The morning call., 1891-07-23
FIELD SPORTS.
Bicycle Races at the Haight-Street
Grounds.

This evening mile safety handicap race
will be ridden between several Of the fastest
wheelmen in the State. The ra ce will come
off on the Haght-street Track recisely at
7 o'clock. The following are the entries
and handicaps: j. f. Brown, scratch; A.
Alcayaga. scratch; A. Detle, 80 yards; P.
Breon, 40 yards; L. Vidy, 50 yards; F.
Hansen. so yards: G. Mauh, So yards; f.
johnson, 60 yards; j. A. GoodeIl, 90 yards
J. Gillies, 60 yards; C. Beckett % yards
/. Hall, 70 yards.
Cushion tires will be handicapped fifteen
yards.
mile scratch race will be contested be-
tween l.. Devany and W. l.. HOPKINS; to
prevent loating time limit of five minutes
VIII be enforced.
WING SHOOTING.
The California Wing-shooting Club will
hold its monthly shoot at the Oakland Trut-
ting Park on Sunday, the 26th inst. Visit
ing sportsmen are invited TO attend aud
witness the contests between some of the
best local shots of the city.
Next Sunday. commencing at 10 80 o'clock
the first of series of contests will be held at
Alameda Point for valuable breech- load
ing, hammerlesS shotgun, and for fourteen
other prizes. The competition will be open
10 all corners. The gun must be won three
times, not necessarily conSecutivelv, before
w Ia
The Country Club, which comprises a
number of frst-class al-round shots, will
hold its next shoot at the Oakland track on
Saturday. The shooting will begin at 2
O'clock.
Judge Levy has rendered Judgment in ia
vOr of the Pacific Yacht Club and against
the Sausalito Land and Water Company, ac-
ton to enjon defendant from interfering
with pipes conveying water to plaintiffs
clubhouse in Sausalito from spring at
old SauSalito.
CoURsING MEN.
4 meeting of courSiDg enthusiasts will be
held tomorrow evening at 16 Third street to
make preparations for the races which will
9 held on Sunday at Ocean View.
Last Saturday number Of anglers visited
the San Anhreas Lake, but the water was
Il und to be in a very troubled state on ac-
count of strong wind that was blowing in
from the ocean. Very few fish were caught.
Charley Green landed two large trout that
weighed respectively five and three and
half pounds. Very few bass were caught,
although divers lures were tried TO tempt
MI Bass to partake of some solid refresh
ments. The following anglers returned
home with light baskets: Hofflng, Spen-
Ger, Brooks. Wilson, Cummings, Perkins,
Neuman and Green.
THE AMERICAN FIELD CUP.
J. A. r. Elliott is still the owner of the
American Field Cup. lie and William
Crosby of FELTON,, Ill. shot for it at Elllott's
Park on July 4th, and Elliott won by the
remarkable score of fifty straight birds.
Crosby also did remarkably fac piece of
shooting and killed forty-eght out Of fifty.
The pigeon Watrous. owned by Jeremiah
Clancy of the Old Providence r. L. CLUB,
on the 4th inst. made the journey from New
York City in hours and 40 minutes cover
ing the 2351 miles in the average speed of
14791 yards per minute, the mile in l minute
aud 11.3 seconds. The best speed made by
American birds of any age previously was
1476 yards per minute. With the mile in /
minute and 1.5 seconds
Plevna, the best rough-coated ST. Bernard
bitch in America, died ON July 4th of perito-
nitis. She was owned by E. Sears of Mel
rose, Mass, who paid 5000 for her about
year ago.