Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-15

IROUTING NOTES.-The troutlng season
which commenced April LIST was attended
by such unusual and prolonged heavy rains,
that all streams on both sides of the Coast
Range have so far been in unfishable order
The large amount of rain that has fallen so
lately will, however, prove productive of
much good by cleaning out debris in the
streams, making new, and enlarging old
holes and pools, and last, not least, by pre-
venting the illegal netting of trout COM
mon early in preceding years. While the
game laws of the State are stringent in
the provisions against netting, their en-
forcement has been so rare that it has
been usual in other seasons to find in our
markets large quantities of trout that evil
IDENTIFY have not been taken by lawful
means. This system o. netting is reported
to be practiced mainly by poaching French
men, who frequent streams within easy &C.
cess of this city. Considerable quantities
of small trout have also been apparently
netted at more remote points, and sailed
down in kegs and kits, have been sent to
this city. These are, however, a very poor
substitute, losing entirely the fine flavor
which makes fresh trout 80 desirable in their
season. 1t is in the direct interest of farm
ers, hotel-keepers, and stage and railroad
companies that this illegal catching of
trout should be stopped, as the absence
of such fish from the streams prevents
much travel and the consequent disburse-
ment of money by anglers visit
ing the streams. The great rainfall
in April will cause the streams to
remain at high stage of water until quite
late in the season. We do not expect good
fishing until about this month in the Coast
Range streams, when the water will be
clear, and the abundance of food attendant
upon very high water will be gone. In all
the streams which head in the snow regions
of the Sierra Nevadas the waters will he
high for month later, and will continue in
good fishing order until September and
even October. What applies to the streams
of the Sierra Nevadas also applies to the
larger streams of the Coast Range north of
Marin county, such as the Gualala, Garcia.
and other milling rivers. These latter have
only of late been easily accessible to anglers.
Within the past two years a line of weekly
steamers has run to Point Arena and other
places north, by which persons leaving this
city at P NJ. can early the next day reach
the rivers to be fished. The rate of passage
is quite reasonable, as well as the
cost of living at either hotels or camping
out, while the trout are of good size and
abundant. This section of the country has
also the advantage of the absence of the
butterflies of fashion so common at older
resorts, so that visitors are free from the
arbitrary social requirements of dress COM
mon at such places. Deer, bear and smaller
game are abundant In their season, making
this section of country sportsman's para
disc, easily accessible and at small cost of
time and money San Francisco 0lym-
plan.
BICYCLING NOTES. bicycling is becom-
ing an accomplishment of the Farragut
Boat Club, and many of the members are
considering their sizes and future pur-
chases. The expense and skill of the sport
is just enough to keep it among the ranks
of gentlemen A bicycle makes no noise,
no dust, does not eat anything, and there
is no crowding and little wear Racine
has just organized club. Mckenzie, of
the Galesburg Club, has just completed a
valuable invention to the bicycle, which
will be made known as soon as secured by
letters patent . The new club of Mil
waukee, Wis, left their orders with John
NJ. Fairfield for nine machines Five of
the civil service engineers at Yankton,
Dakota Ter, have ordered bicycles -.
The Kankakee club premier is cob in fact
and Cobb by name. Bicycle riding is
excellent practice for oarsmen. =. Hoffman,
of the Chicago Bicycle Club, is projecting
a bicycle tour to Europe during the coming
summer -. The master of a bicycle is never
the slave of business There is a popu-
lar prejudice among some of the worship
ers in backwood's churches that to have
an organ in church is a sinful thing, and
some of those good, honest people
think a man who rides a bicycle
is wicked. "A young uptown draw
ing room swell. who parts his hair in the
middle to give his ears more room to work,
recently refused to try bicycling because
it would make his calves stick out g and
then my tailor can't make fit,
you know besides its so awfully risky
and undignifed. Atkinson won the
Cambridge Handicap Challenge Cup two
miles, in minutes and % seconds. :. The
Philadelphia Bicycle School has been re-
turned to Horticultural Hall Manager
Thompson has changed the Pittsburgh
School to the corner of Fifth avenue and
Smithfeld streets :. Webb Hayes, the
Presidents son, rides 50-inch Columbia
wheel. =. Frank w. Weston, the father of
American bicycling, is about to take a
party through England on tour. If the
party is small, the journey will be unos-
tentatious, but if it swells to portentious
dimensions, then the hospitality of the
British clubs will be accepted -. There
are over 200, 600 bicycles in use in England,
most of which are applied to business pur-
poses in place of saddle horse or horse
and buggy. The Elmira Free Press man
loves to look upon a bicycle when some
other person rides it, which is probably
the same view that he takes of the gallows.
[ Chicago Field.
A RETURN MATCH.-The National Rifle
Association of America have accepted an
invitation from the Irish Rifle Association
to shoot a return match in Ireland next
June, the date being set for the 18th. The
team, which will be as national in charac-
ter as possible, viii consist of captain,
six men, and at least one reserve. The
for places on the team have
been held at Creedmoor, on May llth.
The party will probably sail on the 9Th of
y unCY etllN ~ 10 lOH ttlllAbob d SCllICAl letNS
that Colonel John Bodine will be captain
OF the team. The New York Herald says:
60 He is generally regarded as the most eli
gible person for this important trust on ac-
count of his thorough knowledge and skill
as rifeman, his experience in forming in
ternational matches, and his general popu,
larity among devotees of the sport. He
has for about thirty-fve years been
marksman and has made weapons and am
munition a study, contributing from time
to time many valuable suggestions to rife
manufacturers. He was a member of the
teams of 1874 and 1875 in the Irish Ameri-
can matches, and in 1876 shot in that for
the Palma, against Irish, Scotch, Cana
dian and Australian competitors. As an
illustration of his progressiveness his scores
for the three years will be of interest. In
1874 he made l5S, in 1875, l72, and in 1876
lS9 and 1876, respectively, en- the two days
of the match. Since 1876 he has not
shot as much before, but his interest in the