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Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-24

and was getting ready to have nap after
it., just as if he had been city merchant;
and the monkeys had a very good reason
for being polite enough to avoid disturbing
him.
Presently the huge coils relaxed from their
strain, and lay limp along the ground: The
great, fiat head sank down lazily, and in
trce the snake was fast asleep.
"Just then monkey peeped over the edge
of the rock, and appeared to report to the
others behind that all was well.
"fHhe next moment i saw an immense stone
on the brow of the cliff, just above where the
boa lay, begin to shake and totter, and l
could see that the whole gang of monkeys
were pushing at it with all their might and
main.
'It shook again, then turned right over.
and, crash! down it came full upon the gorged
snake!
'There was hiss, like fifty kettles all
boiling over at once, and the boa, crippled
though he was, jerked up half his length into
the air, wriggling and Hopping like speared
eel
"But instantly a big stone hit him on the
head, and then another and another. In fact,
the monkeys never stopped till they had fairly
pelted him to death; and then they set up
such joyful hullabalo, that I was almost
deafened by it.
"Now, if those monkeys had no power of
reasoning, they had a pretty good imitation
of it, anyhow-and that's all have to say!"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-24

saw only the cast-iron carriage and hole In
the ground
Then he took Tilda's hand, and they jour
neyed slowly and sorrowfully toward the
meeting house, where the ''posson," undis.
turbed by the tremendous racket out of
doors, was still holding. forth, having just
reached his "sixteenthly."
A high, board fence surrounded the house,
and Simon failed to notice that the goat had
backed its singed anatomy into the shadow
of this fence.
By the gate stood an empty barrel, bottom
end up.
As the distance increased between them
and the scene of the disaster, Simon's cour-
age came slowly back, and with it his love
Of frolic, The qpturned barrel and the sound
ed the idea of a speech-a Fourth of July
speech, if you please. :.
IT DO waqter 60 into into de de- oh9ch, noh9M," %?S
he said. as he unfolaef s1e Sn P,an 70 ll%a, Wnn
set over dar on dat stone an be de cong
alton"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-24
Simop Soper Celebrates the Fourth

He mounted the barrel, cleared his throat,
and swung his arms as he had seen the pos
son" do.
"Now, you is a-lisscnn, Tidy, is you? Ell
you go er-peekin' off to'ads the hill dat er
way, can't make er speech"
Il jest remembranced dat we lef' de towl
an de broom at de fote," Tilda ventured, in
extenuation of her offense.
"We'l git der tow'l an broom bofe, after
while. Now you let lissen ter me; you heah"
He swung his arms again, and began;
"Dis am de day when de gree-ate 'Mer-
can eagle fust Topped his claws! Dis en-"
"Flopped his wings!" Iida mildly cor
rected.
"Now, lookee year, Tidy; eff you go to
'ruptin' me"
The goat, peering around the corner, rec
ognized its old enemy, and accepting the
swinging arms as challenge, at this instant
made charge.
1t struck the barrel fairly. The orator shot
into the air.
As he fell, he landed astride the goats
shoulders. so terrifying the animal that it
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-24

bolted through the gate and rushed blindly
into the Westinghouse, Simon clinglng tight
ly to it with convulsive fear
The sudden appearance of this singular
steed and rider threw the congregation into
an uproar. There were cries of alright and
exclamations Of anger.
The goat made straight for its master in
the pulpit, but dozen hands gasped it and
hurled it through the door, almost before
Simon could slide from its back.
AS the little darkey arose from the aisle
and looked about in dazed bewilderment his
mother grasped him by the ear, almost lift
ing him from the floor, as she dragged him
out OF the house.
''Simon, is ershamed OBJ you" she cried,
in anger and humiliation; SIS dis de way l
tole you to Joy de Fo'th? Dar's Tidy err
erwin. Go long home, bofe<er you, an
never lemme heah you say ergin dat you
wants ter sellerbrate de Fo'th"
Simon crept home, crushed, humiliated, and
with an aching ear But the next return of
the great national holiday found him as lively
and mischievous as ever
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-24

upon my word I've seen them do
such things as would almost make me believe
it,
When l first joined the regiment our
senior captain had gray monkey chained
+ up on the veranda Of his bungalow (house),
close to one of the front windows.
~, Now, Just inside this window, on low
stand stood fine French clock, of which the
captain was very proud But apparently it
dldn' t please the monkey quite as well as his
master; Tor, whether it was that the ticking
annoyed him, or that he was excrted by the
glitter OF the glass and the gilt ornaments
round 1t, Mr.. Monkey seemed to have special
spite against that clock, and to have quite
made up his mind to knock it down and break,
it. -
Luckily, his chain was just a little too
short to let him reach it with his forepa<ys
di%tGa ddnf aa" and strain as he might. But if he
aa Something assSOn %ev vpER ike these o failures he did
stretching, and straining to get hold of this
clock until he almost chOked himself. he stop
tate.
Then he turned suddenly round, work,
ed the ring of his chain (which was round
the middle of his body as far up as he
could, and then, jerking out his left hind.
leg to its full length, he just managed to hit
the corner Of the stand, and over went the
poor old clock on to the floor, smashing its
S'"So eeA w CiNos 1ulS was DrcICY well fOI
an 'unreasoning' animal; but, a few wears
late later when 91 l was down in Ceylon for ho
DAY, L witnessed another feat of monkey in.
teigence which was more surprising still.
You remember the rocks at Trincomalee
dare say; and of course you know what q
ssfaace they are for big snakes. It used to be .
saying with us there that, after man had
been a. fortnight at Irincomalee, the mere
sight of coil of rope would make him juml
ten feet.
Il remember well how young lady, who
had strayed away from the rest at a picnic
among the cliffs, suddenly slipped down
smooth face of rock, and found herself in tn,
coils of huge python.
Luckily, the creature was so fully gorget
already that it was too sluggish and Sleepy t.
do her any harm, and her cries soon brough
up half dozen of the native servants, whc
fell upon his snakeship with their clubs, ans
made very short work of him
Now, l had always had great hatred o
serpents myself and the four or five marrow
escapes that had from them in Central Ind
didn't, make me like them any the better. So
directly 1 found out that these rocks wer
such favorite place of theirs, l took to go
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had remaining by the cloud of smoke and
scorching fire which Immediately enveloped
him.
BE leaped into the air with a yell, and then
da recalled him to his senses.
ooh, ow'ow'ow! Oh, / is killed! / is
deadl oh, Simon! oh, nanny! Oh, ow'
.ow-ow!"
whats de mattah% asked Simon, brave
ly coming back in spite of his shaking limbs.
Tilda ceased her kicking, wiped the sand
out of her eyes and sat up.
"Whar is de possons goat?"
Dunno" Simon replied, soberly, Dead,
! spec"
Tida rose to her feet. patted her eyes TO
ascertain if they were all right, and felt of
the injured arm.
did dat er goat butt me down while
TT wus dis yer cannon!" said Simon, look
ing at the place where it had been.
His eyes rounded out like saucers as he
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-24
Copyright by James Elvcrson.)

OU'VE heard the West Indian ne
groes say" began Colonel c.,
that monkeys are really men, and
only pretend to be dumb for fear
of being obliged to work. Well,
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-30
MEMBERS OF GOLDEN GATE
GUN CLUB HOLD A SHOOT


The postponed shoot of the Golden
Gate Gun Club was held yesterday at
the Ingleside traps. The attendance
was not up to the average as many of
the regulars failed 10 make their ap-
pearance.
In the Shields trophy. Holling and e.
Schultz broke twenty-feur each Pat
rick was right behind them with the
good score of twenty-three. In the
regular club event, in the first twenty
five birds shot at, Forster lost but one
target He did some good work in the
second series of twenty-five by getting
twenty-five birds. Nauman, Webb and
F. Schultz shot below their form in the
different events. The first two scores
were made in the club events and the
third in the Shields trophy. The scores
Holling, 1s. 23. "a; Nauman, 90, 21.
%; Forster, "a. %; Webb. %, 10. 21.
Murdoch, 10, IS; Iverson. 20. 1s, 22:
Patrick. II. 13, %; King. 15 49, 1st
Prior, Is, II, 16; Pitres, 2I, 10, 16; r.
Schultz, Is, Is, is; Wattfes. %, Is, IS;
e. Schultz. II, %, "a; Hauer. a. is, IS;
Guyett z, 10.
Shields trophy--Walsh, 10; Lynch Ia.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-30
Saratoga Attracts Them

NEW YORK, July 29.-This will be
the last week of racing at Brighton
Beach track until October Next Mon
day the Saratoga meeting begins, ana
for four weeks the thoroughbreds Will
race around the beautiful course amid
the pines of the famous spa Ihls
means an enforced vacation TO race
goers of this city During the heart
of the racing season, when the thor
oughbreds are in their best cond1tlon,
lovers of the horse must do without
their favorite sport or go to Saratoga
to see them.
There is no excuse for this yearly
migration save a mercenary one Inc
influential members of the jockey CLUB
are largely interested in the track at
the great watering place, and as they
must have their dividends on the money
invested the horses are ordered north
and New Workers are deprived of rae
ing for a month.
Jockey Miller's great feat of riding
five winners at the Brighton Beach
track yesterday caused discussion to-
day in turf circles in regard to his
ability in the saddle. Some of the lat
ter day TURTLES said 1t was the greatest
performance of its kind in America.
These men were not wise to the fact
that James Mclaughlin when jockey
swept the programme one day and that
Snapper Garrison when only a young
ster weighing ninety pounds rode five
winners and finished second in the hur-
die race which wound up the afternoon
card
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-30
SEALS LOSE BOTH
GAMES TO THE
ANGELS.
RESULTS OF GAMES.
Los Angeles z; San Francisco 8.
Los Angeles 8; San Francisco o.
Portland 4; Seattle 3.
Fresno 8; Oakland 4.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

The Los Angeles baseball team won
the majority of the series of seven
games when they carried off both the
morning and afternoon struggles from
the Refugees yesterday at Idora Park.
With Nagle in the box in the Sec
ond game it took but ninety minutes
to duplicate Randolph's feat of Satur-
day and score another shutout on the
hard working Seals. The elongated
twirler was in rare form and the va
rieties of curves and speed he served
up held the tribe of Wilson down to
two hits, though one of them was a
three-b base affair by Parke himself.
After Sears had fouled to Catcher Ellis
the tall manager picked out one of
Nagle's fast ones and sent 1t far over
the head of the unsuspecting Ellis in
the left garden. Meyers could only
hit a little one to Nagle and Spencer
perished on the Toman- Dillon trail,
leaving Wilson on third.
Prospects were rosy for the Seals in
the morning game up to the seventh.
when the Los Angeles batters solved
Simons' delivery, and in the next two
innings they completed his ruin, scor-
ing seven runs and winning as they
pleased. The scores:
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-30
CRONIN'S COURSER
APPEARS TO BE
INVINCIBLE.

Another stake was annexed by Ira
lees Best at Ingleside Coursing Park
yesterday when he galioped through
the open event in which seventy-tw wo
dogs started, and won the purse with
out being extended. His performance
stamps him as one of the greatest dogs
seen on the coast In the deciding
course he met Milk Maid, sister of
the stake winner, but she was out
sion Tom F'itz. May Boy, Miss Viking
and Milk Maid, but none of these
coursers appeared to be IN his class.
The results in detail:
Open stake, first round-Frank c.
beat Whisky plea 6aby Ma MAJ Ma5a peat Ma Iohn
Race King beat Royal Armada Tamora
beat Golden Idol Russell beat Dolly
Bishop; Orsina beat Blooming Dutch
man; Lady Athlete beat The Mist; Rag
ged Actor beat Presto; Hidden Hatred
Pasha King beat Callow Boy: Rear
onondago osa Tom K King BEAT Dssl
kee; Reckless Acrobat beat Lady Field
wick, Secretiye beat Sunny Brook;
bar beat Clyde; Honest John beat
Lad; Tsrrah beat Fiery Eye; Sherman
Aronmore; Irma Hotfoot beat Idleness;
Boutonniere beat Our Bessie; Amandan
peat PrlmrOS6. GerJTuQe peat Josie
Lee; Ready Rider beat Agile Spurt;
Eilbe Royal beat General Frisbie; Hud-
son beat Pediar Baum; Right Right
beat Cheyenne; Roman Actress beat
The Mint; Miss Viking beat Black Tom;
May Boy beat Frank Dunn; Tralee's
Best beat Tom Fitz:
C; Race King beat Cry Baby; Russell
] beat Tamora; Lady Athlete beat Or
sina; Ragged Actor beat Hidden Hat
red; r w beat Pasha King; Quita
beat Rear Admiral; Tom King beat
Reckless Acrobat; Sampler beat Secre-
tive; Paul Dunbar beat Honest John;
Butt In beat Terrah; Sherman beat Our
Porto; Irma Hotfoot beat Boutonniere;
Amandan beat Gertrude; Eilbe Royal
beat Ready Rider; Hudson beat Right
Right; Miss Viking beat Roman Ac-
tress; Tralee's Best beat May Boy
Third round-Milk Maid beat Race
King; Russell J beat Lady Athlete:
w beat Ragged Actor; Quita beat
Tom King; Paul Dunbar beat Sampler;
Sherman beat Butt In: Amandan beat
Irma Hotfooti Hudson beat Eilbe
Royal. Tralee's Best beat Miss Viking.
Fourth round-Milk Maid beat Rus
sell J.; Quita beat r w; Sherman beat
Tralee's Best bye
Fifth round-Milk Maid beat Quita;
Tralee's Best beat Sherman; Hudson
a bye
Sixth round-Milk Maid a bye; Ira
lees Best a bye.
Deciding course-T. j. Cronin's Ira
lees Best tCronin's Wild Tralee-Fair
Lily) beat George Wights Milk Maid
Cronins Wild Tralee-Fair Lily.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-30
TENNIS PLAYERS TO
COMPETE IN THE
SOUTH.

No tournament matches were played
on the tennis courts yesterday. play
being confined TO practice The alb
sence OF Fred Adams and Charles Fo-
ley from the city necessitated the post
ponement of the final match Of the
handicap doubles tournament at the
park These two cracks. with Carl
Gardner. left for Southern California
on Saturday night They will compete
in the annual Southern California
championship tournaments, which COM
mence today. This section Of the
State will be strongly represented, and
some Of the honors viii likely be
brought back by the trio. Foley and
Adams will play together in doubles
and Gardner will likely join forces
with enc of the cracks down south
The tournaments viii last nearly all
week and will include mems singles
and doubles women's singles and
doubles and mixed doubles. They will
be played on the Ocean Park Country
Club courts, which are said to be
equal to any in the State.
The best match played yesterday was
a doubles on the California Club courts
between George James and Fletcher FL
lott and Frank Mitchell and Grant
Smith. 1t proved one OF the closest
and most interesting played on the
club courts in months. James and FL
lott carried off the honors by a mar
row margin.
The winners took the first two sets
after appearing to be hopelessly beaten
in the second Mitchell and Smith lost
the first two games, but won the next
four. Thereafter they had any num-
Der of chances to win, but failed to
90 so.
The third and fourth sets, like the
first two were close Both teams were
out 10 win and no quarter was asked or
given Mitchell and Smith won the
third and fourth sets, evening up the
score.
Mitchell and Smith took two out of
the first three games Of the fifth set
on the fourth game they led at 400
but lost. The next game they again
led ct 4e-15. only to lose once more
With the score 5-3 and 400 against
them Mitchell and Smith pulled out of
the ninth game and in the tenth game
had vantage four times. 1t was a
desperate battle at the finish. and the
verdict finally went 10 Elliott and
James. The score was Ga, 81, 4-e, 4-6,
6-z
Elliott is playing great tennis at
present end will have to be figured in
future championship events Despite
a lack Of practice Smith played the
best game he has put up in month";
James and Mitchell both played well
and gave their partners good support.
The same teams will meet again next
Sunday and a red hot match will result
Herold Gabriel and Ray Cornell
played three fast sets. Young Gabriel
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-30
SpOrtSn0n DCp|OrC
Judges Decision.
Game Protectionists Receive a Setback
Which Hampers Their Work.
By r. A. Sr17ytf1.

w of the the
M tectonis decided setback in the
Saturday by Judge Oster OF San Ber-
nardino He all which restrict the
son laws OF California invalid This
wipes out in years unsehsh missionary work the part of
Protective Association and of the sports
who believe in game protection -
California sportsan paradise and the deer which roam ITS hls
ness during the by the
is widely distributed the farmers who
supply and ammunition dealers and
GAME PROTECTION SENTIMENT.
With all this the in
gun shoot when
difficult to make him see that ndinnate
prolific of animals and then there will be
Remove all restrictions preserving game years
be impossible sport hours ride of this
With possible deer and trout in Marin
within hours ride of this city down in San Mateo Countyn
equal away
GAME IS FOR PEOPLE
The game protecots do not
alone They it saved 50 that all who have
opportunity fishing undimnished supply
With improved and the gradual settling of the country game
protection the will disappear The California
quail pronounced OF the greatest of game birds was on the verge OF
when Henry Payne practically unaided secured the passage of
legislation Sacramento prohibiting its sale This stopped the market
the bird again found large
numbers throughout the State furnishing rare hoong o ne men VINO
suffers because inability purchase quail
as chickens and SQUADS are not on the p0nOeo m ana take the place "
LEGISLATION DIFFICULT.
difficult legislation protecting ducks The favorite
argument OF those opposed to has been ha the duc @
and that the supply nxhaus They do not consider that dead duck
will
multiply Bernardino
august Under
killed from July February
period from
The officials prohibit the killing of doves
for FIVE years
SHORT SEASON ON DEER
In preserve County
In the extended
vand protection than Others the killing of deer prohibited
killing of wanton bring than
by of killing They
splendid
pointers they
in OF trials extending week
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-30
Sloop Alert Finishes First
In Race for Wallace Cup
WALLACE TROPHY RAcE-JULY %. 1906
YACHTS.

"HHE first yacht race OF 1905 was
held yesterday for the wallace
trophy of the California Yacht
Club. The winner turned up in
T. KendalPs sloop Alert. which beat J..
]. Sherry's Perhaps. the second boat. by
a margin of 6 minutes % seconds, COR
rected time. The race was sailed al
most wholly on a flood tide and in a
steady though not overstrong breeze.
The sea was smooth and popularity
of the race was that all the yachts fol-
lowed the same course.
The start was a single-gun one, the
first boat to cross the line being j. j.
Sherry's Perhaps, at 12:o0:09 p. M, fol-
lowed by Robert Vincent's yawl lola,
sailed by Louis T. Ward, at 1901 :O9 p.
M: 7. Kendalps sloop Alert at 12:O1:2I
D. m, and the Gresham brothers yaWl
Gypsie at 12;01:2S p. m. The wind was
light at starting, but freshened and
blew steadily all through the race. Inc
time of all the boats was reckoned
rom IL noon. T. Kendall, owner OF the
winning yacht, put an iron horseshoe
on her few days ago, causing her TO
steer much better. The finishing time
of the yawl Gypsie was not taken, as
one of her crew, T. Ward, fell over
board off the foot of Hyde street and
had to be picked up by the yacht, which
had no small boat.
The race was under the management
of the regatta committee, consisting OF
August r. F. Brandes. b McManus and
F. " du Brutz. The sloop Tigress,
owned by Broadwater and Chamber
lain. was put on the beach In Oakland
Creek to clean her off for the race. but
ran aground and could not take part In
the contest. The sloop Alert rounded
the Presidio Shoa1 buoy at 1:45 p. M;
the yawi lola at 1850 p. m, and the
sloop Perhaps at 1:53 p m Al broke
out sninnakers and watersails after
rounding the mark The stops on the
spinnaker of the Perhaps were too
strong and did not break at once The
estimated distance of the course was
twelve nautical miles. F. A. HydeS ,
rnotor-boat Olive followed the racing
yachts part of the way home.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-30
LAT0NIA ENTRIES.

First race, seven furongs. seiling-FlorizeI
1o4, Elude 1O5. linda 105. Royal Legend 1o5,
St. Denis lo7, Sand Bath 107. Iniammable 107.
My Gem 10T Ed Early 107. Platt 107, Lans-
down 100, Red Thistle 100, Saranola 110, Am
bertha Ill, Mayor Johnson 113, Estrada Palma
t12.
Second race, five and a half furlongs
Helen Maeln 100, Quintila 100, Levia 100,
Bitter Boy 1903, Yansey 103 Tollgatherer l03.
Sir Vagrant 103, Gromoboi 112, Lady Arion 100.
Friction 116. Red Gauntlet 116.
Third race six furlongs-Nonie Lucille 81.
La Fayette %. Lane Allen 80, Meadowbreeze
92 White Plume 9S, Ethel Day 101 Chief Mil
liken 101, FL Otros 112, Matador 112, Funicu-
laire 113
Fourth race steepleehase, short course
Dalesman J25, Bavene 12S Full of Fun $50,
Profitable 1876, II NJ 139 Frank Nc 139. Ohio
King 141, Arc Light 49, Weird 100, Jim Boze-
man 152 Subador 156
Fifth race, six furlongs selling-Miss Anxious
g6 Prince of Pless 96. Stillhunt 9S Duessa 100,
Posing 100, Search Me 101 Bitter Hand 102,
Beatrice 104, Oliver 1o5. The Mate 1o5. Lid
Winn 107, Otsego no. Blucher 110.
90, Lady Tarascon &C. Mint Boy 9T DIR. Jurch 9S,
Peaceful Henry 9s. Field Lark 100 Larone 102.
Inspector Girl 105, Hene 105 Minnie Johnson
107, Mohave 109 Airshp Ill, Potter 112, Re
volt 115.
Seventh race, one mile selling-Oberon %,
Rubnon 90, Bitter Brown "a. Mill Song "a.
Kings Guinea 103 The Only Way 10S, Golden
Mineral 103, Gassful 1O5, Lady Goodrich 107.
Doeile 107, Fonsouca 107, The Gadfy los,
Clyde 100, Shining Star Ill, Sea Mate 90,
Caro
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-30
Aeronaut Takes a Long Drop.

SALT LAKE CITY, July 29.-Joseph
McMann, an aerOnaut from a small
town near Des Moines. Iowa. prob
ably wilt die as the result Of a fall at
the. Salt Palace tonight He assembled
In a cannon attached to a balloon.
When the cannon, sustained by a para
chute, was cut loose from the balloon
McCann undertook to drop from the
muzzle Of the cannon with a second
parachute. The apparatus did not
work properly and the aeronaut
dropped $50 feet. Both ankles were
broken and he was injured internally.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-30
PORTLAND DEFEATS
THE SIWASHES
CLEVERLY.

PORTLAND, July pa large crowd
saw the Beavers win today's game.
They have won seventeen out of twen-
ty-five games played with the Siwashes.
1odays game was the last of the
Siwashes for this season, and though
Seattle has lost Portland has had to
fight hard for every game Today's
game was a pitchers battle between
Calif and Rube Vickers, and THE
Rube" came out second best. Califf al
lowed only three hits and would have
scored a shutout had his team mates
played perfect ball in the sixth. Sum-
yY1nry.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-30
pova STOW for sportsmen.

RED BLUFF, July 29.-Sportsmen
from all over the northern part of the
State will be here on Sunday, August s,
to participate in a dove stew which is
to be given under the auspices of tho
Tehama County Gun Club The dove
stew is being arranged for the especial
entertainment of the Redding spBfts-
men, who gave the local nimrods a
good time in the metropolis of Shasta
County. The club expects good at
tendance and will endeavor to surpass
all former occasions of this nature.