The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 14, 1898, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY. 14, 1898 Akttt ettt es $ FAST DOGS CAN 3 CAPTURE { GOLDEN DOLLARS. ¢ + P e e e S g | At Union and Ingleside coursing parks | to-day the long talls will be sprinting for purses aggregating no less than $1700. 7The stake at Ingleside is for dogs that have not won third or better during the past six months. The entry embraces fitty-two candidates, and among them not a few whose eligibility to a so-called non- winner contest seems incompatible with their well-known quality. They are dogs | of class, and out of thelr class solely through some of the numerous chances that make coursing & sport of class. At Union Park two stakes will be run off— an open, all-age feature with sixty-four contestants, and a puppy event wherein the youngsters number an even two dozen. The candidates are for the most | art of excellent stock. The running at Poih Darks will begin at 12 o'clock, and before the finals will have been decided to-morrow night some top notch sport | will result. The continued success of Connemara and Moondyne has occasioned much r mark of late. It has been conceded that | they are a remarkably valuable brace of | into the + + + + 4 + performers and a glance past | shows them to be all that is claimed Since the first of last July Moondyne has appeared at Ingleside sixteen times, out of which he has won four ‘firsts,” one “‘second,” th “‘thirds,” and or once s fi d to land his initial cou Dur- the same period Connemara has run times at scoring six 1s” and one * *“and failing to win the initial run twi The field at Ingl gone over this week tion almost perfe as been further is in a condi- | first of las July and exclusive there has been dis $20,400. ! passed beyond | 000, T'here bids fair to be several hard | /ms” at Union Park this aft he entry shows divers ors,” and ‘'strangers’ at times create disaster. B te At Union Park, February 2, Belle Séward ran n thé puppy stake with tho card givin 6, as the month f d. If the card which helpe was correct it is hard to see how she is eligible to the same class of stake again | has been a notable change in the | personnel of the stake winners at Ingl £ide since the opening of 1888. Of the wi 8 events between July | the only ones | nuary 1 have Moondyne and t a final flag since J been Connemara, Rosette, Seminole. | John Stout, the Sacramento coursing enthusiast, has abandoned the sport. He laska last Wednesd: s trio, Mialmo, Moondyne and ted up for a time. again , owing to an in-| ired in the final course ose of the rundown at Ingjeside | nsolation stake will be made ail to win their ini al cou tribution of the mone wis brought about by both stakes ¥ leave scarcely a performer without some reward up for sucl is winners at Ingleside to-day Still ould be a flag there s az % in store for ashion Plate, Kirk, 3 orator, Te | Sireball, Port Costa, Sir Walter, Bonita, Van Nida, Harkaw Tom Bell, High Born Lady, S rnice, Do Me, Little Dell, 11 Promise Mission adiator. s at Union Park to- All-age stake—Ca- na, van Knapp, False Silkwood, Glen Roy, | Olien, Lord Byron, | wona, Move On, Sky | onroy, Tip, Bendalong, S Mountain Beauty,Wir rk, Black Prince, AR Eclipse, Susie, At Last, Minne apahoe, Benicia Boy, St. Lawrence Laurelwood, Mc- | pDY time, Belle Seward, | Sunbeam, One Spot, Obediah, Flyawa: Thornhill, Palmer _Hill, White Wing Riot Act, Dempse: and Bad Shot. | It must be remembered that at the Unfon Coursing Park meeting to-day the largest entry of dogs that ever g a coursing field will be re ntel, and the prizes are of such exceptionally fine qual- g dogs can w d to offer congratulations to the the owners of winnin; management STRIPED BASS CAUGHT FROM OAKLAND BRIDGE. Commissioners’ deputies— Cross and —have been engaged for yme days in catching black bass fry m Russian River. | The little will be placed in some | waters wh are considered ust right” | fishes. It is| The Fish fr for this va of game presumed, however, that the -shipments will be made to such lakes and rivers a are considered open to the anglers of the State. It is a well-known fact that fishes taken from public waters cannot lawfully be planted in waters that are under pre- serve rule, consequently it is presumed that the fry of the bass now being ship- ped from Russian River will not find a home under preserve rule excepting, of course, during the close season for fish- | ing. Al Wilson, the expert angler, hooked and landed a fifteen-pound striped bass while he was prospecting in Russian River for large fish recently. He reports that the bass made a gallant fight from start to finish. Anglers will be pleased to learn that during the past week quite a number of striped bass have been caught by fisher- men from the Oakland bridge. Andy, “the hermit of the White House,” land- ed six or seven fish, the largest of which tipped the scales at six and three-quarter pounds. He states that the most kill- ing of lures is a bunch of wiggling spile- worms, attached to which is a strip from the baliy of a smelt or whitefish. It is =a'a that the school of young steel- heads which was ‘“‘camped” in_the White House pool at Point Reyes for several weeks, has disappeared. Doubtless the fry thought it was about time to seek the cool waters of Tomales Bay. Charles Precht, James Chesley and other expert fiycasters whipped the pool last Sunday for hours without succe Trout fishing on the Sacramento River near Simms is now at its best. Messrs. Bogard and’Emmons caught two nice baskets of rainbows last Sunday. John Gallagher, who is “anchored” at Baird on the McCloud River, wrote John Butler last Tuesday that he is enjoying | excellent sport, having landed _several two, thrce and some five-pound trout since his arrival. Nothlag has been heard from Trucke® this season, but as the water is reported very low and clear trout fishing should soon be at Its best. Paladini, the well-known fish merchant, and director general of the net fishing Interests of this coast, was arrested again last Saturday for having striped bass less than three pounds in weight in his pos session. Judge Low postponed a hear- ing of the c until next week. But as the evidence against the fish dealer is as clear as crystal, it is a foregone conclusion that the transgressor of the law will have to pay dearly for his brav- ery. Still there have been very clear cases which the Police Court Judges were unable to see through, even with the aid of_glasse: James Watt and a friend caught & nice mess of trout on Lagunitas Lake last Thursday. Watt tested his new spoon with remarkable success. He has named it the Brooks spinner, in honor of the doctor. e ) THE EXPERTS PLAY AT HANDBALL. The following games of handball will be played to-morrow in Ryan’s court on | Howard street: J. Leonard and P. Hutchinson vs. E. White and J. Dowling; M. Dillon and G. Hutchinson vs. A. Pennoyer and P. Kelly; Pf;g{fln and D. Rodgers vs. G. McDonaj a) . McNeil; E. Barry and R. Hous- man vs. T. Foley and M. Basch; L. erman gnd E. McDonough vs, D. J. Sh han and N. J. Prendergast: 3. C. Nesion nd T. F. Bonnet and A. P. Donnelly vs. [ampton. The event of the day will be a_match LW Pleg; .]i:!:ldn!lde, n;emBux,nnl - hree- of the Q;fl. | puppy, and_the two C | high quality { when discussion w (o R R R e g i 2 { THE BENCH SHOW WILL OPEN ON WEDNESDAY. b P TS SRR R e The total number of entries to the San Francisco Kennel Club's bench show amounts to the respectable total of 564 This is only a few under the record- breaker of last year, and, considering that the war with Spain holds the interest of the people at s is one to be proud of. In the mastiffs a young novice will be shown by C. A. Spreckels, the vice-pre: dent of the Mastiff Club. The secretary has secured Major, the winner in 189, and believes that he has a mastiff second to ngne in this country. Mrs. J. P. Norman shows the veteran prize-winner, Lola, but ter is in poor condition, and it is not at allgunlikely that Mr. Geary, the treasurer of the club, in the winning class with his promising young bitch, Juno. + + + + + + 4444 + aining point, the showing | will emerge first | In the Great Danes some fine animals will be shown that have h is a promising ars, owned by rpenter and Dr. Jellinc| v, are both sound young dogs the great fight will be in tI ss, between the two challenge s. 'Roncovierl’s Rex R and J. L. Cun- ningham’s Ivan. In the limit bitches palin will doubt- less fall to Mrs. B. Bryon's Queen Olga, who won first novice at San Jose with plenty to spare. In rough-coated St. Bernards seen some new specimens o among them R. H. nardo and Mrs. G. Master. In smooth-coated St. little competition, In deerhounds Dr. McNutt's Derby and Clinton Worden's Highland Chief are of and the doctor's Thora III Ss bear off the palm in the ton's Commodore Dew Mrs. B. will be Bernards there is will doubtl limit class. In the greyhound cla will be keen. Altogether for quality s competition of the exhibits the forthcoming show will not have many superiors in this cou and would probably be second to the -Westminster Kennel Club’s show in New York and to that alone. This is an achievement of well boast, and one can point with pride st aris ¥ which this coast m: to which sportsm: The pr nd gan compare in value of prizes offered with the lar show try and lose nothing by the comparis Above all, it the club holding the show but on the generous civic spirit of the gentlemen who 2dd such munificent inducements to ex- hibitors with entire disinterestedn Such liberal unselfishness one fails to in the Eastern shows. The specialty clubs have not shown up as well as usua looms up conspicuously with its long ar- ray of specials, all of which are calculated to_ foster competition. The Oakland bench show will probably postponed until September. It was di cided at the last meeting of the Oakland Kennel Club to postpone the show, and the consensus of opinion among the mem- bers apparently favor the autumn as the best time for holding it. The Pacific Mastiff Club will hold its annual meeting on the 20th Inst. at the Mechanics’ Pavilion. For a club that has only been In existence for one brief vear this one has had a decidedly stormy ex- istence. But, like the animal it favors, the Mastiff Club seems to strive on strife and is much stronger now than when It started. n. d 3 o iagee WITH THE OARSMEN AND THE SCULLERS. The Ariel Rowing Club will hold its re- gatta on the first Sunday in June, but the Pprog mme is not yet quite settled, though it is certain that there will be some open events. The Alameda Boat Club will send over some representatives and possibly its new barge. Crews are w going out for practice every night. The senior crew is in training and goes out on alternate nights. The “‘German” crew is enthusiastic and intends to give its opponents a hard race. The other ju- nior crews are also getting into good trim. The club Intends shortly to give an order for a new racing skiff. At present Frank Wilson, the senior sculler, is using Phe- lan’s skiff, but he finds the sculls light, and intends to use a longer and heavier pair. The oars for the new four-oared barge being built for the Arlels will be got from the East. The entries for the A. B. Treadwell ju- nior medal for skiffmen close at the house of the Dolphin Boating Club at 10 o’clock on Sunday morning, May 15. The race will take place on the 22d. Up to the present there are {hree entries: Victor Caglieri, T. J. Hopkins and C. M. Far- rell, The executive committee has been instructed to buy pulleys and_exercising machines; and In_order to offer greater attractions to members at the clubhouse it has been suggested that a plano should be purchased. The following constitute the committee for the nomination of offi- cers: J. S. Earls, Elkon Coney, Joseph Farrell, C. M. Farrell and L. Duncan. The South End Rowing Club picnic was quite successful, and now that it is over members will resume rowing and crews will be organized. It is probable that the manager of El Campo will arrange for a regatta there soon to extend over two Sundays, all the barge races being held on one day and the SKiff races cn the other. The South End Rowing Club has bromised its support and will probably enter representatives in every race. The club entertains high hopes of Len Hausler Winning the junior shell race, but fears that it may lose the services of Dr. C. C. Dennis. who is a lleutenant in the naval battalion. The Triton Boat Club is in a flourishing condition as regards its finances, the number of its members and the condition of its boats and clubhouse; all bills are paid and there is money on hand. There are about a dozen applicants for member- Ship. The election of club officers is a prosching; the new board of directors will take ¢harge next month. Orders have been placed for new boats. The ranks of the Alameda Boat Club have been depleted by the enlistment into the army of five members—B. H. and J. G. Hanks, Otto Meyer and E. H. Hen- ninger, all of the First Regiment, and J. C. Stamer of Company G, Alameda. Otto Meyer was a particularly promising mem- ber of the junjor crew. John Lewis will probably be the club representative in Outrigged skiff races this season. The new four-oared barge, which was chris- tened some weeks ago, is finished, and will be ready for use to-morrow; addi- tional braces have been put in and it is now a strong boat. THE LAST DAYS OF o (OLLEGE SPORT. Mourning is the costume of the califor- nia track team. Cheated out of a trip East, their cherished scheme of visiting the three large cities in the north and en- gaging in athletic combat with their northern rivals having come to naught, they are deploring the fate that deprives them of a vacation at the expense of the people. Plans had ben consummated for field days with the Multnomah, Seattle and Tacoma athletic clubs. Expenses had been guaranteed and everthing was in readiness for an early departure, when Marnager aozler recetved information from the Multnomahs that their team was sadly crlelad by the enlistment of men the volunteer army, and conse- the éum would be g0 weakened would be.useless to compete with reflects credit not only on | The Pacific Mastiff Club | || Treasurer Reis Petitions the Super- | ever held in this coun- | | . | | ’ ”1 i z'f= | the crack Berkeley team with any hope| $4+ 4+ +++ 444444+ 4444 | of victory. As the )lullrnom]alhf‘ nr‘nl( e:!& + strongest aggregation of athletic talent| in.the north, and as the trip was planned | 4 JUNIOR LADIES + ];rilu p;ll)l,v t1’«'rr this meflin‘g‘. t“i was | 4 + deemed best to postpone at least for a | | time the intended trip ¥ ON THE * At one ime it looked ag f there would | 4 + be a between Garre! ‘oenran, B e eoson. and theatn: |+ TENNIS COURTS. g+ nent. ~ Cochran, with ~his + + expected a greater en- th atters of football. The in-| BTSSR S 4+t differen: ed by the students in| The ladies’ junior class of re v “practice brought about | ngly inextricable difficulties, but an understanding has been reached and it | now expected that nothing but har- ¢ will exist. Cochran will return a | weeks before the. opening of the col- | preliminary practice | the, b mo: fe ge and recontinue for the fall season. | At Stanford the students are in the midst of their examinations and athletics of every kind are relegated to a top shelf. Nothing will be done at Palo Alto until the beginning of September. NO MORE “HEFTING.” visors to Purchase Coin Scales for His Office. Treasurer Rels is not in favor of “heft- ing” as a means of counting the coin in| his charge, so he has petitioned the Super- | visors to purchase a coin scales at a cost | of $9, for use in his department. The | Finance Committee yesterday recommend- d_the purchase i The committee also adopted a resolu- | tion empowering its members to call a meeting of citizens to make arrangements | for the celebration of the Fourth of July. | The draft of an ordinance was approved | amendatory to an order regulating - the | amount of the appropriations embraced | in the general fund so to permit of | jemands being paid wl were now in cess of the several ‘gated funds. | fornia Tennis Club” have been ing the courts during t Wednesday afternoon they held their in- ftial singles tournament, it cess In every detail. Miss Eleanor Eck- art won the tournament and with it a khandsome prize. She easily demonstrated her superiority on the courts over her fair sisters. In the finais between Mis the be Fickart and Miss Foster play ing of the day was seen. a spirited contest, the ampion, by splendid volleying and superb judgment, won the set by a score of 6 The preliminary games resulted as fol- lows: Miss Ruth Foster defeated Miss Fdith Chesebrough in a love set. The playing of Miss Foster was too steady #nd too accurate for her inexperienced ster’s ing e victories on kart defeated opponent. But Miss F showed indications of fut the courts. Miss Eleanor E Miss Helen Chesebrough in a love set. Another one-sided match was_that of Miss Foster and Miss Edna Middieton, in -which the latter was defeated by a score of 6-1. Then Miss Eckart and Mise Clara Tickner stepped on the courts for quite a closel contested match, which, despite the score, proved to be one of the most interesting games of the day. Miss Eckart won six games to her cpponent’s two. That left Miss Eleanor Bokart and Miss Foster to for cham- plonship_honors. Next Wednesday afternoon the ladles’ _| clubmen wiil be transf However, after | junior class will struggle for tennis laur- €le in doubles. The teams have not been formed as yet, but they will be taken from the following: Miss Eckart, Miss Foster, Miss Chesebrough, Miss Middle- | ton, Miss Tickner and Miss Carleton. | There is some talk of conferringahonor ary membership upon Ralph Bliven by the directors of the Caiifornia Tennis Club. Bliven in the full ardor of his patriotism_enlisted in the volunteers as soon as the Government made its first | | call for help. While the club loses one of | 1ts best players, the regret of his fellow : rmed into a sub- | stantial recognition of Bliven's loyalty by the presentation of a life_membership. | _Dr. Root and George Whitney played Bradshaw and Rob Whitney, the former 9-—17. Joe Daily and George v _defeated Robert Whitney and Bradshaw, 61, 8. i was by | George AWhitne: L | Dafly and Robert Whitney, 63, 8—6. The interclub doubles "are ~attracting | considerable attention among tie racket | wielders of the bay towns. To-day on| | the Alameda courts, the second game of | | the series will be played between the first. teams of the Oakland and the Alameda | clubs. There is a strong effort being | made to induce the Whitneys to be the | first representatives of the California | | Club, but it seems hardly probable that | |'the Ban Francisco champions will play under the club's colors. Owing to internal dissensions in the Californta Tennis Club, the Whitneys | have refused to appear on any court carrying the club’s standards. Should this refusal continue, the California Tennis Club will have some difficulty in finding | substitutes for them. | Coursing in California. More than thirty artistically arranged half-tone pictures of famous prize-win- | ning dogs and photos of scenmes at Union Coursing Park, near this city, in ito-day’s News Letter. SOME OF THE HIGH-CLASS DOGS THAT WILL BE ON EXHIBITION AT THE DOG SHOW. IN THE WORLD OF BASEBALL BY JOE CORBETT. The battery work of Whalen and Pet- ers of the Stockton team was the feature | of last Sunday’s game in Stockton. ‘White, centerfielder of Stockton, set the fans wild by his wonderful fielding, mak- ing no less than six winning catches of the “halr’'s breadth order’” day’s game against Oakland. Henry Krug's desire for his release from the San Francisco team was dissi- pated as a result of last Sunday’s game. “Hennie’’ has decided to remain this sea- son with the home club, where his pitch- ing should prove an important factor in that organization’s champlonship aspira- tions. Russell of the Oaklands has made good the assertion that he can pitch. He was particularly effective against « Stockton, with men on bases, and fields his position beautifully. As a battery pitcher he has few superfors. Harry Monahan, alias “Keegan,” sub- stitute for Olympic Cyclers, San Fran- cfscos and Bushnell Alert Juniors, is of the opinion that ball players would make good soldiers and should be compelled to enlist. The most remarkable thing about “Keegan’'s” theories is that he can give no reason why ball players should make better soldiers than the ordinary creature. It is hinted that these pecullar theories of Harry's have been the cause of his being placed on the substitute list. It's a sad case. President Bert should take im. mediate action, or, as ‘“Keegan” {nno- cently savs, “I will never play again— not if Manager Coffroth should pay me lnpndvapne,fl"lm ol e's flelding and base con%l)::xe to be ‘a feature ofu:.lrim‘nm"alnl garucln&tad in by the San Franciscos, he aving settled his differences with Man- Hi:r offroth of that club. : o anager Ewing of the Ol.kl’;ndl cer- in last Sun-| ni; the services of Jim itop xep-. y made a ‘'8coo) ;"mvhen Tor hia eluh. CThis player has s Raas |'and so yesterda: utation among the Bastern leagues, both as a catcher and batter. No use talking —a ball manager has got to be on the alert. This man Sullivan might just as well be playing with the home club. Man- ager Bunker must have been dreaming of that new ‘‘sausage factory’” he con- templates building when he permitted Bwing to step in and sign this “star” player. However, the home club is pretty strong behind the bat. Every time “Hughes drops 2 game the “fans” begin to speculate as to his finish. When he wins it's this remark: “My, but Hughes is a great pitcher! He beat so wonder how_long he will keep up the good work.” Should he ¢, it's_the same old . Now a pitcher cannot win all the tfme. 1f he could, there would be no ball games. Yesterday’s defeat is nothing.. True, it would have been much better for the club and for his friends had he won, yet it s cruel to expect this young man to win every game he pitches.” ~ Already he has played in three games agatnst Boston. Out of those games he has won two, a record to be proud of. The management does not ex- pect him to win every game; he does not expect to accomplish this feat himself, because it is next to impossible. If this be the case, as | am quite certain it is, why should Californians then expect him to do things that are not baseball? Luck plays a most important part in every game of ball. I might pitch against a team to-day, and e\-eg ball pitched might t go rig] be hit hard, yer ht into a fielder's hands. To-morrow the same teams may play, again, and every ball pitched may not hit hard, yet will go safe. Again I may pitch to-day and be in great form. My curves will break good, slow ball per- fect, speed and control wonderful. To- morrow just the opposite. The curve will not break, slow ball not effective, speed and control miserable. It is in the latter case that pitchers are most generally hit the hardest. . No one seems able to ac- count for this change of form, yet every pitcher is afflicted with it. In to-day’s game he will not give a base on balls; tll‘: the next he may give ten. Such is e uncerm.lnt{m! pitching, and it is this unm{tuntfi of the game that makes it Dg ular. ughes has done some rémark- gd “e itching. No pitcher in that league shut the Bostons out twice this sea- son, and if they do it once you may rest ed that ; mg-th%, "‘"lzl.um: of the will ediate] lollow. Hl‘nlz‘h’ defeat yesterday simply had gm ppen. He "fi have been in poor 1 OF possibly. luck and everything'els went against him, as it sometimes does in baseball. An occasional defeat will wake him up and do him good. A pitcher sometimes grows careless, and a defeat always has the proper effect. The San Franciscos is now organized comprise practically the California Mar- kets, last season’s pennant winners, with the exception of Iberg, their ‘“crack” pitcher. They have strengthened consid- erably their in and out fields by the addi- tion of ‘“Hansome Touck’ IE'ISEH and ‘“‘Pa- triotic” Dunlea while Hammond fills the catcher’s bill most admirably. Very little has been written or said re- garding the wonderful achlevements of the Santa Clara Baseball Club this sea- son. The team contalns the greatest col- lection of student ball players that have ever appeared on any diamond in €ali- fornia. Individually they are not any greater than a number of other players I might mention, but take them collee- tively, as a team, and they are the su- periors of any nine, college, or other- wise, in the State. This was evidenced when they met and defeated the Califor- nia Markets, who were strengthened by Mertes and Riley, with Iberg in the box, by a score of 5 to 1. All told, their vic- tories amount to fifteen, and not a single defeat, a record never before made any college team in this State or any other. Manager Coffroth {s thinking very ser- iously of signing Captain Brown, who plies between Bushnells Ark and Es- caldes. He has telegraphed Mr. Sands, Governor of Greenbrae, to find out Brown’s terms, which, it is said, are a trifie high. Coffroth i{s a hustler, yet it is rumored that he is wrong in his judg- ment of Captain Brown's ability. "Jack Gleeson knows Brown well and says that he would not last four months in the “Big League,” aiming principally at his inablility to control his fast ball. Jack further says that it would take Brown all season to get in condition, and in view o)f this fact Manager Coffroth should go slow. @ B S T e Yoy CYCLERS STILL DISCUSS THE RELAY RACE. D R S e Although the annual relay race for 1808 has passed and been won by the same club for the fourth successive time, it Is + + + + + + IEER RN ++ still the principal topic of conversation | among the racing enthusiasts. Rumors of protests have been rffe, but they have ended as they started—in wind. There was also some talk about matching the Bay City and Olympic teams to ride the dis- tance over again, this time on a track; but the former club laughed at the propo- sition. President Kerrigan told them that his club’s team had been selected with a view to its efficiency on the road; some of them were not speedy track riders. Further, he thought that the race would develop into a case of follow-the-leader, until the tenth relay, when there would be a ten-mile race between Wing (Olym- pic) and Furman (Bay City), and that as the latter was immeasurably Wing's su- perior the result would be a foregone con- clusion, and, such being the case, it would not draw a crowd and the clubs would be out money on the proposition. Furman, who is a Postal-Telegraph op- erator at Los Angeles, went back to his | key on Wednesday. He said before leav- ing that, as Wing had plenty of time, he could come down there and get a match if | he wanted it,-but expressed little expect- ancy that he would. The Olympic team is still intact, and, al- though defeated, may take up the chal- lenge of the Reno Wheelmen and go to Nevada some Sunday in the near future for a match race at iifty miles, each man to ride a relay of five miles. Captain Joe Catanich-of the Imperial Cycling Club regrets that his club did not FHEtettttire ity : YACHT SEASON * * OPENS 3 + AT ALAMEDA. * B e R R The Encinal Yacht Club opens the sea- son of 1598 to-day at its handsomo cuar- ters in Alameda. The eveniag entertan- ment will begin at 8 o’clock and will con- sist of songs, recitations and stereopticon views, to be followed by a dance. The en- tertalnment committee, consisting of Dr. C. L. Tisdale, P. S. Teller and G. T. | Wright, has secured some good per- | formers, and promises a pleasant evening. | As it is the alm of the board of directors | to make the Encinal Club house a pleas- ant place for both sexes, the sisters, cous- ins, aunts and wives of the members w.il be present in force. Membership cards | of any of tne recognized yacht clubs on | the bay or of the Oakland Canoe Club will admit their holders to the club house. Visitors from San Francisco will find the 7 p. m. broad gauge boat the most conve- nient one to take. To-morrow the open- | ing cruise of the season will be held. | The opening reception and dance of the | Facific Yacht Club at Old. Sausalito last Saturday were very pleasant and success- ful. The following were guests on board Commodore E. A. Wiltsee’s yacht Aggie during the afternoon: Captain John Lee, Me: 3. D. Peixotto, Northrup Cowles, Charles Rollo Peters, George B. P. Hall, Ogden Hoffman, Captain W. L. Holms and Mr. Haralamb. In addition o these were present at the dance the following: General J. H. Dicki . Mr. and Mrs. | E. Je Mrs. € Janes, Mr. and Mrs. | 3. D. Maxwell Eisie Maxwell, Mrs. | Edith_Cook, ) Cook, Mr. and | Mrs. L. A ly, Mr. and Mrs. Edward . Kelly, | Head, Mr. and_ Mrs. Paul Nippert, Cap- tain A. C. and Mrs. Freese, Mr. and Mrs. | W. S." Goodtellow, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. | 'Hommedieu, M irs. Frank Bows | ers, Mr. and M s Parrish, Mr. and | Mrs._ Hinkle, Mr. and Mrs. Bering, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank | Bartlett, Mr. and Mrs.’ James H | Mrs. B. Markeley, ) | Spangler, Harndon, Stone, | and Mary Davidson | Crocker, * Edward _Span | | isses Coral Goodwin Messrs. C. H. gler, George T. r, F. Tyler, M. Roberts Jr., John T. Dare, J. A. Parsons, | n, A. M. Clay, I. Gutte, No- | ble Eaton, Ralph Henrici, =d Landis, F. | E. Swallow, E. W. Levy, 8. Newbauer, R. i Bromley, F. Hohwi D. Duke, F. Runyon, J. T. Terry and Wil- ifiam Clnningham, and Mrs. Charles | Kapp. On Sunday morning Commodore [ E. A.Wii ignal, ‘“‘Captalns Itsee hoisted the report on-board flagship,”” at 11:45 the pre- aratory gun was fired and at noon the eet got under way, the schooners Aggie, Chispa_and La Paloma, the pi.ot boat Put in a team now, as he thinks it had | Lady Mine and the sloop Sea Fox fol- racing men fast enough to land their col- ors well up to the front. The San Fran- cisco Road Club is another organization that should have entered the race. These clubs will find that their racing men like | to be represented on relay teams, and are | likely to desert and join other clubs that do put in teams if théir own club does not. | Witness the cases of the Black brothers of the Golden Gate, now of the Bay City, and Bozio, formerly Imperial, now Olym- pic, | Howard W. Squires of the Acme Club | Wheelmen, who rode the third relay last | Sunday for that club, has written a let-| ter to the captain of the Bay City Wheal- | men denying that he said anything that couid be construed as inferring that Ben Noonan of the Bay City team was paced on that relay. Squires says as far as he knows Noon race throughout the entire course. Now that the relay is over the few re- maining unpiayed games of the Cycle Clubs' Baseball Leagus will have to be attended to. The finish is_between the Olympic Cyclers, Olympic Wheelmen and Bay City Wheelmen. The Bay City team will be out practicing to-morrow at the Sixteenth street grounds. Harry A. Goddard of the Bay City Wheelmen s in town after an absence of elghteen months in the East. He i8 now bent on encircling the globe, and will leave for Australia on the next steamer. Meanwhile he is recelving the glad hand from his host of friends at the club. The regular monthly meeting of the board of governors of the California As- sociated Cycling Clubs will be hew: this evening at the rooms of the California Club, Twenty-second and Folsom streets, at 8 o'clock. The report of the chairman gf the road racing committee on last Sunday’s relay will be rendered, and other matters of importance are to be brought up. The annual run of the Olympic Cyclers will_be"held W to Escalles, Marin County to-morrow under Captain Most of the members and gu the 9 a. m. Sausalito boat, though some of the late risers can go over on the 10 and 11:30. An invitation is necessary to secure admission to the grounds and banquet, and already several hundred have been is- sued by President McGinnis and Secretary Taylor. A splendid time is assured ail who attend. The committee in charge is composed of A. Hewson, J. W. Cof- . C. F. Morel, J. F. Cooney and F. G. O’Kane. Captain EQ_W. Schneider of the Impe- rial Cycling Club has called a big run for Sunday, the 22d, leaving the club house at £:30 a. m. Destination Coyote Point, San Mateo County. This is a favorite picnic resort with cyclers. Lunch will be sent down on the train. An important mem- | bers’ meeting will be held next Monday | evening, May 18, i James Joyce Jr. arrived here from the South Thursday. Joyce reports a good business, and mentions meeting a num- | ber of the California wheeling colony in Chicago—George H. Stratton, . formerly treasurer of the Olympic Wheelmen; Wil- bur F. Knapp, our only announcer, and James and John Marshall Jr. Joyce will remain a week and then go back via the northern route. The Union Coursing Park Association, recognizing the bonds of fellowship in all lines of sport, and being desirous of fur- ther cementing the same, has set aside Sunday, May 15, as wheelmen’s day. Am- ple arrangements have been made at the grounds for the checking of wheels, free of charge, and a careful employe will be in_constant attendance for that purpose. Each club is invited to hold a run to- morrow, having for its objective point the spacious coursing park near Colma. Un- l n rode a fair and s(lua.re{‘ The course was to- ward the city front, round Mission Rock | and the United States ship Monterey; then toward Alcatraz, where the signal, “Go as you please,” was given. Several of the Corinthian boats went up to McNears landing on Saturday night or Sunday morning. The yvawl Pinta was in Corte Madera Creek on Sunday, and the following yachts were cruising in the lowing the flagship. upper bay lia, Nixie, Amigo, Pride, | Queen, Halcyon and Truant. Commodore Westerfeld’s Aeolus went over to the Pacific Club opening, and on her return the pin of the goose-neck on the main boom broke, compelling her to drop ..er anchor while temporary repairs were | made. E. Donohoe's sloop Speedwell | went up to Vallejo on Saturday. Engel- | brecht, the North Beach shipbuilder, is building a boat for P. W. Hurndall, who | recently joined the Corinthians. ; | There will be a general meeting of the | members qf the San Francisco Yacht Club on Monday next, at 8 p. m., at the Mer- chants’ Exchange, when the question of the club joining the Pacific Inter-club Yacht Association will be discussed and ‘declded. W. G. Morrow, financial secre- tary of the San Francisco Yacht Club, has returned to the city after an absence | of_several weeks in New York. Commodore C. J. Lancaster, of the Cal- ifornia Yacht Club, started’ from the clubhouse on Saturday night in Secretary G. F. Gaither's U and I, followed by L. S. Sherman in_the sloop Royal; they lay at Long wharf all night, and on Sunday were joined by the sloop Bachelor; the three sailed to Paradise Cove. To-day the California fleet will start from the club anchorage to join . the cruise to Vallefo. The sloop U and I will not s=all, but will go upon the “ways” to te scraped, painted, and generally over. hauled. On the 29th the Californias will Fold their club regatta for class flags. The cruise to Vallejo will doubtless at- | tract a large number of yachts, as all except the Encinal and South Bay clubs have that event on their programmes. A careful lookout should be kept for the dredgers working off the Mare Island | shore; having a line of pipes running | from trem to the shore, and a long wire | rope leading to the water, they are dau- | gerous things to get foui of. ADVERTISEMENTS. Out of the 10 riders wha won the great 100 milg Relay Race rode CLEVELAND BICYCLES. W. G. FURMAN, the winner, who ercased the tape first, rode a CLEVELAND. attached wheelmen, as well as club mem- bers, are cordially invited. and wili be | admitted to the grounds free, if in cy- cling costume. _Coursing will commence | at 11:30 o. m. The sport is already a fa- vorite one with the wheelmen, and this | attempt by the park management to pop- ularize it with them should make it doub- 1y _so. - The “Up-to-Date Cycling Record Book™ for 1%, published by the Cycling Ga- zette people of Cleveland, Ohlo, Is to hand, and is an invaluable compendium of racing statistics for any one interested in the sport, embellished with half-tone cuts of the leading record holders of the world. The publishers will mail a copy to_any address upon receipt of 10 cents, More than usual interest is manifested about the Reliance Club, Oakland, over the fifth annual “Old Men’s Run” fo San Mateo to-morrow. The party will ledve Welbster street wharf, Oakiand, at 8:3) o'clock on the tug Walter B. Hackett and steam to Point San Bruno, there disem- barking and wheeling to Mateo beach. A swim In the surf will whet their appetites for one of the celebrated Reliance chicken dinners, and as they never do things by halves It Is safe to assum every partici will have o whole B e e Barker-Cycling Club h the foliowing officers: President, W o Bishop; vice-president, A. Bernstein; seo retary, H. Tolchard; treasurer, J. Bamberger; captain, 1. Steinhardt; frst ileutenant, A. Karski; second Heutenant, 1. Frank. H. W. SPALDING. AMONG WIELDERS OF THE WILLOW. The schedule of the California Cricket Association has just been issued to the Scretmu of the Alameda, Pacific and lacer county cricket clubs for distribu- tlon among the members. During the season there will be five two-days’ matches between the Alameda and Pa- cific clubs, three of which will be played at Golden Gate, and two on the Webster street ground at Alameda. The opening match of the season was begun last Sunday on the Gold: ground between elevens of the Pal::'llflcG:l:; Alameda clubs. The Pacific team batted The game to-day promlgl to be a red hot.affair from start to finish. Following is the make up: Position. L wiil ‘be obllged to first, and, aided b; 9’}"}!{ 8t yw .scom of 45 from F. from Aleir,pag mpde 8 fune f ] wikeh 2 B , 42, and J. ro, 23, be- ing the best res. Sewell and Harbour and Baugh for the Alamed: can the Alameda m& champions of u"o, ollow on. ol 22 "~ LsaTumpay, 1 F. G. PECK, who made the fastest time of the day for 10 miles, rode a CLEVELAND. Experienced Wheelmen who want the besy Bicycle for Road Riding or Racing select CLEVELAND. ‘$8 MODELS SELL FOR $50, $65 and $7S. A liberal allowance made for old Wheele: iy exchange. 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