Breeder and sportsman . g grounds conveys buta poor idea of the good duck shooting which oursportsmen enjoy. For to properly estimate thequality of their sport there must he added to thequantity and variety of their game the peerless con-ditions under which the sport is to be had. I shall speak briefly of the grandest of all gamebirds, the little quail, whose pursuit behind a gooddog quickens the blood of the sportsmans heart asno other form of recreation has ever been able todo. Properly speaking we have no quail in America,all of our socalled quail being partridges hut theuse of the word qua
Breeder and sportsman . g grounds conveys buta poor idea of the good duck shooting which oursportsmen enjoy. For to properly estimate thequality of their sport there must he added to thequantity and variety of their game the peerless con-ditions under which the sport is to be had. I shall speak briefly of the grandest of all gamebirds, the little quail, whose pursuit behind a gooddog quickens the blood of the sportsmans heart asno other form of recreation has ever been able todo. Properly speaking we have no quail in America,all of our socalled quail being partridges hut theuse of the word quail has become so common thatthey will in all probability be known as quail forall time. The largest and the most beautiful of the Inyovarieties, though the least hunted and the leastgamey are the mountain quail. There are threespecies of this beautiful bird, and their range isfrom Oregon to the high range of the peninsula ofLower California. While a good many of the sports-men of the country are conversant with the gen-. Yosemite Valley Bears. are no moving parts on the outside of the rifle tocatch in the clothing or tear the hands. The model1910 is a handsome, well-balanced gun that is easilyloaded and unloaded, easily shot with great rapidityand easily taken down and cleaned. Its strength,power and compactness make it a desirable, handyand handsome rifle for big game shooting. The standard guns are equipped with sporting frontand rear sights. It measures in length over all 38inches. The pistol grip stock, finished with a rub-ber butt plate, is 13% inches long and has a dropof 1% inches at the comb and of 2% inches at theheel. Only 20-inch round nickel steel barrels canhe furnished on these rifles; but fancy stocks,checked or unchecked, or stocks of special dimen-sions, can be furnished at the same list pricescharged for such extras on other models. Trapping Profitable—Shingle Springs, EI Doradocounty, boasts of a trapper, Harvey White, who isdeemed a benefactor to the sport
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