The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-14
GUN AND DOG.
Continues In Marin
County for Another Month.


County for Another Month.
According to the decision of Judge An
gellotti of the Marin County Superior
Court, which was rendered last Wednesday,
male deer can be lawfully killed in Marin
County until October Is.
AS exclusively stated in Thursdays
CALL, Judge Angellotti decided a case
testing the validity of the county ordi-
nance. The Supervisors of each county
have the power to shorten the open season
for the killing of game birds or animals,
but under no circumstances can they pro-
long IL.
Acting upon the authority given to them
the Supervisors of Marin County ordained
that the open season for deer-shooting end
on September / of this year. There was
nothing in the ordinance, however, that
provided for a penalty, and to test its
validity q sportsman shot deer on the
second dav of September The court held
that the absence of a prescribed penalty rem
dered the ordinance useless, and as a con-
sequence the State law will govern now in
Marin County until the Supervisors will
again meet and rectify their mistake.
AS there will not be meeting of the
board until the first week in October it is,
indeed, safe to say that the general law
will hold good, that is so far as deer-shoot-
ing in Marin County is concerned, for this
season at least.
The decision will, no doubt, stir up the
sportsmen of other counties to a sense of
provide penalty should be Immediately
attended to.
According to an ordinance passed by the
Supervisors of San Mateo County, the deer
shooting season in that county ended on
the LIST. AS there has not been game
warden appointed for San Mateo County
the killing of deer goes merrily on, and no
less than nine deer, both male and female,
were killed last Sunday in the vicinity of
Shattuck's ranch, which place is sur
rounded on all sides by the Spring Valley
Water Company property.
1t would seem as if the Supervisors of
the county of San Mateo, having refused to
appoint game warden, might have kept
their fingers off the general law. Their
action in having shortened the deer-shoot-
ing season is certainly doing no good. The
true sportsman will observe the law, and
that means better opportunity for poach-
ers to Stay more game and escape punish
ment
Game Warden Mogan of this county
stated last evening that he succeeded in
arresting the man who flung four sacks of
game down in front of Lemoine's game
stall last Saturday and then made his
the contents of the sack. Lemoine, as
already stated, was fined $50 for having
game in his possession.
The man who had made his escape and
whose name was John Buckley, will be
given an opportunity of explaining to the
court to-day why he transgressed the law
ano why he ran away when he saw the
officer examining the contents of the
sacks. 1t is about time that some OF those
fellows who will persist in killing game
out of season are taught lesson that will
not readily be forgotten.
The sportsmen of this City and County
will no doubt be pleased to learn that the
game warden is accomplishing some good
work. He has had no assistance from the
Fish and Game Commission, still he has
made seven or eight arrests since his APP
p0intment.
On Sunday afternoon there will be held
at the Oakland trotting park shooting con-
tests at live and artificial birds.
The following "owly' article appeared
few days ago in the gun column of the
New York World:
Among the late arrivals at the Phlladel-
phia Geological Garden are two birds that
would be of great value to people i'll this
country who use shotgun, either to gain
living or for sport. The birds are called
WHO'D WHO'D owls, and thrive only in
the central part of Germany. The birds
are notified brown in color, with heads as
big as teacups and eyes as large as half
dollar. While they are nocturnal birds,
their vision is in no way impaired by the
daylight. In fact, it is during the daytime
that they develop their useful traits to the
hunters. When properly trained the owls
take their stand on the top OF u tall tree
and act as lookouts. Whenever the game
is sighted the owls utter soft call that
sounds like WHO'D, whoo,' from which
their name is derived, and dropping down
beneath the tops of the trees, so as to be
out OF sight of the quarry, they lead the
hunters directly to the SPOT where the
game is to be found. It is said that in the
hunting outfit of King William there are
200 OF these owls, all perfectly trained, and
the young monarch prefers this kind of
sport to any other. The pair at the Zoo
show their natural characteristics every
time bird flies over their open-air cage by
uttering their peculiar cry and becoming
wildly excited
Jack Sammi is the proud possessor of a
Kennel of young Irish water spaniels,
which are in every way chips OF the old