The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-27

The twenty nimrod5 were divided
equally into reds and blues. and the two
teams contested as holly for the mere
honor OF the thing as though they be-
lOnged to separate organizations. The
reds won. killing III pigeons. while the
blues winged one less. The totals for the
days shooting are as follows:
F. r. Webster 81. E. Donohoe IA, Andrew
Jackson IA. W. S. Newhall 6. E. F. Pres
ton 16. c. Richards 49, E. B. Sperry p. A.
. c. Tubbs 10. r. B. Woodward 81, W. B.
Tubbs 20. Total for Reds, III.
Blues-GeorGe Croker Is. +. D. Ather-
tor 10. H. Babcock %. S. c. Buckbse 10,
w. S. Kittle 10. w. e. MnrdOck 10. j. d.
Redding 5, f. w. Talant Is, c. Z. Worden
IL. r. Sprague %. Total for Blues. 10.
Joe Redding was conspicuous in the con-
test as we'll by reason of mis- score of out
OF possible % as because Of his blue and
white striped costume. The others
wore white. They were all white ex-
cept the face and necks that showed
between the white caps and the white
sweaters and the russell shoes beneath the
white stockings and white trousers. Some
wore kneebreeches and some did not; but
what they did wear, excepting J oe Red
uiUE, WAS luiou anu Mull6
except the shoes.
In this respect the summer girls on the
benches under the canvas covering went
the sharp-shooters one better They
wore white shoes and white gloves and
carried white parasols, only their spark
ling eyes and red cheeks we're not white.
There was little bit of Mr.. Newhalrs
costume that was not entirely white, due
probably to the fact that lie had been sit
ting on something that was blue and
lacked fxedness. But you could see that
the original design OF his costume was as
snowy as any of the others.
Mr.. Richards wore an extension on his
sweater that had the same been worn by
MIR. Newhall it would have hidden that
blue spot. These are trivial matters in so
great an event as the Country Club biz
pigeon killing. but they we're noticed aud
appreciated by the spectators and may
not be omitted by the conscientious histo-
ran.
One of the events of the afternoons
shoot occurred when Joe Redding missed
his eighteenth bird. He was not quite
certain that he had missed it. for the bird
lowered on the line moment or two.
Pending the decision some one threw a
dead pigeon at Mr.. Redding's feet, but the
referee was not to be fooled. though the
shooter and the crowd enjoyed the Joke
hugely.
Now a word about the scorer. The
Country Club is nothing if not esthetic. as
you could see by the beautiful costumes
of the sharpshootsrs.
But what proved IL most was the selec-
tons of the poet of sport, Mr.. Kyle, for
the important post of referee.
ALI day long the rhymster sat on a cane
bottom chair near the scoIer's-stand and
cried. dead bad." webster shoot.
Croker get ready"
Yes, a prosaic occupation for a poet, vet
| harmon ious in the whole.
All day long, too, the Russian Consul
Artzimovitcb, sat under the shooters tent
and held No. kodak ready for action.
But the sun was shy. affording no snap
shots, SO the kodak's button was never
pressed.
The Prince and the Princess Kheven-
huller and the Countess Luponesky of
Austria graced the shoot for time in the
afternoon By their august presence, and a
Southern Pacific magnate or two.
A. n. Towne and Colouel Fred Croker,
to be exact, condescended to sit on the
hard benches for moro than an hour at a
time
Life at Del Monte is not serious mat.
ter at this moment, and the names of most
of those who are enjoying it will be found
in the following list:
William Green. r. B. Dickinson, Mr..
and Mrs. r. o. Collins, San Francisco; II.
Ii. Hewlett, Stockton; Charles A. Bald
win. San Rafael; MIR. and Mrs. j. W.
Coyner. Peoria. H.; W. S. Newcomb,
Louisville. KY; Mr.. and Mrs. d. Castro.
San Salvador; Mr.. and Mrs. T. S. Douty
Miss Rowe, Mr.. and Mrs. K. P. Schwerin,