The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-26
THE CALIFORNIAN
ANNUAL GAMES
Final Arrangements for
Saturdays Gathering
Made.
There Will Be Thirty. Two
Events and a Novelty
Needle Contest.
The Entire Proceeds Will B. Devoted
to the Burns Monument
Fund.

A joint meeting of the games com mite e
Of the Caledonian Club and the Burns
monument com mittee was held in Scot
fish Hall last night to make final arrange
ments for the annual games of the club to
be held at Shell Mound Park on Saturday.
The proceeds of the annual gathering will
be entirely devoted to the Burns mona-
ment fund.
A proof copy of the programme of
thirty-two events was submitted and
adopted. but it was decided in addition to
introduce novelty in the shape of a
needle game.
The modus operandi of the needle game
is as follows: The contestants will be in
pairs, lady and gentleman. The lady
will stand at certain distance from the
gentleman, the former having needle in
her hand and the latter piece of sewing
thread. The lady at given signal will
run toward the gentle man and hand him
the needle; he threads the needle and
hands it to her and she sews three stitches
in the lapel OF his coat and runs the re-
mainder of the distance. The pair going
through he performance in the least time
will win the first prize.
About $1,000 in prizes will be distributed,
and contestants are expected from all over
the State, from The East and from British
Colum bia. Everything has been done by
the officers of the club and the games
committee, in view of the worthy object
to which the proceeds will be devoted, to
make the annual gathering more than
usually attractive. and an i'm N ense crowd
is confidently expected on the grounds on
Saturday.
One of the most attractive features will
h<f 1n ~ w-,.I
relics of tue bard kindly loaned for the
occasion 6y the owners.
There will be more than the usual num-
Der of pipers, and Chief D. r. Mcneil and
his bic officers promise q stirring and en-
joya BILE time to all who attend the games
The programme OF games will COM
mence at 10 A. NJ. and close at 6 P. NJ. 1t
will include:
Race for sons of members of Caledonian
Club and sister societies, under IL years;
handicap race for sons of members of Calie-
doniaD Club and sister societies, II to Is
years; vaulting with pole for sons of me IN be rs
OF Caledonian Club and sister societies. under
Is years.
Open to all comers-Putting heavy stone,
handicap; putting light stone. handicap;
throwing heavy hammer, handicap; throwing
light hammer, handicap.
Jacoby medal (for members only. Special
prize to be awarded 10 member OF Caledonian
Club who has most points in ath etc COM
points; second place, three points; third
place, one point
Best dressed men in plain Highland costume,
best dressed boys in iull High and costume,
best dressed men In full Highland costume;
grand Highland reel, men In highland cos
tune; bows handicap race, under Is years.
young aides race, Is years and over; race
for men, twice around the track; race
for apprentices belonging to ships in
port; running hop, step and jump !;
running high leap: hurdle race. tw ice around
the track, d. Mclean, Peter Miller; running
jump; standing high leap; race for members
ST Caedonian Club of San Francisco five
times around track, first pr re, ''Wall" cham
pion diamond medal, value 5000 and So, to be
won three times in succession by the same
competitor; tossing the caber; tug-of-war
eight men on side), married and
single men, turf pull at 3 o'clock sharp;
bagpipe-playing, march. "Strathspey Reel" |;
sword dance, lads and lassies in costume
Highland fling, lads and lassies in costume, u
years and over; Highland fling, children II
years nd under; long race for men, ten times
around the track; Reel o. Tulloch, lads and
lassies in Highland costume; sword dance
men in costume; Reel O. Tulloch men in cos
tune; Highland fling, men in costume.