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SUMMER SPORTS
The State Sportsmen's Association will
hold its annual trap-shooting tournament
at Sacramento next month and a large at
tendance is expected. The wheelmen are
interested in the races which will be held
at Sacramento and San Jo?e. Amateur
athletes are interested in the Olympic Club
election, which will take place Monday
evening. The largest coursing meeting of
the year will be held at Ocean View Park
on September 9. The wind up of the Del
Monte festivities will occur to-day. Rifle
ehooters, tennis-players, anglers and oars
men are having ample sport durins the
present fine weather for outdoor sports.
THE WHEELMEN.
R. L. Long, the Crack Class B Man,
Joins the Bay City Wheelmen.
CLUB EVENTS TO-MORROW.
California Cycling Club— Try-outs at
Oakland Trotting Park.
" The Daily Call" Bicycle Club— To
Centerville.
Crescent Road Club— Road race, San
Blateo to San Carlos.
Diamond Cycling Club— To San Jose.
Garden City Cyclers— To Lodi.
Golden City Wheelmen— To Woodside.
Golden Gate Cycling Club— To San
Jose.
Olympic Club Wheelmen— To Lo«li.
Outing Road Club— With San Francisco
Boad Club.
Reliance Club Wheelmen— To I.odi.
San Francisco Road Club— Blind run.
The racing circuit on this coast seems to
have met with favor, but there are rot
enough good men following it to warrant
the attention it has received. Still the
races are well contested and exciting, and
it needs only a fey/ more entries of speedy
men and somewhat better management to
make it successful. Another trick like that
played on "Wilbur Edwards at Petaluma
last Sunday, as told in The Call, would
give it a setback it could not recover from.
Properly handled it should help the sport
and the racing men.
The Reliance Club Wheelmen's meet at
Oakland on September 7, and the meet of
the Garden City Cyclers at San Jose on
September 9, both offer attractions which
will bring out the best racing talent for
miles around. Both are large and influ
ential clubs, and have offered valuable
prize lists and a varied lot of races. The
club relay race at the Reliance meet should
be well worth seeing. The associated clubs
will all go to San Jose on September 8,
and will be tendered a picnic run by the
Garden City Clnb. There will be a com
petitive xwratle'on the morning of the 9th.
A ball at the Vendome on the evening of
the 7th will attract many of the wheelmen
socially inclined.
Robert L. Long, the great class B racer,
has decided to withdraw from the Olympic
Club Wheelmen, and his name is now up
for membership in the Bay City Wheel
men. That he has contemplated this move
for a long time has been known to his inti
mate friends, but it will come as a great
surprise to most of his clubmates and
others.
Captain P. Morrin has called a run of
the Sunset Cycling Club to San Leandro
to-morrow, the run latt Sunday to the
Cliff was well attended. The ladies" annex
turned out in full uniform. Some expert
lady riders have recently joined the club.
1 he road riders of the Association Cyclers
are in active training for their five-mile
race on September 21. The Y. M. C. A.
will send a team of three men to Los An
geles to compete at the State field day in I
October. J. E. Edwards will go and possi- !
bly J. A. Keller, W. Ede or Percy Burr.
The California Cycling Club will hold a
try-out at Oakland Trotting Park to-mor
row to select a team of live men to repre
sent the club in the relay race at the Reli
ance Club's meet next Saturday.
The Liberty Cycling Club will soon be
ready to move into its new quarters on
Folsora street. C. H. Hoag, H. P. Wynne, I
G. Wbittaker and C. Marshall are the
latest additions to the membership list.
The annual members' meeting of the
Bay City Wheelmen will be held Monday
evening next at the clubhouse, 441 Golden
Gate avenue. A nominating committee
will be elected at the meeting for the pur
pose of selecting candidates for directors
and road officers for the ensuing; year.
Action will also be taken on several pro
posed amendments to the by-laws. It is
important that all members be in at
tendance.
Captain L. L. Korn announces a blind
run of the San Francisco Road Club for to
morrow. Members will assemble at the
clubrooms, at 8 :30 a. m. sharp. The Outing
Road Club will be the guests of the club
on this occasion, and their proposed run
to Lake Chabot is postponed.
The Outing Club will have to elect a
new captain, as Fred Davis has resigned
and will leave for the East next Monday
night. Several have been mentioned for
the vacancy, but no choice has been
made. On September 15 the club will
hold a five-mile handicap road race over
the San Leandro course.
The Bay City Wheelmen are enjoying a
boom in the way of receiving new mem
bers, nineteen having been elected the
oast week. They are: Thomas McAleer,
W. \V. Hatton, j. E. Manning, Fred Has
well, George H. Toohy, Hon. Charles T.
Conlon, A. A. Manning, W. J. Y. Ryf
kogcl. J. M. Pike, W. T. Johnson, A. "L.
Holliatr. Fred P. Simpson, E. t\ Sellers,
Charles A. Vanderbos, William J. Howatt,
J. C. Weber, Edgar J. Mayers, Henry P.
Poulin, Edwin F. Sagar, Horace L. Poulin
and S. D. Sutton. The club only needs
ten more names and its limit of member
ship will be reached.
A private road race, the result of which
will be watched with a good deal of inter
est bj the wheelmen around the bay, will
be run next Saturday afternoon. The dis
tance is from Oakland to San Jose, and the
competing teams are members of the B. L.
0 Club and "Our" Sett," two offshoots of
the Olympic Club Wheelmen. Each club
has four members, and there has been con
siderable friendly rivalry between them of
late as to who were the fastest riders. A
dispute on this point led to a challenge
from the club with the mysterious initials,
which "Our Sett"' forthwith accepted. The
members of the latter club are: Wilbur F.
Knapp, W. H. Stinson. J. E. Fagothey and
L. B. Thomas. The B. L. O. Club is com
posed of Fred R. Butz, James W. Coffroth,
Thomas S. Mulvey and Joseph F. Coffey.
Eacn man will pay an entrance fee, with
H. Sternberg-, the Crack Kider of the
Royal Cycling: Club.
[From a photograph.]
which a suitable prize for the winning team
will be purchased. As the entire eight
have reputations as speedy road runners it
is safe to say the pace will be a hot one
| from start to finish, and possibly the
I record from Oakland to San Jose of 2 hours
and 13 minutes, made by O. L. Pickard,
June 10, 1894, will be lowered.
The annual election of the Acme Club of
Oakland takes place to-day. It was the
universal desire of the wheelmen to have
Captain Kitchen succeed himself, but on
account of press of business duties he was
obliged to decline the honor. Mr. Kitchen
retires after the most successful term of
office any captain has had in the club. G.
H. Humphrey has been nominated to suc
ceed and as he is very popular with the
members there will be no opposition.
The Call Bicycle Club will hold its first
club run to-morrow to Centerville, leaving
on «be Ba. ji. broad-gauge boat. It is ex
pected that about thirty members will at
tend. The club, though only a week old,
already has a membership of over fifty
and applications are corning in daily.
A. \\ arnekros and his son, William, ar
rived here Wednesday by wheel from
Fresno, having made the trip in two and
a half days. The distance is 205 miles.
They had four punctures in their tires, but
no other mishap. The heat was very se
vere though.
The racing board has issued its bulletin
No. 19. dated August 28, as follows:
SANCTIONS GRANTED.
August 29, yy, 31— Rose City Wheelmen,
Chico.
Kef-timler 7— Reliance Wheelmen, Oakland.
September 9— Pleasauton Cycling Club,
Pleasanton.
September 9— Order of Scottish Clans, Oak
land.
Transferred to piofe«sional class— Wiiliarn
Lowery. \V. R. Haigli, Harvey Fuller, Heaids
burg; R. S. Lomax, Paso Robles; under
clause a.
Transferred to cla<* B— S. A. Beadle, San
Jose ; under clause B. R. M. Welch,
Representative National Racing Board.
Members from the Olympic Club Wheel
men, Garden City Cyclers of San Jose and
Reliance Club Wheelmen of Oakland will
leave to-night by boat for Stockton. To
morrow morning they will ride to Lodi,
where a hearty lunch and a feast of water
melons will await them. Then they will
riae back to Stockton in time for the re
turning boat to the City. Captain Thorn
ton of the Olympics has charge of the run,
and has had a large number of applications
for berths.
The Golden Gate Cycling Club of this
City and Diamond Cycling Club of Ala
meda will have a joint run to-morrow to
San Jose, returning as far as Alviso, where
they will take the steamer for this city.
Both clubs will turn out in full force.
The California Associated Cycling Clnbs
meet to-night at the rooms of the Bay City
Wheelmen, 441 Golden Gate avenue. The
annual ten-mile road race in October will be
discussed and other matters of importance.
Tot* next meeting of the Associated Clubs
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1895.
may be held in San Jose, though this is
uncertain.
Tne San Francisco Koad Club will hold
a five-mile road race on September 29 and
are wondering whether the San Leandro-
Haywards or San Mateo-San Carlos course
will be best. The fastest time has been
made over the former course of late.
Under a head reading "Baggy at the
Knees" Cycling, that newsy weekly de
voted to the sport published at San Jose,
says:
W. J. Edwards has had enough of the circuit
and it wasn' t because the speedy San Josean
failed to get a place at Petaluma, either. Ed
wards can accept defeat with the most marvel
ous grace in the world, but it was the treat
ment he received that convinced him that he
was no firecracker. Edwards was to go an
exhibition mile aeainst time at the opening
meet of the "hoop" and' was promised a full
corps of pacemakers and pacing machines.
When the time came for the trial there wasn't
a sign of quad., tnndem or single, and Edwards
inquired when the next train left for home.
The Call is responsible for the statement that
quite a number of riders returned after the
first day, dissatisfied with the management,
which seemed to be baggy at the knees. Ed
wards will ride at San Jose, however, and his
little experience at Petaluma will no doubt
teach him not to depend too much on flowery
promises.
The story of how Edwards was treated
was exclusively told in The Call last Sun
day. Five days before the meet he re
ceiVed a letter from C. N. Kavlin saying all
pacing had been arranged, and they ex
pected him to be there and hoped he would
enter in the open events also. Raviin en
tered him without even asking him his
consent. Three days before the meet, Rav
lin (as he afterward admitted to Edwards),
knew it would be impossible to get the
pacing, and that the quad team would only
pace their own man, Foster, but fearing
fed wards would not go to Petaluma if he
knew it, and the meet would thereby lose
a great drawing card, Raviin kept it quiet
and only told Edwards an hour or so be
fore the races began. It is such treatment
as this which makes racing men distrust
ful, and meet promoters with honest in
tentions are made to suffer in consequence
of the acts of individuals working solely
for their own aggrandizement.
The Crescent Road Club of this City will
hold a five-mile handicap road race to
morrow over the course from San Mateo
to San Carlos. The entries and handicaps
arc as follows: H. Cohn, James Conlin, E.
Cohn and Joseph Leve, I} 4 minutes; J. F.
Forbes. E. Van Wynen and MauriceJusth,
IJ4 minutes; James Hale and I. Peiser. 1
minute; H. Gunderson, 45 seconds; L.
Bcarwald, L. Sittenheim and W. G. Lee,
oO seconds; A. Bearwald, Thomas Bran
nen and W. E. Webser, scratch. Appro
priate prizes for time and place are offered
and the race will be well contested.
The Golden City Wheelmen will enjoy a
watermelon run "to Woodside, San Mateo
County, to-morrow. Woodside is about
six miles out of Redwood City on the La
Honda road, and a3 the club intends to
ride the round trip awheel they will have
completed a seventy-mile journey ere the
day is over.
Si. J. Geary, sporting editor of The Call,
has just returned from a three weeks' hunt
ing and fishing trip in the Sierras, and
tells an amusing story of an adventure
with a wheelman near Boca, Nevada
County. Mr. Geary, with Donald McCrea
and J. Sammi of "this City, had been out
fishing all day. They were near the county
road and McCrea said he would follow it
a short distance and look for some grouse
for their dinner. So he took a gun and
started off, going down the hill. A short
distance off he met a wheelman coming up
the grade. Now McCrea in his hunting
to us is an entirely different looking in
dividual from the stylish young man
whom his friends know" here, and he con
fesses he may have looked like a hard
character in his high boots, overalls, som
brero, with a shotgun over his arm and
two weeks' growth of beard on his face.
Anyway, the wheelman was very suspi
cious, and as soon as he saw him he
stopped and reached around to his hip
pocket as if for a revolver. To reassure
him Me called out, "See any grouse down
there?" and hearing Me's voice Geary and
Sammi also stepped out into the road to
see what was going on. This was too much
for the now thoroughly frightened cycler,
who turned his wheel around and sped
down the hill as if the devil was after him.
Geary says he never saw such a burst of
speed before. The trio were laughing so.
hard they could scarcely do anything, but
managed to shoot off their guns a few
times in the air, at which the retreating
cycler, enveloped in a cloud of dust of his
own creation, redoubled hia efforts and
was soon lost from sight. As he wore a
maroon sweater and corduroy suit, Geary
thinks it may have been Tommy Atkins,
better known as Merton Duxbury, who is
touring across the continent and left here
luly 28, which would have brought him in
that vicinity about that time. At any
rate, whoever he was, he no doubt carries
the impression that he narrowly escaped a
hold-up.
The picture presented this week is of
Herman Sternberg, the fastest rider in
the Royal Cycling Club, of which he is
first lieutenant. He is always on scratch
in all their races, and on the road has the
reputation of being a very speedy rider.
The Pastime Bicycle Club will hold its
first club run to-morrow to San Jose.
Rather a lonjr journey for an initial run,
but as the members are all good riders
they will make it easily. dpaldixg.
THE ANGLER.
Latest Intelligence From Well-
Known Fishing Streams.
Fly-fishing on the Truckee River has not
been very good thi3 year because of a
scarcity of winged insects of a size which
the large trout are inclined only to recog
nize. The midge flies have predominated
so far this season, and as it requires a
No. 14 fly to properly imitate in size the
little brown-winged insects which are
prolific on the banks of the river, the re
sults of the sport of fly-fishing have not
been satisfactory.
With a cast composed of No. 12 and 14
flies an angler can basket quite a large
number of nice trout, but occasionally a
whopper will select one of the cast, and
for a few moments the angler will be
afforded a rush of pleasure: but the ex
citement of the thing is short-lived, as Mr.
Trout, when pricked by the sharp steel,
makes a rush and a plunge which in
variably terminates, in the language of the
pueilist, in a break-away.
Something more substantial than a fly
of the midge size is assuredly necessary to
guarantee the success that anglers hope
for when whipping a rapid stream such as
the Truckee. The rainbow trout is a thor
oughly game customer, and in swift-run
ning water strong tackle must be used to
successfully check his wild rushes and
plans to escape punishment.
Some expert fly fishermen — or anglers,
more properly speaking— contend that
any man who can handle a rod properly
will never lose a fish that is well hooked,
it matters not if the fly taken is of the
smallest pattern, provided the tackle is of
the beet material. An experience on the
Truckee of a few days will very . quickly
convince "the artists"* and delicate handlers
of the bamboo that they ; have figured
wrongly. /•'-
A two-pound rainbow trout will make
short work of a No. 14 hook in any of the
swift stretches of water which are numer
ous on the Truckee. ; A rush generally
means a spin of fifty yards of line, and a
stop means a leap into the air, followed by
a swift and vigorous lash of the tail at
the leader, which, when hit, means a
smashing of something. The barb of the
hook frequently breaks, but more gener
ally speaking the gut which is attached to
the hook parts at the knot, near the lood.
Small flies are good enough for small fish,
but when large fish are expected large and
substantially tied flies are necessary. -'--";;;
During September good fly-fishing on the
Truckee should be had, as the larva of the
caddice fly is now in the water and the in
sect will be matured m a week or so. This
fly is a "killer" on the Truckee and No. 8
and 10 hooks are the sizes used by anglers
and they are none too large for the work
intended. At present the March brown.
No. 12 in size, is the tly that is doing the
best execution.
Grilse are now running into the lagoons
of the Pescadero and San Lorenzo rivers
and anglers are having good sport, catch
ing them principally with sand fleas and
spoons.
The Fish Commissioners' attention is
called to the fact that owing to an obstruc
tion in the San Lorenzo River in the vicin
ity of the powder-house, situated two miles
south of the Big Trees, the grilse cannot
ascend the stream and hundreds of half
and pound fish have been killed during the
past few weeks by people who reside near
the powder works. It is also reported that
there is a dam in the river about half a mile
south of Ben Lomond which obstructs the
passage of the fishes. A visit of a deputy
Fish Commissioner to the places men*
tioned may be replete of good results.
A special excursion train under thellsu
pervision of Colonel Menton of the Central
Pacific Company will leave this City on
Friday, September 13, for Truckee, Boca
and other points of interest to anglers on
the Truckee River. The train will leave
Boca on Sunday evening, the 15th inst.,
landing passengers in this City at lOo'clock
on the Monday following. The round trip
tickets, including sleepers, will be $11,
which is slightly more than half rates.
A magnificent seven-pound rainbow
trout was received last Thursday by Henry
Skinner from his friend, John McDonald
of Boca, d'his is the largest rainbow taken
from the Truckee. It was captured by a
Mr. La Forge on a No. 3 spinner. Occa
sionally Pyramid Lake trout weighing as
many as twelve pounds are taken, but they
are good for nothing. They fight like an
eel and quit the moment they feel the
sting of the sharp steel.
Mr. John McDonald of Boca has con
structed a fish ladder near the mouth of
the Little Truckee River which is a credit
to the Boca Mill Company. The new lad-
der adjoins the old ladder, which was con
structed some years ago by the old Fish
Commission and which proved to be a
most dismal failure, as no fish, except
ing perhaps a Hying fish, could ascend
it. The new ladder cost the builder
$(JSO to construct. It is -'00 feet in length
and so perfectly arranged in detail that a
four-inch fish can ascend it without the
least exertion. In a year hence there will
be excellent fishing in the Little Truckee
Lake and the beautiful stream which
feeds it.
Tlis Fish Commissioners would cer
tainly have the weil wishes of the angling
fraternity if they insi?ted upon the con
struction of a new fish ladder at Burk
halters. It is utterly impossible for the
fishes to ascend the old dam as it stands at
present, and a new ladder would materially
improve the fishing above and below the
obstruction.
Al Curaming and his brace of Irish
water spaniels are enjoying the balmy
atmosphere of the Sierra Mountains.
Cuniining has had only moderate success
on the Truckee, but on Saturday last be
whipped a stream known as the "Two-
Year-Old" Creek with great success, bas
keting something like 150 whitefish, which
he states are game fighters. He will visit
the grouse country next week with his
friend, Dude.
Among the fairly successful anglers who
whipped the Truckee River during the
past month are Messrs. Muller, Bingham,
McCrea, John Gallagher, J. H. Sammi,
Charles Flint, Robert Hewson, Colonel S.
N. Greenleaf and C. G. Young.
Captain George dimming says that
anglers can talk as they please about great
fishing waters, but the greatest river of all
lor genuine sport is the Williamson of
Southern Oregon.
Deputy Fish Commissioner Davis is still
holding forth at Truckee keeping an eye
on the doings of the Truckee Lumber Com
pany. The river is now perfectly free of
sawdust.
Horace Orear and wife and William
Dormer are enjoying splendid fishing and
grouse shooting in Plumas County.
A letter from N. N. Wilson of this City,
who is now enjoying a vacation in Trinity
Coilnty in the company of J. H. Follis,
W. F. Fairbanks of Petaluma and A.
Phelps of New York, states that the
streams are literally alive with trout and
that the party is enjoying excellent sport.
The net fishermen, who in former years
reaped a rich harvest from the numbers of
sieelhead and salmon they had token at
the mouth of Eel River, are now up in
arms against an ordinance which was re
cently passed by the Supervisors of Hum
boldt County preventing net fishing in the
river from September 1 of this year until
June lof next year. The object is to give
the fishes an opportunity to ascend and
populate the higher waters of this grand
river. The angler is, however, free to cast
to his lines until the end of the angling
season.
E. W. Briggs and a party of anglingcom
panions are enjoying splendid fishing on
the river Suir in Monterey County. Mr.
Briggs states in a letter that the lish are so
large and strong that he has discarded his
silk lines and is now using hay rope with
great success.
Billy Robertson and his friend, A. Prou,
are making elaborate preparations for a
terrapin hunt to Point lieyes, where the
aquatic "birds" are said to be quite plenti
ful now.
It is said that the Spring Valley Water
Company contemplates closing San An
dreas Lake to anglers just as soon as the
fishing will show signs of improvement.
A telegram which was received yester
day by John Butler, from a friend in Sco
tia, on the Eel River, states that a large
run of small grilse has arrived, and great
fishing is being enjoyed.
THE GUN.
State Sportsmen's Shoot— Bagrged
Items From all Parts.
The State Sportsmen's Association will
have a great inning at Sacramento this
year. The fourteenth annual tournament
will be hold at the State fair grounds,
commencing on September 4 and ending
on Saturday, September 7. The Sacramento
sportsmen have added $250 to the $250
donated by the board of directors of the
fair, making $500 in added money which
will be competed for by sportsmen repre
senting several of the counties of the State.
The first day will be devoted to bluerock
shooting, and among the slated events will
be an interclub match consisting of three
teams from the different clubs attending.
On the days following, live-bird shooting
will be the order.
Three Indians who are camped near
Boca have been killing grouse a month
prior to the opening of the season. One of
the natives killed, between August 1 and
15, 125 grouse, which were sold to the resi
dents ot Boca and the tourists who were
visiting that vicinity. No arrests followed
notwithstanding that a Deputy Fiflh Com
missioner was in the immediate vicinity of
Boca at that time. It must be said, how
ever, with credit to Deputy Davis that he
was not stationed at Truckee during the
time the Indians were enjoying the
slaughter of the innocents. Davis was in
that country only a few days when he
placed under arrest an alleged sportsman
for having killed several grouse near the
town of Boca. The transgressor of the law
was iiued $20. He now reads tlie game
laws.
8. A. Sliarpo returned last week from a
very successful camping trip in the vicinity
of Cazadero.
Sportsmen who are interested in deer
shooting should not forget that the open
season in Marin County will terminate on
Sunday next. After that time arrests will
certainly follow.
George B. Eoop, who has been rustica
ting at Collins, Wash., writes that his
friend Elmer Kea killed two bull elk on
the evening of the 24th inst., and that a
Mr. Cunningham bowled over a grizzly
bear which was feeding upon a young elk.
As for fishing, Mr. Hoop states that the
streams in Washington teem with trout of
different varieties.
It is to be regretted by all lovers of
shooting that the game little snipe is on
its journey to extinction, all because there
is no law to protect them from slaughter
by market-hunters and poachers. The
State sportsmen who assembled in this
City last year agreed to leave an entire
open season to market and pot hunters,
who destroy the gamest of game birds
during their breeding season. This was
done in the way of exchange to shield
other game of less value from slaughter.
To an experienced sportsman English
snipe-shooting furnishes the grandest
amusement, and, excepting California, ail
other States of the Union religiously pro
tect this grand little game bird during the
breeding season. The result of a "no pro
tection to snipe" can now be seen. Ship
ments of English snipe from the breeding
grounds of the Sierras arrive almost daily
in this City. Many of the birds received
are with egg, and others no doubt have
been slain while crying for their young. If
this is what sportsmen term a fair held,
then the game laws can be numbered
among other laws which are decidedly off
color.
In speaking of mountain-quail shooting
the sportsmen who represented Sierra,
Plumas and Nevada counties at the Sports
men's Convention held in this City last
year must certainly have been hibernating
during the month of August, or otherwise
they would never think of having the open
season for mountain-quail shooting com
mence on August 15. The writer has just
returned from .Nevada County and can
truthfully say that the quail in that sec
tion of the country are no larger than spar
rows, and will certainly not be of a size
sufficiently large to kill before the 10th or
15th of September. The season for mount
ain-quail shooting should certainly nave
remained unchanged. So far as the grouse
are concerned, the birds, although not suf
ficiently matured, were of a tolerably good
size and strong under wing, yet the Ist of
September would have been about right
for mountain quail and grouse shooting.
Sportsmen must not confound the dates
of the opening of the quail-Shooting sea
son or otherwise they may rind themselves
in a peck of trouble. The season when
mountain-quail shootine is lawful com
mences on August 15 and ends on Febru
ary 15. The opening of the shooting sea
son for valley quail commences on October
15 and ends on February 15— that is, ac
cording to the State law.
To-morrow the California Wing Club
will hold a live-bird shoot at the Oakland
track and the Empire Club will pull trig
gers at clay birds at Alameda Point.
The following are the newly elected offi
cers of the Washington State Sportsmen's
Association: President, Josiah Collins
Jr. of Seattle; first vice-president, E. E.
Ellis of Tacoma; second vice-president,
T. B. Ware of Spokane; secretary and
treasurer, C. F. Graff of Seattle ; board of
directors — H. A. Grjffin, E. A. Kimball,
W. J. Pratt, L. B. Faulkner, C. F. Treat,
F. H. Mason, W. Clark, W. A. Handy,
W. E. McKee, B. Jensen, C. Draper and
A. Williams.
A 100-bird race is announced to take
place on September 1 at the Empire
grounds.
J. Rogney, D. Ostrander, Segal and
Swan are constructing an ark at Botan
der'3 mill which will be used during the
duck-shooting season.
Charles Scotield has arrived from a fish
ing and .shooting trip to San Mateo
County. He shot a 4^-pound erilei in San
Gregorio Creek which he proudly exhibited
to his friends on his return to this City.
The following letter from Game Warden
J. L. Donovan of Alameda County has
been received and it goes to prove that the
officer is diligent and attentive to his duty.
He says:
I have been around the marshes in Alameda
County considerable, and judging from the
number of young ducks I have seen, I am in
clined to think that there will be more ducks
around the Alvarado and Mount Eden marshes
this year than there have been for some years.
There seems to be thousands 01 young mallards
in the fresh water ponds near these marshes.
Regarding deer, will say that I have just re
turned from a live days' trip in the Livermore
Mountains, where I found does and fawns very
plentiful. While out watching some hunters I
happened to see a large buck coming over the
canyon, and which I succeeded in shooting.
The buck weighed 123 pound*.
Quail will also be very plentiful this season
in this county.
The streams in the county seem to be very
well stocked with young trout. A few months
ago I stocked the P&lamores Creek with 5000
rainbow trout.
Jf people continue to respect the laws ts they
have dune during the last six months game
will be very plentiful in Alameda County, and
will afford excellent shooting to those who are
fond of the sport. Yours respectfully,
J. L. Donovan, Fish and Game Warden.
HANDBALL.
Much Interest Is Taken In the KII
-grallon and Bonnet Match.
The poor showing made by Lawlor in the
first rub of his match with Fitzgerald for
the world's championship was a surprise
Champion Jones of Australia.
[From a photograph.]
to handball playera here. Although Fitz
gerald cai an advantage in playing in bis
own court it was not sufficient to account
fof Lawlor only winning two games out of
the ten played. The linai rub was to be
played in the Grattan-street Racquet Court,
Cork, August 20, but the news has reached
here that it had to be postponed owing to
Lawlor being sick. Since learning this his
friends here think that he must have been
out of condition when he played the first
rub, which would explain everything, and
they are hopeful that he will yet come out
ahead. Champion Jones of Australia and
his friends are anxiously waiting to hear
the result of the final rub, as a challenge
will be immediately sent to the winner to
play for $250 or $500 a side. They Hope
Lawlor will be the man, as in that case
there is a strong probability of the match
being played in this City.
According to the Cork Herald the games
played by Phil Casey, the world's cham
pion, James Dunne "of Brooklyn, N. V.,
and other well-known players during their
JUbaolv&elj!'Y4ax'& .
recent visit to Ireland have done much to
revive handball there. The Herald says:
"It is intended to hold a great conference
in Cork next June of all Jovers of handball
throughout the world for the purpose of
promoting the game and drawing up a
code of rules to govern players. Ex-Alder
man Dunne of Brooklyn, the well-known
practical admirer of the game, has con
sented to assist in the conference."
All interest in local affairs is centered in
the Kilgallon-Bonnet match. The first
rub, played at the Occidental court on
Wednesday night, has placed a substantial
majority to the credit of Bonnet. The
clever amateur proved himself to be all
that his friends claimed, as he played a
cool and scientific game throughout. The
second rub will be piayed next Wednes
day night. Kilgallon proposes training
during the week and does not consider the
match anything like lost yet.
Jim Harlow, the coast champion, was an
interesting spectator of the first rub. After
the game he expressed himself as willing
to play the winner for a money considera
tion or a trophy. Either Kilgallon or
Bonnet will accept the challenge, and if
the latter is the man the match will be
Slaved for the gold medal offered by
eneral Watt. It would be a great game.
Following will be the principal games
to-morrow: San Francisco court — George
Hutchinson and Austin Hendry against P.
Kelly and J. Slattery* J. Harlow (the
coast champion) and J. Lawless against J.
Condon and M. Dillon. Occidental court—
P. F. McCormick and Willie Jacobs
against C. J. McGlynn and W. J. Heney;
W. W. Ackerson and P. W. McGlade
against John Purcell and T. J. Curley; T.
F. Bonnet and A. C. Hampton against J.
M. Currier and John Condon. Union
court— James Dillon and W. Keiiy against
John Kiordan and T. McManus; J. Feeney
and George Hutchinson against A. Pen
noyer and R. Linehan. At this court
there will also be a walking match be
tween E. Power ol Port Costa and John
Riordan.
THE BOXERS.
Gallagher Is Training Hard for His
Engagement With Turner.
Much interest is manifested in the wel
ter-weight contest which will take place
next Thursday evening at Colma between
Charley Turner, the colored whirlwind
pugilist of Stockton, and Billy Gallagher,
the clever boxer, who was at one time the
pride of the Oakland athletes.
As previously stated the match was post
poned one week purposely to give Galla
gher an opportunity to get himself into
good shape, and, according to the quick
manner he is developing condition, his
friends can rely upon seeing him in good
fettle when he is called upon to face the
colored gladiator.
Turner has a reputation for laziness and
it is only seldom that he can be induced to
train properly for a contest. On this occa
sion, however, the clever boxer has sur
prised his old supporters by the system of
training he has closely followed "since he
commenced to put on muscle, and to-day
he is as "fit as a fiddle" to enter a ring
against any man. If he should loose he
certainly cannot place his defeat to lack of
condition because he has never been in
finer form than now. The sports of Stock
ton have been shy of him in many of his
fights of the past owing to his slovenly
way of training, but on this occasion they
will play him strongly against Gallagher
because of his cleverness and fine condi
tion.
Gallagher is, however, a dangerous man,
even though he may be in only passable
condition. His fight with Tracy, the clever
Australian, a few years ago, convinced the
spectators that Gallagher required only
experience to place him among the top
notches of his class. He is as game as a
game chicken and will remain before the
enemy until thoroughly routed by a knock
out blow. If Turner cannot polish him
off inside of eight rounds the man from
Oakland will most assuredly carry off the
pot. However, the fight should prove to
be the most interesting contest held under
the auspices of the Colma Athletic Club.
BAY FISHING.
The Best Catches Have Been Made
Near Lime Point.
Bay fishing near Sausalito is steadily
improving. On Tuesday last George Cole
man, the well-known angler, and com
panion, caught about 90 pounds of red
and blue rockcod at Point Cavallo, the
largest weighing 414 pounds, and several
weighing over 3 pounds each.
On the same day James Wilson and two
companions caught 112 pounds of red
rockcod at Lime Point, the largest weigh
ing 5]4 pounds, and eight of them over 3
pounds each.
On Wednesday Dr. Sandelm and two
friends from Oakland caught over 100
pounds of red rockcod at the Lime Point
Fads
And Fashions
Come and go in the Picture Frame
business as in wearing | apparel. At one
time a particular style of molding takes
the popular fancy, only to be succeeded by
something entirely different. We keep
"up to date" examples of all the popular
designs and new finishes. At present
nearly all oaks in good moldings are quar-
ter sawed and finished either in antique
or dark English color. Some are plain and
some are decorated with small ornamented
beads. Nearly all . hardwood frames are
made of oak. Some pictures look well in
such woods as cherry, mahogany, birch,
maple,. Hungarian ash, sycamore, chest-
nut and curly redwoDd. We have them
ail, and have competent salesmen who
know and will tell you what is best for
your picture it you require any assistance
to .decide. . ■ ■--
'In - ■ fancy moldings— cream and
gold, white and silver, russet olive and
apple-green are >- mostly used. For cabinet
and Paris panel frames, the demand is for
white metal, brass, silver and leather. Our
variety of fine leather -frames, both plain
and- silver mounted, is not equaled else-
where, and the prices are all right on
everything. ■-■■->
\Ve have recently received several new
things in photographs, small ones under
glass panels and large ones for framing.
The new lines of banquet and piano lamps
and onyx tables, received about two weeks
ago, give the best; values and have proven
the best sellers that we • have ever had ' in
store. ■ - •■:■"■-■ .
' Our factory is ■ located at 710 • to 720
Minna street, 1 and our Store and ' Sales-
rooms are 'at 741, 743, 745 Market street.'
opposite Grant avenue, with Branches at
Portland and Los Angeles. Visitors al-
ways welcome.
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A NEW DEPARTURE!
BICYCLE STORAGE DEPOT
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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
The regular COURSE OF LECTURES will be-
gin MONDAY, September 2, at 9 a. m., at the Col-
lege building, Stockton »t., near Chestnut.' :~
, B. A. McLEAN, M.1)., Dean,
, . 305 Kearny street, corner Bush.
TELLING HI
Irs. S. JlcKinney of Los Angeles
Talks From Her Heart,
and Tersely So.
A GREAT WEIGHT LIFTED.
Persons Suffering From Rheumatism,
Catarrh and Impurities of the Blood
Would Do Well to Follow tke
Advice of This lady.
A few days ago I touched the button on
the outer door of a pretty little house on
Maple avenue, Los Angeles, Cal. ' I had
scarcely heard the toning of the bell
when a charming lady opened the door
and inquired my mission. It was easily
told. I had heard that Mrs. 8. McKinney
used a valuable home remedy, and I
wished to know what she thought of it.
Mrs. McKinney ia a refined, sweet-
faced woman, not very voluble, yet
charmingly frank. She said: "Yes, I
have used the remedy of which you speak,
and found it to be just what was needed.
For some time I had been feeling out of
sorts and was unable to do the little de-
tails of our home with any deerree of ease
or comfort. It may have been just a 'tired
feeling,' or it may have been worse. At
any rate I did not feel well and chance
placed in my- hands the means of relief.
An acquaintance, having used Joy's
Vegetable Sarsaparilla for rheumatism,
told me that her rheumatism was almost
entirely cured, and that Joy's Vegetable ,
Sarsaparilla was the remedy used. By
her advice I tooK the remedy, and the re-
sult is I am perfectly well and happy.
"So good do I feel that I am willing to
give a testimonial for this remedy, and
will be glad to give you my photograph as
well.'
fir •^Bk
MRS. S. M'KINNEY.
830 Maple avenue, LO3 Angeles. Cal.
"There are many ladies and gentlemen
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sufficiently sicic to feel bad, and not sick
enough to take to the bed. To all of these
ladies and gentlemen I would say r. use
Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilia in xnodera- .
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So many remarkable cures have been ef-
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many ladies and gentlemen have used it
to advantage, that it is now the recognized
family remedy, and may be seen in hun-
dreds and hundreds of the best houses of
the Pacific Coast. When you are in bad
softs use Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla.
Don't allow the druggist to talk you into
using anything else."
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