The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-14

visit their grape ranches, which, according
to report, nave been damaged muchly this
year by quails.
Yesterday few sportsmen who had a
few days holiday returned from the country
laden with game. Edward Thomas, George
Holmes and w. Short had two days shoot
in Livermore Valley and bagged more birds
than they knew what to do with. Their
friends were supplied with game bnt good
many of the birds were unfit for use and had
the weather exceedingly warm and that the
only time to enjoy quail shooting Is at early
morn or late in the evening.
Messrs. Stackford and Spencer have worn
ont two pairs of shoes each tramplng Inc
hills at the foot of Mount Hamilton. The
spo!tsmen enjoyed excellent shooting and
erased in grand style the young BIRDS,
| which were found exceedingly PLENTIFUL IN
| fact Stackford surprised himself by grass
ing nine out of twelve birds on the flrst
morning. Speaking of young birds MT.
! Stackford said that although it might ap-
| pear quite easy to stop youngster who had
| Just learned how to fly, practical sports
| man who has become accustomed to shoot
| ing switching quaiis will oltentlmes miss
the very easiest Of shots.
Mr. Spencer did fairly well, and would
| have probably shown up as large bag as
his companion at the end of the hunt had
| he been favored by nature with neither
| limbs pT0portionately as long as his shooI-
| ing friend. He, however, recommends all
| spCrt-men at this season of the year to have
| the soles of their shoes well supplied with
nails. Otherwise they will find mother
earth hard customer to sit upon.
The Sacramento Record Union OF last
Thursday says:
The first wild geese Of the season to make
| their appearance IN this locality passed low over
! the city yesterday, their familiar g hoDk arous-
| ing spOrlSmen from their morning maps. Iney
| were, of course heading southwark Tor the TUE
ntfnn In faV We ~ SInhhln- felug
| be thr0nged with geese, and the farmers boys
! will be hiding behind the fences and In the
| ditch with their old muZZle-loaderS, to eaten
| them on their morning and evening flights. Last
| year the geese came much earlier, several HOOKS
| having passed over tile city on the night OF the
| 17Ih of Auugst. Running back over the paper 5
| files for period OF fifteen years. they are found
| TO have presented themselves on the following
| dates: 1888, August 10Th; 1887, september
| 14th; 1886, september 18th; 1856, September
| 18th; 1854, September "a 1888, September
| 18TH; 1882, September 18TH; 1881, September
! Sd; 1880, September 17th; 1879, August 30th;
| 1878, September 6tni 1877, August 3lst; 1876,
| August 18th.
| The Pacific SpOrtsmen's Club of Saera-
mento is making preparations for the trap
shooting tournament to be held there under
the auspices of the State Sportsmen's Asso-
citation ON October Sth, 9th. 10th and 18th,
| Each day there will be llve-brd and mani
mate target matches for prizes.
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MADE.
| The management of the Boys aud Girls
| Aid s. ciety makes public ayowal OF its in
debtedness to DR.. r. II. Mcdonald for hay
| ing treated the children under its care to g
| sight of the Battle of Gettysburg Panorama,
! and to Neal Van D0orman for Il view of the
big trees exhibition at Ninth and Market
streets.