The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-03

tennis, swimming, fencing. boxing and
Pacific Coast records.
The leading feature Of the book, how
ever, and the one from which the greater
part of the revenue was to be derived was
the portraits and sketches of prominent
members of the club. AS matter of fact
no member whether prominent or not,
was excluded if he complied with the con-
ditiOns. Any member signing a contract
= 70. pay So when the book was published
was 10 have the satisfaction of seeing a
handsome lalf-tone cut of himself appear
in the souvenir volume Those who could
content themseIves with a smaller picture
and a>sHtalIer amount Of satisfaction were
to pay oEly $40.
= .Ner was this all. The lucky Olympians
who seIzed this opportunity we're. if they
chose to have short complimentary
sketches, composed by themselves. in
serted in the work, and there were few
who neglected that privilege.
Nearly $50 members of the club signed
the contracts, and IN due time the volume
appeared. Most of the members took the
books, looked at their portraits, paid their
money and were satisfied; but there were
quite a number who On various grounds
refused to pay. Among them was a. P.
Redding, the manager of the Pacific
Surety Company.
Lawyer Hilyer, who has charge of the
case forth publishers. declares that suits
viii shortly be commenced against all the
deiinQnents.
This is only beginning" he said yester-
day. I'VE have agreements with these
men IN black and white, and there is no
In
pictures are good, according to contract,
and the sketches are just as they wrote
them.
The trouble with Redding is owing TO
the fact that his brother, J. D. Redding,
the lawyer, got the better of US. lie was
one of The directors Of the Olympic Club and
evaded signing a contract until all the
other directors had signed. Then he re-
fused TO pay anything, knowing that,
rather than omit one Of the directors aud
thus leave the book incomplete. the pub
fishers would put his picture in for moth
ing. When a. p. Redding learned what
his brother had done he determined not TO
pay for his picture. Notwithstanding the
fact that he had already signed the con-
tract
"Of course, he says that the picture does
not suit, that it is not good, but any one
can see that it is a fine portrait"
Mr.. Rejding was out of town yesterday
and could not be interviewed. The fol-
lowing is the list of Olympiaus whose por-
traits appear in "The Olympic Club:
@. w Alexander. G.. Z. Allen, e. NJ. Asbe.
9. r. Ayers, i. d. Allen S. NJ. Anderson, L. j.
Anderson.
W. D. Ball, a. L. Bancroft, A. Barnard,
D. j. BarHert II. w. Beatty Jr., j. II. Beatty
Ral Pal Rel hgr
g. ". Bell Charles Bennett @. A. Berton,
u O. Baukman, L. S. Blake, S. 5. Blake, T. +.
Blake j. II. Blewett, L. BOcqueraz, Ben Bog
Der, Il. q. honestel, A. {. BcnneL. J. F. Bon
nell, 7. BOul0, Dr. r. J. Bowie. Il. w. Bradley
Jr, Z. A. Bresse j. M. Brewer w E. Bridge.
j. +. Brisac, +. Brltten, +. w. Brown, q. S.
Brown, w. p. buckingham. j. X. Bulger.
.. w. Germany, r. I. Carroll, 5. V. Casady, ID.
a Carpenter, W. A; Cartwright, J. A. Christie,
!, a Chap4is, Fl. Coffin, j. a. Code, g. W.
GonIoy, H. B. Cook, +. J.. Cooley, c. 5. Coy,
n w Creagh, h. il. Creighton, Lieutenant
d. 4 Gro o 2l. 6. Ii; ,CToley }. P. CurTier.
c. W. Decker. c. r.. Detriek. o. Denhard, j. II.
Dickinson, S. W. Dixon, D. S. Dorm v. G.
oD DI j.; l.. Du Bots, j. W. Duffy. P. j.
p Dunne IL. Duncan. A. X Durbrow.
w. II. tidlidGe, c. f. Elliot, John Elliot. II.
+. limerick, M. l.. Espinosa
i a. o. H" Fe s. Fay a 3 Field Lieutenant
J. S FOOrman, A Forsyth + + Fosre1 ~
NJ Francis, f. Frck. -
DR.. W. T. GarwoOd, J. H. Gllhuly. /, en- r
K. Cooley, II. b Graham, j. D. Grant, G.. r
. Green. F.S. Greeplee. c. A. Grow. G. C;niscn
w. I. Habberiy, e. Hale ". H. HalIeit' j.
Il. Hammersmlh. X. j. Hancock J. s Hand
Il. &. Hanks. W. f. Hanrahan. w Harden,
burg. w. Greer Harrison, 0. c. Haslett, A. s
Henderson. }. i. Hendy, Charles Hess Jr., g.
T. Heuer. E. r. Hewston. +. O. Heydeuieldt, S.
.HeydeDIeldt, 7. O. HeydeDfeldt, Dr c. W Hib-
bard, g. c. higgins, L. Him. w. L. HinZ, v
Hoffman Jr.. A. II. Hogg. Z. w. Hopkins, A.
7. HOtaiiDg Jr, j. II. Howell. Al Huber, r. b.
Zine, }. G. Hulse, Or. II. w. hunsaker, j. W.
Huntington.
a. jackson, c. H. JacksoD,.J P. jackson Jr..
VI. a. jackson, W. L. Jackson. w. II. Jardine,
{. 3. Jellnek. j. Jeryis, a. Jones. O. Jones,
IL. {. Jones' @. w. jordan, j. jordan.
a kaHman, w. b. Kellogg, A. Keller, ". J.
keneaiys e. T. Kerr. J. w. Keys. l. N. hleTuIn.
I. z. Knn>l, II. Z. Koher, Il. A. Kolb, j. q. KoT-
LEX e. kTelng. O. j. Kron.
> 9. s. .Ladd, q. h. Lamb, j. f. Larken, ". S.