Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 53, 18 November 1893 — They Barked up the Wrong Tree. [ARTICLE]

They Barked up the Wrong Tree.

Evervtbiug is not as lovely iu our sporting t‘iroles as eoukl be «lcsirc‘(l. We have got a wonderful lot of Niruro<ls among us, but \ve regret to s.»y tliat they are uot all gifted \vith the proper spirit of sportamcn, but ratber the victims of the uiost iiisane jcalousy towanls anyluxly, especially non-members of the “associatiou ’ —who through skill and true sportmanship briugs down a few more ducks, or pheasants thau do the would-be bunters who mouopoliee the shooting rights ou Oahu. The other day two “ vigilantes" sent out from the association thongbt that thev at last had mu their game to cover. They saw a p >acher—miml, a live poacher—and they decided that it mnst either be Cuuiiingliam br Black, the two pheasant-'killers who turn the hair grey of all tbe * true’ sportsmen of the ‘ associatiou. The poacber was chased, the j>oacher was caughtaud then he turned out to be one of tlie officers of the famous sporting «ssociation. Dire vengoance, was sworti and promised ag.iinst the sacrelegious duckkiller—but evidently # better coousel prevailed when the “detec4ivos ” were eooled otf, aud we have heard of uo disaster hapl>ening to the youngster, who bro*ched tlie sacred preserves of the “association." Messrs Cunniugham and Black, are still to be found on their old stand. (on the other side of the Chineso Theater), and that’s where the pheasants are.