Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-21
SPORTING NOTES.

ana attempted TO SnOcb over Inem WITHOUT
rebreaking, must have been impressed
with the lack of field knowledge they have
displayed that is, field knowledge as we
understand it, and in it's adaptation to
to sporting in this country. 1t has been
my fortune to shoot over a number of for
eign broken dogs, and l must say | have
never seen one that was what we call
broken. Nor am | alone in this experience,
as one of our largest importers wrote me
some time since to the same effect. The
dogs we both referred to have come from
the most noted kennels, were broken by
breakers of the highest reputation, and
some of them have won az English field
trials, thus proving their quality in
comparison with other dogs there. We
cannot suppose English breakers ignorant of
their business, or that English sportsmen
would shoot over dogs that did not fully
meet their requirements, SO we must look
elsewhere for an explanation of the exhibi-
tion | have spoken of, and | think we
shall find this in the different work re-
| quired in the two countries, and the
different manner in which the dogs are
kept and handled. think English sports.
men demand less from their dogs than we
do from ours. / think, too, there is less
general attention paid to them, less com.
panionship allowed by breakers, and as we
know that dogs and all other domestic ami
mails improve by association with man,
it is natural that those which are not
admitted to such will lack in instructive
| ability for service and in the develop
ment of their highest faculties, when
compared with dogs that, as IN this coun-
try, are made more or less the daily COM
panions of their masters ii Arnold Burgess.
A correspondent of the american Field
writes from Quincy, Ill. "a friend of mine
recently related to me some facts that came
under his personal observation. which dis
closed novel and strange method of fishes
obtaining their food-at least it was strange
and novel to me. My friend was in pur-
suit of ducks, and had stationed himself
close TO small pond or lake, probably
about twenty-five or thirty yards across.
The pond had been frozen over, but several
warm days had melted the ice around the
edges, leaving narrow space of open
water all around the pond between the ice
and the bank. Along the banks of the
pond a variety of weeds were standing,
which were well laden with fine seeds.
His attention was attracted by
slight splashing noise upon the side
of the lake opposite to where
he was standing 1t seemed as though fish
were jumping out of the water and falling
back again. He passed cautiously around
the pond where he could make close in
spection, and witnessed, to his surprise,
fish jumping out of the water, sezing the
seed. laden branches of the weeds in their
jaws, and after momentary suspension
between heaven and earth, dropping back
into their native element. My informant
watched the curious proceeding for some
time, and satisfied himself the fish per-
formed the strange act to procure the seeds
from the overhanging weeds? Have any of
your readers ever seen or heard of simi-
lar proceedings"
Edward Hanlan, champion sculler of the |
world, sailed for England, January 7tb, on |
the steamer City of Chester He is matched J
to row r. w. Boyd, for f500 side, April |
81, over the Tyne Championship Course, |
from the Mansion House to Scotswood |
Suspension Bridge. As nearly as can be |
learned from conflicting published state |
ments, the Sportsmdns Cup, which is |
claimed to be representative of the cham |
pionship of England, will be rowed for a |
few weeks later. Following this we have a |
proposed grand regatta, similar to that |
rowsd on the Thames, November, 1880, |
with Hanlan, Ross, Boyd, Trickett, Ken /
nedy, Davis, Hosmer, Smith, Goodwin, Rix,
Largsn, Audley, Perkins and Bubear, as
probable or possible starters. From these |
races Hanlau must hasten home, as his i
match with Ross is set for June
10th. Next he will appear in |
exhibitions ON the Red river, at Winnipeg,
Manitoba, June 29sh, Both and July lst
and a month later intends to row race
with Trickett, on Canadian waters With
these events already fixed, and Others in
prospect, the champion will have busy
season.-[N. Y. Spirit.
Ferd w. Peck, of Chicago, writes to the
Americaa Field that he was the recipient,
January 10th, from 7. I. Proctor, of
wall-eyed pike, weighing eleven pounds,
Peck states that it is the largest fish of
that variety he has ever heard of, and very
inquiries if anyone can beat it.
The same gentleman recently received
pickerel, also caught in Lake koshkenong,
sixteen and one.quarter pounds
and frem Walter Peck, 2 piekerel, caught
in La Belle lake, at 0conomowoc, Wis, F:
weighing eighteen pounds.
The Michigan State championship medal /
which has been going the rounds of the G
pigeon shooters for the last nine years has |
at last been retired permanently by Ed {
ward Gilman, he being the first man able {
to score three consecutive wins out of over t
200 contestants for it, the last of which oc. G
CURED December l2sh, at Hamtramb Park, /
with the following score /: Plunge traps, /
26 yards rise, with use of but one barrel II
Gilman 10 Barber 10, Eldridge 9, Jewett /
!, Long 7, Cole 8, St. Aubln 4, Medzker 4, Ii
Ssenton g. In the shooting off, Gilman 5, i
Barber 5 but on second shoot-otf Gilman t
killed 4. while Barber missed all. III
There is told the story of Newfoundland 5
log, which accompanied its master and s
mistress every night to the door of the r
Ring Theater in Vienna, and waited for a
heir coming out Ga the night of the t
burning of the theater he accompanied t
hem as usual to the entrance. He is still o
stationed there waiting SO patiently for d
hose who will never more come to meet n
lim, and cannot be induced to leave the d
ipot or even to take food or water. h
A sixteen yesr-old girl in Kansas City is