The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 23, 1895, Page 8

i P s s R e 1 S TN, ey THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1895. The wheelmen will be well represented to-day at San Leandro and San Jose, where several racing events will be held. Ath- letes of Berkeley are training for games C———— at hand, and a close watch is now being kept on the streams. A new St. Bernard Club was organized a few evenings sgo. Trap-shooters will be out to-morrow in Jarge pumbers at the Oakland track. Coursing is being well patronized by leash- men. THE WHEEL. California Associated Cycling Reley Race. The annual 100-mile relay race of the California Associated Cycling Clubs, to be 1n ¢ nday, Apr s now so close at and that it is the uppermost topic of ion among the wheelmen. One s on every side predictions as to the result and wagers as to the time that will be made, and the riders who are entered for the various clubs are training That all previous records Clubs’ Great he. every be lowered is without question, and many venture the assertion that it will be the fastest relay race ever run, which does not mprobable when the make-up of the ams is considered. Me Wynne, Gibson and Weihe of the Associated Clubs have recently com- Robert L. Long, a Orack Rider of the Olympic Club. [From a photograph.) d the mensurement of all the relays, he following interesting data shows e east of Baden, and about arther south than finish of mile yin 1894, Second relay—Continues on_San Bruno road to county road, finishing immediately slate-colored cottage on If mile south of rodd, state, two- thirds of a mile north of Menlo Park and hths of a mile south of finish of —Continues on county road, mile south between two red water- Continues on county road turning into Fremont thence on the Alameda to point in- d by the fifth telegraph-pole from y—Continues from this point ara street, to McLaughlin ave- nue, to Storey road, to King road, to Alam venue to Capitol avenue, finishing t of orchard of E. M. Welch, at a marked, about midway between a water-tank and a green pumpbouse. eventh relay — Continues from this point along Berryessa road to Mil Toad, to a point one and a half miles of Ifvington; rela?’ m i vhite barn and yellow cottage. hth rel atinues to Irvington, turning to right in that town, crossing rail- tToad track, and turning to left between warehouse and Washington College ; thence northerly to Niles road, through Niles to a point a quarter of a mile north of a ceme- tery situated north of Decoto. Ninth relay—Continues on road, through Haywards to road forming the base of the ®an Leandro triangle; turning into this road and ending on the backstretch of triangle where the start of ten-mile course is indicated, near narrow-gauge railroad crossing. Tenth relay—Continues on triangle westerly through San Leandro to Four- teenth street, East Oakland, to First avenue, to Twelith street, to finish at Lake View Cottage, opposite Lake Merritt. The finish of each relay is indicated by a black sign, white lettered, reading: “End of — relay, — miles. C. A.C.C.” These signs are always to be useful as indicating distances on the road, and the association or the league may some day erect similar signs only a mile apart. On all except the third, ninth and tenth relays the signs are placed on the right-hand side of the road- way as the relay is run. On all except the seventh, ninth and.tenth relays they are secured to telegraph-poles. At the seventh the mark is placed on stakes driven close to the roadside; on the ninth it is placed on a white picket fence, near the starting mark of the ten-mile triangle course. At the finish of the tenth relay the mark is on a white fence surrounding Lake View Cot- tage, opposite Lake Merritt. ach relay is an exact ten miles fcyclom- eter measurement. In Brannan street. from Ninth to Potrero avenue, is the only bad place. The second relay is better than last year; no new mac- adam. The third relay, the fastest one last year, is bad for a mile and a quarter past Redwood City, owing to new road surface. Effort will be made to open a riding path through this section. Fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh relays areall good. The road surface of the eighth is good, but hilly from Niles. The ninth is good, save amile north of Haywards. The tenth is good, except the last five blocks on Four- teenth street, East Oakland, which are of very uneven surface. + There are at present but two teains se- Jected, those of the Garden City Cyclers of 8an Jose and the Olympic Club Wheelmen of tnis city. The personnel of these teams has already been published in the CarLy. The make-up of the teams of the Bai' City ‘Wheelmen and California Cycling Club of this city, and the Acme and Reliance clubs of Oakland, will be decided by the try-outs of these clubs, which will be held to-mor- Tow, if the weather holds good, over the San Leandro course. The Imperial,Crescent and Y. M. C. A. clubs of this city will not enter teams, and it is doubtful if the San Jose Road Club will either, although it has some good men. Much is expected of the Acme and Bay City teams, and the result of their try-outs to-morrow will be watched with interest. Each club bas five or six men already selected, all of known ability, but as one weak man in tne ten would Ted S which will be held to-day in the campus. | The opening of the angling season is near | of Mountain | the first relay,. mean defeat, great care has to be exercised in selecting the balance of the riders. | If the conditions- are favorable, to- | morrow will be another great day for road | races in the vicinity of San Leandro. The | Acme and Reliance clubs of Oakland will start about 10 A. x., both from High street, Fruitvale, the former running ten miles | through to Haywards and the latter five | miles to San Leandro. At 11 o’clock the | California Cycling Club will run its third | ten-mile try-out, this time over the tri- | angle. AtIr. M. the Bay City Wheelmen will start from Fruitvale a five-mile race to | San Leandro. Altogether some good sport | is promised, and_as large entry lists are | the rule it will be worth one’s while to go over to San Leandro in the morning and witness the finishes of the various races. | At San Jose to-morrow the Road Club | will hold a five-mile race, when McFar- Jand will try to_lower the coast record. Some question has been raised as to the ten-mile record of this rider, made at San | Jose last Sunday, the claim being that the | distance was not accurately measured and short. When the claim for the record is made to the Associated Clubs the racing board will decide this. Meanwhile the rider and his club are entitled to all the glory rightly accruing to his meritorious performance. The next meeting of the San Francisco Bicycle Track Association will be held | Thursday evening, March t the rooms of the S. F. Y. M. C. A. Cycling Club, corner Ellis and Mason streets, and all | officers and _delegates are requested to be | present as there is much_business of im- portance to be transacted relative to the races to be held April 16. Next_ Friday, March 29, is the anniver- sary of the organization of the Pacific ycling Club, a select body of fifteen odd members, who_enjoy some very pleasant runs together during the riding season. { John 8. Prince, the professional cyclist, now on the coast, is giving exhibitions at San Jose this week, similar to those he alocal theater two weeks ago, and s the performance as being run “under the rules of the California Asso- ciated Cycling Clubs.”” As Prince is in no | way connected with this organization President Wynne has written him, request- ing the discontinuance of the use of their | name, as the fact of a professional rider using it is very misleading to the public. All members of the associated clubs must be amateurs. The Knockabout Cyclers held a run to Lake Pilarcitos last Sunday. It com- menced raining just as they started to re- turn, and they had a merry time slipping and sliding over the San Mateo County roads, which are composed largely of clay, which stuck in such quantities to the wheels that in some instances they became clogzed temporarily. The club will have more regard for threatening weather here- | after when starting on country trips. G. W. Simpson of the Bay City Wheel- men has returned from an extended East- ern trip, but won't stay here long, as he contemplates representing a wheelhouse in Los Angeles. Ex-Captain Martin of the same club has been quite ill the past week, | but is gradually recovering. Charley Wells, one of the crack racers of the club, has fuily recovered from his recent indispos tion and is continuing training. It is surprising what a large number of new riders commit the error of trying to ide their wheels on a wet cable slot. Ex- ience has taught the average cycler that this is equally as treacherous as stepping ! upon a banana-peeling. It is agreeable to note that gradually the i large number_of ladies who ride in the park are giving up the practice of *coast- ing” down grades. In coasting the body 1 is a dead weight on the wheel, and in these days of feather-weight bicyclés the strain | is often too great and something gives | way, whereupon the wheel is at once de- | clared to be defective. The practice is also dangerous, in that complete control of one’s bicycle is not had unless the feet are on the pedals, and in striking a rut you are apt to go off into space ii the steering |is not perfectly straight. The ladies are | | also discarding the use of leggings, which i they claim are unnecessary and too uncom- | fortable for use. i- Wheeimen are great hands for going off on long trips on short notice. Last Satur- day night a party of Olympics, consisting { of Messrs. Long, Thornton, Fuller, Haley and Hunter, attended a local theater. Walking up the street afterward some one suggested a trip to San Jose. The idea was quickly acted on. After considerable hur- rying around they managed to catch the last boat for Oakland. They left Fruitvale atabout 1:15 4. M. Sunday and arrived in San Jose in three and a half hours’ time. After a few hours’ sleep they stroiled around San Jose until the afternoon and | then rode home. The utility of the bicycle is continually | coming to the front. The latest use to which it is being put is by the street lamp- lighters, who' have found they can save considerable time and labor by its use. The national racing circuit will com- mence May 18 and close about October 15. No private record trials will be sanctioned during the principal racing season, from June 1 to October 1. Stanley G. Scovern, a }mpular member of the Olympic Club Wheelmen, has recently invested in a new Rambler tandem. No | eause is assigned for this move other than that he is looking for the most comfort and pleasure while cycling. Frank Fuller of the same club went East Thursdagenn a pleasure trip, and may visit Europe before returning. Tuesday night he entertained Messrs. Long, unter, Monteleagre, Scovern, Haley and Thorn: ton at the theater, and was in turn ban- queted Wednesday evening by a large number of his fellow-members. There are few of the local wheelmen that would not like to be in San Jose to-night to attend the Garden City Cyclers’ smoker. The invitations have been distributed lib- erally to the wheelmen hereabouts and in consequence a large number will go down. If the roads are thought to be su%flcxently dried \T after the recent rain_most of the men will ride down, and Captain Thornton has called a run of the Olympic Club Wheelmen for the 3 o’clock boat this after- noon, with this object in view. If the roads are t00 muddy they will take the train—anything so long as they get there— for the San Jose boys are noted as hosts and will shine particularly on this oc- casion, the opening of their new clubhouse. obert L. Long, the subject of the pic- ture presented herewith, is so well known on this coast that a brief mention of him will suffice. He is 24 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches in height and rides at about 170 pounds; has been racing two years, and first became prominent in class B last year. He is classed with Foster, Terrill, Wells and men of equal ability, This season he is -associated with Bald, Mac- donald, Alexander ‘and Haley on the Columbia team, and under the excellent instruction of Trainer Windle should show up to advantage in all his races. They call him “Handsome Bob,” and his sunny qalcure and pleasant face deserve him the title. Last Sunday night the report was cur- rent, and has’ since been veritied, that Otto Ziegler Jr., the champion racer, was to join the Olympic Club wheelmen. At first thought this appeared to be a *‘ten strike.” for that enterprising club; but the wheel- men of this city hnv&been thinking over the matter durin, e week, and it has now assumed a different aspect after the rather severe handling it has receivea. Heretofore Ziegler has been content to | | ridden upon. Temain a member of the San Jose Road Club, of which he was a charter member, and he was also an honorary member of the California and a non-resident member of the Acme and Bay City clubs. But when he came under the direction of Trainer Tellam recently that gentleman concluded it would be a good free advertis- ing scheme to put him into the Olympic Club, and when Secretary Hunter impor- tuned him he filed the application, and it was given out as being Ziegler’s “‘own free will.” Of course, this desertion of his home club isa hard blow to them, but Tellam and Hunter are alone to blame, and their action has caused no end of unfavorable comment. To add to the Road Club’s dis- comfort the Olympics will contest the ten- mile record made by McFarland at San Jose last Sunday, which was ]{}revxously held by Christ of the Olympics. The latter claim ‘the course was short, as measured by a cyclometer, and that the ridershad a forty-mile gale at their backs all the dis- tance. When left to himself Ziegler is a square, fair-minded boy, but he now receives the butt of all the doings of his trainer and his lot is an unhappy one. It is said he is dis- satisfied with the Falcon wheel he is rid- ing, saying he cannot make as fast time on it as on the wheel he used to ride. His team-mates are not fast enough riders to be mutually_beneficial to each other in training, and Coulter, one of his riding- mates, aspires to be a top-notcher, but Ziegler is in his way,which has engendered some little feeling, while to cap the climax Ziegler is not particularly enamored of his trainer. 2 3 As the matter now stands Ziegler still belongs to the Road Club; he will ride in the Acme Club’s relay team and race on the track under the Olympic Club’s colors. He is at least “‘a little demon”’ for joining Cclubs, and the impression is that the Olympics_have profited nothing by secur- ing him for membership, but have uncon- sciously lent a hand to his trainer’s adver- tising Scheme. : Advices received late last night from San Jose indicate that the rainfall has not been so heavy but that it will be possible to ride down to-day or to-morrow. Ex- tensive preparations have been made for the Garden Oity Cyclers’ ‘“smoker’ to- night, and invitations are extended to every cycling club in the State, so that in- dividual inyitations are unnecessary. All will be made thoroughly welcome. For to-morrow Captain Delmas has ar- ranged a series of matinee races on the new track, to commence at 2:30 p. M., with the following events: One-third of a mile handicap, two-thirds of a mile handicap, one mile handicap and one mile scratch. Oscar Osen and_Allan Jones will both ride from scratch in the handicaps, which should prove very interesting. The Oakland High School Wheelmen have issued a challenge to the riders of the San Jose High School for a 25-mile relay race, which has been accepted. The famous racing men now training at San Jose are enthusiastic in their praise of | the new cement track of the Garden Ci;y Cyclers, especially Bald and Macdonald, who say it is the fastest they have ever Trainer Windle thinks it the best track in the country. California_wheelmen will be glad to learn that the Garden City Cyclers have been successful in securing a place on the national racing circuit, as the following letter will explain: PHILADELPHTA, March 15, 1895. To J. B. Lamkin E3q., President Garden City Cyclers, San Jose, Cal.—DEAR SIR: Replying to your favor of the 8th inst., inclosing draft for #10, sanction fee for national circuit meet, I think we can arrange the circuit so as to reach California late in the season, when your weather is best, and I hope we can fix the date to your satisfaction. Very truly GEORGE GIDEON, Chairman L. A. W. Racing Board. None of the road races scheduled for to- morrow at San Leandro will be postponed on account of the rain Thursday, and the Bay City, California, Acme and 'Reliance clubs will' run their ‘events as_previously SPALDING. GUN AND GAME. Only Two Months in Which Game Can Be Sold—Trep Shooting. According to the new game bill, snipe of any kind can be shot at all seasons of the vear except in such counties where a special ordinance may keep market hunt- ers from slaughtering them. Although the birds received a cold shoulder from the sportsmen who assisted |in the new game bill, it can be safely said that no man who has the interest of game protection at heart will enter the field for the purpose of killing snipe during the months in which they breed. It is only market hunters and campers who need to be feared as the true sportsman will not enter a field in quest of game birds of any kind during the months of 2 closed season. The English snipe is the gamest of game birds and it certainly does not aungur well for the gentlemen of the Sportsmen’s Con- vention to shut them out of protection en- tirely. There may be some parts of the State which the English or Wilson snipe do not frequent until about the time of the clos- ing of the season for shooting game birds. If such be the case the season for snipe- shooting should have been prolongety a month, so as to give those sportsmen who reside *‘in the late parts” an oppor- tunity of enjoying a favorite pastime; but the idea of discarding the English énipe entirely from the list of game birds which are to be protected during the breedin; season was about as absurd a thingas coulg be imagined in the face of the fact that the primary object of the convention as- sembled was game protection. It is hoped by all true lovers of shooting that the sportsmen residing in those coun- ties in which the snipe breed will so far interest themselves in the protection of the birds as to intercede with the Supervisors, who can pass an ordinance with that ob- ject in view. . The great breeding grounds of the snipe in this State are in Sierra and Plumas counties; and as Senator Ford represented Sierra in the Sportsmen’s Convention held in this city a year ago, he will undoubtedly interest himself in behalf of snipe protec- tion with the Supervisors of Sierra County. Some of the lovers of snipe-shooting who reside in_this city should intercede with the City Fathers and explain to the latter the necessity of an_ordinance which will prohibit the sale of English snipe between the months of May an§ August, as profes- sional hunters will certainly be out slaugh- tering the breeding birds for this market. The meadow lark was included in the game bill among the songbirds that should be protected, but when the farmers had learned of that fact they sent in letters by the score to the legislators stating that the lar&(&]fl: mosg_ndeséructivel:o young grain and that any bill offering them protecti shTogld be xlylled insu;‘nfi 5 i e committee on fish and game, fearin, that the game bill would meet with a hasts knockout should lacks be included amon, the birds to be protected, wisely concludes to erase the name of California’s songbird irom the list. The Supervisors of any county who may feel disposed to give larks protection can ordain to that effect as long gg“the birds are not included in the game ill. Heretofore Supervisors had the power to change the wording of the game law to suit- their respective localities. This can- not be done after the new game bill shall have become a law, It would be well for all those who deal in game to keep their !?e on the following il:w %ectlon as regards the sale of game. reads: Every cold storage company and eve: o con Keeping cold storage wirchause, Juvhen: hotel, restaurant or eating-house, and ever: marketman or other person who shall buy, seli, gxpose or offer for sale in this State any uail, bobwhite, &umdie Frome, dove or wild duck, whether faken or kflled in the State of Califor: nisor shipped into the State from any ather State, Territory or foreign country, except g?:ev;ee&!}:‘: floflu;"nth d"?‘;‘p:eflbfl and the n anuary of the followi: . shall be .ulrty ofa mlngzmemm. bl The first of a series of six matches be- tween the Lincoln, Empire and Electric n clubs will take place on Sunday at :30 p. . at the Oakland racetrack grounds. The conditions will be $10 entrance per team, twenty birds to the man. Winners to take two-thirds of entrance fee in each match, the balance (one-third) to be held until the final shoot in August and awarded to the team making the highest g_ums)er of breaks in all six shoots com- ned. On March 31 a shoot at twenty sinfles blue rocks, will be a feature at the Oakland track, also squad shooting, with American “Association ‘rules to govern. Eight nice prizes will be offered. It will be seen that the market hunter’s occupation has been materially interfered with, as he will have but five months in which to sell his game. Managers of res- taurants will also be interested in the same measure. Trap shooting will boom this year. Ac- cording to the programmes of gun clubs there will be either live bird or bluerock shoots held every Saturday and Sunday afternoon during the summer season. ATHLETIOS, What the College Boys of Berkeley Are l?oing. Games at Athens, The freshman-sopohomore field day which takes place at the university cinder track this afternoon promises to be of ex- ceptional interest. as it is expected that several records will be broken. Of the prospects of some of the men who will participate this is what Mr. Winter says: We may look for some exciting contests. The 100-yard _dash between Scoggins, '97, and Barnes, ’98, will be in every sense of the term a race, for as it now looks Scoggins, in spite of his brilliant career last vear, has no license to beat Barnes in the sprinting event. Scoggins, however, was not well when he gave Barnes two yards at the trial-field day last week and failed to close this gap by more than afew inches. Iam afraid Scoggins has a little ma- laria, and until he is rid of that he will not be himself. Barnes is a coming man. We may expect reat work from him in the 100 and the 220. %h‘i‘!' say he has always been weak at the finish, Barnes, ’98, of the University of California. (From a photograph.) but he is certainly improving. His 1025, 100-yard time, from the 1lz-yard mark last Saturday at the Olympic Club grounds proves him good for 1014 irom scratch. Dorn, "98, will make it lively for somebody in the 320-yard dash. He is & powerful fellow and is improving rapidly. Baugh,’98, is also improving fast—so fast, in fact, that it is hard to tell where he is going tostop. Iexpect Dorn to_beat :247; and Baugh to make the 220 in *25, or better. Brown, *98, should lower the U. C. record for the mile run. His stride is a little short and choppy, but on the whole he is an easy mover. The race in April between him and his brother at Stanford, in the intercollegiate contest, is likely to be a sensational one. Pierce and Dozier, both freshmen, will fight hard for sec- ond place in the mile. Edgren, '97, who holds the U. C. record of 125 feet 7 inches for the 16-pound ham- mer throw, may do even better than that. Edgren’s record was not made, however, at an authorized association field day. Mel- ville Dozier, 98, will carry off the medal for the bicycle event, if he enters. Dudle; Dean, '97, intends entering the 220. He has never before entered the sprints, al- ways having run the 120-yard hurdles. Fred Magee, '97, will enter the 220 against Dorn, "98. Hupp thinks of the 100, 220 and 44 Ben Bakewell, the freshman hurdler, will probably give Chestnut, his sopho- more opponent, a hard race in the 120- hurdles. Elston, '97. Budd, '98, and Mumma, '98, will enter the pole vault. The sophomores have no remarkable en'ering three events— 0. Scoggins, '97, Captain of the Sopho- more Team. broad jumper, so that event will be be- tween Dorn and Dozier. Captain Koch thinks &hnt{)ouer may make 21 feet. e Greek committee, presided over b; the Prince Regal, has uengout the ofllcinyl programme of the Olympic games to be celebrated in Athens g-n Xpri , 1896, The events will consist of footraces at distances of 100, 400, 800 and 1000 meters, long jump- ing, high jumping and putting t!%e shot. Ten thousand dollars has been raised b the committee for clearing the rubbisg from_the racecourse, where the contests will be held. There 'will also be a cross- country run of forty-eight kilometers over the_ course followed by the legen soldiers of Marathon from the battlefiel to Athens. The gymnastic exercise: be the usual feats of the present’time, such astrapeze and bar performances. Wrestling will hold an important gi:ce on the pro- gramme, but boxing has ruled out by the committee. Shootin, , swimming, boat, bicycle and horse racing have been included on the athletic bill of fare. Amateurs only will be allowed to mn'zgm. The only pro- fessional event on the programme is ‘taken possession of a large fencing, which will be open to all who may desire to enter. The }’estivities will last one week. THE ANGLER. More Poachers Found Guilty of Fishing Out of Season. Those of the angling fraternity who pro- pose to take snap judgment on the opening day of the angling season by casting their lines on Sunday, the 31st inst., had better take the proposition under advisement. Fish Commissioner Emeric said yester- day that he had instructed six of his depu- ties, at a meeting held in the rooms of the Fish Commission recently. toarrest every person found catching trout in fresh water on the day prior to the opening of the sea- son. The streams that will be closely vatrolled are: Lagunitas, Paper Mill, So- noma, Alameda, Purissima and some of the tributaries of the Russian River. The Fish Commissioners are certainly gomg the right way about protecting the shes of the coast streams. Deputy Ra- veko arrested three men on San Leandro Creek a few days ago and one of the law- breakers, 8. Warner, was tried before a jury in .fudge Quinn’s court, at San Lean- droand found guilty., His companions George Gillespie and Al Schumann, will have a hearing to-day. Deputy Babcock took a spin over to Wildcat Creek last Sunday and bagged William Munday of Berkeley, who was caught in the act of catching trout with nets. He was escorted to San iablo. tried and found guilty. It must be very gratifying to the Commis- sioners tonote that the Judges of the coun- try towns are lending their assistance to free the streams of poachers. If the Com- missioners will give the game of ihe State as close attention asthey now are giving to fish, that is after the opening of the ang- ling season, sportsmen will feel asif the proper men were now at the head of the commission. In Mr. Morrison of Sacramento the lovers of shooting will find a stanch sup- porter. The Governor has not yet ap- pointed a third commissioner, but in all probability some man from Southern Cali- fornia will be selected. It wonld be some- what of an injustice to the southern country if it did not havea representative in the board. From all accounts the Gov- ernor is now considering the appointment of a prominent sportsman of Los Angeles. During the past week there have been several anglers fishing for steel-heads in the tidewaters of Paper-mill Creek. Itis said that a school of forty large fish has k 00l near the bridge which spansthe creek, and that all kinds of bait have been tried for their cap- ture without success. It is very probable that some of the den- izens will tind themselves on dry land to- day, unless the recent rain has swollen the stream. However, there will be a rush of anglers to the point to-morrow. 3 John Butler has returned from San Gregorio, where he succeeded in bagging a splendid case of la grippe. He has been jealously nursing his catch for the past week. The following letter has been received from Martinez: MARTINEZ, March 21, 1895. Morning Call: Some years ago the United States Fish Commissioner planted the striped bass, or rock fish, in San Francisco Bay. T{;Ey have thrived and increased wonderfully. From 800 to 1000 pounds a day have been landed at the Martinez wharf by the Italian fishermen this winter and spring. Fish weighing from four to eight pounds, which would sell in the New York markets for 75 cents or $1 cash, have retailed here at 20 and 25 cents. They are a splendid game fish, and there must be fine sport here for those whoare fond of fishing with hook and line if the right time and location can be found. D. J. WEsT. COURSING. How the Waterloo Cap Was Won and Lost. Local Notes, The telegraphic news of the English ‘Waterloo cup, which reached this city last week, was so beautifully mixed up that it was almost impossible to extricate the names of the winning dogs from the names of their owners or nominators.” One would think that if a thing is worth doing at all it is worth doing well, ‘but this is looked upon by the transmitter or telegraphist as an old fogy idea not worth lnkinfi into ac- count nowadays. The only thing that these gentlemen are generally correct in is to see that they get paid in full for their slipshod work. y_ the assistance, however, of some English papers (though printed two or three days before the meeting commenced) we are able to sift out from the telegrams that it was J. Pilkington’s bitch Thought- less Beauty, running in H. B. Carruther’s name, that won the great event, while Captain Ellis' Fortuna Favente was the runner-up. Both these dogs have per- formed well in all the big coursing events of the season, and it was said some weeks ago that each of them was backed for a “‘barrel of money”—£10,000 at Jeast. It will be another week before we can re- ceive the full particulars of the great dog Derby. There will be a big meeting in Kerrigan’s new park next Sunday. He will add §20 to the purse. The nomination and draw take place at_Pythian Hall on Thursda evening, the 28th inst. John Grace wifi jxll'dge and James Wren will handle the slips. ‘The first prize for the interstate coursing match will be about $200, and other prizes in proportion. The meeting will come off on the 30th of May next. Tommy Hall's bitch Annie Laurie, that won the St. Patrick’s cup on Sunday last, was trained by T. J. Cronin. This hand- some greyhound is one of the best bred in the United States. She is by imp. Glen- kirk by Misterton by Contango by Cashier by Cardinal Gonk. ~Her dam, imp. Gilda, is also famously bred, being by Menton out of Gladys by Misterton, Gladys out of An- nie McPherson by Fusilier. All thesedogs are famous in English coursing annals, and 1t is pretty safe to say that if all goes well with Mr. Hall's bitch she will add more luster to her famous ancestors. There will be a sixteen-dog stake at Cas- serly’s Ocean View Park to-morrow. The draw is as follows: J. McBride's Little Joe vs 8. A. Cumming’s Starlight, A. Merrill’s Braw Scot vs. P. Curtis' Apfilfiuse T. Trant’s Little Beauty vs.J.Welsh’s Belle, J. R. Dickson’s Waratah vs. A. Merrill's Faster and Faster, J. McGlynn’s Babat the Bowster vs. J. Dowling’s Rustic Maid, T. Hall’s Little Corporal vs. James Grace’s Roll Along, 8. A. Cumming’s White Cloud vs. T.J. Cronin’s Fullerton, A. Merrill's Jennie G vs. J.J. E mond’s Vida Shaw. Prizes—$20, $10; fourth and fifth dogs, $5 each. John Grace will judé; and James ‘Wren will handle the slips. ursing will commence at 11:30 A. M. sharp. THE KENNEL. A New B8t. Bernard Club—Miss Whitney of Boston May Judge. The admirers of St. Bernards in this city met on Wednesday evening last and in- augurated a St. Bernard club. There were present: J. G. Barker, A. J. Kidd, F. Frey, W. M. Craig, W. H. Collins, J. R. Kelly, Captain W. Poole, J. B. Wingate, 0. . Williams, A. R. Crowell, Dr. A. T. Regens- burger and J. R. Dickson. Considerable discussion took J;Iace on the position of the St. Bernard on this coast and the best means for making it still more popular here. 5 J. G. Barker was ap'fimnted chairman of the t:!neecing and A. R. Crowell secretary ro tem. 4 Many names were suggested for the new club, and eventually it was carried that the club should be known as the St. Bernard Club of California. A. R. Crowell and 0. H. Williams were appointed a committee to draft rules, con- stitution and by-laws for the club and re- port to the special meeting on Thursday evening next. ‘The question of getung Miss Whitney of Boston out to judge the St. Bernards at the coming show, occupied considerable time. The expense Jj transportation would be $150 and the cTub members said that they would stand that amount to have Miss Whitney’s opinions of the home stock of St. Bernards. Messrs, Barker and Crowell were appointed to meet the Bench Show Committee and ask it to have Miss Whitney -pxomted judge of the St. Bernards. - R. Crowell and J. R. Dickson were elected honorary members of the club and meeting adjourned until Thursday evening next. The Sportsmen’s Association of Alameda County held its annual meeting on Tues- day evening last in Oakland, ar the offi- cers elected for the ensuing yea: were: President, I*. . Miller; vice-pre: R. Crowell; recording secretary financial secretary, H. Newton; treasurer, C. H. Burgess, The election of n board of trustees was laid over till next Tuesday evening. The Handball Players. The' handball games which will be de- cided to-morrow at the San Francisco ball court, on Howard street, are: F. mnd J. Manning to play M. 0’ ¥lynn; J. Rodgers and P. Ryan to play G. McDonald and R, Bhea; H. Moffett and P. Barrett to play R. Bhields and J. Collins; W, Dagiusand J. Brown to play C. Butter- field and G, Ward; J. McEvely and D. Finnigan to play J, Skelly and W. Fuller; J. Jones, the Australian champion, to play Jamen Kearney and Pat Kelly the best three out of five, 21 nces, Bageball, The tenms of the University of California and the Sacred Heart College will meet on the Berkeley campus on Monday afternoon. Kelly and Cooper will compose the battery for the Sacred Heart, and Barnes and El- stren will oceupy a like position for the university club. LOB ANGELES SPORTING. Notes That Will Interest Horsemen, Wheel- men and Athletes, within a few miles of this city that without doubt will be one of the most inieresting events of the kind that has ever been held on the Pa- cific Slope. There will be five battles at $250 & side and the contestants are the choicest bred birds on the coast, not one but has been victor on many & hard-fought field. The cocks are being put through a course of training by ex- perienced handlers and will be in the pink of perfeetion. Rat-killing matches are exciting great inter- est in Sacramento sporting circles at the pres- ent time, and are held every Saturday night. A short time since Frank Van Guilder's bull- terrier Piker equaled the world's record by ing five of the varmint in twelve sec- onds The animal is of Napoleon stock and is but 11 months old. This evening there will be a match between Piker and Marion O'Dell’s white bull terrier bitch, Lady. At the close of the last rat kill the janitor of the building. placed a sack containing forty dead rats out side the saloon, to be removed by the scav- enger wagon. A few moments later he ob- served & well-known Chinese sneaktbief hang- ing around the_vicinity. \\'a(chinf the man, he saw him pick up the sack and teke to his heels, and has since been speculating on the nature of the language used by the Mongol when he examined into and discovered the na- ture of the prize he had obtained. Very little sport is being obtained by rod ex- perts at the present time. The depth and cold- ness of the rivers are not conducive to success in thistine. Folsom snglers are endeavoring t0 have the ponds in that vicinity stocked with black and striped bass. That old veteran of the rod, Chris Ecklon, was in Sacramento a days since and states that there are reser- in the vicinity of that place that if once i could easily be preserved from the en- it of poachers and would in time fur- f ating the species in other N an enthusiast in ailmat- pertaining to the rod and gun and, as a dog-trainer, he has no superior. He states that his intention is to pass the coming open season among the fowl and fish of Oregon, where Le claims may be found a typical sportsman’s paradise. RUTHERFORD. M LOS ANGELES, March 2l.—Among local horsemen it is believed that if Silk- wood, the Orange County pacer, is ever seen on the track again, it will be under Some management other than that of Farmer Willits. The great pacer was taken north the other day to Santa Clara County, where he will remain until the season closes, at least. And there is a story in connection with the reported re- tirement of the black horse from the r. course. About two years ago Farmer Wi lits grew tired of single blessedness and de- cided to take unto himself a wife. He was on the shady side of life, but could hold up 2 vigorous' suit against any of the young Orange County bra who courted the country belles.” So, finally, when he did lead his bride to the altar,” it was no sur- grise to the community to observe that he ad captured one of the youngest of the many pretty women of the county. Since then Farmer Willits has been a devoted husband, but Silkwood has missed the hand that was wont to pay so much atten- tion to him and from which he daily ate chunks of yellow pumpkin. At the last race meet, however, the old man appeared with his favorite on_ the track again and once more carried off the honors. His young wife looked with distaste upon the racecourse, and insisted that the pets of the farm be di Now, it is said, Farmer Willits has decided to obey the mandates of his wife and retire from the turf, and the sending of Silkwood to the north is the first move in that direction. That is why the Orange County pacer will }zmbnbly never again be driven by the armer of Santa Ana. Jack Curry, who has spent some months in Southern California, leaves for the F on Sunday with Joe Patchen and the Wise stable. Curry purchased the entire lot of racers from Dr. K. D. Wise, which will form a strong adjunct to his speedy string. Kora number of years past Dr. Wise has been an enthusiastic breeder, and many a fine colt has been reared out at his country place. With the doctor, as with many other breeders, it was a fad, and an expen- sive oneat that. Dr. Wise estimates that he has spent in round numbers something like $75,000 on hisstable,and he has had the misfortune to receive but little in the w: of return. Curry came out to this city to speed his horse Patcnen, and after looki over the Wise string made the dc tor an offer for the lot, which was accepted Curry still maintains that Joe Patchen is the greatest horse on the continent, and that he can beat almost anything in sight. Those who saw the dark racer go against o the little wonder, Robert J, out at Agri- | cultural Park three months ago and get badly worsted in the attempt are not i clined to have inlplicit faith in the speed of Patchen nevertheless. The Agricultural Association and the lo- cal athletes are busy arranging for the fiesta sports and an_ unusually good pro- gramme is expected as the result of their efforts. The failure of the Los Angeles Athletic Club to secure a match between George Green of the Olympics and Billy Gallagher of this city proved another disappoint- ment. The Los Angeles Club has made })rcgarations forseveral glove fights recent- y, but the failure of the parties to come to time has prevented the matches from com- ing off in each case. The bicycle men are training in earnest for the Fourth of July race to Santa Mo- nica. Eve?’ Sunday a long line of wheels dot the road down the eighteen-mile course to, the seashore and each week sees more recruits added to the list. The prizes this year will probably reach $1500 in value and will number bicycles, pianos, tandems, ete. Sacramento Notes, The following interesting letter from fl"efi CaLL's Sacramento correspondent covers a ) long line of sports, such as trap-shooting, coursing, wheeling, angling, etc.: SACRAMENTO, March 2 The Spoonbill Bluerock Club will open i season’s shooting at Agricultural Park mnext Sunday. The club has a membership of thirty, all of whom are enthusiastic devotees to gun and trap. A committee of three has been up- pointed to arrange the prize list for the coming season. Itisastanding rule of the organiza. tion that every member who competes for prizes must shoot at least five times during the season_which ends on the 1st day of July, and many of them are in busy preparation fof the opening event. The club is officered as fol- lows: Eugene Stevens, president; Lester Mor- rison, vice-president; Ed Gruhler, secretary; Charles Flohr, treasurer. | There was alarge atiendance at the intro- ductory shoot at the grounds of the new Blue- rock Club last Sunday, and some excellent scores were made. Over 3000 bluerocks were used last Sunday, and it is expected that to- | morrow’s matches will require fully asmany, if not more, as_the elosing of the game season drives all 1overs of the gun to the trap. The late rain has caused a postponement of the expected run of the Wheelman Club, which was to have taken place to-morrow,as the ronds will probably be heavy for seveial days to come. It is stated by local dealers in bi- cycles that the demand for wheels is rapidly on the increase. One of the leading firms of Sacramento in this line state that they disposed of neariy as many wheels during the past month as they sold during the entire preceding year, and the fndications are that the demany will be at least five times greater during the coming month. Members of the Sacramento Coursing Club state that the match held at Sheldon last Sun- day was the most interesting event that has as yet taken place under their auspices. Owing 1o the luge number of entries the match was not decided. The outcome of last Sunday's racing is as follows: Gunther's Ring Neck beat Gordon’s Siwash, Kenneay’s Vigilant beat Davis' Do Run, Mc. 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