Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-27
OUTDOOR ADJUSTMENTS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE LOVERS OF
FIELD SPORTS.

lin this department as the head indicates, we pro
pose 10 make record of current sporting events
Communications to the paper concerning such
matters should be addressed to the :" Outdoor
Amusement Department "
WHEN Do BEARS HAVE YOUNG "A
correspondent writing from Menominee,
Mich, under date of January 2lst, says
A large black bear was killed few miles
north of here the 18th of this month.
The bear was first seen the day before near
the railroad, but NO effort was made to kill
it. Its appearance on the 18th brought
out a few men, well armed, who had no
trouble in killing her. They found her
above the average size and quite fat. By
looking around they soon found her den,
and in it three small cubs They must
have been but very few days old, as they
were small and eyes not yet open. They
were carefully handled and taken away to
be brought up on bottle. Is not this very
early for bears to have young, and is it not
very uncommon for the old bears to be out
while the cubs are so young? l have seen
bears in the latter part of the month of
May so small that two could and did sleep
comfortably in common hat. Thus it APP
pears there must be great variation in the
time of bringing forth their young" The
subject of the breeding of bears is one
about which comparatively little is known.
We think that they usually bring forth in
January, but believe it to be unusual to
find the mother about when the young are
SO small. As bearing on this subject of the
breeding of bears we quote the following
note contributed to the London Field by
Richard ]. Rowley. He says: In April,
1873, was driving from Pueblo into New
Mexico to see the Maxwell grant, pur-
chased by Mr.. Wadingham and some
other Englshmen. 1 stopped all night
at the Overland Hotel, in Trinidad, on the
Purgatoire (called Picket Wire in Colo
rado), and found in the Office, under the
stove, wrapped in flannel, a young CHINA
mon bear, week old, perfectly blind and
fed on milk out of baby's bottle. Some
Indians had killed female bear on
the Ration mountain, and when opened
found two young ones just ready for birth
one died, this was the other. l took the
trouble afterwards to inquire what became
of it, and learned it had been sold to Cap
tain Schuyler, to take to Philadelphia.
The cub had good thick coat of black
hair. ~ Forest and Stream.
The WILLOWS ToURNAMENT.-The
necessary arrangements for the shoot by
the Willows Gun Club are now about COM
pleted. The following gentleman have
entered the contest R. M. Smith, j. S.
Earnest and John Sersanous, Princeton ;
John Crothers, Robert Pool, Orland A.
L. Thiel and C. B. Swain, Chico n. B.
Scott and B. F. Dockery, of Nelson Sta
ton DR.. Frank Z. Smith, DIR. w. H.
Bolton and John Spurgeon, Colusa VIM.
Ash, Berlin w. E. Gerber, Sacramento 4;
II. Parker, Carson City; Crittenden
Robinson, Frank Maskey and George
Downey, San Francisco; George Mellor
and w. G. Murdoch, Willows. There
being number of others who have made
application to enter the contest, the Club
have under consideration the advisability
of making the limit forty instead of
twenty and doubling the purses. They
have already on hand 800 pigeons, and will
by the time the tournament takes place
have as many more, SO that they may be
able to accommodate such as desire to par
ticipate in pool shooting. The affair
promises to be the grandest of the
character ever given in northern Califor-
MIA. A grand ball takes place ON the
night of the 18th, the last day of the shoot.
THE FISHERY ExHIBITIoN.-Th Inter-
national Fishery Exhibition, which opens
on the Doth of next mouth, is assuming
great proportions, and the part which the
United States will play in it promises to
be far beyond all previous conception
formed of its possibilities, not only in the
amount of material which will be dis
played but also in the methods employed
in the investigations, and the minute and
careful research which has been conducted
in reference to our sea fisheries (which is
really the object for which the Commission
was created) by Professor Baird and his
corps of trained assistants. Had these re-
searches been as thoroughly made ten
years ago the country would have been
saved five and half million dollars, the
amount of the Halifax award, and there
is TO doubt of the fact that when the fish
cries question comes up again the United
States will be able to show just what our
fisheries are worth.
A GREAT ATHLETE AT the Oxford Uni
versity sports, held on the 10th of Febru-
airy, Mr. Sherman is said to have done
some great things. In the running broad
Jump he took second place with lSft sin,
and in the weight-putting he was first at
33ft lin. In the second heat of the $50
yard handicap he is credited with doing
l46 yards in IA 3.5s. He started from
scratch, and was beaten by four yards.
This would make him as good as even
time for the full distance. In the 100
yard hurdle race he owed five yards, and
won in 20s. The first prizein the hammer
throwing competition also fell to his share.
His throw was 96ft Gin. The 600-yard
race was won by NJ. j. Jackson in I'm 2s
He was in receipt of % yards start If
this is true, it is better performance by
record of I'm l5s. In the first heat of the
strangers 300-yard race w. l.. Beverley,
starting from the scratch, did 81 Abs.
REMEDY FOR ScoURING.-I am about to
offer simple but most effective remedy,
for the benefit of those who may never
have heard of it before, in the case of pup
pies or old dogs securing OF most any form
of diarrhea Give once day a piece of
fresh cheese, about two inches square, and
if little patience is exercised this will in
variably bring the stool to healthy state
and stop all securing. l mention this as it
is so simple, easy to administer and pro-
cure, and withal, as above stated, effective.
Then there is a remedy for tender feet,
both in the dog and man. Make strong
decoction of white-oak bark, and after it
has boiled well, drain off the liquor and
let it cool, then it is ready for application (;
battle the feet freely in this and all tender
ness will disappear -[Greenhorn, in the
Chicago Field.
For FLEAs ON DoGs.-A correspondent
of the Chicago Field warmly urges the
adoption of fsh-berry wash for feas on
dogs. He says the wash is made by put
ting pint of berries into half gallon OF
whisky and allowing it to soak till it is
strong. Wash the dog from eyes to tail.
He adds that while fish-berries intoxicate
fish, the dog will not be in danger, as he
will not lick himself. If this remedy
proves effective ON trial by some of our