The San Francisco call., 1896-09-10
A Slow Long-Distance Race Be.
tween Two Ambitious Anna
teur Rowers.
WATER FRONT PHILANTHROPY
How a Prisoner En- Route to San
Quentin Prison Lost Deputy
Sheriff.

Admission day was observed on the
water front with the fluttering of bright
bunting from flagstaff and masthead, from
dock to dock. Almost all the shipping in
the harbor few their national ensigns, and
some of the vessels, especially the State
tugs, were handsomely decorated.
A number of private excursions took
place to different points on the bay, one
OF which was aboard the schooner Rosie H.
1t was composed of the Winter CotiIlon
Club, and was chaperoned by Assistant
Chief Wharfinger H. S. Scott, who was in
turn assisted in his sea-social duties by
Chief George W. Root.
Stephen Gill and Henry Miller of the
water front, who are not professional
boatmen, but who are, nevertheless.
rivals at the oar, pulled a Whitehall race
yesterday morning around Alcatraz. The
purse was for $40, with John Krempke as
stakeholder and referee. The two ath-
letes struck out pulling a good stroke
till they had got about halfway to the
island, when they Stacked down, and for
the rest OF the contest they evidently
pulled to see who would get in last. How
ever, Miller led his competitor home by
about two miles and claimed the stakes.
Gill entered a protest on the ground that
a porpoise or some big fish fastened on to
his boats keel and held him back.
He says he would not have minded be-
ing beaten so badly if it had not been his
wedding day and he was afraid his pros
pective bride would prefer the victor. Mil
Ter, and refuse to marry poor oarsman.
However, she was not influenced by
GilPs defeat, and they were spliced Just as
soon as he got his boat bailed ont. He
will withdraw his protest
Ypstardav afternoon da-,4,-
from some interior county en- route with a
handcuffed prisoner to San Quentin had
quite scare at the Tiburon ferry. He
purchased a regular ticket for his prisone er
and then was persuaded to buy for him
self round-trip excursion ticket to
Schuetzen Park from some seller on the
street.
When he went to pass through the ferry
gate he was stopped, while his prisoner.
whose ticket was all right, was given adj.
mission and disappeared down the wharf.
The officer had to return to the window
and procure the proper ticket.
Then came wild search for the lost
convict. He was supposed to have escaped,
and the deputy, with several police Off
GERS, sought high and low among the
freight sheds and wharves without suc-
cess. Finally deckhand informed the
searchers that q man with handcuffs ON
was wandering around the boat LOOKING
for the Deputy Sheriff and asking If thai
was really the steamer for San Quentin.
So they found him sitting on the outer
end of the ferry boat enjoying the Yacht
race while waiting for his convoy to get
aboard.
The three-masted schooner Hera. Can.
tain 6. Anderson, arrived from Okbotsk
Sea with 125,OOO Goldfish. There was no
other vessels in that locality and the Hera
had that fishing bank all to herself Her
catch is consigned to the McCallum Fish
ing and Trading Company.
Next Saturday night at IL o'clock the
tug Vigilant, Captain Randall, will leave
Mission wharf No. for fishing trip ont
side the heads. The party will return
Sunday afternoon. Last trip of the tug
ton of fish was caught and Captain RAN
dali says he will bring back two tons this
time.