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The San Francisco call., 1896-06-05
The Erratic Old Sulker Was
Away in Front and Won in
a Big Romp.
MISS GENTRY's SADDLE SLIPPED
Red GNenn Headed Chartreuse II Out
Marjorie Defeated Big Field Over
Seven Furlongs.

The old adage of there's many slip
twlxt cup and the lip was realistically
and' 1t might be said, expensively Illus
trateo at ingleside track yesterday. In
Tue Iast race OF the day, a fiVe-furlong sell
Ing dash, the saddle on the back of the
to choice, Miss Gentry, slipped, and
her rlder was compelled to pull her up be-
fore furlong had been covered, and the
81 to l SHOT, the erratic Duke Stevens.
packed down to II around post time, won
IN big gallop. Miss Gentry is very fast
mare, out ever since her advent in Califor-
MA she has been sort of conundrum to
the race-going public, and it would take
one g1teo with the power of second sight
to know the proper time to "put the
checks down"
Only the day previous the mare de-
1eated fairly good field over six furlongs
cleverly piloted by Snider, and although
that budding youth was unengaeed to ride
In the race in question the stable saw fl to
put w. Carroll up yesterday. 1t certainly
seems as though jockey would have pre-
monitlon of danger in that direction when
obliged to pull up SO soon after the start
After the race Starter Havey said that be
thought the saddle looked as though in
elined to 'list to the port side" and it is
TO be regretted, at least for the sake of
many crestfallen bettor, that he did not
apprlse Jockey Carroll of the fact.
The wind, which for some DAYS past has
swept over the course with the fury of a
gale, had Gained down somewhat. and
better time was the rule for the different
events. Favorites succeeded in taking but
two OF the six races decided. The books.
though, were hard hit by the victory of
Duke Stevens and quit little winner on the
day,
Chartreuse II, the game little daughter
OF imp. Cheviot, was the first favorite 10
go down in defeat. She was to choice
for the seven furlong selling run, and in a
drive throug the stretch to the wire with
the to second choice, Red Glenn, sue
cumbed by neck, due principally to
superior jOckeyship on the part of Coady
on the winner over Snider.
In the opening dash for two-year-oId
maidens Santa Paula finally drifted out of
that class. Starting a 8 to 2 favorite, he
almost Immediately shot to the front and,
leading throughout, won easily, with Miss
Buckman, 25 to 1 shot, in the place, COW
eriIg the four furlongs in so seconds.
Eight three-year- olds started in the
third race, over six furlongs. At post
tirae Tennessee Maid, with 2% to l about
her, had slight call over Trappean. The
pair had the race to themselves to the
furlong pole from the wire, where Trap-
peau drew away and won by three lengths.
Tennessee Maid tired percepti bly, and was
beaten for the place by Miss Pollard, 10
to 1 chance.
The mile dash, with six starters, that
followed resulted in hollow victory for
the Cambridge stables Yankee Doodle,
who took the lead turning into the back
stretch from Miss Ruth, and won, eased
up, thrre lengths before May Day, in
1:4lK, within one-quarter OF second of
the track record. st. Lee, the to 5 Sec
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ardous parachute leaps at all times OF the
day.
Hanging by the teeth he assembled last
Saturday and Sunday afternoons, cut loose
and landed safely.
ct 10 o'clock Sunday evening the big
balloon left the ground on Haight street
with Markeberg hanging to the trapeze
The night was dark. the wind high and a
nasty haze prevailing.
The searchlight was turned on him and,
twisting, turning, tumbling, lie shot up,
hanging by his trapeze, into the air.
He had some roman candles tied to the
belt In the hoop above him. and with the
lighted cigar that he calmly puffed as he
left the ground he fired them. The red
blue and white sparks dropped to the
ground, and the man manipulating the
searchlight wondered at his unusual dar-
ing.
He cut away, the high wind struck his
parachute and he was carried over half a
mile. He was dashed between two houses
on Devisadero street and broke the left
side OF his pelyis. He was seen yesterday
at the German Hospital and told of his
experience. He said: Il never took such
a long drop before The searchlight fol-
lowed me well, but had an ambition to
make wonderful night ascension When
went up Oh L ueSddy u4SuI IL was moon
light and it was easy to see the ground A
night ascension had never been given be-
fore in San Francisco, and as the first one
was success ana | knew that people in
terested IN balIooning had their ewes on
me, delayed cutting loose.
Il was up about 5000 teet, lost the search
light and pulled the cutawav rope. The
knife did its business and | shot down at
least 500 feet before the parachute opened .
The night air is cold, soggy and does not
possess the buoyancy of that of the day-
time.
Then the wind hit the parachute on
the side. Il almost closed com pletely.
Such a sensation l had never experienced
before. l had time to think, because | do
my most active thinking when | am up in
The air for the four or five minutes occu-
pied in an ascension. / had passed over
the four blocks of vacant land near the
Ghutes and knew that / would come down
amongst houses. The wind was so high
that / almost fancied l would strike
against the dome of the city hall that I
have seen so often during my daylight as
tensions.
But suddenly there came downsweep
and | Just skinned a telegraph wire
The night was black as pitch, with an ele c.
,ric light shining about three blocks away
| prepared for the worst and was rushed
between two houses, six feet apart. l fell
'Wo stories, DuI ulu not let go OF my
rapeZe-bar The parachute turneA INSIDE
,ut and | was banged up against stair
way. | kept the cigar between my teeth
ind knew that at last had been hurt. A
Gentleman came down from the house
With his nightgown stuffed in his pants
ina wanted to know where l had come
rom. 1t didn't take him long to find out.
The doctor says that l will be laid up for a
ong time, but when get well L am will.
n n take the Sama risks yer aoair ~
Out at the German Hospital, where the
punky little aeronaut is resting. they say
lie is not fatally injured, but that he has
experienced an injury that will prevent
lin from making parachute jumps for a
ong time to come.
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LAMBS IN SOCIETY.
They Have Become Creatures of Luxur,
and Are Forcing Out the Pug Dog.

They Have Become Creatures of Luxury
and Are Forcing Out the Pug Dog.
The lamb has become a feature of New
York society. Not that sort which fre-
quents the misnamed club. Not the va
riety whose fleece is invitingly extended
near the stage doors of theaters for harm
less little girls with the downcast eyes to
pluck. This is the real lamb, whose name
has been forever linked with that of Mary
by he pastoral poet, says the New York
Journal
Ii you come to take an early morning
constitutional in Fifth avenue any pleas .
ant day proof OF the lamb craze can be
seen. White as snow. with collars adorned
with tinkling bells, led by silver chains,
generally IN the hands of pretty French
maids, the pampered EN- bryo sovereigns of
Ohio tariff ideas gam Dol according to Fifth
avenue etiquette.
In one of Fifth avenues aristocratic
apartment-houses is lamb that has a
maid all to itself. No pugdog was ever
reared in greater luxury. The mysteries
OF its toilet are numerous. Nothing, in the
estimation of it's mistress, is TOO good or
expensive for this lamb. The brush and
comb used in the daily toilet are silver
m ounted, and when the lamb takes its
meals they are served in sterling silver
bowls. The daily menu consists of milk
and preparation of cooked Indian meal,
sometimes varied by oatmeal.
At night the lamb sleeps in basket
lined with silk and cotton, at the foot OF
its mistress bed. The mistress claims that
her pet is much more intelligent than any
dog, and far preferable TO cat as q pet.
If this modern Bopeep should suffer the
loss OF her protege the whole police force
of New York would be asked TO rally to
the reScue
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or exhibition baseball games between

for exhibition baseball games between
San Francisco and Santa Cruz.
Among the country towns the en-
thuslasm is even greater than here. Mana
ger Blake has leased the San Jose baseball
grounds for five years, the Sacramento
grounds for nine wears and the Stockton
grounds for five years, besides the grounds
here in the City
Besides the professional games there
VIII also be games between anna eur mines,
the VIolets, San Francisco Athletic Ciuo,
Clippers. Examiners and others. Every
sunday three games will be played, anna
teur games at 10 and II o'clock and the
professional game al o'clock In the after
noon: Probably by the end Of this week
we VIII have made out our schedule OF the
games tor the coming season."
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Many Old.Time Crackajacks
Will Again Greet the
Public.
SCHEDULE WILL SOON BE OUT
Three Games by Amateurs and Pre-
tessionalS Will Be Played
Every Sunday.

Unless present indications deceive, q
baseball circles. Since football has be-
come popular within the past few wears
many an old time baseball enthusiast has
lamented the decay of baseball, and has
looked back longingly at the days when
thousands thronged the Haight-street
grounds and madly shouted for the
Haverlys, the Pioneers or the GREENWOOD
& Morans.
Endeavors are being made to bring back
these haIcyon days. The California Base
ball League, cons sting OF the San Fran
cisco, Oakland, Stockton and San Jose
teams, has secured from the Mechanics
Institute a fve-years' lease OF the block
bounded by Folsom, Harrison, Fifteenth
and Sixteenth streets, and is making the
Improvements necessary to convert the
lot into an athletic and baseball park.
The whole lot, which is 520x560 feet,
has been leveled, and already nearly
thousand loads of loan have been spread
over the diamond. 1t is the intention to
also cover the field with q layer of loan
and plant grass and trees.
twenty-foot fence has been put up
around the grounds, effectively protecting
them from the wind. A grand stand, with
seating capacity OF 2000 and bleachers to
accommodate 1900, are now being erected
On the corner of Folsom and Sixteenth
streets there will be erected substantial
two-story building, covering a piece of
ground 60x100 feet, in which will be the
clubrooms, billiardroom, bar and PLAYERS
readlng-rooms. Twenty men are now
busy at work on the grounds, aid they
Will be opened for the first game between
the Oaklands and San Franciscos on the
18th or Goth of this month.
a. 5. Blake, captain of the San Fran
clscos, is the lessee and manager of the
grounds, and together with Captain Quig-
ley OF the Stocktons, Captain Stockwell of
the San Joses, Captain Leonard of the Oak
lands and doc" Mindham, an old-time
and popular baseballist. who is associated
with Mr.. Blake in the present undertake
ing, constitute the board of directors.
doc" Mindham, when seen yesterday,
was enthusiastic over the outlook for base
ball in this City.
prospects were never BETTER" he said.
1--WE are spending nearly $4,000 on i'm
provements ere, and when We get through
we shall have the finest grounds in the
City. When we get started we are going
to have baseball games here every Satur-
day and Sunday, and good baseball, too.
The league teams are composed OF good
players, all home talent, among whom are
such weil-known PLAYERS as Pete Sweeny,
Rube Levy and Pop Swett All the mines
are exceptionally strong; in fact, San
Francisco never mad a stronger team than
at present. In a practice game with the
Santa Cruz nine lately the San Francisco
team beat them to 0, and there was not
an error on either side.
During the coming Santa Cruz carnival,
two days, June 10 and 90, will be set aside
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GREAT RACING AT lNGLRsIDE.
Large Fields and Crack Horses Start in the
Different Events To-Day.

Large Fields and Crack Horses Start in the
Different Events To-Day.
Friday is usually considered an off day
on the racetracks; in fact, it is looked upon
as the occasion on which the good horses
take rest. A glance at to-day's pro-
gramme, however, will Immediately dis
abuse this fact from the mind, for the
lngleside management has prepared one
that will compare favorably with any early
in the meeting. Sprinters and long-dis-
tance horses alike are given a chance to
display their fettle. In the fourth event,
at seven furlongs, the sturdy little Nebu-
chadnezzar. imp. Ivy, who run second at
odds of 100 to on Wednesday; Thelma,
George Roses good horse Ruinart and
the crack Rey del Bandidos will try con-
clusions and 1t should be great betting
affair.
The Farewell handicap winner, Senator
Bland, the coast record-holder for a mile
and quarter, will take shy at the gray
Paros, Little Cripple and field of good
ones in the mile and sixteenth run.
With Peixotto, Summer Time, Road
Warmer, who lowered Geraldine's colors,
Toano, Joe Terry and Yankee Doodle try
ing conclusions in the final race of the
day over seven furiongs, a new track
record is not improbab ble.
Tomorrow the big attraction will be the
!
will be very open betting event, as the
selling conditions will not permit of the
, Bay District long-distance winner Thorn
hill, starting. An owners handicap at
seven furlongs will also prove strong
drawing card, as the best horses quartered
on the track will face the issue.
Secretary Leake was yesterday in receipt
of the following teleg am from the we'll
known turfman, Barney Schreiber:
FAIR GROUNDS, st. Louis, Mo-, June 10, 1896
To ". j. Ledke: Your kind thoughtfulness
for the cyclone sufferers was highly appre-
ciated, and all st. Louisans have the most
kindly feelings for the Pacific Coast Jockey
Club, its president and yourself.
B. SoHREIBER.
Owner Mat Storm was loyal to game lit
tie Sir Walter and cashed ticket on the
California bred horse with George Rose,
who booked on the event, when the result
was learned.
Trainer "Jim,' Cook has the Spreckels
string of horses in fine shape The
familiar red, white and blue colors are
generally seen well to the front of their
fields whenever carried.
At meeting of the stewards, held last
evening, Jockey w. Carroll, who rode the
tavorite, Miss Gentry, in the asst race, was
Indefinitely suspended, and it was decided
that in future the entries of w. L. Stan
field would be ejected.
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KILLED BY A PIN-PRIOK.
he Story of Man Whose Imagination
Caused His Death.

Caused His Death.
I'm my opinion" F" r. marked the college
professor, who rose from the ranks during
the last war to the position of colonel,
the imagination of men does more injury
TO the cause of courage than all the appil-
ances OF war yet discovered"
In other words" caromed Star re-
porter, ''if man didn't think he wouldn't
be afraid of anythingP"
That's about It," admitted the profess
sor. Il had a remarkable case happen to
me during the battles around Richmond
That IS to say, it happened to another
man, but l was part OF it. 1t was on a
skirmish line, and l was lying behind a
log with two other men-I was only prl-
vate then-one of whom was an inveterate
Joker and the other was one of the imag-
NATIVE kind of soldiers In fact he was
so imaginative that he was almost scared
out OF his wits, and when the bullets and
shells began flying through the woods,
cutting of saplings, clipping limbs all
around US and barking the top OF the log
behind which we lay l thought the fellow
would burst blood vessel or go crazy or
do some other fool thing unbecomlng to
soldier. Tom, the joker, noticed the man 5
terror and called my attention to it.
Then he reached out and dragged in
stick cut from the tree above us by bull
let, and, fixing pin in it, proceeded to
have his fun. The man was at the far END
of our log, ten feet from Tom, and | was
just beyond Tom on the other side, and, L
am free to confess, was nervous enough to
wonder at Toms manner at such time.
However, l couldn't help watching his
movements, and actually laughed to see
him sliding the pin-pointed stick along
toward the unsuspecting victim. Having
got 1t at the right distance, he waited for
a smashing volley of bullets, and just as
1t came he prodded the soldier in the back
with the pin. Well, it was really funny to
see the chap jump and yell and roll over,
and we both fairly howled. But it wasn't
so funny when the man didn't move after
his first startled action and Tom looked
around at me in scared kind Of
way. His surprise found expression in
an oath, ana he called to the
man. There was no answer and he called
again with tie same result. Then he
crept over to him and gave him shake.
That brought no response either and Tom
dragged him around so he could see his
face. 1t was an ashy blue with the eyes
staring wide open and the man was as
dead as julius Caesar with never a mark
on bin save, perhaps, that one pin scratch
in his back"
SHoulu tHink your joking Hlehu
could never have forgiven himself for that
cruel joke" suggested the writer.
pm sure he never would have" con-
Guided the professor, because Tom was a
good fellow and a brave soldier, but he
never had much of a chance 10, for when
the next volley came he was on his knees
beside his dead comrade trying to do
something for him and his head was just
high enough above the log for shell to
clip the whole top of it of. Washington
Star
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Napoleon's Family Life.

Family life at the Tuileries was model,
the Emperor finding his greatest pleasure
in domestic amusements, playing billiards.
riding, driving, and even romping with
his young wife, while his tenderness Tor
no puritan, and the lapsed classes could
indulge themselves in vice il only they
paid from their purses fabulous sums
were turned into the Emperor's secret
funds. Under the Continental system
industry was at a standstill, and every
household felt the privation of abstaining
from the free use of sugar and other
colonial wares. There was however. gen.
eral confidence in speedy relief, and there
were worse things than waiting.-Sloane's
Life of Napoleon" in the Century.
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Only One Colonel Left.

II don't see why you all hold that
boodthirsty and quarrelsome Colonel
Bowie in such high esteem,' said the
stranger.
My dear sir, he's wonderful man, :"
replied the native. Hes the best shot
that ever came into this part of the coun-
try and he isn't afraid of anything that
walks on two legs"
"And yet" persisted the stranger, "I
doubt if you can point to one really cred
liable thing that ne ever did,
"Oh, yes, l can," returned the native
promptly.
'sWhat?"
"He killed the bloodthirsty and quarrel
some Colonel Jaggs, so that we have only
one of that kind to deal with now. Chi
cago Post.
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ond choice, was kept back too long, finish
ing an Indifferent third.
White & Clarke's Commission was the
horse among the fourteen starters for the
fifth race, a seven-furlong affair, that COM
manded the most support and attention.
He was sent to the post an TO favorite,
and never got up among the first three.
Marjorie, backed down from to 81, led
throughout, and won with little to spare
haf length ahead of Gold Bug, 80 to
shot.
led from "eend to eend" in the final five
furong dash, winning in a romp, with
Marble Rock, II to / chance, in the
place, two lengths before Irma. The win
ner covered the distance in / :02 ga good
performance
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train from the Oakland mole. On the down
trip long stops were made at several of the
more picturesque spots. At Sunset Park, Glen
wood and Ben Lomond the excursionists were
allowed over thirty minutes for strolls among
redwoods and rambles along the creeks and
made at Alma aud at FELTON,, near the cele-
brated big trees. Two hours were spent at
Boulder Greek, and at o'clock the return
trim was begun
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captain of this side then takes the ball
back to the opposite goal and blows it
across the table, his object being to pass it
through the same goal again. If he sue
ceeds in this it counts two more points for
his side
Thirty minutes is the time limit of this
game. and at the expiration of the first fif-
leen minutes the two teams exchange posi-
tionS,
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French Opposition to the Consoription
Law.

The peasantry were weary of seeing
their soldier sons return from hard cam
paigning with neither glory nor booty,
and began to resent the conscription law,
which tore the rising generation from
home while yet boys. Desertions became
80 frequent that terrible law was passed,
making first the family, then the COM
for the missing men. 1t was enforced
mercilessly by bodies of riders known as
"fying columns" Finally every able
bodied male was enrolled for military
service in three classes-ban, second ban
and rear ban, the last including all be-
tween 40 and so. Nevertheless, and in
spite OF all other hardships, there was
much enthusiasm at the prospect of
speedy change for the better. In March,
1872, Napoleon gould count 475,000 men
ready for the feld.-Soane's Life of
Napoleon" in the Century.
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Excursion to lsoulder Creek.

An excursion of 400 people, under the man.
.gement of Colonel Mention, visited Boulder
creek In the Santa Cruz Mountains yesterday.
he party left the foot of Market street on the
AS boat and took a special narrow-gauge
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Two United States prisoners were put in
the Norton County (Kansas) jail last week.
Within three hours they had taken the
prison clock apart and made saws of the
springs and were working their way
through the steel bars when the sheriff
dropped in on them.
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Emil Markeberg Sailed Through
the Air on Sunday
Night.
HE IS LAID UP FOR REPAIRS
Nothing Ever Frightened Him, but
Night Balloon Ascension and
Drop Proved His Waterloo

Sunday night Emil Msrkeberg was hurt
for the first time. he is balloorist, and
for fifteen years has been making busi-
ness of going up in the air and taking haz-
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Pedigree.
Pedigree

Martonhurst- Cheerful
Prince Norfoik-Eda
Sir Observation-Disclosures
King rhom as-imp. Victress
Mariner Rosa Bella Ally
Brown Fox-1urquoise
Buckms ster-Fast Bay
Bru us-Ariola
FL Rio Rey-Addie O'Neil
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November l. 1895