The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-09
Sporting.
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= By AN EXPERIENCED SPORTSMAN.

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! Li.sis Of EvcrJthlnx Touched Upen
/ BIZ AN EXPERIENCED SPORTSMAN.
! 4prayos to the present sporting season !
propose to indulge in few remarks ahoat
! sporting and its accessories. al 3D..
| Sporting means the shooting Of wood
chucks, rats, polecats and other vernlin Tor
/ fun. E
i Some people have great taste for sport
ling; and some people havn't. lr
! There is much more fun i'll sporting II you
| have taste for it. as.i-. s-.
| If chap hasn't much taste for sporting
HE may wander wildly in the woods for
twenty or thirty miles aud the lower order
lot animated nature won't be any the worse
no, IT, .st G
Persons to be good sportsmen must OBJ
serve certain rules. .. ~.
In loading they must put the powder IN
| first Sportsrnen before now have put the
shot in first but it don't work well.
They must keep cool too, when game is
met 5 .... IL.
Occasionally gunner will get excited
and take his companion for woodchuck, or
a polecat, and act accordingly. Such eccen-
/ tricities are not very pleasant r.s
Perhaps it would be as well to respect the
game law. You can do as you CHOOSE, how
ever. No one was ever known to be arrest
cd for trampling game laws under his feet.
/ If game is scarce and you can purchase
good string do SO by all means and call 1t
your own Hs.a la- ..i
Lies of this sort are perfectly justifsble.
T Dogs are useful things to sportsman.
You can get a good dog for one or two
hundred dollars. Therefore sporting dogs
are within the reach of all sportsmen.
They will have to bs trained, but any
trainer will educate dog for small for
tune.
Then it don't cost much to keep them
i Meat is only twenty-five or thirty cents
lper pound; and dog only eats two or three
times as much as a man.
Some men train their dogs by shooting
them with shot ol e. III ~ ~
; The dog killers train great many dogs
: in this manner, every summer
Tie dog killers we believe are generally
the most successful
No dog is well trained unless he will
charge" .4
| Sportsmen make their dogs charge by
pounding them an hour or Two; giving The
requisite order, at intervals.
: The dog then goes and squats down,
with his nose on the ground
That is Charging
/, Pointers, spauels, and settlers are favor
tie sporting dogs.
They eau all be traced back to the dog
} that followed Mr.. Noah into the Ark
Thus they are an ancient institution.
T The sportsmen could not do withou
- them. ar
When they discover game they go to hin
in respectful manner and tell him wher
he can tiud it.
: The spaniel measures good many inche
; from the tip of his nose to the tip OF III
: tail, and good many inches back agar
j He eats almost anything that comes i
his way, and is covered with hair.
His feet are provided with claws and h
1 wags bis tail when tickled, and hangs hi
s tongue out when hot.
I The setter hangs his tongue out whe
hot and is covered with hair.
S Will, these exceptions he is just like tn
= spaniel
The same is true of the pointer, and NOR
T. too with the exception that he is covere
with hair, and can be trained to eat withou
{ difficulty.
: 1t is fun to shoot pigeons when they al
:, thick
! 1t is fun, because you can't help hittn
. them.
The sportsman should always have
: sporting suit.
- Clothing is very cheap, at present yo
!. know.
y For the mere trihe Of eighty or ninety do
l. lars you can get nice sporting suit.
% Shot guns are generally used Ill sportin
about here
: : Some folks. however, carry pocket pis
e = toll" too particularly in damp weather
u a pocket pistol" that holds about a pin
} is very nice thing.
. Some ''pocket pistols will kill at fort
rods.
> You can get pocket pistol'a at most an
} saloon.
Fishing comes under the head Of spor
) ing,
: Mallets are very nice fish for the table.
= Sometimes muilets prey upon their ow
y, species.
We have seen ''mulets'' fishing for mu
I lets.
When there are great many shooting
70 very nice plan is merely to snap cap, al
: then claim a part of the pigeons that al
- brought down.
j 1t answers every purpose and don't COZ
~ half as much for ammunition,
: a great many nice fellows do this in pl!
~ con time.
Frequently when out fishing you will Ell
! counter mosquitoes
= Most anybody would rather have II
:. blind staggers than be attacked by musqu
lr toes.
u I; The best way to avoid mosquitoes is
- dive under water, and remain there wit
the tip of your nose just sticking out
On 1t is the ouly etfectual method we kno
" Of
:. Some sportsmen shat their'eyes and tn
: their head one side. when going to shoe
- Such performance is graceful, but
don't pay
4 No one can make a good wing shot, u
z less he keeps his eyes open when shootln
If my friends want to learn anythr
Is Is more about sporting, they had better res
~ Frank Forester +"