Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-14

ran round and round it, in circle
perhaps three hundred yards in di-
ameter, and were shot down from
4 o'clock in the afternoon until in the
evening, when darkness prevented the
Dutchmen from taking aim any longer.
But the three men rose at break of day, and
found the poor elephants still going round
and round. 1t was several hours before a
new leader, breaking out of the Beaten
track, led off the remainder of the herd in
safety. The Dutchmen, whose names were
Botha and Potgeiter, two being brothers,
counted the slain. Ninety elephants lay
dead in the valley and as their valuable
tusks were divided equally among the
three Dutchmen, you can believe that
each mans share was conslderable.-[Sc Serb
ner.
SIX PRAIRIE CHICKENS ON LINE SHOT.
We have seen letter from Frank Wilke-
son, in Kansas, which mentions remarka-
BILE shot. He writes +" Yesterday after
noon l made the most remarkable shot of
my life saw big flock of chickens set
tie in my corn stalks. [ took the gun and
two cartridges and walked to them. One
chicken got up, about twenty yards off. L
killed him, of course. Then the flock rose,
with loud cries. covered one bird, and at
the instant of contracting the trigger finger
saw number of chickens ON line in the
air. Instantly swung round on them and
let one and half ounces of No. S shot
whistle along the line. l stood open eyed
as saw six birds come whirling down. l
did not really believe my sight until had
picked them up. A man might hunt a
b,D nd fhaf shot
That lot of six chickens should so fly in
line that close-shooting gun got them all
at one shot, is story that | shall not tell
often, for fear it would brand me The Liar
of Gypsum Creek. I'm. Y. Spirit of the
Times.
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE PACIFIC
COAST. Amateur running is beginning to
attract good deal OF attention. We have
no long. distance runners of note left In
amateur ranks but we have several men
who can run 100 yards IN good average
time. Discussions as to the best man are
frequent, and general desire has been
expressed to have the matter fairly decided
by a legitimate champion contest for the
distance named. The names of probable
starters are Marsh of Oakland, Church of
the University Mound College, Jones of
Placerville, with Halves and Haley of this
city. A race between these five for an
amateur challenge cup of the Pacific coast
would decide the question and help to
create much needed interest in amateur
racing. We understand that efforts are
being made to arrange the details. The
Olympian.
Wing SHOOTING. - The Forthcoming
demonstrating tournament is attracting
much attention among the devotees of the
sport, and arrangements are approaching
perfection. At the last meeting of the
committee in charge of the matter it was
decided to hold the meeting Sunday,
March 2Sth. Number of entries limited
to forty. Each contestant to shoot at fif-
teen single rises from five-plunge traps.
The shooting will be under the rules of the
Cosmopolitan Shooting Club. Prizes an
nounced are $500, $50, 500, $50, sos,
$50, $50 and S25. Some details are yet to
be arranged; place of meeting and en-
trance fees will be duly notified. F. A.
Putnam Jr., is Secretary of the Commit
tee, and communications addressed to him
will receive attention. The 0lympian,
San Francisco.
OLYMPIC ATHLETIC CLUE OF SALT LAKE.
The intended new association, mentioned
in former issue, has been organized and
will be known as the Olympic Athletic
Club. The membership already numbers
seventy five, and many have expressed
their willingness to join the new organize
ton. The Board of Directors has deter
mined to lease the City Market building
for one year, to be fitted up and prepared
as a gymnasium. The society has been
formed for the purpose of giving profess
slonal men and clerks an opportunity of
obtaining that recreation as well as the
muscular development so much needed by
office workers, and will doubtless prove
success The officers are as follows Pres
ident, Frederick W. Gardner; Vice Presi-
dent, George Potter; Secretary, John D.
Spencer; Treasurer, Charles Felt; and
Messrs. Gardner, Gus Heyman, j. K Gil
lespie, L. Farnsworth and c. I. Stevenson
as Board of Directors.
The DREADNAUGHT. = This famous
schooner, which was built to beat the
world, but did not quite fill the bill, has
been sold by j. C. Osborn to Western
gentleman, and will hereafter be sailed in
fresh water. She is probably the strongest
yacht now ahoat, and is safe in any wealth
er, but will find no worthy competitors on
the great lakes. Built in 1871, by Poillon,
she was successfully the property of the
lawyer for whom she was built, of her
builder, who was forced to take her for ar
rears of purchase-mouey, OF A. B. Stock
well, and of g. J. Osborn. In 1876 Mr..
Osborn had her heightened 10 feet forward,
and the change made her much faster. In
deed, sheis now, perhaps, the peer of any
keel schooner in the world.
CoURsING. -Stanislaus Meas, February
9th: Several coursing parties have been
out from Modesto lately, and have had fine
sport. A party of thirty or forty went
out recently, and bagged four hare. Major
Lane, our old and esteemed fellow-citizen
was in town, and the boys made up the
party for his amusement, and he enjoyed
it as much as the youngest of them. The
party went down the river few miles
where game is plentiful, and where they
had no difficulty in getting up hare enough
for an afternoons sport. One feet fellow
ran about four miles but "Jack," our
dog, though fatigued from previous chases,
at last took him in. Jack is trump.
DoN'T SHOOT THE BIRDs.-We were in
formed recently that Messrs. Moak, Still
son, Boness and other persons living In or
near Little Chico canyon had bought
number of the Eastern quail and turned
them loose in that place. They request us
to ask all hunters to be careful not to shoot
these birds, but to be patient for one or
two seasons. If they are not disturbed,
by that time they will have increased SO
much that no ordinary shooting will keep
them scarce. As for trapping them, or any
quail. no man with any feeling of true
sportsman would be guilty of this act of
barbarism, and if any one is detected in so
doing he should be summarily punished
[Chico Enterprise.
DEER KILLED.-We are informed that
last week some seven or eight deer were
killed in the foothills within five miles of
town, and that they were peddled around
by the hunters There is a heavy penalty
attached to the killing of deer at this sea-
son, and it becomes the duty of every one
to give information when the law is broken.
We hone that citizens generally will use