The morning call., 1892-06-12

| apply more pressure as he begins to tire;
| play him until he is thoroughly used up.
1t Is a well-kn0wn fact that on some OF
| the large rivers Of this coast, which empty
into the ocean, salmon will rise to fg
during certain months OF the year, but as
a general thing the sport ls hardly worth
the bother of trying. A contributor of an
Eastern paper, which is devoted to sports
Of rod and gun, gives his experience on tue
Navarro River during the month of August
The article is well worthy of reproduction.
as it will be matter of joyful news to an.
glers here who have fished the river above
named during the season for angling with
very Indifferent success The writer, whose
nom de plume is "PodgerS," speaks of the
NaVara in this wise: Speaking of salmon,
| would like to have the Judge meet me next
October on the banks of the Navara River
in California, and let me show him salmon
fishing to make him weep with joy. | will
guarantee that his arms shall ache at night
with the strain on his mus les from the
lively work dozen from II TO 20 Founders
will give. l agree with the Judge as to SAL
mon taking the fly In the waters OF the Pa
clfc Coast | WAS told they would not my
self, before had tished in the Nayara. and
moreover, that no salmon could be taken
with hook with any kind Of bait, aud l
claim to be the individual who first proved
the falsity of the statement and the first 20
take salmon on the hook on the coast I
took five the first day fshed in the river
above mentioned.
a friend who had sawmill at the mouth
of the river DoOh-poOhed the idea Of ny
being able TO catch salmon out Of that
stream with fly or in any other way, ex-
cept by hauling seine, and volunteered to
eat raw the first fish | caught; and stand
ing on the bank jeered me when made q
couple Of casts uDSucceSsfully. But when /
struck a 12-pOunder at the third cast and
landed him under his nose, he swOre be
never would have believed his own father
boh h,I lon fptI SlnF s h.. h,yH
seen 1t with his own eyes. When l called
on him TO commence business On the raw
fish, as per promise. he snirked, but offered
as q compromise a bottle of CiiquOt when
we had Mr. Salmon on the dinner-table.
boiled. Many is the one | have caught
there since with fly, and yet peOple in Sau
Francisco, so near by, still persist In saying
Pacific Coast salmon will not take the fy.
They might truly say, perhaps, wont taka
their flies. | do not wish to InSinuate that
there are fishermen and fishermen who
think they can ish-but never mind. we
will leave it to the salmon to say.
The Kennel.
Speaking of dogs and doggy men, the Lon
don Standard says that the magistrates Of
Toulouse, in France, are about 10 have a
case brought under their notice which will
tax their discernment and legal wisdom to
decide. The Journal continues: ut orig
mated with curious incident, which oc-
Cured, we read, q short time ago in the re-
freShment-rOoms of the Toulouse Railway
terminus. A customer, having finished his
breakfast at the table dhote, drew 100
franc note from his pocket and rendered it
to the waiter. The latter being little too
far OFT 10 reach it an obliging leighbUT took
it with the object OF passing il on 10 tha
waiter Accidentally, however, be let it
fall into a sauce tureen that was being
handed round at the same moment. An
other gentleman picked it out of
this receptacle, holding the sauced bank
note delicately by the corner. Before he
could give it to the waiter. a large dog
smelling the sauce, seized the note and
swallowed it. All the witnesses Of the ina
cident went to the Police CommiSsary's
office, the passenger to whom the note be-
lODGed demanding the dog should be killed,
so that he might recover mis- money. The
dogs master, however, objected that the
animal was worth far more than hundred
francs, and the matter was LETT in suspense
till the following day. By a singular ceiR-
cldence, 10 the course Of the night the dog
taken with some sudden Illness, died. The
carcass was opened, but no tTaeo OF the
banknote was visible. The magistrates OF
Toulouse have been called upon 10 decide
who ought to sustain the loss OF the bank
note.
The strangest feature of the above is the
forgetfulness of the English writer to add
that it must have been Yankee who killed
the dog by some of the mysterious ways
known only to the ranks.
Handball.
There will be sport worth witnessing to-
day at Condon's handball court ON Howard
street An excellent programme Of games has
been arranged, and Of course the event of the
day will result in the announced match
game of ball between Jack ReaTden, the
local champion, and two goeG players. The
proprietor of the court recently received y
consignment of handballs from the East
which are said TO be Of first-class make.