The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 30, 1904, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1904. S FLYCASTERS LEAD ALL THE WORLD IN THE ART CALIFORNIA’ R st e T BRITISH SAILORS [N CRICKET GAME i l Seamen’s Institute to Play | To-Day Against an Eleven of Tars From the Estunary i e near Oak-street aft n there will between a tea captained by the Rev. n of the FLYCASTERS WHO HAVE SHOWN MARKED PROFICIENCY IN THIS SEASON'S CONT STS ON STOW LAKE IN GOLDE RK. (COAST HORSES [INGLESIDE SECURES GET THE MONEY| COMMITTEE STAKE California Are Sensation et Association though his average runs per innings has come he enormous figure of 208 W. Wilding of the Pacific 1, with an average of 53.60, f the Pac Club heads with I N. Taylor b a cl second. The {ables )CIATION omnsany ASSOCIATION JULY 23 = o H A H M G ¥. 3. Croll, Alameda..|102 E M S.F.C { H C 16 56 ————— JEFF THINKS TWO WEEKS' WORK WILL BE ENOUGH Champion Starts His Labors in the Gymnasium and Shows Up Well HARBIN SPRINGS, July 29.—After one day's preliminary work Jeffries and his trainers feel that two weeks' traini g will be ample to put him in t condition. The work done by fellow in the gymnasium yes- is the first systematic exercise 1ken since he was laid up. ed up splendidly and per- spired freely. was a slight thickening of his wind, but a couple of days’ work will put his breathing epparatus in good shape. He devoted his attention to the bag, shadow box- Ing and rope skipping and there wul absolut his knee. For the present Jeff will not induige in any great amount of road work, but will spend most of his time lim- bering up. He spent much time to- day with the 350-pound sandbag in addition to his other work no indication of stiffness in of the Grand Cireuit SRS (othing startling in the way of speed has been shown this week by the trotters and pacers at Pleasanton, where the California circuit opened last Wednesday, but there has been good, | clean racing and every day. It is expected a big c will be present to-day to witne: the e of the programme. everal of th that start for a ywd 2:24 class trotters th $2000 prize at San Jose one week from to-day will be given a try-out in the Livermore stake of $1000, which down for decision this afternoon. Much interest is being taken | $6000 Breeders’ Futurity to,be decided at San Jose next week. Six three-yea old trotters have been paid up for this race and there is a chance that Zom- bro’s three-year-old record of 2:1 | made in 1895 and which has not been equaled in California since, may b shaded. It is reported that one of the | thre vear-olds to start in this race at San Jose has worked a mile in 2:15 and another in 2:16, so there is every chance | of a horse race for first money. | The six colts ~n which starting pay ment has been made are Calamanca, bay colt by McKinney, dam Russie Russell by Bay Rose, owned by James H. Gray of Santa Rosa; Marvin Wilkes, bay colf by Don Marvin, dam Ndra S by Sahle Wilkes, owned by Walter Mastin of Sacramento; Murray M, bay colt by Hambletonian Wilkes, dam Anna Belle by Dawn, owned by F. R. Garnsey of Santa Ana; Carlo- kin, bay colt by McKinney, dam Car- lotta Wilkes by Charley Wilkes, own- ed by C. L. Jones of Modesto; True Heart, bay filly by Nearest, dam Cam- ma by Norway, owned by T. W. Bar- stow of San Jose; Geraldine, bay filly by Zombro, dam Gipsy by Nucleu owned by W. H. Coleman of Los An- geles. be $1000, with $200 additional to the person who nominated the dam of the winner and $100 to the owner of the winner’'s sire at the time the colt was bred. Ten trotters are expected to start in | the two-year-old division of this stake. They are a high-ciass lot. The record of the stake, 2%, made by Almaden last year, will be broken, The San Jose track is in fine shape and fast. George G, 2:125, the $15,000 trot- ter, is in the hands of that master reinsman, Ed Geers, and will start in the big stakes in which he has been | entered on the Grand Circuit. It was at first thought his new owner, Mr. | Brady of Albany, N. Y., would reserve | him exclusively for matinee racing, | but now that he has sent the horse to | Geers the public will have an oppor- | tunity to see just what the son of Homeward can do when pitted against | the pick of the Eastern stables. | California horses are winning money |in nearly every race in which they | start on the Grand Circuit. | Kinneys have entered the 2:10 list since the season opened. That great | sire now has eleven representatives m {that exclusive list. The three new | ones are China Maid, 2:05%; Nora Mc- | Kinney, 2:09%, and Sweet Marie, 2:10. Charles A. Durfee of San Jose sold McKinney two years ago to an Indiana man for $25,000 and the present owner could doubtiess get much more money for the horse now. No other horse ever had as many 2:10 and 2:15 per- formers at his age and but two or | three of the older sires have as many. The betting on the harness circuit in | California this year is all on the auc- tion and pari mutuel plans. At Pleas- anton this week a trial was given the Australian system by running one of the mutuel boxes on the totalizator plan, I failed of patrongge, These large attendance | in the | First money in this stake will | Three Mc- { | Trotters and Pacers Bred in‘A\mnml Feature Event Will | Be Decided at a Two-Day | Meeting During August | The Californfa Coursing Committee's annual stake will be run at Ingleside Park on August 13 and 14. The com- | mittee is allowed the use of the park for two days without cost. In order to make the affair a pronounced success governing body of the sport on st there will be no coursing at 'ark during the meeting. The committee in charge consists of son, Teddy Hood and H. A. The big stake will be limited enty-four entries, a 96-dog open stake compleiing the programme. The total prize money will be $1355. The Ladies’ Day Champion stake, one | of the important fixtures on the cours- | ing calendar, will be decided to-morrow {at Unjon Park. It attracted an entr 3:-{ eight great greyhounds. The first brace will be sent to the slips after the | noon intermission. The likely winners | in the two stakes look to be: | ., Ladies Day Champion stake—Richard Anton, | for th Barge, Pocatelll, Tom King | Duhallow, Mellinwood, Sea don, tus, Advance Guard, Silver- cloud, 1ick ee, HKenegade Apache in | Time, Silver Heels, Friendless Boy, J, E. H., { Rocker Arm, Quita, Racing Auto, Cubanoia, | Bambit, Contoy, Amandan, Raby Aurora | Texas Mamie. Haphazard, Old_Ironsides, Mi 3 eston, Tillie R, Rich Argo: 1d. serve stake will be the card at eside to-day. The trials left unfin- to the class stake. look to be: The likely winners Modesta Boy, ‘annie Hughie, en, . Miss Brummel, Traveler, Haughty Helen, Una, Frank Dunn, Real Duchess, Clobefell, Pepper Jack, Lucky Shamrock, Tralee Maid, Amorina, Gilmore, Laboring Boy, Wedgewood, Sir Wen. Yellow Tail, Tom_Hurlick, ton, Rich Array, Littie Klamath, Big Klam- aty, Little Mercy, Butte City, Sofala, Gunfire, | McHenr: Hughle, Jerry Wright. Mark ‘T'wain, Van Alba, Lily York, Fer eal Pasha, Lost Chord, Gold Sankey, ‘Orsina, Tralee Lass, Reckless Acrobat, Queen’s Motto, Prometheus, Barbara,” Tamora, Young Mountain Frisco Lad, Littie Plunger, Pasha Pleasant, Carlow Boy, Bright Fortune. Charles Gassagne, a prominent cours- ing man of Los Angeles, is in the city on a short visit. L. Lagomarsino has added Mellin- wood and Rapid Water to his strong kennel. S. Ravoni has bought In Time. Baumeister has bought Rocklin Boy. M. Dillon has registered Fiery Eye and H. W. Rike has registered Fiery Cross. They are by Rocker-Fiery Face (imported). In a previous litter were Richard Anton, Raby Aurora, Rocker Arm and other good performers. T. Farrell of Sacramento has regis- tered Bender, by Sylvanus-Freda C. She is a litter sister of Barge and has never started. D. J. Healy of Petaluma has returned to coursing. He has registered four puppies, now a year old, by Rusty Gold- For Glory. Milo Caine has Rocker-Van Nora. Hoyal Friend, E. listed a litter by who bet on the harness races in Call- fornia want to play two or three horses and “the field.” There are so many horses in the main events that nave but slim chances to win that the bet- tors will not play them singly, but are willing to take a chance when they are bunched in a field. Chase & Co., wno have the pool privileges at the San Jose meeting, have invited the owners of the totalizator machine to put it up at the track and give it a fair trial, however, and there is considerable curiosity to see how it will be received by the bettors, ed will be run to-morrow in addition | | MODEL Rod Wielders Show Unusual kill in Contests on Stow Lake. LR e e The gentle art of flycasting has reached its highest development in this city, the members of the San Francisco Flycasting Club holding records which have never been approached elsewhere. Twice each month during the season, which extends from February to Sep- tember, the members meet in competi- tion on Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park. Some of the members make a specialty of the delicacy and accuracy event, which is the nearest approach to actual fishing on a stream. Others go in for lure casting, while still another con- kes a specialty of long-dis- | This is the most spectacu- lar event. While in ordinary ing the ! average st is about thirty-five feet, H. C. Golcher has an authenticated cast of 140 feet made in 1902.+« Walter D. Mansfield, who is pronounced the | world’s greatest flycaster, sent out 144 feet in an exhibition cast in May, 1903. Mr. Mansfield, with a fine sense of| sportsmanship, leaves the long-distance event to others, so that his present | form in that style of competition is a matter of conjecture. H In this season's contests J. B. Ken-| niff has the best all around record. He is high man in accuracy, high in long | distance and high in lure casting in the Saturday contests. His longest cast | this season is 132 feet. This may be ex- ceeded at any time if conditions prove favorable. A light west wind is required to carry the line. There is no weight! on the end of this, it being tipped with? a tiny hook from which the barb ha been removed. While the flycasters do not claim that their favorite pastime will make a man? an expert fisherman, they do claim it increases his pleasure on the trout| stream immeasurably, giving him an| insight into the highest development | of the angler's art. —_— e YACHTSM PLAN AN IMPORTANT MEETING Question of New Racing Rules Will Be Discussed and Acted Upon Shortl. Collier’s racing system will be given its third and last trial to-day on| Spreckels Lake. It has given satisfac- tion on the two previous trials and | if all goes well it will behoove the club members to adopt the new rules. The objection to them was that they would string the Sunday pennant racing out and make it impossible to dispose of the pennant in a single day. To test this the owners were asked to bring | out as many boats as possible. They | did so and the races have been finished early in the afternoon and have been enjoyed more than ever before. The next meeting of the club, which will be on the second Wednesday night in August, will be an important one. The annual election of officers will take place and the question of penfant rac- ing rules will be decided. If Collier's rules are rejected, new ones will have to be formulated, as the old ones as set forth in the by-laws bhave not! proved satisfactory. The club will give a smoker on the night of the meeting. The ticket®as nominated last Wed- nesday will undoubtedly go through. ‘William B. Collier will succeed J. E. Genung as commodore. The latter has led the club since its organization and he has worked wonders. Starting with a membership of eight two years ago, he has increased the membership to the limit—50—and there is quite a ‘waiting list. His clubmates were anx- fous to make him their leader again, but he figures he can accomplish more as the secretary-treasurer of the club. Collier is an indefatigable worker and will flll Genung’s place as no other member of the club could. —_— e Ye Olde English Inn, = 144 Mason st. Music by the great Pan- American Quartet, L] RACKET EXPERTS SO0N T0 MEET Annual Struggle for Honors AMATEUR SAILORS RIVER —— ROWING RECATTA | ON LAKE NERKIT - CRUISE P Flagships of San Franciseo| Native Sons Will Celebrate Will Begin on San Rafael| and California Fleets Re- Courts in About a )[nnth] e The annual struggle for supremacy on the tennis courts will commence at San Rafael in about a month. The newly appointed tournament commit- tee has decided to start the first event on September 2. The last match will be played on September 10, which falls on Saturday. The opening event will be the men's singles. The idea in starting on Friday is to finish, if pos- sible, the p rinary round Monday. Those who can be present Friday wiil be asked to play and the others will play their matches Satur- day. One challenge match will be played on September 9, and the other on September 10. At the meeting held last Tuesday it was decided to make all the matches in the men’s events three sets out of five. If the players who compete at San Rafael were allowed to vote on the subject the matches in future would probably be two sets out of three. This is not so good a test as three out of | five, but it has many other things in its favor. It would save time and would distress the players less. There will be some changes next doubtedly. The players will put in every are moment before the nets in order to be in good play commences. The tournament commenced at the park last Sunday will be completed to- morrow and another one will probably | be played during the month. As a rule tournaments are not held in August. This is a mistake, as tournament piay is the best possible practice. Several interesting matches will be played on the park courts to-morrow. In the first class, George Baker and R. N. Whitney will resume their un- finished match. Baker has a lead of two sets to one and needs but one more to win. Whitney must win both sets to get the cup. He is playing good tennis and the remaining set or sets should prove exciting. If Baker wins, the cup will go to him for good. He and MacGavin have each won it twice. The second class was finished last Tuesday and resulted in an easy vic- tory for Horace Mann. In the finals he beat Fred Adams easily. The win- ner should go in the first class, as he proved too fast for the second. In the third and fourth classes the cups are practically new, as no player figuring in either of them has his name | on the cup. The old fight between Guerin and Long in the fourth class will be resumed in the third. They have reached the semi-final round and are expected to meet in the finals. In the number of victories over the other Guerin leads. Long is a youngster who is improving rapidly and Guerin will have no easy time winning the third clags honors. Guerin and Lemon meet in the upper half of the semi-finals and T. A. Allan and M. Long in the lower half. In the fourth class, seven players are left. W. L. Howell has won a place in the semi-finals, but the other six have a match to play before qualify- ing. Howell will be pitted against the winner of the L. Gunst-C. E. Allen match. The winners of the Getz- Maguire and Martin-Wollenberg match will meet in the semi-finals. These players are all evenly matched and the games will be close. Coast Champion Bell made an excel- lent showing in the big Eastern tourna- ments last week. He won the New York State champlonship, but was badly beaten by Alexander in the chal- lenge match. Bell, however, made up for this by playing a close match with Ward at Longwood. The Californian won the first set and forced the Eagt- year un- | shape when | e S The yachtsmen of San Fran 1 the neighborhood will s lday and to-merrow in down of the ¢ pleasure, as no eve | s set | the programmes of ) The flagship Challe er of the Francisco Yacht Club started turday on the a ual cr up Sacrame » Riv The launch ¥ | Roy has gone up the bay to meet and both craft will return to moor- ings at Sausalito to-morrow | The schooner Challenge last Sunday from an up-river which extended as fsr as Fre The yawl Royal and the sloop S came back from up-river cruise: the same day, the sloop Ariel havi returned the day before. E. W. New- hall’s schooner Virginia has also been on a P up the Sa The inual up-river crui California Yacht Club began last Sa urday, the flagship Idler heading | fleet of about half a dozen boa cluding C. E. Clark’s yawl Gyps the sloop Secret. The fleet returns to- morrow. | Next month will be an eventful one among the yachtsmen The San Francisco Club has a clambake at | Paradise Cove and a day of aquatic ! s. The Corinthians have cru | aluma drawbridge and up the mento Riwvi on their pro- | gramme. The California tars have | cruises to California City and Sheep | Island on their schedule, and the an- |enc nual class flag regatta and Owner's Icup race will be resailed. | The piling for the platform of the | new California Yacht Clubhouse at | the Emeryville pier is nearly pleted. The first pile was driven last Saturday. When the platiorm is fir ished, a gathering of the members w be held to celebrate the event. was a notable remissness on the part of the California yachtsmen 1 Sat- urday, which is perhaps partly attrib- utable to the fact that the annual u | river cruise began on that day. large proportion of the work of secur- ing subscriptions, conducting negotia- tions with the railroad companies and i the countless details of a new enterprise, has fallen on tne shoulders of Allen M. Clay, who has been one of the most energetic and active of yachtsmen. He has not only worked hard for the California Yacht Club but also for the Pacific club Yacht Association and as the rep- resentative of J. M. Macdonough, the denor of the Macdonough cups. It 1s now time that others should take up his work and carry it on. The Pacific Interclub Yacht Associa- tion will meet soon to organize and make arrangements for the annual re- gatta on Admission day. It was hoped that another struggle would be seen on the Corinthian for first place in the 20-foot class, but it is not likely that The crew of the Corinthian comprises $0 many men who wish to sail their own yachts that it would be hard to get it together on Admission day. The absence of the Corinthian wiil leave the first prize in the 30-foot class to W. G. Morrow’s sloop Challenger, bar- ring accident. It is expeeted the en- larged and improved Presto, sailed by Frank Stone, will be an interesting feature of the annual races. ern crack to play his best to win the next three sets. - Ward ranks second in the United States and Bell showed his class by taking a set. turn to Moorings Sunday com- | There | Inter- | that day between the Challenger and | | the Corinthian will enter the regatta. i | Admission Day With Com- plete Programme of Races B ey - nen ar the annual ch d the South Austral , and James W d W. T. Ho ith a g f the annual 1 be held near the The San Francisco 2 Astori rowed h are not a,. Port couver, Consequ races and th Cal erews | {an but these have 2 as the oarsmen did not pe: e in untamiliar craft. The Ariel four w be the first Californian crew to take its | owr up to Astoria | The 1 Rowing Club ha s and is lik 1 shell to its nd South End r “ladies” ba The junior barge er with James O'Connell at | going out regularly for pract getting form. VACATION AT LAKE TAHOE. | The SoutWern Pacific Offers Reduced Rate Tickets. hunting and superb sc place for a fine vac: Is selling t Fishing. Tahoe the r Pa MR. DOOLEY DISCOURSES On the Carnegie Hero Fund in The Sunday Call And among other pertinent | things says that “A hayro is | ofter a successful fool and a | | fool an unsuccessful hayro.” He states a good many other apt | truths in a way to bring a smile. | Get The Sunday Call and read l what Mr. Dooley has to say.