The morning call., 1894-10-01
UNUSUALLY LARGE CROWDS.
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BicycIists Not Slow. to Make Use
of Their Privileges: -.
PARK. POLICE REJOICE HUGELY.
Serious Accident Narrowly Averted.
What a Runaway Horse: ::
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indignant at the Slurs that. have beeu cast
upon. him and his bility to prophecy. his
only recourse was to wave his :niaglcfan's
wand over The top of.*the Mills building.
and invoke. the aid of. fine clements in,
drowning his torment tors. THIS he. Sue-
ceeded in dong without any trouble on
Saturday last: -: $50. 49,
: The storm eliminated lin a most extra
| ordinary burst of hail:and rain in the
early hours yesterday ,morning...-tt woke
up nearly every body, aud there was an
lmpressi0n that a cloud had burst some
where; However. the. storm abated soon
after that. and when at twenty milutes
TO 10 O'clock something snspIcieusly like
an earthquake passed through .ife: city,, it.
was felt that elements must; at. last be
appeased. and SO The day turned out all
that could be desired. : TX.
g There " as an unusual crowd OF pleasure
seekers to be seen around the park and
Cliff House. At. the latter resort. there
were no: ba hers or waders to. be seen. but
II was a pleasant thing for the weary TaV-'
eler to take his ginlet out Of his pocket,
bore: a hole. in Adolph Sutro's NICE: u ~
hlgh-hoa fence and applying his eye to
the ortfee, feast his. eyes upon the merry
seals dlspoTting themselves 0nstBe rocks.
An announcement TO the; effecf that pro-
lessor. some bOdy-or-other would give an
exhibition of swimming drew; cQncourse
OF " ould-oe pectatOrs, but the prdfess0r
didn't show up, and so there was no swim.
But there was an accident to make up for
the disappear tment of the: multitude. :, ~.
IL appears that cart was slowly wend-
Ing Its way down the steep grade Fading
from Sutro Heights to the beach. when a
detachment of cavalry from the Presidio
came up unexpectedly in tie rear The
horse that drew this: particular cart was
.inimical 10 tbs military. for ITO sooner did
the blue uniform of Uncle Sam catch. his
eye than he very promptlva upset the cart
and Its occupant and breaking loose there
| from proceeded down tie hill on a charge.
| Now, all this occurred at some. distance
| above the Cliff House itself, and il so hap
| peneu that at this moment youug Mr..
EngelbeTg had driven up to The house with
! his wife; and, disappointing, placed the
buggy in the hands of the h0SIler while he
| took MRS. Engieberg into the house. The
| hoster took the horse by the head and
was leadin g Ii over to the stalls at the .op-
| pesite side tof the road, when; round the
corner came the stafdpeding cart nurse.
| The runaway having wrecked lis cart: at
| once atoued by wreeking Mr.. -Enge berg s
Ouggy. The buggy horse broke loose in
his turn and dashed down toward the
ocean. However. Doth the horses were
caught by Officer Sua1er ana not much
harm was DONE - =
It is said, however, that there will be a
! serious ac ident before long at the Cliff.
Adolph Sutro's sum- tn9us fence has less,
| ened the width OF the, road: to suen a de-
| gree that two busgieS can hardly pass.
The grade at this points steep and .eX-
ceedlngy dangerous, and the deblZenS Of
the Cliff are shaking, their heads and mat
tering darkly over the terrible accident
that is one day destined to occur. Ger
tainly the road Is utterly :nnft t.. bear the
1 Ct traffic 1 nOapd
I COLLEEN Gate Park locked fresh and
green after the rain. The drives were a
| little muddy, OF course, but this did not
prevent four or five thousand persons
| from patronizing them. Owing te:the. nm
certain weather the band did not blay, but
there was sport enough in the clear fresh
atmosphere. SO unlike that tne dry hot
midsummer days. And it was Il pleas an I
| sightto see the bicy clists taking advant-
age of their newly found privileges and
:dartiDg hither and thither, in and out. of
throngs Of pedestrians and professions OF
bugges. There were no mishaps recorded,
III spite OF the, seemingly dangerous. infio-
walton. .'ss g.
The park police, having resisted the new
measure Tor some time, being finally over
| powered, say they are tick fed TO death at
the new tnte. Captain Thompson sad he
never felt so pleased at any thing in all his
| lie. The whole thing was pcnicto him.
When he had got through chucklng in his
Joy Captain Thompson said =.
! This iS.the easiest; day we've had In
many long month. YUu see, at first the
night was between the park police and the
bicyciists, now it is the bicycles and the
I teams that will tight. We're out of The
fight NOW. and all WE have tn do is to look
on and laugh. Why. ALI my men are
1 pieased. They have no more .troubIe.
| They say TO me, Captain, we never did
/ have such an easy time since we've been
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4 "Of course, mind you, some Of the BIZ
/ cyclists will not avail themselves of the
privilege-they value their, skins toe much.
Zone gentleman said 10 nae To-day: .I'm
not going ON he main driva with my wheel.
j i don't want to be killed. The north drive
Is good enough for me. and.1if stick to it,
| That Is how some. the better ones, talk. =:
sBut others are different. and there will
be q. fine smash-up one day.: But we have
nothing to do. with that. We policemen
look on now; we've nothing to do but to
j laugh: and grow fat. / was never so
amused at anything mall my. life. -.
i So saving Captain Thompson sat down
| at his office desk and. proceeded to lake
out his re port for the day,
/ IF there'is an. accident at any time III
Wiz be as much caused by. racing teams rs
anything. else. The way some buggy.
! riders tested the 'mettle Of their steeds
along the drives yesterday was warning
| to the more sedate; who 5ba We no desire ,o
| furnish the requisite. element in a. Cor.
onerss inquest: :
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