The San Francisco call., 1896-08-01
Sacramento Sporting News.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, July 31.-The success
attained at the indoor bicycle tourname in
the breaking of worlds records has encour-
aged local talent to make another try, and in
consequence blue-ribbon night will be held
tonight. There is q movement on foot to at
tempt to procure purse during the coming
State Fair for a race between w. A. Terrill
(whose fair riding during the tournament
made him host of friends in this city, and
the fastest horse entered. Should the scheme
be successful, it is believed that it will be the
drawing-card of the State meet.
The Capitol City Wheelmen are practicing q
series of drill exercises, and are making great
progress. One OF the most successful is a
movement in a hollow square. Within short
time the club members will hold road race
for club prizes, and an excursion to Stockton
on the 9th of August is on the tapis
Stewart Upson of this city will leave to-
morrow for a bicycle trip over the Sierras to
determine the best route to be followed by the
riders of the trans-continental relay race. He
will follow the track of the Central Pacific to
Truckee and will then make fishing trip
through the mountains of the Sierras return
ing by way of Lake Tahoe and Placerville,
making personal observation of both routes
Local riders are all in favor Of the Placerville
route, claiming that better time can be made
Upson is typical sportsman and holds the
Pacific Coast records for one-half and one mile
bicycle compe tition, and in 1895 held the
worlds record for the quarter, since bested one
fifth of second. In 1893 he entered in eight
cen events anu tOOk place III sixteen OF LQem,
winning more honors for Sacramento than all
other riders put together. He is cracker
| jack at the trap and in the field, an enthusi-
asst with the rod and high up n.tennis circles
Dr. Huntington Joe Terry and William Ger
| ber leave shortly for Wells, New, where they
| will spend two weeks among the prairie
| chickens. w. II. Eckhardt and party leave to-
| morrow for I six weeks camping trip in the
Klamath River district. William Willis, sport
| ing editor of the Record Union, leaves on the
| 1st for Truckee, where he will spend Two weeks
| among the trout. party of Sacramentans
| who went up last week report that the fishing
| in the vicinity of Truckee is not of the best
but their i'll success is attr buted in part to the
| heavy rains which they encountered G. 81
| hammers, who has been spending several
| weeks in Spokane, Wash, states that the sur
/ rounding country is asyeritable sportsman q
| paradise In days fishing he took fifty
| pounds of trout Prairie chickens are numer-
Gus. hammers saw twenty-four elk in one
| band.
+ Dove shooting is improving rapidly, the
| birds being more plentiful. Westfail and
| Shaw bagged ninety yesterday; Ely and
| Knauer sixty. Kimball goes pot-hunting on
! Sunday. d. R. Camper and G. P. Morse of
| Chico passed through the city YESTERDAY, re-
| turning from six weeks bicycle tour through
| the State. They went to Santa Cruz and Mon
| terey, returning through Yosemite Valley
They report the roads good in the main. esne.
| c1ally over the Santa Cruz Mountains
Athletic club circles report renewed interesf
with several local sparring matches in view,
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