The San Francisco call., 1897-10-23
NOW FOR DUCKS
AND DUCKINGS
Northern Birds Have Ar
rived With the Late
Storm.
Sprig and Teal Are Plentiful
on the San Pablo Pre-
serves,
Slaughter of Rail on the Belmont
Marshes - The Blackjack
Shooting Club.

Now then for ducks and duck shoot
ing" remarked Billy Williams OF Irish
water-spaniel fame, as he watched Inc
heavily laden rain clouds passing over
head yesterday morning.
1.-The cans should soon put in ar ap-
pearance, but L do rot expect many ar
rivals from the north until Decem Der, .
he continued, "still there should be good
sprig and teal shooting on the Sonoma
marshes very soon. 1 am glad to learn
that the Supervisors of Sonoma County
intend to put stop to the shipping of
game outside the county by market
hunters"
Rail shooting on the San Mateo marshes
is now in full blast, and unless the Super
yisors of San Maieo County pass an
ordinance in the very near future limit
ing the mum Der OF rail to each man to
twenty, determination OF the slow flying
birds will ss,uredIy result.
Last Sunday some OF the hunters who
returned TO the ci,y from Belmont and
vicinity had as many as eighty rail. This
is downright slaughter ana should be
stopped. 1t would not be overestimat ating
the number of birds bagged last Sunday
IN saying that 1000 rail we're killed in San
Mateo County.
Sportsmen who shot on the marshes op-
po>ite the San Bruno House did tolerabiy
well, as quite q mum Der of ducks were IN
cIuded among he rail tnat were bagged
Frank Dolllver and Charles Prechl had
GOOD quail shoot near Point Reyes last
Sunday. Thev returned with something
like eighty birds.
What promises 10 be an Interesting live
bird shoot will take place some Day of
next week n Alameda. Yesterday Messrs
Wicker Ruzbneii -
shoot Twelve bird race for dinner, the
loser TO pay for he mess. As the gentle
men are all cracka jacks at pigeon-shoot-
ing, high scores are eXpecIed provided
that there Will be low wind at the time
of the shooting.
F. II. Fooie. local sportsman, who has
fancy for killing large game, let this
city last Thursday for a two weeks outing
at Crater Lake, in Southern Oregon. He
expects TO bowl over elk, bear and mule
deer.
w. Golcher and H. Hosmer were the
guests of Harry Emeric last Wednesday.
They enjoyed hrst-cIsss duck shoot on
the Emerlc preserve, near San Pablo.
Their bag consisted OF fifty-one duck, prin-
cipally sprig and teal.
A mem Der of the Blackjack Shooting
Club returned from Antioch last Monday
with thirty-seyen birds, twenty-five OF
which were blackjack. President Lem
neI dHu CcCItLdTY MASK ana Will leave
this evening for the blackjack country,
and as they are remarkably fine shots,
their friends expect to hear of wonderful
bags made. Diver" Dietz and "Hello"
Eaton are expected 10 accompany the
officers OF the club to the tuie fields
The Suisun Shooting Club expects to
enjoy some grand sport tomorrow, as
large mum hers OF northern birds arrived
within the past few days. The club is
composed OF the following members:
S. NJ. Getchen, J. W. Harper, W. H. Bryan,
Ed Htbourn, 9. c. kInsey, A. H. Allison,
Sheriff B. T. Rush. D. McKinaon, J. A KEYS
and George kinlock, of Suisun; NJ. Hayterna,
w. J. Golcher and Harry Corbett, of San Fran.
CISCO and r. ]. Boyer OF Oakland.
The officers of the club are:
President, H. Perkins of suisun; vice-presi.
| dent, J. C. Murphy OF Suisun; treasurer J. A.
| Wilson of Suisun; secretary. T. l.. Robinson ot
| Suisun; commisssry, +. q. Robbins of Suisunt
| attorney, q. A. Laymont OF Suisun; physician
| DR.. w. q. Downing OF Suisun.
Market-hunters have been slaugbterins
wild ducks in Lassen County for some
weeks past and have en- shipping them
to this city. This is what the Lassen Ad.
vocate says:
On the authority of the Amedee stage
| driver II is stated that parties camped near
Honey Lake shipped lasI Friday TO the mar.
kets below 1900 pounds of ducks, and since
| that time two shipments OF 500 pounds each
have been made OF them. Twenty-eight hun.
dred pounds OF ducks in less than a week