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4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1901. SPORTS .« WRESTLING TOURNAM ENT, COURSING, GOLF, YACHTING, FISHING, TENNIS, COMMENT AND FACTS ON LOCAL SPORT EVENTS| McGovern and Gardner Fight. Baseball Situation---Busy| Day for College Athletes, on the California Track| MecGovern is in | ut a doubt Terry With: the Jc ver; eve. y the leading pugi- | country, and he is | un son premier, too, even in the | ry of fistic big ones. On the evening | April 30 he will fight Oscar Gardner, whom he has sent to the floor | .v. After that, should he | 1k of a match with Erne. persistent rumors of a | en McGovern and Gard- the ear. No one knows just source of these reports is thing is certain, McGovern e into active and earnest training He is to- the mar as one mz win, he will 1 sides the ght betw ssail the wher and In their former fight G cGovern something | of an argument ade Terry work to | touches. Gardner | as has been it ish gone at verr He ng back rate on the have T n of him, I that Mc( Joser's end any is not would a fight f is in the very zen trength his pugilistic glory. his fighting [ has not bee by vicious excesses and he is to-da money earner. His great difficulty besetting trouble of his occupation, is to find new subjects on which to train his blows. His class, th feather-weight, is a limited one for ex- ce I nen 1 Terry, in or- | ae v the public, must step with- p ounds for further effort. The put it for granted that every feather-weight that was, is or will be is not the man for a match with this same McGovern. There ardly an idea afloat | that McGovern would fake—rather that | the other man is no match for him—and that the contest will on that account be nothing but one-sided has Harris, who manages McGovern, certa been solicitous of McGo champion status and has secured th possible the Terrible Te The fea on the day of his ar- rival expressed several hopes and desires for a few extra pounds. He said that if this © & should prove agreeable to his sposition and that if he took on would agree to fight E at who regulates all of Me- not so committal i Erne a return match he must wait ne All the four baseball clubs of the league played in this city, and the fanatics irawing cone Unless condi- tions change radic ght should be between San Franeisco and Los Angeles At pr Oakland is in second place but the s—who, by e way, are dudes no longer—are not stickmen. They heve a good out and in field, some strong it nto, m- backstop. ak, & s forme aring gilt trimmings, s ar and the on before e it had two very strong boxmen whom won three out of ery f r he pitched. They are also good s This n the Senators will w k for the banner Wh the his men in positions bounci w be a party or two thrust the An who give a show at the pr aving the best of it € € among its number & itters in th eague and ers. A cl f i1l luck over the I It takes them in the race. Pla ayers and untrained hampered the Wasps up regutar season. ¥ will be a big day for California’s two universities. On the F campus afternoon the annual intercollegiate 1 be run and jumped to a con Sinec t between Calif field, 189 or two may go to 1 series ill d z e Berkeley track. onship in tennis. e COLLEGE MEN OUT | FOR TENNIS HONORS' At 8 o’clock the Califorria Lawn Tennis Club, at| Bush and Scott streets, the annual inter- collegiate tennis tournament will be play- Three men—Harry Wiehe, Dick Ad- ams and William Roth—will represent the | cardinal, while the blue and gold will | but two representatives to whom 1t will pin its faith. Paul Selby and Drum- | mond McGavin will represent California in both singles and doubles. All five play. ers are experienced men, having put in ny vears on the courts. Wiehe, Adams received their tennié educa- ‘ornia Tennis Club, of ion they have been ac- this morning on the courts which 3 tive members for at least five years. Paul organiza Selby ha layed for about ten vears, practice has been done Willlam Roth of Hono- than any of s played a grea‘ where he was once decided that Selby instead of Roth. and the be pitted against McGavin. ngement is more satisfactory in ¥, as both singles events will be v close. Had the matches remained s they were at first each college woui ave undoubtedly won a singles match. nd thus the only real match of the day would have been the doubles. The match between Wiehe and Selby | vill be the most important of the day, as they are the two best plavers of the five The question of suppemacy between these two will at Jeast be settled. The odds are slightly in favor of Wiehe. The match between Roth gnd McGavin | will be very close and it-would be a diffi- | cult matter to say who will win. In dou- bles Wiehe and Adams are slight favor- ites, owing to.their superior team work. | Wiehe is a tower of strength in doubles. Stanford has been the victor in the last two intercollegiate meets and seems to have a slight advantage this year. High School Relay. During the ficid day at Berkeley thi afternoon there will be a relay race be- tween five picked men from the Oakland and Berkeley high schools. A challenge from Berkeley for a race was promptly accepted by Oakland. During the last | Academic Athletic League field day a | Berkeley man fell in the relay race. Oak- | Jand won, but Berkeley believes she can't | do it again. Oakland thinks dlflerenlly.] A ciose, fast race is expected. pupil of the local sporting pub- | o N the evening of April 24 in the gymnasium of the Olympic Club the amateur wrestlers of the coast will tug and strain on the mat for championship honors and applause from the gloved hands of the fair sex, which will be given its first opportunity to see a wrestling tourna- ment as they have them in the Post- street building. This is a. novelty in the way of Olympic ladies’ nights, and judg- ing from the persistent application for tickets it will be an unqualified success. A big attendance is assured. That the athletic end of the entertainemnt will prove such a complete success seems to be an equal certainty, for from the many clubs in and out of the city numerous en- tries ure being handed in, and the inter- . manifested by the prospective par- ticipants is keen and sharp. The entries | close this evening. The rules for this tournament are some- what different from those in use during former mat contests. Six minutes will AMATEUR WRESTLERS WILL STRIVE FOR HONORS IN CHAMPIONSHIP CONTESTS AT THE OLYMPIC CLUB Coast Tournament Will Be the Feature of the Ladies’ Night on April 24. A Novelty in the Way of Athletic Entertainment for the Fair Sex. Iimit the duration of a bout, and in the preliminary events a single fall will de- termine the winner. In the finals the con- testants will be recauired to wrestle the best two out of three falls. Some of the clubs 10 be represented in the tournament are the Olympic, the Multnomah Athletic Club of Portland, Or., the Stockton Athletic Association, PSS B the Young Men's Christian Association, the Turn Verein, the Verein Eintracht, the West Oakland Athletic Club and the Pacific Athletic Club. This will insure a spirited competition. Wrestling has been slightly stagnant at the Olympic Club during the past year, but the present tournament has given the sport a renewed activity. Under the Olympie contingent has trafned and handled the team and vouches for their fine physical condition. gutdance and care of George Miehling the been carefully instructed. Al Lean has The Olympic en- tries outnumber all the others. The entries up to date are as follow: 105-pound class—L. Gruman, W. M. Hoag, C. S. Bowers, Olympic Club; Watson Arm=acost, unattached. 115-pound class—W. M. Hoag, Olympic Club; W. unattached; R. E. Cole, Reliance Club. 1%-pound class—J. F. Russell, W. H. Smith Jr., John A. Gindorf, Olympic Ciub; J. C. Hahn, Multnomah Athleti Clu 13%-pound class—George W. Braun, C. D. Pentany, A. E. Lou, Olympic Club Charles Mery, Young Men's Christian As- sociation; H. M. Platt, Reliance Club. 145-pound class—Charles Jenkins, Georse W. Braun, R. B. Cornell, M. Milward, Olympic Club; R. S. Nixson, Louis Hasel- bacher, Reliance Athletic Club. 138-pound class—R. B. Cornell, Jenkins and M. Milward, Olympic Club. Heavy-weights—W. R. McCullough, 170, Olympic Club; George Hildebrand, 185 San Francisco Turn Verein; R. Gllenke, 200, unattached; Chris Pierson, 215, Reli- ance; William S. MacPhie, 23. Marny contestants who have been in ac- tive training will enter their names to-| day. §— THIS DAY WILL BE A GAY ONE FOR CQRINTHIANS§ Reception in the Afternoon,; Jinks in the Evening and| a Cruise on the Bay Will Be the Set Programme: There will be a gay time at Tiburon to- | day. The Corinthian Yacht Club will nppni the season at its quarters on Valentines Island with a reception to ladies from 2| to 6 p. m., at which there will be music | and dancing. ‘xne owners of yachts moos- ed in the cove have been reauested to dress #hip in honor of the fair guests. | During the afterncon the small boats will | be kept busy carrying the ladies from the | clubhouse to ne . The iadies will | turn to the eity by the boat leaving | 5:40 p. m., and at 7 o’clock the | llment_of Corinthians from San Francisco will reach the Marin shore. Chowder, beans, coffee and the other com. ponents of a Corinthian supper will be i and all will set to with oper there will be a jinks i hall for members and a few special guast A boat leaving Tiburon about midnight | will_bring some of the Corinthians back to the city, but many others will sleep on ness, er s board the vachts in readiness for the opening eruise to-morrow. > recention committec in the after- noon co; s of Commodore H. D. Hawks, Vice Commodore E. F. Sagar, Secretary J. C. Brickell, Treasurer C. L. Barrett, x-Commodore J. W. Pew and Director Thomas Jennings. E. S. Emmons will be ger and will be assisted by ler, Stewart M. Anderson, R. H. Morrow and S. M. n charge of the ists of E. F. Sagar, W. Thompson, L. W. Harles, E. Angelo, Walter Howe and J. V. O'Brien. The committee has pared an excellent minstrel show, in wh will be n C. Morel, D. M. Laughlin, R. B. Mitchell, W. Hynes, “Ossie” Franks, E. J. Angelo, Signor Abramoff and other W nown entertainers: also the Edna Quartet and an orchestra of five pieces under the direction of Maurice Cramer. To-morrow morning ‘the yachts make colors at 8 o’clock, and owners will report at 10 on board the flagship May for instructions from Commodore H. D. Hawks. The fleet will cruise in squadron, starting at 11 o'clock. A good d8al of hard work has been accomplished during the past three weeks in preparing for opening_day, and as a result nearly all the yachts of the fleet are ready to make sail. % Ex-Commodore Carl Westerfeld has ap- parently given up the idea of trying to nnex any more racing trophies, for the sail area of the sloop Aeolus, winner of three Macdonough cups and of the Per- petual Challenge Cup, has been reduced and her spars shorténed. This will dimin- ish her speed, but will make her a more mfortable cruising boat. The sloops bla and Clara have not yet been able to go up on the ways, but will be taken up as soon as possibie. The sloops Tru- ant, Freda, Edna, Mist, Sappho, Queen, Seven pells and séveral others are ready. ‘The Corinthia: as they have become prosperous are departing somewhat from the simplicity of earlier days, for four of the vachts will carry hired men this on—the sloops Sappho, Clara and Queen and the vawl Seven Bells. The yawl Arcturus is still in the lagoon, as her owner, ex-Director W. 8. Grover, does not intend to sail this vear and has not succeeded in selling or chartering her. The sloop Mischief is over at Sausalito being put into commission and will sail from_ that vort, though she is also en- rolled in the Corinthian fleet and will be entered in the races both of the San Fran- cisco and Corinthian clubs. Next Saturday, April 27, the San Fran- cisco Yacht. Club will open the season at alito. Instead of a dance in the even- i a jinks will be given in the main hall of the clubhouse, the entertainment be- ing in'charge of a committee of five. A handsome souvenir programme is being prepared. On the following day the open- ing_cruise by signal from Commodore W. N. McCarthy's schooner Ramona will take place. Though it seems practically certain that the Pacific Interclub Yacht Association will not be able to maintain its exist- ence, the Corinthians have selected dele- gates, who are ex-Commodore T. F. Tracy, T. J. Kavanavgh and Orlo East- wood. A5 the California, South Bay and Encinal Yacht clubs have retired from the association, it cannot be maintained by the Corinthian and San Francisco clubs ulone. But, in order to prevent the gifis “f trophies by J. M. Macdonough and Her- | le | | | i | = - | i | | | | s . OLYMPIC WRESTLERS AT WORK. IN THE TOP PICTURE McCULLOUGH, HEAVY-WEIGHT, HAS SLIPPED OUT OF A THREE-QUARTERS NELSON. THE MIDDLE PICTURE SHOWS MILWARD BRIDGING, AND THE BOTTOM GEORGE MIEHLING IN THE ARMS OF McCULLOUGH. 2 e —— tert E. Law from lapsing, an association of yacht owners will be formed to hold races for the cups. ———————— Cricket Season to Open. The opening match of the cricket season of 1901 will be.played to-morrow on the ground at Webster street, Alameda, be- tween teams representing those old-time antagonists, the Alameda and Pacific clubs. The Pacific eleven will be cap- tained by H. C. Casidy and will be chosen ficm the following: John Myérs, C. P. Coles, George Theobald, A. W. Wilding, J. J. Theobald, W. H. Henderson, D. Jamieson, W. Jamieson, W. McDonald, G. Wiseman, L. H. Sandilands and T. J. A. Tiedemann. The Alameda eleven will bé captained by the veteran R. B. Hogue, and_will be selected from the following: J. H. Saunders, J. J. Moriarty, V. Seebeck, F. J. Croll, G. V. Croll, Harold Ward, W. G. Fortmann, G. J. Baugh, F. Stahl, W. Rich- ter and P. E. McLean. The Lakeport Cricket Club held its an- nual meeting on the tenth of April, and decided to stay in the California Cricket Association, choosing Charles M. Ham- mond and R. S. Rodman as delegates to that body. P. D. Gellatly has been chosen secretary of the Santa Cruz County Cricket Club in the place of E. F. Hilton. Williams Beats Lavelle. DENVER, April 19.—Morgan Williams of Victor, Col., put out Jack Lavelle of Butte, Mont., to-night in tLe first round of what was scheduled to be a ten-round go before the Colorado Atiietic Associa- tion. A left on the noint-of the jaw did the work. Both men weighed in at 152 pounds at 3 o’'clock this aftcrnoon. - Only three wecks ars required to develop a perfect mosquito from the egg. FISHERMEN AT WORK ON THE COAST STREAMS \Walter R. Welch, the Fish and Game Warden of Santa Cruz County, Writes Re- garding Anflng Conditions ‘Walter R. Welch, Fish and Game War- den of Santa Cruz County, writes an in- teresting letter about fishing in his vicin- ity. He says: “Trout fishing in the streams is very good now. The trout are taking the fiy well. I got some very nice ones in Soqu<! last Friday on midget fiies and there nas been several very good catches mede in the streams here. I lost two Wilson spoons to-day on largc fish in Soquel. I saw a great many nice trout in ihe San Lorenzo River a few days ago rising to the fly, but I was not equipped and did not try for them. I am sure baskets can be made there and in the Soquel. The water is very clear and il requires care- ful fishing and small flies. I have been using Nos. 14 and 16. Some very nice baskets of trout of size have been brought in from Wardell and Scot. Creeks. I have nct been over there myself since the season opened, but I understand the water is in good shape. There is no reason why a careful angler should not make good catches from any of these + streams in a day. I3 “I caught many handsome trout in one hour from the time I left the house and returned. Sunday is a bad day in any of the streams like the Soquel, as there are so many people on them, the crowd disturbs the stream so that one can not take many fish with a fiv.” Messrs. Vogelsang, uld and Dr. Ver- ' non went to the McClovd on Thursday last and will return on Monday. They will fish in_the vicinity of Baird I The Fish Commission reports from their | spawning stations show 580,000 eggs at Bird Eye, 450,000 at Tanoe, and about 500,- 000 at Cottonwood and Shovel Creek. The eggs taken -at these stations will be hatched and the fish distributed in pub- lic_streams, beginning in August. There were about tweuty-three or twenty-four boats out in the slough on High street, Alameda, last Sunday, but few catches of bass were reported. This was very disappointing because A. W. Wilson had taken fifteen on Thursday last and seven on Frida». The supply of striped bass in the mar- kets is in excess of any previous time at this scason of the vear. The fish are coming from all points, showing that they are very generally- distributed and the prospects of fishing are very good at all Handball Contests. At the San Francisco handball courts the following matches will be played on Sunday: Ed White and G. B. Hayward vs. F. W. Stapff and C. Lakin: P. Ryan and.D. Connelly ve. W. Fisher and M. Joyce; M. Dillon and G. Hutchinson vs. E. Maloney and P. Kelly; | A. MeVicker and T. Leach vs. J. Condon and | T. Foley; N. J. Prendergast and E. McDon- ough vs. J. R. Bockman and D. J. Sheehan; J. Glynn and T. Serres vs. A. Whiteman and Fugene White; G. McDonald and P. Mcintyre vs. M. McNeil and D. Rogers; J. Harlow and M. J. Kilgallon vs. R. Murphy and E. Curley; I C. Nealon and A. Hampton vs. J. White and J.” Colins. ' by HOUNDS ARE FORCED TO SEVERE TESTS High-Class Stakes at Home Bring Out Fairer Trials Than the Big Events on England’s Coursing Fields The California Coursing Committee has made an important ruling regarding coursing partnership and the guarding of dcgs entered In stakes under a firm name or kennel designation. The board points out that coursing privileges under kennel degignation do not permit guarding except where the dogs aré the bona fide property of the same nominator. In registering the name of the owner must appear as an individual or a part- rership, and not as a kennel designation. The full names of parties comprising a co-partnership must be filed with the sec- retary of the committee within thirty days from last meeting, and a $10 fee paid for certificate of co-partnership. All partnerships hereafter formed must be submitted to the committee for ap- proval and subjected to a $50 fee if cours- ing privilege is granted. Final action has been taken in the mat- ter of the application for registration of a litter of pupples by Dudley Diamond, out of Koolawn; the committee refusing to grant the registration. According to Vindex, a noted authority of England, the average course in high- class events in that country does not last forty seconds. This result is reached figuring the performances in the Waterloo Cup event. In this event the are of the best class and are con- ed_for the affair. Taking our John Cup stake as a standard courses Grz |in the local big events reach a full min- ute. In the last running of the season’s | best event at Union Park runs of two minutes or more which called for relief dcgs were of frequent occurrence. With a lively lot of picked jacks strong enough H. M. Platt, Reliance Athletic Club. | Charles | | that certain conte: | golfers H. Smith Jr., W. ‘GOLFERS EAGER Armacost, | FOR THE COAST CHAMPIONSHIPS First Tournament of the Pa- cific Asscciation Will Be Sure to Bring Out the Best Golfers of the Bay Clubs There will be a handicap over eighteen holes, medal play, for men on the If of the San Rafael Goif Club, beginning at 2 p. m. to-day. Tho spring schedule of the Oakland Golf Club has now be played out, the last evenut set down there- on being the last eigiiteen holes of tho second thirty hole iater-club tourna ment, which was played last Saturday on the \dams Point links. Since Orestes Pier e, the energetic captain of the Oak anc Gelf Club, has returned, it is Ii ts among members ¢ the ‘club will be arranged, even though no _regular schedule of events be drawn up! During the summe+ play on the Presidio and Oakland lLinks decreases. while more golfers ars seen on the lnks at San Rafael, Del Monte, Santa Crus and other resort Local golfers, indee the State of California, ward with keen interesi to the first tournament of the Pacific Coast Golf As sociation, the time fos making entrics to to which expired at 5 p. m. on Wednesday golfers all over re looking for last. It is_probable, however, that en- tries mailed, though not.arriving in San Franeisco, before the hour named. will be accepted by the secrstary,as the natur- al desire is to attract as large a fleld of possible. carly thirty entries ved, among them being ident of the Pacific Coast C. E. Maud of the Riv 3olf Club,_ first amatent sthern Californfa, and have been rec Hugh Tevis. pr Golf Assoeiatior side Polo and champion - of 8 | runner-up to Walter Fairbanks, the pres- ent holder of the cham:; “the Pride of Pasade chamoion of Southern California in 1%00; Walter Cosby one of the strongest players of the Le Angeles Country C! William Fred- erickson, who was only one stroke behind €. E. Orr in the recent open championship ship: C. E. O held at Los Angeles 'ast month: R. M Hay-Chapman. editor of the Los Angeies i ; J. W. Byrna, vpresident, and g P. Kellogg, captain of the San E. R. Folger, C. B. isco Golf Club: n and J. A i Wingate, W. P. Joh | Folger of the Oakland Golf Club. Thres | round | | | | names, those of John Lawson and B. D. Adamson of the San Francisco Golf Club, and of Walter Fairbanks, who recently won the amateur cham ip of South- ern California, are not contained in the above list, which is by no means complete. Tt was hoped that some of the most skill- ful players of Bri‘ish Coiumbia, Portland. Tecoma and Seattle would enter for the first Pacific Coast champlonship, but this hope may not be realized on this occasion The plan of weeding out the number of contestants by a prelim:nary round, as is usual in thé United States. though not in Great Britain, will be followed. The six- teen players making (ha best scores over the thirty-six heles of the qualifying round will enter the opening match pla- over oightee holk The eight winners will pass on to the second round, and the four winners in this will olay in the semi-final round. Tne ultimate winner will receive a gold medal and the title of amateur golf chambp of the FPaci Coast;-the runner-up will receive a sii medal, and the third axd fourth men will get bronze medals. Tha qualifying rounds will begin at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning,- April 24, and will be continued Thursday morning, April 25, at the same . hour. All qualifying rounds must __be finished® pefors T p. m. on Thursda as _the first match play round begins at 2 p. m. on that day The second match plav round will begin at 10 a. m. on Fridav, Aoril 26, and the semi-final round at 2 o. m. e mateh play rounds will be over eighteen holes The final round will be over thirtv-six holes and will begin st 10 on Saturd morning, April 27, or at such later ho as the committee mav determine. The whole contest will be zoverned by tho “Rules of Golf,” as adopted by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews. Scotland, as amended and interpreted Ly the United States Golf Association. The club house of the Sacramento Country Club is now finished and ready for furnishing. The course was openad for play last Saturday, and extends over about thirty-five acres, with some sporty hazards. No schedule has been prepared as vet. but one will be made up as socn s the members have acquired a little skill the game. The resident professional is Will J. Bradley, who was at the Presidio Golf Club a year or two ago with David Stephenson. Ameng ‘he most promising players are W. Sandai, Wilbur F. George. &K, Lipman, Dr. E. C. Deuel, Stewar: Upson and William Murcell. C. K. Lip- man is the proud holder of a record for a drive, said to be “considerably over” a hundred vards. It is repo-ted that per- formances of similar character occur aily. Among the ladies the most promis- < are Mrs. Murcell, Mrs. Deuel, the M s Bird=all, Miss_Twitckell, Mis. Edith Lynn and Mrs. W. F. Georgze. A “clock green’ is to ve put In for putt contests. The club already hos 134 mem- bers, the limit being 150. Pt i S Bench Show Notes. The San Francisco Kennel Club office at 14 Post street already begins to take on the similitude of dogdom by reason of the many inquiries which are made by prospective exhibitors. many of whom to g0 a hard jourrey the local coursers, | bring their pets with them for the judg- it will seem, have to do considerable more work in landing a stake, and in con- sequence the followers of the game at Lome witness better tests and fairer trials of coursing than do the leashmen across the water. I'rom statistics compiled by B. F. S. Mulcaster of England for the season 1200-61, the list of the best greyhound sires and their pupples is headed by Gal- lant, Fabulous Fortune second and Under the Globe third, both close competitors. Gallant is the sire of Red Angus, George Van Bergen's importation that succumbed after a hard event last year at Union Park. Fabulous Fortune is the sire of Fiery Face, now performing here, and Under the Globe is a brother of Gobbo, the sire of Fine Form, D. J. Healey's pur- chase from abroad. The out-of-town coursing meetings of Jast week resulted as follows: Vallgjo—P. Brophy's Benicia Boy won, Russell & Allen’s Faithful Lad runner up. San Jose—E. McAndrew’s Gov. Mac first, C. Sullivan (names) Alex second. Los Angeéles—F. A. McComb’s Crawford Lass and Frosty Morn divided first and second money. Sacramento—Walsh & Heenan's Sacramento Boy beat H. B. Robbins’ Dixon Boy in the final. The winner In this event has lost the last flag but once this season. Hot weather being on, Stock- ton is out of the game for the season, and for the same reason Sacramento will close a%erE[wI? more meetings. . E. Farnsworth, secretary of the 4 ital City Coursing Club of flacrlmemga;lls in town. He attended the meeting of the California Committee in the interest of | the game at his home. Union Park offers a great card for this week's attraction. An open stake of 112 entries, with good talent on the list, and a 16-dog champlon event make up the pregramme. In the latter affair the top- notch performers of America will furnish the sport. Palo Alto and Beacon, both well fixed for backers, are in the bunch of crackajacks, and that means a great event if they meet. Jimmy Anthony, the nound hailed as champion of Port Costa and Vallejo, is an outside chance for final honors and a dangerous one. It has been said that the dog has had desires to ease up after a course or two, but his recent perfcrmances have left a more favorable impyession. and now, it is claimed. he im- proves as he gets aiong in the stake. A cortingent from the up-river towns will come by special train to boost the courser on his way to victory. e — Low Rates—Improved Service. $10 35, Ban Franciseo to Los Angeles, for first cabin passage, including meals and berth. Only twenty-six hours en route. Steamer Santa Rosa or Queen from Broadway whart every Sunday and Wednesday, stopping only at Santa Bar- bara. Pacific Coast Steamship Company. office 4 New Montgomery street, under Palace Hotel. | mals. ment of Clerk Laidlaw. Indications are that the non-sporting classes will be by far the largest and finest ever shown in San Francisco. Charles K. Harley is to show a kennel of fox terriers, in which will be his no- table winner, Klickitat. Secretary Norman announces that in the cocker spaniel class the weight limit has been increased to twenty-eight pounds, with the exception that the spe- cial prizes offered by the California Cocker Club for competition by mem- bers only will be for cocker dogs of the maximum weight of twenty-four pounds. The action of the kennel club in offer- ing -substantial money prizes to grey- hound exhibitors has enlisted the active interest of the Cauifornia coursing com- mittee, which is gathering a fine lot of greyhounds. Al Cooney is to show his Scotch colllle Border Laddie, which won a tecond in Glasgow and was then brought to Amer- ica by Mrs. Hearst. For the greyhounds the kennel club has hung up in champion classes $25 to first and $15 to second; for saplings, 38 to first and 34 to second: junmior class, 12 to 18 months old, 38 to first and ¥ to second. ‘A new class for wire-haired fox ter- riers has been added for novices of either sex, medals to g0 to winners of first and second and diploi to third place aai- Fifteen wire-haired fox terriérs have already been offered. A special prize of $20. will be given te the handler bringing the largest numbef® of entries over twenty-five outside of Saf Franciseo and Alameda counties. Glenwoon Kennel has recently brought several bull terriers from Newmarket Kennels, Canada, and wil show one of them, Newmarket Queen. The success of the recent Seattle dog show, which had 315 dogs benched, indi- cates a degree of interest that augurs well for the San Fraficisco exhibition. Several descendants of W. 8. Kittle's fa- mous English setter Luke will be benched together, and will form an interesting study for students of form in dogs. ‘Armand Decourtieux will exhibit his field trial winner Verona Cash. The sporting dog classes are filling well. Johnny Reiff Wins. LONDON, April 19.—At the first day’'s racing at Derby to-day the Doverldz: handicap plate of 600 sovereigns for - year-olds and upward, at one mile, was won by J. R. Rowson's Ichi Ban, w.th Johnny Reiff up. Mr. F. Hardv’'s St. Beurre came In second and Sir S. Lock- bardt’s Fiume third. Twelve horses ran. —_———— Mexican carved leather goods and Cali- fcrnia souvenirs of every kind at San! & Vail's, T4l Market street. | ¢ Senvogn