The San Francisco call., 1895-11-16
SACRAMENTO SPORTING.
A Coursing Meetlng-All About Duck
Shooting, Wheeling and Football.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Nov. 15.-The
Coursing Club was held last Sunday. The
event was puppy race for new beginners,
and was largely attended. The first pair
drawn were P. W. Sheehan's Eva and
Devine's Straight Tip, Eva S taking the
race. Bartolio's Florin Fly beat Devine'
Benzine, Kennedy's School Girl beat
Drift beat Mahoney's Tenny, Robert
Emmet ran bye, Steigler's Dynamite
beat Atkins Sir Anthony, Hanrahans
Sister S bested Mahoney's Harry S,
Steigler's Tammany beat Sheehan's Cover
nor Markham; and in the second series
School Girl bested Eva S, Florin Fly beat
Snow Drift, Dynamite beat Robert Emmett,
Tammany beat Sister s.
In the third series School Girl beat Dyna-
mite and Tammany beat Florin Fly. In
the run-off Tammany beat the School Girl
and captured first money, School Girl
second money; Florin Fly and Dynamite
divided third.
There will be meet of the club tonight
to decide as to the advisability of run for
old dogs next Sunday. Owing to the fact
that the ground is so hard and dry there is
little proba bility that the meet will take
place until after good rainfall, as the
all more or less cut up and crippled.
The Sacramento High School football
eleven has reorganized, and is practcing
hard for its combat with the Stockton
High School team, which is expected to
come off on the 30th inst. The lads line
up well, are full of enthusiasm and are
rapidly coming into form under the eff
cient coaching of ''Giddy" Wilder, late of
the University team. The positions will
probably be as follows:
F. Birdsall, center; w. Driver, left guard: C.
Ferris right guard l.. Paine, right tackle: w.
Quintan, left tackle; W. Leach, right end; c..
Ross, left end; r. Vanvaries, fullback and ca D.
tain: c. Reath and AlYa May, halfbacks; J.
Scott, quarterback.
afternoon between the High Schools and
the Sacramento Athletic team, which is
also in process of formation, places on
the line as yet not being decided upon. The
latter team has some veterans in football
circles who expect to make things lively
this winter.
Everything looks favorable for great
sport among hunters during the next
month. On the 25th the closing shoot of
the Pelican Gun Club for the season of
1895 takes place, and the kindergarten
mem bers of the club are practicing hard at
the. traps in hopes of carrying off the
honors from the vets. For the first time
in three wears the Canvasback Club is
having great sport at its lake, birds being
abundant.
At its last visit to the preserves Captain
Young, George Locker and doctors Tib-
bets and Root. killed forty birds each. The
Teal Club had an outing yesterday and F.
Reichert had twenty-six birds to his credit,
F. Mold twenty, G. Wellenbrock fourteen
and Charles Flohrs headed the list with a
bag of thirty-seven. At the Mallard Club
ground the club members bagged eighty
six birds. Stewart Upsen and +. Newbert
killed 120 birds in a two-day outing, and
William Leman bagged eighteen mallards.
Folsom sports are killing good bags.
John O'Neil and Peter Regney have been
very successful.
The Board of Supervisors has passed an
ordinance against market-hunting and
the birds in that locality will have chance
to multiply next season. Russ Flint,
Henry Gerber and Frank Rubstaller will
leave for Tehama County next week for a
six days outing among the game OF that
vicinity. Wild pigeon are reported plenti-
full in the vicinity of Oroville and Cotton
wood, and party Of Sacramento cracks
are talking of an expedition against them.
The wheelmen of the Sacramento Club
will take run to Penryn and return next
Sunday, in all a distance of sixty miles. 1t
is expected that large party Of Sacra-
mento sport lovers will 70 by special train
to San Francisco to attend the iDtercol-
legiate football game between the Stanford
and the State University on Thanksgiving
0ay