Show DUG DOG VS RABBIT IN SPRINT RACE I I I National Coursing Tournament r Starts Tomorrow Best Hounds in Country Here Wherever Jack rabbits are plentiful there will be found greyhounds and wherever these conditions exist the people are fond of chasing the rabbits with the dogs This is called coursing and the sport is popular in many places in the tha country It is toward Salt SaU Lake that every coursing fan will look the next two weeks and watch W with eager ness the efforts of the best dogs in America in competition for tor the blue buo ribbon events in this line of ot sport The annual coursing tournament of ot the American Coursing Cour club Is to be held in this city and over fleet grey hounds have been shipped here from all aU parts of the country to compete Coursing while a new game in Salt Lake is an old one in the history of sports As far tar back as history goes there are accounts of ot dogs chasing rab mb bits At the time of Queen Elizabeth of ot England coursing reached such a popularity that it was one of ot the prin principal principal principal cipal sports of ot the titled heads of ot Eu Europe Europe Europe rope It was at this time that the first rules were framed to govern the sport and there has been little or no change in the rules rulea from that date to the pres present present present ent day Kill Is Not Important To those who do not understand the game It should be explained that the points do not count merely on the kill ing of ot the rabbits Points are awarded to the which first comes up to the rabbit other points are awarded to the dog which turns the rabbit from its course while the kill Itself is nearly lost track of in Judging the winner Every effort possible is made to protect the rabbits after acter a certain distance At the end of the course are small holes which enable the rabbits to dodge out of harms way The rab bits are trained before they are coursed to know these places of ot escape and for this reason many get away from the tha dogs It Is estimated that the national meeting will bring hundreds from all allover allover over oer the country to see the sport Men frequently travel thousands of ot miles to see see a coursing match and as a this tour tournament tournament tournament is the biggest event of ot its kind in the United States this year the best known coursing fans tans in the country will vill be here Over trained hounds will be on hand for tor the meeting Dogs from as far east as New York City and as far west vest as San Francisco are entered for forthe forthe forthe the meeting The best hounds in America today will be seen dogs which their owners would not sell for tor fora tora a small fortune Of Ot course there will wilt be many Utah dogs entered but the bulk come from California Montana Colorado and the Mississippi valley alley states The two big events of ot the meeting are the Waterloo plate and cup stake and the Futurity stakes Nearly Neary dogs start In these two events Other stakes are added and in all over in prizes are given away during the two weeks f 1 |