The herald., 1898-09-04
GOATS and CACTUS
CATALINA SPoRTSMEN RETURN
WITH THEIR sPoILS
The Vachells' Fine Catch Of Yellowtail
and Bonita-Late Arrivals
at Avalon

AVALON, Catalina Island, Sept. s.
Judge Madison T. Owens and Mr.. Hart
have returned from their goat hunt. The
hunters brought back with them one
splendid head and killed several goats.
the heads of which were not brought in.
The Judge sits down very carefully and
| will not tell why.
The Beck brothers are some pumpkins
| themselves on the goat question. They
started yesterday morning and returned
at nigat with seven fine heads. They
took rowboat and rowed down to Goat
harbor. Bleaching their boat, they went
up the canyon. After numerous encoun-
ters with cactus and lot Of hard knocks
they reached a place where the goats
were just waiting to be shot and bagged
seven in a very short time. On the way
back to the boat they had number of
falls, as each had his hands full Of goats
heads-and cactus. The largest head
is about twenty-four inches and Is a
magnificent black. One Of the goats Is
a fuzzy yellow yearling and his foretop
is as long as his horns.
Messrs. H. A., G. c. and A. H. Vachtell
were out with Jim Gardner yesterday,
and made a large catch of bonita. Their
catch was twenty-one yellowtail and ten
bonita.
A. c. Pierce chartered the launch San
ia Ana yesterday forenoon for short
fishing trip and brought back six yellow
tail and blistered hand.
Mr.. Duyckinck and wife went out in
the morning with Mexican Joe and took
thirty-six bass, six white fish and two
yellowtail.
Boatman Jim Gardner has wonderful
story to tell of a shark ten or twelve feet
long that tried to be caught yesterday in
the nighborhood Of Seal rocks. His
sharkship stole several fish after they
had been hooked hard and fast.
The yacht Hornet. with ]. NJ. Elliott,
George Denis and wife and c. A. Sumner
and wife on board, came over from San
Pedro this morning. While about five
miles out from Avalon they picked up a
rowboat all awash but floating. There
was nothing in it to tell whence It came
or to whom 1t belonged. The broken
painter rope gave rise to the theory that
it had broken away from its moorings.
The trip over was made In three hours
and quarter.
D. Stornes Of FL Paso, Tex, Is regis
tered at the Grand View.
E. Clinton and K. Sergent Of Los An
geles have taken tent in Tent Town for
two weeks stay.
w. H. Foster and wife Of Los Angeles
registered at the Grand View yesterday.
]. A. Moore and wife are recent ar
rivals.
Mrs. D. w. Harrier, Miss NJ. Harrier
and D. w. Harrier. Jr., registered at
the Swanfeldt camp yesterday from VAL
lejo.
J. Dougherty Of Pasadena Is registered
at the Glenmore for a short stay.
F. w. Besselman Of Los Angeles Is a
new arrival at the Glenmore.
Mrs. L. H. Dobibns Of Pasadena came
over on yesterdays boat.
Mrs. T. H. Lowe, Jr, is registered at
the Metropole.
j. Kingman, Miss H. Kingman and "
Kingman registered at the Metropole
yesterday from Los Angeles.
Mrs. NJ. Tuttle came over on yester-
days boat.
F. A. Simpson and wife arrived yes
terday.
H. P. Wendt Of the Terminal railroad
is spending a few days here.
Col. j.. w. Gelray Of Boston Is at the
Metropoe for a short stay. The colonel
is making tour Of California.
Miss F. S. Burgess Of Springfield, ILL.,,
is at the Metropole.
Geo. A. Steele and wife Of Detroit,
Mich, are recent arrivals.
w. j. Coon and wife, from San Ber-
| nardino, are on the island.
A. Modesto and wife Of Yuma, Ariz.,
are at the Metropole.
Miss A. Salazar is spending few days
here.
Miss E. Bustamante Of Yuma is regis
| tered at the Metropole.