The morning call., 1894-08-16

T.: Goad'S cautious remark.
that the bird. along with the non-dove
killing public, can readily appreciate.
/ Dr. p. j. Farrell, who has hunted al
sorts of game in his native Ireland, chased
the fox through the English shres anC
'plunked" elephants, hippopotami anG
that sort of thing in India, Africa anC
Australia. is well up on dove-shooting
He says it is gentlemanly and not cruel.
Pigeons are not so ruthlessly slaugh
tered" said he. "They serve the purpose
Of food and furnish sport incidentally
On properly appointed grounds mutilated
birds are at once killed and pain is simply
the matter Of second or two"
! The fashionable set at Del Monte would
! be the last to look askance at pigeon
! shooting and other sports as pastmes un-
BETTING q gentleman. A part of the
| creed Of ultra-fas hionable men all the
world over appears to be LET us kip
game, naturally. Besides, at Del Monte
they are looking forward eagerly to the
arrival of the Country Club as a bright
particular season of gayety In the monot-
Ony of life by the ocean wave
Those of the society leaders at Del
Monte who were asked to define the noun
gentleman" and ace its relation to the
sports Of society men did not enter into
that subtle analysis of character nor draw
any Of those fine distinctions that Mr.
Cham bliss is wont to use when he tests a
man to find out whether he has the true
ring of the gentleman or is only a base
counterfeit. At Del Monte they gently
but firmly expressed their opinion that a
man could be better gen tleman for being
sportsman, and that it was not seemly to
''caricature and satirize" his amusements.
James Brett Stokes frankly expressed
his opinion that to be good athlete adds
to a mans social popularity. Even to-day
Prince Bismarck is prouder of the scars
that he obtained as student in his uni
versity days than he is of his reputation as
a statesman. Of course we don't have
fencing and duelling in the United States,
but the principle is the same.
"The fact is that 1t is beginning to be
considered essential TO a gentleman's edu-
/ cation in the United States to know a lot
of these sports.
From my standpoint all athletic games
make man better. raise him up to a
higher plane so to speak. It's mistake
to suppose that fox-hunting or. pigeon.
footing are new to this country. Fox
hunting was practiced in the South in
colonial days. and as for pigeons hooting-
well, it's done by gentlemen everywhere.
Pigeons are shot in the East, in England
and in France. Indeed, pigeons shooting is
quite popular in the Bois."
MIR. Stokes, in speaking on the dove
question, also stated very truly that an
amusement in which the elite of the Eng
lish aristocracy INDUCES, namely, the
slaughter of partridges that have been fed
till they are almost tame. is in reality a
greater betrayal OF the BIRDS confidence.
j. B. Rodgers. a wealthy youth from
the East, who is fond of being near the
smart" set at Del Monte. observed: 81
don't know anything about that sort of
thing in California, don't you know. It's
quite the thing, though, at Hampstead for
gentlemen to go in for all SORTS of
sport-they go in for them i'm
mensely. l don't go in for them
much myself" continued Mr.. Rodgers
modestly, ''but it's the thing all the same.
In fact, | believe a gentleman ought to
hunt and ride ana shoot and-well, 90 in
for all sports. It's fashionable and it's
people really seem to forget" Then Mr..
Rodgers made a pause and added SLOWLY
and impressively: mo gentleman that
is gentleman ought to meet a profess
sional. Gentlemen and Professionalism
not the same thing"
Miss Aileen Goad refused to give an
opinion on the one question in particular.
but taking all sports collectively she was
warmly in their favor. II class them
all together because l do not know much
about them myself" she said. "Of course
the gentlemen are better qualified to
speak on the matter than / am. | do
not see, though. why any one should ridi-
cue the idea of man and gentleman
going in for sports. Any one would be
healthier and better for taking part in
active, open-air exercise"
Several ladies In San Francisco iwbo
gave their opinion on the subject ex-
pressed strong views Cd what really con-
stituies a gentleman, According to Nine.
de Kontski the difference between q simple
bourgeois and ''gentilhOmme" is the
strictsst adherence to Honor" and the
keeping, under all circumstances, of
word once pledged. ''Smartness" should
be scratched out Of the qualities of gen.
tleman. As for sports-well. there is a
certain futility about them. This dove
shooting unfortunately is much in vogue in
Europe also. but as far as the real quail
ties of a gentleman go, il is from his
mother in his youth that he learns them.
Mrs. John Vance Cheney, when asked TO
give her ideal of a gentleman. said that in
her opinion the Savior was the only per-
feet example of a gentleman the world has
seen. "The whole thing lies in the feel
ings," she added. ''As for sports, they are
detail, and dress-well, considering how
few well-dressed men one sees; | should
think people seldom get chance to laugh
at man fer being elegantly appareled."