Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-04-24
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FLIGHT OF WILD DUCKS.
The Canvasback Said to BE Good Il
Eighty Miles an Hour.

The Canvasback Said to BE Good for
Eighty Miles an Hour.
While reporter talked to a promi-
nent member of the Wawaset Gun club
the other day, the conversation turned
on the speed of wild ducks, subject
in which the gunners of this city seem
particularly interested, and one on
which there is some diversity of opin-
ion. The member said:
II have held my watch on several
kinds of ducks and geese, but the main
part of what am going to tell you
comes from several old hunters who
have favored me with their expert
ences, and one of these old timers in
letter says: I can tell you just about
to the sixty-third part of q dart how
much space any one of them can get
over in an hour. There is not rail-
road train that can hold candle to
one side of the slowest duck that flies.
1.-THE canvasback can distance the
whole duck family, if it lays itself out
to do it. When this duck is taking
things easy, enjoying little run
around the block, as it were, it goes
through. the air at the rate OF about
eighty miles an hour. II it has bust
ness somewhere and has to get there,
it puts two miles back of it every min
ute, and does it easily. If you don't
believe this, just fire square at the
leader in string of canvasbacks that
are out on q business cruise some time.
Duck shot travels pretty fast, but il
you happen to hit one, you see if it is
not the fifth or sixth one back of the
drake or leader. A drake does not al.
ways lead, but it generally does il
there is one in the flock; if there are
more they will seldom take the lead.
If you wish to bring down the leader
you must aim at space of at least
eight feet ahead of him, and if he falls
you will find him a long distance
probably two or three squares off, .
1.-THE mallard is a slow one; it is al
he can do to make a mile minute
but he can do it if he wants to. Hi
regular rate is about forty-five mile
per hour.
THE black duck is slow coach
He is about as good as the mallard, ant
the fintail widgeon and wood duel
cannot do much better. The red heat
can 90 easily and make ninety mile
J an hour as long as he likes, all day
necessary. The blue winged teal AM
its beautiful cousin, the green winge'
teal, can fly side by side for hundre
miles in an hour and take it easy.
The gadwale, you see them her
very seldom, though we'll known fun
Their west on the Allegheny river an
at Kishammock, though looking lik
, the mallard, is smarter duck an
harder to shoot. It can make ninet
miles in an hour and not try hard.
Maybe you think a goose can't fly
Why, it can double the speed OF tn
fastest trains on any of our railroads
OF course mean a wild goose. Wei
J. it has big corporation, but it can g
from feeding ground to feedin
ground SO suddenly that it fools on
}. best wing shots.
IF you see flock of honkers mo-
ing along SO high up that they seel
a to be scraping the sky with the
\ backs, YOU would not think that the
!. we're making close on hundred mill
\ an hour, but they are. The wild goo!
9 is not much ON foot, but itmeans bus
ness every time.
: 1.-The broad bill goose comes next
. the canvasback duck in speed. P,
? the two together and in an hour Il
broad bill would not be more than te
, miles behind.
=, s"This information has been derive
q from experience and correspondent
with life long gunners, and any gu
ner will tell you that what have 50
y hits the mark very close. "-Wilmin
y ton News. ssr
I, =. :. ........
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