The Portland daily press., 1894-04-14
THE FIELD OF SPORTS.

There will be three races: minute
class $3.50; 2.3S class, $3.50; and $50
class $500. All communications and
entries should be addressed to James
C.Ayer, Cornish. The same Association
offers the following list of colt stakes,
and 2.40 stake race for the Ossipee
Valley fair Aug. %, 80 and 80
| Stake No.1-Foais of 1892, $50. Pay
ments 81. 80 May l; ST. so June 10; 81. 5O
Stake No. 2-Foals of 1891, $3.50. Pay
ments so. so May /; 50. SO June Is; w. 81
Stake No. 3-Foals of 1880 5000. Pay
ments 100 May /; 81 90 June IS; $500
| August l.
| Stake No. 4-Horses eligible to 2. 40
class, May 1, 5000. Payments $500 May
| 1; So. 90 June Is; 81. 90 August Is, when
| the horses must be named.
| Entries close May /.
The P.L. @. Tennis Club has elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year:
President P. Goold.
Vice President-Georgie.H. Melcher.
| Secretary-Grace r. Seiders.
Treasurer-Charles D. Clark.
| Executive Committee-Mary A. Seld-
ers, Irene e. H. Philips, Lester X. Cox,
| VIII. Hand, Jr.
| The club has obtained the lot on West
| street next the Butler school, and line
cinder court is to be constructed as soon
| as the weather will permit.
I Col. Fred W. Wellington of Worcester,
| Mass, has been elected President of
| the famous Commodore Club of Anna
| teur Hunters and Fishermen, who have
| spacious house at Harland. The club
| includes among it's 200 members Gov.
Greenhalge, ex Gov. Russell and three
| other ex-Governors, and about rs men
who hold or have held office in the
| State militia.
| Bicycling Matters-Wild Geese in the Bay
The First Watch Launched.
| The first regular meeting of the wheel
| ing division of the Athletic Club was
held at the club house last night The
previous organization was perfected, the
| temporary officers made permanent, and
| plans outlined for the future. Regular
| Saturday afternoon runs, with a. supper
| at about O'Clock, and a return home
| in the evening, are contemplated for the
summer. The first division run will be
held on Fast Day, April 18th. The start
will be from the club house at 10 a. m. .,
| and proceed along the shore road to
| the SeaView House, where shore din
ner $50 cents) will be served at 1 p. ~.
Football, base ball and other games
will take place during the afternoon.
| Not only is there large increase in
| the bicycle business in Portland, this
spring over all other years, but light
| wheels fare being bought as never be-
| fore. Whether this is more or less of a
| fad, the result of a desire to follow the
lead of bicyclers in the great cities,
where there are good roads, or whether
these light wheels are really better on
the rough roads of this vicinity is still
an open question. The fact is. however,
that many of our leading and oldest
wheelmen, as well as the novices of this
year are buying lighter wheels than pro-
fessional racers used year or two ago.
Mr. James Marrett, formerly president
of the Bicycle Club, will ride.a 23-pound
wheel, and ex-Consul John Calvin
Stevens will also ride the same kind of
a machine. S. B. Phillips will ride one
of the light, wooden rim wheels because
it is light and so will E.G. Scully, the
racer Ex-Consul F. A. Elwell will ride
27-pound wheel.
Mr.. Elwell will take another party to
Europe this year. 1t will be tour de-
signed especially for a Photographic
bicycling party. and the itinerary will
be new one. including many places i'll
Europe hitherto unvisited by his previ-
GUS tours and and also unknown to the
general travelling public. A great
many photographs will be taken. The
party will leave in June on Dutch
steamer for Boulogne.
There is talk at the Athletic Club Of
grand athletic tournament to take
place some time next fall. In that case
the wheeling division will arrange for
some races.
This spring the villa geese have been
! unusually plenty in the bay, but the
gunners have not secured very many be-
cause of the recent stormy weather.
I
There are many geese in the bay now, far
| more than usaul at this time. Their
presence is explained as follows
| The warm weather of a month ago
brought them up from the South earlier
and in greater numbers than usual
Then this cold, rough weather came
and stopped them right here on the
| coast.
John Whitney Of Falmouth makes a
business of hunting wild fowl. He has
heavy guns and large and small boats for
rough and calm weather; yet he has
| captured but nine geese thus far be-
cause of the bad weather. He sold them
| for a dollar apiece.
| Thursday morning a man shot a goose
| from the Harpswell steamer, and this
suggests the fact that wild geese are not
| so frightened of steamer as of small
| boat.
Mr.. Henry Soule, the veteran hunter,
| has been waiting for over week for IA
chance to get down the harbor on tug
boat to shoot geese. But it has been too