The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 6, 1895, Page 8

. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1895. The wheelmen will have their long-| looked-for innings to-morrow. The much- | talked of 100-mile relay race will draw an | immense crowd to the start and finish of | the rs According to correspondence from. Los Ang and Sacramento the wheel is becom very popular. The anglers will be out in strong force to-morrow, ring from the success some stream-whippers hs ad during the week excellent results may be looked for. There * wi pigeo: ooting at the Oakland track, coursing in San Mateo Couniy, and athletic sports at the Olympic grounds on St . THE WHEEL. Look Out for the Greatest Event of the Sea- son To-Morrow in Cyol All preparations have beenc the- gréat, 100-mile relay r: areund the bay to-morrow. The men are in- .splendid condition, and everything points to its being the greatest contest on tli€ road ever held between the wheelmen of this part ofithe State. For the past few days the men have been training over the particular course they will ride, but to-day they will rest up so as to be in the best shape for to-morrow’s trials. A complete list of the ridersof the seven different clubs entered, with the re- lays they would each ride, was published | in yesterday’s Carn. Comparisons of the | men, according to their known a g mpleted for ce to be run e where any one club has an ad- | ¢ are all about evenly ould finish very close to ., barring accidents. In this| 1atter regard every rider has been provided | with- a-trajler from his club, who will start one minute later than the relay riders and | -follow them for each ten-mile stretch. In | case a. breakdown the trailer will give | up his ~¥heel to the rider, who can thus | continue: on his course, but in no_event can this £xchange_be made except in case | of an accident, and the trailer cannot take packet of his clubmate on to the matched™and each -oth on should he be injured. Thus 1 chances in the race if the | ole to ride. | o of this city in- | all alike, to M dited .sev. Davie &1 Oak carry-in thei Ma la to receive club which can carrying ill be de- it around the bay by ten clared the winner of the ra The start will be pr to-morrow morni Market street, between | Mr. Varney being the | donor of: the trophy for which the clubs will ride—an elegant silver cup, which re- | mains- in. the possession of the winning clubs 1 . The Garden City Cycl " now have it, owing to h race a year ago. They | naterial in their team to it another year, but by all the other s they will have to ride | ore if they expect to do | | nth ‘and Tenth, ¥ Wheelmen want that cup | . and the care they have exercised cting their te on and con: tious training the undergone, indicates a determinat ) of it if possible. of Los The; 10 get- posse have Ulbricht and Lacey econd and y, and the balance of the team comprises some of the best road riders in the State. President Kerriga exhibited with some pride vesterday a tel- | egram irom an absent member sf the club, Harry Larkin, who is at preser Pc Jand.” Itreads: “Y relay race if gan asserts if that is all that is needed, they have the race already won, but iS | more pleased at the club loyaity that in- | spired a fellow-member nearly 800 miles away to wire such words of encourage- ment. The Olympic Wheelmen’s team has been #0 badly-crivpled by accidents to the men that they admit they stand but a small chance of -winning, but every one admires their pluck in staying with the issue under such a heavy handicap, and their fellow- members will be none the less enthusiastic should they h first or las A list-of offit has been given out by M. R. Gibsen,:who as chairman of the road- racing committee of the Associated Clubs, had that matter in charge. They are as follows: Referee, Henry F. Wynne, presi- dent C, A. C. C.; starter, DeWitt Van Court; ":Acme; clerk, V. A. Hancock, Bay | City’; scorer, L. Jacobus, Reliance; judges and timers, L. D. Owens, Olympic; J. Sullivan, San Jose Road Club; H. A. ander, “Garden City; E. B. Jerome, ance; T. Williams, Californias; G. Neece, Acine; George P. Wetmore, Bay Cify. N i regard to witnessing this race; o if you'want to see both the first and last relays I should advise a short spin Sunday | morning to the top of the mile hill or some place along there. Then you can see the men as they come along and the trailers after them, and if you are on the hill and . belong to a club that has a team in the race don’t fail to have your wheel ready to lend to your club mate if he should break down on the hill, which isa | rough place and hard on light racing | wheels. Many spectators will go as far | as Baden, a half mile this side of which | town the first relay ends and the exchange | of packets is made. | Having had your wits scared half out of you watching the break-neck pace of the | men down past the Six-mile House, you | have then ample time to wheel back to the city, get luncheon and cross the bay in | time to see the finish, which will be at the junction of Ninth ayenue and Fourteenth street, East Oakland, as per map published in the Carr last Saturday, showing com- letely the relay course through Oakland. ‘o reach this point take the local train to | Clinton or Brooklyn stations, ride northto | Fourteenth street and you can follow the route to the finish. Or you can leave the train at Oak-street station, ride to Twelith | street, then turn to the rightand pass Lake | Merritt and turn up Fourth avenue to | Seventeenth street, and then you are but | five blocks from the finish at Ninth avenue, | The Haywards electric-cars pass the nearest | to the finish for those who are without | wheels. To-morrow’s race promises to be one of the most hotly contested rides between the different clubs around the bay ever wit- nessed on the road. Every club is “‘out to win,” and it is safe to say that last year's record of 5 hours 22 min. 21 sec. will be lowered fully twenty minutes. Wells, | Edwards, Castleman, Foster, Harbottle, | Reid and Otto Ziegler will finish the race | for their clubs, and in the last ten miles the 8an Leandro ten-mile record of 27:15 will probably be dropped out of sight. Captain Etting took a party of a dozen members of the Pacific Cycling Club to Tocaloma last Sunday. They left here at 9 A. M. and after a pleasant ride and an ex- cellent dinner returned by 5 o’clock. The home trip was in the nature of a road race, each man trying his best to be the first to reach San Anselmo, but they all had to slow up on White’s Hill and so came invin a bunch. ’!‘o-da{ thelikenesses of Harry F. Terrill, the well-known “racer of tlie Bay City ‘Wheelmen, and John Kitchen Jr., the genial captain of the Acme Club Wheel- men, are presented. Terrill has been he- 1 { | Haywards course on the 28th n, and the careful at- | MODth. fore us so frequently in his racing career of the past three years that it is not necessary to give an extended account of his many suet . He rode his novice at Sacra- mento in 1892, makine his first appearance at the same time with C. 8. Wells. During 1893 he was in particularly good form, and was classed with the best riders of the holding for a time the quarter-mile d of 32 seconds, beating Foster, Wells, and Ziegler. In the spring of 1894 he made an_excellent showing at the Mid- Fair tournament, but was taken ill fterward, and spent the balance of the year traveling in an endeavor to recu- perate. He spent the winter in Honolulu with T. A. Griffiths, his club mate, and since their return, two months ago, they have both been training diligently for the H. F. Terrill, One of the Champion Riders of the Coast. coming races. Terrill is in splendid form at present, and will beat the front in mun{y {2 hot finish in class A and on the road He will ' ride through San Jose in the Bay Jity's relay team to-morrow. ptain” Kitchen of the Acme Club wheelmen has been identified with wheel- ing for several years past, and deserves his present position for the prominent part he | has taken and the assistance he has lent s club. He has 1 r aspired to bea racer, but won his novice in good style last April, and can ride at a rattling pace on | the road. What his present condition is can be best judged to-morrow, when he will ride the fourth relay for the Acmes. The Los Angeles wheelmen’s fifth annual Santa Monica road race, to be run, as usual, on July 4, is already attracting a | great deal of attention in the southern part | of the State, and it is quite likely that a number of the ridersfrom here will attend. | The prize list this year will be larger and better than ever before. The Imperial Cycling Club will run a ten-mile road race over the San Leandro- of this W. A. Burke, the Los Angeles yer, has recently become a member of thls enterprising club. Messrs. Conger, Howe and_Douglass of the Impe s arrived at Victoria, by steamer, last Sunday, and will visit friends there and at Vancouver before starting on the return trip by wheel. They will leave Vancouver on the 11th inst. and will ride all the way to this city by easy stages. The wheelmen of the north have treated them royally since their arrival there, an excur- on to Nanaimo, a theater party and a banquet being but a part of their enter- | tainment. The Outing Road Club will hold a club | run to-morrow to Baden to witness the finish of the first relay and will then re- - John Kitchen Jr., Captain of the Acme ‘Wheelmen. turn and cross the bay to witness the end of the race. The run to San Mateo last Sunday was well attended and very much enjoyed. An accurate account of the accident which happened at the San Jose track, in which several good riders were injured, was not obtainable until 3’esterdny. ‘when the following was learned from Russell Cushing, who is now in this city and is iusr recovering from his severe shake up. t seems Cushing and Chapman were on a tandem pacing Coulter and going at a gait, when the rear tire of the tandem b! out, throwing the riders with great force on the track. Coulter was too close bebind the tandem to turn out and ran over them, heing thrown clear over his handle-bars and alighting on his hands, with the result that both wrists were badly sprained. Cushing was terribly cut upand it was seen at once that he would be un- able to ride his relay for the Garden Ci Cyclers, so Dick Moody was substituted. Coulter has recovered ~sufficiently to be able to ride for the Olympics to-morrow, and Chapman esca; with but a few bruises, so that he will be seen on the Olympic’s fifth relay. .- The Imperial Cycling Club held & meet- ing last Thursday night and the incorpora- tion of the club was the principal item of discussion. Plans were formulated to this end. An election to fill the vacant office of second lieutenant will be held on the 15th inst., the nominees being A. L. Hol- ling and William Howatt. The former will probably be elected. Messrs. Stratton and Grant of the Olym- ic Wheelmen rode to San Jose last Satur- ay and the following day continued on to Gilroy. They report the roads all the way to be in excellent condition, and with a 9 strong wind at their backs, the ride was comparatively easy. A large party of the Bay City Wheel- men rode to San Jose last Sunaay, most of whom made the return trip by wiael. thus making a complete “‘century.” Byrne and Metcalf, the f’mperial Club's racers, with Trainer Eldridge, will go to San Jose Monday, and commence active training for the races to be held there April 19 and 20. Byrne gota month’s leave of absence from business, and he should be in excellent shape for these races and the events at Oakland on May day. C. F. Chandler, J. W. Leavitt, H. W. ‘Welch and W. P. Taylor are the latest aa- ditions to the roll of the Bay City Wheel- men. The first thing Ulbricht and Lacey did on their arrival here Friday morning from Los Angeles was to go to the club, and, seeing these men’s applications, they voted for them, Lacey saying: “L always want to vote for a man who is desirous of joining the B. C. W.” The road to Camp Taylor is remarkably good for this season of the year, as the writer and W. H. Stinson found, to their surprise, last Saturdav while touring to Tocaloma. White’s Hill is unrideable on either side, but as this is always a danger- ous vart of the road at any time, it is bet- ter to walk most of it. From Camp Taylor to Tocaloma, however, there are about four miles of the hardest walking I everen- countered, the road for the most part be- ing absolutely unrideable. SPALDING. THE GUN. Items of Interest to Trap-Shooters — Pre- caution Against Accidents, It would not be out of place if the differ- ent gun clubs of this city would use the same precaution against accident thatis employed by sportsmen of many Eastern towns and cities. The Riverton Gun Club, which is one of the most prominent trap- shooting organizations east of the Rockies, | has had a notice posted on their grounds, and within full view of the sportsmen, bearing the following rules: 1. 2, Pointing a gun at any one, $10. Shooting at stray pigeons, $10. . Shooting a gun without permission of referee, except when at the score, § 4. Approaching or leaving the score with loaded gun, or turning from the score with a loaded or empty shell in the gun, $5. 5. While at the score shooter must not close his gun while trapper is in the field. Fine for this offense, $2. i These same rules are enforced by the Westminster, Larchmont, Carteret” and Tuxedo clubs. Accidents are very liable to happen at any time among the most cautious sports- men and too much care in the handling of firearms cannot be used, especially so in squad-shooting at blue rocks. Nothing will injure the reputation of a club so much as a careless set of gunners who are always endangering the lives of those about them by the reckless way in which they handle firearms. The following shooting contests will be held to-day: The Alameda.Sportsmen’s Association will shoot at live birds at Dieves’, near San Leandro. The Electric Gun Club and the, California Wing Club will burn powder at the Oakland track. THE ANGLER. Night Lines and Explosives Are Being Used in the Paper-Mill Creek, Now for trouting. Sunday being an off- day from the grinding-stone and the first real holiday of the open season, passengers on the early boats and trains leaving this city for the north and south need not feel at all alarmed or embarrassed at the ap- pearance of a strange and grotesque crowd of boys and men with baskets strapped on their shoulders and gumboots covering their nether extremities. | People dressed as described are lovers of nature and of quiet sport. They are rep- resentatives of the so-called gentle art pas- time, and, generally speaking, good-hearted fellows who are always ready to share their catch with their less fortunate companions. | Seldom anglers quarrel. ‘A growling, | snarling angler is a curiosity, nut occa- | sionally the curious is met with during | the first few weeks of the open season for trout-catching. It 1s by no means a difficult thing to | select from the angling army proper a | raw recruit. A veteran stream-whipper can detect a new broom with closed eyes, | as the tyro, although he may be totally ignorant of the art of trout-fishing, can out-talk & dozen practical fly-casters. When on a stream the novice is a most confounded nuisance, as he will act ex- actly opposite to the wishes of the anglers who have learned from years of experience that much caution and discernment must be exercised when wading a creek so as not to discolor the water or disturb the fish in any way. The man with the new basket and angling outfit, unitess he should be in the company of some good advisers, is certain to kick up more sediment when wading a | creek than would a herd of cattle. A trout | is not a sleeping beauty by any means, but on the contrary the denizens of the moun- tain streams are atall times on the alert and take warning at the least thing that haj pens out of the general routine. What more strange and frightful to a speckled or silvered beauty than a metro- olitan dude who, to be in the swim, must invest in an angling outfit. Everything he carries must be new, not barring the cigar- ette, which is a luxury the new-man-on- the-stream cannot dispense with. One trial generally satisfies the novice that trout-fishing 1s bfl no means the pleasant and rosy pastime he had been given to un- derstand. During the day, while in his wild dash through the stream, he meets with many mishaps. His boots are nail- less and when least expected he finds him- self on all-fours with the cold and chilly water running down his back. The under- growth in some parts is heavy and the new- man-on-the-stream has- discovered, much to his chagrin, that to make a successful passage through the brambled barrier he must get down on his marrow bones and crawl. If he is of a constitution that is not impregnable to the attacks of poison oak, he may count upon a few weeks of torture which only those who had ‘‘caught on” can illustrate correctly, and of course sach small inci- dents as may be accounted for in the way of scratched hands and faces and blistered feet are unworthy of mention, as they are of a very common kind. However, not- withstanding the many unexpected sur- prises the tyrowill meet when on a trouting outing he can certainly hope for forgive- ness from the'master mechanics of the rod if he will but adhere to the golden rule, which is to proceed cautiously when in the lead of a brother angler and not kick up a cloud of disturbance atevery step he takes. Indeed, the angier who will adhere to dry land and keep outof the wet as much as possible is certain to return at the end of the day’s whipping with the better basket of fish. Commissioner Emeric cannot have an eye. on his deputies at all times, conse- quently he cannot be held responsible for maul\; unsportsmanlike proceedings some of the deputies have been accused of. However, as the old adage truly says: “We do not have to go from home always to find surprises.’” The CALL has come out flatfooted on the question of fish and ame preservation, and whenever the ommissioners or_their deputies fail to do their sworn duty the CALL will apprize the sportsmen and .anfilera of the state of the fact. Mr. Emeric has unquestionably in- ningly when the name of a_deputy was mentioned. On Monday morning six boxes of fish were shipped from Tocaloma to this city, and this ends the first chapter of the Fish Commissioner’s good work on the Paper-mill Creek. Itissafe to say, how- ever, that the fishing in the vicinity of Tocaloma will not amount to much this year. Some splendid catches have been made during the week in the Lagunitas. One entleman returned last Monday with a sket of seventy-five trout, ten of which weighed over one pound. The waters of the streams are in splendid order now and good sport should result to-day and to- MOrrow. PACIFIC. GROVE ANGLERS, A Wheelman Who Rode a Long Distance to Get Into the Big Pish Country. Pacrric Grove, April 5.—J. Stanley Gosbey, a well-known bicyclist and mem- berof the Reliance Club of Oakland, has distinguished himself as a daring bicyclist and lucky fisherman, and has caused a little stirin sporting circles by his wonder- ful ride and his big trout catch. On Saturday last the quiet streets of the City of the Pines” were somewhat en- livened by the appearance of a man on a wheel, but at first sight it was hard to as- certain whether it was a wheelbarrow or a bicycle he was on,as it was so loaded down with camping utensils, fishing-rods, baskets, bait-cans, etc. It was soon learned that the wheelman was going trout-fishing down the coast to the Little Sur, a distance of forty odd miles, over one of the heaviest and most danger- ous roads in this section of the State. At places the road runs so narrow that it is J. Stanley Gosbey. merely a trail, and often you can look hundreds of feet below over a high preci- pice. These did not daunt the daring rider, and he arrived safe at his destination some time that afternoon. Gosbey was quite disappointed at finding the creek so high, but, being a good angler, he climbed to the head waters of the creek, a distance of nearly fifteen miles, carrying his outfit on his back, and bere he met with better luck and soon had a whopper hooled. It just took him twenty-two minutes to land his enormous prize, but he said it seemed a week. His eight-ounce rod bent under the heavy strain and at any moment he ex- pected the little No. 4 hook to break. The fish measured 333{inch 2 longand weighed just 94 pounds. The next was also a steelhead, 28 inches long and scaled 614 pounds. The remainder of his catch aver- aged, from 6 to 16 inches, and the total weight was 32 pounds, When Mr. Gosbey rode into town with his catch he was the observed of all ob- servers. The wheelman and angler isa finel{ built young man and as strong as an ox; he has made several records on his wheel. At one time he rode from Oakland to Pacific Grove, a distance of 125 miles, in eleven hours. He has left for San Jose to train for the races on the 19th inst., and expects to carry off some of the honors. Among the successful anglers from here are W. Hollenbeck, W. Dunlap, E. C. Buf- fon, Charles Moyes and several others, all of Pacific Grove. The Alta,a 50-foot naphtha launch, is now running between Monterey and the Mr. Gosbey Displaying His Catch—the First of the Season. Big Sur, wnich affords an excellent oppor- tunity for anglers who do not care to risk the dangerous roads. The salmon run this year will probably commence early and is expected to be large. ?Inn RopGERs. COURSING. The Modesto Sportsmen Are Determined to Be in the Bwim in Future. The.sportsmen of Modesto had a great coursing match on Sunday last. Crowds augurated a first-class policy in the direc- tion of protection to game and fish, and to pursue it he must necesdarily remove any officers who will shrink from or neglect a grnty he is owing the taxpayers o‘z this te. So far as protection to fish is concerned, the CaLL has excellent information now at hand of the manner in which the fish law was observed last Sunday on Paper-mill Creek, in the vicinity of Tocaloma, which I;lw_e is nowhpo l“ a tlmcged iorl the foreign poaching element. ight lines and explosives were freely used in the cap- ture of steelheads which had congregated in the deep pools of the creek in the imme- diate vicinity of Tocaloma. It is said that a deputy Fish Commissioner was on the stream on the day in question, but if he had been on duty he certainly neglected to visit th:lponchers’ paradise, Beveral fish, ranging in size from six inches to two feetin length, were displayed by gentlemen of easy trade to sportsmen who were waiting over until Monday so as to get the cream of the opening day of the trout-fishing season. The succes: poach- ers would give no explanation as to how they had captured their ‘“beauties,” but they seemed to be in no wise alarmed when given to understand that a Fish Com- missioner’s deputy was somewhere in the neighborhood. In fact they smiled cun- gathered from all quarters. Merced, Stockton, Turlock, Montpelier, Oakdale and, of course, Modesto, were represented. The meet took place on Leitch’s ranch, about twelve miles from the town. A. Givens acted as judge and gave good satis- faction in all the courses save one, that between the dogs Black Jack and Shylock. Most of the crowd thought the former should have got the course, but the judge thought otherwise and awarded Shylock the honors. This caused some “kicking,” but otherwise everything went off smoothly. The sport commenced at 10:30 A. M. There were sixteen dogs in the stake, and during the day the coursing was first class, a;w{ the crowd enjoyed themselves in great style. 'ommy Hall’s dog, Little Corporal, took part in the meeting but only won one course, being beaten in the second round by Charles Porter’s Dennis, so that in this case the name should be reversed. The race of the day, however, was be- tween R. Donnelly’s rd Times and Charles Porter's Depnis, who found that there was “something in a name,” for he certainly had a very hard job on hand to down his opponent, which he eventually accomplished after a great struggle. The prize was eventually won by A. L. Corrin’s Bert, which took $16 and a dog- collar, donated by B. Weil; C. Porter’s Dennis took $8; H. Strean’s Iodine took a dog blanket, donated by 8. D. Slmpgoni and J. A. Givens’ Shylock took a pair o boots, donated by F. A. Peterson. The club will have another meeting in a short time, so pleased were all concerned in this the initial event. 1 The bids for the interstate meeting must be sent to u:ie secretary, J. R. Dickson, by 8 ». M. Monday. There will be a twenty-four-dog stake at Ocean View to-morrow. The draw re- sulted as follows: Rielly & Brady's Wee Nell vs. Tom Roe’s Molly Rielly; T. J. Cronan’s I-‘ullqrton vs, T. Ford's Dan’ O’Connell; D. Dillion’s Evening Star vs. J. Sullivan’s Little Tom; T. Ford’s Rielly vs. J. Tracy's Swede; Rielly & Brady’s Rambler vs. H. M. Spring’s Trader vs. Rielly & Brady's Harkaway; P. Rysu's Magpie vs. J. Welsh’s Belle; J. Quane’s Captain Morse vs. J. Grace's Rollalong vs. J. H. Perizo‘s Long- fellow; J. Tracy’s Soudan vs. W. C. Creamer’s Regent; T. Brennan’s Red Prince vs, J. Sulli- ven’s Kilkenny Girl; T. Brennan's White Rustic vs. C. Anderson’s Nigger; P. Ryan’s Blue Jack vs. J. McGlynn’s Bab at the Bowster. Judge, John Grace. Slipper, James Wren, Twelve dofs are matched to run in Ker- rigan’s Golden Gate Coursing Park to- morrow, and the following is the result of the draw: S: A. Cummings’ Star Light vs. W. Dalton’s Famous, W. Dalton’s Light Weight vs. S. A. Cummings’ White Cloud, W. Dalton’s Tom Bo; vs. V. W. Guerrero’s Tempest, J. O’Shea’s Sal- vator vs. F. C. Randolph’s Yreka, W. D. Mur- hy’s Dashaway vs. J. O'Shea’s Fearless, J. J. Maher’s Glenade vs. W. D. Murphy’s Stamboul Queen. : Judge and slipper will be chosen on the field. KENNEL NOTES. The Pacific Club and the Prizes for Bench Show Exhibitors. The Pacific Kennel Club has issued the premium list for the fourth annual bench show. First on the list is a prize of $20 for the best decorated kennel, second $10 and third $5. The club also offers $10 for the best ex- hibit of four dogs, regardless of sex and age, all the bona-fide property of the per- son or kennel making the entries, to all classes, with five or six exceptions, viz.: greyhounds, spitz, field spaniels, Dandie Dinmont terriers, Airdale terriers, toy terriers and toy spaniels. ‘Why the committee should have placed greyhounds among the above it is difficult to say, as these dogs are now, to say the least, among the most important and valu- able dogs on the coast. We presume, of course, that this is some clerical error and that it will be amended as soon as pointed out to the committee. First prize for all classes will be $5, sec- ond $3 and third diploma. Cash prizes of $5 to first and $3 to second will be paid in puppy classes, where there are five or more entered, otherwise diplomas will be awarded. Special prizes by various persons in the city are very numerous, and consist of all kinds of fifl.s‘ which are fairly distributed among all classes. There are also special prizes by the Fox Terrier Club, consisting of four silver cups, all valued highly. There are also special prizes given by members of the club for club dogs. The St. Bernard Club of California offers a number of gold and silver medals for dogs owned by members of the club. SAN JOSE SPORTING. Latest News Concernfhg Cyeling, Horse-Rac- ing, Sporting and Angling, SAN JOSE, CaL., April 5, 1895. — All in- terest in the city is now centered in the great relay race of Sunday, and the racing members of the cyclers and road clubs have doubled their relays almost daily during the past week. The cyclers’ team is of unusual speed and strength, and it seems as though it should win. The Columbia team, Bald and Macdon- ald, under the management of Asa S. ‘Windle, is doing light work at the cyclers’ new track. Macdonald has been indis- posed since coming to the coast. The team will not do any racing on the coast, being here more for pleasure than any- thing else. The Falcons, Ziegler, Harbottle and Coulter, are training hard. Coulter, who sprained his wrist last week, has resumed training. Burke and Castleman of Los Angeles are getting into shape for the April meet. Wilbur, Edwards and Chapman, the fast class A riders from Napa, and a member of the Olympic relay team, are hard at work training on the new track. A local livery stable has added a bicycle annex and ten first-class wheels have been put in, which will be rented for the hour or day. A neat dressing-room has been fitted up, where ladies can change their walking costumes for those better suited for wheeling. Asa A. Windle, the manager and trainer of the Columbia team, says the new track of the Cyclers is the bestin the United States, and he expects to see a great many records smashed on it the coming season. Galroy has a bicycle club, and, although but recently organized, bicycle riding is booming there. The members of the Road Club and Cyclers’ relay teams have all done ten miles inside of 30 minutes. ‘ The Union Rifle Club held its regular shooting contest at Lone Hill last Sunday afternoon. A lively interest was taken, and a Foaa many visitors were present. The following scores were made: H.J. Freyschlag 38, L. W. Withers 38, A. J. Staus 33, J. Withers 33, M. Arnerich 39, P. Arnerich 34, G.D. Adams 40, W. Knoth 43, J. Burns 40, C. Cole 34, D. McCarthy 41, H. Northrup 34, D. Francis 28, The Gilroy Sportsmen’s Association has given up all hope of enforcing the game laws single-handed, and has reduced the amount of the reward offered for the con- viction of persons violating the game law from $50 to $20. The track at Agricultural Park has been Butin ood condition by Su%er‘mtendent . F. Bunch, and the stables training there are getting into good form. ‘Winshi; &Keatin% ave a good string. Among them are: Ottinger, §:uy; Red Oak, 2:21; Aster, 2:12; Ethel Downs, 2:2514; Steve, 2:19; Pilot Prince, 2:31, and J.B. I‘aulu_zn. a promising colt, 4 years old, that will campaign on the California circuit this season, and several green ones. Ed Laferty is handling a string of horses for Frank H. Burke of San Francisco. He has Wanda (2:143{); Fred Mason, a pacer 2:134); a full brother to W, Wood (3:07) a full brother to W. Foote (2:15£), and a vearling colt by Guy Wilkes (2:143{), dam Wanda (2:143%). The Vendome stables, owned by J. Rea and in charge of Trainer Bunch), is com- posed of the following: Iron Alto, by Palo Alto (2:08%), dam Elaine (2:20) by Mes- senger Curoc, dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of Electioneer; Our Boy (2:1 oo«;’ gacer; John Bury (2:22); Nettie Elwood, Adrian; Claudius, a two-year-old, by utwooa Wilkes (2:19), by Guy Wilkes (2:15%), dam TLilla W (2:18%), by Nut- wood . (2:18%); Raetinous, by Antinous (2:28%), a four-year-old. Tran Alto is a promising horse, and is entered in all big stakes of the circuit. Nettie Elwood has shown speed to warrant her campaignin, this year. Reatinous, as a three-year-old, has trotted better than 2:30. C. H. Corey has Laura M (2:131£), a green filly by Thornhill (2:24) that trotted as a three-year-old in 2:22. ~ He has entered the green &mer Tout through the circuit, and great things are expected of him. J. H. Gordon has C W 8 (2:271) and Mount Hope, by Sable Wilkes Isg' he by Guy Wilkes (2:154). Moun pe is destined to be a Fp-ent trotter, and 1s the property of C. H. Fox, the owner of Chan- cellor. There are several green colts con- nected with this stable. Van B. Balklin has Boodle (2:19); Keno, with a pacing record of 2:20; a ‘promising three-year-old pacer by Boodle, and a two- year-old trotter by Boodle that is reported to have done better than 2:30. % C. C. Crippen has four green trotters. One is a four-year-old by Leo Wilkes, a full brother to Sable Wilkes (2:18), that has shown great speed and will campaign this season for the first time; also a &‘t‘ee—yur- old by Asmore (2:20), a sire of Rowena (tw%yeapold record 2:17); a two-year-old by Wildnut, and several others. o5 The Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Driving Club will hold a matinee in April. The streams throughout the valley have been well fished during the past week, and, although the water has been a little 100 hign and the weather too cool for good fishing, good catches have been reported. The Ysabel, Llagas and Arroyo Hondo have attracted many anglers; also the Coyote, Los Gat}?s and other streams easier of approach. A party consisting of J. Stanley Gosbeg, Walter Hollenbeck, W. A. Dunlap and C. A. Buffum, of Pacific Grove, rode thirty miles on their wheels to Skinner Creek, a branch of the Little Sur, last Monday, and succeeded in taking a good number of fine trout. Among those taken by Mr. Gosbey were two monster steel-head trout. One measured 26 inches in length and ‘wglghed 43{ pounds, and the other was 3; inches long and weighed 83 pounds. The fish were caught with an eight-ounce pole and No. 5 hooks. Worms were used as bait. Vic Poncelet last Tuesday caught over 200 fine trout in the Llagas. 3 The streams on the west side of the Santa Cruz Mountains are well stocked with fish. Parties from the latter place bave returned with excellent results. SACRAMENTO EOETING. Boxing in the Athletio Clubs—Notes of In- terest to Wheelmen and Anglers. SACRAMENTO, Car, April 5.—Any terest that is taken in athletic sports here at present should visit the Sacramento Athletic Club occasionally. “I have never seen quite so much interest exhibited in athletic matters as there is at present since my connection with this in- stitution,” said Instructor E. F. Barr of the Sacramento Athletic Club. “The hall is crowded every night with members who are assiduously practicing in their favorite exercises. Weexpect to have a four-round contest next month between Lyons and Burchell, and both men will shortly go into active training for the event. Lewis Payne, who holds the welter-wait cham- pionship of the coast, will shortly give a return match to Stewart Carter of the San Francisco Olympic Club. This event will probably take place in Fresno.” The Sacramento Club will hold a ladies’ night some time in May. The exercises will consist of horizontal and parallel bar, Spanish rings, club - swinging, boxing and wrestling bouts. Last evening a meet- ing was held to endeavor to arrange for a society circus, similar to that held in San Francisco. Participants in the latter have promised to lend their aid to make the affair a success. The proceeds will be de- voted to a fund for the erection of a hand- some and convenient club building. There is considerable talk of holding outdoor games on the coming 4th of July, but as yet no definite arrangements ~or pro- gramme have been formulated. Boxing Instructor Johnson declares him- self ready to meet all comers in his class, and an endeavor will be made to arrange a match shortly, but as he belongs to the professional class, the encounter will not take place under the auspices of the club. The interest in bicycle riding is con- stantly on the increase, and not a night asses but parties of amateur riders may e seen practicing in the grounds of the Capitol building. Last Saturday Messrs. Ennis, Miller and Shannon of the Sacra- mento Athletic Club Wheelmen made the run to Folsom, a distance of twenty- two miles, in two hours. Returning they left the latter place at 12 M., arriving in this city at2:30 A. M. They had several excit- ing brushes on the road with fellow club members who drove up in their buggies, and fully demonstrated the superiority of the wheel over the quadruped in the long run. Last Sunday there were several excur- sions into the country by parties of lady and gentlemen riders. It is the intention of anumber of married couples to make the run on their bykes to Courtland and return, a distance of forty-six miles, to- morrow. Arriving they will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Runyon of that place. A large number of outing parties have been formed for excursions to-morrow, and the lady contingent will go, clad in rbloomel’s. It was agreed at the last meeting of the S. A. C. W. to file application to become a league club, and every member of the an- nex must become a league member. At the next meet of the Pelican Live- { bird Club, Governor Budd, who is an en- thusiast at the trag, has promised to par- ticipate and intends to pot as many birds as he did legislative bugs. The Sacra- mento Blue Rock Club has limited their list of membership to twenty-five. They already include many of the best shots in the Btate and have but few vacancies to fill. On the 21st inst. they will have a grand shoot at the Kimball and Upson grounds. This will consist of: First, club and practice shoot; second, 15-bird match; third, 25-bird match; fourth event, 25-bir match; $5 entrance, 50, 30 and 20 per cent; fifth event, a 50-bird team shoot, 50, 30 ant 20 per cent. Teams of six men, $3 entrance. Open for any set of six men. This is ex- pected to be one of the events of the sea- son. There will be representatives from the Spoonbill, Union House, Green Val- leys, Marysville, Stockton, San Francisco, Dixon and other clubs. The last event will be a 15-bird match; $1 entrance, 50, 30 and 20 per cent. The Fish Commission’s launch is en- gaged .in_collecting licenses along the river, and active preparations are bein made to establish a more efficient patro in the waters of the State for the protection of the finny tribe. The owners of the great dam in the American River at Folsom have been notified that a fish ladder must be completed within thirty days or they will have a legal suit on their hands. For years structure has prevented the vast quantities_of fish that yearly ascend the American River from reaching their spawn- ing grounds,and they collected at the foot of the dam in such numbers that the guards and convicts found no difficulty in capturing large quantities with an ordinary dip net. The Fish Commissioners had an interview with the Governor last week, and his Excellency plainly informed them that he fully expected them to protect fish and game in all portions of the State and intimated that vacancies would occur should they neglect their duties. RUTHERFORD. 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