The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-27

i lie IOiloNlDR programme VI cahoo races
is arranged for the contests which will be
helo to-day on the Oakland Creek. The
first race will start at II o'clock:
/. Paddling-By members of the Oakland
c anvas Canoe Club. Prize, silk pennant.
2. Rowing-Four-oared barges: Alameda
b ating Club VS.. Columbia Rowing Club.
P rize, silk pennant.
3. Tug-of. war-Cenoes; free for all. Prize,
mariners compass.
4. Sailing-Crescent Boat Club. Prize, silk
pennant.
s. Sailing Oakland Canvas Canoe Club.
Prize, silk penDant
6. Sailing Oakland Canoe Club; three
classes. Prize, holiday cup.
Z. lmnastcs-Free for all canoes. Prize,
silk pennant.
T he race for the holiday cup will bring
Club. There will be great deal of interest
taken in this race. George Warder, who
controls the Gnat. and who believes be is
the spePdiest canOeist on the creek, has
been making great preparations for this
event. He is extremely anxious to best
Commodore Blow of the Mystic.
OLYMPIC CLUB GAMES.
The Olympic Club fall handicap games
Will be held this afternoon on the clubs new
grounds. The entry list is large and those
who attend may expect to witness good
athletic sport.
If S. V. Casady shows good form and
speed this afternoon in the quarter-nile
dash, the Olympic Club will have a stretch
on the Bay District Track prepared for
him to make a trial against records, which
will take place next Sunday.
Friends Of the much improved runner,
Macarthur. are of the opinion that he will
duplicate this afternoon the record he made
reoently for half-miie running
In conjunction with the athletic events
which Will be held on the cinders at the
Olympic games to-day bouts OF wrestling
will take place between Dr.. Gros and r; Y.
Cole George Schuester and j. s. g. Otto.
Green and D0noghue and Smith and Weller
will box.
Arthur Kelter of the Olymplcs is practic-
ing long jumping. He will be one of the
clubs representatives in the pole-vaulting
contests for distance at the indoor champion
ships.
There viii be a special meeting of the
Board of Directors of the Olympic Club on
Tomorrow night to hear report from Vice
President Rix regarding his inspection of
Eastern clubs.
NO HARE THERE.
The Alameda Bicycle Club had arranged
to have hare and hound chase last Sunday.
| Jesse Ives was to have been the hare, but
Jesse remained under cover, and as con-
sequence the hounds had to return to their
| kennels.
small delegation of coursing men will
| go to Newark to-day for the purpose of run
ming few special races. The ground is
| yet TOO hard for meeting TO be held.
An Oakland paper says that the Coast
| Range Athletic Club was reorganized last
evening and James Kenney was elected
| temporary President. The club will engage
| croft way, and expects to be in running
! order ID weeks time. The officers will
| be very careful who handles the cash this
| time.
OConnor, when he heard of the defeat of
StaDSbury, said that he must have been
completely off, otherwise Lean would not
| be in it. Presumably IL Lean defeated
| OConnor the Canadian would think other
| wise.
| HEAVY PURSE.
Final arrangements have been made for
| shooting match which, from a pecuniary
standpoint, will totally eclipse Anything in
the history of such contests. The two prin-
| cipas in the great project are champion of
| America J. A. r. Elliot of Kansas City and
| Charles McAllister OF Philadelphia, editor
Of the shooting department of the Sporting
| Life. McAllister has the record of having
shot for the largest purse ever competed
| for. The contest was last spring with DR..
| Knapp of New York, and ever $4,000
| changed hands on the result. 1t was a
series of three and Knapp was defeated. 1t
|
takes place at least $3.50, 000 will be wagered.
| The two contestants will each put up $40
600. Eastern capitalists are ready to back
Elliot in the great match. McAlister has
made several straight runs Of 100 birds.
| The match will take place at PHILADELPHIA
| in the spring One thousand dollars side
| forfeit money is now up.
The following letter from Madras India
corresI ondent to New York paper on
| rife-shooting is worthy of notice:
| In the recent rifle meeting at Bangalore there
| have been several matches for ladies' and some
| pbenomrn shooting has been done by them.
Two ladies had TO shoot off tie In one OF the
| matches, the best score in three shots to win.
| Both ladies made the possible, and they went on
| shooting I'LL each had made sixteen consecutive
bulls. when they decided 10 stop shooting aud d.
| Vide the prize.
The shooting was at 100 yards, at four-inch
| bulPs-eyes, "miDiature express rifles t'360-50
| 150) being used position sitting, no rest allowed
| This would be credltable TO any one. Can the
| American ladies beat this IecnrdY