The morning call., 1890-11-04
GAME AND FISH.
How q Preserve Club Furnishes
Trespassers.

| A club of sportsmen, known as the Coun-
| try Club, leased the vast estate OF Judge
| j. Mem. Shafter at Olema few months
| ago for shooting purposes. and placed game
! keepers thereon, with Instructions to arrest
| any one who is not member OF the
! club. found tresspassing on the prop
| erty. Notices were posted at the most on
! spicuous places, warning hunters off The
| grounds. and Dame Rumor says that the
| keepers have had lively time to comply
/ with the orders as laid down by their en-
| pl0yers.
For years young men who have fondness
| for field sports enjoyed many pleasant hours
| shooting quail, duck and Snlpe, which can
| be found plen,ifully on the demesne during
| the winter months. Since the land was
closed to all but the privileged sportsmen.
| who are, with few exceptions. residents OF
| this city, the country boys have become very
much chagrined, and some OF them have
| positively refused to obey the orders OF the
| keepers, who they say are very dOmineerlng
| in their commands--t0 git.
The result of the prospective warfare be-
| tween the residents of the rural districts
who have been denied rights to shoot on the
preserve and the gentlemen sportsmen who
have leased the property for a term OF years
will be watched with considerable interest
by sportsmen at large. Already the Coun-
try Club has shown the white feather, and
the general belief is that it will fail TO estab-
lish an English custom on American soil.
A few weeks ago popular young man
from Petaluma, who is widely known IN
that section of the country as the son OF
most estimable citizen, was visiting friend
at Oema, and during his leisure time
shouldered gun and sailed forth with the in-
tenton of shooting few quail for the break
fast table. He found his way into the pre-
serve aud had not fired more than two shots
vub ba x.yac I'D u a kaanar and
marily ordered off the premises. He obeyed
the order, but as he was returning to the
town Of Olema he bagged few birds, and
this terrible act resulted in his arrest.
The young and venturouS sportsman was
brought to San Rafael and imprisoned.
Friends secured his release on the following
day and his attorney Immediately demanded
a jury trial. This settled matters. The
club having evidently no desire to push the
case, had its attorney instruct the officials of
San Rafael to dismiss the case, saying that it
did not desire to prosecute the offender.
A. j. Smith of the Widgeon Gun Club and
Ed Kolb of the Olympic Club scattered shot
promiscuously, last Sunday, on the Alyiso
marshes. They went after canvasback
duck, but failing to bag other than wldgeon,
teal and sprg, they considered these birds
too common 10 bring home, and returned
with empty coat pockets.
Woodberry's assistant, William Shelley,
a Deputy Fish Commissioner, brought from
ALBANY, OIcgOu, lUTty mOHsuIitu pHtdSduLS
last week, which were distributed on the
Shafter and Haggn and Carr ranches.
Another shipment OF these birds will shortly
arrive. They will be liberated on the
Spring Valley Water COmpany's property.
Ed Briggs succeeded in dspatching an
enormous polecat last Sunday while hunt
ing quail on the Throckmorton ranch. be
caught the animal mapping, and as a result
the atmosphere was not tainted by that
powerful aroma which is not pleasant to
either man or beast
Several flocks of ducks and geese were
seen flying very low over the Noyaio
marshes last week. A few birds were
killed last Sunday by Staples and Scovern.
The latter also succeeded i'll bagging three
dozen Chinese .ployer, commonly known as
Morgan snipe" among the local nimrodS.
Al Newman had very nice quail shoot
Sunday morning at the foot of Whites
Mountain, short distance abOge San Ra-
fael. The gentleman hunted only few
hours and returned with two dozen birds.
Messrs. Cooper and McGovern bagged
twenty snipe last Sunday at Goodyear's
Station, SolanO County. On the same
grounds Messrs. w. Golcher and Charles
Lang cut short the twists of twenty-four
Eugllshmen.
GIilse fishing is said to be very good in
Salmon Greek, or at least at the mouth Of
the stream where it empties into Tomales
Bay.
Messrs. Ohm, Precht and Twitchell caught
some very nice grilSe at ShelyIlle last Satur-
day and Sunday.
Messrs. Rondeau and friend angled for
grilse in the N0vato slough, but returned
with anglers luck, viz: more water than