The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-23
ALL KINDS OF SPORTING,
A Gig Race Between Members
of the Triton Boating
Club.
The Wife of a Prominent Los An
geles Sportsman Wins Prize
for Beauty.

The oarsmen are determined that aquatic
sports shall not remain behind in popular
ity, and as a means of encouraging the pa.
irons of rowing, prizes have been offered
for races between members Of the various
rowing clubs. This forenoon a gig race
will be contested over the North Beach
course between John Helborn, A. Schimpf
E. Peet and A. Schuppert of the Triton
local club. The oarsmen have decided to
settle the mooted question of superiority,
and if the weather and water will permit
a sharply contested race will assuredly re-
suit.
The Dolphin Boat Club has elected off,
GERS for the ensuing year as follows: A. P.
president; III. Vanderwater, recording Sec
rotary; q. w. Van Gulpin, financial secre-
tary; G. Schuppert, treasurer; j. Attridge,
captain; James Mccarthy, sergeant-at-
arms; w. 0. Patch, yice-captain. The
Dolphins will make q most determined
effort to bring aquatic sport on a level
with other sports which now command the
with that object in view several races will
be contested on the waterfront courses
during the summer season.
The Dolphins will be compelled to move
their boathouse to within close proximity
of the Selby Smelling Works, owing to the
Vi Tie dN6Huc, WHICH, Will ucCGSSl-
tate removal from their present quarters
at the termination of Montgomery avenue
and North Point street.
The Triton Boating Club must also move
to new quarters, but the officers of the
club have not as yet decided upon a new
location.
The South End Club will, in all proba-
bility, make an addition to their already
well-equipped boathouse by adding a few
outrigger skiffs. The club has unearthed
new oarsman among its members, who
gives every promise of taking Henry Peter
sons place as single sculler. The name
of the new aquatic star is Billy Hannivor,
who Long thinks has the making of
great oarsman.
Otis G. Dodge of Gualala writes that the
beach near the town village is literally
strewn with fish of about sixteen inches in
length and resembling in appearance the
French herring.
THE boys of Gualala are having glorious
time catching those fish that are pitched on
the beach by the heavy breakers says Mr..
Dodge, land the Oldest inhabitants of this
vicinity state that they have never witnessed
such plethora of sea fishes on the sands. the
fish taken by the boys do not resemble any,
thing in the line of salt water fishes that have
ever been caught in this locality, but it is
presumed that the fish belong to variety of
smelt-probably the horse smeit-which are in
pursuit OF innumerabe small fishes, sardines.
that are now working toward the north and
moving close to Shore
On Tuesday last w. f. Barry and George
Staeglich, prominent members of the
Walla Walla Fishing Club, took their de-
parture for the trout streams of Mendocino
County. A letter from one of the sportsmen
to the secretary of the club, Henry Helms,
states that they are enjoying splendid
outing.
A letter has been received from T. J.
Gillespie which states that grand fishing
and excellent shooting is now enjoyed in
the vicinity of John L. Days resort on the
south fork of the great Eel River. Game
is plentiful in the hills and better fishing
than is now awaiting anglers on the Eel
River can be expected in no other part of
the State.
Chinese fishermen in the vicinity of Cali
fornia City and McNears Point have been
making large catches OF shrimp recently.
Besides shrimp, the Chinese are depicting
the bay of it's small food fishes, which is
contrary to law.
The photograph of Miss Edith Griffin of
Pomona, winner of the Examiner prize for
the most beautiful woman among several
thousand photographs is that of the wife
of the well-known Los Angeles sportsman,
E. b. Tufts.
The open season for dove-shooting will
commence on July /.
team shoot between the Empire, Lin
coin and Electric Gun clubs viii be held
to-day at the Oakland track