The San Francisco call., 1905-05-31
SCOTS GAMES
ARE ENJOYED
Thousands Attracted to the
Sports of the Caledonian
Club at Shell Mound Park
TRIALS WE'LL CONTESTED
[. S. R. Tevendale Awarded
Valuable Gold Medal for
Best Player on Bagpipes

|
| There was a great gathering of the
clans at Shell Mound ParA yesterday. the
! occasion being the annual games of the
! CaIedonian Club. More than 1900 people
were on the grounds, the largest gather
| ing for many years. Chief D. d. McRae,
assisted by ex-Chief A M. Macpherson.
Fourth Chieftain William Mitchell and
| Third Chieftain James H. Duncan, car
ried out the long programme expedittously
and to the entire satisfaction OF the as
sembled thousands. There was not
| hitch to mar the harmony of the event.
| A feature of the day was the appearance
| of William Steen, the head of the Order
| Of Scottish Clans of the United States
and Canada. He arrived for his first visit
to this city on Monday night and Chief
McRae and William Mitchell, chairman of
! the Music Committee, extended to him the
courtesy of assigning two pipers to escort
him and the members of Clan Fraser
| from their headquarters at 81 O'Farrell
street, yesterday morning. to the ferry.
thence to Shell Mound Park. The clan
made a fine appearance, being over 100
in number, dressed in kits or plaid and
bonnet At the grounds ex-Chief D. r.
McNeill of the Caledonian Club and
Charles Morrison were appointed COM
mittee to extend to the distinguished visi-
tor pleasant welcome. and they enter
tanned him at luncheon at Captain Siebe's
hotel. Among the guests were Maxwell
L. Grove, first chief of Clan Fraser; ex-
Chiefs Hugh Fraser, William Cormack
and j. w King; Chief T. Munroe; Senior
| Henchman David Mouat of Clan Fraser,
and ex-Chiefs John Reid and Angus Nc
Leod, Brigadier General Thomas Nc
| Gregor, John McLaren and Andrew Nc
| Nair. Of the Caledonian Club.
Among the guests who partook OF the
! hospitality of First Chieftain D. ]. Nc
Farland in 1.-The tent were: Chief of
! Police j. F. Dinan, Coroner T. B. w. Le-
| land Police Judge e. P. Mogan, Chief
w McDougald of the Caledonian Club of
Trucsee, Cal, ex-Chief Morrison Of the
Caledonian Club of Sacramento, ]. d. Me-
Gilvray, James McNab, Colin M. Boyd,
John F. Kennedy and a host of others
/ The hospitality extended to all by First
Chieftain Mcfarland and his assistants
was a subject of universal appreciation.
INTEREST IN BAGPIPES.
The events were keenly contested. One
of the most interesting was the bagpipe
competition for the $3.50 gold medal,
awarded by j. D. McGilvray. 1t was
won for the third time in succession by
! l.. S. r. Tevendale. and becomes his prop
/ erty. He was warmly congratulated on
| his well-earned honor. The donor will
'
ton The wrestling on the mat was also
contested with spirit, and the winner,
| Policeman P A. Mcintyre earned the
| first prize The dancing of lads and
! lassies ,on the platform attracted great
attention, as usual. The tug of war was
won. by the married men, captained by
Allan McKinnon, after a hard struggle
for supremacy. A pleasing event was the
! presentation of a silver mounted horn by
l r RI MCRap
of the chief.
The games were concluded about six
o'clock and afterward, at the invitation OF
the chief, large number gathered in
''the tent when congratulatory speeches
were made on the success of the games.
Uancing was kept up in the pavilions
from II a. m. till p. m. Following are
| the results of the various events:
ouots-M. J. McMenomy R. NJ. Mcqueen.
| W. McMichael.
Best dressed men. in plain Highland costume
! j. Morris. Ed Ross, ]. Baxter -
Best dressed men. in full Highland costume
u Mcintosh Jr. w. P. Grant. Neil Lindsay.
Best dressed boys, in full Highland costume
K MeRas * MssT re men G 1Ians 3n Highland
tume---R Med Murray Ed Ross. ]. S. Nc
] Intosh.
Race for men-w Christie NJ. W. Beck,
Throwing heavy hammer-P. A. MCINTYRE
| 1O7 feet 3 inches: j. ]. Cameron 107 feet
inches; D. W. Dow 102 feet inches; Thomas
| Carroll fO1 feet inches j. A. Cameron, 90
feet 10 Inches: A. Falconer. 80 feet 10 inches
Throwing light hammer-J J. Cameron. Us
feet S inches; P. A. Mcintyre. 123 feet :
Falconer. 119 feet 8 inches; Thomas Carroll.
III feet inches; w. P. Grant
OTHER SPORTS PLEASE.
| Running hop step and jump. E. Murphy.
r. E. Cochran. A E. Gould
Falconer T. Carroll. Haynes w. Christie. j.
J. Cameron.
Putting light stone-P. A. Mcintyre, 43 feet
l inch; J. j. Cameron. 40 feet inches; A.
8 inches: Wilson. 30 feet ~ inches; d. w.
Dow 50 feet I inches; Cutter.
Race for sons of members and of Scottish
societies-W Morgan NJ Mcdonald. c. Grant
Handicap race for sons of members OF Scot
fish societies-Thomas Carroll. Charles Mac
Donald w. Conlan.
Handicap race for daughters OF members
and OF Scottish societes-Mary Colman, Mary
! Hamilton Ethel Bennett.
Hurdle race-W. Christie. NJ. W. Beck R.
Highland fling. men in Highland costume
Highland fling, lads and lassies in costume
C. Coyne. H. Allen, F. Dorety. p. Allen.
Sword dance, men in costume. ). McIn-
| toeh r. Med Murray, Ed Ross.
| Running jump-Gould. Cutter Wilson
Vaulting with the pole-Cutter and Murphy,
Reel OTulloch In costume-J. S. Nc
Intosh, r. Med. Murray, j. Baxter.
Ladies' race-Ara Winrich.
! Bagpipe playing. to be won three years in
| succession. pibrochs. marches. reels, strath-
| speys; first prize grand $3.50 gold medal, the
| gift Of club member, and $25; second prize