Omaha daily bee., 1895-03-03

editors office yesterday and exhibited a large.
handsome photograph OF the camp OF hunt
ing party In the Big Horn basin taken left
Skinner. In the foreground, conspicuousiy
prominent, are Mr. Patrick. II. c. Boale and
George T. Beck together with their horses,
packs and camping outfit On one Of the
pack horses Is the carcass of an elk Patrick
and Beck had Just brought in. The barren
mountains. with their snow-capped peaks.
form a majestic background, and altogether
the picture is q fine one and makes a souvenir
highly priced by MIR. Patrick.
Frank Lawrence, the Chicago sporting goods
dealer, IS and 80 La Sale street, has made
a big cut in the prices OF sporting supplies
this spring, and his fame among the men
who shoot and fish is bound to become much
more extended. lie handles everything from
the best made guns and fishing paraphernalia
down to the most insignificant article used
In the field or on the stream. Lawrence's s
hand-loaded shells are lauded from one end
of the land to the other, thousands Of the
most prominent sporting men using nothing
else His grass suits and grass blinds for
wild fowl shooting have given him an en-
visble reputation, and his prices on decoys,
hunting apparel. whistles, calls and every
thing pertaining to sport cannot be beat.
The new game and FISH bill passed the SEN
ate during the past week and that II VIII
now speedily become a law, Is rea sonably as
sured. The bill making the dog personal
property is also among the probabilities, and
sportsmen generally are in a position to
congratulate themselves.
H. e. Gray and p. g. Cunningham, with
team and camping outfit left last evening
for the Platte and will spend week in pur.
suit Of health and happiness. Garnet C.
Porter and j. s. Ownes are at Corning vast
ing powder and shot in vain attempt to
bring the early pintail from out the skies.
The ]. C. Read w. Den 1O0-live bird
shoot for S100 side has been set for Satur-
day morning, March 8, shooting to begin at
II 80 sharp.
Sam Richmond, who Is running a well ap-
pointed hunters camp on the Platte. near
Clarks. reports the arrival OF the geese and
ducks in considerable numbers.
VIII d. Townsend, manager of the Cross
Gun company, sold $3.50 Greener TO prom
inent Bluffs shot yesterday.
Billy Hardin, of the Bluffs team. that so re-
Gently polished off the Omaha cracks, says
the Iowa boys are perfectly content to lay
back on their laures. and will not go after
any of Omaha's stuff"
cbar,,o prad ~ 1,as ,,o,,o, o,,,,,,,o,
WING shot ~ hoar,oa rro,,nS .,., ,'at sor
M Cnn,,on 80 - n po,uu Iasy .aea. au'
In tho I,vt s,oo, t t, in ~, , asu ,,,,a1
but n birds out of his 100, while the Wizard
OF the Plains quit with SO. 1t begins to look
very much as If Budd had been relegated to
the ranks of the Has Beens.
me trap shooters OF the country have de-
cided to hold annually near Baltimore a -four
days tournament, beginning this year. 1t Is
proposed to have live pigeon and clay target
be 1000 cash. Another fixed match will be
| target contest for teams of five men each
| bona fide members of the club entering. The
prize is carload of 100000 artificial targets
Jim Den of Arapahoe is evidently in deat
| earnest anent his proposed 100-liye bird race
with ]. c. Read of this city. Mr.. Read ha.
consented to shoot Mr.. Den on Saturday
| March g. and the sporting editor of th
paper hereby acknowledges the receipt of
| draft from Mr. Den calling for sl0O his full
amount of the stakes to be shot for. jim
says from the result of his recent practic
| he thinks his eye Is in the right place.
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The Appr"nchrof Gentle Annie.
| That the base ball season of 1895 is vir
tually on there is no denying. While local.,
| Tho obomn;orsh;, sa.son ,,,;,, M. - a.,
| angpratad mill Nav . ,homt Oh ~ hi
| Ie,gna clnbs aro .,eady In act,vo nra,ipipa ~
| nractice Profiting NV RaItin,ore's ,evneri
ence last war ali of Tho mainr oreanizatinn'
teams will spend the coming three weeks i
the south. Chicago. Iouisville New Yorl
Cincinnati and st. I,ouis already hayin
checked their hats and sweaters for tn
milder climes. and while we must wait
few weeks longer before we can inope to hea
the CHEEKY tones of the umpire. ere tina
many DAYS elapse every club in the bi
league will be in active training for wha
promises to be the banner year in the an
nails of our great national sport.
Sundays New York Herald devotes a soil
page, with photographs of each. to tn
varsity captains. giving short but interes
sketch of all the new men selected to CON
mand the great college teams this year. l
speaking Of Fred Rustin, the Omaha boy tn
writer says:
The captain OF Yale's base ball team tn
year Is likely to be in measure overshat
; owed by the presence on the team OF Dutch
carter. the phenomenal pitcher. Carte
ike Alonzo stage mas won natlonai rep,
tatlon IN the ESN, and ior thls reason WI
De the cehtrai hsure Oh tne nlne' lhIs lae
. however. Is no u,sparaseniehi ~ Cap.a
nusuh' Mmose worh III ehe neiu tnoush
1es ptt,aan. uSpe has Vnia,s teo De'
one vi .ne s.ioms po,n'' p,..,, IN ae n e,, .e"
w.. @ .ne pas. ,haU w. seart ona has ,nS ra,
= euiat sor, - ,;fa at Vale The hsgjnnir
at ar'I his ooi,ooa naursa was soddaned for vi
bu the trasie deatb NJ his alder brother wi
+ was iniured dnrine his initiation into Del
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