The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-03
THE GUN.
Hundreds of Canvasbaoks Caught in Fisher

noontlme, was too much for the "quackers"
that had been enjoying quiet rest on the bay,
ana mock after flock sought the shelter OF the
marshes, where, of course, they received
loud reception from an army OF hunters who
were expecting their arrival.
from Mount Eden down to Alviso the sport
was good and continuous bombardment was
kept up on the feathered tribe from daylight
until dark. The birds brought down were
and widgeon.
To the south of the city, on the Belmont
marshes, the shooting was poor, as the birds
had lett Tor the shelter of the hills on the east
side of the bay.
There were some points on the Sonoma
marshes that PANIED out pretty well, but gen.
eraly speaking the sportsmen VINO. mad .ex-
pecteQ goou shooting were disappointed. The
best shooting had last Sunday on the Sonoma
marshes was in the vicinity of Black Point,
where the birds found shelter from the blast
Dehlnd the range of hills that lie between
Black Point station and the bay. The outlook
Tor to-day IS good provided the weather will
not be TOO line, as then the birds will seek the
wide, open waters of the bay. Good morning
ana evening shooting can be had on the San
radio marshes. Sportsmen must not forget
that there remains only three more Sundays
Tor duck, snipe and quail shooting.
Speaking OF big bags of game, the greatest
slaughter OF canvasback and bluebill ducks oc-
CURED during the week in Richardson's Bay.
The net fishelmen have evidently grown wise
and crafty. Instead of dragging their nets for
hSh they are now engaged in a more profitable
undertaking, which is that of netting aquatic
ardson's Bay and some other sheltered points
have been frequented by thousands of ducks,
principally canvasback, and the Italian fisher
men are reaping rich harvests catching the
"cans' In nets, which are stretched in places
where the birds are known to feed.
The canvasback and bluebill are great divers,
ana when looking for crustacean food they run
their heads into the meshes of the sunken nets
and in their wild struggles to extricate them
selves they become all the more tangled and
nnally drown One day during the past week
mans wharf and Immediately shipped to the
markets. where they were sold. This is a new
scheme OF catching duck, which should be
looked into by the officers of the State Sports
mems Association who reside in this city. A
measure should be added to the proposed new
game law which will cover this latest system of
bagging aquatic game.
George Croker, O. prominent sportsman of
the Country Club, arrived last week from g trip
to England, where he purchased some valuable
hunting dogs. Among his kennel of settlers is
a bulldog which Mr.. Croker prizes very
highly. THE CALL stated several weeks ago
that Mr.. Croker would have bulldog soon
added to his kennel at Olema, Marin County,
that was broken to field work William Kittie
says that the bull is a wonder and points quail
as stanchly as thoroughly broken setter or
pointer.
The bulldog is not the only curiosity that Mr..
Croker discovered in England and imported to
this country The latest addition TO the great
Country Club preserve is thoroughbred Eng
lish gamekeeper who will step into the shoes
OF the present head gamekeeper, who is Cali
fornian.
The foreign gamekeeper is a typical English
man, and when asked what he proposed doing
when installed as chief of the keepers, he said:
eli really hain't ready, We know, to hanswer
the question just yet, as the situation is one of
immense responsibility, don't yer know, and
Hi hintend to Introduce several new hideas
which will be of great value to the gentlemen
of the club in the futu', my dear fellow"
The new keeper had the pleasure for the first
time in his life OF seeing Spanish saddle few
establishment, he asked if such saddles were
used by the members when they went out after
bear and lion-wild animals he had been in
formed were quite plentiful in the clubs
demesne.
Thomas Lawson and George Mitchell report
having had good shoot at the bridges near
that their bag consisted of canvasback to the
number of fifty eight birds, but those who had
seen the string say that the majority of the
duck bagged were spoonbills.
The Macken brothers have been enjoying
great shooting for several weeks past near
Mount Eden. Their bag of last Sunday
amounted to something like ninety-four birds,
principally spoonbills.
Bill Murdoch wishes to deny the report that
he has had good duck-shooting near Ignacio, in
Marin County. He says that some sporting
editors will swallow any bait, it matters not
how it is thrown at them. Thomas Casey states
that he has not killed duck this year and
does not expect to break his record OF clean
misses
Frank Deliver, after two days of hard work,
succeeded in bagging about one dozen ducks
at Point Reyes last Saturday and Sunday.
Dolliver says that the birds fly so high that to
stop the fight of any one of them hunter
must use No. shot backed up by five or six
drains of powder
The American Field of recent date says: John
Sammi OF San Francisco, CAL, secretary ofthe
Rod and Gun Club, has gone into Irish water
spaniels, having purchased two 13-month-old
dogs from Milwaukee fancier.
Mr.. Sammi has two splendid water spaniels,
from the East. With his present very excellent
stock of water dogs Mr.. Sammi should certainly
lead the fancy on this coast.
DR.. Carver's jewels, valued at 1925, 900, are
to be sold to liquidate his debts caused by the
failure of his play "rhe Scout"
Fulford defeated over one hundred crack
shots in the International tournament held at
Hamilton, Ontario, January Is, 16 and II.
Fred q. Moore, q well-known Eastern wing
shot, has been asked to resign from the arts
tocratic Carteret Gun Club OF Bergin Point on
account OF some hard remarks he made last
summer on the alleged unfair treatment of
American wfng-shots in England. 1nciden-
tally the Carteret Gun Club, through it's secre-
tary, has made an apology for Mr. Moore's re-
marks and say that it will never happen again.
Last spring number of well-known club
men and wing-shotS, it will be remembered,
went abroad. Their visit was to take part in
some OF the more important pigeon-shooting
matches and sweepstake events at the Hurting
ham Club and the gun club grounds near Lon
don. These clubs are the most exclusive or
CARNATIONS of their kind. In the party were
f. G: Moore, Robert A. WEIGH, the Philadelphia
crack, and Captain A. W. Monroe, the we'll
known English expert. who made his home on
this side OF the Atlantic for number OF years
past, was also member of the party
The American club men, after their arrival
In England, were made welcome at both the
birmingham and the Gun Club grounds. They
entered In the majority of the cup and sweep
stake events, but in most cases with indifferent
success. AS they were all crack shots, some of
them thought 1t rather strange that they could
hardly divide even a sweep, and, while they
admitted that the English bluerocks were far
smaller, liyelier and harder to hit than our ma
1--WE plrds, they could not get themselves to be-
neYe that they were SO much inferior to the
Engllshinen as the scores really showed. One
or TWO OF them started quiet little lnvestiga-
lon ON their own account, and, according to
private letters sent to friends on this side of
the Atlantic, claimed that there had been a
trick to beat them.
MT Moore, on his return here, in an inter-
view limited that some one had the traps fixed
TO suit the Englishmen. The criticism was very
sweeping. 1t attracted general notice, and
nnally dem and from the Englishmen for an
apology. Moore was called to account by the
Carteret Club and asked to retract the state
ments. He declined and was asked to resign
The club sent an apology to the Englishmen.
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