The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1902, Page 8

SCO CALL, SATURDAY FEBR JARY 8, 1902. TRIBULATIONS OF THE MAN WHO WIELDS THE STARTER'S FLAG ATE AN T 7 TR |ecrcie— = / RICH STAKES | FOR LEASHMEN Will Start Their Fastest Greyhounds for Belle Brandon Cup and Plate will while t th e will be w more 1t is limited to = , to which will be ac ing Park Association ed from his rece 1 training for the event blue dog; Sacramento t; Luxor, Royal Arch grevhounds will be in Curtis is giving Si val puppy, which t vear in the Futurity, a special preparation for the event. | he Belle Brandon stake Dr. F. P.| k of Stockton will start Phosphorus, youngster, which resembles stake crack r Freedom in color and conformation. be represented also by Fire nd possibly by Maid of Termi- Malcolm _will send a brindle dog by Glancer He will also start Matters fay Morning. J. Healey has five youngsters by asha-Maggie N which have shown i stamina in a private trial Major to the Much ualities will be required owing strength of the hares which harley” Griswold has in training. ter] & Knowles have one puppy from this litter. The Pasha Kennels has a For Free- dom-Metallic youngster which should be | good owing to its breeding. George Starr | has one of the same litter. A. R. Curtis will start but one dog, distemper having attacked the majority | of his saplings. His Fetter Free-Rockette puppies are struggling with the disease | now. Distemper has not made the ravages | among the young greyhounds this year | which it has in the past. It has been | comparatively mild and few deaths have | resulted up to the present time. George Nethercott, who won the stake once with Freda C, will have a sapling by Emin Pasha-Little Wonder, with which he hopes to again finish first. As this meeting is under the auspices of the interstate coursing committee, a charge of 25 cents will be made at the gate. P. M. Curtis tried out a two-year-old | black dog on Monday which is expected to | prove a factor in coursing soon. He is by Fetter Free, out of Twilight, a sister to Skyrocket. Twilight was _eleven years old when she whelped this dog, an un- al age for a_greyhound. Mr. Curtis | He is the finest dog I ever raised.” | This high praise when the long roll of stake winners from the San Jose Kennels | is remembered. The new wonder has been | sick and was allowed to work into form yv. Last Monday he was tried | Rector, leading him handily. | W. C. de B. Lopez has sold his clever greyhound Pepita to George H. Macdoug- | all of Butte, Mont. This gives the latter | a string of six good performers. He says | there is a demand for good two-vear-old | grexyhounds and that five or six could be | sold readily. In the special stake which will be run at Union Coursing Park to-day and to- morrow the winners in the first round ! look to be | Herlehn Gladys, A. J. Martin | Homer Boy, na, Ruby Sani | ralee, Izeland, Flying Fox, War Eagle, | Loyal Led, Kibosh, Vulean, Tralee Boy Rocker, Merrimac, Sacramento Boy and Charta, | the open stake the probable winners | e: Miss Wilson, Belle Rocket, Clarice, Living | Picture, Tapioca, Fine Fire, Lady Sears, Gold Ore, Lost Chord, Santonin, Forest Queen, Rep- Roy Hughle, Wapsee, Fearfui Sempronius, White Hat, Cotton , Firet Foot, Olita, Warpath, Bogus Brum- . Anchor, Silver Cloud, Pepita, Jewess, Friend, Lear King, Lilac, Gramercy, Sir Pitt. - Only fools want to keep what you are anxious to get rid of. That is why the fair sex never keep secretis. | on the main hall, which,is being hand- | row with Joseph Collins in Phil Ryan’s SEASON ON BAY | WILL BE LIVELY | Local Yachtsmen Discuss| Coming Events and An-| ticipate Great Activity | ting of the San Fran- | acht Club and the election of | for the coming twelve months wiil eld in the Merchants' Exchange next evening at 8 o'cle There | | n of any opposition to the regular | | prepared by the nominating | et nesday o+ 2 e STARTER JAKE HOLTMAN IN A CHARACTERISTIC ATTITUDE READY TO RELEASE THE BARRIER', TO- GETHER WITH SNAPSHOTS OF A FIELD OF HORSES IN A VARIETY OF THE TANGLES INTO WHICH AMBITIOUS JOCKEYS CAN PLACE THEM WITHOUT EXERTING THEMSELVES. * sted of ex-Com- | modore Dr . G. Morrow and | J. R. Savory following gr the | nomi for various offices: For commodore—R. Bridgman, owner of the sloop Thetis and at present vice commo- dore; Vice Commodore A. C. Lee, owner of the sloop Surprise and at one time vice commodore of the California Yacht Club; port captain, F. A. Robbins, owner of the 1aunch Rob Roy; secretary, W. M. Edgell, one of the charterers of rawl Ro, financial secretary, A. C Mueller treasurer, E h Dennison. are W. M. for urer, L. ; meas incumbents gell and R. M. of whom have proved most efficient direc- | of office Welch, botn nly hy Ed: 4 | reports of offic which will be the annual meeting of l!)ej‘ ing wiped off a considerable debt and ha ing more members than at any time since its reorganization. Work progressing | scmely fitted and decorated. The dire to; hope during the coming year to pay all current expenses, complete the main hall and give the usual number of’enter- tainments. The South Bay Yacht Club recently held its annual meeting and elected the fol- lcwing officers for the coming year: Com- modore, Dr. H. A. Spencer of the schooner Muriel vice commodore, Sanford F. Smith; secretary, C.' A. Barker: treasurer, Captain A. E. Moody; port captain, Wil- lian Ortley; members of the board of di- rectors—R. Frank Peckham and G. E. Owen. The newly elected directors will use their best efforts to secure the erec- tion of the clubhouse at Alviso, where the JOCKEYS CAN ENTANGLE A FIELD OF HORSES IN A WAY THAT ONLY A WIZARD .CAN UNRAVEL Experts Receive Large Salaries, but They Are Only in Keeping With the Tremendous Strain and Worry Which the Position Places on a Man. ANY spectators at a racetrack labor under the im- pression that the only one and laborious trial of a starter is the time engrossed in drawing his salary. As a matter of fact, the henpecked husband, with his mother-in-law as excess luggage, or the conduc- tor collecting fares in a crowded car on a rainy night, have an time in comparison with the man s on a racetrack. Of course the salary attached to the position is large, dwarfing that of the esthetic bank clerk and probably thirteen times the sum earned monthly by the plodding hodcarrier; but it is none too large, for no place on this terrestrial sphere is so much kicking indulged in as.on a racecourse. female habitue who fools her husband and ‘‘chips in” two bits with her grand-stand neighbor and the dollar *“‘piker” are the worst foes encountered by a flag wielder. Every time they lose a bet the start must of necessity have been a bad one, and these penny wise and pound foolish dullards are ready to scourge the starter. the big coin, when he loses tears up his tickets, saunters back into the ring and tries again. Treat them ever so kindly and the ingratitude of the jockey toward a starter is exhibited. at the post, for nine among ten of these mushroom upstarts will make a start look like a Chinese funeral orocession if he can. Then, too, owners contribute to the happiness of a starter such orders as: “Don’t let that guy leave you to-day.” “Beat the bloody barrier and I'll stand the fine."” “Bust away in front if you have to stay there all day.” “‘He can’t start a fire in a cook stove, so grab the outside position over there.” “Don’t let that assistant soak this horse; if he does run over him.” Dick Dwyer and Jake Holtman, two of the best men with the starting gate in the country, are doing business at Oak- land. If you think they have no troubles of their own, ask them about it. who dispatches the by The insistent The man who bets yachis are moored. The intention is to | @ di-isiuiviviciiuiuieivifuiufeiviroi-irioieliiieieivleiietefofoleloligefefololobefofofeleloiemiefofoliofofelefo ool bl oo @ build a well equipped two-story cottage. The prospects for a good yachting sea- | L VAPSHOOTERS PREPARE son in the neighborhood of San Francisco are excellent. The three local clubs are in a good condition as regards the number of their members and the expected strug- gle for the possession of the perpetual challenge cup is awakening much interest. | Though the matter of fitting out a yacht to defend the trophy at the expense of the club: created a warm discussion at the an- nual meeting of the Corinthians, there is littie doubt that all the money necessary to equip the defender in the best possible marper will be forthcoming. The mem- bers of the Corinthian Yacht Club, even if their directors should be unwilling to meet a heavy expense, would never con- sent to let the cup go by default. Once the decision is made to defend the trophy, the defense will be made vigorously and with little consideration of its cost. It is strange that the most strenuous opposi- tion to the policy of equipping a defender at the expense of the club should have been made by the owners of a yacht upon whose boat several hundred dollars were expended to fit her for a similar purpose. The club has a large list of members, a gocd income and a numerous fleet. It has won about four-fifths of all trophies open to general competition among the yachts of the bay. —_——————— Handball Matches. James Fitzgerald, the handball cham- pion, will play a handicap match to-mor- W W B cit court. Fitzgerald will use only his right hand. The other matches will be between the following player: v D. J. Sheehan and N. Berger vs. J. R. Bock- man and E. Lynch; J. McNamara and T. Finn vs. T. Sweeney and P. Farrell; E. Barry and D. Regan ve. M. Kirby and C. Murray; H. H. Lissner and W. Kavanaugh vs, W. Wglsh and ., Brady; E. White and W. Mitchell vs. A. Whiteman and J. Glynn; G. Green and W. Johnson ve. F. Smith and Mose Levy; M. Dii. ion and E. Maloney vs. G. Hutchinson and William XKelly; J. C. Nealon and J. Harlow vs. M._J. Kilgallon and R. Linehan; J. Riordan and W. Maguire vs. J. White and E. Curley, m o American Handicap at March. Clarence Haight may accompany him. There were more than 200 entries last year and a greater number are expected this season. FOR COMING SEASON Club Officials Are Considering a Proposition to Consolidate Various Organizations. With the close of the shooting season the shotgun experts are already planning for the pastime afforded by the traps, in hich live birds and bluerocks are used. There is a generally expressed desire to consolidate the various clubs promoting this sport, thus reducing the number ot competitions and the expense to the men ho ‘take part. To bring about this re- sult committees have been appointed and are expected to succeed in their efforts. The Lincoln Gun Club will be represented at the conference by Edgar Forster, J. runs and Phil Bekeart; the San Fran- sco Club by Clarence Haight, Joe Sweeney and George Jackson, and the Olympics by a committee yet to be named. There will not be shoots every Sunday, as heretofore, and the season will be short- ened, July 'instead of September, as heretofore. the "intention being to close it in If the consolidation is effected the first big shoot of the year will be held on ‘Washington’s birthday. There will be a practice shoot at blue- rocks on the Lincoln Club grounds, Ala- meda Point, to-morrow at 10 o’clock. In practice at Haywards recently Clar- ence Nauman broke 112 bluerocks with- out a miss, The officlal record. for the coast stands at this figure, having been made in a tournament by Schultz. Nau- an will represent California in the Great Kansas City in It is possible Otto Feudner and —_———— Railroad Men on the Diamond. The railroad men of this city have or- ganized a baseball team. The club will be ‘Wish for gluck instead of luck, then go to work and success is yours. known as the Railroad Traffic baseball team. The officers are: President, L. M. Fletcher, Missouri Pacific; first vice pres- ident, F. W. T. Winkle; secretary, H. W. dams, general agent freight department, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific; treas- urer, C. W. Colby, general agent, Erie Dispatch; manager and scorer, W. R. Al- berger, chief clerk, traffic department of Santa Fe; captain, E. M. Pomroy, gen- eral agent, Pensyivania system ; press committee—George Fraser, law depart- ment, Southern Pacific; W. R. Alberger and C. W. Colby; club umpire, Harry Wheeler. The club'is composed of twenty ball players, who are all railroad em- ploves, and a strong team is to be picked from that number. Last year the railroad men plaved a number of games and made DATES ARE NAMED FOR CYCLING FIXTURES Twenty-Five-Mile Handicap to Be Decided in March and Relay Race in May. The road racing committee of the Cali- fornia Associated Cyclers has fixed the dates for three of its annual events. The twenty-five mile handicap will be decided on March 16, the Eldredge cup race on March 30 and the great relay race on May 18. The race for the Eldredge cup is a new 2 splendid record. Negotiations have al- | one. It will be governed by conditions ready been entered into to play both Stan- | taken }mrtly from the relay race and {grd ll;nlverslty and the University of Cal- | partly from the Baker & Hamilton cup ornia. race.” Captain F. Bollo of the racing com- mittee outlines it as follows: The race will start between Elmhurst and San Leandro at 11 a. m., March 30, and will finish at the regular triangle finish; one rider from ‘each club in each of ten groups; thege groups to start at intervals of five minutes. Trallers _are allowed, but they must wear sashes big enough to distinguish the club colors at a distance of at least ome hundred feet, No pacing allowed. The time each man of each club makes will be added and the club with the fastest aggregate time wins, —_—— Ex-Postmaster Pierson Extradited. Rollo C. Plerson, the defaulting Post- master of Loulsville, Ill., was brought be- fore United States Court Commissioner Heacock yesterday morning. He waived examination and was then taken befove United States District Judge dé Haven, who ordered him extradited to Illinois for trial. The Illinois indictment charges Pierson with having embezzled $1186 while acting as Postmaster last October, —_—— Last of the Mongoose. Dr. Hallwood’s pet mongoose was put to death yesterday in the Appraiser’s building in accordance with the ruling of the Secretary of the Treasury that mon- gooses may not be imported into the United States. A dose of cold poison did the work. _ ——— 4 Olympic Club Bowlers. The revival in bowling has reached the Olympic Club. Its excellent alleys are be- ing placed in condition and wiil soon be ready for its athletic young men. A bowl- ing committee, consisting _of Willlam Mackie, F. C. Montealegre, J. W. Mullen, T. C. Spillane and Edwin Goeiler, has :’f,f," appointed to take charge of the pas- €. ——— Will Walk to Burlingame. f the weather be clear to-morrow the Olympic Club men, headed by President ‘William Greer Harrison, will walk to Bur. lingame, where they will be entertained at luncheon. They will also see polo as it is played by the clever horsemen of the Burlingame Country Club. - The party is limited to 100 members. —_—— Dog Show in April. The sixth annual dog show of the San Franclsco Kennel Club will be held in Me- chanics’ Pavilion from April 23 to 26, clusive. I, A. Klein, a well-known au- thority on dogs, has been elected honor- ary manager and secretary of the show. —_——— What a jolly world this would be if the poets could only eat their poems! —_— ARE MANY AND VARIED il ol SRR CITY GOLFERS AT ADAMS POINT Second Half of Home-and-| Home Match Takes Place To-Day on Oakland Links The second eighteen holes of the first home-and-home match between teams representing the San Francisco and Oak- land Golf Clubs will be played this after- noon on the links at Adams Point. Both clubs will probably have the same repre- sentatives as on last Saturday, though esome slight changes may be made in the order in which they are arranged in the team. The San Francisco team in the first half of the match, which was played last Saturday on the Presidio links, se- cured the substantial lead of 18 up, so the Oakland team will have to win 19 up this afternoon, if the first of the series of home-and-home matches is to prove a vic- tory for the Alameda County golfers. Three series of adnual home-and-home tournaments have been played and in every instance the teamg have won, by large or small mrgins, on their own courses. A knowledge of the local con- ditions counts for more in golf than, in any. other game, since no two courses in the world are quite alike. Golfers natur- ally acquire some knowledge of the pecu- liarities of courses not far distant from their own, and men frequently are mem- bers of neighboring clubs. Some of the San Francisco golfers belong to the Oak- land Golt Club, and some of the Oakland- ers are members of the Presidio organi- zation. ‘T'hen, previous to matches, mem- bers of the teams make a point of get- ting some practice on the links of tneir adversarles. But, though all this tends to reduce the disadvantage of playing on a course with which the golfer is not thoroughly familiar, the home team al- ways has an advantage. 1t is, therefore, not uniikely that the Oakland team will win_in this afternoon’s play, but it is hardly probable that they will wipe off the score already standing in favor of San | Francisco. The score of J. A. Folger against H. C. Golcher last Saturday was somewhat un- expected, as Golcher has been playing a strong game for some time past and nad the further advantage of piaying on his home links. But on the other hand War- ren Gregory’'s defeat of G. D. Greenwood 8 up was by a larger margin than would | reasonably have been anucipated. One satisfactory thing about the contest was the sportsmanlike manner in which the losing team acceptéd defeat, without abuse of the weather, the course, their op- Ponents or their luck. Last Saturday the title of woman golf champion of Southern California, which has been held for two years past by Mrs, Jean W. Bowers of Garvanza, was won by Miss Ada N. Smith of the San Diego Country Club, who defeated Mrs. J. 1). Foster of the Los Angeles Country Club in the final round. There were nine en- tries for.the event, and of these four qual- ified. In the opening and semi-final round Miss Ada N. Smith beat Miss Brownell 2 up, and Mrs. J. D. Foster defeated Mrs, F. H. Seymour 4 up 3 to play. Mrs. Jean W. Bowers of Garvanza tled with Mrs. Foster in the qualifying round, but was compelled by iilness to give up further part in the contest. The match was played on the links of the Los Angeles Country Club. Had Mrs., Bowers, who has been woman champion of Southeqen California for the past two or three years, been able to continue play, it is probable she would have retained her title, as she has long been regarded as the strongest player of her sex in“that part of the State. Yesterday the interclub team match of the Southern Cdlifornia Golf Association began on the links of the Pasadena Coun. try Club, and will be concluded to- day. Each team consists of four players and plays an eighteen-hole match with every other team. The matches are de- cided by points, 1 or 2 upcounting 1 point, 3 or 4 up counting 2 boints, and 5 or more up counting 3 points. The team winning the greatest number of points captures the medals and the team cham- plonship. A second interclub team match will be played on the Pachappa Golf Club links at Riverside on March 21 and 22, The men’s amateur golf championship of Southern California will be played fop on the links of the Los Angeles Country Club, the qualifying round over thirty-six holes, medal play, taking place on Thurs. day, February 20, half in the morning and the remainder in the afternoon. The open- ing and semi-final match play round:pwilll | TENNIS COURTS ARE POPULAR Those in Golden Gate Park Attract Large Attendance of Players of All Ages The park tennis players held -the first tournament of the year on the p courts last Sunday. It proved the m successful ever held there. The entry was unusually large, ic the second class. Play was finisk to the final round in each of classes. Charles Dunlap, the p Harry Routh are I In their two previous t Dunlap won each time Routh has been improv his chances of defeat good. In the second: e Judah are left to s and the right to mee ner for final honors. Bey the smallest player in th dles his racket with skill. first appearance on the park little is known of his ability The winner of the first class w the second class winner odds This handicap is too sm: the second class men stands of ultimate victory with so sc cap. The tournament will be morrow. After being up for over seems the Davis cups may be posed of. The best way o 2 would be to let Smith and Smith Collier and Crowell, the two teams t have won them three times, play t! two matches out of three possession of the cups. of the club are anxious to see ¢ disposed of the plan of letting teams play for them seems a good on In the match of last Sunday the w of Chet Smith was a surprise. Althov the other three players are in a < above him he played fully as strong a game. Crowell also played a good game, and with better support from his partner might have won. The next tournament on the club cour will be on Washington’s birthdav. T! will mark the opening of the spring sea son. It will be an open class singles which seems the most popular form of Blay. It is possible Taylor, Tobin and riscoll will take part. They would be put in the first class. The presence of these experts would add greatly to the terest and give an opportunity of judging how they compare with the cracks of the resent day. Many are of the opinion that riscoll would carry off the honors of the first class, but the chances of the other two are not considered so good. The Coquelcot Tennis Club of Oakland has reorganized and will hold its fir tournament on the 22d of this month. will be an invitation class singles. Tennis players of the University of Cal- ifornia are in practice for the mtercol- leglate tennis matches in April. Stanford has not yet settled down to practice. @ sirinleimiieieleini il il @ take place on Friday, February 2. The final round, which wiil be over thirty-six holes. will be played on Saturday, Febru. ary 22 . On Monday next the members of tha Ladies’ Annex of the San Franciseo Gol? Club will take part in a match play tou nament over eighteen holes, betwee teams chosen by two captain.. It is nounced that in all competitions, wheth: qualifying rounds or not, partners or cc getltors will be drawn by lot before play egins in the contest. An earnest request Is made that as many ladies as possibia will enter for and play in the various tournaments. Entries must be received at the clubhouse before 6 o'clock on the Sat- urday evening preceding the contest. —_—— Discuss Water Rates. A conference of city officials was held yesterday in the office of the Board Public Works for the purpose of d s Ing the question of the water rates, which are to be fixed by the Supervisors at the end of this month. Mayor Schmitz, pervisors Curtls, Wynn and Connor of Water Committee,” Commissioners > son and Casey ' &nd City E Grunsky attended the conference. E neer Grunsky submitted a statement the appraisement of the realty owned by the Spring Valley Water Company. Thers was an informal discussi he matter, but o action was taken, " o © the two