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There are wise cats as - well as wiae
people In Vermont. *A man living at I'ora
fret, in that State, possessed one of
them, which called him out of. ted the
other evening by Its piteous wailincs, and
led him to a portion of a wood lot where
a feline companion had been caught 'In a
trap set for a skunk.
The running of the last Futurity at Un
ion Coursing Park,, however, brought out
a new factor, as the work of the young
sters in that event and In subsequent
stakes has placed them, in the estima
tion of competent- judges, on an equal
footing with the more matured champions
and stake winners now in the running.
The puppies whelped in 1900 which have
had public trials have shown all the in
herent qualities that go to make up t'je
successful courser, and the youngsters
will , not be without good backing when
they are slipped even with the more ex
perienced hounds. - Immediately after the
Futurity 'the announcement was' made
for many of the puppies that their next
big trial would be in the stake with the
season's champions. Cold Shivers, Royal
Archer, Tame Tralee, Traiee Boy, Aeolus
and Hickory Dick were considered strong
enough then to hold their own with .the
older dogs and were declared by their
on in earnest. This event, rich
in prizes, has been the hope and the am
bition of all leashmen, as in addition to
the honor attached to winning first place
in the stake the successful greyhound
earns a small sized fortune. New condi
tions have arisen this season that add
much to the interest of the game. Here
tofore predictions have been made far in
advance, the. work of performers from
the season's inauguration giving the en
thusiasts a chance to figure the compar
ative worth of tried and experienced
hounds.
biggest coursing
ff meeting/ the John Grace Chal
fl^V lenge Cup stake, will be run
: - soon, and preparations for it are
Leashmen of Judgment Figure
That th? Chances of the Older
Coursers . Are in Jeopardy
YOUNG GREYHOUNDS
WILL BE FACTORS
IN THE BIG STAKE
owners for the event. While at first it
seemed that in promising vtheir puppies,
for thia champion stake the owners did
so merely as a compliment to the Futurity
youngsters, later feeling is that In the
scramble for the much coveted honors the
older dogs are the ones whose chances are
in jeopardy. The recent wonderful show
ing of the youngest of the lot, Hugh
Lynch's A. J. Martin, has increased that
feeling. Palo Alto, Slsquoc, Qewdrop,
Sacramento Boy. Luxor, Flying Fox and
other fast ones, veterans to the game, as
they are, will find it difficult to outpoint
thes© comers. It Js freely predicted even
now that the course for the final flag In
the great event will be between the
youngsters which first saw the light of
day in 1900.
Among the stories told of the recent
flurry in Wall street Is this: An army of
ficer stationed in the i hilipplnes has been
sending home his salary for his wife to
save. She sought to add to it by taking a
flyer in Wall street. She had Invested
every dollar of her husband's savings, and.
in the panic of Thursday all was swept
away. She appealed to Henry Clews, with
whose firm she had dealt:
"If I show you the way to get your
money back will you promise me that you
will not speculate again?" asked the
broker.
"Indeed I will," tearfully assented the
woman.
"Well, here's your money; now keep out
of the market."
Clews said afterward that he had not
invested the money.
A broker who listened to' th© story
laughed. "Well, there's one on Clews.
That -woman brought the money right
over to my office and asked me to buy
Delaware and Hudson for it. I did so and
she made $5400."— Utica Pres3.
The Woman Would Speculate.
There will probably be a handicap
doubles tournament for the Davis cups at.
the California Club courts to-day. These
cups have been won twice by th© Whit-
ney brothers, Collier and Crowell and
Smith and Cornell. They must be won
five times to become the permanent prop-*
erty of any team. Many other teama
have their names on tho cups once.
The three new oil-packed courts In
Golden Gate Park have been completed
and have already proved much better
than the ones laid out previously. What
they lack most is rolling. When they are
as hard as the main drive, which 13
packed with oil, they will be as true as
asphalt courts, and better in some re
spects.'
Those in charge of the park courts have
acted favorably upon the suggestion of
putting shower baths and lockers In th©
old band stand, and in a short time the
players will have every convenience at
their disposal.
It would.be a good plan to build on©
asphalt court in the park and have It as
an exhibition court. If this were done the
best players in the city would b£ willing
to play exhibition matches in the park.
This would add to the interest of both
players and spectators.
The building of these courts was mere
ly an experiment, the unexpected success
of which makes it safe to say that in a
year from now there will be at least
twenty-five public tennis courts In tho.
park. /
Several of the local cracks are trying
to learn the peculiar service used by Bell,
the Southern California champion. Thia
service, is made at the top of the reach
and with the racket parallel to the
ground. The racket is drawn from left to
right. This gives the ball a peculiar cut
and causes it to bound exceedingly; high
and toward instead of away from the re
ceiver. This service was brought to the
coast two years ago by the Eastern cham
pions. Smith and Collier are using It with
the most success at present.
Many changes will be made by the pres
ent board. The tournament committee
will make out a schedule of tournaments
for the coming year, so the players will
know exactly on what day3 the events
will be held. As the membership limit—
200— has almost bee*n reached there is talk
of raising the initiation fee, but it la
doubtful if this will te done, as the ma
jority of the members are not In favor
of it.
principal topic of discussion
ff * among tennis enthusiasts Is the
f^J recent election of directors held
at tho California Tennis Club.
The board is made up of practi
cally the same men as last year, the two
retiring members being George Whitney
and R. J. Davis. The- latter has been
treasurer of the club since It started,
eleven years aso, and its present success
is largely due to his efforts. At first
glance it might appear the members are
ungrateful in not electing Mr. Davis, but
the fact that he has not played tenni3
for a year and consequently is unknown
to the new members justifies them in
their course.
Shower Baths Are Being Provided
for the Convenience of the
Persons Who Use the Grounds
TENNIS PLAYERS
FIND PARK COURTS
A GREAT BENEFIT
With the. teams representing Olympic
and Reliance Athletic clubs playing what
gives promise of becoming high class ball,
when the players round Into condition, the
outlook for splendid sport is bright. The
players on the club teams, have entered
more heartily into the game- thia year
than formerly and closer contests should
result throughout the season.
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• Some good material is being developed
back of the line. Freshman Kelsey at
full bucks hard and low. Whipple, Sher
man, Mini and Bishop at each half play
strong games. The first two named, with
Kelsey, make a promising trio. More's
punting at full Is uncertain. On the liiV3
Gendottl has held down center without
opposition. \ Overall plays at his right.
Stow and O'Toole are trying out for \i-fi
guard. Stow also plays at right .tackle
with Symmes. Womble and Starr pliy
right end, the former shifting on ocm
sions to right tackle. Albertson Is play
ing at left tackle and Dibblee and WM
liams at left end. Hudson and Decoto
are trying ou£ for quarter.
The training table was commencc-1
Monday with \u25a0 the .following men on the
list: Gendottl, Albertson, Stow, Dibble,
Overall, Womble. Braley. More, Duden,
Whipple, Mini, Hudson, Sherman, Starr,
O'Toole, Hendricks, Bishop and Decoto.
into first-class condition, much
to the "satisfaction of all concerned. Re
cent cool weather has favored heavy
playing and has been of great advantage
to the athletes on the gridiron.
Although the big eleven failed to score
against Reliance in the game of a week
ago the play was satisfactory. The team
showed up well for its first contest and
the coaches were able to get a line on the
ability of the men when opposed by a
strong, heavy team.
Oct. 5.— The practice
M£<^ji California's football squad Is
A^r^T growing harder and faster clay
by day. The men are working
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field this season. Besides some of last
year's eleven good material has entered
tnls \u25a0 term, and It is predicted the aggre
gation will be the strongest that ever
wore the school's colors. A suitable coach
will shortly be selected. The officers and
make-up of the college eleven are as fol
lows: Manager, Robert Keefe; captain,
William Magee; center, J. Chlchizola of
Arnador; right guard, J. Kinch of Marys
viile; right tackle, F. J. Plank. of College
Park; right end, Robert Keefe of Folsom;
left guard, Ed Cosgrlff of San Francisco;
left tackle, Frank Lawler of San Fran
cisco; left end, G. Ivancovlch of San
Francisco; quarter back, William" Regan
of Boise City, Idaho; fullback. William
Magee of San Diego; left half, T. Feeney
of Gllroy; right half, I. J. Bounds of
North Yaklma, Wash.;, substitutes, A.
Castro and A. Finnegan.
SAN JOSE, Oct. 5.— Santa Clara College
will have a strong football team in the
TANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct. 5.
\ — Progress on the football field
f Jm during the week has been satis
factory, an improvement in the
squad being noticeable in both the
form and physical condition of the men.
Last Saturday's game with the Olympics
showed the possibilities of the big eleven.
Quarterback Raitt said after the game
that the "Stanford team did not put up^ its
hardest game. ' r
Hoian, the big guard from Lafayette,
registered for university work Monday
and appeared on the gridiron in canvas
for the first time Monday: night. " He Is
showing up well and will undoubtedly
make somebody hustle for a position on
the first eleven. Allen, Parker and Craw
ford of the second eleven backs are show
ing up well. Allen, who was. put in
against Olympics in the •second half
Saturday week, played his .position weil
and' may give the other halfbacks a run
for the position.
FOOTBALL PRACTICE IN FULL SWING
Many fish can produce musical sounds.
The trigla can produce long drawn notes
ranging over nearly an octave. Others,
notably two epecies of ophldlum, have
sound-producing apparatus, consisting of
Email movable bones, which can be made
to produc* a sharp rattle. The curious
"drumming" made by the species called
umbrinae can be heard from a depth of
thirty fathoms. - >
Competition among the men will be
stimulated by the handsome challenge
cup presented by Captain Edwin Goodall,
which will be contended for at least twice,
and not oftener than four times a year,
the competitions being over thirty-six
holes, stroke play, with handicaps not
higher than eighteen. The trophy must be
won twice by 'the same player before be
coming his permanent property. Nothing
was said by the donor about the sex of
the competitors, so it would seem - the
ladies are eligible to play. This point has
Hot yet \u25a0 been - decided by the board .of
directors, and is really not of much Im
portance, as no lady would be likely to
win a contest over thirty-six holes with
8u small a handicap as eighteen. *
The Oakland Golf Club is displaying
considerable activity, having engaged
George Smith as an instructor, and hav
ing alreadv begun to hold competitions
and break "records. Collector of the Port
F. S. Stratton recently established a new
amateur record for eighteen holes, cover
ing the short course of nine holes in 30
and the long course In 42. total 78.
ter. The first of these will be a
competition for the Council's cup for
men. There is no truth in the rumor
that B. D. Adamson will join the ranKS
of the Oakland or any otner golf club, as
his lnlention is 'to remain a member of
the Presidio Golf Club and to represent
It on the links. Even* If he should re
move to one of the suburbs of San Fran
cisco it is quite as likely to be Belvedere
or Sausalito as Oakland. He would stUl
continue to play on the Presidio course.
So that, any hopes which "the Adams
Point golfers may have entertained of se
curing their adversaries' thunder are
doomed- to disappointment.
T is expected the tournament
%jf committee of the San Francisco
j. Jf Golf Club will soon prepare a
. schedule of events for the -win-
On the 19th inst. both the Corinthian
and California Yacht clubs will hold their
closing entertainment, the former at Ti
buron and the latter in the clubhouse on
Oakland Creek. The Jinks committee of
the Corinthian Yacht Club is hard at
work preparing for the closing entertain
ment. The committee is made up of E.
F. Sagar (chairman), W. Howe, J. V.
O'Brien, L. Harris, E. Angelo and Frank
W. Thompson. The closing entertain
ment of the San Francisco Yacht Club
will take place on Saturday, the '26th
inst., and the final cruise of the season
on the following day. ,
The yawl Phyllis, with Captain and
Mrs. Chlttenden on board, returned to
Sausalito last Sunday, having been on a
The command of the San Francisco
fleet has for some time past devolved on
Vice Commodore R. S. Bridgman, as
Commodore W. N. McCarthy, owing to
the illness of Mrs. McCarthy and the re
cent death of their Infant child, has had
no time nor inclination for yachting.
To-day the California and San . Fran
cisco fleets will take a cruise together In
the channel toward the Heads, as the
tide runs out until 12:4G p. m. The Cor
inthians have no event scheduled for to
day. Next Saturday they will cruise to
Corinthian Cove, and on the following
day will hold the annual Corinthian
games ashore.
were received by the members of
the San Francisco Yacht Club, refresh
ments being served and an informal en
tertainment given \u25a0 In their honor.' .
of the California Yacht
\ Club fleet cruised yesterday from
ttJB their moorings in Oakland Creek
over to . Sausalito, where they
Valuable Challenge Trcphy Is
Expected to Stimulate Compe
tition Among Club Members
letter and spirit a great deal of
mental worry. First comes Herman Oel
richs, a most honorable sportsman. He
asks the members of the Fish and Game
Commission the following question: ''Can
the steward of a pun c\ub have under his
charge ln»the stoieroom jit the shooting
box ducks exceeding fifty In number,. the
property of different members and the
result of their individual shooting?",
Interpreting the law as It stands, the
Commission officers have replied that the
steward of a club is liable to arrest if the
birds are kept in one room. Qualifying
this they add if the birds were in the
individual lockers of the members the
law would not be considered violated.
Manager Babcock of Hotel Coronado Is
also in a quandary. He has a shooting
lodge in* the country some distance from
his hotel. It has been his custom for
years to extend an invitation to the
sportsmen among his friends to spend a
few days with him in quest of ducks. As
they usually kill more than they can dis
pose of, they have had them placed In
cold storage at the hotel to be distributed
later among their friends by the steward.
As, under ordinary conditions, the num
ber of ducks thus on hand would expeed
fifty Mr. Babcock finds a stop put to the
hospitality which it has been his pleasure
JjeVetofore to dispense.. . • >
There seems no recourse In the courts
for those who feel they have a grievance.
In the Corriea case, wher© a dealer
claimed the right to have in his posses
sion, for sale, more than fifty doves, the
property of different men, the Supreme
Court denied the writ which was applied
lor. This means the contentions raised
by* Corriea were found to be without
merit. In effect it declares that part of
the game law constitutional and valid.
Laws Could Not Anticipate
/*ygT HE new game law limiting the
JT\ Individual bag to fifty birds in
W_M one day Is causing sportsmen
who wish to live up to Its exact
Curious Complications Develop
Which ihs Framers' of the
OAKLAND GOLFERS
WILL COMPETE FOR
THE GOOD ALL CUP
GAME LAWS PUZZLE
GUNMEN WHO WANT
. TO OBSERVE THEM
The sale of tickets for the regatta com
mittee's steamer Resolute on the annual
Admission day races 'realized about $tJ5,
thus considerably reducing the assess
ments of the clubs, which amount to
about $3 for each boat entered. During
the past week the. regatta committee of
the Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association
met and made its final report to the
directors, who accepted it and awarded
thi cups,, flags, and certificates accord
ingly." The only question arose In the
yawl class, the California yawl Gypsle,
which 'finished first, being protested for
forcing the sloops Merope and Discovery
aooiit at th'c starting line. -
At ' the close of the season" Dr. T.L.
Hill will lay the sloop Cygnus up in the
Corte Madera Creek for the winter. He
will do a good deal of work on her be
fore the next season opens.
The committee appointed by the Pacific
Inter-Club Yacht Association to revise
th 3 signal code for use in San Francisco
Bay will not proceed with the work v at
present, as the maritime nations of the
world are on the point of adopting a
new international code, which will come
into operation on January 1, 1002. Until
that date either the old 6r. the new code
may be used.
J. R. Savoy of the sloop Juanlta, who
was recently the victim of a brutal at
tack in the street at night/ has recovered
and was able to go' out on a cruise last
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two weeks' trip up the bay. Three days
were spent off Marin Islands. Benicla
and Vallejo were also visited.
The yawl Tramontana is lying off Sau
salito, but' will soon take .the moorings
of the steam, yacht El Primero, to the
north of the ferry slip, for the winter.
The steam yacht will go to Anticch. The
big- sloop Annie, flagship of. the Oakland
Cance Club, was out for a cruise last
Sunday in the upper bay. After a stay
of a fortnight or so at Alviso she will
take up moorings *at- Sausalito and wfll
probably remain in commission during
the* winter. G. E. Billlng3' sloop Nixie
has been copper-painted and at the close
of the season will be taken to her usual
winter quarters on Swanson's ways, Tlb
uron. Dr. A. W. McKenzie's. sloop Sapho
was out . cruising, last Sunday with her
owner on board. Shje will probably be
kept in commission during the winter as
the doctor has missed a good deal of sail
ing through his absence In the Eastern
States. .. ...'.-'
Sheltered Coves Will Protect Them
From the Winier Storms
Which Sweep Across the Bay
YACHTSMEN SELECT
WINTER MOORINGS
FOR THEIR BOATS
Dr. Simpson, Head Coach, Putting University of California Team Through Practice— Captain Womble in Position
To com© down to the present year, the
success of American oaremen at Henley
regatta has brought out the suggestion
that hereafter all foreign entries be- re
fused. It Is claimed thes© regattas origin
ally meant a week of pleasuring on the
river. The competitions were of a friendly
character and the men trained In a
desultory sort of way 'for them. When
the American crews and single scullers
went over all was changed. They settled
down to strict business such as they had
been accustomed to from the. first tlm©
they sat on a sliding seat in a practice
boat and, perforce. Englishmen had to
follow their strenuous methods. It is -to
do away with this and to return to the
dilettante attitude which prevailed before
the American Invasion that Englishmen
are making.
The punishment in Reiff's case is more
sever© than that meted out to Sloan. The
latter could visit the race courses— Relff
can not- As the New York Jockey Club
end the new California Jockey Club recog
nize the rulings of the English body, Reiff
is an outcast and cannot even jnter a
race co urea.
Thia is not England's first display of ill
nature In the \u25a0world of sport. In 1S84 a
cumber of English cyclists. Including
Percy Furnival and George Gatehouse,
/.gm» to this country and defeated the
beet men America could put forth at that
time. The best of feeling prevailed and it
waa thought it would lead to a number
of International competitions. Some years
later A- A. Zimmerman went to England
and won the majority of the National
Cyclists' Union championships, the blue
ribbon events of the cycling world. He
was followed by W. C. ganger, who re
peated the performance. There were
muttering* of discontent at the time over
foreigners winding these classic events.
The cup of bitterness overflowed the fol
lowing year when a German boy rode off
with the championship. The bars were
then put up and only English riders can
now compete.
With all their reputation as broad
minded sportsmen they cannot bear to see
their lavorite riders and athletes defeated
nor their pet institutions Invaded. Relff
committed an unforgivable ein when h©
•won the English "Derby for William C.
Whitney, an American.
withdrawal of Lester Reiff's
f ~ license by the stewards of the
£3 English Jockey Club has excited
more comment than did their ac
tion In the Sloan case. Tod's
heavy betting and more public life had
prepared the public for some such action.
With Reiff it was different. He led a quiet
life ard attended strictly to his business,
that of a jockey. At this distance- it seems
the English officials have strained a point
in order to bar from their rac© courses
the most successful rider of the year—
en American. - . •
Went to the Full Extent of Their
Powers to End Forever His
Successful Career as a Rider
STEWARDS' ACTION
IN REIFF MATTER
AN EXTREME ONE
THE SUNDAY CALL.
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