The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 27, 1896, Page 10

10 THE FIELD OF SPORT. What the Oarsmen, Athletes and Cyclists Are Doing. The much-talked-of fistic encounter be- tween Corbett and Sharkey is now a thing of the past, at least so far as a four-round bout is concerned. The pugilists are now matched-to fight to a finish “‘somewhere,” but like many other battles that have been made of the same nature, it-s doubt- ful if such a contest will ever take place. However, if Corbett and Sharkey will ever enter the ring for a finish fight the sailor maust greatly improve in his style of de- livering blows and use better judgment as to distance; otherwise Corbett will blind him before five rounds are fought. Cor- bett will cut out an altogether different method of attack to that which he em- ployed in the Pavilion. Of course, he will also be.in better condition. The oarsmen of the City are a strange lot. Bome of the crews have now refused to participate 1n the Stockton regatta be- cause they anticipated defeat. They should organize a kindergarten society and drink the blood of the Mexican bull, | which will give them pluck and renewed | confidence in their prowess. The wheelmen will engage in several road races to-morrow. Baseball is growing popular and a boom in the National game is gradually devel- oping. Angling, shooting, coursing, etc., are pastimes which have many votaries. pulant S THE WHEELMEN. Arrangements Perfected for the Annual League Meetat Petaluma. CLUB EVENTS TO-MO3IROW. Bay City Wheelmen—Road race, San Zeandro Triangle. California Cycling Club—Run to May- field. Camera Club Cyclists—Run to Walnut Creek. Garden City Cyclers—Run to Stevens | Creek. ¢ field, * Liberty Cycling Club—Run to May- field. Mountain View Cyclers—Barbecue at field. Olympic Club Wheelmen—Road race, San Mateo. Pacific Cycling Ciub—Run to Bolinas. San Francisco Road Club—Road race, Haywards. M M There are three big road races, a barbe- cue at Mayfield, and the usual number of club runs to attract the club wheelmen to- morrow, and things are altogether so lively in cycling matters just now it re- minds one of a year ago when, at the height of the season, there was a continual list of these events every Sunday for months. Only during the vast month has the sport picked up to any appreciable ex- tent, but there was enough enthusiasm manifested over the races last Sunday to give promise of this year not being so very dull after all, and the many events sched- | uled for to-morrow and trips planned for several weeks ahead go to show that July will also be a lively month for the wheel- men. Of course the most interest naturally at- taches to events that are at hand, hence the cocnsequent impression that more at- tention is being paid to the Olymnpic, Bay City and San Francisco clubs’ road races to-morrow than to the league meet at Petaluma on July 4. But in reality every heelman hereabouts who belongs to the league or to & club, and many of the un- attached riders as well, expects to go to Petaluma next Friday night or Saturday morning, for the two days’ entertainment arranged for them is far too attractive a programme to be missed and, under the circumstances, Petaluma will be just the place to svend the 4th and 5th this year. The league mevt this year is in charge of the Petaiuma Wheelmen, and their very enthusiasm and activity in making rangements, and their efforts to do evers thing in their pow success and insure visiting wheelmen an enjoyable time, has been the impetus which bas induced all the big City clubs, as well as those of Oakland and San Jose, to go there in as large numbers as possible and try to ‘‘own the town” for a couple of days at least, a privilege which the Peta- lumans assure them they will not be de- nied. Much credit is due F. K. Lippitt, F. A. Wickersham, L. C. Byce, Thomas Macleay, Mr. McNear and other prominent members of the club there for the prepara- tory work which has been done, for which they can show a splendid track, a long list of races with valuable prizes, and a pro gramme of entertainment second to none that has ever been offered at any league meet held in the State heretofore. Petaluma has now the finest quarter- mile track in tne State. It was a gocd track last year, but the banks hayve been raised four feet, making it safer and faster for the riders. A new grand stand has been erected to accommodate 800 people, making the seating capacity of the grounds about 2500. The reporters’ stand has been enlarged and moved nearer the track. It is just in front of the grand stand and the press representatives will have about the best seats on the grounds. The entries for the races closed last might and show a large number of contestants. Handicapper Smyth will announce the handicaps early next week. There are six teams entered in the tandem race and a large number of crack professionals in the races in that class. Numerous inquiries have been made in regard to prizes for broken records, and the management an- nounce that this only applies to the races and was put in for the purpose of induc- ing the men to use extra exertions to make fast time. & A. M. Boyden (Reliance), R. E. Dow and Oscar Osen (Olympic Cyclers), F. M. Byrne (Imperial), professional riders, and C. M. Ackerman, H. Martin, Haynes, E. A. Allen and Mark Simmons of the Peta- luma W heelmen, amateurs, are in active training at the track, working out twice a day, at 11 A. M. and 2:30 ». M. The otter | professionals are expected up next Mon- day ana the amateurs later. in the week. The ‘‘pros.” are well pleased with the track and say it is very fast, and that if some records are not broken it will be no fault of the track. Frank Byrne rode a mile the other day in 2:20 and was very much surprised when toid his time, as he said he did not think he was going faster than a 2:30 gait. There will be ample accommodations for visitors. As to lunch on the Fourth, nearly every church in town will set a chicken dinner in the business part of town, so that all will be well fed.- Hotel accommodations will be no higher than at any other time. Members of the League of American Wheelmen get free admission to the races and other features of the meet and reduced rates at the hotels. Trains leave this City Friday night at 3:30 | and 5 o’clock via Tiburon ferry, the round trip being $1 50. Tickets on Saturday morning train, 7:30 o'clock, good until Monday; round trip $L. A special train will leave Petaluma Saturday night at 9 o’clock, arriving here at 10:30, to accom- modate those who must return that evening. Henry F. Wynne of the California Cycling Club, and chairman of the high- way improvement committee of the League of American Wheelmen in this State, took a ‘spin” last Friday, Satur- day and Sunday that covered considerable groond. Mr. Wynne is an enthusiastic good-roads advocate, and naturally took minute notice of the condition oi the roads he traveled, and the memérandum of his trip which he gave to me is especi- len Gate Cycling Club—Run to | to make the meet a | ally valuable to any one who has only a few davs to spend on vacation and would like to spend them awheel. Mr. Wynne said: Mrs. Wynne did the pacing, while yours truly did the following with the luggage. We left San Francisco Friday at 5:30 . M. from Twenty-second and Folsom streets and picked up Languetin of the Bay City Wheelmen at the Sierra Point House, & :ew miles out on the San Bruno road. He rode with us to San Jose, where we arrived at 10:30 A. X. (fiity miles), having consumed sixty-five minutes in stop- pages at intermediate points. We remained at San Jose umtil 1:15P. M., when we went south to Gilroy, where we arrived at 3 P. M. (thiriy miles), having stopped ten minutes at both Coyote and Madrone. At Gilroy we re- meined until 3:30 P. M., and then proceeded to Sargent’s Station, where we stopped forty- five minutes Jooking through Camp Sargent. We then resumed our journey to san Juan, where we arrived at 5:30 P. )., having covered ninety-fonr miles in twelve hours’ time, or seven hours and thirty-five minutes actual riding time. Much to our astonishment we had a head wind from Giiroy to San Juan. At 7:30 o’clock Saturday mornine we left San Juan and proceeded over a rolling road through hot canyons to Watsonville, where we | arrived at 9:15°A. M. After a stop of twenty- e minutes we resumed to Aptos, Soquel and Sania Cruz, where we arrived exactly at noon, having covered thirry-seven miles. We re- mained at Santa Cruz uutil Sunday at6:20 A. M. (taking in the Venetian water carnival), when We took the narrow-gauge train to Los Gatos. At 8:30 A. M. we left Los Gatos and pro- ceeded home via Redwood City, arriving at 3 P. M., having covered fifty-four miles in the whoie time of six and a half hours, and the actual riding time of four hours and fiity-five minutes, the time of stoppage being one hour and thirty-five minutes. Mrs. Wynne's machine was geared to seventy. We had & thoroughly enjoyable trip, found the roads good except that portion between San Juan and Watsonville. From Watsonville to | Santa Cruz the roads, under the care of Super- visors Linscott and Stanton, we found of mod- ern construction and well cared for. While the route traveled by us is a more roundabout way of reaching Santa Cruz, it has several advantages over the Los Gatos, Hotel de Redwood and Soquel or Mount Charley | routes, inasmuch as the roads are rideable the entire distance and there are no mountains, | the worst grade being no greater than the six- | | mile hill, with which we are all familiar. No | forcing of pace was attempted, and the ride | shows what s good lady rider can do easily if | he has good roads. Almost every wheelman we met in Santa | Cruz reported the mountain roads very rough | | and dusty, and nearly every one recounted & | minoraccident due to the wheel getting away | on the steep grades. The route we selected | would make an excellent tandem trip. You might call this our summary: First | day—94 miles; whole time, 12 hours; actual | riding time, 7 hours 35 minutes. Second day— 37 miles; whole time, 414 hours: actual riding | time, 3 hours 35 minutes. Third day—b4 miles; whole time, 614 hours; actusl riding | time, 4 hours 55 minutes. Yours sincerely, HENRY F. WYNNE. The Pacific Cycling Club he!d an elec- | tion of officers last Monday evening, with | the following result: President, Frank | Scott; vice-president, Alf. Bach; secre- tary-treasurer, Charles W. Etting; cap- tain, Lawrence W. Pryor; first lieutenant, H. Plagemann. Captain Pryor has called a run of the club for to-morrow to | Bolinas. A. B. Post and George H. Frost, of the | Crown City Cycling Club, Pasadens, ar- rived here Thursday on a wheeling trip, and will remain about a week. They en- joyed the ride very much, and will return | the same way, by the coast route, in about | a week. Mr. Frost is an old-time wheel- man, and has been a member of the L. A. W. for eleven years, his number | being 2883. The Liberty Cycling Club will have a run to-morrow to Mayfield, under Captain Beattie, and will elect officers at a meeting next Tuesday evening. Secretary-treasurer Wells of the Oregon division of the league is in the City on a | visit. He will attend the league meet at | Petaluma on July 4. The Oregon division is but a few months old now and hasa membership of nearly 300, which is con- stantly increasing. \ Henry Meyer and Matt Lindsay have | returned from & two weeks’ trip to the | Yosemite Valley. They are well satisfied with the trip, though finding some of the | roads rather rough for wheeling. The racing board has issued its bulletin No. 16, dated June 26, 1896, as follows: Sanctions granted—July 3 and 4, Spokane Amsteur Athletic Club, Spokane, Wash. ; July | 4, Rambler Bicycle Company, Seattle, Wash. Trausierred to professional class—C. E. Dow, Seattle, Wash.; Millard J. Lee, Portland, Or., own request; Bert Schoonmaker and Fred Waite, Spokane, Wash., clause A. R. M. WELCH, Member National Racing Board. To-morrow the Camera Club Cyclists, under Cap'ain Argenti, will take the 7 A. M. broad-gauge boat and train to Mar- tinez, and ride from there to Walnut Creek, a short trip, where they will visit the Bancroft ranch and enjoy a bullshead breakfast and the usual accessories. Last evening the ciub had a moonlight run to the park, but owing to the fog and cloudi- ness the most impor:ant featnre of the run—the moon—was absent. The Reliance Club Wheelmen held a | very successful road race last Sunday from Fruitvale to San Leandro, but | through a difference between the starter's watch and ihose at the finish the times were incorrectly given out. The following | is the corrected table, which shows that | several of the men made far better time f than was credited to them : | | g H =7 et H g* : = (31 g CONTESTANT. 5 =2 : H S5 3:00 3:00 3:00 2:15 1:30 2:30 2:00 1:15 2:00 10 1:30 11 1:30 12 2:15 13 2:30 Seratch . The racing season hag not lyet advanced far enough to give any sort of definite idea as to who the '96 champion is likely to be, | but thus far it seems as though Bald an | Cooper had the best of matters. Probably | both of these riders have already discov- | ered that professionalism is not exactly 1‘ “a bed of roses,” and that the men they have to contend with are not awed by | these two old class B cracks, as their antago- nists seemed to be last year;butare doubly anxious to sbut them out on every possi- | ble occasion and show them that there are a few tricks of the trade which they have not learned. It isn’t at all unlikely, and would be only a case of what has been often seen in the past, if some rider who has been meet- ing with varying success should suddenly develop into a phenomenon and beat them | all out before the closing of the season. An_occurrence of this kind would make | racing more interesting than ever, and perhaps bring forth time results heretofore | thought of &8 impossible. On the other side of the water Tom Eck | seems to be meeting with less success than anticipated. McDonald, who was not in good form at any time last year, but nevertheless showed remarkable | speed on several occasions, notably at As- bury Park, is doing very well and after be- coming thoroughly acclimated, in good trim and used to foreign tracks and meth- ods may surprise even the most hopetul. The Bay City Wheelmen will have a run next Wednesday to Native Sons' Hall to attend the benefit tendered Robert Mitch- ell, the pooular amateur minstrel, who met with a painful accident recently. The Olymgic Cyclers, Olvmpic Club Wheel- men, Corinthian Yacht Club, Mission Par- lor, N. 8. G. W., and other organizations are also interested and will attend en masse. It seems now that Ziegler admits that THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1896. BRANDON. Right Field. LEARY, Center Field. GORMAN, Catcher. O'TOOLE, Pitcher. HURLEY, Third Base. “THE CALL” REED, Second Base. SHIELDS, Catcher, J. E. POWER, Manager. G. WHALEY, Mascot. WHALEY, Pitcher. MAHONEY, Shortstop. CARDIFP, Captain and First Base. McCORMICK, Left Field BASEBALL TEAM. [Reproduced from ‘a photograph taken by H. F. Powleson.] should attach to Cooper, who is one of the fairest and most popular riders on the track to-day. The Raisin City Wheelmen is the name of a new ciub which was organized at Fresno last Tuesday evening. Aside from the primary object of the club, which is to promote sociability and to organize cycling parties and excursions, the club will give attention to better roads and expects to Captain W. I. Pixley of the San Fran- cisco Road Club. accomplish good work along that line. Many prominent gentlemen of the city are among the promoters. The club members will mostly all join the League of Ameri- can Wheelmen. The charter members and the officers elected are: John McMul- lin, president; John Reichman, vice-presi- dent; B. J. Metzler, treasurer; Dr. A.J. Pedlar, captain; Miss Emma Wold, secre- tary; A. Newhouse, Dr. Miner, C. H. Markham, H. W. Skinner, N. H, Peterson, W. D. Crichton, A. B. Parker, L. W. Moul- trie, G. W. Jones, J. M. Collier, G. C. Freeman, A. Gartenlaub, C. H. Emmons, R. R. Maxwell, Page Minor, M. V. Dutcher, Miss Ada Harvey, Miss Coleman, Miss Gearhart, Professor B. W. Fabian, W. T. Burks and R. M. Thompson, local consul of the league in Fresno. Captain W. L Pixley of the San Fran- cisco Road Club is showing an activity in handling the runs and outings of his club that might be followed with advantage by the leaders of some other lofal clubs. The San Franciscos have an outing of some sort nearly every Sunday, and Captain Pixley always selects an easy, pleasant destination. Mr. Pixley is an old-time wheelmen, having been arider in the days of the ordinary, ana was at one time cap- tain of the old San Francisco Bicycle Club. SeALDING. i ANGLING. San Andreas Lake Will Be Opaned on Wednesday Next. Anglers will be pleased to learn that the San Andreas Lake will be opened to the disciples of Walton on July 1, and it goes without saying that some royal good sport awaits all those who will be so for- tunate as to receive an invitation to angle from Charles Webb Howard, the president of the Spring Valley Water Company. Gentlemen who have recently enjoyed an outing on this beautiful sheet of water are profuse in their praises of the sport they had in hooking, playing and landing the gamest ot all anadromous fishes—the steelhead. True, the steelhead is a fish which at this season of the year wili seek saline waters for various rgasons. In the of the sun which has full play during the dry summer season, the steelhead is at- tacked by what is termed a fresh water parasite and to rid _itself of this trouble- some visitor it repairs immediately to the trip and arranges for a good lunch at ithe | first place when the sweet waters of the | rivers and lakes are warmed by the heat | cool and deep water of the ocean if the op portunity permits. . During winter, when the steelhead is on its journey from oid ocean to the spawn- ing beds at the headwaters of coast streams, it is again attacked by salt-water parasites, which remain fast to its gills and fins until the silvered denizer of the deep enters an estuary at the mouth ot some river which empties into the ocean. Itis therefore not to be surprised that some of the large steelheads of the lakes are at this season of the year annoved by parasites. The fishes would certainly seek the cool waters of the ocean if they had an opportunity, but being land- locked their only hope for relief is by seratching their boaies and fins on the rocks which line the sides of the lake. Professor Jordan, H. F. Emeric and other noted authorities on fishes and fish culture are of the opinion that the Loch Leven trout and the .trout of European waters, commonly known as the brown or Von Behr trout, would thrive and do re- markably weil in any of the lakes of the 8pring Valley Water Company, as they are not elassified among the anadromous fishes, such as salmon, steelheads, etc. John Gallagher of Oakland, a most ar- dent angler, by the way, is at present rus- ticating at Prattville. He has written to John Butler that angling in the Big Mead- ows country will not be at its prime until next month. He says that the trout run very large, some reaching as many as eight pounds. He anticipates having gala sport in July. The Truckee and other rivers on the east side of the Sierra Nevada Mountaine are running very high at present and anglers who haye recently returned state that trout fishing will not be good this year until the latter part of July. Good sport can now be expected at Inde- pendence, Donner and Webber lakes, which beauty spots have only recently been opened to anglers. Al Cumming, the champion long-dis- | tance fly-caster of Fruitvale, and Captain Finch, the champion caster of Sausalito for delicacy and accuracy, will leave this City to-morrow evening for Truckee. Varieties of Trout That Are Now to Be Found in the Waters of This State. Cooper did not purposely or otherwise foul him in that ceiebrated race at Cincinnati | last month. If any fouling was done it was by Grant, but Ziegler has not pressed the charge and is desirous that no blame k"g (e Tproal™ T\"o : - — Cumming will journey to Donner Lake and Finch wiil try his luck on Lake In- dependence. John Butler and a friend will have a whip at San Andreas Lake on Sunday. They wi!l be joined by Fred Verker and comflany. John “Siebe ana Albert Wieland have returned from their trip around the world. Siebe is replete with fish and fowl stories. Messrs. Mansfiela and Bogart enjoyed some very good trout fishing last Sunday at the headwaters of the Biz Sulphur Creek, which empties into the Russian River near Cloverdale. Splendid trout fishing is reported near Boonville, in Mendocino County. The Fly-casting Club will meet this afternoon on Stowe Lake. Johm P, Reynolds left on Saturday to teach the anglers of Glen Ellen a trick or two in trout fishing. The following letter from Commodore James Whatt, is self-explanatory: James A. Pariser fished the Calaveras Creek last Sunday with very poor success; in fact, he admitted that he aid not get one fish— fishermen, as a rule, are not quite so truthful 8s Mr. Pariser—but then, this is his first sea- son. Mr. Pariser tried all kinds of bait, such as worms, shrimps, chubs, meat and salmon roe (prepared by John Butler, the salmon-roe specialist) and still he failed to get a fish. He, however, succeeded in procuring acoon, which follpwed him along the stream for miles, prob- ably attracted by the variety of bait which he cartied with him. Pariser tried to hook the cooh several times, but eventually had to ask Will Bain, & companion, to dispatch him, which Bain did. Pariser brought the coon to town Monday morning, saying that he had & friend who un- derstood cooking coons, and that he would have coon steaks, coon roasts, coon stews, etc., for the balance of the week. Mr. Pariser has not been seen at his office or around town for the past few days, but as he lives in Alameda, his friends on this side of the bay heve not learned the cause of hisab- sence. —_— BASEBALL. Jim Corbett WIIl Play First Base With the Pacifics at the Presidlo. Lovers of good baseball will be treated to a first-class game to-morrow (Sunday) aiternoon at the Presidio athletic grounds between the Pacifics and Californians. Judging from the makeup of the teams it is safe to say that acloseand exciting game will result. The champion pugilist of the world, James J. Corbett, will nlay first base, and if he succeeds in hitting the leather as hard a smash as he gave Tom Sharkey in the first round of his fight, when he raised a shanty over Tom’s right optic, it will needs be a pretty high fence to stop the ball from taking a dip in the ocean. orbett is, however, a pretty good ball layer and will doubtless make a most favorable impression on the spectators as a batsman. The line up is as follows: Position PACIFICS. McDermott.. Right field.. To-morrow the initial games of the Cali- fornia Baseball League championship series wiil be played at the new grounds, Sixteenth and Folsom streets, in this City, and at the park in_San Jose. At the latter place the San Joses will meet the Stockton team. The Folsom-street grounds are splend- idly equipped. There is a neat and com- modious grand stand built in a semi- circle and so arranged that everything that takes place on the field can be plainly seen from every seat. The grounds themselves have been pre- pared regardless of expense. Nothingthat would contribute to the smoothness and general utility of their make-up has been omitted. A convenient and fully fitted up dressing-room for the players has also been provided. The opening game in this City will be between the Oaklands and San Franciscos. In the two clubs are many old-time favor- ites. Bill Brown of New York and Boston fame will be seen on third base for the men from across the bay. Rube Levy, Pete Sweeney and *'Pop” Swett are among the local gladiators. The new men are all equally as capable as those mentioned. The teams will be made up as fcllows: SAN FRANCISCOS. Position. OAKLANDS. P. Sweeney. Bill Brown Smith. M. Murphy Cooney or e g 5 THE OARSMEN. Crews That Will Not Take Part In the Stockton Regatta. To-morrow at 12:30 o’clock at the foot of Chestnut street, Alameda, the Ala- meda Boating and Swimming Club will have a rowing regatia. It has completed all preparations for the event, and the original entry list, as appeared exclusively in Sunday’s Cawry, still remzins intact. The offic’als of the day’s sport are as fol- lows: Referee, Al Rodgers; judges, J. A. Sansom and A. Schumacher; timer, J. Conro; marshal, F. Mundwyler; starter, 8. W. Creigh. Rowing is enjoying an era of prosperity at the Aiameda Club. At present they have not enough boats to satisfy the row- ing propensities of the members, and will soon place orders for many new boats. Following is a list of npriicams formem- bership at the next regular meeting: P. Steinmeitz, Samuel Marston, Roger Chey- elier, Louis Chevelier, Walter Canning and James Scott. From present indications it looks as if the Stockton regatta on July 4 will be robbed of oneof its most important fea- tures. A senior four-oared barge race, in which were entered the South End crew the champions of the coast), the Stockton iants, and a crew from the Pioneer Row- ing Club, was down on the programme, but it is very doubtiul if 1t will take place. The Pioneer and South End crews have stopped training, buc the Stockton crew is still smashing away at the vars, and in the event of neither of the local crews lining up the Btockton crew will claim the race by default. The management of the rezatta had counted on this race as one of the draw- ing cards, and the Stockton people were more than anxious to see the crew from their city line up with the local cham- pions, But the home- oarsmen say ‘‘nit,” they won’t row for a.cup; but this seems to be a case of 'possum. The same crews have rowed for cups before, and there is no rea- son why they should refuse to race again. There are many who think that the local men are actually afraid of the Stockton crew and don’t like to tackle it in its pres- ent condition, for the Stockton boys are known to be in ‘great form, while the barge crews here are comparatively in no form at all. Duplissea, the stroke of the South End crew, will row a single-scull race before going into the barge event, and the rest of the crew, it is thought, are afraid to row the race, thinking that Duplissea will be too pumped out and 1n no condition to put up a speedy stroke. The South Eud Club at its recent meet- ing tried hard to induce the boys to row, regardless of defeat or victory, and offered to p::y their expenses while at Stockton, but Captain MacArtuur said that they will row on September 9 only. The Pioneer crew had been training bard, but when the club said it couldn’t afford to pay the boys’ expenses at Siock- ton, the crew quit work. John T. Sullivan, the shoe-dealer, came to the rescue and offered to pay dll the crew’s expenses and put up $500 besides that they could defeat either the South End or Stockton crews, but the Pioneers had knocked off training for a week, and they say they didn’t like to risk a defeat owing to lack of condition. This is just the reason why the Fourth of July committee will have nothing to do with rowing regattas, as it cannot depend upon the oarsmen to train properly and race when the time comes for business. The senior single scull event will have to be rowed in_boats, owing to the large entry list, and the narrowness of the Stockton Channel. McCausland is rowing better now than when he rowed at Eil Campo, and says if he wins he will immediately get to work for his race with Johnson at the coming Victoria regatta. Duplissea is working like a beaver, and his left wrist, which failed him in the E1 Campo race, has been materially strength- ened by the use of wrist.machines. Jim Wilson and Bob Ells, the Arids’ skiff men, are in excellent form, and if the ciub enters J. R. Bockmann or N. J. Prendergast in the junior outrigger skiff event, it will be well Tepresented at Stock- ton, and ought to carry off the lion’sshire of the prizes. In spite of the fact that the Pioneersard South End clubs will not have t e pleas- ure of se=ing their respective senior crevs settling an old grudge they expest justas much rivalry to exist in the junior four- oared race. Jack Coughlin has been training regu- larly for this regatta from the Dolphin Boat Club, and as he is their only entry he is receiving considerable encourazement irom his club_mates, Coughlin has de- feated S. J. Pembroke of the Alameda Club, and at present he is the champion skiff rower of the coast, and will have con- siderable backing to win at Stockton. An accident happened to C. J. Flanders’ launch just as she was about to pull out on her trip up the river. Ever since the engine was set in place Flanders dould not get it to work properly. He was about to return the en.ine East, where it was built, and get a new one when George Woodbury, a 16-year-old boy and an inventor of an electric bike and builder of an engine and boiler, examined it and in a very few hours all was sunshine, for he got the engine in good working order and was taken along on the trip to_act as chief engineer. He will undoubtedly run the launch in the launch race at the Stock- ton regatta. R THE GUN. Poachers Killlng Doves and Deer in Marin and Mendocino. To-morrow the Empire Gun Club will hold its monthly inanimate target contests at Alameda Point, and on the same day the inter-club team shoot will be decided on the Empire grounds. The Pacific Tournament Association, which is composed of several gun clubs, will meet on July4 and 5 at its new grounds, Alameda Point. Clarence A. Haight is the general manager and Edgar Foster has been appointed manager of the shooting events. The programme of the first day reads: A ten-bird race, en- trance 50 cents, four moneys; ten-bird race, 75 cents entrance, six moneys and $10 added ; twenty-bird race, §1 entrance, $15 added; twenty-bird race, club team shoot of six men; the final event will be a twenty-bird race, entrance $1. The en- trance fee includes price of birds in each event. In class shooting all ties will be divided. Each team entry must consist of members of a club in good standing. A splendid lunch will be served on the | grounds and tnis fact alone should guar- antee excellent shooting, as when the “‘inner” man is made Lappy the ‘“outer’ man should have his eye opén to business. In the second day of the tournament there will be a ten, three fifteen-bird and two twenty-bird races open, all of which will terminate with a fifteen-bird club team event. A first-class time is promised all shooters and sportsmen who will be present on this oceasion. On July 5 the California Wing Club will meet at the old grounds oi San Bruno, where, in bygzone days, many close finishes resulted in open shoots between men who were in those times ranked as the leading live-bird shots of the State. Sportsmen will remember that on July 1 iv will be lawful to kill doves. The birds are said to be very plentiful this year in some parts of the Livermore Valley. The season when male deer can be killed will commence on July 15 and end on October 15. Aprovos of deer-shooting, it is NEW TO-DAY. Cure ONSUMPTION and lung troubles NEW YORK, May 16, 1896. To EDITOR CALL:—1 have an absolute remedy for CONSUMPTION and all Bronchial, Throat and Lung Diseases, Catarrhal Affec- tions, General Weakness, Loss of Flesh, Thin Children, and all Conditions of Wasting Away. 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