Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-01-04

). ,. " llklns, ~. " !. miller,
J. s. MenkenS w. j. Crawford
The members are assessed S22 year.
Beaver Dam lake is a splendid body OF
water, a mile wide and seven miles long,
in Tunica county, forty-three miles south
of Memphis, on the line OF the Louisville,
New Orleans and Texas RAILROAD,
three miles east, Of Austin, land
ing on the Mississippi river, in
Tnnica county. The club has secured
a, lease upon it for ten years, and has
built an elegant clubhouse on an eminence
about 100 Yards from the lake and about
the same distance from the railroad.
THE CLUBHOUSE
is in charge of professional cook, John
Cornelius, who receives good salary and
is always ready to entertain members of
the club, who pay Fifty cents day each
for themselves and their boatmen. This
is applied to fund for replenishing the
larder. There is ample house and bed
room for twelve persons, and many more
could be provided for with very little
trouble, though 1t is rare thing for so
great number to be present at one time.
The members go in pairs or in squads,
and in season AT least four may always be
found there. None except members are
allowed to hunt in the lake except visit
ing sportsmen, who are at all times well
and three dug-outs for the use of the
DUCK HUNTERS AND FISHERMEN.
Beaver Dam bayou, which is narrow,
deep stream, is full Of fine fish, trout,
perch and bass being found in the greatest
abundance. The country around the lake
affords rare sport of another kind. There
is large pecan grove in which squirrels
may always be found, and turkeys and
deer are also plentiful. 1t is a fine field
for the trapper, the shore of the lake being
dotted with the houses OF the beaver,
which are built about ten feet above the
water and where the young are easily
reared. Muskrats can be seen .. anv
| time. The members VI the club are ali
clever uI.,smen and have gone into the
, --name with the greatest energy
FBf cScreiA nucs;sG CLUB
is another OF equal r,,..on,inenee. 1t has
its headquarters at Osceola, Ark, and a
! C.sgIuriiodious clubhouse twenty miles west
of that place, in the Sunk Lands south of
the Pemiscot country, and forty miles
south OF the Missouri iine. Among the
members are Mt. BARD Edrington, Mr. F.
| 2. Postor, Judge C. w. Heiskell and the
: Tate brothers. The membership is limited
/ to twenty, and the number on the roll at
/ present is fifteen, and they have access to
| probably the finest ducking grounds in
! the United States. The only obiccticn is
its inaccessibility, and even that cannot
be urged as an objection, for the reason
! that
1T is LESS VISITED
than any other good place in the surround
ing country. 1t is necessary to take Il
boat and go to Osceola, and travel thence
| across the country in wagons. The
! land is low and swampy. A quantity OF
wild rice has already been ordered by this
club and the Beaver Dam club, TO besowed
about the hunting grounds. 1t is the
| favorite food of the ducks. The clubs
| named have formed a sort OF copartner-
| ship by which any member OF either club
may shoot upon the ground OF the other.
The principal sport about the Sunk Lands
is duck shooting, but other game, such as
turkeys, deer and bear, is abundant. The
principal place for big game. in that local
ity, however, is the Tyronza, about thirty
miles from the city, on the Kansas City
and Memphis railroad.
THE ARKANSAS PRAIRIE CLUB
is the oldest of them ALL 1t had its
| twelfth annual hunt last November. The
members are:
Rw dy:n,dH Mitchell Pres B MMfSsE vpres
Geo. Mitchell, b. II. Poston,
5. P Walker, 1. B. Mcfarland,
" " Il b. layiH1i Mallory, Il: L. 7. oISfe Pipei,
DIR. j. w. Maddin, of Nashville.
The latter is an honorary member fol
life and invariably present. This club
like both the others. has a standing invita-
ton to all sportsmen to join them. TheiI
hunts usually last week, and the cost i;
$50 member. They so sometimes by
rail, and often by boat up White river
every November to
GRAND rRAIRIE,
the hunting ground, carrying with them
cooks, hounds, horses, dogs and tents, oi
| which they have five-three large army
tents and two smaller ones. Grand Prairie
is thirty miles wide by ninety miles long
and is intersected by both the Clarendon
Narrow gauge and the Memphis and Lit
tie Rock railroads, both of which, with the
Lee Line OF steamers and the White river
packets, give excursion rates.
PRAIRIE HUNTING
is of all field sports the most delightful
and luxurious. The huntsmen travel in
spring wagons with Irish, Laverac, Level
lyn and native settlers, and also pointers
ranging in front and on either side. When
staunch point is made the hunters alight
and fire right and left at the coveys, which
are then marked down. They then noun,
again, ride to the scattered birds and re
Sullc tiiS SptIl. It W lilt
sit down at night are enough to make an
epicure smack his lips by the bare men
ton. Besides the good things they carry
over, they have eight or ten kinds of game
at each meal-wild turkey, goose, prairie
chicken, quail, snipe, duck, deer, 'possum
rabbit and occasionally woodcock. The
latter, however. is a rare bird, and must
be shot in their migratory flights. There
are as
MANY CRACK SHOTS.
in Memphis as anywhere in the country
Among them may be mentioned, as head
ing the list, Br. ID. d. Saunders, Mr.. Ar
thur Merriman, Judge w. W. Mcdowell
and Mr.. G. w. Metcalf. On the 4th o.
July last, the two latter. being amateurs
and not wishing TO engage i'll public shoot
ing contests for money with professionals
reluctantly declined a match at 100 pigeons
each against DIR. w. F. Carver and Bogar
dus, proposed TO have been shot ON hall
way ground in Kentucky, for purse o
$1,000. The best deer hunters are A. C.
Treadwell, John 0verton, jr., r. IL. Wea
yer, DIR. Saunders and DIR. X. w. Mitchell
The late Mr.. Bronson Bayliss was lie.
long lover of the sport, an excellent shot
,~3ossosSs kept
s,oner IL AcK OF FINE HousDs.
t;n. ~. Lossuost os with Col. Enoch Ensley
, '',as roa 10, :, ;,ti deer are plentiful. Lares
! ! lied compaIik
Pittsburg, Ja
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