The morning call., 1893-10-22

demesne in Marin County. and members
Of the club who are quick shots have mad
the pleasure of stopping the zlg-zag night
of many birds during the past week.
Quail-hnnters, with few exceptions. are
on very unfriendly terms with the clerk
of the weather. They contend that quail
hunting On baked land is the hardest kind
OF work, which even the dogs rebel
against 1t is certain that the man who
goes quai-shootiDg at this time without
seeing Gnat his shoes are well supplied
with nails will have excellent reason to
bless his stars before he returns home.
Strange as it may seem, there are mum perS
of local Sportsmen who "go quail shoot
ing" on soles that are slippery and decld.
edly treacherous when called upua to pack
green gunners over sun-parched hlllsIdes.
In last Sundays gun department an ar
ticle from member of the Sportsmen's
Protective Association appeared, renectlng
on local sportsman whose long residence
on the coast has made him we'll and favor
ably known to large circle OF business
men and sportsmen. 1t is regretted that
both sides Of the question regarding prior
right to shoot on private properly dld not
appear In the same issue, as readers could
then more readily draw their own INFER
ences as to which of the sportsmen repre-
sented in the field were guilty OF trans
crossing the ethics Of true sportsmanship.
The one side has already appeared, and in
justice TO the gentleman who was accused
of unsportsmanlike conduct the following
letter from John s. Saunders OF Sebasto-
pol, the local agent of the owner OF the
lands on which both parties had shot, is
given. 1t is self-eXplanatory. and gives the
other side of the case:
SEBAsToPoL, SoNoMA COUNTY. CAL.
Ocg. 18, 1898. !
Sporting Edetor Call: An article in your
sporting column in your issue OF the 10Th inst,
under date October g. and over the hign-sound-
ing signature of "a Member ct the SportsmenS
Protective Association" contains so much OF
juggery with truth that feel constrained IN
justice TO the gentleman reflected on therein TO
make reply, stating the facts as tney occurred
and leaving 1t TO the sportsmen OF the coast to
determine who was guilty OF unsportsmanilke
conduct. In the first place the owner OF the
lands where the bit of clash occurred resides
in Tnlars County, and to my knowledge has
not been within the confines OF Sonoma County
for more than four months, so tile statement
OF your correspondent that through his most he
received permission to shoot on the range from
the owner given on that day suggests the eXer-
else OF very vivid imagination on the part OF
your protective association correspondent.
am the local agent of the owner OF these lands
and l had invited three OF my friends
of SebastOpol and TWO gentlemen from
San Francisco to open the quail sea
son on this range. While In Sebastopoi
on the last night or September learned Dy
accident from the landlord OF the Conaly Hotel
that some rooms had been secured by tele-
graph for couple Of city men; that the parties
had arrived III town, but had taken quarters
some half mile nearer the place of our meet
than town. To checkmate any dash by tres
passers, l went early TO the shoOtlng-groundS,
and soon marching over the hill came your cor
respondent of the 9th and his companion. l
met them and asked il they anticipated shoot
ing on the range. pointing TO 1t, and, receiving
an affirmative reply, told them that had re-
served the grounds that day Tor some friends;
gave them my authority for exercising control
as the agent OF The owner, and. thinking was
addressing sportsmen, requested them not to
trespass: L explained to them that the
their host, had long since expired and that he
had no right TO offer them The privilege OF
shooting there l further called their atten-
tion to The nature OF the range, that SO many
men and dogs would spoil the sport OF all, and
finally offered them the privilege of the range
on the next day. The parties then retired, but
soon came on again with the story that my
brother. the present lessee OF the lands, thought
the range was big enough for all. Ii any such
message as your correspondent put 10 his COM
muDicatlon was sent, your correspondent GER
tainly forgot TO deliver it. By this time my
invited guests had arrived. and not wishing to
there argue the question OF whether an agent
having lands in charge for an absent land
lord or Ia lessee exercised control, and
thinking the sense of prOpriety innate in
the breast Of every true sportsman as re-
CARDS intrusion would soon rid us of them,
1 passed on 10 the rendezvous where the
camp was TO be. But In this was partly mis-
taKen for while the companion of your CORE
SpOOuenI, frank ana manly ldQ Dy ll6 way,
soon divorced himself from your correspondent
OF the 9th the latter, like BanQuo's ghost, would
not down, but stalked the brake and bramble
with The persistency of one looking for his lost
sense OF decency and had the supreme presump-
tion 10 drop in at the luncheon hour and wet his
lips with the liquors of the men he afterward
so gratuitOusly malgned and upon whose pri-
vacy he was knowingly an intruder AS for
The style OF your CORRESPONDENT OF the 9th will
say fulsOme biingsgate is not my trade. In
conclusion permit rue TO add that nothing Will
afford me more genuine satisfaction than for
YOUR protective association CORES pOndent to
come up ana endeavor TO shoot over those
Identical GROUNDS again. Yours truly,
JOHN S. SAUNDERS.
The value of outdoor exercise is so we'll
known and so frequently recommended
that anything that might be said in it's
favor may seem like an old-beaten path.
Yet there are many who, although they
well know its value. are inclined to take
but little of it, unless there may be some
exciting incentive to start them away from
the busy indoor habits they habitually
follow.
Now then, of the various means of en-
joyment in the open country, the rod or
gun has attractions which few people can
resist after once participating in the same.
1t does not take long to convince the aver
age young man that of all outdoor sports
the better results accrue from tramps
through mountain streams or over the hills
in quest of game birds or animals, and
once he has INDUCED in the use of the rod
or gun where a reasonable amount of game
or fish is found in nine cases out of ten he
will catch the fever and remain afflicted
ever after
In reference to health giving outings
writer in an English exchange says
There is probably no sport to which men
give themselves up so thoroughly. get so