San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-20
ROD AND GUN.

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city have scattered the doves so
as to make large bags almost i'm
possible.
Quail which were illegally killed
have been offered and sold 10 in
nocent lady purchasers in our
city. The sportsmen Of San An.
tonic would deem 1t great favor
il the ladies will report such cases
to police headquarters. The law
for killing quail is not effective
until October first.
Messrs. R. A. Arthur and Frank
Marsh spent last Sunday down
the Sap dove shooting.
To those people who are con.
stantly In dread of being bit
ten by dogs, always carry an
umbrella. With one of these
opened a collector can always
reach the doorstep of the debtor.
An umbrella suddenly opened at
the advance of ferocious canine
will save your trousers and skirts,
as well as pieces of cuticle, the
dog may wish to appropriate.
The LIGHT is in receipt Of copy
of the uniform game laws" as
proposed by Editor Chas. Hallock
of the Field and Stream, published
in st. Paul, Mimi, who invites ed
itorial comment.
While we concur in general
game law such as is proposed and
advanced by Mr.. Hallock, we can
hardly accept the division Of ter
ritory along the 10th parallel of
latitude for obvious reasons. Texas
is so situated that q division on
those lines, as laid down by Mr..
Hallock, would be detrimental to
the protection OF game, especially
quail, in this state. Our law, as 1t
is now-October l to April l.
should open month later and
close month sooner.
The LIGHT sportsman ventures
to say that within a radius Of ten
miles of San Antonio he can find
fifty coveys Of quail not old enough
to fly by September l, no less fit to
kill by October l.
The LIGHT is in full accord with
any movement that may tend to-
ward better laws for the protec-
ton of game and fish, and has al
ways advocated the curtailing OF
the open season on deer, turkey
and prairie chicken. Deer are al
lowed to be killed lawfully from
August LIST to January Goth. No
hunter, unless he carries an ice
box, can manage safely to get his
game home after shooting it in the
month of August, therefore the
open season for deer, as recon-
mended by Brother Hallock, Sep.
tember ist to February lst, has its
virtues, and ~e heartily concur in
so much as deer are concerned.
While general law would oper.
ate to advantage in states shav.
ing about the same climate, 40
Operative law covering territory
south of a certain line would work
detrimental to the protection OF
game in several states. Consequent
ly we suggest division Of lines
based on climatic influences, and
the habits, or breeding of birds
within certain territory.
Mr.. ID. P. Barr landed black
bass at Lake Elmendorf last
Thursday afternoon that weighed
four pounds, two ounces.
Messrs. Peter Shields, VIM
Simms, Dick Strayhorn and A. H.
Piety made a nice catch of black
bass at Lakeview last Friday.
Mr.. Robert Schuetze has under
taken the training of the pointer
pups belonging to Messrs. r. M,
Ballinger and George Chabot, re-
Gently imported. "Bob" will GER
tainly develop any good traits
the pups may possess.
Corbett and Fitzsimmons have
at last gotten together and signed
articles of agreement to fight to a
finish for $4,000, and the entire
gate receipts, the fight to go to the
club offering the largest purse.
Following is the agreement:
We, the undersigned, James j.
Corbett and Robert FitZsimmoDs,
hereby agree to box to finish, &C.
cording to Marquis of Queens
bury rules, for $4,000 side, be-
fore the club offering the best in
ducements. And we further agree
that the following conditions shall
govern the match:
First-Thst AL Smith, Of New
York City, with whom we have
each deposited the sum of $4,000,
shall be final stakeholder
We both agree to post the re-
mainder Of the stake money with
the final stakeholder thirty days
before the date selected for the
contest. gsg,
Second-It Is further agreed that
the match shall take place sixty
n AVG frpm tho date of the contest