Omaha daily bee., 1893-11-12
On the Lake and in tho Field.

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ON the Lake and In tho Field.
Colonel j. j. Dickey and George Hoagland
are up in the neighborhood of North Platte
after geese.
The story of the sporting EDITORS wild
fowl shoot in South Dakota will appear in
next Sundays issue of The BEE.
George 1zschuck of this city and Colonel
Hoffmyer OF Council Bluffs are peppering
away at the mallard and redhead up at
Raccoon lake, South Dakota.
George w. LOOMS, who is unquestionably
one of Omaha'S best shots, made the second
best bag III the recent club hunt, forty-two
quail in addition to considerable other game.
Clark Hutton of Gothenberg was in the
city Monday. He said the Canadas were
coming in thick and this week, the weather
holding good, he expects to check the flight
of q few.
Hon. Charles Withheld and party have re-
turned from a very successful weeks goose
shoot up about Ogallala. The made a fine
bag of honkers and small fry of all kinds and
descriptions.
The venerab Bile Judge Dundy has returned
from his annual bear hunt in the mountains
of Colorado. He had his usual royal outing
besides bringing down TWO silver tips, One of
them a whale.
Veteran Captain A. Fl. Bogardus, the real
champion pigeon shot of this country for
over seventeen years, believes Charles w.
Budd of Des MONIES, Ia, the ablest live
pigeon match shooter in the states.
W.. II. Harrison of Grand Island, one of
the most popular and thoroughbred sports
men in the state, was In the city Wednes-
day. He says there are mora quail about
Grand Island than he has known for years
~Seventy-fiye birds is not an exaggerated bag
for a single good shot in a day.
Fred Montmorency of the B. & M. head
quarters bagged twenty-three quail one day
recently Just beyond the suburbs of the city.
Fred always gets them when he goes after
them, and no mistake. He was one of the
party who captured the crippled goose dow
at Percivai last spring after an arduous
days chase.
Assistant Superintendent Parks and Ike
Dillon Of the Union Pacific railroad, North
Platte. were up in the sand hills Of the
northwestern part of this state within the
past ten days and killed thirteen antelope
The unprecedented long dry spell has driver
the ANIMALS down from the mountains, anC
many have ventured back into their haunt.
OF former days In Nebraska.
A quartette of trap shots residing in Dun
lap, Charter Oak and Denison. Ia, have
challenged any four shots of OmahB, Franl
Parmelee barred, to shoot them a mattel
race Thanksgiving day, fifty birds to thu
man, for $50 a corner. AS YET the challenge
has not been accepted, but there is LITTLE
doubt but what quartette OF local expert!
will go over to Dunlap and get the stuff.
William Price of Council Bluffs came In a
day or two since with thirteen dozen quail
which he killed about eight miles south O.
the Bluffs, in the Palmer settlement. II,
asserts that he can jump twenty-five dis
tlnct covies in u day and that the shootin,
is fine, as the young birds are prone to TAX
to the gra IS, where 1t is no trick to get you
birds one by one.
DR.. Galbraith and Henry Holman Of thi
city, and DIR. Richardson of Clarkes and Jo
Brindle of West Virginia, put In a day las
week with quail out on Prairie creek. DIR
Galbraith bagged 80, Richardson 81, Brindl
20, while Homar, who was in tho mos
demniuion tough luck, succeeded In slaugh
tering one pearly little meadow lark, by Tn
aid of a dead rest over a barb wire fence.
All talk about the Omaha club being dis
satisfied with their annual Climb hunt is
mistake. Four-fifths of the members ar
heartily in touch with this falls Compel
ton, and since the late hunt the organizatio
has had several applications for member
ship on this account alone. A trap shoot 10
q supper instead Of the hunt, while II
worthy of consideration, cuts no figure wit
|, the genuine sportsman who knows there
nothing like actual work on game in tn
field.
In regard to the challenge from the low
quartette to the Omaha shooters for a mate
Thanksgiving day John j. Hardin says ther
is no grounds for their barring Frank ParmI
lee. Mr.. Parmelee, he acknowledges. Is
r very fine shot, but he is distinctly an Oman
man and had not ought to be excluded fro
a match in which not a single one OF II
challenging parties are known. IL the pr
hibitionists insist on shutting Parmeiee o,
Mr.. Hardin says he will shoot each one
the Iowa expertk on the day mentioned, hfi
, live birds. for $50 q side, nj toss up 1,
choice OF shooting grounds.
> Talk OF the Horsemen.
: naa Mainaa La has two AIMS af Hamh