The morning call., 1890-08-17
might have something to say to their stand
ing the wear and tear so well.
THE GUN.
A Contest Between CIubs-A Letter of
Explanation.

A Contest Between CIubs-A Letter of
Explanation.
One Of the most interesting pigeon-shoots
of the season will take place on August
3Oth at the Oakland Trotting Park. The
contest will be between the Alameda and
San Francisco Gun clubs, ten picked men,
bers from each club to shoot for trophy
and each to have fifteen birds. II. c.
Golcher will act as referee and American
Association rules will govern. The follow
ing sportsmen will compose the San Fran
cisco team: r. A. Eddy, Il. II. Gellett, F.
S. Butler, f. w. Tallant. +. S. Sanborn, K
b. Woodward, +. l.. Wooster. j. *. Orr, b.
3. Gellett Jr. and f. K. Webster. EDWARD
Donohue will act as reserve man aud wal
ter Haskell will captain the Alameda team.
Saturday next the San Francisco Gun
Club will have its final shoot of the season
at Oak land Track.
The pigeon shots over in England seem
TO question Captain Bremer's prOwess at
the traps, and the following cut from let
ter by ''Blue Rock" in tie Shooting Times
is to the point:
Now, if The Captain thinks he can XIII ninety
BIRDS out of 100 In November as he says, and In
London the writer OF this will bet him eloo he
cannot, to ind the "dickey BIRDS" fIOm five
traps thirty yards rise, and Will post $50 at
once in your hands, or with the editor of the
Sportsman, to bind the match. The birds sha II
find him Will not be The sort he shot In Australia,
what he shoots at in America. Oh, dear, mol
In q recent eQlLlO0 OF the American lelu
the following appears:
The Impression prevails among some people
that the decision OF the United States Supreme
Court In the Iowa whisky case has wiped out the
section OF the law in those States which pro-
hibited the game of the State from being shipped
out OF the State, and that the Interstate Com
MERGE Bill before Congress Will have tue same
effect. Taking the late decision OF the supreme
Court of Illinois as basis, the impression is
erroneous. Congress can legislate only Tor
articles OF commerce between States, but the
not article OF commerce, II is not af1ected IN
either instance referred 10. In whisky food ana
other articles OF commerce, the 0 is an ndylduai
proprietary right; IN game there Is not. Game
belongs to The people OF the State, and they nave
the right 10 impose such conditions as they may
see iii, IN granting The privilege 10 shoot II, ana
among such conditions, that 1t shall not be an
article OF commerce and shall not be taken out
OF the State
The following in self-explanatory:
Sporting Editor CdlI-SIR: Referring to the
extract from Forest and Stream. in your issue oil
the 18th inst, think 1t is necessary TO corr ect
the gross misstatemen!s made by MIR. Horace ii
Briggs. How man Of his intelligence can lend
himself to such business Is mystery. Az
least half the members OF the SpOrtsmen'
Protective Association are native Caifornians.
young men OF good moral character and stand
Ing in the community, who venture 10 say
right here compare favorably with any one,
for every man has visible means OF support.
not more than 10 per cent OF foreign birth,
and am sure may claim for them also favor
able comparison as sp0rtsmen and gentlemen.
Va
Union They are all practical sportsnen' ana
not of the "a steam beer" class.
Some men who scarcely ever hunt, except on
paper, should be The last TO accuse respectapio
young men Of being malcontents aud law-break-
Forest and Stream would have IL that the dis
| puted property comes under the protection Of
the law, while the Tact Is the so-caled preserve
clubs are violating the spirit OF the law by claim
Ing right 10 the Wild fowl and other game 10 De
| found Oh these salt marshes and uninclosed
| land, without any warrant of law, and certainly
Without moral or equitable Justification.
The folowing acf which went Into elect May
! 30, 1874, clearly denues The rights oil all wel-
| conducted citizens who MAY wish TO enter into
the healthful recreation OF the sports OF the field
| VIZ: "An act To prev, ut hunting and shooting
on private lnclosed grounds, and the DESTRUCTION
oil growing timber on private grounds IN CO tain
counties oil this State"
| Section /. IL shall not be lawful for any per-
| son or persons 10 enter upon any inclosed lana
belonging 10 or occupied by another for The pur-
pose of hunting with dogs, or TO Shoot kill, lake
| OF destroy any Kind OF game, 10 enter upon
private lands. whether lDclosed or not, Tor the
purpose oil telling or destroying trees, 10 extract
| honey. or other purposes, without first having
obtained permission from the owner or agent OIL
! such owner or pOssesSOr.
/ have spoken TO tie owners OF such marsh
lands and they nave said that they could not or
| der hunters OIL the waste land owned by them,
even II taey desired 10 do so, as the law clearly
defined The privileges OF incUsed or uninclosed
| lands
Aud am further satisfied, from what hear
| OF the Hon. Senator from Nevada. that lie would
| not be willing party TO the selfish and Illegal
acts OF the so-called preserve clubs II lie under
stood what was Intended at the time.
Mr.. ii. H. Briggs has been advocating this per-
ncious foreign idea for some time and, In the
| absence OF argument, has recourse to vulgar
! abuse. When lie "dubs' The editor Of Shooting
| ami Fishing as ''lhoughlless" and 'lnconsld-
crate" IL Is time to drop him. Fortunately mere
| where lie Is known, his words have little weight,
but to readers of Forest and Stream, american
| Field. Shooting and Fishing aud such Journals,
II is necessary that our motives should be under.
stood. We ase satisfied 10 be fairly eiiticized