The Wasp — 1895 — page 709: what you’re looking at

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This page satirizes a rivalry between San Francisco's Burlingame Club and Country Club, depicted as a mock-epic "chase." The caricatured figures represent club members—"Ye Tobin Joe," "And Baldwin, Too," and "Ye Mighty Nimrod Woodward"—engaged in competitive polo and trap-shooting. The satire mocks the clubs' pretensions by elevating their genteel sporting rivalry to Homeric proportions. References to "yellow sand" and desert polo suggest Western leisure-class activities. The verse parodies medieval romance while depicting wealthy competitors as absurdly self-important. The joke targets San Francisco's elite social clubs and their members' conspicuous recreation during what appears to be the late 19th century.