The San Francisco call., 1897-04-23

followed one by one, and. everything
being in readiness. her Majesty, through
her Prime Minister, declared it her
pleasure that the sports should proceed
forthwith.
If fault could be found with the subse-
quent programme it was that multiplic-
ity of entertaining features proved almost
bewildering. Thus while the cyclists and
sprinters competed III deadly earnest for
tangible trophies and the royal favor the
members of the Los Angeles Athletic
Club, Enthusiastically arrayed, were frivo-
lousy engaged IN acrobatic and humorous
business IN the center of the field to the
intense delight of the onlookers.
The Two CLOVES, Ben Bogner and Fay
Stephenson, were huge successes. and the
exciting ebut OF the clubs famous band
OF Zulus, i'm ported direct from Africa Tor
the occasion, created quite a sensation.
These dusky warriors were com pletely
armed with aSsegaiS, shields and six-shoot-
ers, and in the exuberance OF their holi-
day spirits proceeded TO kill each other as
rapidly as possible early in the day. They
were afterward resurrected, however, and
again startled the spectators by we'll
executed series of pyramid and tumblIng
specialties.
The club German band incidentally har-
rowed the souls OF its hearers in the
| course of burlesque parade around the
held. The midget policemen followed
closely IN Its wake and were generously
appiauded. Among The many other en-
tertalning speciallies contributed by the
members OF the club were wrestling and
boxing bouts by MesSrS. l.. Taschet and
Frank Sentous, n. Il. Forsyth and S. J.
Brown, M. Graham and Harry Porter, M.
Nicholson and +. n. Lord, Harry Maeder
and Alfred Maeder.
Tie two most important events OF the
day were the amateur and professional
! mile Queens championship bicycle races,
hSy alvNb
| Hamlin and Charles w. Stimson, w. S.
Furman and A. T. Bell being second in
each case. Probably the proudest moment
| OF their lives was that in which they were
| called upon TO approach the royal dais
and receive the reward of their prowess
| from the hands of the Prime Minister the
| queen smiling her appreciation. Hamii lin
and Furman had to compete against
| fifteen rivals and were closely pressed in
their respective heats by d. b. Cromwell
and +. G. Lacy. The third hea, which
| contained neither OF the final winners fell
| to ID. b. Cromwell and NJ. A. Casenave.
| The time for the final was 2:20 2-5, which
was better than the 2:26 1-5 of the first
heat and the 2:27 of The third, and not SO
good as the 2:17 of the second.
| The mile professions al brought out four
| starters only, in marked contrast to the
congested amateur field. Stimson was an
easy winner in 2:16 1-5, with q. 7. Bell
| second and A. ID. Tom pkins third. Both
races were admirably contested, and nap
| PLY unmarked by any serious casualties,
though in the third heat of the amateur
| contest A. j. Gordon of Pomona, who had
good chance to win, fell in rounding tn e
| bank during the last lap, and involved
boih Robert Campbell and A. L. Taber in
the spill. All three escaped injury, and
| Campbell recovered in time TO finish
third.
Another excellent race was the two
| mile amateur handicap, which w. Broth
erton, at the 75-yard mark, won by a
splendid squirt. Time, 4:4S %. D. B.
Lacy, scratch, third; w. q. Furman, 100
yards, fourth, and A. L. Caldwell. 70
yards, fifth. II. B. Cromwell, the second
scratch man, was out of the race.
r. u. Lacy won the mile-lap amateur in
! 2:27 2-lO with thirteen points. II. B. Crom-
well being second and w. r. Ruess third
| Charles w. Stimson won the two-mile
| lap professional in 5:49, with A. 7. Bell
second and A. d. Tom pkIns third.
| Ine remaining events on the programme
were as follows: Fifty-ya-d dash-S. d.
Maize, first; z. Z. Lamb, second. Time
| D 2-5. Messenger boys race-W. Jouson,
| first: Richard Farris, second. Time,
2:31 1-5. Newsboys' rack. Neitzke
Sunday World, first; Henry C. Ragie,
Herald, second. Time. Liza As. Hun
| dred-yard dash. running race-H. L.
Avery, Pomona College, first; P. E.
Lamb. Pomona, second. Time, 10 is.
Two hundre dand twenty-yard dash-H.
| second. Time, :25. Four hundred and
forty-yard dash-R. 2. Tolman, Pomona
College, hrst; f. L. Morrill,, L. A. A. c.,
second. Time. :55 l.5