The record-union., 1896-04-12

AL the annual meeting Ol the Sldlc
lSportsmen's Association, held on Friday
last, Crittenden Robinson was re-elect-
ed President by acclamation- The fol-
lowing were elected Directors: Thomas
Flint of San Benito, ]. w. Hayes OF
Grass Valley and DR. S. z. Knowles. ].
V. Coleman and Clarence Haight of San
Francisco. Thomas Flint was elected
IVice-President and DR.. Knowles Treas
urer. The Board of Directors will, at
its first meeting, elect a Secretary.
The next event of general interest to
sportsmen will be the State bluerock
tournament of the California Inanimate
Target Association, which is to be held
at Stockton on May Roth and 31st. AL
ready 5000 bluerocks have been or
dered for the occasion, and there is talk
Of increasing the order to $4,000. Four
sets of traps will be operated, and an es-
innate places the probable number of
shooters in single event at 200. If
the tournament assumes anything like
such proportions it will easily take rank
as the biggest shooting event ever held
in America.
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taking the fly splendidly on the McCloud
River.
In Marin County a few days ago two
men caught thirty-two cutthroat trout
tsalmo mykiss) weighing sixty-fve
pounds, and one large Eastern brook
trout. They were caught almost en-
| tirely with fresh shrimp
! Kennel Topics.
A noted field dog, Gath's Mark, died
in the East last month, and the Field
Sports" in referring thereto says:
| "Gath's Mark, Gaths Hope, Gath's
Pride and Harold (the latter owned by
G. n. Post of Sacramento) were all of
the same litter, and most phenomenal
one it w&s-Mark Hope and Harold
being field trial winners, and all four the
sires of field trial winners; Mark being
the sire Of twelve, Hope of ten, Harold
of seven, and Pride of one, stamping this
as the greatest producing litter ever
whelped in America.
| The death of Mark leaves old Harold
the only survivor. He is yet hale and
hearty and Countess Noble has now by
her side litter Of nine sired by him on
the 14th of January. Gath's Mark,
Gath's Hope and Harold, by Gath
| Count Noble-Peep O'Day) out of Gem
| (Gladstone-Gazelle), have left their
mark on the English settlers of America,
and quite prominently so on this coast.
| Several of the sons and daughters Of
both Mark and Hope have been brought
here; of these Betsy Mark is the best
known, winning the Derby in 1894 and
second in the All-Age in 1895. OF the
| sons and daughters Of Harold seven
have been placed in our trials, his most
recent successes being Rowena, the win
ner of the first in the last Derby. and
Orian, the winner of third in the last
AlI-Age stake; while Stephanie, the
dam OF Nimrod, the winner of the ALL
Age, was daughter of Harold"
The Pacific Kennel Clubs bench show
IN San Francisco will open May 9th and
continue till the 10th.
T.. n. Williams will superintend and
James Mortimer of New York will Judge
all classes.
| There is project on foot among the
Eastern kennel men, among whom are
Pierpont Morgan and George Jay Gould.
to send a carload of dogs to the show.
The outlook is very promising for a
large entry.
| Exhibitors should make their entries
early, thereby avoiding the rush which
always comes the last few DAYS that
entries are open. Entries close on April
2Sth. f9l 1@
| County Clerk Hamilton has been re-
Guested by the Secretary of the Pacific
kenne. Club to send the latter the
names of all persons in Sacramento who
have registered dogs. Billy is pretty
Wen up in matters pertaining to bear
dogs. but says he doesn't know what is
meant by registered dogs. There is no
dog register in his office, and the Ken
mel Register" or stud-book, is issued in
the East.
The Alameda County Sportsmen's
Clubs second bench show will be held
iE Oakland on May 2O-23. The entries
will be greatly in excess of that of the
last show. ]. Otis Fellows of Hornells-
vile, N. Y, will judge all classes.
Thomas Higgs will superintend.
| George Crocker has purchased of J. B.
Stoddard, Pa1o Alto, Miss, the pointer
dog Tick Boy, by King Of Kent-Bloom.
fCT $1,000, and an eleven months puppy
by Tick Boy that is said to be very
promising.
M. D. Walter, late of Calf, Sacramento
County. will superintend the Los An
geles show. He is permanently located
In Los Angeles now.
Baseball.
| There is a new State Baseball T,eaeue
and many persons believe the time has
come for revival Of the sport that a
few years ago was popular everywhere.
The leaders in the movement are D. r.
McNeill A. s. Blake, F. A. Dunbar. G.
"A Johnson, J. p. Stowell and H. N. Will
son.
San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose.
Sacra mento, Stockton, Fresno and Los
Angeles are to have teams in the league.
and possibly some other towns.
The baseball season was opened in
New York on April Sd. The New Yorks
played the Jersey Citys. Fifty people
witnessed the game.
! George Van Haltren will probably
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