The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1902, Page 4

SPORTING DOGS READY FOR THE SA JOHN A. BALMER ARRIVES TO ACT AS THE JUDGE Northern Expert Leaves Here This Morning for the South. W. W. Van Arsdale’s Derby Entries Stricken With Distemper. The first delegation of sportsmen for the ting of the Pacific which opens on will leave this scene of the trials Balmer of Cle-Elum, vesterday from the of the party which will be chape- ary Albert Betz, W. W. W. Hibbard and others, 1l Jook over the ground ere be Mond 1 twenty miles. This is his “alifornia. He has had wide rience in the E and in the North- as a field trials judge, forthcoming meeting is expected to ALL, SATURDAY "JANUARY 11, 190 = S D= D). PEACARN_ISADON AN BYeieh most interesting in both the Derby a_representativ v large attendance sportsmen is expected. A are anticipating some not be a placed at s expected to It is doubtful if 1 have a representa- as all his young dogs § Trainer Babcock wili | on Peach Blossom, second in first in the all-age last Mark as represen I-ages stake. are two members of the most re- e litter ever whelped in California. pies in the litter. by | IV-Peach Mark. They nd rugged and have rsdale Derby, 's fllness, escaping 1 ilis to which their species usually | fall heir. In the litter werg Peach Blos- | som, Count’s Sir :Mark, Peach tone, Shadow v and Peach Mark IL ive of these are entered in the all-age ar. In addition to the two from el there will be | Terry, Peach Blos- | Arsdale ki owned by Joe som II and Shadow. > were entered in the Der- | ting. This was won by Lady, Blossom second. They then | Peach S went in the all-age and the placing was Teversed, Peach Blossom winning Lady being second. They dogs for a gentleman to shoot over. Peach | Stone and Sir Mark have not been con- sidered up to the standard for field trial work, but have shown their owner excel- | lent sport in the field in his private shoot.- | ing. and | are all grand | —————— Swimmers at Sutro’s. | The following swimmers and divers will | meet in_the various competitions to-mor- | Tow at Sutro Baths: 50-yard dash, juveniles—T. McParland, J. Whittler, C. Wallett, O. Schultz, J, O'Bricn, P. Sundberg, H. Seebach, ¥. Baker, J. Wilson, J. Jacobs, G, Austin, G. O'Keefe, C. Naylor, F. | Paine, v Hoffman, H. Pfuhl, H. Leocken, E. McClure, B. Ferrill, W. Sorman, §. Dalton, J. Frantz, F. Berger, A. Ott. yard race, amateurs—C. w. Gorman, J. Ryder, Fisher, J. Murph A 1 F. Ralston, R. Dahl, C. Harnes, C. Harrington, T. Carter, C. Fredericks, G. Caulfield, J Shrimp, C. Strohlin. Trick and fancy spring- board diving—O. Beyfuss, J. A. Jackson, K. | Murray, A Hay, J. Irvine, C. Hanlon, C. Crist, W. Sorman, T. Boyle,:J- Vanderberg, W. Cavanaugh, M.’ Stern, W. Fisher, S, Fuller, | F. Neal, M. Kergan, J. Sawyer, C. Lundin, H. Wolte e | Eastern Men on the Diamond. i The E i | more e fore starting on their homeward journey Games will be played to-day and to-mor- row afternoon, and the series will be brought to a close one week from to- morrow. There is a widespread desire among the patrons of the game to see “Ham" Iburg, the California star twirler, pitch one game against the sluggers of the Association with the Nationals behind | him for support. This desire will probably | be gratified. Negotiations to that end have been started, and Iburg will prob- ably make his farewell appearance in the final game. At the close of the series the | California League management will begin | ¥ rations for the season of 1902, which | will be opened in April. The management | contemplates making extensive improve- | ments in the grounds. —_————— . Olympians Will Walk to Bolinas. The country walk of Olymplc Club members will be held to-morrow. The party, headed by President William Greer Harrison, will leave here on the | £ a. m. boat for Bausalito. They will leave the train at Ross station and will walk to the Summit House on Bolinas Ridge. After luncheon the return trip will be made by another route. Fast time will not be attempted. Captain George James will Jook after the comfort of th members who make up the party. R, RS SR SAN DIBGO, Jan. 10.—Oil has been struck = | WINTER SEASON in the Harper well on the desert, 120 miles. from here. The ofl. is of excellent grade and wes | struck at a depth of 300 feet. | OF TENNIS ENDS Next Important Tourney Wiil Be Held cn Washington's Eirthday. The New Year's tournament completed ast Sunday brought to a close the winter son on the tennis courts. The open- | ing event of the spring season will be an open clas les tournament on Wash- ington’s birthday. This coast is the only part of the United States in which tennis can be played all the year through and in which more playing is done in winter than at | any other time. The past season has been a successful one and has brought about several im- portant changes. Several of the ex-cham pions of the coast, who ten years ago were invincible, have again taken up their rackets and by practice are regaining their former skill. Both Will Taylor and Joe Tobin have impressed the present generation of players favorably. If any | held the opinion that these men were not good players they changed it when they saw the former experts on the courts. During the past month the enthusiasm of the local players seems to have been felt across the bay, where there is a ge: eral revival of tennis. This is especially noticeable in Alameda. The Alameda and Bellevue Tennis clubs are again in exist- ence and are made up of the best players in the county. Reuben Hunt is the cham- pion of the former, while Percy Murdock is the best player in the Bellevue Club. Hunt has won the championship of Ala- meda County for several years, but th year Percy Murdock downed the cham- plon in clever fashion. Murdock plays a graceful game, and three or four years 2go was considered promising. The finals of the class singies tourna- ment commenced on New Year's in Ala- meda were played yesterday. The con- testants were Percy Murdock, winner of class A, and Hamilton Murdock, the first class winner. The latter received odds of “fifteen,” and after a close struggle was beaten by his brother in straight sets. The score in Percy’s favor was 6—, $-4, Harold Crowell is steadily improving 2nd caused a genuine surprise last Sun- | day by beating his partner, W. B. Collier, four straight sets and one of them 6—0. The loser has been playing better tennls than he ever played and has always beaten Crowell handily. When the latter defeated him last Sunday Collier was somewhat surprised. A series of round robin matches be- tween members of the first class in_the California Club is being talked of. This would settle the question of supremacy finally and a ranking of the best players in the city could be made. The men who would be eligible to play are: W. B. Col- lier, F V. Crowell, 8. H. Adams, Merle Johnson, Drummond MacGavin, Fred Brown and Grant Smith. The plan is for each man to play two matches every Sunday, the man with the largest number of victories to rank first, and so on down the line. The ladies of the California Tennis Club are planning a mixed doubles to be held on some Wednesday. Many of the fafir sex devote the mornings to tennis, and an event of this kind would attract a large entry. Among those who will take part are the Misses Salisbury, Farns. ‘worth. Whitney. Smith, Hunter, Mecart- ney, S(l&erwood‘ Mrs. Du Reynier and Mrs, Kincaid. U ———— Handball Contests. The handball games in the San Ftan- cisco Court to-morrow will be played by the following teams: ) E. Maloney and M.*Dillon vs. J. McDermott and G. Hutchinson. G. Green and W, Johnson vs. F. Smith and ‘W. Mitchell. J. Glynn and R. Regli vs. E. White and A. ‘Whiteman. W. Walsh and J. Brady vs. W. Kavanaugh and H. H. Lissner. D. Connelly and M™Joyce vs. M. Levy and J. Lawless. Daniel McDonald and P. McIntyre vs. Bat Sheehan end M. Mcleod J. White and W. Maguire vs. J. Collins and E. Curley. J. C. Nealon and J. Harlow ve. M. J. Kil- gallon and J, Riordan. + " IN THE UPPER PICTURE IS SHOWN TRAINER COUTTS AT SANTA MARIA W THE CENTER PICTURE SHOWS'W. W. VAN ARSDALE' POINTER DR. DANIELS ON THE LEFT. § CELEBRATED STRING OF SETTERS, WITH THE W ITH SOME OF HIS CHARGES. : FEW CONTESTS ON GOLF LINKS San Francisco Club Members Plan No Ma‘ches for the Future. On Monday morning, beginning at 9:30, the final round of the competition for the council's cup for women will take place. This is the last event on the schedul® of events for members of the ladles’ annex of the San Francisco Golf Club. Other competitions will be announced in due course. The triple contest on New Year's day seems to have satisfled the competitive in- stinct of the men at the Presidio and nothing is announced for them. J. W. Byrne has been chosen president, Andrew Carrigan secretary andps. L. Abbot Jr. captain for the com!na'year. Lansing O. Kellogg returned on Wednesday from a trip, during which he played on the links of the Los Angeles Country Club, of the Hotel Green at Pasadena, of the Conorado Golf Club, of the Rubidoux Golf Club at léfverslde and of the Redlands Country Club. The new rubber-cored ball has not yet been tried by any considerable number of British golfers, "as samples only_ have reached Great Britain as yet. A British olfer who tried one of the nmPles says ge gained about twenty yards in length o}\‘rer'the guttapercha ball in driving from the tee. & It is certainly a fact that a ball which should increase the length of an average driver's stroke by fifty yards would be an undesirable thing. Golf courses have been laid out in conformity with existing con- ditions, teeing grounds and hazards being placed 'so that a good player may reap some advantage from his skill; but a ball that would travel fifty yards farther than those now in use would tend to put play- ers more on one level. Suppose a hole with a hazard required a carry of yards to clear it and a full second shot to reach the green. This can readily be done by a first-rate golfer, but an inferior one would need three strokes to get on to the reen. With a ball carrying nn‘{ yards arther than the guttie, the good golfer would need only a drive and an iron shot and would gain nothing over the inferior player, who could clear the hazard on his drive and reach the green with his second shot. The introduction of such a bal] would make it necessary to plan existing polf courses afresh and would not be for the @and of the game. OARSMEN DINE AND ENTERTAIN Pl Are Alre dy Looking For- ward to the Opening cf the Season. BesuIph The South End Rowing Club is prepar- ing for an active season, during which it is expected several picnics and soclal en- tertainments will be given. In order to Increase its membership the initiation fee has been temporarily reduced and several promising oarsmen are taking advantage of the reduction. Ed Wolfe has recently joined the club and goes out frequently for exercise on the water. The annual meeting and election of offi- cers of the Alameda Boating Club will take place on Tuesday evening in the clubhouse at the foot of Chestnut street, Alameda. The club has been in existence since 18% and is in a thoroughly sound and prosperous condition. Several im- provements are being .made in :the club quarters. The living-room is being paint- ed and grained and will be supplied with new windows, chairs and tabies. Last Sunday an unusual number of the mem- bers were out on Oakland Creek, the two barges, three outrigged skiffs and other boats owned by the club being all in cou- stant demand. The annual dinner and installation of officers of the Dolphin Boating Club will tslkfi'place at a downtown restaurant to- night. ‘The annual jinks of the Arlel Rowing Club took p.ace in the San Francisco Ca- dets’ Hall on McAllister street last Mon- day nlght, being preceded by the installa- tion of the officers recently elected for the coming year. The officers were in- stalled by E.'J. Lynch, the retiring presi- dent. DurlnF the entertainment following the installation George T. McGinniss was master of ceremonies. There was & large attendance, including many old members of the Ariel Club. The _entertainment ave great satisfaction, and was prepared y a committee consisting of Ed Smith, Eob‘ert Ellis, Charles Wilson and H. F. ester. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Secretary Gage has received a telegram from Governor Shaw ting that he cannot arrange his affairs so as to take chisge of the Treasury Department on the date set and asking Mr. Glse to re- main until February 1. Secretary Gage has consented to do so. ENGLAND BOOMS COURSING GAME Raising of Quarantin: As- sures Big Meet at N x: Waterlo SRR S The quarantine regulations of England, by which the Beard of Agriculture re- stricted the importation of greyhounds and other dogs from Ireland to England and Scotland, is no longer in effect and there is much rejoicing in the camps of the leashmen and breeders over the sea. Nearly three years ago the board put in force a strict quarantine in conse- quence of a serious outbreak of rabies in Ireland, and the removal of the embargo indicates that the epidemic has been en- tirely stamped out.. The action of the authorities in rescinding their order will Bive the coursing game a boom and inter- country stakes will again be a feature of the ‘sport. From. now on. Irish grey- hounds will be free to land in ports of England and Scotland for coursing and breeding purposes and return, and Eng- lisn greyhounds can cross the sea and Tun at lrish coursing meetings. The open- ing of the ports by the decision of the Board of Agriculture Is of more than lit- tie importance to tne sport of the leash, and coming as it does at this time places the game at its former high standing and is uplportune for the Waterloo cup stake meeting, a coursing event. which is ac- knowledged the greatest in the annals of the sport. This long-expected change in conditions of coursing affairs will be the means of making this season's meet- ing one that will go down in coursing his- tory -as the greatest stake ever run in England, for, where in last year’s trials not a single Irish eihound could com- pete on account of the quarantine, at next month’s gathering a strong contin- gent, it is expected, will be seen at the great Altcar meet. The Capital City Coursing Club of Sac- ramento has reorganized and has applied to the California Coursing Committee for a license to conduct coursing meetings. Theodore Bartels, a member of the well known coursing firm of Bartels Bros., fs visiting this city and will attend the meetings at Union Park during his month's stay. Eugene Geary's champion greyhouna Palo Alto shows but little effects of his re- cent accident, and it Is expected that the O NTA MARIA FIELD TRIALS GUNMEN REGRET APPROACH OF CLOSE SEASON Heavy Flight of Canvasbacks and Bluebills Just Setting In. Next Legislature May Be Asked to Change the Existing Law. unmen have entered upon their Iz’fthemgnth when they may shoot ducks and quail. Under the new State law the season will close on February 1. This will bring to an untimely end the bes season the sportsmen have enjoyed in years. The cold, dry weather has kept the birds from scattering and excelle bags have been the rule, especially on t baited ponds of the various shooting clube. d the new law will cut off a lozto‘fssgl:gfil:g. as the big flight of canvas backs is just setting in. There are thou- sands of these birds in Richardsons Bay, near Sausalito, but it is impossible to geg them as they keep outside the range of a shotgun. The bluebills are also coming in _numbers at the present time. Predictions are being made that the [READY TO DIP | THE CHALLENGER| :Yacht Whch Will Try for | Ferpetual Cup Will Soon | | 1 [ Be Launch:d. At the meeting of the San Franciseco | the purpose o submitted at election on the ¥ebruary, Dr. position. | Commodore sold his schooner yacht, office. It is e Bridgman res thusia; in 1899. so active choice of the r_vice commodore may Lee of the slaop Surprise. He held the same office in the California Yacht Club W. M. Edgell has proved himself and | Yacht Club, held Wednesday evening for f electing a nominating com- mittee to prepare the regular ticket to be the annual meeting and second Wednesday of . T. L. Hill, W. G. Morrow and J. R. Savory were chosen without op- w. McCarthy will xpected the nomination will e offered Vice Commodore R. 8. Bridg- , owner cf the slocp Thetis. Mr. des in Sausalito, and is an chisman. The nomination be offered to A. efficient a secretary the nominating committée and the club will be unanimous for him: The challenger for the Perpetual cup is nearly ready for launching, but the syn- dicate is not anxious to hurry work upon her. The beoat is, and at the Sausalito hazardous, as come up | to drag her moorings. fitted on the spliced before the vacht i put her in v ; € fa ably. favorable to | would be pou It 1s belleve and moderate touch her. from the' c water. It is Cengressma | the California fill erect railrocad | that work is yvachtsmén, Raflway and and Belveder schooners an Tiburon or shipment on in the plan. launch to be will be fitted power. about 65 feet feet of water, deep. Bed of Stos hound, well died recently. quite certain turity event. or December ' The change in the interior a this season the anchorage is somewhat | t any ttme and cduse a boat | The bards will be . _The general tiff blow she will heel oyer consider- The weather that would be un- and choppy sea, as then to urge that | dredged and deepened to provide a safe | anchorage for small craft. good reputation from England, to maintain it after arriving here. A meeting of the Interstate Club will be held on Tuesday next. It is stake for class early September. s quite safe where she off Clubhouse a violent southeaster may mast and the wire, stays the mast Is stepped. After launched a day adiness to recef impres: her speed is a light breez g her flat bovs nded by the waves and the boat's headway stopped. breeze ay_can d that with a stron, sea nothing on the The yacht has alteady been looked over by many local yachtsmen and | her lines and construction have been com- nted on favorably. {:Iexr‘l(‘éi’llng, she will be hoisted by slings cradle and dropped When ready for into the probable her launching will be made a club event. n Victor E. Metcalf will be Belvedere Cove be It is expected Northwestern Rallway will up the lagoon behind Tiburon and shops on the ground. When begun, All the the Callfornia Northwestern | the inhabitants of Tiburon | e, as well as owners of d launches trading out of bringinz cargoes to it for the railrcad, are interested A. M. Cook has sold the sloop Anita. Her new_owner, L. Spotswood. will join | the San Francisco Yacht Club. The next | craft to be enrolled will probably be the built for F. A. Hyde, which with a Union gas engine of four cylinders and twenty-four horse- She was designed will be built by a local builder. Charles Morel, the sloop Queen, proposes to bulld a yawl y Bacon and It is said who at one time owned in length, drawin; only 3 but having a boar 15 feet @ i e @ great stake-winner will be entered in the next event for dogs of his class. ne, an jmported English known local leashmen, Bed of Stone brought a but failed Coursing that the club will decide to change the date and some of the con- ditions res\llltl% the running of the Fu e month of November be fixed for rhe annual youngsters, instead of will will give the coursing men better ‘chance to train work will | the yachtsmen and | owners of small craft will have no secure winter moorings in the bay. - — | next Legisiature wili make some change in the laws governing -duck shooting. Either October will be cut out and Feb- ruary restored or it may be returned to the former state, the season opening In ‘ October and closing March 1. It is expected that the law prohibiting | the sale of quafl will result in making these great game birds numerous within the next three years. Well informed | sportsmen say limiting the bag would | not have the desired effect, as market hunters find a way to defeat this provision of the law. Otto Feudner spent last Sunday at the | Stewart Pond, near Denverton, meeting with his usual success. He accompanied George R. Fleld and Frank Owen, who, with two other sportsmen, have leased | the shooting privileges at this great pond. The joint bag was 146 ducks, 25 snipe and 7 geese. Feudner secured the limit on | both ducks and smipe. - | The members of the Alameda Gun Club | enjoyed a good shoot at their preserves on the Sonoma marsh. Among the mem- bers who returned last Sunday with full | game bags were: Louls Bolander, Paul {ington. Frank Geisler, Frank Naughton and many others. | The four members of the Spooney Gum | Club who shot over the club's fresh | water ponds on the Mount Eden marsh | 1ast Sunday enjoyed good sport. The bag to the fou s was 165 birds. The mem- bers were . E. N. Short, L. . Lar- | zalere, Willlam Whitehead and George | Morse. F. 8. Judah. Cornelius Roman, Dr | George Gere, Walter Woods and H. B. Gregg shot over the Empire Club’s pre- | serves on the Sonoma marsh. Mr. Judah | killed twenty-two ““‘cans.”” The others did | nearly as well. | ~J. B. Hauer also secured ducks, shooting, by invitation, vate preserve There was but poor sport near rado last Sunday. Ed Kerrison only six and George Franzen nine Tom Watson and Ben Baum secured a good bag of English snipe near Shellville, Sonoma County. twenty-two on a pri- Alva- cured Ed Bowen secured a mixed bag of six- teen “cans’ and teal near San Pablo. £. Mildner, and John Struven killed | thirty “cans” and feal | Herman Natheson killed seventeen, | chiefly sprig and spoonbills, near Alva- rado. Two members of the Canvasback ( secured limit bags last Sunday on thei | preserves near Suisun. The members o | the " club are: “Joe’ Sweeney, ‘‘Jim Maynard, Clarence Haight and Mr. Ed- wards. Nine members of the Fleld and Tule Club and three guests killed 29 birds on the club's Sulsun preserve last Sunday th | an_average of twenty-one birds to | ®un. Louls Titus killed 41, McMahon A. M. Shields 38, “Johnny” Coleman 2 | J. Wirtner 14, Bay 17, M. Unger 18, J Homer Friteh 6, A. F. Hopke 1l and th: | three guests fitty. F. Bushnell enjoyed shoot on Wednesday. B . ] | their dogs, as the hot months preceding an excellent the present date are not favorable for | the proper conditioning of puppies for | 0 great a stake. A committes, consist- ing of J. H. Rosseter, John A.-Klein, E. | E. Shotwell, Henry Klevesahl and Judge | John Grace, has been appointed to confer with coursing men on the subject and re- port at the next meeting. During the Intermission to-morrow at | Union Park an important auction sale of greyhounds will be held. The lot com- Pflles the entire kennel of W. H. Rob- nson, consisting of Lawrence Belle, by Lord Neversettle-White Lips, one of the best hounds in California, and two of her | litters. The Freedoms, Lord, Fred, Aanie, Jack, | Bessie, Rosie and Pat—by the great sire For Freedom, and three puppies by Emin Pasha. will be sold without reserve. Law- rence Belle is the dam of the noted stake- winners Rocker, Lawrence and Snapshot. The programme for this week at Union Park consists of two open stakes, both of which will be run down to-day. Likely winners in stake No. 1 are: Freda C., Roeker. Little Sister, Harlean Gladys. Hickory Dick, Freeze Out, Taploca, | Wedgewood, Ruby Sankey, Golden Garter, Lady Clare. Oleta, Kibosh, Fenii, Chicago Boy. Romian Athlets, “Homer Boy, Tom Hurlick. Merrimac. Cold Shivers, Wilg Norah, Black Flush, King Cotton and The Grafter. In stake No. 2 likely winners are: Sofala, Liberator, Resfe Freedow, Boodle Boy, Dreadnot, Lady Newark, Miss Wilson, l!;.m; Oull:, ,Grn,mtrc‘):‘ Prompto. Warco, Lady venpert, Lowina, Gold Bug, Thelma, Lucky Baldwin, Roy Hughle, Sir P Terronette, a, Rich Argosy. Black Bart, Lilac, New M jand Bright Gold. g o ———— Some authorities on dyeing say that silk receives and hold 3 ctbey fabutc. Is a dye better than any