The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

professional hunters contend that the I'M
appearance of so many young
birds in the vicinity of the preserves this
year is because of the number of wounded
ducks that have raised broods near the
granted ponds the past summer. Of
course the professional duck-shooters are
not, by any means, on friendly terms with
the gun clubs and as matter of course
they will not hesitate to say anything that
may annoy the club members.
The increase i'll the quantity of aquatic
game this year is evidently owing to the
recent cold snap in the north and the
heavy rain which visited US some four
weeks ago.
The Cor6elia Club is making extensive
preparations for the opening of the season.
The ponds upon which the members in
tend doing the greater part of their shoot
ing are being well supplied with wheat, and
as result thousands of ducks visit them
during the darkness of night The NAL
lard Club members are making ready also
to give the greenheads warm reception,
and between the Cordelias and the Nal
lards the outside world expects to hear of
some great sport this winter. There are
quite number of arks being fitted up and
their destination will be the Suisun
marshes.
Professional duck-hunters fear no law
so long as they can kill and sell their
game without fear of arrest. AS there ap-
pears to be no particular desire on the
part of the Fish and Game Commission
ers-H. T. Emeric William G. Murdoch
and j. M. Morrison-to dispatch deputies
in search of the w-breakers, the profess
sional duck-hunters have been enjoying
feast of clover during the past month.
The booming of heavy duck guns can be
heard each morning and evening near
Suisun. The shooting is done principally
in 70 de 10 rIU a hrdS
bagged are shipped by steamers to Stock
ton. Sacramento and San Francisco. The
game warden of this City should not
overlook an occasional visit to the river
boats upon their arrival.
John K. Orr bagged one dozen English
snipe last Sunday at Point Reyes.
Duck aud rail shooting is the principal
sport of a number of men who never miss
Sundays outing on the San Mateo
marshes. What are the Fish Commits
sioners doing?
1t will be rememb ered by duck shooters
that last year H. Emeric of San Pablo Or
dered all hunters from trespassing on the
marsh which lies Immediately west of the
town of San Pablo. MIR. Emeric and his
club members have enjoyed some good
duck-shooting in the early months of the
season, and as a matter of fact they now
jealously guard their preserve from the
depredatlons of outsiders who in former
years made the Emeric marshes their prin-
cipal headquarters during the duck-shoot-
ing season. 1t happens, however, that a
large strip of the marsh adjoining Emer-
les property is owned by farmer who has
not entered the least objection to hunters
shooting ducks thereon, provided that no
injury be done his property. Four
young men, who have proven to be thorns
in the sides of the mem bers of the Emeric
Gun Club, have leased from the obliging
farmer a small strip of ground, upon which
they recently erected "shanty," where
their boats will be housed and where they
can dream in comfort OF duck-shooting
galore. Mr.. Emer1c was, of course, un-
aware of the fact that the four young men
who caused him so much mental anguish
last season would attempt to shoot on the
marshes this year, and especially in the
face of the fact that they had been
cautioned to keep off the grass, or other
wise be punished for committing a
misdemeanor.
The warning apparently did not discon-
cert the four young roues in the least, but,
on the contrary, they became all the more
aggressive and determined to give Mr..
Emeric, in the language of the tout,
"run for his money" this year, because
the law says that hunters may enter upon
salt water marshland, etc., etc.
The erection of a shanty was the only
cause the material had to be carted
through Mr.. Emeric's grounds to the place
of debarkation, and they well knew that
his keepers would not permit of any such
liberties without permission from their
employer.
After holding several sessions scheme
was finally concocted which proved sue
cessful. One beautiful moonlight night
not very long ago "the big four" stole
march on the good keepers while they
were dreaming of their monthly salaries,
and uninterruptedly they drove four
horse team with an immense load of
Jumper through Emeric's property to the
place selected for the erection of their
winters home. All hands went to work
with will, and in very short time a
building doomed up on the margin of the
marsh, much to the chagrin of Emeric and
his eliminates. The new house is COM
fortably fitted up, and man will be
placed on guard to protect the property
against any malicious attack that may be
made upon 1t.
Mr.. Emeric says that, law or no law, he
will prosecute every man who trespasses
upon his property this year, and there can
be no gainsaying that some very interest
ing news will be heard from San Pablo
just as soon as the duck guns open fire
upon the feathered invaders of the San
Pablo marshes.
John Sammi has issued a challenge in
Professor Bergen's Promoter to AL
Cumming. It states that Sammi viii! run
his brace of Irish water spaniels, Brocky
Tom and Obey Fred, mud-flat trial on
rail or turtles against Cummings brace of
spaniels, Dude and Dudeen The Scotch
man will doubtless accept the conditions
of the -four merchant, and if 80 sportsmen
will be treated to very interesting con-
test on the fats.
AMATEUR ATHI ETICC