San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-10-06
THE SPORTING WORLD.

Feed your dog but once a day
and that at night.
The opening Of the quail season
was ushered in last Tuesday.
To owners of hunting dogs: Don't
expect too much until after good
frost.
The dog being carnivorous an
imal, should have meat and plenty
of 1t.
The second brood OF quail are
quite small, and should be given
chance to grow before being killed.
The boom, boom! of shot guns
could be heard on all sides, and
many quail fell to the unerring
aim OF our Nimrods.
The gymnasium classes presid-
ed over by Prof. Haskell at the Y.
M. G. A., started in last Tuesday
with good attendance.
Wednesday, the all-absorbing
question was going the rounds of
the sportsmen: "Well, what did
you get? How many did you kills"
etc.
Who will start the ball rolling
by calling meeting Of dog fam
ciers for q bench show, in connec.
ton with the poultry show this
fall?
Crysolite, a San Antonio horse,
won in three straight heats at
Terre Haute, Ind, last Wednesday,
the fastest heat being 2:15 in a
2:15 trot.
Several fine specimens of the
deer family were brought in by
hunters last week and their car
cases adorned the fronts of our
local dealers in game.
Birds are no doubt plentiful in
the vicinity of San Antonio, and
thanks to the early spring rains,
the rank growth OF weeds, grass
and brush will prevent the pot
shooter from getting in his work.
Outside Of the big shooting event
the poultry exhibit is the only at
traction that will draw strangers
to our city the coming winter, and
good bench show would material
ly add as a drawing card.
1t is we'll to start your dog out
with a light stale bread and milk
diet. A sportsman appreciates the
fact that it is hard to work on an
empty stomach. Feed him at least
one hour before you put him in the
field.
Not many large bags were re-
ported, The reason given out by
those sportsmen owning dogs, is
that the weeds Iwere 80 rank and
high that 1t was almost impossible
for dog to do satisfactory work
until after good frost.
The athletic rooms are undergo.
ing some needed improvements,
and are hardly ready for the large
numbers who have signified their
intention to join one or the other
class. The coming week will see
everything in shipshape order.
The program for the first grand
tournament Of the San Antonio
Gun club has gone to press, and
will be out in a few days. This
shoot is attracting national atten-
ton, and October 81, %, 80 and 30
will see the greatest aggregation
Of expert trap shots ever assem-
bled in Texas.
The writer has had years of ex-
perience with dogs and grass burrs,
has tried every conceivable make
and shape Of dog shoes, and finds
that an ordinary straight sack
made Of heavy duck and tied above
the dew claws gives better salts
faction, is cheaper and more effec-
tive than any other shoe ever made
to alleviate the suffering of a good
dog when among these little in
struments OF torture to man and
beast.
DR.. Starkloff, health commits
sioner of st. Louis, recently set
new pace for pigeon shooters. He
shot a flying pigeon from a moving
bicycle. The wheel was running
over a rough stubble field Uttered
with corn stalks. He guided it
with his left hand and held the
gun in his right. The trap puller,
George Hill, pulled the trap farth-
est away from the doctor. The
bird rose on the instant, the gun
cracked and the scorer cried "dead
bird" amid the plaudits Of the as
tonished spectators.
Harry Nelson Pillsburry, the
young American who won first
prize at the recent chess tourna-
ment at Hastings, England, in
which noted players from all coun-
tries of the globe took part,
arrived on the steamer New York
last Saturday, and was given
rousing reception at the
Manhattan club rooms. Pills.
bury is but % years Of age and
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