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known. IT Is new little pamphlet OF %
pages and contains all the information re!a-
tive TO the entering of dogs, their classi flea
ton and those who have presented prizes.
Entries are now being made at 436 Mont
gOmery street and VIII so continue ntIl
Saturday evening. April 80 at 10 80 O'Clock,
when they viii positively close. Cash
prizes will be awarded In every class as
well as diplomas. Cash prizes will
be awarded for the best kennel of grey
pointers. English settlers, Irish settlers,
Gordon settlers. cocker-spaniels, mastiffs.
coolies and deerhounds Kennels TO be
composed Of not less than one dog and two
bitches OF one year or over and all must be
the bona-fide property Of the person or KEN
mel making the entry.
II. c. Golcher viii exhibit his pointer
Vera and Harry Rooster Jr. will show bis En-
gliSh setter Tom, sire ToneY, dam Topsey.
Several beagles are to be entered. The
fox terrier class Will be large this year as
well as the pointer and setter classes.
Hugh McCracken will show several grey
hounds, some OF them prize-winners.
Henry Huber Of the California Kennel
Club intends to take his two prize winners
the Duke of Vernon and Sally Brass the
Second-to Denver. Colo. TO exhibit there
at the show TO be held Oh April IL.
There will be Is st. Bernards exhibited
this year for certainty, where there was
but five last year al the show.
Mrs. Z. T. Preston. 1t Is understood, will
show her mastiff.
Entries are daily being received by mail
from the interior.
General W. III. Dimond will enter his
noted mastiff Lion at the bench show. He
Is splendid representative OF his breed.
Many persons who own puppies between
five and six mon tbs old desire TO enter them
and compete for prizes, consequently the
former restriction has been removed and the
juveniles will bark with glee at this news.
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that may be OF value. The class OF people
who work there do not look as If they had
bean college bred. and their clothes are
neither of choice texture nor elegant cut
This place was visited few days since
by a representative of THE CALL who was
directed to the locality in part by the pro-
cession of carts and in part by the malodor-
Gus atmosphere of the vicinity. Not far be-
yond the bridge stands one-stOry, brown
front structure, abreast of which there is
water-trough for horses. This house, which
Is somewhat above grade, is reached BY
short flight OF steps so deeply covered with
mud that person receives the impression
that tho steps were cut cut of hardened clay.
The steps lead TO an open doorway alongside
Of which is weather-beaten dimmed gilt
letter sign which gives to the passer-by the
cheerful information Beer "" cheerful
10 those who have courage to enter within.
The within is about as dingy a place as
any one would care to SEQ In DAYS walk
The floor OF rough boards over which men
in heavy mud covered boots have shufflrd,
for how long no one can tell. is black with
dirt and gives clear proof that water. soap
end brush have not come in contact with il
for many a month, If ever. The walls, in
keeping with the floor, have hung upon
them few cheap chromos and some gaudy
theatrical bills which were probably rescued
from some ash-wagon. These are dull and
dust covered. The ceiling, blackened
from smoke that escaped from
pdicutu-up STOVE hhu lTOiu smoky Oil
lamp. used a. night or dark mornings to
make gloomy darkness visible, is Orna-
mented In the corners with webs. the
haunts OF spiders. large. fat and black. The
furniture is beer rack, on which are two
casks OF liquid, small counter and shelf in
the rear on which are few bottles, a table,
the top of which looks as If il had been
wiped with coat sleeves whenever OCCASION
required, shd a few chairs, some with
broken backs and some without rupge, aud
n few wooden boxes that In time of
need serve as benches. This is the rendez-
vous or headquarters of those who
dump their loads on the other side OF the
street. Adjoining this is a structure that
would certainly draw prize il 1t we're sent
on 10 the Worlds Fair TO be entered as "the
pride of Shantytown." 1t Is the babitatiou
Of men. women, babies, cats, dogs and
chickens, all having an equal and unInter-
rupted right TO roam at will from front TO
rear and from room to room. The occu-
pants, those of the human family, speak in
a forei IN tongue, dress in manner which
denotes that they do not consult the fas hion
plates, and they are in some way connected
with the dumps.
Not far from these there is what might be
called al apology for a two-story frame
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benighted as not to be cognizant Of the fact
that the courts have decided time and again
that the bicycle Is q vehicle. and as such Is
entitled to all the rights OF the public high
ways, is almost beyond belief, bet that they
should pass an ordinance so unconstitu-
tional as the one Just carried Is even more
incredible. The California Division, L. A.
W., has placed the matter in the hands of
its attorneys, who have gone down there
to make test case.
This trouble comes at q very opportune
time as the league year is about to COM
mence, and wheelmen who have been cry
ing, What good does the league do me?"
Will now have an opportunity to realize the
benefits to be gained from l.. A. w. men,
bership.
meeting OF the committees of the Bay
City Wheeimen and the Capital City Wheel
men will be held in Sacramento on April IL,
to begin preparations for the league meet
of July 4.
If the clerk of the weather permits the
Bay City Wheelmen will have a run to Hav-
wards to-day. Take 9:15 o'clock creek
route boat.
The club intends holding theater party
at the AlcaZar tomorrow night. Members
will meet at the clubhouse, on Van Ness
avenue, at 7:45 o'clock in the evening.
The Alameda County Wheelmen will hold
five-mile road race to-day. The course will
be along portion of the San Leandro tri-
angle. The race is to be a club affair only,
though all wheelmen are invited to be
present. The prizes TO be contested for
have been donated to the club by local cycle
dealers.
The fine moonlight evenings Of the past
week brought quite number of road
riders to the park, who are seldom seen in
the city on Sunday, among them being
Langton. Bliss and Barnes.
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AT The BUTTS.
Medal Contests and Practice Shots at the
Ranges.

Medal Contests and Practice Shots at the
Ranges.
Company B of the Third Regiment and
companies c and G of the First (Nationals)
will have their medal shoots at Shell Mound
to-day.
The San Francisco Schueizen Verein, the
Germania Club and the Independent Rifles
will also compete for medals to-day at Shell
Mound.
The Turner's Shooting Section and the
California Club will have practice shoots
to-day at SchuetZen PARK.
There appears to be considerable talk
lately in regard TO finding a suitable place
for rifle range on the line of the new cleo
trio road 10 San Mateo. The last range lc-
Gated In that direction proved q signal fail
ure on account OF climatic conditions. 1t
would he we'll for the members of the Ma
tional Guard TO agitate the improvement of
the ranges now established, and the addi-
ton of long-distance shooting before seek
ing new PASTURES. The members of the
National Guard stationed in and near this
city are soTely in need Of 500-yard range.
1t is believed that concerted action on their
part will remedy this matter. when long
needed want will be filed. 1t is true that
the State should own a military range of its
own, but from present appearances il will
be long time before any one will he found
who is willing TO give his time and energy
TO the matter.
The Marin County Club will have its
medal contest at SchueiZen Park to-day.
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C0CRSING.
The Golden West Club VIII Enjoy Day
at Ocean View.

at Ocean View.
The Golden West Coursing Club will
meet to-day at Ocean View. Tbs draw
Ing" has already appeared In THE CALL,
and among the dogs that are entered are
some dark ones" which will surprise some
of the talent-that is, provided good run
ming hares are found. As previously stated
the season for coursing is passed, and as
the hares are now breeding, long runs can
not be expected. However, the Golden
West cogrsers expect to enjoy some good
sport. and it is hoped the hares will prove
speedy enough TO warm the dogs thor
ougbly.
When DR.. NJ. a. Cryer of Philadelphia
was called upon recently TO judge On East
ern coursing clubs first meeting the Ques-
ton was asked by several men what the
doctor knew about greyhounds and cours-
ing, as his name for some years past has
been connected with pugs and pet dogs. 1t
appears, however, that in DR.. Cryer's
younger days be WAS an enthusiastic lover
OF coursing, and The noted slipper, Tom
Wilkinson, was brought up or lived for
some time On one of his fathers farms.
The following bit of what now must be
called ancient history-and DIR. Cryer must
nave been pretty young man at that time
Will prove interesting reading to some of the
local fraternity. as it will show that at a
very early date In American dog annals
there were some good greyhounds in the
country, and whose progeny found their
way eventually 10 this coast.
The Sporting Gazette of 1670-twenty- two
years ago-tn an article on coursing said
The well-kDown gTeybounds SaIadin and
Bethlehem started for America In the
steamer Wisconsin, having been consigned
to Major Nj. Fl. Cryer Of Salem, o. Saladin.
by Flapdragon out OF Miss Grit, beat BEL
ligerent in the final course for the Scaris-
bruck cup at the last Southport meet
Ing, having won all his previous courses
like good greyhound. he also ran
twice-in 1864 and 1S65-for the Water
loo cup. His staying powers are uu-
deniable, and no doubt he will make coed
stud dog. Bethlehem is by Rienz, out of
Note. In 1867 she ran into the last four for
the Waterloo cur, beating Maniolana, Con-
stable, Desperation and Rather Improved.
After her clever victory over the latter size
was thought to have good chance, but was
b0wled over in the fifth round by Lobelia,
the winner of The cup.
Thousands of bares have been slaugh-
tered near Fresno this year, and as they are
not priced by the residents as being a table
luxury, their carcases were used to manure
the fields. A Lewiston Frenchman while
lau1ing the California jackrabbit as an
article of food delivered himself as foil ows
You take one rabbeet and skin him. and
just lief have chicken" Too bad the
foreign gentleman is not q resident Of
Fresno County.
The Russians concede that the English
greyhouuds, OF which they have imported
quite number of late, are taste than theil
own borzois. and coursing har es Is bec0m
Ing quite fashionable sport among thu
Cars subjects. In one or two localities.
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The Captains Refuse to Divulge Thu
Systems Of Training.

The Captains Refuse to Divulge Their
Systems Of Training.
It is almost an impossibility to get an
interview with any Of the captains of the
tug-of-war teams that are entered for the
great international struggle, which will
take place at the Pavilion in few weeks.
T heir various ways Of training they refuse
to make known, and as matter Of fact
they are about the most conservative lot OF
officers one could possibly expect to ind
among an army Of athletes.
They say that at the first meeting they
went into the struggle totally unprepared.
in fact the men, with the exception Of the
Scotch and Americans, were as ignorant
of tug-of-war rules and tactics as are the
Indians of Arizona.
''You can take my word for IT," said one
Of the captains, when asked for few items
as regards his system of training his men,
that our ways of drilling will not be made
public this time; each team for itself now,
and you can bet that the contest will not be
all one way as it was when the majority of
us were raw recruits"
There can be no gaiDsayipg the fact that
the men that compose each team are
working Ike beavers, and If training will
develop muscle and sinew, as it certainly
will, a struggle worthy of going miles to
see will be carried OFF at the Pavilion in a
few weeks.
Although the booksellers have not as vet
begun to speculate on the results, the bet
ting among private individuals is astonish-
ingly spirited. The Scotch are not, by any
means, as strong favorites now as they were
when the tug was introduced here.
They have able support, no doubt, but
then every dollar that has been offered on
them has been covered by friends of the
competing teams.
1t is said that between $1,000 and $1,000
has been forwarded to a sportsman of this
city from Los Angeles. with instructions to
lay any part OF Ii at even money that the
Los Angeles team will win one Of the first
three prizes.
The German and Irish teams should make
great bid for the first prize. as they are
composed of as able men as one could posi-
bly, wish 10 see in an athletic contest where
strength and staying qualities are the prim-
arv objects in view.
All teams entered have had ample time
and opportunity TO train, and it is hoped
that nOue OF the Old chestuutty excuses will
be offered by the defeated teams when the
struggle will be decided.
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what is cast aside by people who are NOV
ing. and from these places they get LOT of
old furniture, clothes, bottles aud other
things, which they either use themselves or
sell TO Junk-dealers. All" he added with
sigh, "if they brought those all here
there would be lots of money in the bust
ness"
Remembering what the tough youth had
said about git over on de oder side of de
bridge" the reporter wended his way there
TO look ut de buns" as they were called.
On the edge Of bank washed by the
sluggish waters OF the bay there were about
20 men, varying In age from &c to 80. There
were men whose faces are innocent of hair.
and old NEE whose boards have turned to
gray. They all wore a similar look upon
their faces--one that seemed to ask, what
in the world are we living for?"
Some were sleeping on pieces of old mat
ting laid on the damp ground, without other
covering than piece OF newspaper to keep
the suns rays off the face others were read
ing old books or pamphlets picked up on
the dumps, while others were cooking.
Here and there from strings stretched from
stick to stick hung tattered underclothes
that had been given washing. Along the
bank are dozen or more rude furnaces
similar to those used by the chinese, bricks
piled on one another with pieces of iron
hoops laid across the ton 10 serve as supports
for the pots and cans laid on them. The
cooking utensils are coal-oIl cans, old tin
pals. an occasional stew.pan secured from
an ash pile and tomato aud preserved fruit
cans.
At one point OF the bank stood an elderly
man whose feet were encased in shoes that
in wet weather would let In the water and
would let IL out again. He was shirtless
from the fact that he did not have one to
wear, hut he had tightly wrapped around
his frame what had once been a Prince
Albert. buttOned where there was button,
and pinned where there was none. Ee was
watching small can In which there was
something simmering and also occupied his
dropped O potato he held In his hand, aud
taking q short pipe from his upper coat
pocket, proceeded to fll 1t with tobacco,
which he cut from the stump Of a cigar.
After he had lit his pipe with a brand from
the burning he resumed his work of pairing
potatoes, using the same knife he had but
moment before cut the tobacco with,
without wiping it. Possibly he did this to
favor the tuber or to counteract the smell
it must have received while In the dumps.
Another was preparing sort OF broth in
which was discernible chunk of meat and
carrot. and he was tasting 1t from tomato
can which he dipped into it. In another
can alongside was stew Of meat and po-
tatoes which did not look appetizing or have
very fragrant odor. This Is known as O
"Ho-bo stew"
"Getting dinner ready?" asked the re.
porter Of one of the meV.
Yes. was the curt rely.
Pretty tough way of geSSpg dinner"
was suggested.
yes. but it's the best can do"
lis this where you live?"
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THE MUSIC IN GODS ACRE.

Out yonder in the moonlight. wherein Gods acre
lies,
60 angels walking to and fro singing their iuabies
Their radiant wings folded and their eyes are
Bonded low.
As they sing among the beds whereon the flowers
delight TO grow:
asleep, oh. sieepi
The shepherd guardeth his sheepI
Fast speedeth the night away.
soon cometh the glorious day:
Sleep, weary ones. while ye may
Sleep, oh. Sleep!
The flowers within Coos acre see that fair and
wondrous sight
And hear the angels singing the sleepers through
the night;
And. To- throughout the hours of day those gentle
flowers prolOng
The music OF the angels IN that tender slumber.
song:
sleep. oh. sleepi
The shepherd loveth his sheepi
He that Cuardeth his flock tue best
Hath folded them 10 his loving breast
So. sleep ye now and take your rest
Sleep, Oh, seepP'
From angel and from flower the years have learned
that soothing song
And with its heavenly music speed the days and
nights along;
So. through sII time. whose flight the shepherds
vigiIs goTify,
Gods acre sIumbereth IN the grace of that sweet
lullaby:
asleep, oh, seepl
The shepherd love tn his sheepI
Fast speedeth the night away,
Soon cometn the glorious day:
Sleep, weary ones, while We may
Sleep. oh. sleepP' EUGENE FIELD
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building The sides are part wood and part
rusty tin-pleces of tin roofs and pieces
OF oil cans. A rudely painted sign.
which gives cut the Information that
the occupant Is Chlnaman. and TINT he ia
dealer in old junk and broken glass. At
point close TO where the line of Seventh
street runs there Is long twO-story shanty
with numerous additions. around which
.here are piles upon piles of tin cans of all
sizes and shapes. On the made ground be-
tween this place and Sixth street are a num-
Der OF piles OF rusty bed aud sofa springs.
pieces OF telegraph wire and twisted bits OF
gas and water ripe.
Turning eastward the eye meets the
dumps proper on which there are heaps of
stable manure, ashes, what is cast aside
from the home. from factories and from
business houses. There are paths alongside
OF the wagon ruts, paths not so inviting as
those at the Sutro Heights, but paths never
tbeless. These led the investigating re-
porter by heaps of white rags. HEADS of
colored rags, heaps of glass, heaps OF tin
cans, heaps OF bones, heaps of iron boops
and by row OF crOckery crates. In one
OF these was quantity Of stale bread and
pieces OF meat which had been recovered
from recently dumped heaps. in another
half decayed oranges and apples and in
another POTATOES, while close TO these
wero small piles OF brass, zinc.
| old shoes and pieces Of carpet A short
distance from these piles were a number of
| piece Of broom-handle. to the end of which
| Is fastened two pieces Of crooked steel wire
| held in place by q winding of copper wire.
These men were busy raking over the sew
| eral piles as dumped from the carts, and as
| soon as they had gathered quantity of
material they carried 1t to and deposited IL
| on the several piles according TO class.
| These are the regular pickers employed by
| a man who superintends the dump. Be-
| sides these were number of men and bows
who picked over the heaps that the regulars
| had left
| While the reporter was watching the
| movements OF these men at their work his
| attention was directed to little old man
| who rushed up to one of the non-profes-
| sional pickers, and angrly took from him a
| piece of lead pipe and threw 1t toward one
| OF the piles already alluded to.
what Is oil that about?" asked the re.
| porter Of o tough-lookiDg II or IS year old
/ youth who stood near him with a dunn
rake, the handle Of which was up sleeve
| of his coat.
| "Nawthin," was the reply, "only de ole
| man got that fellar stealin'."
why he did not steal it," suggested the
reporter" saw him pick 1t out Of pile he
was raking over"
THAT'S all right. mister. but / guess yer
don't know how dey run things down here. %
The reporter admitted that he did not but
was ready to be informed.
Say, mister; yer haven't got the price OF
beer about your close, have yerl"
The answer to this was the passing to the
tough youth tho price Of several beers, after
which he became quite communicative.
Eyer Sec" said he, desc here dumps arr
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eyes"
"Where do Won sleep?"

Yes"
"Where do you sleep?"
'Anywheres, and if l can't do any better
take some mating and lay go lay dawn on
some stable refuse: that's warm anyway"
do you not work ?''
Only on the dumps once In a while. You
don't expect that anybody would want to
hire anybody that looks like me, and that
hasn't got a shirt tn his back pr
Where do you get your food?"
Down In the dumps; can't get anything
else."
"How long do you expect to live this way,
lou and these other men around here for
you all appear to be in the same boat?"
YES" answered the man, we're a Ii of a
kind. Well stick around the dumps until
we get sick and have to go to the hospital, or
until we drop off aud are carried to the
boneyard."
1t is indeed sad to think that in a great
city like San Francisco there can be found
men who have become so Indifferent to their
surroundings as to feed on the refuse Of the
swill pail and the ash barrel, and to sleep rs
do hogs, uIen without ambition, who are
simply waiting fer the time when they may
be admitted into the County Hospital to
end their miserable lives there, or go off in
some corner to die and then be carried out
to pauper's grave and covered over with
few feet Of sand. unwept and not missed.
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THE KENN Ell.

Entries Are Coming to the California
Club From the Northern States.
The executive committee of the California
Kennel Club met recently and several let
tiers from the Interior of the State and
Oregon were read from dog fancers giving
encouraging news that they intend TO be at
the show in May with their dogs. The
premium list and rules and the special
prize isl has been published and mailed TO
every dog-owner in the State as far as
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THE wHEELMEN.
A Run to ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ations on
the Beach.

"A Run 20 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. o. atiOns on
the Beach.
Again the wheeimen were disappointed In
their proposed trip to Haywards last Sum
day. the roads being in very poor condition.
The local riders were In the park In large
numbers; Oakland and Alameda were also
well represented. The Park Commissioners
have built house on the beach recently for
the accommodation of cyclists. Racks for
wheels and toilet facilities have been pro-
vided.
The Board Of Supervisors Of MERGED
county has just passed an ordinance re-
curing all cyclists on roads within the limi Is
OF that county to dismount when 100 yards
distant from an approaching team, then
take tho bicycle to the side Of the road, and
there remain until said team shall have
passed on 100 yards. That any body OF men in
power Ia this enliG htened country should be 80
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THE FIELD OF SPORT.
Golden West C0ursing Club Meet
at Ocean View.
Finely Bred Dogs That Will Be Seen at tbs
Bench show-Angling for Fingerlings
What the Wheelnen Are Doing.

The weather OF the past week has been
very favorable for outdoor sports. Anglers,
trap-shooters, coursiDg men, football
PLAYERS and oarsmen have been taking ad-
vantage of the very favorable opportunities
10 engage in their respective ways OF
pleasure outings.
A coursing meeting will be held to-day at
0cean View, and the Olympic tennis-players
will meet in friendly competition this after
noon at.the Olympic's outdoor grounds.