The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 29, 1905, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. SATURDAY APRIL 29, 1905. + | 'SPORTS EXHILARATING GALLOPS ACR ! 'HUNTING MEN ENJOY SOME RARE SPORT AFIELD 0SS UNDULATING PASTURE COUNTRY Miss Anita Harvey Is a Consistent Follower of the Hounds of San Mateo County Hunt and a Courageous Kider. The members of the San Mateo County Hunt have enjoyed many ex- hilarating gallops across country dur- ing the season which has just been brought to a close. The draghounds each been have been out regularly twice week and -excellent sport has shown by the pack. Owing to the nature of the fences and the necessity of running over friendly territory a ““drag hunt” is substituted for the fox eor the hare, the usual game In Europe. The country over which the c¢lub has the privilege of hunting is of the finest possible char- acter. Much of it is undulating pas- ture land and if sod banks could be substituted for the panel in the fence at the point where the scent is laid all conditions would be ideal. For the greater part of the season the conditions of weather and ground are as near perfection as could be de- sired and form as picturesque a hunt- Ing country as the ‘'sun ever shone on. unt means a gallop across coun- 'tl:'hyeo,ll' Xr';m- ten to fifteen miles with many intervening jumps to be pego- flnefi. The riders usually do not know | taken. Herein Hes the chief charm of | hunting, of which the immortal Yorick | wrote: |image of war without its guilt and only five and twenty per cent of its danger.” » M[g“ Anita Harvey has lent her fair presence to the hunt _ consistently throughout the season. She has been well up at all times, sharing the joys Harvey. year. TIBURON TARS OPEN SEASON| Fair Sex Will Be Entertained | by the Corinthians at | Informal Dance. e icnaiie The members of the Corinthian Ya Clu ged in braided blouses, | laced and immaculate white | ducks »e out in force this after- | | quarters, the | annual opening of T uron m. the ladies will at the clubhouse, committee ing of nnings Commo- » John | Port Cap y J. Bowes and | r, J. V. O’'Brien | Macfarlane. There will be | 4 dancing in the main hatl, | floor manager being James Hawking, and the floor committee con- f Lester Hammersmith, Stan- ; , M. | Doble, Walter H. | Fennell, Harry D. Hawks Fred Knight and Matt J. Bren- of V! oats the itors will be rowed out | > achts lying at | for on opening anchor cove, day all good Corinthians keep open- house on board their trim pleasure craft. The whole fleet is ready and its glory of fresh white paint, ning varnish, polished ‘brass- with every prize pennant and flag flying, will present a sight den the eye. At about 6 o'clock, the ladies having tired from the scene, the tars will | the raiment of ' the amateur chisman and willedon the old gnd t-stained b in which they feel ppiest y who did not attend the doings the afternoon will go over in time for the Corinthian sup- per and jinks, The supper will be served under the direction of Port Cap- | tain John H. Keefe and his willing as- | sistants, and will consist of pork and | , Bogion brown bread, chowder | other nautical viands. | er supper has been disposed of Co thians and their guests will the main hall, where the | opening jinks will be . given | undér the direction of the jinks com- mittee, the members of swhich are J. V. O’'Brien, Frank ‘W. Thonipsen, E. J. Bowes, W. J. Hogg, L. W, Harris, E. F. Sagar and E. J. Angelo. Corin- thian jinks are always.good and it is belleved the performance to-night will be not a whit below the high stand- ard set by the entertainments of for- mer years. H Next Saturday, May 6, the members ! of the Oakland Canoe Club will open their season with a reception at their quarters on Sessions Basin, Oakiand | Creek. . In thé afternoon there will be | .8 reception in the clubhouse and the visitors will be taken out for cruises on the creek in the yachts and power- boats owned by the members. After supper there will be music and danc- ing. The officers have prepared the fol- lowing programme for the season: On Sunday, May 14, cruise to the quarters of the Encinal Yacht Club, Alameda, to take part in the opening sports and entertainment. May 20, the canoeists will sail in the Encinal Yacht Club | Ma | team and the representatives of LACROSSE AT SAN MATEO San Francisco and Talagoo Teams to Meet in Exhibi- tion Contest Sunday. The San Francisco Lacrosse Club the Talagoos of San Mateo will meet to- morrow at 2:30 p. m. on C. W. Clark’s private polo field at San Mateo. The line-up of the two teams will be nearly the same as on the Presidio athletic ground last Sunday. A meeting of the tournament committee was held on Monday evening in San: Mateo, at which the sehedule for the coming season was discussed and arranged. The opening match for the champion- ship of 1905 will be played on Sunday, May 14, and will be between the San Francisco and Olympic teams, The lacrosse players of San Fran- cisco and the rest of the State are Jooking forward to the coming sea- son with great hope. It is believed the standard of play will be higher and the contests better than in any previous year. Lacrosse players, like association footballers, feel the best thing for the popularity of the game would be for the unlversities and schools to take it up, and they hope the Canadians at Stanford may be able to arouse interest enough to get up a team there. Lacrosse is a splefidid game, requiring good train- ing, speed, skill and pluck. It is also essentially a team game, and there- fore well adapted to colleges and schools. Once popular _interest is aroused in the game enthusiasm will spread quickly. 3 % | club quarters and a race for the Holi- day Cup. June 11, cruise to Alameda Mole, and June 18, sail through the tidal canal. June 1. a “smoker” will be given at the clubhouse. Independ- ence day there will be “open house” and a race for the Holiday Cup. July 16, cruise through the tidal canal to ;Bay Farm Island and on the 23d to Alameda Mole. August 6 there will be a special race for racing canoes and on the 13th a special event for cruis- ing canoes. August 27 the canoelsts will cruise to Belvedere Cove, return- ing to their own quarters on Sunday, September 3. On Admission day there will be an “open house” at Sessions Basin and a race for the Holiday Cup. September 10 the fleet will crulse around Alameda Island in squadron. September 23 there will be a “‘smoker” in the clubhouse, and on Sunday. the 24th, a cruise in squadron to the iron | works. October 8 cruise to Goat Island, and on Sunday, the 22d, to Alameda Mole. October 28 the closing reception and dance will take place in the club- house and on the following day the final cruise of the season will be held. The programme of the California Yacht Club announces that the first cruise in squadron of the season will take place on Sunday, May 14. —— Hunting Popular in England. Hunting is still holding its ‘own in England, where twenty packs of stag- hounds, 166 packs of foxhounds and 115 regatta off the Alameda shore, return- | packs of harriers are supported. There ing on Sunday, the 21st, to their quar- |are a total of more than 450 packs in ters on Sessions Basin. Decoration | the United Kingdom, Day here will be “open house” at the | 100 are tn Ireland. of which nearly FILL CREELS Trout Are Taking the Fly With Avidity on Many Nearby Streams. B To the surprise of the angling fra- ternity the trout are taking the fly with avidity on many streams and the season seems unusually far advanced. The first definite information as to the Klamath is contained in the following letter from Al Cumming, the well- known sportsman: The Klamath River is lower this year than 1 have ever seen it and the fish seem to take any oid thing. The weather is warm and the salmon_and cadis bugs are almost fully matured. The files Wwill probably be out in about a week. 1 landed thirty-iwo rainbow trout yesterday, some as high as two pounas in weight. I can safely recommend the fishing here for the next five months to come. The creeks are almost in condition for fly fishing. The season is about a month earlier than usual. I will remain here until about the 25th of May and will be pleased to put any one in touch with the sport. To corroborate his statement he sent a grand box of rainbow trout to a friend here. The fish were In good condition and of unusual size. The anglers on the upper Sacra- mento expect good sport soon, as the river is reported lower than any time last season. Several good catches have been made at Sims, but the trout are not rising to the fly well at pres- ent. The fishing is good in the streams on the Mills Ranch. Mr. Mills charges $1 per rod and limits the catch to twenty fish. The water in the nearby streams is going down rapidly. Persons who know the Truckee well have been surprised at advices received from there to the effect that the trout are taking the fly at this early date. The recent rains interfered some- what with fishing in the Santa Cruz streams, but it will be good again next month. Many four and five pounders were taken recently in the San Lorenzo. Supervisor Miller and Tax Collector Helms caught four in Big Creek which scaled from four to six pounds. Other anglers did well in Scott and Waddell creeks. A. Hegele and Mr. Edwards fished the Aptos recently and secured nearly the limit of six to twelve inch fish. The Paper Mill is affording great fly fishing throughout its entire length. The water js pronbunced grand by an admirer of the stream and there are more fish there than in many years. A continuance of the present weather will make the sport still better. Among the well-known men who had good spert last Sunday were L. Daver- kosen, Jim Turner, J. Thompson and W. A. L. Miller. Bert Spring and Charles Breidenstein took a number of fine flsh between Garcia and Tocaloma on the fly. They preserved a number of them alive for an.aquarium in this city. Among the men who did well at Point Reyes on Sunday were George ‘Wentworth, Sam Wells, Frank Dol- liver, Abe Banker and Andy Legaspie. ‘The favorite flies in use are the royal ‘hman, grey and brown hackle, red t and.blue upright. Joe Uri hooked and landed’a four- pound steelhead at Grassy Point, near Point Reyes, last Saturday evening. He first caught a small chub which he used for bait. The steelhead put up a game fight for ten minutes. Reports from Sonoma Creek are to the effect that fishing is fair. basas and Madrone creeks are provid- ing good fiy fishing. Large catches are (RICKET DATS NEAR AT AND May Arrange Series of Cham- pionship Games for Port- land Exposition, —— The schedule of sports to be held at the Lewis and Clark Exposition allots September 13, 14 and 15 to cricket championship games. © The crieketers in Tacoma, Vietoria, B. C.,, and else- where on the Pacific Coast are de- sirous of making up teams to take part in these champlonship contests. The States of California, Oregon and Washington, With the mainland of British Columbia and Vancouver Isl- and, would furnish five teams. If each team played the others and a final match were played between the two teams that had won the most games, eleven matches would be required. J. Lawrence, a Tacoma cricketer, and E. C. Hiiton, a brother of one of the vice mresidents of the California Cricket Associatien, are bestirring themselves in the matter. It should be possible to make up quite a strong team from the six affiliated clubs In California. T. W. Tetley, L. E. Duquesne and Willlam Carnie ‘have been elected members of the San Francisco County Cricket Club. 'T. W. Tetley played last season with the Pacific Club. He has recently returned from a visit of seven or eight months to England. L. E. Dugquesne is well known as an associa- tion football player. —_—————— Motorists to Go to San Jose. The circular issued by L. P. Lowe, chairman of the executive committee of the Automobile Club of California, to the members states that a club run will be made to San Jose te-day. regular schedule has been prepared and the automobilists will reach the rendezvous, the Hotel Vendome, at any hour and by any route that may be agreeable to them. ~ If enough members are on hand an informal meeting will b& held at the hotel from 8:30 to 9 o'clock to-night. From 9 to 11 there will be music and dancing in the ballroom, and at 11 o'clock a supper will be served to the motorists and their friends. The swim- ming tank will be open to the visitors during their stay. Inasmuch as the management of the hotel desires to know the number of visitors for whom it will have to provide, members of the club are re- quested to inform the manager as to the number of their party and the probable time of ‘their arrival. The members are also requested to pay careful attention, especially in the towns through which they pass, te the provisions of the new State law regu- lating the speed and operation of mo- tor cars. being' made on the Pieta and Little Sulphur, algo in Sonoma,* Bass ng at San Pablo is good. Bert 'Spring and Jack McGovern caught eighteen on a Wilson spoon on Tuesday. The largest weighed six mnd.fl: %monl the glzer In:.h fisher- ‘men who have been e e sport are Frank Marcus, F. Jfihk‘,’ G. Pom- eroy and Arthur Baxter. A large crowd is e: ted to-morrow, as the fish are reported running in fine. WE:. n;r liver is inactive, when you are and drowsy restl at night, take Lash’ .lg;é::‘m e No | CLOSE SEASOY S INEVITABLE ~Coursing Promoters Finally Reach a Conclusion Appar- ent to Others for Years. iy The promoters of coursing have final- |1y reached the conclusion that there ! must-be a cessation of the sport here- after for a number of months each | year. This has been recommended for years by persons interested in the highest development of the sport, but | the promoters would not listen to it. | The possible extinction of the hares has forced the situation upon them. The ciaim was always made that to | stop would be to drive all the owners | out of the game and to scatter the bet- | tors. This weak argument would ap- ply equally well to horseracing, which | thrives on a season of 150 days. | At the present time men are keeping | up expensive strings of greyhounds which have few opportunities to course. | If the season was a limited one these | dogs would be thrown out of training |and fed on soft food, which would be | inexpensive as compared with that ! which they require when they are run- ning. The running must stop after the first rains next winter or else Oregon, | Nevada, Idaho and Utah must be drawn on for hares. Whether they will prove satisfactory remains to be seen. Weather conditions will have much to do with it. The intermittent showers in the San Joaquin Valley are blamed for the present shortage. These keep up the green feed and the hares are scattered over a wide area of country. One hot week in the valley ig expected to work wotiders in the supply of the little fly- ers. ‘The train for Union Park to-morrow will Jeave at 10:30 o'clock. It will not stop at Valencia street. The best four dogs in the class stake seem to be: The Referee, Quita, Rocker Arm and Tillie R. The last four in the reserve stake should be: Pomona, Secretive. Presto and Sea Lion. The likely win- ners: Unfiniehed Huason, sp&:‘h stake—The Referee, Friendless Boy, Freeport, Lucy Clair, Mr. Zignego, The Rival Gambit,'Quita, Orsina, Tom King, Tillle R., Flower Girl. Reserve _stake—Yellowstone, Pomon: roy, Ina Cissus, Race King, G ern Flyer, Sky Van, J E H _ Pr Burns, May S, Muggsy, Sea Lion, Falry Belle. Two stakes will be run at Ingleside Park to-morrow and gpod sport is ex- pected. The likely winners: Class stake—Homest John, Fenii, The Duke, sc: st ‘Wild Mamie, Lord Brazen, Cascade, Mabel S, ade, 3 ale, Free Born, Choo, P: Pleas- ant, Presidlo Girl. -~ Reserve stake—Idleness, Sampler, Loret Black Coon, Master G i ow, stake—Rector, Agile , Doe Sherman, Butts Gity,” Yellow Tl Pute Bevnr m 7 . Pure + Motto, Doretta, Mark Twain, Tralee Roar pin, Gold, Pasha, Young Rofifip of Real in Time, J R, Domesjic Lad, Flery ————ee. GOLDEN STATE LIMITED Will Continue Daily Service East. The Golden State Limited,: of the Southern Pacific and Rock Island sys- tems, will continue daily service through- uipme: - verses a new route th'm\ln e r and is g?amnl fo forts ed travelers. fn;flon of So uth fore buyfll:n;flm' uei?: East. | Foster and W. Sherwood 10NG EIPERTS [N TENNIS PLAT for the Academic Athletic League Chmnpfi)nships. PR b £ Many a month has passed since the tennis players have allowed a week's end to go by without playing a tourn- ament match of some kind. To-day and to-morrow will be given over en- tirely to practice on this side of the bay. On the East Oakland courts a doubles tournament will be played this morning for the championship of the Academic Athletic League. Al- though the event is open to all the preparatory schools the seven teams entered are fram schools in San Fran- cisco and Alameda counties only. The teams drew as follows: Charles Foley and Harold Getz (Polytechnic) vs. Richard Belcher and Roy Butler (Oakland High); W. (Alameda High) vs Melville and Herbert Long (Lowell High); Marius Hotchkiss and Harold Gabriel (Lick) vs. Cheney and Powell (Berkeley High): F. St. John and E. Lagarde (Wilmerding), a bye. The only school across the bay fig- ured to have a chance is Oakland High, and it is not at all probable it will beat the representatives of the lo- cal schools. On this side of the bay it is figured the championship lies be- tween the Long brothers and Hotch- kiss and Gabriel. These four boys are all high class players for young- sters and will furnish some good ten- nis. The Long brothers look best on paper, but they cannot be depended upon. If things do not go smoothly they are likely to go up in the air. Gabriel and Hotchkiss are both good individual players, but have had but little practice together. Gabriel is like the Longs, and if he gets a good start he will play a game that will surprise the spectators. Hotchkiss is the least brilliant of the four, but he is by long odds the steadiest. Polytechnic has one of the best players in the league in Foley, but he will have rather a weak and inex- perieced partner. The Academic Athletic League sin- gles will be played on May 13 on the California Club courts. This event will be one of the most interesting since the inauguration of temnis in the league. t will bring tegether such clever young players as H. Long, C. Foley, H. Gabriel and many others from the bay countles. The experts are already practicing hard for the coming Sen Francisco be- | Vliet in the finals of championship tournament. This event will be played on the California Club courts on May 30. It will possess less class than in former years, but there will be a merry scramble for first honors. Percy Murdock is the present champion and will probably defend his title. Many figure it a certainty that George Baker will win the tourn- ament and will meet Murdock for the championship. On past performances Baker is undoubtedly the best, but there are several young plavers com- ing to the front rapidly who must be conceded a chance. Baker is not im- proving, while players like the Longs, i Gardener, Foley and Janes have by no means reached their limit. The second tournament for the Van Vliet cup will be played by the mem- bers of the Ladies’ Annex on Tuesday. The trophy is in the possession of Mrs. C. Watson, who beat Miss Van the last tourna- | ment. High School Boys Will Meet | | the direction in which they are to be | their B | “Hunting is the sport of Kings: the | VADR.HGHOUNDJ' OF THE SAN MATEO CObNTY' HUNT IN FULL CRY WITH FRANCIS J. CAROLAN, THE MASTER, ON MERRY BOY LEADING MEN [ANGLERS SHOW i | Maundrell, Of the English poloists F. J. Mackey, Sir George Prescott and Captain de Crespigny all avalled of the oppor- tunity of following the hounds during sporting pilgrimage to this coast. Mr. Mackey, who has hunted extensively in England. had one of his | best hunters here. Francis J. Carclan. the master of | the hunt, seldom missed a day afleld " his favorite mount being Merry Boy | which has carried him safely and well for several seasons. Jerry Keating, the clever huntsman. is invariably well mounted, as owne: !are glad to have him accept a mou of the chase with her father, J. Downey | for the education he will give a horse. oth have been exceptionally | 1 well S hftar, having purchased sev- | figure on his big gray horse Royaity in eral splendid bunters in Virginia last | other years, was not seen in the saddle Walter Hobart., who was a familiar many times during the season. THE FIELD. | STAR ATHLETES WILL COMPETE Sensational Performances Are Expected Next Satur- day on Berkeley Oval. S i ‘What promises to be the most sen- sational athletic meet held here in years will take place next Saturday on Berkeley oval. The affair will be un- der the direction of the Pacific Ath- letic Association and from the win- ners will be picked a team to repre- sent California at the Lewis and Clark Exposition. The cleverest athletes of the Univer- sity of California and of Stanford.Uni- versity will meet the representatives of the high schoois, together with the athletic club men. John O. Miller, Stanford’s sensation- al distance runner, will start in the mile, where he will meet A. A. Glar- ner of the Vampire Football Club, who is the coast indoor champion; R. T. Mishler of Berkeley and H. H. the Academic Athletic League champion, will make up a re- markable quartet of distance runners. O. F. Snedigar, the inteccollegiate champion at 100 yards, who has not been extended here, will, meet C. L. Parsons of the University of Southern California. The latter won the Young Men’s Chrisgjan Association cham- pionshi St. Louis and is considered a world Weater. He is a :09 4-5 sec- onds mian. Norman E. Dole, holder of the world’s pole vault record, will meet F. E. Moullen, the Academic Athletic League champion; Joseph Wilhoit, the Southern California champion, and Harry Irwin, tle coast indoor cham- pion. the high jumper, Channing Hall, and Alfreq Plaw, the hammer throw- er, will also compete. All entries must be filed on or be- fore May 2 with Herbert Hauser, box 184, Fruitvale, Cal. Mr. Hauser is chairman of the Lewis and Clark com- mittee which is arranging for the ex- position games. The other members of the committee are George James, T. 1. Fitzpatrick, Reno Hutchinson, George McMillan, A. G. Douthill, C. C. Smith and A. A. Lawton. An interesting tournament will be played on the park courts a week from to-morrow. Sixteen of the best players at thespark will meet in a scratch singles event. Those who have already signified their intention to play are George Baker, Neil Baker, Charles Foley, Clarence Griffin, Charles Dunlap, Guy Lytton, S. C. Gdyness, Fred Adams and E.. P. Fin- negan. It is expected the Long broth- ers, George Janes, Carl Gardener and Harold Gabriel will also enter. The first annual tennis tournament for the championship of the Grammar School League will be played next {month if the present arrangemeni : 8oes through. A handsome silver lov- ing cup has been donated for fhe event, which ought to prove highly interesting. Veteran James A. e is fathering the affair. The continuous tournament started at the California Club several nths ago has been abandoned. This is the third attempt to hold a contihuous tournament and the success 3ttend- ing it was even less than on the two previous “occasions. George | Janes, who headed the list, and play- ers who advanced the most will receive prizes.