. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 316 @ij« fgveeir&c mto- §pmt*mcm* [NOTEMBEB 4, 1ft. Quail Season Opens. The opening day of the quail season last Wednesday saw many sportsmen afield with dog and gnn carefnlly working favorite haunts of the birds in the bay counties. Marin county was by ail odds the choice of the majority, although in many heretofore good shooting grounds the birds by reason of the rain had taken to the heavy cover afforded by the hills and working them was found rather difficult for both hunter and dog. Point Reyes and vicinity was visited by Frank Maskey, Harry Golcher, F
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 316 @ij« fgveeir&c mto- §pmt*mcm* [NOTEMBEB 4, 1ft. Quail Season Opens. The opening day of the quail season last Wednesday saw many sportsmen afield with dog and gnn carefnlly working favorite haunts of the birds in the bay counties. Marin county was by ail odds the choice of the majority, although in many heretofore good shooting grounds the birds by reason of the rain had taken to the heavy cover afforded by the hills and working them was found rather difficult for both hunter and dog. Point Reyes and vicinity was visited by Frank Maskey, Harry Golcher, Frank Vernon, Dick Itgen, "Fatty" Peter- son, E. G. Rodolph and others. Several of the gentlemen devoted two and three days to the Bport with fair average success. It was noticeable that the number of birds to the various bevies were considerably less than the averages of last year. Many members of the Country Club and Tamalpais Gun 'Club were afield early and enjoyed good shootling. W. 8. Kittle, Aleck Hamilton, Dr. De Mamlle, Fred But- ler, Frank La Coste, Billy Brown and others bagged the limit. The Olympic and Empire Gun Club members propose to open on the quail frequenting their club grounds to-morrow. The indications are good for limit bags. Returns from San Mateo, Alameda and Santa Clara counties had not been re- ceived in time for this issue. Livermore papers report an abundance of quail near that burg. At the Traps. Rain clouds gathered over Redding Sunday, but the storm king was with the sportsmen and the long anticipated and once-postponed tournament was over before the Bhowers be- gan to fall. The success of the shoot established the ability of the Mount Shasta Gun Club to handle big events as they should be handled, and furnished a day of royal sport to a crowd of sportsmen who revel in the crack of a gun. Sacramento, Marysville, Chico, Cottonwood, Red Blufl, Wheatland and Redding were represented by teams. Perhaps the most important prize contested for
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