The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 20, 1895, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1895. Bo far as the sporting swim is concerned, the result of the past week’s deer-shooting E adventures is the latest news of interest. | The general law forbids the sale of deer, | and as a consequence the lovers of choice | venison-chops must cither goin questof | their own game or rely upon friends who | are not too lazy to hunt to furnish them | with fancy roasts, Sportsthen who have | returned from the hills report a scarcity of | male deer, although does and fawns are | said to be quite plentiful, | } The wheelmen have arranged for sev- | eral meetings, the particularsof which will | be found in the cycling department of the | ing niche. | s are enjoying excellent sport and | especially the ones who can afford the | time to troll for salmon in Monterey and Santa Cruz bays or whip the streams of the Sierras for the game steelheads and flounders. The leashmen who delight to witness a well-contested course between the fastest of the canine race are having considerable sport in the parks, Marksmen whose greatest pleasure is pumping lead at targets are making ex- ve preparations to receive the vic- Californians, whose return from Eastern festivals is expected Saturday. The oarsmen, trap-shooters, athletes, | boxers and handball players are also en- 1g themselves in a quiet way. R e i THE WHEELMEN. Many Runs and Road Races Sched- uled for To-Morrow. CLUB EVENTS TO-MORROW. ifornia cling Club—Blind run ty. Eintracht Cyclers—Road Race at San Mateo. Goldea City Wheelmen—Run to Palo Alto. Golden Gate Cycling Club—Run to Hay- wards. Liberty Oycling Club—Run to Crystal Springs. Outing Road Club—Run to San Mateo. Pacific Cyeling Club—Run to Woodside. Reliance Club Wheelmen—Races at Oakland Trotting Park. Royal Cycling Club—Road race at San Mateo. San Francisco Road Club—Rozd race at an Mateo. B There are four road races and a number of club runs on the cards for to-morrow, s0 that the wheelmen will be on the move all day. The racers always chose the straightaway stretch of road from 8an Mateo to San Carlos when competing in five-mile races, and there will be four run off there to-morrow, by the Eintracht Cyclers, the Royal Cycling Club, the San Francisco Road Ciub, and the last by the employes of various establishments at Butchertown who have the cycling fever. With the departure of Charles 8. Wells for the East, where he will compete on a National circuit with the crackerjacks, the coast loses for the time being one of the fastest class B men we have ever had here. Since Bald, Ziegler and the other fiyers went East about the 1st of May, Wells has had things his own way, there being no one here who could give him half a race. He lowered the colors of the much-talked- about Allan Jones with ease,and even ‘Walter Foster was afraid to race against him, Wells had developed such marvelous speed. He has many friends on the coast, who all wish him tbe greatest success on his Eastern trip. In an evasively worded article the Pacific Cyclist attempts to answer THE CaLL's statement that Allan Jones and Clarence Davis did not join the Olympic Club ‘Wheelmen of their own volition. “Itclaims to produce sworn statements of these men that *‘not a single member of the Olympic Club has eyer approached them in regard to joining that organization.’” But on reading the ‘‘statements’’ (of which there is only one, by the way), I fail to find the sentence quoted, and still stand by my previous assertions. Robbed of its un- grammatical verbiage, there is nothing whatever in the Cyclist’s article, and space is too valuable in this gager to waste it answering such trash. C. B. Wells, H. F. Terrill and W. A. Terrill are still ready, if called \:gon, to swear that they were ap- roached by members of the Olympic Club Wheelmen and urged to desert their own club. Frank M. Byrne of the Imperials Floyd McFarland of the San Jose Roat Club and 8. B. Vincent of the Bay City Wheelmer were also solicited to wear the ‘“flying O.”" Foster, Ziegler, Jones and Davis fell prey to the importunities of the Olympics, but the others named had more loyalty for their clubs and would not de- | sert the colors they were protd of. __ A prominent wheelman of this City puts it thusly: “Supposing the Olympics do se- cure all the best racing talent it will kill the sport on this coast. But with the dif- ferent clubs each baving fast men whom they work hard over and cheer on to the vic- tory there is still some excitement and riv- alry left. Of course we know the Olympics have pever developed any min§ men of their own, but is that any excuse for them to try and get them away from other clubs? ‘Why, only last Sunday Captain Thornton called a run to Mill Valley—a nics, short, easy jaunt with the prospect of an excel- lent lunch at the end. Outof a member- ship of over 250 but seven or eight attended. On the run to Santa Cruz, June 14, there were but three members with the captain oing over on the boat. The question is, here were all the others?” With the many advantages offered the Olympio Club Wheelmen should be the leading. cyclini club on the coast. President Charles Albert Adams, Cap- tain J. J. B, Argenti, Byron D. Bent and H. C. Owens, of the Camera Club Cyeclists, have teturned from their tour through Lake County. These gentlemen made the trip not only with a desire for the present enjoyment, but with a view of ultimately presenting 8 narrative of the trip to the | “The Bicycle and the Law.” ' A. L. Brower, 7~ LN = 20 O 4 Ln members of the Oalifornia Camera Club in the form of an illustrated lecture, and the notes made by them are so copious that not only will they prove of interest to the members of the club when elaborated and illustrated with the many views secured, but are of especial value to wheelmen who may contemplate a two weeks’ tour on the wheel, In addition to the usual baggage carried by wheelmen upon such a tour, each mem- ber of the party carried in knapsack fash- ion strapped over the shoulders a compact camera. As they are experts in its use, it is needless to say that the many views they secured are perfect and will prove of great interest when the iliustrated lecture is de- livered before the Camera Club. The total time consumed in making the trip was fourteen daysand the total ex- pense to each member of the party (includ- ing railway fares) was $25 40, President Adams read an exceedingly in- teresting paper before the Camera Glub Cyelists last Thursday evening, entitled The rights of wheelmen were thoroughly discussed and | the listeners were advised of many points A. E. Barr, treasurer; A, G. Bennett Jr., captain; Asher Naramore, first lieutenant; William Tiffany, second lieutenant; Carrie Brower, bugler. The club colors are pale blue and old rose. The club has some fast road riders among its members. In the thirty - mile race with the Association Cyclers recently Captain Bennett rode five miles unpaced in 13:08 4-5. The OQuting Road Club has a run called for to-morrow to San Mateo and San Car- los to witness the five-mile scratch road race of the San Francisco Road Club. A number of other clubs wili also ride down and there will be a swarm of unattached riders. The Golaen Gate Cycling Club are now occupying their new quarters in Mission Parlor Hall. After the first meeting the other evening, an impromptu house- warming was enjoyed. Refreshments were given, and music, vocal and instru- mental, served to make the evening pass pleasantly. To-morrow the club has a run to Haywards, leaving on the 8 A. M. boat. The San Francisco Road Club will hold a five-mile scratch road race to-morrow over the San Carlos course at 2 P. M. | regarding the law of the road with which | The entries were published in last Satur- GEORGE A. NISSEN OF THE ACME CLUB WHEELMEN. they were not familiar. At the conclusion of the reading Mr. Adams was loudly ap- planded. T{m following, just received, explains itself: H. W. Spalding. the Cycling Editor 0! the Call— DEAR SrR: On leaving the ferry July 3, we were approached by a member of the Imperial Cyecling Ciub and informed that we were mis- appropriating colors belonging to themy viz: Royal purple sweater and royal purple racing suit with gold triangle. We beg to state that these have been our colors for the past three years, before the Im- perial Cycling Club was thought of being organized, and were worn by Charles F, Lem- mon and C. C. Gilbert, our crack class A racing men at that time. These are our representa- tive colors and are known up and Pacific Coast uch, have been on & score of racetracks and will be, for years to come, the insignia_by which the racing of the Oakiand Young Men's Christian Association Cyeling Club will be known. These colors will be worn gy (:xur t?n n%!u men who wilsl appear at the arden City Cyclers' meet at San Jose on Se tember 9. > G Trusting that this will satisfy our Imperial friends and others of the cycling worlrlre- main, sincerely yours, E. C. BROWY, Secretary Oakland Y. M. C, A, C. C. The association will hold a series of three five-mile road races on August 2, 16 and 30. Also a half-mile handicap and quarter- mile dash at Oakland Trotting Park Fri- day evening, July 26. A racing team of ten men has been organized under the management of Frederick Brock and E. C. Brown. B. H. Elford, formerly of the Acmes, has joined the Association Cyclers. The racing board has issued its bulletin, No. 19, dated July 18, 1895, as follows: Sanction granted, Im; ub, San Franciseo, October 77 el Giles Clab) For competing in an unsanctioned race at Sacramento, July 7, after being warned, Jacob Hirsch, J. Tremoureux, William Budle, W. A. Hubert, J. Franconettl, B. J. Millney, M. L. Perkins and — Elkus, all of Sacramento, are suspended aatil January 1, 1896. Riders who attempt to compete while under suspension are subject to further suspension. Riders who knowingly compete with sus- peuded men, and race promoters who permit such men to compete, are punished respectively by suspension and withdrawal of sanction privileges. R. M. WELCH, Representative National Recing Board. The L\herty Cycling Club is about to form a ladies’ annex. The club will have a theater party to the Tivoli next Monday evening, and 8 hop at the clubrooms July 25. C. Meyer, O. St. Denis, C. Armbruster, N. A. Robinson and W. E'.. Bouton bave chnrie of the latter function. The club will hold a run to Crystal Springs to- morrow, which is a very pretty ride. There was no intention on the part of the Elite Cgclers of Ban Jose to copy the emblem of the Bay City Wheelmen, a maltese cross. The Elite Cyclers belong lown the to the Epworth and as the maitese cross is the insignia of the lufine they adopted 1t, C.” on fnn\ng the letters * the cross. 1t is also of somewhat different shape from the B. C. W. cross. The Elite Cyclers are progressing finely. They now have a membership of forty-six, ladies and gentlemen. The officers are: resident; Frankie Rider, ', Secretary; vice-president; Lillie Koerber, | | | | day’s CALL. Captain L. L. Korn has called a run to witness the event; members are to assemble at the clubrocms at 8 A. M. There will be seven prizes given in all, and a hotly contested race is assured. Misses Rose and Frances Zeile and Jeanette Clabrough. aceompanied by George Zeile and George Edelman of the Golden City Wheelmen, made a very fast ride to Berkeley last Friday eveming. The young ladies are very fine riders. (And so are the voung men, lor that matter.) Captain George H. Strong of the Reli- ance Club Wheelmen and daughter have returned from their wheeling trip through Lake County. They started about the first of July, which accounts for Captain Strong’s absence from the league meet at San Jose on the Fourth. As it wasthe firstone he had ever missed, much anxiet; was expressed at the time lest he be lll Emiculnrly by the members of the Ladies’ yeling Clab, with whom “Pop” Btrong is very popular. This afternoon at 3 o’clock the races of the S8an Francisco Young Men’s Christian Association Cycling Club will be run at the Central Park track. The entries and handicaps were published exclusively in yesterday’'s CALL. George A. Nissen, whose pieture is pre- sented this week, is a class B racer of con- siderable note on this coast and a member of the Acme Club Wheelmen of Oskland. He is_a team mate of W, A. Burke and Casey M. Castleman on the popular March team. Nissen has won many hotly con- tested finishes at various times in the past two years, and is ranked very high as a rider both on the track and road. The Reliznce Club Wheeimen will hold a series of club races at the Oakland Trot- ting Park track to-morrow morning at 11 o’clock for the rmpou of developing new racing material. Next to the league meet on_the Fourth, the prmc;gal event in July will be the ten- mile handicap road race of the Acme Club ‘Wheelmen over the Fruitvale-Haywards course, Sunday, July 28. It has been some time now since a road race was held over this straightaway stretch. The riders de- cided the course from Ban Mateo to San Carlos was a good five-mile ride, so they took to that distance for road raci But the Acmes are believers in long-distance races as the true test of a man’s ability as road rider, and next Sunday’s race is but one of many of these events which the rppulnr Oakland club holds from time to ime during the year. In the coming race Burke, Nissen and Castleman, the March team, men, will start from scratch. This of it- self looks bad for the ten-mile record if the roads . Then there will be Kitchen, n Court, Schleuter, Neece, Mott, Hardie and a score of other fast men with small time limits, who will make the pace hot for the scratch men. Altogether it promises to be one of the most exciting races of the year, and the various clli‘l;:‘wfll all call runs to witness it. . Bndyu Cyeling Club will hold a five- mile handicap road race from S8an Mateo to San Carlos to-morrow at 2 P. M. The en- trants and bandicaps are as follows: Jo- all Acie | peanti, seph Lubin, 2 min.; Manuel Lafee, 2 min. ; Alfred Meyer, 2 mh'z.; George Rosenberg, 2min.; Alva Posner, 13 min.; M. Harri- son, 13¢ min. ; Jules Getz, 134 min.; Julius Posner, 1 min.; R, Fogel, 1 min.; J. 8. Klein, "1 min.; A, W. Frost, 30 sec.; M. Friedman, 30 sec.; I. Silverstein, 30 sec.; H. Sternberg, scratch, There are a dozen prizes offered for time and place and the race will be close at the finish. Sternberg looks to be the most likely candidate for time prize, although some of the others m,}y make him work hard for it. he San Francisco Bicycle Track Asso- ciation’ met last Thursday evening at the Olympic Club. Officers for the ensuin term were elected as follows: Judge F. H. Kerrigan, president; E. C. Douglass, vice- president; Joseph Sims, secretary; J. W. Mullen, treasurer, Some routine business was_transacted, and the proposition of holding a race meet was discussed. The association will meet again on August 9, at the Young Men's Christian Association. The Cnfifornin Cycling Club will be led on a blind run round the City to-morrow by Captain Burk, leaving the clubhouse at 9'A. M. The proposed run to Napa is post- oned. i The Golden City Wheelmen will have a run to-morrow to Palo Alto, where the members will be entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Howse. An enjoyable run is antici- pated. Last Sunday two members of the club, D. Wessenberg and 8. Domeniconi, made a century around the bay. : The Y. M. C. A. Cycling Club of this City will hold a five-mile road race in August. Many of the members are now away enjoying vacation. Samuel Mec- Knight is at Vallejo, William Ede is tour- ing the northern part of the State, J. A. Kuykendall is in Los Angeles, as is also A. P. Chipron, who thinks of locating there. Cn{-uflu Joseph Sims is camping in Mill Valley. The association will send a team of three riders to Los Angeles to compete in the championship races at the State meet of the Y. M. C. A. There is a proposition on foot to estab- lish a sort o? count yeling clubhouse somewhere in the vicinity of San Mateo, together with fine grounds and a fast three-lap cement track. The required capital has been secured, and if it is properly managed the scheme skould prove very profitable and a_great boom for cycling. The location talked of is this side of San Mateo, and the project will be backed with sufficient capital to insure everything being first class. The pro- moters are not yet ready to give full par- ticulars, but they will appear through TrE Cary’s columns shortly. g The Eintracht Cyclers have a five-mile road race scheduled for to-morrow over the S8an Mateo course shortly after 2 . M. The Pacific Cycling Club will hold a run to Woodside to-morrow, starting from Twenty-first and Valencia streets at 7 A. M. SpaLpiNG. How Blcycles Wiil Modify Fashions. If the women who wheel did but know it they would undoubtedly be influenced by the fact, patent to all men, that all the compromise garments for bicycle wear are hideous, says the editor of the Philistine. There is no beauty in and of any of them. The more cut off they are the worse. There isonly one element of grace about drapery, and that is in its flowing lines. The cut-off Russian blouses are no lovelier than a high hat or a hydrant cover. By and by, when Philistine good sense shall have won dominien over the ladies who bike, it will be discovered by them that there is no essential impurity in dress. The woman who does masculine things should wear masculine covaring. Vhy not? Isit tobe assumed that the peda! branches of the human form divine are by any natural law snder the ban? Or is it custom that makes the diiference? If so, it will be deemed indecent one of these days to drape the arms now hidden in bnfloons, in the tight sleeves of our elder sisters. It may be guessed at a venture, there being no authority except that nebulous tyranny that controls all matters of femi. nine custom, that the difficulty would be met in some measure if the fair wheelers did not have to get off themachine 1n pub- lic view. Even a man isapt to be embar- rassed when he walks the pavement with | a clamp around his nether drapery, both looking and feeling as if he had been | through burdocks and come away loaded. 1t is of easy recollection how one feels on the broad walk with clinging garments that weze all right in the water a moment 0. 8Phe ladies might be willing to wear knickerbockers—and they ought to be told that in nothing else would they look so well—if by some contrivance a fall of drapery sheltered the too-freely evidenced pedestals of beauty when off the wheel. %tht Felix will invent such a curtain and a way of keeping it out of the way when not wanted? Here is an opening for gen- ius—and a beneficent one, for by such de- vices is civilization advanced. On what ought to be very good authority I am told that if the women who wheel adopt knickerbockers there will be more care of the female infants of the next gene- ration. Some of the ladies who most strongly object to the advanced and ad- vancing style are said to have good reason: in the matter of physical conformation. know parenis who are very careful not to let their boy babies stand alone too early fearing bowlegs. Perhaps the parents of the future will be equally careful about girls, in view of the changing fashion in nether drapery. Gotha THE ANGLER. Latest News From Lake and Stream. ‘The Black Bass Parasite. Although tolerably good sport has been enjoyed by anglers who have visited the streams of the far-famed Sierras during the month the cream of trout fishing in the big mountain rivers has not yet been skimmed. It must be remembered that the rivers which course through the deep and picturesque canyons of the snow- cap) Sierras have been exceptionally high this year, and as n_eonaengz:nca the best of trout fishing remains to be enjoyed in the months of August and September, when the streams will have assumcd their customary summer appearance. Angler? who have gained knowlsdsa through experience are well aware of this fact, and mauny vacations have been pro- longed by men whose aim is to be in the right place at the right time. ‘hose of the fraternity of trout catchers who prefer the slow and lazy method of angling from a boat should, by all means, repair to the lakes as qnickfy as Eosuible, for just as soon as the warm weacher sets in the finny inhabitants of the lakes drop down to the cool depths, where they feed upon small fish and sunken larve. Dur- ing the months of September and October, when a change in the weather and atmos- phere occurs, the trout again make their appearance near the surface of the lakes and then some first-class fly fishing can be relied upon. Stream whi pplnf is, bow- ever, always best between the latter part of July and the middle of September. The following decidedly interesting and cleverly written article on angling litera- ture by Charles-F. Johnson appeared in the American Field. It is well worth close perusal: The gentle eraft 1s not unlike the Masonic, in that each its neophytes and grand masters. He who fishes is but & neoghytc, whereas he who aneles to him alone do I concede the title of d master. Angling! ’Tisa simple word of but seven letters, yet replete with an old- fashioned sweetness of sound and refreshing quaintness, ever suggestive of delightful mem- ories and Plnnm forthcomings. Fishing! How harsh it mouths and mani- fold its meaning. The small boy, the poacher, the netter and the pot-hunter fish—they do mA‘l:lnlfll.‘ is th hest culture of fishi: o shing. 'rheculm'n of an artis its literature. To th'e literature of ang! we are indebted for its es. To the individual who oumlunms visits some small trout stream densely h around with brush and foliage, teeming with countless numbers of small trout who yield themselves easy captives to his primitive tackle and unskillful method in its use, the literature of angling is incomprehensible. In what light can the teachings of ap- pear to those whose tackle consists of & short Ppole, a piece of thick line, 8 big, clumsy hook and a worm, who with these mufil’;' imple- menis (heaven forbid they should ed tackle) unceremoniously yank a lusty trout hmni:xqwn, favoring him with no more grace concern.than thatwhich his esting calls forth? But your true aneler! His greatest delight s so-called fished-out stream, because there he gan_ both display his skill and induige his harmless vanity by showing to his less ad- vanced brethren how futile are the self-pre- servatory instinctsof the most cunning old fish against his skill and methods. There in the secure fastness of you big bowlder lies his %\nrry, a biflmnning 0old trout, ever and anon etraying his presence by a slight dimpling of the surface as he rises and picks down’ an occasional straggler from the bunch of blue duns hovering over his quarters, cne of whicn bas been so Incautious as to rest for a brief in- stant upon the surface. How carefully the angler studies the situation before commencing the attack! He is in a bad position; upstreamn and above his intended prize. From this point he knows he cannot venture; the fish wiil see lgmhund his line will cut the water when g. He makes a wide detour, taking his position lower down stream, about thirty yards below the uuulpeeunr fieh, Now mark his fly, the variest midge; his :::g:r, the finest gossamer; hisline, the finest In & crouching attitude he commences, elon- gating his cast foot by foot, yet never allowing his fly to touch the water, proceeding in this manner until his fly promises to drop about three feet ahead of the center of the ring caused by the last rise of the fish. At this in- stant, but without pausing, his utmost skill is concentrated on the cast which shall carry the mfl: specimen of feathered entomology upon rrand. There! the fly flutters down to the surface. Tt'was aimod high above the weter, purposely, t0 allow the master-hand which governed it to Elwe it upon tho water with that coquettish, esitatory lightness which its living proto- tgpea betray when alighting. Quicker than thought the stream has carried the fly onward a trifling space, There is the tiniest ripple at one end of the line, an almost impercegub!e twitch of the angler's wrist at the other, & silvery form flashes above the surface and Ais- appears. He is hooked, and now if the hook only holds fast’tis but a question of time be- fore one of the craftiest old trout in the stream will bid an everlasting farewell to his old quarters, A copy of the first edition of Walton’s “Complete Angler” sold for $1335 recently. The book was printed in 1653, and the sec- ond edition, printed two years later, brought $210. Cards announcing that an_ “angler’s housewarming will be given this evening at San Bruno” are attracting much atten- tion. The rules that will govern the fes- tivities read that only anglers in full dress costume, including gumboou and fishing coat, will be allowed on the dancing floor. Trout-fishing in San Andreas Lake has improved within the week: Two anglers who trolled on the lake last Tuesday caught twenty-three nice trout. Some of the fishes caught were found to contain a parasite something like a tapeworm. It will be remembered that the same para- site killed off thousands of sticklebacks last year. The black bass are similarly affiicted. Fish Commissioner Emeric is of the opinion that the water company would act wisely if it cleaned the lake of all its para- sitic fishes and restocked it with cutthroat and brown trout. The last-numed fish will soon become an addition to the fresh- water fishes of this coast, as the Commis- sioners have been promised a large con- signment of eggs for next season from the | United States Fish Commissioners. Al Cumming Las returned from the mountains. He reports having had some splendid_fishing in Truckee River and Independence Lake. J. Tilley, a noted angler who is both deaf and dumb, left last Monday for a ten days’ outing at Boca. —_—— GUN AND RIFLE. Why Venlson Is Sold In Restaurants. A Law That Is Not Enforced. Sportsmen who returned from a short outing in the country report that owing to the excessive beat of the past week deer- hunting was completely out of guestion. A few hours in the morning and evening, before sunrise and after sunset, had to be taken advantage of for hill-tramping after big game. Sportsmen who had the privilege of shooting on lands that margin the coast had the good fortune of seeing quite a number of deer and enjoying the cool breezes from the ocean. The Country Club members are said to have done very well, considering that there are but few among those who hunt who can handle a rifle with any degree of accuracy. It is fortunate, however, that the Coun- try Club has among its employes a few keepers who are excellent ritle shots, and they know where to place their hands on a “monarch” whenever venison steaks are wanted. ‘Although half a dozen or more members of the ’Fflmalpais Club have been scoyring the hills west of Sausalito since Monday for “bucks” no horns of any kind, not even those of the William goat, have put in an appearance on this side of the bay. Itisthe generalimpression that con- aigeruble buck fever is paramount this year among the deer members of the amalpais and Country clubs. E. Ladd exhibited in his store on Third street the first male deer that arrived in this City last Monday. It was killed near Novato by Donald McRae, who is known among_the discip of Walton as the champion fly-caster of the San Andreas Lake. Although' game dealers and hnnters are supposed to be well acquainted with the game laws there are, nevertheless, some men among the number who buy and sell game whose memory on a point of law overning this question is in need of a lit- g]e shaking up. The Fish and Game Com- missioners and the Game Warden of this county are evidently derelictin their duty, as venison steaks can be easily had for the asking in many of the eaciné-'honse!. Yet there is a law which says that deer meat must not be sold at any time. Bection 626 of the game law reads: Every person who in the State of California shall atany time buy, sell or offer for sale the bide or meat of any deer, antelope or moun- tain sheep, whether faken or killed in the State of California or lhiHed into the State from any other State or Territory (provided that nothing_in this section shall be held to apply to the hide of any of raid animals taken or killed in Alaska or any foreign country) shall be gulity of a misdemeanor. As the law relating to the sale and pur- chase of deer meat now reads, any person who feels like smacking his lips over a nice venison steak must either go into the country and bag bis own game or rely upon friends who are not too lazy to hunt to furnish him with a little venison. But unfortunately for the deer family there ap- pears to be no one in_ this City who will see that the law is observed. The Fish Commissioners contend that they have their hands full in looking after the fish hatcheries, and that it is the County Game ‘Warden’s duty to look after the game side of the question. However, any person who desires a venison steak will not find it a bard to unearth a restaurant where a game chop can be always had, although the word venison may not ap- pear on the bill of fare. Clay-bird shooting is rapidly becoming very popular in this State, and inanimate target events are of daily occurrence wher- ever sportsmen’s clubs exist. In England the manner of -hoounfi at the clays is somewhat different to the American sys- tem. A very interesting letter from an American sportsman who is now enjoying hiimsell on th‘ad othefr h-ide Eo! t’hsh water gives a good idea of how English tra shooters _conduct their chnmploxuhfi; events, He says: Inanimate target shooting bas not been a recognized sport in Great Britain until within the last few years, but so rapidly has it grown in favor that it now ranks among the popular fnfimu of the land where outdoor sports are oved, respected and encouraged. Clubs have been organized everywhere to advance this form of shooting, and omce a year a great championship meeting takes place, where loy- ers of the gun gather to determine their su- peflofltlin this art. It has been m{ 0od for- tune to have attended this, their third annual chunglmum meeting, wi 100k place on June 8, 7 and 8, at Wembley Park, Middlesex, astation some twenty minutes by rail from London. During this meeting about eighty competi- tors took part, and out of this number perhaps a dozen were & prizes, Last year seven Americans took part, but none were s in obtaining & prize. This year one Ameri- can contested and won for his country its first prize at this national meeting. Of the gentle- United States who shot here last year several of them enjoy national reputations &t home, and it may be.of interest to traj shooters in America to know why they fail The conditions are very different from ours. Here they use both barrels. will strike the American target-shooter unfa- vorably, as it did me, but after becoming used 1o it came to the conclusion that it was the best his i srrangement, 88 1f trains ome to use the T‘I‘lg.lmlnu, in gun more as he would when live-pigeon of geme shooting. One learns to use the first barrel quicker and to use both more rapidly, and in more perfect harmony. The traps, which are ranged in_ten pairs, each pair five yards apart, are hard throwers, remarkably so, and the target is tough and not easily broken. The traps are pulled by “’%?:’ one puller pulling five sets of traps. The Taunton trap is the most perfect one [ have yet #een, seldom breaks a bird, but throws them with wonder- ful strength and accuracy, generally at known angles. Itisthis combination of strong trap and tough bird which makes the shooting so difficult. In appearance both traps and tar- gets are similar to ours. The nPi -fire system is also in vogue. The traps are hidden by small screens, numbered from 1 to 10. After the traps have been pulled from first to last, ten boys, neatly dressed in white and red duck coats, run out and load the traps; then when each trap has been filled, upon a given signal they all run back, maintaining as perfect a line as_a military company. The shooting is refereed and scored excellently as squad after squad is called out. I cannot recall a single instance of mistake during the three days’ shooting. George P. Schaefer, secretary-treasurer of the California Inanimate Target Associ- ation, has forwarded to every club of sportsmen in this State a copy of the con- stitution of theassociation. Arrangements are now being made for the initial tourna- ment, which will be held in all probability at the Oakland Trotting Park on October 6and 7. Z The following letter from John A. Car- roll, who is at present rusticating at Sea View in Sonoma County, will interest sportsmen and anglers who are figuring on some resort where good shooting and fish- ing may be had: SEA VIEW, July 16. If you are a lover of nature and delight in the sport of !hooting and fishing by all means visit Bea View and hunt up James Henry, who will see that your every want is attended to. Now, then, for big game. Upin the morning at daybreak, we arein pursuit of venison. Walking a short distance to a canyon, the hound is released, and pres- ently we arg greeted with & sound which, to the ear of & sportsman, 18 sweeter by far than the melody which arises from any musical in- strument, even though it be in the hands of a Paderewski or a Ysaye, viz., the bay of the hound. It is now that the heart of the hunter beats with expectancy, and presently out of the brush springs the noble buck. There is & report, and a bullet, speeding swiftly through the air, strikes a fata) spot and our first big game i grassed. This experience can be re- Peated at will on any morning, so numerous are the deer in this vicinity. Tiring of this sport, for the true sportsman will not destroy game for;lenure merely, we grasp our fishing rods and proceed down the mountain half a mile and are at the banks of the south fork of the Gualala River, ‘We cast our fly, there is a rise, a splash and we are rewarded with as fine a trout asisar- dinarily killed In any of our coast streams. This is fepeated at irtervals,and in a short time we are wend!ng our way home h our creel comfortably filled. The G t this point, is about forty feet wide and (he Water is 8§ clear as crystal. It meanders to the sea, covering a distance ot seyen miles, through which the angler can fish at will without fear of becoming entangled in the brush. At pres- ent we find the black gnat and the royal coach- man the best flies to the trout. The_ scenery at this place is unsurpassed, both maritime and landscape. I would advise the sportsman who can spare the time to visit this locality, and I can assure him that he will return with no other feeling than one of in- tense satisfaction. There are stopping hers at present Judge Crawford and Hon. A. D. Laughlin of Santa Rosa, Justice Groezinger of San Francisco and others. JORN A. CARROLL. On last Wednesday TEE CALL published an article explanatory of the county ordi- nances that do not conflict with the State ame laws. According to the general game aw all ordinances thatd) not conflict with it are §till in force, consequently the deer- shooting season will commence on July 20 and endon September 2in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. In Los Angeles, Marin, Monterey, San Mateo, Shasta and Ventura counties the season is from July 15 to September1; Sonoma, July 25 to Sep- tember 4; Napa, July 28 to September 5; Lake, August1 to October 1; Colusa, Glenn and Orange, from August 15 to October 1; Amador and San Joaquin, from September 1 to October 1; San Benito, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz, from August 1 to Septem- ber 15. Hotei RING AND GLOVE. Smith and the Champlon of the Navy Are In Strict Tfaining. The Colma Athletic Club will give the third of its séries of scientific boxing bouts on Thursday, July 25, and this one prom- ises to be the best entertainment ever given in that popular arena. Besides the twenty- attract the atiention of Tom SharKey, Champion of the Navy. round match between J. V. Sharkey, the champion of Uncle Sam’s navy, and Billy Smith, the hurricane fighter from Austra- lia, there will be a ten-round go and two four-round contests between local aspirants for fistic honors. The star attraction of the evening will be the battle between Sharkey and Smith. Both men are known to be hurricane fight- ers of the bulldog variety, and what they mayv lack 1n science will be supplied in stiff punching. The men have hosts of with the result that two their patronage, B %o this City on excuniontbt;au b:ml be the day of the e. 3 T, V. Sharkey, the pride of the navy, 13 the champion of both- the American and English navies and is the hero of many a fistic battle. He has fought in evgrg country, but his principal battle was wit J. Gardner, whom he defeated in three rounds, thus entitling him to_ the cham- pionship of the navies. He is a fighter after the Joe Goddard_style, very aggres- sive and with the tenacity of a bulldog. Sharkey weighs 175 pounds. He measures 47 inches around the chest, with a neck 22 inches in circumference. Hg 18 training faithfully for the fight and will appear in the ring 1n the pink of condition. “Billy” Smith, the Australian, is a well- known fighter. A few years ago he injured his hands in a fight, but for two years past he has worked at his trade, thatof a black- smith, and now his hands are as sound as they ever were. His friends say that he has a brace of ““dukes” that will be as punishable as a pair of two-pound dumb- bells. He is about the same weight and build as his adversary. In fact, they are very evenly matched. Smith has won numerous battles and is also a fighter of the hurricane kind. Special arrangements have been made by the Colma management for the trans- portation of the crowds. It is promised that all who attend will be able to reach home not later than 11:30 o’clock. _—— HANDBALL. Matches That, if Consummated, Will Attract Much Attention. A number of matches between promi- nent handball players are talked about, but nothing definite has been accom- plished. Perbaps the one that is exciting the greatest interest is_between M. J. Kil- gallon, champion of Denver, and J. Har- low, champion of the coast. It wasex-" pected that the arrangements woulq have been completed this week, but it is now announced that the deposits to bind the match will be made to-morrow afternoon. The match will be for an amount to be mutually agreed upon and the ch_amplon- ship of the coast. Harlow has claimed the championship, since he challenged John Riordan three or four months ago, who then held the chnmgionship! and who failed to cover Harlow’s deposit. Harlow has improved greatly of late under the tutelage of Jones, the Australian cham- ion, and his friends believe he can defeat %ilgnllon, who has proved himself to be an exceptionally strong player, and his friends think that, barring Jones, he is the best player on the coast. These two players, each with a partner, will play against each other to-morrow afternoon in the San Francisco court, and the result will be watched with interest. W. McManus, proprietor of the Union court, has challenged Phil Ryan, proprie- tor of the San Francisco court, io Y’lay a match for $100 a side, the match to be the best of nine games, part to be played in each court. Ryan has accegted the chal- lenge, and the dates for the match and other arrangements will be made as soon as possible. McMadnus, since he scored forty-two consecutive aees while playing against two amateurs, has been wearing a chip on his shoulder. The match is the talk of both courts, and it promises to be a ‘‘corker.” 3 One of the players who is rapidly com- ing to the front is R. Lenihan of the Union court. He has recently shown that he is competent to stand up against the best amateur players in any of the courts, and it would not be surprising if he soon joined the professional ranks and competed for the coast championship. He and his part- ner, Feeney, defeated Kilgallon and Har- low at the Union court on July 4, and that is sufficient evidence of their skill. To- morrow afternoon Lenihan and Feeney will play against John Riordan and Al Pennoyer. iordan, since his fiasco with Harlow, has been looked upon as a back number, but _he has again taken heart of race and will probably soon make amends for mot accepting Hatlow’s challenge. He is 100 good a player to be placed on the shelf. It would add greatly to the DoEuhrity of handball if matches between the lead- ing players in the different courts were played. Each court is now practically in-~ dependent of the other in this respect, which is very much to be regretted and not by any means in the interest of the sport. The foflowinggnmeu will be I})Inyed to- morrow at the Ban Francisco ball court: Thomas Ryan and J. McElroy against F. Smith and M. Kelly; P. Ryan and J. Rodgers against M. McNeil and M. McDonald; R, Shea and H. Moffett against J. Bannick and P. Bar- rett; D. Finnigan and Ed Toy ageinstJ, Sharkey and D. Connolly; J. Harlow, the coast cham- pign. and P, Kelly, the Gyclone, against M. J iigallon, the Denver champion, and G. Hutchinson; J.Jones, the Australian cham- pion, against J. Lawless, the well-known ama- teur, and Austin Hendry; the game will be the best 3 out of 5—21 aces. The Union court will introduce this bill of fare to-morrow to its patrons: T. McManus and W. J. Nelson vs. Charles Johnson and O. Hendry; J. Riordan (coast champion) and Al Pennoyer vs. J. Feeney and R. Lenihan; William Keoufh d J. Nesson vs. J. Norriss and Matt Coughlan; Willlam J, Hig- gin‘uLuud J. McCann vs. R. Ash and J. McDer- mof L CRICKET CHIRPS. About English Batting Averages. Eastern and Local Events. . The long dry spell in England continues and with it the high scoring which has characterized the season there. In view of the boom which the champion is under- going it is satisfactory to learn that he still heads the list in batting averages, with a total of 1600 odd runs for two and twenty ointer For followers, among whom the greatest inter est is manifested, and there is considerable speculation over the outcome. In Vallejo and on Mare Island, the Billy Smith, the Australian Oyclone. camping ground of the men-of-war me: Sharkey ifr':en known e e and the lads of the navy are wild in anticipation of a t night's sport. They have all kinds of money to bet on their favorite and propose to be at'the ringside ready tq call down supporters of Smith. 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