The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-30
SACRAMENTO SPORTING.
Ladies Who Ride in Bloomers - Ocursing,
Trap-Shooting, Etc.

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Trap-shooting Etc.
SACRAMENTO, March 29.-Everybody
is either riding, attempting to ride or in
tending to attempt to ride bicycle at the
present time in this city. A new club has
been formed which terms itself 1.-The
Brownies" The club is composed of
thirty lady and gentleman riders, who
almost every pleasant evening make a run
in the outskirts of the city. Nearly all
lady riders of the wheel have adopted
boomers as the correct style of attire when
on pleasure jaunts.
The Sacramento Athletic Club Wheel
men will make run to Florin and Frank
lin tomorrow. The roads are In excellent
condition and large meet is expected.
On the first Sunday in May the club in
tends taking a 125-mile jaunt into the foot
hills. Leaving Sacramento at an early
hour they will go direct to Placerville, via
Latrobe. From the former town the route
to Auburn will be followed, leading through
the old historical mining town of Coloma
and the picturesque mountain scenery OF
that section. Arriving at Auburn the club
Will have straightaway run on down
grade to this city.
Captain George Readman and Warren
Elliott, class A men, are in active training
on the track at Agricultural Park in eX-
pectat1on of representing the club at the
San Jose tournament, which will take
place in April. Both men are speedy
riders and are gaining in speed daily.
A number Of gun enthusiasts are prac-
tlclng on the wheel. They claim that dur
ing the coming dove season they will find
1t advantageous to take gun and lunch
and run into the djacent county for
distance of say fifteen miles, where they
can easily make up good bag.
Last Sundays shoot at the new bluerock
grounds of Kimball & Epson was largely
attended, and several close matches en-
sued. In one pool Nicolaus, NewDert and
Helens scored % each out of % disks shot
at. In the match between Fitzgerald and
Smith the former broke % out of %. At
the Spoonbill Club meet NagheI carried off
the honors with a score of % out of %. 1t
will probably be two weeks or more before
this club will have another shoot, as the
late rains have filled the trap trenches with
water, which on the low lying grounds is
slow to drain. John Gerber made clean
score at the first live-bird shoot of the
Pelican Gun Club for tn e season, held last
Sunday, killing 16 birds straight. E. A
Nicolaus knocked down II, and w. e.
Gerber and l.. j. Nicolaus tied for third
place with a score of 13 birds.
At the final series of the Sacramento
Coursing Club, held at Florin last Sunday,
COInDcUlCOIS
the race In much the same style his name
sake handled the willy politicians of the
| Legislature-"b the whole field" The
res ult of the days run is as follows: Nc
Mahon's Wildwood beat Kennedy's Wig
liant, McMahon's Gile beat Warrens
Brighton Boy, Kelly's Jack beat Griffith S
Shamrock, Straight's Jack the Ripper beat
Devine's Hallanons, Governor jim had a
bye. In the run-off Wildwood beat Jack
| the Ripper, Governor Jim beat Gile and
Jack had bye Governor Jim then beat
| Jack, after close and exciting chase, in
| which the Kelly pup gave Governor Jim
the race of his life Wildwood ran bye.
Governor Jim beat Wildwood and won first
money, Wildwood second, Jack third, Gile
fourth and Jack the Ripper fifth money
There will probably be another match in
the near future, as the club members
possess some excellent animals and con-
siderable rivalry exists as to the merits of
their respective dogs.
f! Football for the season is defunct, as the
former grounds at Snowflake Park have
| been turned into grain field, and the
| players have no inclosed ground where a
| match can be made in this city. The de-
feat received at Stockton has by no means
dampened the ardor of the high school
! eleven, and they one and all declare that
they can wipe the Stocktonians off the
face of the earth when in condition and
with their regular men in line.
The rat-killing match, which was to
have taken place last Saturday, was post
poned for two weeks, rodents being scarce
and the O'Dell animal not being in good
| condition.
Russell R. Flint, the winner at the fly
casting tournament held May 4, 1894 in
| Golden Gate Park, and who holds the Pa
citic Coast championship on cast of
eighty-one feet, is getting his arm in con-
dition to compete at the expected tourna-
| tuf q
crack knight of the rod. "who has record
! but little short of Flint, although not Off
cial, was in town and purchased a seven
ounce rod, costing no one knows how much
| hard cash, and declares that if the ex-
pected tournament takes place he will be
SAINT with Watson's casting powers claim
that Flint will have to look to his laurels
when the two come together.
| Striped bass are slowly making their
way up the Sacramento River and occa-
| sionally one is taken in this vicinity. They
are greatly sought after by fish diners, who
claim that they are even superior to trout
for table use.
As an example of the standing California
| game cocks hold among Eastern sporting
men letter has been received by Anthony
| Green of this city from Horace Leeds of
Atlantic City, n. j.. the champion light
weight, inclosing So for a setting of pure
/ SSSeoS1 ON@N = 1900
another for breeding purposes. Green's
! chickens have a worldwide reputation,
and some of his cocks could not be pro-
cured for love or money.
| Agricultural Park seems to be the favor
| lite training quarters of the season and some
speedy horses daily encircle the track. P
j. Mann's horse Trumont was driven a
quarter by Andy Mcdowell in 80 seconds
last week. The animal was never consid-
cred remarkably fast, but is rapidly COM
ing to the front and may develop into a
crackerjack before the end OF the season.
| AS soon as the track settles into condition
after the late rains some good records may
| be looked for.
Frank Van Guelde1s has been end eavor
ing to organize a relocating match be-
tween Chinese contestants, but without
success; he offered every inducement in
vain.
His trial of pet coon in the ratpit was
also failure as to time record; the coon
would rush a rodent into the corner, kill
it in first-class style. and thensproceed to
dine on the varmlnt, paying no attention
to the other rodents until he had satified
his appetite by sucking the blood of his
victim; as soon as he became satiated he