The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-01
FIELD OF SPORT.
The First Dog Show in
Oakland.
Preparing for the olympic Club Field
Day-Something About Steel
Head Trout.

The Olympic games which will take
place on Saturday at Recreation Park
should prove interesting. judging from the
number of good men that have been
booked to compete. John Elliott, the off,
cial Handicapped of the association. will
position the starters for the last time. He
will retire from the position he so long
and honorably held after this evening, and
it goes without saying that the L. A. A.
and the A. A. u. will find it no small
matter to fill the vacant seat-that is, with
a man as competent and as faithful as
John Elliott. The handicaps for the field
AMI track events will be done this even
ing. and as F. d. Ellwell has the handi-
Gaping of the wheemen, it is expected
that he will have completed his work
tomorrow evening
The San Francisco Coursing Club will
hold meeting at Newark Park on SUM-
day next. The recent rain has put the
field in splendid condition for coursing,
and Manager Dickson states that there
will be sufficient hares on hand to guar
antee the lovers OF cOurslng hrst-clasS
days sport.
Although there will not be a dog show
held in this ely this year, the admirers Of
mans best friend" who reside over the
bay are determined that Oakland shall in
future have something to say regarding
bench shows and the proper place III
which to hold them. As already stated
In HE CALL the enterprising kennel rep.
resentatives of the City of Oaks got their
heads together, so to speak, and after
careful study and consideration decided
that the people of Oakland would support
and patronZe well-conductei show OF
dogs. With this in view the sporSmen of
Oakland and Alameda will leave no stone
unturned 10 their endeavor TO bring OAK
land TO the front, and there is no doubt
but that the dog men of this city will give
hearty support toward the success of the
venture. The gentlemen who have been
selected as judges are competent and will
certainly give satisfaction.
A good story is being told OF a reporter
who had written for morning paper OF
the arrival of large number of steel
head trout in the creek which meanders
close TO the town Of Livermore. The news-
gatherer met an anger on his return from
Llvermore, and when asked what luck he
had, the latter smiled and pointing to his
basket said: Just take a peep and see
for yourself" The reporter drew back in
establishment when he had seen the beau
tiful basket of fish, and Of course dug for
information.
"What are they%
Ot6elueduSs SiI, duu tuc edluoot uSu tDdt
swims."
"And you really caught those beauties In
the Alameda Greek. near Livermore2"
Yes. sir, and strange to say neither the
papers nor the anglers of San Francisco
are on to it,"
Then it's scoop. by Jove. What do
you say those fish are called again ?"
well. Professor Jordan calls them
steelhead trout, but the learned rod and
gun man of inc Chronicle calls them steel
head salmon, and l guess he must be
right"
well, it don't make any difference to
me so long as I've got scoop; I'll call
them steelheads aud say nothing about
trout or salmon"
"GoOd-day, sir"
Good day." and the scribe dashed off to
headquarters.
The man who impaired this good bit of
fishy information related the story in the
presence OIL number OF anglers and
sportsmen in a leading gunssore yester-
day, AMI it Is hardly necessary to add tiat
there was good laugh when be had
finished by stating the ''steelheads" were
pike with which he was journeylng to the
city for the purpose of surprising friend
who had been Fostering him for mess Of
mountain trout.