. Breeder and sportsman . flow in thin cascades into the tub now and then, when the upper vessel becomes empty,-the fish all rise to the surface, and glop! glop ! takedownboth air and water. Then an attendant, attracted by thenoise, plunges a bucket down among them, and from the waterin which they swim fills the upper vessel full again.—Cen-tury. Five years ago J. A. Cleveland of Thermalito built a smallreservoir near bis home in Thermalito and stocked it withbass, catfish and carp. These have all thrived and becomelarge fish, and he thinks there must now be thousands in thepond.
. Breeder and sportsman . flow in thin cascades into the tub now and then, when the upper vessel becomes empty,-the fish all rise to the surface, and glop! glop ! takedownboth air and water. Then an attendant, attracted by thenoise, plunges a bucket down among them, and from the waterin which they swim fills the upper vessel full again.—Cen-tury. Five years ago J. A. Cleveland of Thermalito built a smallreservoir near bis home in Thermalito and stocked it withbass, catfish and carp. These have all thrived and becomelarge fish, and he thinks there must now be thousands in thepond. The water used for irrigating fifteen acres of orangesflows through the reservoir or fish pond, so there is an abun-dance of fresh runuing water all the time. The bass dependupon live food mostly, and they find plenty to eat from thegreat number of minnows that come down the ditch so thatall the fish in the pond are in good condition. December 8,1894] t&ije gvsstfsx emir ^avisntan. 547 CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB THIRTY-SECOND DAY—TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4. i HOUGH rain was written in agloomey. laden sky, the unterrifiedlovers of a good thoroughbred and*^ | V a game race horse were in evidence « ^ to the extent of some 2000. As three favorites and a well-playedsecond choice were successful, it isa pretty safe bet that the pencilerswish the races hadnt come off—atleast that they had not terminatedas they did. The track was noworse and no better than on the preceding day—in fact, itwas about as heavy as it could well be in a good old rainy sea-son. Peter Weber broke through the heavy ice that has en-shrouded his horses, and won a good race with Hymn. LittleCripple, his elder sons pride, ran second to Enthusiast at amile, so that the awfully long lane has taken a turn at rode three winners this afternoon, C. Weber and one apiece. Hymn led nearly all the way in the first race, and wonhandily after swerving by one and a half lengths, Banjo sec-ond, two lengt
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