The San Francisco call., 1896-05-29

officers Of the club to make the occasion
the most successful in the history of the
organization.
There are forty-six events on the pro-
gramme, all with the exception of six be-
ing open to all corners. An innovation
this year is an inter-school relay race for
members of the high schools, five competi-
tors from each, the winning team to be
presented with handsome banner. The
prizes are on the usual liberal scale of the
club, which has drawn competitors from
all over the United States.
Besides the games there will be dancing
in the two pavilions, each in charge of an
efficient floor committee.
The committee on the games consists CT
D. R. Mcneil, chief; John Reid, first chief
tain; George Davidson, second chieftain !;
James H. Duncan, third chieftain: Will
liam Mitchell, fourth chieftain; Angus
Mcleod, John McLaren, Jerome McCor-
mac. P. Mcintyre, James w. Harris, James
Gorie, W. R. Eaton, Charles A. McPhee,
George Mcdonald and Thomas d. Carroll
There is always a warm Scottish weE
come for the guests of the club, and this
year the following well-known members
will be the reception committee: First
Chieftain John Reid, chairman; d. A
Macdonald, Colin NJ. Boyd, J. F. Kennedy,
W. c. Burnett. G. Chisholm, Robert Suth-
erland, John NJ. Duncan, James McNab.
Colonel Thomas McGregor, Captain J. II.
Bruce, Colonel G. L. TAYLOR, Captain d.
McKechnie, James Millar, William Urou-
hart, William Nicol, Thomas W. Bethel,
General J. G. Wall, John Mallon, Charles
Nash, James Aitken, Neil Carmichael. DR..
j. A. J. Macdonald, John Smith and d.
r. Campbell.
The success that has attended the efforts
OF the club is almost unprecedented
Little did the seventeen men who met in
Glenn Dixon's saloon on Summer street. in
the early part of 1866, and made arrange
ments to hold the hrst annual gathering
and games in Haves Park, dream of the
powerful organization that would develop
within the next tn rtv years. OF the
seventeen the following are still alive !:
James Aitken, John Balm, George David
son, Glenn Dixon. Walter P. Davidson,
James Scobie, Joseph Austin, Andrew
Foreman, John Murray and Peter w. An
derson. Those who have been gathered in
ov the Grim Reaper are: SamueI Aitken,
William Henry, John McAffey, Thomas
Ross, Donald McLea, Hugh Davidson and
James Laidley.
The club was organized on November "a,
loo6, and Incorporated on August 26, 1871.
The following preamble to the bylaws of
the club explains its objects:
Being we'll assured that man is so consti-
tuted as 10 require occasional seasons of re-
taxation and amusement; believing also that
athietlc exercises, duly regui ated are condu-
GIVE 10 the healthful inygoration of both
mind and body; and being, moreover d. sirous
OF assisting toward the establishment and
maintenance Of friendly relations among those
who are OF Scottish birth or extraction and
Keeping alive in them an interest in Scottish
manners ana usageS, we do form ourselves
into club, bearing the designation of s'The
CALIFORNIAN Club of San Francisco" whose
Chief objects shall be the encouragement and
practice OF the games and preservation of the
customs and manners of Scotland, the promo
t1on of a taste Tor her language and literature
and the binding more closely in social links
the sons and daughters and descendants of our
mother country.
The club numbe about 1900 mem bers.
1t Is financially strong. Eleven years ago