The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-10-08
DUCKS ARE SAFE.
What a Country Club Man
e. Saw at Suisun.
FIRST SHOOT OF THIS SEASON
How the Teal Gunners Are Draw.
=: ing the Bow on Their Neigh
-. =. bors the CordeIias.

= :.!Fhe war between the Cordelia and
Teal Shooting clubs still goes merrily on.
with a decidedly poor outlook for near
future settlement of differences.
:: This Suisun marshes have been for years
recognized by amateurs aud professional
hunters as the favorite pitching-in grounds
OF: ducks-homely and migratory-in the
month of October. Therefore no great
surprise was occasioned when the. officers
of.the Cordelia, Tue Belle and Teal Gun
clubs received letters by the score from
lovers of duck-shooting who were DESTROYS
of a -powder-and-s interview with the
Ouackers that were reported plentiful at
the preserves on October 1.
With the exception. of the Teal Club.
which, through a misunderstanding with
its neigbboT. the Cordelia. departed from
the general orders of affairs governing the
shooting of the season, the other clubs
lived UP TO rules as regards invitations
The Teal Club was, however, profuse IN
its invitations to spoItsmen. and as re-
suit hunters from Vallejo. Stockton, Sac
Tamento, Oakland. Alameda and San
Francisco aYailed themselves OF the excel
lent chance of bagging large numbers of
green heads, which the president OF the
. Teal Club assured them were so thick or
its preserve that they could not be missed
with brick muScularly thrown.
Yesterday a prominent member Of the
Country Club gave a CALL reporter an
experience he had in the tules which will
: attest bow hunters armed with invitations
from the Teal Club fare when they arrive
al the happy hopping grounds
He said: Through courtesy of Charles
af ha mi oil
Club, l accepted an invitation TO a duck
shoot. at the opening of the season on
Its, preserves Of 500 acres for which they
paid 5000 and which is fenced according
10 law. l left this city on the morning OF
Saturday last, and before the sun had
BOWED over twenty-three as tne mallard
dHcks as you could wish to see.
Nv hen l returned to the clubhouse
learned of the sport the Teal and Cordelia
club men were having, and as | had all
the birds L desired l concluded to take a
trip down to the CordelIa Clubs grounds
the following day, at the Invitation of its
president, Sheldon J. Shellogg.
.'As we'll as l can remember, it was
about 9 O. clock in the morning when | was
stationed by a COrdella keeper at favor
lite pond and told TO remain perfectly quiet
until the morning flight would return in
twOs and threes, etc. l did not have to
wait long when brace of greenheads
SKINNED over the tule and splashed into
the pond. As l arose to shoot the birds
took to wing. and l dropped both.
: 'eI.his is pretty good, thought i, for a
starteT, and lighting cigar | leaned back
ON a most comfortable armchair and
awaited tine coming of more birds.
: =: Presently | heard voice. 1t was that
of the keeper, who had come to inform me
that the jig was up; that gang of Teal
Grub poachers was heading for the pond,
and that be would have to obey orders and
shoot at the sun.
well, this was the opportunity l had
hoped for, and, anticipating a right jolly
into Ile atmosphere IN way that would
have fsarprised an engineer OF a freight
train locomotive.
-. :."'Ihe tramps, as they were called by the
hefculeap game-keeper. who, by the way,
said he was a defendant of the great
O.SuFhYans. soon put in an appearance
wilma gillie from the Teal Club as escort.
i heard the latter say: Boys, surround
this pond and lay low, as l see the focks
heading in from the river
"@'Ihe Cordelia's gillie, who was within
Ialkjng distance of me. was muttering
something to himself which l interpreted
as:meaning death to the opposition keeper
and his followers.
II remained perfectly composed ia my
snug quarters waiting the results, when
presently nice flock OF duck hove in
srg bit. Cordelia's keeper dashed into the
pond and commenced firing at the mallards
before they had got within 800 yards of
the slanghtering grounds.
"The p0achers, as l had been informed,
became. decidedly angry, and shouted to
my gillie to get out of the wet and hide
his face. as a bird would not dream of
alightTng while be was ID sight.
g. the COrdelia man took no notice of
the teaIers, but continued shooting until
finally the opp0sitionists' left in disgust,
wondering why it was that the Teal Club
acted so mean as to invite them to its pre-
serves and then have such trick played
upon them.
II made the acquaintance of some of
The alleged poachers later in the day, and
found, to my surprise, that they were gen.
tlemen from Vallejo and Sacramento, who
were invited to duck shoot by mem bers
of the Teal Club under the belief that they
would have an excellent days sport, and
return with splendid bags of choice game
birds,
1.-The Teal Club members say that they
will not give way an inch to their enc
mics. and that every one who wants TO
.shont on their preserve is welcome to all
the birds thew can kill"