The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 21, 1895, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1895. | The new directors of the Olympic Club | are certainly determined to put life into | the big athletic institution. Their first | action was to weed out something like xty memters who were behind in their payments of dues. Athletic sports of all | | ery, Knights Templar, | members, have returned after a most de- | Wheelmen, had his left shoulder dislocated and will | not be able to ride again for some little | time. Henry L. Day, George Dyer and George H. Newman of the Ba{ City Wheelmen, | who went East with California Command- | of which they are | lightful trip. They did some little wheel- ing while in New England ani New York. The Liberty Cycling Club has a run called for the park to-morrow, while the ladies’ annex will ride to Camp Taylor. The latter body is composed of some of the Dest riders in the City, and_their appear- of a winged acorn, usually in white on a black sweater. They’ll all be out there ex- cept ex-Captain Kitchen, who goes to Hay- waras to referee the Bay Citys’ road race. The San Francisco Road Club has a run called to the beach to-morrow, when they. will be accompanied by the Petaluma All will assemble 2t the club- house, 720 Golden Gate avenue, at 10 A. M. The members are actively training for the club road race next Sunday, and expect to make fast time. The present cycling season, which is now more than two-thirds completed, has demonstrated more conclusively than any kinds will be fostered, and as a means of | ance together awheel is particularly inter- | of 1ts predecessors that the simpler the encouragement to the boys, handsome | medals and other prizes will be given com- petitors 1n boxing, handball, cycling, trap hooting and other kinds of amateur eeks sportsmen who fancy duck and quail shooting will bave an inn- ing. The sports of to-morrow will include a four-oared barge race over the long bridge €o tennis tournament at the Olympic grounds; coursing at the parks; rifle- shooting at Shell Mound Park; pigeon- shooting at Oakland track and Alameda mole and handball games at the profes- sional courts. R THE WHEELMEN. The Bay City Wheelmen’s Flve-Mile Road Race To-Morrow. CLUB EVENTS TO-MORROW. Acme Club Wheelmen—To Park. Bay City Wheelmen—Road race Hay- wards. California Cycling Club—To Bolinas. “Call” Bicycle Club—To Park. Diamond Cycling Club—To Park. Golden Gate Cycling Club—To Park. Imperial Cyeling Club—Blind run. Liberty Cyeling Club—To Park. Outing Road Club—To Haywards. Pacific Cycling Club—To Camp Taylor, Petaluma Wheelmen—To Park. San Francisco Road Club—To Park. ¥ d racing still continues popular with yeling clubs, and while there is not much to see at the finish of one except a dozen or more men riding through a gauntlet of wheelmen, usually in Indian file, separated anywhere by from one to 10v yards, still the riders like to be there and talk it over and make up amateur Paris mutuals on the possible winners. There were two road races last Sunday, esting. The Libertys have moved into their new quarters on Folsom street, and a house-warming is proposed for the near future. Next Friday evening, at Metronolitan Templi Charles Albert Adams, president | construction of the bieycle and its equip- ment the more practical is its utility. This feature is particularly noticeable with pneumatic tires, and where a comparison is made between the light, resilient single- tube products of to-day, which are without hing at Haywards. This after- o’clock. the cyclersof the Young | Men’s Christian Association will hold a five-mile event from San Mateo to San | Carlos, for which there are ten entries, who, with their handicaps, are: J. E. Ed- wards, scratch; J. Sims, 1 min.; F. Han- cock, 14 min Keller, 1} min.; F. | Stackpole, 13{ min.; P. Burr, 13{ m F. Crowell, 2 min.; B. Waterman, 2 min.; J. D. Cardinell, 21{ min; F. Kahn, 2% min. Of these riders, Edwards, the scratch man, isby far the best, and should make fast time, as he isa very speedy man both on track and road. Sims, Hancock and Burr | may be looked to for fast riding, while the | others are all well trained and with the handicapping should stand about an even chance. The time prizes will be gold and eilver medals, and there are four valuable place prizes as well. ! The Bay City Wheelmen will hold a five- | mile handicap road race to-morrow over | the San Leandro-Haywards course. There are twenty-five entries, whose names were exclusively published’ in TuE CALL last! Monday. The handicaps bave not yet been announced, but will be made up to-night. | A club run has been called to witness the | race, leaving on the 9 A. M. creek-route boat. In announcing this run by postal, | the secretary facetiously says: ““This will be the first run under command of our newly elected captain, Sanford Plummer, and it is the duty of all Bay Citys to turn | out and show him that we appreciate good thing,” a somewhat questionable | compliment to Mr. Plummer. Harry Larkin of the Bay Citys, whose terrible fall was mentioned in THE CaLL Thursday, is still unconscious, and but | little hope is entertained for his recovery. | Should he pass away at any hour before the road race, it will be immediately called | off, as will several other contemplated | trips and entertainments the club had in | Pprospect. The date of the proposed theater party for the benefit of the California Associated Cycling Clubs is announced for Thursday evening, October 8. The Columbia The- ater has been secured and the play will be “The Magistrate,” a light comedy, thor- oughly suited to the occasion. It will be presented by the Dixey-Barrymore-Stock- well-Coghlan troupe of players, whose names are a sufficient guarantee of the ex- cellence of the performance. All of the | prominent clubs will take blocks of seats, | the Olympics and Bay Citys alone requir- ing over 300. San Jose and Qakland will be well represented, particularly the latter aty, whence the Acme and Reliance clubs will come over in a body. The box- office will be open for the sale or tickets next Monday. Full I}wardculars may be had of Secretary J. F. Hancock, at his office in the Nucleus building. The profits from the sale of tickets will go toward the purchase of valuable prizes for the associ- ation’s annual ten-mile road race around the San Leandro triangle on October 13, which will be the greatest cycling road event since the 100-mile relay race in April, To-morrow the Pacific Cycling Club will ride to Camp Taylor, taking the 8 A. M. boat. Tre Caru Bicycle Club will meet to- morrow afternoon at 2 o’ciock at Truewor- thf)t"s cyclery, on Fulton street, near D. After the meeting, at which uniforms, clubrooms, etc., are to be discussed, the club will have a run through the park, and if only half of the seventy-four members | turn out, they will make a big showing. To-morrow the Golden Gate Oycling Club of this city and the Diamond Cycling Club of Alameda will have a joint run throug{l}x the park. A large attendance from both clubs is expected. Captain Maass and Lieutenant Quadt of the Golden Gates have just returned from a trip through the San Joaquin Valley. The recent rains made the roads in some instances very bad. From Stockton to Sacramento it was impossible to ride the road, so for a distance of thirty miles they were. compelled to ride the narrow path alongside the railroad track. Nevertheless they both declare they had a jolly time and an interesting trip. The Outing Road Club will hold a run to Haywards to-morrow to witness the finish of the Bay City Wheelmen’s rpad race. Last night the club held a smoker for members only at the clubrooms on O’Far- rell street. N.Brown of this club, who was thrown in the road race last Sunday, | E. Dow and C. M. Smith, FLOYD A. McFARLAND OF THE SAN JOSE ROAD CLUB. of the Camera Club cyclists, will deliver an | interesting lecture in_ his inimitable style, | entitled “With Wheel and Camera Through the Switzerland of America,” | | illustrated by a great many sliaes made from snapshots taken by himself, Pro- fessor J. J, B. Argenti, H. C. Owens and Byron D. Benf during their recent trip | through that section. A few of the slides | were shown at the Camera Club rooms last | evening by Mr. Adams, and as a forerun- ner of what is to be expected at the big | | lecture, they promise exceedingly well. Ticke's fer Mr. Adams’ lecture may be ob- ; tained from any member of the Camera Club, admission being free, as is invariably the case with all the club’s entertainments. | The Bay City Wheelmen will attend the lecture in a boay, to applaud vociferously | when any pictures by their fellow-member, Bent, are shown. The Californias will be there to do the same for Argenti, and Mr. Adams may depend upon the Olympi and the Camera Club for his enthu He 1s a particularly interesting spea. |and a very pleasant evening’s entertain- | ment is in etore for those fortunate enough | to secure tickets. Al Jarman of the Garden Cilt.{ Cyclers went East last Monday night. e will go | on the National circuit for a few weeks, | oining his clubmate, J. E. Alexander, and | Charles 8. Wells and the Terrill brothers | of the Bay City Wheelmen. Later on he | will go to Ann Arbor, Mich., where he proposes to attend college for a few terms. Captain Burke will lead the members of the California, Cyclin% Club to Bolinas to- morrow, starting on the 8 o’clock Sansalito boat and taking the train to Ross station. A week from to-morrow there will be a run to Centerville. Horace B. Sperry of the Bay City Wheel- men was married last evening to Miss Mitschler of Oakland. They have gone to | Coronado for their honeymoon, and upon their return will reside on Pacific Heights. Mr. Sperry was secretary and a director of the Bay Citys for several years, and be- came very popular with the members. He is connected with the Sperry Flour Com- pany. The bride is a charming brunette | resident across the bay and bas many friends. The racing board of theleague has issued its bulletin, No, 21, dated September 19, 1895, as follows: BANCTIONS GRANTED. September 14, Lowell High School Cycling Club, 8an Francisco. eptember 17, San Bernardino Wheelmen, San Bernaidino. September 19, 20 and 21, Napa Cycling Club, Napa City, October 1, 3 and 4, Fresno Trotting Assocla- tion, Fresno. October 12, Young Men's Christian Associa- tion, Los Angeles. PACIFIC COAST RECORDS ACCEPTED. One-quarter mile, flying start, paced, class A, E. A. Moody, Eureka, Cal, July 20, 1895, :27. Half-mile, flying start, paced, class A, B. L. Waite, Eureka, Cal., July'20, 1895, 1:03 3-5. Half-mile, competition, unpaced, class A, E. A. Moody, Eureka, Cal., July 20,1895, 1:07 4.5, Half-mile, competition, paced, class A, F. M. Byrne, San Jose, 8:1., September 9,1895, 1:01. Two-thirds of a mile, competition, unpaced, class B, W, F. Foster, S8an Jose, Cal., September 9, 1893, 1:28 1-5. One-mile tandem, flying start, unpaced, class | A, D. E. Whitman and F. A. McFarland, Eu- reka, Cal., July 22, 1895, 2:12. One-mile tandem, competition, class A, R. San Jose, Cal., Sep- tember 9, 1895, 2:11 4-5. SUSPENDED, For pacing a female rider at unsanctioned races, 17th inst, W. Jamison and Joseph Macabee of San Jose are ‘suspended for an in- definite period at the pleasure of the board. The attention of race promoters is called to | the recent ruling of the board, that orders for merchandise to be selected by the winners will not be allowed as prizes. The articles offered as prizes must be distinctly specified, on programmes and the identical articles so specified, and nothing in their stead, delivered 10 the winners. R. M. WeLcH, Representative National Racing Board. Captain Humpnreys, the newly elected captain of the Acme Wheelmen, has called arun of his club to the park to-morrow, and the Acmes, noted for their propensit; to turn out en masse on all runs, will probably be spread out all over the people’s. ple-qm-e ground before the da; over. You will know them by the emblem is | the coast, states that he has a frien: doubt the most practical of all tires, and the heavy, complicated tires of previous seasons, the progress made in the manu- facture of these indispensable features of the cyclist’s comfort is shown with start- ling distinctness. The simpler the tire the bettér, and the single tube idea is the living embodiment of this axiom. One hears some funny things occasion- ally when riding by or behind other wheel- men. I was goingoutthe avenue Thurs- day night toward one of the clubs, and as it was windy I tacked on behind two riders who were going at a pretty fast clip, s0 they might pull me through. They were talking and I could not help over- hearing the following: Say, Bill, did you hear about Foster's new half-mile mark at Napa to-day?’ “No,” replied William ‘‘what was it?” ¢Fifty and four-fifths.’ “My, but that's fast; who were the timers?” “Oh, Varney and Dick Ayl- ward, I guess.” “I thought as much. Did they ‘sight’ him from scratch at the hali- mile pole?” *Ireckon yes.” “Well,what I'm surprised at is that they didn't give out his time as ten seconds faster.” At this point I rode ahead to see who they were, and will yon believe me, they were Olympics. I nearly fell off my wheel from astonishment. Truly they were wise be- yond my expectations. Captain Catanich will lead the Imperial Cycling Club on a blind run to-morrow | for which he promises some new features, but tnat old-time and popular feature established by years of precedent of a hearty well-prepared dinner at the end of ride will positively not be overlooked. The club’s new quartersat 614 Van Ness avenue are very homelike and the club 18 adding new members at every meeting, H. C. Hennifig. W. J. Strange, A. Windt, P. Morrin, H. N. Sessions, E.Leghse, D. J. Williamson, F. A. Bidemann and ¥. J. Dxi:scoll bei’ng the latest additions to the roll. Floyd A. McFarland of the 8an Jose Road Club, who has been appropriately dubbed the “California Zimmerman,” is known as one of the greatest handicap class A racers on the coast. He is very | tall and sinewy and rides at a speed which soon brings him up with thelimit men, for he is always placed on the scratch with Byrne, Terrill, Whitman and the other class A cracks. He suffered a bad fall at Petualuma some weeks ago, bat soon recovered and has been riding this week at Napa. With a little more training and experience he will be eligible to class B and will easily hold his own with the best of them. SPALDING, e D THE OLYMPIC CLUB. Boxers Who Are in Training—Boat- Ing and Handball. The superintendent of the Olympic Club, W. Kennedy, is being congratulated daily by the members of the club who delight to witness boxing contests, on the very ex- cellent programme he has got up for the October boxing night. The Payneand Carter bout should certainly prove of par- ticular interest, as it will decide the ques- tion of superiority between the 145-pound champion boxers of the Olympic and 8an Francisco Athletic clubs. Carter’s friends do not hesitate to say that, unless their champion will be in first-class condition, the Sacramento man will certainly get the decision. Joe Reay of the Olympic Club will have his hands full in keeping Brown of the Acme Club at safe distance. Brown is a good stiff puncher and will stand se. vere treatment. Reay is confident, how- ever, of putting his opponent to sleep be- fore the limit will be reached. They are booked to enter the ring at 157 pounds. J. A. McGinley, who is still recognized as an Australian, although he has E:an a member of the club for a year or mo: will toe the scratch with ‘V Birdsall o the Sacramento Athletic Club. The latter is an exceedingly clever boxer' and the bout should be most interesting—that is, from a scientific point of view. . have no objection to a meeting with some clever boxer. The new arrival is an ama- teur, and if Smith, the very clever Olympic boxer, is still looking for a match against a man of his own weight and inches he may be accommodated. Jones says that his countryman and Smith would make a very interesting set-to. 1f Smith is willing to go on with the new ’un, the Olympic members will certarnly witness a grand exhibition of clever hitting and ducking. The oarsmen of the club are very en- thusiastic over the promising outlook for 4 good season’s aquatic sport. Julie Morton, Ned Allison, Jack McCarthy, James Me- Elroy and Charles Sullivan are the bone and sinew of the club. They will look out dor the rowing end. and it is safe to say that they will be heard from in a most favorable mannerin the near future. John Mallon is proposed for coxswain. In all probability a boathouse over which will float the Olympic colors will be constructed in Tiburon. . The players who will represent the club in the handball tournament which will soon be held at the outdoor grounds, and who are now in training, are James Mc- Vicker, Coffin, Bush, McElroy, Hampton, Malion, Eugene Kelly, Shea, Collins an Kennedy. 'ghe]nter two have been try- ing to figure out the result of a match against Hampton, who has offered them ten points in each game. Kennedy in good condition is a dangerous man in a ball court. e g ANGLING. Rlvers That Were Stocked With Large-Mouth Bass. The season for angling is rapidly draw- ingtoaclose and the gun will soon take the place of the rod, which has afforded so much pleasure since April 1. Al Hall of Point Reyes has a small steam launch at Inverness, on ‘lomales Bay. One day last week Hall and = friend trolled for several hours in the hope of hooking a salmon, as the bay was literally alive with sardines, but not a single strike rewarded their perseverance, and with the exception ofa few large smelt caught with worms the anglers returned with empty baskets. Hall is now of the opinion that the steel- heads do not remain in the bay during the summer months, but seek the deep blue ocean after leaving the fresh water. 8. T. Burton of Weber Lake Hotel caught | feate some splendid cu tthroat trout on Thurs- day last. The fish are now taking the fly well, and some good fishing will be had until the end of the season. John Butler and Dr. von Hoffman will leave in a few days for an outing on the Eel River, near Scotia. Thisis the time of the Eear when fly-fishing is at its prime on the Eel. The following tourists have been enjoy- ing good sport recently in the vicinity of |. Weber Lake: A. Cumming, J. Coleman, Mr. and Mrs, Wright, Landsberger, Has- lett, Thompson, P. J. Donohoe and Ed- ward Long. Independence Lake will be closed for the season at the termination of this month. Through ths kindness of A. C. Bingham of Marysville THE CALL is in a position to give the readers of the angiing notes some valuable information concerning the stock- ing of the Feather River with bass and other game fish. Mr. Bingham writes: The fish planted in the Feather River have been as follows: In December, 1891, near Gridley, about eighteen miles above Marysville, b{ the United States Fish Commission, through the efforts of our then Congressman, Hon, Marion Biggs, 4000 _two-year-old fish, consisting of large- mouth black bass, ring or yellow perch, red- eye or goggle-eye, 8150 called warmouth bass; pike (Lssex lueius), erroneously called pick- erel. What proportion of each I am not ad- vised, except thet half the number were large- mouth bass. In the spring of 1893, avout four miles above Marysville, by the State Fish Commission. twelve pairs of small-mouth black bass. These ‘were full grown fish and ready soon to spawn. In spring of 1833, about six miles above Marysville, by State Fish Commission, 20,000 small Eastern brook trout (. fontinalis). ‘The last two plants were made through the efforts of Thomas J. Sherwood, editor of the Marys- ville Democrat, and a former member of the State Fish Commission, Thus far the fish have furnished no sport, though one or two have been taken near here by men fishing with worms for catfish,and I | haye heard of afew being taken on the same bait near Oroville, one of which, a bass, [ am told weighed three pounds. Whether they have made their home in some stretch of the river that has not been fished (it's over thirty miies by river from Marysville to Oroville) or are so well supplied with food as not to be tempted by any lure so far offered thew. or have not increased to Sn¥ extout, Iam not prepared to say, but I still have hopes they will in time furnish sport to anglers. . One of 2 party of anglers who enjoyed a Dr. Bowhill, a Noted Angler. fishing trip outside the heads last Sunday told a very good story yesterday on the veteran, ~Frank Dolliver. It appears that Dolliver and a man named Smith dis- puted the weight of a large rockfish which Dolliver had taken. The latter incident- ally asked Smith what he thought the fish might weigh and was quickly answered “Five pounds.” “I'll bet you a good din- ner that the fish will scale ten guunda.” remarked Dolliver as a smile added color to his always handsome countenance. Smith immediately accepted the wager and the fish was weighed when the anglers returned to the City. Dolliver, however, took advantage of Smith’s absence for a few seconds on the voyage home and ql;netlv slipped a five-pound sinker down the rockfish’s throat—the fish itself weighed 54 pounds. The surprise of Smith can be better imagined than de- scribed when the fish turned the scales at 1014 pounds, and it had to stand a test of being weighed five times before Smith was willing to acknowledge that he had never before in his life been fooled so badly in a fish’s weight. He paid for a dinner, but it is pretty safe to say that when he reads the story of how Dolliver hoodwinked him, the noted bait provider will have reason to wish that he had not partaken of a free dinner. During a few hours “pleasant” fishing on San Andreas Lake, and in the teeth of a heavy storm, Billy Robertson states that Dr. Bowhill made a discovery which the angling fraternity will be more than pleased to learn. The doctor landed a three-pound trout and also five pounds of weeds which had tangled around the fish while it was struggling for ubertdy. Of course, like all gooa surgeons, the doctor upenu(i' the fish, 1n the hope of discovering what it had been feeding on, and he quickly struck it rich. ‘‘Come here, Billy, my boy; I can see now what we must have for bait,” said Bowhill. “Those fish are feeding upon small worms, and they have crammed themselves so full of grub that the wig- glalrl‘_are actually coming through their 5. Jones, the champion handball player of | gil who recently arrived from Australia who would Robinson laughea heartily, but when he pointed out to the doctor his mistake the | | | | latter was more than surprised that para- sites could possibly be so numerous on fresh-water fishes. In the State of Maine there isa law pro- hibiting the capture of trout under five inches in length, which has done much good in the way of protecting baby fish. A law of a similar kind is very much needed in this State. This is what an Eastern paver says: We are advised that the law pmteclinq trout less than five inches in length and landlocked salmon less than nine inches in length, has been disregarded in the State of Maine to such an extent as to make it necessary to call the apecial attention of the wardens to this vioia~ tion. Much hes been done during the past few years in educating people to the impro- priety of taking short size fish. Asa conse- quence, many of the waters of Maine and else- | Where have improved wonderfully in fishing. Too much attention cannot berruid to the pro- hibition of taking baby fish, and no true sports- man will intentionally violate this law. Py el CRICKET CHIRPS. Notes From Abroad, From Philadel~ phia and Local Cricket Centers. From time immemorial August has been the cricket month par excellence, and the usual heavy list of important events is forthcoming. All the famous grounds in England have been the daily scenes of intercounty matches, to which ideal weather has attracted thousands of en- thusiastic spectators. To select the most imvortant of these contests: Lancashire defeated Middlesex by an inning and 100 runs at Manchester; Hamp- shire beat Leicestershire by 3 wickets at Portsmouth; Kent beat Notts by 2 wickets and 53 at Nottingham, score 308—225; Derbyshire vs. Essex, a_draw in favor of the former, at Derby; Gloucestershire vs. Surrey, a draw in favor of Surrey, at Clif- ton; Lancashire beat Notts by 10 wickets at Manchester; Somerset beat Yorkshire by 29 at Taunton, scores 539—510, the fourth victory in succession for this county. Other interesting events from various parts of the world are worthy of mention. At Malta the Sixtieth Rifles beat the Sec- ond East Surrey Regiment by an inning and 201; at Seychelles the East Indian Sqnadron beat the Islands by 16, and were defeated by H. M. 8. Cossack by 9, on the shores of Recherche Bav. At Spitzbergen H. M. S. Active and Calypso beat H. M. S. | Volage and Ruby by 2; Yokohama de- Ftne fieet by 21, : in the Gloucester-Yorkshire match Billy Robertson. above-mentioned, the record gate receipts of the season was reached—amonnt, £700. ‘When it is stated that the admission fee was sixpence and that one of the four days of the match was a rainy one, some idea of the daily attendance will be had. The Citrus Colony Cricket Club of Pen- ryn is busily preparing for its carnival week, which'1s set for the end of next month. Itis just possible that one of the visiting clubs, the Lake County, may come to this City afterward. Mr. McNulty, the manager of Mrs. Langtry’s Middletown ranch,was in town this week and promised | to try to induce Captain Keeling’s men to extend their tour in this direction. The only cup match scheduled for to- morrow is between the Bohemians and Californians, at Klinknerville, which is likely to be a most interesting one. The ‘Webster-street grounds will be given up to the Alameda, B division. The season will terminate October 20, when it will have lasted thirty-one weeks. The greatest excitement reigned at Wis- sahickon, Pa., during the Oxford-Cam- bridge vs. Philadelphia University match on the 14th and 15th inst. Commenting on the social teature of the game the Times generously remarks: No occasion offered itself for protests or hearings or bickerings or bad blood, nor is there likely to beany. The young men of England here are scholars and gentlemen as well as athletes, and are not given to going out of their way to pick quarrels. There never has been anything of the sort in any cricket game here with Englishmen and there have been a good many of them. A novelty in scoring has been adopted in Eastern ciubs which is taken from our baseball brethren and is likely to be gen- erally adopted. This is to record all the fielding errors under the various heads— fumbles, catches missed and wild throws. Before our clubs adopt the innovation, however, it may be necessary to order greatly enlarged score books and to engage a special staff of scorers. InTERESTED INQUIRER—The members of local cricket teams are all amateurs. I could not recommend you to cultivate the ame with a view to your financial benefit. Fl'ry baseball. UMPIRE. e THE GUN. Alameda County’s Game Warden Is After the Poachers. The Olympic Gun Club will hold a trap- shooting contest o@ Sunday at the Oak- land track, and the Empire Club will smash clay birds at Alameda Point. Among trap-shooters the principal topic relates to the initial tournament of the California Inanimate Target Association, which will be held at the Qakland race- track on October6and 7. On the first day there will be five special events, and many handsome prizes have been given for com- etition. On the second day there will be four events. Sportsmen from different parts of the State will be on hand to con- test for the prizes and trophies; in fact, already practice shoots are a daily occur- rence. The American Association rules will govern the shooting in all particulars not otherwise provided for, A bird must pe smashed in order to score. Class-shoot- ing will be the rule in every event, and, as a means of saving time, ties will be shot off in the succeeding match or matches until decided. It is expected that between 800 and 400 sportsmen’ will participate in this—the greatest event of the season. Horace Orear has returned from a long vacation in the mountains, He had some splendid grouse-shooting in Sierra County and caught several hundred trout in the streams and lakes. Sam Williams of Boca is authority for the statement that the two water spaniels owned by A. Cumming are the greatest re- trievers on earth. This 13 what Williams has written to Donald McCrea: “Cumming and a friend were shooting at grouse near Independence Lake a few days ago, and after a brace of birds had been knocked over into a deep canyon Cumming ordered his dogs to go and fetch the dead birds, at the same time throwing a couple of small stones into the canyon near where the grouse fell. The dogs. true to their teaching, dashed into the covert and were out again in a few seconds, each dog carrying a rock in its mouth. “Cumming was angry and talked strong Gaelic to his pets, but they were true to their teaching, as previously stated, and refused to retrieve anything less solid than a rock. They may be fioud duck retrievers, but grouse is evident! yvbenoabh their notice. Friend Al will give you fuller particulars on his return to the City.” £ J{ldge Hale Rix, F.Joost, Fred Feisel, George Muller and Pete Walsh had a most successful rabbit shoot a few days ago near Half Moon Bay. Walsh relates the following story of a new style of rabbit hunting: “The game were under cover and we did not know how to get them out of their holes. The Judge proposed to smoke them out. Feisel suggested shoot- ing guns in the hope that the noise would starile them, but when it came to George Muiler’s turn to speak I expected to hear something good and I was not mistaken. Muller moved that the company must tramp to the beach, capture a number of small crabs and then return to the rabbit rounds. . “This was done, and Muller quickly ook from an old box half a dozen candles. These were cutinto small pieces, and every crab ]packed on his back an inch of lighted candle. ) “Well, when the crabscrawled to the hid- ing-places of the game with the flaming candles on their shells there was a rumble underneath our feet, and presently rabbits were seen running in all directions. Shoot- ing was lively that afternoon, and the total bag amounted to 125 cotton-tails, with Mr, Joost as the leader of the string. Judge Rix says that Muller’s scheme of unearth- ing rabbits beats ferrets all to pieces. Try’ it some time. You will find it great sport. The Game Warden of Alameda County has evidently an eye to business. Last Saturday THE CaLy stated that poachers were kiliing rail and duck on the Alviso and Alvarado marshes, and on the follow- ing day the Warden captured one of the law-breakers who had rail in his posses- sion. There were as many as thirty men shooting rail last Sunday on the San Ma- teo marshes. The following letter from Game Warden Dorovan of Alameda County speaks for itseli: - Last week I succeeded in making two arrests. One party had 150 pounds of salmon in his possession out of season. He claimed that the salmon was caught in Santa Cruz and uhipged to the American Union Fish Company, San Francisco, then to him. The other party I ar- rested near the bridges at Alviso for illegal rail- shooting. Both parties pleaded guilty and paid their fines. Yours respectfully, J. L. DONOVAN. Frank Angonnet is a target for his friends, who have been teasing him ever since his return from the mountains east of Cloverdale. Angonnet purchased the half of a goat from a professional hunter, who sold it for venison. He shipped sev- eral steaks to his friends and then had his hunting experiences written up in a Clover- dale paper. The best partof the joke is that those who ate the goat meat pro- nounced it the sweetest venison they had ever tasted. Angonnet contends, however, that it was the meat of the black- tail deer, but the professional hunter says different. The yacht Rover will cast anchor on the 15th of October in Midshipmans Slough, Suisun marsh. The eraft has been en- gaged for the duck-shooting season by a club of duck-shooters, and Billy Rice, alias Friar Tuck, is authority for the state- ment that next year the Rover will be drydocked, trimmed up in good shape and sent to England in charge of Commodore Bruce, who will sail her against many of the leading yachts of Old England in the rage for the Prince of Wales’ cup. Ricesays | that the Rover can’t be beaten, and Jack Sammi, another great yachtsman, is of the same opinion. In refutatibn of the charge that many small birds are not useful as destroyers of insects, an extended plea for their preser- vation has been published by Jonathan Periam in a recent issue of the Chicago Inter Ocean. The writer asserts that the robin, the crow, the much-berated English sparrow, in fact, many of the birds that farmers decry and destroy as enemies of their crops of fruit and grain, are really vast consumers of insects that would nearly exterminate the crops were not their numbers decimated by those very birds. The article is illustrated by cuts of the weevil, Hessian fly, wheat midge, jointworm and other insects destructive to grain, and of the curculio, codling moth and peach-tree borer. The writer makes good his plea for the birds, and his indiet- ment of all persons desirous of destroying the birds is based upon facts reiarding the usefulness of the winged workers which have been demonstrated by investigation. It 15 shown that the agriculturist or fruit- grower is greatly indebted to birds and should be their protector. PR s ey OLYMPIC CYCLERS. Organization of the New Club Per- fected Last Evening. 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