The morning call., 1894-09-11

ladies atiired in fetching Yachting cos
tunes. Ex-Commodore w. w. Blow acted
as master of ceremonies. and at the moon
hour invited the guests of the club TO joi.
In delicious luncheon on the club We
randa, from which could be had a magDift
cent view of the pretty craft racing on the
sunlit waters of the estuary.
The first race was a half-mile single
padding contest for silver frog scarfpin
f. L. Barrier entered with the Valkyrie and
[. L. Kent with the Luck. After close
and exciting race the former won by sew.
eral boat lengths.
In the double padding contest victory
again perched upon the pennant of the
Valkyrie. Berier and Hamilton were il
the winning boat. and Kent and Commo.
dore Hackett propelled the Luck.
/, In the 200-yard swimming race the starter.
were Arthur Smith. Walter S. Mckee JobT
PieTson and Charles Lame. This proved TO bf
the most exciting contest OF the day, the heai
of which favored immersion IN the water II
was won by Pierson. who finished only five feel
ahead of Arthur Smith.
There were four entries In the race for thf
Mayrisch badges. a. Hackett In she Wbim
f. L. Berier in The Nemesis, T. E. Kent in thf
Mystic and w. w. Blow in the Jack 1t was
won by Hackett in thirty five minutes. BerieI
was second.
The same boats started in the race for the
Holiday cup. 1t was very close and was won
by Berier In the Nemesis. which beat Blows
finished third.
The sixth race was free for all and there
were h It a dozen starters. Hackett beat A
d. Smith In the Dart by half a minute who wa
followed nearly TWO minutes later by f. T.
Berier
This ended what it is claimed was the most
successful of the many successful regattas he'd
by the Oakland Canoe Club.
He Fought tho Funding Bib
j. NJ. Bassett, who was sent 10 Washinoton
purpose OF fighting the railroad funding bill
has returned TO his home in Oakland. He ne.
ports that he found the bulk of the Congress
men very ignorant OF the real status OF tie Pa
cifc roads question, but many OF them lie saws
were quite willing to be convinced when the
facts were laid before them.
Mr. BaSsett said: 81 found that the tde az
disseminated in Washington for the pasi
twenty years or so had become deeply rooted
among almost ali who breathed the air at the
capital. Congressman were sure in their own
minds that the Pacific roads had been built by
a few euterprlsing poor men, and that the
Western people have been so benefited by the
roads as to look up TO the builders as public
Denefactors; and great deal mora of sucn
nonsense. Many Of them were greatly sur
prised TO learn that the people looked upou
botE roads and more especially the builders in
a very different light
81 do not think that the railroad people have
any hopes OF winning this fight On the con.
trary. think they are even now willing to turn
The roads over TO the Government. ana at the
same time save the fortunes they have accumu-
lated"
Painful Entry.
George Samuels Of Chicago struck Oakland
yesterday morning with The force OF a lump of
iron projected from the steel mouth of big
Betsy" one of the toys mounted on the Mon
terey. Mr.. Samuels Is a tourist who has been
beating" his way West through the medium of
''blind baggages" and braKe-beams. He en-
tered Oakland yesterday on one of The latter,
and attempted TO get OIL as the train flew past
Sixteenth h-street station. he was emluently
successful, but instead OF landing on his feet he
buried his head deep into tie cinders Of the
roadbed, and turned series of acrobatic revO-
lutions which, though lacking in grace. exhib-
tied plenty OF force
He was picked up and taken to the Receiy.
was seriously bruised all over the BODY, and
some of the details are: A broken nose which
is minus piece OF flesh; an almost severed
tongue, a split lip and cracked skull.
The injured man Is a brother OF William Sam
uels, The Chicago florist. and came TO this civ
in search OF work. He jumped of the train in
order 10 avoid being arrested by some rapa-
cl0us constable for non-paymenL of railroad
fare.
Chinese Lottery, Faro and Craps.
Gambling games seem to be running about as
usual in Oakland despite the fact that just be-
lore elections generally the police department
seems TO rake on spasm of virtue, Games
said 10 be running at the corner OF NiuIh
hall, back room, Ninth street; cigar-store 1O50
Broadway; at 472 Thirteenth street. ope
block from police station; Rosenburg's cigar
store. Broadway. between Ninth and Tenth
Chinese lottery games are run az 463 Sixth
street, AGO Sixth, 4l9 Tenth, $50 Broadway,