The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 21, 1897, Page 8

THE FRANCISCO CALL RDA AUGUST 21, 1897 The kennel representatives of this State are deeply interested in the outcome of an investigation which will be held at the Oc- cidental Hotel on Monday evening. The wheelmen will enjoy their custom- ary runs 1nto the country to-morrow and the lovers of good baseball are promised some first-class sport at Central Park. The California Scheutzen Club will hold its annual festival to-morrow at the San Rafael Park. The osrsmen are training like beavers for the coming races at El Campo and X ian River. Coursing, handball, athletics, shooting and fishing are also pastimes that have good support. In ali branches a healthy life is now existing. - THE WHEELMEN. Amateur Meet at Santa Rosa To- Day—Who Wiil Get the C. A. C. C. Champlonships? There will be an amateur meet at Santa Rosa to-day, at which are entered some of the best riders in the State in that class. The pro ramme of events was given in TuE CALL yesterday. The races are sanc- tioned by the California Associated Cy- ng Clubs, hence ail riders are safe in competing in them. The entries and handicaps follow: One mle handicap Noonan, B. C. W., scratc} . Peck, B. C. W., 15 yards; C. J. Birdsall, C. C. C., 30; Hampton fathews, unattached, 50; Henry Buker, un- ached, 60; C. Bolte, Acme, 65; Krk al, H. W., 70; B. f. Jones, unattached, S0. seat—Henry . R. W., scratch; C. C., 10 yards S. Bacon, 1s Stofen, unattached, 40; F. unattached, 55; George Perry, vde, unattached Al Irving Crocker First heat—Ben scratch—Irving Crocker, Eagle Bolte, Acme; Will Stofen, kK, W W. S mile, cling Club; B Cy Two-mile post race—Entries same as in one- mile scratch. One mile tandem—C. N. Bolte and G. A. Wy- man; F. G. Peck and W. S. Bacon; Herry Noonan sud Ben Nconan; A. Theisen and C. J. Birdsall. A special round-trip excursion rate of $1 50 is obtainable for those who desire to attend this meetand the celebration of the Young Men’s Institute at the same time. Charley Kraft is billed to ride five miles agamst time in addition to the other races, and this and the mile tandem event: will be well worth seeing. his Sauta Rosa meet to-day is another evidence of how little attention is paid by meet promoters to advising the racing men and cyclers in general that a meet 1s to bs held. Although the entries closed Thursday, not a blank was seen here until | the Monday previous. Santa Rosa could have had a field if the meet had been properly rtised among the racing meu. If the September 9 meet is as poorly handled, there will be but a small field and a poor gate, It would not be a bad idea for some one of the Santa Rosa mana- gers to come down herenext Saturday or Sunday with a pocket fuil of entry blanks and visit the various clubs. He would be surprised by the result of his labors. It seems that nowadays racing men, and particularly amateurs, don’t enter a race unless they are asked to. g It is about time that Santa Rosa began making preparations for its meet on Ad- mission day. The racing board will be in- clined to award the C. A. C. C. campion- ships elsewhere unless some assurance 18 given very shortly that the Santa Rosa meet is to be held. There is talk of a big meet here at the Velodrome before that track is torn up and the championships are wanted asone of the drawing cards. Sacramentc also proposes to hold & meet on Sunday, September 12, and would like to get one of them too. The racing board has about decided that unless some defi- nite word is received from Santa Rosa by the end of next week it will hold its meét on September 9 to award the cham- pilonships at once to San Francisco and Sacramento, both of which places are act- ively in the field for them. The Reliance Club Wheelmen have elected the following officers in the places of those who recently resigned: A. Bax- ter, captain; A. P. Deacon, first lieuten- ant; Charles Lefevre, second lieutenant; Frank Buckley, captain. “Pop” Robbins has resigned the cap- taincy of the California Cycling Club and Frank Bush has been elected to the va- cancy. The Olympic Club Wheelmen’s road race having been postponed, there is nothing on the cards of that nature for 10-morrow. The association’s booth at the Mechan- ics’ Fair is really worth a visit, and Mr. Adams and Mr. Welch deserve a great deal of credit for making it as attractive and complete as it1s. Victor A. Hancock, chairman of the touring boar, isin charge afternoons and evenings, and is assisted by prominent cfficials of the association. Captain Henry L. Day and Frank H. Watters of the Bay City Wheelmen left last Wednesday for Trinity County, where they purpose engaging ir miling. If they are successful they will have many followers from the rank and file of the club. C. Michener, ex-president of the Cali- fornia Cycling Club, who suffered a stroke of paralysis about a month ago, is very much better, and his friends hope soon to see him in his former good health. Captain Hadenfeldt is arranging a run of the Olympic Club Wheeimen to Stock- ton the latter part of the week. They will take the boat from here Saturday evening, returring early Monday ‘morning. * This is an annual event with the Olympics. Rumor has it that the Olympics will conduct a race meet at the Velodrome Track the first Sunday in October or there- aoouts. The members of the Golden Gate Cy- cling Club are in active training for their five-mile roaa race, to take place on Sun- day, September 5, over the San Leandro- Haywards course. The attempt to start a new cycling club in San Jose, to take the place vacated by the disbanding of tt:e Garden City Cyclers, has proved a failure and been given up. The Garden City Gun Club, formerly an annex of the Cyclers, has iaken club- rooms on the west side of South First street, midway between San Fernando and San Antonio, and many of the ex- members of the Cyclers will join it for the «ocial privileges, the initiation being but $1 50 and dues 50 cents a month. The total collapse of the Garden City Cyeclers 1s fully realized when one reads a dodger now being circulated, stating that all the clubroom effects, including furni- ture, piano, pool and billiard tables, desks, 1ables, curtains, carpets, rugs, pictures, gas fixtures and gymnpasium apparatus, will be sold at public auction this morn- ing in San Jose at 10 o’clock at the club- rooms. John E. Alexander, the ex-Gar- den City racing man, who was prominent on the path in 1893 and 1894, is attorney for the assignee, and, will you believe it, ez-Captain Joseph A. Jury printed the dodger in his printing establishment. It must, indeed, be a bitter cup for them. The demise of the Garden City Cyclers is to be greatly regretied, as the club was { @ power in cyciing circles on the coast and | controlled one of the firest tracks in the | State. Itsrace meets used to attract the | flower of San Jose society, besides num- berless wheelmen and devotees of the | sport from this City and Oakland. There | was a time when its membership num- | bered over 30). | Tt would seem that San Jose shoula sup- | port at_least cn: strong, active cycling | club. It is evident that the one-man gov- ernment that issaid to have caused the downfall of the old club should not pre- | vail, but 2 good board of directors could | be chosen, composed of many of the old | members who still bave an interest in the sport, and who knows but that we may again taste the hospitalitv of the Garden City in a cycling carnival. Herbert D, Clark, the popular cycling writer, is now unattached since the dis- banding of the Al~meda Cyclers, he hay- ing concluded not to join with the pro- posed athletic amalgam:ation now being formed there. Irving A. Powell of the New York Ath- letic Club, who won the two-mile amateur championship at the recent league meet at Philadelphia, isa ‘‘pure” beyond ques- | tion. Powell is worth $500,000 in his own | | rame, baving 1eceived it on his coming of | age early this month. He is a member of | the Coiumbia Coll:ge team and isnow | jollowing the circuit just for the fun of | the thing, his traveling team-mte being Ray Dawson. These two and Kddie Bald are almost constantly together, and all Irving A. Powell, the Two-Mile Amateur Champion. three may go abroad after the circuit is ended. The Southern Cyclists’ Association of Louisiana and the California Associated Cycling Clubs have joired in a statement to the cycling governments of the world, the criginal of the appeal having been filed with the International Cyciists’ Assocta- tion of Coventry, England, and copies have been translated into various lan- guages and sent to the different cycling associations. The appeal sets forth the facts now so familiar to the wheelmen of this State that we have wrested the con- trol of ail cyeling affairs, and purticularl racing, from the League of Ameri n Wheelmen, and requests that our associa- } tion and that of Loaisiana be Teco:nized as contemporary cycling organizations in | order t. at our men may go abroad and | race on the International Association’s tracks if they so desire, and also that for- eigners may ride here and in Louisiana. The different respenses to this appeal will be awaited with particular intere t, especially thet from Australia, as Ziegler and another prominent local racer intend making a pilgrimage to Australia if they Jearn that their entries will be accepted there. Since the addition of individual mem- bership the name of California Associated Cycling Clubs has become a misnomer, and it should bechanged at an ear.y meet- ing of the bcard of governors. This is the more desirable, owing to the growth of the association, it havingalready spread beyond this State to Oregon and Wash- ington and south to Arizona. The name is not broad enoungh as it now stands. The championships, recently decided at the League of American Wheelmen's meet at Philadelphia, resulied as follow: Professional—Quarter-mile, F. Loughead; nhalf-mile, Earl Kiser; one mile, Frea Loughead; two-mile tandem, Bald and Church; fhve-mile, A. C. Mertens, Ama- teur—One-mile, C. M. Ertz; two-mile, Irving A, Powell. There will be a large attendance of the Cycle Board of Trade on its six-day ride through Lake County. Itis proposed to start from here Saturaay, September 4, returning so as to be at Santa Rosa on the 9th to take in the cycle races in conjunc- tion with the Native Sons’ celebration. SPALDING. — GUN AND ROD. How Wild Ducks Are Shipped From Antloch—Bass and Trout Fishing. The Olympic Gan Ciub will meet to- morrow at Ingleside shooting grounds, and some interesting sport is promised, live birds will be used on this occasion. ! in view, and it succeeded 1n carrying them at Alameda Poiot, The Lincolns will try their speed and nerve on live birdson Sunday, the 29th. An angler who returned from Boca re- cently stated that he had seen Indians in the vicinity of that town with grouse in their possession, but when be attemplied to converse with them they shook their heads and grunted **Ughnl” The Ind:ans pretended mot to under- stand English, but if the angler had of- fered them a few dollars tor some birds they would quickly state 1n plain English that the grouse were for sale to the high- est biader. The grouse-shooting season wiil not open until September 1, ana it i safe to say that some of Lhe ‘‘native sons will be cinched before that time, as 2 deputy fish and game commissioner has been dispatched to the place in que-tion with oraers to arrest any and all persons found with quail or grouse in their pos- session. A sportsman who has enjoyed many pleasant days’ duck-shooting in the vi- cinity of Antioch sends the following | self-explanatory communication to THE| CaLL: To the Sporting Editor of The Call—DAR SIR: As THE CALL is the only Cily paper that takes any interest in the protection of the fish and game of our State, I thougnt I would write you a few liues to let you know of the slaugh- ter of young ducks in_this vicinity, and espe- | on Sherman Island, by the fishermen ket hunters. Ducks are shipped from Landing :n egg-boxes every day on the Stocklon steamers to the City markeis. I be- lieve that Sherman Jsland is in Sacramento County snd that county has a Gaune Warden, but that gentleman has never been seen in that end of his connty. If he wants to dist guish himself and swell his record all_ he has 10 do is to come down into Three-mile Slough, | on the upper end of Sherman Island, and he can find plenty of poachers. A. Bower and party of friends returned recently {from a very pleasant wvacation which was spent 1n_the vicinity of John Day’s ranch, which is at the headwaters | of Eel River. The sportsmen report hav- | ing had only fair fishing, but with the rifle | they had most excellent success. Mr. Bower killed five large bucis, and his frienas, although not as successful, en- | joyed the sport of pumping lead aiter the ) fleeting game. | Cherley Dietz (“Bill Nye'’) is at present rusticatine at the beautiful Ferndale ranch in Santa Paula. He Las written of the good sport he is now enjoying, but he | songs for a few davs' deer-shooting with | his Indian friend Eaton in Lake County. John Gallagher, the crack angler of Oakland, has just returned, sunburned and healthy, from three weeks on the Russiau River. He enjoyed excellent black bass fishing. Samuel F. Hughes, Herman Oelrichs and W. Hilligas will leave this evening for a few days’ fishing on the Truckee River. They expect to return with well- Jerse: | and to report progress as soon as possible. were more or less in a xtate of topsy- turvy ever since the fall of the Olympic Gun Ciub and the ascension of the San Francisco Kennel Club. Several dog shows or bench shows were held this year in different cities of the Siate and much rivalry existed among the managers of the kennei clubs in their selections of judges. James Mortimer ras “‘turned down’’ by the San Francisco | Kennel Club for some reason whicn has not been explained, but his gerv:ces were in demand nevertheless by other cluos. At the Oakland Bench Show he gave the winning colors to Flora W, an English setter of excellent qnality, beautiful markings and grand feather, much to the chagrin of the owner of Countess Noble, who is H. T. Payne, editor of Field | Sports. | . The Countess had already won several first prizes, and her defeat by Flora W stung her proud possessor, who had pub- lished afterward somearticles in his paper which Mr. Mortimer and his friends con- strued as being 1nvective, unsportsman- like and malicious. At any rate the ar- ticles stirred up a per.ect howl in dog- dom, 80 called, and the editors of saveral sportsmen’s journals—not sporting pa- pers—commented at length on the ed:: torials which appeared in Field Sports. In | fact some of the criticisms were exceed- nely caustic. : 4 The St. Bernard Club of this State filed with the American Kennel Ciubin June last a set of resolutions_condemnatory of the attack made by Editor Payne on Judge Mortimer and the big New York Kennel Club dispaiched it3 secretary Mr. Vredenburgh, to this City to inquire into the existing state of kennel affairs, Mr. Vredenburgh arrived last Wednes- day and a meeting of the Pacific advisory board was held that evening, but nothing of importance in connection with the charges and countercharges was trans- -acted, as Mr. Vredenburgh refused to hear argument unless he had a stenographer to report the proceedings. » The meeting was then postponed until Monday evening, when it was announc:d that the investigation wou'd be open toall sportsmen who desired to be pres=nt. Mr. Payne stated that be wili stand by every word that appeared in his paper from his pen, and he further stated that he had published only true facts, which he will prove to be facts to the satisfaction of any court of inguiry. It can be safely said that kennel matters on this coast will receive a warm stirring up during the coming week. The Pacific advisory board is composed of the following gentlemen: Dr. D'Evelvn (chairman) of the Pacific Fox Terrier Club, John E. de Ruiter of the San Fran- | cisco Kennel Ciub, W. F. Gibson of the Stoekton Kennel Club, Dr. W. R. Cluness of the St. Bernard Club, George B. M. filled baskets. The following article, which recently | appeared in a Portland (Or.) paper, will | interest the Fish Commissioners of this | State: There appears to be a misapprehension in | the minds of some persons concerning the | proposed introduction of striped bass it the | waters of Oregon. There are some who evi- | dently think there is no distinciion between | the biack or big-mouthed bass and the siriped | variety. S.8. Gordon of Astorla, writing to Fish Protector MeGuire on the subject, says ““I haven’t heard anything lately about im porting black bass for the Co'umbia, and hope the matter has been dropped for good. I have often thought of telliug vou that I have caught black bass in swift-running water in Micoigan, in the pineries, up to a certain point below which I caught no trout and above there caught plenty and the largest I ever saw. “I mention"that because I saw in print that | bass would not leave slack water, and would be useful to kill car Isay let that mistake go—thatis, the corp—but don’t try any more experiments. Why is 1t people are always un- | easy unless they are trying romething new, and then wishing they had let well enouch alone? I believe some peovle wou.d import | Canadian thisties if we had none rather than douothing.” Mr. McGuire has never entertained the thought of having black bass imported to this | country. Experience hasshown that it is not | safe to put thete fish in stream with other | fish, if ivis expected that the others shall live, The life of a salmon or trout is Lot worth much when pitted against the large-mouthed black bass. _ For several months Mr.McGuire has been investigating the habits of the striped bass, with » view to having them introauced into the waters of Oregon. Before doing so, how- ever, he wili visit Cailfornia in the fall months and make a special investigation of | the striped bess and definitely diccover whether or not the fish destroy young salmoa | or other fish. If convinced that they are barmless and no damage would be susteined by their introduction it is_probable that Mr. McGuire will arrange to have striped bass in Oregon waters and the people in a few years furnished with one of the best food ftishesin existence a1 moderate cost. S THE KENNEL. A Warm Sesslon Is Expected at Next Monday Evening’s Meeting. Not in many moons has there been such interest displayed in kennel affairs as there is at present. When the Olympic Gun Club was re- fused permission from the American Ken- nel Club to hold a b:nch show in this City the first feelings of unpleasantness among dog men were noticeable. The San Francisco Kennel Club, which was born about the time the Olympic Gun Club applied to the parent body for per- mission to hold a show, had already made well-arranged vplans with the same object out to perfection. Of course the Olympic Gun Club felt the sting of defeat, and it still feels that it did | Clara Valley Poultry Club, W. E. Ladd of | now all in, numbering thirty-two and in- | Gray of thie Oakiand Kennel Club, R. K. | Gardner of the Southern or Los Angeles | Kennel Club, €. R. Harker of the Santa | the Sacramento Kennel Club and J. W. | Keene of the Portiand Kennel Club. As there are only a iew thoroughbred | Irish water spaniels on this coast the sportsmen who are interested in this valu- able breed will be pleased to, learn that Charles Feeney bas bred his handsome | lut Mollie Bawn to Irish Duke, the prop- | erty of John H. Bammi. Mollie was f r merly owned by J. Purdy of New York, and she won, when out of condition, sec- ond prize at the last bench show held in this City. Irish Duke is inthe chailenge elass, and that speaks for itself. Saradirs COURSING. Another Big Stake to Be Run Off at Ing'eside To-Day and To-Morrow. In accordance with the inauguration of such eventslast week, another big cours- ing stake will be run off to-day and to- morrow at Ingleside, beginning at 1:30 | this afternoon. Besides this larger event, | a consolation stake limited to twenty dogs | will be drawn and rur immediztely after to-day’s rundown of the first. Both will awaken lively speculation. The initial feature is open to and made up from the speedisst fivers known locally or lately arrived from the East. Magician, one of the Kay & Traut St. Louis purchases, will make his coast dabut. There are also a scoily appearing hali-score of others whose canine personalities are unfamiliar. Those looking just a grain the best in the rundown of the chief stake this afternoon are, in the opinion of Professor McQuinne, Tuilamore, Mialmo, Beau Brummel, Royal Buck, Jester, Fireball, Sarcastic, St. Aticia, Uncle Sam, Magician, Fear Not, Sam, Sir Walter, Mohawk, Kingston, Skyball, Westside, Moondyne, Flashiight, Banker and Happy Jack. Nominations for the Produce stakes are cluding, as far as can be seen from the | candidates already declared, a class of puppies never before equaledon t e coast. ‘The full make-up wili be given to the pub- lic in a few days. M. Welch of Port Costa hastwo more fliers purchased and on the wayv out from Ireland. Weich considers the Irish stock and breeding second to none on earth. The winners of this week’s chief stake will divide $205. The consolation event will embrace the entry money forthcom- ing at $250° each and $30 added by the park. : E. V. Sullivan’s fleet puppy Jester is back on the sward to- aiter a rest of several months, Tester will also be seen in the Produce stakes on Admission dayv. 8. not receive just treatment from the Amer- ican Kennel Club. Well, kennel interests on this coast | Harkaway II runs to-day under new own- ership, P.J. Heeney Laving purchased him during the week from P. Reilly. OAKLAND, CAL., Aug. ciples for Mrs, Phebe A. Hearst at a cost of niences that fancy and valuable dogs could possibly desire. firmary and all kinds of neat little places for the many dogs who have reason to con- gratulate themselves that their owner belie: The Reliance Gun Club will aiso meet at End Club at Colma and the Empare Club | It is the most costly Fennel 1n the State and probably in the country. The archi- the Webster-street ground: the South ! tecture is particulariy attractive and is in keeping with the mansion of the Mexican tyve near wkich it is situated. 20.—The Verona kennels at Pleasanton have just been completed and any one who sees them would think t dence of a wealthy man. These kennels have been built on the most approved prin- l t they were the country resi- $5700. The interior is fitted with all conve- There are baths, an in- ves in practical kindness 1o dumb animals. N AL A % T = In the drawing Jester and Fireball were shown together, also Master Macgregor and Guy Fawkes. In both cases they will be guarded, each pair respectively belong- ing to same kennels. The ranning off of the ties to-morrow begins at 11 A. The dogs entered for the rundown to day are: Larkey & Rock’s Fmerald vs. J. Anthony’s Tullamore, Grace & Dean’s Mialmo vs. M. Welch's Tipperary, P. nyan’s koyal Stag va. D. Hooper's Beru Brummel, W.C. Payton's Roval Buck vs. Grace & Dean’s Nellie Conroy, Miramonte Ken- nel’s Jester vs. Miramonte Keonel's F.reball, D. Ward’s Speculation vs. T. scCoe’s Mountaineer. I K. Cohen's Uak Wood vs W. Dalton's Sa-castic. Pasha Kennel's Santelicia vs. E. y’s Harkawsy II Pasha Kennels Caro & London’s Uncle Sam, s Mazician vs Miramonte kennel's K Mercy May, W. C. Payton’s Fear No* vs. J. Quane’s Princess Matie, P. C. Cortis’ Daisy Bell vs. Mira- moate Kennel’s Sam, J. S. Wanl’s J.ilian Russell vs. M. Michali.schke’s ~ir Walter, Kay & Traut’s Iriloy vs J. Bvroe's Mohawk, J. Quane’s Fireman . P. Gorman’s Kingion, J. Sexswith’s Vieiiant va. Cronin & McDona d’s’ =Kyball, Hatton's Fair Helen vs. Miramonte kenne’s West side, J. Mizini's Master McGrego: vs. J_Mizini’s Guy Fox, Grace & Dean’s Moondyne vs. J. Murnan’s Flas| light, J J. Edmunds’ Move un vs. P. B. Butler's Banier, k. Hooper's Happy Jack vs. Kichmond keunel's Bobolink. o L Y CRICKET CHIRPS. Rumored Dsath of Willlam Robert- son Untrue—The Game In Lake County. A report spread through thelocal cricket circles this week that William Robertson, better known as “Billy” Robertson, the late captain of the Bohemian Cricket Club of San Francisco, had died on the steamer Moano between here and New Zz2aland, en voyage for Melbourne. The informa- tion was traced to its source and Robert- soa’s numerous friends will be glad to i learn that the rumor was another insiance of the three biack crows. The Lake County cricketers keep up their home practice. Dr. Ecnest Barry, who has just returned from a short sum- mer outing, reports having a very enjoy- able game at Lakeport. The Lakiles are preparing for their onslaught on Penryn this autumn. E. G. Sloman of the Bohemian Cricket Club of this City and C. Simmonds of the Citrus Colony Club of Placer County are the only two local cricketers who are cer- turians this season. J. Gann, nephew of W. Gunn, had a remarkable bowling analysis in the Notts vs. Yorkshire mateh, while plaving for the former county. He took six wickets for 22 runs in tbe first inning and four for 114 in the second. Time will prove whether the youngster is a phenomenon, although Yorkshire usually has a babit of picking cricket bubbles. In the Yorkshire vs. Sussex match Brown of Yorkshire made the record score for a professional batsman in a first-class match. He made 311 runs in the first in- ning. C. B. Fry in arecent article states that Lockwood, at his best, is a better bowler than Richardson of Surrey. This isnot generally conceded by other cricketers. The Shasta County Cricket Ciub has re- ceived a severe blow by the shutting down of the Mountain Copper mine of Keswick. A great mauv of the employes are keen cricketers, aid the temporary suspension will doubtless scatter therm. Cricket is a very noetical game in the Channel Islands, as Guernsey hasa bowler named Shakespeare, and possibly the Jersey Lily studies the muse on the cricket-field. Most of the Placer County cricketers are summering in San Francisco. The sun is sometimes oo hot up their way. The last two cup matches both ended in draws. This would seem tc indicate that as the season advances the batsmen ob- tain the mastery over the bowling. If the matches were siarted earlier in the morn- ing each side could easily have their full innings. The Pacific Club will play Alameda at the Webster-street grounds, Alameda, to- morrow. A close game is to be expected, as twice this season the margin of victory has been decided bv under ten runs. The Pacifics will play: Dickinson, Se- well, Musson, G. Theobald, Myers, Hill, McGaw, Harbour, Cassidy. Tiedemann and Wiseman, The Alameda team will be: Hogue, Moriarty, J. C. Robertson, H. Ward Sr., H. Bird, Foster, Spiro, Duffield, Bauner, Hellman and Peel. UMPIRE. THE RIFLE. The Callfornia Schuetzzn Club Will Hold lis Great Annual Festlval To-Morrow. The California Schuetzen Club, which is the oldest and most popular organization of its kind in the far West, will hold its annual prize-shooting festival to-morrow at its park, near San Rafael. The follow- ing letter irom one of the crack marks- men explains everything: On funday hundreds of our foremost marks- men will compete for honor and thousands of dollars’ worth of prizes(in cash and valuable articles) offered at the shooting festival of the Culifornia Schueizen Club at their park range near San Rarae!. Twenty target stands, each containing two targets, will be in constant use, and it1s ex- pected that not less than 12,000 to 15,000 shots will be fired during the day. The main event will be shooting for most points 1n 200 shots, and most points all aay. Fourteen targei-stands are for point shooting, 2 sor men and 4 for honorary. The point targests have 2 12-inch black, divided into 3 p oinf, ard all shots more than 6 inches from the center will not count. The honorary target 1s divided into 25 rings, 3 of an inel apart each. The mau target1s 1u the sh: and size of the upper part 9f a man, and i vld)eld 1nto 20 horizontal lines ! inch apar: each. Sunday, August29, will be the second day of the coutests, and shooting at man and hon- orary targets will be continued. There will be, besides, 8 contest for the shooting king of the Calitornia Schueizen Club, which will ba 10 shots at the 25-ring target. Lou:s Bendel curried off the honors iast year by scoring 228 points in nis 10 shots. There will also be a contest for members. 3 shots each atthe 25- ring target, and shooting for prize judge and rress prizes. Allshooting will be at 200 yards’ distance and off band. The principal marks- men from San Jose, Sacramento, Stockton and other interior towns will contest at this great event. Most of the military rifls shots will be out of town at the regimental encampment and buat few are vxpected to be at the Shell Mound range. While the military stands will be vacant the fine rifle stards will probably be fairly well filled. Not- withstanding the big sboot at Schuztzen Park a large attendance is expected, for the foilowing National Guard ciubs are booked for their regular monthly rifle rec- ord scores: Columbia ristol and Rifle Ciub, San Francisco Schu-tzen Verein, Nord D:utscher Schuetzen Club, Germania Schuetzen Club and the Red Men’s Scnuet- zen Vereln. ——— BASEBALL. Santa Clara Wil Play the Unlon Iron Works at Central Park To-Day. The Santa Claras will play the Iron Works at Central Park to-day at3 p. M. Thesame team will play again to-morrow at 2 At Sixteenth and Folsom the following | teams are scheduled to play: At 8A. M., Kohlberg, Strauss & Froh- man Jrs. vs. O’Connor & Moffatis; 10 A. ¥, Precita Parlor, N. 8. G. W., vs. A. B. Smiths; 12 M., Arnold Bros. vs. Altos, and | at2:30 . M., Hale Bros. vs. O’Connor & | Moffatts. The Stuermer Alerts would like to hear from country clubs. Address communi- cations to Fred Stuermer, corner Ellis and Fillmore, San Francisco, Cal. e ee— Army Athletics. | The soldiers at Benicia are taking con- siderable interest in athletic exercises, and some of the performances are very credit- | able indeed, as the following letter from Benicia will attest: BENICIA BARRACKS, Cal., Aug. 18, 1897. The reguiar monthly field’ day was heid at this post tc-day and it was witnessed by a | large number of citizens of Benicia. Great | interest was manifes ed by the enlisted men and some good records were made, especially in the 100-yard dash, Following is tne result of the sports: 100- vard dash—Won by Glover, Company D; time, 101-5. Three standing broad jumps, won by Yumbert, Company D, 31 feet 9 inches. Gym- nastics, won by Szotowicz, Company D. Rope chimbing, won by Yamber, Company D (20 feet); time, 6 1-5. Running high jump, won Peterson, Company D, 5 feet 614 incaes. Squad race (eight men to squad), 220 yards, woa by squad commanded by Corporal Bayliss; time, 274-5. Relay race, distauce 100 yards, won by platoon commanded by Sergeant Dooley; time, 2:04. Respecituily, E. W. RUBLE. S et of Hanaball. The following games will be played to- morrow at the San Francisco court on Howard street: M. Dillon and J. Harlow vs. P. Hutchinson and W, Kelly, J. Lawless and P. Hutchinson vs. P. Kelly and J. Slattery, W. Manion and J. Kearney vs. L. Corraine and H. Danger, L. Waterman and N. Berger vs. L. Hinz and J. K. Eockman, J. White and E. Toy vs. R. Murphy and D. Counelly, J. alon aad P, Donnelly vs. T. F. Bonnetand HIS ROMANCE ENDED, August Yehlmann, Disappointed Love and Out of Work, Killed Himself. August Fehlmann, aged about 35 years, was found dead in bed in his room in the New Western Hotel, having committea suicide by inbaling illuminating gas. One of the chambermaids noticed a strong o1or of gas at about 9 o’clock in the morn- ing, and when the door was forced open the gas was found turned on at full force. Fenimann had torn the bedsheets into strips, and with them had plugged up the kKeyhole and the crevices in the trunsom and the window sash. Then he turned on the gas and lay down to die. He left no writing that would throw light upon the reasons why he made away with himself. Among his effects was found a letter from his brother Herman dated from Denver, Colo., last May, in which Herman con- gratulates August on having secured a situation after such a long run of bad luck. The writer teils also of a girl named Rachel, upon whom August was sweet, and about whom the boys used to twit August. Herman informs August that Rachel is keeping company with the other beys. It is believed that the deceased became despondent because he got out of work | and was without means. The Coroner will bold an inquest. MRS, HOGAN'S ——— RASH A(T. She Got Up in the Morning to Féeed the Horses and Hanged llerself. Mrs. Margaret Hogan, worried into tem« porary insanity because of her husband’s sickness, made away with herself Wednes- day by banging herself to a beam ina barn back of her residence at 3993 Eight- eenth street. The husband, Patrick Hogan, is ateam- ster, and became disabled a few months ago by an accident,to his spine. He could not dress himself unassisted, much less do any work, and he rented his team, his wife feeding and caring for the horses after they returned to the barn after work. The ola couple were not in want; they owned the house in which they lived and bad no children to provide for, but Mrs. Hogan worried so much that about a month ago she bought a quantity of strychnine with the intention of commit- ting suicide. As soon as the fact became known the poison was taken away from her. It was her habit to get up early every morning to feed the horse:. Wednesday morning she aiose as usual and went to the barn. She remained longer than seemed to be necessary, and her husband went out to see what was the matter. He was horrified to find her desd bcdy hang- ing to a beam. The deceased was a native of Ireland and 52 years o'd. Her husband is a few years older. The tears streamed down his cheeks when he told Coroner Hawkins bow he could not understand why his wife should have killed herself, they having always lived together very happily. —————— * ASSAULT TO MURDER. Five Men Charged With Stabbing Frank Wi oods in the 1hroat. George Reynolds, James Ward, James Hall, James O'Brien and James Donnelly were booked at the City Prison Thursday on thecharge of assault to murder. On the night of Avgust 10 Frank Woods was s tabbed in the throat in a room at 513 Howard street, severing his windwipe, Reynolds, Ward, Hall, O’'Brien ana Don- nelly were in the room with him at 1he time, and they were all arrested by De- tective T. L. Kyan. They were taken befcre Woods at” the City and County Hospital, but he would not 1identify any one of them as the one that stabbea him, They were, consequently, charged wiih vagrancy and were sentenced to ten days’ imprisonment in the County Jail. Philip Young, the proprietor of the lodging-house, yesterday swore toa com- plaint charging them with assault to murder. He will swear that no one was in the room with Woods at the time of the stabbing except the five men. —————— Auditor Broderick’s Estimate. 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