The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 23, 1904, Page 10

SPORTS OF THE RACETRACK, PRIZERING AND ATHLETIC FIELD BETTORS FAVOR FOUNG CORBETT The Man From Denver Con- tinnes to Rule a Strong Favorite Over J. Britt BOTH MEN WORK HARD Trainers of the Californian Are Confident He Weigh In Quite Handily -Corbett fight s afternoon. In dropped to 10 to €% ty of going lower to- Betting or ruled 10 to the evening with the poss There is a t to be wagered at 10 to 7. T yester day in the mark There is also an be bet abundance at 10 to 6. Tt is ex ing will be lively to- which most wd for seats has exceeded From present appear- ances the boxers will fight before a | $45.000 house. Men who have handled | the sale of seats for ny big fights demand for tickets is the history of fight is city. t was a busy man yes- aged to drive away the tened to overpower him It was one of the terday and man biues tk by ple most eventful days the champ has spent sin he began to train for his engageme with Jimmy Britt, and rfter finishing up his work, he looked good enough to fight anybody. CORBETT WORKS HARD. He was not in the best of spirits on account of the weather and every time he looked out of the window of the gymnasium and saw the rain coming made him savage—so savage he would take an extra hard ach at Billy Otts just for revenge. Corbett did twelve miles on the road the morning and then lounged around till 2 o'clock, when he par- hearty dinner and then en- long rest. It was late e repaired to the gymnasium, 11 the crowd was willing to wait got readv for the afternoon down ok of but he stunt He in jolting the r treated the exercise machine to a extra pulls and spent much time it about till the perspiration fairly his face. The swinging the light punching bag came share of rough work, after pe pou = Lor Ihe which Billy Otts was trotted out into the ring with his catcher’s pad on. ‘orbett roughed it with his sparring partner for four long rounds. He just n and walloped the chest pro- 1 be got tired. When Otts mp he was alwavs met iff jolts and the mixing at times. th ame fie BRITL ON THE ROAD. the cute little St. Bernard was recovered yesterday, and r return was the signal for much joy n the camp. Corbett was worried over he loss of the fuzzy pup, and a big ght was taken off his mind when his wder brought him back to camp ves- morning. Otts has been matched to fight “McCarthy, the ~hampion weiter- of Utah, before the Shamrock Club of Salt Lake on May 3. men will weigh in at 142 pounds 3 o'clock and fight for 65 per cent of the gate receipts. Road running and light gymnasium work was the programme at Britt's camp in Alameda yesterday. Spider Kelly, the trainer of the next fighter to go sgainst the redoubtable cham- pion from Denver, is satisfied with the condition of his man, and asserts he will make the required weight by Fri- day evening without any trouble. It is Intended that Jimmy shall carry the extra few pounds 2s long as he can and then get rid of them so they will not be in evidence when he jumps on the scales to weigh. By the time he clambers into the ring he will have taken on some of the discarded weight. Roadwork will be the principal part of Britt's work from now untfl Friday. —_——— ANNOUNCE BALL SCHEDULE FOR FIRST FOUR MONTHS he Jimmy puppy Athletic The Baseball Magnates Make Known Play- ing Dates for Teams of the Pacific Coast League. The schedule committee of the Pa- cific Coast Baseball League finally an- nounced the schedule for the first four months of the coming season. Ac- cording to the schedule, the season will open to-morrow afternoon. Seattle will meet San Francisco in this city, Oak- land will meet Los Angeles at Los An- geles and Tacoma and Portland will be the home town for the Tacoma team cross bats at Fresno, which will during part of the season. The schedule provides for five games each week in this city and two at Oak- land—on Tuesday afternoon and Sun- day morning. For the first time in the history of the game San Franecisco will From June 12 to July 12 there will be no games pleyed in this city, because the home team will be away on the road. There will be no baseball in California during that period, as the six league teams will not have continuous ball. be contesting in the northern cities. The coming season will be what kpown as a “double season.” rainy months. —_————— Cordell and Turner in Training. Jack Cordell and Rufe Turner, who will box before the Reliance Athletic Club on the evening of the 29th inst., are in strict training for the match. They are working hard, as each real- izes he has a hard battle before him. Billy Woods, the colored wonder, began training vesterday at West Oak- land for his fight with Mike Schreck of Chicago, whom he is to meet before . the Colma Club on April 5. Will | | the tit ot of Corbett money | of Britt | 1l soon settle | collegiate field day with a vault of 11 feet 7% inches, cleared the bar this| | morning at 12 feet % inch. Had Dole been performing in an inter- collegiate meet or in any recognized contest this performance would es- tablish a new world's record. R. G. of | | champion | crossbar to what he supposed was 12 noon. | than two weeks in which to round into Then he skipped | *| Monday night in the south side arena. is At the ®nd of the first four months another schedule will be arranged, and it will probably be so fixed that all the games will be played in California during ths ! NORMAN DOLE'S [AHUMADA IN HARNESS AGAIN, LANDS SECOND TO NIGRETTE RECORD VAULT tanford Athlete Clears the Bar at Twelve Feet Three- Quarters Inch in Trial BEATS WORLD'S FIGURES Cannot Be Accepted by the Authorities as It Is Not Made in Open Competition | —_— STANFORD UNIVERSITY,. March 22 —Norman E. Dole, '05, who won le of champion pole vaulter of cific Coast in the last inter- Clapp of Yale is the present world’s | his best performance being inches. -acticing on the varsity morning and was vaulting | this ibout 11 feet 6 inches with ease when oval Trainer “Dad” Moulton raised the and it took but two trials for the ¥ vaulter to clear it. When measured in the presence of a num- ber of witnesses the height was found to be 12 feet % ‘incH. As Dole’s work has been consist- ently brilliant threughout the season it is thought probable he will lower the world’s record in actual compe- tition at the intercollegiate fleld day pril 16. g interfered with the varsity schedule again this after- The game scheduled with “Buck” Morse's alumni team had to be called ofi this afternoon after the ball players had journeyed from San Francisco to Stanford to meet the var- sity. The continued bad weather has interfered greatly with the practice of %oth the Stanford and the Cali- fornia baseball nines, Wwho have less shape for their first game. —_————————— HERRERA AND ATTELL y TO FIGHT IN CHICAGO The Rival Boxers Are to Weigh in at 130 Pounds on Mon- day Next. CHICAGO, March 22.—Abe Attell will be the next opponent of Aurelia Her- rera, the Mexican feather-weight boxer. All arrangements were completed to- day by the management of the Ameri- can Athletic Club for the meeting of the two Californians. The weight will be 130 pounds at 3 o'clock in the after- noon and the contest will be decided on There was a long argument over the terms of the meeting between the man- agers of the men. While the discussion was in progress Herrera's manager signed an agreement to fight “Kid" Abel on the north side on Friday night. This bout will make no difference in the match with Attell. JOHN L. Once Mighty Prizefighter Is Gradually Becoming Blind and His Iron Frame Is Shattered. BOSTON, March 22—The condition of John L. Sullivan is worse than at first thought. Not only is he afflicted with trouble with his eyes, but his one- time Herculean frame is almost shat- tered. It is not believed he can live long. If he manages to recover his physicians say it will be a question of but a short time before he will be blind. When the news reached sport- ing and theatrical circles arrange- ments were made for a benefit per- formance to be held at a Boston the- ater. —_——— BUSINESS MEN SEEK TO IMPROVE GEARY STREET A large number of Geary-street business men met last night at Vaughan & Keith's studio and formed the Progressive Geary-Street Improve- ment Club and outlined plans for the proposed improvement of Geary street. The club is composed mostly of prominent merchants on that thor- oughfare and their object is to make Geary street second to none in the city. The meeting was inaugurated by the election of H. G. Vaughan as president and H. Schessler secretary and treasurer. Horace Platt of the Geary-street rallroad was present and offered a few. valuable suggestions. He said that if the company could secure a franchise from the Board of Supervisors he would guarantee to transform the present cable system into a modern underground trolley electric system and arrange with the United Rail- roads so that passengers from the Geary-street line might travel to all part of the city on one fare. It was decided to bring the matter before the Supervisors at the earliest opportunity. An effort will ‘be made to light the street in the business sec- tion with thirty arc lights on every block and also to have a concert at Union square every Saturday after- noon. The following committees were appointed at last night's meeting: Lighting—T. BE. Valentine of the John Breuner Company, 8. B. Hicks of the Kirk, Geary Company, H. P. Bristol of the Bohm-Bristol Company; fran- chise—H. J. Mulcreary of the Cordes Furniture Cogpany, P. Boettcher of the City of Paris, C. L. Beretta of | Fleissner, Marshall & Co. ———————— Relay Race Date Is Selected. The officials of the California Asso- ciated Cyclers have selected May 8 as the date for the annual hundred-mile relay race betwen this city, San Jose and Alameda. Even bw.r- have their Constantinople. the winter number of them than ‘when many migrate to ‘NMWWGW started. | Captivate Downs Bard Burns in a Drive. There was nothing much to the six and a half furlong handicap at Oakland yesterday but Nigrette. The little black mare can beat pretty fair ones with ninety-eight pounds in the saddle, and at 8 to 5 was heavily backed. Bonner took things quietly with her to the bend for fiome and then pass- ing in turn the wilting Ocean Dream and “Doc” Kyle's mudlark Ahymada, won easily, The latter horse took the place from Ocean Dream by nearly two lengths. Albula ran a poor race. Rain fell almost incessantly and the track was ankle deep Wwith mud. Nigrette and Searcher were the only successful choices. TRAVERS' Jockey C. Smith purse for “Doc” Kyle with Lady Atheling. Travers on Resigned, the 18 to 5 favorite, 184, into the stretch by more than a length and would have won but for miserable piloting. Travers got over the ridge and into the ditch or the extreme outside, and Smith, on the second choice, won by a length. J. Jones finished third with Hogarth. Crigli received support, but was ridden to no advantage by Shee- han. Travers was also beaten on Light of Day, favorite for the two-year-old scramble at half a mile. With the race well in hand he threw the filly's head away a hundred vards from home and Martin, astride Escobosa, scored by nearly a length. Saccharate, the Napa Stock Farm fllly, looked dangerous at one time, tiring, how- ever, as the wire was approached, and running a good third. Albert Fir showed speed and will take some beating next time out. Jack Martin liked the chances of Captivate in the third selection, even if the mare was beaten something like a dozen lengths in a racg the preced- POOR RIDE. landed the first ing day. A word to the wise is suffi- cient, and many took a seat in the front row, popular prices, 6 and 7 to 1, prevailing. Martin made no mis- take, and in a hard drive disposed of Willie See on the favorite, Bard Burns, by a head. Pickaway finished third. SEARCHER 1S IN EASY. 0ld Searcher had another easy one passed to him, the mile selling affair, fifth to be decided. Looking half an hour the best horse, the liberal price of 2 to 1 could be had. Contrary to custom, Holbrook, who rode the favor- ite, picked the rail position. The aged sulker outclassed his company so much that he caught up with Batidor the last part of it, winning by almost a length. Decoy quit early in the game, show honors falling to Carilee. It was apparently not Travers' day to shine in the saddle, for he had the mount on Galanthus, favorite for the last event, and finishcl third. Again it could be said he was beaten on the best horse. Roach, on M:mo, cut loose from the field at the start, and in a driving finish led Criss Cross out a neck. Travers came up from the uni- v -sity section of Berkeley with the favorite and then only lost by two and a half lengths. ENTRIES FOR TO-DAY. First race—Six and a half furlongs; three- year-olds; selling: (63€3)Inspector Munro (Fox) 6412 *Midway (Piedmont St 8 6412 *Foxy Grandpa (Coffe -105 6412 Jack Little (Fine). 103 6388 *Mendota (Napa Stock Farm. 96 6422 Homeric (Judge). 6412 County Down (Haskell). Second race—Five and a halt furlongs year-olds and up; selling: 6362 Edikate (Chappell).. 6816 Sol Lichtenstein (Rom 6350 Adirondack (Shannon). 6386 Pure Dale (Thomas & 6410 My Surprise (Mounce). 6326 *Amoruna (McGuire) 6386 Tom Mitchell (McNeil 6378 Pruewood (McAlester). Third race—Six furlongs; four-year-olds and up; seiling. IMlnl'Qulz IT (McCaffert; 6399 Rollick (Jones) 3925 Wollurst (Antl 6380 Colonel Van (Foun 6316 Baliroom Belle (Josephs).. 6301 iFlorestan (Maloney) 5115 Montoya (Lank). €390 Muresca (Miller). . fLos Angeles index. Fourth race—One and three-year-olds and upward; handicap: (6257)Grafter (Blasingame) (6365)Horatius (McAlester) m Keynm (Kyle) MacDhul_(R: um w-ne Nicht (Wilkerson) . Fifth race—Ona and an i -lthm miles; to\u- year-olds and upward: selling: 6400 *The Fretter (O’Rourke) . 6418 Chickadee (Rafour) . 6283 *Byronerdale (Crane) 6400 Fille 4'Or (Kenyon) (6398)Billy Moore (Rector) (6400)*Mr, Farnum (llcc-flzr Bixth race—Futurity cou course; three-year-olds; Iree : T415 Celebrant (Hamilton Stable) ... (0413)Gateway (Lottridge) 0271 Louls Mac ( Munre. Second race—Sol Lichtenstein, Bdu- cate, Pure Dale. Third race—Colonel Van, Quiz II, Mu- Fourth race—Warte Nicht, Ben Mac- Dhui, Horatius. Pifth race—Mr. Farnum, The Fretter, Fille a’Or. Sixth race—OCelebrant, Ananias, Gate- WP ek Ol S American Golfer to Play Abroad. NEW, YORK, March 22, — Walter J. Travis, amateur golf champion of the TUnited States, will sail for England on April. 29 to enter for the Great Britain amateur cham- pionship.” The tournament wi'l be held at Sandwich May 29 to June 3. " Uninsured Takes Lincolnshire. LONDON, March 22.—The Lincoln- shire hlndlmv. the first of this year's| classic racing events, was run at Lincoln. Uninsured was flflt. Wolf's it l l . 8. the competition I SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S RACING FORM CHART. OAKLAND RACETRACKE—TUESDAY March 22.—Weather rainy. Track muddy. 6422. FIRST RACE—Five and a half furlongs; selling; 3-vear-olds; value to first, $325. Index| Horse and Owner. WtiSt. %. %. %. Str. Fin. | Jockey. | Op. CT. 314 Lady Atheling (3. 95 a niln C. Smith 3 4 6340 |Resigned (A, g\v( Coffey) Kyl') 1102 2 2 1!,4%'1‘ % 8 185 | 6376 (Hogarth (P. J. % 721460 3% (J 8 10 = 2146 34 7 2 4 114Crosswal 5 10 [ 1%3 3 3 % 4 4 234 n 515 s 1B 16 3 3,93 42 72%|Bonner 10 15 Brookwood Belle (Blaylock) 2%8n 82 |McBride . 50 - 100 6196 |Hannah Van (Lee & Son) 10 10 |Holbrook ..[ 20 60 5850 [Morello R (Gaffort & Co.) 2165 15 9 2 J. Martin. . 6 8 Time—: 253, . Off at 2:14. Atheling_ place, 3-2; show, LB, Tt Hogarth, show, 2. Winner, ch. f. by Atheling- Pllxrlmnge Trained b Scratched—Targette, Doris, “Louls Mc, Moynard, Midway, Maxetin. Start g0d. Won in a drive of four. ~Travers on Resigned shrew the Tace away, turning too wide and getting down in the ditch. Smith rode a well-judged race on winner. Miss Bowdish a slow beginner, COrigli in the deep going. Homeric was played. il 6423. SECOND RACE—Four furlong: jelling; 2-year-olds; value to first, $325. Horse and Ownfr l\\'l\lst, %. %. Str. Fin. | Jockey. \ Op. [} Escobosa (Stewart & Co.).... 31%1 % [J. Martin..| 8 1! 5 0375) | Light of Day (Mrs, Coffey). n’ 2 214|Travers | 52 12 o Saccharate (Napa Stock Farm)|101| 5 21533 |J. T. Shehn| 4 4 Albert Pir (M. Jones).. 107/ 3 44 % 4 1 [Ots ....... 30 60 6375 Hooligan (D. 8. Fountaln). 1 53 52 |Vandrbout 3 92 6351 |Dixelle (A. T. Dobson) Ofl\ 8 64 64 Bonner .... 10 6 |Disproportionableness (W alers) 103! 9 83 7 % |Mountain 30 g fi!‘fi |Stleo (El Primero Stable) {107/ 8 ... 72 84 6387 [Lady Blanton (Mrs, Miller)..| 93{ 2 ... . 4. At post 2 minutes, show, 3-5. Saccharate, show, Trained by F. Bdwards. and shomld have won. outfinished him. deep going, 6424, THIRD RA(‘E»Fulurl(y oourse; Oft at 2:40%. 5. Start good. Won In a drive of three, Travers as usual went to pleces the last part of it and Martin Saccharate had speed, but tired. Hooligan acted badly at the post, Winner, br. g by Fddie Jone Light of Day was best Albert Fir is fast. He was in the selling; 4-year-olds and up; value to first, $325. Horse and Owner. %. 9 6‘!1 |Captivate, 6 (Elanchl & McG 43 3 |Bard Burns, 6 (S. Judge) 3 6n & ’ (Pickaway, 4 (A. J. Jackson). |105| 2% 9 ;Alhe Carey, 4 (H. E. Rowell) 98/ 8h 4 34 Travers . {Dr, shl‘rman 6 (M. L. White)| 101 7 L Frowen ... |Benlash, 4 (L. Jeuness) | 6 65 6 Vandrbout |Amasa, 'a (M. M. Row 131 I Powel.... Tlm!fr. At post m! nu!ev Oft at 8:04. Captivate, n)nco Burns, phcc 1 how, 1-6_ P|rknwny ehow, 3 Winner, by ptive lade’'s Last, Trm ed by O. A. Bianchi. Start xuod Won 1n a h.rd drl\e of four. Cap- tivate likes weight, chances. not allowed, Pickaway quit. strike. the going to-day sulted the good lady and Martin was sweet on her Martin bumped and outjockeyed See last one hundred yards, Alice Carey ran a very fair race, Claim of foul Amasa .went on a Index| Horse and Owner. (8381)|Nigrette, 4 (W_ B. Jennings) 6483 |Ahumada, 4 (7 A. Kyle) 6403 Ocean Dream, 4 (Twyman). 6379 (Albula, 6 (Lamasney Bros.) 6354 [Esherin, 4 (J. F. Schorr).. easily, Third driving. Nigrette was Too much weight on Ocean Dream. Sh FIFTH RACE—One mile; sellin; ost 14 minute, 1815, 2315 place, show. out, Ahumada, place, : show. 1. Dream, S Midlothian-Twinkle. Trained by W. B. Jennings. Start fair. n well and any old kind of going suited Smith on Ahumada took many libertfes or he would have been more difficult to subdue. an rode: Albula and the band played on, 4-year-olds and up; Nigette, onner. value to first Hor!e and’ Owne wejst. % %. Str. Fin. | Jockey. cI. 6) Searcher. 6 (0. P. Romigh).. (105 1% [Holbrook ..| 2 85 €398 |Batidor, 4 (W. P. Fine)......|100| 2 13 |Travers . 3 215 6398 Carilee, 8 (Appleby & Co.). 31 |Knapp ....] 20 30 6341 |[sabellita, 4 (McNamara) 641 |3 Martin..| 4 5 6398 |Decoy, a (G. Miller). 8 |Mountain 3 23.5 6414 [Impromptu. a (Painter) 68 [C. Smith...] 10 5194 |Blondura, 4 (F. Devin) |Crosswaite 5114, 1:47% 3 . Batidor, place, 8-5; show, 7-10. doo-Queen Regent, ~Trained by J. Stewart Impromptu won't do. 6427, Six furlong: elling: 4-year-olds and up; Semrehar, plack €65 Winner, ch.’ g. by Hin- Won In a drive of three. Hol- Was on the best horse or Decoy ran a Start fair. brook discovered a new route, holding to the rail throughout' the going would have anchored him. Batidor did not fall short much. Index| Horse and Owner |wHst. %. —- | %. %. Str. Fin. | Jockey. 390 [Mimo, 4 (P. Bhnrldun) 12 1n [Roach ..... 3 112 6388 [Criss Cross. b (F. N 2 112 214 Mountain 5 92 {M!l)uahrlhu- 6 (Mrs, Coney) i273 %8 2 185 3 |Axminster, 5 5n 41 5 kY 'um Flaneur, 6 (C. McCaffer 3n 54 4 185 6098 |Brennus, 4 (Judge & Co.). 6 8 H 7 9% 1:16%. At post 2 minutes. Off at 4:25. Mimo, place, 8-5; show, es, place, 7-5; show, 3-5. Galanthus_ show, Winner, b. g. by Milesio- Trained by P. Sheridan, Minona drive of three. fitty yards a block before going to work. BOY ATHLETES |MANY WELCOMES IN COMPETITION| WILL BE CIVEN Representatives of the Vari- ous High Schools Are En- tered for Their Field Day BERKELEY, March 22.—The entries for the field day of the Bay Counties Athletic League, which will be held on Saturday on the university oval, were announced to-day. Representatives from the Lick, Lowell, Berkeley, Ala- meda and Oakland high schools are numbered in the list, which is as fol- lows: 50-yard dash—First heat: De Lancy, C. S. M. A.; Schwartz, L. H. Legal, B. H. S. Becond heat—Rice, O. H. S.; Spencer, A. H. S.: Sullivan, L. H. §.; Cheney, B. H. §. 100-varq dashFiret heat: Schwartz, L. H. £.; De Lancy, C. S. M. A.; Vester, O. H. S Cheney, B. H. §. Second heat—Cope, C. S. M. A.; Spencer, A. H. S.; Sulltvan, L. H. 8.: Whitman, B. H. §. - 220-yard dash—First heat: Beck, C 8. M. g8, B. H. S. Second heat—Whitman, Lites, L. H. §.; Wiley, L. H. 8. —Schnagles, 0. H. §.; O'Connor, C. S. M. A; Mackle, A. H. 5. 120-yard hurdles—First heat: Melvin, O. H. 8.; Hotchkiss, C. 5. M. A.; Monteagle, L. H. Second heat—Dezer, O. H. 8.; Kohlbers, M. A.; Wilkineon, B. H. uo-y-ra dash—Dykes, Q. H. 8 Waller, o H 8 Schnasles, C 8.; .Yohnl, C..8. C. 8. Gruluky. H. S Abbvt!, L 'H.S. um m—ylrd dllh——Coyne, 0 H S., Fickes, O. S.; Crawford, A. Mamiel, L. Garvin, L. H. B C 5. M. A.; S, u ‘A.; Miller, B. H. 8 i H. Mile rlm~—Crt.w!urd. A. H. B.; Gibson, A.; Keves O H.8.; Champreaux, C. G: C. 8. well, O. [ekll. 0. H. !., B. H. B; Myer, 8. . 8. Tvlo-mfle run—(llbmn C. 8. M. A.; Millard, Clld'ell sO. M B H. 8. & uonun, G, M. Ve CRM L N, O i, 0F B un‘h b7 Hlllofls.vlll.ofl!‘ A tadt, 8 M A Sheehan, 0. H. 8. I-'Bonler L. H.'S.; Vilas, Scratched—Matt Hogan. Mimo had speed and stayed the route. Galanthus was best and should have won. Flaneur in the bad golng. Brennus away very poorly. Start good. Won in a hard Criss Cross grew groggy last Travers let him fall out of it Promotion Committee Tour to Be Attended With Great Variety of Entertainment A trip around San Pedro harbor on the Wilmington, a trolley ride through San Diego and environs, a breakfast and entertalnment at Santa Ana, with luncheon at the Glenwood Hotel, at which an Indian band will supply music; a reception at Redlands by the local Board of Trade and a ride about Pasadena, a day at Los Angeles, surf bathing at Santa Barbara, a visit and entertainment at San Luls Obispo, a trip to the sugar factory at Spreckels, with a visit to Salinas; an evening at Santa Cruz, breakfast at Hollister. 2 trolley ride from San Jose through the Santa Clara Valley, an entertainment at Santa Clara by the Commercial League and visits to Palo Alto and Redwood City are among the attrac- tions offered to those who make the coming excursion trip under the man- agement of the Callfornia Promotion Committee through the central coast counties and to Southern California. The committee reports that arrange- ments have been made for the party to live on thesexcursion train, which will be made up of Pullman cars, with observation car, composite car, ete. At Santa Cruz the party will have dipner at the newj Sea Beach Hotel. R. P. Lathrop, a member of the committee who lives in Hollister, is arranging for the comfort of the party in his home town. The great organ at the Stanford University will be played and a trip will be made through the university buildings and grounds. The special train will leave San Francisco on April 6 and the excur- sion will be from the 6th to the 10th, inclusive. During the stay at San Diego the party will dine and pass the evening at the Coronado Hotel. Elab- orate arrangements are making for an entertainment at Santa Ana and at other places that are mentioned here- with. Invitations have been sent out by the Promotion Committee. It is re- quested that responses shall be re- turned not later than Thursday of the present week. —'—“0——- Driven From Her Home. Mrs. Edith Schoenitzer, wife of An- drew Schoenitzer, saloon-keeper Twenty-sixth and Bartlett streets, ob- tained a warrant from Police Judge Mogan yesterday for the arrest of her husband_on a charge of battery. e alleges that her husband while w the influence of liquor drove her and b B S B Nearly at|, COLONEL BOGEY BREAKS DOWN B i Is Heavily Backed to Win Feature Event at Ascot, but He Fails to Finish RAIN UPSETS THE FORM Every Winner on the Card Is Quoted at Liberal Odds by Bookies LOS ANGELES, March 22.—A steady rain this afternoon made the track at Ascot sloppy, with the result that there were many upsets in the form of the horses. Nearly every winmer was at good odds, ranging from 3 to 15 to 1. Coloney Eojgey, heavily played to win the seven furlong handicap, the chief event on the card, broke down at the head of the stretch and dropped com- pletely out of it. Bragg won the race with Golden Mineral second. There was pl:ntv of beiting, in spite of the bad weather, and the books had all the better of it. Weather rainy; trsck sloppy. The summary: First race, six furlongs—Gibraltar, 117 (Fletcher), 10 to 1, won; Loulse Meining, 93 (Feleht), '3 to 1, second; Tioleta, 112 (Wilkins), 15 to 1. third.’ Time, 1:16%. Annle F, Pic- ture, Lurdan, General Cronje, Jack Richelieu Jr., Meteora, Nogg and Capitol also ran. Second race, six and a balf furlongs—Land- seer, 110 (Feicht), 9 to 2, won; Nona B, 108 (Jackson), 7 to 1, ‘second; Cursus, 99 (Lowe), 2 to 1, third. Time, 1 Nell Holton, Oltvilo, The Covenanter and Emshee also ran. Third race. six furlongs. selling _Sceptre. 115 rior). on; Bassanio, 112 (Miles), 11 Toltatre, 1110 Lowinr 150 1, , 1:16%. Kylo II, Dr. Shorb, Judga Naplon, Negrusea, Athelrose also ran. Fourth race, seven furlongs, free handicap— Bragg 112 (Prior), 3 to 1, won: Golden Mineral, 95 (Feicht), 4 to 1, second; Lnllxn!. 90 (John- son). 8 to 1, third Time 1:28%. Nitrate, M.! F. Tarpey andgColonel Bo[ey \lho ran. Fifth race, six #0d a half farlongs, seiling— 105 4“lnnou\ 6 to 1, ; Red 3 (Dugan), 7 to 2, second; Cardweil- ohnson), 20 to 1, third. Time, 1:23. Thisbe, Wager, Maresa, Farmer Jim ton, 105 (J Evander, also ran. Sixth race one mile, won: selling—Jingler. 100 (Anderson). 5 to 1 Canejo, 108 (Lewis), 1 to 2, second; Phyz, 95 (Lawrence), 20 to 1, third. Time, 1:43%. Rey Del Rio, Louwelsea and Evermore als ran. S b adiiie i Racing at Little Rock. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 22.—Results: First r four furlongs—Captain Brolosk! won Victor' B second, Inflammable third. me, Second race, six furlongs—Tiomaine won, Willsbe second, Harplith third. Time, 1:1 . Third race, four furlongs—Marjory Gaffney won, munz second, Jewel Crystal third. Time, Fourth race, six furlongs—Martius won, Tenuesseean second, Cohassett third. Time, Fifth ; race, six furlongs—Ingolthrift won, Joe Martin second, Anarak third. Time, 1:19. Sixth race, one mile—Welcome Light won, Leviathan second, Excentral third. Time, 1:45. —_—ee— — CONVENTION IS CALLED BY VINEYARD OWNERS Organization for General Good and to ‘War Against Insect Pests Is Mo- tive for Action. A committee, consisting of John Swett of Martinez, Noah G. Rogers of Los Gatos, Frank T. Swett of Mar- tinez, G. M. Westcott of Concord, Bur- ton A. Towne of Lodi, Leonard Coates of Fresno and John Markley of Gey- serville, have issued a call for a con- vention of vineyard owners In this city to be held at 31 Post street on Friday and Saturday of the present week. The purpose of the meetings is to form a permanent organization. The call is in substance as follows: A small number of men who make their living by the culture of thelr vineyards have come to the conclusion, after comparing views, that the time bas come when the grape Erow- ers of this State ought to make some effort to help themseives by means of some kind of organized effort. The dangers that confront us, If not alarming, are very serious. The phylloxera we are holding in check by means of resistant roots, but we have yet much to learn about the adaptation of different kinds of resistant roots to sofl and climate condi- tions, and about the affinity of different vini- fera ' cuttings when grafted upon resistant roots. We are menaced by a still gregter danger in what is known as the “‘anaheim.” or “Cali- fornia vine disease,” which has already de- stroyed many thousands of acres of vines and is slowly making its way into vineyards which the phylloxera had spared. The dis- ease has thus far baffled the investigations of sclentific observers and of practical workers. The viticultural department is doing all it can with limited means and still more limitcd staff to aid us now, as it has done in the past: but the State University itself needs behind it the power of & large organized body of the men most directly interested in the preserva- tion of the vine. Is it the part of wise men to sit down in our vineyards and cry aloud for State aid or Federal Government experts while We make no concerted effort to heip ourselves? These are the times that try men's sogle; let us show that we can fight fn selt- ation. PrGne annual meeting of two days will enable ue to establish committees of correspondence and committees to urge county Boards of Su- pervisors to lend a in securing and pay- ing for exvert work. At the annual meetings Mmembers can exchange views in an informal manner and give one another the bemefit of their practical experiments. An organization liko this might be known as “The State Vil cultural Club,"" for the purpose of mutual im- provement and mutual ald. SONG RECITAL PROVES SINGER'S VERSATILITY Mrs. M. E. Blanchard Pleases Large Audience at Century Hall by Ren- dition of Attractive Programme. . Century Hall was the scéne of a de- lightful song recital last night by Mrs. M. E. Blanchard. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather the hall was well filled with her admirers. The first portion of the programme was composed of a trio of ancient Italian songs of the sixteenth century, “In- torno all’idol mio,” by Cesti; “Se Flor- indo,” by Scarlattl, and “Plaisir d’Amour,” by Martini. Mrs. Blanchard’s mezzo contralto was also heard to advantage in Brahms' “Feldeinsamkeit” and “Han- selein,” by Taubert, a most delightful creation. Of the French numbers “Le Chevalier Belle-Etoile” met with much favor. “A Ballad of Trees and the Master,” by Chadwick, was delightfully ren- dered. The programme as a whole was most pleasing and demonstrated the singer's great versatility. Fred Maurer contributed to the success of the affair as accompanist. e To Lecture on “Passion Play.” “The Passion Play” is the subject of an illustrated lecture to be given to- morrow evening, Thursday. March 24, by the Rev. George W. White, D. D., at Central Methodist Episcopal Church, Mission street, between Sixth The illustrations will play as given in 1900 at s s PARK SPEEDWAY PLANS MATURE Officials Interested Antici- pate No Difficulty in Se- curing Necessary Funds MANY CLUBS WILL HELP New Grounds Will Benefit Horsemen, Athletes, Polo- ists and Other Sportsmen The officials of the Amateur Driving and Athletic Association, which organ- ization has in hand the ralsing of funds for the new speedway and athletic grounds in Golden Gate Park, are san- guine of success. The first lot of subscription books were distributed yesterday to persons interested in the cause. Bach sub- scriber is given a small receipt upon the payment of the amount he desires to contribute. Later on he is sent a certificate showing the amount of his subscription. A clause in this reads that the money will be returned if the required $25,000 cannot be raised or if better terms cannot be made with the Park Commissioners. It is also agrced that if more than the required amount is subscribed the surplus will be re- turned pro rata. The officers are confident they can raise the amount required within sixty days. When this Is placed to the credit of the Park Commissioners the work will be commenced Immediately and will be hurried as much as possible. The plaas indicate a beautiful ad- dition to Golden Gate Park. It will in- clude a speedway, built on the most modern lines, a cinder path for athletes and an infleld suitable for polo, base- ball, football and other sports. The members of the assoctation will meet to-morrow night in room 1000, Palace Hotel. The meeting is open to all persons interested in the new pro- ject to add to the park’s attractiveness. —_————— ASKS COURT TO DISPLACE ATTORNEY CHARLES G. NAGLE Formal Proceedings Involve Note Given by His Former Client, the Late Elizabeth Boyne. In the estate of Elizabeth Boyne, de- ceased, Judge Coffey yesterday granted an order directing the executor, Jantes Nagle, to show cause before him on Thursday morning why the court should not appoint anether attorney for the' executor in place of his brother, Charles G. Nagle, to defend an action prought against the estate by Dr. H. J. Conradt, the present holder of a note and mortgage for $2500 given by Mrs. Boyne shortly be- fore her death to Nagle & Nagle, who were then her attorneys. Both the Nagles sald yesterday that they would not oppose the petition, in fact, they said James L. Nagle had called on Judge Coffey only a few days ago to ask for the appointment of another at- torney to defend this suit. The note and mortgage, which were given to protect the attorneys’ fees in the numerous litigations in which Mrs, Boyne was involved with Dennis Kear- ney and others, were assigned by the lawyers to Thomas Moran and by him transferred to Dr. Conradt, who re- cently entered suit thereon. The note and mortgage have been attacked by Lent & Humphrey, attorneys for Fathers Caraher and Yorke, the resid- uary legatees under Mrs. Boyne's will, and Judge Coffey granted the or- der to show cause yesterday on theie petition. The petitioners set forth that as the Nagles are indorsers and therefora guarantors of the note, they are estopped from properly defending Conradt’s suit. Attorney Humphrey of the law firm sald yesterday that fraud was not charged against the Nagles in the petition. ——e— CIVIL SERVICE VACANCIES IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM Architects, Agriculturists, Meat In« spectors, Electricians, Surfmen and Others Wanted. April 19 will be a field day for civil service examination in the Federal de- partment. On that date examinations will be held for the following posi« tions: Computer, supervising architect’s office, min. imum age itmit, 20 years; scientific sssistans, Department of Agriculture, $840 per annum: meat inspector, bureau of animal industry, Department of ‘Agriculture, minimum age limit 20 years, fourteen vacancies; electric elevator constructor in the Government printing offics at $4 per dfem, minimum age limit 20 years. On April 9 an examination will be held for surfman in the Fourth Life- saving District, Point of Woods Sta- tion. No educational test will be given and it will not be necessary for applicants to appear at any place for ~xamination. Applicants must not be less than § feet 6 inches in height and weigh not less than 135 nor more than 205 pounds. Age limit, 18 to 45 years. Persons who desire to compete should apply to the keeper of the life-saving station at which they desire employ- ment for application form 395, which should be properly executed and filed with the keeper. For the examinations on April 19 competitors should apply to the United States Civil Service Commis- sion, Washington, D. C., or to the secretary of the local Board of Ex- aminers, 301 Jackson street, San Fran- cisco, for application form 1093, which should be properly executed and filed with the commission at ‘Washing- ton, D. C. —_——— Took Overdose of Chloral. William Jones, residing at 13 Bart- lett street, was taken to the Emer- gency Hospital last night for treat- ment as' the result of taking an over- dose of chloral. Jones, who is of a’ nervous temperament, was in the habit of using the potion to steady his nerves, but failed to regulate the amount properly last night. He will recover,