The herald., 1896-07-27
GOING AFTER BIG GAME
Governor Budd and a Select Party VIII
90 Whaling
Unique Excursion Planned for the Benefit Of
the Pand Of tho Carnival Of the
Golden Gate

Governor Budd Is to be shipped on a
whaler In couple of weeks, says the
San Francisco Chronicle Of Saturday.
Besides the governor, a score of others
prominent in politics and business will
go to make up the most distinguished
whaling crew that ever left this port.
SUCH men as the governor of California,
President Barillos of Guatemala, Cap
tain of Police I. w. Lees. Police Judge
Campbell, Captain John Bruce and Har-
Dor Commissioners Colnon, Cole and
Chadbourne will make up the party. If
they find the game they go cunning for
the bulky carcass of a whale will be on
exhibition somewhere on the shores of
the bay and the admission of those who
patronize the spectacle will go to swell
the fund Of the Carnival of the Golden
Gate
The idea Of such an expedition orig
mated recently in the mind of T. c..
Wells Of J. S. Kimball & Co., and was so
novel that 1t has created great deal of
favorable comment. 1t came to him a.
week ago, when Kimball & Co. s steam
schooner Newsboy was on it's excursion
trip to the scene of the wreck. The ves-
sci sighted whale and a thresher en-
gagged in a battle royal. 1t furnished so
much exciting amusement for the pas
sengers that Wells began to ponder the
scheme of whale killing excursion
party. He Immediately began to form
ulate plans for one of the most unusual
entertainments ever conceived.
He proposes to take couple Of hun
dred spectators to sea and show them
just how a whale Is handled by expert
enced whalers. The services of twelve
of the lattA' he has engaged for, and
their contract reads: mo whale, no
pay The Spreckels tug Fearless is to
+ dor NJ ha nd cho will
carry the invited guests, who will num-
Der twenty-one. She will be the flagship
of the whaling fleet and will carry two
whaling boats. one to be occupied by
the men who handle the harpoons and
guns and one to stand by and save the
whalers in case their boat Is thrown into
the air.
Following the Fearless will be the
steamer Noyo, which, between now and
the time of the expedition. will go into
the dry dock at the Union Iron work ks
and receive thousands of dollars of re-
pairs. She will carry sixty-five specta-
,tors, each of whom, on engaging his
transportation will be furnished with a
ticket for meals, another for berth
and another caring for fishing tackle.
Still another steamer will swell the fleet
Just how long the cruise will last will
depend on the length of time 1t takes to
catch a whale The fleet may return
put five days, but considering that at
(this time there is a school of whales
playing around outside the Heads the
cruise will, in all probability, end soon
enough.
It is expected that the whale will be
caught off Point Reyes. There the
whalers will lie in wait for their victim.
There will be bands of music on board
and after sundown each day the fleet
will put into brakes bay and anchor
for the night, the early part of which
will be spent in high jinks.
Thus far those who have been invited
to go on the novel hunt have become
enthusiastic over the project. There
are dozens of men in this city who, d.
irectly or indirectly, make their livings
out of the whaling industry, and yet
have never seen a whale harpooned. The
twelve whalers who, with the assistance
of some unfortunate whale, will fur
'nish such an exciting exhibition are
mostly Kanakas, we'll used to Drawing
the dangers Of the sea and to face still
greater danger when they come upon
the game they look for. Their weapons
are to be on exhibition on the water
front. The start after the whale will
probably be made on August 7th.
Governor Budd is to be admiral of the
fleet. President Colnon of the harbor
commission is to be commodore, Judge
Campbell has been appointed Judge-ad-
vocate-general and Commissioner Chad
bourne Will serve as sergeant-at- arms.