San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-15
SPORTING NOTES,
What Our sportsmen Are DOing-Talk of
Holding a Bench Show.

Messrs. Jake Waelder and N.
Poster have returned from a two
months camping trip in the coast
country.
Capt. E. Bosch returned Thurs.
day from Kings ranch bringing
with him as a trophy OF the chase,
fine large buck, Capt. bosch
says it was the largest buck he
had killed in twenty-five years.
The death shot was long one, be.
ing over 300 yards.
Messrs. w. l.. Gardner and J. f.
France were down the Sap after
quail one day last week.
Messrs. Alex and Henry Half
and +. z. 1schirhart drove out last
sunday and encountered heavy
roads and small bag of game.
Judge Maxey and Hon. j. L..
Slsyden left on an extended hunt
last week.
The meeting called by few en-
thusisstic dog fanciers at the Bus
mess Mems club rooms last Wed.
nesday night, for the purpose
OF getting up bench show in con-
nection with the poultry exhibit
to be held in the old courthouse on
Soledad street December 9th to
18th inclusive, could hardly be
termed a success Since then how
ever, a great many owners of fine
dogs, both sporting and non-sport-
ing, have expressed desire to
join in the movement and help 1t
along, by offering to exhibit their
dogs, shall such show be held in
this city. The LIGHT takes great
pleasure in devoting space to any
thing that will attract visitors to
our city and reasons for holding
such a show ir San Antonio are
obvious. In the first place it would
be the first bench show ever held
in the state, and what is more nat
ural than that, it should be held
in the largest and most historic
city in Texas? Such shows have |
met with great success in north
ern cities and thousands of people |
have passed the turnstiles to see
the'most,intelligent ofdumb brutes,
and mans best friend, the dog.
A rough estimate would place
the number Of blooded dogs in
our city fit for exhibition at over
200. If we can succeed in bench
ing 100 of them, what fine eX-
hibit this would make for
starter The directors of the San
Antonio Poultry Breeders associa-
ton have signitled their willing
ness to erect benches and select
judges, provided enough dogs are
entered TO make the show inter-
esting. 1t remains for the dog
fanciers OF our city to get together,
and, with a slight effort, promote
an interest in the show. Another
meeting will be held at the Bust.
ness Mems club rooms next Tues
day night, and it is TO be hoped
that both ladies and gentlemen
who are interested in the holding
of a bench show will be there.
\ rifle in the hands of one of
our spOrtsmen was blown to the
winds by the use of nitro shot
gun powder loaded in rifle shells.
The gun is to be seen at Messrs.
Chas. Hummel & Son. Marvellous
it was, that the man manipulate
ing the arm was not injured in
the least. Special grades of nitro
powders are made for special
arms and those recommended
for shot guns, are strictly forbid
den being used in rifles and vice
versa.
A party composed of George |
Morgan. Herman SChultze and |
Tom Dunbar left Friday after
noon by conveyance with com
plete camping outfit for Carrie
Springs and vicinity. They will |
be gone about ten days.
MessrS. Robert Tendick and o.
c. GuessaZ were out at Mitchelfs
lake last Thursday and killed a
number of ducks. Mr.. Tendick
says the lake is full of water and
that the ducks are hard to get at,
as evidenced by that tired feeling
Bob complained of from the eff
fects of wading all over the lake
after the game.
Two of our local sportsmen
succeeded in killing a fine fat doe
while out quail shooting last
week on the Sap, and only those
fortunate enough to receive a
piece of venisOn were aware of
the fact. They had evidently
killed deer before, and made no
noise over their success, so mod
est were they.
Messrs. A. Y. Walton and A.
Mcdonald left on an extended
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