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The San Francisco call., 1898-07-02
AMONG THE KENNELS :. * AND HIGH GLASS DOGS

The local kennel world Is much amused at contretemps of which F. Van Sick1en Is the victim. The event. which has aroused the disabilities of the fanciers Is a Whelping of phenomenal natire achieved by that gentleman's English setter bitch Vans Belle. It appears that Vans Belle was sent to Pleasanton to the Verona ken nels to. be bred to John E: de. Ruyters S crack English setter dog Count Glad; stone " The union was fel!citously ac- complished, so it was supposed, and Belle was returned to her owner. In due course the expected happened, and last Monday Belle became. the happy mother of a litter in a quandary.. Either English setters are exceptions to; natures laws orwell, the Verona kennels are, anyhow, noted for their. Scotch .collies. Still, 1t does seem remarkable, to say the least that two thoroughbred English settlers should pro- duce a progeny. of .BorZois-headed scotch. colies. Which is it, the lady or the tiger?
 The agitation among the. collie club members for holding field trials of col lies is gaining strength, and it is probable that an early attempt. win be made to carry the proposition to a successful con clusion. D. W. Donnelly of Burlingame will. enter four dogs that have achieved local celebrity by their clever work in
 A meeting of the San Francisco Kennel Club was held on Wednesday, evening J. member b 'I of the club. Tesolution IT.eV was s carried to the effect that as the present rules were: not satisfactory to the dog breeders of the coast it would be advis- able to formulate a. new set of rules to be submitted to, the A. K c, for adoption These rules. have been already published in The Call. It was also resolved that a meeting should be held on"the 18th inst and the secretary was instructed to issue the necessary invitations to the country clubs. Each club holding shows will send two delegates and speciality clubs one delegate The delegates elected by fhe San Francisco Kennel Club were Dr. .F. w. .d'Evelyn and J. c. Barker. The Pa eific Fox-Terrier Club has elected N. H. tiff Club will be represented by the secre- tary. J. F. Norman and the California Collie Club by H. H. Carlton. w. Gibson Club and A w. Keen by the Portland Gun Club.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-02
CYCLERS WILL :.
 GATHER AT SACRAMENTO
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The annual Fourth of July celebration of the wheelmen win be held this year at Sacramento, the same as it was last year. The Capital City Wheelmen of that place will be the hosts and will do all in their power to entertain the visitors Saturday evening and Sunday, with a smoker this evening and a series of pleasant runs tomorrow. Monday they will hold a big race meet on their speedy three-lap board track. ..'.
 The regular monthly meeting of the board of governors of the c. A. c. c. will be held this evening at Sacramento, ana a large delegation is expected to be present. For the delegates and all wheel men visiting Sacramento a special round trip rate of 8 30 has been secured, good l.untfl the night of the 4th. After the meeting there will be smoker at For esters' Hall, street, between Seventh and Eighth, at which the festivities Will commence at 10 D. m. 2. .5s
 A large number of the members Of the Olympic Club Wheelmen will make the trip to Sacramento this afternoon, re maining over the Fourth. The club has quite lot of racing men entered for the meet Monday. 7. .
 James: Whartenby. Mcclure, a prorni- nent member of the Bay City Wheelmen during the days of the good old ordt- nary died In this city on:June: B at the age of: 3T years. Mcclure was of a very jovial disposition, and had many friends ntlie wheeling. fraternity. .'@.s..
 The only other wheelmen' S. gat herring f of importance in the State on July 4 will be the meet at Paso, Robles. A large number of riders from: Santa Clara C0un- ty and the southern. part Of the State will attend this meet. as the distance to
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-02
GOOD TRoTTING
 AT THE. -' OAKLAND TRACK.
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 It seems pity that the present meeting at Oakland does not draw thousands daily to the beautiful mile track, inasmuch as the game offers advantages similar to the running races, save that the distance Is uniform--one mile. The betting Is as un- certain proposition as the winter races, and one sees a whole lot of exciting sport during the afternoon, yet reaches town early enough to dine at regular hours.
 Starter Havey handles the fields with judgment, and does not tire his audience by waiting perfect scores ere giving the word. There Is always a scramble for place and show money, and many of the finishes for the first money have been of the ding-dong variety throughout the week. Then, too, horses to win have in many cases had to take records several seconds below their last seasons stand ard.
 As yet no waits have occurred because of pulling shoes, breaking harness, etc, as used to be the case in the days of our forefatherS when 1t was "best three in five" and they trotted from noon till sun down-for the pool b0x-in far too many events. Now they must train their. horses prior.to the race and not in it. When the word. go" is sounded the fight begins, money instead of laying up so as: to get E the. money on in the auctions at the 'eX- pense of the suckers"
 In the stables are many of the very best trotters and pacers. in the far West, and mornings al. the track one sees work ] outs from g o'clock until noon with. the homestreteh quarter at top speed. There are always plenty of railbtrdS about. to sit within. earshot of. a group of old timers and listen to the things reminis7 cent one after another reels off Now and again one sees some Horse working to a
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-02
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 FOR. THREE DAYS THE DOGS. WILL. COURSE.

The greyhounds continue to enjoy 'dog days" And while. the 'muggy'' heat of the Eastern dog days is lacking on this coast the greyhounds generate consider able sultriness..
 At both parks there will be coursing to- day, tomorrow and on Monday.
 At Union Park to-day the stake Is an open feature, comprising seventy-two grand performers, and on Monday a con- solation contest will also be pulled off. At Union Park the performers are un- questionably of high class. The eelebrat- ed For Freedom is again entered and is very naturally picked by the talent to win out. False Flatterer, though, is in the game, and there are others"
 Arthur Massey has divided his Eastern string for this weeks running, and has a portion at both parks. Hot Stuff should do well at Union Park; Beauty's work there is doubtful. At Ingleside @ should stray well up into the coin, as the dogs are accustomed to the park and ap- pear to like the hard going
 Magnet is said to be In excellent shape for his work at Union Park to day. In his days of only a year ago 'exceileht shape"' meant stake for Magnet.
 Lady Jane is at Ingleside again to-day and. may be heard from. Lady Jane IS one: of the coming ones. And she'll not be long in coming, She is fast, close and clever.
 Dave Winders is down from Stockton again to-day with Arno.i- Arno is up against Lady Blanche at Union and stands as little show as she would against a cyclone. At: the same time it's not Dave's fault: He has done his best at buying a: dog, but after his usual pro- clivities he wants a good one or none, and good ones are scarce.
 Little Dell will not. be seen to-day. She would have been up again from San Jose but she met the poisoner and she was "his'n.'' It. was a dastardly trick and the perPetrator deserves. lynchtng.
 The Union Park managers will tnaugu- rate. several more valuable improvements during the coming week. The hares have been Drought to a wonderfully additional strength during the past few weeks, and it is now the design of MT. Jerome that every point of. the inclosure shall show perfection.
 .The. winners at Union Park for to-day's run down should be as follows: Laurel wood, Magnet, Mayfiower, B B, Douglass, Black. Patti, Lord Byron, Forget Minne- apolis, St. Carlo Skyball, Jesse Moore, O'Grady, Ilissak. Blackstone, Jester, Gilt Edge Lady. Blanche, Royal Chief, Beau ty. Telephone: Girl, Flying Buck, For Freedom Morning Glory, .Glenwood. Sar- castle: Beatrice; Vanity Fair, Mfller,s Maid, False: F'Iatterer, Hot Stuff, Glen
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-02
OUR .RIFLEMEN
 AT. THE EASTERN. RANGES.
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The second grand annual shooting fes- tival of the National Schuetzen- -Bund of America opens tomorrow at the Glen dale range Long Island, N. Y, and will continue during the week, ending July H. This is one of the greatest rife events of the world, as riflemen from all over the globe will be in attendance. The prizes offered amount to thousands of dollars. to say nothing of the hundreds of trophies, medals and general prizes
 The scores and records made will be watched with the greatest interest by the local marksmen, for they hope to- see among the winners of honors and prizes the names of some of California s best shots. Four have already gone to the contests and. 1t may be. another will take his rifle and hasten to the: East before the shooting Is over. ' :: Those who have gone are A Stettin and J. D. Heise of the San Francisco :Sehuet- zen Nerein and Fred 0. Young and D
 and Rife Club. Heise is the shooting king" of the Schuetzen Xereifi, having won that honor at the last contest: Stet- tin has also run>.up. some: good:s scores and feels able to hold his own at Glen dale Park. Mclaughlin. and Young are among the. acknowledged champion shots of the world, Their scores in many. a hard contested match show thatt they are able to keep up with any3pace that. may be set for them and be close to, if mot at, the head of any kind. of a match where: there is a; chance to; win. These two clubs are the only ones in this city that are entitled to representation in. the Bund. Stettin and Heise have ..talken their Winchester fine target rifles with them, while Young and Mclaughlin have
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-02
z ' v IT V ' " : SKIFF AND BARGE WILL RACE AT LONG BRIDGE.
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 In the first heat of the Junior outraged skiffs at El Campo last Sunday o. Gag lieri of the .Dolphins won, H. Wilder of the Pioneers and J. Lyons of the South Ends being swamped soon after rounding the stakes. AS second place in a pre- liminary heat entities the sculler to row in the final heat. Wilder and Lyons should race to decide this point. The four races postponed last Sunday will take place on, July 10, and the barge races, originally set for July F, will be rowed on July "A.
 The regatta committee of the Pacific Athletic Association has arranged four races among the oarsmen, which will take place tomorrow over the Long and Junior outraged skiffs, and for &c., nior and Junior barges. Quite large number of entries have been received, five for the Junior barge race, four for the Senior barge race. six for the Junior skiffs and five for the Senior skiffs. The entries are as follows:
 Junior barge race: (D Ariel .crew-E, Lynch, stroke; F. Loth, afterwaist; A. Haughton, for wardwast and E. McDonough. bow. .,-. O. Patch tl aftefwaist; F. schwarting. forward: waist; Victor Caglieri. bow.
 (3) South End crew-T. I. Fitzpatrick. stroke; A. McIsaac. afterwalst J. Blnmlein. forward waist; C. Jenkins. bow
 (D Alameda erew-E: Hunter, stroke; D.. GTeenleaf, afterwaist; Chester Ayres. bow. O'Nell. afterwaist; J. Mccarthy, forwardwaist; l.. von Harten, bow.
 Junior outraged skifr race-1. " B. Hansen Artels; 3. J. Lyons of the South Ends; f. Con rad. Ochs @ of the the Pioneers; 5, F. Orr of the Pio- |. Senior outrgged skiff race-1, F.. Ayres of the AIauiedas; ?, H. A. Wittkopf of the Aries 8;
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-02

taken their Pope-Ballards. Young, who is the originator of the Columbia target which received third choice in the Hot- ing contest for a standard target when it some missionary work. among the; East ern marksmen. The Columbia target has already been adopted by many of the clubs on this coast, the Northwest and not a few in the Eastern and Middle States. He will have a hard time to con- vert those who have become welded to the standard American and German 25- ring targets. After the shoot Young will go on visit to his folks away down in Maine,' returning about September l. E
 From what can be learned it is. be-
 lieved that the others will return very soon after the festival is ended. While in the East the California delegates to. the Bund will exert every effort to in: duce the powers that be to bring the Bund to this city in 1901, the next time. the festival is held. It is known that many members of the association are very much in favor of having the event take place on the Pacific Coast, and those who have gone East have been instructed: to pull all together to accomplish this end. At 8. recent meeting of the presi- dents of all of the dozen or more rifle clubs of this city the pledge was made for all to support the movement. ...:... The Call will make arrangeme mentS to have. daily .telegraphie reports. of the highest scores in" the principal events during the present festival at Long. Isf- and, for all of the best shots of the East are we'll known to the marksmen of this city, and it goes without saying our. sharpshooters who have been obliged to stay at home want to see how their own scores compare with those we have sent East and those already there.: :. .. =. =
 There will be considerable rifle shoot ing at the. Sehuetzen Park range near. San. Rafael tomorrow, many clubs holding; their regular bullseye. and medal -eon- tests. M. J. WHITE,
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-02
ANNUAL CRUISE
 OF YACHTS TO MARE ISLAND.
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Almost all the yachts in the San Fran cisco. Corinthfan Encinal and California clubs will start this afternoon on the Pa cific Interclub Yacht Association cruise, and will anchor off Vallejo. The senior commodore will be In command. and his yacht as flagship will carry the pennant (which now has six stars) of the associa- tion at the main truck. Captains will re- port on. board the flagship at 10 o'clock on Sunday morning. This is the third an nual cruise of the association and there is every prospect of it's being highly suc- cessful.
 Last Sunday E, B. Lathrop's sloop Pride, with F. Thompson, R. Mitchell, O. Franks, E. Angelo and the Misses OBrien on board. cruised In the Upper Bay. To- day the. Corinthian yachts cruise to Mar tinez, tomorrow they sail through Mon tezuma Slough to Vallejo, returning on Monday. Nearly all the yachts in the fleet will attend the cruise
 Commodore E. A. Wiltsee having issued orders for a Pacific Club cruise to Santa D. .Spreckels' schooner Lurline lay last night at Meiggs wharf, and at 5 o'clock this morning set sail.
 The California fleet was well represent ed at the San Francisco Club house last week. The following yachts sailed over from Oakland Creek and lay on Saturday night at Sausalito: Treasurer E. N. Wal ter's sloop Embla, with Commodore c. J. sloop Sea Fox, L. s. Sherman;s itS sidop D Royal, and George tum Students sloop Re gina. s "
 H. w. .Brydges' .yawl Hope started on Wednesday for an up-river. cruise; with Arthur Duncombe, J: ,:J% Hanlon, J. T. Carrier and others. She will. join the rem dezvous at Vallejo. The California rep- resentatives of the inter-c club cruise will
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-02

Chester Ayres of the Alamedas; 4. Frank VII son of the Ariels; 5. w. o. Patch of the Dol phins.
 Senior barge race: CD Ariel crew-William Howe stroke; Robert Ellis afterwaist; James
 @ Pioneer crew@W. st. John. stroke: F. Orr, afterwaist; Conrad Ochs, forward waist
 ts) South End crew-E. seully. stroke; J. Pallas. afterwaist; M. Breen, forwardwaist;
 (D Alameda crew-F. Ayres, stroke: A. Webb. afterwaist; W. Hansen, forwardwaist; E. Hadeock. bow. @s-.
 Officials in charge of the regatta-Regatta committee. A. H. Rothkopf of the Dolphins, J. R. Bockman of the Ariels. J. D. Mahoney of neers and $. J. Pembroke of the Alamedas {; referee. J. J. Mccarthy; starter. J. T. Sulli- van; marshal, John Nolan: assistant marshal, smith of the Pioneers; H. A. Piess and D. jam Fox of the South Ends; L. Thomas and Charles Smith of the Alamedas; timers, J. Ends. F. O,Neil of the Pioneers. George Stef- fens of the Ariels and w B. Hinchman of the Aamedas Swimming races will be held at the Lur- line Baths on the Sd and 4th.. J. E. Bart man of the Dolphin Swimming and Boat ing Club will start in the fifty-yard and seYenty-five-yard maiden races, V. Gag lieri% in the seventy y-five-yard maiden race and A. w. Pape In the 220-yard champions ship. race. .: :
 The South End Rowing Club at its last regular monthly meeting held It's semi annual election of officers. For the en- suing term they will be as follows: Pres ident, J. D.. Mahoney; vice president, T. l.. Fitzpatrick; recording secretary, Her bert Hawkins; financial secretary, James Feehan; treasurer, Joseph O'Dea; ser geant-at-arms, James Pallas; captain and: coach, William Thomas; vice cap tain, Joseph Lyons; board of trustees, C.. Creighton. w. Barry, Mat Breen, George Fox and Alex McGeorge. committee was appointed to draft a set of resolu- tions expressing the good will and friend ship 1.-the; club for and the clubs ap- preciation of the services of its recent ly enlisted members, w. Duplissea, John Mitchell and the two Lynches. The Lynches and Duplssea rowed in the Irish" crew which won the champion ship at the Fl Campo regatta on June 20 of last year. When they left on the transport Otto, many members of the South End Club, among whom were W. Thomas, T., l. Fitzpatrick and the Short al1s,. went down to the wharf to bid them good-by. .
 The South Ends have entered two crews, a senior and junior, for to-mor- rows regatta, and have also an entry, J. Lyons, in the Junior skiff race George Phelan:of the Ariels has lent his racing skiff to Lyons, an act of kindness which [ is much appreciated by the South Ends. The Alameda Boat Club has five new members and seven more names have been proposed. Charles Smith has been nominated as president w. B. Hansen as vice president w. B. Hinchman as secretary and E. Hunter aS caDtain
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-02
THE CHAMPIONSHIP .....
 . TENNIS TOURNAMENT

The eleventh annual lawn tennis tour nament of the Pacific States Lawn Tennis Association of the United States. Lawn. Tennis :. Association Is now in. progress at San Rafael. The warning fac- tions each determined to have its own tournament, compromised, and the weaker gave way to the stronger, with a few tacit reservations. The first days work on the Hotel Rafael courts was given over to preliminaries. To-day. the more. in- portant matches of the tournament will be played.
 The competition. in tennis for honors Is not so strong as in former years. The rivalry between the old Oakland club and the California club of this city was so in- tense that the members of each would go into active training for the big tourna- ment at San Rafael, which was always an event of some magnitude, both from an athletic and social standpoint. Of late years the first-class players have nar- rowed down to four men, two. pairs of brothers. Walter Magee and. George Bradshaw are ranked as first-claSS men, but they are just kept. out of that class by the narrowest of margins4 So 1t is that the present tournament, from an athletic standpoint is not the event that 1t formerly was. As far as the merit Of playing goes, the Hardys and the Whit neys surpass in quality the playing. of any former champions. William Taylor, who for some years held the championship of the coast. was at his best an inferior player when compared with these men.
 The drawing of the tournament at San Rafael will find the. two Hardys contest ing one another before either meets his San Francisco rival Robert N. Whitney. It is never safe to prejudge a tennis match between the Hardy brothers. Their playing is of such an even quality that either Is likely to prove the winner. Both Sam and Summer have been before the public since 1891. when they were young. boys. and but seldom have they experi- enced defeat by an outsider. This year one will have to surrender before the final round of the tournament is reached
 Whether 1t will be Sain or Sumner who will. meet Robert Whitney Is a matter of great uncertainty
 George Whitney will not defend the championship which he won last year. He is out of condition and has not been feel. ing well of late. This Is to be regretted; as a match. between the winner of the tournament and George Whitney would be a splendid exhibition of tennis. Robert Whitney is pretty sure. to come out in the finals. Though a good player, he is not steady, especially under the excitement of a tournament. But something may happen to steady him, and then he will be as formidable as his brother George.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-02

Thursdays Bulletin contained a little note calling attention to the fact that MT. Bunker was now in full control of the San Francisco club. Mir. Coffroth, the, other half of the team, was quite sur prised on being apprised of the late de- velopments in connection with the new change of management, and ventured the statement that if such was the case he was unaware as to the facts. Evidently some one not familiar with the peculiar workings of this Pacific Coast League gave the information to the Bulletins s representative. It aVerred that 1t was true. 1 ana inclined to conjecture, how ever, that many a game will be played by the San Francisco club before one of its managers condesoends to Vacate. They both entertain a similar view of the situa- '1ion, and being equally confident of their ability to properly adjust matters, the idea that the team is to. be reorganiZed and placed under one head might just as well be dissipated Coffroth does not pro- pose stepping out, after all the troubles and inconvenience this team has caused him. MT. Bunker is just as emphatic in declaring that he proposes a continuance in the managerial role, so it may be readily concluded, from the above state Ineats that Messrs. Coffroth and Bunker iare still and will continue to be the. sole lproprietors of that handsome Cat times) collection of sinister stars"
 There never can be a change for the better until half of that team is released.
 
 MT Coffroth or MT. Bunker retired; the chances for a revival of interest among the players would be excellent; yet, re- cent information, which is positively au- thentic, declares that the prime cause of all the trouble must be attributed to the two different factions which have ex- isted in the team ever since the consolida- ltion. It appears that Murphy, Monahan and H. Krug and the other players who were members of the late California Mar i6ets with which organization Mir. Bunker connected entertain silent. tempt for MT. Coffroth and the players who comprised part of the defunct Oak t iland-Bushnell-Alert team. but which at present eomposes the other half of. the San Francisco club, and which might properly be termed the Coffroth eRds or the team. The Coffroth. section Is as cognizant of the fact as is MT. Cuffr6th himself that the regard in which they are held by the Bunker clique is of a de- spicable nature, and in consequence re turn, so to say, tit for tat" The relations existing between Messrs. Coffroth and Bunker. am inclined to believe. are in no manner strained. They greet each