The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 15, 1896, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUAKY 15, 1%96. THE FIELD What the Anglers, Athletes and Cyclists Are spell of fine weather has| ved the roads of the country nd several runs will be held ts of interest. of class B will materially amateur clubs in keep- r flock from straying away , where professional riders will henceforth have full sway. It was a good move in the right direction to seg- e the amateur from the quasi-pro- fessional. © season for the killing of small game terday, and sportsmen will now attention to trap-shooting, | which sport will be extensively indulged in this summer. Oarsmen training hard for the re- atta to be held on Lake Merritt next Sat- | iay. It promises to be a very successful affair. Angling for steelheads in tide-water is now a very popular pastime with lovers of | the rod The Olympic Club, anticipating a bright | season for athletic sports, has decided to make vast improvements in its outdoor | grounds. Coursin ball, etc., long ¢ im clin to-morrow to different poi The abolishin, aid the officers o g, handball, rifie-shooting, foot- are being well patronized. — - THE WHEELMEN. Annual 25-Mile Road Race of the | Associated Clubs Next Saturday. The one event upon which the interest 1 wheelmen is now centered is the | rth annual 25-mile handicap road race | of the California Associated Cycling Club, | which will be held next Saturday, Wash- ington’s birthday, starting at 10 A. M. The San Leandro triangular course will | be the scene of the race. From a specta- tor's point of view this is the best located course for road racing in the State. It is | necessary for the riders to encircle the tri- | angle three times to complete twenty-five | miles, and it i§ thus possible to witnessthe | start, see the riders pass a given pointi twice, and then be at the finish. For this reason the annual 25-mile race has aiways | attracted large crowds of spectators. | If the present fair weather continues, | the roads will be in splendid condition on ay of the race. The riders are train- ver it now every d and say that | iengle was never better. Last vear on kept up their t the race was just as if it had been t is usually held, Feb- | th the race had to be postponed two week , but the m rs so t H. Stratton, chairman of the ing and reoords committee of the ~clut avs that there will be | better prize list for the han ever before. The first h grade bicycle, and | up to be contested for. | ent will close Mon- | Olymyic Club. S | white caps and bicyele uniforms and t: | the fire companies and infantry. | ment and bringing OF SPORT. Doing. ral of the club’s road riders are now train- ing for this event and the twenty-five-mile race next Saturday. i The Olympic Cyclers to the number of about thirty left” for Fresno vesterday afternoon in a special car and will produce a minstrel entertainment to-night at the Barton Opera-house there for the benefit of the Fresno Athletic Club. The show is | about th me as was recently produced | here at the Columbia Theater on the occa- sion of the thirty-sixth anniversary of the | The cyclers will wear their | ke along their wheels. To-morrow they will | have a run with the Fresno Athletic Club Wheeimen. Among those who will take part are: The Cathcarts, Sloan, Finnie, ! McLaugblin, Haliett, Morel, Kreling, ooney, Wand, Coffroth, Hiibert, Mulvey, Butz, Swinnerton, Conroy and Coffey. The writer just returned from Fresno last night. The members of the athletic | club there are making great &)repamtinns to receive the minstrels,and will meet | them at the station with a brass band and | are liable to arrest if found in possession of those birds after the 15th inst. Puilo Jacoby and his band of braves vis- ited ‘“‘the Bridges,” near Alviso, last Sun- aay and enjoyed a grand feast of game under the carefu! supervision of the fa- mous old caterer, Philo Jacoby. If there should be any person who doubts Jacoby's ability to preparea stew that would charm the appetite of the most exacting gourmet, references can be had from the foi- lowing sportsmen, who partook of the “‘wind-up’’ mess of the season: Messrs, Hoefer, Finck, Luehrman, Busse, Nolden, Mangles and Lochbaum. The number of birds shot by the hunters was fifty-two, ; which included canvasback and bluebills. The grand _open-to-all bluerock tourna- | ment of the Lincoln Gun Club will be held at Alameda Po commencing on the 22d inst. The prizes are valuable and well worth contesting for. The iellowing interesting article concern- ing tiger-shooting in India appeared in the ' Fietd of London and will give sportsmen who are looking for big gamean idea of what they may expect should a trip to In- dia be in contemplation : Since our introduction 10 the native hunters | of India, says the correspondent, our plan of hunting isto go into a district where tigers revorted to beand tieup baits in- the neighborhood of the ravine where the beast is supposed to lie up in the daytime. On getting u kill the hunters drive out the ravine, work- ing up hill, and bolt the tiger if he is in & hold- ing place which has aback exit. In many cases, however, he is in a blind alley, and then, while they face him with torches and spenrs, | we kil him with the Express rifie, and gener- ally et a distance of some ten yards. The tiger in most instances retreats before J. S. Egan and J. P. Jacgling, the Fast Tandem Team of the Imperial Cycling Club. form into a procession, which will incl{‘xde he visitors will be driven about the in car- riages city tosee the sights. President Harry Sherwood and Director R. M. Thompson of the Fresno club deserve a ; great deal of credit for the energy they | have displayed in getting up thisentertain- | d the players down there. AH the seats in tbe opera-nouse have been sold, and with the proceeds of the entertainment it is intended to further fit up the clubhouse and possibly spend some of the money on outdoor grounds. Tne cycling annex of the club contains | about thirty-five members, They are all | strong, active riders and enjoy many spins | into the surrounding country. A favarite trip is to Mendota, not far away, and there | and must be 1n the | are many other places to visit. The roads | r on that day or they | in midsummer are thick with dust, but | will not be accepted. The handicapping | this does not deter them from riding. | be dor R A. Bmyth, the most tious handicapper on tenant Caldwell, in the absence of n Plummer, who is in Oregon, has da run of the Bay City Wneelmen for to-morrow to Haywards. It is the first run of the club this year, and a large crowd is expected. Even such slow but Wetmore, Marshal, Ho re, Watters, Ready, Rhy along, ¢ and they can get} the train. The run o’'clock creek-route will boat. leave on hange says that the rational gar- nt to. be adopted largely by. wheel- en the coming season will consist of a | to the knees, bloomers and ngs. Inasn as there is a g tion on the part of women a garment that is 80 conspic: the bloomer, they have settled ¢ Tt skirt as the proper wheel costume. ? Captain Luce has called a run of the Jr. O. U. A. M. Cyclers for *o-morrow to Ingleside. The members will assemble at the Baker-street entrance to the park at 10 A. M., and a large turnout is expected. | A bill is now before the Legislature of | New York State, which provides for a law compelling railroad corporations to carry bicycles free as a part of a traveler's bag- gage. It 13 a step in the right direction, as the railroads should not impose an item of expense on a wheelman with a 25- pound bicycle, when otner travelers are privileged to carry 100 pounds, the form not being specified. John S. Egan and J. P. Jaegling form one of the fastest tandem teams in the Impe- rial Cycling Club, and that is saying con- siderable, for there are now eleven tandems owned in the club. They are often seen on the road or in the park on a red wheel, | and dressed in gray suits with red sweaters. | For ordinary riding the handle-bars of | your machine should be kept as nearly as | possible on a level with the saddle. This insures an easy, comfortable seat and an eppropriate position, but, of course, is not meant to meet the requirements of racing men. When the pedal is at the lowest point, no matter whether the rider may be stooping over orsitting up straight, the ball of the foot should rest on it easil This insures the proper ankle motion, | saves unnecessary exertion and fatigue. The members of the San Francisco Road Clup will ride to San Leandro to-morrow and speed round the triangle. After lunch | they will ride to Lake Chabot. Members | will assemble at the clubhouse at 8:30 A. M. M. A. Farnsworth, a crack rider from Denver, has joined this club, as he expects to permanently reside here. be action of the National Assembly of the League of American Wheelmen at Baltimore this past week in abolishing class B entirely, and deciaring two classes only, pure amateurs and professionals, is such & startling and radical change that the racing men here are all at sea—they don’t know which way to turn. The rules will now be the same as they were two | years ago, but the amateur line will be | drawn tighter than ever and the league | hopes by supportine and keeping a careful eye on professional racing to make it vopular with the public. Itremainsto be seen what the result will be. The record- breaking teams at Santa Monica and | Coronado will have to disband probably, | as they are all class B men, and though | they are given the privilege of going back into pure amateurism, or what was known as class A, they cannot then accept em- | ployment from. bicycle companies or ex- pense money or remuneration of any | kind. The record table isalso saaly affected. All those beautiful class B records, made in competition azainst time, flying and | tanding start, paced and unpacéd, on all | zes of tracks and under various condi- tions, will be dropped. : If the League of American Wheelmen can satisfactorily control professional | racing, and it will prooably find the way to do it is more than likely that most of the 537 class B men inthe United States | will go into the professional ranks and race for casa prizes. Those who have made a living out of the sport under the | old class B rules will have to do 5o or seek | some other employment, as nothing of the kind will be permitted in new amateurism. | ‘The Liberty Cycling Ciub will ride to Centerville to-morrow, taking the 9 A, a. broad-gauge boat. Frank Kelly, William Rohrer, J. Holle, H. Goertzhain, George | Thackeray and R. P. Waite have been | slected to membership recently. The club will hold its fourth social hop mn April. N. A. Robinson has charge of the arrange- ments for the club’s relay team, and seve- | a good deal. | February 8 that he was being royally | men will, no doubt, remain in the amateur They say the good roads bureaun ought to come down there once and they would see roads so bad they could hardly believe their eyes. R. M. Thompson, local consul of the league in Fresno, a very courteous gentleman, is trying to get all the mem- bers to join that organization and thus help the good roads work considerably in | that section. i The Alameda Cyclers, a flonrishing club, owe a great deal of their success | to the'activity and energy of President J. I.Ives and Captain V. A. Dodd. The club now numbers ninety-three members. The clubrooms have recently been en- larged, repainted and newly furnished, and with the addition of pool and billiard tables are as finely appointed as those of any bicyeie club in the State. The visit of the League of American Wheelmen’s | recruiting committee a week ago did con- siderable 2ood, as 6ver half the member- ship will join the organization. As league clubs receive sanctions for race meets free, while others must pay $25for the same vrivilege, it is likely that three-fourths of the club will join so 48 to make it a league club, as the Alameda Oyclers have half | control of the Froposed new Alameda race- track, but could give no race meets on it without a sanction of the L. A. W. These | remarks also apply to the Olympic Club Wheelmen, whose representatives are in- terested in the other half of the proposi- tion. Captain A. G. Maass has called a run of | the Golden Gate Cvcling Club to Center- ville for to-morrow, leaving on the 9! o’¢lock broad-gauge boat. This club is enjoying quite a boom in membership at | present, and will be a strong factor among | the organized clubs this season. The | members will adopt a new uniform shortly. Several of the club’s fast road- | riders will enter the 25-mile roadrace next Saturday, and it would be no surprise to see the club’s emblem up in front at the finish. That the Alameda track will be a big success is beyond question. The manage- ment is in good hands, and if it now re ceives proper support tinancially from the dealers of this City, who by good rights should pay for it entirely, it will soon be a reality and a joy forever. The Bay City Wheelmen and’ the North California Divi- sion, L. A. W., throuch the influence of Judge Kerrigan, will subscribe to the stock generously; and such support means A copy of the Barnes catalogue is just to hand. Itisa work of art of tfiuty-two in- teresting pages, and is well worth the sending for and perusai. A meeting of the San Francisco Bicycle Track Association wili be beld this even- ing at the rooms of the Bay Citv Wheel- men. The session will be short, asit is proposed to disorganize after turning over all the assets of the association to the pro- moters of the Alameda track and grounds. Harry F. Terrill, the well-known racer of thie City, will return Home from his protracted ~Eastern trip to-day or to- morrow. He wrote from Chicago on entertained there by Julian Pye Bliss, George K. Barrett and the = Chicago Cyeling Club. Entries for the indoor tournament were to have closed on February 24, bur owing to the change in the racing rules doing away with classes A and B the programme will all have to be changed, which will be done at once. Amateur and proiessional races will be provided for and the riders can take their choiee. Most of the local class. The Olympic Club Wheelmen are a very hvely body of cyclists just at present. The change in officers secms to have had a beneficial and stimulating effect. Seventy- eight members and twelve visitors at-| tended the last regular meeting. Captain Fawcett is arranging a series of runs for the spring and summer months, which will be very enjoyable. SPALDING. —_———— THE GUN. The Open Season for Killing Quall and Duck Closed Yesterday. Sportsmen will do well to bear in mind that the season for shooting game such as quail, rail, duck, ctc., closed yesterday, and any person found in possession of game birds to-day is liable to arrest. Al- though not generally known, an ordinance vrohibiting the sale of English snipe in this County between February.15 and Oc- tober 15 of each year was passed by the Supervisors of this City about four years ago, and as the ordinance has not beén re- vealed since its passage the sellers of snipe | These tigers, therefore, live almost entirely on | e the torches used; and fire, coupled with ths presence of halfa dozén determined men, seem © cow him utterly; but not always so, and on one or two occasions the risk has been consid- | erable in consequence of a_charge knéeking | out the. lights. While workin men have been unarmed, au they lose their nerve or presence of mind. They are, however, fully alive to this fact, and acknowledge that their only safety is in boldly facing him. An accident happened a few days ago to the | this vicinity after I have gone to the trouble of head man, who is now laid up in the hospital. Unfortunately tve were not present on this oceasion; but had we heen, we could scarcely have done more than kill the beast as he was escaping. Jt appears that having tracked a tiger to a rayine, the men determined to block him in pending our arrival. They lit their torches, and were at the entrance of the rocks unfortunate through the leg, besides inflicting numerous ciaw wounds. How the others escaped is & mystery; but he simply seemed to give this one nan & reminder in passing, and hen continued his course over the country. believe that had the men been only a few feet within the line of rocks, they would have beaten or frightened back. One of our party Lad & NArrow escape some time ago, as, in following up a tigress, he first became aware of her presence by sceing her crouched on a ledge of rock some ten yards off on his left, & projecting bowlder preventing her being seen until his eyes met hers. He no sooner atiempted to bring his Express to bear than with & roar she sprang for his head, and would infallibly have fetched it had he not jumped back quickly, while, as she came at right angles, she had to turn, which allowed two Express bullets to be fired’ into her by the explorer and a friend who was behind him. In her rush she knocked out the torches, which were held as usual on long bamboos, and _came with full weight against the hunters’ spears, who manfully opposed her. She made one'or twomore détermined rushes, and it was only the seventh bullet, in the eve, which killed rer. On skinningshe was full of wounds, as may be imagined; one shot being in the typically exact position be- hind the shoulder. This beast was doubtless one of those of uncommon vitality and fierce- ness, and the experience shows that at & pinch a shot from & .577 Express 1s by no means the | absalutely certain stopper one could wish. It will no doubt surprise many an Indian sportsmap who,may read this to know that in the places where he almost iniallibly loses a tiger we should almost as surely bag him. Our men, however, will not face’ covert, but de- pend on the animal homiug in a rocky ravine, where they deal with him satisfactorily. A good meny natives have been killed by tigers in this country during the yeers. Several fatelitiés are atiributed to one particular beast who rejoices in & deformed foot, and whom we have been after many a time without success. At dusk the doors o! the village houses are all closed, and few natives appear before day- break, as the tigers in these parts seem to de- pend 'upon domestic wuimals for food, and aunt the villages at night 1o secure such. We have been some distance in the country, but | can find no zame in sufficient quantities to | feed the many tigers that are about. Foxes, | badgers and & few wild pigs there are, but the | € cultivation and dearborization are carried on to | t such an extent as to preclude their incressing. | t al goats, pigs, dogs and cattle, with an occasional | Lumin befng. In one partof the country we lately visited there was hardly a dog_ieft, they having all rallen vietims. Missing the yelping of the curs in going through the villages was a pleasing oddity. stk THE ANGLER. Streame That Will Be Patrolled Until the Opening of.the Trout Season. TROUTING. Most any sort of a day will do For ordinary outing, 80 long as the skies above are olue; 80 long as there is sport in view; But who can tell ’forehand—can you? ‘The proper day for trouting? . The wind may blow just as you wish, The day be most propitious, But atill you fail, and Tom cries “Pish T told you so—an empty dish.” And yon may take an angier’s course In trouting and In piking, And trace the sclence to its source And talk until vour throat is hoarse, But never yet was man could force A fish against his liking. Yet, of‘en to our great surprise, In most unlikely weather, When we have tried bait and flies Of every make and every size, His troutship condescends 1o rise And feast on fur and feather. For hours we've paddled round about To find When lo! we hook a monster trout ! And land him with exultant shout— O this is joy deijcious. Such moments force us to forget When heart and brain grow rusted With life's monotony and fret; And though we spiD OUr yArns—you bet I never kuew an angler yet That was not to be trusted. O. F. O'BEIRNE, In Fishing Gazette. Recent intelligence from Duncans Mills states that the Russian River is tolerably low and very clear, and that angling for steelbeads is now in order. John Butler and Dr. von Hoffman will leave this City to-day for a few days’ angling on the river, and as both gentlemen.are veterans in winter fishing their many friends in this City will expect to see them return on Monday evening with a number of beauti- ful fish. . - The steelhead caught in the tidewater of Russian River is as game a fish as any angler ever stuck héok into, and experi- ence has proven to many an old warrior at the game that to successfully handle a fresh run female from old ocean, strong tackle is decidedly necessary in the first place, and in the second place the mar at the butt of a rod must understand his busi- ness thoroughly or otherwise he will find | with us our § p no tiger has | trips to and from Camp Taylor I can state for touched them, but one can fancy the terrible damege that would be done did the beast get among them, which he certainly would do did ast two | that his quarry has left him sadly in the lurch by a sudden dash fora log around which it twines the leader. % | The secret of success in preventing a | large fish from snagging your lme is to | keep as close to it as vou can. If angling | from the bank of a river or stream, follow | yonr fish as quickly as possible and puta tight strain on it should a dash for any obstruction be its object in view. Never stand and allow your line to_escape from the reel when a fish is heading for any sunken matter. Hold tight, and 1f your tackle is sound the fish will change his course and dash down stream. Of course, many little pointers, so called, can be ¥iven to new beginners, but to thoroughly understand how to handle a fish, ex- perience is the only educator. The sporting editor of THE CALL was among the many favored ones who re- ceived one of the many beautiful salmon that were shipped by Mr. Chase oi Santa Cruz to Henry Skinner of E. T. Allen & Co. a few days ago. The Santa Cruz salmon is highly prized by epicures be- cause of its rich tfnvor. ‘The residents of Point Rey es were sur- prised last Sunday at seeing such a large number of anglers leave the train on its arrival from this City; but their surprise | was ail the more great when they saw the army return from the fishing-grounds | minus a scale. Possibly the sport may be better to-morrow; it can't ceértainly be worse than 1t was a week ago. Some fish of small size were caught during the past week. 5 The following letter to THE CALL is self- explanatory : | _To the Sporting Editor of the San Francisco Call—DEAR SIR: If a Fish Commissioner or a deputy would stroll around in_the neighbor- hood of the Fish ranch, San Pablo Creek, any Sunday be would find the creek lined with fishermen. Yours respectiully, SPORTSMAN. It is reported that the Fish Commission- ers, at a recent meeting, acting upon the suggestion of Tue CarL, appointed a dep- uty to patrol the coast streams until Arnl 1. If titis report is true the local anglers wili appreciate the good intention of the commission in their behalf. Mr. Bertrand of Tocaloma sends the fol- lowing letter for publication in the sport- ing department of Tre CALL, in answer to a statement which recently appesared re- garding the Killing of steelheads in Paper- mill Creek by people who do not respect the law. The letter speaks for itself: Sporting Editor of the Call: In THE CaLL of February & is published an article in which the assertion is made of the wholesale slaugh- ter of steelherds by nefarious fishermen with spears and gaffs on Paper-mill Creek, between Toceloma aid Camp Taylor. This oit-repeated tale goes the rounds of the daily press year aiter year just before the fishing séason open Whether this is the spite work of some unscr pulous persons or that there is the real want for the proper vigilance on the part of the Fish Commissioners, it retlects but little credit upon those sportsmen who were, as claimed, witnesses to this system of fishing“Without making any advances to have the offenders unished by due process of law, as would heve en the course of every true fisherman who upholds the dignities and rights of sportsmen, instead of spreading the intelligence aiter the acts were committed. As a resident of Tocaloma and one who is in | 8 position to thro | going on in this vi the interests of sportsmen generally that I have not as yet seen any of this wholesale slaughter going on, and even if it were so where could the eleven or twelve fihermen have come from when there are but four resi dents between the points designated? That such outrages could have been tolerated in “ planting over 100,000 trout in the Paper-mill Creek at Camp Taylor can only be vindicated | by the parties producing the evidence for the prosecution of the law-breakers. As a further | guarantee to justify the falsity of the forego- ng assertion any Fish Commissioner is at | liberty to stay at the Bertrand Hotel for two | weeks any time between now and the 1st of | when he charged out among them, and bit one | April in 6rder (o assure the Commissioners as | Atkinson. well as sportsmen whether the residents o this commuully require a deputy tagging aiter | their heels to enforce the fish law. PH F. BERTRAND, 6. 2 Tocaloma, Cal., Feb. 10, 1 | Itisto be presumed that the proprietors | of summer resorts near a stream which is | extensively whipped by anglers during | the open season for trout fishing will take sufficient interest in the protection of | breeding fishes to cause the arrest of per- | sons seen in the act of killing large fish | above; tidewater. Statistics show that by | the killing of a large female steelhead on a spawning beaq, the loss of irv to the stream from which the fish is taken { amounts to something lhke 400. It can | therefore be very easily seen that a grand +creek for trout-fishing purposes may be | yuickly destroyed of nfi interest. to anglers by depopulating it of the breeding fishes during the months of the year when ang- | ling is pronibited by law. There have | been steelheads killed in the Paper-mill Creek above tide water this year, and on Sunday last five large fishes were speared in the Lagunitas Creek which is one of the feeuers of the Paper-mill. It 1s by no means to be supposed that Mr. Bertrand can see all that may oe going on in the siream in question, yet there is poachers, and would report to the Fish'! Commissioners any infringement of tie law that may come under his observation. Regardless, however, of the close watch that Mr. Bertrand may keep on the stream, the anglers “of this City, and they are | many, would be pleased to learn that the | Pish Commissioners had detailed one of | their deputies to patrol Paper-:ill and | | Lagunitas crecks in Marin County and the | ; Sonoma Creek in Sonoma County, as those | | are the principal streams which are visited | by the local fruternity during the early | months of the angling seasen. ' | .The managers of the San Francisco and | North Pacitic Coast Railroad, having an | ve to business, refuse to ship any fish | aken from the streams near which their | rains pass during the closed season for ngling. - The anglers will appreciate. this | ! action on the part of the railroad oflicials | by patronizing their line when the angling | | season opens.” If the fishermen who ship | ans Mills over the steelheads from Dunc: | North Pacific Coast Railway were treated | in a’like manner there would be little need lorna fish patroi on that part of the | river. Since Deputy Wilson made a cap- ! ture of two nets at the mouth of the Rus- | sian River two weeks ago some boxes of | steelheads were shipped by Wells, Fargo | & Co. from Duncans Mills.” This proves | that there are yeta few nets remaining near the mouth of the river which need overhauling. . —_——— THE OARSMEN. Crews That Will Contest In-the Re- gatta of Next Saturday. The regatta which will be held on the 22d inst. on Lake Merritt is the all-absorb- ing topic of conversation at the present time in aquatic circles. The clubs that have announced their willingness to participate in the contests | are the Dolphins, Ariels, South Ends, Uni- versity, Columbia, Alameda and Pioneer boatclubs. The programme of the races, itis thought, will have to be changed. The celebration committee has reduced the regatta funds, and this will necessitate eliminating the junior barge races. 8. J. Pembroke, who bas the. affair in hand, intends to over- come this difficuity by making a collection from the railroad companies whose lines are in the immediate vicinity of the lake. The races will start promptly at 2 o'clock. Charles G. Yale of Oakland will | act as referee, and the judges will be Eu- gene Flanders of the Ariel Boat Club, John | T. Sullivan of the Pioneer Club, and Dr. | Cecil Dennis of the Alameda Club. |, The course of the races has been care- fully laid out, and is satisfactory in every | way exceptine at the stakeboat, where the water is shallow, wnich will not admit of pivot-turning. To insure the oarsmen keeping in deep water stakes will be driven on both sides of the course the entire length. The management wishes to state that, owing to the low tide in the estuary, the boat clubs shouid get their boats over early in the morningof the regatta, or provision will_be made to house boats over night at the Alameda or University boathouses. It also states that the clinging costume usually worn by the oarsmen will not be tolerated in this regatta. The Alameda Boat Club intends to enter no doubt but that he has an eye out for | ¥ Lancaster of the yacht Edna, James Pem- broke and Fred Ayers. & Captain W. O. Patch of the Dolphin Club will not enter any crews, but J. Coughlin will represent the club in tbe outrigger events. Frank Duplissea and William McCaus- land of the South End Club, and probably Samuel J. Pembroke of the Alameda Club and Henry Whitkopf of the Ariel Club, will row in the senior single-scull event. This race should be worth going to see, as each holds a chsmpionship. Speculation is rife as to the probable winner of the University-Columbia four- oared race. Both crews are training as- siduously and a close contest is assured. It was confidently expected that the Pioneer senior crew would match oars with the South End’s crew in this regatta, but their intentions o entering it have not | as vet materialized. The Ariel Club held an impromptu con- cert at the boathouse last Sunday and an enjoyable afternoon was spent in dancing, singing and listening to musical selections. Henry Bode of the South Ena senior crew tried out the new Olympic Club crew last Sunday. They were H. Grimm, Harry Morse, Jules Morton and A. Allisson. | The Olympic Club is having a racing sheil built by Al Rodgers, the raceboat builder. It will be 43 feet long, 22 inches beam, 8 inches deep, and will have a seat for & coxswain. At a meeting of the Dolphin Club, held last evening, the treasurer announced that t] did not owe a dollar, but had a deficit in the treasury. Thomas Hopkins was elected to_membership, and Charlie Mitchell, W. Fouyer and Sam Murray ‘were proposed. W. 0. Patch, the club’s captain, has a unior crew organized. They are: Joe aib, aiterwaist; Fred Woerner, forward- waist; Ed Sullivan, stroke, and W. O. Patch, bow and captain. The club will held its annual picnic soon. SRS ST HANDBALL. Improvements Made In the San Francisco Ball Court. To-morrow the games that will be played in the courts on Howard street are as follows. Av the San Francisco ball court: P. Ryan and G. McDonald vs. M. McNeil and D. Rodgers; W. Darius and J. Brown-vs. C. Butterfield and G. Weard; J. Sl-uerf and D. anolly vs. J. McEvely and P. Kelly; J. C. Nealon ‘and G. Hutchinson vs. P. Donnelly and P. Hutchingson. The event of the day Wwill be between J. Harlow and T. F. Bonnet vs. M. J. Kilgallon and J. Brown. Phil Ryan has vastly improved the dressing apartments which adjoin the gourt and the place now has a very 1nvit- ing appearance. At the Union handball court Tim Jordan and William McManus will play T. Lenihan and J. McGuinn; John Kennedy and Williem Leonard will play’ T. Moore and William Keohe; H. Batzner and Dan Dooley will play J. Tierney and H. McKenney; T. McManus and J. Mc- Grath will play M. Kennedy and P. Lourey. The event ?i the day will be between J. J.'Fee- ney and Al Pennoyer vs. R.Lenihan and M. Dillon. Football. The following is the make-up of the teams that will play a match game of | football at Jentral Park next Saturday: How Positions. Decker. Stoutenburg. Detrick. . Wilson. . hal L Fullback Substitues Howards—Russell, Gill Subsiitutes Crockers—sci Hug, Hamds. The Asscciation and Rugby football teams of Oakland will play against the Citrus Colony football team at Auburn Saturday next, and a large crowd is ex- pected to witness the game. _—E Coursing. Twenty high-class dogs were entered on Thursday evening for to-morrow’s coursing at Ocean View, and in consequence a great day’s sport is anticipated. Such well-known performers as Captain Morse, Tempest, Magpie, Faster and Faster and Lord Clifton are entered and should furnish some good cuursing. Following is the result of the drawin J. McBride’s Flashlizht vs. P. Ryan’s Kittie se; D. Burfind’s Trix vs. J. G. Thompson’s vthin hortstack’s Happy Day vs. A. rill’s Snowbird; Viei Kennel's Captain ack vs. Valley Kennel’s Gold King; J. Sex- smith’s Mission Boy vs. T. Nunan’s Yreka; J. Bradshaw’s May Bell vs. T. Butler's Susie; C. Evans’ Dasheway vs. J. J. Larkey's Spin- away, J. Quane’s Captain Morse vs. Villa Kennel’s Tempest,W. D. Murphy’s Lord Clifton vs. A. Merrill’s Faster and Faster, Villa Ken- nel’s Electric vs. P. Ryan’s Magpie. Prizes ere 25, $15 and $10. Immediately after the regular stake is finished there will be a consolation stake for sixteen dogs. Mahoney Schulte, Davidson, Scott, P A — The Kennel, The advisory committee, consisting of delegates of different kennel clubs of this coast, met in private a fow evenings ago and reinstated E. P. Schell, who was ex- pelled from the Paciic Kennel Club sev- eral months ago. As Mr. Schell is the breeder of some of the best stock of St. | Bernards on this coast, there is no doubt that his charges will be strongiy repre- sented at the bench show which will be held in this City in a few months hence Bndgr the auspices of the Pacific Kennel lub. el Yachtina. The San Francisco Yacht Club has elected officers for the ensuning vear as fol- 1. Gutte, commodore; C. H. Mor- ce-commcdore; W. L! Sutherland, fleet captain; C. B. Hill, secretary; A Kenzie, financial secretary; J. T. Bonneil, treasurer, and H. H. ness, measurer. Charles G. Yale, C. H. Morrell and H. H. Jenness have been appointed a committee to meet with. representatives of associated clubs, with the object of forming a racing association. S CHARLES WATSON DEAD. He Was Meslcn‘ar.tq the Board of Fire Commissioners on Duty. Charles H.Watson died yesterday morn- ing at his home, 151 Octayia street, after a short illness. Mr. Watson had for the past seven months filled the position of messenger to the Fire Commissioners. He was taken gick on duty last Tuesday and removed to his_home, where he continued to grow rapidly worse till death came yesterday morning. The deccased was 60 years of age and leaves a widow. His father, Colonel W. H. Watson, and two brothers also survive him. The deceased was formerly in busi- ness with his father under the firm name of Watson & Sons, bardware merchants. He was subsequently manager of the steamboat lines of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. He was born in New Orleans. He was an exempt fire- man, having formerly served in the de- partment at Sacramento. NEW TO-DAY. Cure onsumption and lung troubles TO THE EDITOR :—I have 2 reliabie remedy for Consumption and all Lung Diseases; also for Loss of Flesh and ail Conditions of Wast- ing. By its timely use thousands of hopeles: cases have been PERMANENTLY CURED. So proof-positive am I of its power, that to in- creaseits usefulness and make known its great merits, I propose to SEND TWO BOTTLES FREE to any reader who will write ‘me their Express and Postoffice addréss. Sincerely, a barge crew and the following outrigger skiff oarsmen in the races: Captain Jack T. A, SLOCUM, M.C., Wnen writg the o83, PERTL St Net vork. en writin : e Jon Totier in This baper 3hd Oblige— T Ebrron. " AFTER THE RESTAURANTS, Inspector- Ben Davis Commences a Crusade Against Filth, TOUR OF CLAY STREET MADE. The Cheapest Places Were Discovered to Be in Need of a General Cleaning Up. Ben Davis, the man to whom, as chief market inspector and special policeman, the City’s Health Department has given the work of finding out the sellers of unfit meats, and one of whose duties 1s to visit the culinary ends of restaurants and in- vestigate as to cleanlinese and sanitation, made a tour of a namber of eating places yesterday and shook things up a little. As Mr. Davis explained, it is the b ning of a crusade against such places of re- freshment as do not observe the natural laws of health. The first day’s work in this airection was | not bad. He visited about a score of places and waded through kitchens and groped around in cellars. Whenever he ran up against a bad smell he usually traced it to its source and ordered the proprietor to have the cause either removed or reme- 8 % : | swelling in my died forthwith. He gave the pwp“ewi;disflpwvuer the choice of either doing so or having his place then and there condemned and | ciosed up. As a general rule the sugges- tions made by Mr. Davis were complied | witl Mr. Davis thought he would begin by NEW TO-DAY. Convincing Statements in Favor of His Improved Homeo- pathic Remedies. Well-Known Poople Testily to W Cures—They Nay Nunyon's Remedies Cure Catarrh, Byspepsia, Rheum- atism and the Host G- stinate Biseuses. A Separate Specific for Each Disea Po: e and Permanent Cures—With Munyon’s Home Remedies. You Can Become Your Own Physician—Get Munyon's Guide to Health From Your Druggist—It Will Cost You Nothing and May Save Your Life. E. B. Stonehill, ex-District Attorney ot 8an Francisco, room 74, Nevada block, saj “I obtained a bottle of Munyon's Rheumatism Cure, intending to_ascertain its effects upon a sort of rheumatic gout in | my left foot, from which I had suffered a great deal. After taking several doses of the pellets the rain leit my toot and Jocated in the joint of my rizht wrist. The pain was intense, but in the meantime the foot haa almost entirely Three days later my wrist ove to such an’ extent ndle a pen, and at resent 1 am entirely free from pain. My oot, which I had cut in order to afford me relief, [ e laid aside for an ordinary -gaiter, and inzsémuch as I took no other ommenced to | that I was able to I taking a look at the cheap eating-houses on Clay street in the 600 biock. These are all either 5-cent or 10-cent places where the poor of the City’s floating population can be found at any hour of the day until late at night dividing their choice bétween either coffee and doughnuts or a big plate of stew with its mecidental accompani- ments of soup, bread, potatoes and tea, | coffee, milk or doubtful wine. These cheap restaurants were not such as Mr. Davis might have desired, but as one man remarked he had been inthe business for ten years and such a thing as an official inspection of places where peo- vle get their food was a novelty to him. | Usually the **cheap joints,” as the vul- «ar call them, were not clean. The cus- tom is to have them swept up once or twice a day and occasionally scrubbed, but it is 1o easy matter to keep them scrupulously clean.” A proprietor of one place said he fed 1300 people every day. Krom 800 to | 1000 is the usual percentage for a day of any of them. A CarL representative made a tour of some of the restaurants later in the day | and found that where the inspector had | ordered a general cleaninz up it had been | done. The same was done with the swill bar- rels. These receptacles for the inevitable | slops had either been removed to more | suitable locations or changed as desired. Mr. Davis insists upon such receptacles be- | ing of galvanized iron, covered and out of the way. In one piace he found a dishwasher with asore hand,and on the advice of Mr. Davis the man 'was made to take off his apron and give place toa stalwart fellow who did not manifest any taini of blood. The better class of restaurants on Mont- gomery street and in the 500 block on | Ciay street, where a meal can be had:for 25 cents, were found satisfactory in condi- tion and their sanity equipments were pro. nounced good by Mr. Davis. He had noth- | ing but praise for the lunchrooms which he went through on Pine street, between | Sansome and Battery. Henry Sass was loud in his praise of the new move by the health authorities, and said he for one wonld co-operate with ihem every time and all the time. In most parts of Europe it is considered unlucky for a hare to cross the road in front of a traveler. 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