The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 15, 1902, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO .CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1902. SEASON OPENS TO-DAY AT IN RACING | YACHTS FEEL STORM’S FURY AT SAUSALITO Owners See the Effects of the Wind on Their Boats. South Bay Club Will Have a Fine New House. HE heavy storm of last Sunday served as a warning to yacht own- ers 1o lay up their boats in a spot to southerly blows the boats which hbe strength of the storm were the launches Edwinna and Rob Roy, .the schoovers Josephine and Rover, the yawls Witch, Wave and Phyllis and the sloops Surprise, Haleyon, Cornflower, Violet, Cygnus and the Cy. £ L. Hill's sloop Cygnus has been scid. The purchaser has taken her to Seattle, where she will be copper-painted and overhauled. Next year she will sall ss exposed Sau: Am ito. to Nome. W. Hopkins' steam yacht El Pri-| mero has been taken to Antioch, where will be laid up until next season The yachtsmen in utherly waters Sar Francisco Bay will have a’ club- The plans for new quar- uth Bay Yacht Club are of house next ye: ters .- for the ready, the site has been secured under a Jease and the building fund has , been started. The clubhouse will -be erected on the Alviso c el at the point where the Guadalupe Creek runs in, and on the | side of the channel opposite to Alviso. I: will be a substantial bullding of' two storles, with broad verandas on both fioors and a tower. Sheds will be built for storing sails. There will be kenne for dcgs and possibly a swimming tank for members. A mooring ground for the yachts will be dredged out at the mouth of Guadalupe Creck. Several new boats bave been added to the flest during the past season gnd the club is in a flourish- ing_condition The proposed L tors of the C of some of the dire: a Yacht Club Build- ing Associa last Sunday to inspect the site of the new anchorage and clubhouse #nd to take soundings was abandoned on account of the sto made on some early recent meeting of the regatta ttee of the Pacific.Interclub Yacht on Commodore A. E. Chapman's Helen, which took part in footers’ race on Admission s disqualified on the ground that she went' to the starting line with eight men on board, being one more than her rac- ing length entitled her to. The protest made against the Vallejo yacht by Carl Westerfeld and R. H. Morrow of the sloop Aeclus, on the ground that she vio- lzted the rules of the road on several occasions, was laid on the table, together with the correspondence relating thereto. This will be the end of the controversy, n. The trip will be Sunday. the merits of which would have been dif- | ficult to decide and which been likely to lead to ————— LOWELL IS VICTORIOUS IN A FOOTBALL GAME Defeats Mission High School Eleven by a Score of 10 to O at Presidio Grounds. Lowell High School football eleven de- feated the Mission High School team In a game at the Presidio Athletic Grounds yesterday, which was finally called on ac- count of darkne The score was 10 to 0. Quarterback Ik of Lowell made the would hav bitter feelings. star play of the day, a 3-yard run to a touchdown The teams lined up as follows: Lowell Position. Mission Melrermort ceeenil, B R... Lacoste Craig. . L. T R.. . Rock Earthels LG R Prmberton Parker.. * .Strofford Stewart, L. Trenton Grabham. L. Seigle L Iverstein Quarter ........Woadward Jones L HBR... Dixon Hastiogs -RH B L. .. Lamont Monigomery . . . . Fullback ..Kicppenbe:g | Referee—W Middleton. Umpire Mead Hamilton &nd Holmes et 15.—The furniture fac- Brotbers, at destroyed by Timer—Rrooks. Linesmen—Read MONTREAL, tory of Kilgour |BALL GATES ; INTERRUPTED f CONTINUALLY |Darkness - Ends Contest ‘ at an Interesting | Period. All-American Nine Wili | Not Have Stars of i Last Season. games stopped either by darkness | l or by rain. and Carkness then comes and manages | 10 stop others. The fans do not seem to take kindly to this sort of thing. The attendance at the games Is steadily de- creasing. HE main feature of the basebail season at present is the number of the games at 3 o'clock, though it invari- ably Lecomes dark before the game is out. Only a couple of weeks of the seu- son remain, but even at that it would be a good plan to start the games at 2:30 |in crder that the faithful fans may re- ceive their money's worth. Now that all interest in the pennant race is down and out, the followers of the game are looking forward with in- terest to the coming of the Natlonal.and All American league star: The quality of ball the big leaguers passed out here Jast year will act as a passport to the | public’s favor. This season of the win- | ter session than the last and that is deal. aying a great and cause no end of comment is the one in which the stars’ of the American League will face the Oaklands, nia’s champions of 1902. come off on the third Sunda in Decem- struggle. Oakland is a fast team and with Julic i Streib back in the game, Schmidt in the cught to go some. This team can make {any of them play ball. 1f all its members are working right the All Americans wii {be given a run for their money. The American team will hardly be as [ strong as it was when seen here last win- The mighty Rube Waddell is,not with them, nor is Bradley, the great third baseman in the busine Lajoie, king ot ball players, is also absent and | the fleet footed Jimmy Barrett, the most | popular man on last year's team, Is also | Tert behind. | ter. | The National League team, however, iwill be much stronger than it was last { ¥nter. Among its members are Chesbro, | the premier pitcher of the Pittsburg teum: | Keeler, the Brookiyn star, and Dexter, ! the swift Boston infielder. Last season a lot of minor league men were pressed into service, but still they played some fast ball. Judge McCreedie has passed Household- | er in the race for first honors among the sluggers and will probably be crowned {King of batsmen for 182 McCreedie ]l('flc! the southern man by seven points, his average being .32 and Householder's | | 8. | Jtis a singular fact but nevertheless { true that Householder always slumps in | his batting as soon as he leaves Los An- jgeles. He always hits like a fiend while {4t home, but when.he plays here or in ‘sacran'nenxo his average ulways - dwin- {dles. The scorer in the southern city is doubtless kind to Eddie and gives him hits when he does not make them. The All American team will be kept Lusy in trying to cohnect with Schmidt's curves when they face the smiling curve dispenser. Schmidt pitched against them { When they played the Nationals last year and he beat them time and again. This | year, with a-stronger nine to back- him up, he should prove still ‘more. effective. { — e = Royal Lancer Wins the Gold Cup. LONDON, Nov, 14.—Royal Lancer won | the gold cup to-day at the Derby Novem- ber meeting. King's Courier was second @nd Ypsilanti third. Nineteen lorses started. W. C. Whitney's Ballantrag, the | favorite, was unplaced. —————— A Swell Card Party €hould have the new score cards, the lat- cst art backs in pluying cafds. New de- signs at the Leather Goods Department. Sanborn, Vall & Co., 741 Market street. * Rain stops a number | The management still continues to call | should be more of a success ! The game that will pack the grounds | box and Uncle Peter Lohman in the cage, | i | | | alifor- | This event will | ber and will undoubtedly be a memorabls | | my VOCTKEY> WILLIE GOVNG TO. TRE S RAavy L fas e P TWO WELL KNOWN JOCKEYS AND A HIGHLY TRIED SPRINTER WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO CUT A PROM- INENT FIGURE IN THE WINTER RACE MEETING OF.THE NEW CALIFORNTA JOCKEY CLUB, WHICH OPENS TO-DAY AT INGLESIDE RACECOURSE. . s HIGH-CLASS HORSES AND RIDERS TO SPORT SILK DURING SEASON Good Track Seems Assured for the Starters in the Opening Handicap This Afternoon. FTER a respite of more than six months, the regular rac- ing season will be inaugurat- ed at Ingleside track this af- ternoon, and the time worn cry of ‘“‘they’re off” will again become famillar. Almost within stone's throw of the tireless breakers of the Pa- cific, and one of the most beautiful courses on this cortinent, it is"expected by President Thomas H. Williams and the management of the New California Jockey Club that with propitious weather fully 10,000 people will -be present to at- test the popularity of the -amendatory ordinznce that made racing once more possible there. or dags the “'standing room only” sign has been flashed on owners In quest of stall nd many were compelled to réom, take up quarters at Tanforan and Oak- | land rracks. While it is scarcely possibie that Scepters will be developed, the cal- iber of the horses is far above the aver- =ge, assuring the public of a superb sea- S0 of sport. NOTED JOCKEYS WILL RIDE. Neither will there be any dearth of jock- ey talent, for such noted riders as Tom- Burns, Johnny Bullman, Monk Ceo- burn, Arthur Redfern, Shaw, the protege of Pittsburg Phil, the plunger; - Jay Ransch, the California favorite Patsy McCue, lee Jackson and “‘Skeets’ Martin will sport silk during the season. For officials E. C. Hopper of Latonid, unquestionably one of the most able and conscientious racing men of the West, will preside in the stand. As assoclate he will be assirted by C. H. Pettingfll, a turfman of wide experience, and one of .the stewards of the Jockey Club of New York. Juke Hoitman andé Richard Dwyer will do the MANY OARSMEN CONTINUE THEIR BOATING PRACTICE University of California Men Will Hold Their Interclass Races Next Saturday. { Oarsmen of the South End Rowing Club were kept Indoors by last Sunday’s storm | and devoted thelr cnergles to putting | matters to rights indoors. The waves created by the southerly gale did some damage to the float and apron, but this | has been repaired. Several members : played handball during the day. At the regulur “meeting of the club held- on Thursday evening two new members were initiated. A handsome large portrait of the late ! aptain Willlam Thomas, - presented by | his widow, has been recelved;by the club | and placed in a prominent position on: the | walls of the clubhouse. - A fresh commii- | tee has been appointed to'look out for.a new location for a boathouse, as the olrlI committee seemed .to have grown: leth- argle. There are already several hundred dollars in the, building fund, and a “se: ries of entertainments will -be arranged to increase the money available. to-cover the cost of “rémoval from -the foot: of Third street. To-morrow, if the weather is favorable, a crew of South End oars- men will go over to. Tiburan 1o, bring back the club's racing barge. which hassbeen 1¥ing in the Olympic Club boathousc since the regatta: beld: in Belvedere ‘Cove ‘on starting, ‘as they did last season, the for- | mer lcading off with'the barrier this af- | terncon. WELL KNOWN BOOKIES HERE. A score or more of bookmakers are al- ready on the ground, with Barney Schrei- her of St. Louis, Frank, Bckert and sev- cral “others .due on last night's overland from the East. Tt is.expected. the follow- ing firms will lay odds in.the ring to-day: George Rose, Harlan & :Co.,. Johnny | Humphrey, “Doc’. Ralney, "Fred Pesch, Barney Schretber, , ,“Virginia’ Carroll, Jim Davis, Max, Francks; Daroux & Co.. Bill Jackman, Maley & Co., Johnny Cole- man, Wall & Co., Paul Ridley, Martin & Co.,. Caesar. Young, Hoffman & Co. and Amncld & Co. : With . the /passing .away of the ram clouds, experts. prophesy the track will Le ‘gocd /if not fast, figuring that a mile in 142 will be possible. However, their views may Dbs a triffe “optimistic. The fields present an even appearance, with some, of. the pick of the Western thor- oughlrecs named to- answer post call. (n the last 1ace on the programme, the JTy- ing lrene Lindsey and. the Texas wondcr, oy Mu 1 clash, and the pair b the.track. The opening handicup at.a mile with, $1500 added looks a most edible morsel to start in with. and will surely be (he feature of the day. From the outiook ten and possibly a doz- en- will accept the, issue. The probable starters are us follows: Ovpening handicap—$1500, added: Sombrerv, .Donnily Homestead, 114 Autoiight,” 114. Adams The .Fretter, . 11 McCue Corrigan, 113.. -Ransch Plush of Gol Coburn Lodestar, 10: Helly Eonic, 10s. ackson Frank ‘Woods, Lewis Tlowaho, .106. . Varrp, 106.. Jim Hale, 10 Sunday, October '19. \ R..B. Cornell and J. Philips, Olympic Club members, well, known for their skill in .wrestling, have joined ‘the South End Rowing Cub. They will. make the nucleus of ‘a’junior: barge créw, which wiil be taken in hand by Captain Ed ‘Scully. On Saturday, the 224 pist.. the annual intercluss: boat Taces will be held by the University of California Bodting Associa- tion off Sessions, basin, Hast.Oakland. The crews have Been training for twu months and it is cxpected there will be some interesting - contests. = It-is said ar- rangemenis have been made for an ac- commodation train to ‘rui -alongside the course on Oakland Creek to afford spec- tators a plain view of the whole ruce. This Is a common practice in the Llastern States, but -has never’heen adopted here. e — - Gardner Is the Favorite. The Letting on ‘the Irwin-Gardner con- test, which will be bréught off at the Re- lian¢e Club next: Tuesday.night, is 10 to 6, with the Lowell lad favorite... Gardner's Téputation gs-a hard -hitter has preceded him, and although the Télegraph Hill con- tingent -will" wagér all” they have on Ir- win. it' {s° doubtful ‘whether ‘the betting will ‘g0 t6 even money. Euddie Smith has been selected “to reféree 'the bout. His selection is ‘satisfactory to all parties and will- also -be” a guarantee ‘that' the ring- goers will receive a good decisfon. Smith is young.,” but during the short time he has “beens officidting - in ‘the ring he has made an-€nvialle: reputation” for fairness. Formero, Evea G. 95 To-Day’s Entries. First race—Seven furlon, Stuyve . 114 Loyal S 111 3674 Diomed 109 Nugget .. 109 3806 Meenanus . 111 nd race—Futurity course: Polonius . . Perpetual Mo 38 Peter J tion ... 106 Gravina Mr. Dingie. . 11z k3 Organdie . Action 100 Sio8 Laviota ; Third race—Seven furlongs: Glissando ....110 3692 Estado . Learoyd .....10L, 3bis Copatable. . . Bulie vs Bohe- . Temper . 104 i 16 | 5189 St Sever ....101 2943 Susacn 10. | 3467 Aannte Nolanl06 Gowo Arabo . 1z 101 101 —One mil L1083 Fourth ra 50 Eonic openinig handlcap. 52) Autolight ($000) \arro .......106 (3447) Homestead 3750 The Fretter ..114| 3374 Sombrero ....122 Buz0 HNowuDo .. ... 106](3824) Frank Wouds. 107 1 Jim ilale. Elushof Gold.110 Corrigan 500 Loestar ..:..1us 3012 Evea G.. 676 Forinero '.....105 Fifth race—One and one-sixteenth miles: 3520 Illowaho . 3730 Louwelsea.... 93 Star Cutton . Dark Secret..101 9 Nellie Fore: 3670 Gawaine (3708) Artilla ... 3668 Rio Shannun.110 .... Ultroda ... 9S 3446 Bangor . 107 Sixth race—Six furlongs 69 Bard Burn irene Lindsa) 3560 Beau Ormonde10) 09 Kenilworth . Mongy Muss. Selections for To-Day. First race—Stnyve,” Horton, Meehanus. Second race—Gravina, Guaviota, Polopius. Third race—St. Sever, Belle. of - Lohemia, Temper. Fourth race (Morris ' Stable)—The Fretter, Eonic. Fifth race—lllowaho, Ultruda. Artilla. Sixth race—Money Muss. Irene Lindsay, Kenilworth VAMPIRE FOOTBALLERS HOLD ANNUAL MEETING Clubs Are Being: Formed to Play the English Game of Association by, Football. The Vampire Association Football Club held its annual meeting in Hoover's Hall, Market street. on Wednesday night. The following officers were elected: Captain, George S. McCallum; secretary, Percy D. Mildred, 617 Eighteenth street; Oakland, or 30 California street, San Francisco: members of the executive board—George 8. McCallum. Percy Mildred,, .. Péterson and V. S. Showell. The Vampires will play a match to-morrow afternoon on the ground at Twelfth and Madison streets, Oakland, against the American-British Rifles. This will be the second match of the present season. . S The names of any who may desire to play association football are desired by the Pacific Coast Association - ‘ootbail League. Some clubs are béeing formed, and several positions on the teams are vacant. Cammunications should be ad- dressed to Edgar Pomeroy, Oakland. —————— Fast Time on Cable Messages. VANCOUVER, B. C., Nov. 14.—Advices from the cable station at Bamfield Creek state that a speed of a hundred letters a minute has been attained on thé Pacitie cable, . ¢ i & T FOosT DUCKS FALL IN NUIBERS TO GUNNERS Ideal Conditions of the Weather Result in Fine Sport. All Localities Alike Yield Big Returns of Birds. DEAL‘ weather conditions prevailed l last Sunday for duck shooting and almost “every man who owns a| double-barreled - gun was out. The | shore line, from Alviso on the south to | Sactamento on the nerth, was a veritable | picket line of gunmen. Ali had bunches of ducks on their re- | turn to this ecity, whether they shot on | the club preserves or in the open. An un- usvally large number of men had their full quota of fifty ducks. For once the same conditions prevailed throughout all the territory over which the men shot. Limit bags were secured in all directions. The storm set the birds in motion and all that was required was a steady hand and a quick eye to bring them down. The ducks secured were chiefly mallard, sprig and spooneys. Some ‘“cans” were killed, but the majority of these remain out on the bay during the day and feed | at night. 'The big flight of these birds has not set Infrom the north,“as it is still a trifie early for them. > The Colusa: County marshes are full of ducks at the present time. The possibilites for this week are hard {o.forecast. The rain may have scattered the ducks, although it-is said the shoot- ing on the. Suisun and Sonoma marshes was improved some weeks since by rain. Otto Feudner made his first trip of the season to ‘the Stewart Pond, near Den- verten, and killed the limit. The members of the Spooney Gun Club | were through with their shoot before the rain set in. The seven members each se- cured the limit. The joint bag of 350 ducks attracted a-lot of attention on the | boat. The members present included Dr. | | E. N. Short, George Morse, L. R. Lar zalere, Phil Bekeart, Rod Guyatt, W. Whitehead ‘and A. E. Brommer. | rank Booth and all the members of the | Alameda Gun Club secured the limit on | their Sonoma preserves. They shot all | threugh the raln, which reached their | preserve at an early hour. Julius Bruns shot over the Canvasback Club preserve and killed the limit. The sport of the Empire Club men was | spolled owing’ to a high wind. This was no ordinary blow, being -one of the hard- est ever experienced by even the “‘oldest inhabitant.” Geotge G. Gere. C. A. Bennett, J. B. Hauer | and C. W. Hunt. - The ducks have located | the baited portion of the preserve and the | club members anticipate good sport. 1 Messrs. Golcher, McMurchy and Be- keart shot over the Spooitey Ciub: pre- serve on Wedn#sday and had some good sport. | Both quail and ducks are reported plen- tiful in the viclnity of Point Reyes. Among the sportsmen out last Sunday were J. J. Bliss, C.. Schroeder, E. J. Rothschild, S. 1 ‘he officers of the Pacific Coast Field Trials Club are gratified at the outlook for the annual meet.. Twenty-eight of the original thirty-eight nominations paid seecnd money on- the Ist inst. The dogs still in are Kilgarif..Lou. Woodbine, Pet Jr.. Mountain Quail, Harry H, Jay M, Shasta. Countess Mark. Detroit Joe, Clip- Kid, Nita, per's Da Peg Judge Huunter, Midget, Seal, Margarette, Gillle, Nellie Bang. Bang Up, Fleetwell and Jingoanna. The trials, commencing the second Mon- day in January. will be held at Bakers- fieid.. Grounds. bave been- selected near that city and. extend for a- distance of over five miles. Birds are plentiful and cover is ‘good. The grounds have been posted and arc being_pitrolled, thus in- suring a supply of birds when the trials dre held. For the purpose mentioned the grounds are unequaled. Everything indi- cates the most successful trials ever held by the club, which has been in existence for a longer period than any similar ciub in the United Statés, excepting ouly the Eastern Field Trial Club." Interest in fleld trials is increasing and the best dogs of California; Nevada, Washington, Oregon aud some from British Columbia will com- RETURNING TO SCALE | course, 7-4. A’ number of- members will | try their fortunes on the marsh to-mor- | row. The party will include F. Blair Tur- | pin, F. L. Haupt, F. A. Martin, J. Pel- ti L. Aubert, J. 8. Brownell, Dr. Rodolph, F. Vernon, W.. E. Stevens, T. ! A."Wells and Frank Dol- | Rhoda Wind'em, Clip- | d. Clipper's Black Marie, Count's | Count’s Rlackie, - Norine, Piumas, | GLESIDE TRACK . COAST HOUNDS PERFORM WELL AT ST. LOUIS Eastern Critics Give Them Full Meed of Praise. Speak Highly of Black Coon’s Style and Speed. HE victory of Roman Athlete, a greyhound from the kennel of J. H. Rosseter of this city, in the classic American Waterloo, has given un- bounded satisfaction to the coursing men of the coast. The meeting was a repre- seutative onme, all the leading kennely thrcughout America being represented. Here are some comments on the sport by an Eastern authority, which will interest Californians: Black Coon beat Rural Artist after being led by him. He was en by Roman Ath- lete in a fluky course in tWe second round. The hares ran unevenly. - Some were strong and some wers weak, hence some dogs hid hard and others easy courses in a degree seidom seen on a coursing fleld. ‘The field was good going and safe. A filled-in spot right in the fleld center, where the dugs usually reached the hare on the run-up, spoiled the chances of many good dogs and changed the early- aspect of several courses. The shortest course was between Roman Athlete and Black Coon, 63§ seconds. The best dogs won with amszing regularity. Sac- ramento Boy, the California champion, ran two fine courses. He is a small white and fawn dog, not more than fifty-five pounds in weight. He runs In short, busy strides, Is not very fast, though he led two inferior ones yesterda; ls very clever and a rare good killer. He is much the same kind of a dog as the local winner of last year, Monsoon, only a better countenanced and more honest dog. He beat the crack puppy, Our Minnie, handily in the first round, but was lucky to beat King Pasha, by no means a crack, ia the second. After leading up he worked In slovenly fashion and King Pasha almost stole the course from him. The most brilllant grey- hound shown seemed to be Black Coom, al- though Rural Artist led him and Roman Ath- lete beat him. When he began working with Rural Artist he smothered that good dog and displayed much more speed When handling the hare. He acted like a dashing greyhound. His defeat by Roman Athlete was a fluke. Aeolus beat Best Brand—Aeolus led by two lengths on a short slip and outworked Brar’d on a dodging hare. Score, 10-4. Time, 30 seconds, Sacramento Boy beat Our Minnie—Boy led by five lengths and always outworked the puppy at every stage of it. Boy went very fast and snappy; 12-3. Time, 37 seconds. Black Coon beat Rural Artist—Artist led by a length. The Coon them got in and proved tae cleverer all through. He was going well. 12-5. Time, 1: Tiburon beat Aeolus—Tiburon led by a scant length and worked inside Aeolus In a shor: Time, :22%. Sacramento Bay beat King Cashier—Boy led by two lengths, but went wide on his turn and lost the location of the hare. King evened up the score when the Boy made a kill that was not at all meritorious. It was a close shave for the California champion. 5-3. Time, Roman Athlete beat Black Coon—Athlete was lucky. They both got there at the same time, getting the hare In the bad part of the fleld. Athlete snatched her away from the other. 2-0. Third round—Roman ~ Athlete beat Red- wood Lad. Athlete led from slips by two lengths_and. as Lad fell in thes miry hole in center fleld, went up ten lengths to the goo. Lad did nice work when he nicked in, but At lete was also very clever and won, $-4. Time, :30. Fourth round—Northern Express beat Sacra- merto Boy. Boy favored, led by an open length and the hare came around to him. H was going well at this time and was ou ing and outworking the puppy. He scor points before he placed the ¥ in possession, Express worked wrenched rapidly. Boy plainly energy and did not try hard. game and true. 10-8. Deciding course—Roman Athlete beat Tibut ron. Athlete dashed into a weak hare th lengths in front of Tiburon. An unsatisfactory trial. 3-1. Time, :08%. Money winning dogs: Roman Athl Tiburon, $325; Northern Express, $1 Coon, $100; Sacramento Boy. The sport at Union Park this week will | be provided by three stakes. Two rounds of a puppy stake and one of the open | stake will be run to-day. Coursing will commence upon the arrival of the 1 o'clock train. For to-morrow a special stake, with the remaining rounds of the other two stakes, will be run. The likely winners look to be: Special stake—Roy Hughie, Santonin, Honest John, Fenif, Roval Archer, Liberator, Little Sister. Charta. Master Rocket, Royal Frien Full Moon, Harlean Gladys. Puppy_stake—Young Johnny Rex. Onward, aud, Kanagawa, Real Pasha, Kerry Pippin ing Albert, Frisky Barbara, Fernbrook, May Flush Open stake—Harvey M. Glaucus, Half Moon, Eastlake, Rienzi, Pepper Hill, Little Lucy Wedgewood, Flower of Gold, Mary A Prompto, Miss Brummel, Black Bart, Ma Mason, Naney Till, Sir Lawrence, Dothy, ¥ Fire, Killarney, Mose. Eleven of the cighteen puppies. In the stake are making their initial bow. Tha stake looks to be between Kerry Pippin. Young Johnny Rex and May Flush Kerry Pippin looks best, although May Flush, a daughter of Royal Flush, is in a good position at the bottom of the card. | She gets the first bye. Ragged Actor, a son of Fortuna Favente-Little Beauty, is said to be one of the handsomest dogs ever seen on a field. Bids for the-annual plains' meeting of the Interstate Coursing Club will be | opered ~at _the draw next Wednesday evening. Bids: have been received from | Merced, Modesto, Fresno and Santa Rosa The meet will probably be held during the first week in December. —_—— Coursing Officials Return. Judge John Grace and Slipper James Grace returned yesterday from St., Louis, where they went especially to offielate at the American Waterloo coursing meetirg. | James Sweeney and Victor Noble also re- | turned. Seoretary Malcolm.remained over | in"St. Louls, where he Is being entertain- | ed by some of the prominent men iden- | tiified with coursing. | Judge Grace will be in the saddle this afternoon at Union Park. @ ittt e @ pete at Bakersfield. The all-aged stake wiil close on December 15 and a large en- try is assured let up Express worked his Sacramento Boy killed. Time,