The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 9, 1895, Page 9

TH SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, ARCH 9, 1895. meeting in San Leandro to-morrow. There are a number of events on the slate which ought to afford a great day’s amusement. . The Occidental Coursing Club will hold its annual race meeting to- morrow in Golden Gate Coursing Park. A Deputy ¥ warm reception at Napa a few days ago. l_h«- oarsmen are training hard in antici pation of a revival of the grand aquatic sport this summer. The athletes of the Olympic Club will | w lubricate their race at the Olympic grounds to-morrow. { Sportsmen are very well pleased with the | g iree shooting on the | prospects of havin, marshes next year. THE WEEELMEN, Garden City Cyclers’ Relay Team—News From All Parts of the State. A good deal of talk was heard siice the 25-mile road race was run last Sunday about what might have happened if things had been different. Some say that U bricht should have set such a pace as to kill off Foster, but the latter’s admirers that was impossible—that no man can ride so fast as to leave Foster behind. When the latter fell from his wheel Ul- bricht had the opportunity, wished it, and that he did not take adv: of the chance is evidence that either he was un- able to increase his speed or he istoo square a sportsman to take such an unfair advantage. Be that as it may, the fact re- mains that Foster remounted after his fall, and as his wheel was uninjured he soon caught up with the scratch men again artd eventually won the race. Censiderable complaint was found with the handicapping in some instances, and justly s0. When it is remembered that out of the thirty-nine original entrants ten re- fused to start, and of theTemaining twenty- nine starters but sixteen finished the race, it will be seen that something was wrong. Some say that Handicapper Smyth is too busily engaged with his numerous business duties to enable him to give all the neces- sary time to the worl is always a very difficult matter early in the season and particu larly in & long road race. Of course the uppermost topic of conver- sation among wheelmen now is the great annual 100-mile relay race around the bay, to berun on April 7. The captains of the various clubs are now picking out their teams of ten men each. In most cases are about half this number in each who can be depended upon to ride at necessary rate of speed, and the re- mainder are selected by ten-mile tryouts, several of which are to be held over the San Leandro course to-morrow. The Garden City Cyclers of San Joseis the first club in the field with a complete team, which is already selected and now in ng for the event. The men who will comprise it are: Edwards, Osen, Smith, Jones, Delmas, Alexander, Jarman, Hub- bard, Davis and Cushing. The club will not hold a try-out, although it was at fizst intended to do so, on the 17th inst. The The wheelmen will have another big sy On the other hand, | S e ~ Commissioner received a | good and bad in places, but average well and are all ridabie as far as Santa Cruz. Mr. Thompson made the journey both ways on his wheel and was delighted with his trip. Morton and Andre of the Liberty Club ill start for a week's trip through Santa nether limbsin a sprint | Cruz and Monterey counties next Satur- ay. The Olympic Club Wheelmen will give bronze ‘‘century’’ bars to all their mem- bers who ride 100 miles within one day of | fourteen hours during the coming season. | Thisis a practice quite prevalent in the | East, it being the custom there after a man has earned say five or ten bronze bars to | exchange them for one silver bar, and there | is considerable rivalry among the riders to make as many centuries as possible during | the riding season. This practice keeps the interested in road-riding, and the clubs are consequently greatly benefited. Frank W. Fuller has recovered from the severe fall he suffered while riding at the Pavilion races last month. He has an- | nounced that he will not give up wheeling, | although he has forsworn all track-racing, | and will hereafter be only an interested | spectator. Next Tuesday evening the Liberty Cy- cling Club will hold its first ladies’ night. The affair takes place at the clubrooms, corner of Mission and Erie streets, and should prove very e Interest in whee vived in Petaluma, and a club is now in tence there with 2 membership of over Before long the Bay City W heelmen will make their regular annual pilgrimage in that direction, and while there will be the gunests of the Petaluma Wheelmen, whose emblem is a tortoise. The first of the California Cycling Club’s | ten-mile try-outs, to select their relay riders, will take place to-morrow over the | course from Fruitvale to Haywards, the start being at 9:30 A. m. from High street, Fruitvale.” A club run to witness the race, | composed of those riders who will not articipate, will go over on the 8 a. . oat. The second try-out will be held a week from to-morrow. - Napa is coming to the fore as a cycling town and a club will soon be organized there. Some five or six years ago the Vineyard Valley Wheelmen were quite prominent in that vicinity and a race meet | was held there on Thanksgiving d: of | 1889, which proved very successful. Since then, however, interest in the sport has lagged until recently. The wheelmen there are now joining the League of American Wheelmen and intend to again be ‘‘in the swim.” The Imperial Club will journey to Red- wood City to-morrow, under Captain Egan, starting from the cluprooms on Golden Gate avenue at 8 A. M. The ten- mile roadrace of this club, which was to be held to-morrow, has been postponed in favor of this clubrun. The fact is the riders of the club are not satisfied with the Fruitvale-Haywards course, and after riding over the road to Redswood to-mor- row may decide to hold their roadrace on the ten-mile stretch from San Mateo to Redwood City, which is said to be in splén- did condition. Messrs. Adams, Kgan, Millett, Burns and Farle, the racing com- mittee of the elud, will decide this. The Imperials have been presented b?' L men above named are some of the fastest | Frank A. McCarty with a_bull pup, whicl riders in California, and the team that may bids fair to rival the celebrated mascot of defeat them will do it by avery small | the Bay City Wheelmen, “Mike,” which it margin, and the men will know that th have been in a race. Oakland has not yet decided u sonnel of his team,but it wi Se made up largely of the s rode for them la ¥ - The Olympic Clib Wheelmen have selected to ride for the Messrs, Fa yng, Coulter, Haley, Castleman and man. They ma; 1d Leavitt or pon the per- 1, no doubt, e men who a try-out. e Bay City Wheelmen will show up ong this vear, and have as a nucleus of team Messrs. Wells, Ulbricht, Lacey, Terrill, W. A. Terrill and Griffith X in selecting the others; but to a fair chance a ten-mile rc to-morrow from Frui - The result of the match will aid Captain Dodge materially in determining of whom the remainder of the team shall | following new members st April 12 and 13 the Garden City C: of S8an Jose will hold the gr ver held upon the coast at their new hird of a mile cement track, which is finished. The {features f < be a one-mile invitation event for class ers and a ten-mile c a . The latter race will ta place the af ternoon of the second day (Saturday), to accommodate iting wheelmen who can- not come on Friday At this meet will occur the long-looked- for meeting between Edwards and Ziegler upon a good track. The other participants con On Bald, Macdonald, Simms. Osen, W Ulbric! and Cushin s f- | itation_race besides these two ! v. Harbottle, | there will be about twe Joulter, Castleman, Terrill, Foster, | Harbottle, Bates and Is, Long, Davis, Delmas, Smith, | from scratch a pretty race should result. | greatly resembles. The Santa Rosa wheelmen have adopted Captain Kitchen of the Acme Club of i a new uniform, as follows: Bloomers and coat of gray, black stockings, white sweater {and black cap. The club's emblem is a white ro:e. Gray has been found the most | serviceable for cyelist’s use and it is probable that the Garden City Cyclers of Jose will adopt this color. he Ban i heelroom at the Olympic Club is considerably enlarged, as it was ufficient in size to accommodate the requirements of the wheeimen’s in- creasing membership. Emil Ulbricht, who made such a good showing aga Foster in the 25-mile race Jast Sunday, has returned to Los Angeles, where his business interests are, but will the coast they will have little dii- | be buck here in April and will ride in the ve | great 100-mile rel vy as a member of the y Wheelmen's team. It is likely . G. Lacey will also come up and ride for the same club. The Liberty Cycling Club haselected the . Payton, C. Koch, 8. Honigsberger, C. Steimer and O. st. Denis. The regular weekly meetings of this club will be held on Tuesday even- ings hereafter instead of Thursday. To- morrow the club will have a runto the Presidio, and a roadrace over the San Leandro course is contemplated for April 14. : 5 The next regular meeting of the Cali- fornia Associated Cycling Clubs will be held at the rooms of the Olympic Club Wheelmen Saturday evening, April 13. To-morrow the Reliance Club Wheel- men of Oakland will hold their postponed five-mile handicap roadrace from Fruit- e to San Leandro. Captain Bates says nty starters, and as ieckmann start Captain Kitchen of the Acme Club On Saturday night after the racesthere | Wheelmen of Oakland has called a ten- will be a reception to the visiting wheel- | mile run for to-morrow from High street, Cyc picnicTu various committees are already preparing for the events. The T4 ents and entry blanks will s, and on the day followin at w ze be Simms, the Eastern racers Asa_Windle, left the East training for some of the many events to be held during April, although it is doubtful if they can get into their very best condi- tion until the latter part of that month. | The Young Men’s Christian Association Cyclers of this city are about to adopta new uniform, sampies of which were sub- mitted at their meeting last Tuesday even- jng. They will not be re[l;re!ente«f in the relay, but their men will be prominent in the many track events of the year. To-morrow the Olvmpic Club W heelmen will have a five-mile handicap road race from Fruitvale to San Leandro, the start being at 12 o'clock noon. There are four- teen entrants, and the handicapping was done by Captain Thornton as follo C. & Coulter. W. I, Foster and R. L. Long, scratch; W. H. Haley and E. Chapman, 30 sec.; W. J. Christ, 45 sec.; B. W. Bernhard and F. W. Faller, 14 min.; William Hob- Son, C. F. Lemmon, Bert Gunn and 0. H. Hanson, 1) min.; J. F. Cunningham, J. Plageman and H. Haydenfeldt, 2 min. One time prize and five place prizes have been offered for the race. Of course the greatest interest centers in the three scratch men—Foster, Coulter and Long— as they are on rival teams and are anxious to defeat each other, Foster isin the best condition, while Lon%ls hardly fit to ride, having been too busy to train. But nevertheless a good race will result, and the record may go. Wallace L. %hgompson of the Bay City Wheelmen, who made such a_good show- ing in the class A races at the Pavilion last month, has just returned from a wheeling trip to Santa Cruz. He says the roads from here to San Mateo are very poor wheeling. From there to San Jose they are in excellent condition, continuin so to Los Gatos, where the mountain clim| begins. Inthe mountsins the roads. are at the new quarters of the Garden ! Fruitv J aAs: to Alum Rock will be held. The | ork | the rel list, | road ra out | the ten-mile record nevertheless. | . Bald, Ray Macdonald and | racers. At the recent meetin, with | of American Wheelmen, hels last | the rule which limits class A prizes to and are due here Monday or | medals, jewelry, plat Tuesday next. They will at once go into | owing to the imposs to Haywards over the regular ed Clubs’ ten-mile course. This is or the purpose of picking riders for team than it is in the nature of a but the scratch men will try for more There is much rejoicing among class A of the League in New York, etc., was amended bility of. enforcing it. Now anything not exceeding $50 in value may be given as a prize. The class B rid- ers may race for prizes not exceeding in value §i50. The latter class of riders can also race wherever they like practically, while class A men must only Sibeinm radius of 200 miles of their homes. Hereafter the dues of the league will be 75 cents a_vear. This does not include the League Bulletin, subscription to which is optional; it will hereafter be published for 75 cents a year. The league in this State is increasing in membership very rapidly. Clubs are joining in bodies, and many unattached riders are coming into the fold, realizing that they get returns for their dues greatly in excess of the amount expended. It costs a club nothing to be a league club, the only requirement being that all its members’ shall belong to the organization, and by being a league club preference is had over other clubs in the matter of sanctions for race meets, and many other advantages are obtainable that can only be had in that way. The San Francisco Bicycle Track Asso- ciation held a meeting at the rooms of the Imperial Cycling Club last Thursday even- ing, and deleir,n s were present from all the various clubs of thiscity. It was de- cided to hold a race meet at Central Park on charter election day, April 16, and a committee was appointed to prepare for the samra consisting of H. g\ ‘v“; ne, C. C. C.; G. H. Stratton, 0.C. W.; E. C. Dolfilu, L C. C.; 8. J. McKnight, Y. M.C. A.,and F. H, WattersJr., B. C. W. The constitution and by-laws, prepared by a committee appointed for that purpose, were accepted. Training guarters are to be built at the Central Park track at an expense of $40 for all the c ubs, save the Bay City Wheelmen, who have ax;nnied for their own accommodations ciose by, The next meeting will be held Thursday, March 28, at the rooms of the Young Men’s Christian Association Cycling Club. Casey Castleman and Tom distance wheelmen, are cons for another race, which will probably be run during the coming month if the boys can get in condition in so short a time. COURSING. Occidental Club's Annuel Meeting—The Great Waterloo Event. Twenty-five or thirty of the members of the new Occidental Coursing Club met at Minerva Hall, Fifteenth and Mission streets, Thursday evening last, to make nominations for their first coursing event of the season, which comes off to-morrow in Kerrigan’s Golden Gate coursing park. None but members of the club can nomi- nate or run a dog at the meeting. Thisis now the only organized coursing elub in this State. Henry Hull, one of the most | popular of the leashmen, is its president; J. Perigo, one of the oldest, and it may be said one ot the most ardent enthusiasts of the leash, is vice-president; P. Carney is the treasurer, and George Wattson of 1627 Turk street is its efficient secretary. Great interest is felt by all the members in the | success of the club, afd as a result every- thing moves along smoothly. Twenty dogs were entered for to-mor- Tow’s event and the draw was as follow . Perigo’s Longfellow vs. P. Carney Ssion Boy; J. Dean’s Ci D. Roach’s Gold King; J. Hurley D. Curtin’s Dolly Varden; and Faster ve. P. Reilly’s Rambler; son’s Belmont vs. J. Moffett’s Trix; J. Dean’s c Maid vs. J. Tracy’'s Terril V. massie vs. A. Merri e s Lady Clare vs. J. McCor- . Wattsor s Little Rose. 1d_officers—Judge, John Grace; slipper, James Wren » steward, J. Perigo; flag stew- ard, D. Curti; eld stewards, D. Merrill and Thomas Ford. Prizes—First $40, second $30, fourth and fiith $10 each. Coursing will commence at 11:30 a. . Next Sunday (St. Patrick’s day) there will be a_big meeting at Ocean View park, nominations for which will be made Friday night next at Pythian Hall. The entry money for each dog will be $10, and most if third $20, not all of the crack dogs of the State will | be nominated. John Grace will judge and James Wren will slip. Skyball, Ruby, Stamboul Queen, Wor- atak, Best Trump, Nellie Conroy, Flying Buck, Royal Fellow, Tom Hayeés, Stam- boul, Jack Dempsey, Dottie Dimple, Hark- ley Queen, Vida Shaw, as'well as of lesser luminaries, are sure to be nominated, and it is said the famous Sky- rocket will again make his appearance in the leash. Sportsmen from Napa, Vallejo and Sui- | sun had a great coursing match at Suisun on Sunday last. There were sixteen dogs in the stake, six of which were from Nap. Eighteen rabbits were killed, and accord- ing to a spectator the way they “made hare fly”’ was a caution to the fleet-footed deni- zéns of the plains, Frank Henry's Black Bart from Napa took first money. Tt is now a settled fact that there will be | three or four at least of California’s crack | greyhounds in the American Waterloo cup, | udge Grace, T. J. Crenin, W. D. Murphy and M. W. Kerrigan having taken nomi- nations. Up to the present there is no news of the result of the English Waterloo cup. The original date of the meeting was th th of February, but in consequence of con- tinued wintry weather in England it was postponed till the 27th; but as there is yet no news it must have been again post- poned. The weather in England during the month of February has been the most inclement for yea oe Thompson, an Australian bookmaker, who was here a couple of years ago intending to start a race track, has a £10,000 book on the great event. It is said that Colonel North of Fullerton fame has nothing in his kennel this year that has a chance. Count Strogonoff, the Russian nobleman who supplied the winner last year, will be represented this ar by Jack Herschel or Skager Rack, both of which have shown great form during the present coursing season in England. The Earl of Sefton will be represented by his eldest son this year, and he, in all probability, will nominate his recent purchase, Maid of Glenetive, for which he gave high price only a few months ago. L. Pilking- ton, one of the greatest of the English leashmen, will send Thoughtless Beauty to the slips, and as she had shown great form in the big stakes in the northern counties she is backed for thousands. now is looked for with as much interest as the English Derby, and the amount of money bet on it cannot be much less than from £50,000 to £70,000. Two stakes will be run at Casserly’s Park to-morrow 16-dog “puppy stake and an 8-dog all-aged stake. The draw for the puppy stake is as follows: T. McCoomb's Mocking Bird vs. J. Eagan’s 1 8. A. Cummings’ 8 light M tc 7 Fanny, P. J. Rosey, H,J.McBride's Little Nell Tippetary The prizes are: First, $20; third and fourth, $10 each. The all-aged will meet as follows: T. Tuite’s Salvator vs. 8. A. Cummings’ White Cloud, T. Hall's Annie Laurie vs. ung Fullerton, J. Bresnan’s Trant's Little Beauty, M. the-Bowster vs. John Eagan’s Sly Boy John Grace Jr. judge, James Grace slipper. second, $15; GUN AND GAME. Assemblyman Bassford Congratulated—Why Game Is Scarce Near the City. With the exception of those sportsmen who are the lessees of many thousands of acres of marsh lands in Alameda, Sonoma and Solano counties the great body of sportsmen were delighted when the news arrived from Sacramento that the Assem- bly had passed the bill throwing open marsh lands to all sportsmen. The bill was passed by a vote of 57 ayes to 3 noes, which has proved very conclu- sively that this matter of the rich man squatting bodily down upon his less for- tunate brother sportsman will not be tol- erated in this cosmopolitan country. Of course the Senators will have to give the subject their attention, but it can be s:flel{ said that they will concur with the entiemen of the Assembly, who did not ave to hesitate a moment to see into the good and bad sides of the measure. ‘A majority of the sportsmen who are in- terested in duck-shooting preserves are representatives of the Country or Tamal- pais sportsmen’s clubs, whose property under lease stretches from Sausalito as far back as the ocean on the north side of the Howard and MecShafter estates—a dis- tance of fifty miles. One would naturally suppose that the 200 sportsmen who shoot over this great stretch of deer, quail, snipe and duck country would have all the sport they could wish for without trespassing upon the corns of the poor man who, as a rule, has but one day of the week to enjoy himself with his" dog and gun on the marshes within easy reach of this city. As Assemblyman Bassford properly re- marked, ‘It is a queer law which wilfpro- tect ducks that ruin the farmers’ crops at hight and punish sportsmen who attempt to shoot them in the daylight on preserved lands.” Wild ducks, with the exception of the mallard, teal and wood duck, are mi- gratory and breed in the far north. The ery of the alleged salt marsh duck-pre- server, that game is annually becomin scarce because there are not” a sufficien number of preserves, is the worst kind of bosh. Why aquatic game is not as plenti- ful now as it was some _Evenrs ago can be easily accounted for. Ten years ago the southern country was comparatively a cattle range, or, in other words, cattle-raising was the principal industry. In recent years the lands over which large herds roamed haye been transformed ?fcm wild and desolate prairies into fields of grain and fruit. Irrigation brought about the change, and the thousands of canals that are now feeding a great and prosperous country D.'Roach, A. | The result of | the Waterloo all over the sporting world | with water at all seasons of the year are the magnets which attract the’ aquatic game fowls that in former years made the marsh lands bordering the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers their headquarters during the winter season. This is the principal reason why wild ducks are not so plentiful near at hand as meF formerly were. The second reason why the birdsare less numerous is the inerease of men who shoot for market. Thousands of fine ducks that are shipped to this city in the early months of the year are dumped into the bay as unfit for table use. The weather in September and October is generally very warm and game will quickly spoil in tran- sit to this city. Market shooting should be prohibited during the first two months of the open season. 2 A good story is now being told of the veteran sportsman, John Stack. It ap- pears that Mr. Stack was a very great lover of duck-shooting a few years ago and sel- dom returned from the great quackin; grounds with less than a small wagon-loa of game. One fine day as the great pellet- uncher of aquatic bipeds was returning rom the chase he met the leader of a family of bovines, who immediately charged upon Mr. Stack, compelling him to seek protection from a f(,;ood of a stiff horn on the summit rock, which, fortunately for the sports- man, was within easy reach of his then nimble nether extremities. The bull kicked and Lellowed, and defied the hunter to come down from his high perch and do battle. Mr. Stack grew angry, asthe pros- pect of sflcnding a cold nighton a mossless rock looked very promising for the sports- man. Finally patience ceased to be a virtue, and Mr. Stack warmed the sides of the king of the herd with No.6's. The bull kicked up a frightful fuss when he feli the sting of the lead, and started on a run for parts unknown. And now the sportsman’s friends are mean enough to say that the animal is running yet. Mr. Stack will never forget, however, the day he was “treed’’ by a bull. Among the sportsmen who engaged in a blue-rock shoot last Sunday at Alameda Point was ““Painterboat” Casey, who made a clean record during the past year by not having killed a single duck. Caseyis by no means disheartened, and if practice will in any way improve his shooting he should bé able to break at least half a | dozen blue-rocks ouf of twenty-five before | the season finishes. Last Sunday his score was four breaks out of twenty-five birds shot at, which is not bad for an’ama- teur who had handled a strange gun. Billy Murdock sa wifl make a better shot on duck than Super- visor King before the opening of the next | game-shooting season. George Roupe, a well-known sportsman, returned from the Columbia Mountains in Washington recently with a number of beautiful elk horns, two of which have been mounted and attract considerable at- tention among sportsmen who visit the | Pacific Kennel Club’s headquarters on | Kearny street. Charles Ladd received re- cently from Alaska the head of an elk which puts everything in the way of elk heads in the shade. The horns are im- mense, one branch bearing eighteen prongs and the other sixteen prongs. Several old sportsmen who have seen Ladd’s latest cu- riosity from the far north pronounce the | horns the most wonderful specimen of their kind they had ever seen. a ROD AND CREEL. A Deputy Fish Commissioner Egged for Deing His Daty, Charles Cate was the only really success- ful angler who landed large fish at Point Reyes last Sunday. Cate caught five at a place known as the Sand Spit, and before he had finished the killing he succeeded with the assistance of Al Hall in breaking two rods, which proves conclusively that something besides brute strength is neces- sary in p arge fish to a successful ending. Several small fish were caughtat Em- barcadero, on the Sonoma Creek. Now that the riversand streams are very low poaching above tidewater flourishes, and the -lemmissioness would come in for 2 good deal of praise if they placed depu- ties on tne near-by coast streams until the opening of the angling season. t is understood that a deputy left yes- | terday for Glen Ellen _and that an officer will patrol the banks of the Paper-mill and Lagunitas creeks from now until the 1st of April. A Deputy Fish Commissioner recently appointed by Mr. Emeric was instructed to visit the streams near Napa and arrest anybody found catching trout in fresh water. The deputy succeeded in bagging one transgressor of the law, who was fined | $5 for having trout in possession. The deputy was returning well pleased with having accomplished some good at least, but was met at the depot by several friends of the convicted law-breaker, who made life miserable for him until such time as he sought refuge in a railroad car. The clothes of the o thick brown color, the r stopped the flight of several hundred eggs which were thrown at him while he was waiting for the train. Although there were some of the constables of the town present when the firing of soft eggs was going on no arrests were made. The dep- uty had done his duty and it does not speak well for the constables who per- mitted the disgracefnl assault to continue without either causing the arrest of the egg-throwers or ordering them to desist. Some of the friends of Captain J. M. Morrison of Sacramento are using their in- fluence to have him appointed a Fish Com- missioner. Governor Budd has already selected Harry Emeric, a sportsman and angler, who isa strong supporter of salt marsh preserves, and as Captain Morrison will share with Mr. Emeric in his opinions on this score it would hardly prove satis- factory to the general body of sportsmen and anglers unless the Fish Commission was evenly divided on the question of pro- viding sport for the rich nnh oor alike. Anglers who appreciate Yitcmture on their sport should read William C. Harris’ monthly magazine, the American Angler. Part 6 contains béautifal illustrations of various kinds of cat fishes, the kingfish and Eastern pickerel THE OARSMEY, Amatenrs Who Are Preparing for the Summer Regatta. The latest additions to the already long list of entries for the coast championship races on May 30, under the auspices of the 'South End Rowing Club, are the 8t. Mary’s College and the Vailejo Club. The ath- letes from the college take their initial spin from the boathouse of the South Ends on this afternoon. There are ten can- didates for positions on the senior four, and they are all athletes who have hereto- fore distinguished themselves on the grid- iron or diamond, and it will be hard to select the four to represent the college in the big event. Mr. McArthur of the Olympic Club promises to bring out a crew that will as- tonish the old oarsmen. It is rumored that Mr. McArthur, who is an adept at the oars as well as one_of the best all-round athletes the Olympic Club can boast of, will himself row in the Olympics’ senior crew. Mr. Cliff McClellan, captain of the Acme Club of Oakland, only wishes that there were a few more events. It seems that the club is full of oarsmen, who are anxious to cover themselves with glory and win lan- rels for their cifib. The crews from Vallejo and Stockton promise to be exceptionally strong ones, and will have the advantage of havin, their methods of rowing and training kep secret from their opponents in San Francisco and Oakland. The following letter from the secreta of the Pioneer Rowing Club is seli- explanatory and %rovesA that the Pioneers are certainly in the swim for place this year: The Pioneers are now showing more activity in rowing than ever, and everything tends to a good season for aquatic sports. Our member- ship is increasing rapidly, and we have at pres- enta er number of active members than we have had for six years. There are two crews now in active training, viz., a heavy- weight and & lightweigbt amateur. The heavy-weight crew consists of: G. Callopy, stroke; J. Shields, afterwaist; Fred Orr, for- wardwaist; G. MeCormick, bow. Lightweight crew: F. A. Michels, bow: C. Ouks, forwardwaist; F.J.O'Neill, afterwaist; H. Leech, stroke. It is the intention of the captain to form two more crews, as we have plenty of material, and eltogether the boathouse presents a very lively appearance. Among the professionels who can be seen regulariy in their shells are: John T. Sullivan, Dan Leahy, J. Dunphy, Bob Crowley, Ed Hee: nan and J. Brennan. The club has & new four-oared barge, spe- clally built for racing, and has christened her the Veronica. Yours respectiully, O’NEILL, Sec. Pioneer Club. SPORTS AT LOS ANGELES. Latest Nows of Interest to Horsemen, Wheel- men and Athletes. Los AnGELEs, March 8.—The short race meet which will be held at Agricultural Park during Fiesta week is attracting much attention among horsemen. The meet will be a running event, and many of the best horses in the State are entered. i The principal race listed is the Newton handicap, for a purse of $1000. There has been some talk of attempting to getup a race between Silkwood, the Orange County pacer, and one of the Eastern flyers, but this project has been abandened. Silk- wood is enjoying life at Santa Anaon Farmer Willits’ ranch, and his owner is disinclined to talk about a match unless the stakes are big. The old farmer declined offers of a liberal order from several turf men to take his big black pacer around the cireuit this year, and utterly refuses to allow any one else to handle his pet. It is an oft-repeated opinion among experi- enced racing men that if Silkwood was given a thorough course of training under younger hands he would prove a surprise. His record is now close to the seven-minute mark, and he has never been closely presséd to better t. Tivery year the Orange ounty people come up to the regular meet with their pockets full of ‘rocks’’ to back the black pacer, and they generally o home with increased capital and a igher admiration for Willits' great horse. George Green of the Olympic Club has been in the city several days for the pur- pose, it is suppesed, of arranging for a %20 between himself and Billy Gallagher, the boxing instructor of the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Since the Fraser match was declared off the Athletic Club boys have been busy trying to fix up another event to take its place, and the outcome is expected to bea “‘set-to” between Gallagher and Green. Green visits the clubrooms daily, and has had several conferences with | Gallagher and the officers. ‘Wheeling as a sport and pastime has re- ceived a wonderful impetus in Southern California during the past year. Three years ago the number oipcycles ridden in this city were numbered in” the hundreds, while now there are at least 2000 used for business and pleasure. There are thirty- eight agencies that do a paying business, and a new one springs up nearly every week. The Police Department has made arrangements for & squad of officers mounted on wheels in addition to the reg- ular horse detachment, and a trial has proved that the men so equipped can do good service, BILLIARDS. Ives the Napoleon Has Arrived and Schaefer Is Coming. Frank C. Ives, the “Napoleon” of bill- iards, arrived in town yesterday. He has been giving exhibitions with Schaefer through Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Colo- rado, etc., to large and enthusiastic audi- ences. At Salt Lake City he was com- pelled to quit on account of ill health, and William W. Catton of Rock Island, Ill., will take his place and fill en- gagements already made in Montana, Washington and Oregon. In the mean- time Ives will remain quietly in S8an Fran- cisco and recuperate his health and by the time Schaefer arrives, about March 16, he ‘will be in shape to give a good account of himself. lves reports that the attendance at all the exhibitions has been good and that there is n{;parenfly a great revival of in- terest in billiards. William H. Catton, who will arrive with Schaefer, has never been on the coast. There is some talk of a match between haefer, Catton and Saylor in San Francisco, there should be a great revival of the “‘gentleman’s game.” ATHLETIC. High 8chool Boys Who Are Training for the Academio Field Day. The athletes of the Lowell High School, which was formerly known as the Boys’ High School, will meet to-day in a num- ber of athletic events at the Olympic grounds. The winners will be selected to represent the school in the annual acade- mic games, which will be held in the near future. To-morrow afternoon a 100-yard handi- cap race will be contested by members of the Olympic Club, John Elliott, who is the only athletic representative who is capable of placing men on_marks_that in- variably result in close finishes, will do the handicaping. The Qakland High School boys will hold games to-day on the other side of the water to select a team which will represent them in the league championships. FOOTBALL, The Last of a Series of Games at Central Park, The Parnells and Emmets will meet to- morrow for the last time this year in a great game of Gaelic football at Central Park. The names of the players are: Emmets — Shaughnessey, Ward, _Sugrue, 0’'Dowd, Mescoll, Grant, Fitzgerald, J. Walsh, Palmer (captain), Ryan, Daly, 0'Duwd, Casey, Creede, Sugrue. Parnells—Horgan, Kelly, Ryan, Murry, Con- roy, Watson, Hurley, Flynn, Condon, Lee, Mc- Keon, Hurley (captain), Kelleher, Slattery, Shinkwin. Referee—A. McInerney. ‘WeEREVER used Dr. Price’s Baking Pow- dex:i lightens labor as well asit lightens food. MADE THFIR ANNUAL DEMAND. Messrs. Siebe and Block Waunt Pay for Extra Deputies. Assessor Siebe and Tax Collector Block made the annual demand on the Super- visors for funds to pay the extra deputies yesterday. Both sent in communications to the Finance and Judiciary committees, stating that the appropriations made were not sufficient to carry on their respective offices. Assessor Siebe asked for $5000 extra over and above the $45,000 appropriated, stating that for the past sixteen years the office had been allowed $50,000 per year for the purpose mentioned, and that as the busi- ness of his department was constantly m- creasing he could not possikly get along with less. The Tax Collector asked for $7500 addi- tional to the $32.500 allowed by the appro- priation, stating that such a sum was ab- solutely necessary, as his funds for extra deputies would run out with the present month, and that unless his request was acceded to_he would not be able to finish the work of the fiscal year ending June 30 next. 7 Both communications were referred to the board as a whole. The principal of the Potrero primurly school was present to ask that the school- house be immediately repaired, as it was in bad condition inside and out. He rep- resented that the roof was in such poor condition that the shingles were falling off in spots. The committee recommended that the house be placed in thorough repair at an expense of from $2500 to 350&) e A park is to be laid out around the Lin- coln homestead, in Larue County, Ken- tucky, where Abraham Lincoln was born. An electric rail will convey visitors to the park from genville, two and a half miles distant. { strides and DUGAT IS BAGK IN HIS LD FORM. HE DOWNED BELLICOSO YESTER- DAY AND EQUALED A COAST RECORD. THE FAVORITES ALL BEATEN, A GREAT PLUNGE Was MaDE oN FERRIER, BUT Rey ALFONSO WON. That racing piece of machinery, Ducat, for which Ed Corrigan paid $10,000, started in a six-furlong race yesterday. Ducat’s early recollections of San Francisco and its surroundings are very unpleasant, for ! when he arrived here he had to be taken to the track inan ambulance, being decidedly under the weather. Buthe is convalescent now and ran or rather skipped six fur- longs yesterday in 1:13, equaling the coast record. And he did it with such an air of elegance and ease that the $10,000 “aristo- crat evidently treated it as a huge joke. | Withal, he went to the post second choice, Naglee Burke's Bellicoso having the call in the betting, going to the post 11 to 10, while Ducat was at one time quoted 7 to 5. Lucky Dog, Sue Abbott and Kitty L were the only other starters. Lucky Dog tried to run away with the race, leading until well into the stretch. Bellicoso then took command and kept hi backers in jubilant spirits by leading until eighty yards from the wire, where Ducat came thundering along with his gigantic ‘y{mssing him won by a scant length. Lucky Dog was a fair third. Al- though defeated Bellicoso was by no means disgraced, for considering the weights and the caliber of his victor, he ran a highly creditable race. It was a most disastrous day for follow- ers of the favorites, as not a single race saw the favorite number hoisted on the top. This downfall began with Yreka in the opening event, the race going to Littie Bob, a 10 to 1 shot. Rey Alfonso then falloped off with the second race at5 to 1, ollowed by Mollie R heading her field home in the third race with 19 to 1 dgainst her. Ducat downedl Bellicoso and Captain Coster_did the trick cleverly in the last race with 12 to 1 as his price in the ring. A swell plunge was made on Ferrier in the second race, but he got away poorly | and could never get to the front. The | fallen idol, Rey Alfonso, won the race, | running the six furlongs in 1:13}{ very | ‘handily. Yreka went to the post a 11 to 10 favor- ite for the opening race, a six-furlong spin for maidens, but after leading all the way to the stretch threw it up. Mutineer and Esperance appeared to have the race be- tween them, when Little Bob,a 10 to 1| shot, came fast on the ontside ana won by | a length. Mutineer was second, a head in | front of Esperance. Lochinvar, ridden by | Hennessy, a 100 to I chance, ran away | twice, and the field was dispatched with- out him. Carrying top-weight, 117 pounds, Ferrier | was considered the proper thing for the | six-furlong handicap and was backed | down from 8to5 to even money. Duke | Stevens, opening up 15 to 1, closed with | eights against him. Rey Alfonso and the | o(ier starters all receded a point or two | from their opening quotation. The favorite was in a poor position when the flag fell, Don Fulano, Rey Alfonso and Realization’ showing in front. Rey Al- | fonso almost immediately took the lead, and was never headed, winning handily by two lengths from Don Fulano, In a drive Quirt beat the favorite Ferrier out a nose for third place. Duke Stevens gotaway from the post poorly, and was never dan- gerous. Booze, Rear Guard and old Hy Dy ap- Fe-.\red to_be the bestof a cheap lot that ined u}) in_the third race, a mile selling affair. Hy Dy was a consistent favorite throughout the betting, with Booze second choice at 2)¢ tol. There was quite a heavy l;\i' atidifferent times on Catch 'Em, and follie R was also backed down a point or two, having opened at 15 to 1. After having considerable trouble with the field at the post, Ferguson sent them off to a very fair start. Third at the quar- ter, Frawley took the light-weighted Mollie R to the front, and she led a merry chase to the wire, winning by four lengths from the fast coming Hy Dy, with Griffin up. Miss Buckley was “third, two lengths further away. Morven, certainly foaled under an un- lucky star, was made favorite for the last race, a five-furlong scramble, but his usual ill fortune clung to him, for, getting away rather poorly, he was never able to get to the front, and finished fourth. The race was won cleverly by Captain Coster, a 12 to 1 chance, well backed by his stable, who left the bunch in the stretch, and won by half a length from Royal Flush. Joe Cotton finished third. SUMMARY. SAN FRANCISCO, March 8, 1895. HG7 . FIRST RACE—Six turlongs; selling: « maidens and non-winners in 1894 and 1895; purse $300. Ind. Horse. weight, jockey. St. 14 Str. Fin. 546 Little Bob, 92 (R. Isom) 9 6I° 42 115 557 Mutineer, 108 (Griffin) 5 2n 31 2n 557 Esperence, 103 (Berge 2 72 By 31 556 Yreka, 88 (Chorn 1 1x 14 41 376 Examiner, 102 ( 6 31 21 55 546 J O C, 104 (Tuberville 8 84 62 61 557 Nipper, 96 (Roske) 49 3 T 540 Dr. Gardner, §2 (Cleary 3 oh 81y 82 556 Monroe, 93 {Crossin). . 7 41 Tn 9 548 Lochinvar, 109 (Hennessy)..lefv Good start. Won driving. Time, 1:1535. Win- ner, clt. g., by Surinam-Daisy S. Betting: Little Bob 10 to 1, Mutineer 4 to1. Esperance 4 t01, Yreka 11 to 10, J 0 C 20 to 1, Examiner 8 to 1, Dr. Gardner 200 to 1, Nipper 500 to 1, Monroe 200 to 1, Lochinvar 100 t0 1. D68, Hinsreacois sl typacs: prse $400. Ind, Horse wolght, fockey. = St o Sir. 253 Rey Alfonso, 107 (F. Carr)...2 11 12 265 Don Fulano, 116 (Charn)....1 536 Quirt, 96 (B. Cochrane (536)Ferrier, 117 (H. Noble) 519 Realization, 106 (Griffin) 555 Duke Stevens,105 (C.Wel 559 Gussie, 93 (R. Isom). 479 Imp.True Briton, 84 ( Poor start. Won handily. Time, 1:1814. v Prince of Noriolk-Haidee. Rey Alfonso 5 to 1, Don Fulano 20 to 1, Quirt 7 t0 1, Ferrier 11 to 10, ‘Gussie 10 to 1, Duké Stevens 15'to_ 1, Realization 12 to 1, imp. True Briton 300 to 1. 569, THED RACE—One mile; selling; purse + $400. SECOND RACE—Six furlongs: handicap; 12 65 68 Bl5 712 710 71 598 Win- Ind. Horse. weight, jockey 560 Mollie R, 85 (Frawle: 637 Hy Dy, 101 (Griffin) . Str. Fin, 18" 1 8 21 529 Miss Buckley, 89 (. Coch- rane)... 5 41 31 3 852 Warrago, 95 (i Taom). 3¢ Bly 4n 550 Rear Guard, 108 (C.Weber). 7 84 51 477 Catch Em, 97 (Chorn 2n 6 (553)Booze, 104 (Bergen 544 Garcls, 101 (Russell) 494 Tdaho Chief, 112 (Kin; 460 Barcaidine, 56, (Kine) 553 Hanford, 91 (Riley).. 891 Pricelle, 97 (Sioan) Good start. Won handily. Time, 1:4214. Winner, ch. 1., by imp. Mariner-Cantenac, ollie R 15 to 1, Hy Dy 7 to 5, Miss Betting: Buckley 6 to 1, Garcia 10 to 1, Warrago 20 to 1, Rear Guard § to 1, Pricelle 60 to 1, Booze 5 to 2, Hanford 20 to 1, Catch 'Em 6 to 1, Barcaldine 5 t01, Idaho Chief 200 to 1. el 570 FOURTH RACE—Six furlongs; all ages; « purse $400. Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. St. 14 Str. Fin. Ducat, 105 (Bérgen) 8 8 30 115 (504)Bellicoso, 98 (Griffin) 2 28 1 2 Lucky Dog. 107 (I, Carr)...\.1 1¢ 20 310 637 Kitty L, 97 (Hinrichs). 4 4 b 42 (514)Sue Abbott, 100 (H. Smith)...5 44 44 5 Good start. Won driving. Time, 1:13. Win- ner, b ., by imp. DeceiverTennie Flood: Betting: Ducat 8 to 5, Beliicoso 11 to 10, Lucky Dog 7 to 1, Kitty L 300 to 1, Sue Abbott 300 to 1. HT7]. BIETH RACE—Five furlongs; selling; « three-vear-olds and upward; purse $300. fnd Horse.welght,jockey. = St 3a St Ein. 280)Captain Coster, 101 (Chorn) 2 ah 134 652)Reyal Flush, 111 ‘SBCW - 7 81 3n 21 553 Joe Cotton, 107 (F. Carr).... 5 61 71 31 560 Morven, 108 (Griffim). 0 4n Blp 4N QL0 Venus, 93 (Wilon). 1 114 14" 61 (560)Clacquer, 113 (N. Hill)...... 4 74 88 82 Mainstay, 106 (Sloan 18 8h 615 72 502 Motto, 103 (Hinrichs, .8 9 83 S 21 2n 914 910 10 10 Time, 1:01%. Win- ette. 547 Mahogany, 98 (R. Isom: 521 Tke L, 94 (E. Coc} ner, ch. c., by Jim Brown- Betting: Captain Coster 12 to 1, Royal Flush 6 to 1, Joe Cotton 6 to 1, Morven 11 to 5, Clacquer 12 to 1. Mahogany 10 to 1, Venus 8to 1, Motto 13to 1, Mainsiay 12 to 1, Ike L 75 to 1. Around the Ring, Little Bob, winner of the first race, is owned by Bob Davenport, and was ridden by Bob Isom. Davenport was a good win- ner by his victory, at very comfortable odds. Frank Dale thought Duke Stevens the proper thing for the place in his race. Henry Schwartz fancied Realization and bet some money that way. Abe Levy made a hard dump on Ferrier. The bookies grew tired taking his money. Nagl Burke had a swell bet down on Bell B Fred Cowen cashed some nice tickets on Rey Alfonso. Examiner was played down to threes from 30 to 1. True Briton was left at the postin his Tun, Riley Grannan played Little Bob and was reported to have won $8000 over Rey Alfonso’s win, but dropped §5600 by the de- feat of Bellicoso. Riley ended up the day badly by plugging Morrow, who finished fourth. George E. Smith (Pittsburg Phil) had seen Ducat run before and put a good- sized bet down on the Corrigan crack. Ed Purser thought Caich 'Em good enough to win the mile race. His judg- ment proved costly. Fred Cowan got aboard Ducat at the opening price, Entries for to- First race, th non-winners—RK: ietta 1( bey 80, Mendocino 104, Claire 95, Steadfast {84 Lodi 100, Martinet 103, Prince 100, Roma Second race, seven-eighths of a mile, selling— Barcaldine 86, Remus 99, Trix 93, Normandie 97, Kitty L 86, Norblich 100, Burmah 91, Olivia 92, Red Pat 93. Third race, two-year-olds, niné-sixteenths of a mile, flying stakes—Suffrage 100, Rey el Bandidos 101, Don Carrillo 106, Ferris Hart- man 91, Nerva F 96, La Flecha 110. Fourth race, seves-elghthsof s mile, sell running events: of a mile, Jack 101, Bernardo 99, Yy 94, F] y 91, 100, Polaski 104, Tigress 10 Last Fifth race, one and a half miles, handicap, steeplechase—El Kendig 150, Bell Ringer 1 suadaloupe Woodford 1 1 5, Mestor 125 ark 120. Sixth race, one and @ quarter miles, handi- cap—Oakland 115, Major McLaughlin 107, Claudius 105, Gareia 105, imp. Doncaster 101, Flirtilla 92, Gold Dust 90, 1ke L 87, Dockstader 87, Niagara 85. JUDGE LOW DISSATISFIED. He Says His Courtroom Is Not Habite able. Police Judge Low appeared before the Board of City Hall Commissioners yester- day and declared that unless he was given different quarters than those his court now occupies he intended to adjourn his court until some provision was made for him. He stated that the rooms which he sits are unfit for human habitation, being close, dirty and infested by vermin. The board agreed to look around and see whether they could not find him a proper location within the next few days. F. Marion Wells, the sculptor who has in charge the statue which is to surmount the dome at the new City Hall, was pres- ent at the meeting and stated that on in- quiry he had found that the figure could be cast in bronze for $12,500 imstead of $14,000, as he had_previously stated. The board took no action in the matter. Progress estimates aggregating $31,484 for work now being done on the hail were finally allowed. Of this sum $27,750 goes to contractors who are building dome. Architect Shea had a sample of white metal for the inspection of the members, but the Mayor, who presided, was not sat* isfied with one sample, and asked Mr. Shea to bring specimens of all varieties to the next meeting. A METEOR SHOT BY HER. Strange Experience of the Schooner Premier at Sea. The schooner Premier arrived from Grays Harbor yesterday morning. Captain Hee- gaard reports a peculiar experience on the down. On Friday, the 1st inst., at 2 o’clock in the morning, while Mate Nelson was on watch a big meteor shot out of the sky and buried itself in the ocean about 1 l)O yards away from the vessel on the lee side. The Premier was in latitude 43 deg. 30 min. north and longitude 125 deg. 40 min. east. The sky, according to the mate, was suddenly illuminated and the big mass of flaming metal came hissing along from west to east, looking like a blazing coal. The men watched its course in mortal ter- ror until it disappeared with a loud explo- sion beneath the waves. For over 20 years this Leading Brand of Smoking ‘Tebacco Has never been equalled. Beware oi Imitations. Ask . for ¢‘Seal of North Caroling" and take no:other. 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