The San Francisco call., 1907-03-24
TONOPAH SPORTING MEN
PLAN C0URsING MEET
Will Endeavor to Attract
Greyhounds From All
Western Fields

Not satisfied with attracting the at
tention of the fight fans throughout the
country, the Nevada sportsmen are pre-
pairing to draw TO their State coursing
men from this coast and from the
great States of the Middle West. o. P.
Smith OF Denver. who managed the
American Waterloo meeting at Hot
Springs s. D.. last year for the Mime
kahta Club, has Just returned to this
city from Tonopah, where he discussed
the possibility of a meeting with some
of the well-known sporting men OF
the camp
Sufficient money has been subscribed
for meeting which it is intended to
promote about the middle OF next
month This will be in the nature Of
test Of the possibilities, and If this
Is successful a meeting will be held
on a large scale. The Nevada men
expect to be in q position to bid for
the American Waterloo Cup and the
Mississippi Valley Futurity. the great
est two stakes run in America II Ne
vada cannot secure these big events
Manager Smith would like 70 see the
managers of the parks here and at
Stockton to offer inducements that
would bring the Eastern men to this
coast and then they could stop over in
Nevada for a meeting
The Tonopah men would offer a $4,000
or $4,000 stake for the best dogs in
the country. 1t is expected that grey
hounds would be sent on from Kansas,
Nebraska, Colorado, Butte and Ana
conda to such a meeting. The Water
loo is run annually in September or
October and has never been held on
this coast. To promote a big stake
under another title such as the ''TOnO-
pah National Derby" il would be nee
essary to secure the consent of the
American Coursing Board. the govern
ing body of the sport in this country.
The Tonopah men have taken so
kindly to the possibility OF meeting
in Nevada that a number of them are
preparing TO buy some greyhounds-
w. S. Johnson is one Of the men who
wishes to- be represented on the field.
While Smith was in TOnopah he looked
over the ground and selected a site
just south of the town which he says
will make a desirable field. 1t is
sandy soil without rocks or any other
obstruction to impede the progress Of
the greyhounds- There is a slight ele-
walton to the field, which adds to its
desirability.
While hares are plentiful in Nevada.
il is planned 10 secure supply for
coursing from w. ]. Browning. at Tip
ton in the San Joaquin Valley. The
Nevada men have no facilities for
catching the hares. The quality OF
those from this State is well known
They We're used at Hot Springs last
year and provided great sport, many
of them making good their escape from
the fleetest of the cOursers. There are
a number of dogs available here whose
owners have expressed a Willingness to
try a whirl at the Nevada game. II
is believed it would help the cOursing
in this district as any dogs from the
Middle West would be sure to be sent
on here for try against the California
dogs. There is a proposition, to send
a car as far East as Denver to pick up
the dogs which would be sent on from
there to the meeting. The Tonopah
men who met in the Board Of Trade
rooms recently to discuss the prOpo-
sition raised fund of $4,000 without
any difficulty and were prepared to
guarantee nearly as much more. This
would provide some of the largest
purses run for in some time in this
country.
The question of an admission fee
was discussed and IL was decided that
81 would be a reasonable amount. This
with the money taken by the pool boxes
would make the game a profitable one
to the men whose dogs shared in the
distribution Of the prize money.