Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-03
OUTDOOR ADJUSTMENTS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE LOVERS OF
FIELD SPORTS.

| I'm this department, as the head indicates, pro
pose 10 make record of current sporting events
Communications to the paper concerning suef
matters should be addressed to the "Outdool
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CARP CULTURE-REPLIEs TO QUESTIONS.
Levi Davis, our Forestville correspondent,
whose interesting letters on carp culture
have attracted so much attention in the
RECORD UNION, says: According to
promise, will now give your many read
ers and the public generally few of the
many questions asked me lin 1903 letters
that have received thus far in ISSO), with
my answers to the same:
''First-How do you construct your
ponds Answer-My ponds are in a mar
row hollow or drain, aud l put stringers
across from side to side three times as
wide apart as wanted my dam high, and
| then l drove down boards as deep as |
could and then filled in with good dirt. |
also put drain box through the bottom of
the dam, so that | can draw all the water
out, putting wire screen over the upper
end close to the flood gate, so that no fish
can get out when the water is drawn off. ]
also have waste box on top of the dam to
carry off waste water; this also wants to
be well screened to keep the fish from get
ting out also have good ditch on both
sides of my ponds to carry off all surface
or rain water. ] only allow so much water
to pass through my ponds, for if there
were more water to pass through than you
could screen, your fish would get out.
Second-What is the depth of your
ponds? Answer-My ponds vary from q
| to feet | consider 4 feet in the center,
with considerable shallow water around
the edge, very good depth for breeding
pond, for in this pond you want the water
as warm as you can get it; the other ponds
should be deeper.
Third-My soil is open and will not
hold water how can l remedy it An
swer-Make your pond and then haul in
and spread over it good coat of clay and
puddle it well this will make it hold wa
ter, and it is also good for the fish.
" Fourth-Can / supply pond for fam
| lily use with water from a well, with wind
mil, horsepower or steam? Answer
You can. by either but you should not
rely on the wind, for fear of calm.
Fifth-Will the carp live in mountain
water, or alkaline or brackish water, or
will they live as far south as the middle of
Mississippi, or will they live where the
pond freezes over? Answer-These are
points on which cannot speak from expe-
rience. but Mr.. Hessel says there is no
other fish which will, with proper manage
ment, be as advantageous as the carp.
Its frugality in regard to its food, its easy
adaptablllty to all waters, In rivers, lakes
and ponds, and even in saltwater estua-
ries its regular rapid growth, and its value
as food FISH are its best recommendations.
Mr.. Loshen says that he has raised them
in northern Germany, where they had to
have their ponds ten feet deep, with holes
dug in the bottom of the banks for them
to 90 in in the winter Professor Baird
says that they will live in water that is
over 100 in temperature. From the above
statements and my observations, l think
they will live almost in any water. All
good carp ponds should have plenty of
water grass and aquatic weeds in them.
Sixth = What and how do you
feed your fish? Answer will simply
say that they will eat anything in the
vegetable line that a pig will eat. 1 find
that they like cooked food the best. | feed
my very young with the curds of clabber-
milk and crumbs of bread. | feed in the
evening by throwing it in promiscuously
over the pond.
This must answer for the present. l
will give some more replies as soon as con-
venient.
THE SILVER Cur MATCH. The Mays
vile Appeal of March 26th gives this ac-
count of the late silver cup shooting match
at the range of the Marysville Rifle Club,
on the 25th of March: Yesterday the
anxipusly looked for rifle shooting match
took place between Frank Manning, of this
this city, and J. L. Howard, of Colusa. The
prize shotfo was silver cup valued at 500,
which was offered last July by the Colusa
Club for the best shot, and won at Colusa
in contest between Howard and Manning,
the latter putting up 500 in coin. The
shooting yesterday was on challenge from
Howard to Manning for the recovery of
the prize cup. The conditions of the match
We're the same as at Colusa last July.
First-200 yards, 10 shots each; second
500 yards, 10 shots each; all under the
Creedmoor rules. The best aggregate of
the two scores to be the winner
of the cup. Before the shooting COM
menced there had assembled about 100
citizens and large delegation from Colusa,
SCNSleti tLSAlOCIo VI piS ObluSts
Shooting Club. John Colford was chosen
executive officer of the day; Richard
Bayne referee. and Messrs. Stone and De
Jarnett scorers. The shooting at 200 yards
commenced at about ii o'clock, MIR. How
ard leading off with bull's-eye, and Mr..
Manning following with a three. The
shooting was concluded in about an hour,
during which time Mr.. Manning COM
planned much of his rifle, and of lame
shoulder, caused by the rebound OF his
gun. His score, which was the poorest in
all his shootings, made him quite nervous.
Mr.. Howard and his rifle were in the best
of shooting condition, and he went along
with his work with great GOODNESS and con-
fidence. The following is the 200 score:
Howard ..........54 54d44 4-43
Manning. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 40
The hour of shooting the 500-yard
match, which had been fixed TO commence
at 2 o'clock P. NJ, at the request of Mr..
Howard, was shot Immediately after the
close of the 200 yards. As the following.
score shows, both men did better shooting
than in the first:
Howard ...............5 5455 4 5 s 5-4S
Manning. ............4 5 5-46
The shooting closed at about half-past 2
o'clock P. NJ, when Mr.. Howard was de-
clard the winner, as follows: Towards
aggregate of short and long scores, 81
Manning's short and long scores, Sc;
Howard over Manning, points. Three
hearty cheers were then given the winner
of the prize and his club, and three more
for Mr.. Manning and the Marysville club.
THE WILLOWS TOURNAMENT The, VIII
lows Journal says The Willows Gun Club,
under whose auspices the grand shooting
tournament will take place in Willows on
the 18th and l4th of this month, have de-
cided to limit the number of participants to
forty instead of twenty, as was the arrange
ment at first. In addition to those whose
names we gave in our last issue, the fol-
lowing persons have since entered the con-
test S. Heydenfeldt, Jr and F. J. LOGAN,