The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1904, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO ‘CALL. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1904 11 SPORTS OF THE RACECOURSE, THE PRIZE RING AND THE COURSING FIELD YACHTSMEN TALK OF CLUBHOUSE [MPROVEMENTS Sausalito Tars Pleased With Standing of Organization, as Shown at Annual Meeting MORE ROOM REQUIRED e e Locker Space Is Inadequate; and Boathouse May Be puilt; Adjoining Present Building PR T The annual meeting of the San Fran- ¢isco Yacht Club proved a long but an The minutes of the interesting one last annual meeting, containing many amendments to the by-laws, were 80 voluminous that Secretary Hillyer Deu- prey became exhausted by reading them and called on ex-Secretary W. M. Edgel! to finish the job. The regular order of business having nded the meeting proceeded election of officers to serve coming twelve months. The committee had prepared gular nominees for the sevén the club, and there was also & members’ ticket, four of the nom- which were the same as those ort the regular ticket. Three tellers were appointed and each member de- d ballot when his name was called from the roll. The total wvote cast s 147. H. H. Jenness received 145 votes for vice commodore, F. Raisch 146 for port captain, F. A. Robbins 147 for treasurer and.A. G. A. Mueller 146 for financial secretary. W. G. Morrow was elected commodore by 89 votes to 5% cast for Vice Commodore A. C. Lee: W. W. Wilde received 88 votes for re- cording secretary, and J. E. Gray, the r nominee, obtained 56; for treas- W. Farrar, the nominee on r , was successful. were performing retiring officers read mmodore R. S. Bridge- at the fleet of neisted of 39 craft, of which 6 yawls, 7 schooners and wches. Though the roll of everal names by death inees or C rt showed s expulsion for non-pay- club took in enough new members to offset these losses, and ¥ members on its roll The sdore suggested that an ad- a nal float moored at the north end f the house would be a useful ad- in<t Secretary Hillyer Deuprey’s report s t a taining the laws, the racing es abl allowances and other perm r tter should be issued, | r t a supplement containing the st members and the roll of the should be issued annually. The} f th treasurer showed that gr of the club during the pa about $3750, and hand rt Captain W. G. nmented on the use of the mbers, and ~ugtze=lul able distribution of the | of the clubhouse was h n ed; that the lockers now wned by members should be bought the club and allotted according to | needs of the members. As things now are members who do not T > have lockers that are rge enough to use as dressing-room other members have lockers he size of 2 meat safe. he question of ways owned by the , gave rise to much discussion. Ex- W. N. McCarthy stated s opinion, the maintenance for the use of members is on of a yacht club, and that ways can always be found on which boats may be hauled out. Such will exist at Sausalito, North Beach and elsewhere as long as there are yachts that want hauling out and | repairing. The club needs a boathouse jjacent to ite vresent building much more than and a lot on which erect a boathouse may be obtained ym the town of Sausalito on condi- tion that a public landing stage be maintained Ex-Commodore Gutte having spoken in support of ex-Com- W. N. McCarthy, the members present decided that the club should not spend money in buying land which to set up ways tinue to lease the present as possible. It was decided to set than 5 per cent of the club to reduce the mortgage club property. The new board of directors of the Corinthian Yacht Club held its first meeting on Thursday night. An own- meeting will soon be called to dis- cuss the schedule of events for the coming season. —_————————— Baseball Commission Adjourns. CHICAGO, Feh. 12.—The National jaseball Commission, which has been in session adjourned to-day without reaching any agreement in the controversy be- tween the Brookiyn club and the New York American League club over Sun- day games at Ridgewood, Long Isl- and, this season. The commiittee ad- journed to meet at the call of Chair- man Harriman. —_————— Quail Multiply Rapidly. SAN DIEGO, Feb. 12—The advan- tage of the present ga: laws in the protection of quail has been remark- ably demonstratéd this season. In a dozen vears there has been no such number of quail as are to be found in this county, even at the close of the season. They are so numerous that reanchmey have lost through their dep- redatioys ————— Zociety People Present Drama. SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 12.—Society at- tended the opera-house to-night to witness the production of the drama, “The Gypsy Camp,” by the younger members of the smart set. The play was weil presented and those who took part in it received well merited ap- olause. ways modore s as long aside not less on the ers’ but should con- | income of the | here for the last two days | LEWIS IS FIRST ON FOUR HORSES AT ASCOT PARK Three of the Clever Jockey's Mounts \ With the * Betting Public ——e |JOHN CARROLL I FAST| —_— The Corrigan Two - Year - Old Starts at a Good Long Price and Wins in Record LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12.—Three fa- vorites, all ridden by J. Lewis, two! i heavily played second choices and one longshot, which was the medium of a | plunge by those on the inside, tells the | features of the day's racing at Ascot Park. The public won a goodly sum of money from the layers of odds. Ed Corrigan's two-year-old, John Carroll, at 30 and 25 to 1, won the second race at four furlongs in :48%. Capitanazo was second and the 1 to 4 favorite, Alr- ship, third. Carroll was played all over the ring and some of the books were hit hard. Carroll lowered the track record for the distance a quarter of a second. Lustig won the first number on the card at one mile. the betting at 16 to 6. and Fiea third. The hurdle event went to the old horse Poorlands, which was an even money favorite. Olinthus was second and Goldone third. Martin Brady fell. The feature of the day’s card was the fourth race at one and a sixtenth miles. Chub was favorite and was heavily played at evens. M. F. Tarpey, Fortunatus third. Lewis had his fourth winning in the Iras was second at Ascot Park. Elie was second and the redhot favorite Rian third. owners of Hallie Beach and Laocoon bid up Rian. He was taken by J. Cof- tey. last race and led into the stretch by two | lengths. Here Montana ~ Peeress and Cloche d'Or came fast and beat out the tired favorite. cot, has been offered the position of presiding judge at the Union Jockey Club’s new track at St. Louis. He has the matter under consideration. he big race of the Ascot season, Ascot handicap, at one and a quar- | { the ter miles, with $2500 .xd'ied money, will| | be run to-morrow. Weather, fine; track good, "MMARY E and Gray purse — John : Capitanazo, , 113 (Red. Brown mile even, o 1, second; third; Time, do also ran. Martin and a quarter hus d » sixteenth, handicap ewis), ‘even, won, 0. & to 1. sscond: war- 0, 3 to 1. th Time, { n also started = Laocoon, 99 Taxman 1:46% New Orleans Race Results. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 12 —Crescent City A turiongs, selling—Lobby Phiiada third. Time, furlongs, eelling. Inspector Shea (hlnl 4 race, half mile, selling—Logistela_won, Hunter second, er Joy third. Time, urth race. ome mile. selling—Alcomer { Dr. Carrick second, Marco third. Time, 1:45 Fifth race, selling, six furlongs—Overband won, Jim_ Ferrin second, Trossachs third Time, 1:17. Sixth race, one mile and seventy vards, sell- ne—Frank Rice won, Reckenor second, Bum- mer 11 third. Time, 1:40 —————— CLAY DIS TAKE PLACE OF DUCKS AND QUAIL Open Season fer Game Birds Ends | and Trap Shooting Comes in to Burn Powder. | The preserves wiil be out in force to-morrow, the last Sunday in which ducks may be killed this after Monday until next October. The storm has scattered the ducks a great area and poor over is expected. fittingly with proper festivitiees in- doors rather than in the blinds. The members Gun Club enjoyed a good shoot at Collinsville last Sunday. Those on the marsh were Thomas Walsh, Bert Wyman, President Nickels and W. W. Richards. The joint bag,was ninety ducks. The “cans” which abound on these famous ponds every vear have been on the absent list recently. The trap shooters are commencing where their brothers of the gun leave off. They will open this season at the Ingleside traps on the 21st and 224 inst. The tournament will be under the direction of the Golden Gate Gun Club. The club has organized for the season with the following of- ficers: President, W. 8. Wattles; vice president, W. J. Golcher; secretary, Edgar Forster; Edward Donohoe, Clarence Nauman and William Murdoch. The club decided to do away with an initiation fee, making the dues $1 per month for the season, which ex- tends over seven months. There will be three distinct classes. By this sys- tem the average shooter will not meet the crack at any time. The prizes in each class will be the same. There will be four club events in addition to the Hibbard trophy race. The programme for the opening shoot is the same for each day, seven events being carded. _-————— The putty of pride may hide the crack but it cannot heal it, Are First Choices| Time | He was favorite in| He won easily from | fifth race, plloting Laocoon to victory. ! This is the riding record of the season | The | Taxman was made favorite in UleX Edward Cole, associate judge at As-!| won; | on e, 99 (Anderson) 1; Rian, 162 (Redfern), 7 to 10, | th i:41%. Hallle Beach and Fox | mile and s y yards, selling members of clubs owning duck | season. | | Neither ducks nor quail may be Kkilled | shooting | The majority of the men | who go out do so to close the season | of the Montezuma | board of governors, | MUD LARKS CAPTURE FOUR PURSES IN THE MUDDY GOING AT INGLESIDE The Pride Defeat- ed a Short Nose 1 by Flyer. Nothing but mudlarks had a chance | in the going at Ingleside yesterday and | speculators brought down four of the | six birds cut loose for them. The two | favorites that disappointed were Red | Bird and The Pride. While the card was only a fair one, there was an ex- tremely good crowd in attendance. | An unlooked for quantity, Sir Pres- | ton, gave Sir Tom Tiddler, favorite for | the opening event, a hard rub. »ir Preston, with Hildebrand on his back. ymade a bold bid for it in the stretch and it took hard riding, on-the part of Jnhnny Daly to land the favorite first by half a length. Quiz II, it was fig- \urpa, was the horse to beat, but the McCafferty entry was led out for the show by Bard Burns. Next time Red Bird starts she will run for the Chickerd Pickers’ Mutual Aid Society. Elmer Slaughter engaged | Hildebrand to pilot his filly in the six- furlong ‘sprint for maiden three-year- olds, and she was immediately made an even money chance. HULFORD BEATS RED BIRD. For five-eighths of a mile the filly ran like Dick Welles.. Then Huiford, the second choice, waded by her, scor- ing without effort. Jack Little ran to his notch, finishing in the show. Sol Lichtenstein was touted far and wide as one of the best things that | ever came over the pike, and he beat Decoy just a nose. for the seven-fur- long number following. Bell piloted | Sol, which ruled 9 to 5 favorite, and he rode one of the best races of his career. Decoy, always considered a faint-heart- ed horse, ran with exceptional game- nefs, and it was only by careful nurs- ing that Bell got the first choice over the line in front. After being cut off in the back stretch, Mr. Farnhum ran third. Possart made his first start at the meeting and was played, but cut but little figure in the actual running. ¥FL "ER. FINALLY LANDS. In the Futurity course run next de- cided, Tom Ryan's Dundee gelding Flyer finally left the hard luck class. | The Pride came in for consistent sup- port at odds of 8 to 5, while 31 could be had about Flyer. J. T.Sheehan rode the latter and in a dong drive was awarded a nose decision over the fa- | vorite. Suburban Queen, the pacemak- er for two-thirds of the route, ran a close third There were only four starters for the | two-year-old spin at half a mile, and lack of riders deprived the event of | much interest. Hildebrand had the leg up on Meada, the 11 to 20 favorite. and in a fierce drive disposed of Eduardo by a head. G. Bullman, a brother of John — Bullman, piloted Saceharate, beating Willa for show honors™* On past mud performances Dungan- | non looked a certainty for the final mile seliing run and with W. Knapp in the saddle the filly won hands down. She was an 8 to 5 favorite, and led Mr. Dingle out with pounds to spare. Al- bemarle ran a poor race. | NOTES OF THE TRACK. | Hildebrand rode but one winner. Twice he finished on place horses, was once third and on two occasions was unplaced. In future the entry of F. W. Brode will be refused. Trainer Dean has been reinstated. “Plunger” Joe Yeager, his crew and Jockey Hildebrand will depart for Los | Angeles to-night. After a short so- journ there they will journey on to Memphis. Joe leaves about $65,000 to the bad, it is said, but a more gentle- . | manly turfman never booked on the | local tracks. - He purchased the con- | tract on Jockey Hildebrand from Vic Gilbert for $5000, and no doubt secured a bargain. His operations were always above board, he oftentimes wagering a fortune on some other horse when Hildebrand would land the winner. It is to be hoped he will pay San Fran- cisco a visit next season, when fortune may treat him more kindly. The feature event of the card this afternoon will be the Palace Hotel handicap at one and an eighth miles. It is a valuable stake, the added money amounting to $2000. The line-up will be about the same as in the Burns handicap. ENTRIES FOR TO-DAY. Futurity, course; 3-year-olds and 1e First race selling: < Brennus (Judge) .... 35 *The Jew (W ilgon) Quiz H (McCafferty) . | *Candidate (Rowell) dard (MeAlester) lldr (Haskell) ,\dnnr (Jones) *Ruvia (Garden Polonius (Stewart & * 1rie (Blasingame) ¢ Flyer (Ryan) 6004 Distributor (Neil) . Second race—Three maiden 2-year-olds: purse: colts and geldings: Bob Ragon (Summers) 108 gecliff (Burns .& Waterhouse) Geo. P. McNear (Stover). Only Jimmie (Washoe Stable) My Order (Rvan) . Third race—Three-quarters of a mile; year-olds and up; selling: 5911 *Celeprant (Hamilton Stable) 6026 Sir Tom Tiddler (Daly). *Letola (Jennings) 5873 *1 Know (Burneil) 6014 Fair Lady Anna (McCa 6006 *Haicault (Thom: and a half furlongs; 3- Fourth race — Palace Hotel handic and an eighth, three-year-old 5069 Modicum (Fountain) 6005 Kenflworth (Stover) *6017 O'Hugen (Bender & Co.) 099 5725 Lord Melbourne (Bender & Co.).. 100 3969 Fosuil (Parker & Thwaites 118 5909 Claude (Daly) ... 123 5875 Jockey ¢lub_(Fisher) 1106 | 5060 Eonic (Young) . oo 5069 Horatius (McAlester) 5507 Divina (El Primero Stable). 6017 The Don (Rowell) 5969 Proper (Jennings) 5960 Arcade (Jennings) Som Nigretie (Jennings) 08 5921 Arabo (Jennings) - } 5069 Faulconbridge (Hous 07 Fitth race—Mile and a quarter, four-vear- olds Infl up, selling. €031 Mr. Dingle (Tierney) . 6019 Chickadee (McCafferty) . 5046 Colonel Smith (Wilson) 5056 Expedient (Smith) 5994 *Byronerdale Sixth race—Mile and Afty yards, four-year- LY ), o ik, Bl 8, <o 0 5971 *Bi o (M. : €019 Aldm::tflfltkflfldfll) . €019 Dis vy 5809 Golden Light (McCafferty) (Crane) . + Apprentice allowance! There are lots of white sheep every flock. 3 o SAN FRANCISCO CALL’'S RACING FORM CHART. INGLESIDE umex—FRIDAY‘ Feb. 12.—Weather rainy. Track sloppy. drive of four. by men stationed at each pale. Daly on which did not do Sir Preston any good. All Quiz could not get up. Amasa guit. 6027. SECOND RACE—Six furlongs; selling; 6026. FIRST RACE—Five and a half furlongs; selling; 4-year-olds and up; fo first, $325. Index| Horse and Owner. [WtSt. %. 3%. %. Str. Fin. | Jockey. | Co. CI. (3953 Sir T, Tiddler, 5 (M, J mm.uu 2 2% 10 10 134 I Daly 65 6.5 6014 | Sir Preston, 4 (Scharetg). 1 3 3‘ 38 2% 2 2 Hlldebund 7 9 16 4 41 41%42 3 1 [See ... 3 16-5 3 52 53 56 42 [Bonner . 4 215 A 5 1h 2n 3h 58 |J T Shemnf 12 18 5670 |Jonn Boss, ‘a (A-b.Chutch (108 6 . 6" &" 6 & [Sherwood .| 100 Time—:24%. 0L 1:00%. At post % minute_ Off at 2:00%. Tiddler, place, 1- 2; show. out. Preston, place 5-2; show, 7-10. Burns. show, 9-20. Winner, b. h. by Contralto, Tralned by M. J. Daly. Seratched—Maud Muller. Start good. Fog obscured a view of the race on back stretch, but positions were taken winner bore out a trifle through the stretch, is fair in warfare. Bard Burms closed wel majden 3-year-olds; Horse and Owner. valu well ridden. Jack Little ran 6028. THIRD RACE—Seven furlong selling lnflu‘ !wx |St. %. %4. %. Str. Fin. | €002 |Hulford (H.. Stover). 2 2 11 5995 (Red Bird (Slaughter) {102} 1 13 0002 |Jack Little (W. P. Pine 109/ 3 Th 6002 |Hogarth (P. J. Carmody [ 41 5834 (War Times (J. N. Mounc s 81 5800 (Inspector Munro (T. Fox). 3n 5995 |Orso (1. D. Fitzgeraid). 5 53 5008 |Floriana Belle (Miller & s 62 5918 |Dundreary (B, W.) 2 geix 0 Time—:24%, 0% 1: 181, At post % minute. Off at 2:20%, " Hulford, place, 4- v, 2.5 Bird, place, 1-2; show, 1-4. Little, show, %3, \inner, ch. c. by Crichton- Nellie Bell. Trained by H. Stover. Start perfect. Won easily. 'Second stopping to a walk. Third driving. Red Bird is fast, but five furlongs is his limit, Halford was Others no account. ; 4-yéar-olds and up; value to first, $325. Mr. played. displayed unusual sameness. might have won. Posdsart w: 6020, FOURTH RACE—Futurity course; selll; Bell on winner rode an excellent race, carefully nursing his mount from the start y Farnum was sharply cut off on back stretch or he Carilee ng account. Tndex| Horse and Owner. TWeiSt. %. %. Str. Fin. | Jockey. | Op. Cl. | — 4 . 5112 801 Lichtenstein. i3 (Romigh), 1007 30 1% 40 1n1me (Ben 85 95 5081 | Decoy. a (G. Mil {111 2n 23 23 35 |Kunz 6 8 B0 e Farnoeh, 4. (MECafteriy) m-u 2 54 31%34 85 36 |Bonner 2 13.5 4046 Possart, 6 (1. E. Case)..... B 2h tn 42482 4% [Sce .......| 10 10 8016 [The ‘Counsellor, ¥ (Cottony...[105| 6 6 1%1 " % 3° §n (T Shehn| 20 oo (5978) Dandie Belle, 8 (Winter) 103 4 7 62%684 6n 62 |W, I'\Y\RDP‘ 10 20 8014 [Carilee, 6 (Appleby & Co.)..| 983 42 55 65 53 7 |Hildebrand | 6 112 Time—:24%, :50. 1:18 1:311; At post % minute, Oft at 2:55% Sol. place, 9-10; sho 25 Decoy. place, 3; show. 6-5. Farnum, ghow. 2.5 Winner, bli. g. by St. Geors Ada. Trained by J. Stewart Start good. Won in a hard drive of two. Third easil $325. ng: 4-year-olds and up; value to first, | Op. ClL lnde_xj Horse and Owner. 5954 hatd drive. The Pride was stood a_long, Flyer, 4 (T. H. Ryan). 7 a1 7 6004 [The Pride, & (A. Neal) 5 21 85 €003 |Sub. Queen, 4 (Winter Co.)... 100 1 33 6 4666 |Young Morello, & (Scharetg). (14| 2 13 | 40 3 |Modder, 6 (Buckholtz & Co.)[109| 4 5 B | 4 5078 |Amoruna, & (P. McGuire)....| 95| 3 6 le 100 5358 (Badly Used, 5 (W. C. Viveil).|101 7 f 2 Time—:24%. 3N AL post 5 minuted. 3:26. Fiver. .place. 1; show, 2-5. Pride. Queen, show. 1. Winner. b g by Dundee.Running Maggie. . Ryan. Scratched—Dr. Sherman. Skip Me, Titus, Teufel, Lunga. Start fair, Won In a very hard drive of three. Flyer came from behind and well handled. Queen ran an excellent race. Third driving. Meada is game and ment bore in the last part, s handied to perfection bumping winner. Young Morelio will improve, Modder quit. 6030. FIFTH RACE—Four furlongs; selling: 2-year-olds; value to first. $325 xndtx\ Horse and ownor [We] Bt M e Fin. | Jockey. | Op. C1 (5967) Meada_(Bianchi o Con. :}lildchrnnd | - (5091) | Eduardo (B. & W.) 1 iy R R LB I T e 2. 52 5979 |Saccharate (Napa Stock F.) k flul|man 15 40 5079 {Willa (A. T. Dobson). Daly. L [Mizpah (Summers & Co.) J. T Shetn 30 100 'nm-J 2514 51 At post % mi " Off at 3:46%. Meada, place and sho Eduardo, place, 2-5: show, out. Saccharate, ehow, Witner, bk, f Afamada. Trained 0. A. Start fair. n a very hard di Saccharate, under poor handiing, Anished well up. Willa quit early. i 6031. SIXTH RACE—One mile; selling; 3-year-olds and up; value to first, § Tndex| WSt i %, % s <1 3807 |Dungannon, 5 (Knebelkamp).| 88/ 2 4 8 44 1 3| Knapp . 5 85 door ‘u‘r’.“ygnn;;f 4 (. Tierney). lost 1 8 51 4 Bonner ....| 3 9.2 5081 (Anvil, 4 (Murray & Co.).....| 98/ 4 2 1%1 X 2 |Hildebrand | 4 & £004 |Instriment. 3 (McAlstery...(90(3 1n 3n 3 10 (Connell ....{ 50 20 5885 |Mattie Clark, 4 (Dayton) 5626 6 5 1 |Kunz 50 5954 |Albemarle, 4 (3. Quinian) 6 3%2%5 |Travers 4 26, 53, 1:18% ahow, out. Dingie, place. 6-5: show, Sarvén Distress. Trained by J. Ownbey. Winner best. Mr. e away poorly. ‘An - O £-5. TRADE OUTLOOK 1S FAVORSBLE ik et i Outbreak in Orient and Collapse of Cotton Boom Have but slight Effect on the Market —f——— NEW YORK, Feb, 12—R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade to-mor- row will say: ‘War, fire and cotton were the adverse factors in the week, yet the country stood the shock remarkably well and there are numeérous encouraging symp- toms. To a large degree the outbreak of hostilities in the Orient and the col- lapse of the cotton boom had been dis- counted and the digistrous loss of the conflagration was offset very largely by the stimulus it will give to many industries, notably structural steel. Tn | restoring Baltimore there will be great activity in the building trades, while large stocks of goods must be replaced and orders filled by jobbers and manu- facturers elsewhere. Buyers are’ arriving in this city in large numbers from all sections. of the country and there is a good demand for leading staple lines with notable urgency for prompt shipment of cotton gZoods. The Jabor situation throughout the country is almost devoid of fric- tion. More or less traffic congestion results from the weather and this fact accounts for the small loss of 1.7 per cent in railway earnings during Janu- ary. Actual business is still restricted in the iron and steel industry, but there is more confidence in the future and the extensive starting of plants by the leading producers suggests that foreign markets will be entered more aggres- sively than ever before. v Hides are less firm, although large: sales have occurred at the concessions. Failures this week in the United States are 228, against 246 last week, 302 the preceding week and 330 the cor. responding week last year. * Failures in Canada numbered twen- ty-five against twenty-nine last week, | twenty-eight the preceding week and twenty last year. e R SRR S T, A . Accepts Call to Berkeley Church, SAN MATEO, Feb. 12.—Rev. Ed- ward L, Parsons, rector of the Church of St. Matthew in this city, has an- nounced his acceptance of the call to St. Mark’s Church, Berkeley. His res- ignation of his charge here.has been presented and he will remove tc’ | Berkeley about March 1. A farewell| reception will be tendered Rev. Dr.. | Parsons and his family next Tuesday ievenin‘ at the rectory. P PROBABLE WINNERS. Pirst — Distril wum butgr, Bremnus, Edgecliff, Geo. Second race—My Order, P. McNear. ™' ghird race—Letola, T Tnow, Hatnault. 1:4614. . At post 14 minute Dungannon, place. 3-3; Winner, b. f. by Dun. Next two driving. what happened ve? W " Albemarle, vil quit. RULES AGAINST THE TRUST LAW District Court of Iowa Finds That the Law Passed by That Staic Is Unconstitutional R RN WATERLOO, Ia., Feb. 12.—In a de- \cision sustaining a demurrer in the case of the State of Iowa against the Illinois Central, Chicago, Rock Island and Pa- cific and Great Western railways, in- dicted under a charge of conspiracy in fixing the amount of demurrage charges, Judge Franklin C. Platt in the Dstrict Court has declared the Iowa trust law unconstitutional and finds for the defendant railways. Last August the three railways lead- ing into Waterloo forced a demurrase charge of $2 for every twenty-four hours a freight car was delayed In excess of forty-eight hours. It was be- lieved the railways were thereby amen- able to a section of the code which pro- vides that any persons:or corparations entering into an agreement to fix the price of any article of merchandise or commodity shall be guilty of conspir- acy. Another section provides as a penalty a fine of not less than one nor more than 20 per cent of the capital stock of the offending company or person. This section of the law Judge Platt de- clares is in contravention to the four- teenth amendment to the constitution of the United States and consequently unconstitutional. Under this section the minimum fine which could be im- posed on the three railways would be $2,280,000, of which the County Attorney would receive $450,000. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pa- cific, being an Ilinois corporation, would also forfeit its franchise in Iowa if convicted under this charge and the fine imposed might reach the enormous figure of $19,995,000. In the opinion Judge Platt says: A law which res a man who_is pos- of §1,000.000 tg pay a fine of $100.000, | while far thé Same offense a man $1000 1 ject * to a pehaity of but 100, ! $louna ‘be destructive o the foundation 5o whigh_constitutional law must rest, yet,such is the effect.of this section. Further, the Judge holds the indict- ment for the charge of detaining a car con s a flaw, since the detention of the car is not a commodity, although it might be under the same rule which de- clares insurance a commodity. —_———————— . To Be Dishonorably Discharged. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—By order of the War Department Recruit Curtis | H. Warder of the general service, now |1in confinement at the Presidio of San Francisco, will be discharged without honor from the army by reason of de- sertion by the commanding officer at that post. e e Californians Receive Appointments. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Parry E. Gannaway has been commissioned postmaster at Wilmington, Cal. Dr. George W. Hawkins of San Francisco has been appointed physician of the Indian School in Oregon. OLMPANS STAND FOR PURITY 1N ATHLETIC SPORT — Deelare That Any Member Box- BELLE BRANDON STAKE ATTRACTS LIBERAL ENTRY At Least Thirty-Two l-‘nshion-‘ ably Bred Greyhounds Will| ing for Outlaw Club Will Make Their First Appearance| Be Made a Professional e —_—— CLASS 18 IMPROVING | FIGHTERS DO NOT APPEAR Standard Is Raised Noticeably Sinee Sport Is Promoted but One Day in Each Week e The Belle Brandon stake for greyhounds whelped last year, which will be run on Washington's birthday, will be an event out of the|} ordinary this season. It is expected | at least thirty-two pupples will start, | where in other years from sixteen to twenty-four were considered a repre- sentative entry. It will be unique in this that not one of the fashionably bred youngsters has been seen in publie, so there will be nv line on their form. Dr. F. P. Clark of Stockton will be represented by some Imp. Fine Fire-Maid of Erin youngsters which are pronounced of great prom- | ise. Dan Riordan Will start the first of | Irgland’s progeny, some puppies out of | Mollie R. Dr. J. J. Gaynor of Eureka will be | represented by some Imp. Dudley Dia- | mond-Schillings Best puppies and also some by Imp. Hawker-Pearl Pasha. James Sweeney expects to show some | crackajacks. He will start some by Roeker-Gallant Foe, Rocker-Imp. Fiery Face and Imp. Fortuna Favente-Rol- licking Airs. J. J. Lavin of St. Teddie Wolfe Gains Easy Vie- tory Over George Braun at Lincoln Club in Four Rounds RN challenge cup| The directors of the Olympic Ath- | letic Club met last night and took a decided stand against the new Califor- nia Amateur Athletic Association, which aspires to control the “amateur™ fighting game here and in Oakland. The Olympic Club will stand by the Pacific Athletic Association in its struggle for purity in athletics and will not recognize the new organiza- tion. The directors decided unanimously last night to professionalize any ath- lete of the club who appears in a box- ing contest held under the auspices of the California Amateur Athletic Asso- ciatjon. This decision is final and it will have its effect on the boxers of the club. George Braun, who fought in the main event of the Lincoln Club’s show last night, will. without doubt, be de- clared a professional. He is the only man from the Olympic Club who ap- peared and his amateur standing is as good as ruined. The principal boxers carded to con- test at the Lincoin Club exhibition last night heeded the warning of the Pacific Athletic Association officials and did Louis has sent out | the pick of his kennels by Imp. Fetter | not appear. Free-Floradora. They are likely look- | Instead of Carroll and Martin, the ing and as the Fetter Free's have been Lincoln Club substituted Braun and showing speed these may be | v.onders. | proved an easy winner. In every round Ed Gilbert has some puppies by St.| he had a decided lead over Braun and Croix-Imp. Dora B. The sire is by the | the latter seesmed unable to land a good early Teddy Woife for the main event. Wolfe famous Connemara. He was injured | punch. when young and was never coursed. | Wolfe opened e Tourih - sad last Dr. Wa!sh pins his hopes for the cup | round of the bout with a rush. He on a puppy by Pasha Pleasant-Belle Rocket. S. R. Mount’s entries- are Gold Hill-Gold Lace. James Carroil has some puppies by Imp. Bright Gold- Columbia. P. F. Callan will start some | by Gambit-Molsey. Thomas Hall, the veteran Merced coursing man, will send chased his opponent around the ring and hal mm g«ang. He crossed Braun six tim-s and finally landed a vicious uppe-cut on the jaw. Braun dropped to the fivor and his seconds then threw up the sponge. George Larkin lost to Joe Podesta in up six of the progeny of Johnny Rex. four rounds. Podesta did most of the The lifornia Plate, for the older leading, but Larkin fought bitterly dogs, will be run in confunction with | throughoul and many were of the opin- the Belle Brandon. At least sixty-four | jon that he should have been declared entries will be received, the largest in | the victor. Al Elkins suffered thd first the history of the stake. There will! defeat of h.s career, losing a tame four- also be a consolation event. The total | rounl contest to Jack O'Brien. prize $1900. money for the meeting will be| Jack Duyle knocked Webber in three rounds. out Charley Jessie Corn- Paul Heard, secretary of the Abilene | well got the decision over Denny (Kans.) Coursing Club, and one of the | Byrnes and Dick Cullen outpointed Abe best known leashmen in the Middle | Label in a four-round battle. Three other boyers besides Carroll and Martin failed to put in an appearance and substicutes had to be secured. —_——— Long Knocks Out Herrera. ANACONDA, Mont., Feb. 12.—Au- West, was killed recently. A greyhound | tripped a horse he was riding and he was thrown heavily, his skull being | tractured. Since coursing has been limited to one day in the week the attendance | at both parks has increased and the | relio Herrera, the Mexican, was quality of the greyhounds has ap- | gpocked out in the third round in a parently improved, the poorer dogs be- | contest to-night with Louie Long. The ing excluded. This is particularly no- | fight was to have gone twenty rounds. ticeable this week, when the class iS| The betting was all in favor of Her- especially good. The Union Park stake | rera. Long showed himself the Mexi- is a representative one, including the | can's superior at both long range and fastest greyhounds from the Middle | infighting. In the third Long landed a West and from the south These are | terrific right to the jaw and Herrera pitted against Pocatelll, Fair Tarlee | went down. When they came together and other fiyers. again Long went at Herrera like a The first course to-morrow will be | tiger, twice putting him to the mat, run upon the arrival of the 10:15 a. m. | the second time putting him completely train. The likely winners. in the first | out. round look to be: e Miss sGrgen. Queen's Motto. Barge, Rocker Will Talk for Stanford Cup. P e imeretor Weareaiog Aona Ryne. | STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Feb. 18 Flaw. Dunnybrook, Black Boy, Richard | On Saturday night., February 20, the Anton, Barefoot Boy, Advertiser, Pepper Jack, | Bill Dugan, The Referee, Cubanola, Pocatelli. Silver Cloud, Niobe, Cloverdale, Colored Lady. Tilltle R, Mi Amigo, Fair Tralee, Haredene, Tom King. Tralec Boy, Haphazard. The card at Ingleside Park is made | up of a champion stake and an open event. The first brace of dogs will be slipped at 10 o'clock. The first round of the open stake will be run first. The likely winners look to be: Champion stake — Mount Rose, Doc Burns, Lord Brazen, Reckless Acrobat. Cloudburst, Pasha_Picasant. Tralee Lass. Hagged Actor, Full Moon. Ceitic. Youns Klamath, Charter Member. Open stake — Pure Pearl, Rose of Gold, Comique, Harlean Gladys. Van Nora, Alba, loue Hill. Mollie Mack. Rich Prometheus. Loretta, Una, C Golden Ruie. Bob R. Lady Menlo, Frisco Lad, Fancy Freé, False Alarm. debating teams of the Alameda High School and the Commercial Evening School of San Francisco will meet on the rostrum at Stanford and contest for the possession of the Stanford cup, which is at present In possession of the Alameda High School. The cup was donated by the Associated Students of Stanford and will become the permanent property of the school first winning the cup three times. Viking, e G Tennis Across the Bay. A handicap singles and doubles ten- nis tournament, open to residents of Alameda County and to University of California students, will be decided at the courts of the East Oakland Tennis Club on the 20th, 21st and 22d. Prizes will be awarded the winners, runners-up and consolation winners in both events. Entries close on the 18th and should be sent to R. B. Heath, secretary, 59 East Eleventh street, Oakland. Drawings will be held on the 19th. Play will com- mence in singles at 1:30 p. m. on Sat- urday, the 20th. It is expected that the largest entry to any tennis tourna- ment across the bay for some years will be drawn for these events. The co-operation of the Alameda, Belle- vue, Piedmont and other clubs has been assured and an increased enthusi- asm is again apparent among the su- burban patrons of this popular spert. Alameda County clubs are consider- ing advising with San Francisco or- ganizations for an open date for the county championships, open to all players. It is proposed that all the clubs in the county unite to offer three-year challenge cups and make it an annual event of sufficiént im- portance to attract the best players throughout the State. J ——— e —— Female Tramp Is Sent to Jail. VENTURA, Feb. 12.—Lily Staire, a female tramp of Kansas City, was ar- rested at Piru by Constable Trotter. She was riding the brakebeam and had been traveling in that manner for the past six months. She appears to be about 24 years old. She was sentenced to thirty days' imprisonment. It is probable that she will put in her time doing garden work in the Courthouse grounds. ¢ B