The morning call., 1890-12-02
GAME AND FISH.
How City Hunters Enjoy Them.
selves in the Tules.
Duck-shooting From Dinkey Is Considered
Very Exciting Sport-Good Grilse Fish
ing at BOlinas.

e. Last Friday William Patched, the champion
nailard caller. Captain c. +. Smith, Colonel p.
Bofand, DR.. Thomas Cline and Inspector 7.
. brady visited Chilson's shooting grounds, which
are northwest of Byron Station, on the Sacra-
mento River. with the intention of reducing the
Numbers. of the Duck family of that region.
= The hunters were supplied with skifs. or, IN
. The yeTnacnlar of The professional duck hunter,
"dRikeys" which are as elddy as Tue Single
Shells used by oarsmen.
:; -: HE WAS EXPERIENCFD.
=: Only one man among The contingent OF sports
Men-P.itchell-bad experienced voyage i'll one
of these frau crafts and he assured his friends
: That by exercising little care the tne-splitters
Were perfectly safe, and, 10 use his own words,
=, HARMLESS.
=; All well and good. Early last Saturday morn
= Ing. when The atmosphere was decidedly sharp
vel thTfouslly inyigorating, Patched, Boand
and Cline set out in their ''dinkeys' for the
.shoatng gtdunds. Smooth sailing was the order
nli5ifthe Jules were reached. then "tall'' pushing
: t0llOwed. PatcleB was In The lead and was cut
ting big fNrfows In the tue grass when he heard
splash and cultural remark, which sounded
like ''---," coming from The rear. He peered
Through the covert, and In the dim light east
d. by lie descending moon, disceIned something
splashiDg III The water, which, on further inyes
tigaifon, proved To be his dear friend Boland,
who was l.lsng like a leach 10 the stalk OF
waller lily, his jaws moving with the speed OF
nroiher-n-iaw's and his teeth Gathering at rate
which would make Iegimenta drummer blush
All, Colonel; is that you?" shouted Patchell
as lie Shot his skin alongside the almost sub
bGy?"
PHASE PULL ME ASHORE.
= The Colotel recovered his equilibrium when
he heard Tie voice of his chum, and In a FAINT
way calculated: "Bill, Tor heavens sake pull me
-aShole; am frozen up 10 Ihe roofs OF my hair"
. Twas difficult task TO get The Colonel ION
in ItfnFr nod
Shooting gteunds the web footers' had lett for
their mornings pick In Tire fields.
The day was cold and The Colonel longed for
Ills happy home and ''stay-in-the-city" friends.
Presently flock of maliards shot over the hunt
ers' he ads ana TWO reports from PatchePs gun
sounded IN The crisp atmos phere. The birds cOn-
tinled in their basty flight, not a feather was
seen 10 fail. The Colonel was very cold Indeed
Having lost his courage ana his fayofite bottle,
lie determined at all hazards 10 make strike
for camp. DR.. Cline had become tired OF the poor
prospects of the shoot aud volunteered TO escort
The ColOnefto dry land Patched remained at
''tiie pond, until The flight OF The birds had
ceased; but wien he returned 10 headquarters his
CLOTHES looked heavy and cnlll,' and when III
:sIector Drady-who remained lat home" pur-
posey to the chef Of The bueolle culinary
del Uncut IN The intrinsic ways of cooking a
~neti 0foiitan beefsteak-asked him for an ex-
= ;IlaE alton. Mr.. Patched, i'll a most unassumng
and sell -cOmposed manner said:
-t.-:;.-.- HE WAS AN OLD SOLDIER.
:: FtBoys, j am an Old soldier In 'dinkey' rowing
and i caDuoi, with all due respect myself, tell
you rhaI leli oul, and hope you Will radon
me " hen DO say thai lealied into the river 10
sasea poor, unfortunate, wounded bird from the
:: palntul agony OF llngeI ing DEATH"
; Some OF The hunters IIed their luck The follow
ing day and succeeded IN grassing quite a num-
bet OF bllds MI. Fatclell hulshlng up the sport
with high bag.
James 5. Watson. is expecting brace OF Thor
tousltbred settlers Ihe arrival OF the ship Gras
Sengale from Liverpool, England. Mr. Watson
has imported some good dogs from across the
waller, one OF which was Black Joe, "a very excel
lent pointer.
=. A CATCH OF GRILsE.
johnny Butler and Al Wilson had excellent
hShEug near BOlInas last Saturday ana sunday
Ilrey angied fol glilse, "ud returned with fifteen
1t>h, The average Size OF which was three pounds
1he spoon did the work.
.SmtilAnd ballue tired every means possible
: Ito tempt some OF The "silyered sides" which Wis
lied Gamdlp pals Slough last sunday to partake Of
= fancy lures. King Salmon refused TO be fooled,
but catfish and crabs made matters decidedly
aIeraydiinG tUr The anglers who hoped Tor better
luck next TIME
=. MI. John Gallagher caught nine very nice
: grllse last Thursday IN 1amalpais Slough.
Dr.. Dean aud a lGiend basheted thirteen grilSe
. fEal dNeraseQ TWO pounds, last Sunday, al Lark
SPUR.
= THE MAN WITH TIRE GUN.
q. Tie Vallejo Chronicle OF last SATURDAY, Noyem-
Der 29th, says:
. Hunters gong up III the preserves" near Corde-
liza wifi DE met 10y huge fellow with big
: slIshooier Strapped to his side aud club In his
hand: Whether by the force OF arms he intends to
keep men from shooting on the grounds not is
: not'kn0wn. Vallejo parties up there Ihank sgiving
day. were ordered OF the grounds under penalty Of
arrest The hunters succeeded in convincing the
Fran that they had right TO be there and were
therefore not molested.
=. Quite a number of hunters, non-members OF
preserve" clubs shot on the Zeal aud Cordelia
Grounds last sunday; made good bags and re-
. tuiied home without having met any opposition
from game keepers.
lie Napa Register says: Eight live surgeons,
vary lug IN length from 10 to 80 Inches were In
tank; ip:. The baggage car of Friday mornings
E am: Trey were in charge OF I. b. Hutchinson,
and:%lll be placed in Alexander Badlam's trout
: pbnds at Arcadia. The hsh were caught near
: vallejo" Ii Is said That Mr.. Badiam intends TO
eftei INTO the business of canning sturgeon for
chinese markets.