Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-02
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He KILLED THEM Ala night or
two since 1 was down visiting Captain
Fitzgibbon, the gentleman and sports
man. who can rekill his bird and re-
catch his trout over the festive board or
around the cheerful fire, with happy
knack equaled by few and excelled by
none. In the course of the evening the
Captain told me some of his experiences
while using the rod and gun during the
thirty years he has been engaged in build
ing up his reputation as an accomplished
sportsman. One of these | recollect ran
thus. but to fully appreciate 1t enc
should see the round, jolly face and
hear the mirthful voice as he goes through
all the motions. A year or two ago Pat
Cravens, of Madison, was up at the club
for the spring shooting. Know Cravens,
don't you? No? Hes the best fellow in
the werld-best in the world. But he's
near sighted-can't see a thing, hardly.
The birds were rising by hundreds from the
rice, but all of them out of gunshot, four
or five hundred yards. But Pat didn't
know, or didn't care for that. He pulled
the gun to his shoulder and shot at every
batch that rose. Of course he never hit
anything, but he enjoyed it. Wen,
we kept on, Pat shooting right
and left, until at last we came
in sieht of deserted hunters camp. There
was the deserted hut with the smokeless
chimney, Just as they had been left by the
departed inhabitants, and there on the
river IN front of the house were the wooden
decoys, fifteen or twenty of them, deserted
with the other things. As soon as | saw
the decoys, kept close watch on Pat.
He didn't see them at first, but as soon as
he did, up came his gun, and he cut into
them with both barrels, Then turning to
me, and jumping up and down. he ierked
out, so excited he could hardly speak,
are they@ They're wood duck, said 1.
8 Well, old boy, says he, I've killed EN-
all. - Hunt, OF Indianapolis, IL Chicago
Field.
An INTELLIGENT CRANE.-An exchange
tells a remarkable story Of the patience and
of crane. We have often
seen these birds in confinement, and can
testify that they are expert mousers, but
we must confess that the statement that
the bird connected the trap and the mouse
US a little. Listen to the tale
q A large and handsome whooping stork
can be seen daily strutting around the yard
at the residence of Professor Paige, in
Council Bluffs, la. The bird was purchased
by the Professor during visit to Mexico
some months since, and has become quite
At tt,,e
is a good fat mouse Mrs. Paige
has a small wire trap in the house, and
whenever a mouse happens to wander
therein he becomes q sweet morsel for his
The other day Mrs. Paige no.
ticed the bird standing near the barn watch
ing intently at . small hole leading beneath
the building. The stork remained in an
attitude Of watchfulness for nearly half an
hour and Mrs Paige, becoming curious,
concluded to watch and see what
followed. Finally she saw a mouse
creep into sight from under the barn,
and the same instant the intelligent
sUork pounced down upon the mouse and
took him in killing it first, then eating
it. After performing this intelligent feat
the stork resumed his vigilance at the
mousehole, and after watching sharply for
over an hour he seemed to grow weary Of
his work or get out of patience, and march
ing to the house entered the kitchen, and
picking up the mouse-trap from which he
had so often been fed, he returned to the
barn and set the trap down near the hole,
evidently approaching the use OF the trap
and believing that 1T would catch mouse
for him"
THE Boat RACE.-The so-calIed inter
national beat race on the Marin shore took
place GU the 9th, and ended by Cotsford
rolling out of his boat at the mile-and-a-
half post. The pull was for three miles,
with a turn, best and best boats, and was
supposed to be for $1,000 side.
Cotsford halls from British Columbia,
and Stevenson from California. Cotsford
pulled BIG paper boat, once used by
Hanlan and fine specimen. Stevenson
had IS foot paper shell of ordinary quail
ity. The tide ran strong. The British
Columbia man got off best, leading Steven
son by the advantage of catching the stroke
on the word He rowed on the start
thirty four stroke, at the end of a mile
on a thirty-six stroke, and kept it up for
mile and quarter. At that point Cots.
ford got into tangle with the flags, col
lided with the flag post on the turn and
capsized, and Stevenson finished in 20
minutes and IS seconds, Cotsford rowed
well, and showed that he could pull in al
most any water, and that capsize with
him is preventable at all times The be-
lief prevailed that his upset was purpose
full, though he and his hackers stoutly de-
MED it. Stevenson pulled better than any
expected, and proved to be strong, steady
and cautious workman with the SOULS.
ToRPID. "A correspondent, writing from
Lundy, Mono county, says he has st. Der.
nard S-months old puppy, which has been
fed on fresh beef ali winter and has APP
but is otherwise Well He wants to know
what to do for the dog He has scarcely
given details enough to enable any reli-
able reply to be returned, but it would be
well to physic the dog and cut down
his rations severely, substituting slightly
cooked Tor raw meat, and occasional wNrm
milk with dashes of sulphur. He wGil
probably find good results from a three
grain quinine pill twice every other day
until a change is apparent. If, however,
il is paralysis, better kill the deg and end
its useless existence. 1t is more likely,
however, to be the result of impure blood
and torpidity Of vital parts. Steaning the
hind parts of the body with hot wet
blankets will be found an excellent remedy
in many cases of this kind.
OpESIxG THE SEASON. opening of
the base ball season en- March 9th, in San
Francisco, under the California Base Ball
League, was not brilliant. The play was
between the Knickerbockers and the Ath-
eletics, and the score of neither was aston
ishing or more than average. Better play
was expected. The Athletics were de-
feated, and what good playing there was is
to be credited to the victors.
ACCEPTS Captain Mitchell, of Rich
mond, Va, has accepted ithe challenge OF