Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-02

Gun cluD Bainereu dt enolA SuS S-se
Wednesday night and had the same
luck as the members OF the Blue Wing
Shoot. Nine of them procured the
limit and tue remaining three shot
fourteen each. r. a. Bowles, secre-
tafy of the club, was one or tne
u laI ksmen who brought home enough
ducks to feed an extraordinarily large
family. He said: "A thick fog hung
over our grounds for about two hours,
but many of the members kept pep
pering away just the same ana the
ducks were so thick that, when the
fog lifted, we were surprised at the
number of birds that had been dropped
by this haphazard manner OF shoot-
Ing The majority Of the birds were
sprigs and were rather young as we
could see by the breasts Of the males
The members who got the limit were
Jacob Baum, F. A. Bowles. d. ].
Brent. F. D. Chipron. William era
ham, f. A.. Jay, r: Levy William
Mackie, Irving r. Smith, Walter J.
Wren, Charles B. Van Worst and M.
Nordlinger.
, Ninety-two ducks between four mem
bers was the record made by the MEM
bers of the South Side Gun club. Fred
Simpson headed this little party or
"duckers." and he asserts that he will
be able, before the season closes. to
decorate the walls. floors and bowling
alleys OF the Brunswick-Bal Collen-
der company with the feathers of the
ducks he shoots.
Four members of the EASTMAN Gun
club who enjoyed the duck shooting
easily procured the limit. This may be
laid to the fact that the members for
mally agreed to reduce the limit OF
that club from thirty-five to twenty
five ducks q day. Claude r. Taylor
secured twenty-five with little exertion.
All but one OF Taylor's bag consisted
of sprigs. The other bird was a mon
strous mallard which had got in the
way - stray shot. The other mem
bers were Kennel Price, A. 9. Brodie
lieve that ninety-nine out Of every hun
dred ducks that were shot today were
local birds"
1t is plain to be seen that the best
shots in any of the duck clubs are
members of the organization known as
the Chico Gun club. After the morn
ing battle the twelve members gath
cred at the club house, and with the
exception of Handorf each man count
ed thirty-fve. Handorf admitted that
he had only twenty-four, but what he
won't do the next time they go out"
etc. The first gunner to get the limit
was Fred Maier. The rest were as fol-
lows: Ed Maier Henry Harrison, Ed
Golfer Edwin Golfer Chris Krempel,
Harry Graham, Joe Gioio, Frank
Huebsch, Jim Smith and Eugene Koch.
Eleven Of the twelve members of the
Del Rey Gun club were waiting with
guns loaded for the hour to begin duck
shooting yesterday morning. BY some
freak Of fate or something else only
one member succeeded in shooting the
limit. His name Is H. w. Keller. The
to satisfy themselves, however, and
nobody went home without at least flf-
teen. The members were w. Fl. Slim
son, George Bayly, H. w. Keller, w.
G.. Kerckhoff, r. Llewellyn, A. r.
Mains, P. r. Schumacher, Ed Stras-
burg. H. G. Weyse, G. M. Wood and
H. H. Kerckhoff.
The Canvas Back Gun club members
had lots Of sport, even though only one
of their number procured the limit.
Seven others got as high as twenty five
and seemed satisfied with the number.
They will try the trick, over again next
Sunday.
The members who stopped over night
at the Centinela Gun club were well
rewarded for the apparent hardship.
as each member brought thirty-five
ducks to Los Angeles. The members
were William Bayly, John Bradbury,
r. X. Eckley. II. Keller and j. A. w.
or.
Henry c. Lee, William Lovett, H. Fl.
Markham, Charles Mcfarland and N.
w. Myrick passed the day at the Ger
ritos Gun club and up to a late hour
last night had not been heard from.
It was assumed by their friends that
they were resolved to do q good Job
while at it and remain till Sunday, by
which time they will have enough duck
meat to feed Uncle Sans army.
The remodeled grounds of the Los
Angeles Gun club were visited
Wednesday night by Perry Howard. R.
Bungay, r. B. Van Arman, e. L.
Blanchard, George Il. Black and C. ].
Black. The fact that each member
easily procured the limit of ducks is
attributed to the good condition of the
grounds, which recently were sown
with grain and thousands of ducks
have made their homes in the rushes
that cover the land.
The Sunset club members started the
season In style that was after the
''king's own heart" Those members
who were able .congregated at the club |
Wednesday night and enjoyed sump-
tuous banquet. 1t was unnecessary for |
them to retire Wednesday night, as |
they had little time to change their