Omaha daily bee., 1890-01-19
The LOCAL WORLD OF SPORT
A Case In Which Jack was Better
Than His Master.
THE TWIN CITIES SUPERB GALL.
Rights Of the Western Association
Latest From Baseball Circlcs-The
Squared Circle, h Gun and
observation-disclosures,
Teaching the Young Idea.

A few mornings ago Nathan Shelton and
John w. Petty, with their sons Nat aud
johnny, started cut for the hunting grounds
below Bellevue on a rabbit hunt. They went
IN u dandy wagon behind MIR. Shelton's mag
~niiicent bays and their destination,
Tzschuck's island, three miles below the
historic village above mentioned, was
reached quite early in the morning.
The day was quite cold and they
got chilled to the marrow before they
reached the end of their journey. They got
there, however, in good shape and eager for
the chase. They were Informed by the ma
tives that the most successful way to hunt
rabbits was to board q farm wagon and
standing up, drive through the low willows
and grass and shoot the cottontails as they
emerged from their hiding places.
All correct. A wagon and a driver were
secured and a hasty break made for the rab
bit patches. TIT boys were placed one on
each side of the wagon and the old profess
sional rabbit hunters, as Petty and Shelton
are known to be, stood close behind to give
them the necessary instructions and to allow
them to bag the first game, as the hunt was
gotten up for their especial pleasure. Every
thing ship-shape, away the old farm wagon
went and tho hunting grounds were shortly
reached.
Suddenly the driver yelled: "Look out!
There goes one; and there is anotherl
Shooti shootl" And true enough, the rab-
bits were darting away on ali Sides. .
Bangl bang! popl popl went the boys
guns and as many rabbits went somersault-
ing over into the dead grass and weeds,
never TO hop again. Out of the wagon the
boys tumbled, gathering up the game, and
on they went, and again the rabbits began
to jump and the guns to bang. For four
long hours the sport continued, and in that
time the wagon bed was almost filled.
The game was plenty and the boys shot
like a couple of Bogarduses of Carvers, and
occasionally the old vets would tumble over
a colonial. Shelton, ST., said that shoot
ing rabbits from q wagon beat hunting
tigers from an elephants back in India all
hollow.
One of the most amusing incidents Of the
hunt was the old warrior Petty shooting ten
or a dozen times at an old cottonwood stump,
off about twenty-five yards. He took it for
a rabbit. Finally he swore it must be dead,
and he ran forward to discover that he had
been shooting at a stump. Was he mad
event was Shelton firing at q rabbit and
breaking one of his propellers, and as IL
hobbled off, he jumped from the wagon and
took after, declaring that he would have
And away he ran, his coat-talls standing out
straight behind, the sand flying in all direc-
tions, and his gum boots rafting among the
dry sticks like q pair Of castanets. Bang!
crack bang went his pumper at every other
bound, but 1t was no use, and he returned
empty-handed, but with an abbreviated coat.
tail, a tattered pair of unmentlonables, and
one bootleg half torn of. The last seen OF
the demoralized rabbit he was limping off
over the sand hills at the rate of O mile a
minute.
The two boys made o vast deal OF
sport Of pater familias, telling them that
they couldn't shoot a little bit, and that they
had better get ''nigger shooters" and con-
fine themselves to English sparrows in the
streets at Omaha. Matte Shelton is attend
ing the military academy, and when he puts
q gun TO his shoulder he means business,
while Johnny Petty is "a chip of Of the old
block" which is all that is necessary to say.
About 4 o'clock the party tired Of the
sport, and returning to the farmers cabin
partook of q bountiful repast, then hooked
up the bays and skipped tor home, and they
do say that the two old professors have had
the grippe ever since.