The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-04
NATIVE SONS WIN.
They Carry Off the First
Tug=Of=War Prize.
England and the First Troop VIII
Contest for the Second Prize-The
Tug Goes On Tonight.
Canada defests Spain.
Native Sons d efe at England.
First Troop defeats Ireland.
Denmark defeats Germany.

It was known that the mounted tug-of-
war tournament was to close last evening
at the Mechanics Pavilion. that is. if the
teams got through with their tugs.
So the largest attendance Of the tourna-
ment rejOiced the heart of the management.
People came in out of the wet to enjoy
the novel struggle between the international
ceutaurs.
1t was almost p If. when the first tug
took place.
There had been six teams left even by the
previous nights battle. and at the hour
named the Canadians were TO try conclu-
sions with the Spanlartis.
The hidalgos seemed to be mounted on
such undersized cabalies that the most dar-
ing.spectator or fair wager of gloves hesitated
IN plunge.
There was an immense anchorman. too, on
an immense Flemish carthorse on the Cana
dian sid q. both of whom struck terror into
the hearts of prospective punters.
dark rumor got about that the big Cana
dian anchorman intended. on hearing the
pistol-shot. 10 take turn of the rope round
the horn of his saddle. and excitement ran
high until member of the rival nationality
had been detailed to watch the suspected
end.
AT last all was In readiness.
The report of the starters pistol rang
through the air; the big Canadian anchor
man didn't take a half hitch round the
saddle-h0rn. but simply held on, and, W it'll
his colleagues. walked away with the sons
of Hisp aniR into the horses dressBg-room.
The crowd cheered with delight, all ex-
cept the hackers OF the Spaniards. who
were thus ruled out OF the running.
Then there was a wait-long but hardly
tiresome.
Presently the band breaks out Then
four horsemeu ride ous on the track and
take their places at the rope. -Four more
riders appear on four more nags. Now
both teams are In position.
And they stay in position for the next
fifteen minutes. for little dark-eyed man
runs here and there crying, 'foulw "iouI!'
Ii is Captain j. I. Hawkes. of the Eng
lish team. He has IL that the rope is at
taehed to the saddle of the Native Sons
anchor man.
Lieutenant Deane is called. He decides
the rope is not fastened TO the saddle. only
wound about the padded leg Of the anchor
horsemaD. Queer there should be a cues
ton over such an obvious and demonstrate
thing. It is fair to wrap the rope around
the leg-if the aneh0rman iss rash enough
TO do It.
The little dark-eyed man is excited.
Are you ready? Col" he calls, and
though no gun is fred, in their zeal and
fealty to their captain the English team
pulls.
The Native Sons anchorman got the
worst of that tug. II was unexpected and
It caught him foul, dragged him away to
the center of the track and jumbled him
and his horse in mess with the other
horses and men OF his team that looked
very dangerous for the moment.
Well, of course, that pull was DO pull at
nll but it taught theINative Sons anchor
man lesson. He straightaway unlashed
the rope from his padded leg and trusted to
main force thereafter.
There were some Kisses when the English
team rode back to their places.
There was no more betting now on This
tug, and the next few moments are occupied
in getting the nags in line again.
Ready? Cop
BaDgl
They went You should have seen the
Native Sons anchormanl How fast he did
gol The rope slipped through his hands as
though lt were creased. He was In the
stable before the tug was over. brief though
il was
Bat he was out again as quickly almost
rs he sped ID, though Gnmounted now, and
flying toward the press stand sxcitedly, in
dIgnanily, angrily, eomieaily, all at once.
IL was the one humorous occurrence Of the
evening.
But meanwhile the tugP Well, when the
anehormaa lost the rope the third man
made desperate grasp for il, caught it aud
then lost it.
The second man caught it calamity AID
calamity he and the first rider chung to it
Tor the brief space Of single instant
England pulled 1t away from California
IN less time than you could tell it. But
why? How?
A little storm ensued. Everybody was
excited, most of all the little dark-eyed
Enghsh captain and young man who cried
foul vigorously.
Finally the referee decided the anchor
man Of the English team had had the rope