The morning call., 1894-03-27

IL deputy COMMISSIONER ViSiteu Ulen
Ellen any DAY he could make an excellent I
haul and enrich the State to some extent.
This is what the Petaluma Imprint Of
Saturday says:
Almost every day large salmon trout are
brought to town from Salmon Creek, ana Ihe
law is openly Gehed. Fish bearing the mar ks
OF gig aud pitchfoIk and having been taken
from fresh water are openly offered for sale
here.
Tout are caught openly and brought to
town, ana 1t is with great regret that ihe I'M
print learns positively that certain members OF
thr Petauma Sportsmen's Club-men whose
duty 1t is 10 aid 10 UNFOLDING the law and
punish iDfrtDgers upon lt-are among those who
are 1oI IemOst in bi eaking said laws. The club
should take action and eSpel all members dis
covered acting In this manner, ana should take
steps 10 secure The punishment of said persons,
aud If IL is not done the entire club is nothing
but a farce.
Every DAY fishermen from this city sally
forth, ana half dozen parties hav gone this
week To tout streams-in fact, several are out
now-and lt would be great surprise WIRE the
public 10 learn The names of the principal
oheBders.
The Supervisors Of the city at their
meeting OF yesterday reconsidered the ap-
pointments they made week ago and Sc
lected j. V. Coleman in place of Harry
Payne. and as result the gentlemen who
VIII represent this city at the State Sports
mems Convention are j. V. Coleman and
John Stack, with Harry Payne and Ed
Briggs alternates.
Charles Precht, president of the She'll
vile Angling Club. captured about dozen
live trout in the tidewaters of Sonoma
Greek on Sunday. Mr.. Precht managed to
keep The fishes (young stselheads) alive un-
TIL be arrived IN This city, where they were
cared Tor. They Will be on exhibition to-
day in the Sh9W-windOw OF a Market
street gunstOre.
The following counties have appointed
delegates TO the State Sportsmen's Con-
ventlon up TO date as follows:
Amador-C. A. Jarvis. lone; DR.. w. A. Nor
man, Plymouth. Contra Costa-T. A. Nc
Mahon. MarLiueZ; William Hemmr, Danville.
Casayeras-WalIer Tryon, Angels Camp; &. w.
Getchel. San Andress. Tulare-J. Sub j John
son. Visalia; John Sinclair. Portervlle. Hum
boldt-A. j. Miey, Eureka. Los Angeles-J j.
Banning. Wilmington; w. q. KeTckhuff, Los
Angeles. San Luis Oblspo-W. S. Lewis, Paso
Robles; Thomas Pattison, San Luis Obispo.
San Diego-E. Babcock. Coronado; Arthur &.
Mason, San Diego. Yuba-A. c. Bingham and
I. j. Shei wood. Sonoma-J. r. Leppo Santa
Rosa; William SteigeI, Petaluma. Alameda
t. Nusbaumer. Oakland. Colusa-Frank w.
Willis. Colusa; Z. w. FaInswOrtn. Glenn-Mr
M urdock. Saeramenio-J. W.. Morrison, Sac
ramento; J. w. TODD. San Francisco-Jonn
Stack and j. V. Coleman.
The San Francisco Coursing Club is now
considering giving grand meeting at
Newark park on April 10. A member
stated yesterday that If there will be good
number of entries the club will add $3.50
to the stake. 1t is said that John Dugah
of Newark has CEASED hibernating. and th t
he proposes getting "move on" during
the spIing season. He has ordered q large
supply OF hares from Merced, all of which
will arrive branded flyers.
ID. McCracken. strong supporter of
coursing, will leave this city for the Los
Angeles Bench Snow with two greyhuunds,
Lady Glendyne and Doward NJ aud sew
eral other dogs, including foxhounds, a
wofhound, deerhounds, pointers, coIlies
and toX terriers.
The Visalia Sportsmen's Club has
elected the following officrrs: Tru>tees-J.
V. Huffaker, Arthur Crowley and d. q.
Overall; drreetors-W. +. Dean of Three
Rivers, a. NJ. Squire of Hanford. y. T.
Clotfelter. Harry Levinson, E. Z. Me-
Veagh. John Broder and James Crowley.
1t was moved and carried that The direc-
disposal OF all fish and game or all business
to be transacted until the bylaws are
adopted. The club will be INCORPORATED
under the laws OF the State.
The Dixon Gun Club held very sue
cessful trap shoot on Sunday, four of the
crack shots OF Elmira, namely. Chord,
Pruith. Cripps ana Allison, participating
Allison, Shead and Prultt killed ninr
birds each out of the twelve and divided
the money.
Crittenden Robinson and Ed FAY are
practicing trap shooting daily. They ex-
rect to carry off the besl prizes at the S, ate
sporIsmen's shoot next month.
The following gentlemen have become
members of the Walnut Greek Gun Club :
DR.. Il. Brepeman, L. Palmer, ". Palmer,
w. A. Rogers. w. e. Lewis. c. Hill, E. R.
Valland CHAM. II. Lamp. c. w. Geaiy, P
Lamp, w. Hougb. F. Shrieve aud John
Gallagher.
A letter from stockton states that Rud-
son Smythe aud Horace Burkett rode from
this city last Thursday to Stock ton.
Starting at 6:45 O'Clock they arrived at
Llvermore in three and half hours.
From there they enc. c..untered adverse
winds, but they reached Stockton at 6
O'Clock. tired and with good appetites.
The Outing Club of Stockton has elected
the following officers: Thomas Louttit.
president; A. @. Wilson. vice. president; |;
Charles Walden. secretary; Percy Ken,
yon, treasurer; direetors-C. Chittenden,
K Moore. P. Z nyon, j. l.. Foley. r. T.
MeCuen, L. 5. Louttit, L. Chittenden, a.
G. Wilson and e. Walden.
The annual league race will be held at
Stock ton on July 4, and it is expected that
IL will be the greatest racing event that
has so far been held on this coast. On the
evening oi April 21 a meeting of Stockton
wbeelmen will be held to consider the
proposition to divide the club into two
sections, the one consisting of active men,
bers, who will be members of the State
League, and the other to be an annex
division, which will not belong to the
leaeue bnt will be more of social organi.
Zatiou.
Levi P. Smith. the father of Lillian
Smith, famous rifle shot, is building a
river craft at Stockton which, ne says.
when completed Will speed away from
anything in the line of steam craft now in
the channels. The aim of the builder Is
extreme lightness with the greatest pus-
sibe speed. The boat which will be
Is feet IN length and ~ feet in beam is
designed to carry eighty yards of canvas
aloft and with this spread the owner
expects that a speed of fifteen or twenty
miles an hour ought to be attained. DIR.
Cross and j. Ii. Budd are also having
built two gasoline launches