Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-23
Rod and Gun
BY n. b. AIYRAN

Asst Saturday was Bobby" Burns
day at the Pasadena Duck club,
- and the Saamae club members
were the guests present at the jolliica-
tion in honor of the birthday Of the
great Scotchman. Both President Il.
Morris and Vice President j. Welch CT
the visiting club were among the four
teen that sat down to the ample spread
arranged for the occasion. After the
dinner Welch. who recites Bobby.
Burns backward and forward in both
Scotch and broken Scotch, was called
upon to give Tam O'Shanter," which
he gave in Scotch and translated as
he went along.
AS the shooting was to begin in the
wee hours of the morning it was de-
cided to retire early, and soon all were
well along on the highway leading to
Sunderland. But Calhoun, another
Scotchman, soon got to fussing around
smoking and having an all-around good
time by himself until the noise he made
had all thoroughly awake and about
again. The disturber was Immediately
brought to trial by jury. over which
Colonel Taylor presided as judge,
while NJ. G. Adler acted as prosecuting
attorney, with n. Morse doing his best
to defend the culprit. After thorough
ly going over the evidence in the case,
which lasted until a. m, Calhoun was
found guilty and sentenced.
With an hours sleep slowed away,
the fourteen guns in the blinds worked
with deadly effect and the days bag
totaled 176 ducks, twenty-nine of which
were mallards.
Fish at Sierra
A total catch of nine spotfin croakers
and twelve corbinas was the reward
Of a pilgrimage to Sierra last Sunday
IVv -
Perkins, II. o. Carter, Eugene Elliott
and Roy Shaver. While not numerous,
the fish ran to a good size, Smith War
rem winning the jackpot with a 5h-
FOUNDER
To Give Tournament
The casting committee of the South
ern California Rod and Reel club an
nounces a grand casting tournament to
be held on or about January Is in one
df the parks of the city. Several
valuable prizes have been promised,
among them being a $25 shaver fishing
rod and a diamond medal, The medal,
to be presented by the Tufts-Lyon
company, will be a challenge medal
and will be worn by the champion
caster until he is defeated.
Walter L. Heller and two friends
bagged thirty-two quail on the hills
near San Onofre Sunday
According to a report from Balboa
thousands of ducks and wild white
geese are feeding on the San Joaquin
! ranch. Ducks also are plentiful at
Sunset Beach.
Thirty quail dropped before the guns
of w r. Sterling p. E. Peterson and
J.E. Greenway in the Soledad canyon
Sunday
Goes East to Hunt
z. B. Tufts, president of the Tufts
! Lyon company, left last week for In
| dependence, Kasu on a two weeks
hunting trip which will include a Sec
tion of Oklahoma in it's territory. f. l..
Sawyer Of Independence will make one
of the party. This will be the only
opportunity in twenty years that Mr..
Tufts has had to shoot the eastern Bob
White. The hunt will not be restricted
to quail. but viii include all game
which the state laws allow to be shot
at this season.
D. Salmon bagged five ducks at Sun
set Beach.
A small game hunter while hunting
in the neighborhood of Acton Sunday
saw several deer, some being within
| revolver shot distance.
w. r. Sterling, connected with the
Dyas- Cline company, hunted in the
Humphrey district Sunday and bagged
eighteen quail. The shooting was diff
ficult owing to the dense brush.