The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
SPORTING UP TO DATE.
A Parade of Wheelmen Will
Be Held in This City
Soon.
WILL BE MANY WHEELS IN LINE
News From Sacramento of Interest
to Cyclers, Sportsmen and
COurSerS.

The following notice from Chief Consul
Charles K. Melrose has been mailed to
members of the League of American
Wheelmen:
A parade of wheelmen is to be held next
Wednesday evening, May %, to demonstrate
the Strength OF the wheelmen in this City,
land thereby assist the property-owners in Sc
cprlng oltuminous rock on Folsom street from
the ferries TO Nineteenth street. 1t is the duty
ot every person who rides q wheel to assist in
the oemonstration, and ask that every men,
per OF the league in this City turn out and
80 neIp make this monster parade.
Vic Hancock will start on Wednesda,
for Eureka. He intends getting up a new
map of routes for the League of American
Wheelmen road book of that district. A
map showing road to Los Angeles will
also appear in the near future.
Members of the Empire Gun Club were
greatly annoyed a few days ago when they
% discovered on visiting their clubhouse that
some scoundrels had broken in the door
and ransacked the house. Nothing, how
ever of anv value was there to steal.
- The coursing enthusiasts of Sacramento
are training number of dogs for the big
meeting which will be held in Casserly' S
park on the 30th inst.
The following interesting article from
the Calls Sacramento correspondent on
all kinds OF sport will be found worth read
ing:
SACRAMENTO, CAL, May lS-Sacramento
wheelDlen were thrown into furore of excite
ment yesterday by the action taken on the part
OF the police authorities in arresting mum Der
OF them for violating the city ordinance rel
ative TO riding without either bell or lantern.
The Police Court was thronged yesterday
morning by cyclers and their sympathizers.
The majority OF the riders pleaded guilty as
charged and were fined S. each. This action
has created an unexpected boom in the pur-
chase OF bells and the local supply is nearly
exhausted.
The run of the Sacramento Athletic Club
Wheelmen to Courtland last Sunday was a
very successful affair and was heartily enjoyed
by all participants. On their arrival at Court
land they were received by George Runyon,
who rendered them the liberty OF his cherry
orchard. The club will make a run to Vaca-
Vile and Winters tomorrow, and as the roads
are in excellent condition a fine days outing is
expected.
At their regular meeting tonight the mem
bers will discuss the adyisability of holding q
tournament on July 4. If proper track facili-
ties can be procured it is likely that great in
ducements will be offered to visiting cyclists.
The demand for wheels in this locality is on
the increase, and local dealers state that East
ern manufacturers claim that they are unable
to secure enough material or sufficient skilled
Ia Dor TO hIl orders when received.
The regular shoot OF the Pelican Liye-bird
Club will be held tomorrow at their grounds
beyond the American River, and great sport is
shooter, is expected in the city to-day, and
Will probably participate in the shooting. The
usual Blue Rock sport wall occur on the Kim
ball and Upson ground on the same date, and
there promises to be a large attendance and
good scores, as all the Sacramento County
crackerjacks will be present.
There will be a two days tournament shoot
at these grounds on June Is and 10. The
leading event will be a 100-bird race, $40 en-
trance money.
Among the prizes will be hammerless shot
gun OF approved type with all accessories. This
Will De the largest trap event OF the season in
this locality, and viii draw sportsmen from all
portions OF the State on account of the great
Inducements for competition. The entire list of
prizes has as yet not been fully formulated.
The trap meet TO be held at Marysyiile on the
23d inst. is attracting the attention of local
sportsmen, and they will invade that city in
force with expectations of cleaning up the
: works.
Members of the Sacramento Athletic Club
are in high feather over the victory obtained
by Payne at Fresno over Kennedy of the San
Francisco Club, and the result of the return
match which takes place on the 2Sth inst be-
fore theOlympic Club is discussed in all circles.
In the meantime Payne owns the club.
Quarterly ladies' night occurs on the 23d,
and members are practicing hard in various
. athletic exercises to display their advance
ment before the admiring eyes of their lady
friends
On June 10 McGraw of Sacramento will don
g.. the mits with Lyon of the San Francisco Club
.McGraw is in active training. and promises to
give Lyon an interesting match. 1t is the in
tentien OF the club TO hold field day on July 4.
The report received here that'the talked-oi
interstate coursing match, TO be held at San
Francisco on the Both, will be go, has created
stir among dog-owners, and many parties are
talking entries. Kelly's Jack and Belle
ii will be q fast dog that lifts hare in COM
petition with Jack, who bids fair to become q
world-beater.
Game Warden Helms still continues his good
work, and it is due to his efficient and untfring
efforts that the fish and game of this vicinity
"a are receiving almost perfect protection. His
capture OF two fishermen last week who were
using small-mesh net, and the conviction OF
one of. them, who was fined 500, has had a
very salutary effect on evil-doers and yiolators
of the game law. Local fishermen say that
Helms is terror and seems neither to sleep or
eat. He drops in on them at ali hours of the
day or night and has begun adopting disguises.
Thursday night he gave q boatload of fisher.
:. men lively chase up the river.
The men evidently were violating the law, as
:; they refused to stop even when he fred three
shots over their heads in hopes of checking
their fight. He states that he intends to make
a series of trips into the adjoining country as
he has received information leading him TO be.
lieve that parties are taking shots at nesting
doves.
The salmon run of the past week has been
especially good, many boats taking as high as
1000 pounds. The fish are fat and unusually
large.
Trouting is failure so far as stream fishing
is concerned. William Gerber, who has been
spending some time at Klamath Springs, has
forwarded some fine fish 10 friends in this vi.
cfriity and lake fishermen in the vicinity oi
.TTuckee report good success.
James Burnham of Folsom has been taking
an outing among the fish streams of Sly Park
1t is claimed that certain parties last season
placed wire screen across the Placervile
ditch, leading from Silver Lake, in El Dorado
County, just below q fioodgate, near Johnson's
on the Lake Tahoe road. At that point the
ditch winds around the mountain side and the
water has a sheer drop of seventy feet to the
rocks below when the gate is lifted. When the
trout had accumulated In suficlent quantity
against the wire screen the gate would be lifted
and closed and the fish falling on the rocks
were stunned and became easy prey for the
market hunters who invented the scheme In
this way il is claimed hundreds of pounds oi
trout reached the market last summer. II this
be true energetic steps should be taken to put
an immediate stop to future proceedings OF q
like nature.
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