The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 1, 1895, Page 8

The wheelmen are looking aaxlously for- ward to race meetings, which take place et San Jose and Banta Cruz inthe near fut Oarsmen and their friends will gather in strong force to-day on Long t of Third street, to witness the races which were to have taken ay, near El Campo. Rifle will be on hand to-day to contest for prizes at the Schuetzen Club ranges, ael. Patrons of coursing will be n View coursing park to witness the finishing rounds of the interstate meet- ; ~shooters will burn powder at Alameda Point, where a blue rock shoot will be the order of the afternoon. The anglers intend giving some of their favor- s ite streams a good flogging. Handball and athletics will be indulged in by mem- bers of athletic clubs. THE WHEELMEN. Race Meet of the San Jose Road Club To-Day. Club Events To-Morrow. Acme Club Wheelmen—Run to Camp Taylor. Bay City Wheelmen—Run to Camp Taylor. a Cycling Club—Race st Central Camera Club Cyclists—Run to San Leandro. Crescent Road Club—Run to Niles Canyon. Garden City Cyclers, San Jose—Run to Sar- Outing Road Club—Run to Tocoloma. Pajaro Valley Wheelmen, Watsonville—Run to Bargen: Pilot Wheelmen, Santa Cruz—Run to Sar- gents. Royal Cycling Club—Run to Redwood City. San Francisco Roed Club—Run to Petaluma. San Jose Road Club, San Jose—Run to Sar- gents. Tribune Cyclers, Gilroy—Run to Sargents. Verein Eintracht Cycling Club—Run to Santa Cruz; run to Uncle Tom’s Cabin. There will be a big meeting of racing wheelmen to-day at San Jose, when four good events will be run off under the aus- pices of the San Jose Road Club on the celebrated three-lap track of the Garden City Cyclers. There are fifty-five riders en- tered altogether, of which twenty-four are novices; thirty-three are entered in the two-mile class A handicap, seventeen in the one-mile scratch, class A, and ten in the two-mile handicap, class B. Tandem- pacing will be introduced in’the two-mile handicap, class A, in an endeavor to lower the record. As an additional card A. M. Boyden and C. R. Griffiths of the Reliance Club Wheelmen will go against the tan- dem record for one mile, class A, of 2:09, made bv B. E. Clark and O. B. Smith of ;l[u- Garden City Cyclers at Santa Rosa, May 9. The following are the handicaps for the two-mile class A and the twa-mi?e class B, the other two events being scratch races: Class A—H. F. Terrill, B. C. W., ecratch; R. Moody, G._C. C., 75 vards; McFarland, vards T.E. Belloli, C.,125; G. 5 -, 190: R. C., 190: C. 1 200; C. R. Griffiths, R. C. W. R G W 25 M. Boyden, elden, U. C. 0. 170; C ermen, unattached, 200; A. . 200; M. J. O’Brien, 8. J. L C. C.,-150; W. o etcalf, scratch; Wells, B, -, Scrateh ; Delmas, G. . C.'C., 200; H. C. Cu‘ging, G.C.C.,200; Smith, G. C. G, A. C. Bilisbury, 2 The Ba%City ‘Wheelmen’s meet at Cen- tral Park Decoration day wasquite success- ful, financially, and the club netted a tidy sum for its treasury. The prizes have all been distributed and the meet was very satisfactory in every particular. The Summer CMibis the latest addition fo the ranks of the organized cyclers. A party of wheel enthusiasts banded to- gether last Monday evening at 17 Van Ness avenue. Short runs into the country will be a feature of the club. The following officers_were chosen: O.T. Green, presi- dent; J. Basch, secretary and treasurer; Joseph Kragan, captain; G. Hensley, first lieutenant; Ed Flynn, second lieutenant; L. G. Ratto, color-bearer. The members are all native sons and very appropriately have chosen our State insigma, the California poppy, as their emblem. The membership is now sixteen and is limited to twenty-five. June 10 is set for their initial outing. On that date the club will journey to Santa Cruz, and will be the guests of the Pilot Wheelmen of that Cili" during the carnival week, Beveral of the riders will take part in the parade, with the expectation of carrying away some of the honors for decorated wheels. Others are entered in the races and seem confident of winning laurels, The organization will soon make applica- tion for membership in the Associated Cycling Clubs. All communications should be addressed to 412 Montgomery street, J. Basch secre- tary. Thne California Associated Cycling Clubs will hold its regular bi-monthly meetin to-night at the rooms of the Reliance Clu ‘Wheelmen, San Pablo avenue and Seven- teenth street, Oakland. Five important amendments to the by-laws, presented for first reading at the last meeting, will be considered. 5 The first is that in future all relay teams must be composed solely of men qualify- ing under class A of the League of Ameri- can Wheelmen racing rules. This would effectually shut out all imported class B racing talent, making the race moreofa home affair, and would place the contest on a much more even basis. Another amendment, offered by G. P. ‘Wetmore, is that no change shall be made in any of the rules governing the relay race from those in operation at the time of the first relay, except by the unanimous consent of ali the delegates present at any meeting, uotice of such proposed change being first sent to each delegate at least thirty days prior to final action on same. Mr. Wetmore’s idea evidently is that as the relay race is for the same trophy each year the rules which originally governed the contest shouid prevail until the result is finally decided. He is probably in favor of teams being composed of both classes. An endeavor will be made to amend article 3, section 1, by striking out all of the second half of the section, commencing with the words “And no rebate,” and in- sert)r;f the clause: ‘‘Clubs joining the as- sociation between May 1 and August 1 shall pay six months’ dues, or $5.”” This am probably be adopted without objec- on. There will be a long discussion over this amendment: “In all competitions under the auspices of the C. A. O. C. a rider hold- ing membership in two or more clubs shall not be pcrmit{’cd to compete against the parent club except by written consent of that club.” In this amendment ‘‘parent club” shall be understood to mean the club under whose colors the rider first competes. Some claim a rider should be allowed to belong to as many cycling organizations as helikesand ride under whichever colors he pleases when arace is given. But there is great opposition to this way of thinking two masters,” and that a rider should be loyal to one club and stick by it. | George F. Neece of the Acme Club offered the following amendment, and at the first reading it was bitterly opposed. It will come up for final action to-night: *‘It shall be the duty of the secretary of every | club belonging to the associatior! to notify the secretary of the C. A. C. C. of all sus- pensions or expulsions caused for non- payment of dues. No member so sus- pended or expelled shall be eligible to | membership in any other club belonging | to the association, or can participate in { any event held under the auspices of the | association, until the cause of such suspen- sion or expulsion is removed.” The Visalia wheelmen are making great Xrs. Joseph 1\3. Carey, One of the Best Lady Oyclists in San Jose. coming Fourth of July. They have ar- ranged for & series of races and parades, and offer liberal prizes to all who will con- test and are successful. The programme opens in the morning with a six-mile road race. This will be followed by a general fmrsde in which there will doubtless be a arge number of riders in line. In the afternoon there will be a quarter-mile straightaway scratch race, for which three prizes are offered, open to all class A riders. In the evening a grand illumi- nated parade of wheelmen will take place, and a fine bicycle banner will be offered to the club or town having the largest num- ber of wheelmen in line. The local riders will not compete for this prize. A prize will also be offered for the best gentle- man's or lady’s decorated and illuminated wheel. Thelocal wheelmen will entertain the visiting riders lavishly, and will try to make their stay as pleasant as possible. The committee in charge of the cycling events consists of L. Lawreace, J. E. Jemes Joyce Jr., a Popular Eastern ‘Wheelman Now Visiting the Coast. Combs, L. C. Hyde, W. J. Nicholson and H. G. Stuart. Entries and communica- tions should be addressed to L. Lawrence, éhxlmman wheelmen’s committee, Visalia, al. To-morrow afternoon, at 2 o’clock, J. E. Edwards of the Olympic Club Wheelmen, the Imperial Cycling Club, the San Fran- cisco Y. M. C. A. Cycliniclub, and mem- ber of several other wheeling organiza- tions, will make an effort to lower, the world’s five-mile road record, on *the straightaway stretch from San- Mateo to Ban Carlos. He was to have made this endeavor last Sunday, but rain prevented. He will be paced by tandems. e has rid- den the distance over this course in 12:131-5. The record he wants to beat is 11:19. A minute under such _conditions is a whole lot of time. Can he do it? The Liberty Cycling Club held a most enjoyable picnic at Tamalpais on Decora- tion"day. The members and their lady friends and invited guests gathered on the 9 A. u. boat and took the train for Tamal- pais station, where a short walk brought them to the picnic grounds. Dancing formed a large part of the day’s amuse- ment, while private lunching parties wan- dered off into the woods near l;y at noon. The affair was successfully managed, and the only regret was that the day seemed too short, for the pleasures had made the time pass quic! kly. At a meeting held Jast Tuesday evening from those who believe one ““cannot serve | preparations for the celebration of the | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1895. = DEYONDEEENaun PORII0GEQ0E DL D000000750000u0000UR00000! =| ‘W. Shnuetenhauz, R. Quartz, B. Fennin and C. Westphal were elected members o the Liberty Cycling Club. The club has been presented with an elegant bunnerva N. A. Robinson, one of its members, whic! will hereafter be carried at the head of the column in all parades. Owing to the rain last Sunday the San Francisco Road Club was unable to take its proposed outing to Petaluma, so Cap- tain L.gfl Korn has announced the same run for to-morrow. The members are in- structed to assemble at Seventh and Market streets at 7:30 A. x., and will take the 8 o’clock boat and train to San Rafael, and ride from there, the distance being twenty-two miles. s | Captain Lynngreen of the Verein Ein- tracht Cyelin, lub has called two runs | for to-day and to-morrow. The first under | the captain and First Lieutenant H. C. Frank will leave 112 Golden Gate avenue this evening at 7 o’clock, the destination being Santa Cruz. The other run wili be to t{sn Tom's Cabin to-morrow, about sixteen miles away on the Ban Jose road, and will be managed by Secona Lieuten- | ant A. Peterson. The mile competition records for both classes were considerably lowered last Thursday. At Waltham, Mass., C. M. Murphy brought the class B record down to 2:014-5, which is 21-5 seconds better | time than Bald’s performance at San | Jose on April 20, and helps confirm my | prediction that the mile competition record would be under2 minutes before the 1895 racing season closed. At Los Angeles H. McCrea made a mile in a race in 2:153, | which is now the class A competition | record for the coast. M. F. Dirnberger’s mile record against time, fiying start, paced by a quadruplet, of 1:45, made at Louisville on Wednesday, is a remarkable performance, and his two miles in 3:514-5 on Thursday is another evidence that the curly-haired Mike is in far better shape than when he visited us out here in the spring of 1894. These records will stand until the end of Septem- ber now, as the league rules state: * No private record trials will be sanctioned be- tween June 1 and Octoher 1.”” Captain Argenti has called an afternoon run of the Camera Club Cyclists to-day at 3o’clock. Meeting place, Baker-street en- trance to_the park; destination, the Cliff- house and Presidio. To-morrow the cy- clists will have a ‘‘cherry run” to the orchard of Dr. Harmon, near San Leandro, through the kindness of W. N. Brunt. The riders will leave here on the 9:15 A. M. narrow-gauge boat. After visiting the orchard they will wheel to San Leandro for luncheon. Wilbur F. Knapp and E. N. Creigh have been elected mercbers of the Bay City ‘Wheelmen. H. D. Hadenfeldt has been elected second lieutenant of the Olympic Club Wheelmen, vice W. L. Geldert, who resigned on ac- count of press of business. The Acme Club Wheelmen of Oakland and the Bay City Wheelmen of this City will to-morrow hold a’ joint club run to Camp Taylor, leaving here on the 9 a. n. Sausalito ferry. As both clubs have very large memberships it is expected this will be one of the largest runs of the season. ‘Wheelmen of this locality will attend the Santa Cruz water carnival and c{cle races in large numbers of June i5. Nearly all the clubs will have’runs to that point, and the men are already making arrangements for accommodations. The Pilot Wheel- men of Santa Cruz will entertain the visi- tors liberally, and a jolly time is assured all who make the trip. Acting on the suggestion I made in the CALL Thursday, Captain Burke has again postponed the picnic run of the California Associated Cycling Clubs scheduled for Niles on June 16, as every one seemed more inclined to go to Santa Cruz. The run will doubtless come off the following Sun- day, however, June 23, when a large crowd is assured. James Joyce Jr., whose likeness is pre- sented herewith, has been on the coast for about three months, traveling for the Columbia people. He has made friends everywhere, and our only wish is that “his principals would locate him here perma- nently. While here he has given the local men some ideas in the way oftiming races, and as a result their work in that respect has been much bet'er that heretofore. Mrs. Joseph B. Carey of San Jose is a great long-distance rider. With her hus- band, who is cycling editor of the Mer- cury, she frequently takes long trips into the country, and she stands the journeys well and never seems to tire of the sport. She rides a seventeen-pound Ariel, dia- mond frame, and wears the rational cos- tume, bloomers without their unnecessary adjunct, leggins. 'f'he Crescent Road Club will have a run to-morrow to Niles Canyon under Captain A. Beardwald, taking the 8 A. M. broad- gauge boat. The club has recently elected to membership W. Peebles, H. Gunderson, J. Alexander and M. Jacobson, and have a number of new applications awaiting ac- tion. A new cycling club has been formed at Lakeport under the name of the Clear Lake Cyclers. The club starts off with a membership of twenty-three and the fol lowing officers: Dr. C. W. Kellogg, pre: dent; W. L. Rideout, secretary-treasurer; F. L. Coles, captain; F. Green, lientenant. Charles flnin, a popular member of the Reliance Club Wheelmen of Oakland, leaves for Yokohama on June5. Hisin- tention is to learn the ins and outs of the tea business before returning. Incidentally ne will do a little trading in bicycles, and might possibly be induced to enter a race or two. Lf he does, look out for him, you Japs. Siewr A, and Frank Hancock are now traveling throufh Northern California in the interests of the League of American Wheelmen, gathering data for the road- book of this division. A very valuable ad- dition to this book will also be a map of the route from San Francisco to Los An- eles, the new work commencing from leyto, Monterey County. The Hancock brothers are now in Mendocino County, and an interesting letter has been receive: from them from Ukiah, under date of May 217, as follows: Dear Friends: We have been_ here since Saturday, on account of rain. It has been uring, with a litte rest between showers, Ve rode down from Lakeport in the rain and were sights when we came in—mud from head to foot. We went up the Pieta grade to High- land Springs—eight miles up and five down. It is the finest grade in the State and can all be ridden with rests between. The grade issix feet to the hundred, suriace all smooth, no rocks. The road from San Rafael north is bet- ter than last year, from Petaluma worse, and from Santa Rosa to Healdsburg very poor, as it has dust and ruts; will be better after this rain. From Healdsburg to Cloverdale it is good. It has snowed north of here; it can be seen on the mountains from here. 1f rwble will start to-morrow. Lots of ‘wheels all slong the line. Mrs. George Faulk- ner and Miss Wilson of Oakland came up from the City cn wheels, and left for Lakeport by stage with their wheels to-day to stay until the rain is over, when they will return via Calis- toga and Napa Valley. We took in several l‘rln‘eng}nr:l tgr fltha lesuuem “dgmfh nxt:- n: and_ Spi s, Saratoga Springs, ure] Dell and Blue Ifiu Yo V. A Eulcocx. The Qakland Y. M. C. A. Cycling Club will hold a reception this afternoon and evening at their rooms to wheelmen and their lady friends. An entertainment will form partof the evening’s pleasure. A big joint club run will be held to- morrow by the wheelmen of Santa Clara County to Sargents, some thirty miles south of Ban Jose. where they will be treated to a barbecue and feast as the guests of the Tribune Cyclers of Gilroy. The clubs that will attend in a body will be the Garden City Cyclers and the %oud 1 | and the temperature °"‘.’,{,{{ Club of San Jose, the Pajaro Valley Wheel- men of Watsonville lmi the Pilot Wheel- men of Santa Cruz. G - The members of the Liberty Cycling Club will start to-morrow morning at o'clock on & century run to San Jose and reté:r‘;n.l They wil{ meet at Bighteenth and Valencia streets. The Callfornta: Cycling Club will hold the third of a series of one-mile bandicap club races at the Central Park track to- mMOIToW morning at 9:30 o’clock. & BPALDING. —_—— HE’S OFF! This is the spot, where the shadows COOL Blacken the aepznsz'f;ne swirllnf pool, ‘And the forest resounds with the laughing call Of the silver tongue of the mimic all. Just where a great big trout would lie, On'with the bast-dressed ¢ deadiiest fiy— 850, 80, now for & lucky cast— Confound that branch, I'm fast! Ha! saw you not thatlightning glesm Where von moth but kissed the mw!‘:mlmy the flnttering game— e fin Beware the branch! Ah! try again. Hum, that's strange. Try farther down; Lllbave him this time, Il lay & crown. ssed him! You know there’s many 8 slip— Great Scott! there goes the Lip! Never mind, there’s another inside the butt; Now, drop lightly the dainty ut Just where lgu snowy mass of foam Swings in behind yon mossy stone. Hurrab! Ihave him! Careful, NOw— Egad, old chap, you're mine, I YoW, Just as sure as though book 0f fate Already held your length and weight. treacherous Avaunt! ye praters of city life, With your sickening toil and coaseless strife, And your doubttul pleasurcs that neverdare To match this fight in the healthful alr, TM; z;lndxeel’zo in the mnifl,’; Mhm- o And the triump of landing—Oh !——, he's off! 22 it JUNE Bua” W. THE ANGLER. Fly Casters Who Caught More Water Than Fish. Last Sunday’s rainstorm caught many anglers out of doors, and although a wet- ting was the rule and not the exception, there would have been comparatively few long faces among those who returned had the sport been at all good. The streams jumped a foot or more in volume, and with the unexpected flood of over twenty minutes before he was brought to the net.” Mr. Quay used the large Eng- lish Mayfl{. At the lagoon on the preserves of the Tamalpais gi?hoozing and Fishing Club Messrs, William Berg, Carey Friedlander and_Alick Hamilton caught over a hun- dred trout on Thursday. They ran for the most part small, but there were a few good fish among the Iot. This little pond is practically inexhaustible. Winter and summer, rain or shine, calm or windy it always yields fish. There is not a piece of water of its area in the State so constantly and persistently fished. Sundays, holi- days and week days, from two to a dozen fishermen are to be seen on its banks fly- fishing, bait-fishing, spoon-fishing, and still it defies the war of extermination, and there are actually more fish in it this sea- son than ever before. Then there is al- ways the pouibilitg of getting into a big fish, far among the bank of weeds in the center, and in the deep pool at the point where it runs into the ocean there are al- ways a few big fish lurking. 5 harley Fair has written to Henry Skin- ner announcing the capture of a salmon in the Santa Cruz Bay. This news will key up the appetites of_the salmon-fishers and the tackle-shops will bristle with ingeni- ous devices for the taking of the king of fish in sult water. The experienced hands smile at these elaborations. There is one good, simple way of trolling for salmon in the sea more effective than any awemgted improvements on this well-tried method. There is no royal road to the gills of this royal fish. He is a big, bluff, common- sense fellow and despises ail dudishness in the lures spread before him. “‘Give me,” says the salmon, “a good, plump sardine. Put him on the hook with & kink in him, so that he may spin appe- tizingly, don’t be stingy about your swivels and don’t drag him along too fast, and you can have me all the time, while the men in the other boats with their fancy spoons are wondering what can be the matter.” RIFLE AND PISTOL. Smashing Lead at Schuetzen Park Ranges To-Morrow. To-morrow the California Schuetzen and the Eintracht and Gruetli Schuetzen clubs | will hold their regular monthly medal shooting contests at the California Schuet- zen Club Park, San Rafael. A GOOD FISHING STREAM NEAR PORTERVILLE, TULARE COUNTY water came all kinds of refuse matter from the hills. Angling was purely out of ques- tion under existing conditions and those | who had journeyed a long distance from home had very good reason to kick at having caught more water than fish. The creeks have now assumed their cus- tomary June appearance, and unless some- thing is wrong in Denmark fly-fishing should be good to-day. Reports at hand from the headwaters of the Sacramento River are good, considering that the best fishing will not be had until the latter part of this month. On Thursday some nice trout were caught in the river near Sissons, some of which scaled two pounds. June and July should be the best months of the year for fly-fishing, and as the rivers and streams have been very high this year the sport should be good during the latter part of the season, as the trout will then have grown to a nice size. Commissioner Emeric is very anxious to get a supply of eggs of the brown trout, and with that object in view he has instructed the secretary of the Fish Commission to write to Captain Doherty of the Hoopa Valley Reservation. As previously stated in this paper Cap- tain Doherty has made a great success in raising the game trout from efia procured a few years ago from Captain McDonald of the United tes Fish Commission at ‘Washington. Mr. Henry Wickes of 207 Larkin street has made several trips into Trinity County and reports that the brown trout in some streams of the reservation are the genuine Bachforelle, or Von Behr trout, and are as game & fish as inhabits fresh water. ome people are of the opinion that the Loch Leven trout and brown trout are the same, and will show color alike after a few years’ company in lake or stream. This is a mistake, and although the antecedents of the Loch Leven trout are in doubt, they havea s_f)ecifio name of their own, L leven- ensis. They are found in Loch Leven, in Scotland. The first commissioners of this State re- ceived from Commissioner McDonald a number of the Loch Leven trout e about eighteen months ago, and %E: juvenile ch Levenites are now doing well in a small lake near Bissons hatchery. Havine the characteristics of the salmon it is very probable that if placed in streams which empty into salt water the Levenites would act like the native steelhead and take to the salt at a time when their resence is much desired in the fresh, The wn trout is unquestionably a fresh- water fish, and as aze CALL has stated time and again there will be no fishin worth mentfimin in coast streams until the pugilists of the sweet-water rivers of Europe are introduced. A fish that the poor people of some East- ern Btates are vory fond of is the alewife, and Commissioner Emeric is thinking of introducing it. Lagunitas Lake was well thrashed on Decoration day. But the wind was high which make a poor combination for fishing on this water. Mr. Williams of the Hibernia Bank got a few fish casting from the bank, but altogether the results were not satisfac- tg:{; The lake is too high yet to do com- fortable work from the east shore and the rocky points on the west do*not afford much area for extensive fishing. The rule, which is rapidly enforced, that no bait shall be used on’ this lake, is working ex- cellently. The panfishers have no use for a 1;)1.“ where they cannot work with shrimps or the still geadliar this pretty lake is reserved higher order of angling. r. Joseph Quay of the Country Club took a few land-locked salmon to the lakes of that preserve on Monday. The heaviest scaled four pounds, and are a plump ana active fish. Unlike most fish ywn in confined water he made a gallant fight of on roe, 80 one for the The twenty-first grand annual picnic and midsummer night festival of the Nord- deutscher Verein, which takes place on Sunday, June 9, promises to be a surpass- | ing event. In the shooting contest on the ring target there will be $88 in cash, divided into fifteen prizes. For most red flags, 24 or 25 rings, first prize $20, last rize $5. W. Milton Farrow, the old-time rifle shot of America, who won the King medal at the great Ameri New York in 1878, will compete at the great forthcoming festival in New York. He says that he will not take a back seat for any of the new champions. Milton Far- row competed here fifteen years ago at the fall shooting festival of “the California Schuetzen Club; he was beaten for shoot- ing king and first prize on the honorary target by P.Jacoby, and later in a fifty-shot match by A. Strecker. The Columbia Pistol Club enthusiasts continue to make scores that are the as- tonishment of Eastern marksmen. As told in the CALL some time ago their sin- gular proficiency is in a large measure due to the weapons invented by the shooters themselves or composed of rifle combina- tions, which give nzarly perfect results. Gordon Blanding got a queer pistol from France and makes remarkably high scores with it. Without going into its internal arrangement description is not possible, for there is nothing to be seen but a barre! and handle. Everything is covered ufi— bhammer, trigger and action—and all Mr. Blanding has to do is to touch a button. The works inside do the rest. H. R. Brown uses a magnificent weapon, which was ori inull{ a Smith & Wesson 44-caliber revofver, ut is now as nearly g;riect through remodeling as a pistol can Colonel 8. I. Kellogg, C. M. Daiss, Colonel Beaver, E. Hovey and J. E. Gor- man, all formidable marksmen, are the onlz) members who shoot with standard pistols, unaltered either in action or bar- rel. They have changed the handles, how- ever, to suit their individual tastes. H. R. Crane, who has made fifty-two bull’s-eyes in succession with his pistol at fifty yards, scores his successes with a Remington rifle action, to which is mggm— ously united ten inches of a 22-caliber Win- chester barrel. There is not such another ‘weapon as thisin existence. Howard Carr has taken a 44 revolver frame and added part of a rifle after re- mova the action, and by this means got a nearly perfect pistol, in which is com- bined two standard firearms. Shootin with this weapon he runs up scores whic! are at once the envy and surprise of pistol- club men away from home. 5 F. 0. Young's favorite is a Stevens’ gal- ll;ay glstol with the barrel cut off and a s substituted. He also shoots with a standard revolver, to which isadded on the top a 22-caliber rifle barrel 10 inches long, from which cartridges are exploded by an ingenious combination with the ham- mer. This gives him a double-barreled re- volver, an oddity in firearms. Among the best shots is Smith Carr, who holsu the highest score, 97 out of a sible 100. He uses a Smith & Wesson caliber with the action removed and a 22-caliber rifle barrel substituted. A. H, Pape. whose record is a source of surprise to Eastern cracks, uses a similar Weapon with ten inches of 2 Winchester b‘"ifldl, but there is nothing like it in the world. e o s COURSING. Dogs That Will Run To-Morrow at Ocean View Park. . The finish of the great interstate cours- ing meeting will assuredly draw a large crowd to Ocean View Park to-morrow. As will be seen by a reference to yesterday’s n Bundes Festival in | CaLL the best running dogs of this State will meet in the slips torace for the big prizes and it is safe to say that if the hares prove to be good runners some exception- ally fine sport will result. AYest of a few days will greatly assist the little short-tail natives of the plains to give their pursuers a merry chase over miles of ground and if the weather will but favor the sport a most enjoyable outing should result. The dogs that remain in the finish the second round will meet in the following order: Ruby vs. Ace of Spades, Mission Boiy vs. Stamboul, Dottie Dimple vs. Sk: ball, Pheasant Boy vs. Valley Queen, Meri- f)old vs. Tipix‘erury, Will o' the Wisp vs. ashaway, Flying Buck vs. Skyrocket, Plunger vs. Wee Lassie, Vida Shaw vs. Royal Fellow, Belmont vs. Jack Dempsey, Marvelous vs. Brophy, Little Banshee vs. Arnetta, White Rustic_vs. Graunawaile, Daisy Crest vs. Arnette, Fullerton vs. Elec- tric, Fearless vs. Royal Buck, Nellie Con- T0y vs. Springtime, Best Trump vs. Lady Fitzgerald, Kingston vs. Roll Alon, Some of the dogs that should %ye inat the finish are Flying Buck, Skyrocket, Wee Lassie, Jack Dempsey, Arnetta, Royal Buck, Nellie Conroy and Best Trump. The results will greatly degend, however, on the way in which the hares will con- duct themselves. In expectation of a large crowd the grand stand has been com- fortably arranged for the ladies. S o THE KENNEL. Annual Meeting and Election of the Pacific Club. The Pacific Kennel Club will have a meeting on Wednesday evening, at which time the annual election of officers will be held. Some very interesting discussions over dogs and dog shows will doubtless occur. There are some wonderful dogs now owned by members of the club, and it is said that some of the champion “quail- ers,” who have beer tramed to wide rang- ing, can more than place some of the crack anglers of the Fly-casting Club in the shade in making a long cast. It is said that the great Glenbeigh and Countess Noble are generally out of sight in this par- ticular. 5 A strange interpretation of the tariff laws came to light last week in the New York Custom-house. It was decided that game birds may be imported into this country free of duty, but eggs of game birds must pay a duty. The case devel- oped through & box of game birds’ eggs, which came by a recent steamer and were seized by the custom-house officers. The following letter from a prominent local sportsman is seli-explanatory : Sporting Editor Call: 1 wish to call the at- terition of the dog fraternity to the report in the American Field of the late San Francisco Bench Show. It seems sirange that & paper of the standing of the Field, which is acknowl- edged to be the leading sporting journal of America, and one that has always enjoyed the distinction for its square dealings with all, should employ a man in the capacity of a re- porter who would stoop to vent the personal spite he may have against an owner or the dogs he may own. Judging from the report he has several of this kind. He also must have a few friends or be interested in dogs in some manner, as be oceasionally speaks well of a dog. He also makes some comments on the action of the geeretary of the American Kennel Club. Of course, the A. K. C. or its secretary could not exist without his advice. When George Raper and James Mortimer reported the shows, a mean who had his dogs beaten had the conso- lation of reading theirreports, and knew where his dog was at fault and also knew it was written without prejudice. The English setter decisions seem to bother him considerable. I would suggest the reader to compare reports of Messrs. Raper and Morti- mer and the reports of the Oakland show with this one, where the same dogs competed. In regard to Irish water spaniels (my own dogs), he says: “Nellie, the winner in challenge class, was of good type and coat, while Handy Andy did not conform closely to the type.” Now I have had reliable information from judges stating the reverse; at any rate, if Nellie is the proper type I don’t care to breed dos according o the Fiela’s represeniative’s ideas of the Irish water spanicl standard. I am the possessor of four spaniels, and, admit- ting that they are not the very finest in the land, I do think that I have a better knowledge of this breed than the party or parties who re- poried the Pacific Keunel Club show for the American Field. J. H. Samai, — - THE OARSMEN. Where the Postponed Races WIll Be Held Sunday. The postponed regatta of the South End Rowing Club will take place on Sunday morning at 10 o’clock sharp, off Long Bridge. The course will be surveyed to- | day by a competent engineer, and will be the same distance as announced for the El Campo races, i. e., one and a half miles. The crew from Stockton will arrive in the City early Sunday morning. Their boat has been stored in the South End’s boathouse since Thursday. The various crews have continued their training, and are in excellent condition, and are more determined than ever to win the bandsome trophy. The same oflicials who have charge of the regatta at El Campo will act on Sun- day. The first race will be the junior, for which are entered the Olympics, Acmes, St. Marys, Ariels, Pioneers, Dolphins and South Ends. : The second race will be the senior, and [ it will be closely contested by the Stock- tons, Dolphins, Pioneers, Ariels, Olympics and South Ends. p The course will be laid out as follows: Crews will start off Long Bridge at an im- aginary line extended out toward Mission Rock from the Pioneer and Ariel boat- houses, thence down the bay toward the Union Irons Works on a straight line to stake buoys, distant three-quartersof a mile; then a turn around buoys and_fol- lowing the same lines up the bay straight- away home to starting point. The race from start to finish may be viewed off Lon§ Bridge or_Oattle dock, or from any craft Iying outside of the course. In order to reach the scene of the regatta spectators will have to take the Third- street cars and transfer to the Potrero branch, alighting from the cars shortly after croseing the Channel-street bridge. There will be no charge whatever im- posed upon those desiring to witness the Tace. THE RING. Anthony and Hawkins May Fight at Colma in July. The Colma Athletic Club managers are now figuring on a match between James Anthony, a very clever Australian bantam, and Del Hawkins, a local feather-weight, for the next entertainment. Hawkins is a clever boxer who has been seen milling in this City on several occasions. Should a match be consummated between him and the invader the latter will have to concede to }ins opponent at least ten pounds in wex;htawhmh,-s every boxer is aware, is a big advantage, and more especially in a limited contest. Anthon: 1s, however, satisfied to meet Hawkins, provided the latter will agree to enter the ring at 122 ounds, and at those fi_gureg he thinks that the sporting fraternity will see a match worth witness- ing. As Hawkins has fought at the above-named weight it is thought that he 'glll'not enter any objection to the Austra- lian’s demand so far as their respective fighting weights are concerned. Authony will fifin at about 113 pounas, and judging from the few short and spirited bouts he bas had with local men since his arrival, Hawkins will not have all the fun to him- self in a twenty-round race. As King is by no means satisfied with the result of his recent contest with Peppers, the club nay possibly extend them another oppor- tunity to engage in a ten-round bout as a reliminary “to the event of the evening. hey should be able to settle the question of superiority for all time in that number of rounds. el Handball Games. The following games of handball are booked for the San Francisco court to- morrow: W. Darius and P. Barry to play J. Brown and G. Ward; C. McKinnon and D. Connolly topla P. Barrett and C. Butterfield; P. Ryan and J, Rodgers to play M. McNeil and J." Morris; J. Shakey and J. Brannick to play J. Vogelsang and W. Fuller; M. J. Kilgallon, the Denver champion, and J. McEvelley to play J. Harlow, the coast champion, and J. Kearney; J. Jones, the Australian champion, to play J. Lawless 404 G. Hutchinson, the best three out of five, aces. AT SAN JOSE SPORTING. News for the Fish Commlissioners. Rifle Shooters. SAN JOSE, Car., May 31.—The streams of Santa Clara County, like most of the bay or coast streams that are within a half- day’s reach of San Francisco, have been largely depleted of trout during the last five years from the following causes: In- discriminate fishing by persons residing near the streams, regardless of the close season; the use, although this is com- paratively rare, of seines and dynamite; neglect to provide fish ladders, and finally, the pernicious, inhumane and unsports- manlike practice of basketing fingerlings. In fact, the last cause alone is sufficient to account for the scarcity of trout in streams thata few years ago afforded the rarest sport to those genuine anglers who have never been guilty of killing a trout that measured under six inches, The fish law has always been, and even now is, lamentably weak exactly where it should be strongest. It is of fittle avail for the State to expend money propagating trout and stocking streams as long as neither the law nor a manly sentiment among so-called anglers can be depended upon to act as a deterrent, or to altogether prevent_the shameful slaughter of baby trout. Were this practice abated, the streams would stock themselves from season to season and pound trout would no longer be uncommon, Still, there will be good angling in a few of the Santa Clara County streams this summer for those who know the streams and understand the delicate art of casting afly. The universal rainfall and the late- ness of the season have conspired to produce more and larger fish, and as yet the trout season has scarcely begun. 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