Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-28
OUTDOOR ADJUSTMENTS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE Levers OF
FIELD SPORTS

lin this department, as the head indicates, we pro-
p-,se TO make record OF current sporting events
Communications to the paper concerning such
matters should be addressed TO the "Outdoor
Amusement Department u
NATIONAL TRorTING CONGRESS-. This
body convened at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
N. Y, on Wednesday, February 10th,
though the Committee on Rules had been
| in session for some days before at the same
| place. The meeting was called to order
| by First Vice President Thorne, but owing
! to indisposition he soon relinquished the
| position TO Second Vice President James
Grant. of Iowa There were a number of
| gentlemen prominent in the management
| OF trotting affairs present. The Secretary's
| and Treasurer's reports were read, and 1t
was apparent that the affairs OF the Asso-
citation, as Indicated therein, were III a
| fourishing condition. The Committee ON
| Rules having signified their readiness to
report, the Congress listened to the result
| Of their labors with great attention. The
| Congress voted for officers with the follow
ing result President. Judge James Grant,
| Davenport, Iowa; First Vice President,
Edwin Thorne, Millbrook, N. Y; Second
Vice President, S. K Dow, Chicago, ILL.,.
| Treasurer, Lewis j. Powers, Springfield,
Mass; Secretary, Thomas j. Vail, Hart
ford, Conn., Eastern District = Burdett
Loomis, Hartford, Conn; Lewis j, Pow
ers, Springfield, Mass; General VIM. L.
Tilton, Togus, Maine. Atlantic District
George Sturges, Philadelphia, Pa; NJ. ?.
| Bush Buffalo, N. Y; George M Reeder,
| Easton, Pa. Central District-Charles L.
Hunt, st. Louis, Mo; Jabez w. Fitch,
Cleveland, o.; Richard West, Georgetown,
Ky. Western District-M NJ. Morse,
| Earlville, H.; J. f. Kinney. Nebraska,
| City, Neb; Z. H. Broadhead, Milwaukee,
| Wis. Pacific District-T. W. Hinchman,
San Francisco, Cal; n. [. Smith. San
Francisco; Christopher Green, Sacramento.
| After deciding TO hold the next biennial
meeting in New York City, the body dis
solved.
BLOODY WoRK-A youthful Nimrod of
Altaville went out hunting one day last
week, armed with double barreled shot
gun, loaded with No. 6 shot. He was only
looking for small game. hadn't the slightest
idea of finding anything larger than
quail; but the dogs apparently looked at
it in different light, for they soon brought
to bay huge buck. The boy heard the
barking of the dogs, only a short distance
from where hew was standing he started as
rapidly as possible in the direction indica-
| ted by the noise of the CANNES, but when
within twenty or thirty feet of them
he discovered a large deer engaged
in desperate encounter with the dogs.
| He trembled somewhat, but as the case
was desperate, he raised the gun to his
face, shut both eyes and fired. On OPEN
ing his eyes he beheld the animal coming
toward him. The deer gin powerful
snort, which so terrified young Nimrod
| that he took to tree, but as a shot had
penetrated the heart of the buck, he fell
dead at the foot of the tree. Young MIN
rod, on seeing the deer Frustrated, de-
scended from the tree and started home,
stepping about nine feet at step, not
! dreaming that he had killed one OF his
dogs and wounded the others Angels
Camp Echo.
WILLOWS GUN TOURNAMENT have
received from w. c. Murdoch, President,
an invitation to be present at the second
annual tournament of the Willows Gun
Club, to be shot at Willows, Colusa county,
| April 18th and l4th. The shoot is to be
| free to the State Eutries are limited to
90 with u single birds, 81 yards rise, Club
rules to prevail; entrance SIS, to be made
on or before April lst with the President.
The prizes are First prize. $3.50; second
prize, SIS; third prize, $40 fourth prize,
$50; fifth prize, SIS, all gold coin. a
number OF other prizes have been donated
by the business men of Willows. Ii some
of the Sacramento, Florin, Auburn, Placer
Il,
and bring back that gold coin the Willows
men have put up, We shall feel inclined to
! cut their acquaintance as whole.
FISH CULTURE IN MAINE.-It is no CON-
| pliment to the intelligence of the Legs
lature OF Maine that its Fish Commission
has to show them that the important item
of fish-food has fallen off with the settle,
ment of the country, and that tish-culture
is the means to restore this valuable indus
try and food resource. Many men would
be tempted to resign, but the Maine Com
mission evidently are working for the in
terests of the people and not of the Legis-
lature, and so they try to instruct the latter
by setting before them the first principles
of fish culture or rather its objects, things
that every intelligent man in America is
supposed to know.
BIG MATCH. AT Erb's Shooting Grounds,
Newark, n. j., on February 4th, occurred
big match at pigeons, between the Essex
| Gun Club. of Newark, n. j., and the Jer-
sey City Nights Gun Club; nineteen men,
| bers on each side; Essex Gun Club rules
| Z birds to each gun, from five traps, p
yards rise, so yards boundary II ounce
shot; guns not to exceed ten gauge both
| barrels, but second to be only used at the
bird on the wing. The Essex Club got
away with 81 and the jersey Cub with 81.
Both clubs still claim the championship
Members of the Essex Club made the high
est individual scores, four OF them register
ing seven birds each.
THE TARGET-On Saturday, February
l4th, the Colusa Shooting Club met at
their rife range in full force. TIE weather
was pleasant, bright and clear, with "a
slight though steady wind from 10 o'clock.
The conditions of the practice were 200
wards, from the shoulder, standing, any
rife, under Creedmoor rules, fifteen rounds
to the man. The following are the scores
Dr. w. H. Bolton, So M. B. Totten, 90
NJ NJ Albery, "a; DIR. L. Robinson, "a
B. Seube, So; E. w. Cameron, 81; E. w.
jones' 81 ; Thomas Coleman, 65 G. A.
Kern, 81 J. l.. Howard, go.
THE ENos BILL.-In response to much
inquiry we present herewith the Enos bill,
SO much talked of and so generally con-
demned
| Section l. Any person who shall keep or use any
| live pigeon fowl or other bird, for the purpose Of
target, to be shot at, either for amusement
a test of skill in ma ksmanship, any person who
shall shoot at any blrd aforesaid be party to
any such shooting any fowl bird, any person