Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-19
FOREST ARD STREAM.

soup.
The pike or bass should never be intro
duced into waters where trout have pre-
viously been planted.
Lake Tahoe, according to Che local press
already affords good fishing. We hear OF
many Sacramentans intending to visit the
lake this season.
A French author says The lamprey
has all the bad qualities of the eel witnou;
any of the good" No one in California
Will dispute that assertion.
Two gentlemen fishing in the Ralstor
creek, tributary of the San Gregorio, 8
few days since, took lao fair-sized trout,
running ali the way from to 10 inches in
length.
Herr Won Behr, the most distinguished
of the German fish culturis.s, mentions the
catching of a California salmon in the river
Isa. 1t is believed that in time they will
work their way to the Black Sea.
When opened, cleaned and the interior
well rubbed with an even quantity of pull
verified sugar and salt, the transportation
of fish can be effected in warm weather,
and the flesh preserved fresh for two OF
three days.
The tules along the Sacramento river are
said to be already alive with young naallard
and teal. From this time out we expect to
hear, as the Pacific Life says, of the slaugh.
ter Of the innocents long before they are
| fit for the table. Il would not be becom-
ing in the California vandal gsme-ihief to
allow them to live for the pleasure or ben
eft Of the general public.
| Newton Hornbuckle caught trout few
days since near Baena Vista, Oregon, which
was covered with red spots instead Of black
ones. Several other instances are on rec
ord of red speckled trout being caught in
this section. An angler remarks that
either the front, like the leopard, can
,chapge its spots or else some Eastern
brook trout have been but in the Will
annette.
The Indians of the north, according tc
an exchange, are said to freeze the carp
and bring them to life again by thawinf
them gradually, and tha5 this method O.
transportation produces no i'll effects OF
them we are assured by an able author
Also that on their being returned to the
water they become as lively as ever. Ger
tainly the carp has tenacity Of life which
is only surpassed by the eel and catfish
and this renders the above remarks the
more easily accepted.
The sturgeon, which ia exceedingly plen
tiful, is among the most useful of fish
Every portion of the sturgeon is turned tC
profitable use. The roe, which ia developed
in astonishing quantity and closely resem
bles turnip seed in size and color, is mad,
into the famous caviare, 80 highly relisheG
by European gourmets. The air bladder
which is very large, is carefully dried fol
expectation, being used in the manufactur,
of gelatine aud the finer qualities of glue
The head, tail and skin, entrails and back
bone are tried out over slow fire, anG
yield considerable quantity OF oil, which
is in great demand by leather dressers
The refuse, after the oil has been extracted
makes valuable fertilizer for the farm.
Mr.. Graham, the celebrated trap.shoote
of London, has issued a challenge to tn,
pigeon. shooters of the world, to shoot a
100 birds for 81, 900 side. He invites Bo
gardus, DR.. Carver and Mr.. Mitchell to re
spond, and seems anxious for an American
competitor. Mr.. Graham also offers t.
make second match for 81 900 a side I'M
der the following conditions Mr.. Graham
to stand at twenty-six yards rise and use
one hand only, the other competitor tc
stand at thirty-two yards and use both
hands. The challenger is member of the
Union Gun Club of Hendon. His handicap
Is thirty yards, and on March 80, 1882, he
beat Mr.. johnson in one-hand match,
killing twenty-three out of twenty-five at
twenty-five yardg. Mr.. Graham also Won
a challenge cup at Hendon in October, kill.
ing nine straight at thirty yards, and in
November became the holder Of the War
ner Challenge Prize by killing eight at
thirey-one yards from field OF thirteen.
Mr.. Graham is also recorded as the winner
of several small affairs in the English pro.
vinces. This year, on the l4th of March,
he shot match at the Abbey Hey Grounds,
near Manchester, for ESQ, when he was
beaten by I. Rauthmell. They shot at 100
birds, at twenty-five yards, with half an
ounce of shot. The winner scored fifty
three out of 100, to Graham's forty three
out of ninety-one. The birds furnished
were described as one of the fastest lots
ever trapped at Manchester. No doubt
Bogardus and Carver will both accept the
glove thrown down by the British cham.
pion, and in either he will no doubt find a
competitor worthy his attention.
Mr.. Van Dyke, the popular California
writer on game and sports, thus beautifully
describes the California mountain quail,
and which cannot fail to please the many ad-
mirers of this fine bird: There is some-
thing inexpressively clever and attractive
about the mountain quail His ways are
so soft aud so artless he seems SO friendly
and confding at the very first acquaintance,
as if you were specially born for his bosom
| friend his soft chatter, no matter how
empty, falls so unsteady upon your ear
you almost see his bosom heave with emo
ton, aud dilate with intensity of friend
ship for you. Ard then, too, he has
such urgent business elsewhere the mo.
ment you want a special favor from him.
have never shot many of these charm.
| ing birds. | have never desired to. For
their hoodlum cousin Of the lower valley
feel no pity when his sauce.box is sud-
denly closed in mid. air. But the death
of the mountain quail causes in me no
feeling but sorrow. Often and often
do l meet them in the lonely mount
ain glen, by the clear, cold spring or
sparkling brooks of the higher attitudes,
along the lonely pine-clad hillsides, or in
the chaparral. clad gulches below. But !
ait down and watch them till the last one
steals twittering and rustling away, un.
shot at. Though their heads make the
fairest of marks for the rife, and have
often for fun covered it with the sights
at ten or twelve PAGES only, have never
yet pulled rifle trigger at one. But for
the shotgun, when one knows how to hunt
them and can get them on the right kind
of ground, they are indeed noble game.
Rock eel fishing receives considerable
attention of late, the Sportsman says.
They are principally found in the vicinity
OF Lime Point, Angel Island and about
Sauceiito. Horseshoe Cove is frequently
the scene of activity consequent upon
the presence of number of anglers
who have been induced to turn
their attention to this sport because of
their failure to find choics trout streams.
An excellent story is told at the expense of
a prominent merchant in this city, who
for the past two months has been a regular
visitor to the Saucelito shore, where he
claims TO have encountered q monster rock
eel. All endesyors to land the fish have
been Intellectual, and in the attempts
some twenty large-sized hooks have been
lost, not to mention broken rode, lost sink
ers and parted lines. He had the good
fortune to raise the enormous eel up to the
surface OF the water on one occasion, aud