. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. fcTS. Black bass fishing in the San Joaquin and tribu- taries has been a pleasing second during the past season. Middle river has produced some large bass, but a fish weighing a fraction over 11 pounds taken in Russian river, near Guerneville, was the largest bass reported. The rocky ocean shores both north and south of San Francisco have been the resort weekly of salt- water anglers that have usually made large catches of many varieties of sea fish. Shellfish of different kinds are plentiful also along these rocky beaches. Monterey bay furnishes a great variet
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. fcTS. Black bass fishing in the San Joaquin and tribu- taries has been a pleasing second during the past season. Middle river has produced some large bass, but a fish weighing a fraction over 11 pounds taken in Russian river, near Guerneville, was the largest bass reported. The rocky ocean shores both north and south of San Francisco have been the resort weekly of salt- water anglers that have usually made large catches of many varieties of sea fish. Shellfish of different kinds are plentiful also along these rocky beaches. Monterey bay furnishes a great variety of sport with rod and line. Off the Santa Cruz shore, where the water is almost always quiet, the trolling boats have had an unusually fine season with salmon. Troll- ing outside the Golden Gate did not prove as produc- tive of sport as was expected. At that many fine salmon were taken. Since the prohibition of the use of the close meshed Chinese shrimp nets, a wonderful increase in the food and game fishes of the San Francisco bays has been noticed, particularly so with striped bass; last summer in some of the bay creeks baby striped bass were seen in immense numbers. The edible crab has also had a chance to increase since the destruction of the fry of bay fishes has been stopped. course of dogdom runs . branch have held numer- Among the fanciers the along merrily. The A. K. C. ous shows, generally good exhibits too. New clubs have been organized, the Peninsula Kennel Club and the Alameda Kennel Club, both organizations have given creditable exhibitions. There is however a tendency to manufacture too many cheap champions through the medium of one day shows garnished with a wholesale lot of one dog classes. The Nationals pursue the even tenor of their way and promise great guns for next year. The banner shows will no doubt be the Panama- Pacific International show and" regular exhibitions throughout the period of the big fair and under the superintendence of Mr. W. E. Ma
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