The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-04
THE GUN.
Warm Weather Makes Quail Shooting
Hard Work.

Warm Weather Makes Quail Shooting
Hard work.
English snipe in fairly good number have
made their ppsarance on the marsh lands
adjacent to the Sacramento ana San Joaquin
rivers.
Mr.. Brown, agent for DR.. Carver, the
noted pigeon shot, says the London Shoot
ing Times, has left a challenge at the Office
of the New South Wales Referee to shoot
pigeon match with any man in Australia
under London Club rules for any reasonable
amount. and requests those DESTROYS of
making a match to signify their desire at
once by putting up forfeit a correspond
emit writing from Sydney, Australia, men
lions Dr., Carver being in that city, that he
had disbanded his VIII West Shoy, and
would probably shoot match with Mr.. l..
Clarke Of Melbourne for $1,000.
A Boston exchange truthfully remarks:
The sportsman tnds his pleasure in the
woods and fields with those Of MS like, or
with his dogs AS companions. With yacht
or canoe upon the lakes or streams, or with
rife upon the range, he is there ever the
same, a gentleman in all that the word i'm
plies. True it is that we sometimes find the
spurious article that IS maSquerlding as a
sportsman or as a gentleman. There never
was a genuine that counterfeit was not at
tempted; but there must be genuine or
else there can be no counterfeit.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Wilson of the Board
of Fish Commissioners received a letter
from prominent sportsman Of Grass Val
ley that Indians were Strengthening deer by
the wholesale and that the spOrtsmen of
the surrounding country, who observed the
laws, were indignant that such liberties
should be granted ''the native sons" The
Rico (COlO.) News of recent date has this 10
say:
There has been band OF about lhIrly-hye
bucks and seventeen squaws over on Beaver and
II ~ hp
wholesale. Tney were there about wO weeks,
and catllemen estimate that not less than 600
deer re Killed by them simply for.the hides,
for In many PAGES the carcasses were left TO
rot on the ground. AS the does usually have
two lawns, probably TO say that al least 1000
deer have thus been destroyed would not be far
wide OF the mark. w re IL not for his whole
sale 81 lighter, which Uncle Sam seems power
less 10 prevent, Dolores County, Colo, would be
one Of :he finest fields for spOrtsmen during the
brief season that white man is allowed 10 hunt
deer, in America.
However it thts slaughter is allowed to go on,
IL Will be but few years at best before there
will be no need OF game laws In that county for
either Tie White man or the redSktn. for there
wont be deer enough left II all were cOrraled IN
one township 10 justify a man going 90 miles
to hunt. II Uncle Sam can make laws govern
Ing a seli-supporlng white man why can't he
make the dependent red m respect the same
laws? The Government alone can prevent this
unlawful slaughter, and II should arouse from
Its ''dOn't care a copper" state aud do something
to save frOIl extinction what it'll large game
there is lett IN the remote portions OF the West
erD country.
Strange, true and amusing" says the New
York Herald in an editorial, when grim
visaEed war hath smoOthed his wrinkl ed
front he proves to he quite as soft hearted
as any member of the Peace Society. For
instance, our war-ship Marion was meander-
ing about in the North Pacific a short time
ago when cur dog, who is an irregular
member of the crew, succeeded in falling
overheard. Nothing on earth is so worth
less as a cur dog, except another animal of
the same kind, yet there was a general hub
bub aboard the Marion when the loss was
announced; the vessel was stopped life
boat was lowered, the beast was picked up
and then the vessel proceeded on her course.
There was nothing wrong in the incident.
1t showed what tender chaps our tarS are
when no killing Is to be done. But it is
funny when you think about it." Why?
A dogs dog for a. that.
An English correspondent OF New York
sporting paper makes the very sensible re-
mark that many dGghandlers are better
Judges OF dogs than the recognized corps of
judges. ms Is not only correct, but OBJ
vlous IL Is the constant province of the
handlers to judge the judges, more COM
prehensive task than judging the dogs. 1t
is part OF their business to note every defect
or merit of their dogs, and hide or bring
them forward under the judge and to care
fully scan their dangerous competitors
cannot think OF any process better calcu-
lated to educate man as. Judge than the
work Of a careful handler. l often take
lessons Of the handlers ut shows, and, as
rule, find their opinions much more critical
than those of the judges, who unfortu-
nately, are too often more ornamental than
useful.
Excellent sport. plenty of birds, but,