The San Francisco call., 1897-01-18
NEW PICTURES
FOR PARK PANELS
Sweden Swiftly Outputs
the United States in
the Tug Of War.
Bristol's Pretty Ponies Per-
form Cleverly at the
ChuteS.
Mrs. Margaret E. Crocker Gives
Three Handsome Oil-Paintings to
the Park Museum.

The chief attraction at the park yester-
day was Mrs. Crocker's handsome gift OF
three large pictures, whicn have recently
been hung in the Museum. Mrs. Mar
garet E. Crocker of Sacramento, widow OF
| the late E. B. Crocker, has presented 10
| the museum three large oil paintings,
| representing the rape of the Sabine
women The first is called the "Inva-
sion," the second the "Abduction," and
the third the Captivity" They are the
work of the San Francisco artist Charles
c. NahI, and were painted in 1871.
These pictures represent the seizure by
| the followers of Romulus, the first King
of Rome, of the wives and daughters Of
the Sabines and the bearing ofthem off to
be forcibly made wives of by the warriors.
The first OF the trio shows in the fore
ground a beautiful, smiling and happy
woman, between two powerful men, who
show contrast between the barbarian
warrior and the better-clad and finer
armed soldier of Romulus.
In the next picture the fair woman pic
tured has a face distorted with fear and
grief as she is being borne aloft upon the
shoulder of a soldier who holds an un-
sheathed sword ready to make deter
mined fight to retain his captured treas
ure. The third picture shows woman,
with eyes red with weeping, turning away
in scorn from the wooing of the armed
| soldier, who is alone in the chamber with
her.
The nc useum has received several other
donations recently. Three from G. w.
| Ethel of San Francisco, viz, piece of the
! iron-wood flagstaff which formerly stood
in the front OF the Governors residence at
Tahiti. 1t was carved by natives with
| stone implements. A piece OF door from
ruins of heather castle on the Society
Islands, and a piece of hipbone of mas
| todon. George Gam ber has given a collec-
! t1on of Confederate currency, DR.. NJ. E..
| Sacramento Chamber OF Commerce six
large fruit jars.
The fine weather drew large crowd out
to the Park and also to the Cliff House.
At the Sutro Baths the tug -of-war be-
| tween Sweden and the United States was
| quickly decided. The hard tugging COM
| menced at once when the pistol fred
Both sides seemed bent on forcing the
| struggle TO a sudden conclusion. In three
ana half min utes the Swedes had pulled
the Americans across the line.
The fifty-yard boys race at the Sutro
Baths was won by August Burtraad, with
Emile Remond second. the 1O0-yard
! race, open TO al, was won by Jake Foster,
with J. Ringrose second. The diving by
| Mowry, Schultze and Empey from
height of sixty feet was gracefully exc
cuted.
At the Chutes, popular feature was
the trained ponies of Bristol's horse show.
There was little donkey among the edu-
Gated equines who had great fondness
ior dram drinking from bottle. The
trainer protested against the long draught
the donkey was taking and shook the bot
tie loose and put it To his own lips. Then
the donkey thought the trainer was
taking too long pull and began to pro.
test by vigorously shaking the trainers
arm with his teeth. The ponies were
beautiful and highl" trained. The one
legged bicycle rider performed mis-
daring dart down the chute and was
thrown far out into the water. Two boys
who participated in the potato race had
lots of fun themselves and made lots of it
for the spectators.