Title: Breeder and sportsman Identifier: breedersportsma571910sanf Year: 1882 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: Horses Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : [s. n. ] Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant

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Text Appearing Before Image: Saturday, December 24, 1910.] th: BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 law has so far been made that will limit the num- ber he may cripple, and there's the pity of it all, for it is a most distressing sight to see birds shot at such ranges that if hit at all a wound is the in- evitable result, when the innocent victim must linger and die of starvation, or be mercifully killed by some animal more humane than the man who wantonly injured it. In California, as in all the other States, game is not so abundant as it was years ago, therefore the more need there is of greater protection and one way to protect game is to avoid shooting at such distances as only chance kills can be made. To hear the fusilade that is poured into a flock of ducks so high in the air that nothing but the merest aeei- RIFLE SHOOTING IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES. In spite of the efforts of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, a Board created by an Act of Congress for the purpose of promoting rifle shooting among the citizens of the United States, and the National Rifle Association of Amer- ica, to promote and foster rifle practice among the colleges and universities, very little progress has been made toward making rifle shooting one of the recognized sports of our educational institutions. The fact that there is very little of the spectacular to this game and that rifle matches do not attract spectators, the presence of which, undoubtedly en-

Text Appearing After Image: California Wing Club. The Oldest Pigeon Shooting Club in 'he United States. Stege Grounds, 1910. dent can kill one, is such a sad commentary on true sportsmanship, that one often wonders why men who ac other times are kind hearted and charitable enough, should display barbarous traits, for it is just- as cruel to take such chances, as it would be to stick pins in a bird and yet no one would think of doing that. The small bore gun helps to teach a man to shoot straight and not to depend on a large volume of shot to bring down his quarry—not to the stream of lead that can be fired at it, something after the fashion of turning a hose on a yelping dog—and anything that serves to make better shots of us is naturally to be desired. , So, all in all, since our bag limits are getting smaller, game getting scarcer, let us hope crav- ing for slaughter is lessening and we are gradually becoming content with fewer birds. Whether it is because we can't get more, or because we don't care for so many, matters but little, the fact remains that the small bore gun is educating men to steadier and more accurate holding and shooting, to say noth- ing of imparting a certain amount of satisfaction and pleasure, all of which make up a sum total greatly to be desired contributing as it does to the true meaning of the word sport. GAUCHO. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. courage competitors in all branches of athletics, may be the reason why rifle shooting does not appeal to the average student; and again, there is the expense for rifles and ammunition, and what is more im- portant, ue absence of ranges whereon to practice. The work in the colleges was begun in 1905 by the endowment by the National Rifle Association 05 America of a handsome bronze trophy to represent the intercollegiate outdoor rifle shooting champion- ship of the colleges and universities. This trophy has been competed for annually, with the exception of the year 1907, but never has there been more than five teams competing. The match has always been held at some Eastern range; either Sea Girt, N. J.. Wakefield, Mass., or the District of Columbia. The first year the trophy was won by Princeton University which has never since entered a team. In 1906 George Washington University of the District of Columbia was the winner; in 1908 and 1909 this University was again victorious, making three straight wins. This year a new competitor entered the arena in a team from the Massachusetts Agri- cultural College, who were the winners. Yale has never entered a team in these out door contests, and Harvard only twice. Columbia University has competed each year but once, as has also the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. It is quite a difficult proposition for the colleges to organize a team at the end of the college year when the outdoor match is shot, as it is at a time

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