Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-31

communications 10 the paper COHcei niu- oNAN'
matters should be addressed to the outdoor
Amusement Department J
A BIG SHOOTING SToRY.-The Kingston
Canada West) Wing says: "Dr. Knight,
OF Oswego, formerly of Frontenac, gave the
sporting community of Kingston treat on
Monday last, near Cataraqui, by display
of his skillful handling Of the rifle. The
first piece used was long Winchester re.
peating rifle. He began at 200 yards and
made ten straight bull's-eyes, position
standing, size of bull's-eye six inches in
diameter. Then firing 500 yards, target IA
inches in diameter, he made fifteen bulls
eyes out of sixteen shots. After having a
warm, as the weather was very cold, the
Doctor displayed his short range Winches-
ter sporting rife, doing some wonderful
shooting. First he took the pipes from the
mouth of friend at fifty yards, breaking
six in succession, the length of the stems
of the pipes being four inches then he
shot six fifty. cent pieces, held between
the thumb and finger, at 40 yards
distance. This was done without a
miss. 1t being very cold, the Doctor
finished hitting % apples out OF "a thrown
into the air by the hand, as glass balls and
trap were not to be had in Kingston. The
doctor is confident that he can break 80
glass balls out of 100. At last he filled
the magazine of his short-range Winchester
rife nc cartridges) and discharged the
whole at bull's-eye eighteen inches IN di-
amater, distance 100 yards, in the short
space of just thirty seconds. The whole
was the most rapid shooting ever witnessed
in this part of the country. Such skill
has never been exhibited here before. The
rifles are models of perfection" One of
the Eureka New papers adds: "The
hero of the above exploit is brother of
our genial Assessor, Hank knight. Hank
says that he always knew the Doctor was
a pretty good shot, but this yarn is rather
tough. He AYERS that his brother weighs
300 pounds, and is large enough to tell a
pretty big lie. 1t may be all so, but he
can hardly swallow the proposition that
any one would be cussed fool enough to
stand and let pipe be shot out of his
mouth, or a fifty cent piece out from be-
tween his thumb and finger. This is what
gets him, and on that account he is rather
inclined to copper the whole as josh. .
AQUATIC Notes.-The Vallejo Chronicle
of the oath says: The public do not en-
thuse to any great extent over the pro-
posed race between Leahy and Hoyt,
February lst. The last deposit was made
Tuesday, both parties putting up the final
money. Since the breaking of Hoyt's boat
there has been much speculation as to what
Hoyt would row in, and at one time it
looked like forfeit on Hoyt's side. But
the matter has been finally settled by the
purchase of George II. Strongs boat. Most
rowing men will remember the boat as one
that George Fl. Strong, ex-President of the
Pioneers, built for his own use. The boat
is about seven years old, % feet long, Is
inches wide, weighs 40 pounds, fixed seat,
square rowlocks and wooden spreaders.
Strong received $40 for her, which is very
good price indeed. The course which they
are to row over is to be named on the
morning of the race by the referee. Leahy
rows a paper boat 80 feet long, II inches
wide, weighing IS pounds, has sliding
seat and the improved swivel rowlocks.
So evident is it to rowing men that Leahy
will have the best of it, being to all appear
ances as good and strong and heavy man
as Hoyt, and as good an oarsman, that the
Hoyt party must have good and sufficient
reason to put up money against such APP
parent odds. Should Leahy lose the race
by an accident of any kind his friends
would feel very badly. Both men are TAX
ing much exercise Cottsford's brother
and Murphy, one of Cottsford's hackers,
were in San Francisco last week. They
were willing to wager their com on the
Victoria man. As yet no match has been
made with Leahy and Cottsford.
EXTRAORDINARY DEER HUNTING Clay
Rice passed through this city few days
ago on his return to his home IN Lyon
county, from hunt in the swanps of Mis-
souri,, back of New Madrid. He informed
US that himself and son, about IL years old,
and one other person from his neighbor
hood, had been there hunting for two weeks
or more, having very fine success, but that
on the two days after Christmas they and
five others killed SO deer. There was a
sheet of water pretty much all over the
country, with frequent small islands or
ridges sticking up just above the overflow,
and the deer would get on these in great
numbers, and on the two days spoken
of there was thick sheet of ice
over the water, which prevented the
deer from escaping from one ridge to an
other, the party driving and hemming them
in on the narrow points, until they had all
the fun they wanted killing Them One
man stood in his tracks and killed eight
before moving. Two of the party got about
fifty huddled up, and killed fifteen before
the others got away. Six were killed on
the ice by cutting their Threats, that never
were shot. Mr.. Rice is an old hunter, and
says he never has seen such slaughter
among deer before. His son, who had
never shot at deer before, killed six in
one day. This kind of slaughter, however,
only held good while the ice lasted, as at
other times the deer would swim or wade
from ridge to ridge, and could not be
hemmed. Those who had rubber boots
waded about and got quite number, how
ever, even when there was no ice Padu-
cab (Ky.) News.
NANCE IN DoG.-True mango is de-
pendent upon an insect Many of the all
ments peculiar to the dog are apt to fly to
the skin, and no doubt in this way the
trouble is attributed to mango. In true
mango the skin is partially denuded of
hair, not perfectly so, for in the most bare
places single hairs or small, indistinct
patches may De ODSeINtu. IHO ohhi 10 III y
and scaly, corrugated and in ridges. There
is usually considerable detection, with per-
feet liveliness at times, and the dog
scratches himself violently most of the
time The appetite may remain good, il
spite of the agony endured, but close OBJ
servation will detect the existence of some
fever, and there is generally considerable
thirst. We must depend chiefly upon out
ward applications, as the acari must be de-
stroyed before cure can be effected. Again,
in applying any preparation, it must be
borne in mind that it is necessary that 1t be
rubbed well into the skin. We have
known many people complain of the sup
posed ineffcacy OF valuable mango rem
edy, when investigation proved that their
efforts had been expended mainly upon the
hair, which is of no earthly use. As an
outward application, try the following,
which will in all probability overcome the
difficulty: Take whale oil, one ounce; oil
of tar, half an ounce; lac sulphur, three
drachms; gallic acid, five grains Mix
well, and apply with sponge one day,
rubbing well in. Wash off next day. If
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