The morning call., 1892-06-06
A DELIGHTFUL JAUNT.
The Country Club Entertains a
Numerous Party.
Five Bullsheads Baked for the Entertainment
of the Guests-The Bear Valley
Fish Hatchery.

The members OF the Country Club and
their friends to the number Of seventy,
spent a most delightful time yesterday at
their commodious and picturesduely sit
uated clubhouse in Marin County, right
in the heart of the far-!amed and beautiful
Bear Valley. The day will long be Temem-
bered as a red-letter day in the annals Of
this coterie OF genial and thorough going
sportsman.
Everything favored jaunt in the country
yesterday; fine, sunny weather, tempered
by a deliciousIy cool breeze, prevailed
President Fred Webster and a dozen other
members left the city on Saturday as a sort
Of advance guard to prepare for the recep-
ton OF the regular army. There were some
forty other members and their guests on
the O'Clock Sausalto boat yesterday, all
hearty and jolly, and after boarding the two
special cars chartered for the occasion the
party was reinforced here and there
at the various wayside stations un-
til the list was complete. Quip. crank
and joke was the order OF the day
as the train rushed through the lovely Cali
fOrnia canyons bound for the Point Reeves
Station, and served to tighten the some
what tiresome railway journey. "Change
for San Quentin" shouted the brakeman.
Hello, Jack ~ said one ioyIal member,
you leave us right here p mo, I'm not
In the Custom-hCuse yet" was the merry
response. Harrison, Blaine ard the polit-
zeal situation also came in for goodly share
Of bedinage. and so with the interchange of
greetings with acquaintance at Camp lay
lor and other sporting resorts the objective
point was reached very quickly.
BOWLING AWAY.
Here every vehicle in the neighborho0d
seemed TO be awaiting the visitors, from
fouT-in-haud TO n mule team, and all were
soon bowling away along the read to the
club ranches. the bright, green giades. fairy
dells, ri ping brooks and cool forest foil
age amply cOmpensating for the iscOmE0rt
oceaSiOned by the dust, which flsw around
i'm clouds. Soon the clubhouse appeared in
sight, its bunting fuLteriDg from the flag
poles in the breeze, and the genial president,
Secretary Joseph Quay and others on the
spacious balcony, ready to give all hearty
greeting. On the slopin2 lawn IN front of
the house huge marquee had been erected,
and q banner stretched from branch TO
branch OF the big pine trees there left stand
ing bore the inscription, Under the Green
wood tree" while several minor tents were
pitched, all giving promise of a glorious
feast For had not the famous Barney Gal
indO and his henChmen been engaged for "a
hours previously in baking the heads of i've
splendid specimens of the clubs bovine
hero, many feet below the ground and
only and insuTpassabie Mexican sauce to Re-
company these delcacies. With such treats
in store no wonder the crowd Of sportSmen
were in such high good humor and that
hilaTity reigned supreme from start to finish.
FIVE BULLsHEADs.
All travel stains were speedily removed,
the temporary bar in the rotunda on the
clubhouse balcony was rushed with the
thirsty crowd and the number of tickets
signed was q caution TO see. A visit to the
well-appointed stables and the kennels,
where splendid lot Of pointers, settlers and
other hunting dogs are collected, was
brought to a close by the dinneT-bell ring
ing all TO witness the unearthing of the five
bullsheads. Galndo and assistants were
soon husily engaged in digging deep down
in search of the succulent daIniles. Whose
grave is it, Harrison's or Blaine's? asked
one. "Oh, what beauty and loud and
prolonged murmurs Of anticipation greeted
the first of the heads, which Barney soon
placed upon the dish laid on the grass smOk-
ing hot. When the jawbones had been re-
moved that experienced old sportsman,
Judge Shafter, drew his pocket-knife,
stopped down, gTavely cut a piece of meat
and tasted it. After pause. during which
all eyes were turned upon him, First rate,
said he; "a trtie smoky. but just as good
as we used to have them way back i'll
the 40's."
ToAsTs TO THE ENTERTAINERS.
The other heads were produced and
Decline made for the marquee, where the
bulisheadS, Mexican sauce, tomales,
chicken and other dainties were dispatched,
TO the accompaniment Of plentiful libatlons
of every kind The healths of President
Webster and Secretary Quay were drunk
standing with enthusiasm. After coffee
and cigars on the Yeranda many took the
lovely drive to the ocean beach, near which
the club will shortly erect q huge dam
across the Bear Valley stream aud thus
create fine lake of about 40 acres. This
will be stocked with trout, a boathOuSe
erected. with other attractive improve
mentS. Returning to the club some very
fine New Hampshire trout brought from
Nevada year ago aud which had been
caught yesterday morning, were greatly
admired. They average about three-quart-
ers OF pound each and in their native
waters often grow TO weight of 10 pounds.
The club is also experimenting with the
Matching OF 200 English pheasants eggs,
sent over from London by Peter }. D0Ha-
hue one Of the members. Already 10 of
these eggs have been successfully Matched.
AT THE HATCHERY.
The afternoon now being fairly on the
wane the vehicles were again brought into
TequisitiOn for the return drive to the depot.
Many stayed behind for few days sport.
On the way down a call was made at the
Bear Valley fish hatchery, which is con-
trolled by the State Fish Commissioners.
1t is beautifully situated in lovely canyon
in the valley, close by one of the puTest
tributaries of the creek, which supplies
fine stream OF the purest water at about an
even temperature all the year round. The
hatchery, under the able superintendent
of +. w. Hunt and his assistant. w. Ii.
Shelley, has been a great success, last week
alone $4,000 brook trout being supplied to
various parts Of the State The different
stages OF the latching from the spawn were
viewed with great interest. Mr.. Hunt stat
ing that visitors were at all times welcome.
Certainly no one visiting the neiGhborhood
should fail to inspect the hatchery. A cot
tage will soon be built for the accOmmoda-
tion of the superintendent and his assist
ants. The Journey back to the city brought
to close a most charming and successful
days outing, all being loud in their praise
of the hospitality Rnd the perfect manner in
which the club had planned and carried out
the entertainment
THE GUESTS.
The following gentlemen were among
those present: MeSsrs. j. M. Adams, w.
Alvord, w. Brown, president of the
Tamalpais Club; E. l.. Bosqui, II. Walker,
w. b. Brown, S. G. Buckbee, L. p. Dam
forth, +. GRAY, J. ID. Grant, r. X. GraysoD,
ii. E. Hall, Colonel Mole, United States
Army; w. E. Holloway, w. 5. Kittle, J.
b. Lincoln, r. McMurray. j. J. Moore, W.
S. Ncwhall l.. g. Parrot, j. NJ. Quay, A.
W. Rose, +. w. Tallant, A. G. Tnbbs, W
b. Tubbs, j. f. Tucker. H. III. Veuye, +. K.
Webster, G. Whttell, W. b. Wiltshire,
Ramon f. Wilson, FL. w. Woodland, r. b.
Woodland, +. l.. Wooster, Judge Shafter,
T. Shafter Sewell, Martin. Earle. Grow,
Eyre, Golcher, Butler, Boyd, Wheeler and
Howard.
There is a curious looking animal in South
Afripa that loOks for all the world like q