The first brace of dogs will
be slipped at 10 o'clock. The first
round of the open stake will be run
first. The likely winners look to be;
Champion stake Mount Rose. Doc Burns.
Lord Brazen. Reckless Acrobat, Cloudburst.
| Pasha Pleasant. Tralee Lass Ragged Actor,
Full Noon. Celtic. Youns Klamath. Charter
Member.
Open stake Pure Pearl. Rose OF Gold,
Comique. Harlean Gladys. Van Nora. Van
| Prometheus. Loretta Una. Charming Thought.
! Golden Rule Bob r Lady MenlO viking