San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26
BOWLING OF il. AND
ai@ q FOWLERs.

Hall, and 4Tschirhart on their trip.
| MessrsiJoe George. o. c. Guessaz
and ANY, Ada,ls of Chicago returned
last Monday from duck hunt on the
cpast, bringing with them about go
dnGks. which they distributed among
theirfriends.
| Tbeep w ei. Cold and disagreeable
weather prevailing. the past week has
lreyented our sportsmen from going
| Into the woods, therefore our local re
port Of the doings of our home sports
men will fall short.
Charley Grimm has challenged II. o.
| Heikes for the Cast Iron medal which
| the latter won from him at Chicago
| last week. The match will be shot
within sixty days on any grounds that
Heikes decides upon.
Mr.. Chas. Levy, merchant and
banker of Victoria, Texas, and Mr..
Gottschalk Half, young San Anto-
MAN now residing in that city will
visit San Antonio this week and will
make this the starting point for hunt
of several days duration, probably
visiting the coast near Rockport be-
fore gong nome. ttt
ID. 4. Barr. Joe GutZeit, and some
parties from Kerrville returned last
week from hunting and fishing ex-
peditlon near the headwaters of the
Llano river. They We're out about
three weeks and killed about nine
deer. five turkey and all the ducks and
quail they wanted. The camp was
nlSn wall snnnliah x-itb f;ch .at ts
[ Messrs. Showers. Veith. Geo. Cha
bot and W. \. Turner left this after
noon for Copreno bay on duck hunt
to be gone several days. Already the
managing editor of the ''Great Repub-
lican Daily is sharpening his appe-
tite in anticipation of the succulent
iread-heads which the Lights sports
man has promised to supply him.
Miss Catherine Brian, aged Is, liv-
ing near Germania, Potter county, Pa,
went out cunning with her father a
few days ago. She was fortunate in
getting a shot at a fine buck deer,
which she badly wounded and it at
tackled her ferociously. Her father
came up just in time to save her life
and ende the battle by killing the
buck. Young ladies who go deer
hunting should be more careful with
. the first shot.
There is a good income in store for
the sportsman who will devise or pat
ent a. practical lasting dog shoe suit
able for a dog to work in grass burrs
and rough country. Many patents
have been put on the market, but the
only protection so far devised and
found pliable enough is eight or ten
ounce canvas bags with draw strings;
| these are tied above the dew claws
| and will last several hours, when wear
| will necessitate putting on new ones.
C. L. III. Glazbrook. manager of the
| COleman-FultOn ranch with office at
Gregory, Texas, spent Christmas in
San Antonio. To Mr.. GlazbrOok n
great many sportsmen of this city and
other points throughout the union are
indebted for the fine sport granted
them at Gum Hollow" in one of their
pastures. This noted shooting pre-
serve hardly needs describing to
spOrtsmen of this, or any other, section
of the country. for to it they have
come from everf state in the union to
shoot ducks.
]. A. X. Elliot, of Kansas City,. de-
feated Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake,
la. for the Du POnt trophy at Chicago,
shooting at 100 birds, on Dec. 8; each |
killed % and shot off the tie on the fol- |
lowing day; Elliott killed % straight |
and won, as Gilbert lost two birds. |
This is the first big match Elliott ever
tuon ON Cbica grounds Tho I'm |
Pont trophy was won by Gilbert |
from Elliott at Kansas City last month |
and the Kansas City man now holds |
one of the live bird championship |
trophies. Fred Gilbert still retains |
the Kansas City STAR cup and Rolla
Heikes holds the Cast Iron medal. |
the question is: Which one of these
men is entitled to the title of champion
How do you hold on ducksT is |
the question often put by sportsmen |
going TO the coast to shoot ducks for |
the first time. To make it short, you |
don't hold on them at all. The |
science of shooting or rather killing |
ducks is TO know how far TO lead |
them. In this you must be governed |
by the flight When coming south in |
the fall ahead of a biz zard, the estimat- |
ed flight of the different duck species |
is as follows: A mallard, or sprig. |
will fly about forty miles an hour; a
red-head, so; a canvas back about 100;
a teal more than one hundred, and a
blue bill close ON to one hundred miles
an hour. When on or near their
feeding grounds, their fight is not so
rapid on account of their taking on
flesh after their long trip but when
disturbed and shot at considerably
you can almost rely on the above fig
ures, We give one of our local sports
men credit for the following solution
of the problem which seems to con-
front most amateur duck hunters. and
who wish to be enlightened on how
to hold" He says: when you
mark the ducks and think tLSy are
within gunshot, line your gun ON the
first flying, feathery objects, select a
nice open space several yards ahead,
where You can see the horizon and
let drive: the ducks will commit sui