The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 20, 1901, Page 9

Le~SHMEN WATCH CHAMPION HOUNDS IN FAST TRYOUTS Coursers Are Weli Trainzd for the John Grace Cup Stake. mmittes having in harge for the greatest ing events, the srace CF in the make ever held in San Fran- e the leashmen been glow, ™ the contesiing ken- s to be in the most ndi v the running end ettt T = rea e big s be trainers should &= tried that they n their ability under the that preveil in the run- irly week a tryout was The greatest inter- those prezent in the ion Park e t nampion and evers incident £ the trials was carefully noted. The or irser {hat held the attemtion - E e Geary's great sprinter, v \ record-treaking cham- n of admrirers that figure stuke talent js always money-maker Aiaate for the =ieh e on the irser was sent to ih: trial hi€ broiker, ireland, 2nd in a long 1 290d ten lengths, onservative esti- : tn some time watchers of hesitating on ey had an § »d nearly all the w. Beacon drew turn R in a course with olm’s Aeolus went the route s eS8 21 cnt and led A p a good three TENN!S FPLAYERS ACTIVE. ament to be he city for several yvears. The pl b divided five classes, the first =ed of the Whitney brothers, h wili be made up of begin- rd classes the matched and be close and exciting. difficult matter to pick the hese classes. Grant Smith, ranks at the head of the = will not enter. The other members of this class are about equal er's chances are considered the best with Smith out of the hunt. In the third is no one man who could be 1 called the best. This tour- who i= the best man The best men are Cornell, bu nd Stringham. the for winner of | prize for the win- L4 The classification e ¥ he handicapping be- wer done by the tourna- * composed of G F. hitney, C. G. Kuehn and F. D. String- been coming into the late and the limit mark ached. At present mbers. The club now r Superior Court Judges tt. Kerrigan and Sloss—and Atte Lane. Hugh Hume is the t enthusiast to join the ranks. The popularity of the park courts Is «udily growing and the question of ac- mmodating all those desirious of play- g i+ one that is bothering those in The crowd is particularly large and players have to walt for tw before getting a court courts already In operation will it in the The be smiap, E spring ayers in the park are Routh, and Beyfuss. ———————— — e season which t has been a pleasant and successful The San Francisco, Corinthian and ia clubs have all gained in mem- and the principal events have been ttended. The Ban Franelsco Ygcht andoned some of the hops in the « that had been scheduled, find- hey were atiended by few of the | r« and did iittle to promote esprit among the yachtsmen. A clam- ot up by a few active members, #0 successful that it was deter- wecond one under the of the ciub, but the death of the President caused it to be called off. 1 uring the meason the sloop Catherine, ( h for several years was enrolled in Ean Francisco fleet, changed owners ok llerge Cup Stake, | s afair | y suffice during the winter months, | more will surely have to be ! will now s0 soon be | YACHTSMEN ENJOY CLOSING EVENTS OF @ BUSY YEAR HE vachting season rapidly to a close. Yesterday the Corinthian Yacht Club m..} fts \ closing finks in the clubhoufe at Tiburon and the Califsrnia Yacht Club also gave a closing entertainment in the clubhouse on Oakland Creek. To-day the Ban Franciscos and Corinthlans will take the last scheduled joint cruise of the season. As the tide runs out till 11:01 this morning at Fort Point and floods until 425 this afterncon, it will be possible, by nisking an early start, to get a cruise in the channel Next Saturday the San Francisco Yacht Club will give a closing entertainment in its clubhouse at Sausalito. Next Sunday there will be a closing crulse on signal from the flagship. At least, it Is 80 set | ecwn on the programme, but Commodore | W. N. McCarthy has been absent from vuchting events for some time, and Vice Commodore R. 8. Bridgeman, upon whom the command has devolved, will be occu- pled next Bunday in laying his sloop | Thetis up in winter quarters In the lagoon at Tiburon. Other Ban Francisco yachts ! that will spend the winter in the lagoon | are A. C. Lee's Surprise and J. R. Savoy’s | Juanita. Dr. T. L. Hill's sloop Cygnus | Wili be 1a4d up in Corte Madera Creek and | George E. Billings' sloop Nixie on Bwan- | sor’s ways at Tiburon. E. W. Hopkins' | steam yacht El Primero will spend the winter at Antioch and H. R. Simpkivs’ | yaw! Tramontana will take up her moor- ings to the north of the ferry slip. C. Knight and H. Zimmer's sloop Mischief, which has been chartered during the sea- son by G. T. 8. White, J. M, Punnett, W. | Humphreys and others, will take up an | anchorage in the lagoon. It is high water at Tiburon next SBunday about 11 in the morning and runs out until after 5 o'clock in the evening. The boats will probably begin to enter the lagoon about noon, that is drawing i« now on the roll of the Californis | being & convenient housr for saising the Ciub bridge. OARSMEN SEEKING NEW QUARTERS FOR THEIR RACE BOATS AST Sunday the two junior barge crews of the ‘South End Rowing Club had a race from the bo: house to the Union Iron Works :nd back, the McGeorge four in South End giving a handicap of thirty seconds to the Jenkins crew in the barge Felton. The crew in the Felton won easily. A week before the Jenkins crew had rowed the BSouth End, conceding thirty seconds to the McGeorge crew in the Felton, the Mc- George crew winning quite decisively to the surprize of thelr opponents. The Mc- George crew was made up of C. C. Dennis bow: J. P. Foley, No. 2; M. Harris, No. 3, and Alex McGeorge, stroke. The Jenkins crew consists of J. Pdallas, bow; M. Cash- man, No, 2; E. Pallas, No. 3, and Charies Jenkins, stroke. As the crew in the Fel- ton has won on each occasfon it seems that she is not thirty seeonds slower than the barge South End over the coursé. The Ariel Rowing Club will hold & mas- querade dance at Saratoga Hall on the 234 of next month to ralse money for tho construction of the new boathouse. The first plans of the Drydock Company for the Iimprovement of the property on which the Arfels were granted a site for a boathouse having been rejected, and the new plans leaving the site open, it is not unlikely that the Ariels may get the location originally selected. In that case they will begin work on the new boat- house as soon as possible after the enter- tainment for the bullding fund is over. Beveral members of the Ariel Club were the guesty of the Dolphins last Sunday, Harry Foley and Roy West entering the swimming races. J. 8. Earls, J. Farrell and Frank Corey of the Dolphin Club will take part in the canoe races at Sutro Baths to-day. A committee of the Ploneer Rowing Club has been appointed to endsavor to secure temporary quarters on Kentucky street for the use of the members, the barg. THE SUNDAY CALL ' — | Hackamors a5 Usod With or Without Bridle in Brskin Beddle Horses. | GOLF PROSPECTS GROWING BRIGHTER FOR'A SUCCESSFUL WINTER SEASON ROSPECTS are bright for an ac- tive go!f season duting the com- ing wi The Oaklanders have already set to work, having held the qual'fying round for the cap- tain's cup competition on Baturday, Octo- ber ‘13, and the opening round at match plsy yesterday. The matches are played over eighteen heles, the first nine being over the “short course’ of 2184 yards, and the second nine being over the “long course” of 390 yards. There is an aver- age difference of six or seven strokes be- tween .the ‘‘short course” and the, ‘‘long course.”” After the captain’s cup contest is over, the first' competition for the handsome silver claret jug presented to the Oakiand Golf Club by Captain Edwin Goodall will take place. The captain’s cup Is a perpetual trophy, the winner recelving as his reward the honor of having his name inacribed upon it; but thé Goodall trophy will become the permanent property of the player who wins it twice. Harry Rawlins, who was formerly employed by the Oakland Golt Club, is now assisting ‘“Jim" Melville at Del Monte. The resident professional on the Adams Point links Is George Smith, who wes formerly at the Ban Rafael Golf Club. George S8mith recently, in playing with W. P. Johnson, made a record for thirty-six holes on:the Oakland course, which he covered in 74-75, total 149, Amang the most regular players on the Adams Point links are: W. P. John- son and F. 8. Stratton, the Collector of the Port. $ THe recent heat baked the San Rafael course and hardened it so much that nothing can be done toward putting -1t into order untfl after the first heavy rains. Then tho course will be closed, six femporary greens belng established for thé use of those mémbers who continue practicing through the winter. The Ban Francisco Golf Club is some- what slow in settling down to work, but a schedule of tournaments may be ex- pected shortly. There will- be some good contests among the ladies on the Presidio links this winter, as Mrs. k. G. Brown and Miss -Alice Hoffman will play regu- larly. —————————— Several members of the Bouth End Row- ing Club attendeq Ladles’ day at the Dul- phin boathouse last Bunday, The South Ends will take part in the Alameda Club regatta. No date has been set for that event as yet. - A west side business man is so scrupu- lously exact in all his transactions that every time he pays a visit he insists upon taking a receipt for it. | T HEKE 18 a part of the va- duero’s outfit of which littigAs known outside of the Western cattle ranges, but which Is pro- nounced by competent authori- ties an implement which could be used to advantage the world over in the education of saddle horses. This is the hackamore, shown under the bridle In the accompanying ‘fllustraticn. It is used on all the cattle ranges of Mon- tana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona and Texas. It is never seen east of Colorado, except in Texas. The hackamore was the primitive bridle of the, Western Indians, who used it be- fore they knew of the Mexican bit or others of less severe form. As used by the Indians it was merely a*plece of raw- hide held in place by strips-of rawhide passing over the horse’s head. The ccw- boy, practi¢al horseman that he is, soon learned the usefulness of the article. He improved on it at once by bralding the rawhide into a firm noseband, making it of great strength and in an endless va- riety of designs. mores made of hair were moare effective in breaking young horses than were those of rawhide. The rough bair irritated the sensitive spot on the nose just above the nostrils and below the bone, and made the horse, more tractable. ‘When a horse at four years of age fs given: Into the hends of a vaquero to Lot the raddie break for saddle purposes he at once rides him a few times, usipg a plain bit and not the popular Spanish bit. The hackamore is then put on in addition to the bit. It is fastened tightly above the nostrils so it* will not slip about when pressure is placed on the rein. It is always used with a fixed martingale, which is short and prevents the horse throwing his head in the air, thus relieving the pressure on his nose when the effect is lost. At this stage of the horse’s education the bridle rein is fastened to the pomumel d no pressure is brought to bear on the bit for probably, a month or more. This Is permitted to r’nn grag- ually the proper snaffle bridle mouth, which makes it a pleasure to ride the horse, as it gives him a sensitive mouth. This is so highly developed that the prop- erly broken horse anticipates every move- ment of his rider's hands, requiring no pressure on the reins to turn either to the right or the left or to stop quickly without any perceptible jar. The vaquero !s afforded an ideal oppor- COLLEGE The Mexicans soon found that hacka- ing cattle on the rodeos. As this work necessitates much zigzag riding young horses soon become extremely handy in ghanging from one course to andther. A | horse, well broken to the hackamore will check himself from full speed to a stand- still with less jar to his rider and himself than when broken by any other method. If duty calls the vaquero to town and the distance to be traveled be a few miles, he still continues sending the horse a zigzag course, adding probably a third to the distance, just for the practice it af-, fords the horse. Some of the Burlingame Country Club polo players have from time to time se- | cured ponies educated with the hacka- more after cattle and have been able to put them in the game at once. The great amount of practice they had received on the range fitted them for the polo fleld. | They were merely following a different kind of object. K Once it moved it was second nature for them to follow it wher- ever it was driven. Practical horsemen affirm that any sad- die horse will be improved by being brok- en originally to the hackamore. A man of wide experience in the Irish hunting fleld says his experience with the hacka- more in California has shown him ft would be a marked acquisition as a part of the saddlery of any hunting establish- ment. It would be particularly desirable to use on a horse the day after hs has had severe work In the hunting fleld. The mouth is then more or less tender from the severe use made of it gn the hunting day. Sportsmen are not always blessed with exercise boys with light hands and the hackamore would afford the mouth !tbq opportunity to regain its normal cone dition. 3 There is an article used chiefly fn Eng- land and Ireland called the caveson, which closely resembles the hackamore. It is used only for leading purposes and Is es- pecially useful in training young horses to Jump. The foundation is = steel band with three hinges, one on the nose and ome cn each cheek. The band, carefully padded, is attached to a headstall, two straps fas— tening it firmly at the jaw. The leading rein is buckled at the part resting on the nese. This brings all the pressure on the horse’s nose and renders him much meore easily handled than would be possibie with a plain halter on which the horse FOOTBALL TEAMS SHOW GOOD PROGRESS TANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct. 19. —The weather has been decidedly cooler this week than last, con- sequently progress in the. building up of the big eleven has been quite satisfactory. The .result of the game with the Olympics on the 12th inst. led many people to suppose that the cardinal eleven had taken a “slump.” “Dad” Moulton says the 5 good condition and that was evidenced Sibe VIEWw by the fast bafl the team put up in the first half. The only reason that can be given for the poorer showing made in the second half is that some of the best players were removed at the end of the first half in order to give other men a chance at the game. The 1901 team will be heavier than that of last year. This fact is shown by the measurements of the twenty-two men now at the training table. They average in age 21 2-3 years; In height, § feet 9 2-3 inches; in weight, 175 pounds. Horan is the heaviest man on the squad, welghing 196 pounds and measuring 6 feet in height. “Fluffy” Traeger weighs 193 pounds and is 6 feet 1% inches tall; he is also second as regards height, Barnhisel being 6 feet 2 Inches tall. The shortest man in the | squad is Quarterback Raitt, who meas- ures 5 feet 7 inches and weighs 164 pounds. Next week the eleven will begin lining up earlier In the afternoon and will be put through harder work than they have been doing. Heretofore the freshmen have been taking up the early part of the afternoon, but as the labors of the freshmen team will have been ended when this appears in print the coaches will hereafter devote all their time to put- ting the big eleven in shape for a victory on November 9. Indlvidually, Hill, Traeger, Slaker and Raitt ar6 playing a little better ball than the others, though all are showing well. Captain Fisher's playing has improved ‘ - - ERKELEY, Oct. 19.—The defen- sive play of “the University of ] California eleven has been splen- oF Hackarore | did during recent practice. It is superior to the offensive work, aithough the men are gaining steadily In their ability to carry the ball around or through their opponents’ line. Able de- Trainer | fensive playing is considered more im- men were in | portant than offensive, especially at this time of the season. Witkout it o tcam i3 lost, but with 1t the power to keep down an opponent’s score is in the team's power. Offensive play is considered easier to work up at short notice than defensive. This makes California’s condition at pres- ent satisfactory to all concerned. During the game with Rellance the club mea made their required distance on downs but three times. California on the de- fensive showed up in fine style in this game. Overall is outpunting any one else on the eleven. He is reliable and his drives are always good for big gains. Captain ‘Womble has been playing at right half with Starr or Hudson in his old position at right end. Womble's playing back or the line is with the same dash and spirit as that shown by him in his former pe- sition. @il greatly in the last ten days. He is play- ing hard, coasistent football. “Dad™ Moulton expresses himself as wgll satis- fled with the physical condition of the men. Sefton, Van Sickle and some of the other freshmen are showing up so well that the “wise ones” say they have a good chance 'to make the big eleven. —_————————— Unless a mafl has an exceptionally good memory he should not set himseif up as a Har. Young ladles and promissory motes should be-settled when they arrive at ma- turlty. tunity to apply the hackamore while herd- ~