The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-11

birds have become pretty well scattered
| order of to-day.
1.-THE wind is from the north; well, that's
| good, the ducks Will soon return and the
good old sport of stopping them in til cir
| aerial flight will again he resumed"
It was the Hon. Thomas Kennedy of
| canvasback fame who addressed the above
| remarks TO his friend, Bill Murdoch, at a
meeting of the Ground Sluice Gun Club last
| evening
81 had Just purchased a beautiful ham,
merless pumpgun." continued MIR. Kennedy,
when the storm arrived, and / can assure
YOU that L would have made the tin cans Of
the Sonoma marshes rattle had il not been
| Tor the very unexpected pluyial disturb
| ances"
| TOO bad, my boy, too bad" retorted Mr..
| Murdoch as he plucked from his beautifully
| feathered mustache an overgrown hair
| I'VE will have good shooting yet. Tom.
feel it in my boots that good time is
| coming. BY the way, how is your dog
! growing rusty, like Yourself"
Al this juncture Henry Casey, the cham
| piOD marsh-s!eeper, interrupted the coufab
| by relating an experience he had with
n-the-face last Sunday on the NOvato
swamps.
Il had just got into a comfortable posi-
! ton between two healthy King bales of
hay in an old barn." said Casey. "and was
| having grand Imaginary bombardment at
various kinds of marsh game when n loud
report scattered the birds and brought me
! quickly TO my feet. Rubbing the cObwebs
| from my eyes i beheld within lew feet Of
my powerful arm a ground hog chewing
| leisurely on a piece Of pie.
Just think of il, dear friends Here
| was miles from home and nothing to eat.
| What an awful predicament? ! had taken
| the wise precaution to attach my pie with a
piece OF bale rope to the trigger OF my gun,
| which spake defiance when disturbed
"The hog. homely looking thing, was
1 not in the least disconnected by the loud
report He would not be denied pie
"Out Of curiosity | watched him chevy on
| that homemade deieacy until he had
| I'm .sned his dessert Well. boys, when lie
had completed the job you can imagine my
| surprise TO see him walk deliberately from
the barn to the slough. On the brink of
the deep and muddy waters he paused
| moment, as If celebrating. The next /
| heard was splash. The pig had actually
jumped overheard and joined the great
majority.
"DOn't you know. on careful consider
alton 1 concluded that there have been
SINE very sensible pigs on this earth.
! Moral-Don't eat pie"
The following recently appeared In the
81. Louis Post-Dispatch: Even dog should
have name which he would not blush to
bear. were blushing possible TO him. When
he has been called by some ridiculous and
| inappropriate title. the fact frequently re-
acts upon the owner. There was a rich
and somewhat Overdressed "city woman"
boarding In a pretty village this summer,
! and she owned a canine pet who dragged out
miserable existence under the mans of
Rags" One day he was lost, aud his be-
Ieweltd mistress was inconsolate. She
walked tie road In front OF the house clad
In China silk. and calling, Rags Rags!
Rags! In tones of piercing gIief Her pet
dd not answer. Aud she became quite in
dignant when some of the village youths
took up the cry from a sheltering fence and
cried, Bones an OF iron"
Sporting Editor Gail: The principal tonic
among the vOiarles of the gun and sports
ahel0" for tie last week has been The action at
law by A. w. star bind against a number OF gen.
temen OF SulsuR for duek-shooting on tie marsh
lands known as the "PaytOn ponds" near that
place. These gentlemen have been In tha habit
OF hunting aud shooting on these marshes f ON
Childhood, aud feel sOreiy the hardship Of being
pl otblied from dOtng so any longer by The liy-
eIied servants OF a few wealthy clubmen Of San
francisco, who claim exclusive right To the Wild
fowl and game by virtue OF the fact that they
have rented the marsh for shooting purposes.
Complainant SEEKS damages IN tie sum of 500
and costs OF SUIT, because the hunters have killed
some OF The Wild ducks tnat frequent these
marshes during the winter months IL Is the
opinion OF the great body OF spoItsmen that no
club. cooperative or individual, should be Ter.
niited 10 acquire pros eTiy IN The game and Wild
fowl OF lie State. aud a stubborn contest VIII be
the result Of this suit, even that 1t has To be
brought 10 The Supreme Court Of the United
States.
A few years ago the Supreme Court Of Illinois
rendei co decision In similar suit. IN which Ii
held THAT game WAS The property OF the State
and could not be controlled by individuals or
clubs; that the nrst person who captured II be-
came It's legal owner, no matter where found"
The laws OF California aIe pretty clear, al the
following statute, entitled IAN act TO prevent
hunting and shooting on private luclOsed
grounds, and the deSil uetion Of growing timber
on private grounds, 10 certain counties Of this
State" will show:
sEcrIoN I. IL shall not be lawful for any person
or persons TO enter upoa any Enclosed land tetOEg-
ing 10 or occupied by another for the purpose Of
hunting with dogs or 10 shoot Kill take destroy
any kind OF game. or to enter upon private lands,
whether tnclOSed or not. for the purpose of killing
or destroying trees TO extract honey other pur-
poses, without first having obtained permission
from the owner agent OF such owner or possessor
This law clearly specifies that hunting or
shooting on incosed lands is prohibited. and
telling timber TO extract honey on uuinclosed
lands IS also crime. but IL purpoSely omits TO
say that hunting OF shooting on uuiucOsed lands
without permission OF the owner is in any way
prohibited. Hence 70 seems tie result OF tnis
suii hinges upon the question, Are these marsh
lands legally inolosed OF not?
AN AMERICAN SPORTSMAN.