Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-09
SPORTING COLUMN.
IN AND OUTDOOR ADJUSTMENTS AND
GAME CULTURE.
The Field, Range. Track. Course, Cue,
Ring, Stream, Sail, Car, trap,
Kennel and Stable.

lowed some pressure TO the sole, winch was
so far good, as experience shows that an
impaired sole can stand pressure. lie &C
counts for the horses of early times stand
ing work at all, shod as they were, hrst,
by their being nearer to their Arab ances-
tors, and consequently more sound IN them
selves, than our horses and secondly, by
the custom of turning them out to grass on
every available occasion. They lost condi-
ton, went broken winded etc, but their
feet had chance, or rather nature had
a chance of restoring their feet; and,
all the world over, there is nothing
like dew and night air for anything like
fever in the feet" The writer is satisfied
that English horses have deteriorated, es-
pecially by growing unsound in wind. He
| strongly favors tips. 1t stands TO reason
that horse shod with tips has the best
chance possible to escape navicular disease.
50 First, he minds where ne is putting his
feet, and does not bang them recklessly
about; secondly, the thick, bony frog
shields the navicular bone and Performs
tendon" The Turf, Field and Farm says
| the best methods of shoeing horses have
been warmly discussed in the journals of
England the past year, and there is de-
cided tendency to the greater employment
of tips. We should like to see more thor
ough and extensive experiments made with
tips in this country. The theory that
work horses on hard roads can do without
shoes altogether will not hold water.
A DIsAP-PoINTER KENNEL cele-
brated actor, Joseph Jefferson, is an en-
thusiastic sportsman, and owns some of
the finest snipe- shooting ground in Louis
iono hIs r1la Narv Iharia
During his recent engagement in st. Louis
he was very anxious to see the dogs owned
by the st. Louis Kennel Club, of which he
heard so much, and the fact becoming
known to Mr.. Sterling and Mr.. Turner he
was invited by them to visit the kennel.
| In the course of conversation during the
drive to the kennel, the value of the dogs
and the expense of supporting the
kennel, as also the revenue from it,
were discussed during which Mr.. Sterling
remarked that kennel on paper was one
of the most profitable investments he knew
Of it was the easiest thing possible to fig
are out fortune by estimating so many
puppies at $50 each; but bis experience
had been that each year they found the
brilliant anticipations were never realized,
but on the contrary the expenses exceeded
by very large amount the receipts. ''Eyi-
IDENTIFY" wittily replied Mr. Jefferson, 9 /
have been misinformed regarding your ken
mel | was expecting to see a pointer
kennel, but it seems it is disap-pointer
kennel. u g But, perhaps, " remarked Fred
ericI Robinson, who was one of the party,
20 the next litter of puppies may be re-
trievers.
FISHING. 0ympian urges that steps
betaken to replenish the trout streams in the
vicinity of San Francisco, which have been
depleted of that game. 1t says :" 1t is APP
parent that if trout fishing is to be in
dulged in by the great body of anglers in
this city, the amount of young fish
annually put in these streams must be
largely increased. Instead of 1000 or
5000 young trout there should be from
10, 600 to 80, 900 placed in suitable waters,
according to the capacity of the stream to
support them. The appropriation by the
State for the use of the Fish Commissioners
is very limited, only So 900 per year. The
first duty of the Commissioners is the
keeping up the supply of young salmon in
the Sacramento river, and after that the
introduction of new and suitable species of
fish for propagation in public waters. This,
with the expense of Matching house,
leaves but small amount for the propaga-
ton and stocking of exhausted and much
fshed streams with our native trout" 1t
suggests that the Fish Commissioners stock
the small streams with salmon as the
young salmon remain in the stream where
pthey have been Matched from one to two
years, portion only, going to sea each
year. These young fish are as palatable as
nf op1 aHorl
sport to the angler, weight considered.
To LOAD AND HoLD-A correspondent
of the Chicago Field, in long article in
reply to ]. NJ. Hotz and Harry Woodland,
says: 6 1t would appear that drains of
powder and II ounces of No. 6 shot is not
the best charge for quails with u gauge
gun. Nor is to 6 drains of powder and
ounce of No. shot much better for all
kinds of game birds. 1t is better, it will
be found, to remember that fine powder is
best for the 20, l6 and II gauge gun, and
mixed or coarse powder for the 10, 6 or s
gauge, using just as much as will all burn,
and give the best penetration with the least
recoil; using, respectively, J, Z, l, II, 2 and
% ounces of the shot best adapted to kill the
kind of game you happen to be after, re-
Numbering also, that the finer the shot the
more powder should be used As to hold
ing on the bird flying at right angles across
the line of fire at 90, so and 100 yards, or
even 40 yards, betting man may safely
offer 10 to / that no man can hit, let
alone kill ruffed grouse or a quail at 60
yards flying at full speed, say at 60 miles
per hour, if when he fires he is truly aim
ing exactly on or at the bird, once in l0,-
600 shots, using No. 6 or No. shot and
any kind or amount of powder desired. 1t
cannot be done"
New YAcHT.-William Stone has on the
stocks very handsome little Skinner
for Stockton waters, light, shallow and
open. She is % feet long, II feet beam,
and will draw ID inches of water. She is
perfectly open, the cockpit being l6 feet
long. She has propeller stern, overhang-
ing four feet. The timbers are all of oak,
and the little yacht has a handsome finish
all over. Her bow is carved, and she has
fgure-head projecting some distance
under the bowsprit The yacht will be
sloop rugged, and will be fitted up with
curtains, etc., in fine style. This yacht is
more of the type used in Eastern waters
than any ever built here her beam being
very great and her depth shallow She
would hardly do for the lower bays, but is
admirably adapted for the rivers and
sloughs about Stockton, where she will be
used.
GAME IN GREAT BRITAIN-A English
exchange gives the following as an esti-
mate of the consumption of game in Great
Britain, which it states has increased two.
thirds during the last thirty years "The
numbers estimated for 1850, are so, 600
grouse and black game, at As per bird,
fl02, 600; 376, 900 partridges, at 2s. f37,-
500 335, 900 pheasants, at As, f67, 600;
500, 600 hares, at IS Cd, EST, 500; 5000, 900
rabbits, at Is cd, SGT, 500; total head,
9, 73l 900; total value, f36l 600; to which
is added 100000 for woodcocks, snipes,
wilk ducks, ETC."
CouRsING.-J. F. Carroll and P. Lyman