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SPORTS OF THE WEEK.
News of the Cycling and Other
Athletic Worlds.
The Newark Coursing Park will be
opened to-morrow by the Interstate Cours
ing Club and if the weather permits, a
good day's s*port should result.
The Olympic Club's tennis players will
hold a tournament at the club's outdoor
grounds Sunday afternoon.
In cycling there is nothing oi any par
ticular importance going on, but the wheel
men will take their customary spins in the
country to-morrow, nevertheless.
Rowing is rapidly gaining ground, and
with the assistance of the ladies who have
taken to boating as a health-giving exer
cise, the sport should become very popular.
The rifle shooters will be strongly repre
sented at the Shell Mound and San Rafael
parks to-morrow.
The latest news in all lines of sporting is
appended.
THE WHEELMEN.
What Is Being Done In Cycling Cir
cles the End of the Year.
Another cycling year has passed, the
greatest yet known in the history of the
sport. And while the predictions are that
in 1896 it will experience even a greater
boom, I am inclined to think that it has
reached its height for the present at least.
We have much to look back upon with
pleasure, and a great deal to anticipate
from the new year. In racing. circles rec
ords have got down so low it would seem
the limit had about been reached. This is
also very true of the weight of machines,
which have been made almost too light to
withstand the wear and tear required of
them, and the tendency shown by next
year's models is to an increase of several
pound?, and the average road wheel will
weigh from twenty-three to twenty-five
pounds. Tires are also heavier and more
substantial than formerly, and while it is
an open question whether the single or
inner tube style is the best, most riders
lean to tbe former, or "hosepipe," as it is
called. •
The coming to this coast of the great
racing cracks this fall gave afresh impetus
to the sport, and though they have re
turned to their homes for the holidays
they will come here again in the spring to
train. About that time Arthur Zimmer
man, the world's greatest bicyclist, may
also be expected from Australia, where he
has been defeating all comers with ease,
and tf?e popular "Zimmy" will surely be
accorded a glorious reception, which he
has received all over the world, and none
will gainsay that he deserves the title of
"America's greatest sportsman."
It has been clearly demonstrated that
California riders are the equals of the
Easterners as to speed, though they still
lack knowledge of many of the "little
tricks which help to win races. But we
may always feel safe with our honors up
held by such men as Ziegler, Wells, the
Terrills and others. Their success has en
couraged others to' try their fortune on the
National racing circuit, and who knows
but what the mighty Foster has inclina
tions that way? E. C. Bald says that Ter
ri!l and Wells must train more than they
do to get their best speed, and he surely
ought to know.
A great factor in cycling on the Pacific
Coast is the California Associated Cycling
Clubs, an organization made up of all tue
prominent clubs in this part of the State.
Its principal object is the promotion of
interclub road-racing, and there are now
three great annual events held under its
auspices—the l<x)-mi!e relay race around
the bay in April, the 10-mile handicap
road race in October from Fruitvale to
Haywards and the 25-mile handicap road
race around the ban Leandro-San Lorenzo-
Hay wards triangle in February.
These events are always hotly contested
by large fields of riders and are the princi
pal road events of the year on the coast.
They can only be competed in by riders
belonging to clubs that are members of
the association. Valuable prizes and
trophies are always offered for time and
place in the races, and for the relay there
is a silver cup, which goes to the club
which puts forth the winning team. There
is talk of instituting a twenty-mile team
race for another cup next year.
~ The association is the coast authority on'
all road records and trials against time.
The secretary must first be notified when
trials are to be made and necessary proofs
riled with him if a record is lowered.
This he forwards to the Century Road
Club of America for confirmation. The
association also furnishes to clubs that be
long to it a board of five timers for ail road
events, who are thoroughly efficient, and
thus if a record is made the rider is not
cheated out of it through inaccurate
timing.
Harlow H. White of the Olympic Club
Wheelmen 'is the president of the Asso
ciated Clubs for this year, and Jules P.
Hancock of the Bay City Wheelmen is
secretary-treasurer. Besides these oflicers
the association is controlled by a board of
governors composed of three delegates
from each club belonging to it, from whom
the various committeemen are chosen.
Financially the organization is upon a
sound basis. The dues are $10 per year,
and this with receipts from other various
sources ia sufficient to more than pay ex
penses. Meetings are held bimonthly at
the rooms of the various clubs, each "one
vying with the other for the honor of act
ing as host, and as there are about thirty
clubs enrolled and only six meetings each
year, it is not often that one club has the
pleasure twice. The meetings are always
largely attended and the proceedings are
of interest. The most peculiar rule the
association has is that no person expeiled
from one club for non-payment of dues
can join another if it is in the association,
without having first liquidated his indebt
edness to the club he was expelled from.
To enforce this a blacklist is kept by the
secretary-treasurer of every man expelled
from a dub, which is circulated among all
the clubs. The effect is wholesome and
expulsions are very infrequent.
To Henry P. Wynne of the California
Cycling Club mtist be attributed a great
deal of the honor due for the strong posi
tion the California Associated Cycling
Clubs nave attained in cycling on this
coast. He has always taken a great deal
of personal interest in its welfare, and re
cently declined the offer of a third nomi
nation to the presidency, only because his
increasing business interests forbade h>s
farther neglecting them. Mr. Hancock
is serving his second term as secretary
treasurer and is a very efficient officer.
The subject of indoor racing in this City
next February interests wheel nice to a
great extent. San Francisco is entirely
without a bicycle track, and this was
never more keenly felt than when the
Eastern cracks came to the coast in Octo
ber last, and the lovers of the sport in this
vicinity did not see them compete because
of the want of a track. If the project to
build an eight-lap board track in the
Mechanics' Paviiion is put through it will
be oi inestimable benefit to the racing
men and the sport ifelf, for while no
vt ry fast time can be made the races will
be as interesting and as heartily contested
as though up >n the famous three-lap
cement oval a ban Jose.
It is probable there will be some move
ment toward the construction of a track
here next year, though after the unfor
tunate experience financially of the Bay
City Wheelmen in that regard, the other
claps are vcrv wary of the proposition, and
it will doubtless have to bs fostered by the
trade, the Associated Clubs, or a stock
company. The trouble is to secure an
available site. Land is too valuable in this
City to be put to such a use, and unless a
track outside tbe City hmits.was easiiy ac
cessible, the gate receipts might show a
loss. The Southern Pacific Company built
and are conducting one of the finest bicycle
tracks in the world, as to size, surface and
appointments, at Santa Monica, which has
proved a great success financially and in
every other way, and it is said they are
willing to do the same here if a good loca
tion can be picked out.
The local wheeling; clubs are nearly all
doing well. The Bay City Wheelmen still
maintains its position as the leading
strictly bicycle club of the coast. There
has been a division at the Olympic Club,
and it has two wheeling adjuncts, and
while the feeling is strong between them
this rivalry has had a good effect and both
are flourishing. The San Francisco Road
Club has come to the fore with astonishing
succes?, having a large and steadily in
creasing membership and a handsomely
furnished, clubhouse. The Imperial
Cycling Club maintains its own and is
comfortably located on Van Ness avenue.
The Outing Road Club went out of existr
t'nee in the middle of the year and the
Royal Club has net been doing very well.
The Crescent Road Club and the Pacific
Cycling Club, two organizations with
closed membership lists, are strong finan
cially and numerically. Out in the Mission
district the California Cycling Club and
the Liberty Cycling Club are competing
with each other as to which shall offer the
most advantages. Both have ladies' an
nexes — the California? being known as the
Alpha Cycling Clvb — whicli are composed
of a very select class of the fair devotees of
the sport, and they may often be seen in
the park or upon country roads, enjoying
themselves thoroughly.
In these two instances the ladies' an
nex has been found a success, but none of
the other prominent clubs have seen tit to
adopt the idea. Nevertheless, their mem
bers are frequently seen riding with ladies,
which disproves the suggestion that they
do not favor the sport as a means of rec
reation for their or some one else's sisters.
The San Francisco Road Club is making
great preparations for its ladies' night New
Year's night, January 1, 1896. Dancing
and music will be the principal features.
The Golden Gate Cycling Club has issued
invitations for its first anniversary ball, to
be held at Mission Parlor Hall on Tuesday
evening next, New Year's eve. The affair
will be well attended and very enjoyable.
Admission is Dy invitation only, of which
a large number have been issued.
A fortnight ago I the follow
ing in The Call as a matter of consider
able interest:
The degree of hardness to which tires should
be inflated is largely a matter of personal pref
erence. They should nevef be left soft enough
to flatten out much beyond the edges of the
rim when supporting the weight of the rider,
and most eve) ists prefer them as hard as they
can be made. Riding through sand or over
wet places experience has proven that a soft
tire is preferable.
Regarding this article I received a note
from San Jose on the subject which is
quite valuable. It says:
Dear Sir: I read the inclosed clipping with
much interest. I would like to add that the
remark about a soft tire not being so slippery
as a hard one should be applied to the front
tire only. Pamp the rear tire as hard as possi
ble or it will soon leak on the sides.
Telling others of my practice of running on a
soft front tire has saved them from many a
tumble, for a nard front tire will slip in dust,
sand or mud.
This writer speaks advisedly and we can
all appreciate from actual experience the
value of his remarks. The Call will al
ways be pleased to print in its cycling
columns items of this sort which tend to in
crease the safety and pleasure of trie sport.
Harry F. Tefrill, the Bay City's crack
class A rider, has been heard of once more.
He is now at Big Rapids, Mich., and in a
newsy letter to me from that point, dated
the K3th inst., he says in part:
Yours of the 10th inst. reached me to-day,
also copies of The Call. I want to thank you
for your kindness in sending me these papers.
I like to hear all the news from home and par
ticularly the bicycle news, and we all know
The Call has the best of that too. Regarding
the "roast" of F. Ed Spoouer, those are my sen
timents exactly and of every other cyclist
whom I have shown it to here. They know
him by reputation in the East. "Roast" him
again "for me.
What with skating, dancing, sleighing and
socials of all sorts, I am having a glorious time
here. Saturday nights we get upasleighing
party and drive thirty miles to Detroit. We
pet a four-horse team and a bis; box sleigh
tilled with straw, buffalo robes, blankets, hot
soapstones and— girls, and have a jolly ride.
I have been going skating every day. One day
a young fellow came down to the pond who is
considered an exceptionally fast skater. He
came by me on the fly, so 1 tacked on and let
him set pace for about a Quarter of a mile;
then we back-peddled, lie finally turned
around and started back, intent on leaving me
standing still, but I was still with him and
stayed on behind. He finally asked me to go
j him a quarter and I did and beat him. Then
j he asked who I was ana I told him my name
was Johnny Johnson and that 1 didn't want
to be known here, as the people would expect
me to race, nnd I was out for a vacation. He
told me to lay low and he would pick ont some
snaps for me" and we could make some money.
He can skate a mile in 2:32, and yet I left him
fifty yards in a quarter. I weigh 188 pounds
now. I guess this cold weather agrees with us
C'aliiornians. Write soon and tell the boys to
write, addressing to Big Rapids, Mich.
Yours sincerely, Harry F. Terrill.
The Liberty Cycling Club will hold its
annual election of officers Tuesday,
January 7. To-morrow the club will go to
the park if the weather is fair. The club's
smoker last Saturday night was a jolly
affair and well attended. A dance and
entertainment are proposed for some even
ing during January.
It has been estimated that the total out
put of the bicycle factories during; the
season of 1896 will aggregate 1,000,000
wheels. This may seem considerable, but
new concerns are entering the field all the
while. Still there is room for them, for
the ground has never been thoroughly
canvassed for the sale of bicycles, and will
not be for a couple of years. Many out
lying districts look with awe upon the
cyclist, and there are said to be towns in
this country which cannot boast of the
possession of a wheel. The manufacturers
are continually increasing in number, and
there will come a time when competition
for trade will be even more bitter than it
is now. Prices may drop then, but not
while the cost of production is as high as
it is. Constantly changing models and the
high price of material and parts are the
largest factors in the cost of manufacture,
and untii these are much less the price of
a high-grade wheel must necessarily re
main where it is now— at $100. Tnere will
be no reduction during 18WU, 1 feel assured.
It is strange that*o many people should
seem to think that bicycling develops
only the muscles of the leg. Criticisms of
this kind, however, are usually heard
from those who have not tried ttiis most
fascinating means of recreation and exer
cise. Experience has proved that
bicycling brings into play and develops
all the important muscles which help to
build up the physical structure. Of course
the lens receive the greatest amount of
exercise, but the use of the arms, back
and chest is very important. When a
steep incline is encountered the legs alone
would be unable to supply sufficient pro
pulsive power. The handle-bars must be
lirruly grasped, and the strain on them is
very great; in fact they might be broken
if at all defective, which gives a faint idea
of the great strength that must be put
forth by the arms and back. SpaliDikq.
QUAIL AND DUCK.
Sportsmen Who Have Had Good
Shooting— Nitro- Powder.
The sportsmen who are fortunate in
owning good hunting dogs have been en
joying excellent quail-shooting recently.
The past lew weeks of fine weather has
greatly improved the sport. The birds,
which up to recently were found in or near
the heavy undergrowth, are now enjoying
the warmth of the sun's rays in the open
lands, where. sponsmen can conveniently
bag them with the assistance of a well
trained dog.
A3 considerable farm land has been
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closed to hunters owing to the reckless
system of shooting employed by some
people, it would be advisable for sports
men who are strangers to farmers on
whose grounds they intend to shoot to
ask permission of the land-owner before
entering upon his property.
The duck-hunters have been doing fairly
well of late. Some very cood bags of birds
have been made by sportsmen who have
shot on the Sonoma marshes. The shoot
ing; on the Alviso and Alvarado marshes
has also shown signs of improvement, but
the largest bags of game ha«e been made
on the Suisun marshes. Spoonbills and
teal are very plentiful this year, but the
widgeon, which in past years were so nu
merous, are surprisingly scarce this season.
The members of the "Mallard Club have
been summoned to appear before Judge
Beatty of the United States Circuit Court
to show cause why an injunction should
not be issued restraining and enjoining
them from, in anj' way, interfering with
the exclusive pleasure and enjoyment of
the Ibis Gun Club, which claims title to
certain swamp and overflowed land, situ
ated in the Suisun marshes.
Louis Rondeau and Alfonso Smith suc
ceeded in bagging about three dozen quail
near Tocaloma last Mr. Smith
states that the birds were very wild and
snap shooting was t;he order.
Some of the sportsmen who shoot in the
Suisun marshes adopt an old system of
bagging birds which, although injurious
to the pocket, saves considerable hard
work and physical energy. The anti
quated method of sportsmanship whicti is
always certain of landing game is known
to many people as the silver-shot scheme,
which is practiced even in these enlight
ened times by some of the fraternity who
take pride in showing up big bags on the
homeward march. It is said that some
local sportsmen have- been very successful
with the silver bait, and that a gentleman
named Alden is considered a most accom
plished duck shot by the market hunters
of Suisun, who are always pleased to see
him in that vicinity.
Frank Dolliver'and a friend ba.'ged
something like 200 wild ducks and one
black swan near Tubbs Island on the
Sonoma marshes last Saturday. A black
swan in rarely seen on this coast; and
naturally Mr. Dolliver feels proud in hav
ing bagged one of three birds that passed
within range of his high priced gun.
A pigeon tournament will be held at
Davisville on January 1, and, as many
handbome prizes will be given the win
ners, some of the leading trap-shooters of
this City have signified their intention of
entering the race.
Donald Macßae bagged 110 ducks, nine
white swans and five geese near Espinosa
station last Saturday and Sunday. Mac-
Rae and a friend had sculled up Espinosa
slough from Bells ark at an early hour on
Sunday morning to a point within a few
hundred yards of "Cap" Chittenden's
yacht White Wines, which craft has been
leased by the Cordelia Shooting Club. As
the hunters were leaving their boat for a
pond over which they intended shooting,
one of them noticed a keeper on board
the Cordelia yacht who was watching
their movements through a field glass,
but they gave the matter little thought, as
the recent decision of Judge Buckles gave
every sportsman a right to shoot on any
of the ponds in the marshes.
The indignation of the hunters may be
imagined, however, when they discovered
on their return to the boat that their rub
ber coats and gun-cases had been stolen by
gome unknown thief or thieves, who. if
ever discovered, will be taught a lesson
they will not very soon forget. It is ex
actly this kind o'i meanness that Kindles
the lire of enmity between the so-culled
preserve clubs and the sportsmen at large.
It will be rememdered that several valu
able guns exploded this year in the hands
of sportsmen whose cartridges were loaded
with nitro powder. On this subject the
well-known sportsman and experi
enced judge of guns, Harvey Me-
Murchy, recently expressed himself
on the question of nitro powder
and where trie blame could be laM for
burst gun barrels, says the Sporting Life.
Mr. McMurchy is as well posted on the
performance of shotguns as any man liv
ing, having devoted considerable time ami
study to this end. He gave as his opinion
thatthe gunmakers were not protected as
they should be against violent and unsafe
nitro powders being used in their guns,
and when any trouble occurred the blame
was at once placed on the maker of the
gun, and net on the powder, where it
should be placed. He also stated that the
time was not far distant when the Govern
ment of the United States would adopt a
system of testing the various makes of
nitro powder now offered for use in the
shotguns, the testing to be done at the
company's factory under the direction of
competent men. This is certainly a matter
of utmost importance, as every year — in
fact, every few months— brings a new nitro
powder upon the market.
All of these powders are carefully tested
before being placed on the market, the
makers claiming that they have the best
article yet produced, and immediately it
is tested in guns which have stood years
of shooting, perhaps bursting with the new
compound. Now, where can the blame bo
placed? Why, on th« powder, of course,
but in almost every case the owner of the
injured gun will write to makers and de
mand a new one for it. In this case Mr.
McMurchy thinks that as the governor
regulates the number of revolutions that
an engine makes, so should the United
States Government regulate the strength
of the nitro powders before they can be
placed on the market. Sufficient te*9ts of
the properties and bursting force of each
powder could easily be determined by an
inspector.
The eunmakers of this as well as other
countries have been working to make a gun
that would stand the test and strain of
nitro powder, but no sooner is this com
pleted than out comes a new explosive, of
greater bursting strain, and away goes
another fine gun, to the injury of the firm
producing it. This may even be done with
powder of long introduction, as it is well
known that the explosive force varies at
different periods of" age, sometimes in
creasing in strength or perhaps decreasing,
as the case may be.
The Christmas number of Shooting and
Fishing of New York should be seen by all
lovers of shooting to be appreciated. The
illustrations of hunting and fishing scenes
and the articles which accompany them
are truly excellent. Some of the pictures
will instantly recall to mind many pleas
ant hours spent among the wild ducks of
the marshes, or the more thrilling adven
tures of grizzly-bear shooting in the moun
tains. The paper reflects much credit on
the publishers.
ROD AND REEL.
Anglingr Is Still Good In Russian
River— Latest News.
Latest intelligence from Duncans Mills
speaks very favorably of the fishing in
Russian River for steelheads. The past
week of fine weather has been a "means of
decreasing the supply of water in the river
with the result that the fish have con-
cregated in the deep pools where they will
remain until the next freshet. Judge
Evans has had very good success. He
landed some "whoppers" yesterday lhat
gave him all the fight he desired.
Trolling has given better satisfaction
than any other system of ancling. The
Wilson spoon and red fly are the tempters
which have landed many splendid game
fish on terra firma. To guarantee success
in steelhead fishing on the Russian River,
the angler must go prepared with a toler
ably stiff rod and at least eighty yards
of " the best silk line. Al Wil
son killed a 16-pound hsh one day
last week which * ran off with ninety
yards of line three times before it
acknowledged defeat by turning on its
back. Wilson and other anglers, who have
fished for years, state that the steelhead of
Russian River is the gamest of Pacific
Coast fishes. Anglers who propose having
a day's outing on the Russian River should
not delay the time of going, as the next
heavy will terminate the sport for
this season. Mr. Morgan of Duncans Mills
will accommodate visiting anglers with
boats free of charge.
Anglers by the dozen strolled along tbe
banks of Paper-null Creek last Sunday.
They cast lines in the deep pools between
the bridge which spans the creek and a
place known as the sand spit, near the
mouth of the river. One or two of the bait
fishermen had fairly good success so far as
tbe capture of small trout is concerned,
but no large fish were hooked. The river
is yet too low, and expert anglers contend
that there will not be a run of large fish up
Paper-mill Creek until the next freshet.
A few fish were taken at Shellville last
Sunday, but the best reports near at hand
are from Pescadero, where several good
catches of steelheads ranging in weight
from a half to three pounds have been
made.
Anglers have not as yet been disturbed
in the State to any extent by clubs of peo
ple banded together for the purpose of
leasing fishing waters; but it is safe to say
that in the near future the anglers will
have to defend their rights in the same
manner as the sportsmen are now com
pelled to do. Consequently every lover of
angling should be a member of the Sports
men's Protective Association of this City,
the members of which will meet at K. of
R. B. Hall, Mason and O'Farreil streets,
on Tuesday evening next.
Regarding angling the following deci
sion of Judge Bundy of Madison, Wis., in
a famous fish-trespass case of the Willow
River Club against people who Dersisted
in fishing in the club's leased waters will
be read with interest by local anglers.
The Judge said:
In my judgment the plaintiffs cannot re
cover, because fish in their wild state in all the
streams and waters of tlie State belong to the
State, and are held in trust for the use of the
people at large. Are plaintiffs entitled to dam
ages for the defendant's entering upon the land
in question? It is not claimed that any actual
damages were done, but if the entry was wrong
ful as against these plaintiffs, of course they
are intitled to nominal damages, but in the
view I tnke of this case I must hold that the
plaintiffs cannot recover at all. The stream in
question has", during the last ten years, been
stocked with trout spawn furnished by the
Btate of Wisconsin. Some of this spawn has
been placed in the river upon the very land
upon which, it is alleged, the trespass look
place. It has been placed there with the plain
tiff hurkhart'H consent, and in some instances
at least with his active assistance. This spawn
furnished by the State was paid for by the
taxes of the whole people, collected from the
rich and poor alike, and the expenditure of
money thus raised can only be justified upon
the theory that it Is a public use to which it is
appropriated, it would be utterly inde
fensible for the State to exercise its taxing
power to enrich the person who happened to
own the land upon wtiich a stream of water is
running, or to enhance the pleasure of a club
of gentlemen who are fortunate enough to be
able to acquire riparian rights along the
banks of the stream for the purpose of ex
cluding the general public from any partici
pation in the benefits to be derived from such
expenditure, and 1 cannot think the State of
Wisconsin has levied taxes to be expended for
any such purpose. I think the use of that
river for propagating trout was a public use
and should be oo regarded.
The necessity for careful revision of all
State fish and game laws is aptly illus
trated by a recent decision of Justice Geis
ler of Portland, Or., who discharged from
custody a fish-dealer of that city who had
been arrested upon the charge of having
mountain trout on sale during the close
season. There was no question about the
fact that the fish were mountain trout
or that they were bought during the close
season. But the defendant produced an
affidavit by a man who swore he caught
the trout in salt water, with hook and line,
and as the Solons who framed the law had
inserted therein the words "caught from
any fresh water," the Judge discharged the
defendant. To say this state of affairs
created a storm of indignation among the
sportsmen of Portland but faintly ex
presses the case, for they see no chance of
any protection for trout if facts can be so
perverted that mountain trout take up a
residence in salt water.
THE OARSMEN.
The Ladles' Crew of the Pioneer
Rowlngr Club— Notes of Interest.
The ladies' four-oared crew of the Pio
neer Rowing Club, which was recently or
ganized is rapidly becoming famous.
Crowds gather on Sundays to see the fair
ones paddle their own canoe.
Mrs. Alice Ilix, the reporter, was given
a boat ride in the Whitehall by the girls |
last Sunday and was quite surprised at the j
clever manner in which the oarswomen j
handled their boat. The lady enthusiasts
of the South End and Alameda clubs are
not going to be outdone by the ladies of
the Pioneer Club and will soon be seen en
joying the pleasures of a four-oared barge.
The ladies of the Alameda Club have
been for some time trying to organize a
crew, but not until lately have they suc
ceeded.
The meeting-rooms of the South End I
Rowing Club at the City Hall, Alameda,
were crowded last Tuesday evening.
The object of the meeting was to elect
officers for the ensuing year, and as two
tickets had been placed in the field great j
interest and enthusiasm were manifested.
For many months the question of organ
ing a ladies' annex to the club has been
discussed, and it is needless to say that
the advocates of the bloomer have been
quite numerous.
It was owing to this proposition that
two tickets had been placed in the field.
Tne regular ticket favored the ladies' an
nex and was headed by John A. Lenaban
for president.
The opposition ticket was supported by
members who do not believe in the new
woman, bloomers, etc., and was led by
Edward Tobin. for president.
After a spirited contest which brought
forth many eloquent speeches, from Ed
ward P. Shortall, William F. .Humphrey
and Daniel Connolly on the part of the
annex, and James Foley and Thomas F.
Barry on the part of the opposition, it was
found that the admirers of the bloomer
were victorious, and Mr. Lenahan and the
entire regular ticket was elected as fol
lows: President, John A, Lenahan; vice
president, Edward Scully; financial secre
tary, Edward P. Shortall; corresponding
secretary, John J. Mahoney; treasurer, A.
H. MeUetz; sergeant-at-arms, James F.
Grennan; captain, William Thomas; lieu
tenant-captain, Frank Duplissea; board
of trustees — chairman, William F. Humph
rey; Thomas J. Barry, T. 1. Fitzpatrick,
Henry Bode and Joseph P. ODea; dele- i
gate to board of managers of P. A. A. (un
expired term), Edwara P. Shortall; dele
gates to P. A. A., William F. Humphrey,
John A. Lenahan and Thomas F. Barry.
A. J. Fritz, the outgoing president, re
ported $200 in the treasury.
At the next meeting the club intends to
give orders for two outrigged skiffs and
a four-oared barge.
The installation will take place on Jan
uary 14. George G. Fox was elected, and
G. J. McCormick, J. G. Haggerty and
Lawrence B. Alberti were proposed for
membership to the club.
The tour-oared-shell crew which left the
South End boathouse last Sunday for a
row along the front was almost swamped
by the swells of the ferry steamer. The
oarsmen will practice in Missiou Bay
hereafter. The crew were: Frank
Duplissea, bow; Jim Fickett, No. 2;
Ed Slattery, No. 3; Al Fritz, stroke.
A new crew now in training is composed
of George Bates, H. Smith, Dave Cambell
and Tom Barry.
The following crew will represent the
club in the next junior race: George G.
Fox, J. Barry, Frank Tobin and William
Humphrey (coach).
Charles Cutter of the Olympic Club has
applied for membership in the South End
€lub.
A high jinfcs at the South End boathouse
will be held immediately after the installa
tion of officers in honor of Charles A. Lena
han, the newly elected president.
The Ariel Club intends to have built one
of the fastest gasoline launches on the bay.
It will be 35 feet long, 7 feet beam, and
will be used as a pleasure boat.
A crew from the clud inspected the
Philadelphia last Sunday and were cour
teously received.
The'clnb was elected to the Pacific Ath
letic Association at the last meeting, and
now all of the boat clubs are members of
this organization, which has formulated a
set of rules governing a regatta.
The Pioneers' senior crew, consisting of
the following: Fred Orr, bow; Coney
Ochs, No. 2; George Collopy. No. 3, and
John Clifford, stroke, were out in the
Pioneers' four-oared paper shell, the fast
eßt on the coast, last Sunday.
The South Ends have five racing boats,
the Ariels four, the Pioneers four, the Dol
phins three and the Coiumbias, Alamedas
and Tritons each have three or four.
The recent rains have caused the em
bankment adjoining the Triton Boat Club
to slide and settle under the boathouse
floor, and at low tide for a distance of
twenty feet out it is entirely bare, render
ing boat-launching impossible.
The new Dolphin boathouse is not en
tirely complete, but it is rapidly nearing a !
state of completion, and a house-warmir.g
will soon be given. The house was open
for inspection last Sunday. A good course
has been laid out for the races, to be hefd
on the opening day. It is from the boat
house to Powell-street wharf and return, a
little over a mile and n half.
The election of officers of the club for
the ensuing term resulted as follows: !
President,!'. J. Sullivan; vice-president,
James B. Keenan; recording secretary,
H. C. Vanderwater; financial secretary, F. '■
C. Staib; treasurer, Adam Schuppert; ser
geant-at-arms, Peter Yon Iladeln ; cap
tain, W. 0. Patch; vice-captain, C. J. Mo-
Kan; executive committee — E. P.Sullivan, i
James J. Cronin; board of trustees — D. T.
Ewart, W. J. Schumacher, George C. Al
fritz; delegates to P. A. A.— A. N. Roth
kopf, James B. Keenan, W. O. Patch.
The Alameda Boating and Swimming
Club will soon have enrolled as members
the whole police force of Alameda.
COURSING.
John Dugan's Experience With a
Pot-Hunter in the Old Preserve.
There will be two coursing meetings to
morrow. The Interstate Club will open its
new parK at Newark, and at Ocean View
Kerrigan and Cronin will give an open
meeting, for which valuable prizes are
offered.
John Dugan, an old and popular
coursing man, who resides at Newark,
relates a good story concerning the
Newark Park, when it was in its prime
some years ago, as follows:
"I had just received a large consignment
of hares from Trapper Browning of Mer
ced," said Dugan, "and was after giving
them the liberty _f the big field when I
heard several shots in tlie vicinity of the
breeding paddock.
"I was at the time of the shooting en
gaged in arrangins some of the escapes at
the lower end of the field, but you can
gamble it took me only a very short time
to reach the place where the cannonading
was going on. Well, you can imagine
how I felt when I saw a hunter behind one
of the trees in the breeding park ptimping
lead as fast as he could shoot at the breed
ing hares. I ran. toward him with the
vowed intention of giving him as gooa a
thumping as he had ever received, and, as
1 got to within a hundred yards or so of
where the fellow was kneeling, the fellow
iumped up and shouted angrily at me to
keep backi
"I quickened my footsteps, and as I got
within talking distance of him he again
shouted at me: 'Keep back, keep back,
you fool, or you'll scare them all away;
the woods are full of them.'
"The idiot actually thought that he had
happened upon an Impromptu gathering
of bares and had settled down to a great
afternoon's sport; but when I had, my say
and collected $2 for every hare he had
bagged, the hunter concluded that the
sport was hardly worth the expense. Yes,
I have had many hard runs after hunters
who would bowl a hare over and then make
their escape for town. I expect that some
hare-shooting will result again, now that
the park is opened, unless precautions are
taken to keep the hunters a good distance
from the breeding grounds."
Tha following dogs will compete at Ker
rigan & Cronin's Coursing Park, Ocean
View, to-morrow ;
Villa kennel's Maud G vs. J. Ford's Pride of
the West, M. O'Connor's Foxhall vs. J. Tracy's
Forest King, Falcon kennel's White Kose vs.
S. Kiordan's Chicopee, P. Brown's Kitty Pease
vs. J. Mcßride's Flashlight. M. O'Connor's Mar
guewte vs. F. C. Randolph's Trix, T. Moore's
Monitor vs. J. Gibson's ( orte Madera, P. 01
--mo's Blackthorn v«. J. Kerrigan'3 Dashaway,
T. O'Brien's Lamplighter vs. T. Ford's Maggie,
P. McKane's Flambo vs. J. Kerrigan's Whito
Cloud, C. Brans' Mission Star vs. J. O'Shea's
Tullaniore, C. Anderson's Lilly W vs. T. Flynns
Empire, W. Kelter's Freestone vs. Bay Farm
I kennel'« Regent, Bay Farm kennel's Mission
Boy vs. Sunrise kennel's Butcher Boy, I). Twee
die' 8 White Rustic vs. Potrero kennel's Georgia
Dixon, Falcon kennel's Ked Rose vs. J. Tracy's
J 0 0.
Ed Canavan will judge and John Cranston
will slip.
The following is . the drawing for the
coursing stake which will be run at New
ark to-morrow:
D. Dillon's Lady Fitzgerald vs. J. H. Perigo's
Wee Lassie, W. Cicoti's Stamboul Queen vs. W.
(.'. ley ton's Charming May, Garden City ken
nel's Advertiser vs. \Vest Hide kennel's" West
side, Alameda kennel's Emm Pasha vs. J. Mc-
Cormiok's Rapid, P. Ryan's Magpie vs. J. F.
Grace's Rollalong. M. Cuiligan's Left Bower
vs. T. Hall's Annie Laurie, T. Hall's
Holy Terror vs. T. J. Cronin's Reliance,
J. Cooney's Grannaile vs. J. H. Perigo's Santa
Bella, J. Sullivan's Kilkenny Girl vs. J. R.
Dickson's Rosa B, J. F. Grace's Nelly Conroy
vs. P. J. Riley's Fleetfoot, F. Nono's Daisy Blue
vs. D. Tweedie's Dublin Stout, P. Tiernan's
Long John vs. T. McDonald's Lissak, J. J. Ed
monds' Valley Queen v?. T. J. Cronin's Dottie
Dimnie, W. C. Peyton's Banker vs. T. Cox's Sam,
T. Cox's Tipperary vs. James Dean's Ivy, John
Egan's Trilby vs. P. Tiernan's Tom Hayes, T.
McDonald's Three Cheers vs. J. G. Thompson's
Anything, J. Sullivan's Little Tom vs. Alameda
kennel's Wayfarer, T. J. Cronin'6 Best
Trump vs. J. J. Edmunds' Vida Shaw, M.
Traynor's Valley Maid vs. Went Side kennel's
Ruby, T. Nconan's Yreka vs. John Egan's Sly
Boy.
fhe prizes are: $75, $45, $30 and three
of $20.
Field officers: Judge. John Grace; slipper,
J. F. Grace; slip steward, J. R. Dlckson; nag
steward, Joseph Reed; field stewards— James
Byrnes, J. H. Rosseter, H. G. Layng, John
Eagan and M. Healy.
BASEBALL.
The Olympics and Pacifies Will
Meet Again To- Morrow.
The Olympic and Pacific baseball nines
will meet again on Sunday at Central Park
and owing to the closeness of the last
game it is presumed that a large crowd
will witness to-morrow's contest. The
make-up is as follows:
Olympics. Position. • Pacifies.
O'Kane ....Catcher Stanley
Cooney ..Pitcher... Iburg
Powers...... First base..... red way
-Beckett...... Second base... Delmas
Krug . Third base Pequfgney
Monahan ...".Shortstop... ...Johnson
Cosßrove.... Left field:.... ..Walters
Nealon ...Center field Gorman
Mertea .....Bight fie1d........;.... Wilds
UNDERWRITERS CAN'T AGREE.
Insurance Men Meet Again, but Fail to
Decide on Compact Rules.
•There was a meeting of the San Fran
cisco Underwriters in the old compact
rooms at Battery and California streets
yesterday, the object being to further dis
cuss a plan upon which the proposed union
might be effected.
The one point taken up for consideration
was compensation of agents, which so far
haa proved to be a stumbling block in the
way of forming an absolute compact to
maintain fire insurance rates.
Some resolutions were submitted as
amendments to the constitution offered
by the committee on laws and discussed.
I^o conclusion could be reached, however,
and the meeting adjourned.
Marcus & Co. have severed their connec
tion as city agents with the Transatlantic
Fire Company and taken a city agency for
the Commercial Union Company.
A CHRISTMAS WEDDING.
David Stark and Miss Bertha Wagner
the Contracting Parties.
David Stark, cbief inspector for the
Bteam-boiler in&urance department of the
Pacific Surety Company, and Dr. Bertha
M. E. Wagner were married in this City
on Christmas day and are now enjoying
their honeymoon by a visit to the orange
groves of Southern California. The wed
ding ceremony was conducted by Rev. Dr.
Willfaru Pond at the Bethany Congrega
tional Church, only a few of the most in
timate friends of the bride and jirooni be
rtig present. Upon their return to tne City
Mr. and Mrs. Stark will make their resi
dence at the corner of Valencia and
Twenty-first streets. Both are prominent
in society circles in California and Nevada.
Their many friends will join in best wishes
for their happiness and prosperity.
COUNTY HOSPITAL NEEDS.
The Board of Health Will
Make Much Desired
Improvements.
COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE.
Japanese Mails May Now Come Into
Port Without Fumigation—Nuis
ance Abated.
The matter of repairing or rebuilding
the City and County Hospital was thor
oughly discussed at yesterday's meeting
of the Board of Health, and the members
were unapimous in the belief that some
thing must be done at ouce to place the
institution in a habitable condition. Mayor
Sutro and Drs. Hart and Morse vied with
one another in speaking in uncompliment
ary terms of the present condition of the
hospital, declaring that it would be an
outrage to expect persons of sound health
to live in the place, much less those whose
illness had placed them in a condition
where proper housing free from cold and
draughts might militate against their
chances of recovery.
It was finally decided not to begin opera
tions until the place had been thoroughly
inspected to ascertain what alterations
are actually necessary, and to that end a
committee consisting of Drs. Hart, Fitz
gibbons and Williamson was appointed to
look into the matter at once and report to
the board at its next meeting.
Postmaster McCoppin addressed the
board in a letter on the subject of the
mails from Japanese ports, which were de
clared infected during the cholera scare,
and asKed whether the quarantine regula
tions established by the board were still in
force. The board decided to officially
raise the embargo, and instructed Secre
tary Godchaux to notify the postmater
that in future Japanese mails will not be
subject to any greater precautions than
those from other sections of the globe.
Health Officer Lovelace's report recom
mending the condemning of the hog ranch
of Frank Mcx at Ninth avenue and G
street as a pUDlic nuisance was adoDted,
and the officer instructed to see that the
nuisance is abated forthwith.
Superintendent Daggett of the Mint, in
reply to the communication of the board
in relation to the fumes of acids arising
from the Federa, institution, which were
complained of by residents of the neigh
borhood, said that the state of affairs
complained of had existed for twenty
years without protest.
He further stated that as it was abso
lutely necessary to use the acids he was
unable to suggest any remedy for the
matter, but would be perfectly willing to
act on any feasible suggestion from the
board. He requested that Health Officer
Lovelace be instructed to confer with him
in relation to the subject.
A communication was received from the
Board of Supervisors inclosing a resolu
tion recently adopted appointing WiLiiam
Mooser Jr. as architect to draw up plans
and specifications for a home for inebriates
and dipsomaniacs under the direction of
the Board of Health. Attached was a
communication from the San Francisco
Society for the Prevention of Dipsomania
arid Inebriety indorsing Dr. William J.
Gavigan as supervising physician to assist
Architect Mooser. The matter was placed
on lile without discussion.
Prqfessor|W. B. Rising, the State analyst,
sent in a communication acknowledging
the receipt of the samples of water recently
taken by the board from the reservoirs of
tne Spring Valley Company and asking
further information as to the nature of the
analysis desired and also further time to
pursue his investigations.
It was reported to the board that the
Alpers Fertilizing Work 3 at Butchertown,
declared a nuisance and ordered
abated some time ago, are still running
full blast. The secretary was instructed
to communicate with the attorney of the
board and ascertain whether the health
officials have the right to force the estab
lishment to close.
Attention was called to the large number
of cases of typhoid fever recently reported,
and Df. Hart suggested that householders
should again be warned to keep their
water-tanks clean as a measure of precau
tion against the disease.
Dr. Hart called attention to the condi
tion of the inmates of the Pesthouse, many
of whom, he declared, to be without cloth
ing sufficient to keep them warm. The
Hospital Committee was instructed to look
into the matter and purchase clothing for
the unfortunates if it was found necessary.
MRS. FAT SUES ALPERS.
An Undesirable Tenant Asks Damages
of Her Landlord for an Al
leged Aagault.
Margaret Fay began a suit in the Jus
tice's Court yesterday against Louis Alpers
for $299 damages for a malicious assault
which she alleges was committed on her
by the defendant on the 11th inst. The
complaint states that he kicked, beat her
and otherwise maltreated her and that she
has> since that time suffered greatly in
mind and body over the affair.
The difficulty grew out of Alpers' strange
method of driving Mrs. Fay, who was his
unwelcome tenant, out of a small house
on Twenty-second and Potrero avenue.
Mr?. Fay failed to pay rent and Alpers
ordered her out. When sbe tailed to obey
he did not take the ordinary measure of
beginning a suit in ejectment, but resorted
to the means of tearing out all of the win
dows and doors of the house, letting the
wind and rain in to roam about the house
at will. Still Mrs. Fay failed to move, say
ing that she at least had the roof over her
head ana that she did not know where to
find the sime protection elsewhere. It
was during one of Alpers' periodical visits
to the house to insist on her vacating that
the assault alleged in the complaint took
place.
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tiring patrolmen because they are getting
"too fat."
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