Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-24
SPORTING COLUMN.
IN AND OUTDOOR ADJUSTMENTS AND
GAME CULTURE.
The Field, Range. Track, Course, Cue,
Ring, Stream, Sail, Car, Trap,
Kennel and Stable.

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On Cape Cod there are about fifteen hun.
dred Portuguese fishermen.
Shark fishing goes on with unabated sue
cess in the North river, New York.
The proportion of number of eggs to the
pound of mackerel has been calculated to
be Sc, 100.
1t does not seem so far that the grayling
has been propagated in confinement. Still
ali things are possible.
Lake Erie has black bass of six and
quarter pounds. This is fair, but nine and
ten pound fish are not very scarce in the
South.
Importation Of Percheron Norman horses
is becoming frequent among the breeders
of Pennsylvania Ohio, Iowa, and some
parts OF Indiana and Wisconsin.
Quail in Pennsylvania have been almost
exterminated since the repeal Of the bounty
ON hawks, owls and other vernin," and
quail shooting is thing of the past.
The Arizona Fish Commission will organ.
izs about the lst of October. The Hunted
appropriation $500 for two years. will not,
however, allow them to accomplish very
extensive work at the start.
Miss Ollie Shaw, daughter of the Iowa
Commissioner, is sketching. the fishes of
the State, and Is reported to have sue.
ceeded admirably. About twenty have
already been transferred to her canvas.
1t is said that large numbers of orioles
are being killed in Maryland to be used in
advertising the coming oriole festival in
Baltimore. This is very foolish piece of
business, and the bird killers should be
punished according to the law.
The Missouri Commission is about to fit
up an aquarium car to transport fish. II
will be similar to the one that Commits
sioner Shaw, of Iowa. has used for few
seasons. Mr.. Shaw has been invited to
meet with them to explain the plans.
George, the English pedestrian, holder OF
the amateur championship in that country,
is reported to have abandoned his trip to
America on account of an injury to his
foot. In view of the fact that he is said
to be preparing for some special event to
| come off in England this fall, that is but
lame excuse.
G. B. Bryson, the gentleman who pur.
chased hwhacker and shortly after beat
| Checkmate with him, has now bought
| Irish King from l.. w. jerome, and hopes
to get good slice of the great Long Island
stakes. This horse beat Monitor last June
but at difference of nineteen pounds.
At Bucksport, Me-, Mr. Atkins has
enough salmon inclosed to yield about
1000, COO eggs. At Grand Lake Stream
he is enlarging the works to a capacity of
5000, 600 eggs, if it should prove neces-
sary to provide for so many. Aqueducts
are being laid at both places to increase
the supply of water.
A strong society, of which the member
ship numbers nearly 100, has been formed
at Ogdensburg, N. Y, under the name of
the St. Lawrence Game Club. Its objects
are to stock the st. Lawrence river and the
lakes, streams and ponds of st. Lawrence
county with food fishes, and to protect the
fish and game for the public good.
Barrett, the colt who, after defeating
Spinaway last season, was sent to England
for the Derby, which he never saw, and
was brought back to America three weeks
since, is in training again. After two
weeks sojourn at Rancocas he was brought
to Sheepshead Bay, and, following in the
footsteps of Parole, Sly Dance, Uncas,
! Wyandotte and Pappoose, he is likely to
develop into winner at jerome Park or
Baltimore.
At five weeks old the whelps may usually
begin to be removed from their mother,
and it is well to do this gradually, as they
suffer less from the separation if this course
is pursued and by extending the intervals
of the bitch's absence they can be almost
entirely weaned without any i'll effects to
either themselves or their dam. The best
method is to begin by removing the bitch
| for an hour or two in the warmest part of
the day, so that the chance of the puppies
catching cold is diminished. The periods
of her absence can then be prolonged until
she is only returned to them of a night,
and finally ceases to visit them at all.
A. Starks, residing eight miles southeast
of this city Erie, Pa. J, has noted trotting
four year-old steer known as Starkie,
which he has been training to trot in har-
ness for three years past, and has finally
succeeded in accomplishing the difficult
task, and by so doing haa gained consider
able notoriety. Starkie is twelve hands,
and of dark red color, very intelligent,
and as gentle as lamb On being har.
messed he will open his mouth to receive
the bit, and when hitched to sulky he
strides like an old-time I" trotter, and has
no trouble to out-trot any of the neighbors
horses. On several occasions Mr.. Starks
has timed him for a mile which he has
trotted without a skip in $3.50.
Hanlan and Ross met recently at To-
ronto, and the latter wanted Haplan to
arrange race Hanlan declined, avowing
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boat racing. He had that morning, he
said, withdrawn his money. sent to cover
Ross deposit, from the Boston Herald,
and would accept no more challenges.
His business required his undivided atten-
ton. When he went away from home it
went to the bad, and now he was deter
mined to devote himself entirely to it.
Latterly he had attempted to both train
and attend to his hotel, but he had found
it impossible, and therefore he had made
up his mind to retire. He was perfectly
aware that he weuld sacrifice his titles,
but they were no object to him.
1t is useless to resort to any remedy for
worms ia dogs unless the medicine is adj
ministered on an empty stomach. Small
dogs should fast for at least twelve hours,
and large, powerful animals for twenty
four, before the medicine is administered.
It is also desirable to prevent their drink
ing too much water during the period of
their abstention, the object being to de-
prive the worms of all sorts of food, so that
the anthelmintic may have a greater chance
of success. Many persons give dose of
castor oil the night before the vermifuge is
given, and a second one two or three hours
after if it has had no effect. As long as the
purgative does not tax the dogs system too
powerfully, these precautions materially
assist the operation of the medicine but
judgment and caution must of course be
exercised, and it would be foolish to adopt
such vigorous treatment with weakly
puppy.
A young Canadian lady had been no.
ticed for several days trolling in the st. |
Lawrence near Clayton. One day re-
Gently while so engaged she caught man.
moth muscalonge, which at once proceeded |
to disengaoe biuseE from the nainfI11 hold |