Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
'THE SAN FRANCISCO. CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1906. SPORTS $200,000 1 GATEWAY FINISHES FIRST FOR PLAUDIT HANDICAP Boo Rir*on Favorite The Call's Racing Form Chart|puebin gelding Teads out|Beltoves Cazador and Kildoo for! e’ Betting, l> L nplaced. —— Nappa, a Fast Two-| Year Oid, Equals a: Record oAt BY FRED E. MULHOLLAND. = o e a Oskland to ake Bob ¥ home in handi ;; the four-year-old bucked s The dis mile &nd & six- & many - whe Souls him a 3 . ced one Jbr a ook od, then free-for e Batewa, p meraway ock Belle he-rafl- Teddy which X 1 &v 1e e P 5 ins . ~ t 0dds of RICE'S COLORS ARE IN FRONT. & Rice stable 'eb ridden 5 ~ Pavar ng luck, | % ¥ r in a ce-sixteanths sellin . St m the Willlams sta- . Excel- &b Robmson, on the 1 ‘ badly interfered with x he paddock, for which i te his. mount was | y Dusty Miller the » B. Gates Into the . Schreiber's bay horse, Deutsch- 3e eveloped crimp In T n ‘downed a nose by Sir.Z nd 12 to 1 shot, for " ear-old Yo the eye almost | f the nod at the ~ir ran third OF THE TRACK. ne bookmakers ’ P hewcomer 1ir ax e horse trading after t Joe "Bloom, owner . of 3 Frank Flittner for 25 : “ase the e Judge‘ A lttle rliams filled up F e race for : entered- in the " Gre 28 and Bantam, the Prope { Dr. 3. Grant Lyman. and elg orses owped by the Willlams stable up & carload that reached Oak )t Park yesterday. Kane, Yellowstone er were shipped to Los A secured a three-year 5. Lynch yesterday. jams T ride at 8 pounds [ is the owner of Bonnle Reg, having purchased the gelding r J. W. Blalock. From now on Standsrd will run In olors of James Mounce, Tobe Ram- of the .mare. two-year-old event ¢ coast record of :41% furlongs., made by Wilfred last season. of the English horse ed to this country by Is; and was bred at Napa 3?.’50 v‘ n You 25.Years’ Experience . nd our clatnis for compefince mly the special and Chronic Dises such as Vital Deeline, Spe; matorrhoen, -Varicocele, Hydrocel Stricture. Countagious.Blood Pols All Conmtracted Ailments. Iiduney. Liver and Biadder Diseases, Nervous Disorders. Rupture, Fistula and ee our cure 1o be sting for all time. XAMINATION FREE. We offer not only FREE Consultation and bui of every case that comes 10 us make a careful Examination and Dingnosjs without charge. No alling .man should neglect this opportunity to get ex- pert opinion about his trouble. If you cannot call®write for Diagnosis Chart, Our offices are cpen all day from ® & m. 109 p m and Sundays from 10 to 1, DR. TAYLOR & CO. 1049 Market Street. X' F, (Between Eixth and Seventh Streets.) - | 9185, FIRST RACEThree and a half furlon of a sell-| went OAKLAND—Wednesday, January S1. ‘Weather fine. Track fast. RICHARD DWYER, Starter. purse; two-year- Index| Horse and Owper. tISt. . %. %. Str. Fin. 9167 |Nappa (I. Coffey) ...... .u: o 1515 14% (9143) | Posriens Lane (Lap & Son) D 22425 36 Sem McGlbben (Jennings)....|108| g 83188 Mra, F. \ewll: sh .E(o}%r) ,107 % 63 gg Florens : 5 asonia o B 21 s ;42 3% % e, Al At oet, 1§ minutes. Off at 2 Nappa, place, 7-10; show, 2-5. Lass, mf* w“ show,” e o E e R P salire TicAlma Date: Fratned v C ari bud. Won eastly. Next two driving. High- 7 sorstohed"Bebe. Bt 2; McGH 8; best. Florena, Sam MoGibben did not enjoy clear sailing first 20; Sexonis, 10. Away fiying, Nappa was is & fast youngster. 0186, SECOND RACE—One mile; selling; four-year-olds and up; vajus to firet, $425. nmx' “Horee and Owner. Irwqm, %. %. %. Btr. Fin. | Jookey. Op. CL PI68 Royalty, & (. Green) ...... 101/ 1 52 Broaie s, § \\n & Tountainy...|108| § ito, & (J. Ryan) . 1101 i a (Howe Stable) ....[107| 2 1 3 rese, § (Kropick & ml; xol, 8 fi ‘HH Ethel Abbott, § (F. J. Neil). L] 8815 Tnstvqment, § (. M Baird). . 10| ¢ 10- 12 Tume, , 48, 1:15, 1:41%. At post 2 minutes. Off at 2:29. Royalty, fllt‘v sbow, 1 rdle, place, 8-5; show, 10. Mooorito, show, 2. Winner, b, valien vtk Reatned by B I Getohell Seratohed . Eomert, Buier. Stln{o on in & terrific drive. alance driving. Highest price—Royalty, 18-5; , 13-10; Instrument, 15. Birdle gl er an enforced vacation du Second nlopplng By ha and caught Fountain napping. Mocorito ran her race. Ethel Abbott shy on speed came with a aunt did not ie to lameness. Thie race may and may not Instrument quit. d the race won.when Treube) V" aellin mno-yur-omn, value to first, 8320, £ w:lrst. % %. Str. Fin. | Jockey. op. Ol 106/ 4 O 3 51%8 n 11 . |Knapp s 8 ).j101 1 4 43%°1n 2% Robinson 7 iz % 2 2 3 1%2 b 8 8%|Rice . 0 18 9 Meyer (L. 1. Coggins) 101{ 8 7 6n b % 4 1%G 4+ (3 9142 [Rotrou (E Burnett).......]106/.7 9 3 THETRSNL, Willama 10 18 rank Flittner (B, Schreiber). 98 5 3 n 6n 6h |Schade ....| 4 165 escutter (D. A. Ross) -{108; 3 1 2441 72 18-5 n (Judge & Co.) 104/ 9 8§ n 82 8h (Stanfleld) Jiosl 8 8 2104 |7 o (8. M. Wilian 10512 11 10 6 9 14 © 11 (Fitzgeraid & Co.). .1 99|30 10 1311 1011 1811 381 { Rumore (J. Bloom) 102/11 12 12 12 " .12 1 241y 6%, 1:15%, 1:42. " At post 1% minutes. Off at P 6-5. Roberte, place, 5; show, 9-5. Tavors, show, ~8. . Vinner, ch.- c. by Algol-] 1441 English. Treined by R. R. Rice. Start good. Won all driving hard. Highest price— Tavora 20. Wioner stood a hard drive d was fortunate in getting through without B being out off once, Tom Roberts could have won. - Abe Meyers, first t late fr, getting up. ank Flittner grew weary chasing Grass— r found the route too long. Walsh on Theo. Case. was compelled. to " travel te. 91S8. FOURTH RACE~—One and a sixteenthmiles; Plaudit hand.; 8-y-0. and up; first, $800. | Index Horse and Owner. Y‘“;‘ISL %. %. %. Btr. Fln.‘ Jookey. | Op. QL 9146 iGateway, 5 (E. B. Burnett)..|108/§ 43 45 38 2% 1 & [Robinson § 02 #160 |Hamme: 8 (Tichnor). 5 23%1 232 ‘Trmlbe Banck. Belle, Jones & 43 415630 |J. 5—3 Bob Ragon. 4 (Summers & 1% 1h 3 1%4 20 |L, VHlHunsf o—u 18-1 Gossiper, 4 (J. Touhey) 5 5 5 |Schade .. .69’?‘ 1:18%, 1:39%%, 1:46. At Dos( 1 minute. Off at 3:17%. Gateway, place, 1-2. Hammeraway, place, 5-2; show, 1. ‘Belle, show, 2-5. Winner, . - Trained by C. W G‘appe!l Scratched—Red Light, Bombardier. Start eway was m nock Belle might have won. agon quit. Gossiper pl ed &n exceedingi Highest price— Hammeraway 9, Ragon 7-5, Gosefper 15-2. ter horse than on the occasion when Sir -Brillar and Sais beat Hammeraway aléo ran a vastly improved race. With more polished hgndling Ban- She was pocl keted on the rail last sixteenth of a mile. Bob v limited engagement, FIFTH RACE—One and three-sixteenth miles: selling; 4-year-olds up; to first $325. FHorse and Owner. Wt/St.5td . ) %. %. Str. HLI Jockey. Op. CL 9175 Nine Spot, 6 (8, M. Williams) 107 5 6 2h 13 B Walsh ! [ 9168 Bonar, 4 (Stovens & Son).... 100 6 § £4923 95 2 8168 'D. Miller. 5 (Thomas.& Co.)[112| 4 2 56 3 ns 11 13 5 W ¥ ates, a (R. R. Rice Jr.)|106| ® 3 n 3h &% 28 30 T. Lady Hobesia, 5 (Smith)./107 8 1.1} 1h 58 | ] "4 138 Tarrigan, € (McCarthy & P 100 2-7 1 7 2446 3% |Fountain 0 18 Harol W, § (Appleby &Ca.). 9.7 0 n 86 72 |Appleby ...| B0 200, Isabelita, 6.(J. M. Crane).... 10710 8 n 62 810 L Willlams! 4 4\ Bugden, a .(Cleal & Sturgon)|104 11 10 dn ok 150 9068 Mike Jordan, 5 (W. Adams) 108] 8 9310 'l!erb'n 200 S0%. 16k, 1:42%, 25 0134, At post mlnule Of at 8:45. Spot. D 0. Miler, place, 4; show, 8.5. ‘Galen ehow, Vinner, b, pf:f:: inevah all driving. trained by.T. C. Walsh, . appro: Williams. this he was di r. F r Tarrigan. . *Disqualified for fowl} Scratched— <Iberto H. P. Kane. on winper, made few mistakea and finally outrode Robingon. ching the ‘paddock, cutting “off W. Gates, when latter squalified. The Lady Hohesia quit. Too ng W. B. Gates and placed out of the money. P100. SIXTH. RACE—Seven furlongs: purse; 3-year—olds and up; value to first, $400, lndfx‘ Horse and Owarr, \W(jst- %. %. %. Str. ¥in. | Jockey. Op. CL 9147 Sir Edward, 8 (Van Gordon)..| w" 5 2%22°21 1h1ns(Rice ....... A o (9152) Deutschland, 6 (B. Schreiber). |12/ 4 1 1341 1%1 % 2 142 n L. Wiiltams| &8 8.2 Romeine, 6 (Scharetg & Co)./108/.7 8 11438 88 8 148 134Treubel 52 5.2 (9178) |Gorgalete, 6 (Fitzgerald).. ... 102 6 4% 62:7 66 4&315 Robinson 165 5166 St George Jr, § (McLaughlin) 107/ 1 65 n 5n 46 4 2%535 |E. Walsh 5% % (9150) Mauscada, 4 (C. T. Henshall).| 99/ 8 7 7 52481 68 |Graham . 10 30 9160 Sugarmaid, 3 (Bcharetg & Co.)| 67/ 2 8214 % 647 T . |Battiste (B Time—:233%, 473, 1:18%, 1:2614. At post & minute. Off at 4:12%. Sir Edward, place, 3; show, 6-5. Deutschland, place, 7-10; show, 1-4. Romaine, show, i-4. =Entry betiing sep. arate. Romaine, show, 1-3, Sugarmaid. 2. Winner b, Eddfe Jones-Motto. Trained by G. M. Van Gordon. Start good. Won all driving. Highest prics—Deutschiand, B.5, Sir Eaward § nearly equal s. Romaine would have stretch was reached, where he could have Ride recelved by Gorgalet wide. comfe almanac. -Massada oufclass *Co t ousnodded Dsutschiand after the pair had raced for half a mile on won had Treubel reserved his move until the saved ground instead of being carried very should be commemorated in -verse form for same’ supled with- Romaine, g— Clev er Fields Across the Bay —_—— | . While selling - events predominate the card at Oakland this afternoon is an ex- cellent one.. A group of fast ones will start in the fifth race. The entries: First race—Three and a half furlongs; two- )m!‘? 1d maidens; purse 358 s 9167 Our Anna | 95 Palemon (Griffin) 9167 Paladint (Jennings) . 100 9137 Agatha R (Nealom) . 109 a (Griffin) ..., Wiiliwew (Edison) 9180 Stiver Line (Lee & Son) 9101 JUl (Ezell) 014» Minta O (Blasingame) 9137 Sevenfuil (Stover) Second race—Six and & hal five_ve: d and up; selling: 9127 Ray (Durker) 1 9138 I'Tv Manola (B4 9055 Leash (Levy) 9188 Btandard ' (Mounce & 9025 Lady Kent (Everstt Stabie) . 9188 Estraza (Chiopek) 9158 Serenity (Sierra Nevada Stabie) 9161 Qur Sallie (Lynch)- . ... Daisy Wegner (Jortall) . | 8006 Maxetta (Hayes) ... 9065 Parting Jennie (Coalter) . Mary Thomes (Graffort Third race—One and ol year-cids and up: selling 9060 Expedient (Thomas) 2126 Ripper (Linton) 9121 Maccne (Rowell) 9168 Frank Woods (Garden' City Stable) 9127 “Vigoroso (Appleby) 9122 Loone (Kern) . 9128 Cataline (Blalock) 8940 Polonius (Bdwards) 9145 Thaddeus (Hayes) . mn Jerusha 57 Jolly Witch (Hooper) . 8066 Tras (Durker) - Fourth race—Futurity course; selllig by sub- iption; four-year-ol and up: 144 Alibe Carey (Fleur de m- “Stable) 3134 Sterithg Towers (Long & Oo.) 8549 Maid oy, Rancho del 9174 Sol Lic lc ein ‘(Madison) 9140 Homestead (Schreiber) . 21)Entre Nous (Nealon) . M. Bratisin (Millin) 9174)Cerro Santa (Allerd) . 9355 Royal .White (Demt 9072 Bonnle Reg_(Humes 9054 Olymplan (Schorr) 0174 Sll Preston (Schare { Lem Reed (Rogers) 9151 Jarretiere @'Or (Clancy) . | 8211 De Grammont (Durker) . raee—8ix furlongs; selling; . year-olds and up: s 2 b Fifth 9171 Ciydeo (Nealon) | 9182 Martinmas (Henehall 9147 *Tom McGrath (Schrefl 8984 Judge (Ramsey omi Royal Rogue . Hector Wilhiame) i i | Sixth race—One mile and 100 yards; selling; | { four-year-olds and up. T5Es Eheridan (Davies) | 918 The Lady Rohesia (Wililams] 9176 The I.jeutenant (Stover) | Al torpidity of the liver is prevented by Lash's Kidney and Liver Bitters, * j ——— HORSES FIGURED ON THEIR RACING FORN BY FRED E. HULBOLLAND. First rlehElmd.le, mon, Elota. Second rlee—!tn-d-rd, Es- traza, Parting Jennle.. Third race — Iras, Witeh, Cataline. anr(h race—Cerro Santa, B." . Bratta Entre Nous. - nm. race—Tom McGrath, | Martinmas, Royal Rogue. Sixth race—Ed Sheridan, The Lieutenant, Wexford. - o e THREE STAKES TO BE RUN ON INGLESIDE PARK FIELD Pale- Jolty . | Ome Hunared i hounds Are Entered Zor Satar- day and ‘Sunda Thare will e two duyn‘ oounlw this 07| week at.Ingleside ‘Park, - the running commencing on Saturday at-11 olclock and on Sunday at 10 o'clock. One hun- dred and thirty-six greyhounds will compete In three stakes. The draw last night resulted as follow: 8 Thirty-two d class staxe—] Fouas, e ol PR iy e ly 0p VS, 58 t; 2 {0ty Bigep e s Camblt; Shaun & rasrel Chlln " ufl.l’ll Frieble; y Lad vs. Tillle R; vs. Race King ly Rider vs. ‘lflflk mm Pflncm !lv Close Shave) Cay w l-nt Ffl-n Bul w‘m met IA.II' Fire Boy ve. Winning Friend; Dafsy D R; Crazy Jane vs. Great Norl.hefn: Tand_ Thirty-stx Grey 5o Reliance Clgb [fl[[IMfl SCORES. [KEENE REFUSES. BAITT DECLINES [RUCBY CANE INBY EDITED BY R. A. SMYTH HANDY VICTORY| RECORD OFFER| HANLON MATCH Horse Comes- to a. Man| Steeplechase at Ascot Park bnt Once in - 8 Idfeume —_—— LONE FAVORITE WINS|SYSONBY STA.YS HEBE Public . Choices Hn,ve a Bad Engllsh Breeders Show a Day on the -Southern| California. Race Gourse R S LOS ANGELES, Jan, $L—The u:ouu.ndr dollar handicap at a mile and fifty yards ). ‘was won by A. Muskoday at 8 to 1 from the' favorite, The Gadfly ‘third.. There .was & heavy play on. the favorite. The -midweek steeplechase fell to- Decimo in hollow fashion. Cazador was second and Kildoe third. The favorite was fifth. Eifin King [st 8.to 1 was the- longest priced horse of ‘the day. Onmly one favorite finished AN.. First race, lochase, s cpurse—Decimo 166 (Euumm T n) 2, wonj Cazador 133 (Narvees), to 1. “Kildos 100 (Russel), 9 10 3, third. ~Time, 8 ofi Iron m‘, Alleglance, Vencido and Lady Usk also acond ne', lo\n‘ furlongs—Horace 13 kn; 1§ to 8, won, Kln‘ of | u- 18 orner), §0 to 1, ‘second; (Mebl.nlll), 7005, thid. - Tom Bulllvrr, Bl Caeador, Celsis, Jack Gilroy, Wagnagootis, Alouza, Prince of Actors and George Swaln also ran, Third ‘race ‘six ' furlongs—Crowsbads (Buchanen), 4 to 1, won; Mlll Song 95 (me; 11 to 2, second; Lotia Gladstone 100 (Horner) 12 to ]. third. - “Time, - 1:14. Conde, “3. Sanfara, Sandstorm, Lady Walker, Alma dla and Waterwagon also ran. Fourth race, one mile and fifty. yards, moo addsd—A. Muskoday 100 (McDaxlel), § to won;. Prince Stiverwings 110 -(Miller), 7 b second; The Gadfly 105 (Booker), 6 to. 1, third, Time, 1:48%. . Borghest, Bl Otros, Bmbarrass- ment_ and-Bals also Fifth race_one and an etghth miles—Blisatul 9. McDanlel), 7 19 2, won: Tho Huguenot 105 (Aubuchon). 9 to 10, second: Gentle Harry 97 (Kon); 15 0 1. hivd. S Time. S0k Haniiand. Dekiaber, Northville and ¥ills 'O also ram Sixth rlu. six turlongs—Bifin King (Powell), § o 1. won: Huachuca 116 (Davisy 11 to 10, pecond;' Interlude 119 (McDanlel), 7 to 2, third. Time 1:14%. . Bl Bernardo, Tim Hurst, Prinoe Magnei, Marc Lichtensteln, Ben Arthur and Coeur de Lion also ran. F Bl N Pick Time Wing Steeplechase, NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 81.—City Park rac- ing results: First race, geven furlongs—Lythelist won, The Only Way second, Bill Caster third. Time, S Pabo] Faoa: Mbspiabiaie, hort colies. P Time pon. & Oltver Mc second, Creolin third. Time, Third race; e and a sizteenth sallen, hand: teap—Alma Dufour won, Auditor second, Harry Stephens third. Time, 1:47. Fourth race, six and a half furlongs, ell- ing—Merlingo won, Hadur second, Skyward third. Time, 1:218-5. Fifth race, one and an eighth miles, selling —Keynote won, Blg Bow second, Leader third. Time, 1:651-5. Sixth race, one mile and_seventy yards— Qrient won, 1ole second, Ora Viva thira. Time, Soventh ‘race, five and & half furlonxs— Florel King won, John Carroll second, Bt. Joseph third. Time, 1 ] APl - Handicap for Southern Cross. NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 8L.—Fair Grounds racing results: First race, six furiongs—Whorler won, Nine second, Red Raven third. Time, 1:143-5. Second race, three and a half furlongs—Dry. Dollar won, Zick Abrams second, Big Store third. Time, :42 4-0. Third race, mile and seventy ards—Can- 3gn won, Whipporwill second, Latheron third. me, 1: Foiirth- race, five furlongs, handicap—South- o Cross won, Columbie Girl escond, Invin- cible third: Time, 1:00. Fifth race, six lurloni‘l—Flrll ‘Premjum won, Third Alarm’ second, ‘Halloway third. Time, 1:14 3-5. Sixth race, mile -and seventy yards—Bester- ling won, Reedmore second, Carnival third. Time, 1:452-5. ——ae o CORINTHIAN YACHTSMBEN . HOLD ANNUAL ELECTION John Brickell Will Be Commodore and , Frank Stone Vice Commodore Dur- ing Coming Seamon. : ‘The tenth annual meeting '-of the Corinthian .Yacht Club was held’ last night in Red Men’s. Hall, 510 street. . ‘After the reading of the -ports. of. the. commodore, secrétary and ‘| treasurer the meeting proceeded to the election of officers to serve during the ensulng year. There being no opposi- tion to the nominées submitted by the nominating committee, the regular ticket was elected unanimously. The following will be the club's of- -ficers: John C. Brickell, commodore; W. F. Stone, ‘vice commodore; John H. Keefe, port’ captain; the foregoing, ‘| with Walter H. Crowell, W. A. Stringer, J. H. Sharpe and Stuart Middlemas, di- rectors; Thomas J. Kavanagh, Douglas Erskine and Charles Gerlach, regatta committee. At the first meeting of the directors a secretary l.nd treasuter will be chos ————— ALI}L PAPE 1S INJURED ' WHILE MAKING A DIVE Well-Known Swimmer and Oarsman Narrowly Escapes Death m a Reno Bath. ' RENO, Nev., Jan. 3l.—Alex | champion amateur single sc! ifornia, o well-known rest on an Franolsco end a member of tho lympio Club, was near death to-day. attempted a high dive in a hot ater tank at Moano Springs, near ere. He struck his head on the bot- tom and was rendered unconscious. .But for the fact that two friends wit- nessed the accident he would have been drowned. As it was he was soon pulled to the landing and was restored to con- sofousness. He is suffering from his uperionu-. but is not in danger. —_———— Boxing. OAKLAND, Jan. 31.—The Rellance Athletic Club -will reopen’ {ts boxing entertainments Friday night with a] programme of six four-round amateur events. .. Bddie Smith, the club's box- ing instructor, airénged the matches. The mialn number will be between Henry Loague, a hard fighting ‘ light- welght, and -Charlie .Dunn. The mainder of the card consists of bouts ‘between young Gauly and J. Jones, J. Evans -and Kid Foster, J. Hiocker and Bd Carter, Eddle Mensor ‘and F. ‘Mo, ~Crowe and "W. Bdwards.. Fred (“Bull) Perrins, the. baseball umpire, | will 'bé master of ceremonies. Phil Wnd -na Al Young will act as ’uasu. —— &; !llt and Gold Nine Defeated. BERKILEY. Jan. 31.—The first blll game of the ‘season on the campus was played this afternoon between the var- Mary's sity team and the nine fromr St. College, "Oakland, The wvisitors won handily,. shutting out the varsity play- ers, the ‘score standing 3 to 0. = Rein- hardt ‘and Newman pitched for the lml- versity, e 3 Gregory. nwmuth-ww?rs&m Four hits Prince Silverwings;, with- first. Weather fine; track fast. Results:| .| Handicapper Bush | Te- | . Sentimental " Regard for “the" Son - of * - Melton Bpecial Dispatoh _‘_to The Call. | NEW YORK, Jan. 8l.-James R. Keene has refused an offer of $200,000 for Syson- by. - This was made by W. T. Robinson, the leading try of the English turf ‘last season, who is sald to represent a syndicate -on tho fl:‘r_ side. Bysonby, which was bred {; and, has & strong following over ere, especially among the breeders who belleve he should be retired to one of their-studs. Mr. Keene, who turned down an offer of $100,000 made for Sysonby last summer by John W. Gates, evidently belleves the son’ of Melton-Optime will prove a valu- able, &ddition .to his breeding establish- ment. at Castleton. Trainer Robinson and C. A. Mills, a prominent English turf man, pald a visit last week to the Keene barns at Shedps- head Bay, where they fnspected Syson- by.. Both of them declared - they had never seen & finer wpecimen of the thor- oughbred. They then made their offer of £40,000, which did not cause Mr. Keene 108 | 8 moment's henlutlon in filing a refusal. el e lY!ONnY ll TOP WEIGHT. v Vosburg Places . High . Estimate on the Keene Crack. . NEW. YORK, -Jan. 81.In the first. allotment: of welghts to hor entered for. the Suburban and the Brooklyn handicaps, Walter 8.: Vosburg, the of- ficial handicapper for. the Jockey Club, places ‘131 pounds on Sysonby, which is the welglht -assigned to him' in the Brighton handfcap. ‘He thus.confirms his early opinjon of Sysonby's greatness and awards him the triple crown, king of three big turf. classies. ° 4 Artful, - Sysonby’s rival “for turt honors, has been assigned 123-pounds, one more than she is asked to carry in the Brighton - handicap.. With _this welght Vosburg pays his respects to the great filly and places her on a high pedestal. -She is thus proclaimed the “queen,” for like Sysonby, no other filly has ever been so heavily weighted before in these big events. - Weights for the Suburban are as follows: sonby 131, Dandelion 127| Merry Lark 125| Von Tromp ur.l Tokalon .. Santa. Catalina 1123 Pulsus ’.. Kinamesha 2335538 made o Gr-tmua' WARRANT I8 ISSUED FOR FIGHT PROMOTER Accused by by - Santa’ Rosa - Widow of Abducting - “Her Daughter. - mm ‘The Call. ‘A m hn. 81.—-Mry. Froma Hegl | o ey i Bl ¥hi 1eson, and Connn.b!e Bamuel J. d!lum left for Ban Francisco on the last.train in. an effort to capturs Smith before left there. Mrs. leson, who ‘is widow, 1s a highly cted woman.. She unable to control her daughter for some time past. Smith, whose home is here, is nclined to be-a “sport.” He promoted several fistic contests here, but finally drifted to Sparks, Nev., where he obtained employ- ment with the Southern Pacific. Last week he retérned, and Saturday he and the young woman left here together. All surrounding towns were notifled of the flight and striot watch but to no avail, 80 to-day the heart] moth- cmnflnmt Thollflhno(m 18 years old. it —_———— MERCHANTS OF SANTA CLARA - TAKE BOGUS PAPER FOR GOODS - SAN" JOSE, Jl-l‘. 31.—A man who gave the name of George Stark suc- deeded In viotimising a number of mer- chants at Santa Clara by passing bogus checks in return for small purchases goods. ' eriff Ross is at presen! searo! for Stark, who left town be- fore it was discovered that the checks were bad. Two checks for $1950 were passed on Crosby & Leask, dry goods dealers. The checks were drawn on the Safe Deposit Bank of this city. = Stark has no funds on deposit there. o e b e Awarded Heavy Damages. SANTA BARBARA, Jan. 31.—The jury in the case of Frank W. Johnson and ‘| children versus the Southern Pacific Company for damages for the death of Mrs. Johnson in 1801 In a runaway caused by a work train on the coast line, to-night brought in a verdict for 38000 damages. The case went to the ‘Suprem The 06 | Governor started in his behalf. : css'ssaaa;'axszs ern Theatrical Pilgrimage WANTS . THREE BOUTS Thinks That He Overtrained Last’ Year and Will Not Repeat His Mistake the enervating effects of his recemt ef- forts to elevate the stage. This leaves BEddie Hanlon without an opponent. Britt announces that hs expects to train for but fights this year. Ome of these is with Nelson. The other two he does not name. He believes he kept in condition too long last year and will not flge.t the mistake. nder an agreement made by the four members of the fight trust no match can be made .unless three votes are cast in favor of it. "While Neison i8 controlled by Nolap it will be difficult for the Dane to get these three votea. Nolan's attack on the last Legislature ls coming up against him now. Some of the members return next year and they have expressed themselves-strongly on the matter of No- lan being identified with the game here. If he is identified with if adverse legls- lation is expected. Manager Jim Coffroth left for Byron Springs yesterday to recuperate from his labors in organizing the trust. He will return in a few days, when fight matters are expected to take on their wonted ac- tivity. “MURDER IN FIRST . DEGREE,” SAYS JURY Plea of Insanity Does Not Save Slayer of Sheriff . Smith. Special Dispatch to The Cail. UKIAH, Jan. 31.—The jury in the case of Frank - Willard, the .half-breed who shot and. killed Sheriff Smith and shot at Judge White on' December 22, to-night brought’ in-a verdict of murder in the first degres, after having been out nireéty minutes. Willard endeavored to cover his crime by pleading insanity. He had been committed to Mendocino State Hos- pital.on_two-occasions and had just been committed a third timé when he shot the Sheriff. ‘The verdict is a popular one and the jurymen are the heroes of the hour. Judge Burnett of Santa Rosa, before whom “the trlal was held, Sa!urdny morning. O BECOME @ GOVERNOR Congressman an Wil Accept Nomination if Party Con- vention Offers It. BUREKA, Jan. 3L.—"My friends started the movement and .if the convention offers me the mzmhutlon 1 shall consider it ‘my duty to accept.” .Such was the re- sponse made- to-day by Conrre;mn 3. N. Gillett In answer to a query sent to Washington, for the purpose of ascertain- ing how -he. viewed tHe campaign for It has’ been contended that Congressman Gillett had ot been consulted in the matter. Mr. Gillett's reply has placed the smmt.\on in a" different light. ARMED WOMEN FORCE BURGLAR FROM HOUSE Thief Leaps From Second- 'Stow Window to Escape ‘ Angry Females. " Special Duspatch to Sispatch to The Call. BRATTLE, ’ln. 3L—While a cordon of brave women, somie of them armed with revolvers, surrounded the house, a nervy burglar was -forced last night to leap trom & second-story window of the resi- dence of Rev. J. M. Denison on Queen Ann avenue just as the faithful dog of -one of the nelghbors had started growl- ing up the stairs to rout the thief from his place of hiding. burglar -| leaped from the window to ground - |Mrs. Mary Haines shot at him. He ed and escaped in the darkness. Haines does not know whether the rmm_mn- thief or not. Make Big Catches. C.. Jan. 31.—Advices sealing fleet hunting gP Sentence will be pronounced by 10 BE PLAYED Thn.t a Sens:monal Oulifomja.n Decides He Needs Arm.ngements Being Made a.-Rest After - His East-! for- the Appearance of the New Zealand Team . iy NORTHERNERS MAY COME British Columbia Prepares to Send a Representa- tive Football Aggregation o s Robert Leighton, the well-known racing offictal, received a wire yesterday from J. J. Bottger of Vancouver, B. C., asking it a fleild @uld be secured hers for a football game between the New Zealand Rugby players and a team made up of players from British Columbia. February 13 was named as ‘the date of the proposed game. Mr. Laighton answered that a fleld could readily be secured, but he doubted the gate receipts would pay the expe incurred by a visiting team 1f m were played on & Tuesday, as proposed. It a northern team does not come dowm 1t ts expected an all-California team will be made up. A northern team would be & representative one, as it would be made up of players from Vancouver, New Westminster, Viotoria, Kamloops, Ravel- stoke and Nanaimo Owing to the discussion over intereol- legiate football the appearance of the New Zealanders is timely. They show the highest development of the Rugby game. Sl WILL APPEAR IN NEW YORK. New Zealanders to Meet a Picked Team of New Yorkers To-Day. ' NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—New Yorkers will have an opportunity to see how the New Zealanders won all their games but one against Wales on thelr trip around the world when they lime up against a team picked from the best Rugby players in New York and vicin- ity to-morrow afternoon at Washing- ton Park. The Antlpodeans have de- cided to postpone their Western trip for a few days, In order to show the Yankees a thing or two about football as it should be played. The New Zealanders have played thir- ty-two games on their tour, being beaten but once, losing a game to the team répresenting Wales by a score of 8 to D The team will go to Niagara Falls to- morrow night. From the falls the New" Zealanders will journey to the coast by easy stages, stopping at Chicago for a few hours. ' The Antipodeans will also visit Colorado Canyon and Los Angeles. They are booked- to sail from San Francisco on February 15 WOMAN THREATENS TO. WHIP EDITOR Publication of Story -of Love Affairs Arouses Her Tre. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Jan. 3lL—Excitement has been aroused at Sumas over the love af- fairs of the Lindey family and Cowboy “Jake” Terry by the threat of the wo- man in the case to horsewhip the editor of the Sumas News for having ajred the affair in the paper and for being too active in trying to get the vom and Terry to leave town. In a letter to the editor she gives him a sharp calling down and threatens that if he ever mentions her affairs again she will horsewhip him se¢ that he will not be able to walk for many weeks. As the woman is very wrathy and deter- mined and as the editor refuses to back down the horsewhipping is likely to come off any time. It is sald that Mrs. Lin- dey already provided herself with the whip and that she has shown it to r @ number of people. JURY 1S UNABLE TO REACH VERDICT IN ARSON OAS® Elght Stand for Acquittal and Four for Conviction After Deliberating Twenty-Nine Hours. % SAN LUIS OBISPO. Jan. 31.—After being locked up twenty-nine hours the jury in the Sargentl case was dis- charged at 8:30 o’clock to-night. It was unable to reach a verdict, eight stand- ing for acquittal and four for comvic~ tion. Sargent! was charged with arson, 1t being alleged that he set/fire to the home of Charles Walter. The defgndant and the plaintiff are Swiss, : the trial, which lasted thirteen days, has caused considerable excite- Mment among the Swiss ocolony h this county. —_—— Sues for Right of Way. . SANTA ROSA, Jan. 31.—What is re- garded as a highly Important suit was begun here to-day when the Bay Coun- ties Rallway Company began an action against Charles Lauritzen and others to condemn a right of way through tuelr property near Reclamation in the southern part of this county. The Bay Counties Company 1s generally b.livvod to be the name under which the electrio road Is preparing to construct its ex- tension to tide water.