The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-13
GENERAL GOSSIP OF TIE
HUNTERS AND FISHERMEN.
StgrkIoT founding to Old
Time Form al the Traps
.cWs of SpOrismen.

l"lfl r -t.Tk.H IL EFlt4-.S .Fdth ~ HE
old-tt1.e form at the traps. In last weeks
shoot ~ tie AEae.4ein Can Club he es;ab-
Nslrd a record ly winning first money in
every event. capturing the chief event
at twenty-five t~argets-with Il score Of "a
In the team shoot he headed the vic
t.-iaus sluad. His opponents were led
10y Fo-I. III doctors squad winning with
q score of ~ ont Of y targets. Ford was
second In the individual shoot, and Refers
waJ -hird. their scores being % and 2 re
syect.yCiy.
club %iu Al! events VIII be
sArt at targets.
Live bird shooting will hold the center
OF the stage at DUPONT Park next month,
a tourney AT pigeons being carded for late
in October. 1t has been some time since
open events At Ike birds were held here
and considerable Interest is being mani
tested IL the shoot.
In last Sundays Republic Game Warden
Neal Of Main was quoted as TO the best
manner OF cooking ~vcnisOn- Here is ar
other recipe, taken from an Eastern au-
thority:
\ y~@arling buck. or a 2-year-Old, killed
now and hung IL a cool place for twenty
four hours Is a JOY to the educated diner.
Inc launches roasted with red wine
sauce. the steaks bIOiled upon Eemlork
Goals, the liver and the kidneys saUte are
equally admirable. Cooked in the woods
the meat has d SAVIOR not to be Obtained
in a restaurant It is sauced by the hunger
which hard work brings.
Perhaps the choicest way IN which TO
prepare a part Of tho deer is borrowed
from the Indians. M~eXiCanS have the same
method OF cooking IL.
side OF the animal IS taken and two
SITS cut between the ribs a foot apart.
Through this . stout stake is thrust. SAT-
IS thrown upon II and a miXtu.e o. Ted
and back peppers Then II Is STOOD up
right before IL big open fire. Just lar
enough away to permit of its roasting
II = turned every five minutes. When 1t
is aaIf done a cloth saturated in vinegar IS
rubbed over Il llghtly- When II IS I-p"neu
ii Is ready. The MeNicahS car ti's -
tlas The guides have no specia! Itn IN
for it. There Is no other meat Ike II IN
appearance or taste.
rcboes heard from the camp Of the
officers OF the Department Of klHe FRA
riCe cay that the American rlie team II-
not use the national arm OF 'hlS CouHIS
In the firing OF the Palma match anu ~,
saaIIenfiy Violated the terms governing the
according TO those who claim to be in a
~u0sition TO know, each member OF ths
American team was equipped with w.
rifles. one was the krag-JOrgenseh. IouI-
groove. 3-CaIiber. the bona hde national
arm" issued by the United States IoEefh-
Tnent 10 Tho army and 20 the NatiOnai
Guard. The other rife, and the one, II l.
declared. which was used in all the prac-
ftrE SUBSEQUENT 90 Int SficEl4yA4 u 80
team, and was used In the Palma compe.-
don, was fitted with an eight-groove bar
rel OF J-3-cal!ber. These alleged sEpeIioj
barrels. it IS explained. were mae ar4
dt-ed by a private firm Of gunmakers.
The superiority OF the barrels, as reSafd9
accuracy. il is pointed out; was HeInon-
strated at the first practice tnat took pr.
after the team was named. IL IS IuFtEeI
said by those who say that they kHg"
what they are talking about that the Ma,
tional Rife ASSOCIATION OF america armeS
each member Of the American team Win
the two OF these rifles.
Those who are interested In the matter
take the view that the National Rife AS
ISOLATION OF America has exceeded It's au-
thority in adopting and designating an
el2ht-groOyc 3G5-Calibcr rife as the ma
tlouaI arm OF the United States. and has
especially the merlbers OF the American
team. in an nbar .sssIng position. There
seems TO be an irT -ession that a protest
VIII be entered aga st the award of the
Palma trophy to Anarica.
A dispatch from Ia Chine. Quebec, in
an Eastern paper. reads as follows:
There is an ancient saying which &C
cuses the wild geese Of being the most in
consistent OF created things. because, al
though they tenant the water. the land
and the air, they are constant 70 none OF
the Clements they occupy. The discovery
hat they have taken to roost and even
occasionally TO nest in trees, VIII be an
additional count in the charge.
All the guides and old hunters nave no
ticed the extraordinary increase in the
number Of wolves ana foxes this year.
And doubtless the geese have experiment
tally made a like discovery 1t is most
likely in seif-defense that the geese have
taken 10 sitting in trees.
\ hunter. lying in his boat under the
cover Of OverhanginE branches, recently
could hardly believe his eyes when ne
saw q brood Of Wild geese circle around
once or twice, and then alight In the top
oC a hugh tree on the other side OF the
bay. After a time he could just make out
the bodies Of the big birds strung along
the thick lateral branches.
The next day he made his way TO the
spot and found abundant proof Of the fact
that the birds known as perchers are not
the only birds that perch. II was evident,
too. that it was a well-used roosting place
of geese.
In another place a couple of sportsmen
while stilI-hunting for deer, found that
large numbers of geese had been accus~
toned 20 spend the nights in the trees on
n wcll-wOoded strip OF land near several
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