The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-11
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who won In the open class here. repeated
IN the champion class now. Herwick Mol
lie won In the champion class. adding one
more victory to her already long string.
nrst IL the open Class class and second i in the
puppy class. An English setter puppy
from Tacoma won easily In his class. and
Is looked upon a. dangerous competitor
for the big winners In future shows. Stim-
sons English setter, Count Dick. was an
being the acknowledged king OF the Coast.
collie til ne Sl ensss s Won irst J. RaSsrs
English setter bitch was the blue ribbon
winner In her class. Chester Thornes
Irish terrier won second.
49,
Blge Hall, formerly OF Vermont. but now
Of Seattle, was a prominent figure at the
Thanksgiving turkey shoot OF the Lincoln
Gun Club, Of Alameda. Cal He won the
handicap event with fifteen straight, and IN
the time. Forster, the big winner of the
day, was Halls stumbling block. Hall
would tie the champion and lose on the
ehoot-om
High water has made duck shooting
poorer than usual around Seattle during
the past week. The shade Of difference does
not appeal strongly. however. TO the ay-
erage hunter, because he seldom finds
game within range. Old-timers like Capt.
Edwards, Dick Cox, Dr. p. A. Purdy, Joe
Schlumpf, Charlie I4athrop, Jap Hoising--
Charles Frank Atkins, f. Greenus. VIII
liam III. Harris, w. l.. Chellis, Frank Ham
ford and a few others can go out within a
few miles Of the city and get q fair bag.
and make few missez.
would like to include Bill Moreton in
this list. but ever since he beat Joe Hardy
inEa match shoot he has been steadily los
ing ground. According to general reports
his craftsmanship Is so badly out Of gear
nowadays that his dog has gone on
strike.
The cratic snipe. which are here today
and there tomorrow. have returned to the
fats around Seattle and a few of them
were killed last week. Ruppe and Stark
were the luckiest Of the hunters in this re-
spect.
Martin Dawiey, of Monroe, has trapped
two. black bears this winter on Woods
creek, according to the Monitor, and has
prospects OF getting more
Charles Waters, of White Salmon, Wash.
aged 80 years, killed six coyotes last week
The Gcldendale Agriculturist says he Is
an old Wisconsin hunter. and 10 as lively
as man half his years.
Duck hunters around Pe-Ell have not
finished wondering at the skill OF Charles
Lillpop, who went out with party OF
friends under the guise Of novice The
Herald says he killed everything that
came in sight"
Clyde weatherwax, of Aberdeen, has
purchased the English setter Fritz from
Harry Denham, Of Tacoma. The Bulletin
quail and grouse. and will retrieve both
on land and from the water.
Lass ~
C. s. Kendall, of Montesano, has killed
he pet deer and substituted bear cub
sMhe deer weighed ESQ pounds according to
the Independent.
L. G. Allis, who is now a Chehalis drug
gist. instead Of Washington volunteer
of the F1llpinos, is on the decline The rea-
son for this IL not, as one might suppose,
owing to- a change In spirit, but rather
because all the game cocks have been killed
At the beginning of the warQit was a
weekly occurrence to kill two or three
hundred birds in the pit; The dead birds
game was held in high favor. but the mar
ket could not stand the drain and collapsed
1t was suicidal for a chicken to show its
head out of bounds.
the beach near the foot of Harrison street,
Fafrhaven, has two pet seals. They were
caught in fish trap several weeks ago,
and have already become very tame.
~
John Justice. who lives in Eastern Wash
ington, and several others in the same
section imported some quail from Missouri
for breeding purposes few years ago. The
birds We're placed on ranch near Touchet
and gradually increased under the protec-
ton and care of farmer until they were
fully fifty In the covey
The Walla Walla Argus says that recent
u-n he a1afer. n
than half the birds. The Intention of the
owners of the birds was to keep them from
gunners until the valley was well supplied,
cases demand the attention s of the game game
warden.
J.. H. Rengsdorff Is back in Kent after
g. hunting and prospecting trip in the
The White River Journal says that he
killed more than 600 game birds, which he
sold from 50 to SIS dozen. 81
The Whatcom Reveille says that bears
ity Of Van Zandt.
The story comes from Winterport. Me-.
that George Weed has killed a horned
doe This specimens-and they are very
rare-is said to be the finest Of the kind
ever killed in the United States.
Pugilists are commencing to turn their
eyes toward Seattle now that contests are
allowed under close police supervision,
Challenges are flying around in all direc-
tons, and If half of them brought results
there would be lively times.
AS things stand now Nick Burley and
Young Peter Jackson are on top. Jackson
has become possessed of the idea that he
is equal to take Burley's measure. He says
that the difference in weight does not cut
any figure with him. If Burley would like
a match all he has to do is to say the word.
Jackson says. and articles will be signed.
PORTUS BAXTER
Bicyclist Beats Roller Skater.
CINCINNATI. o., Dec. 10.-The series of
races between Harry Gibson, bicyclist. and
Runick. roller skater. closed La ST niuhf Of