The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-14
GUN AND DOG.
Close OF the Shooting Popping
at Pigeons.

Close OF the Shooting seasOE-Popping
at Pigeons.
SpOrtsmen will bear In mind that the
shooting season IS about closed for this
year. After this month il will be unlawful
10 shoot any Of the game birds which are
now protected by law Snipe shooters
should remember, also, that the long bills
are protected by a law passed by the SUPER
visoTs of this city about one and half
years ago: consequently, the having in pos
session Of any Of these migratory game
fowls after the % ID inst. is an 0tfense which
the pOssess0r may have reason TO regret.
Messrs. Stackpool, Spencer, H0fiing and
Al Higgins had a good shoot on the 9Th
inst. As the season is on its last legs, these
sportsmen will make a big endeaY0r to-day
20 break all existing records.
J. K. Orr scored an excellent bag Of En-
Elish Snipe and quail on a friends preserve
near Santa Rosa on Sunday. The we'll
known sportsman returned with 120 birds,
four dozen of which were Englishmen.
Linyille and ". DOrmer will leave this
city tomorrow for few days Of sporting
at san Pedro. where birds nave been re-
ported plentiful during the season.
MessTs. f. Briggs. James Cheslev, f.
Rose and Buriingame Of this city and T.
COtter Of Redwood expect TO make matters
warm for quail to-day at SeaTSvile. San
Mateo County. Chesley shoots a 16-gaUge
gun, which he says is Joe Dandy for quail
shooting purposes.
Tom Tumstead, Chief OF the Fish and
Game Patrol, was shooting quail on Sunday
with 4 party Of city sp0rtsmen IN the hills
south Of Redwood City. Report says that
the hunters wasted lots of ammunition and
returned with few birds. They will try
their luck again to-day.
Horace A. Rear and Sam Davis will pros
pect for quail near San MateO to-day.
Their friend, a Well-knOwn local tobacco
mist, predicts that they viii return with
some feathers.
The California Wiug-sbooting Club viii
omen the season to-day at the Oakland
TTOttiug Park. The members Will leave
this city on the O'Clock boat The open
ing gun will be fred at 10 O'Clock sharp.
Tie Country Club Will inaugurate its
third seasons tTap-shOot at the Oakland
track on the 21th inst. The monthly shoots
will occur on the last Saturday Of each
month until August making seven shoots
30 all Five prizes will be given for tue FIVE
highest scores made by members contesting
in five out Of seven shoots. According 10
the new rules Of the club, the mem beEs viii
shoot in classes as follows;
Thlrtyyard class Harry BabcucE, z. I.
B0squ, Thomas Ewing Andrew Jackson, W. 5.
hlttie, ". {. Murdoch, +. W. l4lant, & L.
Worden, r. Z. Woodward, Z. l. Wooster.
Twenty elEnj-yaTd Class. VI. Adams, F. d.
a W. -. George J.
DOnOhue, r. A. Eddy, d. =. Gillette Jr.. j. ID.
Grant, Alex Hamilton, j. d. Harvey, W. h.
Howard, Charles J0sselyn, b. 5. King, j. b.
Lincoln, W s. McMuTtry Jr., ". S. NeEhalI,
Robert Oxnard Z. f. Preston, J. D. ReddlHg J.
A. Robinson, Baron J. II. Won Schroeder, r. d
SpraEue. A. {. 1ubbs W. B. IubDs, F. r. Web
ster, r. 4 Wilson, Ii. W. Woodward.
IWenty-siX-yard clasS-E. A. BTuFuieIe, f. p.
DanfOTlh, r. r. GraysOn, b. i. Hiil, W. z. Hol-
loWay, D.. I. Murphy, A. 5. Iubbs, Joseph A.
DOBOhOe Jr.
After shooting his match against Clark in
Australia on December 2 and winning II,
DR.. Carver was taken so i'll with influenza
that he had TO be carried to his bed, where,
on December 70 be still remained.
The following item concerning skunks
appeared recently in an Eastern exchange.
It Will interest the Country Club: A pTOmi-
nent sportsman Of Massachusetts advises
US Of his experience, recently, il trapping
for skunks which, peTpaps, illustrates the
predatory habits Of the domestic cat and its
work as a game eXteTminatOr. Desiring 10
procure some skuBk'5 oil for medicinal
purposes, he set a steel trap in q place
W here he thought he might catch skunk.
Before he succeeded in trapping a skunk
he caught six domestic cats, and, as the trap
was set over mile from house, II would
seem to indicate that many cats are won't to
wander about hunting for birds.
a lover Of Quail-shOOtDg, who has never
had an opportunity Of witnessing a field
trial, is anxious to know what must be the
ton Of experts, would be classed as being a
GTst-Tate feid-tTial representative.
The first work cut out for a dog Is, OF
course, to find game. lie must quarter and
examine the land thoroughly and as rapidly
as is consistent with the rouEhness He
must point the game when found and hold
his point without OF his own motion flushing
the bird He must back or stop at the sight
Of another dog on point He must be Obedi-
ent, yet willing, working without noise or
severity.
He must show "bird sense" a desire TO
hunt and instructive knowledge Of likely
places. BE must stay at his work and care
fully handle" the birds when found. He
must not point false.
That Is, he must MT stop on a rabbit track
game scent or reptiles, although this fault
may be deemed excusable by the judge if
they so regard circumstances.
He must not break in" leaving his posi-.
ton on point by reason Of imperfect train
Ing or excitement; he must not break
shot" running in when a shot is fired with
the Intention Of getting the bird and he
must not chase the bird to take himself be-
yOnd bis handlers control
Formerly dogs were judged by a scale Of
points. Out Of 100 points, 70 we're given to
pointing and ranging and p points for
obedience backing and retrieving 10 the
matter OF pointing the elements Of merit
were sUbdivided as follows:
Twenty-Five points were allowed for nose,
10 for stauncbness and g. for style. Ia
ranging - points we're allowed for general
qualities, 10 for pace and 3 for Quartering.
The sDOtting system is a thing Of the past.
At least all dog lovers, IN cOntTadistinctiOn
from dealers, hope it to be So The aim now
is TO make the competition a trial In the
true sense of the word. Handlers are de-
sired to show their dogs 60 the best adYan-
taEe and not hustle for points on scattered
birds.
Each dog Is TO be given thorough test on
both finding and pointing qualities. II
may thus occur that an animal showing
the marvellous instinct for gaI& born in
BIN, eXhausting himself and his TIME in pa
tient. intelligent and rapid, though uDavaiI-
Ing, search, may not be placed behind a
duffer that stumbles on a bird unaWares.
The element OF luck is TO be eliminated,
and the qualities that make the dog really
useful are to be brought forward.
The sportsmen Of this city, it is hoped,
Will, at no distant period, discover thai the
proper place to hold Pacific Coast" field
trials is Oh lands over which they do their
shooting during the open season. 1t seems,
though, that dogs are even being raised
principally and educated solely by local
spor9men Tor display work and not for the
pleasure which local nimr0ds enioy-that is
IN shooting over dog trained on the quail
which inhaDit the rough and hilly country
adjacent to San Francisco.
ROD AND LINE.
Everyth ng Looks Favorable This Year
for Trout Fishing