The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10
GUN AND GAME.
Foreign Game Birds for California.
The Game-Warden Question.

The Game-Warden Question.
some foreign game birds which will ada
very materially to the already bountiful
supply OF small game which abounds in
its large preserve in Marin County. Messrs.
Webster and Kittle believe that the grouse
and blackjack, indigenous to the High
lands of Scotland, would do well in the
Country Club, and as majority of the
club members concur with Kittle and
Webster in this particular an order has
been sent over the water for game. 1t is
not at all improbable that Japanese wood
cock will also be introduced here. The ex-
pertinent of stocking the game preserve
with those grand game birds will be
watched with no small interest by the
sportsmen of this State.
The Monaghan phcasants which were
liberated in the northern section of the
preserve few years ago have not done
well. The ground is not adapted to birds
of this kind, and 1t was mistake on the
part of the club to introduce them in the
hope that they would multiply and prosper.
The Fish and Game Commissioners may
expend few dollars some time in the fu-
ture in the purchase of foreign game for
California.
Messrs. Allen, Golcher, White and party
left this City last Tuesday for three
weeks outing in Hum boldt County. They
will camp at the headwaters of the Van
Duzer River.
George Roork, Thomas Barry and Will
liam Johnson left yesterday for Fort
Bragg, to be gone three weeks.
Eugene O'Rourke and party are enjoy
Eel River.
Al Cumming will leave this City on
Tuesday for Weber Lake. He intends to
have great sport shooting mountain quail
and grouse over his crack water spaniels.
The San Joaquin Valley Gun Club will
terminate its seasons trap-shooting on the
first Sunday of September. In the July
shoot j. W. She'll of Kingsburg won the
class A prize, A. Guy Lovelace of Dlnuba
the class B prize and A. II. Murray Jr.
of Visalia the class medal. The contests
held this month resulted in ]. w. Shell
winning the class A medal, G. Lovelace
the class B medal and w. A. Wild OF
Visalia the class e medal.
G. H. Smith and w. E. Lewis and family
have returned from grand outing in
Trinity County. When they arrived at
Lewiston they were joined by J. Bauman
and George Vanmatre of Lewiston and
John Reed of Minersville. The party
campcd at place commonly known as
OlOh aus 4Olh, ucdI DccI OIcch, WueTe the
sportsmen enjoyed magnificent fishing and
first-ciass shooting. They bagged twenty
seven deer and three bears, besides small
game, which was easily procured. Mr.
Smith states that a few evenings previous
to breaking camp an immense grizzly bear
was seen by Bauman and Lewis, but the
old fellow was too cunning and broke
away before the sportsmen got within good
shooting distance of him. Probably all for
the better for those concerned
Tomorrow the Empire Gun Club will
shoot clay. birds at Alameda Point. and
the Olympic Gun Club will enjoy the sport
OF smashing inanimate targets at the Oak
land track.
A letter from Eureka to THE CALL states
that the Humboldt Fish and Game Club has
incorporated, and that the purposes of the
club, as stated in the articles of incorpora-
ton, are to promote the introduction
and preservation of game. game birds
and fish in Humboldt County; to assist
the officers of the law in enforcing the
fish and game laws; to acquire, own, lease
or hire fish and game preserves and priv
leges, and to own and construct all prop.