The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1901, Page 9

THE SUNDAY CALL. Training HKounds o Be Stake Wirmerrs. The question of training grevhounds nd fitting them that they might go & high-class stake is one on w there is a diversity of opinion. The sport of the leash in Caiifornia has from an almost unpatronized that holds sway with our ns. The purses that recom- rs of winning hounds have that now there inducement added to the glory to be won in a stake final. The conditioning of a dog to the proper Po ining is an important feature. Yet the followers of the game know lit- tle or nothing of what is being done be- tween st ing the performers to the = and worthy to compete for their backing The best of our local trainers are tak- lish system ing more kindly end red g the h: ing, rough work ir the shorter and snap- pler exercise sing men like Shar- d the Curtis ted to a great extent r to perfect a system of unning 4ogs for miles behind no space on them the short A= <he most legiti- the nec ry fire, roads fin for ning that was in the early been tried in ompetent were unani- the speed of the for a few ounces ny dogs in our in the running on the cards for which they are that racking, pun- e of their events tirement in every casional one where ed on to win out mean that a be developed, ning is applicable at the ed the have been have pas from the manner in vogue for such 2 experiment put the ac- was al- ic of the of that The dog his train- course h a nge Brutus fig- al during the dogs it is said that i heir colors w f k t u‘r" ; certainty if the course is - for Reilly keeps his hounds - - rong food, whieh leaves drawn-out final e ere nt on main ion of < the fact speed will win nine times ject of train- after the stateme Geary's dog was not prop- i Xith nothing but praise for he speaker will denounce & = . d lax met . r for his stakes - iog must be,” they in such fast com- -trained, and perly ent sounds reasonable on the summary that made the best showing of last 4 besides heading the list of Jking winners broke all previous » nine stakes to his credit. To t ne is but half-trained in his ents Palo Alto owes his standing winner, for his case is one of a proved exceptions to the ie of preparation. He per- der the training that is peculiar habits. re dogs practically un- gone through stakes to a are not uncommon in Eng- 1it has always caused com- case of Palo Alto, and ggest the theory that the i be improved with the 3 work. In every case the g in the manner laid rule proved the undoing of the him unfitted to perform up 1 standard e records will bear witness to ed hounds have i akes where their op- poner e the pick of the season. Right Bower of 18 or 19 months, had been at a ranch running about as he no prospect of an en- nt, for a time at least. nomination in the bu e it no attention He went in search of an n in his name but could not n give up his priv- as a last resort he named Right Bower, after having secured the owner's consent to_run him. * Right as shipped to Merced to take part though he was untrained o chance at all. He went here unt capt youngster able dog to Tu Rather th; stake ar the Jower w » the meeting #nd considered through the stake, however, and won a legitimate victory. T are many greyhounds who, start- ing stake above themselves, manage to survive a couple of courses, and im- proving as they go on, run themselves into perfect condition. In England’s big Water- joo, Miss Glendyne ran her two first courses in slovenly style, but improved and was perfectly fit when she reached the £nal, where she displayed the finest of ce is that if Firm Friend. been trained hard sta hound The gr had st could make no showing. A bench ehow being in progress Firm Friend was placed on exhibition and held until the closing of the show. He was entered in an open stake and was run without fur- ser training. He celebrated his release Mark Hirschberg of Morenel, Mich., has completed the work of establishing s one of the four heirs to an 9,000 left by his uncle, Aaron Russia. Hirschberg has sold his tailor shop in Morenel and will leave for Russi —e——————— Many French automobiles have a large plate of plate-glass in a steel frame in front of the driving seat to protect the operator from dust and wind during fast "ank 28! Yachtsmen Bnjoy Finz $2ils on thg B;y. During the past week a larger fleet of fan Francisco yachts made Walnut Grove its rendezvous than has been seen at one place on the Sacramento River for a long while. It is quite an unusual thing for the owners and crews of half a dozen vachts to be able to make arrangements to get their annual holiday at the same time. The fleet was in command of Vice Commodore R. . Bridgman of the sloop and included the yawls Royal and nd the sloops Cygnus, Surprise chief. W Humphreys of the sloop Mischief acted as pilot to the fleet. The slocp Pactolus of the California Yacht Club came to anchor last Sunday in Tiburon Cove and its crew attended the Corinthian clam-bake. To-day the Cali- fornias have a cruise in the channel on their schedule. The rendezvous at Mc- Near's Landing scheduled for the Co- rinthian and San Francisco Yacht clubs last night was called off, as most of t yachtsmen of both clubs desired to wit- ness the race for the Perpetual Challenge Cup. Next Saturday, August 17, the sloop Ariel will start from Tiburon for a trip up the Sacramento River with the fol- lowing on board: J. K. Bulger. J. Keane, G. P. Aurich, E. N. Boyle, W. J. Wood D. J. Sheehan and A. J. Nicholson. The first night out the sloop will make Val- lejo. mext night she will lie at Suisun, whence she will pass through Montezuma Slough into the Sacramento River. The up-river cruise of the Corinthians begins next Saturday and the fleet will rendezvous at Vallejo on August 24, re- turning to moori next day. Tke sloop Catherine, formerly owned by the Sutherland brothers and recently won in a raffle by James Sutton, has been sold to two members of the California Yacht Club, who sailed her from Sausalito to Oakland Creek last Sunday. The sloop is a fast one and actually won one of the annual races for the Perpetual Cup, be- ing disqualified because of the inclusion in the crew of Dan Eustis, a professional boatman. With a new center-board cas- ing and suit of sails she would be quite fit to another try for the Perpetual Cup, for which the Californias have never vet challenged, though early this season it was reported that J. T. Carrier's sloop Jessie E-would try to win the trophy. The San Francisco yacht i$ being bullt from Crowninshield's designs and will be sailed several times before the present season closes. She will be laid up and caref: v looked after during the winter and next year will challenge for the Per- petual Cup. ext Sunday, August 15, the San Fran- cisco Yacht Club will hold its annual regatta. Hitherto these events have been held over a triangular course from the clubhouse at Sausalito to and round Shag Rock, thence to and round a stakeboat anchored off Angel Island, thence to the clubhouse. This course gave spectators on the clubhouse piazza an excellent view of the racing and there were usually some exciting knockdowns off Hurricane Gulch The race this year will be over a new course, very much the same as the Cor- inthian course, except that the yachts will sail to leeward instead of to windward after starting. The fleet will be divided into classes according to the racing length of the craft and it is expected that almost every boat enrolled in the club will take part. It is to be hoped that the schooner class, which includes the Lurline, Aggle, Virginia, White Wings, Ramona, Chispa and Wave, will be well filled, as the schooners are seldom seen in a race, and always excitesmuch interest. The Corinthian sloop Speedwell left Tiburon Jlast Sunday afternoon for a cruise up the Sacramento River with T. Jennings, E4d and Mrs. Howard and Carl Westerfeld on board. The party returned to witness the Helen-Presto race yester- day. The sloop Cupid is earning a repu- tation as the most regular attendant at club cruises, a reputation that belonged a season or two ago to the yawl Arcturus, then owned by W. S. Grover. H. R. Simpkins' little sloop Mistral is lying on the beach at Old Sausalito. She has a deep keel with several hundred pounds’ weight of lead bolted to it, and is a handy knockabout boat which cost a good deal to build, but is for sale for about the value of the lead on her keel. — e Feat of Memory. An extraordinary feat was performed the other day at Naples by M. Arlini, a professor of rhetoric, in presence of a large audience, which was mainly com- posed of actorg, authors and journalists Without hesitation and with hardly a pause he repeated from memory the 15350 lines that are in the “Divine Comedy” of Dante. It was 8 o'clock in the evéning when he began to recite, and he did not stop until a quarter past two in the following afternoon. The task, there- fore, occupied him 1095 minutes, which was at the rate of 830 lines an hour. Dur- ing all this time he recited unceasingiy, except at rare intervals, when he stopped for a minute or two to sip a little brandy and water. The feat was the result of a wager. Admiral Melvill The chief engineer of the navy, by law bearing the title of rear admiral, George W. Melville, is the possessor of a gold meéedal awarded by Congress in recogni- tion of services in the Arctic regions. He has the degree of doctor of laws, con- ferred by Georgetown University, and the degree of doctor of engineering, conferred by Illinois Institute of Technology. Be- sides, he is a member of a dozen literary and patriotic socletles. Withal, Rear Ad- miral Melville has not the qualifications of a gentleman, according to the Sampson code.~Utica Press mi l‘] | Jporismen jfeunting for Deer in Hills of Marii County ORARSMEN TRRAINING FOR THE RSTORIA REGRTTA Crack Grews of This Gity and Yicinity _Are Anxious to Participate. PIREES e g PARATIONS for the eighth annual regatta at Astoria are going on apace, and it is expected that this vear's event will eclipse its predeces- sors. Miss Ivy B. Barker of Portland, daughtcr of a former officer of the United States navy, has been elected queen of the Astor!a carnival. She is well known and popular, both in Portland and Astoria. The queen, with her maics of honor, the Portland committee, Governor Geer and his guests, will leave Portland on Wednesday, August 2%, and on reaching Astdria tnat night will be welcomed Ly the carnival committee. On Thursday evening, August 23, there will be a ball. The rowing and sailing races will take place on August 29 znd 30, crews from Astoria, Portland, Victoria and San Francisco Bay taking part. On the 31st there will be a field day, at which athletes from the Olympic Club and the athletic clubs of the Northwest will compete. It has not been decided whal crews from the local rowing clubs will go to As- torfa, as Secretary McCue of the Astorfa executive committee has not yel been heard from. It scems probable, however, that more crews will be ready to go than can be accommodated, and in this case it will be necessary to hold try-outs to determine who shall be sent. ¢ The Alameda senior barge crew is going out three cr four times a week, and having won the senior barge race at the Lake Merritt regatta Is entitled to go without question. The Olymple crew is going out for practice from the South End Rowing (‘lub’s house and is doing faithful work. An Ariel four wants to go, and it is now said that the Pioneer seniors would like to row on the Columbia River. The University of California has a crew in training, made up of L. M. Turner, bow; H. Muller, No. 2; Frank Kington, No. 3, and E. B. Harley, stroke. Kington is a strong, powerful man, who has been rowing for two years and was captain of the crew which beat the four of the Cloumbfa Rowing Club on Oakland Creek last year. Turner has rowed in Australia, while Muller and Harley are new men but are reaping much benefit from W. B. Goodwin's coaching. Turner will steer the new cockswainless four-oared shell lately buiit by John Hoyle of Ithaca from his place in the bow thwart. The shell was built on a model approved by Court- ney, the coach of the Cornell University crews, but the outriggers were found too low for use on this bay and have been raised somewhat. One well-known San Francisco oarsman will be missed at Astoria this year— A. W. Pape of the Dolphin Boating Club. He has visited Astoria during regatta week for the past two or three years and has always beaten the northern men. He hopes, however, to make a trip to the Eastern States next year and cannot spare the time to leave S8an Francisco now. It has been ill-naturedly suggested in an Astoria newspaper that Pape did not wish to meet the Portland single scullers, Ball and Gloss, but he defeated Gloss last year and Gloss has beaten Ball. 3 As Ed Kragness, Leo Wienand and T. J. Sherry of the Dolphin Boating Club all want to rull in the outrigged skiff race at Astoria there will probably be a try-an+ +2 dacide who shall represent the club. MANY OBSTACLES CONFRONT THE LOCAL DEER RUNTERS Warm Weather and Poor Condition of the Dogs Prevent the Killing of Deer. HE hunting grounds resound with the baying of hounds This is the season for deer slaughter quadruped is now under way. So far very little slaugh- tering has been done, as deer have scented the coming ke wise animals The dogs loll around in the hot sun and show little inclination to chase the festive deer over the wilds Hunters have been out In great numbers, but luck has befallen few of the shooters. lack of. success prevails secondly, the poor condition of the dogs, and He claims that until the weather becomes less torrid and the dogs round into form and the moon stops shedding its bright rays on the valleys the hunters will and the report of firearms. hunting and the ruthles of the sportsmen from afar and avolded a meeting. of Marin County. An expert hunter assigns the causes: First, the hot weather that other counties thirdly, moonlight nights. enjoy better luck. In Marin County the hunters have had much to contend In the day time the hot sun makes it uncomfortable for them to climb hills and force their way through unused a In the afternoon the fog from the coast has had a But all hopeful and expect to bag some of the big game before the with. trails. tendency to hide the deer from sight. season closes. Among the hunters who are chasing the elusive deer may b: mentioned Alec Hamilton, Frank Carolan, Achille Roos, Ha: George E. Van Sicklen, Robert Oxnard, Andrew Jackson, John Lemmer, George W. Root, General John H. Dickinson, N. H. Hickman, W. Crandall, George W. Smith, Fred S. Hosmer, Dr. de Marville, W. S. Kittle, Lahrke, Tom Walsh, John C. Nobman, W. M. Cashman, J. Johnson and others Mr. Lewis of Tiburon is reported to have landed two buc He and a few friends have been hunting in the vicinity of No- vato and have had average luck. The adventures of half a dozen local hunters have created 10 end of discussion among the sportsmen. extracts teeth; C. F. Fuller, who handles drugs; G. R. F. Miller and friend tried an upholsterer; Roy Fuller, Dr. their fortunes in the neighborhood of Pleasanton. of last week the sextet departed from this city with high hopes Owing to the strike they were unable to se- and two wagons. cure the necessary vehicles to carry their guns, freight and L e e e e e i e b e R B 3 trip Dr. Bell em; of the pronged they passed. have good.” went in search of deer. joyed by other sportsmen. but their home-coming was not. driving the waffle wagon, ditched the vehicle and snapped one They managed, however, to reach the boat in fairly good condition and the party to three in Marin and of the springs. on soon being home. selves into the hapoy aged a waffle wagon. liar shaped vehicle, laden with men, guns and dogs, created no end of surprise to the residents of the towns through which The signs on the wagon had not been removed, nor had the bell used for attracting attention to the wares on sale. The occupants of the waffle wagon refrained from using the bell, as they carried no “dough” and were not able to “make They arrived at Pleasanton in good season and then In order to make the The sight of this pecu- hunting grounds. Their luck was as good as that en- Their stay was a delightful one, In fact, Mr. Miller, who was was congratulating itself A reception awaited them on this side that they did not bargain for. It was Sunday night and quite foggy, “scab.’ hunters are blocks. but the strikers were ever watchful, and believing the driver of the waffle wagon to be a non-union man, proceeded to call him As the wagon slowly moved up Market street the driver was greeted with choice words of abuse. took up the cry of “scab” and followed the vehicle for many The unhappy hunters bore the abuse and at the first Small boys opportunity turned down a side street to avoid observation. The Jackson, Al B. Preston, F. W. their friends. Dove shooting to sportsmen it boat creeks. doves in two days Otto Feudner, Dr. C. H. Bell, who F. Miller, On Friday several days. 5 not as good as in former years. too late Doves are reported to be in number along Lindsay and Steam- There is very little flight, however. roost in the trees and seem contented to stay J. M. Duke went to Bodega last week and bagged thirty-five story of their ride has become public property and the sports- men have come in for their share of chaffing at the hands of According in the season for these birds. The birds there. the Olympic Gun Club’s crack shot, has chal- lenged H. A. Webb for the Phil Bekeart trophy. probably contest at Ingleside to-day. Jack McGovern, the well-known turiite, from a dove-huniing expedition to Livermore. He reports that game is plenty and that a good shot can spend several days there and kill birds enough to keep the wolf from the door for McGovern says a good dog is the main thing i Livermore and says that as his dog Collls is the “best eve he could not help being successful. They will It will be a 100-bird race. has just returned Golf Experts WIIT Cricket Elevens Tennis Qourts n Play for Fine- Trephigs. Next Thursday, August 15, the third contest for the Ponjatowski cup, for women golfers, will'be held on the links of the Burlingame Country Club. Former contests have been held on the Fourth of July, but this year there were so many events scheduled for that day that it was decided to postpone the cup competition. To enable players from a distance who might desire to enter both the Ponlatow- ski cup contest and the tournament at Del Monte it was decided to have the competition for the cup a few deys be- fore the events at Monterey bezin. Ar- rangements have been made with the railroads whereby special rates will be given to those who attend the tourna- ments at Burlingame and Del Monte. These who travel from points to the north of Burlingame get tickets to Del Monte, with privilege of stop-over at Burlingame, while those who come from places to the south buy tickets to Burlingame direct and purchase their return ticket there; they may therefore stop over at Castro- ville, paving local rates to Del Monte and back. The secretary in charge of the tournament will certify that the holder of the receint certificate of the ticket agent has attended the tournament. At the time of writing it cannot be stated positively what ladies from the south will play at Burlingame and Del Monte, but it is confidently hoped by the committees in charge of the competitions that several of the strongest southern players will be seen there. The iist of men golfers who will take part !n the open competition at Del Monte for ama- teurs, which has already been published, includes many of the most noted ama- teurs of San Francisco and Southern California. On Saturday, August 3, a tournament was played on the links of the San Ra- fael Golf Club for two prizes presented by Graham Babcock. It was a mixed four- some over eighteen holes, with handicap. Major and Mrs. Charles Christensen proved the winners of the silver cup with a net score of 35, W. B. Murray and Miss M. Burrows were second, with 41: D. E. and Mrs, Skinner, R. H. Ingram and Miss Hopkins, 46; W. H. and Mrs, Fitzhugh, 47; J. J. and Mrs. Crooks, A. A. and Mrs. Curtls, 48: Willlam and Mrs. Gerstle, F. 8. and Mrs. Johnson, 49; Lester A. and Wil Blay n Rlameda. To-day the Alameda and Pacific cricket elevens will meet on the ground at Web- ster street, Alameda for the fifth time this season. The Pacific team has been much strengthened by the addition of Harold Richardson, who played in the Surrey County eleven last year. In the Old Eng- land versus Young America match last Sunday he scored 48 runs and was run. out by a lucky throw-in by Croll from the field. Had he not been run out it is prob- able that the Old England team would have played out time and made a drawn match of it. The defeat of the Old Eng- land men seems to have been due largely to poor fielding and bad judgment in the disposition of their flelders. But the Bird brothers played excellent innings, hitting freely, and: after they had got well set gave few chances. The Alameda team to-day will be chosen from the following: R. B. Hogue, G. J. Baugh, J. J. Moriarty, F. Croll, B. Bird, Harold Ward, W. G. Fortmann, F. Stahl, ‘W. Richter, A. Brown, A. Willis, D. See- beck and H. Bird. The Pacific eleven will be chosen from the following: H. C. Cas- idy, C. P. Coles, W. C. Comyn, D. Jamie- son, J. Myers, W. Petherick, E. T. Lang- dale, Harold B. Richardson, T. J. A. Tiedemann, George Theobald and A. W. Wilding. Percy Miller and E. T. Langdale have been elected members of the Pacific Cricket Club. @ it O Mrs. ‘Wright, 5; ‘George and. Mrs Heazleton, 56; E. J. and Mrs. Hooper, 59: Graham Babcock and Mrs. F. H. Green, 62; W. J. and Mrs. Casey, 65; Vin- cent and Mrs. Neale, 7L The all-comers’ tournament, over thirty- six holes, medal play, recently held on the links of the Hollywood Golf Club, near Long Branch, N. J., was won by Willle Smith of the Midlothian Golf Club of Chicago; Willle Anderson of Pittsfleld, Mass, being second. In fthe Scotch four- some, over thirty-six holes, Willle Smith and Willle Anderson were paired, and led all the other couples with a scote of for eighteen holes, best ball. Horace Rawlins and his partner, W. F. Davies of the Apawamis Golf Club of Rye, N. Y., scored 81. All the above except Davies are well known in San Francisco. Golden Gate Park. ‘The public tennis courts being bullt in Gclden Gate Park are fast nearing com- pletion. Of the five courts to be laid out four are already finished and the fifth will be completed in a week or two. The location of the courts, which is the ground occupied by the old band stand, is a very good one, as there are wind breaks on nearly all sides. The courts are the regulation size, with the proper space on the sides and backs. While asphalt courts are hardly as fast as bitumen, still if kept in good condition there is little difference between them. It might be well to sug- gest to those in charge that the park ccurts would be improved very much were they swept, rolled and watered every day, or even every ofher day. Another matter to which attention should be given is the erection of some structure containing dressing-rooms. Tennis is ‘a game that canrot be properly played in street at- tire, which is found to be.also very un- comfortable. With these few suggestions carried out, the park courts will be as 800d as any turf courts in the State. As yet nothing definite has been done concerning the championship tournaments to be played the latter part of this month and the first of next. The ladies’ tourna- ments will begin on August 26, and will be completed on the 3ist. The doubles and mixed doubles will probably be played on Monday and Tuesday, the first rounds of the singles on Wednesday and Thursday, the finals on Friday and the champion- ship match on Saturday afternoon. Miss Mirlam Hall is the present coast champion, and Miss May Sutton of South- ern California will be her most dangerous opponent. All the best players, both wo- men and men, are practicing constantly and these will be the most successtul tournaments ever held here. In the mixed doubles tournament thers will be six teams, which will be picked by the. committee. The best players are in favor of having the contestants choose partners, but the majority favor drawing them by lot. The latter way would prob- ably be fairer’for everybody and produce better results. In the doubles Miss Hall and Miss Hoff- man will join forces, and either they or the Sutton sisters will probably be the first women champions of the coast in doubles.