The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 6, 1898, Page 8

P e e GILT EDGES ARE DISSEMBLING. LA S PR + + BY JOE CORBETT. + + + FHEP 4t e e The famous and. hitherto mighty Gilt Edge collection, reinforced by the acqui- n of Hutchinson, s, to use a baseball ular, “not so many.” The Ath-| nd Sand Crabs figure that way, | le I still respect their capacity P Sr444+444t zo the fact that »undant room for conjecture as | £ the pennant race. | performances of this team at | tion- Park, in which it met wuhi nable defeat, has, if nothing | rated one fact, and that is club, which was supposed to alkover in the champion- | have to play ball and play worth to make good the 1 high reputation. ain the belief that they y win the flag, but this be- n on a much milder form for that thers are three clubs 1 which loom up their recent v ments_exquisitely. the child- | during Sun- thletics would, nsations asion aby- inknown quan- * did aggravate witl ou, be Thelr play b 1 extremel. I could never ed them playing such a role, quickly followed by the nother, ‘Intermingled” with there are other E race, might 1 its effect. It certainly did on on, and if my conjecture be then what caused these ‘‘old to act like a lot of inefficlent teurs last Sunday's game must here mention throw, which hit Payne, stupidity on the part of uld have thrown the ball to the runner—is a char- does not tend to embel- nner a Iready fascinating n. of course, placed victory | but this fact was no embling. And it pectators who accused dissembling, not I, for I c t this club does not relish ercfore, cannot stand it, | AUGUST 6, 189 THE Wit THE ESCAPE SHARP TURN P R R o e { COMING EVENTS OF THE f LOCAL WHEELMEN ++ + +4++ + + T4 4444444444444 The regular monthly meeting of the California Associated Cycling Clubs will be held this evening at the rooms of the Reliance Club Wheelmen, Oakland. Most of the delegates will go over on the 7:30 narrow-gauge boat. Several important amendments to the by-laws will be con: sidered and plans matured for the asso- road events next clation’s big annual month and in October. At 9 a m ship Annfe E will sail sharp to-morrow the good from Jackson= street wharf laden with watermelons, sandwiches, Bay City other good things for a trip around the | The Bay City Club makes this trip and there is always gathering of members, as the outing is a | bay. annually Wheelmen and a large popular and enjoyable one, since Doc Mer- vy dlscovered his famous cure for mal de mer. Such cld-time yachtsmen as Toep- | ke, Cook, Plummer, Steve Brode and Dr. | Hill will gulde the craft over the billowy waves. Local wheelmen are taking a good deal‘ of interest in the race meet to be held | at Stockton on August 28. The Bay City | Wheelmen and Olympic Club Wheelmen | tititi bbbt a btk ! JUICY CLAMS ¥ E FOR THE TARS + + ¢+ OF TIBURON. + 4444444444444 Commodore Dr. T. L. Hill of the San Francisco Yacht Club returned last Sat- urday from his trip through Yellowstone National Park and visited the club house on Sunday. W. 8. Goodfellow, owner of the schooner La Paloma, who has been | for some weeks with his family at Santa Catalina, returned to the city last Tuesday by train from San Luis Obispo, leaving his boat to be sailed back to her moorings | by the men in charge of her. During this month the programme of the San Fran- ciscos is blank. The Pacifics, Corinthians and Californias cruise to-day and to-mor- | row up the bay to meet yachts returning from trips up the river. The Encinals have a ladies’ cruise to Baden on their programme for to-day, but there is little activity among the Alameda yachtsmen this season. In the course of some remarks at the thé‘é’rcsenla[ion of the Wallace Trophy to F. Sager of the sloop Edna, the donor referred to the approaching demo- lition of the narrow gauge wharf. When the rallroad company extends the mole the California Yacht Club may move its headquarters down to the waters of the bay and so escape the necessity of beating out of the estuary. Californifa club house on the occasion of | 444444+ttt b e et RUSTY BARRELS 3 THINGS OF THE PAST. + + D e o S B o e e Ever since firearms, smooth bore and rifled, were invented the greatest of care had to be taken of them to keep the in- side from rusting and pitting. Inside of a barrel gets into a bad condition from this cause its usefulness is sadly im- paired, as every sportsman knows. Hence the first duty of the possessor of a fire- arm after shooting is to give the inside of the barrel a thorough | 4 + + + + + + 444 moisture from rusting. More guns have been ruined by neglect and carelessness than by wearing out, breakage and even actual loss, Leading a gun barrel is pro- duced by bad or caked powder, lack of lubrication, fouling and several other causes. All of these annoyances are more Mable to occur in rifled firearms than in the smooth bores. Shooters the world over nave lapored and expended lots gray brain matter in the endeavor to over- come these annoyances, but in vain. That is “In " until the inventive genius of a California man was applied to | the subject. Joseph Singer of Los Ange- les has worked out a process by which fouling, leading, rusting and pitting of gun barrels can be overcome. Mr. Singer is now at the United States Armory at The founders of the | Springfield, Mass., where the process is | FALSE FLATTERER AND CONNEMARA, Two of the high=class grey'hounds of this State, will run best two out of three courses at the Ingleside Coursing Park on Sunday afternoon for a large consideration. hence this.continued kicking over nothing. | will be well represented in the events, | California Yacht Club proposed to make t think it possible for them or con- 1nake-up to convert into ime replete with interest for the assurance of de- aggravating in the ms s t some of the Gilt has ) must refrain from making f an exciting and interestinz nd at the same game other team, re to such thods it will great- > with their gingerly play, and will in tim disturb those championship form 1 think they will win the pen- | nant, but they have a much harder road | to travel t 1 5 | If the However, rise too high in their | own est d continue to kick, spoil and prolong games when there no oc- casion for it, the chances are greatly against them, as thelr nday dem- onstrates. The San Jo Athletics and Sand Crabs are playing bail these days, and will continue to do so if they do not | becom with the idea that they are the ones.” This exalted idea s wrecked more th m and while I do not wish to gi ession that there is ssibility of | eaders after a perience so far forget them- son might concelve of their | likewise, which would, | inglorious move, for it one | > the selves oppone by the way not does . Don't be | cated tactics as d on last Sunday in that manner, and | sion_of one's inability | defeat naturally en- | < Gilt Edges I thought incapable £ such foolishness and, as I previous'y nad, if they continue to exist and ideas which prompted them Sunday’s contest, they will out fourth p at Mill Val m known as Uy take ment e. y that crack the Clevelands | lub representing ghborhood for | Society. game, no doubt, i be an excel- | . and too much praise cannot be | ~heaped upon thes for their patriotic endeavors. Th Cleveland team, espe- | able reputation amon ations of this city, an s a number of exceedingly clever\ victories this season have been nidnerous and it {s hoped thelr attempt | 7 in behalf of the Red Cross will | with an overwhelming succ The | banner crowd of the season is expected to attend. To- ntest will be between the and Peck ter an opportur cl M. Smith, the spe s in the city this we for the Stockton and San Jose meets | Hope, and hopes to get within the prize money. | Commodore G in Jose meet on September 9 will | are on tri i W a large crowd because | George Mil Sons’ celebration there on | Vallejo last , the bicyele races being a part | Hazel will h programme of entertain three-lap {ng put in shape, patches in a | A i that 1s. netded to y d of the official famous being all A. H. Agnew and J. S. Shedd were nom- | captaincy Wheelmen at the annual held last Monday night. Mr. previous term of office seems likely to insure his | inated for the Club incumbent and his re-election. Chester 8. and fast as ever. with the riders, as it | and accidents on it are | nd Wing will probably have another meeting, which will give the lat- | ¥ ¥ to prove whether or | not he is the better man. The San Fran- | S hanyer naat Soasing at o olatscr, antll oo 1 the river boat, leaving a 5 turn the following nlgfu. o'clock, and | MeMurt [ dy San Jose rider. He is preparin cement This of the Acme meeting Shedd is the successful Myrick has resigned as | chairman of the road racing committee of the to press of business. Associated Cycling Clubs owing President Adams has announced his successor, but it is probable that one of.the other two mem- bers of the committee will be chairman Californfa Cycling Club on a run to Tocaloma to-morrow, taking | ferry, thence by train to Fairfax and then awheel to des- the 8 a. m. SBausalito tination. Edwin affairs of Sacramento, is visit. W. Adams, prominent in cycle | in the city on a The Imperial Cycling Club has estab- lished fitself in new quarters at 14 Mc- | Allister street, having found the old ones on Baker street too far out for the ma- Jority of the members. The next rf‘gu]&rl meeting will be held on Monday evening, August 15. Captain E. W. Schneider an- nounces 4 ciub run to the beach and Sutro’s Baths to-morrow, leaving the clubrooms at 10 a. m. A theater party, a whist tournament and several = good runs are in prospect. One Dave Williamson, the erstwhile cycling editor of a local evening sheet, devotes three or four hundred words in a recent article to a critiglsm of the cycle writers of the morning dalilies be- cause one of them referred to_the scurity of the evening press.” fignt is not mine, he takes the op ity to bring me into it by sayl “‘ob- While the portun- ng that my “column, while readable, was never more than personal views.” interesting Blm¥;|y as Spald- ou| gh it is ing to the eye to note that my ef- | e “more than interesting,” I do Ripckton. Position. Quidand. | not consider Mr. Williamson a competent Billinge..5 Catcher -Sullivan | critic of them. And after a concluding effusion of “Grass Valley French,” he Shortstop Left feld . Center fleld Right fleld. MEN WHO WILL PLAY HANDBALL The games announced to be played to- morrow at Ryan’s court are: M. Maguire and J. Dowling vs. M. McClure ang E. Curley. . Kirby and' E. Barry vs. J. Hogan and M. Kirby. T. 1.'\ {ch‘ard J. Condén vs. R. Housman and M. Joyce. E b Fodgers and P. Ryan vs. G. McDonald andi3T MoNell nan and E. McDonough vs. D. J. nd J. R. Bockman. and M. J.-Kilgallon vs. J. Collins a sehan Rior wnd J, White. J. C. Nealon and R. Linehen vs, T. F. Bon- net and A, Hampton: : THE.CRYSTAL SWIMMING BATHS. Physicians recommend the Crystal warm sea -water tub and swinun{ng batbs, North Beach. [ | spoils whatever effect his article was in- tended to have by printing directly be- low it a clipping from a morning paper of the game own., ate, with an addenda of nis Surely the evening press will not be obscure while they have the morning apers to clip from. The Olymplc Cyclers’ at Escalles on- Sunday, been postponed because proposed picnic August 14, has the club coulg not secure the ground for that day. will be held in two or three weeks, and the date will be definitely announced as soon as the board of directors hold a meeting—about next Wednesday. The San Franciseo Road Club will have o run to the beach to-morrow, leaving the clubhouse, at 9 a ment this week. The have several good men 503 Golden Gate avenue, m. Messrs. O'Mn.|leg enthal won the club’s cribl and Blum- age tourna- road club will entered at the Stockton and San Jose meets. E. Ross Lozier, a well-known dealer of Cleveland, 1s expected here in a few days from Cleveland with his H. W. bride. . SPALDING. Alice Rix Writes About the Princess Who Wanted to Be Queen In Next Sunday’s Calle . their headquarters a rendezvous for the achtsmen of the bay, where yachts may e securely moored and taken care of un- til their owners come over on the follow- ln; Saturday or Sunday. . N. Walter, J. Laughland and Louis rie, who have been up the river | in the sloop Embla, came down last Sat- McNears Landing and returned day. Carl A. Tarnberg's sloop H. 8. Pratt’s yawl Idler and Vice B. Edgar's sloop Sappho ps up the Sacramento River. ler’s new sloop Occident was at Saturday, where the sloop rceforth. make her head- | quarters, having been bought by a resi- dent of that town. About two weeks ago M. y of the sloop Sea Fox lost his home ne: small went ashore on Berkeley flats and has of- fered a reward for its return, he has so far not recovered it. Secretary G. F. Gai- ther's U & I will crulse as far as Red Rock to-morrow to meet the boats return- ing from up-river cruises. The schooner Meliva, recently purchased by Carl A. Tarnberg and renamed The North Star, filled with water and sank. E. F. Sager's slnog Edna of the Califor- nia and Corinthian Clubs, and E. C. Bart- lett’s yawl Frolic, chartered this season by Mesésrs. Eaton and Lowell. anchored at McNears Landing last Saturday. The following boats accompanied the {gchts going on up-river cruises as far as vallejo last Baturday: Ex-Commodore J. V. Pew's sloop Truant, Commodore Carl Westerfeld’s sloop Aeolus, E. Donohoe’s sloop Speedwell, and Secretary E. B, La- throp’s sloop Pride, of the Corinthian club; also George Miller's sloop Occident of the Californias. On the return from | Vallejo a strong wind and high sea were | encotintered; the sloop Pride carried away | the clew of her jib, and a small yacht was noticed with a broken topmast, which car- | ried w}l]th it ’}lxrer Tr_%rwan jlb stay and let own her gaff. e sloop Clara went u; the Suisun Creeck. o % The event of to-morrow will be the big | clambake to be given at the Corinthian club house, the arrangements for which were given'in yesterday's Call, | TENNIS SINGLES WILL BE PLAYED TO-DAY That tennis is picking up is evidenced by the number of players that turn out for practice on the California Tennis Club courts. Reuben Hunt, the young Alameda player, visited the California courts dur- ing the week, and met both Joe Daily and George Whitney. 1In a set with Daily Hunt was victorlous after a very severe struggle. Robert N. Whitney and George Whit- ney have been hitting awav at singles every day of the week, and Robert N. has carried off the larger portion of vie- tories. Bradshaw, now in the Hospital Corps of the army, met with a painful accident on Wednesday. In the act of returning a very fast baill he strained his back, and it will be some time before ue be able to indulge his {asl!on for tennis. He is now on the sick list. This afternoon the singles tournament will be held at the California Club courts. The entries are: Davis, Blanchard, Mc- Gavin, Stauf, Kllfia\’l‘fl. ‘Walter, Hamil- ton, Drummond McGavin and George Whitney. All the players will be the scratch with the exception of George Whitney, who has been glaced fifteen behind the scratch mark. Prizes will/be iven the winner of the tournament and e runner-up. The drawings will be held on the courts glust before the tournament is called, which will be at 2 o’clock. ut on to return from the country and their tennis. it week some very in- teresting matches were played by the unior class. A ladies’ tournament will a feature of the near future. Milton H. Esberg has gone into train- ing for his match with Tommy White. —— Admiral Miller Writes Ab .t Prize Money iy the Navy, In Next Sunday’s Call, . boat, but, though he believes it | The young lady players are beginning | Tesume | being tk ughly tested by the Govern- ment. The invention conslsts of a chemi- cal composition which upon being applied to the Inside of the barrel of a pistol, rifle or shotgun makes the surface so hard that foreign subst. s cannot adhere thereto, consequent prolonging the life of the barrel 1ndr‘flnll|‘}' The inventor, who made many severe f his process before making known®| t of his discovery, declares that after a gun has been thus treated it can be shot continuously Wwithout wiping or cleaning and can be put away dirty with- out injury to the metal, a thing that no sportsman who values his piec would dare to do. A shotgun thus alwiy gives better pattern and in pistols and rifies a higher velo ity and deeper pene- tration. One of the large manufacturers of shotguns in the F has testified that lie had e barrels after be- ing the Singer process and horo: T imined sever: treated by found that it doy with the neces sity of wiping. or oiling the bore, that the s S0 hard as to prevent leading rfect pattern was in- prominent manufacturer of and pistols in New Haven, Conn., stated that so far as he had been able to test the Singer porcess of preventing rust, ete., he could not find a single point in which it fails to secure permanent results. If the process rro\'l}s in the long run to be all that is claimed for it, and so far there s mno reason to doubt that it w.ll, it is one of the greatest Inventions of the age. In the first place Uncle Sam can save hundreds of thousands of dol- lars by protecting his army and navy ruskets, which are now spoiling by the cartload thrcugh the carelessness of sol- diers and sailors, If it will save small gun there is no reason why its effici on a cannon would be any the less, and the big guns of fort and warship have to be handled as carefully to prevent cor- rosion as the finest of machinery. There is no telling of the possibilities of the process and in time the plates of war- ehips and merchant vessels may be so treated as to make expensive docking to clean foul bottoms a flllnfilol’ the past. J. WHITE. ALL ABOUT DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS Interest in dogs is certainly not on the ‘wane on this coast, if one may gauge by the purchases recently made by local fan- clers. F. H. Bushnell has bought the magni- ficent and deservedly famous bitch, Mel- rose Sylvia, which will arrive here in whelp "to Mrs. Lee's equally famous Prince Sylvia. Mr. Webster Jones is another exam. ple of the “Star of Empire” gone East. His acquisition {s a fine English setter with a great field trial reputation. Mr. George RBell, formerly of Toronto and now of Menlo Park, has been lald up with a severe attack of rheumatism, but is now on the highway to recovery. In_answer to the dismissal of John H. Sammi’s charges concerning his bull terrier, Scaldy ke, by the executive board of the American Kennel Club, Mr. Sammi has written to Secretary Vreden- burgh, asking for information. The ques- t:ons asked gy Mr. Sammi are: ‘Did the secretary of the San Francisco Kennel Club state officlally that the bull terrier, Scaldy Mike, was judged in the heavyweight class in the ring, orfhis ken- nel?” If he was judged in hi§ kennel afterward, doeg this come within the rules of the American Kennel Club? Further, if judge in latter case declined to make any change in his prior decl- sion, why should the winning card, ‘First Prize, be placed by the San Francisco Kennel Club over his kennel? Kindly enlighten me on above and oblige.” e Hospital Quarters Not Too Large. Dr. John E. Morse of the Board of Health forwarded a communication to the Supervisors yesterday, protesting against the cutting down of the fiuartem orlf(- nally allotted in the New Hall of Justice b\llgtli‘mg for the use of the Receiving Hos. » s ‘When the | cleaning and | then a heavy coating of oil to prevent | clean | . Aand Eugene H. McManus to engine 10. | sters—unusual Seaaa iR z A JUBILEE WEEK : * FOR THE i : COURSING MEN. 5 L P LA A4 This will be a jubilee week for the leash- men. The purses disbursed at the two parks in the regularly scheduled stakes aggregate no less than $1725, besides which the winner of the match race be- tween Connemara and False Flatterer, at Ingleside, will pull down another $750. At Union Park the features are a stake for non-winners, embracing seventy-two candidates, and a twenty-four dog cham- pion stake. At Ingleside the card in- cludes a champion stake with thirty-two performers, the usual monthly puppy stake, with forty entries, and the match race. The champion contests at both parks show the best stock of the coast. The puppy stake at Ingleside has brought out an unusual aggregation of young- in number and quality. The non-winners’ event at Union Park will puzzle the talent Iin almost every course. The match race between Connemara and False Flatterer has excited much specu- lation locally and the result will be await- ed far beyond the local limits. Conne- mara is a coast-bred dog and is deemed at present the peer of any native canine on the sward. False Flatterer was brought out from England last summer, in which country his sire (Fitz Fife) is said to have been the king pin of the long tails of his day. Connemara will prob- ably rule a slight favorite, but neither contestant will lack backing. in the pink of condition last evening. To- morrow both will probably be reported in the most miserable shape. The champion stake at Union Park this week looks to be a one-round contest. ccording to the knowing ones the win- ner of the course between Rosette and Firm Friend should lift the final flag. Massey has his eye on the Ingleside money again to-day. Massey ran his Eastern stock at Ingleside for the first time May 30, since which time the string has cost the Ingleside cashier, in stake money, $415. For the first time since the gates were thrown open E. V. Sullivan has no candi- dates at Union Park this week. Right Bower, formerly owned by Mr. Sullivam, is running in the name of by whom, it is said, he is to be handled for Dr. G. W. Leake. Mr. Sulllvan has eight flyers at Ingleside. ay & Trant are again in the running at Ingleside with a formidable showing. This firm. will be trotting some rather high-class youngsters next year. During the past few days Sylvia has been bred to Eclipse, Lemon to Sir Hugo, and Diana— it is believed—to Chit Chat. 'Nelly Conroy has also been bred to Moondyne. Vanity Fair and Koolawn should put up a warm contest at Union Park in the champlon stake. Only a few weeks ago Koolawn would have been deemed a ‘“‘pipe,” but her showing lately has scarce- Iy seemed on par with her capabilities. The annual Produce Stake will be run at Ingleside October 1. At a meeting of the Ingleside Coursing Club, D. Shannon presiding, Messrs Hugh Lynch, P. J. Rellly and J. Smith were appointed a com- mittee to arrange the meeting. They will make public the conditions and all other arrangements pertaining thereto next week., M. London has sold the veteran Uncle Sam to Los Angeles parties. The south- ern climate may conduce to a rejuvena- tion. In this city his bread-winning days were over. The puppy stake at Ingleside to-day opens up with an array of talent that wiil keep the “talent” guessing throughout the run downg There are many youngsters in the contest that could hold well up in company of any age or experience. There are several that have never been publicly tested. Somebody is likely to find the test costly. Russell & Wilson, the well-known leashmen, of Cable, 11, make their bow to the patrons of Ingleside this week, with Glen Rosa and Victor Chief in the champion stake. Glen Rosa has been a Waterloo winner, but both are up against hard game. Russell & Wilson's entire string embraces eight dogs and two pup- ples. They are quartered near Ingleside. The running to-day at Ingleside takes in the first two rounds of the the puppy stake. To-morrow the champions will go first to the slips, with the puppies follow- ing through one run down. Immediately thereafter the first heat of the match race will be run, and the declding heats fol- low after lunch. The first brace of flyers goes to the slipper at 1 o'clock to-day, and to-morrow at 10:30 o’clock. The puppies seeming likely to land a flag to-day are: Mald of Erin, Mystic Golden Russet, peculation, Bernice, sie Hayes, Blacklock, Statesman, May- flower, Trinket, Mac's Melody, Kerry Gow, Flying Cloud, Liberty Bell, Rath: bone, Minerva, Billy Gladstone, Innis- fallen, Royal Prize and Dauntless. The champions emerging from the run down should be: Gladiator, Rosie R, Lass o’ Gowrie, High Born Lady, Thorn- hill, Lady Jane, Victor, Old Glory, Moon- dyne, Occidental, Hadlwist, Myrtle, Hot %lufl!‘. Mialmo, Laurelwood and Royal uck. The winners of the initial flags at Union Park look to be as follows: Non-winner stake—Benicia Boy, Sportsman, Galla- gher, Lalla Rookh, Bylvanus, Lady Camp- bell, Chill Pepper, Blackstone, Monitor, Mona, Wait a Little, Clifton Lass, Moon- light, Right Bower, Bonita, Governor arkham, Our Boy, Magie, Gilt Edge, Mission Tip, Highland Ball, Arrow, Mary K, The Turk, L%fihmin , Arapahoe, Tom Bell, Miller's aid, Glenwood, Butter- scotch, St. Gertrude, L. S. Conley, White ‘Wings, Bendalong, Little Dorrit, Ala- meda; champlon ~stake—Ferrona, Firm Friend, Vanity Falr, Metallie, Cavalier, Theron. The new system which will go into operation to-day at Union Park will prac- tically place in the hands of the dog- owners themselves the selection of the hare their dogs will be slipped to. The fastest and best rabbits on hand are placed into chutes. Each chute contains 8ix coops, all of them being numbered. On pasing the slip steward on their way to the slips the owner of the dog ‘‘on the white” will draw an envelope containing a number. Arriving at the slips the hare in the coop with the corresponding num- ber in the envelope is the one which will be slipped. This will be done in full view of both owners or trainers. Should the hare not prove satisfactory, the man who drew the number in the envelope can only blame his own bad luck in not get- ting a hare more to his liking. hfr. Russell of Cable, TlL, arrived yes- terday with string of ten greyhounds from the Bast. They will be heard from after they become acclimated. The names of the dogs are: Victor Chief, Glen Rosa, Lady Hershell, Queen, Jennie ~Wilsol Miss Alice, also two black and white bitches by St. Clair, dam Maid of Honor. Mr. Russell has also two pupples, which will be run here in the Produce stakes. —_—— Fire Commissioners. The Fire Commissioners met yesterday afternoon and fined Patrick Hanicker of truck 7 five days’ pay for riding on a car with his badge when he was not fiolng to a fire. Patrick Barry, foreman of en- gine 15, was promoted foreman of en- ne 23 and Fred Whitaker, assistant oreman of engine 15, was promoted to foreman. J. Mc un‘;gu was appointed to engine 31, Charles W. Hegun to truck 2 Both were | . McEldowney, | | splendid achievements, :¢¢¢++¢4+¢¢+¢4¢¢+t + HOMING PIGEONS 3 z WILL FLY 3 + FROM EL CAMPO. 3 + P44+ 4444444444444 On Sunday at 1 p. m., at El Campo, there will be liberated the largest number of these homing pigeons ever released at one time on the Pacific Coast. Five hundred of these intelligent birds will be liberated to return to their respective lofts throughout the State. Most every one has seen a horse, dog or boat race, but very few have had the pleasure of seeing a homing pigeon race, and this opportunity should not be missed, as it will more than likely be the only chance one will have. In Europe this sport is very extensively patronized. Belgium, in particular, de- votes a great deal of time and money for the training of these pigeons. It is an or- dinary event for 3000 homing pigeons to be liberated at one time, and frequently as high as 10,000 and 15,000. The United States Government a few years ago consented to experiment with these pigeons, and was so Well satisfied that it now has some six Government lofts throughout the country, one of which is located on this coast, at Mare Island, and contains some 200 or 300 of the finest bred birds to be obtained. The endurance, speed and homing in- stinct of the homing pigeon is something wonderful. Pigeons have flown 700 miles in a single day—uat is, from daylight until dark. Tus record was made this year by pigeons belonging to the Buffalo district. It is a common occurrence to have pigeons fly 500 miles in a single day. The speed, too, in these distances has been something remarkable. The pigeons fiylng 700 miles in a single day made over 1500 yards per minute, and the birds flying 590 miles seldom make than 1000 per minute. Last year a bird of one of the Eastern districts made over 1500 yards per minute in a distance of 30 | fore the championship re miles. The fancy on this coast is only in its | ton ali- | infancy, but the members of the C: fornia Pigeon and Homing Soclety are making great strides toward equaling the Eastern records. The entries for El Campo race next| D, Sunday are: H. P. Squires, Oakland, 12 birds; J. G. Lubben, Alameda, 10 birds; J. W. Welch, San Francisco, 30 birds; H. C. Warth, San Francisco, 20 Birds: J. A. S. Low, Sausalito, 10 birds; John Filmer, San Francisco, 30 birds; G. T. Marsh, San Francisco, 50 birds; Otto Brewett, Ala- meda, 25 birds; C. H. Jewett, San Fran- cisco, 8 birds; H. Hemelright, San Francisco, 30 birds; E. D. Connolly, Ala- meda, 35 birds; H. Reld, San Francisco, 7 birds; E. G. Koenig, San Francisco, 30 blrgs; H. F. Benjamin, San Francisco, 20 birds. TROUT-FISHING IN THE HIGH SIERRAS The following letter to The Call from that expert fiy-caster and hill-climber John W. Bourdette will be found very interesting to anglers who contemplate a trip in the mountalns: Trout fishing in the high Sierras is about six weeks earlier than usual, occasioned by the dryness of the season and the small quantity of snow now remaining on the mountain tops. The feed, which is carried by the melted snow into the lakes and streams of the mountains, has by reason thereof become diminished to such an extent that the finny tribe will now take anything in the nature of food that is thrown to them. The period of time interven- ing before the winter sets in will therefore reward the sportsman for his efforts in quest of such rare and exhilarating sport. I was rewarded by an extremely good catch on the north fork of the American River, in the immediate vicinity of Snow Mountain. The gamy Eastern brook trout, like “Joseph's coat of many colors,”” predominates in this stream and readily takes the fly when properly handed to them by the angler. ~Care should always be taken Dot to alarm them, for they are shy birds and know more than given credit for. The Rubicon River, so called, rising at the foot of the Rubicon ridge of mountains to the west of Lake Tahoe and flowing through the Rubicon Valley, then emptying into the north fork of the American River, will be found to be an admirable stream on which to pass sev- eral pleasant days, abounding in Eastern brook trout of fair size and gameness. ‘hey now take the fly with alarming rapidity. Sportsmen will find _this stream admirably adapted for casting, running as it goes for a long distance through a gigantic granite for- mation, and is thereby devold of trees and un- derbrush, so detrimental to the successful en- Joyment of the sport. o reach Rublcon River take the stage which leaves McKinney's on Lake Tahoe dally for Rubicon Springs, where comfortable accommo- dations will be provided for those in search of true sport and recreation. To conclude your outing a trip to Glen Al- pine, the sportsman's paradise of the Bierras, nestied in a pleasant nook on the crest of the high mountains, should not be omitted. There the rarest of sport awaits you. The chain of lakes, comprising Lilly, Grass. ‘Suste, Heather, Halfmoon and Gilmore, lle in the immediate viclnity. A visit to either will be a day well spent and enjoyed. The result of my last day's fishing was forty-eight pounds of the finest of silver trout, one day's fishing. Fishing on these lakes will be found good just after daybreak and at dusk. During the warm part of the day the fish rest under the crevices of rocks and large logs which lie on the bottom of the lakes. Rumor has it that an_enterprising hotel proprietor is about to have filings made upon the lands sur- rounding these lakes and utilize them for his epecial benefit, to the detriment and exclusion of the general public. As these lakes are now the property of the United States Government and have been stocked by the Fish Commis- sion of the State of California at great cost and labor, and having been used for more than (nn{ years as a fishing ground by the general public, it is not to be presumed that the sports- men of this State will stand idly by and allow any such scheme to be fostered and carried through, thereby depriving the lovers of the sport of the untrammeled privileges granted to them by right of zoverelguty to fish upon the waters of the State of California, JOHN W. BOURDETTE. SANTA ROSA, Aug. 3. Sporting Editor of The Call: A strict in- vestigation is being made and seven men who placed a large stick of glant powder in Rus- slan Kiver, near Pleta, and thereby slaughtered many hundreds of fish will be brought to jus- tice for their cruel sport. A party of Santa Rosa hunters, composed of District Attorney Emmet Seawell, Attorney Rollo Leppo, O. F. Leppo, Charles’ Wright and J. W Seavell; while ‘on their way to this city, came across a party of seven men who had killed by the use of glant powder scores of fine trout and salmon. ~ The pool in which the explosives had been placed was covered with the mutilated fish. ‘The hunters told their story when they ot 'to Cloverdale and when they arrived here, fientification of four of the men. Who wers Itallans, has been established. The affair has created a great deal of indignation in the sporting clrcles of the county. . L. FINLEY. A. Joel, A. Lelpsic, W. Greenblatt, L. Brader and J. McEvoy are having first- class trout fishing in the Garcla River. Steelheads running from a quarter of a pound to a pound are now plentiful in Eel River near Grizzly Bluff. —————— ‘Will Honor Their Athletes. The 'San Francisco Turnschwestern Verein will honor its members who made such a brilliant showing in the last totr- nament by publicly distributing the prizes :ha; lh‘elymwvn. gt ad grand ball which is 0 be held on Sunday evening next at their hall, 3« Turk street. Grei‘! pre;ar:- tions are being made for the occasion, ‘which tpromi-eu to_surpass previous af- fairs of its kind. Six beautiful girls will {In the coveted medals on the breasts of he athletes, and then perhaps imprint kiss on their b tion ot,thel:' rows in reco, less | taken from Halfmoon in | O T e e R e R e $ ALAMEDA SENIORS * $ _ WILLMEET ' % + {THE MIDGET CREW + To44444444 4444434+ The all-absorbing topic among the oars- men is the approaching annual regatta— the fifth—at Astoria. The members of* the Alameda senior crew have all pro« cured leave of absence from their various employers, and will' go up- by train to Astoria, their boat going up by steamer in charge of thelr coach. The Midgets, whom -the South End men consider the finest barge crew that was e got ta- gether, will also go to Astoria, and will test their strength against the Alamedas, This barge race has been sp(‘olE‘Lll_\' added to the programme by the Astorians, their races being for shells only. It'is also said that the Midgets are prepared. to row in one of the four-oared shell races if they can procure a boat’in which ‘to row. But it is very doubtful whether their stlye of rowing, while it is well suited to a barge, would prove equally good in a light racing boat Their chance against crews which have been rowing together for several weeks and whose style is better fitted to light boats would probably be small. Such clubs as -the Willamette and the Portland, of Portland; . the Burrard Inlet Rowing Club and the Vancouver Boat Club, of Vancouver, :%nd the St. James Bay Rowing Club of Vic- toria, make strong and dangerous oppon= ents. Even oarsmen who have been spe- clally trained to row a stroke 5_ull‘ul‘)le to a light boat, and whose style individ- uvally is good, roll -about considerably when they first find themselves in a light four or eight. Our " oarsmen naturally row in a style suitable for the rough water prevalent in the bay during the summer rowing season, and for the heavy boats used here: the oarsmen on' the Columbia River and round Victoria and Vancouver enjoy much smobther witer. In a barge it is not necessary to be a good waterman as well as’ a good vars- man; strength and a capacity for keep- ing time are all that is needed. Then the oarsmen of our bay suffer terribly from a lack of competent coaching, wit out which no really good rowing is pos- sitte. Probably the only club contain- ing any really trained oarsmen Is the Columbia Rowing Club, the membe of which take no part or interest in gen- eral rowing matters. Our oarsmen row by the light of nature, supplemented. by a few suggestions from men whose ex- perience has been longer, but whose orig- inal source of knowledge was the same. J. Foley of the South Ends is going to Astoria on a vacation, but will prob- ably take no part in thé regatta there. On his return to this .city he will begin training for the senior shell champiof-~ ship. %t would be interésting to see A. W. Pape and Dr. C. C. Dennis in a skift race at Astoria, but there seems no like- lihood of this. F. Wilson of the Ariels and F. Ayers las will probably L'nlt;’?h(he 3 éro of the Alamed: outrigged skiff race at 2 is talk of some match race | rious crews and single scullers i | a barge race between the intermediate | crews of the Dolphins and Pioneers a n Dr. C. C. Dennis’ 0. that it is not un- likely that a regratta-m At the last monthly mecting of the Tri- Boat Club D. J. Keefe, August Schup- pert and G. Schimpf were appointed a committee to report on the matter of the club joining the Pacific Athleti sociation.” J. W. F. Peat, Emil Ke an O'Keefe and C. Hess Jr. were pointed a committee to sec for the clubhouse. They will probably choose a site between.Black Point and | Hyde street, to the east 6f the Dolphin quarters. Emil Kehrlin has acquired a | asoline launch, which flies the d and white flag of the Tritons, be used as a pleasure boat L of the club. Last Sunday eral visi- tors came in it to take part in the en- | tertainment at the Dolphin house. C. | Hess Jr. has begun practice in an out- ri ffd skiff. £ e Ariel and Alameda crews, winners of the junior and senior barge races at El Campo, having expressed their desire to_have miedals as prizes ‘an order that medals be procured was made at the meeting of the Pacific Athletic Associa- tion last Tuesday. W. O. Patch of the Dolphin' Boat Club has left the city on a two weeks' vaca- tion. On his return he will take in hand the coaching of the junior and interme diate Dolphin crews for the champion- ship regatta. The members of the Olympic Boat Club will hold a meeting at the Olympic Club on Tuesday evening next, at which will be discussed the feasibility of forming a stock company for the purpose of build- ing a boathouse at Tiburon, to contain accommodation for boats belonging to the club and privately owned by members, and rooms to bé rented by members I wishing to live at Tiburon during the summer. Dr. Warre, the headmaster of Eton College, Englapd, has sent out to St. Peter's Collegiate School, Adelaide, South Australia, as a present, the eight-oared boat in which the Eton eight won the ladies’ challenge plate at Henley regatta in 18%. The headmaster.of St. Peter's School is a famous oarsman, having stroked the Oxford University eight in the interuniversity boat race some ten years ago. The St. Peter’s boys row on ake Torrens, formed by damming the witers cf a creek called the Torrens River. 'The course is about one and a haif miles straight away. = SPORTSMEN CAMPED IN THE MOUNTAINS The Lincoln Gun Club will hold. its final shoot of the season on the 2lst inst. at Alameda Point. J. N. Castle, L. F. Castle and W. D, Castle and family are now camped on Redwood Creek in Humbeldt County, where they will spend a month hunting and fishing. R. W. Woods, T. R. Robbins, W. B, Robbins, C. Robbins and Dr. A. T. Wat< kins will enjoy a month’s vacation in the King River countr J. R. Edwards, E. L. Finley, H. Gun- lach and C. H. B. Laughlin left this city last Monday. They will camp in the -vi- cinity of Séa View, which is 4 good deer country, about thirty miles north of Caz- adero. £ Harry Hosmer, the anular sportsman, is about to visit one of the springs. Hos- mer intended taking a trip with-H. Emér- ic when taken sick. : v Frank Maskey is at present located at Klamath Springs, where he will remain until the season for the killing of pheas- ants will open In Oregon. 3 Johnny Mitchell ard M. Shanahan ar hunting for deer in the Napa hills, 5 George Walker, accompanied by twq sportsmen from the Tivoli Opera-house, enjoyed a good dove shoot last Sunday near San Leandro. The Golden Gate Gun Club will hold a big shoot to-morrow on the Pacific tour- nament grounds, Alameda. ‘W. J. Remfree, a popular young sports- man of Antioch, was married last Tu day in this city by Judge Conlan to Miss Annie Simpson of San Diego. The happy couple will enjoy pleasant days at Mr. Remfree's home in Antioch. - James C, Nealon killed a beautiful spike buck last Sunday in the Hhills north of Novato. 5 Dr. Clement and Dr. F. L. Platt and wife will camp for a month at Whites- borough, Mendocino County. Mrs. Platt is an excellent rifle shot and doubtless she will bring to bag some of the spiked family of the mountains, 5 The Oldest Volunteer. A New York State doctor, aged 109, volun- teered his services to the President recently and expressed a desire to enter the army as & surgeon. Even at his advanced year read without glasses, and walk ‘10 to 15 miles a day. The oldest standard medicine is Hostet- ter's Stomach Bitters, which has no equal for indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, fevers and bad blood. It strengthens, purifies and wvitalizes. One bottle does much good. INGLESIDE COURSING PARK. A CLASSIC CARD! INTERNATIONAL CONTEST, CONNEMARA VS. FALSE FLATTERER, A Monster Champion Stake. 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