Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-26

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neous Items.
CHAMPION WING SHOT OF THE WORLD.
Captain A. n Bogardus, in recent let.
Ter to the american Field, says
notice in J our issue of May 9TH that
DR.. Carver is mentioned as the champion
wing shot of the world, and thas in your
previous issue some correspondent asks
why | sign myself champion wing shot of
the world. l would inform that gentle
man that 1 have held the championship of
America for twelve years, never having
been defeated during that time in a cham
pionship match and | am champion wing
shot of the world, as | won that title in
England in 1875 and also in 1875. When
ever l am defeated for the championship l
will waive all claim to the title and will
not sign myself as champion.
A few words with regard to my defeat |
by DR.. Carver. He had been in England |
for four years, in constant practice with
light gun, while had never shot match |
with light gun until met hira. l will |
make match with DR.. Carver, or any
man In the world, to shoot at one hundred |
pigeons each, for S., 600, under any rules, |
with the exception tnat where the rules !
specify light guns it shall be stricken out, |
each man to use any gun he pleases, the |
match otherwise to be strictly to rule. ,
As DR.. Carver is making capital out of |
our clay pigeon matches, and has offered to |
give any man in the world three yards ad-
vantage in rise, would say to that gentle
man : do not want the three yards ad- |
vantage, but will shoot him the same mum.
Der of matches on even terms, for from |
500 to $500 side each match each man
TO shoot any gun of any weight he chooses,
one and one-quarter ounces of shot, he to |
set traps for one-half the matches, and |
for the other half. l will shoot these |
matches just as soon as l complete my en-
gagement with the Golden West Combina- |
ton.
am ready to defend my title as cham
pion wing shot of the world at any time,
under the rules laid down to govern such |
contests. I have all the champion medals |
that have ever been shot for in the coun. |
try, and have always been ready to shoot |
under any rules; but | made a mistake |
when changed to light gun. Dr. Carver |
could not have won either of the matches |
shot under English rules, on the score, for
had | have shot my 10 pound gun would |
have scored ninety or upward. | will say,
however, that DR.. Carver is the best shot |
ever met, and in all the towns we visited |
after we got started offered to bet that he |
could beat any man in the town ten in each |
hundred, and shoot under the same condi- |
tions we did.
One word in regard to my poor scores in
our clay pigeon matches. 1t was caused |
by my using soft shot, some of the pigeons
being struck with three or four pellets of |
shot without being broken. After began |
to use chilled shot, No, 7, made much |
better scores.
THE BOSS FISH OF BIAXINCUCKEE.
A writer in the Forest and Stream tells |
of an experience he had at fishing on the |
Maxincuokee, lovely little lake in north. |
ern Indiana, as follows:
Once, when coming from three hours |
excursion, with at least twenty pounds of |
black bass and wall-eyed pike in the bot |
tom Of the boat, which my attendant was |
rowing at a lively rate abreast of rapidly |
gathering storm, one of my lines attached |
to rod and reel, and which was trolling, !
suddenly frightened and came near Jerking |
the rod into the lake.
Jewhillkins, Charles put the boat |
about. Got ten-pound bass on. julius
Caesar, how he pulls !"
1t was no easy task to stop and come |
round against the wind and make Roadway |
backward, so to speak, or hold the boat so |
that the game could be properly handled.
At least hundred feet of line ran ont be-
fore the maneuver could be executed. In
the mean time the line was pulled hiEher
and yon, the monster tugged and ierked,
the boat was hard to manage, the wind in.
creased every moment, and the now angry
waves rose and showed their white teeth
until it seemed that the elements and all
the accidents and incidents possible were
conspiring to prevent the capture of the
Sc boss fish of Maxincuckee.
But he was on, well hooked, in fact, as
was quickly shown, and unless we were
oapsized, or I was pulled overheard and
towed around the lake, it wouldn't do to
give up. Charles rowed with all his
strength, now on the right oar, now on the. |
left, according to orders, while l, braced |
in the boat, took advantage of every turn
to keep the line taut and hold the quarry
to his work.
Soon the rain came and the wind grew
furious, and the waves lesped into
our skiff like pirates Still the contest |
was kept up for twenty minutes, when we
cot the customer under control, and |
Charles, dropping his oars, seized the laud-
ing-net and deity thrust ton to slen- |
der, tenacious branch of a sunken tree |
That was all.
slam bang, exclaimed Sic transit gloria |
ulandi" and added feebly, wen go in to
supper.
FISH MATCHING.
The experiment of establishing fish |
hatchery is to be tried in Nevada county. |
The place selected is Shebley's, near the |
Greenhorn creek, which is also near Bear
river, which latter is the line between |
Nevada and Placer counties. The narrow.
gauge railroad runs right through the prop
erty, and of course convenient to the pro.
posed hatchery. The water there is pure
and clear with no danger of deposits of
foreign and huTtful substances in the |
streams. The location is suitable on ac-
count of climate. There is rarely any snow
there, and never enough to be troublesome
We do not know that there can be any
objection, from any one within the limits
of Nevada county, to this addition to the
industrial resources of Nevada county.
This hatchery experiment as yeti will pay
especial attention to the fine trout native
to the brooks of this section. But after
awhile the cultivation of carp and other
fishes may be tried there. OF course each
kind Of fish will be given separate pond.
The State Fish Commissioners are inau-
gurating this experiment j. A. Richard
son, man of experience, is attending to
this business at the present time.-[Ne.
vada Transcript.
SALMON In THE CoLUMBIA.-A Booth,
of Chicago, the pioneer in the salmon-csn-
ming business on the Columbia river, is
quite certain that salmon are rapidly de-
creasing in Oregon. He believes that the
stock of fish can only be kept up by arti-
fetal means. The cost to introduce 5,OOO,.
600 young salmon into the Columbia river
being S., 600, Mr.. Booth offers to be one Of
ten to advance funds for this purpose.
The yield IN good seasons is estimated at
100000.
THE WAR AGAINST THE ENGLISH SPAR
Row.-The Academy of Natural Sciences