Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-21
QUAIL RETURN
WITH SUNSHINE
RAINS DROVE THEM INTO THE
MOUNTAINS
HUNTERS SAY FAIR WEATHER
WILL BRING THEM BACK
Eddie Maier and George Cline Return
from Babcock Preserve Near San
Diego, with Reports of
Good Shooting

Quail are scarce. Everybody says so.
But no less a parsonage than D. A
Hill of the w. H. IIoegee sporting
goods house is firm in the belief that
the recent rain drove the majority OF
the birds to the mountains and he as
sures the many hunters who go to him
for information on the subject, that
the quail will have returned to the
lowlands and their old haunts by Sun
day. Due largely to the advice OF this
'soldtimer" is the fact that the gun
reservation list of the W. II. Hoegee
company for next Saturday and sun
day looks now as though it would eX-
ceed last Sundays list, which was
eighty-four. Many hunters who went
out the latter part of last week and
who struggled In Monday and Tuesday
were disgusted with their luck, but
were resolved to so out again within
a week
The Orpheum circuit was represented
in the field yesterday by AL Blanchard,
one of the most popular on the list.
The fact that AL made good his threat
to show the limit when he returned to
his friends, made his arrival in Los
Angeles last night sort of home-com-
ing. AL not only got the limit in quail.
but nearly succeeded in demolishing
the rabbit kingdom, so he presumed,
of the rabbits. But, accompanying Al
on his expedition to the Soledad can
yon, where the slaughter" took place,
was the veteran hunter, Henry Lids
ter. No doubt this accounts for about
39 of the 40-odd quail that the sports
men had between them and for about
151h of the II rabbits. AL insisted. how
ever, that the majority of the birds be-
longed to him, and Henry was too good
a sportsman to contradict the talented
actor. AL was generous, however. in
the distribution of his game, for he
gave two of the quail to his friends,
and the friends who did not receive
one of the birds were obliged to take
them. The rabbits never got any
farther than the stage door of the
Orpheum, and for a few moments Al
was not sure that he had finished his
Job and killed each rabbit. Neverthe-
less, both hunters reported that they
had an enjoyable trip and that many
hunters who report that quail are
scarce are on the wrong tack.
Eddie Maier and George Cline of the
Dyas-Cline sporting goods house, ac-
companied by three San Diego sports
men, enjoyed weekend shoot at Bah
cocks shooting preserve near San Die
go. Although none of the members of
the party was able to get the limit of
Quall or raDDlLS, Lney euJOy6Q lHOT-
ough good time. George Cline proved
his superiority as a rabbit hunter by
shooting the only rabbit that was shot
on the preserve in the two days. Eddie
Maier easily was the best shot of the
party, and he killed every bird he
sighted. Babcock, whose guests the
local sportsmen were, is the owner and
proprietor Of the Coronado hotel and
has invited the hunters to partake of
his hospitality at another time, when
the general shooting is good.
P. E. Peterson, w. H. Wiltshire, Joe
Greenway and NJ. A. Crossman of the
w. H. Hoegee sporting goods house,
returned to Los Angeles Monday morn
ing with thirty-four quail, which they
shot near the Soledad canyon region.
All of the quartet reported that quail
are scarce, although rather tame.
w. r. Sterling of the w. H. Hoegee
company returned to the city from
Bixby's ranch Monday. and in four
days shooting was able only to locate
twenty-six quail Nevertheless, Ster-
ling managed to bring the twenty-six
in with him.