The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-06

with Mr. Wilder of the Central Pacific Company,
and that that gentleman assured our repre- senta-
conductors 20 stop trains at Espinosa should any
sportsmen desire to get on or OF AT this point
The conductor stated that he had received no IN
structiOns and, therefore. would proceed on TO
Suisuu. Finally I asked him il message from
MIR. Wilder would be honored, and when he dis
covered that proposed telegraphi0g the o1cial
in question be consented, but very reu ctantly, 30
stop 1T kspinosa just mention bhis to show the
many readers of the cunning department of your
paper how the Teal and CordeIia clubs resort TO
small ways to carry OUT what l consider dfShon-
orable and spltefuI system OF club warfare.
Action speaks louder than words. Yours, etc.
A Member of the Mallard Club.
Trap-shooIing is annually becoming favor
lite paStime OF sportsman, and in view OF this
fact the following interesting article In recent
edition of Forest and Stream on the reform
of trap-shOOting should interest all lovers OF the
pastime:
The letters, which we publish from week TO
week. advocating concerted action to control
trap-shOOting, show how very general IS the in
terest in mis- subject. Any action taken must
originate with the trap-shooters-that is with
the men who are most interested IN keeping the
sport up 10 a level where all can take palt IN II
but 1t should not be confined 10 them. Every
man who uses gun, whether he shoots at the
trap or not, ought TO feel an Int rest In keeplng
all departments of this sport free from faint or
stain. and ought TO use his Influence IN behalf
OF honest shooting.
Besides this, he various trades are inter-
ested and will desire 10 do their part 10 purify
the sport. The principal manufacturers OF
shooters supplies have travelling representa-
tives at tournaments TO show their goods 10
shooters and TO prove their excellence by TAX
ing part in the contests at the trap. Such rep
resenTatiyes are The most faithful attendants
at all shoots; tn y are usually men OF agree
able personality, and among them ar some OF
the very best shots In the land. For these and
other reasons they are OF great influence IN
the trap-shooting world. Their words aud
actiOuS carry weight.
Most OF them, no doubt, are honest shooters,
but some are open 10 the suspicion OF now and
then dropping for place. The truth Is that the
whole atmosphere of trap-shootlng tourna-
mentS has become so Viliated thai the moral
sense of the most honest man may become
hardened, and he MAY now view with ludiffer-
ence acIs That few years ago he would have
roundly condemned.
The shooting OF these travelling men can
readily enough be regulated by their employ
eTs, and if it were an understood thing mat
they would shoot honestly their conduct
backed by public opinion, would no doubt put
an end TO tile crooked practices so much de-
IlOred Ii the manufacturers viii give strict
Oruers 10 their representatives mat they must
shoot houeStly-doing the best III y can-and
that anything in the nature OF dropping Tor
place, il proved against the representative, will
be followed by instant discharge, tile results o
shooting will be very good, aud The influence OF
such an order Will be seen at once.
"Such action would be much more far-reach-
ing than its influence on individual representa-
ttves OF each concern. II would lslinc ly show
The trap shooting public that the manufac-
stand, in favor of decent, manly sport With
the trade and The general public IN favor of
honest shooting, the crooked men will have TO
move 10 the reaT,D