The San Francisco call., 1907-02-28

Three days of grace for the contest
ants for the second series of prizes in
The Calls gold contests! Three days
more of anxiety and strenuosity be-
fore 1t will be known who the benef-
Charles of the distribution of the see
ond $4,000 will be.
The struggle for the big purses. exc
for the little ones, is becoming intense.
Brother Lewis. president of the Sa-
cred Heart College, has been so busy
with his largely increased attendance
of pupils. as a result of the publicity
derived by the college through the gold
prize contest. that he has had little
time during the present period to call
upon his friends personally to help the
college to win the $500 prize in the
second period. The college is holding
night sessions in addition to the regu-
lar day classes. in order to accommo-
date all the students, in consequence
OF which Brother Lewis and his faculty
have little time to devote TO con-
test work, but in the last few days the
word has gone forth for the friends OF
the college to rally to its support and
the responses have been very crafty
ing. BY a gain of 32,s50 Tuesday and
1850 on Wednesday the college has
moved up to second place in the race.
and another similar jump will make it
No. / unless Miss Merani continues to
gather in votes at her accustomed rate
MISS MERANPS GAIN
Miss Merani's gain yesterday was
16.9 900. IL both continue to gain at the
same ratio the college will be in the lead
by Saturday night, when the second pc
riod of the race will come to an end.
From this 1t will be seen that the Sig
norma Merani is In danger of losing
first place in the end, after seemingly
having II In her clasp for so long. Now
is the time for the sons and daughters
of Italia to show their mettie and gall
lantry If they would have one of their
fair young countrywomen carry off
first honors in most notable contest.
Since shooting her best bolt on
Washington's birthday, Mrs. J. F.
Doherty, the fair champion of Sacra-
mento, has lapsed into obscurity so
dense that it could be cut with
knife. Not a word has come from the
State capital this week 10 show how
the campaign of Mrs. Doherty is pro-
crossing. She has retro graded from
first to third place, with a gap of over
$4,000 votes to fill before she can again
catch up with Sacred Heart College, to
say nothing OF the $4,000 and over
plurality that she has to overcome In
order to again catch up with Miss
Merani, should the latter remain at a
standstill. A week or two ago Sacra-
mento people had money to bet that
Mrs. Doherty would land first prize, but
since she has ceased to send in her
votes confidence in her ultimate sue
cess appears to be on the wane. Miss
Merani remains the favorite in the
betting, but no odds are offered in
her favor since Sacred Heart College
has commenced closing up the gap.
MISS BREsCHINI rs FOURTH
Miss Rose Breschini, the Syiss repre-
sentative. has again wrested fourth
place from Miss Hayward by gain of
II. 900 to Miss Hayward's $500.
Tillie Hartz has gained $500; Ethel
Potter. $500, and Lois b. Pftzer 250o,
without any change in position.
Miss Mollye Sheridan of Stockton has
gained 1900 and recaptured eleventh
place from Mrs. Deasy, whose gain for
the day was only 1850,
Miss Gladys Adcoek, by a gain of
2450 has tied the score of Rosa +.
Tracy for thirteenth place, each having
5000 votes to her credit
Hattie NJ Hoppock has registered
gain of 1000 and George H. Angove
1850, without changing their positions.
1rma Klaumann, by gain of $3.50,
has mo~ed up ahead of Christ Church
Athletic Club and Walter Hamshaw
and now is No. II.
Little Hattie Eden has surprised
some of the tailenders by suddenly
making gain OF $50 and moving up
FIVE degrees to No. "a, which will make
her a. prize winner IL she can hold the
place to the end of the week.
Miss Jennie Tibbets of Hanford Is
now the last in line among the prob
able prize winners. and any one who
expects to win will have to beat her
score, IL 900.
Henry Pope, who was No. 20 yester-