The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 24, 1898, Page 8

8 +HEErEbta bt r e ! THE GAME SEASON + 2 WILL Y { OPEN NEXT WEEK. + + 4444444444444 447 The latest intelligence from the small army of anglers which departed from this city last week for Eel River is to the ef- fect that the large steelheads have not yet put in an appearance in sufficient numbers to guarantge the anglers on the 'r the sport they| had anticipated. ten-pound fish have been taken s of trolling from boats, but‘the nothing now to what it will be n a few weeks hence. Fly-casting for small fish—say from one | pound to two pounds in weight—cannot be | excelled in any of the coast streams. | Catches of from forty to sixty a dayl of pound fish is not uncommon and the | younders” afford gala sport as they are game and “put up” a great fight. H. Battu of the San Francisco Fly-cast- | g Club returned recently from the Gar- River, In Mendocino County, with a +4++ ci party of friends. He is very profuse in | his praises of the fishing that is now to be had on that beautiful coast stream near its mouth. He advises anglers who are P looking for real good sport to pay | Arena a visit before the heavy | ins set in. Al Cumming writes from Webber Lake | that the fishing is rapidly improving and he is at present enjoying a grand g in the mountains, among the grouse and quail. Al says that Johnny Coleman is a_ splendid grouse shot and | would be a “champion” it he only under- | 8tood .how to “hold on” his birds so | that he could {ly find them when they | fall. In winding up a letter to a friend he writes “Cofeman is a wing shot and | that's all there's to it.” | Striped bass are very plentiful along the east shores of the bay, but, as they jour- Is, it is not an easy matter to | hereabouts. They frequent | 1 the Alameda County side, atory in their habits, expert anglers have found it a difficult | matter to keep track of their meander- | The striped bass s also a very coy and, on days when the water is ar, the capture of them by hook and | {s not an easy task. The best lures ed so far by ‘‘the diggers” are 1l crab and clams. It is said that | during the past few days, have been Yery' plentiful in the sloughs fiear Mount | Sden. | A week from to-day there will be a| hot time on marsh and field. The season | and other game bird: 1y killed will be inaugurated | exodus of sportsmen from this shooters will do well to re- | however, that in San Mateo | rail cannot be shot until October | - is, in accordance with a county ord which also says that shooting | from a bo t during high tide is prohibited | Rail-shooters will also remember: that | they can eénjoy but one month of the sea- e Alameda County the State law | inch of the Sulsun marsh over | h & wild duck can fly has been leased tsme The aristocratic clubs, as the Cordelia, Ibis, Tule Bell, Teal ive made the most elaborate prepa to give the “quackers” and “whis- the warmest ind of a rumpnun,1 doubtless there will be tons af shot d on the marsh next Saturday and } nen of Suisun are not vear. They have and Keepers outsiders off the atest accounts, the are quite plentiful. also in evidence. | Mira Monte and Empire expect anything like upon their respective pre- after the heavy ralns, A lew in the marshes of Sonoma, generally put out for the up- s before the rai vear duck-shoot- A marshes was excep- | ng to the dry season, rds within easy reach of f this winter is productive of local duck hunters will not 4 shooting on the Sonoma marshes. The Black Jack Club will be strongly in evidence at the shooting grounds near | Antioch on Saturday next. .rector Gen- eral Lemmer states that mallard, sprig and teal are quite plentiful and that the opening should be productive of toler- ably g port. Although many of the devotees of quall- | shooting cannof resist the temptation of | having a shy at their favorite game on the opening day, it can be sald with | that there are many en- stic sportsmen in this city who wiil not pull trigg n a quail until after the | first good rain. The uplands are exceed. ingly dr will be many conflagrations started dur: ing the first week of the season. | It is to be hoped, however, that the in- | terfor papers will give credit to whom | credit rightfully belongs. _Heretofore, | when a large fire was reported in any part of the country within a radius of 200 miles of this city the interfor Eapom flamed up in scare heads, "“Blazed by San Francisco | much enjc h | nters. | Now, the local sportsman, as a rule, is | far more particular when he enters a farmer's land to obey the laws of the | commonwealth than his brother of the | gun and dog who resides in the country | towns. | The city boys can stand some hot shot | from the Interior editors occasionally, but hey serfously object to being made a target to be shot at each year whenever | a big fire is started in the country by bucolic quail hunters. Johnny Orr has been tramping the snipe ches of the Country Club for some weeks past, and reporis having seen but few birds, ‘which is an indication of a rather late arrival of the ‘“Englishmen,” Snipe heretofore have put in an early appearance in the Country Club preserve. It is not generally known that the Chi- se pheasant and the Oregon grouse will cross, but the following excerpt from a Portland paper will throw some light on the subject. It says: T. B. Foster of the First National Bank while hunting near Turner, Marion County, Saturday, shot a bird the iike of which he had never seen before, and he has not found any else who has ever seen such a creature. [t was put up by the dog, in company with a Mon- gollan cock pheasant, and was taken for & pheasant. It appears to be a cross between a Mongollan pheasant and a blue grouse. It has the head of a pheasant, with the red ring around the eyes. The markings on the necl and breast resemble those of & pheasant, but lack the brilliant coloring. The back and wings ere like a pheasant’s. while the tail is consid- erably longer than that of a grouse, and not €0 long or pointed as that of a pheasant. The bird is heavier than a pheasant, and the legs are devold of the spurs which are worn by the latter bird. It is a veritable curio, and Mr. Foster intends to have the skin mounted for a keepsake. Chinese pheasants have been cross- ed with domestic fowls. but It i{s not known whether they ever cross with grouse or not. Hunters have accused the Mongollan pheasant of driving the grouse away from their ugual haunts and all other sorts of wickedness, but the ‘‘Chinaman” is the game bird of Oregon all the same. ALL READY FOR THE SCHUETZEN FESTIVAL The annual prize shooting festival of the California Schuetzen Club will be held to-morrow and Monday at the Schuetzen Park rifle range near San Ra- fael. The whole line of targets will be opened at 9:3) o'clock in the morning, and, with the exception of forty-five min- utes’ Intermission for lunch, will remalin in-use until 4 o'clock. The prizes this year are as numerous and liberal as usual. There will be twenty cash prizes on the point target, ranging from $20 to $1. Similar prizes will be given for the twen- ty best centers. Twenty premiums, rang- ing from $10 to $1, are offered for the most red flags in forty shots. The shooting for the honor of “king” and the king dia- mond medal will be done on the German 25-ring target. During the past year this honor has been held by D. % L;claugh- lin. In addition to the medal there will be nine prizes from $10 to $1 to be distri- buted. One of the most Interesting matches will be shot on the honorary target, three shots to a ticket, and the prizes to the winners will be over $1000 worth of jewelry, silverware, household goods and other useful and ornamental articles, Besides these, special /prizes will be shot for by the prize judges and mem- bers of the press. usual, first and last bullseyes will draw $2050 and $1 cash rizes. The distribution of the trophies o the winners will be held on Sunday, October 2, at Schuetzen Park, when the club will give a plenic. It is understood that riflemen from all along the coast will be in attandance on this. occasion. Circuit Court of Appeals. United States Circuit Judges Morrow and Ross have arrived from Portland, and one | to be held on October 30. Gilbert is expected to-day. The {r‘n’:’o‘ee.l’ndgu will !"p-e‘ the Clrelfi; Court of Appeals, beginning next M THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 1898. ‘0*###44####0#4-*41 ¥ GUERNEVILLE TO + I : HAVE A + |3 WATER CARNIVAL. : Fetrrtttrrrrerrees At the annual convention of the Pacific Association held last Monday at the Re- llance Club, Oakland, the following row- ing men were chosen on the board of managers: S. J. Pembroke of the Ala- meda Boat Club, J. R. Bockman of the Ariel Rowing Club, A. P. Rothkopf of the | Dolphin Swimming and Boating Club, W. | C. Espy of the Pioneer Rowing Club, Ju- lius Morton of the Olympic Boat Club, A. H. Schimpf of the iriton Swimming and Boating Club and J. D. Mah of the South End Rowing Club, form the regatta committee. The regatta committee held a meeting S scussed in this city on Wedn ay and di the Aquatic Carnival at Guerneville on | October 15 and 16. The course is very g from four to twenty while the sur- good, the water bein feet deep, and smooth, | rounding scenery lovely. The railroad will provide transportation for the offi- cers and contestants, and a fine pro- gramme of aquatic sports will be given, including four-oared barge races, shell and outrigged skiff events, swimming contests, tug-of-war, water polo and down two toboggans erected side by It is proposed to give a ball on Sat ¢ night, October 15, and to keep vis- nd interested during the whole two da; S. J. Pembroke of the Alamedas last Sunday picked up in the Oakland Creek a University of California man, who, with more courage than discretion, had ne out sculling in a smooth-bottomed iff, though quite ignorant of the art of rowing. Though the University Boat- ing Association has a boat house and some good boats, little interest is taken in rowing at Berkeley. As the Stanford men do not row, it is not possible to meet them on the water, and a good coach is lacking. The Alamedas hope to be well repre- sented in skiff as well as barge races at the coming championship regatta. The | club is increasing steadily, from six to ten new members being added each month. Messrs. Pembroke, Maass and Hincninan are the club delegates to the Pacific_Athletic Association. The South Ends will enter a senior and junior crew ce and probably an in- termediate one as well, at the champion- ship regatta. J. Foley will be in the senlor shell race and R. McArthur in the Junior shell. represent the club event. As the cyclis tive among the Justice: Fritz thinks the oars V. Koster and J. Lyons will in h the jun skiff njor e s c ought to be rep- resented also. Th lub has appointed a committee to procure a new barge. The contract may be made at an early date, but the barge will probably not bée ready for use until next season. The Tritons have now jolned the Paci- fic Athletic Association, their delegates being D. O'Keefe, B. Coffin and A. H. Schimpf; the last is on the regatta som- mittee. The club is prosperimg, and will have its barges and skiffs put into racing trim. B. Coffin and J. Hiluard, who is a candidate for membership, will practice. in skiffs. The club intends to come out of s shell and to engage more actively in skiff and barge rowing than it has hith- erto done. Two Ploneer barge crews and some skiff men are practicing regulariv, and an in- termediate crew may be formed to go to the Guerneville carnival. C. Ochs has re- ceived the prize which he won at the El Campo skiff races in July; it is a scarf- in composed of two crossed sculls. The Ploneers have a skin canoe which might be taken up to Guerneville. Owing to the death of T. J. Hopkins and the absence of Bartman on the steam- hi; %nd German barge crews will not take place on the Dolphin Club's ladies’ day, One of the vents on _that day will be a special 100- yard match swimming race between E. H. Coney and J. 8. Earls. In order to test the speed of the new barge a crew consisting_of Fred Woern- ner, bow; T. R. neenan, No. 2; C. M. Far- rell, No. 3, and T. J. Kennedy, stroke, will row three-quarters of a mile against the intermediate barge crew, the latter using the new boat. The intermediate crew is practicing two or three times a week. The new oars which they are using are lighter than those they have hitherto had, and the men are not yet quite accustomed to f=3 em. The visit of the San Francisco oarsmen to ‘Astoria will probably result in the formation of a rowing club there. The new club proposes to buy the boats of the Willamette }Qow:ng Club, which are for sale, that club having gone out of exist- ence. A boat house is to be-bufit on Youngs River, and the car line extended to it. The club will join the National As- soclation of Amateur Oarsmen. Be g PLACER COUNTY TEA T0 VISIT THIS CITY An eleven from the Citrus Colony, Placer County, will visit San Francisco next month. They propose to reach this city on Friday, October 21, and to play against the Pacific Cricket Club on the following Sunday. Matches will also be played against the Alameda and San Jose clubs, but the dates for these have not vet been fixed. The matches against the Alameda and Pacific clubs will be under the auspices of the California Cricket Association. So far the Citrus Colony men have played only one match (that against the Alameda Wanderers at Pen- ryn on May 2 and 30), ‘“‘under the auspices” of the association, and will find it rather hard to make up the five in- nings required by the association as a qualification to compete for the Burnell batting and bowling prizes. Several of our local batsmen have already been at the bat In association matches more than the elght times necessary to qualify as competitors for the prizes. Hogue has been at the bat 13 times, J. J. Moriar- ity 12, F. Croll 12, V. Seebeck 10, E. ‘usson 12, G. Theobald 12, T. W. G. Wal- lace 11, J. H. Harbour 10, F. Sewell 9, J. J. Theobald 9. The match, Alameda versus City of San Francisco, of which the first innings was played last Sunday, will be continued to- morrow on the Alameda ground. San Francisco having scored 132 and Alameda 74 in the first innings, the representatives of San Francisco have a lead of 58 runs. But such is the glorious uncertainty of cricket that the relative roslllon of the two teams may be entirely reversed by to-morrow’s play. C. B. Fry, one of the most famous all round athletes that the University of Ox- ford has ever had, has ?lnyed splendid cricket this season for his county—Sus- sex. In thirty-one innings (four times not out) he made 1604 runs, or an average of 69.40 per innings. Six times he made more than 100 runs—three times inst Middlesex and once each against Somer- setshire, Yorkshire and Hampshire. His highest _score was 179 runs (not out) against Yorkshire. He did better this geason for Sussex than the famous Ranj- itsinjhi_did last year, and quite as well as the Indian Prince did in his best year, 1896. For thirty-five innings in first-class cricket during the season C. B. Fry's average 18 64.95. A. E. Btoddart's average for Middlesex s also a very high one—1005 runs in 22 Innin three times not out), or an aver- age o 89 runs per innings. His highest score was 157, against Lelcestershire. In bowling the most brilliant Ertorm. ance of recent date is that of Richard- son, the Surrey bowler, who, inthe match ainst Warwickshire, performed the “hat trick,” and took four wickets in one over. In the second innings of Warwick- shire he took elfin( wickets for twenty- eight runs, and in the whole match fif- teen wickets for eighty-three runs, and that on hard, true turf. Read how to live w be eighty years old, by eight octogenarians, in next Sunday’s Call, Australia, the race between the Irish | $4+4+ 44+ 4P L LI T4 E SOUTH BAYS WANT : A RACE : + + WITH CITY YACHTSY + D T T e T R D The regatta committee of the Pacific Interclub Yacht Association will meet next Wednesday evening to wind up the affairs of the Admission Day races, and to make a formal award of the trophies. The San Franciscos give a hop at their clubhouse at Sausalito to-night. Kitter- man's {aunch America will leave the club wharf at 11:30 p. m. to bring back visitors who wish to return to the city. Commo- dore Dr. T. L. Hill cruised to El Campo last Sunday to witness the Corinthian small yacht races, and was conveniently on hand to pick up the vice-commodore of his club from a swamped and water logged Pacific half-rater, which the flag- ship afterward towed back to Sausalito. The weather off El Campo on the 1§th was so squally and blustering that the Corinthians, instead of marking out a triangular course by means of stakeboats, made Red Rock the turning point for the small yachts. The course was thus a free run out and a beat back—a not uncom- mon course at important regattas. The postponement of the races from Septem- ter 11, though rendered necessary by the FOfh R ek oG t ECHOES FROM : i’ THE + : GRIDIRON FIELD. i e R SRR R R R R D A week from to-day the initial football game of the season will be played on the Recreation grounds between the Olym- pics and the team representing the Uni- versity of California. The Olympics will begin their training to-morrow morning; the California athletes have been at work on the gridiron for a month and are in pretty fair condition for this time of the season. On Monday night there was a gathering of football men in the club house on Post street for the purposes of formation and organization. It did not need much can- vassing to el Pete Smith captain of the team this year. Hardly had the men present been informed that an election of captain was in order when forthwith a captain _was elected by acclamation. Douglas Erskine, tackle on the victorious Olympic team of 1896, was elected vice- captain to serve in the advent of Smith | being disabled or being forced to with- | draw from the game for other reasons: George James became manager by ex officio right. He is the captain of the club and a member of the board of man- agers and as such will be the point of D R R R R e $ NOTES AND GOSSIP + FROM THE DIAMOND. + T444444 44444444447 Tif Krelling, Arctic explorer, - gold chaser, athlete and devotee of baseball, is in our midst once again. Tif has spent over a year In the Klon- dike country, with the Intention, I am told, of forming a ball league, and, fail- ing, owing to the lack of material, has re- turned to renew, with Intense energy, the art of Instilling confidence into the hearts of Manager Coffrath’'s “tin finishers.” The Sand Crabs, after much worry and a little money, have secured the perma- nent services of famed Pitcher Borchers. Mr. Campbell of Stockton extended every possible means which would enable him to hold this much-sought individual, but the fates smiled seawardly, and the astute manager had to glve way. Monahan's sensational mishaps, while playing at third base on Sunday last, con- tinue to be the topic in baseball circles. He, however, plays rather steady ball when some of his cohorts are taken into consideration. Jimmie Hughes is at It agaln. Yester- day the Chicagos fell down before his 44+ +44+4 @ P .4 it a trial with spoon and fly. : fishing grounds, and report having had royal sport. PPOPPPPOPOPPVPPPPP00P00PPPPPPPPOPIOPPPOP00900000000000 WITH SPOON AND FLY. Anglers Who Had Good Success on the Garcia River Last Week Returned Home Happy. OINT ARENA can be reached In a journey of less than two days from this city by steamer. Within two miles of the town the Garcla River meanders on to the sea, and now is the time for the lovers of the angle to give H. Battu, George Dupuy and.J. A. Tatjo have just returned from the happy & * @ * ® * weather, was somewhat unfortunate; only one member of the regatta committee, whose duty it is to manage races, was on hand on the 18th, and the best that the circumstances allowed had to be done. The commodore and secretary had sent out all the notices to yacht owners, but could not get any yachts to act as stake- boats. Ella, Clara and Mignon dragged their anchors, and Aeolus had two hooks out. ter the regatta the sloops Aeolus ?nd huvl“ned over‘tsu lSnuunl t?fi tgre‘ ormer ng the yaw) ce in 7 the return tos buron the wind dropped and both boats had some difficulty in making their moorings. To-day the Corinthians take the cruise to Vallejo ori{flnn.ll set for September 1. ics, b The Pacifics, cinals and Califor- nias have open dates. The sloop which F. Stone has been building for Hobson of Honolulu will soon be ready for her owner, who wants a race nst the Macdonough cup winner. 'he South Bays would like to see a race between the boats of the twenty-foot class open to all the clubs. J. E. Auzer- ais’ sloop Papoose, which has been ll_z'mu ht ‘;‘.‘ihh:.o tl;;e 25-foot m;:l!t“‘ity"; ved too late ave an o) unity_o trying her speed on Mmlu&n day. But interesting as_such a race would be, it 18 Somewhat doubttul whether, with lit tle more than a month of the yachting e cisco yachtemen will kick a pi; exercise. At a meetlnf of the m&lm' Association tball Club, heldlast Mon- day e ce-Ce 0d G. T. S1eS wan Slected captain - Treasurer . t, and Measurer of the executive contact between the players and the board of directors. California has the advantage of training over their club rivals. At Berkeley Coch- ran has been at work, with the exception of a week’s rest, drilling the men In_the preliminary practice. The Blue and Gold contingent recommen their practice last Monday and have been at it ever since. The Olympics are all tried players, many of whom have lined up shoulder to shoulder in a season’s battles. This will be to their advantage and will in & meas- ure offset the other disabilities. There is a great deal of the problematic in the de- termination of the Ogrmpk: formation. Sheehy, the great guard, will probably be tried as half-back on account of the scar- city of good back material. Hobbs will be tried at center or at right guard, the final placing dveé)ending ufon the approved value of Ward, a Columbia college man, or Bandy at center. Sexton, Erskine an Nelson will try for tackles. Code will probably not play with the Olympics this year, who will, In consequence, suffer a frel,t loss. Roy Weldon will try for quar- er back. The Olympic team will be ex- cefuonuly heavy eldon is the light- est man on {t. of the line ng, the full back of Santa Clara team of las {eu-, will try for half. Faw and Le Bal- ister will be the other candidates for {o- glfion!‘ Mkh o‘sldthe line. Alto :ther h ympics shor ve a pretty stmE eleven, but they suffer from a lac! of team play in the ml{ games. But the college eleven are not too strong in this Tespect. At Berkeley the new center trio which has been é)flcflcln together is Greisb center; Cadwalader, right guard Athern, the freshman, left guard. A great deal of attention is be1n1 bestowed ufiwn this trio and it is very likely (hAn t they will form the center of the line. Btanford everything is in a tentative state awaiting the arriyal of Coach Cross, who Was exvected a few davs ago. ang cleverness, making but three hits. The race between Boston and Baltimore certainly is interesting, and, with just a little luck, the latter team will come out with flying colors. They are better pro- vided with’ filtchers than their opponents, having In Hughes, Maul and cJames three of the best twirlers in the I e. Boston has but one pitcher their equal, and it will be interesting to note that he is expected to win the pennant for Bos- ton. He may do it, as he has in seas past, but if Baltimore ever catches thoerxllz: as they did last year it is $20 to $1 the: win the flag. During the last series wit Boston in '97, Baltimore had Mot a pitcher strong enough to work. They will have three, one almost as this year and should win ‘e:sfihf e fates are generous enough to allow them G day s game wil be between -day’s game wi Edges and Sand Crabs. That ltflvlv.fllml:: the greatest game of the season may be udged from the fact that th rack vrlfiam. Harney and Borohers, l.re! emod agalnst each other. Come one and and 00! The line up is as follows: Positions. San 3 Pitcher %igrfig:fl glulbmbh J. W. mpulu offict! seball League, recentl; Thuch improved {n heaith &nd Appetian 'm] VS in and a) . Joe states that he was after "seer," but Stapleton, the well known and scorer of the California returned from land Springs, Ce. as it that country flmm; tll hard to bag Ol JOE CORBETT, is a bit shy l P R R + BAYCITYSAND 1} f OLYMPICS E + BURY THE AX. } R R R The Olympic Club Wheelmen and the Bay City Wheelmen will have a joint run to-morrow which promises to be the ban- ner event of its kind of the year both in point of numbers and picturesqueness of the journey. Their destination will be Mission San Jose, where they will be the guests of their fellow mempbers, Messrs. Gallegos, Montealegre and Salazar. The wheeling contingent of the party will take the train to Haywards and ride the rest of the way, about 12 miles. The infirm, who cannot cycle that distance without extreme fatigue and lassitude, have been provided for, too. They will take the 8:30 a. m. boat and train to Niles, wnence they will be *“coached” down to the picnic grounds behind gayly caparisoned steeds. | | It was roughly estimated last night tbat | each club will turn out 75 men on this run, so the attendance will be unusually | large. Swimming, baseball and other | outdoor amusements will be indulged in, | and a merry time is assured. The “hatch- et,” which has so long kept severed the | string of peaceful relations between the two clubs, will be buried with fitting cere- mony, and it is hoped will never be resur- rected. As stated exclusively in The Call last Saturday, the Olympics and Bay City contemplate holding a joint race meet at | Elmhurst within the next two months. Each club has appointed a committee of | 15 members, who will meet next Wednes- day night at the Olympic Club to arrange particulars. It is a pleasure to note the prevalling feeling of friendliness between the Olym- pic Wheelmen and the Bay City Club, as | evidenced by last Sunday’s road race, to- morrow’s joint run and the coming race meet to be handled by the two clubs. This is as it should be, and with two suc powers combined the sport should flour- ish on the coast. The newly elected directors of the Bay City Wheelmen met Thursday e-ening elected the following officers for the ensuing term: Emil Fahrbach, presi- dent; Henry L. Day, vice president; E. N. Creigh, secretary; archibald Reid, finan clal secretary; Theodore C. Dodge, treas- urer; A. J. Menne, captain; Frank H. Kerrigan, Frank H. Watters, Dr. E. T. Mervy, Harry Larkin and H. W. Spald- ing, directors. The retirement of Judge 1 | | Kerrigan, who has held the presidency | for four successive terms, was received with regret by the other members of the | board, who urged him to accept re-elec- tion, but he declined. Emil Fahrbach, the new president, was president of the club for two terms twelve years ago. He is an old-time wheelman, with an unconquer- able love for the sport, and should make a splendid commanding club. of the directorate, who have served faith- fully and been re-elected, save Secretary Creigh, who s new in the administration. The Bayg City members are many innovations in social and wheel life under the new board. To make the club house more of a place of rendezvous for the members will be one of its first ef- forts. Fortnightly Saturday evening en- tertainments and card tournaments will be promoted, and club road races will help to bring out any latent racing talent that is undeveloped. In these and vari- ous other wa; membership in the club will be priz and new men will be at- tracted. If half the innovations proposed b‘y the new board are followed out the club has before it a lively season. A match race at ten miles between two teams of young riders will be held next Sunday week at San Leandro. The teams are Rhodes, Hammer, Rusher, Bozio and Carroll, captained by the latter, and Ped- lar, Davidson, Krager, Bowers and Rel- ser, captained by Harry Fowler. Each officer for the | the gun. The other officers are old members | here? promised | | | | contestant will ride a relay of two miles. | Hardy Downing has returned from the | North, accompanied by W. B. Ogle, a well known wheelman of Portland. The next meeting of the C. A. C. C. will be held Saturday evening, October 1, at the rooms of the California Club. § A ?reflt many racing men are in train- ng the C. A. C. C. on Sunday, October 9, Fruitvale to Haywards. H. W. SPALDING. JUDGE CONLAN THANKED BY THE MASTIFF CLUB The past week Has been one of unusual activity among the dog clubs of the coast. A call has been issued for a meet- ing to be held at the Occidental Hotel on the 29th inst. to consider the present con- dition of kennel affairs and to take such action as my be deemed advisable. | In consequence of this call the San Jose | XKennel Club and the ‘Collie Club of Cali- fornia both held meetings at San Jose last Sunday, and both passed resolutions ap- pointing delegates and instructing these to vote in favor of the formation of an independent coast league. C. R. Harker and Norman J. Stewart will represent the San Jose Club and H. H. Carlton the Col- lie Club. The directors of the San Francisco Ken- | nel Club were to have held a meeting on ‘Wednesday, but a quorum was lacking | and the meeting adjourned until this af- ternoon. The star meeting of the week was that | of the Pacific Mastiff Club, which was enlivened by the presence of H. T. Payne. Two new members were elected and other routine business transacted. Mr. Payne obtained permission to address the club, and delivered an able harangue.upon the advantages to be derived from a local or- nagizatfon, independent of the American | Kennel Club. The point on which he | scored most was the payment to the A. K. C. by each club holding a show of the fee of % cents per dog shown for listing. This he claimed with some justice to bel unnecessary and useless | The secretary of the club re- glled at some length, warning the mem- ers against making a jump into the dark, and declaring against secession un- less harmony were guaranteed by suffi- clent authority being conferred on the central body. P. Norman was aSFolnted delegate to the convention, with discretionary pow- ers of action. It was intended by the sec- retary that his action as delegate would as far as possible be in unison with that of the delegates from the San Francisco Kennel Club. Dr. d'Evelyn, the president, then ad- dressed the club, his speech being an eulogy of Judge Conlan’s denunciation of the pound men's brutality toward their canine victims. The following resolution ‘was ordered spread on the minutes: “Re- solved, That the Pacific Mastiff Club in- dorses the position taken by Judge Con- lan toward the rufflanism of the Pound Master's employes, and recognizes with leasant anticipations the new era of re- ationship has arisen between the Jjudicial authority and the interests of the canine race.” It is further resolved that the cordial thanks of this club be and hereby are extended to Judge Conlan for the noble humanity exhibited by him in dispo of the case in question. The secretary is hereby directed to inform Judge Conlan of these resolutions.” A Hickman’s fox terrier bitch has arrived, and her new owneér is delighted with his purchase. George Bell has also recelved two fox terrier dogs for the stud, one smooth and one wire coated. New bl is greatly needed for the breed on this coast, and Mr. Bell is now able to supply the demand. Dr. Lo\lgt of Boston has sold to 8. H. Miller of timore for $1000 the peerless and unbeaten mastiff Black Prin Bnm?ton, by champion Black Prince Brampton Beauty. Black Prince Brampton is beyond the shadow of a doubt the finest mastiff ever bred in this country. How a girl bred butterfiies and beetles and made more money than her brothers who worked the farm, in next Sunday’s Call, or, the annual ten-mile handicap of | rom | | ! | 444+ 44444444+ E GETTING READY | + FOR : + MERCED COURSING E 4444444444444 444 4 Coursing men are now turning their at- tention to the great outdoor meetings which will be held in Merced, the first of which will commence on November 15. Tt Is to be hoped, however, that the officers of the clubs will see to it that better eating accommodations will be provided this year for the leashmen and their friends who Will be in attend- ance. The food last year was far from being anything near good at the prinei- pal hotels of the great plains city, and as a consequence there are quite a number of prominent coursing men who are in favor of journeying on to Fresno, which city has offered very flattering induce- ments. Fresno should certainly be selec for many reasons, unless the Mer improve on last year’s rations, not “at home,” but on the field. Many lars are scattered around Merced du the coursing meetings in various w but unless there is some reciprocatior by which the vigorous kicks of the inn man when he s improperly treated : appeased, other fields will certainly have to be selected. Tommy Hall, the prince of the Merced coursing fraternity, has written to a lo- cal sportsman stating that although he may not meet with good success in the inclosures he is very positive of bagging the long end of the stake this yea open meeting with a few ‘'scarecrow which he is now preparing for cross-coun- try_coursing. “My coyotes,” writes Tommy, “may_be a bit slow in getting away from Jim ‘Wren's leather rope, but after they will cover a few miles or so and get warmed their work they are regular ter- 33 L Tim Cronin, ‘“the famous Pennle slough jumper,” has his eve also on the big end of the Merced stake. Tim will ship Thornhill and the two recently im- orted dogs “from the old dart” to his riend Hall to be trained for the gruelers. Joe Golman of Merced will have Sar- castic In his string, and Mr. Fisher, also f Merced, will enter a ten-mile racer from Chinese Camp. Hall is authority for the statement that tho tail of Fish- er's dog is “alle same Chinaman’s tail. It is sald that a notable feature of the meeting will be a grand barbecue pro- vided for the leashmen by Supervisor Shaffer. Doubtless it will be done good Justice to. During a conversation on matters that pertain to coursing at a well known sporting resort, B. Dougherty, of royal buck fame, told the following story on his friend, John Dugan of Newark: “It was of a fine sunny morning in the month of July about six years ago when my friend Dugan heard two reports of a shotgun within his fine coursing park at Newark. “‘What's that?" says John. some thief killing your rabbits,’ says I, and you'd better hurry up and stop him, as he has surely found his wa breeding paddock and won’'t leave a hare standing.’ “John started and so did I for the spot where the shooting was going on, and you never heard such shooting in all the born days of your life. Man, you should hear Dugan saying his prayers on the run. I never heard anything like it be- fore. He was puffing like a steam en- gine when we got near the place where | the Sunday hunter was having the sport of his life, and he says to the man with ‘What in the h— are you doing ? The man with the gun turned around when he heard John’s voice and said: ‘Hush, hush! will ye? Get down! Get down quick! the woods are full of them! I've got a couple of dozen jacks | already, and I can easily knock out fifty more {f you fellers will only keep quiet.’ | _“Well, man alive, you should have seen Dugan’s face. He was tongue-tied; | couldn’t say a word for two minute | was so mad. Well, finally a big X | jumped up near us and when the man | with the gun let fly two barrels at him | Dugan’s tongue broke loose, and the fine country air was red, white and blue for five minutes. “Well, to make a long story short we took the gun away from the Sunday hunter, which was afterward redeemed on the payment of $25. But, boys, I laughed so much over Dugan's misfor- tune that I lost my appetite, and it was six days later when I found it again.” Atlanta Boy, entered by J. Foley, will make his first’ appearance to-day. Dora, the property of C. O. Holzhauer, is said to be a good one. T. Moran has added Royal Prize to his string. R. Dougherty made an offer of $500 to Mr. Kenna for the two “Bucks” last week, but failed to capture his old-time stock. It is said that the present owner has considered the offer and will sell the “Bucks” to Dougherty if Bernardo can be found. Evening Star is a new dog that will soon be seen raising park dust. —— FOOTBALL KICKERS OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY The following letter from Stanford Uni- versity on football affairs is self-explan- atory: STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal Compelled, as Stanford is this year, almost an entire new team, a decidedly en- couraging feature of the practices up to this time is the number of men who appear on the gridiron daily. It is seldom that enough men to make up four elevens are not out. Among them are several big and strong fellows from whom, it is thought, three good men for the center can be developed. The most promising candidates at present for center positions are Biglow and Blanchard, who have done good work on former second ‘elevens, and Beedy, Calrns, Anderson and Myer, who are new men to the Stanford gridiron. All these men weigh in_the neighborhood of 200 pounds. For the places ct end and tackle all kinds of good material has been out. Parker, Rea, Smith, Rice, McFadden and Daggett are doing the best work at end, and Rusk, Phil Wiison, Emerson, Gray and Gilman are all showing up well at tackle. It looks as if the backs will be well taken care of with such men to select from as Captain Fisher, Charlfe Dole, Erb, Hill, Burmeister and Geissler. The first line-up of the season occurred Tues- day, when the freshman team lined up for a few minutes' play against the first eleven. 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