The San Francisco call., 1904-02-27
LEASHMEN PLAN
A NOVEL STAKE
FOR C0URSERS
Endeavor to Bring Together
the Fleetest Eight Grey
hounds Now in Training
HEAVY REGISTRATIONS
Marked Revival of Interest
Is Shown by the Breeders
Throughout the Country

The promoters Of coursing in this dis
trict are devising stakes with novel
| conditions in order to bring the heetest
greyhounds together and TO revive the
tagging interest of the people by wnom
the snort has been so literally main
tanned.
The latest of these events is the
Grand National Champion stake. to be
competed for by the best eight dogs IN
! California. which also means the best
| eight in America. There will be no en-
trance fee and the hounds will be
paired off by a committee OF coursing
men in order TO match them as closely
as possible.
The first trial will be run on March o.
the two dogs drawn running the best
| three in five trials The winner VIII
receive 800. Two more dogs will be run
the following Sunday, and so on until
the first round is completed. The four
winners will then run, each for nun
dred dollar prize. This will bring the
stake down to the last pair. The ulti-
mate winner will have received in all
S4O0, the runner-up $500 and the other
two 800 each.
The greyhounds which are considered
eligible are: Pocatelli. Palo Alto, Full
Moon, Mount Rose. Rubber Ankles,
| Rector, Fair Tralee, Lord Brazen,
Barge, Charter Member, Silver Heels,
TiIlie r, Quita, Sacramento Boy, Pasha
Pleasant and Sea Lion.
The problem which now confronts
the coursing officials is how to deter
mine which are the best eight and how
to proceed to pair them off.
Blake and Smith, the Montana cOurs-
ing men, have departed for home with
their string of greyhounds. The Butte
season opens early this year and they
want to get their string ready for cam
paigning During their visit here they
proved thorough spOrtsmen. Their
dogs were always in condition and they
accepted either victory or defeat in a
graceful manner.
F. NJ. Kellogg of Gilmore City. Iowa,
has also returned home after spending
several months here.
p. E. Canan has sold Sempronius to
Jerry Bresnahan.
w. H. Kocher is preparing to disband
his kennels owing to his leaving the
State Among his hounds are Boots,
PIoughman, Dear CASTOR, Pacing Billy
and some puppies listed in this years
Futurity.
W. ]. Leonard has sold Tom Hurlick
to G. Wash.
The keeper of the American Grey
hound Studbook has listed the record
number of litters since the first Of the
year. The total is sixty. which repre-
sents about 500 puppies. This is an un-
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revival of interest in coursing and
greyhound breeding throughout the
country.
The season opens unusually early
this year in the Middle West. Okla
homa City starts matters moving next
week with a big meet.
Sacramento has produced so many
great greyhounds in recent years that
the enthusiasts of the capital city
want to match eight of their represen-
tatives against a like number represent
ing the entire State. The Sacramento
dogs would be: PocateHi. Sacramento
Boy, Barge, TiIie r, Silver Heels,
Charter Member. Quita and Red Rock.
The novel match will probably be made
and liberal prizes will bring out some
stiff competition.
The cOursing at Union Park to-mOr-
row will commence upon the arrival OF
the 10:15 a. m train While the names
of champions are not conspicuous
among the greyhOunds entered. there is
: an even quality represented which
should result in close contests. The
| likely winners look TO be:
Red Rock Helen Hayes Rocker Arm F'snii.
Donny brook. Sea Lion. Nandal. Little Plunger
Booth. Lord Brazen- Apple Blossom. Roby
Aurora, Frisco Lad. Rapid Water. Lily York
McHenry, Adonis. Money Musk Rolla Wells
Fair Tralee. John Heenan. Viva Gambit
Renegade Apache, Racing Auto ClOverdale
Eagle, The Referee. Richard Anton, Sempro-
MUS. Amandan. Ruby Sankey.
Sixty-fOur well-matched hounds will
compete tomorrow at Ingleside Park
. The first brace viii go to the slips at
10:3O o'clock The likely winners in
the first round look to be:
Gold Lily. Una. Preside Boy. Msddlesous
Grace Greenwood. Van Alba. Texas Bettv VII
ing. ] f II, Pepper Jack Sofala Texas Hoo
Clarice. Haddington. Heredfne. Clover Bios
]. som. Bob r, Homer Boy Game Bow Mofie
Nc. Master Clair. Ragged Actor Beauty con-
Advertiser. Black Coon. MeddlesOme Lulu Girl
D Dan Pedro. Joe Pasha