“near Mae dS ey a ea ae yams eae ae ee army eee i paeke ro yf ( ‘grays real mR =) SYA oF i read Va | = hie > OREST AND STREAM. Ber A \ o A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. we” | Ancuinc, Suoottnc, THE KENNEL, Practica, Naturat History _. PisHcutture, Y acuTING’’AND”’ CANOEING AND THE INCULCATION IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY INTEREST ; IN OUTDOOR. RECREATION AND STUDY. | 4 VOLUME LII. JANUARY, 1899—JUNEF, 1899. 7% | 7. escge a ibe PUBLISHED BY THE be EO an , |. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY. ai an NEW YORK J) Sea \ a ir tablene? maine iti = iy ig hale sr bade ced r ee ED. 38 Lea Foe 1 aye te 899 : \ : a a : dnb ¥ : HWA DR OS 5 ae ‘ heh FOREST AND STREAM. INDEX---VOLUME LIL. EDITORIAL. Poge. Pent. NW inter Gaz cs bac is Migsosneeahe oe depe end 121 Adirondacks Gutdessewt eee see tears anit 20LFWiork vandsPlavenpuatc itor nen eaten aanee 321 Adirondacky °MiGoSe sews cule «oes ehsleia soln eleetletierye 281] Wyoming Guide License..............s0-se0e0 5s 241 TAS OEMET ater ee cere RD ane ee ey ee a ae 401 Pears; Foimakene: ose ease seek calcio see heeeeinen 221 > Beedes. Protectors. scm nie teecaae soe pesucnats eaten 61 BI QNESS soles Nee reek ee eee eee ecanlessls cheat etree 361 THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST JESUS Gyevel Wins: SiO R Oia, Aron t/ston apong ooeN: 121, 801] Adirondack Deer Hunting Days.............-... 302 Buffalo Hunting, Indian..............-..1....... 421 | Adirondack, Few Days in..........-.2..+0+-..+5- 2 IBTisinessmantd BSDOLT a eens sien eee eee 361} Adirondack Moose.....s.scceces-scscsveetevecces 183 | Buzzards? GROOSts medion cite merle eee he eee eee WNL Po Nékreon arse 1ibbhtby anand suaehan Gusta secie en 464 Canadian Salmon’ Rivers............0+02s,0sc0000 GL Alaskan sLOOS@ hes stasat fothie vss pews ebens seen Pe Gar peeNUlSan Cer ssc clecsselaceaicsheeies teem ee eh eine ASI) Alaska Trophies.............0s0--+sere+euee 282, 306 | Colorado Game Law................22525 Hades 2 S81 i" Antoine’ s Brother-j PAT MLW ste reemienten ser tets sees nae tetera alg 203 Molumpia and Wetender. . 20sec onsets ere 461 Bee Hunting Story...........-.. m Hse aa pene68 Congress, and ithe. Birds?...0. 5. ..2.0eso eee MAE IU) Wake ce! IFRS er aad Shapes de Son oo 45 Bers me aged 43 Connecticut Fish Commission...............0+.- 361] Boy, Just About a....... 28, 42, 144, 188, 242, 344, 423 Conventionalisaiss 5 ecm. eilree sree te eee ee ee ele SIN BBo vss Matawan peste peseeicects cietsieate teas sae ee aa 364 WogSy in SGCitiess i. Cee eorycoteoe estan oh ee ee Mes SOM sii cka Ran Gus seca seeeees ety atee tee ween eee 324 Elle Hastert ne wot se)e seach scl ces essen’ Kio bcs uk TRU (Gabsahokere WERE onan aschbbonoust > jo 2da0 eanht of ae 284 TOS Wey TCHR cans Atom eat AAAS A eee AT Aces PAINE Cana cdi arie eV ViOGU Steeler teiete iinet aan nen e ee oe 24, 48 Exterminatory Peregrinators.............e-s+-+-- AMON Cate Glaws sbarleuanstets cs ceee tae Uke s eles ee eit 324 AMVISIE ASUS: oho) “CC lko says iene ae sho onan sadnontan PAD) (Olney ice ee a yO OIE erode ae 442 Mloridag GantemeroLeoutoteer= a aiseade meen seen AOU AC hick alo nui niyant saat einen eee eee eran 402 “Forest and Stream” Volumes..,............-... HUH |) (Clevooeenrarra (Crapo ee snore euch A Adee? 363 $4 Gratin Cx EL OG 2m ae eee ore oe bet it Pe fe ON AOD oma desig oa aast ects cies cts a oe ope ee ee ee 322 Gate wPanks, erates. iegare-s estat gt Gatene nn PSU BY ESS TOI then seiner ron tin hen yn 9 SRAAIAS 2 364, 385 Game Protection Public Concern............... JAC IOMeare, (Ohokeabel Oiisotrteetecunes ins 263, 364 Gaile Reservations. meses seen eet nnh nite h nie Sl AB ere COT eters mee afta’ mince eens fae eeP ay AC dames Sale) Billiueseeeneae Rcicedou ag se an Seo BuaL YP ebevens; STB: AWG) {Gove G EN oo ona ctor eo 4 Getting Away from It...... And opbohbhinet crest 141} Florida, Boyhood Days in............-.. SIC UETOL 362 Gomez A O= sen Weather eas ee pete a ae teee 15 SH Vorida Gili Godst.eacscesecg sake sane aes ere 25 Guides and Their Ways.... re WNUZHT SMp. ABO | Mlnvereeie aaiel SShudseyet oe say oppreecmng eee soon eed 104 Home Animal 482 Amt: Picea ieee rs 2045261 = Pet EV GUN oI) ATS eens ry cnet E UES eect teins citrcay insect ieee nie COIR! Ubavabrehoy, IevAYS acco dada pppk toe tee airems ne Uedbi. 402 Mounds and Animal Effigies.................... 7A [rogers Tiras oss eo pea hes a coo pen s3 ea coepen! 483 SVU GARITEATTT SE cones ake Octane ee trier ae ee ee AKDEL | U 52.0 oc1¢2 7 Pe ERO eee 128 | Florida Birds........ssec000eseese Ae 84, 108 | Ealifornia, Jolly Camp....... paemner sed» gah eO86d Florida Great Blue Herons..........ccsceccracese 44| Caribou, Mr. Riordan’s......cc0.0cssssscssaee op enateds! Liebe NWS aen A 5 AG Aas ABA AAS Set herein Re acne Mee 264] Catlin Pictures...........0...000.0-2 sees asin 6a. Game Breedin parma ters aslee lentes ber ee eto 263 | Christian County Club..............2........0002-488 Horns and Rodents..............-. ARN RAS RASC AS. Fil Colovade- Games. 2. ia celsesa- See deg cas ee 8 327 Indian Natural History...... watotihan cee 845 | Colorado Law... ...2.....ceeeceregersseceeee vere e 148 SEristin ctu ree tulan asic Reece 225, 326, 346. Congress and the’ {GATHER elle aeyos = ar +++ .28,/ 46, 65. Introducing Noxious Species.,....... 425, 443, 465 | Connécticut Grouse: Snaring. isles Pans. ate wee 347 Jaguar Ways Mae Accs 2 fe slecsinistain ahaipltrntelg ole eete Es Soe mE sate 206: ierivier Club... wee ecrenmeennens ee Pel Loon’s Flight............. grcttceeeeeae seen 206, 243:| Daly,. Chales.' ENS seu ne ee aie pislateinferale-sis. de nets eee) Man and Brute............. (eeeerrectecescete. .. 305 | Dame Nature's Ker, Bnd an yn repre Pe Sec 5 265 McKinley, Weemont Deer..,)..:.c00--+: rycen 205° Deer. Hunt. in. ‘Adivonidacks. Sia eee one F al : | é i | / | / Opp ier Sy ri i fr ff Page Deer in Tioga County................. Seis cw 230 WelawaremOOunty array tate tii ihe ree 48 Elk in the Mountains.........+ Ba WAS ae Sekar 27 _ Epithet, Concerning...........228, 249, 265, 288, 309 Exterminatory Peregrinations........... 445, 466, 485 Flintlocks ,...,..... E5380: Sriachhs (aden seeeces £349 OMIA PUAEWOOUS ee eect os acento tete bss ss sis'el es 291 Leiteraials, tsieceteiste tess a Shh noe seGoosnodonopqonthaaes Wee Od! Porest Reserves.........0. 02... eee pees eens 67 IMIDE cis ORE Mags cunt ses tp nbonang Onde 29 (Nopadiny LO Mepeaipe (Ove woe oo eon aa ean einer ttc tA 446 Doe, ORR OM Es BAR APE Ab Reet neta ie eoepoodoes 69 Game About Rochester.........0...c:ecesceceees 109 Game Forests and Indians....sesseseseseeeenves 428 Game Parks............0006 aeeers s24T7,. 265, 286, 326 Game Sale, Section 249.,........... Aaa gies 4c 51 MASS ELT Su aiertes Toure 4 Rk FOES Re clele oletcdebedal deleteie'toate wets (Gerry, of Hyde... ..ie. senses shit LAM yi 50 Gobblers, Circumventing...........100+- ee rae Ae 6320 Good-night, Old Pipe (poetry)...............00: ol Page. Honoring Dead........ Henan tanec miro on vee 000 Iolaibyey WSekeYeIe ono kon nocos Ptr bens eos MICO 475 Illinois’ State Shoot..... ep ctelbf ace xPotaccoota idle, Hutsestertaretcoe 398 Important if True....... wi capethintsie ale ie a ne wrabaetereraarens 358 Inanimate Target Championship................. 377 Indiana Trap-Shooters’, League..........0..++.05 299 dnterstate rath Ole Cityeecet et ees mae eee rare 420 Interstate at Bellows Falls.............,..... 415, 499 In New Jersey.....20, 39, 60, 76, 99, 117, 187, 160, 180; 197, 217, 237, 260, 277, 299, 339, 357, 877, 300, 415, 438, 475, 498 Interstate Programme........ tenner neces Pinee aNe 159 Tmniterstatey URES. sess rrseversteereiejecseeiateee cers Ape Haley aisyi Iowa State Tournament............ Pte chs: 439 Jeannette Gun Club...........0000- 195, 338, 380, 498 | Aicosalintsoy NON Koy SIENA AeA ASA aeshboueonstea rt cehode 357 (olitson-\WielCheen tire rt LCi hen rert reer er thin 196 John EF. Weiler Gun Club..........;. 136, 380, 500 eens IWeanypo (Gishet (Oks. pagsaado orn: sooo 480 Rune sbrideenGiny Clabre conse ern 260, 815 Lane vs. LEG ELeirty rae a Sa eans eee Bie tor tes nator 280 Teifters, and weCHitings na... ceric eeemnee oe 500 Ipwaakuyetel TERoret ACEI) sngecgacsa5esasataggesnstiun 1195 ittlewsRock,wiirap ia tient nee eee Eeee ene nan 236 Madison Square Garden Tournament........... 100 Jaryland Sportsmen’s Exposition Tournament. .339 McAlpine and Welch vs. Money and Guthrie.. 99 MWiely er IG atv’. i iapecssiotegyspotetorele o dissaca-c-acpernuoepegcpeteiags-seacesst 19 IWbyakelkasssel (Chovay (ONIN. duaousaadeandndase saneBoNe 179 Minneapolis Gun Club................. 397, 420, 438° IMG iehds INE Sas ARCA AA SSS 55 Ob Sere ae nee tert) 178 INItuo pelea der Gree eASSOCICLTOlan ein sasecreerenet 160 Missouri State Tournament....... 178, 197, 359, 416 iosae I DUO es asa saoAsS0kBAAGHAOAOnA eaaasunods 316 Money: eDeteats opie etestrstesstttettcteiiiseseteetsets 7 Moya A CHEMO meardondi die daon sco joo ddocdoce aborts 136 MWontpelaersy Gry © libra lersreiate sent ateleaistsis aestereLaate 315 iNioyrome Shorea, (Crete (Osage scagactaeeecaedonr 38 Mount Pleasant Gun Club..............-.-----.- 196 M. W. & Co. Trophy....40, 58, 118, 238, 338, 378, 416 Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Association....... 315 Nebraska State Tournament..................... 379 New York State Shoot......... 158, 178, 415, 440, 476 WSioxopeKes, AAP ele lameicenestta bouts bee iborerohtp cs 195 On Long Island..18, 40, 59, 76, 99, 118, 137, 158, 178, 197, 217, 237, 260, 280, 299, 315, 340, 358, 377, 400, 416, 438, 475, 497 Palm Beach Gun Club........ 177, 196, 217, 288, 259 Parmelee-BReweta sclelsleasteielasalajees cenit alte sissleserict 316 Pawling Rod and Gun Club.............-.-. 258, 357 Weiabpeae (Exeter (Chi gnnsagcqnqncsqcatans scene 259, 438 Penn. State Sportsmen’s Association..,......... 100 Retur ePourtamenter she: soiled deans ae cone aarti 378 Poughkeepsie Gun Club... 0.2.2... 0c. stevens 18 Ramblings in the Sotho preempt la eran ae, 19 Reading Handicap........- anthacodegnetarded puooa te Red Dragon Canoe Club.......... elatsleltlercterterensiiL oe Nie a Page. Remuington™ Gun Clubveressesenseseesece es Senee it) Riverton) Gun Clubss.ce.eosceen seen ec aceee 236 Rochester Gun Club............ seein aioe ey uc200; 208 Saginaw, Trap at...... LW Rods Re eprra RAAT At pale Savagery of Trap-Shooting..........sssse0cseees 415 Sjaiorase Cieber (Chinpaconouncdonovedas Bowiodop ses 98 Shasta (Gal \aLraps santas ee eee oes eee 360 Slleepshead™ Baya GunsC@libs sean aesenne sere 76 oxseonorolies (Crete (Chsley,., sohynccodreouuwecun en ers 840 Sidell Gun Club..........0068 Nase ee ae eee 98 St, Paul Rod and Gun Club...100, 378, 397, 420, 440 Sloo) (Cntr (ke), op Geoacaadunsussssobn 419, 438, 479, 500 Spaldincashoo pase seece rth attic: meter eee 475 Sportsmen’s Ass’n Tournament........ 160, 215, 237, Sportsmen’s Ass’n of Northwest..:.........---- 497 Sty Weoutsy Attermatha sae teeter cet ren teres 440 Sic, I bfoithieuel Diothea thes ddaoueauauasouapbooddondseso 196 St “Lonis_ ‘Draps..asitnsstsossmansive nscemet nine nee 99 St. Louis Shooting Aeon cea 280, 340, 380, 396 SHebOOS EAS, WStaokldn Aesrbouun doin ar dsdaudnanodeces 40 REX alS ee SP Orte ttlactensle starcrstacis sre ate petaatenavoneee esav ods she 216 APO WiGEE LS aires tered laystesssinreiareisioteyseense ars gasseyotsrsietert ieenre ts 316 Trap Around Reading....18, 40, 76, 118, 158, 217, 287, 276, 298, 357, 377, 397, 415, 438 - iiyronenGPay) = (Grn @litbmecesestsipeeeeti tes ee oe 280 University of Pennsylvania...............:...-- 236 University vs, Pennsylvania...... sabobate teint tt Set Ree 60 ‘Upon the Heights.......... toe as, TAR oo 397 Von Lengerke vs, Dupee......5. +5. 1.-+- yea ntl 437 Warwick Rae 340 W. C. Lynham Tournament...............:.... 316 Tilustrations. : ca ibsbreigocbaehy, (Cr Sonosossnontugaasodavcugses scopes 476 GO SD yy, Wa, BRiace sxsceiecens oveancotabd ttiberets lakese etetena fejea fats plan eee 497 DidkeyOs RO el apres ane nee 2TT Elkwood Park Shooting Grounds................ 319 Taqvihtordtely IBa. IDikogaqasondocdacduog saosin su Aielefer otha 277 Fulford’s Plan of Trap Arrangement..........:259 New York City Members’ Cup.................2.477 Interstate Association, Officers of............. 318 Marshall ein As eens oars “cD cate LE 217 Messner, (Ji, “hea sd- eutenueer ent Geena ora 2% Morfey, T. W.....-+-0e-++ CER sce 216 Scores Made by F. C. Ross............ Pe aa 234 WYO 1 Ye’ jnonosnopeadtpntenpasslseasn eaviatate: svecata 276 World-Record Squad, Lincoln.............-.... 399 World’s Record Squad, Pert... sss essereer eve 0 0888 4 FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE Rop AND GUN. ~ ~ Terms, $4 A YEAR. 10 Crs. A Copy. ; ; Six Monrus, $2. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1899. f VOL, LII.—No. 1, 7) No, 346 Broapway, New YORK. ‘The Forest AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen, The editors invite communications on the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded, While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion ‘of current topics, the editors are not-responsible for the views of correspondents. Subscriptions may begin at any. time. Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on. page iv. The Forest and Stream Platform Plank, “ The sale of game should be forbidden at. all seasons.” —ForEST AND STREAM, Feb. 3, 1894. Taking the average of shooting companions, however (except to beat a double hedge-row, or divide what could not be seen on both sides), I should pardon any old sportsman for saying that he would rather have their room than their company. Col. Hawker. EXTENDING THE NATIINAL PARK. Earzy in 1898, Col. S. M. B. Young, then acting super- intendent of the National Park, submitted to the Secre- tary of the Interior a bill for the enlargement of that reservation. This bill was intended to give exact ex- Prescian to one of the recommendations made by Col. Young in a report made to the Secretary at the same time. In due time the bill was submitted to Congress and introduced in the Senate. Since then petitions have been received by the Department of the Interior from residents of the State of Wyoming, asking that certain lands to the south of the present Teton forest reserve be added to it, and that this territory be constituted a new National Park, to-be managed separately from the Yel- lowstone Park. The boundaries suggested in Col. Young’s recommen- dation would extend the limits of the Yellowstone Na- -tional Park so as to include the Yellowstone timber land reserve, and all that portion of the Teton forest reserve lying east of the summit of the Teton range, together with two small unreserved tracts at the southwest .and the northwest corners of the National Park. The sum of these areas is about 3,260 square miles, and the addition if made would thus come near to doubling the area of the National Park. In the country proposed to be added to the Park there are a few settlers and a few undeveloped mines. It is chiefly a timbered mountain country, and does not run far enough south to take in the real winter range of the southern elk herd. It is, however, a country abounding in game and in fine timber, and so is well worth preserva- tion and improvement, Its addition to the Yellowstone Park would greatly increase the range of the game and would work no hardship to any bona fide settlers, whose claims might easily be adjusted at a later day. Should such an enlargement be sanctioned by Con- gress, considerable additions ought to be.made to the force of troops now caring for the Yellowstone Park. A permanent post—though not necessarily-a large one— should be built somewhere near the southern boundary oi the Park, since the patrols who work during the winter should not be obliged to make the long journey on foot from the Mammoth Hot Springs to the southern bor- ders of the reservation. These regular troops, while no more perfect than other men, still constitute the most efficient guardians that can be had for the Yellowstone Park, The Commissioner of the General Land Office -says, “The superior discipline of regular troops makes a more effective patrol than the civil forest officers, and cavalry can cover greater extent of territory with more expedition and is better able to cope with trespassers than are forest rangers.” The first part of this state- ment is undoubtedly true, but the last does not take ac- count of the fact that the trespassers most to be feared work in winter, at a time when cavalry is not available. On the other hand, a cavalry force is much better equipped to fight fires than are civil forest officers under “present conditions. : The importance of protecting these forest reservations and the game which ranges in them is recognized alike by residents of Wyoming and by sportsmen all over the land. Both these classes are agreed that this ought to be done. If Congress shogild enact such a measure, the protection of game in the Park would, of course, be left, as now, to the general Government, while on the residents of the settlement of Jackson’s Hole and its vicinity must fall the burden of protecting the game which migrates south during the winter to feed in the warm low country where the settlements are and be- yond. We believe that this task may safely be left to those residents. Many of them are thoroughly alive to the importance of enforcing the law and caring for the game on general principles, and many others who take a narrower yiew are well aware that the destruction of the game would result in depriving them of a considerable income which they will receive each year from visiting sportsmen, so long as game can be had in their vicinity. In view of the short time that remains of the present session of Congress, it is not likely that action will be taken on this bill unless a concerted effort shall be made to bring it forward both by sportsmen and by residents of Wyoming. The views of the latter are likely to have more weight with Congress than those of even a larger number of men scattered ove the country, because the inhabitants of Wyoming are more immediately con- cerned in it tian others. Whatever action may be taken looking to the pressing of this measure should not be delayed, SNAP SHOTS, Some months ago came a disquieting rumor of the death of old John Gomez, of Panther Key, off the Gulf Coast of Florida. Now Tarpon writes us from Tarpon Springs that the yacht Maud, Com. Knapp, has just returned from a cruise to Miami, and having called at Panther Key, found Gomez not only alive, but spry and vigorous, notwithstanding his 117 years. He still paddles his own canoe, and manages his, boat for himself when fishing and turtling. “It is easy to see that he has failed somewhat,” says Com. Knapp, “but his courage is such that he will not admit any weakness,” Good fortune to the old man; to! bespeak for him long life were superfluous. Our Boston correspondence reports that a movement 1s on foot among Maine guides to form an organization for mutual benefit. As we have pointed out, there is much which might be accomplished for the betterment of the guides, should an organization prove practicable. one thing, some way ought to be deyised to distinguish between competent guides and the incompetents. Under present conditions, as the guide license law works, all guides are put on a level with respect to the license sys- tem. And just as under the Maine medical regulations a worthless charlatan may buy a physician’s license and un- der its authority start in and kill people, so under the gtide law an incompetent and ignorant and not always sober bar-room loafer at Kineo is free under shield of his license to engage himself as a guide to uninformed sportsmen, take them into a country where they would not see game in a thousand years, keep them in camp for the stated period, and in the end rob them by taking their money for services not rendered. As we haye said in the past, the efficient and honest guides should devise some way to rid the craft of these fellows for good and all. The guide license idea is taking hold in the West; it is a feature of the elaborate measure proposed by Mr. Beaman for Colorado. If a license were evidence of capability on the part of the one holding it, the system would be warmly approved by non-resident sportsmen. The purist is on hand again with his fanciful grievance over the use of the term “hunting” for “shooting.” There is a distinction between the two, but one not commonly observed in this country, where hunting covers everything from the pursuit of the grizzly or the moose to the shoot- ing of quail and hares. In years to come sports may so develop in America that we shall be required to observe the niceties of speech in referring to them; but it will bea long time before the word hunting shall be limited to the practice of riding to hounds. For the most part that use of language to describe field sports is best which is simplest and least affected, The technical distinctions _ as a form of the sloths or ant-eaters. For‘ between flocks and bunches and herds and gaggles are hardly known to the present generation. Pedantic writers have written learnedly and oracularly of correct sport- ing diction, but for the most part their well intended efforts to reform the language have been dissipated in the upper air, leaving no spoor behind. There was one circumstance in the early history of William and Mary College which our Boston contributor might well have added to the notes he sends of that historic institution. In the early days of the Colony of ‘Virginia deer were extremely abundant, and one of the industries first developed by the settlers was the gather- ing of deer skins and their preparation for export to the mother country; and when William and Mary College was founded one source of revenue for its support was pro- vided by the imposition of a tax on deer skins. This York River country of which our correspondent writes is one of the most interesting on the continent for its historical associations, running back to the time of sturdy Capt. John Smith, When the Maine moose season was shortened by the last Legislature, complaints were made that the time allowed was so short as to be extremely inimical to the interests of guides and sportsmen. The statistics of the year, how- ever, show that in 1898 more moose were killed than in any one of the five years preceding; and any endeavor to provide a more extended season is likely to be discouraged by these figures, There is good reason for apprehension that the Maine railroads are overdoing the game killing, and promoting an® injudicious drain on the native re- sources of Maine forests. Certain it is that vast moose districts are being cleaned up; the permanent camp has been established in more than one district, where the re- sult is that the game may no longer be found, This promises to be an active season in game legisla- tion, In numerous States the laws will be practically new throughout if the plans of projected changes shall go through. It is probable too that there will be less. of freakishness and more of mature common sense protection than is usual. The nattiralist Ramon Lista years ago described a strange animal he had found in the interior of Santa Cruz But in proof of the creature’s existence Lista never had anything tangible to show ; for though he reported that he had pursued it fre- quently and had shot at it, he never succeeded in secur- ing a specimen; and by many who read his accounts it was believed that the strange Santa Cruz creature was a myth. The receipt: of a specimen from South Patagonia by an Italian naturalist has vindicated the truth of the state- ments made by Lista, and established the existence of an animal whose characteristics are such as to commend it to those who, like Dr. Blaisdell, of Macomb, IIL, are in- tent upon stocking this continent with desirable game animals from abroad. The Neomylodon listai, as it has been named in honor of Lista,is of the ant-eater family. It is a red furred animal, and has under its hair an armor of bony plates imbedded in the skin “like paving stones,” slightly less than an inch in thickness and so tough as only to be. broken in with an axe. Moreover, it travels only at night. Thus by its integument and its necturnal habits the creature would prove admirably adapted to take care of it- self with or without the protection of a close season. A tew weeks ago we printed a note from New Bruns- wick on the horns of a caribou, in which the plow meas- ured thirteen inches at its widest part. This, it was inti- mated, was a record measurement for this tine of the antler in the caribou. It is interesting. to learn that the. head of the great bull caribou killed in British Columbia by Mr. H. G. Dulog, and figured in Forrst anp StrREAM of December 24th, was still more remarkable; the plow measuring sixteen inches, and thus being the largest of which we have as yet any knowledge. “Fancy trapped quail” are quoted on the “seasonablé marketing” lists of New York dealers at $3 per dozen. Where do they come from? From what district may ‘trapped quail lawfully be had? Che Sportsman Canvist. A Few Days in the Adirondacks... My mind had been fixed for months upon the antici- pated pleasure of a trip to Vermont after deer. A friend of mine started a week in advance for Bethel. First came a letter saying that he had doubts. of success, another say- ing that deer was scarce, and with advice to give up the trip. “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick’’ Only a loyet of the woods and gun ean feel as downcast as I did upon receiving this information, After sitting up late nights to select appliances and to pack up after arranging business matters and procuring the wherewith to meet expenses, I was in a sad state of mind. Not to be balked, I started alone for the Empire State Express: Changed cars at Utica for Fulton Chain; changed again for Old Forge. The lakes wete drawn low to allow for repairs on the dam at Old Forge, hence the trips of the steamers were erratic. It was best to em- ploy a boatman to reach Hess’ Camp, at the upper end of Fourth Lake. We started off for the twelve-mile pull. Clouds began to gather and an October gale with rain came on with the darkness. The guide was a lusty fel- low, and worked nobly, but as we passed out of Third Lake into Fourth Lake he admitted that we were in for it, and asked me to express my wishes, Not caring to land in a wilderness and sleep out in the rain, I advised going on, and expressed a willingness to take the chances. The chances were terrible. North River was never rougher as I have seen it. Some sportsman can recall that peculiar twist of an Adirondack boat while riding the waves. In spite of the utmost care, the crest of the waves was spilled into the boat, and the guns were wet and the baggage afloat. Bailing was difficult. The wind made talking impossible, and things grew rapidly worse. A glimmer of light shone out from the forest and the guide headed the boat for it, The change of course made “con- fusion worse confounded.” We were carried inshore rapidly, tossed up only to come down upon a rock, and off one rock to land wpon another. The result was a hole in the bottom of the canoe. A terrific wail from the guide and the light started toward us, its glimmer interrupted by the motion of the man’s legs. One more struggle and we beached the boat none too soon. A leap in the dark and a scramble in the brush, and we are safe. I had often heard that the sins of the past flock thick and fast to one’s mind when in danger, It is true. I thought of the many country guide boards that I had peppered with shot and of the town hay scales that I had assisted to blow up one Fourth of July; tried to remember whether I had ever fished Sunday or not, and recalled the day that I carried a huge Remington navy revolver to Sunday school. Once on land I forgot it all. It was another case of “When the devil was sick,” etc. The danger over, I juggled success- fully with a first aid package, lit an” old black pipe and called the guide a chump. This guide’s name was Bob Dalton, and the man on shore states that Dalton shouted repeatedly to me to save him. In the West the Dalton boys used to hold up others; in the East they seem to want to be held up. Our friend on the shore wanted to know what the - trouble was. We told him that we had started for Fourth Lake, and had brought up off Hatteras. He said: “This is Dr. Miller’s camp, and possibly he may assist you if you are injured.” I thanked him for the suggestion and told him that we were looking for a minister while on the lake; now that we were on the land and safe, a doctor might be preferable. There is a Lake Placid in the Adirondacks, but we were not in it. Dr. Miller proved to be a very courteous gentleman. He shared his supper with us and allowed us to rest there over night. The Doctor’s health was not good. or as his man put it, “he was enjoy- ing poor health,’ I alluded to the Biblical admonition, “Physician, heal thyself.” His man told me the next morning that he was well heeled. Thanking the Doctor in the morning, we departed, and*, secured a large flat-bottom boat for the remainder of the trip. We needed it, as the storm was still on. Arriving at Hess’ Inn, tired out, wet and hungry, an open fire and breakfast were very acceptable. Fred. Hess was down in Maine after moose, and probably succeeded in securing atte or more, A large head of a moose hangs in the office as a test of his prowess, ; About noon the sun came out warm, and the remainder of the day was as beautiful as only an October day in the country can be. 1 strolled away from the hotel for a walk. Skirting Fifth Lake, I came upon the sawmill above. The smell of the new lumber recalled pleasant memories. Sitting down upon a log, drowsiness came over me, and [I fancied myself a boy again back in the Berkshire Hills, my oldJhome. There were the paths my father aud mother trod; there was the school to which I went: there were the hollyhocks, the sweet brier and the puttonwood tree; there were the lilacs through which the west wind played in summerand the blasts of winter raged. Down across the meadows, past the cemetery, over the brook and railroad track, was the sawmill of the town, Aroused from the dream by the impertinence of a chip- munk, I wandered along to the dam at Seventh Lake, where I could intercept a guide, who had been recom- mended to me, on his return from the woods. Thinking over the situation, I recalled the books of the Rev. W. H. -H. Murray. The source of his inspiration was apparent, His inspiration and vivid imagination as expressed in his book has fired many with an ambition for a trip to the North Woods. I am inclined to believe that he was more instrumental if building the Adirondack Railroad than Dr. Webb. I could never comprehend his ghost story nor the canoe ride over the falls. I have always felt that it would be great luck to get near a deer tinder any cir- cumstances; that a man could get close enough to grab a buck’s tail and be yanked about is a little ridiculous. Shooting a loon, as described by him, is all right. I have tried it. “Jollied you’’ as an expression may not have been in vogue when Mr. Murray wrote the hook, but that is what he has done with his readers. A noise in the brush across the brook attracted my at- tention, and soon a pack horse loaded with a deer comes into sight. I had inquired at the hotel for a guide named Archie Delmarsh, who had been highly recommended to ime. I readily surmised that one of the parties following the pack horse was Delmarsh. I watched him as he, FOREST AND STREAM. forded the stream, noted the ease with which he climbed the bank, loaded as he was with pack basket and rifles. It was easy to distinguish the guide from the guided. As he approached me I said: “I presume that you are Mr. Delmarsh.” “T am,” he said. I introduced myself, stated my desires, and the bargain was soon concluded. This guide, Delmarsh, is a fine fellow. An honest eye, pleasant simile, broad shoulders, clean cut from head to foot, he stands before you a young Hercules. A continued ac- quaintance with him vindicated first impressions. He proved ta be a good cook, skillful hunter and a genial companion; his speech is free from ribald jests; and the stereotyped jokes of the camp were noticeably absent. Well, we collected the necessary articles for food the next morning and started off for the seven-mile tramp through the virgin forest, described by the Irishman as “The forest where the hand of man never put foot.”’. Hardly correct as to this forest, inasmuch as we found where the hand of man had put an axe. On a blazed hem- lock five miles or so from the start I saw these words written in pencil; “Beecher's head wants fixing. It ts nearer tem miles front Hess.” Above, in a bolder hand, ts the word “Liar.” Do I quote correctly, Col. Beecher? Adj.—Gen. Tillinghast has read the inscription, so has Raymond S. Spears, corre- spondent of Forest ann STREAM, and there are others. They all understand what prompted the writing. It is a recorded wail from tiréd nature. They tell you that it is six miles to Beecher’s old camp. It might seem so on a level road, but over logs and stones, up hill and down dale, through brush and swamp, muck and mire, brooks and brambles, with your boots full of perspiration and the skin off in many places, with your pack straps galling and your gun weighing a ton, you. as a tenderfoot, will say it 1s twenty miles. Some will ask you why you go and endure such hardships. I go that I may enjoy the hardships. Contrasts are beneficial. JI drink ditch water that I may better appreciate Apollinaris; eat bacon that I may enjoy a tenderloin stealc;, sleep on the ground with the clouds for a roof that I may think better of my bed and home. I wear old corduroy breeches, flannel shirt, heavy boots and leather cap that | may enjoy the delights of creased trousers, white shirt, patent leathers and the Dunlap Derby, in a happy combination with the other requisites of a well-groomed man. There are sports- men who enjoy the stillness of the woods and the chatter of the birds and squirrels. They enjoy the jingle of the running brook, the twilight, midnight, dawn, sunlight and rain. Some are satisfied to return with empty game bags, and happy in the thought that they have not taken the life of any of God’s creatirres. There the business man forgets his troubles—bank balances, bills payable, competition and borrowers are forgotten. Everything goes and something new comes, But enough of this pathos. Jog along, boys, to otir open camp; it is only a little way further; only another mountain to climb, only another swamp to struggle through, part way up a hill, through a balsam thicket, and we are at the place they talk about. We are actually let in on the ground floor and without any detracting contingencies in the base- ment. Dropping the rifle and shotgun, off comes the pack basket, and “yours for thirst” bolts for the spring with a tin pail. In the greed to quench thirst. more of the cold spring water goes down the outside than to the inside. The old corncob pipe never tasted so good. This little clearing is a beauty spot and I like it. In *As You Like It’ Shakespeare says: I “And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything.” There are live coals under the back log. The fire has kept twenty-four hours, Delmarsh having left the noon before. The landlord asks me what I will have to eat. I answer that I will eat anything, eat it quick and a lot of it. I will eat pie with a knife, soup from any part of the spoon, and I won’t use a napkin or finger bowl. Et- quette at the table be jiggered for once. We haven't a table, only a slab on sticks. The coffee'pot is on, and say, just look at it. It won't take the shine from any- thing. The pot can call the kettle black and the kettle reply in kind. They can scrap and make up and be no brighter for it, They mean well and are all right inside. Coffee is boiling, bacon is frying, potatoes are soaking, onions are peeling, and my eyes are weeping. “All is well that ends well.’ Coffee, bacon, potatoes, etc., are disposed of, Delmarsh asks me to eat more and offers to make an Adirondack shortcake, i. e., three roi. flap- jacks with butter and maple syrup between. I tell him that IT can eat no more without undressing, and he tells me that he had rather see me go hungry than see me go naked. We wash the dishes with a rag on a stick and hang them up fot the sun to dry. _ ; Now for a still-hunt for deer before night comes on. This still-hunting is serious business. Stillness and a2tolbs. of clumsy humanity do not blend harmoniously in my case. The leaves are dry and I can crush all the twigs that want to be broken, and kick every Stone in sight. The guide tells me I catry the gun all right, but that I must be more quiet. I remind him of my extreme deaf- ness and tell him that he hears more than I do, but that T hear enough. He led me away off two miles or more from camp; we came to a rock as large as a trolley car. He told me to stand up there and look out; told me to keep my mouth shut and to breathe through my nose after dark, as the night air was bad for gregarious people. J mounted the rock and posed as Ajax Defying the Lightning, or as a plate of ice cream upon a sideboard. He left me and said that he would call later. Inasmuch as there seemed to be no deer passing, | wondered what had passed in the past. Possibly Leather Stocking and Uncas had built their camp-fire and rested under the port quarter of this rock while on their way from Otsego to the Horicon. Maybe Leather Stocking, alias Natty Bumppo, told the untutored savage the tale of Elijah and the bald head and bad boys. Maybe Lydia Pink- ham had waltzed past three or four generations ago clad in a bicycle suit and with her pockets full of artichokes, wild onions and tansy. It had grown dark before the euide returned. He caine upon me suddenly and with no warning, I advised him that he was careless, that he might be considered as a deer and get his solar-plexis disorganized by a bullet. He told s1e that he had con- [Jan. 7, 1809. sidered that before leaving camp, and had prudently re- moved the cartridges from my rifle, I lifted my hat to this philosopher and allowed him to lead me by the hand back to camp. We passed near the place the next day and inadvertently found a spot where the dead grass had been matted down by some reclining form. By a kind of Sher- lock-Holmes deduction, I was satisfied that Delmarsh had slept quietly through my four hours of watchfulness on the previous day. These Adirondack guides are slick and earn their money by head work, We had to eat supper, we had to smoke, we must sleep, sbut before attempting the same I watched for the fairies and fantasies read about as seen by others in the embers of the camp-fire: I got nothing but heat and beechwood smoke for the trouble. The focts was wrong. Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep, held first mortgage and foreclosed. My last thoughts were for the absent mght gown with the words, “Sweet lilies close their leaves at night” embroidered down the back. Morpheus was in command until 3 o'clock A. M., when he was ousted by Mephiti Mephitica with the usual accompant- ment. The aroma was all pervading. I swatted Del- marsh with a gtin cover and yelled, “Get up, landlord; the plumbing 1s bad and ‘the house is full of sewer gas’ “Oh, go to sleep; that’s a skunk, and I will shoot him.” he passed back. “Don't do it, Archie,” I replied, “do as Rowland Robin- son's Irishman did, ‘Leave him alone and he'll stink him- self to death.’ ” A hunter can go out with a fixed purpose of shooting deer, and with no thought of feathers, but let a skunk that is eareless with his priming cross his path, and you can be assured that he will “consider the ‘fouls’ of the air. _ Tuesday and Wednesday passed and we were still hunt- ing. Up in the morning before light, out in the afternoon till after dark, and no deer in the camp. I had a splendid chance at a fawn, but some way I could not kill the little chap. It was not buck fever; it was far pleasanter to watch him, Of all the pleasures of the trip, the sight of that graceful creature is the clearest in my memory. My little friend skipped over the ridge, and I wished that he might live forever. I gathered in four partridges with my Daly shotgun. Birds wait for an introduction before de- parture in that section, and the only sport obtainable is to shy a stick at them to start the wings in action before shooting, Broiled partridges, flapjacks, coffee and cigars for supper, the Café Savarin is a nonentity in compari- son to stich a meal in such a place. Friday came around in regular order. “This is the day that tries men’s souls,” With thirteen cartridges in my pocket just for luck, I started out in the rain. The leaves were damp under foot, and there was sufficient wind to cover any sound caused by passing through the under- growth, Delmarsh waited around the camp until I had been gone thirty minutes or more, He then started off to the right for a yalley between the mountains. I had reached the opening of the valley down in the plains and paused for a moment to locate the furd of the atreaw that pelts down through the valley and etnpties into the rivet, Oh, my eyes! Across the river, and jumping as only a startled deer can jump, was the largest buck ever seen in the Fulton Chain regions. My .38-55 handled it- self grandly, and it called for lively work on the part of its owner to keep up with it. The first shot smote the hindquarters—all that was in sight at that moment. The second shot spat into the brush where the poor fellow had gone down. The second blow evidently stung sharp- ly, for the head and foreshoulders appeared on the other side, while the hatunches were down. Although the dis- tance was considerable, I could discern that the stricken beast was looking for his tormentor. A feeling of sor row for his suffering came over me, and it seemed merci- ful to send the third message through the heart. Just how I reached the fallen I don’t know, Most of the way by water, I think, for I was soaked head, hams and heels. There was no feeling of exultation—rather a sense of guilt. To see such eyes grow dim, to see the changing colors and the final shriveling, is not glory. Lay the blame to your ancestors, to the atavism in your make-up, and hope for the day when man will not kill. As an off- set for my conduct, [ mused that inasmuch as the allotted life of a deer was about twelve years, I had not deprived him of all; possibly he would have died of old age and suffered much toward the last; possibly he would have been stricken by one of his own sex and kind, a younger and more vigorous creature, in a struggle for supfe- macy. The weight at Fourth Lake after the dressing was 22slbs. Allowing less than the usual one-third for shrinkage, it is safe to presume that the weight in life was 310lbs. Jf any one can tell of a heavier deer than this there is a modern Ananias somewhere. Ray- mond S. Spears told of this one in yours of November 13, 1897. Archie had heard the three shots and came down ta see what the trouble was. Upon seeing the deer he said, “If I had known that you could shoot I would not have untied that buck. I haye kept him for the last five years in order to allow my guests to see one upon the last day.” Othello’s occupation’s gone.” Wellington Kenwell lived seven miles further on. We met him on the trail with two pack horses. This was Inck. I could ride old Doctor and the deer could be packed upon the other horse. A hot fire and a par- tial change into dry clothing, and “Richard was him- seli again.” The last meal was cooked and eaten. I had mounted the old Doctor; Delmarsh passed up the pack-basket loaded with pots, kettles and pans, On top he placed a bag of buckwheat flour that he wished to save. We bade good-bye to the old camp and prom- ised ta come again. This old horse, Doctor, is a famous beast about thirty— seven years old. A big bay at one time, but now griz- zled with age. He has catried many burdens and been faithful through all. His end is near, possibly at this writing he has passed over the great divide. If there be a heaven for horses, may he reach it and there, with Bucephalus, Pegasus and Balaam’s trotter, with the other steeds of antiquity, together with Dexter, Flora Temple and others of modern times, may he cavort in green pastures and feed upon celestial oats. May the only cinch known to him be that of ready access to the heavenly grain-cribs. Two miles from camp he erred sadly and caused me much discomfture, J forgave him, r aa 7, 1899.) - = = SSS SO = Se Tt was caused by a dininess of sight and the stiffness of old age. We wete ctossing a swamp where the mud is bottomless. The path was rudely corduroyed. The Doctor let one of his stern anchors down between the timbers and the old craft began to settle. With a tre- mendous effort to retrieve, and by a reflex motion, I was bucked high in the air. I clutched at the tree tops, looked longingly at the clouds, and came down with the proverbial dull thud. ‘The pack-basket came down next, then the rifle, then a shower of pots, tin plates, knives and forks; the buckwheat flour came down last and covered what the mud did not. Oh! “I was right in it (the mud) and out of sight.” Kenwell and Delmarsh pulled me out; one picked the mud from my best ear with a match, while the other sctaped my bald head with a tin pan. I was a study in black and white and spat- ter work that would put in the shade the best efforts of Frederick Remington, I alternately spat mud and flour until I wondered whether I was a dump-cart or a grist mill. The Doctor was struggling to get up and slinging mud like a yellow journal editor. I asked Archie why he had saved that buckwheat flour, and he said, “I have not saved it.” It angered me to think that any one could joke at such a time. I twirled the coffee- pot at him with a left in-shoot, he ducked and took first on passed balls. I passed the spot this year (on the other side). A badly battered coffee-pot hung on a limb of-a scarred tree—huhg there not as a harp on a willow, but as a tangible evidence of an ungovernable temper. Jog along, boys, there’s soap and water at the hotel and a complete Baxter street outfit, We reached Fourth Lake safely. I gave old Doctor a good cleaning, saw that he had his peck of oats, kissed his old muzzle, and we laughingly parted as good friends. A bath, supper, bed and night’s sleep were never more highly appre- ciated. In the morning Delmarsh-was on hand and his bill was paid. I gave him an extra counterfeit ten-spot. The chap really séemed to like me and requested me to come in'’98. I led him to the valley where the stream from Fifth Lake empties into the Fourth, and assuming an Aguinaldo attitude | whispered thus: “In *98 I'll meet you, when the leaves turn, Archie; when the beech nuts are falling Jil meet you; down there where the canoes land I’ll meet you; stay jor me ‘there; T will not fail to meet thee in that hollow vale.’ His answer was pathetic. I cotld only catch two words between his sobs, “rats” and “crazy.” Delmarsh’s brother and the deer took one canoe, Del- marsh and myself another, and we started, for Old Forge, intending to catch the afternoon train and_pro- cute a berth in the Montreal sleeper at Fulton Chain and reach New York Sunday morning. The lakes were like mirrors; the mountains, trees and cottages were reflected perfectly. If you should stand on your head you could not tell “t’other from which.” I! proposed a face; the boys agreed. Archie said there was an old buck in. each canoe and the chances were even. It looked like his race until I called his attention to a stump ahead. While he was looking over his shoulder I got out a sea-anchor in the way of a rubber boot. The stakes—my pipe and tobacco—and the race went to his brother. The race and the stillness of the water _ brought us to Old Forge in-time for the noon train. By quick work with the express agent I made it. The first newspaper I had recorded the death of that fine American, Charles A. Dana, and I realized that an able man had passed away. Arrived in New York at 10 P. M. Taking up the Sunday paper the next morning, I read of the disaster on the Hudson River Railroad. A whole train had gone into the river, and with it the Montreal sleeper that I had intended to take. I might have escaped—I might not. If not, I could wait patiently with the others for the clarion notes of the Angel Gabriel’s reveille. ; In relation to guns, they can dispute as to the merits of the .22, .25, 30, .40, .45, .50. I am willing to force the center with a .38-55 as a flying wedge. A kind of “middle-of-the-road pop,” as it were. In relation to whiskey in the camp, I assert that the whiskey drinker is the rear guard on a long tramp; that the partridge is out of his bailiwick before he can raise his gun; that he does not “saw wood and say nothing;” the fire goes out and he talks all the time. Whiskey means locomo- tor ataxia for his legs, incipient paresis for his brain. Extract of witch-hazel is of far more use. Ring off! , W. W. HastIncs. Nrw York Ciry, House-boating under Difficulties. HousE-BOATING in Maine, up to the present time, has not become a craze of her summer satinterers; but some observers, to see the proprietor of one that recently came under the writer’s notice at Isleboro, Me., tied up to an old wharf of one of its many picturesque coves, not knowing of his success at the business, would deem him at least crazy to attempt in his crippled condition such hazardous work as it’ must be to go from port to port alone. For he is a used-up man, apparently, having been born with a withered leg and arm, and one foot which is twisted and deformed, and a mere apology for that part of the anatomy, and on land he hobbles about in a very laborious manner, and painful to look at. W. O. Cottle, the subject of this brief chronicle, is a native of Jonesport, Me., and is now a weather-beaten, grizzle-bearded, pleasant-spoken man of fifty-five years of age. Notwithstanding the handicapping nature has saddled him with, he has successfully followed the sea, and at one time was first officer of the good schooner Sea Breeze, of Ellsworth. He has also served as cook on several yessels satisfactorily, and between voyages he has learned the shoemaker’s trade. Four years ago, having become too old for nautical life, as he had found it, he says, and somewhat tired of its arduous duties, he con- cluded to retire from it, and go house-boating. Obtaining the necessary material, he constructed alone, unaided, from keelson to truck, a scow 20 by 6, with a house on it toft. long, and the width of the craft, and - christened her with a bucket of pure Penobscot bay brine The Yankee Notion; and though his first attempt in the line is a very creditable piece of workmanship, and one that is destined to give the house-boat building in Maine a ===. = — <—* fa RPE Stes 55 ss Sas ee eS FOREST AND STREAM. waters a new impetus; for a number who hayeé seen il have already laid their plans to build one. The house has a door in each end, which, beitig lashed open, permits him to see through it to steer. She 1s sloop-rigged witli two weatherboards on each side, which enables her to get to windward quite a distance in a day. All of the hoisting tackle leads alt to his seat by the tiller, and can be worked without his moving from his position, In the house in one corner is a yacht stove. In another is a convenient cuddy containing all the articles with which to get up a palatable meal, and with the tiller becketted his craft steers herself in any ordinary wind for hours; thus giving him ample time to prepare his food and discuss it. Another corner contains a bunlk in which he sleeps with his faithful little dog Snip, who has been his mate the whole four years. On one side of the house is a shoemaker’s kit, and the business part of his cruising is to go among the islands and to anchor at any port that affords a prospect of work, and to repair boots and shoes; and in most of his ports he has no competition, and he picks up many a dollar, The picture accompanying this brief chronicle of a man worthy of Clark Russell’s pen shows him hauled up in winter quarters at Swan’s Island. This place was his home last winter, and it speaks well for the humanity of its inhabitants to know that this unfortunate battler for an existence was attended by them through a severe attack of the grippe, which confined him to his bunlc for weeks, and which threatened to end his voyaging, as care- fully as if he was a brother, instead of only a visitor, a a a | Gens des Bois. Guy Brittell. SOME men are famous for one thing, some for another. Fitzgerald was the only man who eyer reached the sum- mit of Aconcagua, and Guy Brittell is the only man who ever caught an eel in Deadwater Pond, at the head- waters of one of the main sources of the Hudson, In ny short acquaintance with Guy, I did not see any noticeable evidences of pride or vain glory aside from the mention of the eel, but when he told of that, the original sin wluch caused the fall of the Angel of Light from Glory mani- fested itself, We had done what no other human being before or since has done, and nothing could quench his pride in that achievement. Guy's claim for recognition fortunately rests on a more substantial basis, He is one of the Gens des Bois or People of the Woods, a man in whom the potent blood of mighty forefather Nimrod has again had life, A man in whom the secret witchery of nature works, and who has periods of woods insanity when he cannot resist the spell of the wilderness. A man, in short, who can never he- come thoroughly civilized or come in totich with the com- monplace leyel of the rest of gregarious humanity. Guy is fifty-five years of age, with a capacity for being unobtrusive and also a capacity for commanding attention. If the conversation is one which does not interest him one does not notice his presence in the room. The yv ‘ime THE YANKEE NOTION IN WINTER QUARTERS. He has never met with a mishap worthy of mention except once, though he has been obliged to seud her under bare poles more than once, and run to leeward. This time the staunch Yankee Notion took a notion to maroon him, on one of the uninhabited isles he had run her nose on, while he stepped ashore to get driftwood for fuel, The wind was off shore, and the tide ebbing, and as it happened he had moored her insecurely, and a strong puff of wind was enough to set her off, and when he noticed it she was 20ft. from the shore. Not wishing to do any cruising in this latitude, he plunged in, and kicking out gamely with his game leg, he swam to her and got aboard betore she had gained much headway, and nayigated her in, where he cast a bowline and a bight around a spruce tree that held her till he had wooded up. Captain C. says he has a good chance to demonstrate the value of fish as a brain food, and means to jot down in his log its effects, for he subsists largely on it, and im its freshest, purest state. He can cull a mess of edible fish from his backyard, so to speak, at any hour, and the different localities he visits afford an infinite variety in his menu. For instance, mackerel, cod, haddock, pollock, lobsters, clams, scallops, periwinkles, mussels; to say nothing of the humble flounder, which it is said often masquerades as sole. After satisfying the inner man from some of the succulent specimens named, he leans back on the taffrail with a “fate-cannot-harm-him”’ air worthy of the philosopher that a conversation with this mariner leads one to think him to be. Capt. Cottle is not able to go aloft now, but could once, in spite of his disabilities, and pass the weather earing as lively as any mate afloat. Now, when anything gives away in that part some one in port must lend a hand and help him out, otherwise he is independent of any help but that of his own calloused, crippled fingers. He dispenses with his crutches when at sea, and supports himself by convenient lanyards and the sides of his boat. His example is a good lesson for some to contemplate who, under more favorable conditions than his, would no doubt give up in despair and become charitable charges. He is not acquiring wealth at present very fast, he says, but obtains enough of it to supply all of his wants, and he contents himself with the fact that he is not wasting his substance as fast as the average house-boater we read of must be obliged to do, and that he takes as much solid comfort among the beautiful Penobscot Bay islands as the owner of the most palatial steam yacht that plows her way around them in nickel-plated splendor, and-that the boat, tender and sails cost only $50.80, all eld ¢ Bancor, Me. The Forest and Stream Publishing Co. are the largest publishers and importers in America of Books on Out= door Sports. Their illustrated descriptive catalogue will be sent free on request. ocation of this bed is not generally known. gawky teamster, though he says no more than Guy, shuffles his feet and clears his throat so that you are al- ways conscious of him, but Guy fades into the background much as he does when still-hunting. He has in a way the powers that the fairy stories tell about, of making one’s self invisible. When the subject, however, turns from politics tothe dif- ference between coon and hedgehog tracks, let us say— a matter in which he in interested—Guy takes the leading part in the conversation. He is sure to be well informed, and his remarks are shrewdly put and to the point. Guy is a Jack of all trades. He makes razors from old files, and when he finishes the last process of honing them on his horny hand the razor is guaranteed to be a good job, though perhaps not very fancy with its copper rivet and plain cherry wood handle. He works in the sawmill at Newcomb just now, but he is a yeteran of the Civil War, and for years lived in an isolated locality near the juncture of the north and south branches of the Boquet River, under the shadow of old Dix. He was a squatter there, and eventually the owner of the land turned him off in order that a hotel, where trout suppers and game dinners are the feature, could go 1p on the site of his modest home. Trapping with *Lige Simonds. Lige Simonds, the man who is said to have killed more bear, deer and foxes than any other hunter liv- ing in the Adirondacks, used to visit Brittell, and to- gether they hunted and trapped on the Boquet. One October they killed eleven deer in a few days at the Lower Stillwater, with the help of two cur dogs, one a coach dog and the other part cocker spaniel. These dogs would run a deer a few minutes as if the devil were after it, just long enough to get it badly scared, and then give it up and return to their master, The deer generally put for the tiyer, and there one of the hunters who was in waiting accounted tor them. ' Sometimes they got four or five deer a day. Simonds had a little log camp built at the, side of a big rock, no great distance from the bear wallow. This bear wallow lies in the swamp between Lily Pad Pond and the Boquet, and is a place where the bears resort in hot weather to cool off, wallowing in the black mud like pigs. They have worn out a number of holes here, and one may find fresh sign at almost any time during the summer. Another natural curiosity in the same general neighbor- hood is the “latrel bed,” where grows a very beautiful flowering laurel, The laurel is almost unknown in the Adirondacks, at least on the eastern side; and the exact Guy avers that the leaf is very poisonous, and that cattle are killed by eating it, (et From the Lower Stillwater a bear trail runs around the west side of the Twin Ponds, and so on to Noonmark. Guy and Simonds both had traps set on this trail one summer, but while Simonds secured most of the bears that imyestigated his trap, Guy had bad lick, and lost six beurs in succession. One got out by a cute trick, which proved that he had a mechanical head and a higher order of intelligence than is generally characteristic of bears. He selected a spot where there was a narrow opening be- tween two poplar trees, which grew about 18in, apart, and turning the trap up on edge so that one spring on each side rested against the trees, he pulled on the trap. In this way a tension was put on the springs, and the jaws were released and the bear’s foot came out easily. That bear seemed to understand the mechanicism of the steel trap, and Guy says there isn't a trap in the woods that will hold, him now. 4 The last bear to get away pulled Guy’s trap all out of shape, so that it was only fit for the junk pile. The clog happened to become yery securely caught among some rocks. Ahead, and just within reach of the hear, was a stout young birch tree. The bear clasped this, and like Sampson of old, pulling on the pillars of the temple, exerted a mighty heave, bendine the heavy jaw of the trap, and releasing its foot. A. Much Caught Bear. This bear, as far as intelligence went, was a contrast to the little one with the mechanical turn that Guy first told about, Before it had gone half a mile it stumbled into one of Simonds’ traps, and this time it was caught for good and all, as Simonds came up and shot it. Tt was one of those creatures who learn nothing by ex- perience. Each one of its four legs had been in traps, the fact being attested by three broken feet and one missing, self amputated, no doubt, at the trap. One foot had been uninjured till caught in Guy's trap, but the foot im Sinionds’ showed old scars, indicating that the bear had been caught at least five times. . How Guy Sets Bear Traps. Bear trails in places are well defined paths, and in the riumninge season, which is at its height in June (?), the bears blaze it by biting trees, cach leaving his mark as high up as he can reach. In passing over these trails the bears step in each other's footprints, and if one bear fifty years ago crossed a log at a certain spot, every bear that followed is morally certain to have.chosen the same place. Moreover, they never deviate from the exact line of their trail if it is in any way possible to ayoid leaving it. Know- ing these facts, Guy never baits his traps. In setting them he has two considerations to keep in mind—first, placing the trap where a man will not set his foot in it, and second, where a bear will. On the Twin Pond runway he found a spot where a small spruce tree had grown up directly in the bear's path. A man would step to one side to pass this if he happened to be following the bear’s route, but the bears themselves ' on account of their conservatism preferred to go under the low reaching boughs. An old mouldering log lay here, and where the bears stepped in crossing it Guy chopped out a hole in the mossy sod large enough to re- ceive his trap. He buried it carefully and smoothed a spot in the center over the pan for the bear to set his foot, The chain was fastened to a birch log 8ft, long and gin, in diameter. The ring was slipped over this and se- cured 2 or 3ft. from one end by driving spikes both sides of the ring. ; A Jumping Hare. I once heard a lady mention the fact that in Colorado they have jack rabbits 17ft. long. She knew it, for her son had told her so. What she meant was that the rab- bits jumped 17ft. Guy says they don’t have any such rab- bits in the fauna of the Adirondacks, but he has seen one that jumped toft. straight into the air, He had set some twitch-up snares on one occasion, and a rabbit that a dog was chasing happened to get into one. The dog tried to catch the rabbit, but every time he made a dive for it the rabbit jumped, and with the spring of the elastic sap- ling to which the snate was attached shot up in the air to a surprising height. It kept the dog guessing, for he had never seen a rabbit come so near flying. Hunter’s Luck. Once Guy hunted all day with his boy without seeing a fresh deer track. ] Toward nightfall they stopped at a brook to drink, and while the boy was stooping over Guy looked down the mountain side through the hardwood timber, and saw a deer standing feeding in the ‘top of a fallen tree. Guy caught the boy’s eye, and motioning to him to be quiet, raised his rifle and fired. The deer sprang square into the treetop, and disappeared from view. The next in- stant out it came, apparently from the opposite side, and bounded up the mountain, After running a few rods it stopped. Guy felt sure that he had hit the deer, and hardly thought it necessary to shoot again, but the boy threw up his gun and fired and down it came, They went over to where it had fallen, and to his surprise Guy found that the deer had only been hit by one billet, He couldn't understand how he had missed, but would never have thought of the real explanation if he had not heard a deer “blat” below them. This directed his attention to the treetop, where the deer had first been seen, and going over to it, he found a deer with a broken back. There had been two deer feeding at the treetop, and the instant the first was shot the second sprang from the opposite side of the tree so quickly that no eye could have distingtished be- tween them. Both were yearlings and similar in every respect, A Calathumpian Drive, Guy is bothered a good deal by rheumatism contracted in war times. He left Newcomb and came over to North Hudson to get a little rest, which naturally meant huuting and trapping. After he left Newcomb he says some orig- inal genius organized a calethumpian deer drive. A large number of men and boys atrived with tin pans, horns, circular saws and other contrivances for makine a hideous noise, marched, across one of the best deer grounds in the neighborhood, and drove the deer to- ward stands where other hunters lay in wait to kill them. A few deer were killed, and the rest so effectually frightened that they left the country, and haven't yet re- turned, J. B. BURNHAM. FOREST AND STREAM. The Two Flags. O'er the Western world, in its pride unfurled, Long floated the flag of Spain; Amd the tropic seas, where it caught the, breeze, Bore the name of “the Spanish Main.” On its ample fold of “blood and gold” Were blazoned both means and prize, Wor the stripes of red marked the blood they shed For the gold which had filled their eyes, Lands he did not own, from his priestly throne The Pope unto Spain had given; And the Spaniard thought that the crime he wrought Was a passport sure to heaven. Though they crossed the seas in the name of Peace, They went with the sword in hand; And ihe cross they bore. was steeped in gore When they entered a foreign land. In the field and mine, by their right divine, The Indians were forced to slave,” : At proud Spain’s behest, till their only rest Was the rest of a bloody grave! With the march of time comes the end of crime; And the banner of gold and gore From the peaceful smiles of those tropic isles Tas fallen to rise no more! For the early dawn of the new year’s morn Sees another banner rise, Which blends the hue of celestial blue With the rose of the morning skies! Its bands of white speak of truth and right, For which that banner stands; While the stripes of red mark thé blood they shed Whio fell for their native land! And above the bars they have placed the stars In their field of heavenly blue, As the beacon light in time’s darkest night Of the flag of the free and true! Long may it wave o’er a nation brave, And be freedom’s symbol fair; That the banner of Spain shall ne’er again Claim rule o'er the Western air! Von \W, In Southeastern Texas. PERMENUS Briscoe lived in Houston, Texas, Good, easy, quiet bachelor, he possessed faculty for hard work,. physical and mental, from about daylight on Monday morning until his own mill whistle sounded at noon on Saturday. Then came an irresistible longing to get away out of town in season to get a bit of shooting of one sort or another, to have a cast at bass, or possibly only to lounge and snooze, and browse and nibble buds and culms of sedge. Briscoe’s father had been one of the earliest settlers around Houston; he was indeed one of the immortal Texas men. who in ’36, under heroic Old Sam, on the field of San Jacinto, had overthrown the self-styled “Napoleon of the West” and given life to Texan inde- pendence. The veteran was of prodigious stature, stand- ing Oft, 6%4in. in his moccasins, weighing 245 lbs., and withal as powerful and agile a man as had ever been on that frontier. Calm dignity of manner, reputation for great courage, together with proverbial reticence, gained for him extraordinary prestige with the Indian tribes who in those days frequented as hunters in a half-friendly Way the semi-wooded precincts of Buffalo Bayou and the San Jacinto River. Owing to a habit of the old frontiersman of producing a prodigiotis noise when he sneezed—some such blended racket as might accompany the simultaneous blast of a fog horn and the explosion of a submarine torpedo—he came to be called, among his Indian acquaintances, Big Sneeze, Savage minds, with quick perception and apprecia- tions of natural phenomena, attribute to men who go off in a Joud hiccoughy way when their nose membranes tickle, honest, open natures, alive to keen enjoyment oi pleasurable sensations. With them, on the contrary, a sure indication of 4 mean spirit is the effort to strangle a sneeze, It was amid stich wild associations in the later ’4os that my Briscoe, as a lad, acquired taste for camp loiter- ing along the timber fringes of the bayous. He had long ago scouted and trailed along with half-nude, dusky young hunters where Houston town had since come to be. Where game could be found, and how best be taken, was exact knowledge, as assiduously sought and improved by Briscoe as were facts relating to his well- conducted business of saw milling and dealing in lumber. Just when I first knew of this man I scarcely recall, In 1877 my shingle—mine among scores of those of other young lawyers—swung hungrily in the prairie breeze of the Lone Star State. Prostrate behind a pawn-beg- gared book-case in my office in the Bayou City lay an old camp-worn gin case, and beside it a disused dog whip. Dust was thick upon the one, which mice and roaches had knawed and nibbled the greasy plait of the other. Yet loyingly, aye, most tenderly, would my truant mind sometimes loaf behind that shelving, and toy pleasantly with those old companions, while my professional eyes lolled listlessly over annotated pages on my town-tired knees; for I too had known the chase, and had ranged the forest and fallow lands of the old plantation in Pied- mont, Fla., the beautiful hill region of the Tallahassee country, where dogs, guns, game, camp-fires and such belongings were, and still are, thank fortune, very much in evidence. The nature of a man who has once ac- quired a taste for such diversion becomes “powerfully sot,” as the negroes say. His soul remairis forever in sympathy with the spirit of the thing. I remember, however, finding Briscoe one afternoon in my office engaged in some matter of business with my partner, after the conclusion of which his sportsman’s eye, wandering around—for such men are ever close obseryers—tell upon the familiar outlines of a gun case, “What sort of an iron have you there, St. Clair?” in- quired he, addressing my partner, Mr, St. Clair Tallia- ferro. “T can’t say,’ replied that worthy; “T'm not shooter; know nothing of guns, large or small; but, believe me, if there be such a distinction in sun iron as sex, then [ believe that particular one to be a she-thing, notwith- standing its reticence, because now and again I come in and find my partner, Call there, patting and admiring it with a manner which I can only understand a man be- stowing on a woman,” : We laughed at Talliaferro’s joke. Seeing fahit Briscoe wished to inspect the piece, 1 arose to secure it for him, saying “That's an old gun of mine, Mr. Briscoe; nothing handsome, but an uncommonly good one, I think; one of Parker's early make, a 12-gauge, with the old push- up-under action in front of guard. It is a close, hard hitter, and has for a long time done excellent seryice in covert and on the marshes.” “Do you shoot, Mr. Call?” he eagerly inquired. “Do I shoot? Man alive!” I exclaimed. “The only thing I’ve seen in a twelve-month that suggested a shot was that tin chicken down street on a stable vane. I have been a shooter, fonder of it, indeed, than any other oc- cupation, I have no opportunity nowadays for pleasures of that kind.’ J handed him the old gun, which I had “put together.”” Sometimes I feel tempted to seize that old el and get out of this town for a tramp at least or go mad.” Briscoe looked the old gun critically over, unbreached it, inspected the inner surface of the barrels, tried the action of the locks, passed his hand discriminatingly over the stock, standing, fetched the piece to face and shoulder several times to test its balance, and said slow- ly, “It has seen seryice, but you keep it in excellent order.” : “T never touch it,” I replied, “It has lain there these two years,” Fetching it again to his shoulder with an easy, graceful swing, and a quick glance along its rib at my silk hat hanging on its peg, the Texan asked, “What do you know of its shooting buckshotr” “Very much,’ I answered. “That is one of its special accomplishments, In Florida, in my own and other hands, it has gained somewhat of a reputation for put- ting buckshot hard, close together and well away.” My listener, with thoughtful manner, began laying the piece away in its old case carefully, tenderly, After a little hesitation, he said, “I’d like to shoot that gun. I’m in the habit of getting out around about here oc— casionally, and sometimes have iair sport. I'll be glad to haye you join me if you will, when you chose,” “Thank you; I shall be pleased to do so wheneyer you will allow me. In the meantime, Mr. Briscoe, I bee that you will consider that gun at your service. I sus- pect you of being appreciative of gun excellencies, and have confidence in that old piece possessing qualities likely to satisfy a fastidious man.” This was the beginning of my acquaintance with one of the plainest, truest men, and most delightful field companions I have ever known—one memory of whose genial, manly nature has pleasantly solaced me in late years, and will linger kindly with me forever. Squirrel Fat on Sim’s Bayou. On a Saturday in September, 1877, in the District Court of Harris county, Tex., | was engaged in the trial of a civil suit, in which my thritty client sought to avoid payment of rent for premises where he did a retail dry goods and clothing business, because of having suffered, at the hands of his landlord, an eviction from part of the demise by the nailing up of a door to an outhouse which had been used and enjoyed -~by tenant since going into possession. My client’s contention was that, having been evicted from a part of his demise by the willful and wrongiul act of his landlord, payment of rent for the whole was suspended for the term. The weather was insufferably hot, the atmosphere close and. stuffy, the court-room crowded with an especially sour, bad smelling lot of spectators. The trial had con- tinued for a day and a half, and the exhausted jury had just rendered one of those inexplicable compromise ver- dicts intended to favor both plaintiff and defendant—one of those verdicts that make lawyers tired—from which you scarcely dare appeal, and yet sicken to have to abide by, I was heated, jaded, disappointed, a disgusted sense of the greasy, sordid people, whose mean, dirty business J had to consider seized me and filled me with an abso- lute loathing for a life that put me in contact with such conditions, Inexpressibly sick and tired of the whole business, I turned dejectedly away. I staggered out of the smoke and tobacco scented hall- way, down the stone steps into the dusty street, among a hustling, perspiring throng of human dollar hunters, every nerye in me tingling with a discordant sense of unfitness. At the first crossing I came tipon Briscoe, “Ah, here you are,’ he cried. “I was on my way to find you. Are you busy this afternoon?” “No longer so.” “Then what will prevent our getting out of town a lit- tle way and spending a couple of nights in camp? Get your dinner and I'll call tor you in my wagon at 3 sharp.” And he sauntered away. “The very thing,’ I thought, and a sense of delightful anticipation took possession of me. Hurrying to the office, I got rid of some law books I carried, gaye my partner, Talliaferro, a galloping account of the knock- kneed verdict rendered and rushed off, gun case in hand, to absorb a bit of nourishment and get ready for Bris- coe’s coming. Somewhat later, by that good angel’s side,, in his light hunting trap, I drove out into the prairie, 4 There is a buoyant, free-roving sense attending a drive over a prairie, inexpressibly invigorating and somewhat analogous to sailing, but with greater confidence of safety to lubbers. ; Briscoe proved to be a thoroughly pleasant fellow dur- ing our drive, not a gabby chap; scarcely a man of con- ventional cultivation at all, but clever, full of well-digested observation of men and things he had come in contact with, a patient, discriminating listener, searching in his_ inquiries and making observations in simple, forcettil speech. To my yarns, volubly spun for his edification, he listened with an extremely quizzical expression of coun- tenance, chuckled softly at my jokes, and left you with a sort of semi-consiiousness of having talked a little too much, a ieee lamp” that Il was aware of. About sundown, pethaps ten miles away from town, we entered a region of faitly erown post-oale and short- leafed pine timber, and preséntly reached the edve of a slugsish, muddy little drain-way, the turbid waters of which stood rather in a succession of puddles than in any continuous stream, Here were seen in the soft imud of the puddle margins numerous [ootprints of raccoons, herons and cranes which had been in search of tadpoles and frogs, and among the broad tracks of cattle were discern- ible those of deer in considerable numbers. — Determining it a likely locality in which to find antlered game, my companion proposed that we stop here, haying wood and water, and that we fire-hunt the range that might and push on next day in the sunlight to Sim’s Bayou, the point we had started out to reach, and hunt that cover the next night. This arrangement was deter- niined upon, and while my companion got the poniés out of their gear and fed and watered them, I kindled a fire, made a pot of coffee, and spread cut upon an un- cushioned wagon seat, placed on the ground, some of the contents of our well-filled lunch basket, Atter the meal Bricsoe suggested that he would saddle the horses, while I refilled and trimmed the lamp, preparatory to riding out in search of deer. The truth was, that fire-hunting, or the effort to shoot deer at night by shining or reflecting their eyes with a light carried for the purpose, was a method of taking such game with which I had very ‘slight familiarity, and was not at all in conceit of. In Florida, where my hunting experiences had been evolved, that particular caper was scareely the thing, but, on the contrary, was held by real sportsmen considerably in contempt, as smacking of a potting purpose really too greasy for a sportsman’s toler- ation. Among “meat-huntine’ country folk there such practice was sometimes indulged in, but in a very clumsy fashion, by two men afoot, one going ahead with a gun, looking out for shining eyes reflecting the light of blazing pine knots, the knots being carried in a long-handled pan over the shoulder of the other man, who walks behind. Two such demons go stalking through the woods, casting silver light and dancing shadows far ahead of them, that every kind of intelligent creature might see them afar off and clear out, Occasionally the hunters come tpon a feeble-minded, unsuspicious creature, now and then a deer, oftener some domesticated animal, and while it stands innocently staring the hunters march up. and blow out its brains. I had once or twice, in earlier life, gone “fire-huntine”’ after the manner that obtained in Florida. T had never succeeded in killing anything but my pointer dog, which, poor creature, incautiously looked back at, me as he ran unobserved ahead. I had said nothing when Briscoe first mentioned “fire- hunting” as a favorite schenve of his, but had kept up a thinking. What a fine, large, open, extensive sort of rec- reation it must be, thought I, wandering about afoot at night on a nice broad prairie looking for deer with a lamp. Then I remembered that when a boy I had been induced to accompany another chap at night with a torch, at low tide, in the Gulf of Mexico, in pursuit of founders on a mud flat, and that besides actually jabbing a sting- ray I had scalded my hand with dripping pitch from the torch, cut my foot badly on an oyster-shell, skinned my hands with barnacles and had “lots more fun.’ My ex- periences clearly were that you can’t sometimes tell just how a thing will turn out until you've tried it. So when this contriving Texan said he would saddle the horses while I fixed the lamp, and we would ride after deer, I began to take a little heart, and thought so much better of the project. We were going into the wild, delirious sort of thing mounted, at any rate. ’ Knocking the ashes out of my old Powhatan, I rose and sauntered leisurely toward the wagon. On the out- side of the body of the vehicle was attached a capacious covered box, or locker, for axle-grease, wrench and other - paraphernalia of camping. Out of it I had already fetched a coffee pot, tin cups, etc., and as I now approached it I endeavored to recall having seen any article in it that suggested a lamp, but I could not, so into it again I began to rummage, whistling the while in as nonchalant manner as I could assume. I had never seen a Texas “head Failing, among the mass of discovered contents, to find anything at all resembling any conceptions I had of a lamp of any kind, I finally fastened on to the only thing I saw I did not know the name or use of. J entertained a sort of general impres- sion that upon closer inspection, in a better light, the nondescript I had captured might turn out to be a dilapi- dated coal scuttle, an abandoned grocer’s scoop, or pos- sibly only a bit of battered guttering; but I didn’t intend te play “greeny,” and so whistled away desperately as I approached the fire, swinging the tin contraption as a careless girl might her sunbonnet. “Now, trim her up nice,’ said my hunter friend. Ata elance I saw he was regarding the machine in my hand. Then I knew I had the lamp. To picture a Texas “fire -lamp,’ fancy one of those little French carriages, yclept + a cabriolet, made entirely of tin, the wheels removed, the shafts put on the back side, and you have at least an out- line idea of it. It holds a pint or more of oil, sits on the hat brim in front, backed by a shield or tin shade, re- sembling one.of those to footlights on a dramatic stage, made fast by bending the tin “shafts” or strips around the hat crown and tying behind with string. Jack-lamps, flash-lamps, bullseyes, “can’t hold a candle” to a Texas fire lamp. YT filled the oil receptacle from the can of mixed lard and kersosene oil, carefully sat the oil can away from the firé near the root of a big tree, and announced in a loud voice that things were “all right.’ Tn the meantime Briscoe, haying saddled the horses, had taken the old gun out of its case, put it-carefully to- sether and stood, back to fire, fetching it smartly to shoulder and catching quick aim at numbers.of imaginary eyes peeting at him from the shadows. : “She certainly comes up nice,” he muttered. “Well, let's ride. You take the mare. She is. steady wnder the Here, hold your head still, while I fasten the lamp “No; no!” I exclaimed. “You do the shooting. I want you to shoot that gun, you know.” “Yes; but you don’t know these woods; you can’t steer, follow the feeding grounds, and come back to camp,’ he suggested. It was too apparent to admit of argument; so on to the mare I sprang, lamp atop, the old _ shall do the shooting to-night,” I declared. FOREST AND STREAM, glin across my lap; and heading along the trend of the drain, away we rode, Alter a short stretch way old Jim behaves,” “What's the matter with tim’ “Tle “pears to worty and lkeeps a-scenting the wind, like it might have wolf in it.” “Wolves! there’s no danger of wolves about here, I haope.” “No danger from them, I reckon, but mighty apt to be wolves, and if so, our chance of getting deer is bad.” I soon found the effect of the method of hunting we were engaged in exciting and interesting in the extreme, and was instantly a convert to the fascination of mounted hunting with a ‘Texas fire lamp. In front, and tor an angle of go degrees on either side, was thrown a bright, steady light Soft. away, within the radii of which objects could be distinctly discerned. Beyond hung impenetrable darkness. My person, the horse under me, the mounted companion and everything else behind could not be discovered by eyes looking to- ward ts from the front, | then readily conjectured what I subsequently verified, that even a man, looking at such an approaching light, has no suggestion offered him of anything else; he sees only an air-tossed flame, the real nature of which, or its distance away, cannot be most vaguely guessed at—a very will-o’-the-wisp, startling, curious, murderous to staring creatures along its route. It was while reflections of that kind were passing through my mind, yet with all my hunter’s instinct on the alert, that out of the depths, beyond the range of bright light, I saw two yellow balls—a mere flash. Then they were gone. Instantly there they were again—and two more. Certainly those were eyes—live things—and look- ing at me. The mare checked her own headway, my gun came up involuntarily, and in an instant the sharp, snappy report awoke the echoes of the dark woods. There fol- lowed a furious yelping, howling, growling, and the mare, as steady as a grave-stone under fire, began to dance. “Wolves!” shouted Briscoe. “That settles to-night’s hunt, sure; but you have settled one of the yellow yar- mints. Whoa! Jim, you old idiot! Here, Mr. Call! hold my horse and give me the lamp. You can’t ride that mare up to a dead wolf.” Fastening the lamp on his head he took the gun and went forward. “Here he is!” he cried; “dead as Hector,” After stooping a moment he shouted, “There are five shot in his front, two of them in his face. You are surely right about that gun. As my old friend Jones would say, ‘Hit flings ’m p’intedly;’ but see here, there’s no sort of use in our progging around in this neck of the woods any longer; that pack have put every deer away from hereabouts. ‘The moon will be up in half an hour, A good scheme will be to get down to Sim’s before daylight, take a rest there to-morrow, and hunt that cover at night, when we will be fresh.” It was so ordered, and back to our camp we rode. I quickly had a pot of hot coffee, and after a bite of snack we hooked up the ponies, extinguished the fire and rolled out. “There comes the moon, now, out and race right along.” Briscoe said: “I don’t lilke the We'll shake the nags As the sun rose and sent its autummal rays slanting through the boughs of the scattered tree growth along the secluded margins of Sim’s Bayou, Briscoe picketed otir horses to graze on tender mesquite grass of the prairie; hardly our blankets were spread in the shade be- neath a giant pecan tree, and stretching our tired limbs upon them we soon drifted away into that “sure-enough” kind of sleep that comes to tired hunters lying on the ground. It was some hours later when the first period of sound, restoring slumber was over, that I sat upon my blanket, and glancing through overhanging boughs noticed that the sun had slipped well down the western slope, and then the mare looked intently toward me and whinnied. A merciful man totes fair with his broncho, “Arise! oh, sluggish son of Big Sneeze!” I cried. “Fetch hither yon lariatted brutes, that they may slake their thirst even in the tepid ooze of this muddy slough.” “Vhe thirsty critters may have a suck of warm mud,” he responded, “and while I fetch them, be handy-lke with your cooking tools, and then we'll mouth a bite.” And the hearty fellow strode away for the horses. After kindling a blaze, I was slicing some bacon, when I saw a gtay squirrel skip from one tree to another near- by, “Ah-ha! I need you in my business,” thought I, and fetching a gun quickly from the wagon I tumble him from a limb. Making him ready for the roasting, I was sttuck with the exceeding fatness of the little rodent. Very soon, stretched on a forked twig, sprinkled with salt and just a pinch of pepper, the bit of venison was stuck before the fire. Seeing the fat briskly dripping into the ashes, it occurred to me it would serve to soften our bit of stale loaf, and I placed a tin cup to catch the unctuous drip. While ‘mouthing our bite,” as my Texas friend expressed it, we both sopped our crust in the sweet squirrel grease, and marvelled what a lot of it had been tried out of one little creature. Briscoe glanced at the declining sun and said, re- flectively, while gazing across the prairie, “I think we'll find game to-night over there, where the horses were tied; I saw fresh deer sign. A buck loafed around here last night.” : ° While speaking, he sauntered toward the wagon. “You “Here; in the prairie, where I can see stars and take courses, I can steer as well as not.” “We'll take it turn about,” he said, slowly, as he fumbled the things about in the wagon locker, “See here, where's the oil can?” “The oil can?” I reflected a moment; a cold chill climbed up my spine, and then the mortifying truth jumped on me with both feet—I had set it away from the fire the night before, and came away without it. In a sheepish tone I suggested, “It’s back at the other camp.” I shall never forget the patient, melancholy look that Texas man gave me, half pity, the other half rank contempt. “Fini!” he grunted, “that’s thirteen miles away; no time to go for it and back hefore moon rise. There’s not enough left in the lamp to last an hour,” 8 “Can we do a a Be me a I sat down, mortified beyond measure, nothing?” “Yes, we ean jog along homeward,” he said, mildly, “T did want to try that gun, but we've had a pleasant day of it, and may lave better Juel another time.” Would he ever want such a numb-skull along “an- other time,” thought T. “Itaven’t you some loaded bird shells in your gun case?” he presently inquired, “I'll step up the timber a little way and try and bag a mess of squirrels to take home. Suppose you fetch the horses to the wagon, give them a feed of grain, and when it’s cooler we'll roll | ott.” Arid he strode away. Moodily lighting a pipe, I sat and smoked, feeling meaner than pewter money, I cussed the confounded luck, and heard Briscoe popping away at the squirrels. Presently I went for the horses. One of the lariats had fouled a mesquite bush, and I was some time disen- tangling it. On approaching the camp again, I saw the fire freshened up, blazing away metrily, while the dough- ty son of Big Sneeze sat near by composedly, but busily skinning squirrels. “What a Jot of them you've gotten,” said I, “but they'll carry better with their hides on.” “See here,’ said the Texan, “what’s the matter with ‘circumventing’ our gay gazelles with squirrel grease?” “Do you think it possible?” I exclaimed, as the novelty and feasibility of the project dawned on me. “Well. now, we might just as well find out about that, practically. Just see there,” holding up a skinned squir- rel, “did you ever ‘see such fat beggar? Remember what slathers of grease trickled out of that one little chap we had for dinner? There’s plenty more of it in these, plenty more of these sort up the bayou yonder, plenty of fire to roast them with, and plenty of time to do it in; so come along. Give those brutes a bite of stuff, get some pans out to drip grease with, and Jet’s set all these kittens a-sputtering.” Within an hour we were fairly through with our try- ing-out process, and as a result had two tin cups full of melted fat. About 3 o'clock the next morning, the moon getting up a little way, we rode back to camp, each with a buck uaa his horse’s haunches. Both were of Briscoe’s ill, “T can cover four shot holes with my open hand,” said Permentis, as, kneeling, lamp on head, he examined the wounds in the breast of one of the dead deer. “She certainly do fling ’em close together.” After swallowing some hot coffee, we hooked up the bronchos; then, standing uncovered, we solemnly pledged our faith in squirrel fat, and drove away in the night from Sim’s pecan girt borders in excellent conceit of ourselves. On the Historic York River, Tue annual gathering of the tribe of Taskinas took place, in December, at the hunting lodge of its chief, Opecancanough, on the banks of the York River, the Honorable, the Colonel, the Squire and the Man from Boston comprising the party. Owing to the close season of the past few years, quail were abundant, some woodcock were fotind in the bot- toms, wild turkeys were plenty, a gang of fifteen or more frequenting the iniumediate vicinity of the lodge; black ducks were numerous, with a few mallards, although the redheads were scarce. There has been less deer hunting than commonly this year, and as a restilt the dogs started -One or inore each time the hunt went out. An unusual variation from the daily deer chase came one day when the tribe was invited to a hunt for wild cattle, by a gentleman living near, who nominally owned a herd, descendants of cows which had escaped into the forest some years ago, and which had become perfectly wild, never having been handled or approached by man, excepting when darkies had endeavored to capture the calves. We assembled one fine morning, the party from the lodge armed with rifles ranging from .45 Winchester through .38-55 Marlin to .30-30 Winchester, but alas we were on foot, and through some misunderstanding on their part the cattle, when started by the hounds, neglected to pass the stands where the riflemen were sta- tioned. The pack consisted of some ten foxhounds, the best deer dogs in the country and two shepherd dogs, which were found very useful when the cattle were brought to bay. Fortunately for the success of the hunt there was a cavalry contingent composed of the neighbors, armed with double shotguns charged with buckshot, and they each succeeded in getting a shot, and in the chase killed three. Then ensued a scene such as is seldom wit- nessed in this section of the country. At the crack of the gun, almost as if they had sprung from the earth, ap- peared three or four darkies, each armed with a long, kkeen-edged knife, and the butchering began on the sward under the greenwood tree. The horses, whinnying, fast- ened to surrounding threes, the hounds running about, quarreling for bits of the beef, the gleaming blades, and hands crimsoned with gore made a strange sight to those of us who were from the North, and one not readily to be forgotten. Following the rule of the chase, the owner of the cattle, who had redeemed his equity in them by the capture, was expected to divide the beef equally among the participants in the hunt, but, although the party from Taskinas were offered their share, they de- clined with alacrity, visions of tough beef, made sinewy by running through the forest, possessing no attractions for those familiar with the markets of Richmond and Boston. To vary the monotony of a daily deer hunt, one of the party visited the neighboring city of Williamsburg, where he was most hospitably entertained by one of the repre- sentative citizens of the ancient town, and met numberless descendants of the F. F. Vs. The day passed all too quickly, in driving to the battle- field, looking over the buildings of William and Mary College, barring Harvard, the oldest college in the country; inspecting its library and viewing the portraits of dead-and-gone celebrities, prominent in the annals of Virginia; peeping into the old powder Magazine, now occupied by the local historical society, and possessing a stained glass window im memory of the Royalist Gov- - ernor Spottswood; visiting the court house, built in G 1769; and at last in passing a quiet hour in the old Episcopal Church of Bruton parish, the old- est church building in Virginia, still in good repair, with commemorative tablets set in the chancel walls, and most interesting tombs of departed worthies in the churchyard. One inscription was so feryent that it should be given place here, premising by saying that its author, notwithstanding his faithful senti- ments, 1s said to haye married twice aiterward: Here lies all that the Grave can claim of Mrs, Ann Samson Brown, Consort of the Rev, Soveran Brown. If woman ever yet did dwell: li woman ever did excell: Tf woman Husband ere adored: If woman ever loved the Lord: In human flesh did love and move: If all the graces ere did meet: In her, in her, they were complete, My Ann, my all, my Angel Wife, My dearest one, my love, my life; I cannot say or sigh farewell, But where thou dwellest, I will dwell. THE ALGONQUIN. 4 Sombrero Days. It is a cold and dreary December day; a strong north wind is driving before it a storm of rain and sleet, cov- ering everything it touches with a coating of ice. The Green Mountains and the Adirondacks are shut from view as if Dame Nature, enraged at the elements and the general dreariness of the scene, had drawn a ctir- tain across the face of the country. Down in the pro- tected portions of the bay the seagulls have sought shelter from the pitiless sleet. But out in the open the great rollers are coming in and breaking on the reef with a dull moaning roar, as if they too were adding a protest to Dam Nature’s. The saucy little English spar- rows are for the once subdued, and have sought shel- ter under the eaves with many loud chirpings; and following their example, I also will stay under shelter and not venture down town to-day. Lunch is just over, and I decide to pass the aiternoon in my usual rainy day way, in overhauling my hunting and fishing outfits. But aiter lighting my pipe I de- cide to let the outfits go; and I unlock a little brass-bound trunk that contains many and many a souvenir of for- est, field and stream. How the old things serve to burnish up memories of the past. , That old brass reel, with its twenty or more yards of line wound tightly rotund its spindle, and yet green where it was dragged over the rocks and moss, when | had the fight with the big cat below the old mill dam on the Blue River of Nebraska. And that bunch of frayed flies and broken leaders, how the trout and bass seem to rise up and confront me; but one pang of re- morse darkens memory’s pages, as the frayed end of that leader reminds me of the big one I failed to net, and again I seem to hear the laughter of the little mountain brook up in the Wyoming hills when that leader parted and the big one rushed down stream free. Vhat beaded buckskin tobacco bag, that now contains arrow heads and a few medicine herbs of the Sioux, re- minds me of my hunt in the bad lands with Sitting Bull’s braves before the fight at Wounded Knee. The broken blade of a hunting knife, the skull of a prairie dog of South Dakota, a pair of beaded moceasins taken from one of Big Foot’s braves by a friend in the oth Cayalry. A horse-hair chain and hat band of the same material bring to mind a trip into sunny Mexico. A bear claw that was given me by Hog Jaw, chief of the Otoe tribe. The tusk of a peccary that I shot on the Rio. The polished hoof of an antelope that was killed near the Yellowstone Park; and then I lay tenderly aside article after article’till I come to the old battered som- brero of my boyhood days. Again I see the little band of savages camped under the “three maples” above the pontoon bridge. Five in number, but of that experience only acquired by young- sters who are raised on the frontier. They are Will, Sheely, Harry, the Deacon and myself. Camp has been pitched by the bent and scarred trunks of the three maples, a brisk fire is burning in front of the tent, and Sheely is busy with the frying-pan and coffee-pet, while the Deacon is cleaning a couple of channel cats caught on otir way up the riter. Will is just returning with a pail of water from the spring, and Harry is getting up wood and arranging a covering to keep it from the storms. This is the sight that gladdens my eyes as [ run the little black canoe up on the beach in front of the camp. What more beautiful picture can one desire than the one now before me? The white tent thrown into prominence by the dark background of foliage, the busy figures round the fire, the soft murmur of the river, and ai this framed in by a sky painted with the hues of the sun’s departing rays. And as I sit and take in this scene, across the river I hear the call of Bob White and the honking oi a flock of geese on their way north, jor the time is spring. ‘The air is filled with the many sounds of bird life bidding farewell to the departing «od of day. And the very leayes seem to share in the general worship, for there is a perceptive rustle and sighing in the tree tops as the sun sinks ont of sight. T am rudely aroused from my reverie by the banging on atin pan anda cry of “muck, muck!” Mooring the black canoe by the side of its mate, and picking up rod and Winchester, I join the group by the fire. Thus, year alter year, this little band of “sombrero savages” had camped by mountain, forest and stream, and had roamed the broad Western prairies on their hardy little Indian ponies. ; But, ah! I have been dreaming again. And as I knock the ashes from my pipe and reverently put back into the little trunk the treasures of long ago, I am brought back to the present by the clanging of the bells on the electrics as they pass the door; the droning of the lake on the bar; the dashing of the rain against my window, which forcibly reminds me that I am “chained to business,” FOREST AND STREAM. But “manana,” there is always a “manana,” and maybe one of them will see me again at the old haunts of my boyhood’s savage days. Btit the participants in these camps! Where are they? Some may. be camping in the “Happy Hunting Grounds,” while others may be in the busy whirl of business; but if they chance to read these lines they may bring back to them as pleasant memories of the past as it does me to call them back to the present. AX-SaAr-BrEn. dlatuyal History. + Rocky Mountain Bears. A VERY interesting study of the evolution of animal habits and characteristics under changing conditions of lile and surroundings is afforded by the bears of the Rocky Mountains during the last twenty years. ’ Up to within a short time ago, a period so short that to many of us it seems but yesterday, the bear was one of the animals most frequently seen in the mountains. In the old days the bear was a beast of the open country, a daylight traveler, seeking his food when and how he pleased. As neither the white trapper nor the Indian made a practice of molesting bruin, killing him only when the occasion called for it, bears had very little fear of human beings. ‘ More than one old he grizzly has made me give the trail, just because I did not happen to have a gun. I re- member one morning, in Colorado, in the days when it was even up whether the Utes or the cow-puncher should possess the land. It was at a horse camp in the mountains, and one of the boys had gone out to bring in the saddle horses. Riding down a trail in the quaking aspens, he came face to face with a big grizzly, and being a polite youth gave the trail and went on. Hunting among the parks for strayed ponies, he met Old Ephraim again, and again gaye the trail. But when this happened a third time he came back into camp, remarking that bears were too thick out there for him, and if anybody wanted horses they could get them themselves. That was a great bear country, anyway. One moonlight night the foreman, hearing a noise at the end of the cabin, went out, and turning the corner suddenly ran slap into three silver tips that had pulled down our supply ot veni- son and were regaling themselves. Instead of coming in quietly, George came in on the jump, yelling for a gun, and as a result all we safw was three shadows slipping into the timber when the rest of us rushed out. Not long aiter this I discovered that you cannot always tell how big a bear is by looking at him. The day it hap- pened, one oi the boys had a cub up a tree. As he had no weapons, he had tried to kill the cub with rocks, but had only stieceeded in knocking it out of the tree. He said that it went off on three legs. As I was coming into camp that evening I passed near the spot where J had killed a buck the day beiore, leaving the forequarters in the woods. As I came close I saw a small black bear feeding at the carcass. Seeing me, it ran off on three legs, and as my horse was afraid of bears I jumped off and took after it afoot, thinking that I was chasing the lame cub, J overhauled the bear hand over fist, and was within Soft. when it turned and stood up. To say that I was as- tonished is putting it mildly. That bear overtopped me by ait., turning out to be the biggest black bear that I ever killed. He got a .45-70 through the chest in short order, and when skinning him I discovered that he had eight buckshot in one elbow, the joint being perfectly stiff, which of course handicapped the old fellow, Tt is very hard to guess the size of a bear when he is moying in grass or brush. A bear moves with a rolling gait hard to describe, and gives one no idea of his size. One moment he appears ioit, long, and the next he draws up to nothing, Eyen when one is close up to a bear in open ground you never can tell how big he is until you have him down. Of course, there are times when a bear appears very large indeed. J remember one big grizzly that rose up out of some brush about 2oft, away once on a time, As I remember that bear, he was at least 2oft. high and to wide, while his roar was something awful. At any rate, I forgot what I was there for and did not remember un- til I was out of that brush, To be sure, the bear had a trap on one foot, but a trap without any clog affects a big grizzly much the same way as pounding his finger does 2 man. Those big bears were pretty cranky at all times, A few days before this row one of these old fellows had killed a big stallion, and catching him at the carcass, I cracked him one with a six-shooter just for luck. The bear was standing up on his hindlegs at the time and the bullet barked his neck. The big brute slapped the side of his neck with his paw, let out a roar that could be heard a mile, and then the way he made my pony get up and dust out of there was a caution. When he stopped I kept right on, and went back to camp after a rifle. When I got back the old fellow had gone, but to show how plentiful and bold bears were at that time, 1 saw five at the carcass at different times that afternoon, killed one of them, wounded another, and let the rest get away. : Even at that time bears were sometimes very cunning. There was one old cinnamon that it took seven days to trap. I had killed a deer and set a trap, and that might the old fellow came around. I had wounded a deer at the same time that I had killed the bait, but had not found it, The old bear, however, picked it up, brought it down alongside the trap, ate it up, pulled the bait out of the pen, ate what he wanted, and went off. And for six nights- he came back, every night nearly eating a whole deer, which I took pains to keep ready for him, but never get- ting caught. By the sixth night I had three traps set for him, and a solid log pen 5ft. high, 15it. long, and about 2 wide. By this time I had a half wagon-load of bones ' piled up in the end of the pen, on top of which I used to place his nightly lunch. I had one trap set im the pen, and the other two set where I thought the bear might step. But he didn’t. He would come along, step care- fully over the trap in the pen, grab hold of his fresh deer, back out carefully again, dragging, the bait over the trap and springing it, eat what he wanted and depart. The seventh night, though, he came to grief, I took an [yan 7, 1800, old bowble-barrel, muzzleloading shotgun of 1o-gauge and put ten drams of powder in each barrel; then on top of that I put sliigs of lead two inches long. Then I fixed the gun under the pile of bones so that it raked the pen lengthwise, put a new deer on top of the bones, ran a string from the bait to the trigger, cocked both barrels and went down to camp, a mile or so away. An hour or so after dark the gun went off, and directly after I heard the bear roaring, Next morning I went up, but things were not as I expected to find them. The bear had gone into the pen and pulled the bait, both barrels had gone off and neyer touched him. How it happened I have never been able to figure out, The pen was just wide enough to let him in, the muzzle of the gun was just under the bait, and both slugs were in a quaking asp tree that stood opposite the mouth of the pen. And the bear was in the pen when the gun went off, because the marks of his teeth were on the bait, and he was hard and fast by the hindlee in the trap that had been set at the mouth of the pen. I always thought that when the gun went off in his face he got so badly rattled that he forgot about the trap and backed into it, though how those slugs missed him is beyond me. Of course, he might haye been crawling on his belly, and the slugs have gone over his back, but it did not seem as if there were room. And if the charge went between his legs it looks as if the hair would have been powder-burned, which it was not. The cunning of some of the old bears is almost beyond belief. There was one big grizzly that several of us hunted off and on for years, but neither traps nor still hunting nor dogs had any effect. And he is there yet, waiting for some lucky hunter. He belongs to a variety of grizzly that inhabits bad- land countries, and is called locally ranger bear. Heis a long-legged, slab-sided, big-headed beast, with rotigh hair. As a tule, they live on cattle, nearly all the bad lands be- ing cattle country. Having to travel, as they do, long dis- tances for food and water, they are great runners, hay- ing plenty oi wind and staying qualities. Whenever this bear that I speak of came where a trap was set, if he hap- pened to be hungry he would nose out the trap, turn it bottem side up, and eat what he wanted of the bait. But as he generally killed his own food, baits had very little attraction for him. Several times he was taken for a big roan bull by those seeing him after dusle or at a distance, but of the many hunters who were always aiter him none eyer got a shot. Up until along in the 80s bears were not hunted much; but along about ’89 the skins took a jump in price, and at the same time some of the Western States put a bounty on bruin. This made hunting them profitable, and they commenced to decrease rapidly. Before this time hardly any one killed them except during the short season in spring arid fall when the fur was good, But now, when every bear, cubs and all, were worth $10 apiece, the poor brutes had no rest. As a usual thing, bears take bait poorly during the early spring and late fall, but during July and August they take any kind of animal food, car- rion or not, greedily, Consequently, most of the bears trapped for bounty were killed when the fur was not goad, and any number of béars had only the scalps taken. From this time on bears began to change their habits greatly. Bears go into winter quarters when the first heavy snows and cold weather begin, which is usually in November in the Rockies. In the old days they would den up right in open country, A bear’s winter den is nearly always on a north hillside, where the snow falls deepest, and if possible they choose a place where a drift will form, Sometimes a bear will den up in a natural cave or crevice, but more oiten will dig himself a hole 1o or i2it. deep. Nowadays this den is almost always in the roughest coun- try he can find, and is generally pretty well up in the mountains in heavy spruce timber. A bear may make his den early in the season, but until cold weather drives him in he roams around a lot. For nearly a month betore denning bears eat very little, or not at all, and before they go in for good the stomach and intestines are frequently clean and empty. The stomach is drawn up into a solid lump like a chicken’s gizzard, and the bear is a solid mass of fat, inside and out. Along in February or March, when bruin comes out again, he is still hog fat, and he keeps this fat until the snow is pretty well gone, When he first comes out he does not trayel much, but as the weather warms up he soon runs off all his fat, though I have seen very fat bears as late as the middle of May, after the frees were green. As vegetation starts, bears live ylmost altogether on grass, roots, etc., though, of course, they will often eat meat, Still, I have had baits right among the bears, with bears passing within soft. of the baits every night, and it was the middle of June before one of them touched a bait, and then they were at the baits all the time. . Even now bears feed a good deal in the open in the spring, when they are not molested, and spring is by far the best time to hunt them. But, as a usual thing, a bear nowadays keeps pretty well under cover. During the day he finds the thickest brush or timber that he can, and there he stays, slipping away quietly at the slightest sus- picious noise, It used to be that if a bear heard or saw something that he did not understand, he would stand up on his hindlegs to look. And if he was suddenly startled he would often after running a way stop and stand up to look back. I haye killed several bears in thick brush by getting close to them, knowing about where they were, and then speaking aloud. Bruin would nearly always stand up to investigate, thus giving me a-shot at hig head. But now a bear that hears a human voice hardly ever stops to look, but gets away on the jump. The blacks and cinnamons also used to tree very easily. T have run’a good many up trees by giving them a sharp run on horseback for a mile or so in open timber, and have run two up trees by chasing them on foot. And twice 1 have missed bears at rather close range and had them take to trees. In one instance the bear went up the nearest tree; in the other the bear, a she with cubs, bolted a hundred yards or so before she treed, And speaking of cubs, I never saw but one she bear that would not bolt and leave her cubs when attacked. The exception was a small cinnamon, and I got between her and her cub and got charged. Only the other day I saw three o: the dogs maul a grizzly cub until you could hear him squall for a mile, and the old bear all the time was standing in the : Jan. 7, 1809.] brush not a hundred yards away, and never offered to attack. But nowadays it is almost impossible to tree a bear or bring it to bay, even with good dogs. It always was hard to bring grizzly bears to bay with dogs, but al- most any dog would put a black or cinnamon up a tree in short order. Now a bear will run all day ahead of the dogs before taking to a tree or coming to bay. About the only way to hunt bears at present with any chance of success is in the spring after they begin to take bait well. By stringing out a lot of baits and still-hunting early and late fair luck may be had, In a country like that around the Yellowstone Park bears are quite plentiful, and in many of the remote parts of the monutains they are still thick enough to give good hunting. In a country where much other game is killed, such as elk and deer, and consquently much offal is left, bears are not at all timid about coming to bait, and one need not be careful about leaving scent behind. This is because they are in the habit of eating offal from which the hunter has been gone but a few hours. But in a coun- try where not much food is left lying around for them, and where they are much hunted, every precaution should be taken, The baits should be placed in as open a place as possible. If they are 200yds. from cover so much the better, as this gives a chance to stalk without being heard. After a bear comes to a bait once or twice without being disturbed, he is apt to get careless and come early in the evening. It is not much use nowadays to lie by a bait at night, as when one is near enough to see to shoot the bear nearly always winds his foe and does not show up. Take it all in all, bears, and especially grizzlies, are holding their own fairly well in parts of the Rocicies, and unless some new method of pursuit is discovered will give us bear hunting for many years. Wn. WELLS. WYOMING. Horns and Rodents. A Goop many years ago, when a considerable propor- tion of the present readers of the ForREST AND STREAM were in their nurse’s arms, a spirited discussion was car- ried on in these columns as to what becomes of the old horns dropped by the deer. A yariety of beliefs were expressed on this subject. Some people thought that the deer went off to some secret place and there hid the horns which they lost. Others averred that they ate them: others still that they buried them. Many let- ters were written, some of which displayed great in- genuity and ignorance, and others more or less knowl- edge of the facts. The whole correspondence showed that among people at large little was actually known about the subject. Tt may be assumed that most people understand pretty well that a deer’s horns are dropped just where the Nodule of moose horn; all that is left of an antler gnawed by porcupines. HWrom Canada. Shows the way in which shed antlers are destroyed more speedily than by natural decay. deer happens to be at the moment when the antlers be- come stfficiently loose on the head to part company with it and to fall by their weight to the ground. It is also understood that the two antlers do not neces- sarily fall at the same time, though usually they fall on the same day. A friend has reported to us that he saw a deer pass over a hill wearing both his antlers, and that when in his pursuit of the deer he next saw it it was carrying only one antler, and that before he shot it it had dropped the second. In a timbered country, the antlers falling in the for- ests or in the underbrush are soon afterward partially covered by the vegetation which grows up about them, and when autumn comes they are still further con- cealed by the dying grass and the falling leaves, and when one considers how small an amount of space eyen the largest horn takes up, it is not strange that we do not stumble on them more frequently. On the other hand, in old times, in certain parts of Colorado, where, in the late winter and early spring, great herds of elk frequented high bald hills, which the wind kept con- stantly free from snow, we have seen shed elk antlers strewn so thickly over the ground that it was neces- “sary to wind in and out among them to avoid stepping on or over them, In such places twenty years ago it would have been practicable for a man to have col- lected each spring many wagon loads of such antlers if he had wished to do so. Similar conditions no doubt preyail now in and near the Yellowstone National Park. A shed horn is merely dead bone, and when it lies out in the weather is just as perishable as any other bone. It soon becomes white and weathered, begins to split and to become porous on the surface, and as it grows older and older the animal matter leaves it™more and more, until at Jast it splits into fragments, breaks into small pieces and becomes a part of the soil. This process of rotting and weathering, however, is not the only way in which the horns are destroyed and disap- pear. As is well known, the rodents or gnawing ani- mals which constitute so very large a portion of our fauna like to try their teeth on horns that they may find lying upon the ground, Just why they do tus is FOREST AND STREAM. perhaps a question. It may be for something that they find in the horn which they like to eat, or which perhaps is necessary to their well being, or they may do it for the pure pleasure of grinding down their incisor teeth. The, front or incisor teeth of an animal like a rat, woodchuck, porcupine or beayer of course grow from persistent pulps, and continue to grow through life, These teeth are constantly being used on hard sub- stances and wear down very rapidly, and if it were not for the constant growth they would soon be worn away Mountain sheep horn gnawed by rodents. From Goat Mountain, St. Mary’s Lakes, Montana, 1897. This shows one method by which old horns are destroyed and disappear. down to the gum, would be useless, and the animal might no longer be able to procure its food. These teeth wear away against each other. The back part of the tooth, that toward the animal's body, is formed of dentine and is softer than the front part, which is coated with enamel. The soft, bonelike dentine, wearing down much faster than the hard enamel, keeps the teeth con- stantly with a keen chisel-like edge. A very familiar picture in books on nattral history is the cut of the head of some rodent which by accident has fost one of its inetsor teeth, when the opposing tooth in the other jaw, not being worn down, continues to grow, curls about inward and perhaps penetrates even the flesh and skull of the unhappy animal. We reproduce from an early number of Forest AND STREAM a woodchuck skull, showing what happens when the teeth do not meet. Now it is certain that many species of rodents, for whatever reason, delight to gnaw horns. A cut is given herewith of an old weathered deer skull on which one of the horns remains, This antler has been gnawed down by porcupines, as shown by the size of the tooth marks, so that in some places it is as thin as ‘paper, Another example of this sort is a nodule of moose horn which comes to us from Canada. This is as large as a small hen’s egg, irregular in shape, and presents a half dozen flat faces showing marks of the porcupine’s teeth. = We picked up on the side of a tall mountain in North- ern Montana the old mountain sheep horn which is figured. This has been gnawed in a dozen places, Abnormal Growth of Woodchuck Teeth. chiefly, it would seem, by mice, or possibly by the mountain- marmots, or whistlers, a species of wood- chuck found abundantly all through the Rocky Moun- tains. This is the first example of a mountain sheep’s horn gnawed in this way that we happen to have seen, but no doubt the rodents whet their teeth to some degree on these, though manifestly, from the very soft horny texture of the sheep horns, they would not be so attractive to the rodents, if tooth sharpening were their object, as the harder antlers of the deer. We have never seen the horn sneaths of antelope beating the marks of rodents’ teeth. Perhaps these are too soft to attract them, Certainly they are very pet ishable. We satisfied ourselves on this point on one occasion manv years ago when we placed a pair of an- telope-horn sheaths in a particular spot one sttmmer and visited them each year when we returned to the lucality, he first year after they had been put out 7 they showed some signs of cracking, the second year they were badly split and curled, while on the third visit a yeat later nothing could be seen of them excent a few hair-like splinters of blackish-brown horn. It is hardly necessary to occupy ourselves in devising elaborate explanations of the operations of nature when simple and natural ones will do as well, The deer do not go off into a secret place to hide their horns, and indeed it would be difficult to understand what is meant by a secret place in the forest or on the prairie. All places are alike secluded where natural conditions pre- vail, but so soon as man has found his way to them they cease to be secret. Neither do deer bury their horns. The horns are buried ultimately, but it is by due process of nature working in her slow and silent way, and instead of the deer eating their horns, they furnish horns to be eaten by others, by the stall, sel- dom seen creatures of the grass, the rocks and the woodland, which by their numbers, if not by their size, play a most important part in the economy of nature. Nannie. NANNIE was the name of a gentle-eyed creature that was led into the yard one day—all bruised and’ fll of wood ticks. She had been taken from her far forest hon.e when she was but a fragile spotted fawn. Reared on the pottle, she almost seemed to grow up as one of the children of the hunter's family. She followed them in their play, and like Mary’s little lamb, attended the district school—but book learning wasn‘t her role, and when school would “tale rp” Nannie returned home, only t: follow again the next morning. When school closed she tool: her recreation by going to the pasture with the cows, browsing with them, but returning when the capricious notion occurred to her, At length garden acasor was ‘‘on,’ and Nannie commenced to make sad lavoc with the tender plants. She was the idol ot the cauntry family, but her browsing habits and athletic «tal- ities caused her to be brought to town and ptt on sale. Bruised from her long ride n a lumbering ox-cart, she enlisted sympathy and secured a home. [For two or three days amid her new surroundings she suffered with home- sickness, apparently missing the children most, for she would rtn to the fence as children passed, enjoying their caresses intensely. Although only confined in the large yard, siie made no effort to escape. Gentle and affection- ate, loving companionship, her wild instinct was ever vresent. A strange sound, and she would dart away. Fragment of Gnawed Horns. The passing by of a neighbor's dog would cause every nerve to quiver, and with head erect and eyes dilated, with her grace, beauty and symmetry, she made a pic- ture worthy of a Bonheur. She was so friendly and so gentle that she grew to be an anneyance to the cook, by coming into the latchen and taking cabbage, potatoes, etc., from the table, as they.were being prepared for dinner. The kitchen had sO many openings that she felt no fear of getting into a trap; but it was never possible to get her beyond the middle of the hallway of the house, where she would stand with a wistful look in her wonderful eyes, but no entreaty or tempting food would persuade her beyond what she seemed to consider the “de d line.” She would stand on the piazza by the hour chewing her ¢ud, and when tired would contentedly lie down, as if feeling the presence of the inmates within doors; but a sound to which she was tinaccustomed would cause her to leap over the railing, the noise and the jump apparently be- ing instantaneous. She would occasionally take playful spells, and with tail and head up run round and round the house until she was all out of breath. Her eating showed the effects of civilization. Candy was a tempting morsel to her, while cake, bread and oranges, saying nothing of sweet potatoes, both raw and cooked, carn and oats, kept her for a time from nipping plants and flowers in the yard. But the greatest surprise in her eat- ing was yet in store for us. Day after day the minnows, kept for the herons, would be missing, but who was the culprit? Nannie had been seen at the tub, but then “Nannie wouldn’t eat minnows.” One day a boy brought a fresh lot of minnows, and the deer seemed excited over the contents of the bucket; he quietly and without thought handed her a fish and she ate it ravenously and begged for another, and so on till we called “enough’— but the minnow thief had been discovered! A scene, that should have been photographed, was often witnessed on the veranda steps. In the center stood the deer, with forefeet on second or third step and hindfeet on the ground, taking this position so that she might reach the food from the hands of those on the upper step. Tle dog and cat on either side of her head, while at the base of the steps the big blue herons 9 = FOREST AND STREAM. [JAN. 7, 1899, stood snapping their beaks in anticipation of the ex- pectant bites of beef—all within a range of 4 or sft. With the supper over and good nature diffusing everything, the dog would rib noses with the deer, while the white cat would roll at her feet in a seductive way, inviting her caresses, At all times the deet’s great- est affection was for the cat; exactly as a mother cat washes her kitten, the deer would lick her protege until it was wet, the cat, in evident satisfaction, turning from side to side so that no spot would be missed, Within a few weeks Nannie grew bold enough to yén- ture over the fence and shyly investigate surroundings. She soon found a herd of cows and would go off with them at night, returning in the morning, As she ap- proached near home, she would browse along with a su- preme indifference to the pleading calls of “Come, Nan- nie; come, Nannie.” That she heard the calls was not questioned, and while she might be close by the gate, she would not jump till we would hide ourselves and she would think no one present. Whether her jumping place was her secret or not, it is hard to say. Once within the yard, her hearing became excellent, and she would come running for her breakfast, During all these weeks Nannie had been petted and fondled so much that when her owner was taken with a dangerous illness, and no attention other than her food was given to her for three weeks, she grew homesick and goodnaturedly sauntered back to her old home, a distance of several miles, where she spoiled a fine potato patch in a very short time. Minnre Moore-WILison. KissIMMEE, Fla, A Squash in Harness. REFERENCE was made the other day by Mr. Chas, H. Ames to the experiments conducted at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, at Amherst, some years ago, to de- termine the expansive force of a growing squash, Presi- dent Henry M. Goodell has kindly sent us a copy of the report made at the time by President W. S, Clark, from which we give the following description of the famous squash in harness: The following considerations suggested the idea of ex- perimenting with this plant: ; First—It is a well-known fact that beans, acorns and other seeds often lift comparatively heavy masses of earth in forcing their way up to the light in the process of germination. Secondly—We have all heard how common miush- rooms have displaced flagging-stones, many years since in Basingstoke, and more recently in Worcester, Eng- land. In the latter case, only a few weeks ago, a gentle- man, noticing that a stone in the walk near his resi- dence had been disturbed, went for the police, under the impression that burglars were preparing some plot against him. -~-Upon turning up the stone, which weighed Solbs., the rogues were discoyered in the shape of three giant mushrooms, Thirdly—Bricks and stones are often displaced by the growth of the roots of shade trees in streets. Cellar and other walls are also irequently injured in a similar way. Fourthly—There is a common belief that the growing roots of trees frequently rend asunder rocks, on which they stand, by penetrating and expanding within their crevices. Having never heard of any attempt to measure the ex- Fig. 1 represents two nodes of the squash yine, A is the petiole of a leaf, showing vertical striz. B, a staminate flower on 3 long peduncle. C, a branching tendril exhibiting the mode of attach- ment to a support, and the double reversed spiral of the portion between the support and the base of the tendril, by which all the branches of a tendril are made to bear their share of the strain, if they secure an attachment; and by which also great elasticity is given to the tendril, and the liability of rupture latgely diminished. D, nodal roots. _E, a pistillate flower with a short peduncle. F, a Jateral branch of the vine. G, a tendril which, having failed in finding a support, has coiled upon itself and turned back toward the older portion -of the vine. pansive force of a growing plant, we determined to ex- periment in this direction. _ At first we thought of trying the expansive force of some. small, hard, green fruit, such as hickory nut or a pear, but the expansion was so slow and the attachment of the fruit to the tree so fragile, that this idea was aban- doned. The squash, growing on the ground, with great rapidity, and fo an enormous size, seemed on the whole the best fruit for the experiment. ; Accordingly, seeds of the mammoth yellow Chili hay- ing been obtained from Mr, J. J. H, Gregory, of Mar- blehead, they were planted on the first of July in one of the propagating pits of the Durfee Plant-house, where the temperature and moisture could be easily controlled. A rich bed of compost from a spent hot-bed was pre- pared, which was aft, wide, soft, long and about 6in, in depth. Here, under the fostering care of Prof, May- nard, the seeds germinated, the yine grew vigorously and the squash lifted in a most satisfactory manner. Never before has the development of a squash been ob- served more critically or by a greater number of people. Many thousands of men, women and children from all flower upon the stigma of the former under fayorable circumstances. The stigmatic surface must be in a proper condition to retain and develop the pollen, which must also be in a perfect state. Bright, warm weather will doubtless aid in the process, though much remains to be observed in regard to it. The pollen grains of the squash are large and rough, and of a spherical form, and consist of an outer and an inner coating of membrane i NANT Hese TOT NG Iya PARMA a i the aoa i i i Pun SRT 0 eae Sieh , iN tt i i ua hi i i PIG. 2, EXHIBITING THE PROPAGATING PIT WITH THE SQUASH IN HARNESS, AND THE SOUASH ROO‘ OT OF A SECOND VINE A, the box in which the squash was placed. BG, the leyer to support the weights. C, the root from which the principal vine grew. classes of society, of various nationalities, and from all quarters of the earth, visited it. Mr. D. P. Penhallow watched with it several days and nights, making hourly observations; Prof. H. W. Parker was moved to write a poem about it, and Prof. J. H. Seelye declared that he positively stood in awe of it, Curious facts were noted in regard to all parts of the plant, but among the most surprising were those relat- ing to the development of the roots. Growing under the most favorable circumstances, they attained a tum- ber and an aggregate length almost incredible. The pri- mary root from the seed, after penetrating the earth about 4in., terminated abruptly and threw out adven- titious branches in all directions. In order to ob- tain an accurate knowledge of their development, the en- tire bed occupied by them was saturated with water, and aiter fifteen hours numerous holes were bored through the plank bottom, and the earth thus washed away. After many hours of the most patient labor, the entire system of roots was cleaned and spread out on the floor of a large room, where they were carefully measured, The main branches extended from 12 to 15ft,, and their total length, including all subdivisions, was more than 2,000ft. At every node or joint of the yine was also produced a root. One of these nodal roots was washed out and found to be 4ft. long and io have 480 branches, averag- ing, with their branchlets, a length of 30in., making a total of more than 1,2z00{t. As there were seventy nodal roots, there must haye been more than fifteen miles in length on the entire vine. There were certainly more than 80,000ft., and of these 50,o0o0ft. must have been pro- duced at the rate of 1,000/t. or more per day. Now, it has been said that corn may be heard to grow in a still, warm night, and it has been proved that a root of corn will elongate tin, in filfeen minutes, But here are 12,000in. of increase in twenty-four hours. What lively times in the soil where such vital force is at work! The wonder is that we do not hear the biilding of these roots as it goes on, But in addition to the movements cattsed by the in- crease of the roots'among the particles of the soil, we should remember that solution, chemical affinity, dil fusion and capillarity. as well as the absorption of the feeding rootlets, are incessantly at work beneath the sur- face of the silent earth. With what amazement should we behold the deyelop- ment of a crop upon a fertile field, if we could but see with our eyes the things which are known to transpire! The flowers of the squash are arranged in regular suc- cession, one at each node. A female flower is usually succeeded by four males, sa that squashes would be pro- duced at every filth node, if all should set, which, how- ever, fever happens, The impregnation of the ovules within the ovary of the female flower requires the deposi- tion of pollen grains from the anther cells of the male ATTACHED THE PRESSURE TO A MERCURIAL GAUGE TO OF THE SAP, D, the root of the vine, which was cut off when eight weeks old and connected with a gauge, E, Mercurial gauge. S, scale to indicate the variations in the position of the lever. SILO W filled with a proto-plasmic fluid. In the outer coating is a minute orifice, through which, when moistened by the saccharine secretion of the stigima, the inner coat- ing protrudes as a microscopic structureless tube which pushes its way into the tissues of the style and ovary until it reaches the embryo sac of an oyule, which may then become a perfect seed. This contract of the pollen tubes with the ovules is essential to the setting of every squash. The transfer of the pollen grains to the stigmas is usu- ally accomplished by insects, which fly from flower to flower in pursuit of food. It may also be done artificially, and there is reason to believe that the crop of squashes, melons and cucumbers might often be largely increased by attention to this matter in out-door cultivation. When grown under glass, fertilization must always be effected by artificial means. [See Fig. 1.] The pistillate, or female flower, on the twenty-first node of our growing vine, was carefully impreenated with pollen on the first of August last. The young squash immediately began to enlarge; and on the r1sth of the same month measured 22in. in circumference; on the 16th, 24in., and on the 17th, 27. Though the rind of the young fruit was very solt, it was now determined to ‘confine it in stch a way as fo test its expansive power. In doing this, great care was taken to preserve the health and soundness of every part of the squash, and to expose at least one-half of its surlace to the air and the light. : The apparatus for testing its growing force consisted of a frame or bed of 7in. boards, rit. long. These were arranged in a radial manner, like the spokes on the lower half of a wheel, their inner edges being turned toward the central axis. ‘These pieces were held firmly in place by two end-boards 12in. square, to the lower half of which they were secured by nails and iron tods,. A hemi-ellipsoidal cavity, about sin, deep in the center and 8in, long, was cut from the inner edges of the seven boards, and in this the squash was carefully deposited, ~ the stem and yine being properly protected by blocks of wood from injury by compression. Over the squash was placed a semi-cylindrical harness or basket of strap iron, firmly rivetted together. The meshes between the bands, which crossed each other at right angles, were about 14in, square, ‘The harness was i12in. long and the same in width, so that when placed over the squash it just filled the space between the end-boards. Upon the top of the harness and parallel with the axis of the cylinder and the squash, was fastened a bar of iron with a knife- edge to serve as the fulcrum of a lever for the support of the weights by which the expansive force was to be measured. Akt first an iron bat Tin. square was used for a lever; then a larger har of steel, then a lever of chestnut plank, then one of seasoned white oak plank, and finally one of chestnut 5x6in. and oft. lone; but even this required to be strengthened by a plate of iron qin. wide by 14in. thick and 5ft. in length. The fulerum for the lever was also renewed from time to time, as the weight was increased, [See Fie. 2.| The following ta- ble shows the weight of iran lifted by the squash in the course olf its development; Pounds. PA GLON REITER pei Ri a RTA ee et ie 60 Oe ae Re es an pte nee os 69 Oem: ba: eee, ey ay son sy ashe oe eee ee Wee JE Ree ee 162 PaaS OS ote Heer ie bch teed on eet ee 22S AGM bOe Asner Sant) ae! Ante eee nee 277 BT 2 oS iho Nhe A chol- 356 Gilere Stes athe mates ee bork: it ee po 500 eve fies SU Tage | ee uae See sts atop Tee aee ee DR Taree te Spe Se MeL ane Sree ret nbaalh! deta) TACE aa ectt Paes ee eee estat inn 211300: Te eee ie ae Cee are ee AO Py AAT MS CaN a eeo Pero APO eet rhe heey? Ole: STOP Rea eee Ee) Beh oe eye ld Lg. eho iitin OG” Yate Oil i bec a es bie Be ees (aie Me oN ears HEPA AB rues Aue tegen wee PIGS) 1th Pe alee Bae AB ib Soh Fea! BA te nde Bae me CE ete eel) rete eeecnaues Ox Oe ay ee tireh MT OIOLU The last weight was not clearly raised, though 1t was carried ten days, on account of the failure of the harness Jan. 7; 1899. ] itons, which bent at the cornets under the enormous pressure of two and a half tons, and consequently broke through the rind of the squash. It was not feasible to re- moye the harness and substitute for it a stotiter one, on account of its being imbedded in the substance of the squash, which grew up through the meshes of the har- ness, forming protuberances 1%4in. high and overlying the iron bands. When, on Nov, 7, the harness was re- moved, in order to take a plaster cast of the sqttash, it was necessaty to cut the straps with a cold-chisel, some- filmes into several pieces, and draw them out endways. The growing sqiash adapted itself to whatever space it could find as readily as if it had been a mass of caout- chouc, nor did it ever show the slightest tendency to crack, except in the epidermis, This would often open in minute seams, from which a turbid mucilaginous fluid exuded. In the morning, drops of this would frequently bedew the protuberances, like drops of perspiration, In the sunshine these dried up and fell off as minute globules, resembling gum-arabic. " The lifting power was greatest after midnight, when ia srowth of the vine and exhalation from the leaves was east. The material otit of which the squash was formed was elaborated in the leaves during the daytime and trans- ferred through the vine to the stem. Through this it was imbibed by the living, growing cells of the squash, which were constantly multiplying by subdivision until their number was many billions, notwithstanding the enor- mous pressure under which they were forced to develop. This growth was possible only becatse life, being a mole- cular force, exerted its almost irresistible power over an enormous surface of cell membrane. Scarcely less astonishing than the mechanical force ex- hibited was the ability of the tissues of the squash to re- FIG. 5. sist chemical changes and the attacks of mold where the tind was injured by bruises or cuts, Whenever fresh- growing cells were exposed to the action of the air, they immediately began to form a regular periderm of cork, precisely resembling in appearance and structure that pro- duced upon the cork oak, the elm and other trees. The form of the squash can hardly be described, but may be seen in the drawings, which show the end and the upper side. The weight was 47%4lb., and when opened the rind was found to be about gin. thick and unusually hard and compact. The internal cavity cor- responded in form to the exterior, but was very small, and nearly filled with fibrous tissue, and plump and ap- parently perfect seeds in about the normal number, [See Figs. 3, 4.] _ ; The frequent displacement of flagging-stones and the damage often done to brick and concrete pavements and stone walls by the roots of shade trees, considered in con- nection with the wonderful expansive power of the squash in harness, made it evident that growing roots of firm wood must be capable of exerting, under suitable condi- tions, a tremendotis mechanical force. Upon searching the fields for examples of trees standing upon naked rocks or ridges covered with. only a shallow soil, many interesting specimens were readily discovered to demon- strate this fact. : In South Hadley, Mass., 2 sugar maple was fotind which had grown upon a horizontal bed of red sandstone. The tree stood upon the naked rock, over which its roots MOREST AND STREAM. extended a few feet in three directions into the soil, One root had pushed its way under a slab of the rock which measured more than twenty-four cubic feet, and must have weighed nearly two tons. In the course of twenty years of more, this root had developed to such a size as to raise the slab entirely from the bed rock and from the earth, so that it rested wholly upon the wood. Upon examining the tree, it was evident that as it stood upon horizontal roots, which rested on solid rock and had a diameter of nearly a foot, and as they had grown by an annual deposition of wood entirely around them, and as the heart, now several inches from the rock, must once have rested on it, and as the rock could not have been depressed, therefore the tree had been lifted every year by the growing wood of the outside layer. Another tree of paper birch having been found growing in a similar manner, one of the horizontal roots was sawed through and the center of the heart was seen to have been elevated Fit, since the tree was a seedling. Now, it is clearly demonstrated that the power of veg- etable growth can lift a tree, and that it must do so when- ever the bed of the roots cannot be depressed, It is evi- dent, also, that old trees on a clay hardpan, or any other unyielding subsoil, must be thrown up by the process of growth, Every person is jamiliax with the fact that large trees usually have the appearance of having been raised, and their roots are often bare for considerable distances around the trunk. [See Fig. 5.] . This lifting of the tree from its bed would seem to be advantageous to it, by tightening the roots so as to hold it firmly in place, notwithstanding the possible elonga- tion of their woody fiber by tlre excessive strains to which they are subjected during violent storms. This method of securing the tree in place would be still further improved by the constant enlargement of the roots by the annual deposition of a layer of wood and the consequent filling of any space formed in the soil by the movement of the roots, caused by the swaying of the tree in the wind, This slight annual elevation of trees, by the increase in diameter of their horizontal roots, furnishes an explana- tion for the differences of opinion in regard to the ques- tion, whether a giyen point on the trunk of a tree is raised in the process of its growth. While it has been demon- strated by Prof. Asa Gray that two points in a vertical line on the trunk of a tree will not separate as it en- larges, it seems eqtially clear that both of them may be quite perceptibly elevated in the course of time. It has been stated, on good authority, that at Walton Hall, in England, a millstone was to be seen in 1863 in the center of which was growing a filbert tree, which had completely filled the hole in the stone and actually raised it from the ground, The tree was said to have been pro- duced from a nut which was known to have germinated in 1812. The above story has been declared false, because, as asserted, the tree could not have exerted any lifting power upon the stone. It is, however, not difficult to see that it may be true, and is even probable. Yet it should be remembered that the amount of eleva- tion, in any case where“it occurs from the increase in the size of the horizontal roots, must depend upon the char- acter of the material on which they rest, and can never exceed one-half the diameter of the largest ones. When, therefore, a writer asserts, as has recently happened, that during a visit to Washington Irving, at Sunnyside, he carved his name upon the bark of a tree beneath which he was sitting in conversation with the illustrious author, and that many years after he went to the place, and, with much difficulty, discovered the identical inscription high up among the branches, far above his reach, it may be safely inferred that the number and exaltation of his feel- ings interfered slightly with the correct action of his in- tellectual faculties. Tt is evident, in conclusion, that we have mtich yet to learn about plant life, and that it is very unwise to at- tempt to explain all its phenomena by a few general statements. Life has been well styled the loftiest subject of phil- osophy, but let us not forget that the only way to a sound philosophy is through a knowledge of the truth, and that this is to be obtained in completeness only by laborious and intelligent investigation. ' “Old Red Legs.” In my trips to Lake Champlain I have heard of a large individual of the black duck family, that is taken very late in autumn, and only then. A specimen was sent me some years since, but arrived in such condi- tion as to be beyond saving. The bird was certainly much larger than the usual run of Anas obscura, but as above its condition rendered a careful comparison out of the question. : I wrote my correspondent in Milton, Vt. a native and life-long frequenter of the lake, familiar with all its feathered and scaled frequenters, and withal a capital observer. His reply was mislaid, and only after a most painstaking search have I been able to find it. I quote verbatim; “Tt’s but little I can tell you about ‘old red legs,’ as we call them. I calculate they come from very far north, as they arrive about the same time the geese do. ‘pure blood’ has bright red legs, and the body consider- able darker in feathers than the ordinary blacks, I have seen them so much darker as to be noticeable at a glance. The upper half of neck to the eyes 1S very light colored. The ‘penciling,’ as I would call it, is much more distinct on this duck than on the other . kind, “T think IT have seen them that wotld weigh about one-fifth more, possibly a little better than that. They would tun about one-fourth heavier on an average, I should say. I have seen large flocks of them, but as a tule they fly in small parties, They are here very early in the springtime, but only stay a few days, I never knew of their nesting about this lake, consequently I believe they must habit about the same grounds as the geese do for that purpose.” * apa Do you know this bird? Will you give us the benefit of your knowledge? WiitmMot TowNsEND. [Several species of “black ducks,” i. €., ducks of the Anas obscura type, have been described for the United States, but it is impossible from our correspondent’s de- scription to determine which the bird is to which he 9 refers, The sotithern forms of “black duck” usually average smaller than the northern ones, but all gun- ners ate aware that there is much individual yariation in this species, Moreover, black ducks and mallards hy- bridize not very inlrequently, and the progeny very often is closely similar to the black duck parent, yet often considerably darker than the average bird, show- ing a tinge of greet on the head—in the male—brightly colored feet and often—also, of cotirse, in the male—a trace of the curled upper tail coverts, which is the sign of the mallard drake. They are also in our experience considerably larger and heavier than the common run of black ducks. Really, to identily a black duck, one ought to be an ornithologist and to have the bird in his hand. | Baird’s Sandpiper in Western New York, Editor Forest and Stream: While spending the past season at Lakeside Park, Or leans county, N. Y,, I noticed many shore birds at the entrance of Johnson's Creek, rtintiing into Lake Ontario. This was directly in front of the cottage we occupied, and therefore I had a good opportunity to observe them; and I noticed there were some species that were new to me, at least some that I had never secured for my collection. I wanted them; but had to be content to use only the field elass on them until the open season, Ang. 15. In the meantime I had wheeled up to Lockport for gun and shells, When the season opened the birds were missing; but ten days later they returned in force, and on the morning of Aug. 25 at the first discharge, and with No. 12 shot, I secured three birds; a sanderling and two that I did not identify, I sent these birds with two semi-pal- inated sandpipers to Miss Schlegel, of East Aurora, N. Y., and by return mail she wrote that I had secured a new species for western New York, i. ¢., Baird’s sandpiper (Tringa hairdii). On Sept. 8 two more specimens were secured; and another on Sept. 15. During this time I had also taken two turnstones (Arenaria interpres) and speci- mens of least and pectoral sandpipers, all of which were sent to Miss Schlegel to be preserved, and she has them all mounted. I think this is the fitst. record of the occurrence of Baird’s sandpipér in western New York. There may have been others taken and not reported, and therefore this must stand as first. J. L. Daytson-. Lockport, N, Y., Dec. 3. Moose Head Measurements. WE measured a few days since at the store of W. W. Hart & Co., 47 East Twelfth street, New York, two moose heads, said to have come from Alaska, which in same respects are peculiar. Head No. 1 has a spread of 6434in., with a length of palm, measured from tip of antler to curve inside the brow antler; of 36%4in.; length of palm, measured to curve outside of brow antler, 35%4in. The circumference of beam just without the burr is gin. The palm on the left- hand side is somewhat longer, meastiring 3934in. to inside and 3614in. to outside of brow antler. The spread of head No, 2 is 65%in.; length of palm, m- side 42in., outside goin, The beam measures 8!4in, The width of palm in both these heads is very small, running from 1054 to 1Itin., but nowhere reaching tit. On the other hand, the points rising from the margin of the palm are long and slender. The brow antler in head No. 2 has a third stout and heavy point nearly a [oot long directed downward and forward over the aniinal’s face, On the whole, the heads are of somewhat unusual type. Weights of Vermont Deer. Sr. Jounssury, Vt. Dec. 27—Editor Forest and Stream: I noticed some time ago im your paper com- ments on the weight of deer, and it occurred to me that you might like some items on this subject from Vermont. T have an impression that our deer in many instances have exceeded the average in weight. In obtaining statis- tics, most of the reports give the estimated weight of the animals, but in many cases the actual weight was given. A great many of the deer weighed over 20olbs. In some instances | have written personal letters to the men who captured the deer and ascertained the truth of the orig- inal reports, and have received in reply four letters giving the actual weight of the decr killed as 231lb., 261lbs., at6lbs. and 37olbs. George A. Wood, of Woodford, Vt., appeats to have taken the heaviest deer captured in Ver- mont the past season. Jno. W. ‘Tircoms. A Tarantula tn Court. Jusr before Magistrate Simmis took his seat in the Es- sex Market Police Court yesterday morning, and while the liquor-saturated, half-stupefied prisoners were await- ing his arrival, a ragged and frowsy-haired man put his hands over his eyes and cried out: ‘“‘Take it away, take it away.” the pencil or pen revolves around a stationary axis, a plain, straight leg of steel wire. As the marl- ing leg moves freely up and down on the sta- tionary leg, the pen may be lifted fro mthe paper and poised clear of it until properly adjusted, then dropped lightly and swung around by the thumb and second finger, the central stem being held vertical by the forefinger. With this tool a circle may be drawn almost touching the fine central point. In all forms of compasses and dividers the instrument should stand all possible tests that will show the two lees to be im absolutely the same plane, whether closed or opened. In the contpasses with joined legs, the points of these legs should come accurately together when the main legs are wide apart at the top and the points turned in. In the spring bows the sides should be firm and ragid, whether open or closed, and the screw and ntt should work smoothly and easily. For circles over 12 to 14in. in diameter, the beam com- pass, Fig. 48, is used. ‘This tool consists of a bar of wood or metal of-any desired length, at one end being a fixed head carrying a plain or a needle point. Another head, carrying a plain point, a pencil or a pen, at will, is fitted to slide on the bar; being clamped in place and provided with a screw for very fine adjustment. The only limit to the diameter of the circle is the length of bar, which can be swung and handled. This tool in a heavier form is ised by machinists under the name of trammel points, YACHTING NEWS NOTES. Utowana, steam yacht, Allison V. Armour, sailed from New York on Dec. 24 for an extended ertise through the West Indies and to Mexico, where the party will proceed inland from Progreso on a botanical expedition. The yacht will call first at San Juan, Porto Rico, and then at Santiago, With Mr. Armour is Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, curator of the botanical department of the Field Memorial Museum, and Messrs. Allen, Mott and Ischman. Capt, John Crawford is in command. Pawnee, yawl, has been sold by F. VY, Alexandre to T, C. Zerega, former owner of Nymph. The annual meeting of the Knickerbocker Y. €., of New York, was held on Dec, 22 at the Hotel Matiliattati, the following officers being elected: Com., 8S: H, Mason, Jr., cutter Moccasin; Vice-Com., W. G. Newtilah, ktockabout Willada; Rear-Com., H, A. Quackenbush, sloop Viking; Treas., George H, Cooper, Sec’y, J. O. Sitiltinson; Meas., John J. Honey; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. F, H, Boynton; Board of Directors, H. Stephenson, F. E. Barnes, Charles W. Schlesinger, Rodman Sands and L. Lochman, Jr. A mess dinner will be served at the club house, College Point, every Sunday afternoon at 2 during the winter. The club proposes to charter a steamer to follow the America Cup races next fall. The Harlem Y. C. has elected the following officers: Com., John A. Kipp; Vice-Com., H. Hanlein, Jr.; Rear Com., John Symmers; Fleet Capt., A. Hochstaetter; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. J. C. Shannon; Meas., John Wimmer; Treas., J. H. Andrews; Fin. Sec’y, T. B. Bates; Rec. Sec’y, F. S, Sullivan; Cor. Sec’y, S. L. Schneider. Queen Mab, cutter,’ J. S. Fay, has been sold through Manning’s agency to C. L. F. Robinson, New York. She is now laid up at Morrel’s yard, Newburgh. Gitona, schr., F. B. McQuesten, Boston, sailed from that port on Dec. 26 on a cruise to the West Indies. Corsair, Com. Morgan’s new steam yacht, is on the dry dock at Hoboken, N. J., near the W. & A. Fletcher works. Com. Morgan sailed for Europe on Dec. 28. The Roberts Safety Watertube Boiler Company has fitted a new boiler in the steam yacht Impatient, W. P. Jagkson, Salisbury, Md. The Herreshoff steam yacht Dawn, 1. H. Newberry, Detroit, Mich., was fitted with a Roberts boiler about a year ago, increasing the speed with a reduced consumption of coal. Mr. Newberry is now putting another of these boilers in his yacht Truant. Ganaving. A Few Stray Leaves from the Log | of the Frankie. On the Wabash. I Dave and I had always had a desire to explore the Wabash ever since, as little children, we stood on its banks, or on the old Covington drawbridge, and watched its waters flow silently by, and wondered where all the water came from and where it went to, and when -it would all get by and stop running. In after years, when we sailed, rowed, paddled and otherwise got over its surface in all sorts of ways, more or less ingenious, and generally of our own contriving, after the manner of boys, our desire gradually crystal- lized into shape—to explore its course from its source in and near the great Mercer county reservoir in north- western Ohio to its confluence with the Ohio at the southwestern corner of Indiana. The combination of flat-boat, house-boat and steamboat which a few years ago with infinite pains and labor I had designed as the means by which the trip would be made would provoke a smile from the readers of Forest anp STREAM. Indeed, Dave and I had many a smile our- selves when shooting a ticklish, risky rapid or carrying our canoes around a dam, as we conjectured how that old stern-wheeler would have conducted herself in such an emergency, A stray catalogue from a prominent builder quickly de- cided me in favor of the modern cruising canoe; but as the beauty and utility of the modern cruising canoes were only‘equalled by the altitude of the prices asked for them, the canoe project seemed hopeless until I finally hit upon the idea of building my own canoes, which I did from a simple little plan prepared by Mr. W. P. Stephens, and published in Harper's Young People, modified somewhat to suit our requirements. Both canoes were canvas canoes. The Belle was raft. in length by 30in. beam, with a cockpit 8ft. long by 2oin. wide amidships, tapering to T4in, at each end. The Frankie was I4it. long by 26in, beam, with an oblong cockpit 4ft. long by 18in. wide. The cockpits of both boats were amply protected by Tredwen hatches, with aprons of oiled muslin fitting close about the bodies of the skippers. The Belle was propelled by a 7it, paddle, while the Frankie was driven by a magnificent oft. double blade, which I took the earliest opportunity of exchanging with the captain of the Belle for his smaller and lighter 7ft., which answered my purpose much better. In addition, both canoes carried a lateen dandy sail, which, when a sail could be used, was stepped forward in place of a mainsail. As might be expected in inland cruising on so small a stream as the Upper Wabash, we had very little use for them during the trip, and when used they answered our purpose as well as q larger sail and possessed the advantage at all other times of taking up much less room than a mainsail. When not in use, they were buttoned alongside the eoekpit coam- ing on deck with light leather straps, The Frankie carried a light little tent of the Mohican pattern, just large enough to cover the cockpit, while the Belle was fitted with a small A tent, which could be read_ ily converted into a small wall tent by erecting it on the ground on our 7ft. pike poles; when thus erected it stood 3{t. off the ground all round at the bottom.’ A strip of light goods 3ft, wide was then buttoned all round in- side the lower edges of the tent and pegged to the ground at the corners, During the cruise we slept in this tent when the ground was favorable; when not, we slept in our canoes. ’ j Our clothing and personal effects wete carried in rubber or oiled canvas nayy bags; our blankets were also carried-in oiled canvas bags. We carried a sheet- iron camp stove, a mess chest 12Xt7in,, containing tin cans of coffee, sugar, lard, butter, salt, pepper, etc., to- gether with our knives, forks and spoons. and a sub- stantial lunch for each day’s midday meal; the usual supply of tinware and cooking utensils. Our provision- ary supply coiisisted of bacon, potatoes, onions, eggs, biscuits, coffee, sugar, etc. Everything that was not | . FOREST AND STREAM. Lan, 7, i8ou. packed in tin boxes or buckets was carried in small bags of heavy sheeting, ~ Owing to extreme low water; we decided to abandon the upper part of the cruise arid start from Huntington, on Little River, two miles above its junction with the Wabash, and about ninety milés below the reservoir. If. The Wabash, at the mouth of Little River, where we first reached it, is about 150 to 2ooft, wide. We found it a succession of clear, still pools some 2 or 3it. deep— im some instances much deeper—and swift, gravelly rapids. In the riits the water—which in the pools spreads eyenly irom bank to bank—-contracts to a narraw, deep chute and pours swiftly down over the orayel reef, which occasions the rapid. In a very few instances the rapids are broad and shallow, but in most cases we found good water, although the river was at quite a low stage. The banks are steep and gravelly, and the entire bed of the river—banks, pools, rapids, ete.—is proiusely studded with boulders and rocks of all conceivable sizes and shapes, making the running of the rapids somewhat ex- citing. Alter the Mississinewa comes in the river increases in size and changes its character to such an extent as to almost justify the forming of a third river from the union of the other two—the Mississinewa being almost or quite as large as the Wabash. We found but few pools below the Mississinewa, but a succession of swift, rocky, eravelly rifts and rapids—beautiful canoeing water, in fact —clear down to and below the Tippecanoe, to where the river flows deep and still, near Lafayette. Til. A couple of miles or so below La Gro, as we slipped smoothly down over a gravelly little rift into a deep, black pool up under a high bank, we were hailed by a man plowing in the field on top of the bank, who asked us if we had seen Jim Conner. We confessed to the fact that up to date Jim had not been visible to us, whereupon the man informed us that Jim had ridden up along the river bank on his horse some time previously looking for us and had leit word that we were not to pass Wabash without landing and looking him up. Jim was an old college friend of ours, and Dave had written him a card from Huntington before we sailed an- nouncing our cruise and asking him to look out for us at Wabash about Friday afternoon; and we were quite eratified at the interest he seemed to be manifesting in us. A couple of miles below we passed a fishing party comfortably disposed on a grassy bank in the shade of a couple of fine old elms. We were hailed and informed that Jim Conner had ridden by’ shortly before and had left word that we must stop at Wabash. We thanked our informants, assuring them that we would surely en- deavor to do so, and were soon out of sight behind a wooded point a short distance below. Half an hour later, on rounding the point of an island, we came upon an ancient disciple of I. Walton dozing over hall a dozen fish poles “set” in the bank, of whom I bought a fine string of bass. He also related the Conner anecdote, and we thanked him and paddled on. Half a mile below a squad of small boys in swimming imparted to us the same information, and we reached the conclusion that out friend Conner had posted the entire river poptla- tion in regard to us, with instructions to look out for two suspicious looking characters 1m small boats, who were running the river, and instruct them to stop at Wabash. Presently we hove in sight of the city, when Jim himself was discovered hastening over the hill top, and in a few ininutes more we made a landing, and he was fraternizing with us on the bank—portly, full- bearded, married, and as unlike the slender stripling we had known at college a dozen years before as could well be imagined. He pressed us to stop over night with him or at least to come up and take supper with him: but as our costumes were hardly presentable in a lady’s parlor, and as we did not deem it safe to go away and leave our canoes unprotected so close to civilization, we were obliged to decline both inyitations, much to our regret, as well as Jim’s. F. R. WEes, Trap-Shooting. Fixtures. . 5.—Newark, N. J.—Tournament of East Side Gun Club; acre event, match Detween Morfey and Schortemeier for E, C. ‘State championship. * htt, ; ri: seit cae anien IE TB ropibyi Gun Club’s invitation live- ird t. hn Wright, Manager. ‘ , ; eRe Sane ate EN: J.—Twenty-five_live-bird_ handicap, $10, birds extra; commences at 12 M. TD. W. Morfey, See’y. Jan, 17-20.—Hamilton, Oont.—Annual tournament and grand Canadian handicap of the Hamilton Gun Club; $1,000 guaranteed. H. I Sec’y. ; HS yee Reine, Pa.—The Reading handicap; open to all, $10 entrance, $150 uaranteed. Arthur A. Fink, Manager. . Jan. 18.—Stony Creek, Pa.—Stony Creek handicap, 25 live birds. AL A, Fink, Manager, 426 Franklin St., Reading, Pa. Feb. 22.—Worcester, MS ae ens of the 5 ’s Club; targets. . W. Walls, Sec’y, ‘ Sa 8; “Utica, N. Y.—Fulford’s handicap at live birds. E. D. Fulford, Manager. Agel 11-13.—Elkwood Park, Long Branch, N. J.—The Inter- state Association’s seventh annual Grand American Handicap t. q cohol, 18-30.—Lincoln, Neb.—The Lincoln Gun Club’s second annual interstate tournament; targets and live birds; $500 added. Geo. L. persis ras April 18-21.—Baltimore, ‘ith tournament; $500 added. Stanley Baker, DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. The programme of the Hamilton Gun Club, Hamilton, Can,, for its ninth Sant tournament, which takes place Jan. 17 to 20, is an attractive one. ‘Dhe first day has two live-bird events, one at sparrows. and three target events. Each target event is at 20 ‘singles, $2 entrance, one event having $50 guaranteed. ‘The spar- row event is at 15 birds, $2 entrance, $50 ‘guaranteed. The first jive-bird event is the introductory, at 10 live birds, $5 entrance, $100 guaranteed. The handicap is at 20 live birds, $15 entrance, in- cluding birds; surplus added. Divided, first, $125; second, $85; third, $85; fourth, $55; fifth, $45; sixth, seventh and eighth, $80; each; ninth, tenth and eleventh, $25 each; twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth, $15 each. The second day will-be devoted to a continu- ation of the handicap, one event at sparrows and three at targets. On the third day there is a 10-bird eyent, $5 entrance, $100 guar- anteed: one at sparrows, $2 entrance, $50 guaranteed, and two events at targets. On the fourth day is the open handicap, 25 live birds, $25 entrance, four moneys, $200 guaranteed, surplus added, high guns. Worcester Md,.—Prospect Park Shooting Associa- Sec’y. - 10th, Mr, Cc: S, - which is in the open. there was an excellent attendanee of shooters at the Carteret Gun Club's grounds, Garden City, L. I., on Jan. 2, the main event being the New VYear’s cup, value $100, and presented for competition by Mr. George B. Magotn. The conditions were nussand ont, hanlicaps from 25 to s8yds., entrance $20, The com- petition was open to members of the Westminster Kennel Club, Herron Hill Gun Club, Riverton Gun Club, Philadelphia Gun Club, Country Club of Westchester, Meadowbrook Hunt Club, Rockaway Hint Club, Washington Gun Club, of Chicago, and the Carteret Gun Club. After the 15th round, when Mr Fred (. Moore retired, the contest continued between Messrs. Fran}: Hall, 25yds., and W. §. Hoyt, 27yds., both members of the Carterct Gun Club, The former won at the 39th round, Messrs. McA p.1 and Butler retired at the 1th round; Mr. Foxhall Keene ai 1 c I Guthrie at the 6th, Messrs. Eddy, Money a:.( Sanford at the 3d, Mr. E. C. Hoyt at the 2d, Messrs. Stait id, Hooper, Thorne and Kernochan at the ist. A sweepstake «1 birds and a miss-and-out also were shot. E. C, Hoyt, He Money and Moore divided the former. Sanford, Guthrie. and Money divided the miss-and-out, Mr. John S. Wright, manager of the Brooklyn Gun Club, @ 13 that his guests note the following: “Shooting will comme. it 10 A, M, sharp. There will be plenty of good birds at 24 0.4.4 each; also luncheon—a most important item—at prices fu -til Entries will be taken and cash paid out by John D, Regan. < of the Brooklyn elevated run irom the Bridge (New York su ) direct to Cypress Hills. A. S, A. rules will goyern all contests or this shoot. All purses divided, class shooting. Three moneys i Nos. 1 and 2; four moneys in No, 3.” In contest No. 1, 5 birds, 33, all stand at 28yds. In No, 2, 7 birds, $5, handicaps 28 to 3lyds., and No. 3, 10 birds, $10, handicaps, 26 to 3lyds., will govern. Shooting will begin early; theréfore the guests should endeavor to be on hand at Dexter Park, at 10 A, M., Jan. 10. Mr, Edward Banks spent the latter part of last week on the shores of Maryland shooting ducks, and he made several of his friends additionally happy by gifts of the proceeds of his skill. On the evening of Jan, 2, after the Boiling Springs handicap, in a cosy hostelry, he gaye a dinner, the main dish of which was ducks of his own killing, deliciously served. His guests were Messrs,, L. G, Duff Grant and F. W. Jones, of the Smokeless Powder and Ammunition Company, of England; the veteran Uncle Jacob Pentz, and Messrs. W. R. Hobart, Harold Money and B. Waters. Ii the New Year continues as happily as it be- gan for the little party, it will be quite as happy as need be. The New Year’s cup was the main_object of contest at the Westminster Kennel Club’s shoot on Jan. 2, at Babylon, L, 1. It was a 10-bird handicap, with sixteen contestants. Messrs, G. E. Magoun and H. Knapp tied on 9. The latter killed 4 out of 5 to the former’s 8 ont of 5 in shooting off the tie, and won the cup. Two other events were shot, the first a 5-bird sweepstake, $5, handicap. Magoun and Ferguson were the only ones to kill straight. In the miss-and-out which followed, Magoun killed 13 straight and won. His nearest competitor was \WV, C. Floyd-Jones, who killed 13, The calendar of the Laflin & Rand Powder Co., 99 Cedar street, New York, for 1899, is quite unique and original. A muscular Jackie, whose cap bears the name of that giant gladiator, the Oregon, leans at ease on the muzzle of a mammoth canon, while on his right shoulder he bears a load of cannon powder, The legend “Manila, Santiago, Porto Rico,” brings up memories of what good powder could and did do, Under each leaf of the calendar are wise suggestions for the thoughtful shooter to ponder over. The Winchester Repeating Arms Co,’s calendar for 1899 is re- plete with pictorial suggestiveness of sport afield with rifle and shotgun. A spirited portrayal of a bear hunting scene graces the top; two hunters, rifle in hand, are stealthily approaching a bear At the bottom is a prairie scene in the chicken shooting season. Two setters are standing stanchly, one on point, the other backing, while the shooter, alert, and with his gun ready for instant use, approaches to flush the birds. On the grounds of the Lyndhurst Shooting Association, on Jan. 11, commencing at 12 M., there will be a handicap at 25 live birds, $10 entrance, birds extra at 25 cents. The grounds can be reached from New York either by the Erie R. R. to Rutherford, N. J., or D., L: & W. to Lyndhurst, N. J. Trolley cars from Newark, Jersey City and Paterson. T. W. Morfey, Sec’y-Treas. The catalogue of the Savage Arms Co., Utica, N. Y., mailed free to those who apply for it, presents an elaborate description of the military, sporting rifles, carbines, amimunition, etc., matufactured by the company, together with a full explanation of the Savage system of méchanism, its advantages, etc., all fully illustrated with engravings of rare excellence. ‘The East Side Gun Club, of Newark, N, J., haye now in use the set of live-bird traps formerly owned by the Carteret Gun Club and used by the latter before the remoyal to Garden City. The east Side’s next live-bird shoot is on Jan. 26. Mr. Gus Grieff, of Von Lengerke & Detmold, returned last week from a trip in northern Dakota, where he was enjoying the big-game shooting of that region. He reports a successful outing. ‘According to the conditions goyerning the Clinton Bidwell trophy the first contest was to take place on Monday of this week. ‘The conditions are published in full in our trap columns. The regular monthly club shoot of the Boiling Springs Fishing and Gun Club, Rutherford, N. J., has been postponed to Saturday, Jan. 19. a eo Trap around Reading. READING, Pa,, Dec. 26—The South End Gun Club, of this city, held their annual Christmas shoot to-day on the Island grounds. The principal event of the day was the medal shoot, open to elub members only, in which good scores were made, especially by Jack, who broke 24 out of 25 targets, and thus won the Class A gold badge. The Class B silver badge was won by Charles Miles, president of the club, who succeeded in breaking 19 out of 25. The bronze medal, or Class C medal, was awarded to Joseph Downs, with 8 out of 25. Sweepstakes were shot before and after the club event. The attendance of club members was one of the largest for many years, there being twenty-one of the twenty-nine enrolled members present to shoot. The scores of club shoot in Class A were: Matz 19, W. Miller 16, H. Yost 11, G, Miller 17, Rhoads 17, Jack 24, Capt, Yost 22, Ball 15, Harrison 18, Gerhart 17, Thompson 13, Yeager 20. Class B: Miles 19, Kelly 15, Farr 16, Gicker 15, Shultz 12, Hill 14, Texter 5 Class ©: Renninger 6, Downs 8. West Chester, Pa., Dec. 26.—This afternoon the West Chester Gun Club held a shoot at bluerock targets on the club grounds. Phoenixyille, Pa., Dec. 26;—The annual Christmas shoot of the Phoenix Gun Club was held here to-day. The following Seores were made: Event 1, championship of Phoenixville Gun Club, at 25 targets: Holman 14, Dotterer 19, Williams 19, Hodge 15, Pahlert 18, E. Buckwalter 10, Pennypaeker 15, Dunlap 10, James 12, J. Erb 17, Harris 18, Bell 11. : Event 2, team shoot, at 10 live birds per man, teams of two men each, for Gen. Pike Hotel challenge cup; Dotterer 4, Hodge 3; total 7. Edward 4, Holman 6; total 10 Pottstown, Pa., Dec. 26— Alive-bird match followed by target shooting took place to-day here on the Shuler Gun Club grounds. Oakbrook, Pa., Dec. 26.—The Oakbrook Gun Club held _a target shoot to-day on the club shooting grounds at the Kurtz House. Following the target shoot a live-bird match was shot between Hloffert and Breneiser, 10 birds, for $5 a side, loser to pay for birds, 28yds. rise, 50yds. boundary: Hoffert 5, Breneiser 4. Also a target match between Hoffert and Haas, 10 targets per man, re- sulting: Hoffert 7, Haas 6. 4 6 Pottstown, Pa., Dec. 26.—A live-bird match followed by target the Keystone Gun Club, of Lebanon, and the Shuler Gun Club, of this place, resulted in the visitors winning the live-bird event by the score of 86 to 84 killed, and the Shuler boys victorious in the target match by the score of 150 to 132. The match was shot in the face of a rain and hailstorm, which made good shooting dith- cult. Im the team shoot each club was represented by ten men, The scores were as follows: Live-bird shoot, Keystone vs, Shuler, for teams of ten men each, each man shooting at 10 live birds, 28yds. rise, 50yds. boun- dary: . Keyst Capt. Smith 10, Langdon 5, Bates 8, Reinohl 7 Bollisan 9, Gruber 9, Witters 8, Trafford 10, Shoemaker 10, Zellers 10—86 Shuler—Sheeler 7, Benner 8, Trimbauer 7, Capt. Cole 7, Yerger 9, Slonaker 9, Urner 9, H. Wien 9, Pennypacker 10—84. : Dead out of bounds: Keystone 7, Shuler 9 The target match, Keystone ee Stes teers cera men each, ach man shooting at 25 targets, over the magautrap? ‘ ‘ Keystone—Trafford 17, Shoemaker 15, Witters 18, Capt. Smith eee EES 13. Zellers 9, Gruber 7, Bates 18, Bollman 10, Langdon 12, Shoe 4— Shuler—Sheeler 16 _saylor 16, Trumbauer 16, Benner 19) H. ait ia 17, Urner 10, Miller 15, Slonaker 16, Jenems 15, W. Wien 10— 50, Special event, 5 continuous targets, for Winchester repeatin guns: Langdon 3,-Miller 5. - e © Boyertown, Pa., Dec. 29.—The Boyertown Rod and Gun Club held their annual target tournament to-day, and a better day could not have been selected, as the sun shone brightly and there was no wind blowing, which made it very pleasant out of doors, and at least 400 spectators watched the different events during the day. The shoot was under the management of Arthur A. Fink, of Reading, who succeeded in throwing over 5,000 targets from 10 A. M. to 5 P. M., when darkness set in and stopped shooting. Two traps, set close together in a pit, were used to throw the targets, and gave entire satisfaction to all. This event was the Hane shoot ever given by the Boyertown Club, The scores ollow: Events: 12384 5 6 Y 8 910 11.42 13 14 15 16 17 Targets: 10 10 15 10 10 10 10 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 20 10 5p Siliti) seni ween JOY ad be CT ee EAS) SUP SW ep rae Sey Schoffer ......:-..00 EGO ae Ve Veoblild) LS) Wy Bh Oe i Trumbauer ......... 8 $il 5 $10 S11 8 9 6 9 & 716 8 3 FDS Walt ees af Se nates SS Te) Heb a9 lO lari ie ee ve iietGs Se ueelae oppress pean 71013 6 8 8 7131310 9 9 9 916 9 6 Ifsiwone Yaapra ees sto! 7 812 8 5 9 84414 .,10 810 818 9... 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There were nineteen who shot through the main event, the conditions of which were 15 live birds, $5 entrance, birds extra. In events Nos. 1 and 2, 5 birds, the en- trance was $3, .No. 3 was 7 birds, $4. All stood at 28yds. The birds were a good lot, though the absence of any wind was an adyantage to the shooters. The air was cold and bracing. Feigenspan was the only one who made a straight score in the 15- bird event, though six landed in the 14 place. Schortemeéier was in good form, killing 31 out of 32, Feigenspan haying a similar score. The referee was Mr, H. P, Fessenden. Scorer, J. H:. W- Ileming. No. 1. No. 2. No. 8, TEP IVLOTIE Yee cele sales satel We ators 211024 *1122—4 1222211—7 DRA GAD Doda Ol etinn Gob ornate on ity 010113 01010—2 1112111—7 Thy ABE ieyeioah ean Si oe sae adbeast 21222—b 2b TT Sl iGastlety. 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I., Dec. 27.~The club shoot, point handicap, 10 live birds, was held in Brooklyn to-day, with scores as follows: Seven points: E Doenick, 30,.... 21*22*2\22— 7 J Voss, 30........,2221122122—10 Hl Forster, 30......022*121222— 8 F Trostel, 30....... 00220*1222— 6 C Weber, 30....... 2102021221— 8 ; Seven points: J Quinn, 28....... 2012202122— 8 P Woelfel, 28....... 202*022202— 6 Six and one-half points: J Belden, 28....... 11122*1112— 9 E Peterson, 28..... 2221101202— 8 Th eSetools Ac See 22222022229 J Dannefelser, 28..2112220022— 8 FE Steffens, 28...... 0211122012— § E Metz, 28......... 0112202202—- 7 J Wellbrock, 28.,..2112110201I— 8 IL Muench, 28...... 20110*201%— 5 C Rabenstein, 28... .1221202210— $ Six points: F Gerbolini, 28 ..,.0111101112 8 A Schmitt, 28......0211200200— 5 eed Serta Of 2S areatiierersate 2202221200— 7 P Garing, 28....... 0**2110112— 6 Five and one-half points: J Himmelsbach, 28.*21201102I— 7 I Wehler, 28....... 20111020120— 6 RMiKagdl juke. ene 0021012112— 7 Jz IWarl, 28.......... 101200210*—h Five points: Jenisessleny 28ea vce: 2211111210— 9 J Newman, 28....,.1120210202— 7 Hhen ce am steerer 100211101J— 7 Four and one-half points: i’ Kreeh; 28). i45a0. 1201012211— 8 G Ix Jireit, 28. -012020012%— 5 W Noe, 280: -..42594 2001201012— 6 IL Sehmitt, 28, .001000*201— 3 P Brennan, 28,..,.. 201010222— 6 *H Carroll ........ 1102120200— 6 A Knodel, 28..,,..1021100201— * Guest. Poughkeepsie Gun Club. Soutu MiriprooKk, N. Y., Dec. 26—Inclosed please find scores made by members of Poughkeepsie Gun Club on Christmas Day. Bach member shot at 25 single targets, unknown angles. ‘The Poughkeepsie Gun Club has over 100 names on its roll, all mem- bers in good standing, and still there were only nine men put in an appearance to shoot for the 400 loaded shells, which were to go to the five high guns: E Bering “(oeesiais eeiamerrnecirtep ptt ne tot 111100101119911110100011111110—18 Mibpisystantctese “sagas tetatrae ee eer 0111:011.000010111011.001000 AZ lehuesyerse Qh ogasdeaw ee pa 1100100111011.000100100101 —12 GbSwibvakbar Saersccotasen ares ttt} 1999491911110001910110011 —Bib SRS AY egesccy WGoudunoes pete » ee 111010011007111911070111011010—18 LEAL eC Ghee cs ces ate ee elt ei eeminieatas +a». 4111111110001011111000011 —17T SAVE TBR OT A Rica rR Rep pcp boo acces cd 0001010101000111011010001 —i1 (Olean Gore Seats. 1G veeeeneeLOUMIIONIIIIAIIII0101NT 21 COS OTL uss eal eee ob eaes lariat? oes «+ 1000700117001111101001011 —15 Perkins won shoot-off of tie on 18. Isaac TALLMAN. The Forest AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. Correspandence intended for publication should reach us at the latest by Monday and as much earlier-as practicable, —s \ Jan. 7, 1809.] Ramblings in the South. Crneryatr, O., Dec. 26.—Edilor Forest and Stream: 1 have just tead a book! To a man who has been reading hooks of various kinds in three or four languages for the last forly years one would naturally suppose that going through one more or less could mot in the end make much matter. Such, however, is not the case, for the bool in question is one which will always renain in my inemory aS alone in its «lass, and so far beyond any hook of same character that it stands apart, towering above all others just as Diomeéd, the dog who wrote it, must have stood in his day, Thothed the peerless, Diomed cleatly one of the grandest and most magnificent dogs that ever lived! Tt was a quaint conceit of the Mon, J. 5. Wise, of Richmond, Va,, to originate the idea of having his own dog write a life of himself, his travels and observations, and also give So accurate, albeit most modest, sketch of his master; but, if ever a book containing as much gentiine love for his cherished, faithful, glorious companion has ever appeared, then | want to fead such, for one always feels kinder toward mankind at large afler such occupation, There is soniéthing so genuinely real about the whole yolume—so utterly and ahsolutely sincere—that one could as well deny the existence of Motmt Hood when yiewing it from afar, or the Mississippi River while standing on its bank, as doubt the bred-in-the-bone, un- failing loye and admiration for each other that existed (and may still exist) between dog and master, between this genuine old: school Virginia thoroughbred sportsman and his noble companion, who ‘from day up to day down, week in, week out,” never faltered, forged ahead. Ouida, in “Under Two Flags,” has piven us some scenes between Bertie Cecil and his horse that are in my humble opinion the greatest masterpieces of her prolific pen—scenes which appeal to any man who at one time or another of his life has felt that all in this world depended on his mount, that his horse was his only means of salvation. A plainsman and a soldier know what I mean, and as such I hope | appreciate Ouida’s magnifi- cent tribtite to the valient lngh-spirited horse. . fon. J. S. Wise, in his most touching and beautiful essay on his friend Diomed, gains absolutely nothing by comparison with any writer, so far as I know, living or dead. Still it is human nature to link ideas, thoughts or scenes one with another, and fondly review them in quiet moments when apart from the howl- _ ing mob. At such times I will be the better man by contemplat- ing both horses and dogs, patient, obedient servitors both, secing them in®their true light, as shown by those »peerless writers, and ever thank them for the masterly gift of showing with true re- flection what the mirror of nature would haye us see! Well, I am so brim full of Diomed that I had to say something, more particularly nowadays, when one reads so much trash and gush that is such thin veneer as to be quite transparent. Children and dogs know who loyes them. Sportsmen—I mean men who shoot afield for pleasure—know the genuine article, and I know all will say with me, after reading Diomed, “All hail, John Ser- geant Wise! Salute!” Well, I intended writing a short note, telling your readers some- thing about my last Southern trip; so it is about time I com- menced. At Knoxville I had the pleasure of being with my good, warm- liearted friend Frank S. Mead, who is keeping bachelor’s hall in the old mansion, his father and mother being away in New York, Ah! what a home that is! What a peaceful, refined, ele- gant abode! Books, pictures, bric-a-brac, objets d’art. Books by the thousand, the most beautiful editions, and some of farest works. Mr. Wm. Mead, Frank’s father, dotes on bdoks and pictures, and his fund of knowledge and lore on such is as the sea, without limit or end; and, moreover, like .all really great learned men, so quiet and reserved, that it is only to his most intimate associates that he reveals the depths of his fathom- less soul. What a cruel blow it was to deprive such a family of such a son as the lamented Arthur—mourned, yearned for, departed, with prime of youth and life, depriving us of an orna- ment, a friend, a companion. One of God's marked and made elean-bred sportsmen! Alas! why are such called away? It was Mr. Mead, by the way, well knowing my genuine fondness for Sportsmanship, who gave me Diomed, rendering me, therefore, still under more obligations. rank is anticipating great sport this season with a dainty little 20-bore I had put up for him, nate from all accounts gun and man are en rapport and quite formidable on quail, of which there are so many this year. Gaod duck, eld boy; I wish I was with you oftener, for of such are sportsmen made, : At Memphis I found shooting matters yery quiet. Ducks had not appeared in usual quantities at Wapanoca, nor on the other noted lakes near by in Arkansas. It was too early for quail shooting, and pigeons are not trapped and shet by Memphis Gun Club much before February. I had several delightful con- fabs with my friend J. C. Neely, Jr,, Esqd., a most enthusiastic Sportsman and good trap shot. About the first thing we thought of was the sad death of Judge S. P. Walker, a man so thoroughly well known, loved and respected in all his State that his death comes as a rude shock to the whole community, Judge Walker was a typical cavalier of the old school—one of the Col. Newcomb style—one of those men who meet you with a smile, not only on their lips, but with an open heart and an open hand. Judge Sam P. Walker was simply idolized by the Memphis Gun Club, and his loss can never be repaired! There is no man living who can take his place! There are very few people in Memphis worth knowing who will not bear me out in what I say. Such men are so rare that when met they make an impression on one not easily effaced. And it does seem strange that, with such a job- lot of odds and ends in this world, a pack of scheming, tricky scamps, who live to a green old age, fleecing whom they may— it does seem strange that such jewels as the judge must be called away and such riff-raff remain, Who can penetrate the mysteries of an all-wise Providence? and: why should we mourn those who have gone before to their long and well-earned rest? In February the club will commence operations on pigeons, and the purveyor, Mr. Fred Schmidt, will see to it that they shoot at good birds. The Memphis Gun Club is composed of many of her very prominent men, and numbers in its ranks some excellent shots, We all know that, and we hope to see several of ake nest taking part in the Grand American Handicap next pril. I would like to have had a day’s quail shooting there with my friend Mr. Will Allen, but unfortunately we could not at- range it. Better luck next time, for here’s another of your clean-bred sportsmen, and one with whom it is a great pleasure to shoot. So I will lay for him: on next trip sure; and if he gets away from me it won’t be my fault. | Well, I eventually struck shreveport, La. Shreveport is the home of Sam Enders. There is just one Sam, and that is the only Enders, and that ends it. Sam was not quite sure about the ducks. He said he was right side up himself, his boat was stanch, his live decoys saucy, fat and charming as ever; his guns o. k., at least one of them was; the other—well, never mind. sut the ducks were not there so thick—that is, so many. Too much water, lack of concentration, universal deluge; ducks scattered to the fo@r winds. As the Sioux Indian would have expressed it, “Minnesota—heap water.’ But we went at it under his most skillful guidance; had pretty fair shooting; bagged about 150 between us in three trials—black jacks, teal, mallards and can- vasbacks, though only four or five of the latter. We were both extremely sorry that our mutual friend Mr. A. FF. Jenkins, of Shreveport, could not join us, He is so busy at that’ season managing an immense cotton compress that he could not get away. This I particularly regret, as I feel under many obligations to him. haymg always shot over his decoys and used his boat and paddler, — Sam says he will have a few pintails staked out for me when next I go there, which I hope he may, as it is a real treat to double them high up in the air; they fold up so beautifully when hit center with a full-choke gun; and, I say, I have just such a gun—a 382in., that seems to shoot all sizes of shot with great foree and wonderful compactness; in other words, a gun that goes about 80 per cent. of its charge in a 30in. ring at 40yds., giving, beautiful distribution of its pellets, and when using say 3%4drs. best nitro powder—and that I opine is pretty good—all the same I never have had one before that would do it. Well, I next shot at Lake Charles, La., with my old chum J. C, Elstner. We did not break any records this time, but just pottered about, bagging a few quail, snipe and some doyes. Mr. Charles Lyman, a most enthusiastic sportsman, very kindly took me im tow on one day, and a fine time we had of it, driving out to’ Mr. Nicholas’ farm and kennel, where we saw some splen- did work by his dogs. Mr. Nicholas has the ways and style of a very competent dog trainer and handler, and I’m sure will turn out great dogs. i But the day we most enjoyed at Lake Charles was the one we put in prairie chicken shooting. \Ve started out before 6 A. M.,, drove about fiftee miles to a certain ridge, and then let the degs range wide, skirting the highest ridges all the time. Every now and ‘then a point would be made, a chicken ot two Hushed and shot, and then the journey resumed. Joe Blstner and IT took one vehicle, Messrs. Moss and Lyman going in the other. Mr. FOREST AND STREAM. Moss: was pilot, having for many, many years shot over that ground. In the evening we lad but fourteen chickens—pinnated frouse—to show, but they were all such fine, large birds, fat, sleek and in prime condition every one, and that was enough, We alsa picked up a few siipe en toute, sundry hawks en passant, as it were, and all in al] had a great day, breathing fresh air on that greal Louisiana plain. As a wind-up, L landed in New Orleans, where I found my wood friends Messrs. Jolin W, Phillips and Noryvin T, Matris, With the latter | went to Baton Rouge to attend a tournament, but i rained so hard we could hot shoot. Flowever, it 1s a great privilege 16 enjoy the elose companionship of such a man. as Norvin [lareis; so, although we did not smash any targets, which ly the way, ean be done at any crossroad, yet we chatted along all day, and Jate into the night, as men who always understand each other can, and had a sociable, quiet, good time by our lones, To thoroughly appreciate Mr. Harris, one should see him at his home at Hurstbourne Farm, Kentucky. There you have him at his best—sans flab-diubs, sans fringes, sans tinsel, sans ceremoniec —just 4 emunfry gentleman, and who is never so happy as when dispensing hospitality with a free, open hand, Javish in its prodigality. J{ is a pity we can’t all know him, for some of us might with much profit and benefit take lessons from such a noble character; and every ane who jis honoted with his ac maintance, from the highest and most exclusive Eritisher to the lowliest peasant, will bear out all IT have ever said about oui part era] country gentloman—our Norvin, as we all love to call nim. And then 1 fad a feast of French opera. Ah! such music! Particularly such orchestration as one hears at the Prench Opera House. It was all a grand treat ta me, so fond, so passionately fond, am I of music. With so aw fait a chaperon as Mr, Phillips, one must enjoy a performance much more than one could alone. He is so brim full of reminiscence and anecdote of so many actots and actresses thal there alone exists a great charm in itself, | am looking forward to Pebruary, when I hope to have both of these men accompany me on a snipe shooting trip with our host, Mr. J. C. Elstner, at Lake Charles, We will be sure of excellent food and a most hearty weleome at the Howard House by its proprietor, Mr. Pierre Theaux, and that means a good deal. Then, with my New Orleans men, and Jo to steer things, 1 don’t see how we can go amiss, for Jo, while he does not say much, generally lands on both feet. Well, it is only a short spell until February, yet the days drag along slowly enough. At Louisville IT no sooner landed than the irrespressible Harry Lyons climbed my collar and Challenged me to shoot him at 25 pigeons, loser ta pay fot the birds, Well, we shot, and the Scores were not good, so we will Jef that pass. But the birds were good enough, and we had outs seme of them pass too. So now in matches I think Marry ~~ “4 aye even; but I know he is laying for me when he gets tis new gun, I no sooner got home than | was attacked by the grippe, and so could not go to Indianapolis tournament, much to my chagrin, Affairs at the Cineinnati Gun Club seem to be going on as usual. One thing, however, looms up, and that is the great, steady and strong shooting of Maynard, an old-timer, with whom I used te smash Ligowsky clay pigeons fifteen to cighteen years ago at Price Hill. Maynard seems to have found the place. I only hope he may keep it. But it is an illusive grasp most of us ever fasten on the evanescing bluerock; even when we think we have it throttled, it may glide away most serenely; and many a man has bobbed up and down so often in his scores that he has given it all up in despair, But I think Maynard will stick. He is that sort. With very best wishes to all my friends for the coming year, and wishing them happiness, health, prosperity and peace, I subscribe myself now, as always, GaucHo, Buffalo Audubon Gun Club, Burraro, N. Y¥., Dec. 24.—Subjoined is the official score of the Burkhardt-Besser match, which was shot at Audubon Park, Thurs- day, Dec, 22. Mr. Besser won out, making a grand score of 93 to Burkhardt’s 89. Mr. Burkhardt was handicapped very much by the breaking of his gun on the 8th bird of the match. He had to finish with a strange gun. A noticeable fact was his ability in using the second barrel with this gin, owing to the differ- ence in the pull between his and the one he was obliged to tse. Tt was almost useless to him. About 500 people witnessed the match, and considerable money changed hands on the result. Immediately after the match Mr. Burkhardt challenged Mr. Besser for another match for from $100 to $500 per side, which in all probability will be accepted. As they have each won one match apiece, the deciding one no doubt will be a yery interesting affair, and _would be worth going miles to see, Barker Talsma, referee; Wm. Daw, judge for Besser; C. J. Moyer, judge for Burkhardt; F. P, O’Leary, scorer. Trap score type—Copyright, /sv9, by Forest and Stream Publish ing Co. 54227155818 4829111548322955 He Oa is ante wee oar QPI4BL2GS5SRIFPVADEDI 4B 5522 Esty WWehekehererrcannen 12588452521121258511434128 LI SIRAR FORSIY T IR OT YN SOT 2112121%91011221199991191%9 »o4 4227 54112549151984918 39542 DOPOSIIOO TET PODS STL Ios 418523 8284543849 4452414295 C$ Burkhardt ACRE aniteerese na amco “ae 24 8322941541543849445241495 ENA aa ber baer enna TH4A4H7LI5R 545945188 449583 2 OTT PTE PTT Dre NT Ee PS on Bee eas Sa Re ato a A ee Ne a Dedoy VITO Te eT etos etre bug Clinton Bidwell Trophy, : The conditions governing the Clinton Bidwell handicap, for the Clinton Bidwell trophy, as drafted by the committée—Messrs. Edwin N. McCarney, C. q. Burkhardt and Leonhard. W. Bennett— are as follows: First—All contests must take place on grounds of the Audubon, Bison, Buffalo or Cazenovia gun clubs, holder of traphy to have the selection of grounds and name date of contests, but must name date not later than two weeks from date of challenge, The first contest will be on the grotinds of the Buffalo Audubon Club, on Jan. 2, 1899, beginning at 10 A, M. sharp, and will be at 26 live pigeons. be held on the-grounds of that one of the clubs specified which offers the largest amount of privilege of contest. Surplus money Over amount paid to the holder of cup at that time to be added to sweepstake, ‘This final contest shall be at 50 pigeons, Birds for all these contests must be furnished at 30 cents per pair, dead birds to the ground. ‘ Second—Any resident of Buffalo, or member of any regularly organized gun club havitig its headquarters in Buffalo, is eligible to shoot in these contests, subject to the foll6wing conditions: The committee on arrangements has the right at any time to exclude any person or persons from entering in competition for the trophy, It shall not be required of them to make any neces- Sane laaatiens or say why they wish to regard any one as not» eligible. Third—Latest revised American Association rules to govern, with the following exceptions: All contests subject to handicap rise, Black powder and 10-gauge guns barred. Pourth—Clinton Bidwell is to name referee eagnol gates On same, lith—The amount of entrance money in open competiti be $10 to the sweepstake and $3.75 for Ticats: All corte ut open competition must send $3.75 to E. N, McCarney, No, 14 West Swan street, with entry, This amount represents the cost of birds, and should individuals not compete, ihe money will be added to sweepstake, This deposit must be made with entry at Jeast two days prior-ta date of contest, in ordet to enable hand}- cap committee to arrange Handicaps. Post entries must pay $1.25 extra, which will be added to the sweepstake, Balance of entrance money, $10, may be paid on day of competition. Any person who has entered in advance for open competition must be on hand ) providing competitors The final contest will be on May 30, 1900, and will ~ Pa and ready to shoot before the end of the filth rovnd. Showld he fail to be at the score at that time, the advance - ‘trance, $3.75, shall be forfeited and be added to the sweepstake lost entries allowed only up to the end of the second round- ‘ Sixtl—The cup shall go with first money. Should there be ties, the money will be divided. ‘Ties for first place shall whmedrately shoot off for possession of the cup, All moneys will be divided, “class shooting,’ as follows: Three entries or less, one money. our to six entries, two moneys, 60 and 40 per cent, Seven to ten eniries, three moneys, 50, 30, and 20 per cent, Kleven to fifteen entries, -four moneys, 40, 380, 20 and 10 per cent, Sixteen to twenty entries, five moneys, 30, 25, 20, 15 and J0 per cent, Over twenty entries, six moneys, 25, 20, 17%, 15, 12% and 10 per cent, Seventh—Winner of cup in any contest mast defend the cup within two weeks if challenged, or forfeit eup to challenger, Pri- orify of claim of challengers to be decided by scores in opening contests, Challenges must be within twenty-four hours after last eontest in order to hold right of claim to next contest. No petsen having once competed in mateh contest to have claim to another contest while others are waiting, Challenges must be sent to BH, N. MeCarney, No, 14 West Swan street, ac- companied by $7.50 to cover cost of birds for both contestants. Challengers must also pay to referee $10 on day of contest, which latter amount shall go to winner. Highth—lf there be no challenge for two weeks, any regularly organized gun club of the city of Bullala to have the privilege of ealling in the etip for open competition, tinder same conditions as opening contest by paying the holder of the cup $155 privilege of challenge after that time to be awarded same as aiter first contest, 1 Ninth—In the event of circumstances preventing any contest on date named, committee to have privilege of naming another date, or awarding cup, at its discretion, Tenth—On May 30, 1900, all who have won cup either in open competition or by challenge will be entitled to compete for final ownership; holder of cup at that time to receive the usual com- pensation from club wishing contest. Cuas. J. Mover, Remington Gun Club, * Iniow, N. Y., Dec, 27.—The Remington Gun Club held a shoot on their grotinds, Dec, 26. nine members of the Richfield Springs Gun Club attending and taking part in the programme. There were eight target and one live-bird events. Nos: 1 and 2 were the club badge shoot; Nos, 3, 4, 5, 7 amd 8 were sweepstakes, 16 targets; No, 6 a team match, Remington vs. Richfield, Springs, nine men on a side, 25 targets; Nos. § and 10, live bitds, The team match was won by Remington Gun Club; score, 154 to 152, Events: E - com SP bah: Se 9 Targets: om, lh ST ber a, 10 Ler unlsy jab Ey EE eae eee ee tide sa edt 10 9 12 2 a a ay Veritiets aie ee Ue eet ei 8 eee 12. Tit, 22F 1P-abS “he 5s SDC tater) ya eta eer pare sere Peay ee Ace ORS ulate abl) alee ee Hanae er Ere bensis fs eseeuee . : iy 12 16 a ll WW MDPACGE aia b le) Lasadhsed piales acne ie ae iP RTS en ELSH Utes tanaceni eae bees Hall Se eal tere ak Webdl Ghh abe 97 Great iy th stan donee tee eee eee ere (A Jew LOOT 942: 22 2S Cs Coleitseiastnuitcnnca mites ant eee ree Fee! RA ne Bawrente enn e sree or re vatyet-M das mabe tha te (AS trast i we eas Borland? ote. ee et} Coe lUs ae Delos dears ive Ste Sela ilGhece eC Lee SH EL ae oats Soe ae GY ie gate tS) eS A ea Ege oe de SOLS LN STS TTS Oe 17 10 10 11 10 2] 18 § .. ST Gey dary ott jl 6 8 .. a 4 4 8°39 9 d4 a mt Gow 4 9) ~ Sinz stumad, , Saree MTR Ae Aa BER ITIATLE irene ene Pam Ay ety he chem camer (tty), Bs bee CVE DE isicieleai ry sss eee renee Vek bs. Ste Fl see alae ee pe eg CaO ys ne eifalei njsiaa B OodGa eet Beatle we at MoMullen.....,.......005 ee pene ee ee FU es ee: * Remington Gun Club. ** Richfield Springs Gun Club. Baltimore Shooting Association. BAttTIMORE, Md.—The weather was favorable for the Christmas shoot of the Baltimore Shooting Association. The live birds were first class. From morning until early in the afternoon the! clay target traps were used. Capt, James R. Malone, of the Shooting As- “sociation, had perfected arrangements for the shoot, with the result that the crowd of gunners and their friends found no in- terruption to their desire to try their luck. The chief event of the day was the 10 live-bird handicap, $5 entrance. Fox and John- son were the only ones to kill straight, and they divided first money. At both targets and liye birds there was uninterrupted practice, and a long string of sweepstakes and miss-and-outs were shot. Dixon and Hood shot a 10-bird race; both tieing at 9 birds. Hood won the miss-and-out shoot-of, as Dixon missed his third bird. Fox, Malone, Hood and Mitchell tied in one live-bird miss-and- out, and then Hicks, Malone and Hood tied in a similar event. The principal event with the targets was a 25-target handica $1.50 entrance. The scores in this event, with the number of bir § suote ate are a foley Higed- 25, 23; Thomas, 33, 11; Storr, 26. 0; Greiner, 35, ; Gent, 28, ; Dixon, rid is 2 d: Hicks, 27, 28; Malone, 25, 22. ’ pt The scores in the Christmas handicap, 10 live birds, are: Harrison, 28 ...... 1110022111— 8 Hood, 30 ......... «02212: —3 Mitchell, 29 ......., BOIB122100— 9 Malone, 80°10... ,ISLIDeILISS 8 Linthicum, 28 ...,.1002122100— 6 Gent, 2890/51! ..-1011220022— 7 Hicks, 80 ......,...1212121901— 9 Starr, 28 ..0h02 ye 0222121112 — 9 Collins, ail troyeees 0121220012— 7 Johnson, 28 .,..... 221211229210 Dixon, AS = ee se, OTe Th ses) Brewer, 28 ..scccuse 2000120222— § Grienér, (267.2. 0i.c. 2010021111— 7 Fox, 80 -.,.20..... 221121211110 Meyer Defeats Lane, Rees Ne Y., Dec. 22;—Mr. Kod and Gun Club, was an easy winner in the match shoot wi Clarence Lane, of the Hilton Gun Club, shot to-day a eeecee of the Hilton Gun Glub, and was witnessed by most of the ex- pert shots in the county. The contest was the outcome of “a challenge recently issued by Mane, offering to shoot any trap expert in the county 100 targets for $100 a side. The challenge shoot was preceded by a merchandise event, Ed Meyer, of the Rochester eaten which was open IMGKete caps tatthdennled 7 teereeeeee ees LLOUMIIIIIILOIIIIA I —28 1111111111101 1110128 OV911109191911411111191117- 28 7 1111110111191 94 92 ane » -11010991111119171111 1014129 4101111111101111110010111—20 111091111109111111111001—27, 1111111910011.100114111111 9184 Florists Gan Club; Wisstnomine, Pa, Dec. 27.—The targets, 25 from a magautrap, 25 k with handicap allowance, Sree > medal contest, 50 _,000210—2 W Ruddiford .,........ O1I212—5 «Palmer sii.05.0 00nd 1424019 MNES: ero. pepe eriineb ears DDRII tet HICKS WARE p htin ene ane wets 110212—5 Worlitison sesso ve date d**10=3- GloverDR ree: 2*2012—3 IA ia Serre reer +-010100—2 Five live birds Rott lea eeet tent iicneee 000217—3 Pollard .,....+.....22:-- 120102—4 AVAIL ERA Cm perenne sectoral as Zee — FT mi atotiien. 5 yin er ener » 11011—5 WEIGVERS Frey se eorce aces ANU02Z2—3 town ...... 02. tcl seek. 20*10*~—2 NISheys Wek cere eee eee ATP eee Cheelieeee lated eeeteeeee *()*122 3 PAM CHLIE >. ieee sce eao oe 12°222—5 Hellman ,--.----eereees 101220—4 Palinéry Ass Usseucey oes, ae -tapabemes We eSinetie Sean aee te opens 000*02—1 WOES tous piendesbaaieeoos 112010—4 Dr Davis: -cpscosenenepss 22°012—5 MaNMINS ones waco ee en UUUIU—1) “Vietter® 22.20.25. ee oe eos 202102—4 Comihiisons daetee reece ce #20*02—2 Workman ..----cc0ecs¢+>122220-—5 IG OICS os gages a Soyer nets 101*0*—2 Six liye birds: IMO EEL Aaa Ss a a 021*20—8 Wright .....-...-.--.-s.4 022200—S SATA) doeeet tenet cw es eae yee 010*00—1 Paterson ...........-.--- 220221—5 Wellman ....0.ce0sscsss-221110—5 ‘Nisley ...-.--------.-+.- (10101—3 (Shicken = Seennasaccee cee UD 2 Ss WOMCHIG Ge evytsesesers ees 21°5101—4 DRAW Maucexceccseedee ene SNIBW 8) satiirer camo yas gece 12*122—d WUAVIST 5 eee Ghesees 6 cone hIgk—b (Wetter seecsceryeeeereres 110002—3 Workammne orcs sssqenenen PPL MESES at ek SA #22202—4 Dra 2a. oes iets t aL TORUS 3> Elicksh 75 nktcressuseeccdes #2211—5 Comleyae ten 11—& Six live birds SELIOIGS Oa Saeco ew aw teu aie TZIPI Ghicker sis ce. tamales 202202—4 Gomley: Goceihen sssbee-s S255 feel nara eee tee ... .020112—4 PATEESOTIG ech huionecoe eae FOF Miesitawapeere ses fete kae QUUU22—2 INZISICY.) 4 ef ilalecee es ceeeeaee O25 SDT Davis were se- sess se eae 122020—4 BAA IPCI fs Wel ieee ticks pene Te At 3 rect Oa as aig eincpsres 11011—5 PVIGRLEN » castes pa -.122002—4 Barnard ......-..s00-ess 121212—6 Wee se ancee syncs =. .102U2*—3 ‘Russell ....-5.-sey ene e es 121122—6 WRIISE seuwancet Suerepeesas 222()22—5 Glenview Gun Club, On last Monday, members of the Glenview Golf and Polo Club, ot Evanston, held a field day at live birds, and at the close of their sport organized the Glenview Gun Club, with thirty-five members and the following officers: President, F. S. James; Secretary and ‘Treasurer, William B. Bogart; Executive Com- mittee: C. F. Spalding, J. B. Drake, G. A. Thorne and P. Hoyt. This adds another one to the high-class live-bird clubs in and around the city of Chicago, and there is nothing but a good future to be predicted for this body. The shooting on last Mon- day was under the Chicago conditions of high wind and good birds. The following were the scores: Seven-bird contest: G A Thorne...... ose 2122012—6 WJ Littlejohn...,.... 2020200—3 PUT ON lee sees axes sas ee 1220222-—G) (BA PP irie ie. we erste . -2210001—4 J B Drake...... alesavis Ab Pali 1D) DBRS peta og oncoeg dee 1011111—6 wr Barkow. qsssecese 2220220—5 © B Congdon.......<-.-. 1290011 —4 Bese AICS: dass avers ote 2210011—4 Piet Shoot-off: GAMO erecenhlesle eiethirrtcs OF aD rales yettecsorteriiess tonne 5a PAL! PRE Gyi. oupaswer cea eere sith 1b, Istleave es Gpctth ocr ae arth io 11 1201132212—8 . -V110212202—7 2112110101—8 TAS ELON ts aoe eas iene oteclole swivel oe FS James .. eee 1121 G A Thorne. pectgterentecters aia 2 Will Challenge. Another shoot pends between Fred Gilbert and Rolla Meikes for the cast iron medal, and very likely between Fred and Jim Elliott for the Sportsman’s Review trophy. It is hoped that these contests will be pulled off at Watson’s, this city. Cincinnati Gan Club, The big and prosperous Cincinnati Gun Club, of Cincinnati, held a good Christmas Day shoot, the cald weather not keeping away all the enthusiasts. Veteran of K. C. The Veteran Gun Club, of Kansas City, has closed its books for 1898, and publishes the following list ot yearly live-bird averages, which shows that Mr. George W. Stockwell is high gun for the years: * Shot Shot Killed. Av. at. eee Av. G Stockwell....225 199 eat iS ears ranch 2 Be ne L fellow.. 50 44 82 VETIY ceeeees 5 ‘ P, Riley nner 50 43 2860 J Norton sis AO 44 880 V Rieger ...... 25 20 .800 Pastime, of Detroit. The Pastime Gun Club, of Detroit, closed its season last week. Wolf won the A medal, Shaeberle won the B medal and Randolph the © medal. The last regular scores were as below: t abl he ee aE (yee tie: Bieele 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 26 eer wendy vets tebe hienisiie bee erect ris rier > Swab! OP a6) oe ee Chapman .,..222--ssserstevccssvcoves 5 xb “4 3h fh 4 “bad orthmore Bie 9 fh, WO aio GB} Wolf ...--+. tt) 7 7 8) ge 22 Grimshaw ho ee es 3 fart Qiga war ° oe ee 13 Buesser 5 6 7 8 19 Holmes Difet fel tars! veto we A Chapman ‘ i N& “ B8 Risser srs. eve es eee Seeds Oe Rp yh Ee Wieber pr oeeae aie iy SEY a ny Marks By ote he, or bes Varker eee deeeeee py eeereiiteren oe 1% 6 b&b 3 IW Randolph ..--<«: Soeeevananes -ouann ate 8 \ a ri ose m aS ACKSON seccvoccwcascccecerarseascornenes + “ e w= arte Tuddleston, sovcccoceeccerecvssecossee le cit: ons Wisconsin Gun Club. Wisconsin Gun Club, of Milwaukee, Wis., had_an average at- tendance and a pleasant time at their Christmas Day shoot, with following scores: TENSES Ae bluerocks: Oeclisle 14, Sass 13, Farber 20, Ruggaber 15, Compty 20, Vaul 14, Sauberlich 17, Himmelstein 12, Klapinski 99 \Warth 12, Ellert 17, Rohn 13, Ten live birds: Occhsle 8, Heiser 6, Farber 9, Paul 5, Fass 4, Sauberlich 6, Wimmelstein 9, Gerlach 6, Raun 4, Klapinski 10, Horlick 6. pg a ad VD A Ten bluerocks: Sass 8, Oechsle 5, Klapinski 9, Sauberlich 3, Compty 8, Pritzlafi 7. Ten bluerocks; Sass 8, Compty 6, Gettman 3, Klapinski 1, Oechsle 3, Ten bluerocks: Klapinski 9, Rohn 7, Horlick 5, Sass 9, Farber 6. - Lincoin Gun Club. Lincoln Gun Club, of Lincoln, Neb., publishes the following table of seasom ayerages on targets to date: : Shot Shot at. Broke. Av. at. Broke. Ay. C Latshaw..... :260 227 100) Wreebain sesaeert 260 158 .608 EF Moore ..:....240 205 -804 C Mann .3...... 6 41 683 G Carter .......880 304 .800 KF Sharpe ...... 20 16 ~=—_ 800 { Eaton ........ 80 63 - 187 Hetil Jesqae se oo od 12 -600 E Troyer ....... 200 146 .738 Al Cooley ...,.. 2) 12 600 W. SHein) 06. 0s 260 182 .700 M_Wheeler..... 20 15 4750 Ty seisictemn ee 240 168 700 j Campbell. ..... 2 10 500 J Hogan ....... 100 69 +690 Id Town .e..su> 40 21 522 Waukegan Gun Club. Waukegan Gun Club, of Ilinois, has taken out incorporation papers, and will continue its successful career stronger than ever West Side, of Saginaw. West Side Gun Club, of Saginaw, Mich., will hold its annual midwinter shoot Jan. 1. The programme will be a grab-bag shoot, the main race at 50 birds. Havana Shoot. Hayana Gun Club, of Illinois, closed a two days’ shoot Dec. 29. _ In the team shoot Havana, Pekin, Peoria and Chandlerville had teams, and Havana won, &6 out of 100 possible, Sumpter—Smith. In_the race between J. J. Sumpter, Jr. Dr. J. W. Smith, of St. Louis, Dec. 24, Mr. §2. A Yeturn match is likely. 120) Boyer Buitpinc, Chicago, IJ]. Sumpter won, 93 to Hovwucu. Boston, Gun Club. ’ 3 Werbtrncton, Mass., Dr shot—The close proximity of a holiday and the awful cold @infergus prevailed Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 28, dimmed the attertdantve at the Boston Gun Club’s second prize shoot. Only an enthusiast would voluntarily run up against such a. gale of wind, and aboye all things to try and shoot. targets; So there were but eight present to take part in the differ- ent events. What the gathering lacked in numbers, however, if more than made up in fun and sociability, and if one waited always for good scoring weather many a good time would be missed. The gale left its mark on all but a very few scores, while the doubles, which on these grounds are shot irom same distance as singles, were simply hard problems to solve for the short as well as long distance shooter. Dennison grasped the honors in the individual match, and Leroy and Gordon in the team event; 34 out of 40 under such conditions was good work. ‘Mr, Gordon stood an elegant show in the former race, but his two final pairs proved refractory, and he had to he satisfied with 16. Scores below: ' Events: 1 3.4 5 6 7 8 91011 12 13 14 1516 Targets 1010 610 5 61010 510 5 6 10 10 1010 Gordons le an-litacdste 88) S70) 4 9209 39 a8 5 4 15 52895 6 Miskay, 18 2-2 .....0.0.. 8 829 33-7 6243 27 38 8 8 Set Oye ee lite hraticwtcm eres i? (SoS! 6965! Skee Deraree oe onl se ene se Sheffield, 16 ...,......- The Tiger EDN le eee YAP UE YS Benton errs yeyes ss GG. 0 AE FO eke Sb ree pene ek eee ker MOMS Dy ween ees ee 1 8: 4 7 2 18) eT 209) oe, ns ewe VeWos tech BEG AA Dire eee Or oi ae Sa plea 00. fOr aya atic, ele inesanty Dennison, 17....., Sone ode (SAS Se Te Tay, Events 1, 4, 7, 10, 15 and 16, known angles; 2, 5, 8 and 11, un- known; 3, 6 and 12, pairs; 9, unknown traps. 7 Individual prize contest, 21 targets: 10 known, 6 unknown and 3 pairs: - WEnnisGHy oliieemrrens, ee aee WidH—» M+ i 041417 GordGnyeliGecseneseeretr W1N1—410— ss Tdw1—4_—S ss 11:00 00 216 dliordcey el gacceeraes- arab »AOTHIII10— § »=1101—5.——s« 10 1) 10-316 Miskay, 18......-2...2-2-; Hivwmin— 8 1010-3 = =00.: 10 11-315 1Srarea nsw Pala ior cid pees LU10III100— 6 L11li—5 10 01 10—8—14 Hobs; Toye Panesdests ease 011011101 F_——— OTO—2 «10 10 10-312 Benton, Di. tireesenes so, oo1WwII000— 4 110104 10 10 11-412 Shefiéld, 16 ..............0000010010— 2 101114 0011 00—2—8 Team match, 40 targets: 10 known, 10 unknown per shooter; distance handicap: TErOy, sctervrudied pin pte racwesceese- Tiiw0ni—s =: 1111100111816 (GOLGOn) eesetass ith coptaaninrtone cn WUNIW0N—9 = 4111111110 —9—1§—34 Shethield ..ccsvs.ssyeeeeseesaene> 1110010T1—T)— 1111111110 —3—16 FORMS: s0aet+ss 03 20 qaotiteisrsoois 1101220101—7 00111111 10——7—14— 30 Miskay ....-cccessssanreses q33te 011010117) 0011101 11—6 13 Dhorace Soaps soe ele Seen ra'e'alne 1011000111—6 + = 011100016 —12—25 IN NEW JERSEY. Trap at Yardville. Yardyille, N. J., Dec, 22—At Zwerlein’s grounds, at Yardville, J. L. Rehrig, of Mauch Chunk, Pa., defeated W. Terry, of Plain- field, N. J., in a match at 50 live birds, for $50, winning out on the 45th bird, Terry withdrawing at his 45th, haying then no chance te win. Score, Rehrig 40, Terry 34. - 4 In a $5 sweepstake at 10 birds, Warford scored 10, Rehrig, Zwerlein and Apgar 9, S. Terry 8. i i. Two $1 miss-and-outs were shot, Rehrig and Apgar dividing No, 1 on the third round; Rehrig, Apgar and Irwin divided No. 2 on the fourth round: W Terty, 28.2.0... 200200020220222221 202222021 2022221 2222121202234. J L Rehrig, 28 see eye «L21120200122221212221220221202111221221222221—45 East Side Gun Club. Newark, N. J., Dec. 22.—The East Side Gun Club shoot took place to-day on Smith Brothers’ grounds. The club shoot had a $2 optional sweep; the handicap was points, which are given immediately following the names. The birds were a good lot, but no witid and a thick fog were against them. No: 1 was the club shoot, No. 2 was at 7 birds, $3 entrance, two moneys: No. 1. No. 2. Warkertuss ele eek serrate tata ene code 241212111210 1210110—5 (Obrercsehesh) a 35 34 eee isersearst Sears 211221291110 eae Hassinger, 7 ...ce.e-19 25 19 18 18 24 16 21 25 23— ; SMISke seas erase PEP oser, seovess2d 19 15 21 22 19 21 23 19 17—T99" | TT) TART Agecray cesvaraterchekststatet Ponelal oes secasaes24 22 20 21 20 23 14 20 24 7—195 RODEDES | Maasaveccaeecrpederaegertts oo 2 nameapeceee ss Loyal o= 193) > ate Tionor target. Special scores, Gindele .oecssusss-- NGPA ered neces 23 25 22—70 228 220 220 — Wielniiretni er Uy sinless avers cares oe 22 24 20—66 201 200 197 TRENUINIEL sicavoch besrerarcinira earners ut 25 25 19—69 219 217 209 ENUM eral esis meters seaer cies sre fetenrtrey erry 16 22 7—45 213 211 206 SPUEU aR De 2a cet aa ood oo eee 14 16 16—46 209 203 190 TRO GEES peas creer: nohor el er eae 18 17 22—a7 201 204 203 Hasenzahl Mie cece pee eracee Lec ncecrem nner sere Sokarust rere 189 Reeently the Columbia Rifle Club, of Rochester, N. Y,, issued the following challenge in behalf of Mr. F. E. McCord, famous both as a skillful rifleman and trap-shooter: “Will match VF. E. McCord, of Rochester, against any man a resident of Monroe county, for an all-round shooting match for the championship of Monroe county, N. Y., viz.: “Conditions: All matches to he shot the same day. VFirst match with pistol, any caliber, any distance agreed upon, “Second: Match with rifle, viz.: 10 shots, off-hand, .22cal. rifle, 25yds.; 10 shots, off-hand, any caliber rifle, 200yds.; 10 shots at rest, any caliber rifle, 200yds. “Third: Match with shotgun, 50 targets and 26 live birds, A. S. A. rules to govern. Address I. H, Andrews, Shooting Master, Columbia Rifle Club.” Answers No notice taken of anonymous communications, FE. B. K.—Can you inform me where [I “ean obtain profile geese decoys? Ans, We fail to find the profile decoys in this city. Didymus, St. Augustine-—Can you tell me how much a Long Island or New Jersey quail weighs? I've weighed two or threehere and they weigh Soz. 1 think the Northern quail is one-third larger, Ans. Pew people ever weigh their quail, Long Island and Connecticut quail will run from 6 to 80z., the latter being a heavy bird. to Gorrespandents, FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. ‘Terms, $4 a Ye‘R. 10 Crs. a Copy. f Six Monrus, $:. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1899. { VOL, LIl.—No. 2. | No. 346 Broapwav, New Yorn The Forest AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. The editors invite communications on the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded, While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents, Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iv, Che Forest and Stream Platform Plank. “The sale of game should be forbidden at all seasons.” —ForEst aND STREAM, Feb. 3, 1894. Think, in this batter’d Caravanserai Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day, How Sultan after Sultan with his Pomp Abode his destined Hour, and went his way. _ They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep: And Bahram, that great Hunter—the Wild Ass Stamps o’er his Head, but cannot break his Sleep. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. CONVENTIONALISM S. Mr. Witmor TowNseENn’s record of obseryations at Bay Ridge of the southward flying birds is of peculiar inter- est, because it exhibits the resources even of the city for natural history study, if only one have for this the bent and the intelligence. Bay Ridge is a part of Greater New York. It lies on a high ridge, as the name imports, whose bold bluff faces New York Harbor and overlooks the Bay to Staten Island and the Jersey shore, It is directly in the line of migration, and gives rich opportunities for study of bird life, how rich and varied Mr. Townsend's record printed to-day and other recent notes from his pen amply attest. There is a generally accepted conventionalism which deprecates the lot of the city dweller as of one shut off from nature, and those phenomena of earth and air and sky which are stpposed to belong exclusively to the ' privileges enjoyed by those who live in the country. But as a matter of fact the case is quite contrary. Nature in its beauty and glory, with its ever varying moods to en- gage the attention and divert the mind, and with its in- fluences to depress the spirit or exalt the soul, may be as real, as ever present and as potent in the city, and as much a part of one’s life there, as in the remotest wilderness. Indeed, with some whose daily round is in the town, na- ture—the trees, the clouds, the sky, the tints and tones of the atmosphere, the mist and the haze, the sunlight, the storm, the lightning and the thunder flash, the enshroud- ing fog, the snowflake and the ice crystal, every phenom- enon of the changing seasons—is as well noted and as powerful to excite the same emotions as with one whose surroundings are wholly rural. For him of the town and for him of the country there is, aiter all, practically the same outdoor world if one have the eye to~behold it, the ear to hear it and the nostril to inhale it. The grander phenomena of the succession of day and night—the mielt-, ing of darkness into the soft gray of the morning, the rosy flushing of the clouds, the lighting up of the eastern heavens, and the majesty of the rising sun—may quicken the heartbeat and the breathing of one hurrying from tity home to city task, and give inspiration and mean as much to him all through his day as it does to the dweller in the country who goes the round of chores by lantern jight on the farm. As with the coming of day so with its going. A sunset is so transcendent that it matters little whether he who regards it looks out from city windows or from country hill crest. And as for the moon, if you would know the majesty of the lunar orb watch from the win- dows of Forest AND STREAM its climbing of the eastern heavens above the silhouette of the great buildings and the mysterious city spread out below. Or, standing on Fifth avenue, opposite St. Patrick’s Cathedral, look straight up beyond the lofty spires to the scudding clouds with the moon bursting out now and again through the rifts, and let imagination picture in the apparent move- ment—not of the clouds, but of the spires and the cathedral and the earth itsel{i—the revolution of the globe upon its axis. Or again, looking west through a cross-town street, get glimpse of the moon as dipping on the horizon formed by the Palisades it broadens and expands until the sphere fills the full width of the street from house to house. In the country one may watch the moon descend behind the mountain top, or at sea sink into the ocean; but neither of these spectacles so effectually en- larges the disc and brings it close to earth as a sister orb. As for the minor and simpler things of nature, it would be a mistake to assume that the city dweller has not his share in these two. The trees in city streets and parks perhaps are few, but one may note the swelling bud and the unfolding leaf of springtime, the full foliage of summer, the changing tints of autumn, and the naked limbs and fretted tracery of branch and twig against the winter sky. The city man does see and note these things, They make a part of his life, and in his way and with his restricted opportunities (if any one will have it so) he gets as mutch and more out of nature than does many a brother in the country. And if there are those who have no eyes for nature in town, it is because they will not see; like that‘old man who goes scuttling along the gutters of downtown streets. gathering bits of tin foil for a living, their attention is concentrated on something else. * There is another conventionalism, perhaps as widely accepted, which assumes that whenever a person goes camping or fishing or shooting he is bent on communion with nature and on looking “through Nature up to Na- ture’s God.” Sometimes he may be and sometimes not. When an enthusiastic camp-hunter talks about communion with nature, and lets on that his method is to strap a jack- light to his head, load up the old gun with buckshot, and so prowling through the brush trying to shine the eyes of a buck, the correct diagnosis of his case is that he is im- pelled not so much by fancied necessity of communion with nature as by a hankering after deer meat. “The depths of forests, the summits of hills, make not a man blessed, if he have not with him a solitude of the mind, a ~ Sabbath of the heart, a calm of conscience and inward as- pirations,’’ wrote Ivo de Chartres of the anchorites and hermits of his day; and the words have a certain ap- plicability to your fire-hunter and what he calls his com- munion with nature, os ae CONGRESS AND THE BIRDS. at aa As reported in another column, by courtesy of Mr. Fred Irland, Mr. Lacey’s bill, to enlarge the scope of the Na- tional Fish Commission so that it shall include game in- terests, was adopted by the Senate on Jan, 7. It had pre- viously been passed by the House.. The Senate incor- porated with it Senator Hoar’s bill, previously approved, for the protection of birds by prohibiting their introduc- tion into the United States for ornamental purposes, and forbidding their transportation between the States. The Lacey bill, as amended by the incorporation of the Hoar bill, was sent to a conference committee of Senate and Houcze; and there is reason to believe that it will find ap- proval. The section of the new bill which relates to transporta- tion reads as follows: “Sec, — That the transportation-of birds, feathers, or parts of birds, to be used or sold, from any State or Terri-_ tory of the United States to or through any other State or Territory of the United States 1s hereby prohibited. Whoever shall violate the provisions.of this section shall, upon conviction in the district where the offense shall have been committed, be punished for each such offense by a fine of $50.” oe This wording is so genera] in terms as manifestly to in- clude game birds; and the question arises whether, in event of the enactment of the law, it would be held to for- bid the transportation between the States of game birds. Tf such a prohibition extended only to game birds shipped for traffic, there could be no objection to it; but the clause, “the transportation of birds to be used,” goes beyond the sale provision, and if upheld as constitutional by the courts would prevent the sportsman from carrying home his game. We refer to the constitutional aspect of the question, since the United States Supreme Court has held that the regulation of the export of game is something which belongs to the individual State concerned as a part of its police power. In certain States it is expressly provided, as in Wisconsin, that persons may take limited quantities of game birds out of the State. In this the Na- peer ane tional law and the State law would clash; and according to the Supreme Court the State law would prevail. We infer, however, that Senator Hoar thas considered the proposed law in its relation to State laws and its bearing on game protective interests in general; and we assume that it is not his mtention to cut off from the legitimate sportsman the privilege of bringing home his birds. GAME PROTECTION A PUBLIC CONCERN, Mr. E. C. Farrincton, Secretary of the Maine Sports- man’s Association, in his report to that organization urges that a license fee shall be exacted of big game hurters, $2 for citizens and $5 for non-residents. He gets at the justi- fication of this measure by a very curious course of reason- ing, which is to the effect that as only a small number of the citizens of the State hunt large game, the people of the State at large should not be called upon to support game protection for the benefit of the few. Mr. Farring- ton finds that a larger proportion of the citizens of Maine indulge in fishing, and reap advantage from angling in- terests. But no one can pretend that all tax-payers are fishermen or are immediately concerned with fishing, To be logical, then, the advocate of special taxation of big game hunters should extend his system to a special tax for the larger but nevertheless limited class of fishermen. Indeed, if a scheme of taxation is to be developed on these lines, it cannot logically be restricted to hunting and fish- ing, but must extend to all the other varied interests and privileges enjoyed by “‘classes.”’ It is mistaken and futile to endeavor to set the citizens of a State who hunt and fish apart in a class by themselyesas having interests distinct from those of the people at large. Jf Maine’s fish should be protected, as Mr. Farrington rightly says, by the pub- lic, game protection should have support in the same source and for precisely the same reasons, One interest is in principle just as much a public concern as is the other. We are not now dealing with the question_of the desirability of a game license system as a protective meas- ure Or as an expedient for raising reyenue; we are simply pointing out the untenable ground upon which this Maine license is suggested. The game is a resource of the State, and of the whole State; as such it should be protected by the State and by the whole State. SNAP SHOTS, It is not yet too late for New Year's resolutions, if the resolves be of a practicable and practical nature. Let us all then take a solemn vow not to transmit money to pub- lishers for books or papers unless we sign our names to the letter so that the recipient shall know to whom to _ send the things ordered, We owe it to ourselves always thus to add the address essential to our getting what we pay for; and quite as much do we owe it to the publisher so that he may send the things paid for, and not incur the bad opinion which we must have of him in default of receiving something for our money. The Forest and Stream Publishing Company is at this moment holding various stims Of money sent to it for books and sub- scriptions by correspondents who neglected to sign their names. In some cases, by sending the letters baclx to the local postmaster and asking him to identify the writing, the sender has been discovered, and his wants filled; but this is not always successful. No doubt some of these careless folks are thinking hard thoughts of the publishers when the fault is entirely their own—whoever they may be, The report of the Maine Fish and Game Commission - this year is illustrated with plates of moose, caribou and - deer. The portraitures have the merit of originality and novelty ; and doubtless are intended to be taken as accurate and official representations of Maine game. They do not, however, represent the several spécies familiar to the hunter as inhabiting the game country. Indeed, one who was fortified with the report might kill game out of sea- son, and when brought to book, prove by these official pictures of moose, caribou and deer that the animal he had ‘killed was none of these; and on this evidence the court would not fail to acquit him. The Amateur Photography Competition report will be given in an early issue. FOREST AND STREAM. [Jan. 14, 1899. Che Sportsman Convist, | Yukon Notes. From the 7th to the 17th of November, 1807, McKércher and I occupied a cabin at Fort Selkirk, and busied our- selves searching for two of the lost boats which still re- mained to be accounted for. Mr. Pitts gaye us the use of the best cabin at the post, which was provided with a good cast iron cool stove, and he would accept no rent in return. Knowing the great scarcity of food in Dawson, the agent anticipated a great’ rush of refugees out on the ice as soon as the Yukon closed, and he stipulated that -when this occurred, if we were still at Selkirk, we should exchange our cabin for a smaller one, then used as a storehouse. Mr. Pitts alsq stipulated that we should provide our own firewood. Firewood is scarce around Fort Selkirlc, and 1s best secured in the summer time by rafting it down from the islands above. In winter one has to-go a mile or more to get anything at all, and the best wood is not found short of a distance of two miles. Mac and J took turns getting the wood. We laid out a snowshoe trail with easy curves and the best obtain- able grades across the plateau back of the post to the nearest spruce forest. All the dead wood near the out- skirts had been cut, and we had to go into the timber a considerable distance before we found anything fit to burn. Doubtless other and further legislation will be sought in refer- ence to this matter, in respect to which the Commissioners will more fully inform you, but in any legislation which you may deem it proper to enact I hope you will bear constantly in mind the desirability, so far as possible, of compelling those who enjoy ihe privileges and pleasures of these fishing and hunting grounds, to so contribute to the expense of maintaining them as to relieve the taxpayers and the State in the near future from any further large appropriations for their benefit and support, and make - this industry, if IT may be permitted to call it by that name, self- Sustaining. _ That the guide law is a success there can be no doubt in the mind of the Governor of Maine. He Says _ The guide law, so called, against which, in some sections. when it was first enacted, there were some very strong protests and clamor, -has been found, after due trial, to be of great value in presetying the game, preventing fires, and furnishing strangers and sportsmen who come from other States with competent and efhcient guides, and all classes now interested recognize that the enactment of this law was a wise step in the right direction, The Governor also takes occasion to remark: Under the vigorous and also economical Management of the Inland Fish and Game Commissioners, who have so very generally and effectively enforced the laws for the preservation of fish and game, and prevented illegal hunting and fishing in close time, and iti prohibited and protected sections of the State, thereby putting an end to the indiscriminate slaughter of game at any and all times, once so prevalent, the quantity of game is=very rapidly in- creasing, and poaching is fast becoming a thing of the past. Comment on this latter paragraph is unnecessary, As for the guide law, sportsmen who haye employed regis- tered guides can speak. As for the taxing of non-resident sportsmen, the Legislature will do well to take into con- sideration that more than half of the big game killed— more than half the fish caught—the past season is set down to the credit of resident sportsmen, to say nothing of the vast amount of which there is no records The re- turns from registered guides show that these guides have guided nearly twice as many residents of the State as non-residents. The great number of resident hunters and fishermen whom no man has guided must be remem- bered. Non-residents spend fully ten times the amount of money per man in Maine that residents do, To unjustly tax them may not help the hotel and camp people, and it is possible that the railroads may have something to say. ; SPECIAL. - Congress and the Birds. OFFice oF OrrictAL Rerorrers or Desates, House of Representatives, U. S., Washington, D, C., Jan. 7.—Editor Forest and Stream: In the Senate to-day Mr. Hoar secured the passage of the substitute for the House bill to extend the powers of the Fish Comunission over birds, It consolidates with the House bill the measure pro- hibiting the importation or sale of ornamental feathers, ae The following were the Senate proceedings in de- tail: Game and Song Bitds, Mr. Hoar: I ask leave to report back from the com- mittee on the judiciary the bill CH. R. 3589) to extend the powers and ditties of the Commission of Fish and Fish- eries to include game birds and other wild birds useful to man, which was referred to the committee the other day, I wish to amend it by passing the Senate bill and send it into conference. Tt will take, I suppose, but a single moment, I will state, in order that the Senate may understand it, that the Senate passed, after some discus-~ sion and with a unanimous vote, I think, with one excep- tion, an act for the protection of song birds, The House has now, passed an act to extend the powers and duties of the Fish Commission to inelude game birds and other wild birds, simply giving them a general jurisdiction over the matter, and in order to get the Senate bill taken up in the other branch it is now necessary to put it as an amendment on this bill, So I ask that the Senate bill ~ which we passed be substituted for the House bill, and that it be sent ito conference. I imove to amend the bill by striking out all after the enacting clause, and inserting the text of the bill (S. 4124) for the protection of song birds, which passed the Senate at the last session. Mr, Bacon: I am in sympathy with the desire of the Senator from Massachusetts that the bill which has al- ready passed the Senate shall become a law, but I do not understand that in order to accomplish that purpose it 1s necessary to strike out the House bill after the enacting clause. Why does the Senator object to the bill which has passed the House? It seems to me it might be a yery desirable measure. Mr. Hoar: I do not object to it, I would as lief have it done the other way, by adding the Senate bill as an amendment. I think that is better. Mr. Bacon; I very much prefer that course. Mr. Hoar: I move, then, the Senate bill as an addition to the House bill. The President pro tempore: The Senator from Massa- chusetts offers an amendment to the bill, which will be read, ° The Secretary: It is proposed to add the following as additional sections : Sec. —. That the importation into the United States of birds, feathers, or parts of birds for ornamental purposes be, and the samé is hereby prohibited: Provided, how- ever, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as prohibiting the importation of birds for museums, zoologi- cal gardens or scientific collections, or the importation of _ living birds or of feathers taken from living birds without injury to the bird. The Secretary of the Treasury is’ hereby authorized to make regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of this section. . * Sec. — That the transportation of birds, feathers, or parts of birds, to be used or sold, from any State or Terri- tory of the United States to or through any other State or Territory of the United States is hereby prohibited. Whoever shall violate the provisions of this section shall. upon conviction in the district where the offense shall have - been committed, be punished for each such offense by a fine of $50. L Sec. —. That. the sale, keeping, or offering for sale, within any Territory of the United States, or within the District of Columbia, of birds, feathers, or parts of birds - for ornamental purposes, except such as are excepted in ‘the. first section of this act, be, and the same is hereby - prohibited. Whoever shall violate the provisions of this ~ “section shall, upon conviction, be pushed for each offense by a fine of $50. 7 Mr. Hoar: In line 8, section 3, where it reads “sich as are excepted in the first section of this act,’ it should read “the preceding sections.” _ , The President pro tempore: amendment will be stated. + The Secretary: In section 3, line 8, strike out “first” and insert “preceding,” and sttile out “section” and in- sert “sections.” : The amendment to the amendment was agreed to. The amendment to the — = jan. 14, 1800.] The amendment as amended was agteed to. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendment was concurred in, The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read the third time and passed. _ Mr. Hoar: I move that the Senate request a conference _ with the House on the bill and amendinent. The motion was agreed to. By iinanimous consent, the President pro tempore was authorized to appoint the conferees on the part of the Senate; and Mr, Hoar, Mr. Teller and Mr. Bacon were appointed, Frep IRLANp. A Missouri Outing. Our little club of royal good fellows have jaist returned from a ten-days’ camp on Little River, in Dunklin county, Mo. We leit the railroad at Kennett, and went in wagons ‘six miles to Coker’s Landing, on New River. Here we employed boats, into which we piled our camp equipage and ourselves, and going down New River about two ‘miles we came to its junction with Little River, and we turned our boats up stream for a distance of about twelve miles. We passed through what was called the Willow Shoot, where the water runs like a mill-tail for a distance of some four miles, and the royal work we had to do was enough to prove that we were made of heroic stuff that did not flinch before difficulties. We succeeded in reach- ing Snake Den Camp in good time, and got everything in good shapt for comfortable quarters in camp, and then we began to inspect the territory to see what our chances for sport would prove to be. . The water was up high. The river was out in all the low lands, and we soon saw that we were surrounded by water on every side. But, as we were equipped with gum boots we boldly waded in. After a wade of about fwo miles we came upon a big “deadening,” where we found such dreves of turkeys as were utterly confusing. One of our boys got so bewildered that out of eighteen shots he killed but two turkeys, and every shot should have been effectual. The turkeys were on every side of him, and in nearly every tree over him, and flying back and forth before his eyes. * We got nineteen of the bronze beauties, and had a royal feasting season in camp for several days. Some of the boys were specially anxious to kill a deer, and to that end they waded those sloughs for miles around. They saw _ several deer, and got some reasonably fair shots at some of them, but they failed to ever bag their game. Just above where we were camped is .a magnificent range for ducks; and, of course, we could not fail to take that in. We killed lots of ducks and squirrels, and when ‘these were added to our turkeys we had royal entertain- ment. ' There is no doubt that Little River offers to the sports- man a place for genuine pleasure for many years to come. . The vast wilderness of swamp can never be anything else but a range for game, Wild turkeys are in great abun- dance, deer are also plentiful, and there are few better places for wild ducks and geese. Our entite crowd counted themselves well paid for their trip in the sport they had, and the pleasant renewal of annual fellowship in camp, J. N. Hatt. Furron, Ky, = Notes on Iowa Game. DurinG the season of 1808 game has been unusually -abundant in northern Lowa, The season has been dry and hot and favorable during hatching and breeding time for prairie chickens, and aS a consequence they have been untisually abundant; although as a rule sportsmen have not been able to secure any of the “old-time bags.’ One of the main reasons for the small bags reported is the many large cornfields which the chickens have learned to frequent for pro- tection. A very large amount of corn still remains unhusked in the fields:-and many of these fields the chickens are now (December) frequenting in flocks varying in number ‘from five to more than too. The presence of these large flocks with ts is indeed a most pleasant sight to all the old-timers who remember so well the myriads of prairie * chickens which inhabited the country in early ‘days. Sometimes a large flock of chickens are seen to fly - over, and sometimes alight almost within the borders of ' the town. Quail have also been unusually abundant this year all over northern central Iowa, and portions of central and southern Minnesota. They were favored, like the prairie chickens, with a dry, hot season, and have thus rapidly increased in numbers. : They are seen more frequently around artificial groves surrounding former homes, and along hedges which bor- der roadways, rather than in the main bodies of native * timber. The present game Jaw has worked well in aiding to protect this splendid bird; but more has been done by the farmers themselves, who rarely permit this bird to be - shot on their land, and who generally in other ways do . what they can to protect and preserve them. Ducks and geese have been a “good crop” in the ex- treme northwest portion of the State, but as a general rule have been quite scarce elsewhere in the region con- _ sidered. - ar Rabbits are also unusually abundant, and they, together _ with the gray squirrel, -practically furnish all the hunt ing the sportsman has here in winter. An abominable method practiced here, and one which no true sportsman would for a moment be gutlty of, is the capturing of _ great numbers of rabbits by the aid of ferrets. © The method employed is to send a muzzled ferret into a rabbit burrow and drive the rabbit out and into a coffee sack held wide open over the mouth of the burrow, and then kill the rabbit with a sharp rap over the head or back with a club. It is reported that in a swampy tract of land on the Wapsey, a few miles east from Waverly, two or three young men with ferrets captured, a few weeks ago, 500 rabbits in two or three days. Where the object sought i the extermination of the FOREST AND STREAM. rabbit, then perhaps the use of ferrets may be excusable; but under other conditions it is an inexcusable injustice to every true sportsman whose equal rights should be respected. The gray and fox squirrel (the fox is only a variety of the gray form) is also unusually abundant in northern Towa this year, and furnishes fine sport for the hunter. Good bags are obtained where formerly it was the rule to return from a day’s hunt with but few if any “tails” to show for the effort. Red squirrels do not appear, so far as my observations have extended, to have held their own with the grays this year. During this season fishermen have met with unusually good sticcess with the rod, especially in the Big Cedar and Shell Rock rivers. The main catches have been black bass, pike, pickerel and red horse, In spite of the stringent and pretty well enforced game law of this State, a few “game hogs,” it is reported, still persist in violating the law by the use of seines and dynamite, : Crement L. WEBSTER. CHaruis Ciry, la. Four Days at Quail. CAmopen, N. J., Dec, 19,—My friend, Mr, Jno, F, Starr, Jr., and I left Philadelphia Dec. 13 for Morgantown, N. C., arriving the following day minus our dog. Be sure to tag your dog for destination; otherwise you may meet our fate. For much to our sorrow, the dog kept on going, and perhaps would be on the train yet if it were not for the hot pursuit of telegraphy. How provoking, after giving every baggage-master instructions and extra pay for the good faith in him, Through the courtesy of the telegraph operator he overtook: the first section of our train at Asheville, N. C., but too late to get the dog for- warded for the day, hence our discouraged feelings. The train going our direction was too late for the afternoon start of our first venture for quail. We, however, had acquaintances, who came to our res- cue by producing two supposed-to-be very finely broken dogs. So off we started over hills and valley. After about two miles’ wall we found the little dog “Hick” smelling and trailing, when, behold, he came to stand. I signalled Mr, S. to my side, when tp flew one poor lonely bird, which I understood had been sent his way for the escape of a rabbit hunter. I had not finished the charg- ing of my gun when the dog went pell mell after the dead bird. In doing this he spoiled our sport, running into a dozen or more scattered birds. Imagine our feelings. We marked a few of them, and landed four to our credit. Over another hill, on an angle of no less than 95 degrees, we reached a fine stubble field. Off went our dogs for a sure find, No more than five minutes had expired when we saw one of the dogs standing, tail up, not down. We hurriedly came to quarters for more of it. Finally I stepped in, and up went about twenty fine big fellows. We bagged two of them. Off goes our dog, my throat coni- mencing to get hoarse from calling to.him, so finally I landed a shell of No. 8 at him; but he did not mind it. This got worse than I cared to endure, and we finally agreed to hold our dog when we found he scented the birds, allowing him limited privileges. The afternoon drawing to a close, on out way homeward we accidentally ran into a fair-sized bunch, and secured two more, mak- ing it eight for our first quarter-day. On Wednesday the weather is fine, brisk and frosty, Off we go, repeating fhe same journey, with our own re- liable dog. No more had we gotten out of the woods when to our joy he stood as if anxious to shoot at them himself. Up they get; there are three reports and one bird. The others go into a very detise growth of pine on one of those hills where one requires spikes to keep from slid- ing down. However, getting near our view of where they landed, we found our dog standing. Up goes one and down he comes. The dog still points to my left; I move backward and up get another. Down he comes, “Dead bird, fetch.” But he refused to move when I urged him to fetch, and up got another bird—wrong side up—a miss. Coming in with the first bird he stands near by on point, and I score another. Finally they flew, about six in all, over the hill to another stubble, a distance of a least a mile. We came to a ditch, and as we were jumping across up flew a fine big covey, but I lost my balance and went backward into the ditch. Being unable at that time to locate where they went, I worked hard to find them, and scoured the woods. with no signs. We went back to the field, and around the volcano hill; our dog stood; up went another, and another, and on a little fur- ther goes another. Well, I may keep on writing and tire you of the same thing, but I want to say any good strong man able to rough it can get all the quail shooting he wants in any part of Burke county, N, C.; but prepare for good dogs. We reached our homes amply justified with the sport and hardship, Sunday at 8 A. M., with eighty-six quail to our credit and our dog feeling the ef- fects of it. G. E. RHEDEMEYER. Killed by His Dog. E. K. Braves, one of the best known members of the legal profession in Los Angeles and an expert marksman, was accidentally shot on the afternoon of Dec. 27, and died of his injuries at midnight. day evening for a duck hunt at Almitos Bay, near Long Beach. Blades passed most of the day on the bay hunting from a boat, with his dog as his only companion. He reached the shore about 2:30 P. M., and was in the act of pulling his boat out of the water. The dog was leaping about in the boat, anxious to reach the shore, when . one of his paws struck the trigger of Blade’s shotgun, . which was discharged. A charge of No. 4 shot struck the hunter in the fleshy part of the left thigh. Blades gave a cry atid fell into the water. The report of the gun and the ery of the wounded man were heard by the McGarvin boys, who live near by. They ran to the shore and dragged Blades from the water. The injured man was taken to Long Beach, where several doctors attended him, but he died at midnight, He retained consciousness long enough to tell how the accident happened, and to give directions concerning the conduct of his personal affairs. —San Francisco Chronicle. Blades left Los Angeles Sun- _ 39 CHICAGO AND THE WEST. Big Hunts. Cricaco, Ill,, Dec, 31—It has been a year of big hunts. Neyer before in iny connection with sporting journal- ism have I noted so many side-hunts, drive hunts and other field operations by large bodies of men, The West- ern Slope Huntine Association, the big jackrabbit drives of California, Utah and Colorado all come tunder this head, as well as countless side-hunts, attempted wolf round-ups, etc. Even in the Old World, though per- haps this may not classify under the head of Chicago and the West, the record runs into large figures, Thus I no- tice that a big rabbit drive took place this week at Osthosen, Hesse, in which a baron, a grand duke, a prince and a count were among others who formed the firing line, They killed 2,900 rabbits, and I presume thought they had broken the record. In the latter supposition they figured without rettitns from the New World, where there are more rabbits, bigger rabbits, more hunters and better hunters than anywhere else on the globe. The paltry 3,000 rabbits killed by the noble Germans dwindles into insignificance before the 4,328 jackrabbits which Parson Tom Uzzell distributed on Christmas morning to the poor at Denver, the product of his big seventh an- nual jackrabbit hunt at Lamar, Colo, This record is only one of several as large, or almost as large, which have been made this fall in those portions of the West frequented by the long-eared hares, which love the short grass and the cold breezes of the upper plains. There was a modest little side-hunt at Oketo, Kan., last week, with thirty-nine men on the side. One commis- sion firm in St, Joseph, Mo,, purchased of these side- hunters 1,360lbs, of dressed rabbits, which is mentioned as but a small part of the net results. There was a big side-hunt, of similar nature with those above mentioned, held this week by shooters of Baxter Springs and Galena, Kan., with something like seventy guns in attendance, though I haye not yet heard of the results of the enterprise, If this thing keeps up, and if also the rabbits keep up, we shall after a time have fix- tures of rabbits shooting for sweet. charity's sake, which in due course shall attain the social importance of the charity ball, and which methinks will be of greater benefit to the poor, I presume I have heard of a dozen big wolf round-ups in. Illinois, Iowa and Kansas this fall, but I do not recol- lect to have read yet of a single wolf being killed. Fort Dodge, Towa, is the last to undertake a wolf drive. These big round hunts are all pretty much alike. A lonesome little prairie wolf comes into a farming county and kills a chicken or two. He is seen or suspected, and a hundred farmers unite to exterminate him. They have a pleasant day out of doors, and go home each with a sore throat, perhaps an aching head, but they rarely take home any wolf with them. The side-hunt, the round-up hunt and the drive hunt all seem to be institutions of civilization, and may be called the department stores of sport. In the early days in a wild country, when game is really abun- dant, you do not hear of any stich undertaking. Each man does his hunting for himself, and he has his sport alone and in solitude. Although he may hunt for rea- sons other than those of sport, he is nune the less typical of that amateur form of sport which has always seemed to me the backbone of national manhood, and our na- tional sportsmanship, Yet this is a time of trusts and of department stores. Perhaps the solitary man with a gun is a passing figure on our page. ; The side-hunt idea seems to be the product distinctly of the Northern commierfcial spirit. I do not retnember to have read in my tite of a single side-hunt ever held in the South, Upon the other hand there obtains in the South one peculiarity we do not note to a similar ex tent in the North. This is the practice of camp hunts, ustially made by large parties of sportsmen. The South- erfer is gregarious in his sport, but I do not think him so grasping as his Northern brother, The big Southern camp hunts are ustially made seasons of jollity and good fellowship, with abundance of good cheer, good service and good sport. It seems to me that in the South, that is to say, in the States to be called purely Southern, there is much Jess of market hunting than in the West and Northwest. The great markets have been fed mainly from the States west of the Mississippi River, Texas, Missouri and Arkansas contributing perhaps three times as much as all the rest of the South, The scientific mar- ket-hunter, who followed the wildfowl, from northern Minnesota to Paw Paw Bluff, New Madrid and Galveston, was a purely Northern product, and introduced Northern methods among a people less disposed to utilize. to the limit the bounties of nature. Sometimes such men met opposition from local sportsmen, and often they have been compelled to leave localities where they were shoot- ing for the market. It has always been my beliéi, ever since I have known the South, that that region will hold its game long after the North has been depleted, and I must pay the Southern brethren of the rod and gin the compliment of saying that it is most likely among them that we shall find enduring the idea of purely amateur and temperate sport. There seems to have come down from some ancestral source in the South a very good — idea of the combination of a gentleman and a towling- piece, of a gentleman and.a horse, of a gentleman and a -dog. These things appertain also to the North, and they come more and more to. be valtied. all over the West, so that we may not be accused of making ddious compari- sons. I am only reflecting, a8.I look over: the record of the fall, that in the West I -have heard of many side- hunts, and from. the South not one. Southern Hunting Grounds. T have received the following cofiimunication from Mr. F. A. Whitman, of Macomb, Il., wlio wishes to know something about a good Southern country for turkey and deer: | ae Rs “Have you any information that you are not using, if so could you spare me a little, on where to go htnting. T would like to know of a place in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee or Louisiana, where a party ol three or four could spend a month this winter, with a possible chance of getting a shot or two at deer, turkey and bear. We would’ want to camp, not stop at a hotel. I have made So FOREST AND STREAM. (Jan. 14, 1890. ~ five trips to Arkansas with more or less success, The last time there were two patties of us from Illinois, three in each party; we killed fifteen deer, before dogs, but there was no other game, and shooting a deer before a dog is not just the proper thing, I think. This was in January, '97, about ten miles aboye Clarendon, Ark.” In reply to the above. I wrote Mr, Whitman that I thought he might get good country out at Texarkana, Ark. Now coines friend Joe Irwin, of the Capital Hotel, Little Rock, Ark., with one of his interesting budgets of Southern shooting news, which I give below. Perhaps this will be of use to Mr. Whitman, as well as others. It is my wish to make this office a clearing house for shooting news, and I am always very much obliged to friends who will send information such a§ that given by Mr. Irwin, who writes as follows: « “A party of four of us went down to Fenton, La., last week, where the shooting on quail last year was very fine, but it had evidently been shot out the year before, as we found them very scarce, Saw millions of ducks in an open lake (Serpent Lake), three miles from Fenton, but there was no cover that we could use to any advantage, though we managed to pick up some fifty or sixty in a couple of days. En rotite we met our friends Dick Merrill and Frank Parmelee, going to High Island and Port Arthur on a duck and goose hunt. “At Texarkana we also met Mr, Gray Carroll, of Little Rock, with a party of English friends, returning from a short trip aboye Texarkana, and they had with them four bears, eight deer and twenty-three or twenty-four tur- keys, and as it should be, they were a very happy party, “I had a little turkey hunt over in St. Francis the first week in December, and was lucky enough to [dll six fine turkeys. I called them up as they are called in the spring. J] catried three of them on my back about four miles. that made me quite weary, “Quail shooting has been quite good in Arkansas this year, and ducks too, in some parts, but [ have not hunted ducks much yet,” What Ails Wisconsinr Cuicaco, [ll.,-Jan. 7—Yesterday afternoon the Forest AND STREAM ofhce was favored with a visit from Mr. John Stevens, a wealthy sportsman of Neenah, Wis., who spends a great deal of time in pleasant trips m different parts of the country, especially in the upper part of his own State. Mr, Stevens brings some rather startling news about the state of affairs in Wisconsin. He says that the executive officers of the State entirely fail to give any practical enforcement to the non-export clause of the Wisconsin game law. I have eatlier repeatedly called attention to the big game “fence” run under one flame or ahiother im the city of Milwaukee. There was some talk about the breaking up of this Milwaukee clear- ing house for the Chicago game markets, and without doubt a great deal of good was done, yet it would be folly to assert that the clearing house has been abolished or seriously impaired. Not only does Milwaukee act as a blind for the Chicago market, but also for the St. Louis market, the latter one of the largest and most tn- scrupulous game markets in the world. It is high time that the people of Wisconsin should take it into their own hands to see that the game laws are enforced in this regard, otherwise within the next five years they will wake up and find their State stripped bare, and no better than Illinois or lowa. Mr. Stevens was recently in the upper part of the State near Prentice, Fifield and Ogema. He was there not for a hurried visit, but for some time, and he knows what he is talking about. He told me that the amount of partridges that were being shipped from Ogema alone was some- thing almost past belief. He said that time and again he saw heaps of partridges piled up at the station platform in piles reaching almost as high as his head. Shipments of 400 and 500 a day from that one point alone were the ordinary thing during the open season. The express corn- pany carries these birds all to Milwaukee. They go into one end of the commission houses at Milwaukee, and out at the other end into a lake boat, which carries them to Chicago. There is no reason or excuse for the denial of these facts, for they are facts. They require no comment other than the reiteration that the people of Wisconsin will do very well to wake up and get their laws enforced. That so much gaine should be shipped from one little town, itself only one of many, shows that there has been a systematic and extensive campaign laid out. As a matter of fact, agents of commission houses at St. Lonis and Chicago haye-been out all over upper Wisconsin among the little outlying pie woods towns, and have made busi- ness arrangements with local shooters to shoot steadily for their markets. It is not generally known that this plan is pursued by the commission houses, but really this _ is the way the prairie chickens were cleaned out of the Western country. In the earlier days the commission houses. located their shooters, shipped then: ainmunition and put them on a working footing, one house sometimes haying out a great many men. E. S. Bond once told me that he had just shipped 3,000 shells to one of his market-htinters out in Nebraska. This same systematic onslaught has been recently transferred from the Western prairies to the Northern pine woods, and the game now marked for extermination is now the ruffed grouse instead of the prairie chicken. ‘The local shooters are paid 40 cents for each bird they kill, some- times as high as 50 cents. The bags rtin from twenty to forty birds a day to each man, and the number of men is such as would startle the good people of Wisconsin were it known, A laboring man can make from~$4 to $6 a day shooting grouse, where he could make perhaps $1.50 a day at much harder and less pleasurable work. One man said he had shipped 1,500 birds last fall up to date, and he was still shooting, and had seventy-five birds ready to - ship. This man said that he had paid off the mortgage on ‘his-farm, by means of his market shooting: A You may always trust a market-hunter to know the easiest and most deadly way of killing his game. This . slaughter of ruffed grouse in Wisconsin is going on in the — slashitigs and pine woods of a logging country. The cover is very thick, and the country is hard. to travel. ~ Wing shooting wotild be too difficult tor the market- hunter, not could a bird dog very well be worked. The market-hunter uses a little yelping cur dog, which trees the erousé, and the shooter has small excuse for ever I remember that old Cols Missing a shot at a bird, since he simply pots it as it sits on a limb. tt is well known to all aéquainted with the Northern woods that much of the shooting on grouse is done along the logging roads, where the birds come to feed or walk around, Often yery fair shooting can be had by the _ Sportsman who simply walks along the road and does not need any dog. The habits of the grouse are known very well to these Northern market-hunters, just as the habits of the prairie chicken were known to the Western market butchers. Two men this fall put into practice-one of the most deadly schemes of which I have heard. They had a two-wheeled cart, which they loaded up with wild rice and other hait, and they traveled all along the country roads and baited them for miles. After they had done this they began their work along the same roads, and are said to have killed thousands of birds. I am not in the least at- tempting to be sensational i these statements, but they are all true and susceptible of proof. The express agent at Ogema could tell some startling stories if he could be induced to speak. This is part of the work done by these pious frauds, the express companies, who tell all the game wardens that they are in sympathy with them and want to aid them in their work. They can best aid the wardens in their work by beginning their solicitude at the shipping end and not at the receiving end of the consignment. Mr. Stevens tells me that a very common method of evading one part of the Wisconsin law is the shipping of deer in barrels, covered up under a lot of partridges. I[ presume that he may also have heard of the Christmas tree dodge, which has been worked to a very great extent this past fall. Each fall a great many thousand Christmas trees are shipped from upper Wisconsin to the cities, and it has long been the custom of the astute woodsman to conceal a deer or two in the car under the Christmas trees. This is a way they have of saying Merry Christmas to the game wardens. Weel before last week there was one arrest made at Pembine of a man who was working the Christmas tree racket. Mr. Stevens tells me that there is no pretense of en- forcing the license clause of the Wisconsin game laws, and he expresses surprise that any one should imagine that there had been any attempt at collecting the non-resident lieense. He says that the only thing the non-resident hunters need do is to hire a local guide, and he does the rest. At the camp of McCartney and Boyd, near Fifeld, last fall, there was one party of twenty-six Ohio men who stayed there for quite a while and shot everything they could, Mr. Stevens does not think that one of them paid a State license, and I am convinced that had they all paid they would have turned in about double the amount of money that was actually collected in the entire State of Wisconsin this year nnder the non-resident license clause. The enforcement of the non-resident Jaw in Wisconsin has been worse than a simple mockery. What ails Wisconsin? Southern Game. Mr. Irby Bennett, of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, with Mr. Charles F. Sylvester, of the same firm, made the Forrsr anp STREAM office a very pleasant visit this week, Mr. Bennett went on to St. Louis from this place, but remained here long enough for a good talk about the South and Southern game. He tells me that the shooting at Wapanoca Club preseftve, on the St. Francis, near Memphis, has been remarkably good recently. Mr. J. Edrington, of Memphis, on three consecutive days killed the limit of fifty dficks a day, and moreover, killed five turkeys and two wild geese. Mr. J, M. Neely killed 100 ducks in two days, Mr. W. H, Carroll on one day killed fifty ducks and eight wild turkeys. Mr. B. F. Price, the secretary of the club, killed fifty ducks on one-day, and Mr. Buckingham and Frank Poston, of Memphis, have each killed the limit on several different occasions this winter. That is really a wonderful shootimg preserve, and personally I always liked this club, because it sets a limit to the daily bag, which is something any shooting club ought to do in these days. The sportsmen of Kansas City complain that the season has been an extraordinarily poor one for sport. The duck shooting was good for only a few days, the quail were shot out pretty badly, and even the rabbits did not seem to have a realizing sense of their duty. Incidentally T notice in the Kansas City Star a statement that during ~ the last weele in December the warm weather calised a great deal of game to spoil, The city meat inspector on cone day condemned 43 wild turkeys, 980 quail, 423 rabbits. 97 opossums, 27 jackrabbits, 127 ducks, If geese and TRolbs. of venison. Perhaps this is where some of the Missouri game had gone. , : Warden Loveday has been getting into the profound dis- like of the St. Louis commission men, as it is reported that he has seized several thousand quail intended for the St. Louis market. In the North, | The wardens of upper Minnesota are having lively times trying to stop the illegal killing of deer by men who hunt for the lumber camps. In the neighborhood of Solan Springs there haye been a ntimber of arrests of the yard hunters. Henry Swenson, John Wade and Edward Orloft ate among those who haye got mixed up with the meshes of the law. ; Quail shooting was good in Minmesota this past fall, but the snow came early, and consequently the number of quail killed has been very large, so that some.of the . sportsmen fear the stipply has been badly cut down. This would be too bad, as these birds are now moving up into Minnesota in great numbers, a fact never before so general and noticeable as within the past two years. I think it undoubtedly true that there has been a general migration, or rather a general extension of the habitat in the West, of the Bob White quail to the northward. The logged-off pine lands of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota are now, ard will be still more in the future, among the best quail grounds in America. E. Hower. 1200 Boyce Buripine, Chicago, Ul, Jackson, Mich.—I get more solid comfort from Forest AND STREAM than from any other paper T read. . Dre: W. W. Laturop. eS See I = ee ee A Successful Maine Trip. _ New Beprorp, Mass.—In compliance with your requests in asking your readers to report their stccesses to the ForEsT AND STREAM, I'll try to give the main poihts of my last trip into the North Woods in search of moose, In company with W. M. Stowell, of Dartmouth, my partner of last year, and C. O. Wing, of Westport, we arrived at Swett’s Camp, on Lake Sapompeag, Oct.,1. This lake is seven miles in the woods from Oxbow, Me., surrounded by hills and hardwood ridges, making it a picttiresque spot amid the most tagnificent scenery. Several streams in the yicinity abound in trout, We spent a couple of weeks roaming the woods, endeavoring to locate the most favor- able places for calling when the 15th should arrive. It finally got along, bringing with it a thick snowstorm, In the afternoon we started for our chosen spots. Mr, Wing and his guide, Bert. Willard, went up the lake about three miles. Mr, Stowell went over to Carry Branch, three miles to the west, while I started for dead- waters in the north, I went alone to the canoe about a mile from camp. Stowell was to follow in the course of an hour with the camping outfit. I sat down and had a smoke, when all at once I heard a grunt, a bellow and a erash. It did not take me lone to locate the sound and to decide that if the moose kept his course in less than thirty seconds I would be face up to/a big bull. On he came at a smashing gait down an old logging road. Just across the stream’he hove in sight insidé of 5oft., and stopped looking tight at me. No one but a moose hunter could begin to appreciate that supreme moment. All the different anxious thoughts that have been chasing each other in tad riot through your seething braifi ate stilled, the blood that has been rushing and roaring in your ears and making your heart beat as never before has frozen. Yow are simply carved from stone. All thoughts of the world and yourself have vanished. The critical moment has come, I pity the man who is subject to that sei ia complaint called buck fever, for his chances are $1111. I raised the old .45-90 and taking careful aim placed the ball at the butt of his neck, and as he was standing a little quartering, on through his heart. He simply wilted in his tracks, as dead as a hammer. With exultant thoughts { crossed the stream, to gloat over my prize. He was a beauty, and no mistake. Then I started for camp; on the way [anet Swett, and told him of my good luck, and of course he was tickled. Mr, Stowell came into camp next morning, and after congratulating me in a hearty manner, told of experiences that a tenderfoot is rarely favored with. A cow moose began to call about 3 o'clock, about s5ooyds. away, and until dark it was “which and t’other” between Stowell and the cow, which could make the most noise. Before 8 o'clock they had called up four bulls and a cow moose. One of the quartet met the calling cow, but none of the rest cared to come to Stowell, They hovered around for several hours, but notwithstanding all Stowell’s persuasive eloqtience on the horn, none came in sight, Stowell got no moose, but he had an awful lot of fun that night. Mr. Wing got a small moose by tracking on the snow. We hunted deer with good success, as they were very abundant around there, anywhere from five to twelve be- ing seen most any day. We came ont of the woods the 25th with six deer and two moose, hayfng had a great time. To anyone desiring full information in tegard to a good location and a competent guide, I will be most happy to supply both. MicHaAEL SHEA. Maryland Night Shooting on Ducks, Stockton, Worcester County, Md., Jan, 5—Editor For- est and Stream; Vhis year the wildfowl have been unusually plentiful, and it has been a pleasure to watch the great drifting beds, and the almost countless flights as they pass from one feeding ground to another. Red- heads, bluebills and geese have been killed in numbers not before reached for years, but the brant have behaved very badly. So far we have been unable to break up the great bunches of brant, and as a consequence the decoying has béen very poor and but few have been killed. We have had plenty of rough weather, and the bays have been frozen over twice already. The ducks, however, stay with us, aud their numbers continue to increase from the Northern birds coming in. In a few weeks the Southern flight will be moving, making thé prospects good for plen~ ty of game, and fine shooting will be had until late in March. For several weeks the weather has been too tough for night shooting, so the fowl have not been frightened and decoy well. If this fire shooting were stopped we would have plenty of fowl and good decoying. Night shooting is done very openly here, no one thinks of hiding his outht or making a mystery of his going out. I am informed, on good aiithority, that a warden not a hundred miles from here not only shoots at night, but furnishes an outfit for another party to shoot on shares. Ifthe State game warden would do better work on the coast, and give a little more attention to the wildfowl, and a little less to a few stores aroiind the city, much good could be done, O, D, Fourks. Not all of Hunting to Kill. — * * * or worse Still, they gq out with the idea of killing—no matter what nor how, just so they kill and bring in a big bag. Which, in passing, is not sport, but mete lust for blood and lacks every element of the keen joy one finds when, they have learned to read as they tun from the great book Dame Nature pages day after day. ; lt is this element of love for the outdoor creatures that is so strong in Rowland Robinson and his associates who - write for Forrst AND STREAM, and_to that is due the high tegard held for the papér in the hearts of the old line sportsmen (not “sports’) who have the eye to see the great beatities in nature, and the minds which are broad enough to go-to the wilderness for other joys than the mere Iust for blead. In other words, one head of game fairly stalked and fairly killed with a clean shot, amid the setting of ahy of nature’s pictures, giyes a-keener joy and a sense of satisfaction and power mot to be protured through a big bag and a hot gun. As an exponent of this great principle. 1 say, “Long live Forest ANn STREAM.” ; ; ' - Et Comancho, pep ees wee a ates ees 4 “more or less distrust. Taw, 14, 1809.J Good Night, Old? Pipe. By G, HK. K, Goop night, old pipe, our smoke is o’er, Your mission faithfully done; The Don’t ask me why, you know it well, It’s January 1, A new resolve? Sworn off, you say? Although a slave of thine? You and f must strangers be Through this year—’99, gE You've served me well, my dear old friend, And as IT part with thee You bring up scenes which to my heart Most dear will ever be, = The camp-fire, with its cheerful glow, The faces, stories—aye, A thousand fancies to my tind Which cannot fade or die. The river, with its roaring falls— T hear their music yet— The mighty struggle with the king To bring him to the net, The weight—5lbs. 20z.—yes; A handsome trout was he; Again you’ve taken me far back That charming sight to see, The hunt; the chase; The satisfaction—all Come back through your mysterious power, You necromancer small, the long chance shot; Your curling rings of smoke bring back The happy days of yore; And dear old friends, whom you and [ Shall see on earth no more. But we must part—good-by, old friend— And as here now I take A last look at your tempting form This solemn promise make: That as I place you from my (What blurs my eye, a tear?), We'll view these scenes again, old friend, The first day of next year. sight - Hunting Licenses for Maine. _ ty his report of Jan. 3 to the Maine Sportsman’s Fish and Game Association, Secretary Farrington discusses the project of a hunting license as follows: I desire to bring to yout attention at this time what seems to me of importance for the future welfare of owr fish and game interests. To my mind the time has come ior a departure from the former policy of the State in providing for the care of our large game interests. While 1 have always opposed a license tax law, placed upon non- residents, and would do so now, unless the law was made general in its application, I fully believe that the large game should be protected and cared for by a tax upon those who wish to hunt and kill it. My reason for this is two-fold. First: The State has now to stop and con- sider just what appropriations are absolutely needed for the actual necessities of the State; that all demands for money which can legitimately be diverted, or where its benefits are not commensurate with the outlay, will be met in some other way, or refused. Second: To consider if it is necessary to provide for the care of our large game, by direct taxation, or if it pays the State to longer do so, and whether its care cannot be better provided for by adopting another policy. This proposition is expected to be received with hesitation, for we have been accustomed to regard sich measures with My reasons for this view are given in brief, that you may see whether there is sufficient force in them to wartant your consideration. Why I place this departure upon large game is, that its benefits to the State are less, and widely separated from the fishing interests. In this connection I want to call your attention to the facts contained in the report of the Fish and Game Com- missioners, for the year 1808, just submitted to the Governor. There was expended during the year $20,- 632.27, which covers all expenditures of the board, for ' warden service, attending and advertising hearings, fees of prosecuting attorneys; in fact. all the expenditures of the commissioners. There can be no question but that the amount mentioned was made to go as far as it could, in the care of olir game and fish, and that never has the State had the work of this department done with greater zeal and success than has marked the present administra- tion Of its affairs. A careful analysis of the accounts show that $21,632.27 has been expended for fishculture and matters immediately cormected with the fish interests, and $8,000 for the pro- _ tection of large game. The report also shows that according to the report of guides, there were guided 5,820 resident and 7,366 non- resident persons in both fishing and hunting—or 13,186 persons in all. How many of these were in the pursuit of large game? This question cannot be definitely answered, but from the best information attainable the number can- fot exceed 2,000 non-residents and 3,000 residents. This gives evidence that the fishing interests are the important interest from which the State receives its chief revenue, for it must be remembered that there are many thotisands, residents and fon-residents, of those who fish, not te- cotded as being gttided. Thousands of our citizens, who never hunt large game, do more or less fishing in all parts of the State, and the non-resident class, who are attracted to our State by its fishing privileges, not only rémain in the State many months, and but few frequent the forests for large game. Our fishing privileges cover all parts of the give business fo many of our citizens and add taxable property to the State. It also givés life arid being, and ' licrative business to scores of steamers and stnall boats who attend to their wants. : This cannot be sdid of the large game interests, the tate, and the thousands of cottages and sumfmer: ’ hotels upon the shores of our lakes, ponds and streams FOREST AND STREAM. sreat domain of which 1s in tinincofpotated places, atid the lodges and camps inexpensive and beyond the reach of the tax collector. The report of the guides as to the numbers hunting and fishing, which have been guided—the most reliable data we havye—miust not be supposed to give a less number than actually frequent our forests for fish and game, But let us get a little closer to the question. For the care and protection of large game $8;o00 is expended an- nually, to allow 2,000 non-resident and 3,0)0 resident sportsmen to hunt our large game, for less than three months in the year. The State has about 160,000 adult male population, and of these 3,000 do more or less hunt- ing of moose, caribou and deer. . The State has little trouble in protecting our fish, its main difficulty is to pro- tect our large game for the hunters who kill it. Did it ever occur to you that this is only about 2 per cent. of the male residents of the State? That nearly one-half of these are guides? That ninety-eight out of every hun- dred of our citizens do no hunting? That we expend $8,000 annually that these two out of each hundred may hunt our large game? I am aware that my attention will be called to the fact of the employment it brings a thou- sand and more guides, who get large pay for their guid- ing, and that to camp owners and remote hotels, rail- toads and carrying companies, there comes considerable revenues. Admitted. But this proves that the results are sectional and individual in their benefits. J have often heard people express wonder and severely criticise rail- road compaties for jot being more liberal in their treat- ment of the game question, in contributing money for this and that use, but no longer will it need be regarded as strange when you consider that only 2,000 non-residents come into the State for hunting purposes. It is the fish- ing, our grand mountains, lakes and sea shores which give the main attraction to the tourist. Let us go further. It is true that 1,000 or more guides receive two or three times as much pay as the common laborer for their work. - But is the State to appropriate money to make employ- ment for a class of its citizens that they may get large remunerative wages? One particular class? Where else in this direction does the State look out for its wage earners by appropriating money to establish business? A business which does not accrue to the general good of the State. But the proposition I make will not in any way hurt or lessen any one of all these interests now benefited. I would not urge it, did I not fully believe it would advance all these interests, and give permanency and stability in the care of our large game. Without any fear of successful contradiction, | say that with the $8,000 expended annually for the protection of our moose, caribou and deer, there has been and can be only a show of protection. Thousands of our deer are killed in close time, and there is little gain in putting a stop to it, nor can there be with the money expended. This is no fault of those having this business in charge but the outcome of having this game in the great forests of the State, scattered over millions of acres of tinbroken townships of wild lands, where wardenship must be limited, and effective enforcement impossible with a force of less than a dozen wardens, The fact must be recog- nized that the very men whose own interest and the in- terest of the State require its care are, as a class, not in sympathy with the enforcement of the law for large game protection. My wonder is that the fish and game commissioners have not been utterly discouraged—less courageous men would haye been. It is a humiliating spectacle to see the laws of the State_on large game vio- lated as ours are and to my mind the State should adopt a policy which would provide for their better observance and enforcement. The suggestion I have to make, is to have a law pro- viding that all non-residents who wish to hunt moose, caribou or deer, pay the small fee of $5, and the resident sportsman $2 for this privilege, and have the right to send their game to their homes. The non-resident could not regard the law as onerous or partial, for they would realize that the distinction was proper, for the citizen sportsmen in common, with others of the State own the game, and have to pay taxes to maintain the fishing in- terests. The right to send, their game home of itself would be worth the amount charged. If the privilege of taking the State’s game, the value and the pleasure, is not worth this to whoever hunt it, had it not better be left alone? Let the State give its attention to the care and propagation of its fish. This pays the State in all direc- tions. Let its appropriations be greater than before, and soon all waters in all our towns will be inhabited by such food fish as will be sttitable for them. This will be for the general good. The $8,000, if diverted to such use, would soon make fish abundant in all parts of the State. The people of the State who pay the taxes are outside of these hunting grounds.and not one in 100 of such ever hunt the large game of the State. Put the money where it will do the most good and accrue to the benefit of those who support it, and let this large game matter be taken care of by those who want to hunt it, till it can be shown that it pays the State to do so itself. The pro- "position is just and equitable, it will relieve the State of this burden, and not keep all interested as well as the commissioners upon the “ragged edge,” at every session of the Legislature. The amount thus received would be twice that now expended, and give better protection than ever before. The idea that the State should expend large sums of money to enforce the law against men who hunt our game and want it preserved—men who, if they were loyal to the State’s interest and true to their own, no money would be Heeded for this purpose—seems to me impolitic and unwise. Having done this, I would-go further, and separate the work of the Fish and Game Commissioners. By force of ‘ conditions, they are. not to. be considered -together. Let » therevbe one of the board, named game protector, to have the supervision of the game and its protection, and the other two, the affairs pertaining to the fishing interests. Each may be advisory with the other, and each tnterest will have the undivided efforts of those in charge. When the “shore fisheries’? were made distinct from the inland fish and game supervision, it was thought by many that it would be to the disadvantage of both, but the result has Been of advantage to each. B1 In all States where a tax license law upon those who ‘do the hunting (and that now applies to almost all States where large game abounds) {t has worked well, and every year it becomes more popular. Individual ef- fort and individual responsibility always accomplishes more than divided effort and divided responsibility, and in this casé the result can but be the same. . E. C. Farrincron, Sec'y. January 2, 1899, To Open the Season in Florida. Reports of game being plentiful in the woods so wrought upon my imagination that [ could scarcely wait for the season to open, but getting to the deer country seemed impossible till the Doctor used his influence to have me go with him and others on a cainp hint that was to last for an indefinite time. The Doctor, Morgan and Ben were going out with Morgan's brother Joab, who had not hunted for several years, to stay in the woods till the latter shot a deer. All of them were expert woods- men, and I could not accept an invitation to go with them too quickly. The afternoon we left Auburndale in two single wagons was like Indian summer at the North, with the same brac- ing air and sparkling sunlight, and even the animals showed how glad they were to be alive. Doctor's large bay mule, a creature with far-reaching stride, lunged ahead in a walk that lifted heavy sand-cables on wheels and tnade the horse pulling Morgan’s wagon trot to keep within hailing distance. The three dogs, appreciating their importance, traveled with uplifted tails and received friendly advances from less fortunate curs with supreme contempt. JDoctor’s hali-beagle, overcome with exuber- ance at times, bayed off on trail of wandering dogs; Old Tom, Morgan's spotted foxhound, traveled sedately un- der his master’s wagon, while Pick Up, the black and tan fox hound, searched along the route for bones. All of us were happy. The course from town to the place we stopped at night lay parallel to the railroad, within sight of numerous shadowed lakes, some of them in groups, and throuch a continuous pine wood, where the oblique rays of after- noon stn bronzed tree trunks and flashed among lower limbs. At one place we passed from this brilliancy through a deep ford, where night had prematurely settled, into more bright forest beyond. Our stopping place for the night, near a small lake, was under a groye of live oaks, not unlike large apple trees, with gnarled limbs that were a study in curves and angles, and dense foliage very dark in color. Wiuth such protection a tent seemed tnnecessary. With a supply of fuel gathered, buckets of water on hand, camp furniture unloaded, the fire burning briskly. and draught animals near by feeding contentedly, our hotel for the night was cozy. The festooned moss ceiling reyealed by our fire was beautiful, It gave a flavor to our meal while at supper to study this roof at each swallow of coffee. Afterward, while the others were playing seven-up, my fat wood fire showed the surroundings. When the cards were at last put away, and we tried to make ourselves confortable in our bunks, 1 lay awake for a long while watching the nearby trees dance giddily in the fire light, and the gray beards om mossy limbs gib- ber down at me in a peculiar manner. I heard scratching sounds among the treetops, and afterward saw illumined spots on the bark transformed into flying squirrels peer- ing down with sparkling eyes to satisfy their curiosity, and then to play catcher, a game that was interrupted by screech owls, and once by a larger owl, which seemed to glow from a limb above the fire, to blink wisely at his surroundings for something to seize upon. The stage up there among the crooked limbs, with stars beyond, was interesting; but it was only a part of the great Florida wilderness, and somewhere off in the night the actors were larger—bears, for instance. We ate breakfast by fire light, then passed through a town of seyeral dozen scattered dwellings about sunrise, into a park-like wilderness, where there were numbers of browsing cattle and glimpses of lakes extending to hazy shores. Further on the deer trails that crossed the road at long intervals aroused us somewhat, and caused our hearts to throb when we saw calves of uncertain color practicing quick-steps. The mule had settled to a stride that ground out sand melodies, dogs strayed less often from their places under wagons, and our party had be- come taciturn—there was a long journey ahead, and everybody knew it. About midday three of the party htinted a deep bend on the left, while Joab and I fol- lowed the road with teams; later all of ws taced off on a fresh bear trail; at a poitit near the end of our journey we shot a number of quail; these diversions shortened the day. We atrived about 3 o'clock at our destination, a former camping place, near a small lake, recognized from a long distance by Julia with mule shouts that made the wild welkin ring with long-continued gayety, a horrible roar of sound. A large ‘gator appeared a short distance off shore, while we were unloading, that must have been oin. from nose to eye, or oft. by the rule of the woods; a monster to be so near our water hole at night; one whose scent even was dreadful to our dogs, and caused them fo carry tails with less uplift. Fear of polluting the water prevented us from shooting this brute. The outlook across the lake, extending a half-mile to saw grass and wild catie shores, backed by pine forest, was distinctly Floridian. Occasional white egrets and awkward sand- hill cranes moving about from point to point, and cattle feeding along the lake shore, gave additional character to the scenery. Evidently our camping places were selected with judgment. _A stroll in the afternoon about the surrounding forest revealed the fact that deer were scarce, but that bears were plentiful, The signs of the latter were interesting. _At one place bruin had climbed live oaks for acorns, and had torn off boughs as thick through as a man’s arm; at another he had gathered palmetto leaves to eat their tender ends; atid at still another he had dus deep, for one of the large land terrapins. Our friend of the hairy jacket must be an epicure, and believe in course suppers. He observes “good torm,” I have heard, in various ways, such as sitting up at meals, and etiquette in upper hear- 82 doin may require smashing land terrapins against a stump and not on your head. He is an interesting creature. For some catise he does not frequent the sand hills in winter. i The next morning, after a chase in which all of us yelled ourselves hoarse, and Old Tom, with a recklessness that disgusted our pick-up hound, hotly pursued a bear that hung tenaciously to the thick swamp on the shote of a large lake, we returned-to camp to move to a mure promising deer country, twenty miles distant. The trail north of the railroad led for a time along the Florida backbone, a hilly culmination of water sheds unusually ‘rough for this State, then through flat woods, where ihere were shots at sandhill cranes that approached with loud “karting-karungs,” bell-like music, notes of derision when they were safely beyond range. It is said that the meat of these birds, when properly cooked, is equal to turkey---no doubt to persons with vivid imaginations, Progréss was interrupted several times on the way to shoot quail, and when we stopped near a grass lake after nightfall the overcast sky caused a pitch darkness that made it neces- sary to hunt fuel with our feet. The tent was not Set ip, and when a deluge came about midnight there was wrangling of men and dogs in solid blackness awiul to ‘hear. Ben, a hero, at the first sign of light cut a tent pole. Day broke on a dreary world. Our condition was piti- ful; clothing and blankets were saturated: all of us shivered in concert with shivering dogs; mule and horse stood with heads, down and feet in a bunch, iaking the drenching on humped backs; a blue heron tlown shore eroaked anathemas either at a passing kindfisher for fly- ing so near a gentleman's topknot, or at the weather; the ‘maller bird uliswered back sharply, then lit on a sna to ‘mope; the only living creature in sight unaffecter] was a large ‘gator, that moved about over by the grass island, When a roaring fire, boiling coffee, and food from the poxes had reyived out spirits, we regarded our quarters as vety cozy for such a4 morning. The storm abated after awhile, and three of the party went ont to still- hunt, while Joab and I dried clothing. When they re- turmed about noon with a large gobbler, shot by the Dac- ter, we ate dinner and resumed out journey to regions ahead, where turkeys would be plentiful and deer wouid tun through camp. Joab and I followed the edge of the ilatwoods with the teams, while the other members of our party hunted sand hills on the right. My com- penion had not been in that part of the wilderness for years, but he knew every cow crossing and every dead snag in the swamp to the left: while such mysteries as “apper-cut,” “under-bit’ and “swallow fork’ on the ears of cattle we passed were easy reading, by which he identified each old sukey without hesitating. Men who have spent their lives in the woods are never dull com- panions. When we came to the paradise ahead, to insure a camp ‘that would bea credit to our party, all of us went out to select pole and stakes, then Ben cut enough light wood to fill a railroad contract, The clouds, utterly discouraged hy such preparations, fled and gave place to a clear sky and shining sun. Clothing of every description was soon drying on ropes about a roar of blazing fat wood, while blankets of startlng hues fought wind from the tops of Saplings, and men im shocking costtmes either nioved daintily about the fire or danced lively can-cans on treacherous coals. It was all very picturesque. The baying of a hound in the distance caused us, clothed as we were, to rush for stands, where we spent.a breezy half-hour waiting for a deer that had passed with- in a few rods of camp, while we were at work. If the signs had indicated a gait faster than an amble, the impu- dence of passing so near us might have seemed less, Julia, the mule, had noticed the game, or something about that time, but none of us had thought to provide her with a gun, The strange dog fled at sight of ts—proh- ably to spread a report in canine circles that some very unusual apparitions haunted our part of the wilderness. Soon after we had *resumed our clothing the breeze fell and trees hushed their musical lull. No bird calls were to be heard then, no insect noises, no songs even of belated grasshopper or early rising katydid, the lowing _ of distant cattle being the only sounds besides our own voices. Conversation became subdued and laughter seemed impertinent. It was a time to meditate—to recall the past and plan the future—a season, in fact, for quick- ened fancy to think of supper. The rosy sun kissed earth adieu, then hid behind a cypress swamp. And it was night. And Morgan unmasked a skillet. The next morning we followed the foot of the sand hills for several miles, and then crossed a wide timbered ford on the left, waist deep at places, where minnows hung suspended in the brown tinted current, and air plants ~ grew from arching moss manes on limbs overhead. The ranks of cypress knees, bottle. shape in form, many of them shonlder high, garbed with drab bark, were not unlike statued pygmies with concealing mantles, Musical echoes of our wading came back to us there as it we were -jf1 a cavern, and the voices of my companions discussing the nosing abilities of our pick-up hound had a decided meledy in'them. We emerged from this into a flat coun- ‘tty, where there were a few scattered pine trees and a number of green island-like cypress ponds in sight, the latter promising cover for game and easily surrounded. _ Nearly the first of these ponds rewarded us. with game. While my conipanioms were rushing for stands, and the “hounds were jubilating in the wooded pond, a deer burst from cover within range of where I stood, and. after - clearing with a few high leaps the surrounding belt-of ‘low palmettoes, streaked off at the top of his speed, with” two teports of my gun echoing in his wake. At first sight “he appeared to be huge; then seen over gyrating gun- barrels he rapidly diminished to the tiniest proportions; = | resolyed into a gray thread after my first shot, his where-~ = abouts became uncertain. I fired my second shot at any - place in the gray line. The hounds were soon baying lustily in the swamp, quarter of a mile distant, where the - game had disappeared, and afterward we found the deer there with a number of buckshot through him, dead enough after his race. That afternoon Joab made a rice purlew and Doctor treated us to griddle cakes, Two mornings later Joab and Morgan left in one direc- tion, the rest of us in another, and our division started a large buck near the place where I liad made my kill. When we returned about noon Morgan was seen laboring for -Néw Year's dinner. here for years, says: 4 ‘ion anywhere, and as for game, I consider the vicinity of . Chase City a veritable sportsman’s paradise.” FOREST AND STREAM. in the distance under a large deer, accompanied by Joab, who walked with a proud step, for the latter had killed his meat; an event that put an end to our hunt, but one that might induce Joab to go with us on another trip. Striking camp about dinner, and packing wagons for the last time, seemed like the breaking up of a happy family; our surroundings had become so familiar and my companions had been so agreeable that it was with keen regret I per- formed my part in these final preparations for our de- parture. , On the way home in the afternoon, through bright forest, we frequently announced the success of our trip by yodelling to log dwellings near cane fields; music that is omitted where there is no game aboard. Those Florida “cow calls” are pleasing to the ear; when stitbdued by distance and forest they are more delightful than thrush music. Excuse me, I am a little hoarse and cannot do justice to the following “call’: “Yi-hi-j-i-i-e-e, yah-ho- 0-0-We-00-Ow-tin, yah-hay-ay-ay-e-ow-o-en, ye-hoo-oo0- 00-we-e-0-on, yl-i-i, hi-i-i, ye-e-e-e-ippo!” That night after Morgan and Joab had parted from us on the road their cow calls came back from a great distance in cocing tones that might have been songs of sirens wooing us to a forest life; music, indeed, to dream of later at home, and to recall long after I had told my last acquaintance all about our hunt—and had astonished him. H. R. Sreicer, | Massachusetts Game Notes. Danvers, Mass., Jan. 1.—Editor Forest and Stream: Another gunning season is scratched off of our lives as far as gaine birds are concerned. I think that last fall was fully up to the average. I heard of one large flock of quail seen about a week ago, and unless the snow kills them off there ought to be enough left for seed. The local fox hunters have killed more foxes this year than usual. Messrs. Beckford and Langdon are high men. Mr. Frank Killam, of Topsfield, has killed many partridges, but says he hasm’t found many quail. We have some of the best covers here for partridges of any in the State, ut some four or five old worthless repro- bates make a busimess of snaring-all the young birds with- in about three weeks’ time, and by the time a man has a - chance to go out Ine will find old snares and no birds. The Massachusetts Rod and Gun Club, of Boston, sent up some of their officers in the town adjoining, and cap- tured one man avid had him convicted. The gun club I think is dead; we hayen’t had a shoot for nearly a year; principal cause, no suitable range. Rifle shooting is a thing of the past. We used to have a good club here; but the best shots went into the militia; then the range was transferred over to them, and now they are with Uncle Sam, and the range is going to rack and ruin, How I would like to be in the South with the wild geese this winter instead of up here North, freezing up. Joun W. Bassirc. Out for Bears, J. L. K. sends us a recent issue of the New Berne (N. C.) Journal, in which appears this advertisement: BEARS WANTED, _ The State Museum wants two large bears—the larger the better—in good order for stuffing, prepared as follows: AS soon as possible after killing remove all entratls and rub plenty of salt on inside of body, and put a lot in the mouth. Fill up the body with hay, straw, shucks or any other material that is quite dry and ship at onte by ex- press, charges collect, to the State Museum, Raleigh, N. >. We want nothing under 2oolbs. weight. Will pay 10 cents per pound, gross weight, for two bears of over ‘2oo0lbs. each that reach here in good condition. Money sent immediately on receipt of animal. H. H. Brruisy, Curator. Srate Museum. Gangs and Flocks, . BALtrMore, Jan. 5—EHditor Forest and Stream: Not- ing the purist in your editorial of last issue with his fanci- ful grievance over the term hunting for shooting, what will he say that when a boy, fifty years ago, in Vir- ginia, we called a flock of wild turkeys a gang of turkeys. We always managed to get one for Christmas and another We didn’t know much about Thanksgiving Day at that date down where I was raised, but were always ready to give thanks for the good things, tame and wild, that the good Lord sent us, and which we could procure by our own exertions. What's in a name? “A rose by any other name—but that is worn out. ds, we [Gang is still the approved term as applied to turkeys. | . Quail in Virginia. CHase. City, Va.—Quail have never been so plentiful as this season. Sportsmen from the North who have re- cently visited this place pronounce the hunting the finest » to be found anywhere. As many as seyen deer have been found in-one herd, Polk Miller, in a recent letter, says: “TI have hunted ‘quail for:forty years, and in no section of the State is the hunting as good as in-the county of Mecklenburg. I find - _imore deer, turkeys and quail there than ever before.” Chas. A. Ochen, of Baltimore, who has been coming “T never enjoyed a vacation more ey W. D> Paxton. ‘New York Forest Interests. -From Gov. Roosevelt’s Message. _ additional Jand we should not forget that it is even more - necessary to preserve what we have already acquired and _ ta-protect it, not only against the depredations of man, but against the most serious of all enemies to forests—fire, One or two really great forest fires might do damage which could not be repaired for a generation. The laws for the protection of the game and fish of the wilderness seem to be working well, but they should be more rigidly enforced. - Miss Selden, with a letter calling attention to it. . that you might like to hear about it. Tue Forest Reserve will be a monument to the wisdom - of its founders. It it very important that in acquiring [JAN. 14, 1899, \ Sea and River : ishing. 1 Proprietors of fishing and hunting resorts will find it profitable to advertise them in Forrsr AND STREAM, A. Little of Everything. In a newspaper now before me an unknown writer uses this quotation: “Our memories go back but a lit- tle way, or, if they go back far, they pick up here a date and there an occurrence half forgotten.” This accords with my present humor, for after writine the heading of this screed I was vainly trying to recall if I first met it. in the Rigvedas, the Brahmanas, or in Josh Billings’ Almanac. Anyhow, the story ran that a wayfarer seated himself in a gasthaus in the ancient city of Oshkosh and called Joudly for the garcon. When that person stood bowing before him in a spike-tailed coat, with serviette on arm, the hungry traveler in a foreign land looked into his “Ollendorf” and asked: ‘Wat kin yer give me?” The waiter sized him up. The collar had ‘been on duty for three days without relief, he had slept in his cravat and he evidently had no credit with the bar- ber. Therefore he cautiously replied, in order to hedge if he was entertaining an angel unaware: “Sir Knight, our larder is so well stocked that I can offer you a little of everything.” Again the wayfarer consulted his book of colloquialisms and read therefrom: ‘‘A little of every- thing is a synonym for hash.’ And he declined the proffered dish. This parable has been cited in order to warn the reader who may not incline, in a gastronomic way, to indulge in such things as hash and chowders, that this paper will be “a little of everything.” Frogs. In Forrest AND StREAm for Sept. 10, 1808, I wrote about “Our Frogs,” and in the issue of Oct. 15 I wrote “More Abont Frogs.” That exhausted the subject as far as my knowledge went. I nroved to my satisfaction that frog culture was not practicable. A recent article in the New York Press says that Miss Mona Selden, of Friendship, N. J., bought a lot of swamp land—some 20 acres—at $2 per acre, and fenced it in. Then she “spent the winter in reading everything she could get hold of that told about frogs, and when she wasn’t read- ing she was out in a barn shooting at a mark with a target rifle.” The story goes on about her marksmanship and ship- ping frogs to New York and clearing $1,500 the first season. Again I quote: “Then those who laughed at her went to shooting frogs and sold them to her, while she shipped them to New York at a nice profit. That was five years ago. She has since made from $3,000 to $5,000 a year in the business.” Mark you, there is no word of frog culture in this yarn. According to the story, she merely shot and marketed wild frogs. Do I helieye it? No, my child, frogs do not attain maturity in a year, nor in four years, A*marsh of 20 acres, where no frogging had been done by man or woman, might yield 30 adult frogs rer acre, or 600 pairs of legs. ~ These might weigh 4oz, per pair, or 150lbs., which at 40 cents per Ib. would yield $60, and this seems to be a liberal estim te. At Blackford’s frogs retail for 40c.@$1 per lb., according to season, and it is reasonable to suppose that 40 cents isa fair price to the shipper. A little arithmetic is sonietimes good to” look at. Miss Selden should have marketed 3,750lbs. of frogs to harvest $1,500, and as it takes a large frog to dress 40z., she must have gathered in her first year at least 15,000 frogs from her 20 acres, which would allow about two and a qttarter frogs to I sq. ft., which is a more liberal allowance of frogs than I remember to have seen, There is something wrong in the figures of the Press, of in mine. But facts are what we want when we go out for them, and in the interest of truth it is desira- ble that either Miss Selden of some one who knows thie facts about the frog farm at Friendship. N. J., if there is such a place, write a plain, unyarnished tale about this frog story and put all such skeptics as the writer on the way to believe in “frog farms.’ I will see that a copy of Forest AnD STREAM containing this article goes to Until then we rest. Mr, J. H. Melllree, Assistant Cotmmissioner of the Northwest Mounted Police, writes: “In Forrest AND STREAM Of Sept. to you told us something about frogs, and therein say: ‘The frog is a solitary animal, never in the company of another, except in the spring of the year. I saw something so opposed to that statement While grouse shooting in the Cypress Hills, a range about 40 miles north of the 49th parallel, and about due north from Fort - Assineboinée, Mont., toward the end of September, we always rested for ati hour or two at one of the numer- ous Springs to be found all over the hills, These springs are found well up to the heads of all the coulees running into the /hills, and are all ice-cold. Around the springs _and the little creeks formed by them, as long as they ran above the ground. were literally myriads of oa They, were 3 to 4in. in length and were green, with dark spots .on the back. They were in stich numbers that there was a leaping mass in iront of us as we walked, and it was hard to keep them out of the springs long enough to get water. If I had read your article previously, I would have taken particular notice of then: as to description, and also what they were feeding on, Pardon me, as a Straten, Ri , There is. nothing to pardon. I thank Mr. Mclllree for the letter, from which I will again quote, for it gives - - chance for an explanation. His adventure with the frogs shows that I should haye added to my statement the words: ‘Or when about to bed in the springs for win- ter.’ In the lakes and rivers the irogs bed in the mud singly, as a rule, but the last of September above par- allel 4g must warn froggie that winter is near and that he had better seek the springs, where there is an even temperature all winter, and I haye seen a dozen taken j ~ one. Jam. 14, i809] 1 FOREST AND STREAM. 38 from a sprig i winter, but it 1s temperature, and not sociability, that leads them to congregate in this way, That is the only answer T can giye my correspondent, Spring Shooting, In the same letter Mr. McTllree writes: “I have read HOREST AND StrEAM from its very early days, and have gathered mich useful information from its pages. I have been knocking about the Northwest Territories for nearly a quarter of a century, and have seen the buffalo and other large game disappear, to my sorrow, We have nothing much left now, unless one goes far north, but a few deer and antelope, with some sheep and goats in the mountains. We stop spring shooting at ducks the coming year, and I would like to see it stopped every- where. By reason of our climate, the duck season is short; it begins Aug. 23, and they are virtually gone by the end of October, and in some years earlier, Then they aré continually shot at south of us until they return in April to breed. By what I read in Forest AND STREAM it takes a lot of ducks to satisfy some men, and it is a mystery how the supply holds out. We do not shoot snipe in the spring here, but down your way I read that they are then slaughtered by the thousand.” Here is a sermon in a few words, and they are words of wisdom. If there is to be any game left in the year 1925, we must stop shooting it on its spring migration to the breeding grounds, when every pair of birds is ready to go to housekeeping and bring us a flock in the fall. Wherever moose, elk or deer are protected fhe close time covers the season of rut to the weaning of the fawns. Any change of these times would mean de- struction to the animals. Why hesitate to apply the same principle to all game? I have seen the prairies covered with buffalo as far as the eye could see; the wood so full of the passenger pigeon that they broke great limbs from trees, while hogs below fattened on the wounded. I have seen flights of ducks on the Mississippi that darkened the air, and have flushed a score of ruffed grouse in a day within sound of the town. clocks of Albany, N. Y. Where ts all this wealth of game now? Consider the fact and the question before reading the answer. The hide-hunter sent a dozen riflemen to follow a herd of buffalo, and only let their horses graze when the buf- falo ied. They had a wagon-load of ammunition follow- ing. The shooters kept on the flank of that herd for weeks until it was shot to death. Then came a wagon- train of skinners, who took only hides and tongues, and there ended the American bison. I speak of what TI have seen, for I was on the plains of Kansas from 1857 to 1860, and have seen many thousands of carcasses festering in the stun and polluting the air for miles. Once I went on a buffalo hunt and killed one animal, when I sickened at the slaughter.* The wild pigeon has gone, and it went suddenly. There has been an attempt to prove that its food failed; that the beech-nut no longer grew in quantities to supply the bird with food. If that was so, a few would have survived, but I say it was netting the birds in the nesting season for trap shooting that exterminated the wild pigeon. Come down on me, all you trap shooters of twenty years ago; show that I don’t know the first thing about wild pig- eons; call me names, if you will, and I-will ignore per- sonal abuse and give you facts straight from the shoul- der, My days for physical fighting are past, yet I con- fess to liking a “‘scrap,” and have.some mental courage left. Of the great flocks of ducks, geese, pelicans, sandhill cranes and other birds which went down the, Mississippi im my time, much less than half a century ago, there are but a few left where I used to shoot, according to my friend, Judge Seaton, of Potosi, Wis. It is any yeats since I have shot in the spring, and I will never do it again. The time has come to prohibit it in every State, but in the New York Legislature the members from Long Island will vote for any sort of law provided that the island is excepted from its pro- visions, and the members from other parts who want the Long Island votes on other questions give in to them. The laymen and market shooters thus carry the day afid shoot in the spring. Fish Poison Again. A man in Millville, N, J., writes: ‘Your article on Skates in FoREsT AND STREAM of Dec. 17 had an item in it about poison from fish wounds. Next day after reading it ] heard of a singular case, which you might _ wish to record, as it is a curious one. A friend, with whom I was discussing the matter, told me that a man called “Sailor Jack,” living at Bayside, had been stung by an eel and was blind. Of course, I knew that an eel _ has no sting, but to look up the matter I went to Bayside and found the man. His right name is William Edge “ton, and he lives by fishing, The case was not a recent It happened early in September, and this is the story, divested of his English. He was skinning a large eel and the fish in its struggles struck him in his right eye. The blow was, of course, painful, but he thought - it would pass off, and kept on. with his work, with one good eye and the other streaming tears. “In about a week the smarting had given way to an aching pain, and he could not see with that eye. He asked medical advice and the doctor diagnosed the case as one of cataract, but it grew so fast. and was so painful that on hearing the story of the man the physi- cian concluded that slime from the ecel’s tail,. impacted on the pupil, was the cause of the trouble. Did you ever hear of such a case?” I can truthfully affirm that I never did. It “beats all my goin’ a-fishin’.”. I’ve “skun’” many a thousand eels in boyhood days and have seen the pelts taken off from more thousands, but never met a case lilce this. I hope that Mr, Mitchell will let us know how the case’ ends; at resent the man seems to be not only blind in one eye, ut is suffering. Observations of all such cases should be put on record, and I am glad to get them. No man need apologize for writing me such things because he is a personal stranger. If he has a thing of interest and hes- itates about making it known to the editor, I will digest * See sketch of Amos Decker in ‘‘Men I Have Fished With,” his facts, and if worth printing will put them in concrete form, as in this case. Many men distrust their “liter- ary style,”-and fear to write what they know or have seen. As Mr. Mitchell is one of this class I told him, as T have told hundreds of others: Shvot that bugbear of “literary style,” if you have anything to tell, just write it in your own way; the editor is the man whose duty it is to straighten the kinks out of your grammar, spelling, faulty sentences and to ‘“blue-pencil” all ornamental and unnecessary lines in your story, according to his ideas. With that same “blue pencil” he has killed what I thought to be most brilliant jokes; he, in his reading, didn’t catch the point—but we must all submit to the editor—even if I have a personal dislike to his “blue pen- cil.” The editor and the proof-reader are at their daily grind and are not always in sympathy with the writer's thought; imagine Ruskin, Emerson, Byron and the great writers of the past subjected to revision by an editor and a proot-reader! Charles Hallock. The perennial and ever-blooming Hallock, long may he wave and bloom, writes me from the South, where he finds life more enjoyable than in the frigid northeastern part of Minnesota, where he went in his younger days and built the town which is named for him, Charles was, and still is, full of vim, but the day has passed when he and I could do forty miles a- day on snowshoes, and our ambition to do it has died out. He writes me from Fayetteville, N. C., that he has found a delightful win- ter home among the pines in the southeastern part of that State, and urges me to join him, if for a week only, any time between now and May. He enthuses over the climate and says: “The water is cool, sparkling and delightful,” but makes no mention of the tokay, scuppernong and other things which flow in the hills of North Carolina. He tells of tramps after game that he should write to Forest AnD STREAM, and of his successes in that line. All this is mentioned here to Jet his numerous friends know where he is, and that he is as well and happy as ever, capable of carrying his years like a man who has spent much of his life in the open air, for Hallock, like. more of us, is not a spring chicken, but there is a lot of good leather in his physique. Habits of Trout. To the old questions: “Do the sun move?” and “Do a trout take a fly with his tail?” I have a new one. It comes from central New York in this shape: “Are trout as numerous in the outlet as in the inlet of a lake, where there is one of each? This refers to such a lake as Cranberry, in the Adirondacks, about the month of August. Some contend that when a trout runs up stream to spawn’ she does not return, and that in August they are moving up irom below the lake. I would like to know how this would affect the fishing fifteen to eighteen miles below, say at Cranberry.” While I have fished most of the Adirondack region, I never got over in the northwestern part where Cranberry Lake lies. In a general way it hardly seems that a trout would drop back fifteen miles from the spawning ground after once starting for it. But, while individual trout in that elevated region may move to the spawning beds in August, there are others which will not start for a month later, for these fish do not all spawn in the same nionth. Again, there are barren trout which do not need to run up to the gravel beds, and they may move from the outlet to get warmer spring water if the outlet is cold. Some trout spawn only once in two years, and these are the “barren” ones mentioned. There are years when domestic animals are barren; hunters find a barren doe the best venison, and when in the West I found that a barren cow buffalo was the fattest and juiciest of all, These animals may not have been permanently barren, but just skipped a year. Trout aré often barren, but whether any of them are permanently so or not I cannot say. Who knows? I made experiments in this direction, but they were not continued to the point of having a decided opin- ion on the following points. Some trout spawn in suc- cessive years; some skip a year. This much I know, but whether there are trout that are permanently barren I do not know. My knowledge is mainly from trout bred and reared in confinement, where they can be well under observation and marked individuals can be kept track of, but I have taken trout in August in the Adirondacks which gave no sign of developing their eggs, while in June T have found eggs so far advanced that an angler who was not a fish- culturist would consider them nearly ripe. All these things enter into the question of the habits of trout, and in my opinion tend to show that there is no hard and fast rule which impels every trout to follow a rigid custom of its fellows. We are too apt to think that-one individual of a species is like all others. As there is what we call “individuality” among men, so there is among animals. The owner of a dozen dogs knows the character of each one, and no two are alike, even if of the same breed. A shepherd knows the face of each of his sheep, and as they differ so do their characters. When a boy I kept cage birds as pets, and knew the faces of my different bobo- links and “yellow birds.” As faces differ, so character differs, and I have seen trout of the same age, bred in the same troughs and ponds, on the same food, that at four years old showed different facial characters. A boy’s face 1s like a girl’s, it takes time to develop character, and— but this is degenerating into a lecture on physiognomy. - More Dreams. Mr.-C, L. Whitman writes from New Brunswick as follows: “In your article of Nov. 5 you wonder if others are afflicted like yourself in their dreams, and try to shoot game with a gun which will not go off. I am a fellow sufferer in this manner. Hundreds of easy. shots at moose, bear and deer have come to me in dreams and I would pull at the trigger until it seemed as if it would break, but the gun would not go off. For a score of years after the Mexican war, where I was behind a gun, there was the same dream disappointment in shooting _‘greasers,’ Like yourself, I thought it peculiar, but I sec by what others say it is a common thing. I have read FOREST AND STREAM from the first number, and every number, and hope you will * * *”” Here the taffy was so thick that the letter was “balled up.” “Calm and peaceful be thy dteaims,” comrade, and may you haye none more frightful than those you tell of, and may you enjoy Forest AND) STREAM for many years to come. A Female Grilse. CAMPBELLTON, N. B,—Editor Forest and Stream: As you well know, my dear father was credited with writing some very interesting articles upon fish and game life. He possessed a great deal of practical knowledge, and knew whereof he spoke, and it just occurred to me that the information I am about to convey to you would, I am sure, haye been most interesting and surprising to him were he now living. I have spent twenty-two years in the service of the Dominion Government, part of the time as officer on that king of rivers, the Restigouche, under my father’s train- ing; but for many years past I have been engaged in the piscicultural branch, atid have operated many of the hatcheries in the Dominion, and think I am safe in stating that I handle and manipulate more salmon annually than any other man in America. The point I wish to make, however, is this, that in all my experience, and that of my father, I never saw nor heard of a female grilse in any of our rivers emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. The theory generally advanced is that the female does not mature and is not ready to propagate until the fourth year of her existence. But while manipulating some 4oo ot 500 salmon at St. Johns, N. B., this year, T for the first time handled two female grilse averaging about 3lbs. in weight, both yielding eggs. Still a greater curio, how- ever, was an adult salmon possessing the organs of both sexes, yielding both eggs and milt simultaneously. I took about 1,000 eggs from this individual fish, fertilizing them with the milt from the same specimen. These eggs ate now in the breeding trough at the Restigouche Hatchery. The results will be closely watched, and may introduce into the Restigouche a new and very interesting species of salmon. This wonderful specimen of fish was sent to Prof. E. E. Prince, Dominion Commissioner of Fisheries, Ottawa, for scientific investigation. The hatchery is filled to its utmost capacity, and truly this has been a wonderful season on the Restigouche. Fish and gatne in abundance. It may well be called the sports- man’s paradise. Certain New York parties have made as many as four trips to the fishing preserves and hunting grounds this season, One gentleman alone spent over $3,000 for guides, etce., on the river. When the new Resti- gouche and Western Railway, which is now being built from Campbellton, N. B., through a pristine wilderness to a point on the upper St. John River, is complete, it will open up the finest fish and game country in the world, and bring the tourists and sportsmen of Boston and New York within twelve or fourteen hours’ ride of the Resti- gouche. ALEXANDER Mowar. CHICAGO AND THE WEST. Ice Fishing, Cuicaco, [Il., Dee. 31.—State Warden J. T. Ellarson, of Wisconsin, hands out an opinion from Assistant Attorney C, E. Whelan on ice fishing with hook and line in the State of Wisconsin, which goes on to say that the law does not contemplate the use of more than five lines to one man, or one hook to one line, and does not allow a line to remain set during the absence of the owner. This may affect a certain sort of fishing in Wisconsin rather severely. A great deal of market fishing is done on the ice in that State each winter, It is the peculiar feature of this form of work that it carries its own detection with it. Michigan Fish Ladders, Fish Commissioner H. W. Davis, of Michigan, comes out flat-footed in favor of fishways in dams. “It is tse- less,” says he, “and only waste of money, to stock streams with fish if there are dams with no means for fish to get over them.” These are words of wisdom. From the Blackfeet. Mr. J. W. Schultz, very well known to all Forest Anp STREAM readers through his communications from the Blackfeet reservation in Montana, is visiting a while in Chicago with friends. Mr. Schultz, it may be remem- bered, was the host of myself and Mr. McChesney on our sheep hunt a couple of years ago. We had a rather weird hunt then in some respects. We made a little side-hunt and carried out a small lodge, which we put up on the upper Two Medicine Lake. This lodge we left standing when we returned to the main camp, and old John Mon- roe said that he would go out and bring it in some time. He has never yet been able to find it, as he was not with us, and we could not direct him vety closely. .I suppose the little lodge is standing out there yet somewhere in the pine woods, and no doubt at this date buried a dozen feet beneath the snow. ; Another little incident of our trip was mentioned in the story I wrote of it at the time. I borrowed one of old John Monroe’s big steel traps and set it for a mountain lion, which had been eating up one of‘ our sheep car- casses. John was not with me when I set the trap, and as we had to leave that country very suddenly when the team came in, I could not go out and-get the trap. I told him where I had left it set, and though he never ex- pected to find the trap, he said he would go out and try. A little later, as he told Mr. Schultz, he did go out, and found where the trap had’ been. Something had gotten into the trap and marched off with it, just as I supposed would be the case. I had put a good heayy clog on the trap, and John followed the trail of the clog quite a way down the mountain side, but finally lost it, it being some days old. I have no doubt whatever that.I-caught old Pahkukkus himself, and my only -reeref-is that I was not there to land him, for he surely had. made us plenty of trouble. ete ee Mr. Schultz tells me that-our old Forest awn Stream friend, Billy Jackson, continues im very bad health and cannot go hunting. This is news which no Forast anp STREAM reader will like to hear. I presume every one at the Sportsmen’s Exposition at the year of the (Forest AND STREAM) Indian camp will remember the Indian baby, 34 Natoye, Billy’s daughter. This lively youngster is now quité a girl, and there are two other Natoyes at Billy’s place, both younger than she. Jack Monroe, another Forrest anp Stream familiar, 1s very well, and every once in a while goes out and kills a mountain lion or so just to keep his hand in. Funny World. This is surely a plenty funny world. One day twelve years ago I was out at Hutchison, Kan., and I wanted to go fishing, and I had no fishing companion. There was a tall and nice looking young stranger in town whose name was F. VY. Dunham, and somehow we struck up an ac- quaintance and went fishing together, going over to a clear, swift little stream, known as the Ninfiescah River. We catight about a bushel of great big sunfish, which we were told made the only fish supply of the stream. At last I told Mr. Dunham that it looked to me as though there might be bass in that creek. I put on a little spoon hook and almost at once caught two bass, nice little fel- lows, which made a Jot of fun. I took several other bass during the day, and we had a lovely trip, which I remem- ber even to-day. I did not, however, remember Mr, Dun- ham, and I was a good deal puzzled when a little while ago a tall, dark and handsome young man approached me here in Chicago and asked me if my name was not Hough. In brief, I found that this was Mr. Dunham whom I had not seen for a dozen years. He now repre- sents the North Chicago Street Railroad Company in an important business capacity and is successful and pros- perous. Meantime he tas been to Central America as an engineer, and has had a great many interesting ex- periences in his busy life. Yet he has never forgotten that day on the little Ninnescah, out in Kansas, and it seems he had never forgotten me, although | was not so accurate with my memory. Now wasn’t that a nice little experi- ence? And isn't this a funny world? E. Hover. 1200 Boyce Buttpine, Chicago, Il. Che Kennel. Fixtures. BENCH SHOWS. Jan. 18.—Logansport, Ind.—North Central Indiana Poultry As- scciation’s bench show. Sol. D. Brandt, Sec’y. Jan. 19-21—New Orleans, La.-New Orleans Fox Terrier Club’s show. Wm. Le Monnier, Sec'y. Feb. 8-11—Milwaukee, Wis.—Bench show for the benefit of the Nisconsin training school for nurses. E. J. Meisenheimer, Sec’y. Feb. 21-24—New York.—Westminster J 122222122 722212-15 fOr We (Osyrerapees PASE ke - +5 EAD OEOOSOBELE vrsrene vee Fee Re Seach ee Stead asr [Lopper, 29.......... OTA Rest) Pee 2220220222— § 2( Ty, er tesponse showed the appreciation in which the receiver held the sin Bes Nee ae GU AGRE eae ae of the holiday Ther Os ak Ss. i Aveo. ae ne 2121102121. 9-20 020 20 trophy won after such a contest. This was the banner meet given 7 100° OF SE sour side ‘sun Club. of INewa 5 C7: Dirikenly) SOR unehetoeiccs ees see easDuaparove = 920 nh by this club. Not only was the score very excellent, but the social Events: 12346 6 7 8 910 11 12 13 14 JREOE ECOL Tal LA RCeaeGme 3 eee 0012202222 7 222 features were of the most agreeable character. Targets: 1010 10.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 1010 1010 Doty, 80... eee ees s suas ctseiees 212111*112— 9 on. Each day the visitors were treated to a genuine Kentucky burgoo, ANViamITSINEERGL “Poweeactees ao saounor 8 6.. 9 9 8... 7 8 6. 5 RuAh NY RCO ELS Bao Aha ARON ot eerie i 222 seryed with pices hospitality. The shoot was voted as one of Waveen SPER CALE RM ey ree aee 9 : 6 6 t o Gi ; ; i Ue? DurcHer, i s s i ; ar ofa se eile itn ee te a r eae ey eee -: or z 4 ‘ Riis aiken ceed ere Gute. oF tte season cece te, pane ee TTB Gua 8 G5 6 8. 6 Boiling Springs vs. Passaic City. + pee! . a7 & 4 4 5 5 - f First Day, Wednesday, Jan. A, bash aan a: ‘ear ta ct ee SPT Q 2 os 3 : 5 " ; Passaic, N, J., Jan. 7—The second match between teams of the r" s Tere cphn men ar an | Pedctieeferiterat am Seatecs 1 8 &§ 610 5 6 9 ’ i ss A 3 s rt yt ‘a Event No, 1 was at 5 crows, $1.50 entrance, money divided 60 and [OX nna eal gy deal (in ee a Ce hse aera Me ce Vu drn eis ts Bovine ebrings eae and iis Baseaic City Gun our was 4) per cent. : iso} f 3 shot on the grounds of the latter to-day. 1€ race was yery close— S Clay a 200001 TI B Clay 29190—4 atte STR sae hie AN a ac aan Rite 5 hue o 6 187 to 185 in favor of the Boiling Springs. This makes two wins G W. Claycciscceteese se, A1d02—4 Cc cIntriseyaws Peece rate an 110013 RAL So WE ee cree ba eke tyme a id i now to the credit of the latter club. The weather was clear and J Ward, Jr.....-...-.-10221—4 Oldham |.....:.:+.:+0+.+ -12020—3 Ganiield ™ icsateoteue A. OMe Pt ty) Maes 99 8 8 9 cold. Hach man shot at 25 targets, Sergeant system. The scores i? is Spears........ Bie a 00100—-1 SG Clays cc cssevevevn ey 22221-—5 Van Dyne y 643 5 6 follow? Rane Shrines |C Apap MeCherawle sg ecvscd nee nen oe 0000-0 D Peed ...... Soues ows dees 011002 J Fleming 8 8 5 4 4 Bolling: springs: Gun Cloba 4 Hi Chenault .........0.0. 10200—2 W Clay-.:....+. APeuvinsneee PAT Ast ae ab ne eh er na Ne TTY ae eS) eon WAM esses er beceeeipe est een tenes JOU TAAAATLOLO1O1 AA —20 . See ate 996 Fr ; aly 87h” 7 STC) Maher matin duo nae | sas Fila een O1001111111011410003.1011—17 J) SP SG EGE SBE SAREE aS! Wy cee Gis EEN Claye tiinsn ate ies 22222—5 aon A OR th See eee ee en Pers ere Bae Breese 0001101000000000101000000—. 5 LATS eee eee 8 = By Py 5 RA 6 q D i ee ee ee i ee ee ee re ari JU WA WL pmo FT + Us a aie veyaz oT eS Sata ae SER. (Dey WOll socaamlwe Aa ee 0001100101010111111110110—15 Oe cates ea nandtcap, sale Wi sepowsy wa. entrance, money divided. Ty seni. 3 8 td AEC AW ANN Bo kcal-ty qm Gas TRACE Neen 1110100010001 1010010010112 aie Sar aS Sa FL 9° C Turney, "27 0000100229— 4 ina sl Mee or eee ALPS ey SEP oe Th: 2 ae ele “ike ORIEL TREE Bnatonie 8 { Ee eee 21-9 C1 Tn = Seis ; 5 Brochart . 0411110001110110101000011 14 pi B Clay, 28....... 1210122121— 9 J Chenault, 25...... D2 AD area ot spre gtk oe) Meade EE -PREERE-l -a tcgar 2-0 evil pn get ae oe Tas str peaaites CG iow 0414411191111111110011100—20 H Chenault, 26....20201110I_— 7 E Dooley, 25....., 1100010010— 4 Papo fehn ee ey eden rte et oe tae bee 11:10000000001000101100100— 8 Fear oe rr oleae ete SS Clay 200. sas RUG East Side Gun Club, ETISOR LYRE, ae Reet ce 1111111410111111000111000-18—137 D Dee ee Be ONO 5 Ww Clay, Be. So cHODAOOOUOLE. B Newark, N. J., Jan. 2.—The live-bird scores made at the Hast Passaic City Gun Club. oil! HAAS ee gt \ ay, 28.. i ~ | noel z = bany ¢ . 2. aE . T Spears, 25....... 0212000102 5 J Clay, 28.......... 0000101000— 2 Side Gun Club’s New Year’s shoot to-day, on Smith Brothers WRI EE OMT Tech bsPel eal cnceel 1-57-00 eRe I 1001.001001101000011011000—10 5 Clay 39 TPIS oe Nay 0000121102 5 J Waldicmie Ore pe 0000000010— 1 grounds, are as follows. The handicap event was at 15 live birds, aN Te oe ee 1111.010101001001101010011—14 T Clay. Tice Ou 3020002002— 4 ~ i $5 entrance, birds extra, four moneys, Rose system. : OWES PEE haat etree Lene Neto clp ote 0111000101017001111011111.0—15 Seale 2 x tA ice p ihe bandied: WianleaMiont "estbeicstebr lend wah tee yachts 0010011111111001010101010—14 Be Sta sie ees ta patos ag Tagore uo aD =i ; cee 202221: illiams. 26..0012 °) —e J C MeDell, 28 222212202222222—1 a UU! ; UU ae a ce Bop een ee ae Eee Cr HEE eee Tsar Stee POT. th ECR ROP RRL TEESDNWVishplinioaky § OG kr aa sania Uy eee TOD Pel yr. 1011001011111110101011 10117 g ea ; s: i ABI Soh apegsie BB a a one ee oy cll 12111102122"222 123 Westbrook 11110111001.01.000111100101—15 H Chenault, 27.201212220101202 11 S G Clay, 30..021020110200220— 8 4 oe 1 9 Brannon. 26. -010121112110011—11 T Spears, 25...100010000100121— 6 (oo Vem eten Salleh con Le inet. les ig nen e 2211011*2011121—12 Jell CINE arses he ole eines eee de eel elo eigen 9 1000011001001011111100010-—42 e. T Clay jr 30..202222200202202-10 Renick, 25..... CLONDIZOOOIOLO 2s Gee eels @Blearkeys 120 Ue Rinne rarcerastienmermetnetaeceae Osta *{2111200112202—11 SHIGR Ol wi snera ees sole Nuance nie 1011000000010001110001110—10—125 T Ward 90, ...221110010211200—10 i Ghenault 25.002220020000000— 4 Gre OP et etis 2 7he nec sciscir amit na ton ae eines Odie 022221*12022021—11 T Crawford, 2..002110012220010— on , S Brings, CAEN A Asano hss SAG OY ata? bite Sree ete Seay A d b G H b pMissand-onts, $1 entrance, were shot as follows. In No. 4 jy Pane OPUS Dei otk uae Tt. H. Clay, Jr., and Brannan divided. In No. 5 T. H. Clay, Jr, wos Gaara tot obedient 20000 w Burraro, N. Y.—In the first contest for the Clinton Bidwell and G, W. Clay divided.. In No. 6 T. H. Clay, Jr., and J. Q. ; ; . ch trophy, on the Audubon Gun Club's grounds, Buffalo, N. Y., a No. 1 No: 2 N i : Ward divided. In No, 7 T. H. Clay, Jr., woh alone: LAR Re weet 2991 7 DOLD s 3199999 5 Jan. 2, Mr. B. C. Burkhardt and F. C. Wheeler, each standing at Iker oe No. 5. - Now6 No. 7. te en UNI Goce , DOLL {11215 29919"1_f a0yds., tied on 18 out of 20. The remaining five rounds were shot Sn 44 Oe aa a 4 pie 2110—3 0 —0 i Sa SEA PERE | Set al Tats = a! a off on last Saturday. Wheeler won after a very stubborn and Feigenspan 11121—: 11201—4 1212021—6 * MENT ACER RC eee a 922 2 9999 4 999 122-2 H Otten hie eae oslirreried 4 2040] 0911910. . well-contested race. Both men did yery fine work. Mr. Burkhardt erOpiNiard, Clvhuctt sr akavc ne. 9 st ee aS Pine OS SRL ase Rp ear rete It co 020012 0011104 challenged Mr, Wheeler to shoot another match, and the chal- DD. CSU eSROMAAAE yoc Pi aie ane eens / 20 —1 Ar ares HP Taeeetnaetteia ee Ma 2022-2 99999997 lenge was Preece he amet to take place on the Bison grounds Ss} Cc Cer ee ee ee eg er ee 0 0 20. 1 20 1 1D Mulvany eh Aha ma 2 Wee 44011 —4 3100022 4. ‘TH ay Or MIS Week, le score; G 2222—4 20-1 220-2 Parke Mab Dnt Wee CB 12121127 I D Kelsey......3.: ~su..22200—20 TLeschner ................ 12220—14 BIR 8S TS My AE Saisislelelbvelaiahiaees bbe 0 —0 Bett MeDell eA LY Cor Ce hrh brilht 1 a 9990#91__& RH Hlebarda nanan te 1002117 HD Kirkover.......... 0222221 J sees ws Bi isn ca nes satan boilerplate ieee 0229911_f BSB Wialicent seer woud: O00II—12 Jas “Russells. ...)) 248 20222—21, 0) 12722 CRSP nao Pe or nee anon 0—0 EAT i agewcs en tos 3 a eR ee ea p12 C S Burkhardt......... o12i—21 ES C 1222221 HCI Th pe me ee Puts een et Ls Tele eesenaerseteshes 7 | tints 02 — = ae eek aa a EE TEEPE eh tee LET : JF ‘Clay. fds fe - Nos, 1 and 2 were at 5 birds, 28yds., $3. No. 3, 7 birds, 28yds., $4. E a peace Paras Crea ee erased ip tte bal mg ee ae S G Clay tiesto ae E C Burkhardt..........22222-28 J T Chabot..,.......,..11201—48 H B ee ay The New Jersey Championship at Newark. GSP pe tebard, as -openee. 10202—19 W McCarthy -..2.2.:..: 11002—16 . : s F = Beeb Oreatyve.catenn. 2222218 Wheeler .............,.. 2222223, Second Day, Thurs n. Jan. 5.—The All-day target shoot of the East Side Gun Club, of OTe i tab iat x "ODD = Ys day, Ja 2 Newark, on Smith Brothers’ grounds, was well attended, the eae E : IBAUIMATA Neh itaesne 20121—18 Geisdorfer .....,........ 0)2222—19 The 10 and 15-target events were $1 and $1.50 entrance respective- attraction being the contest between Messrs. T. W. Morfey and _Shoot-off: - at =! ‘ ly, money divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent. No. 6 was a 10-target, Louis H. Schortemeier for the E C cup, emblematic of the cham- E ered Sh Soe iaeciray gy Gedaccea! O12 —3 E CBee. erro eenenae? 21022—4. three-corner match, $5 entrance, ‘between the three poorest shots pionship of New Jersey. Competition for this cup was open only Wheelers “51 susie: 02222—4 \Vheeler pecs t seat CODD 22220—4. a Je see Peed missed 6 straight and then won out by a BY peeitents of the Raat o Bue yersey, vais are members of Webard iseqseuaah ne finish. clubs who ‘are members of the N. J. State Sportsmen’s Associa- > Sis ; dee.’ F Events: jb eae Ya TBeaa gras 12 3 4 5 6 tion, but it was placed in open competition at Hackensack, N. J., jms Bbae eae EEouny: irda eee eee: Tey Targets: 10 15 15 15 10 10 Targets: 101515151010, ©n Dec. 7 last. Schortemeier defeated fifteen competitors by the R H Hebard....... 18 25 Parter | ocLee 10 14. Gartskall 7... 4. ADNORSS Gatco | ereusom. foe..4 e4 8 910.... excellent score of 47 out of 50. Morfey immediately challenged for Be Sh One pene on 1 20 Norris. sy.cshenesas scl? 13 2 AOE AeA UB ediond olLmhen LeMay Hes, it, placing $10 forfeit and a written challenge in the hands of the TCOS eae eee O 2) Leuschner ......... 9 3 Sos Sid ak ; 913-6 4., Ferguson, Jr...,.. 8...:... secretary of the E. C. & Schultze Powder Co., thus taking the Valicene eee sd 16 aaa UNE I, (eae e eae Ee 5 5 8.. 4 Wilson ............... 6 3., mecessary steps to qualify. The targets were thrown after the Ser- F&F Story.........12 17 E GC’ Burkhardt....15 Ww SH cheb Fs 3 7 3 4., 3 Spears ............2..... 3.. ‘Seant system, unknown angles. It was the fifth event shot, and HAST eps oy dG I Bennet sacs es ner e edd w Smith .......... 58 7 6 5 .. ; was ae esa by alates pe eae ponoriemisicn was not in his MecCarney ........, 13 21 - -4 tee ss usual good form. is timre was slow, and he made hard shootin a ee a oer ; -of Bee pNageet SPREE, paler ranted OS elena a al, oll Faas oa thereby. Schorty lost 9 out of his first 25, while Movies paanete will be a live-bird shoot at Audubon Park Thursday of GW Ca “7 jan ans and) Pp11222111 1191 219112129919 25 lost but 6, and then had the race well in hand. PIS ISWCeK. T H Geis I a ee area es Eat ania 29291 99112112999999199919 95 Among the noted shots present were Capt. A. W. Money, who, Bicaatirt tees BE ee ee 12219111211210212212 1191294 has almost entirely recovered from his recent illness; Mr. Edward Rochester Gun Club Fares mane POET Onan cs gy punl towed e Abn 1120110122021121122102101—20 Banks, J. Fanning, J. J. Hallowell, Ed. Taylor, and others. The OGHester a ADs VAY sc eeeeeeeeeeeeesseceeessseseresse111120021111200011922112299 famous visitors shot for targets only. Rocuesrer, N. Y., Jan. 2—The New Year's shoot of the Rochés- diab loco cece ca ae 0222110110110110120011021-17 Sweepstakes: ter Gun Club to-day resulted as follows: V ETISOD, Iogssd0 9400 $4 saneene ARR) oS Se 2210001102212020101120101—16 Events: 6 7 8 91011 Events: yr Nry Ree Sy TEST es col ita cance gem OL 2111011002100000000021002—11 Targets 25 15 15 15 15 10 ‘Targets: TOS D0) SOU Lae ts et Ore Playa eittguans oe letaie ine al Pe Arn 108 pth d oe X 0000000112011001202010000— 9 aplics "See Peter OPE ae ee 19 10 .. 13 11 10 CSS eral ae 2S LR PPC Oe ar 5 See al eho Dee a a ee iy PCAs fe swags ihe 2 Sor obobeoes 0021001002210200020100000— 9 OTLEY cesses eee 2114... 1517 9 Gilovens spits etree eee audi alee ie. Oe OR TO eee eale ae 7 BER CIAY. ycssajele.sierd Peg eer eterna ee eote Stee ¢ 11120 w. —4 Dudley sete ene Ts) Sen ala ee IRUISSLM Cems. a. bts ree NET! Peres o Tig Mtr G elk, ie, cae eemee Bhootonmdore die. cup C Houes ACU Arsae wet tea Oeratod 53ib 48 Aas igre Spiers MCU Pesneynreiarrei hs -1c4-o)hsnyednne. ‘uy Sy EO ES Nig MOO lUmmeee Vir Cy cian 2220221222 9 T i Clay, Jr....... 22091122028 ees Pere pit tense set st O0 4 MRR ee etcel i “ 2 oelpelit os) Ne Hes Heino a LAs OS A A cr nOne te 6 7 9 9 Dove cee ns GW. Glave géuctie autre n crete ene CNatesea (atte t etnas ots faded chee Eos LEPPPE EMS : ae See Ace a danes FOO Ota OOECESS fH SHAUN A oth ee iD b) 8 Baesiay th: Oy c= [ ; A g 9 10 24... 14 16 13 9 IRAN BO) Te 1: ae Ee cA Ry Ee, Le Oe GAB; Expy cL aie Os ee Wo. 8 was a miss-and-out at crows: Sam Clay killed 4 Straight Elalloyelieperrgntn ccc pentes. cob aye Cay 917 12 19 19 24 15 14:18 6 Sit t eaaitie Gls ne yer a and won. 5S. G, Clay missed his 4th, Spears his 8d, Chenault and Waters ................. 5 13 ra ti aM ben SO Be Gay their 2d, Preed, Steel and Smith their Ist. Event 9 was at 5 Hyloig Secenen ete nee oat le an % me a ae ch ae Ree Ie es arta : ir 2d, di, x Le : 4 DVAOMG Tercera ie eee eee ae eal aes oA eee Gun CSealo a gee ts tows, $2. Score: Steel 4, S. G. Clay 3, Sam Clay missed 2 out of 3 SCHOLES «Le arsciy te yeaiets ERPS eyes, tty cl i 5 ; 8 ; : fand withdrew, The shoot was declared a success. Richard BRC heey Seles fh een oe Fe hie tellin AE ae ny 5 ; 1 - é Mi : ; : Teer Ceara tite Minne Otis BCL. 5 ol Le imei pens ae Ce Oe ey wee Mase re aime Vn Sees Refers sap aane shen cote 3 au GF eee mG tee ' CECT Sein seria cca eor hie ope Colas i, Senalt als vier qelent sleeve, so © ami. ere Tt het s ty ae ee a 3) Sie =e & (PRRs “5-5 Boston Gun Club TESTO LOLte veneer ene tot te Speer wen ane ee BSS CatNa rom Stl eee NEC OE CI Seine hac) hoo wath ee ene Oe 9. 9 14 12, «8 ‘ Perment ........, ate, Ty IN Red ee ae eae ER oe LOReS Cy se SM Tiea ETT 1 eer elle ar hee ewe ee ee RE 8 9 8 x WELLINGTON, Mass., Jan. 4.—Just a full squad negotiated the IATL So cre se oe vetted at la inlcectoledarel nes dy ad og eS 5 11 SE Re aie . Davis Pe Ha ee nate i MORNE to ing i 8 qf 13 10 it 9 6 different events at Wellington, Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 4, the Larkey cP EEE SEES COB OD Siro oki Seep ee ue ioe Sel atls wet Gast xirnts nein rest arate bo a oi aha ey at: T he Wiehe Gee Fe A other half-dozen apparently being bluffed by morning downpour, NW Sea Ss Moe bathed bheenacee ne lp: LP gal Mie ize aktaca 0 ees Sp ogar Robe Dob Par cee ewe ee ie Tira Sina a 5 They failed to take into account this variable climate of ours, SCHR ES Toe enn s beers Serena “ cp ek ode EA SLELETL LS ey OPPs errs VAN ORR A re) RTT Ra 5h 5 a2 iF which is capable of greater expansion than two extremes within TONER SRyOR SUNS A Anak bees one lee Ty pegs Bintan!) Aram prU cede see neg Mey Ping od Me os oh ta Re f: "7 8 six: hours, consequently missed a pleasant January afternoon. Lendderton LIDS Or Or en Oren Be ota te 6 AA A fee ep (PEATE AS 5 Geeta Ce ren Sol 5 "8 i The usual breeze arrived on time,:thus the scores in the individual TALES OTe at oy hs LS es Be ee ic Sad ened Behe aN 1 Sal 4 CULEOW CPE pene iy gab Seow tlginiettte ls aly = te pad 15 a iz i miatch were distinctly above the average. Straights were com- Moffatt .....c2.--.0.secesecueeettchnee ce ce ce ce ey ee en bn FA NNGUINERAS, Me initrd Rie to te co cee eee ee a, Sevan a) Meni ace. easy for Gordon, who made 35 Woodruff, ‘Spencer and att s SEER) Soak SEAL) heveptang fara kaka N= Rat atl Err Woevtoges Momo DUE ual bci moles cacao ee 3. 5 Schleyer Sh ced de zeae ted hens) eh eSiLETT] estima gman ee oa | & 5 % 7 "i iskay each. ; RINE TGUD aac sa) > “Lovet robe Jugs Sobsye EHAa see tesl tem etl -pebe | SS wees Ee oe. 2 U d 1G Ate rest te Ch eee, fi Te 5 By] The double event proves always the trying time for those Gicuncers SPIE Nase ae et ae este. Hae nxious k di 7 - ati NE ee Be ES os re gee ee eB S SSG a TR Oe po paribic heirs at sal hs 28 RR cena ele § puna Anxious to make a good impression in the match. A good score The E, C, Cup Contest. Packner 4 Te i ie n the singles is quite liable to be robbed of splendor by a poor - Pah SS ie Tigh Serensseeratip's Mies tre te eere yee Penn ne 6 4 pne on the pairs; nevertheless an excellent plan to follow is to Phe weather was unfavorable for good scores. The sky was Parsons bo iyi: | make sure of the singles and trust to luck on the others. cinen heavily dark, and the light was further dimmed by fogginess. The Rerny; ania g 7 { making no errors on the first bird one is sure of three and a targets were hard to find, and were thrown far. from easy. Con- Gibson ....... sas eee sessible chance of one out of the three second birds dying of ditions, 50° targets, unknown angles, Sergeant system, for New - Kershner , Hg! Jersey State championship: T W Morfey...... 11110109111.0110111.01101111111070111111111141111111 49 . right, if mot accurate aim. A trite remark often made at tne beginning of this event is “Remember, you can’t score a pair mless you get the first bird,” so it behooves the anxious amateur © take a careful first aim before giving much consideration to he second, Sometimes we do it, sometimes we don’t. Following are to-day’s scores: 2 lL, Schortemeier. -141011011.00110111101001100101111119111101111110111 37 Morfey is a member of the Lyndhurst S. A. is a member of the East Side Gun Club. On the evening of Jan. 7 the New Haven Gun Club held its eighteenth annual meeting. Officers were elected as follows: Pres- ident, H. H. Bates; Vice-Presidents, J. B. Robertson, €. B. Bristol and F. A. Sherman; Secretary and Treasurer, J. B. Savage. Cash prizes for the last six months were given out as follows on a total , and Schogtemeijer Events: 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 18 14-15 : “Yargets: 1010 6101010 5 610 10 10 10 10 ‘i on Dunkerly-Lee Matches. of 90- C. B. Bristol, 82, $11.40; second, J, Bassett, 78, $7.80; third seortee ae eos OSs elO MONT CBSO Nie ay oe a, Parere 4 ie A HW. O. Whitney, 77, $5.20; fourth, N. D. Stevens, (xem ete Mearns 5 og ORC to ky 9103599323789 & 7 : a ee son. N, J. Jan: 5.—Herewith are scores of two matches. treasurer’s report showed a good standing in the élub, with cash STEN CaaS 8839894 517-9. 607 The ss took place-at Berry’s Créek, on Plank Road, out from on hand $618.21 and no debts: The by-laws were amended to read ae toh 8936994395 7 5 9745 Rutherford, Dec. 28. Weather conditions were unfavorable. A that all members of five years’ standing should be exempt from Pit tie tak a Seatio. 0: WL GON Slee amend. Ns cold wind plew, about fifty miles an hour, and carried the birds out the dues for the ensuing year, the idea being that the cash on + ope Poh ee GeST Ty Spate ee ty ee © pfssight. ap ie DS ene not ise on account of wind. hand in the treasury is already sufficient to meet all probable ex- MAS fs eevee ot tS, S10. 5) 3° 8.16 (wel. or. 2. thie Boe eibewvedine Set Ba ae Jan. oe The penses. The mngntalye sapats were voted for the second Wednes- ; ris thee ape 8 P ; uss aN eee es AE saben sit- - i On, ¢ rZes : i Bitord, 16 wrysyseeteyy #22779 89 917 ters; some excellent kills, and several ‘birds stopped Ses Stores a HRS, PENSE PTs BS RSSEGSSGE IE Deke) HEB 4.0 = Trap around Reading. Reapinc, Ps., Jan. 2—The South End Gun Club, of this ci I Da., Jan. 2. , at held their annual New Year shoot to-day on the club grounds, on Hoyer’s Island. A heavy snow, which had fallen the day be- fore, made a poor background, especially when the sun shote brightly upon it, and the scores are considered very good. The scores follow: > Avo 4) -b s6: “fe oe) SOS 25 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Ws 58 57755646 Gee Delis AS Bos 38 ee bee Tee eee Mite tt ey Tame MO age OE hice do. Dae ae Be hand boat aches nae Sb a Pb ee ie, N7T5 6698 49 8 8 We ee ee ee BO 4 ED SW a pn i dng, a ee DO Ss 1 BLOC Re a7, et ae noe er te. Wheat ec ee MISA rAd dadce tele. Ba fe tee ast ees Fer : 4 4 $—The Phoenix Gun Club held their Phoenixville, Pa., Jan. annual New Year shoot to-day at the Gen. Pike Hotel, the club’s headquarters. The first eyent was a live-bird match between John Buckwalter and Joseph Holman, 28yds. rise, b0yds. boundary, re- sulting: Buckwalter ...12120112211222i—14 Holman ....-. 122"2122122229%—15 The second event was the first of a series of three shoots between six old members of the Phoenix Club and six young members, eae man shooting at 25 targets over the magautrap- The score ollows: Centurians—Dunlap 15, Buckwalter 18, Capt. Erb 14, Hodge 12, Dotterer 11, Rater 7—72. Youngsters—Edward 9, Capt. Holman 10, Dancy 9, Miller 11, Williams 11, Whitaker 5—5o. Sweepstakes followed: Events: 12 Events: 1 2 Targets 10 iv Targets- 10 10 MolmMan Wie iss sewseees esse S .. Dotterer 7 8 Dunlap .....-.0sser-seanee- = BS: Raber coanearmeevesssemenes tiny Buckwalter ......cs064 yanasss 8 7 Miller firs Edwards NBME Walters a6. e eee e eee eset nt ee eee ee we ae pe a= oe 2 6. PLANS cae wwd= awe skeigisotadtaasleeeoseteisumun Gf “poy wala eg re ete s 14 e Nostrand oe ed Sepia earetey nce ee een me uit Sa bs GTHNS: see ereee ceL er eA eh eee o sea UE : Wolds stig. tse eens MEI ert : we SOME Sonitbre osmbreHem poe cisrekebepane ape cores p yoy ISR MsS Freer lrr cy: Peewoeets eae tS tak? tgs odip: Meta skate ECE ae Arena, ter cheer eee Ne ee TP MAPS 4 rege; 3 Liye bids: WOGIeye et ee dee dp eb idd 4.,,. 3 Andrews ...,... Ponta ES ube ate ae Stoney .-------cscpereres doy oo OR Debs ieee aes aes o.oo) 4 SHE nay tate bac ipmsite : - 4- -Sipraneer oe tee Pec ioe angdon ..... Ais bree ae Ni haadle cea we Bookman vsscsececneeese aneled, pasar ets New Utrecht Gun Club. Woodlawn, L. I., Jan. 2—The birds were good, but the sun, shining brightly on the snow, made -a glare, which made very dificult shooting, especially at the white birds. It was a beantiful day and we had a very good attendance. No. 1 was a match race at 15 live birds. No. 2 was at 5 birds, class shooting. No. 8 was at 5 birds, high guns. Nos. 4 and 6 were 5-hird sweeps: No. 1: Conny Fergison, Jr --.-<.-- Petersen....-+-. ecules 645 100 7 «(900 at J BP Wannefelser........ 28 646 a) 52 7128 10 | J Wellbrock....-...,.. 28 6 3) 25 <8333 514) P Garmsy--.s-2--+e1- 72/28 6 40 81 1750 7 1 (ire (Menaiee as ae te SE 2S 6 110 Sk - 1836 19 L T Muench ..28 6 110 65) 5909 6 5 EF Wehler.. ..28 G 100 65 ~ 6500 94 Te Stel zley fetes -28 G 70) 42 6000 49 Ey Meckelsscs:ie-+ 28 6 50 BB} 7000 eb Aug Glelob comin porecice epee 23 6 A() 30 (600 aq Himmelsbach....:..«- 28 ee) 78 1090 19Ug Regan...-. ah bate 28 Ble 80 5E ~6(D0 qi CG Schaefert.-iscieccses- 28 5, 60 33 5500 oy DY Waletitt. 2 ob eeeee da = 28 hl, 40 27 (759 Alf. Hl Hafften.:.: assess: 28 56 3) 16 53383 pa. J Newman..........4+5 28 5 40 62 Bitststsy 18 | IMG TFC) Heats reas 28 5 50 26 5200 .. J Tsimck....-....+-.1.08s 28 5 10 5 5000 an J Kessler.....-- cept 5 (38 ‘e000, BY IMD a hopolh ip HA eS 28 5 60 at 6166 8 EH W Richter,....----. 28 5 60 3a 58383 q Afiy ERED wee eraser: 28 5 60) 3 6500 94 peekcaclis See nena “ios 28 5 5) 29 6800 5 WA. Noes.-..5,,-.---- 28 5 30 15 -5000 1 © H Schmidt. .cnc------» 2 5 19 3 8000 a [ Brennan..,..:-¢---- = 28 4ue 60 23 4833 Ai Geom iirettss: stantial BS 4146 100 65 6300 18y, EB Marquard......- aoa Vy 20 3a 4571 4 | C Wiegger.... pee 28 4Yy 80 40 5000 Sy, A Knodel.. 98 = aeSs10)Ss—(i«SSCSCSC«CBOO 944 F Guy... 28 4 60 27 4500 8. Bade... -s.a. -.28 4 3) Ei 4332 2 C Shaeffer.,..,-:.-- pauses 4 i) 28 4000 © 10 Vos LEG oScle em eeeece 98 4 59 23 4600 5 Geo Phillippississvssess.20 4 10 4 4000 T MePartland......+.+++26 4 BH) 1k AG66 pe D J Deady..covvan-s- 26 4 10 3 3000 iss Prizes: J. Himmelsbach wins first, GC. Lang second, Wn Sands third on highest percentage in six shoots or more, Geo Breit fourth, J. Newman fifth, €. Metz and J. H, Voss tied fox sixth and seventh, C. Petersen eighth, J- Sehlicht ninth, J. A Belden tenth, F. Trostel eleventh, R, Regan twelfth, J. P. Dan nefelser and C. Schaeffer tied for thirteenth and fourteenth, A Knodel fiiteenth, J. Kreeb, F. Wehler, i, Steffens and P. Woelie tied for sixteenth, seventh, eighteenth and nineteenth, C. Raben Euceneé Dosinek, Sec’y- | Montgomery Watd & Co. Diamond Badge. Cureaco, Ill., Jan. 6—The tenth contest jor the Montgomery Ward & Co. diamond medal took place at Watson's Park. The contest is a handicap as to distance, with extra birds also allowed) the distance handicap is given after the names of the shaoters, th birds allowed being given before ihe names. In shooting off the ties half the number of extra birds first allowed are shot at that is, to'say, if a shooter has 6 extra birds to shoot at in the main event, he has 3 in the ties; if 5, then 2 in the ties. The ties 61 10 will be shot off on Friday, Jan. 1a: ) , >. Wandieap: aie W B Leffingwell, 3).......145 sae eePlQQ21I 229012227102 2 Zi BK Sturdevant, 25,.....--.:s250-5 ()22222992999212921 21 us Hyde, 29......+4 Si ae ee 299901 22222222223020 0213 2 W DD Stannard, 28: ...1--.-.-t20% 91222022202012212102 222 Dre R B Miller, 28: -2.0....--..45 12022121112210021221 111 J H Amberg, 2).......::2.eere eres 91102220112012012201 1222 JF RecPwyer, aleerrrs o2 IP Aine cents 12122011020222220122 122 d CG Comey, 282. icceece- bess econ .. .42112101221110100211 1 af H H Holiday, 30...., een 00202222229929022222 2222 2 BK Barto, BU.1 2... saceeessen ee ecee 2021221221210210221 - 0 al R Simonetti, 28......: ee aes + »22122220222200021010 Ow "| J LE White, 29... 11022220221221222020 2122 | J S Boa, Teeaeas _ ,02121220220222272229 2122 Oy asbiner, Vila ean We ~ .20211121111922201200 1222: A §S Kleinman,. 11211112212222111212 ware FE Lee, 26.2.2 c inc sccepeeneereees 22112110022110022221 2212 E Steck, 30...-.22:0ssseeeeecceaes 02220111120110120222 22 ATES ING, BAY ps eden Dsante reat DIPPIP2VIZLVIZIV221L vey Ties on 20: W 2B Leffingwell, 3)...-.:..-. Anode MEP E LT 2012102211 di E Sturdevant, 29......ccneesceereterns Painrrnss “0121121212 0 Hyde, 29 :.....-- De ee Re eel aaa 02 De Miller, 28. ...0-+.¢epre- eo Meer osbshp ee: 102100w ae Eloiliday A) bx secoheit esaveyreseeeeseseer ea 2222202022 OF White, 29)... .cuscnecenne eee ren seein sa esaaticn 1110201111 22 Bods s25. veepltteins ee ree ere essadodo ct Coe 2222002122 22 Ree. Os eee encat aera rear nt tare ees 0100 w iF A WBleinman, -2102111212 #0 Geo Roll, 30 1171112011 2 Tose Gt nse ck ne eer ee Re ae eis 1s eL12212110 202 Answers to Correspondents. Wo notice taken of anonymous communications, el 4 D. M., New York.—Considering the nervous condition of yor puppy and his inexpetience, we wonld advise you to place him o a farm where he will bave perfect liberty till next fall. He shoul be permitted to go afield with the men at work, and hunt and chag at-pleasure, Your description would indicate that the puppy } mentally weak. If the treatment recommended above does me improve him, no improyement then is to be hoped for, G. I. 1, Kingston, N. ¥Y.—I have a Great ‘Dane who injured en of bis tail in some way, and the veterimarian found it necessar to cut off about Zin. -—He gave me a mixture of zine, cic. to be py on twice a day. It now looks healthy and should heal, but 1 dpe licks it as soon as the scab forms, and takes off any bandag -| may put on. ! have tried various devices of rubber, €t¢ Init owing to the taper of the 1ail the dog can get them off. An A jeather siuzzle so arranged that jt will prevent him from us) his teeth on the injured part will accomplish what you desire. W. A. L., Fort Smith, Ark.—What causes the recoil when a she gun is fired? Is it the starting of the shot charge or the rushis jnto the barrell of the air after the charge leaves the muzzle, the pressure of the Shot as it goes through the barrel, or the a resisianec: Ans, Anything which increases the resistance ® the explosion increases the recoil, The explosion has equal tort in all directions, but follows the line of least resistatice. TI charge of shot with the coluin of air im front of it offers de! resistance than the breech of the gun, therefore the shot is drivé out. The air outside the barre! offers.additional obstruction to t outgoing gases, and theretore is a base of resistance, The rug of air into the gun after firing is not of any importance in th connection. On this poimt Greener says: _*Vheoretically, recoil should commence as soon as the projectile is set in motioy but as it requires more fime te move 2 heavy gun from a co dition of rest than it takes to overcome the inertia of the light pr jectile, and drive it from the muzzle, i the effect of most of the: coil is not observable until. the conditions whieh produce it di ceased.” k FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. Terms, $4 a Year. 10 Crs. a Cory, Six Montus, $2. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1899. VOL. LI!I,—No, 3. No, 846 Broapway, New York. Che Forest and Stream Platform Plank, “The sale of game should be forbidden at all seasons.” —FOREST AND STREAM, Feb, 3, 1804. THE RATIONAL AND THE INSANE, THERE is one reflection which goes far to ameliorate the disgust and indignation excited by such exploits as Mr, Frank S, Daggett reports from Southern California; and this is that the game score smashers are not represen- tative types of the shooters of America as a body, [If it were otherwise, and a preponderating majority so large as to give stamp and character to the whole class were made up of these braggatt butchers, who are possessed by a frenzy of lust for bird blood, no decent and self- respecting individual jealous of his good name and the regard of his fellows could afford to confess himself a sportsman. The game killer for count is much in evi- dence, since what he does is sensational in its nature and something which will command newspaper notoriety; but for every one of these slaughterers whose exploits are heralded in the press there are a thousand gunners mode- rate and reasonable in their desires and practices. The -difference between the two is the difference between the rational and the insane, for the best working theory to account for the inordinate game slaughterer is that he is acting in a fit of temporary mental aberration. Hlow can a man be in his right mind and kill 100 quail a day for sport? Or if in his right mind, what kind of a mind must he havee How can a man claim to be rational who craves to read his name high above the rest in a newspaper story of bird butchery? If there are gunners whose imate sense of decency, or whose regard for the rights and privileges of other peo- ple does not call a halt when a reasonable limit of sport has been reached, put a legal restriction on the amount oi game a person may take in a season, a month, a week, or a day, “But how can we enforce such a law?” “How can you know what a man or a party of men may do in the field?” True, a law of this character could not always be enforced; it cannot be known how much game is taken by those afield, but this the restriction can do, and does do, and will do: It cuts off bragging about big scores of the game. It says to the insane notoriety-hunter, you shall not kill for record; and as for most of these count killers, when you have taken away their opportunity of boasting you have taken away with it the motive which impels their shooting. No individual, nor any class, has license to pursue the game in a way or to an extent inconsistent with main-— taining the normal stock. On this ground and on this ground only is established our Platform Plank, to stop the sale of game at all times; because experience has demonstrated that it is market-hunting which exhausts ‘the supply and destroys the parent stock. Against the individual market-shooter we have no grievance; so long as the system is recognized and legalized, denunciation of the individual participant in it is neither reasonable nor just. More inimical than the individual market-shooter to the interests of the rational sportsman, and so of the com- munity at large, is the man who kills for score and to brag. The market-hunter who nets roo quail for market is engaged in an enterprise vastly more justifiable than that of the shooter who pots too birds in a day for no better purpose than to outscore his fellow whose count is ninety. The exploits of the score shooter, as we have “Suggested, may be accounted for on the theory that he is temporarily insane; it is certainly no evidence of his sanity that on coming in from his record shoot, like - the horseleach’s daughter unsatisfied, he vehemently curses the market-hunter, but for whose pot hunting, as he calls it, he might have made a bag for the day even more prodigious than that achieved. “There are three things that are neverx satisfied,” says the sage Agur, “yea, four things say not, It is enough.” If he were writing now he would add a fifth. Your insane count shooter, who gets himself and his bag of game, and likely enough pictures of both, into the newspapers, is a pest to sportsmanship in three ways. He kills game that belongs to others, to several. others, to many others, He creates the popular fallacy, which nat- urally comes from the reading of his exploits, that all sportsmen are insane, blood-craving demons. And lastly, — - — La he is a most embarrassing factor in the fight for game pro- tection, for people imagine that he represents the class of grown-up male humans in whose behalf we want the game protected, UNITED STATES MAILS AND SMUGGLED GAME, THAT is a bright suggestion made by Dr, Robert T. Morris, to train dogs to smell out the boxes of illicit game in railroad freight and express offices. It recalls the story of the London cockney who hired a gun and borrowed a dog and went out to bag his birds the same as other people. The first thing the intelligent canine did, when they got into the field, was to point the cockney him- self, who had his pockets stuffed with dead birds secured at a market stall on the way out, thus providently assuring himself of a successful homé coming. Dr. Morris’s game box smelling puppies would have a field of usefulness in those North Carolina railroad towns where a regular traffic in quail is conducted by mail and express agents on the north-bound trains. There is a well-arranged and but partially concealed system by which the daily consignments of netted quail are received at the station by the employees from the netters, with whom they are in league, and taken to Washington and other cities for sale at what must be profitable rates. For presumably unless there is money in the enterprise these express and mail agents would not have hazarded their positions by committing a misdemeanor, as they do every time they carry the illicit game. Now, is not this a preposterous state of affairs? Here in North Carolina is a law for- bidding the export of quail, and the United States Su- preme Court has declared that such laws are constitu- tional and enforceable; and yet agents of the National Government clandestinely carry North Carolina game right into Washington and dispose of it under the yery nose of the Supreme Court. What can be done about it? Two things. First, let Congress enact Senator Proctor’s District of Columbia game bill into a law that shall close the Washington mar- ket in the close season, and so, remoye the long standing disgrace that now exists, of a dumping ground maintained at the Nation’s capital for the receipt of game unlawfully and dishonestly shipped from the constituent States of the Union. Second, let the Post Office Department see to it that employees who handle the United States mail on the railroads of North Carolina shall not also handle game birds, which they smuggle out of the State in viola- tion of the law. If the Department can find no other war- rant for the course suggested, let it act on the principle that the individual who is engaged in systematically and continuously, for the benefit of his own pocket, violating the laws is not a fit person to be entrusted with the cus- tody of United States mail matter. If the Department inspectors are unable in any other way to discover the quail, a capital experiment would be to outfit with a corps of intelligent setter puppies, trained in the way Dr. Morris suggests, SECTION 249 AGAIN, PRECISELY as was to have been expected, an effort is making this winter to restore to the New York game law the obnoxious Section 249, to permit the sale of game the year around; and as before, those who are advocating the provision are going about their business by very devious methods, There was “crooked work” in the first place, when the section was juggled into the game bill: for it has been averred on what may be accepted as good authority that the section was never approved by the two branches of the Legislature, but was interpolated into the bill without authority, Last winter, when the question of a repeal was before the game committee, the constituted champion to defend the section was Mr, Gil- man, of a cold storage concern in this city; who had the assurance to tell the committee with a straight face that New York game dealers never handled any game birds. received from quarters whence shipment was forbidden. Tt happened that the advocates of the repeal could meet this with documentary evidence. They. produced from the records of Chief Fish and Game Protector Pond’s office a series of express receipts tracing the illicit shipment of grouse from a certain point in the State to the city mar- ket, by a roundabout route to a point outside the State and then back again. This did for Mr. Gilman so ef- fectually that nothing was left of his case, and the section was repealed. Now, as will be seen from communications printed in our columns, Mr, Gilman has again appeared in advocacy of Section 249, and again with a declaration which has not stood the test of investigation. He de- clared that Mr, Frank J. Amsden, of Rochester, and Mr. Robt. B. Lawrence, of this city, both of whom last year opposed Section 249, had been converted from their for- mer position and are now in sympathy with the endeavor to restore the provision to operation. Mr, Amsden is an ex-President of the New York Game, Fish and Forest League, and Mr. Lawrence is Secretary of the New York (City) Society for the Protection of Game. Naturally, both are indignant at Mr. Gilman’s misrepresentation of their true attitude, and they have sent us the disclaimers which we print to-day, and thus by documentary evidence demonstrate the character of Mr. Gilman’s assertions as effectively as his statements before the committee last year were rebutted by the documentary evidence supplied by Protector Pond, The incident is not regrettable if if shall have served to enlighten the Legislature as to the actual value they may attribute to what Mr. Gilman may have to offer respecting the proposed re-enactment of Section 249, Meanwhile it*behooves the citizens of this State to watch their interests and to maintain the law as it stands now SNAP SHOTS. Although the war with Spain is over, yet many reminders of it—some pleasant, but most of them sad—come to us from time to time. Among the pleasant ones are the fre- quent notices which appear in the newspapers recounting brave deeds and good service performed by readers of FOREST AND STREAM and writers for it, while the sad ones tell of death and wounds received by others whose faces or names ate familiar to us and to our readers. One of these newspaper mentions, recently read, telling of the return from Manila of the well-known Astor Bat- tery, says that all the members of the Battery are on their way home, except six men who have died and Ser- geant Harry L. Burdick, who is in hospital in Manila with typhoid fever. Sergeant Burdick, it will be remem- bered, was the writer of an interesting sketch of white goat hunting which appeared in the Forest anp STREAM Jubilee number last June, illustrated by a photograph from life of a white goat on the face of a cliff—a most striking piece of work. The Maine Commissioners’ report on the game inter- ests demands careful reading by all who visit those hunt- ing grounds, and by all who are interested in the progress of the day in methods and expedients of game preserya- tion. Whatever may be individual opinion respecting the licensed guide system, the length of game seasons, the taxation of big game hunters and other schemes, actual or proposed, it must be conceded that Maine is to-day do- ing a great work for the game supply of the country at large by her earnest and progressive enterprise in this direction, On most of these topics discussed in the re- port we give the views of Mr. Carleton and his asso- clates practically in full, The discussion of the Lacey bird bill in Congress took an unexpected turn the other day, when Mr. Cannon, of © Illinois, spoke in opposition to the measure from the stand- point of economy, and of a recognition of thé proper jurisdiction of the National Government and that of the individual States. Mr, Cannon was unquestionably right, and all he required in order to have made out a good argument was fuller information on the subject. Had he been properly equipped by previous preparation to present his side of the question, he might have adduced arguments for which it would have been hard to find answers. The late Robert R. McBurney, who was for thirty-six years General Secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Association in this city, was a collector of Walton’s An- gler, of which he possessed some very tare early editions, and it is interesting to note that one of his eulogists, at a, memorial seryige held last Sunday, went to Walton for a characterization of his subject in these words: “Tzaak Walton said that a companion that was cheerful was pure gold. I am sure he would have enjoyed the companion- ship of Robert McBurney.” Che Spartsman Convist. In Old Virginia. Part I. THERE are a few old-fashioned darkies left in the South, both big and little. _ The best specimens are to be found “way down south in Georgy” and in “Old Virginia.” : They live on the plantations lying back in the interior a distance from towns and railroads. These facts I learned some few years ago, when the handsome matron, who now sits across the table from me, talking “Sanscrit” to a future president, was an occasional resident on a plan- tation of large value in southeastern Virginia, six miles from town and three miles from the railroad, which had been in the family for generations. My first visit to her country home was fraught with many pleasures, aside from the delight of basking in the sunshine of her smiles, The plantations comprised a thou- sand acres ot cultivated and forest land, surrounded by much that had not been cultivated since the war, and made an ideal place for enjoying field sports; as game was most abundant. The negroes were the real old-timers, many of them having lived all their lives on that or neighbormg planta- tions, as had their ancestors before them, proudly hear- ing the names of many F. F. Vs. My advent had neces- sitated preparations that had put the darkies on notice, and they had questioned a little, surmised much, and finally concluded thus: ‘Mis’ Lady’s young man is comin’ from the city to visit we all.” No one visits exclusively the family in the “big hotise” on a plantation where the old-time darkies are found; and he comes to grief who attempts it. “Weighed and found wanting” is the verdict returned by the loyal attachés against the visitor who, like the frog, ““a-wooing goes,’ laboring under the de- lusion that his suit is won or lost in_ the parlor, and needs only to be pressed there. Every darky on the place that could be spared from his. or her work was peeping around one side.or the other of the house when the carriage that had been sent to meet me at the station drove up to the front gate. They made no effort at concealment, but+simply went through what they consider the proper form on such oc- casions, standing far enough out to see well, while pre- tending to make an effort to hide behind the angles of the porch, corners of the bay windows or convenient shrubbery. Southern born and knowing my atidience, I stiffened ip like a drum major and strode up the walk with as near the air of a “conquering hero” as I could command; feeling sorry that}my silk hat was not on my head, where it would have madé me almost an assured success, in- stead of in my hat box. Unele Ben, the driver of the carriage, coming in-for al- most as much attention as myself, as he struggled along in the rear with a heavy load, composed of my baggage, gun and shell boxes; his profound dignity an exaggeration ef my own, To have shown by word or sign any knowl- edge of the fact that the crowd of servants were watching and audibly criticising me would have been—in their-opin- ion—a serious breach of etiquette, and would have re- sulted in grave doubts of my being “real quality.” So with bold, but discreet, looks to the right and leit, I mounted the broad front steps, struck the old-fashioned knocker, and turned to dismiss Uncle Ben, who had fol- lowed and placed my baggage on the porch. The old- fashioned coachman does not enter the house where there are house servants; but stops at the entrance, if indeed he leaves his team at all, which he only does with those to whom he wishes to pay marked attention. As he backed down the steps, bowing his thanks, and showing by unmistakable signs that my genuineness was firmly established in his mind, the door opened and my fair hostess welcomed me to “The Elms.” Within twenty-four hours of my arrival I was ac- quainted with all of the “boys” and “girls” and “uncles” and “aunties,” as they are there classified, on the place. All of the male darkies being boys until they reach the stage of uncle; and all of the females girls until-age and dignity puts them in the class of aunties. All of the field hands learned my name at once, and never failed to show their ivories to the remotest molar as they bowed and pulled at their old hats when we met, The oracle of the big house on the plantation 1s the cook. She moulds and forms the opinions of the other servants, and influences in a greater or lesser degree that of the family she serves. h She is nearly always an “auntie,” and is aggressive, bigoted, uncompromising, kind, faithful and efficient. A dear old paradox, alternately beloved and feared by the entire household. I knew her well, and respected her accordingly, and always sought an opportunity to pro- pitiate her as soon as possible after my artival at the various hospitable Southern homes it had been my happy lot to visit. It was therefore with real trepidation that I heard the evening of my arrival the laughing remark of one of the older ladies of the household, addressed to my fair young friend, for the purpose of teasing her, which was to the effect that: ‘“‘Aunt Ellen (the cook) had told Mil- lie (the maid) that that town man was not near big enough nor half good looking enough for her Mis’ Lady.” I made up my mind that Aunt Ellen and I must become better acquainted at the very earliest opportunity. Wak- ing early next morning, and having learned the night be- fore that the woods near the house was fairly well stocked with gray squirrels, I slipped into my corduroys, and taking a handful of shells loaded with chilled sixes, and my gun, quietly left the house before any one was astir for a try at them, still -hunting. It was just gray dawn when I got well down in the heavy timber, and the woods was oppressively silent. There is something awe inspiring about the breaking of day in a forest that causes one to carefully avoid, as far as possible, any disturbance of the solitude, In the fields or open the desire is to whistle, sing, or shout aloud at daybreak. but not so in the woods. ‘¢ Stealing along, listening for a sign, it soon grew light enough for me to see to draw a bead on the first unwary FOREST AND STREAM. imitator of the “early bird” discovered, and I was glad to hear that regular old herald of the approach of day, the ivory-billed woodpecker, making the woods ring with his rattling strokes on a dead limb. He is the first fellow out in the morning, and his first act is to kick up a fearful row, that everybody may be apprised of the fact, My strained senses of sight and hearing were both soon rewarded by the sound of a nut or bit of bank falling, and a limb swingifte in a large white oak near, The leayes were heavy on the ground and rather dry, but fortunately a path that was tolerably clear led within good shooting distance of the tree. Moving up carefully, near enough to command the tree, I soon had a glimpse of fur, while at the same time a limb shook in another part of the tree, showing a pair treed. I soon had them located so that I could have a fair shot at either one, but the survivor would be so situated that he could take cover at once without giving me a chance for a shot, so I concluded to wait a few moments and see if they did not change and locate as | wanted them. My patience was soon rewarded by getting one well out toward the end of a long limb, and the other down near where it joined the trunk. J shot for one first and took the second in the air as he jumped for the body of the tree, killing them both dead. Slipping in fresh shells, | heard a sound behind me, and turned just in time to see a squirrel making out on the limb of another oak toward a poplar, with the thick foliage that looked as if it might be a den tree. It was a long shot, but I chanced it, and succeeded in knocking him out of the tree with my first barrel, but he lit running. Expecting this from the way he fell, I had sprinted a little myself in his direction, while he was sailing for “terra firma,’ and getting close enough for more effective work, knocked the run entirely out of him with the second barrel, As I gathered up my three squirrels—all young and in fine condition—it occurred to me that 1 was in a good squirrel country, that it was a good day for squir- rels, and that it was not a debatable question as to whether or not life was worth living. The sun was not yet up, but I could hear a bell ringing at the house that sounded like the old bell on the school- house, where I shirked through my first few years of weary wayfaring on the road to knowledge when a boy, and that I knew to be the managet’s signal to the field hands who lived at what was still known as “the quarters.” Noticing a rail fence near by, I concluded to work down that a short distance, and then return to the house. Before I had gone 1ooyds. along the fence a squirrel, either going to or from breakfast, and in a desperate hurry, al- most tan over me. I turned him back and killed him on the run. His speed was so great as he turned the sharp angles of the fence, it was almost equal to shooting jack- snipe. My shooting coat feeling heayy with its load, I turned toward the hotise, which I judged to be less than one-half mile distant. I hunted along carefully, but with- out expecting any further success, and was just debating in my mind whether 1 would not shoulder my gua and strike straight for the house, when, from a thicket a short distance ahead, came a sharp put! that froze me in my tracks. It was a turkey sure, but whether wild or tame [ did not know. It seemed close to the house for that wary bird, the wild-turkey; and yet it was far from the house for that discreet bird, the tame turkey, that is considering the woods. The tame turkey will range the fields for miles, but fights shy of the thick woods. Five, ten, fifteen minutes I stood in my tracks, every muscle tense, and my eyes sweeping the general direction from which the sound had come, watching for the slight- est movement, A wild turkey, when really startled, is only a faint, dark streak when it concludes to change its location in the woods} and the man that stops him on the ground is in- deed true of eye and quick of hand. I finally concluded that as nothing further was heard from the one that had startled me, it was probably just concluding a century run in some adjoining counties, so moved on. My hunt was not over yet, however, for a few moments thereafter a hickory tree loomed up just ahead, and it seemed to be full of squirrels. Ten, at least, I thought; and would think so yet had I not approached, killed and bagged them every one, and found the grand total two. They were thrashing down nuts like a pair of town boys with bushel ‘sacks to fill, and let me wall right up to the tree before they desisted. The first one gave me no trouble, but the second got into the thick leaves and cost me three cartridges, sent as range finders, before he developed. I was now six squirrels to the good, and Old Sol was not chin high over the eastern horizon. Not over an hour and a half had elapsed since I had awakened, with the sense of freedom that always comes to the enthusiastic sportsman whose vacations are few and far between. Reaching the edge of the woods, I found myself in the rear of the house, and concluded to go in by way of the back gate in hopes of seeing Aunt Ellen as I passed the kitchen. Two boys were at the woodpile working out enough wood to get breakfast. _ One was chopping while the other sat on a log waiting until there was an armful to carry in. The average boy will never prepare more wood than enough for immediate necessities, unless closely looked after. They will chance having to dig wood from under 3it. of snow in the morn- ing rather than chop a double quantity the night before. To my “Good morning, boys,” they both replied re- spectiully. The chopper then said: “Has you been after de squ'ls, suh?” ; I replied in the affirmative. “Right smaht of dem in de woods, suh; did you see many?” T replied that I had seen six. My questioner paused a moment as I moved slowly off, as though fearing to embarrass me, but his curiosity overcame his scruples, so he said: “How many of “em did you git, suh?” As I intentionally hesitated a moment before replying, for the purpose of dramatic effect, the kindhearted fel- low looked as though he was sorty that he had asked the question of me; fearing that I had failed to bag any game. When I finally answered: “‘All six,” his first look was one of profound surprise, which shortly changed to one of inerédtility. But his politeness stood the strain, and he replied: “You got em all six? You didn’t let nary one git away? Well, suh! Sholy you mus’ have a s’archin’ gun’; “and,” added his companion, “know how to shoot her too, sth,” I knew that their politeness was struggling with their doubts to accept my statement, and therefore was not surprised when they both grabbed up a few sticks of wood and followed me to the kitchen, where they hung around a they had ocular demonstration of the truth of my story. . Aunt Ellen was moying around in the kitchen just be- ginning her preparations for the family breakfast. As she keard my approach, she came to the door, “Good morning, Aunt Ellen,” I said. _“Good mawnin’, suh,” she replied, and added quickly: “How you know my name?” “How do I know your name, Aunt Ellen? Why, I have known your name and much about you for a long time. Miss Lady often tells me about you in the letters she writes me; and she told me how glad she would be to get back to you when she started down here on this visit. I feel like I had known you a long time.” _ During this rather long speech Aunt Ellen was look- ing me over carefully from head to foot in a furtive man- ner. When I concluded, she was silent for a moment and then said: “Did Mis’ Lady reely write in a lettah “bout me, suh?” “She did, Aunt Ellen, several times,” I replied. “Where you bin, suh?’” she suddenly asked, I told her, es you git any squ’ls, suh? Miss Lady mighty fon’ of squ’ls. For reply I reached in a pocket and pulled otit a squirrel and handed it to her. | “Now, dat’s a nice fat squ’l,’ she said. I handed her another one. “Two,” she cried, “dat sho is fine.” I drew out another. “Three,”’ she almost shouted, “why, dat’s enough for a Brtunswic’ stu.’ _ When the fourth appeared she seemed too surprised for ESS speech, and simply ejaculated, “De good land sakes ! She looked on in silence as the fifth and sixth squirrel appeared, and then seeing that my pockets were empty, she’ broke forth into speech again, : “Why, where has you dun bin to, suh, to git all dem nice fat squ’ls, an’ hit not sun up hardly yit. Why, you sholy do beat all de shootens dat ever I seed. Day ain’ no- body ever come on dis plantation smaht enough to git six squ’'ls before sun up in de mawnin. You sho mus’ be tied, suh. Set down an res’ an’ lem me git you a cup of coffee ‘an’ a snack to stay yo stummic ‘til breakfus’ is reddy.” I sat down on the steps while she bustled off to prepare the “snack.” When she returned with it, ] soon had her going on the subject of the “Fohmost famblies of Vuhginy,” in whose inmost circles we had mutual acquaintances; a subject that yotir real old-fashioned darky, male or female, never tires of discussing. Thanking her most cordially for her hospitality, I finally took leave of her to prepare for breakfast, but not until she had again assured me that my morning feat was unparalleled, and that I must come by for a snack whenever I was out early in the morning. My morning so far had been a success from every point of view. While smoking an after-breakfast cigar on the veranda Il again heard a remark of Aunt Ellen’s quoted to my fair young friend by the same elderly lady who had caused my uneasiness the night before. It was plainly audible, and to the following effect: “Ant Ellen says that if you do want to get married you can’t ever have any better chance than that nice city -man who has come visiting you, as he is a good provider , and real quality too,” Just then I heard Aunt Ellen answer some one in the most peremptory manner, from the neighborhood of her domain, ‘You can’t have Cicero now, nor foh a long time yit; he skinnin’ my squ’ls. Lewts Hopkins, Just About a Boy.—XVIL. “So that’s the Dismal River, eh?” said the boy, as we drove up to the edge of the sand dunes, where the road pitched its yellow length down toward the stream. - “Less stop here a minute an’ look at things,” He con- tinued. ‘Seems ’s if all these rivers out here just kinder got lost like ’n’ go galavantin’ ‘rotind through th’ coun- try ‘thout no speshul reason "tall. They ain't as nice as a river with trees all ‘long th’ bank, are they? Is ever’ river ‘n this country here this same way, juss nothin’ but a sort o’ ditch like, a runnin’ crost th’ prairie when they ain’t more sand than they is water?” “Well, they are a good deal alike,” | answered, “most of them being a ditch as-you say, down in a wide level yalley like this one, and all of them are full of sand, more or less—quicksand too, by the way, and it is apt to make travel anything but a dream of pleasure, if you happen to get down in it with the outfit. “Do you see that little bunch of cabins away up the yalley there, on the right bank of the Loup? No, here, away up above the month of the Dismal, up this other valley—that’s the middle Loup, and this river right here in front is the Dismal.” > The boy looked slowly up the second valley with the glass, and then said: “Uh, huh, I seé ’em—sort of a farm, I guess.” “Well, that is Farmer’s ranch, seven miles from here, and the last ranch but one between us and Pine Ridge. The next is Stem’s ranch, forty miles further up stream and only a little way from where the Middle Loup rises in Dock Lake, which is just this side of the Niobrara divide, I think we had better cross both rivers and camp at Farmer’s to-night, then go on up to Stem’s to-morrow.” “What’s the matter with goin’ down below th’ mouth 0’ th’ Dismal, ’n’ crossin’ th’ Loup down there—won’t haft to cross but one river then, ’n’ it ’d be easier, seems t’ me.” “That’s where you lack wisdom, my son, and show that — you are a sure tenderfoot in this country. You must re- member that the banks of these rivers are straight up and down, and from 4 to 40 or soft. high. You can’t drive ateam up and down stich places very easily, can you? Then you must remember that this trail we are following was picked out by the cow-punchers up here as the best route to haul supplies in to camp over, so don’t try to hunt a new road Jan. 21, 1890.) FOREST AND STREAM. 43 mee fellows know the country and you and I don’t, see! “Yep, ‘less g’won ’n’ git to where we're goin’ then, cos th’ sun ain’t any too high to drivé séven miles 'n’ git into camp decent.” : We careened and jolted down the strip of yellow sand, sometimes with a deep gully perilously near one side of the road, sometimes with good traveling under us, but always with the brake grinding against the wheels and the bronchos bracing back against the stout harness until we rolled out on the level flat and on down to the sandy stream, across it and up the valley of the other until we were opposite Farmer’s ranch, Here it was necessary to ford the Middle Loup, one of the worst quicksand rivers in the West. “T expect we'll get down in the sand here with the out- fit, sure,’ I remarked’; “neyer crossed this river when I didn’t, so we would better get into shape to work quickly if we do.” The boy looked at me with a quick side glance that he had a habit of using, and said: ‘“Humph, That’s a nice layout, I reckon. What yeh goin’ to do to buck quicksand anyhow ?” “Well, about the first thing is to be ready to jump overboard right suddenly if the horses go down, and get them loose from the wagon and loose from each other so they can flounder across. The water isn’t very deep, and if a broncho is free to flounder around all he wants to, you won't see him mire down so he can’t get out. Wed better get off our shoes and surplus clothing and get the picket ropes and tow line ready for business. Better fasten a picket rope to each horse’s neck and bring the coil back into the wagon, because these horses of ours would be pretty hard to get hold of if they got loose in this country.” Everything was soon in readiness for the crossing, and we drove out into the current of the stream. All went well until we were in mid-stream, then the horses struck the quicksand, and after a couple of ineffectual foundering leaps they were both fast down in the sand, until the water lapped over their backs as they lay mired there in the current. “Now, out you go, partner,’ I said. “Get your horse loose from the traces and loose from the other horse. [ll attend to this side. They won't move for a minute or two, but when they begin to throw their heads up, look out, for they'll jump in a moment more. Get hold of your horse’s repe and let him go to the bank after his own fashion, but stay with him. You must keep moving as you work or you'll go down too.” . We were both in the water and working swiftly while I talked, loosening the traces and the-snaps that held the neck yoke and lines to the harness. “Look out now! Your horse is going to get up—get away- from him!” IJ shouted, as I saw signs of movement on the boy’s side. The horse floundered to his feet, went down, plunged up and ahead again, and kept going until he reached the bank, where he stood dripping and quiet, with the boy safe by his side. My horse rested a little longer, and then he too got up, Only to get down worse than ever, but he was a range horse, and had been through this same experience before, so he kept quiet a few minutes and then began to roll, going entirely under water and over on his other side, where he jumped to his feet, plunged forward, and was down again. ; } y Trying to drive a horse under such circumstances will only result in disaster, but if left to take their own time they will come out all right, so I kept moving about and let the horse work out his own salvation, and in a few minutes he, too, stood panting and wet beside the other on the bank, none the worse for wear. “Now you take care of the team and I'll get the neck yoke and double trees, so we can tow the wagon out,” I said to the boy, as 1 waded back after these two much needed articles that were still in mid-stream on the slowly sinking wagon. he “Now hitch them up and fasten the two picket lines to the double tree,” I said, as I went back again after a heavy line, which we had brought along for just such scrapes, and I soon had it fast to the doubled picket lines and to the end of the wagon tongue. + : “Now when you are ready drive straight back away from the river so you will pull the wagon across, and Pll stay here to keep the tongue up and steer the ship,” I called to the boy as I got back to the wagon again. “All right; ready?” he asked. “Yes, go ahead.” : The wiry little team put a strain on the rope, then got down close to the ground and pulled like majors. The wagon heaved upward out of the sand and then rolled and swayed across the current like a ship at sea, as the wheels sunk into the soft spots in the bottom, and were pulled on out again, and at last the outfit rolled up the bank and came to a stop on the solid ground. “Say, gee,’ said the boy, “I'd never ’a’ thought o’ that way o’ gettin’ out o’ th’ sand!” “That is a trick I saw worked a long time ago, my boy, by an outfit right down on the South Loup. It isn’t very elegant, but you notice it works, as all the other little things work out here, where men have to take care of themselves.” ; , : ; “They’s always a way to do everything most if yeh juss know how, but th’ trick of it is learnin’, ain’t it?’ said the “boy. EL CoMANCHO. “Blank Days.” Wuo does not know them? They are as common as mosquitoes in summer, or as snow in winter in the Klondike region. ; In proof of this, let imagination take us to old Ireland. You have bought a gun—the latest thing in hammerless choke bores, with ammunition requiring but the one practical test to which you wish to put it. You must needs go to try it'in the best bit of Irish sporting country. Your pet setters are brought out with pride by the keepers; you start; and carefully beat every inch of ground from morn till eve. Snipe bogs, where in your boyhood’s happy days snipe were “jostling each other,” are now without a feather. On highlands too partridges are found to be “improved” off the face of the earth by the “Land Improvement Act” of the Gov- ernment, or by the lawless act of the individual. There is, happily, always an excuse for a ‘blank day’’—wind, weather or other circumstance. The fact of the “blank day’ remains. You return home with sad reflection— your gun untested, your temper sorely tried. Again, you have replenished your somewhat slender purse and bought a well-trained hunter at the Dublin horse show, You have honored (?) your London tailor —whose account, by the way, has not been quite set- tled—by ordering a new hunting coat. Your boots and breeches are perfection; your mount seems fit and eager to go; you are spoiling for a run. With a just feeling of pride in your whole “get-up,” you ride in and out among friends at the meet, chatting pleasantly THE IRISH SPORTSMAN IN MANITOBA, the while. But not so pleasantly do you trot from cover to cover, each in succession being drawn blank; nor do you, with the morning’s satisfaction, jog slowly home at evening with thoughts of another “blank day” to add to the list of such days, now growing large, and with the idea, however ill-founded, that your new huntcr is “throwing out” a splint on the near foreleg—a_re- sult of excessive road riding from cover to cover. The only apparent satisfaction, in the absence of sport—the ever present excuse, “fox earths have not been properly stopped,” “there has been a nasty east wind,’ “no southerly wind and cloudy sky,” and “better luck next time,” is ever ready to our lips, if it comes not from the heart. To convey the gentle reader from old Ireland to North America, even here, in this land of game and game THE IRISH SPORTSMAN IN CANADA, laws, particularly the latter, have we not “blank days’? It was my pleastre and privilege a few weeks ago, when on an Atlantic voyage to New York in one of the Cunard steamships, to make the acquaintance of a representative Irishman, a keen sportsman and a good soldier of a crack regiment of the Imperial Army. He has an enviable record both in the sporting field and in his regiment. He has shot more game probably than any man alive. He is as much at home in pig sticking and tiger hunting in India as he is in leading his county hounds in Ireland. He is never without a mount at the principal garrison and other British steeplechases, and his colors may often be seen passing the winning post well to the front. With this record, like many others of his race, with an insatiable thirst for gore, for “more worlds to conquer,” there are, it; appears, two niches in his ancestral hall yet to be filled; and these, he resolves, must be filled—one with fhe jhead and horns of a wapiti, the other with that of a caribou. How often had he looked at these empty niches? How often had he resolyed to go west and bay the eagerly looked for quarry. - Invariably something inter- fered—a book to be made for the Derby, or military ‘duty required him to go east to oné of England’s “Nittle wars.” At last (even that at last was slow in coming), at last he started, though in a state of uncer- tainty whether to pull up in Manitoba in search of Wapiti or at Newmarket, there to complete his book on the racés, Suddenly, however, in his reverie, he was ‘pulled up” by a fall of the horse of the Irish car in which he was driving through “dear, dirty Dublin,” with the result a pair of broken shafts and escape of a broken head—all which served to re- mind him of the “shortness and uncertainty of life.’ and that if a wapiti or caribou were to be bagged, no time must be lost. With this final resolve, and a telegram to his next of kin respecting the disposal of his will, he bent his steps to Liverpool, instead of Newmarket, and the good ship Etruria speedily conyeyed him ta New York, not without some misgivings, for he was knocked about like a football in a forward cabin in a stormy winter voyage. Of one thing, however, he felt periectly confident, viz.. of the exact spot, in caribou or Wapiti, im which he meant to place the expanding bullet of his double express rifle. Time and swift trains brought him within measurable distance of the happy hunting grounds in Manitoba; kind friends fitted him out for the chase, with food and raiment, A young farmer brought hit on a rotich country sled to the hunting grounds. Here the plan of campaign was strictly carried ont. Here day by day and hour by hour every available likely spot was tried in vain. In vain the brand new field glasses scanned every covert. These were “blank days’’—nuhdeniably “blank days.” However, there is an excuse: “It’s too early in the season for wapiti,’ He must go East and accept my invitation for caribou hunting. Here at least in eastern Canada he will surely be able to get the exact head and horns to fill one niche in the ancestral hall. He bids a fond farewell to Manitoba, and eastern ‘Canada is reached in safety. There is the usual preparation for the start for green woods and barrens; the usual aritici- pation of “lots of sport”; one of New Brunswick’s best guides is secured—New Brunswick's best hunting ground selected, There is just sufficient snow on the ground for still- hunting. Caribou are reported plentiful. While en route a fine specimen of male caribou with horns was shown, shot by a neighboring farmer. It would suit well the niche referred to. But we must beat the record. On moves the hunting party. There is a per- ceptible fall in the barometer, but no perceptible diminu- tion of zeal on the part of our keen Irish sportsman. Rain sets, in, but even this does not dampen his ardor. He has ere this experienced rain in western Ireland. The snow disappears, and is succeeded by slush and mud. It matters little whether you wear cowhide lanergans or moosehide moccasins, deeper and deeper sink your feet in muck and mire. It matters little whether you try woodlands or bar- rens, the barrens are barren, the woodlands are badly “mixed.” Each day ends in one winding “blank.” Ardor and zeal, being sorely tested, fly to the winds; the soldier, the sportsman, the believer in “making a record,” returns to the roof-tree of his family. The niches still remain with open arms for head and horns of wapiti or caribou. Another lesson has been taught in this “history of a failure,” “‘some days must be blank.” Mie Mac. FREDERICTON, New Brunswick. In Canadian Woods. (Concluded from page 2.) At 4:30 A. M. we were up and preparing to start. We abandoned most of the provisions we had worked so hard to get up, taking with us barely a sufficient supply for two days, for now we had another canoe to carry. We had to go back two miles of our upward route and then turn. directly into the woods where there was no path at all. On the way the men saw a caribou, a fine one, the first seen on our trip, although tracks had been plentiful, but just then the rifle was not come-at-able. It was just as well, for we should not have shot him anyway, since we could neither eat nor carry him, While we were struggling through bushes and twisting around trees, Eu- gene became discouraged again and snappishly asked Simeon where the deuce we were going. The reply was: “Nimporte. On suit Pierre Kiolet.” (No matter. We are following Pierre Kiolet,) The words used, ‘1’ im- porte,” meant “no matter,” but Simeon’s tone meant “that is none of your business.” He knew that by following Pierre we should find the place we were looking for. And so we did, An hour or so in the woods and we struck what Pierre said was Rivard’s portage road. It seemed a very small road to strike, but there was a visible path, and by following it we reached our first objective point, the Bostonnais River, about three miles above its mouth. Here, just as it began to rain, we embarked and worked our way up the stream, making several short portages past shallow rapids and crossing three widenings of the river sufficiently large to be known as lakes. We took our dinner at a small logging camp, so dirty and ill-smelling that we preferred to eat outside in spite of the rain. We waited till the worst of one heavy shower was over and then started again, Pierre assuring us that there would be no more portages until we reached the long one that would bring us to Lake Travers, which lake he promised we should reach before dark. I had my doubts, having been over the route once, but we went on, and a little past the middle of the afternoon reached the head of the fifth and last lake, landing on a muddy shore, with plenty of fresh moose tracks all about. I forgot to say that near where we struck Rivard’s road we had seen the track of a red deer, not very far from where I had seen one in the snow win- ter before last. Pierre told me that the red deer is gradu- ally pushing eastward. At present they are not plentiful far east of the Ottawa River, are rare east of the St. Maurice and almost unknown in the region of the Batis- can. There was no delay at this landing. It was still raining hard, and we wanted to push on, so each man promptly picked up his load and started, Pierre and I leading, as usual. He had repeartedly told us, “//-y-aun chemin” (there is a road), but when we come to it we found that his “chenumw’ was only a track that he himself had blazed when trapping, two years before. There was no-road or path or sign of any, but only blazed trees enough for a 4. & careful man to find his way by. These were sufficient for him, for his reqtiirements in that line are small. Near the edge of the lake we passed one of my old camping grounds, the tent poles still standing, and empty tim cans and pieces of broken boxes lying about, inst as we left them five yeats ago. wa Of course the way was up hill, for we were crossing the divide that separates the affluents of those two important rivers, the Batisean and the St. Maurice. Aside from this it was not very difficult, being through a hardwood region where the undergrowth was not very thick. At length, however, | thought we had done enough for one day, and finding a good place for camping, and the rain still fall- ing, I called a halt. The tents were quickly set up, and no one was sorry to get under cover. During the night the weather changed to cold and windy, An early start brought us to Lake Travers in the forenoon, but only to be disappointed in our fishing, for the wind had risen to a stiff breeze, aiid the best part ot the lake for fishing was on the exposed side. We spent an hour of valuable time in trials, but with no sticcess, My plan had been to camp there and have a morning and evening for fishing, but the weather upset it. Crossing Lake Travers in the teeth of the gale, we came to Lake Long, which, being narrower and lying almost at right angles with Lake Travers, was less exposed. From this a carry of a few yards took us into the Lac des Isles. Nearly all the names of lakes that I have mentioned are common to scores of lakes all through this country. It is easy to see how they may havé come by them, one French-Canadian telling another how to go from one point to another. Starting on one route, for instance, he might cross a lake of yery clear water, which would be Lac Clair, the next would be a long, narrow lake, Lac Long. From this he would go into Lake Montauban, of the origin of whose naime I am not certain, but there was once a military engineer of that name in this country, and on the shore of that lake some acquaintances of mine once found some broken weapons and pieces of crockery and cooking utensils, both French and Indian. There is yery probably some connection between the name of the lake and these relics. From there he would cross Lake Nicholas, Nicholas Andette made the first logs, and would next come to two little lakes, a Ja Vase, Mud Lakes, and so to Lake a Ja Truite, Trout Lake, where there was good fish- ing, as we have seen. The next would be Lake a Vierge, where a man of that name had a logging camp. Passing by the rivers a Pierre and Batiscan, whose names I can- not now account for, he would pass the mouth of the River Bostonnais, so called because its whole length is on property owned by Americans, and in former times all © Americans were known as Bostonians. This comes from the military expeditions agaimst Canada, organized at Boston, especially the one of Sir William Phipps. There is another and larger river in the Province that has the same name, and from somewhat similar circumstances, And so he would go on. A crooked lake would be a Lac Croche, a round one a Lac Rond, one lying across his way a Lac Travers, and one with islands in it a’ Lac des Isles. The lakes might continue to be known by these names until something occurred to give them others, as in the case of renaming Lac a la Triiite. On the Lac des Isles the wind for a time was more moderate. Shortly Pierre’s Indian eyes discovered some- thing moving far away down the lake. It proved to be a Canadian gentleman and his two Indian guides in a fine new canoe, fresh from the Penobscot River, which con- trasted strangely with our worn and battered ones. We did not covet his canoe, for ours were wider, and would carry heavier loads, and we thought them safer. He was camped at a considerable distance away, and only out for a days excursion. After a little chat we went our respec- tive ways. These were the first persons I had seen, except our Own party, since leaying Lake Clair. Soon the wind rose again and blew harder than ever. The lake was covered with white caps and Pierre could make scarcely any headway. I thought we should have to try to get to the shore and wait, but he worked us up toa bit of a rocky islet and took the spare man from the other canoe, to the advantage of both. We got on better after that, but the next half-hour was a rough one, though the canoes behaved splendidly, and Pierre was delighted with ours. At length our battling with the waves came to an end and we arrived at the outlet of the lake, where we found an immense lumbering camp, owned by an American com- pany. It was a surprise to all but Pierre. Everything was substantially built and in perfect order. Camp, stables, storehouses, kitchen, with table room for fifty men at the least, foreman’s room, in short the whole equipment was most complete. The dam at the outlet was an especially fine piece of work. Everything indi- cated the controlling minds of men of business experience and foresight, ample capital and an intention to conduct affairs on a large scale. And this they do, tor I was told they make not less than 800,000 logs per annum. Later we found that roads, bridges, etc,, were all planned with the same leading idea, that of economizing human labor by utilizing it to the best advantage and not wasting it. The storehouses were stocked with sufficient supplies to enable lumbering work to be commenced at the earliest practicable time, These had been brought up towards the end of the previous winter. The gale continued, and we began to feel uneasy about the people in the canoe we had met, but while we were at dinner they came in gallantly, the canoe riding the waves like a duck and dry as a bone ifside. The owner was greatly pleased with it, which I was glad to know, for we have one precisely like it at Lake Clair, but have not yet piven it any hard work. ; Up to this time we had been, except when on lakes, con- stantly working against currents, but now we should have them in our favor. We got away promptly, taking one rather lone portage to avoid, as Pierre said, three shorter ones. But we had not quite reached the end of it when we saw the other canoe, which started after us, go past us like a shot. They had the advantage of having no loads but what they could pick up quickly and march off with, while we were encumbered, Near here our .ways diverged and we saw them no more. For an hour or more we wiggled over shallows and sunken timber, the men sometimes in. the canoes and sometimes wading alongside and litting them. At length Imagine. where_ FOREST AND STREAM. we rotinded a point and were told we were in the River L’Eau Morte (Dead Water). For a little while we went along nicely, but it was not long before I began to wou- der where the “dead water’ was coming in. It was the liveliest dead water I ever saw. All the afternoon we had a succession of rapids, with only short stretches of good water. Some were run with canoes and baggage, some by canoes alone, and some port- aged altogether. It began to be late when we came to a place where Pierre said we should be sure to find some caribou horns, a place where many caribou came.to shed their horns in the season. That they should come together or seek a certain place for this purpose was news to me. It was a bit of level land, wooded with small firs and the ground coyered with white moss. He went ashore and searched some time, but found only a pair of old ones, fine in their day, but now bleached and cracked. We took them on board, but when it came to a question of portas- ing we abandoned them. We were now having fine canoeing water, but presently caine to the head of the wildest rapid we had yet seen, As it was a mile and a half long and the sun was just setting, we decided to camp there, and on going ashore found we were just at a place where shelters had been erected for log drivers. They were like two low sheds placed facing each other, and like all the company’s works were sub- stantial and extensive, furnishing sleeping quarters for, I shouldthink, seventy or eightytmen. We needed only a little fire for cooking, which we built between the sheds and were thus housed with great promptness. Wood, all ready for use, was right at hand, and we had little to do but col- lect a few boughs to freshen up our beds. Simeon found a half-dozen or so of dynamntite cartridges in rather un- pleasant proximity to our fire, and promptly threw them out into the bushes. They were probably intended to blow up obstructions in the river that caused logs to jam, ot even to break up a jam itself, a proceeding occasionally necessary. Pierre was charged to report our disposition of these fireworks (as well as our use of the camps) to the foreman of the works, so that he might replace them if desired, We were out early the next morning, realizing that we had a big day’s work before us. Everything was por- taged past this rapid, but we had one of the company’s roads, and got on without trouble. Embarking below, we had ideal canoeing for several miles, an even, moderate current, no obstructions and the weather and scenery love- ly. Pierre and I led and the men followed, talking and singing heartily for almost the first time since leaving the Batiscan. It was delightful, but ended altogether too soon, for by and by Pierre pulled up to the shore at a bit of low, grassy land. I could not discover any reason for stopping at that particular spot, but was no sooner ashore than I found that exactly here was a path that a few yards further on resolved itself into a portage road. Half an hour’s walk brought us to a little lake whose name I forget, and then another half-hour to Lake Maketsy, a fine,-large lake, the fishing rights on which are held by some Three Rivers gentlemen, who have a fine club house. on it, very pleasantly situated. We passed on the op- posite side of the Jake, and did not visit it. Crossing this lake, which discharges into’ the Batiscan River, while all the other waters traversed to-day. flow into the St. Maur- ice, we ate our last provisions, repaired our old canoe, which now required much patching and coddling, and continued on our way. After about another half-hour’s walk on a bad road and all up hill, except the last few minttes, we came to another small lake, after which came another carry of something like the same length, and we reached Lake Long, the last of importance on our route. This is a very beautiful lake, nine miles in length and averaging say three-quarters of a mile in width, the northerly bank about 25o0ft. high, very even on the sky line and almost as steep as our own Lake Long, covered with evergreen trees from the water's edge. It-seemed as steep as it could. possibly: be, and have timber on it. One realized its height and steepness when passing some places where the irees had been cut away to allow logs to be rolled down from the top into the lake. Pierre kept up his even stroke, steady as a clock, for the seven miles we had to go, stopping only twice, long enough to light his pipe. He said we should make the distance in two hours, and was only five minutes out of the way. We went ashore at a point where we found a large storehouse, boats and the accompaniments of extensive lumbering works. We also found the end of a cart road, at least that is what Pierre said it was, but I should pity the cart that had to go over it, Here we abandoned our old canoe, putting up a notice that whoever found it was welcome to take it, The men took up their lightened loads cheerfully and walked along, Pierre and I ferried the baggage over a little lake called Lac en Coeur (heart shaped) behind the hills, on one side of which Pierre said were two houses, the very otitposts of civilization in that region. Of the inmates of ofie of them we already knew something, an interesting story that I cannot tell. But a further walk of an hour and a half or so brought us to a barbed wire fence, a railroad, supper under a roof, children, flies and other evidences that we had left the woods behind us. At 1 A. M. I was at home, at 1:30 in bed, and at 8:30 on hand to meet my engagement, ) I had said that this would be the last journey of the kind that I would make—but—but— Isn’t it almost as difficult to keep a lover of forests and streams away from them-as to keep a sailor away from the sea? , G. pE MonTAUBAN. Quesec, December, 1898. Law-Making and Law-Breaking. We have often expressed the opinion in these columns that it ' is generally wiser to enforce the existing ldws for the protection of animals than to ask for new legislation, and we rejoice that our esteemed contemporary, Forrest AND STREAM, holds similar _ views. The good people of the State of Wyoming are agitating the question of an appeal to the Legislature “to remedy the de- fects in the statute by which constant raids on the game supply have been perpetrated.” - Forest anp SrreAm of Dec, 10 declares that “what is needed in Wyoming is not so much a new law as upright, straightforward, and» determined officials to enforce the one already on the books. * * * The law,” says the editor, “‘is all that could be asked, if it were only enforced; an ounce of ex ecution is worth a hundredweight of amendment.” Over-zealous friends of the cause of animal protection find it hard to realize that special laws to punish specific acts of cruelty may often defeat their purpose by failing to cover the ground of a more general law. At all events, would we not better enforce those laws we have before enacting others we may have no need off—Our Animal Friends, (Jan. 21, 1809. alatuyal Distary. Florida Great Blue Herons. Many of the birds of Florida are rapidly following the dodo and the buffalo. Many hunters from the North come to Florida for a few months of outdoor sport, and soon degenerate into plume hunters for the money that is init, Law-breaking native hunters have regular out- fits for this traffic, and not only hunt themselves, but encourage the Seminoles ‘to procure egrets for them. The Indians are innocent of the violation of the law, and tell of the rookeries that have been annihilated during the past year. One small-rookery, near the camp of the Cow Creek Indians, was completely destroyed by a white man from a South Florida town this spring, the hunter securing the plumes of io0 egrets. The Indian in relating the circumstance said, “Little birds cry, ery, all day. No water. No fish,” till the little Indian boys caught minnows for them, and daily climbed the lofty trees and fed and watered the young egrets—a tribute to the savage mind over the cruelty of the civilized and Christianized white man. A few years ago Florida was an ornithological Eden— all flying creatures of the North American continent had a rendezvous in the southern section of the State. The Eyerglades are the winter asylum of nearly all the migratory birds of the eastern seaboard. It is only a very few years since in the “bird islands” or rookeries the community numbered thousands, ineluding the large white crane, the blue heron, the curlew and many other water birds. But “aigrettes’ are the fashion, and the boast of a plume hunter that he and his party had killed 130,000 birds off the coast of Florida in a single season shows to what extent vanity “plumes” itself, both at the expense of a violation of the law and the sins of men. But until lovely, gentle woman shall cease to adorn her- self at the sacrifice of the mother bird and a nest of helpless young left to starye, the traffic will be carried on. The law passed in Florida for the protection of the mockingbird is already showing its good effects. In Kissimmee the mockers build their nests in the oak trees that line the principal business street. All day long they sing, while on moonlight nights the quiet of the little town is only broken by the songs of this forest minstrel, The testimony of the leading scientists of the United States shows that unless the killing of birds soon ceases certain of the feathered tribe will. become extinct. Where formerly countless thousands congregated in the rookeries in Florida, the Indians tell that the rookeries, “hi-e-pus” (all gone). While there is not one hereon or egret in Florida to-day, where there were thousands twen— ty years ago, yet if properly protected, their graceful forms would ere long be seen giying life to the water courses, lakes and prairies. The snowy figure of the egret would be seen wading in the shallow streams quietly seeking his meal, and the big blue heron, in dreamy attitude, resting on one foot, would wait by the water's edge till hunger bade him seek his evening repast. They who know only the wild herons of Florida will be much surprised to learn how charming, how full of con- fidence, these same birds can be under habits of domesti- cation. Three years ago a hunter captured from a nest on the bank of the Kissimmee River three young herons of the great blue heron species. They were purchased and turned loose in the yard. They were certainly far from pre- possessing in appearance; almost bare of plumage, with long legs scarcely able to support the slim body that seemed burdened with the wide-spreading wings; long beaks and yellow eyes; while their feet, how mirth-proyok- ing it was to note their large proportions. They grew rapidly, however, and in-a few months a tuft or crest of feathers adorned their heads; long silk-like feathers appeared on the breast and on the back; they had taken on a light gray color, with the plumage on the head and breast streaked with white, Standing 4ft. in height, with every feather ruffled at the approach of any object of dis- like, they were very formidable looking birds. While they had been taken from the same nest, the female from the first showed an antipathy toward the odd male, making his life one of constant retreat. She was more slender and gentler in appearance than thé male birds, but was ruler of the yard. She kept constantly by the side of the bird of her choice, but ruled his every wish, so much so that the pair were named Mr. and Mrs. Caudle. They were fed exclusively on fish and beef, and when Caudle by chance sectired the first bite, she immediately ran to him and took.it from him. The odd bird, whom we named Snapper, dare not come within range of the pair, but watched for his dinner, grabbing it and running, for Mrs. Caudle would pursue him around the house unless she was kept occupied with her cwn food. The surprising part of this strange dislike was, that it was the female who took upon herself the part to browbeat Snapper. He became so completely cowed that he occupied a different. part of the yard, except at night,- when that instinct to: band for defense brought the herons in the one yard and the cranes in the other to a mutual meeting ground, with only a wire fence between; but with dawn came all that pugnacious feeling again, when Snapper took his old post, standing silent and dejected till the return of might. During feeding time he stealthily got himself a place of safety, where sympathy for his hard lot secured him many an extra morsel. The digestive power of the heron is remarkable, as wetl as its capacity and ability to swallow large fish. The neck seems to expand as if-made of India rubber—the fish slips down and the bird is ready for another, In feeding beef, large bones were given, which were swallowed in- tact. On one or two occasions aiter feeding beef this way, great alarm was felt, as the birds showed signs of great distress, but the uneasiness was soon calmed when the bird threw up a large bone, clean and white, the meat having been thoroughly digested. In feeding cat- fish, they instinctively pierce it with their strong beaks, until there is no question in their simple minds but that it is harmless. If, in their hurry to swallow their food, it goes down the throat coyered with sand or trash, they _ Jan. 21, 1890.) _— immediately eject it, carrying it to the water, and haying rinsed it well, swallow it again. The birds all seemed to love companionship, and would stand for hours by the kitchen porch as still as if carved out of wood, the only motion being the ruffling of their plumage by the breeze. They were always exceedingly shy of strangers, and yet so well had they learned the two words, “Come on, come on,’’ that they would respond O any voice that called them, and with heads erect timid- ly approach, while the saine words from their master would bring them, half-running, with wings extended, expressing their pleasure by a satisfied “Qua, qua, qua,” the only language they seemed to possess, Many times during the day would the pair demonstrate affection toward each other. Beginning with that “Qua, qtta, gua,” hey would turn beak to beak, their long necks distended, yet arched, and with beaks interlapping caress and “kiss” with a degree of happiness that would turn iatiy a lovesick Lothario green with envy. All the while stood poor Snapper, solitary and forlorn, with “no one to love, Inone to caress.” Just at this point the writer recalls sounds that greeted her one morning before arising. One of the birds had been caught to givé his wing a second clipping, during the progress of which he kept up a continual noise, sO like the bellowing of a calf under the torture of the branding iron that it was not until after we had giyen ent to our feelings at the “cruel practice” and “tunneces- sary length of time” that the supposed cowboy had ap- plied the branding iron, that we learned that the heart- tending sounds was only the voice of Snapper objecting to being held while his wing was being clipped. sanguage understood by each other, yet Dick, the crane, as the bugler for the company. At his note of alarm on the approach of a strange dog, the herons, with scarce- y a perceptible motion, would, with heads erect, glide packward to the furthest corner of the lot, and as long as he crane “called,” although the enemy might be out of sight of the herons, they kept that erect, frightened posi- ion. Then let the crane give his call of greeting on the upproach of his master, and quickly the three herons, with in awkward, half-running humpbacked gait, would make or the wire fence and there wait patiently for the ap- proach of the home comer. The whinny of the horse or he mewing of the cat reminded the birds of the meal our. An unusual jabbering among the jay birds or a tightened cackling from the chickens would alarm them and they would move stealthily about as if wondering here and- what the enemy might be. During the writer's absence from home for a period of several weeks, € master of these shy birds educated them to a point shat threatened to distract her peace of mind. They had gradually grown more gentle and less timid, until on my rst evening home Snapper stood at one corner of the lining table, near the French window, through which he pntered, while the other two birds stood, neck and neck, it the opposite angle near the open door. They were so adly spoiled that when we put them out at one door they would naturally walk around the house and come in he front way, traversing the length of the house with heads up and stealthy tread. One day, the dog rushing around the corner surprised atidle, and he slipped and fell as he went dawn the tteps. His back was broken, and he liyed but two days, Mis inate standing by him till he died. After his death the seemed lonely, but still refused to allow Snapper to tome near her. This went on for a while, when suddenly ne approached her with a “Qua, qua, qua,’ showed her that he intended to be master, and from that time on hey were as.congenial as two birds could be. They cer-: ainly could not be called intelligent birds, but this degree yf domestication was considered by hunters who have ved in the woods all- their lives to be simply remark- ble. Finally their wings grew out, and Snapper was etmitted to go. The wing of the female was not quite png enough to allow her to fly, and the male returned ay aiter day to urge her to come. At length she was 1yen to the cypress forest at the back of the town, where hey lived and fished-in the ditch, and still frequent, Negroes living near were warned not to touch them, ind for a long time after they would approach very lose to passers by. Morning and evening they yet fly toss the lake, happy in their freedom, none the worse ind perhaps none the better for their domestication; but hey have added one more chapter to Natural History. ad instilled an intellectual and moral sympathy into ae minds of all who saw them. Many times during their aptivity came the pleasing remark from hunters and isitors, “Well, I can never again shoot a big blue heron.” _ Minnie Moore-Wittson. KissiuMeE, Fla. Crow Roosts, For some time past Mr. Witmer Stone, of the Academy Natural Science, of Philadelphia, Pa., has been col- icting data relative to the winter crow roosts in eastern fennsylvania and New Jersey, with a view of preparing a aper on the subject. Mr. Stone finds it-difficult to obtain sufficient reliable in- brmation to properly cover the ground, and would be Hght be willing to communicate to him any knowledge hich they may possess on this subject. ‘He has located and obtained satisfactory accounts of ie following roosts: si. Merchantville, N. J. ih 2. Woodstown, N. J. (Salem county). 3. Sharpstown, N. J. (Salem county). 4. Near King of Prussia, Montgomery county, Pa. 5. West of Coatesville, Chester county, Pa. : 6. Mountville, Lancaster county, Pa. )7, Near New Holland, Lancaster county, Pa. Mr. Stone does not doubt there are many other roosts | the States, and information relative to their location ould be very gratefully received, also the direction of ight of crows at evening from any points in eastern ennsylyania or New Jersey, as this is of great assistance “indicating the location of the roosts. ~ ; ‘ihe Forest AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. Orrespondence intended for publication should reach us at the est by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. The occupants of the yard each seemed to possess a - reatly indebted to readers of Forgst AND STREAM who | FOREST AND STREAM. The.Growth*of Trees. Editor Forest and Stream: My attention has again been directed to the subject of the growth of trees by the following question: “Was Mr. Hardy right in saying that a branch or notch does not Tisé higher with the tree’s growth?” Again I must confess my inability to speak with de- cision and authority upon the question at issue, [ can only give my Own impressions, or deductions, concern- ing the matter. I do uot doubt that Hermit can give specific and definite information on this point, and trust that he will take occasion to do so, My own impressions I give as follows: During the earlier stages of many vegetable growths, the process of growing 1s carried on without the agency of leaves, as in plants that push up mechanically the “seed leaves’’ through the soil. It is evident here that nearly, if not all,’ the ‘ma- terial used comes up from the ground, and there is, of course, a progression tpward of the matter incorporated by the plant. When, however, the plant is provided with leaves, and the bulls of its substance descends from the upper extremities, having been assimilated from the at- mosphere through the agency of the leaves, it is my belief that every particle of the plant that has effected a lodge- mént anywhere in its corpus remains permanently in the same lateral plane where it is first posited, If in the vertical trunk, it remains at the same distance from the ground. If im a branch, at the same distance from the heart of the trunk, measured along the axis of the branch, ‘ The process of growth is by new excentric rings formed arotind the central axis of trunk and branch, enveloping former growth without disturbing its position; while new material is piled on top of the old in progressing to great- er height, Tt is a matter of common observation that small trees have branches much nearer the ground than the same A SPOTTED ADIRONDACK DEER, trees will have at a later period of their growth, after at- , This. is especially .true-in ~ a crowded forest, where the leaves on lower branches , taining much greater height. would be much curtailed for lack of sunshine in perform- ing their functions of laboratory work to maintain the growth of their parent tree. It is-alsa noticeable that on the margins of forests the outside trees eagerly spread out branches into the open space much lower down than the interior trees. But what becomes of the low branches of the young trees, which have disappeared after maturer growthe They die from atrophy and drop off, the remnants being overlaid by successive annual growths after their decay. It is one of the commonest principles of nature that organs waste and become merely rudimentary, when their functions cease to be exercised; as for example, wit- ness the rudimentary legs in the bodies of boa constrictors, and of hind legs in the bodies of whales, showing that they once were quadrupeds, before the snake discarded his legs by too mutch proneness to the sneaking habit; and the cetacean was driven into the sea by his enemies on land, or for other good and sufficient reasons forsook the latter element for the former. The whale, by the way, ex- hibits a curious reversal of the general order of animal life progression, the initial state having been in all cases aquatic, with a subsequent development on dry land, at least in the higher orders of animal life. The “gill slits” are still visible in the embryo of the human species. The exposition of the force exerted by a growing squash in the last Forest AND STREAM is quite convincing, and again brings to mind the moral that there are more ways than one of viewing almost all questions. COAHOMA.. "The Seaboard Air Line. Prince Bay, Staten Island, N. Y.—Editor Forest and Streanv; In reading the last issue of Forest AND STREAM I took particular notice of the “Seaboard Air Line.” Mr. Wilmot Townsend being a shareholder, I believe, and situated on one of the principal stations of the route, claims that the dividends this year meet with his most san- guine expectations. Well, there are others who have no- ticed the dividends. seem to be on the rise. Especially is this so where I am sittiated, near the lower end of Staten Island, and an important station, in consequence of getting ready to use the “High Bridge” between here and New Jersey. If 1 could pen my thoughts as well as Mr. Town-. send, I could make it quite interesting for the readers of Forest AND STREAM, as this section of the line is a termiu- nal of the Hudson River Air Line, a sort of junction oi the two, therefore we have plenty of feathered friends in the fall. But, I will have to take Mr. Fred Mather’s. ad- 45 vice, write any way and let the editor grind it out to suit himself, “blue pencil,” accept or reject, The last fall birds of all kinds have been especially abundant, noticeably rohins, which have heen shot off in great numbers. We have no game protectors on this end of Staten Island, and the one at the other end probably has his hands full, One morning in October, while going to my employment, [ met a man (I think at one time he may have been a subject of a foreign country) with gin and three or four dags, mongrels, of course, and I said: “Good morning; going for game?” “T take iny gun by the wood,” he responded, “an’ T shoots any tings I see, eh!” and that is the case all over this lovely island, which is a natural paradise for our feathered friends. I 20 to the woods and fields Stnday mornings with my field glass to watch the birds and study nature in general; and it’s bang, bang all the time. But we are in Greater New York now, and things may be different some time, but it will ‘vot be?*When the robins nest again.” Oh, no. A. L. A. “Old Red Legs.” Carais, Me, Jan. to—Editor Forest and Stream: 1 notice in your paper of Jan, 7 an article by Mr, Wilmot Townsend, about a large dusky ducle called “old red legs.” I have three very like what he describes in my mounted colleetion; but the bird is never found late in the fall, al ways found in summer. I had thought it a new duck, as I could not find it described in any of my bird books; even Audubon said nothing about the change of plumage in summer of the mallard drake, But being out in Minnesota and Dakota in summer, where mallards were plenty, I found my strange ducks to be mallard drakes in summer plumage, and at times you can hardly distinguish the male from the female. About May 20 the breast and back of the drake begin ta change their color; in a short time the curled feathers above the tail drop out, and gray feathers appear among the lovely green plumage above the eyes. Every suc- ceeding day brings marks of rapid change, and by last of June not'one green feather of the head or neck is to be found. Early in July every feather of the former brilliant plumage has disappeared, and the drake has received a garb like that of the female, only a much darker tint. In August this new plumage begins to change gradually, the curled feathers above the tail begin to grow, and by Oct. 20 the drake appears again in all his magnificence to charm the eye of man. Thus, we may Say, that once every , year for a short period the drake, as it were, goes into an eclipse; and a full plumaged wild drake cannot be found anywhere, and I think Mr. Wilmot Townsend’s duck, red legs, is a summer plumaged mallard drake. I have seen a good many of those ducks in collec- tions, and marked a cross between them only in confine- ment. The wild birds seldom cross, and all I have seen are summer plumage drakes. I wrote Forest anp STREAM about the summer plumage of the wild drake a good many years ago, but many of the late readers have not seen it. Geo. A. BoarpMAN. Beaver in New York. Mr. W. C. MeNatty, of the Ellenville Press, Ellenville, Ulster county, N. Y¥., writes under date of Jan. 12- “Thinking this item, which is taken from our paper of to- day, may be of interest, I enclose it: “Mr. Leroy Haden captured a beaver near the Grand View stock farm Saturday morning, This is the first beaver caught in this vicinity in a great many years, and a good many went to see the strange animal.’ “The farm mentioned is about ten miles from here, on the Lackawack stream, and about eight miles from where it joins the Sandburgh to form the Rondout, the streams uniting near Napanoch, which is twenty-six miles from Kingston. The stream is a natural trout stream, but pretty well fished out, though the Sundown Club has re- cently put a number of thousands of brook trout in it, on land which they control, several miles above Lackawack. Of course you will understand these streams run out of the Catskill foothills. W. A. McNatry” A New Magazine. ‘We learn that in February next the Macmillan Com- pany will begin, under the editorship of Mr. Frank M. Chapman, the publication of a popular bi-monthly maga- zine, to be called Bird-Lore, addressed to observers rather than to collectors of birds. The magazine will contain general articles on birds in nature, supplemented by de- partments, entitled Notes from the Field and Study, Hints for Teachers and Students, with an especial depart- ment devoted to children. Especial attention will be given to bird protection work, and the magazine will be the official organ of the Audtibon societies. The list of those who haye promised contributions includes many of the best known names of observers and writers on birds A Spotted Adirondack Buck. Hopkinton, N, Y., St. Lawrence County, Jan. 3.— ~ Editor Forest and Stream: I enclose photograph of a freak of nature, a white or spotted Adirondack buck, killed in October, and the mounting just completed. This buck was said to lead a charmed life; he has been seen and shot at frequently for the last seven years, and only once has he been hit as far as anyone knows, and that was ont of season, and the hunter was complained of by log cutters, and paid a fine of $50. H SSS The Forest AND Srream is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. The editors inyite communications on the subjects to whiclits pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. Subscriptions may begin at any time, Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iy. = 46 FOREST AND STREAM. | JAN. 21, 1890. Gane Bag and Gun. Proprietors of fishing and hunting resorts will find it profitable to advertise them in Forest anp STREAM. The Lacey Bill. _ Wasuincton, D. C., Janu, 12—The House bill extend- ing the powers of the Fish Commission over birds, with the Senate amendments preventing the importation of feathers, and the transportation of birds from one State to another, came up in the House of Representatives to- day, on a motion by Mr. Perkins, for the appointment of conferees to meet with those already appointed by the Senate. An unexpected attempt was made by Mr, Can- non, of Illinois, chairman of the committee on appropria- tions, to kill the bill, on account of the increased expense, and because he thought the various States should take care of their own birds. The House defeated his mo- tion to postpone the bill indefinitely, however, by an oyer- whelming vote, and conferees were appointed. Mr, Lacey, the author of the bill, stated his purpose to secure a modification of the Senate amendments, so as to meet the point raised in the editorial reference to the matter in this week’s Forest AND STREAM. The debate in the House, whicli was quite spirited and interesting, is well worth reading. It was as follows: Game and other Birds. Mr. Perkins: Mr. Speaker, I ask for a conference re- port on the bill (H. R. 3589) to extend the powers and. duties of the Commission of Fish and Fisheries to include game birds and other wild birds useful to man, I ask that the Senate amendments to the bill be disagreed to, and that the conference asked for by the Senate be agreed to. The Senate amendments were read, The Speaker: The gentleman moves that the House non-cencur in the Senate amendments. Mr. Cannon: Mr. Speaker, I have not a copy of the Senate amendments before me, nor am I very familiar with this bill. I should be glad to have the gentleman from Iowa make a statement about it. Has some legisla- tion passed touching the birds? Mr. Lacey: The bill passed the House under suspen- sion of the rules on the last suspension day, extending the powers of the Fish Commission so as to make them relate to birds, in a way somewhat similar to that by which they now relate to fish. The Senate have passed that bill, but have added an amendment in regard to the transportation and importation of birds for ornament. The bill has evidently been amended in a manner broader than its framer in the Senate contemplated, In other words, I think the way the bill now reads, the amendment in the Senate would prohibit the transfer of a live song bird from the State of Kentucky to the State of Illinois, or the transportation of an ostrich feather from Baltimore to Chicago. I think there has been a mistake in the fram- ing of the second section of that bill. Of course, that was not intended by the Senate amendment. It can readily be corrected in conference. Mr. Cannon: Now I would like to ask the gentleman just what does the bill propose to do with the birds? Mr, Lacey: That matter was explained the other day, when the bill was passed by the House. Mr. Cannon: But, like many others, passed under a suspension of the rules, with twenty minutes for debate, and that is equivalent to not much knowledge on the part of the House. Mr. Lacey: The House had full knowledge of it. Mr. Cannon: I would say to the gentleman, frankly, that I would like to hear him; but it seemed to me that this legislation was a little strange. I have an impression, and it is only an impression, that it puts the birds of the country under the Fish Commission. There are people who think the Fish Commission has outgrown its use- fulness; but there is no doubt the Fish Commission has grown in expense. I do not desire to make any attack upon it, but the effect of the legislation would probably be to double the expense of the Fish Commission, without any very considerable profit to the people of the country. 1 would be glad to know what this scheme contemplates, because if it has not been properly considéred by the House or the House being fully informed as to what the scheme is, the House can stop at any time. Mr. Lacey: Mr. Speaker, I do not know whether the chairman of the committee on appropriations was present when this bill passed under the suspension of the rules the other day or not. The chairman of the committee on wavs and means was present, and demanded a second, in order that a full explanation of the bill might be made to the House. A full explanation was made. Mr. Waller, of Massachusetts: What was it? Mr. Lacey: Now I know that the chairman of the com- mittee on banking and currency was not present, or he would not ask that question, But I am pleased to inform gentlemen of the general scope and purpose of the bill a second time within a very few days. The bill we passed perhaps explains itself better or as well as I pos- sibly could do, and I commend it to the attention of my friend from Illinois, whose State has utterly destroyed bird life in the State. Mr. Hopkins: The gentleman is mistaken, Mr. Lacey: There are very few birds in that State. Now there can be no appropriation for this useful pur- pose without some general law authorizes it. |] priation is an annual one, and if on trying the experiment it is found that it does not work satisfactorily, all that needs to be done is to cut off the appropriation. Tt is not like creating a new bureau, that must go on and transact business anyhow, when salaries must be paid; but this is an additional service, from the same persons, who already have most of the machinery to carry out this purpose in their control, and the subsequent appropriations will depend upon the success of the proposed operations. I can say, Mr. Chairman, that this bill has attracted a good deal of attention on the part of the bird lovers ot the United States, and every man with a good heart is a lover of birds, Every schoolhouse ought to be a training school, teaching boys to protect the birds of this country. [Applause.] I know when I was a small boy the air was fairly filled with birds that have now almost disappeared, It is not a matter to be laughed at in the House of Repre- The appro-=' sentatives. People stood by and laughed while the Amer- ican buffalo disappeared from the plains of the West, and a national crime was there committed, a disgrace to Amer- ican civilization. The whitened bones of that splendid animal have been gathered together for fertilizers. Ant- mals have been slaughtered for their hides, and they have been swept from the face of the earth, A small space was set apart to save these splendid mamrnals some years ago, and a few were placed in the Yellowstone Park. But it was discovered a few years ago that there was no law protecting those animals, and that men climbed down the sides of the mountains in the winter and slaughtered the buffalo, and sold their heads for $250 apiece. To-day there are not over 100 or 150 living buffalo in this coun- try; and yet only a few years ago railroad trains in the West had to stop until the buffalo herds had passed, Flocks of birds that used to fly about the marshes of Illinois and Iowa have been swept almost from the face of the earth, and on every hand, from every hamlet, a cry has gone up that something ought to be done to stay the de- struction of the song birds that made beautiful the homes of our country in the summer. We witness the flight of birds passing by in the spring and in the fall, birds of passage, and the pot-hunter goes out and slays them as they go by. It is time that a halt was called on the wholesale destruction of our feathered friends. This is only a small step in that direction, but it is a step that will do good. Take the splendid grouse of Oregon, they are abundant there yet. Turn a few hundred of them into the valley of the Shenandoah and they will be protected by an intelligent public senti- ment, because they will be looked upon, not as a few birds placed there by sportsmen, but by the hand of an enlightened Government, and the pot-hunter will be com- pelled to stay his hand, and they will begin to be propa- gated in States to-day where they never have been known. The sentiment in my own State has grown up of late years very strongly for preserving what few of these feathered friends still remain, but as far as some of the States are concerned it is like locking the stable after the horse has been stolen. Now, this purpose is tentative in its form, but it is no experiment, Many enlightened communities in the old world have fish commissions and game wardens combined in the same hands, and the same persons and the same appropriations are made and used to fill again the rivers with fish and fill the air again with feathered game. We ought not to be behind in this matter, It is nota proposi- tion for an appropriation, it is simply a proposition to pave the way for my friend from Illinois in the future, when he will be glad to put in an adequate appropriation for this purpose. There are streams to-day that are again fairly well filled with fish that a few years ago were absolutely . barren. In the State of Connecticut 150 years ago, when an ap- prentice was bound ott, they put in the indenture a pro- vision that he should not be required to eat salmon more than twice a week, knowing that if that was mot in, the Connecticut farmer would make him eat salmon- seven times a week and three times a day, Now salmon is worth 75 cents a pound. Take terrapin in Maryland. Years ago it was so plentiful that they had laws to pre- vent the too economical masters from making their slaves live upon it; and now, Mr. Speaker, where is the terrapin? [Laughter. ] This is no laughing matter, although we may laugh at the absurdity of terrapin being so plentiful that laws had to be passed to prevent the slaves from being fed upon them. Mr. Grosvenor: Does the gentleman think there could be any commission under the auspices of the Government that could tell terrapin when they met it? [Laughter,] Mr. Lacey; I have no doubt that a select committee could be obtained from this House that could tell terrapin provided they got the terrapin early enough in the banquet. [ Laughter. ] Now, Mr. Speaker, in the case of the buffalo the people waked up; but they waked up after the buffalo had dis- appeared. Many of the birds remain, and this is a step to- ward their preservation and protection. The only question, Mr. Speaker, before the House is as to a conference upon the amendment added to the bill in the Senate upon the motion of the distinguished Senator from Massachusetts, who added, by his motion to the House bill, a bill pending in that body. That proposition ig one in which I have hearty sympathy, and I believe is a wise supplement to the bill as it passed this House, but there are some portions of the language of that bill that ought to be corrected, and this conference ought to be agreed to. For instance, Section 3 prohibits the transportation of birds to be used or sold from any State or Territory of the United States to or through any other State or Terri- tory in the United States, That is too broad. It is cap- able of a construction that evidently never was intended. The object was to prevent the indiscriminate. killing of song birds for hat ornaments and other ornaments, and their importation into this country, the transportation from one State or Territory to another. The first sec- tion is drawn so that there will be no difficulty about it, but the second section is broad enough to prevent the transportation of a red bird, for instance, from the State of Kentucky to some other State. I might say to my friend from Ohio that 1 understand that his State has honored itself by passing a law absolutely prohibiting the keeping the red bird in a cage at all. They have recog- nized the fact that that bird will soon be rendered ex- tinct, unless it is allowed the free air of heaven; and the boys which have beet in the habit of catching it are compelled to abandon their practice. In the State of Ohio the red bird has been turned free by the State itself. Now I think that this bill ought to go into confer- ence, in order that any inequalities as to these amend- ments can be cu'red, and I shall feel very confident. that my friend from Illinois will, in the next Congress, see to it that adequate appropriations. are made to give this matter a fair trial.» = Mr. Cannon: Mr. Speaker, I have listened with great interest to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Lacey). Ina word, what does this bill propose to do if enacted into law? Take the House bill, I agree to the criticism which the gentleman makes on the Senate amendments. If the bill is to pass at all it ought to go to conference, and the Senate amendments ought to be eliminated or modi- fied. There is no contention between the gentleman and myself touching that point. But as to the House bill, let us see what it proposes to do. Under it the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries is here- after to be known and designated as the United States | Commission of Fish, Fisheries and Birds. Now we all understand about the United States Fish Commission. It doés a great work. I was not a member of the House when that work was first authorized; but from the time of its inception to the present the appropriations for’ it have been justified upon the ground that the water courses of the country no longer bear the fish that they formerly did; and it has been demonstrated that they can be replenished with fish by a judicious expenditure of money under the direction of the Fish Commission. The various States—at least most of them—have fish commissions, which are doing valuable work. It has been stated time and again that, acre for acre, the water courses of this country and the waters along our coasts are as valuable in the production of food for the human family as if they were fine agricultural lands, I haye no war to make upon the Fish Commission. [| have thought at times that in many respects its work has not been conducted wisely, Fish hatching stations have been scattered over this country at points where the re- sults do not justify the expenditure. They haye been established where there was not water enough to run them, so that great expense has been incurred in procur- ing water, and even then in many cases it has not been obtained in sufficient amounts; and in certain cold sec- tions of the country they have been obliged to heat the water. [Laughter.| But I am not here to discuss the work of the commission or to complain about it. Upon the whole it has rendered good service. But how do you justify that work? You justify it be- cause it is for the purpose of furnishing food to millions that may be able to gather the fish from the waters of the sea coast and the great tidal rivers and the inland rivers. The Fish Commission seryes a good purpose; and we are going to continue it. _ Now what does this bill do? It proposes to extend the jurisdiction of the Fish Commission so as to include the propagation and care of birds. It creates machinery for this purpose, ramifying into nearly all the States. On this subject the bill provides: . ay. ee - T he duties and powers of said Commission are enlar ed so as to jnclude— = Include what? The propagation, distributi A i i i restomitionsot: game Eiriuntions teispe SNe cea a How about propagation? For this purpose there are needed eS rane ete, The scientific gentle- men, oi course, know all about ho hatched, and all that kind of thing. ig Sanat Then there must be provision for distribution, trans- portation, introduction and restoration—of what? Game birds. Are the forests of the country, on account of the restoration or the propagation of birds, to yield food to seventy-five millions of people in the same way that the waters of the country, as is claimed, equal acre for acre in yoodsprGdieina capacity our agricultural lands? I guess not. I do not know exactly what kind of birds this bill re- fers to. “Game birds and other wild birds useful to man.” In reading some of Bocecaccio’s stories in the De- cameron, I have thought at times that I should be very glad mdeed if the sweet singing birds could be reproduced as they were many years ago—especially the nightingale. (Laughter.] But Ido not know whether the nightingale is to be introduced here or not—or the hummingbird. The truth of the matter is that the Congress of the United States has no power to legislate for the protection of birds in the yarious States. We have jurisdiction over navigable waters and therefore can legislate with refer- ence to fishculture; but for the protection of birds we have no power to legislate. Thé various States attend to that matter. The State of Illinois has laws touching the protection of birds, so has Iowa. Mr, Lacey: Does not the Fish Commission introduce fish into non-navigable streams? Mr. Cannon: Certainly; it does it by permission. But the Fish Commission has no power to protect fish, in the spawning season or otherwise, in any of the non- navigable streams of the United States outside of the Territories and the District of Columbia. For such mat- ters we depend on State legislation; the State police power can attend to that kind of work. Now I believe this is a nation with a big N. I have always thought so; but after all said and done, there are some things we can trust to the States; and in the matter of protection of birds—the hummingbird, the nightingale, the mockingbird, etc——as we have no power to preserve them, we had better leave them alone and trust their pro- tection and propagation to the police power of the States. _ Mr, Cox: When the gentleman speaks of the nation | with a big N, what does he mean by that big N? | Mr. Cannon: I am speaking of the power of the Fed- | eral Government. Now as I look at this bill I see nothing | in it but extravagance and mischief. Gentlemen say we can withhold appropriations. But when we once begin | to build aviaries, with all the expenses attending them, — we do not know where the matter will stop. We do not” know whether they will be heated with steam heat or hot © water or some other arrangement, which these scientific gentlemen may devise. When an aviary has been estab- lished in the district of one representative, other represen- tatives will want aviaries established in their districts. Of course, it will be all right while we are here; but when we pass away we do not know what may be done by those who are to follow us. [Laughter.] Se Is the object to be attained (I speak now seriously) worth the expense? It seems to me it is not; and we shall scarcely be very well able to hold this expenditure’ in check when we get a lot of scientific gentlemen—bird propaga- that the noes: had prevailed. — Mr. Cannon: The noes evidently have it; but 1 wil take the sense of the House by a rising vote. I beliey Jan. 21, 1890.] FOREST AND STREAM. 4.7 that we have the most votes, but they made the most noise. [Laughter. ] ? The question was taken, and on a division there were ayes 39, noes 7I. So the motion to indefinitely postpone was rejected. The Speaker: The question rectirs on the motion to non-concur in the Senate amendment. The motion was agreed to, _ The Speaker: The question is now agreeing to the con- ference requested by the Senate. The motion was agreed to. The Speaker annotinced the appointment of Mr. Per- kins, Mr. Payne, and Mr. Talbert as conferees on the part of the House. Rocky Mountain Vignettes. I,—The Story of a Head. Sitting here in my study enjoying a post-prandial pipe and dreaming before the cozy wood fire, the strange shapes that come and go, the scenes that dawn and fade in its coals, give “that color that never was on sea or land” to my musings, and lend a witching aid to my im- agination. Invoked by its witchery, and by a glimpse over my shoulder of a head hanging on the wall, I recall that day of days when, far from such scenes, high above timber line, in a land of lichens, where no tree will ever strike root, I gazed for the first time upon the stateliest wild animal that walks this western world, the antlered _ monarch of the mountains upon his native heath, with the scarped and snow-capped peaks rising around him, and the cold wind that comes across the snow fields, and bends the butich grass in rustling gray-ereen undulations, ATO WANE no taint save the strons, sweet smell of the elk. » The railroad and civilization were a week's journey by saddle and pack horse behind us, and since early dawn of this September day I had hunted with Jno. Holland, my guide, through forests of somber evergreen, along the steep hillsides, and among the high mountain meadows, park-like with their patches of pine and aspen. Late in the afternoon we came to a large snow field lying along the base of a porphyritic pinnacle that towered almost perpendicularly rooft. above it, Even on the lower ranges. far below the region of perpetual snow, September will still find snow fields, varying from a few yards to many acres in extent, wherever they are sheltered by some over- shadowing peak during a portion of the day. As the snow thaws slightly during the day, there is generally a narrow strip of mud along the lower margin of the field, To the elk this is a gala ground, If there is a bull anywhere in the vicinity he will write his autograph here, wallowing in the mud, and pawing and eating the snow, and the hunter approaches stich a spot with the feelings of a ticket holder at a lottery. As the surface thaws during the day and freezes at imght if is easy to tell when the tracks were made—if only the evening before frost needles will be found in the bottom of the solid bowls that held the spreading hoofs. We found an abundance of sign here so fresh that we determined to wait until evening and watch it in hope of the elk visiting it as they had for many even- ings past. While waiting, we determined to climb the pinnacle, and leaving otir guns clambered up the big | blocks of porphyry on all fours at some risk and consider- able expense of epidermis. But it was worth it. From the summit we gained one of the grandest yiews I ever en- joyed in the Rocky Mountains. The other side fell away a sheer wall without a projecting ledge for fully 1,oooit. Far down the chasm-cut mountain side a patch of aspens flaunted its red and yellow hues against a backgrotind of evergreens below. Lying at full length, with my eyes just clear of the brink, I ventured to raise the glasses—with irrational fear, [ must confess, that the added weight might topple me down the dizzy descent—and scanned the rock-strewn prospect in vain tor sight of sheep or goat. “Tf there’s anything in those aspens they're goin’ to come out,” said the mountaineer, who, with utter disre- gard for the laws of gravity, sat swinging his long legs over the precipice, and loosening a piece of porphyry he hurled it down. A cloud of cut twigs, dirt and debris marked the path of the projectile through the thicket. It must have gone into it with the velocity of a cannon-shot: Rock after rock went hurtling down the mountain side, some, upon strik- ing a projecting ledge, bursting into a thousand frag- ments, and disappearing in a cloud of dust. While the big mountaineer was engaged in this childish amusement I lay at length, basking in the warm sunshine, and enjoying an idleness sweetened by fatigue such as only the climber in that high, thin atmosphere knows. _ Across the cafion towered a wall of basalt, whose dark breast was braided over with flashing streams. Afar oft above the dim mountains of amethyst in the northwest lay an argosy of white clouds like some convoy of ships becalmed on a summer sea. Clouds? Did ever clouds gleam with such dazzling brilliancy? Did ever sky- piled yapors assume such rigorous distinctness of outline? It was the snowy summits of the three Tetons, giants of the range. Below us, beyond the snow patch, along the ' sloping mountain side lay a tawny reach of bunch grass in bright relief against the dark green of the balsamis, be- tow which looked like a field of half-grown grain. Sud- denly, upon the bare ridge just beyond the snow field arose an antlered head, whose many tines looked like the bare branches of a tree, and with his big ears set like the spin- aker of a yacht, a bull elk with his stately stride came into view, followed by his harem in single file, with their heads hanging down like cows driven to pasture. So pastoral was the scene that for a full minute, in my condition of dolce far niente, | failed to grasp its import, but lay idly, dreamily, gazing upon the wild mountain kine as if they were but common cattle back in my bluegrass home. The next, with a swift revival of sense, I clutched John wildly, and too excited to speak, could only point toward the game. He paused with a rock poised in his uplifted hands, and glancing where I pointed, fell back as if struck with paralysis, his heels still hanging over the precipice. “Lie still—don’t move again,” he whispered, “they haven't seen us—but we haint got our guns.” Tt was true; we had to abandon them to climb the © pinnacle, and there was nothing for us to do but wait aud pray for an opportunity to regain them. The herd scattered out upon the snow, and fell to paw- ing and lapping it. The big bull skirted the field, thrusting his muzzle into the mud made by the melting snow, until at last he found a nice oozy, miry spot, which was evi- dently of extra flavor, when he very deliberately lay down and made several ineffectual efforts to roll over—a feat which his antlers prohibited. Failing, he lay for some time chewing the cut of sweet and bitter fancy in ap- parently the acme of bovine content, then rose, and shal ing himself like a dog, was for a moment enveloped in a halo of mud and water. He stood for some time appar- ently pondering divers deep and weighty matters, then arching his back, he stretched out first one hindleg and then the other, and then selecting the cow which seemed most comfortable, he routed her out of her snowy couch with hoof and horn. “The sonofagun !”’ ejactlated my companion, “if I only had my gun now.” Soon they all strayed off over the ridge. As the last head dropped down out of sight we started for otir rifles, tumbling down the peak, and finally plumping into the show with sublime indifference to danger, From the top of the ridge we expected to yiew the quarry, and after pausing near the top to breathe, we peered cautiously over with rifles at full cock. A stretch of bunch grass lay be- fore us, the nearest timber a quarter of a mile away. Into this the herd had disappeared. Making for it we wound in and ott of copses of stunted pine, riven and twisted by the winds that ceaselessly sweep these altitudes, keeping well up and to windward. Even when feeding, elk will sometimes go at a ground-covering gait, but we began to believe that the herd was traveling, and consequently growing solicitous, quickened our steps. Suddenly, out of the ground, hardly 4oyds. away, suddenly and silently as an apparition, arose a young two-spike bull, whom the master bull had evidently rtin ott of the herd, and who was hanging on its outskirts. I was just stepping out of a gully, but dropped back instantly into its friendly shelter. . “There he is,’ excitedly exclaimed John, poking his Winchester over my shoulder, I promptly grabbed the muzzle and jerked it down. “There he 1s! Don’t you see him? Why don’t you shoot?” and then catching a plainer view, muttered an objurgation upon his eyes and subsided into silence. With lifted head and ears, eyes and nose striving for sight, scent, or sound, the animal stood for fully five min- tites, and then deliberately lay down, either believing himself the victitn of an optical delusion, or else attribut- ing the disturbance to some innocuous habitant of the mountains. Beating a retreat, we passed above him, but despite the warning we had received almost ran into a cow, who was feeding in a little swale, surrounded by bushes so nearly her own color that she escaped detection until she raised her head. We simultaneously saw the first movement, the trees were behind us, and standing as we stopped we remained rigid while her great ears pointed toward us. After a long look she dropped her head, but immediately lifted it again after snatching a mouthful of grass. Though not startled, she was suspicious, and qiietly dis- appeared among the trees. The herd was scattered and feeding, and for half an hour we crept around it before we located the master bull, At length we caught 4 fleeting glimpse as he strode across an open space, and occasionally aiterward were enabled to keep him located by glimpses of his towering antlers, as he moved about in the copse. We crept down within rtooyds. of him, and as there was no more cover, determined to walk boldly toward him. Posting John where he could see if the bull broke cover on the oppo- site side, I fared forth across the open, straight for the clump that hid the bull. I had taken but a dozen steps when I was halted by an apparition that arose above the brush—clearly outlined with ears pointing toward me, the clean-cut, blood-like looking head of a heifer, The next instant there was a frightened snort, and the heifer went crashing away through the woods. With ears and eyes straining, I strove to locate the bull. Has he too fled? If so, his hoofs were shod with silence. Oh, the excitement of those! few tumultuous moments. Suddenly the suspense was ended. Suddenly sounded the challenge of the bull, so close, so hoarse and harsh it sounded that I drew back appalled. More like the roar of some huge beast of prey was it than the mellow, flute-like notes that were wont to float down the moun- tain side on the frosty evening air, and die away down the echo-loving cafion in mellow fragmentary bugling. The next moment he broke cover, thrashing. his huge antlers from side to side against the bushes as they parted, and gave egress to the biggest bull I had ever seen. His shaggy mane bristling with fury fell, and like lightning his whole demeanor changed as he burst into the presence of his deadly arch enemy, man, and with a whistling snort of fear the huge beast wheeled and plunged back into the engulfing bushes as I fired. So quickly had it all transpired, so suddenly and unex- pectedly the whole denouement, the fearless charge and the hasty retreat, that my aim was naturally uncertain even at that short range, but through the smoke I saw the big fellow swerve as he plunged into the brush, and dashing after through a strip of pines, I got a snap- shot as he plunged across an open space, and the next moment a bullet sang over my head uncomfortably close as John opened fire above me. I promptly dropped down and yelled to him not to shoot, and upon his reply- ing I quickly got out of the bushes. Far below we could see the cows scurtying like mice along the mountain side, and disappearing in the heavy timber. Hastening to the spot where John had last seen the ‘bull, we were gratified to find a few drops of blood beside his tracks, and a few paces further on some flecks of bloody froth upon the leaves of the aspens showed that he had been shot in the lungs, and as we carried the trail along the splotches grew more frequent. Then ensued a long and laborious trailing, aS monotonous and irksome in the doing as it would be in the telling. ; In the dusky twilight, while it was still darkly day, we were carrying it through a grove of balsams that clung to the mountain side. John was in advance with his rifle slung by its strap over his shoulder, and bent over to follow the faint hoof marks left on the flinty surface or the fainter splashes of blood on the brown pine needles growing more and more indistinct, and difficult of de- tection. Stepping in his footsteps, with my rifle at full cock, | was gazing straight ahead, and in the darkening depths of that balsam grove I caught a movement, and gave the warning cry. Without looking up John sprang down the mountain side out of my way, clearing the field of action, and gaining a place of safety for himself, 2oft. at a jump: Simultaneously the thunder of hoofs sounded on the air, and the hunted animal, with the Jong hair on his neck and back erect, and curling forward, and with his eyes glaring green with the malevolence of a defnon, the hunted animal charged his persecutors. There was no time to flee, there was no time to even think, there was mighty little time to act, but the old Winchester over there in the corner came up to the shoulder right and true, and the bullet made the hole that has been so carefully hidden by the taxidermist’s art in the head on the wall. Francis J. HAGAN, Game in Jackson’s Hole. LANCASTER, Pa—Editor Forest and Stream: Referring to the communications from Mr. W. L. Simpson relative to the subject, permit me to say that Mr. A. C. Kepler and I returned a few weeks ago from a yery enjoyable hunt in the Jackson’s Hole country. We left Mr. 5. N. Leek's Recreation Ranch in the Hole on Sept. 20, and returned with our outfit on Oct. to, having been in the mountains twenty-one days. Mr. Simpson, your correspondent, was also out with a party, they having left the settlement about Sept, 1, They: were camping in Pall River Basin, and he having occasion to go out for mail and additional sup- plies, returned via the “Horse Creek route,” which neces- sitated his passing close by oir camp, which was located at the foot of a cafion on one of the tributaries of Granite Creek, and some ten miles from his camp, As it was get- ting dark, we, sportsman like, insisted on his remaining with us over night, which invitation he was glad to accept. After filling him up with roast bear, litscious elk steak and coffee such as only Andy Mattison can make, we added more and larger dry fir logs to the fire, and proceeded to smoke the pipe of peace, happy in the fact that there was not a single red Indian in the Hole thus far this fall, We had scarcely gof started questioning our visitor as to the news of the outside busy world, when who should put in an appearance but Mr. D, C, Nowlin and his favor- ite dog, Mike. He was on a trap line, and was camping in the next cafion, but a few hundred yards above us. After the usual greeting, Mr. Nowlin and his faithful companion joined the circle, and as they did Mr. Simpson pro- ceeded to inform our caller that his name had been placed on the Republican ticket as-a candidate for the Legislature. Then the conversation turned to game pro- tection, and the numerotis evidences of violations of the law before the hunting season opened. The whole subject was discussed in all its phases, and I write to verify all that Mr. Simpson has said in all of his communications, and am only sorry he did not tell all he knew, about the way parties slip in through the Green River route, and commit wholesale depredations in this best of all game regions in the United States to-day, During our stay in the country we had ample opportunities of becoming yery well acquainted with Mr. Nowlin, and with his neigh- bors rejoice that he has been elected a member of the Wyoming Legislature. He is the right man in the right place. He is a ranchman, hunter, trapper and surveyor, and being in possession of a good education, 1s a fluent speaker, and having had an extended experience on the frontier, he will be capable of yoicing the best interests of his constituents on the subject of game protection in the Jackson Hole country, as well as other subjects of public interest. There is but one Yellowstone National Park. As a park filled to overflowing with unique and marvelous eyi- dences of internal fires, and a large area of thin earth crust, it is out of reach of competition, and will continue to supply subjects for the artist, the kodak fiend and the scientific student, so long as the geysers shall continue to spout, and the boiling water to deposit incrustations. As a game preserve, however, it is a signal failure, and re- minds me of a key without a handle, an arrow without a bow, or a gun witheut a lock; and unless the Government shall conduct the preserve in accordance with the natural conditions existing, in a comparatively short time the game in the Park will consist of a few specimens of bears, coyotes, lynx, beaver, porcupines and foxes. All of the deer family will eventually go where the buffalo did. Then, when it is too late, regrets and “I told you so” will be in order. ; It is estimated by those who have the best opportunity of knowing, that within the Park proper, and thirty miles south of the south boundary, in Uinta county, Wyoming, there are not less than 10,000 elk hanging around the base of the foothills at the present time. This section of country south of the Park is bounded on the north by the south Park line; on the west by the Gros Ventre, and on the east by the Teton ranges of mountains; and in places the main ranges approach each other so closely that the foothills come almost together. The average altitude of the main ranges is not less than g,oo00it., while the elevation of the Snake River, which winds its serpen- tine course through this magnificent country, is only about 6,o0oft. The foothills have a maximum average al- titude of about 7,000 to 7,500ft.; they are well supplied with water, well wooded, and interspersed here and there with grassy parks and numerous natural licks, as well as deep, dark cafions. In this ideal natural game region between the base of the foothills of the two main ranges, there are hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile plains, including the Jackson’s Lake region, Fall River basin and the Jackson’s Hole country, Ten years ago this grand game country was visited only by Indians from the reservations, prospectors, hunters and trappers, and but comparatively few of them. Then, when the winter snows were from 15in. to 2ft. deep in the Yellowstone Park and the foot- hills of the main ranges, the elk migrated to the lower alti- tudes, where the snow would be ofttimes not over from 4 to 1oin, deep, and where they could subsist fairly well by pawing down to the luxurious grass, or if the snow was crusted they could still do fairly well along the banks of the rivers. their tributaries and the lakes. But, alas for the noble elk family, conditions have changed. Eight or ten years ago the prospectors, liunters, trappers and skin-hunting Indians destroyed yearly a goodly number of elk; nevertheless, the survivors were A8 ai =S"- =. lilc Tic. icic.ccnt=iin=sac ct —————— a ee not prevented from coming down from the higher altitudes and ranging in the parks, where they could get through the winter fairly well, and comé out in the spfing*in fairly good condition, Now much of the most fertile and desirable park land is heing taken up by ranchers, and when the deer look down from the foothills into their favorite winter ranges what meets their gaze? Smoke curling from the sod-coy- ered cabins, corrals, hay ricks, with high fences surround- ing them, and herds of cattle and horses. Is it any won- der that hundreds starve every winter, and in the spring months hundreds more die of scab, caused hy insufficient food during the winter? The remedy is plain. Let the Government adopt the suggestions offered by the Jackson’s Hole Gun Club and take this whole section under the fostering care of the Yellowstone Parl Commission, Properly protect it on the north east and west, and from what I have observed during my stay in the country, I have no hesitancy in guaranteeing that the community known as the Jackson Hole settlement will lool well to their end of the line, as they have no use for dude sports- inen, who usually shoot at anything moying, poachers, or red or white Indians. oT. Davis: A Week in Delaware County. Harty in October, when the foliage was at its best, and the days clear and cloudless, with just a little snap, [ be- gan to grow more and more restless, and soon realized that a few days afield was the one thing essential. us a great deal of trouble and ex- pense. It seems to us that the guide who does this, after the State has done and is doing so much to furnish him with employment, deserves the strongest condemnation, and should be made to suffer a severe penalty in consequence. We favor the granting all the open season for game that can be done with safety, but when open time is once fixed, of compelling the guides to conform with the law strictly and absolutely, or quit the business. It is largely in their power to either improve or injure the hunting business, and assist very materially in catising a less demand on the State treasury in order to prevent poaching. In our opinion those who are willing to cheerfully assist on these lines should be allowed to continue the business, but those who are not should be barred from guiding. By adopting this course, providing sufficient warden force to preyent hide hunting and slaughtering for woods camps, or in other words confining the hunting to the present Open season, we are Satisfied that the supply of large game will last for an indefinite time. Game Birds, All reports received from wardens, guides and sports- men emphasize the fact that there is a great scarcity of partridges in the State generally, although in some partic- ular localities they have been reported as plenty. It would seem that the supply is growing steadily less. Interested persons pretty generally agree that market hunting is the real cause of it, although many other reasons are sug- gested, such as foxes, hawks and deep crusfy snows in winter and cold, wet weather in spring time. It has been suggested by a considerable number of ob- servant persons that a close time of two years be placed upon them to allow them to multiply, before they are en- tirely exterminated in this State. So far as we have been able to ascertain the minds of those interested, by exten- sive correspondence and thousands of circulars sent, it seems to be the prevailing opinion that the sale of par- tridges should be absolutely prevented for at least a term of years, or if not entirely prohibited by law, their sale should be restricted and regtilated in the same manner as the traffic in deer is at present restricted and regulated. Others suggest that the use of dogs in hunting these birds should be prohibited. We have used our best endeavors to look carefully into the matter, as we deem it of great importance to the State, and trust that such action will be taken by the law-making power as will preserve this most valuable of all indigenous Maine game birds from extermination, or nearly so. Bosron, Jan. 16.—Wiuth the Maine papers devoted tro - pushing the fishing and shooting interests of that State the close season has not yet begun. Their columns are yet bristling with stories of shooting; their being no close season on their voices. snowshoe hunts of the guides. succeeds in taking his two deer. Probably he did not kill them during the early open season. Really one gets tired of so much slaughter, and wonders if it is possible for any game supply on earth to stand up under it. In the meantime the Augusta lawmakers are at the game also. One of the most important measures introduced thus far is one by Representative Smith, of Presque Isle. It proposes a license system for large game hunters. I hear that the matter is provoking much discussion, there being very warm adherents for the measure, as well as equally strenuous objectors. Section 1 of the bill reads; “No person shall hunt, kill or take any moose, deer or caribou without first having procured the State hunting license therefore hereinafter provided, and having such license in his possession during the time he is engaged in hunting, killing or taking moose, deer or caribou.” At each hunt each guide The bill further provides that the State hunting license. shall be issued by the fish and game commissioners. Only one license shall be issued to the same person in one year. Non-residents shall pay for the license $5, and residents of the State $1. Each license shall have one coupon at- tached, which entitles the holder to one moose; another coupon for one caribou, and two coupons for one deer each. The money received for these licenses shall be paid by the commissioners to the State Treasurer, to be used for the purpose of game protection. . Another very important measure is to be proposed by allow of the taking of deer in the month of September, by the paying of a fee of $6 for the privilege. This measure is greatly favored by the camp and hotel proprietors. A number of the prominent timber land owners are said to have consented to the plan, provided the hunter hunts the Commis- sioner Carleton is said to have received letters from 250 soprtsmen who visited Maine last year, favoring the plan —doubtless answers to his most peculiar circular, that the Forest AND STREAM has already published. He does not say anything about those who have replied opposing the meastire, Neither does he tell the Association that his circular was not forwarded to prominent camp owners on the Maine lakes—men who have visited Maine for years, and have been willing to uphold such game laws as were deemed for the good of the game protected. I can count a number of such camp owners who have not received Mr. Carleton’s circular. SPECIAL. SouTtH Haven, Mich.—I have taken your entertaining and useful paper for nearly thirty years, and I find I need it all the more since the game has nearly disappeared from our locality. Lf) naw. Ss They are now telling of the last - It proposes to _ Old Bob Gerry, of Hyde. The Eagle’s Claw and Forty-six Bears. Editor Forest and Stream: I notice in your issue of Jan. 14 that Curator Brimley, of the State Museum at Raleigh, advertises for bears for specimens, therefore I write to say that if he will send into Hyde, Beaufort or Tyrrell gounties, which occupy the peninsula lying between Pamlico and Albemarle sounds, in North Carolina, he can get all the bears he cares to give room to. If any one has lost any bears, that is the location to find them. This intersound region is divided into alternating areas ot swamp, cornfield and prairie, or savanna, with here and there a lake or an apple orchard thrown in; and the bears trade from one to the other, according to the sea- son of the year, or as they have opportunity. - These sa- vannas are used almost universally as cattle ranges, and there have been at times large stock companies which grazed many hundreds of heads. In the early spring time, before vegetation has sprouted, the bears feed. on the young junipers (white cedar), by stripping off the bark and sucking the sap. Later on they eat young ferns and all kinds of new growth, and insects; and afterward wotthbetries, coon berries and the like. Then they climt the black gums for the fruit, taking the green corn next and then the nuts and acorns, and from fall to spring destroy cattle and hogs. In the green corn season it is the easiest thing in the world for them to come out of the marginal swamps by the fields and regale themselves on the farmers’ roasting; ears; and when cattle are running in the winter and berries and mast are done (gone?), and the cow peas and corn are stacked or housed, they natural- ly take to fresh meat. In-—fact, everything goes then. Stock yard and hog pen are not exempt, even when in close proximity to the dwellings. In hard winters, which happen periodically, the havoc among the herds has been so great that stringent measures have been employed to exterminate the ursine depredators. Spring guns, traps, deadifalls, poison, side-hunts and drives have been put into actiye use, and scores of carcasses have been gathered in. Still the slaughter continued among the cattle, and the sinnaber bears continued to get in their work, until their numbers were decimated. [Sinnabers are cattle bears, and always carry a white spot on the breast. Hog bears are smaller, and different. Dr. C. H. Merriam, please notice. | At the last the cattle were afraid to go into the slashes at all, and kept entirely to the savannas. The bears would climb the junipers, gums, and cypresses, where the trails passed, and lying along the extended limbs drop like panthers down upon the luckless animals passing be- neath, sucking the blood trom their necks and clinging to them as they ran. In the end the “critter” would sticctumb from freight, bleeding or exhatistion, and die miserably, A good many years ago, I think it was as long ago as 1876, this nuisance got to be so unbearable that a wealthy cattle company operating in Hyde engaged the services of a shrewd colored man named Bob .Gerry to clean the ‘bears out. Gerry had been.a valet of Stephen Whitney, of New Haven, Ct., during the Civil War, and after its close went with him to New Haven. He knew a thing or two. It was about the time the eagle claw trap was in- vented, and advertised in Forrst AND STREAM, and Bob obtained some extra large ones, big enough to take in a bear’s head like the clutch of a human hand, Baiting these with rare chunks of fresh pork, he hung them up by chains to the lower limbs of the junipers and gums, within the length of a bear’s body reach, and of course when bruin reached for them he was caught beyond re- plevin or reprieve. The eagle claw held him firmly by the head, and all the artifices of his brain and dexterous claws could not unclasp the relentless grip. By this method and the use of traps and spring guns, Bob bagged forty-six bears in one season, filling many tubs and bar- rels with lard and hams, and shipping the meat to mar- ket, while the pelts brought $15 to $18 apiece, according to size. But there are others, big ones, scaling twice 200lbs. apiece; and Curator Brimley can take his pick of the lot by sending his order to Bob, or the postmasters of Pantego, Roper or Belhaven. Bob is seventy-ei~h+ years old now, but he*works in a shingle swamp al same. CHARLES HALLO Wlassachusetts Covers. Fircugure, Mass., Jan. t4.—Editor Forest and St Here is a game report, which I take from our pat to-day, about the game conditions in Worcester ci Fitchburg is in Worcester county, but our gun club tas made sad havoc with these infringers of the law, and like- wise created a healthy sentiment on bird selling. But we ought to have in Massachusetts a law on all game birds from Dec. 1 to Oct. 1. Why won't the Forest anp STREAM advocate that for its Massachusetts sportsmen? W. The report teads: Ruffed grouse, quail and woodcock are under the pro- tecting wing of the law. The season has been below the average in number of birds killed. The work of Worces- ter County Game Protective Association im liberating quail last spring has won over to the propagation idea the most confirmed of doubters. Quail have been found in abundance and in unusually large flocks. As to woodcock the flights were about the average of the past half-dozen years, and for three or four weeks, beginning about Oct. 10, large numbers of flight birds were bagged. Along with the close of the season there arises the an- nual agitation of dickering the game laws. The ques- tion of shortening the open season to cut out fhe month of December and perhaps the fifteen days of September 1s annually raised by far-seeing sportsmen, wha predict the extermination of the New England partridge, properly called the ruffed grouse. ; ‘By the alarmist it is predicted that the partridge is doomed to the fate of the wild pigeon and the bison. Un- like trout and the gaine fish, the propagation of partridges | in captivity has been proved an impossibility, and the choicest of the game birds of the country is doomed to extinction, even within the present generation, under the wholesale slaughter now legalized. An official of Worcester County Game Protective As- sociation says that every reliable authority predicts the = JAN. 21, 1899.] end of the partridge unless immediate protection is given the birds. In his opinion neither shortening of the season nor a five or ten-year close season will avail to protect the birds as long-as the marketmen offer the present price for birds and so set up inducements for the slaughter. He favors as the only escape the absolute prohibition of the sale of game birds, This he believes will solye the market question, and materially decrease the killing now en- couraged by the trade. It is said that six men can be named among Worcester bird shooters who have bagged at least 1,200 birds this season. These shooters market their birds. Despite the excellent work of the Protective Association, snares have done a thriving business this season. In Rutland, Oak- ham, Templeton and Hubbardston, thousands of birds have fallen into nooses, and have fotind their way to Worcester and Boston markets. Along Cannasto Brook, Hubbardston, this season, four and a half mules of snares were set, and operated almost throughout the season. One farmer in Hubbardston received from a Worcester mar- ketman a check for forty-four birds snared and shipped in one week. Thomas H. Davis, warden of the Protective Association. was unable to cope with the snares single- handed. _ Only one conviction was secured. Jacob Shaffer, of Hubbardston, was conyicted and fined $20. ; The law permitting snaring permits “the trapping or snar- ing of ruffed grouse, commonly called partridge, hares or rabbits. by an owner of land upon his land, or by a mem- ber of the family of suachowner if auithorized by such owner, between Oct. t and Jan. 1,” was framed to allow the farmer to snare for his table, but has been prostituted until now, with birds at high prices, this clause in the game laws legalizes the most destructive form of bird killing and marketing. Dozens of men in Woreester county have made a business of snating birds for market in the past three months. Bird shooters who follow the sport not for the sport’s sake, but as a money maker, kill as many birds in Wor- cester county annually as all other shooters put to- gether. There is a growing sentiment against the in- veterate hunter who markets birds and is out and blazing away from opening to close of the season, as long as there is a feather in sight and with the knowledge that game birds are fast decreasing. Tanning Skins. Rrriyinc to J. A. R. about tanning small skins, I will say that I have tanned, with the hair on, a num- ber of skins of sttclt animals as bears, caribou, deer, foxes, and some smaller animals. I do not-know much if anything about the Indian methods of tanning, but I have been told by fur dealers that the Indian method (on such animals as needed the thorough removing of all grease from the hair) was not satisfactory. Such skins as I have tanned were to be used as mats or rugs, A simple method, as given me by a Maine guide, has worked well on deer and caribou skins: Two cups of fine salt, one of powdered borax and one of alum to about a gallon of water (rain water). I remove any particles of fat or flesh from the skin, but do not try to scrape it much, and if the skin is dry soak it out well in water and put it in the solution, letting it stay from one to three days, moying it about in the solution once or twice a day. Then take it out and wring as ‘dry as I can, and work it dry; then scrape well, and finish by going over the flesh side with coarse sandpaper. With bear, fox, skunk, or such skins as have more or less grease in the hair I first soak well in water, and then give a thorough washing in several changes of warm water, tising plenty of soap or any washing powder used to remove grease. After rinsing well, to remove soap, I put the skin in the solution, and if a bear skin let it stay about three days, turning and moving it about often. After taking it out and wringing as dry as pos- sible, I put it in a tub containing two or three bushels of dry mahogany sawdtist, and keep working it in the sawdust until it works dry. If it is a large skin, I put on rubber boots and keep treading and turning the skin, ~ ‘sling it out now and then and shaking out the dus. mahogany sawdust will work all through the hair, asing and brightening it. After the skin is worked I hang it up on a line out of doors, and switch it to get out-all the dust: Treating a skin in this way ns some work, but if the dust is kept dry and the is worked until it is perfectly dry, it will come out 'soit, I then give the flesh side a good scraping, ung with sandpaper. ; me of my iriends who have bought fox skin mats have told me that they were unable to keep them a year ° on account of moths, although they had tried to take good care of them. I have never been troubled in this way with such mats of my own making, and have one now which has been about the house two or three years and has never been packed away at all. All of my rugs are taken out of doors once or twice a week during the spring and summer and given a shaking, and this is all the care they get. ch When preparing a fox skin for a mat I wash the skin well, using plenty of soap; then rinse it well in clean water, and while wet give it a coating on flesh side of ~ arsenical soap, such as taxidermists use, letting it remain on a few hours, and then wash the skin in several changes of clean water to remove to some extent the arsenic. I then have gone over-the skin with a tanning fluid, such as many of the taxidermists sell, and afterward work the skin dry in the sawdust. I do not know that the tan- ning solution gives any better results than the-alum and salt and borax, but it is easier to use and takes less time. The working of skins of any sort dry in the sawdust seems to be the most important point. The Indian method of smoking skins, I understand, is. to keep such skins from drying hard should they get wet, and is more to be applied to buck skin than to a skin intended for a mat. - . 2 My experience in tanning has been-confined to some twenty-five or thirty skins of the kinds I have named. and has been almost wholly for. my own use. A. fur dealer told me, when I spoke of tanning some bear skins, that IT could not do it so that they would last a year. Nevertheless I tried it on four bears which I killed one FOREST AND STREAM. fall, and I have those skins as rugs now on the floor, I have had them for five years and they are in perfectly good condition. As for such skins as deer and caribou, they look well for a time, but I never knew of one on which the hair did not break off badly; and the same with a moose. They might last better if in the short coat, but those I have were all killed in the late fall or éarly winter. Your correspondent Mr. Hough's suggestion of using a strap over the instep and ankle of a rubber boot is first rate, Heretofore I have found rubber boots very de- structive to the heels of woollen socks. Rubber boots are the only boots I find satisfactory to use in all kinds of snow when out waiting for a fox, and hereafter I shall follow Mr. Hough’s adyice and strap down the plaguey things so that they cannot keep slipping up and down at the heel, C. M. SrarK. Dunsarton, N, H. Educate Them. Pasapena, Cal., Jan. 6.—Editor Forest and Stream: I enclose a few clippings from the Los Angeles Times, Hotel. Coronado, San Diego, items, which are self-ex- planatory, and are only a few of the many items of like purport recently published : “C. H. Lester and W. H, Dupee, of Chicago, returned last night in a soaking rain from lower California, where they spent two days shooting quail. The most of the shooting, however, was compressed into the hours be- tween 10 and 4 o'clock yesterday. They got 216 birds, stopping then on account of the rain, though passing through coveys of from fifty to roo birds each.” “Capt. J. S. Sedam and A. B. Daniels, of Denver, and John Markle, of New York, went out again yesterday, in spite of the rain, to get a few ducks, They, with E. S. Babcock, as fourth man, hold the record for duck shoot- ing, having killed 671 birds in one day at Otay Lake, all with 12-gauge guns, wing shots.’’ “James T, Hayden, of New Orleans, and Judge C. N. Sterry, of Los Angeles, are out in the back country somewhere, getting ducks and quail. They telephoned in night before last that they had shot 153 quail the first day.” “Capt. Sedam and A. B. Daniels returned Saturday from lower California, where they went with Chick and Hamilton, of San Diego. The quartette slaughtered forty dozen and one quail in two days.” Our resident sportsmen as a rule recognize the neces- sity of moderate indulgence in the killing propensity, and all the clubs controlling the shooting grounds about Los Angeles county have enacted rules limiting the bag per gun and the shooting days as well. - While the “glad hand” is extended to every true sports- man from the East, as your columns constantly attest, every season we are inflicted by a visitation of that de- testable species called the “game hog.”’ Read the above clippings and then ponder upon the scarcity of game and its causes. The correspondent in his zeal to furnish all the news has given its paper good grounds for the editorial com- ment, clipped from the same paper: “Tt is about time for the enaction of a law limiting the number of game birds or fowl that a man may kill in one day. The best gun clubs limit the bag that members may make, and also restrict shooting to certain days in the week. Reports of the performances of so-called ‘sportsmen’ who infest Coronado prove the necessity for protection of ducks from game hogs and pot shooters. Three men visiting Coronado killed 338 ducks in one day, and brag that they would have killed more but for the rain. And recently False Bay was covered with dead ducks killed wantonly by ‘sportsmen’ of the same stripe. The sport will not last long at this rate. Cannot you get these men to subscribe to Forest AND StrEAM? They need a little education along the lines which your paper has fought valiantly for—the moderate indulgence of the sporting instinct; in fact one cannot read your editorials and be a game hog at the same time. FRANK S. DaAcceEtr. Death of Charles Daly. Mr. CHaArtES DALy, senior member of the firm of Schoverling, Daly & Gales, No. 325 Broadway, died on the evening of Jan. 11 at his home, in Summit, N. J. : He had been at his office in New York until the usual hour, and spent the evening at home in pleasant inter- course with his family. About 11 o’clock an attack of.. apoplexy proved almost immediately fatal. Mr. Daly began his business career with the old firm . of Tuffts & Colley about 1858, and afterwards with Messrs. Sargent’ & Co., and later with Messrs. H. Boker & Co., whom he left in 1865 to join Mr. Schovyerling. They commenced business in a very modest way as gun dealers in Barclay street, removing the following year to No. 52 Beekman street, and later to Nos. 84 and 86 Cham- bers street, and then to No. 302 Broadway, where his _ firm handled every variety of sporting goods. Mr. Daly was one of the incorporators and for many years presi- dent of the Marlin Fire Arms Company, of New Haven, Conn. He was one of the organizers of the Hardware Club, and took an active interest in its sticcess, and was a member of the Colonial Club. He was a member of _the Presbyterian Church. _He had been a widower for some ten years. A son and a daughter, Mr. Charles How- ard Daly and Mrs. R. Courtney King, survive him. Mr. Daly leaves a large circle of friends endeared to him by | his sincerity of character, largeness of mind and generos- ity of impulse, New York, Jan. 16,—Editor Forest and Stream: At a -meeting held to-day, Mr..A. H. Funke, chairman, Messrs. W. J. Bruff and Henry Werleman, committee, it was de- cided to send you copy of the resolutions which were _ adopted, and which I enclose. At a meeting held at the office of Hermann Boker & A. A. FunKe.’ Co., January 16, 1899,-to take suitable action in refer- ence to the death of Charles Daly, of the firm of Schover-— ling, Daly & Gales, the following resolutions were unani- mously adopted: ' Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God, in his inseruta- Br ble wisdom and providence, to remove from this earth our friend and fellow member of the sporting goods “trade, Charles Daly; and Whereas, Our friend stood high in the esteem and affection of his business associates and companions, with an honorable record for business probity, coupled with a genial disposition toward all; therefore be it Resolved, That we extend to his bereaved family, also to his business associates in the firm of which he was the senior member, our fullest sympathy and condolence for their irreparable loss, Resolved, That we most tenderly convey to his grief- stricken children the sorrow and sadness we feel at patting with their protector and our friend. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, suitably en- grossed, be-presented to each of his children, Mtr. Gilman and Section 249, Editor Forest and Stream: My attention has been called to the fact that Mr. Theo- dore P. Gilman, who, as the representative of the Market- men’s Association, did all that he could to retain Section 249 in the game laws, and to defeat the efforts of the Sportsmen to repeal the same, is again urging the re-enact ment of the obnoxious section and has made the assertion that I am in favor of its re-enactment, and has quoted Mr, F. J. Amsden as haying also experienced a change of heart, and agreeing with him on its desirability. As to myself, I hasten to say that the assertion, of made, is ab- solutely false, and I am certain the same may be said of Mr. Amsden. The New York Association for the Pro- tection of Game for three years fought the fight which finally resulted in the repeal of Section 249, and will resist by every means in its power the attempt to again place this section on our statute book, and no member will more heartily expend time and trouble in that direc- tion than its secretary. The New York State Fish, Game and Forest League can also be counted on to appose any such action as that proposed by Mr. Gilman, Rost, B. LAWRENCE, Sec’y N. Y. Assn. for the Protection of Game. Rocuester, N. Y., Jan. 16.—Editor Forest and Stream: Kindly state in your journal that I am most decidedly op- posed to a restoration of section 249 to the game laws. I understand that such a movement is on foot, and it has been stated that I am favorable to it. I also understand that if this does not succeed, then a compromise will be offered, permitting the sale of game for three months after the close of season. T am opposed to this also. FRANK J. AMSDEN, The New Jersey Game Warden Case. THE case of the New Jersey game warden who, in October last, killed an Italian gunner, was tried last weelk, resulting in a verdict of manslaughter, and a penalty of eight years’ imprisonment, The warden, it will be recalled, had been sent to arrest two Italians, who were shooting robins. When called on to surrender, one of the gunners handed oyer his gun, but the other, as the warden claimed, menaced the officer, leveling his gun at him, and the officer thereupon, as he stated, shot in self-defense. In passing sentence, Judge Dixon said there was na doubt that the prisoner had been justly convicted, His act in attempting to artest’Canova and Danielle, he said, was clearly illegal. The warden had not displayed any badge of authority to warrant him in making an arrest, nor had he seen the Italians commit any offense against the game laws. It was shown that on the way to the woods the warden had stopped at several saloons, and Judge Dixon was very severe in his criticisms upon the warden having indulged in drink when about to dis- charge an official duty. Public Sentiment and the Gathe Laws. Batavia, N. Y., Jan. 14.—Editor Forest and Stream: -The Fish and Game Protective Association of Genessee County has had five cases of the yiolation of the laws during the past ten months, two of which were con- victions, and three were settlements by payment of fines, making a total amount of convictions and fines, $178.56. Four of these cases were for the violation of fish and game laws, and one case for the shooting of song birds. While game protective societies have and will continue to do much good, and their influence grow, still they will al- ways be unable satisfactorily and effectively to enforce the ‘game laws until the observance of these laws becomes popular with all classes of people, irrespective of tastes for field sports, and I think the indications are that ob- servance of the laws is receiving more general attention, and this feeling could be greatly augmented if the daily papers would assist the sportsman’s journals in the work. W. L. Cotvitte. Maine Game Records, THE figures of shipments for 1898 have been given out by the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, showing the follow- ing record: ; October November. December. Total fee ame ert ee PT nS ea oe - 3 e's Bes pheowa a) oo ee oe ee eS o fx by o fn o o {fp 3 o fr So 3 o o «a a (O° Ta ® S « Pus Sek iss Ol ey Soe ae Sh eS 24 10 345. 8 13 177 13 27 1001 45 50 538 37 501 21 81 411 88 62 1581 12 130 79 St 718 19 28 498 85 45 2245 133 130 55 20° 1028 387 24 671 47 84 2940 139 78 Tl 22 4347 77 19 682 54 27 8377 902 68 In 1897 and 1898 the moose shipments were from Oct. “15 to Dec. 1 only. The above statement, compiled from records kept by station agents, comprises only game shipped by visiting ‘sportsmen, and does not include that killed by native hunters, nor the large quantity consumed incamps. ' The Forest AND StREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. Correspondence intended for publication should reach ts at the latest by Monday and as much earljer as practicable. 52 A Miscarriage of Justice. From the Paterson, N. ¥., Sunday Chronicle. THE result of the trial of James L. Tooker, Jr., for manslaughter on Monday last was a discredit to justice in New Jersey. The point which would be apt to first strike a disinter- ested observer was the presetice in court of foreign coun- sel, There core to these shores annually hordes of semi- barbatians, who have no love for this country and no re- gard for our Jaws. A few of these remain for an inde- finite time, but most of them return to their own homes: after having taken from the decent American laborer a large share-of the work which should come to him. These meén do not intend to become American citizens, and while here they are governed by their own ruleS and usages.. They have formed here the Italian Society of the United States, an organization which has gained an unenviable no- toriety in some parts of the country under the home name of Mafia. This organization usurps the rights of adminis- tering law; it is a conspiracy here among us to set aside the laws of this country. It protects all its members. against the infliction of punishments by our courts. Wherever a money penalty is imposed it 1s paid out of the treasury of the society. One of the most commotr forms of violations of the law on the part of members of this society is the gunning for birds, contrary to our laws. Of the forty odd Italians arrested in this part of the State during the past year, charged with violations of the gunning laws, not one went to jail, the fines of all being paid out of a common treasury, a premium thus being placed on defiance of our laws. But thése ma- rauders do not confine themselves to violations of the gun- ning laws; they kill everything that affords a target, and landowners have been lotid in their complaints on ac- count of the loss of domestic fowl. Evidence tending to show the characters of these pillagers was rigidly ex- cluded by the court. Yet this society, which guarantees immunity from punishment for violations of our laws, was openly represented in court by paid counsel, the first time in the history of New Jersey that we know of where: private interests were permitted to aid the State in prose- cuting an accused person. The partnership between the State of New Jersey and the Mafia is hardly a pleasant. subject for contemplation. Stress was laid upon the supposition that the accused was under the influence of liquor at the time he fired the shot. We do not believe with some judges that a man should be sentenced to safe keeping behind the bars for taking a drink of beer, but in this present case we do: not believe that any reasonable man would come to the conclusion that the defendant was intoxicated. According to his own admission he had taken three small glasses of beer; according to the oath of his companion he had taken only three, having once taken a cigar. After having started on the errand on which the authorities of the State sent him, the defendant walked four or five miles through the bracing mountain air. The supposition of his intoxication was based on statements made by a wit- ‘ness who did not see the defendant until just before 5 o'clock; the shooting occurred at 2 o'clock. The State detectives and the agents of the Mafia had scoured the country to find more evidence of partaking of beer, but were unsuccessful; the reason for their failure to suc- ~ céed will be apparent to all. The contention on the part of the State was that there was not sufficient provocation to justify the shooting; in fact. that the provocation was very slight. If the de- fendant could be induced to shoot by merely seeing a vio- lator of the law before him, how was it that he did not shoot Daniele,’ with whom, according to undisputed evi- dence and the admission of Daniele himself, he had a scuffle for the possession of a gun? There was more pro- vocation to shoot Daniele, according to the latter’s story, but the defendant made no attempt to shoot Daniele. The answer to this question is to be found in the statement of two respectable American citizens and officers of the State that Ganova had raised his gun to shoot the de- fendant. In the charge of the presiding judge every point which could possibly be made against the defendant was brought out with force. The most incisive of these was the argu- ment that if the defendant had only exercised his right there was no cause for regret, and that the in- ference accordingly was that the de¢fendant was conscious of some wrongful act, and that his feeling was remorse and not regret. We do not see how it is con- ceivable that a man who kills another can escape being the victim of acute regret. The mati who shoots a burg- lar or highway robber cannot but regret the act. We have known cases here in Paterson where conductors and engineers refused to pursue their occupations because they had been the means of depriving a human being of life even when all the facts plainly showed that there was no culpability on their part, and when they had been fully exonerated by public tribunals. Regret at taking life is inherent in the breast of every human being. In the case of Tooker we find a man of more than ordinary intellectu- ality and sensitiveness suddenly confronted with the fact . that he had deprived another of his existence. He was excited, his mind confused and like a drowning man grasping at straws, he sought for extenuating cireum- stances; he recognized his own position and cried out that he had not intended to kill, even though his own life was in danger. Artfully this exclamation on his part was made use of to indicate that he had been guilty of man- slaughter. Every word used by a man laboring under the most intense excitement was construed against him. The verdict was not the result of calm deliberation on the part of the jurors. ) stories circulated about the court house, and which have since been corroborated by the jurymen themselves, their first ballot stood nine for acquittal and three for convic- tion of manslaughter. The jurors were boisterous, and if the secrets of the jury room leaked out it was their fault. A majority of them stood in favor of acquittal when word was sent that the presiding judge intended to go home unless the jurors had agreed. This meant that the jurors would be put to the inconvenience of being jocked up all night. Then it was announced that they had agreed. The constable who was sent to the jail to bring the prisoner into court advised him to take his ef- fects with him, as the verdict would be one of acquittal. Buoved up with this hope, Tooker heard the verdict which If any credence can be placed in. a FOREST AND STREAM, ronsigns him to prison for a large part of his life. Could more refined cruelty be imagined? As to the judgment of the court, we know that we are simply voicing public sentiment when we say that it. was harsh, cruel and uncalled for. The crime of manslaughter ‘consisted in accidentally killing when there was no inten- tion to kill; such was the theory laid down by the court on which the verdict was found, Eight years is too much even if every contention on the part of the State had been admitted. 2 The Right to Make Arrests. UNPLEASANT recollections about his own arraignment on a charge of having violated the fish and game laws were perhaps flitting through the mind of Judge Dixon when he indulged in his denunciation of former Game Warden Tooker previous to the imposition of sentence. If everybody believed the law to be as laid down by Judge Dixon the violators of the law would have an easy time of it. Judge Dixon declared that the wardens on the occasion referred to had no right to make an arrest, as the law provides that they can make arrests only on a -warrant or when they see the law violated. In the opin- ion of Judge Dixon the wardens did not see the law yio- lated. The evidence on this point was undisputed. The wardens heard a shot fired neat them; they saw the smoke arising from the discharge of the gun and saw ibirds flying wildly about, just as they do when they have been shot at; the wardens took only a few steps before they encountered two men with guns. Judge Dixon does not think this was seeing the law violated, even when the fact is taken into consideration that one of the men had birds’ feathers sticking on his coat. If Judge Dixon's construction of the Jaw is correct there will be few ar- rests made in future, for it would require remarkably clear eyesight to see the shot leave the gun and strike the bird. This opinion of Judge Dixon is probably on a par with another opinion he delivered some time ago, which caused the Supreme Court subsequently to remark: “Tf the law is as claimed no man who respects himself could undertake the performance of the duties of office.” CHICAGO AND THE WEST. Pheasants. Mr.H. F. Bosworth, of Milwaukee, Wis., whom I take to be the largest and most successful breeder of ring-neck and Mongolian pheasants in this part of the country, says that his birds are doing very well, and that the farmers still continue to protect those liberated in the vicinity of Hart- Jand, Wis. Mr. Bosworth tells me that he is getting a ‘great many inquiries for these birds irom different parts of the State of Texas. The Mongolian pheasant experi- inent will become an industry in this country before long, and if it shall enforce upon the average mind the fact that there is stich a thing as protection, and such a thing as a creature worth protecting, then the pheasant will not haye come to us in vain. Sportsmen Butchers. I am in receipt of a letter from Mr. M. D. Grew, oi Portland, Ore., who speaks to the point on interesting subjec:s. e says: “Having been a reader of Forest AnD STREAM for a number fo years, and knowing its liking for the mar- ket shooter and game hog, I thought the enclosed clip- pings might be of interest to you. The most of this game is killed and sold by sportsmen, so called, and the height of their ambition is to kill more than the other fellow. Six of us, workingmen, leased a lake to shoot on last fall, and our best shoot was 106 ducks, which was twenty- two too many. I think a dozen birds ought to be enough jor any man in one day, especially ducks, grouse and pheasants. I forgot to mention that the clippings were _drom the Morning Oregonian.” ; sportsman. -that the sportsman proper did not get his deserts. This is the right sort of talk from the right sort of a The newspaper clippings referred to uncover tather a nasty state of affairs out in the State of Oregon, and I am pleased to see the most important newspaper in Portland is going after the so-called sportsmen, who are feally worse than any market hunters. Personally, I do not believe in market hunting, but some of my best friends are market hunters, For the man who has means, and is not obliged to sell his game, but none the less does butcher and sell it, I have no use whatever. Here are excerpts from the Oregonian stories: “Several years ago there was quite a cry against the market hunter. It was alleged that good-for-nothing worthies put in the better part of seven days ott of the week loafing about lakes and destroying oun aa Sate ery correct was this, but now a new evil confronts us. There are those who dearly love to hunt ducks. Some of these parties are famous shots, and rarely let a bird escape. _ There is an annual flight of ducks down the coast line of this continent, and a great many find their way into the Columbia valley, The natural food of wildfowl has been (thanks to a blunder of the United States Fish Commis- sion) largely destroyed by the carp. Before the advent of the carp natural food was very abundant, and if birds were persistently hunted, even in the most-favored lakes, they soon changed their flight. The above-mentioned persons, in their desire for good shooting, bait certain spots with large amounts of grain, and as a result many ducks are killed. To reimburse themselves for this out- lay the birds are sold, and more grain is scattered. It soon becomes a regular business; the more grain scat- tered, the more birds for sale. It also becomes a sort of competition between the different hunters to see how ~ many birds they can bag. In the writer’s opinion this is all very wrong, and he does not think any man should be - allowed to kill, unaided, between 1,500 and 2,000 ducks in the course of two or three months. Something must be done to put a stop to the slaughter, for the markets are more overburdened with game than they were in the halcyon days of long ago—in the days when any one could go out, and if he were a fair shot soon secure a few birds, the remainder of the flocks decamping to other feeding grounds. — a a. ys, sat ahs ee at alcit [JAN. 21, 1800. “Stringent means will have to be adopted or these ‘sportsmen’ will soon clean us out. “The recent wholesale slaughter of wildfowl by Port- land ‘sportsmen’ has had the effect of overstocking the market with all varieties of ducks and geese, and the re- sult of the oversupply has been a downfall of prices. Yesterday a prominent Front street commission man sold a lot of g00 mallard and teal ducks and widgeons for a total of $45, or at the rate of 5 cents apiece, Another mer- chant disposed of a lot of 7a0, 100 of which were mallards, and the remainder teals, widgeons and. geese at 50 cents a dozen. Both sales were forced, for the merchants had either to clean up their stocks at otice or find themselves with a lot of unsalable fowl on hand. “In speaking of the stagnation of the market, a mer chant said that the whole trouble was caused by Portland ‘sportsmen,’ who have been in the habit of making Sun- day visits to neighboring duck ponds and returning with bags of 300, 400 and 500. The ducks have been placed on the market all at once, and, together with the receipts from the regular country shippers, have swelled the stocks to such a size that frequent clean-ups have been necessary. The ducks sold yesterday were in fine condi- tion, but they had to be either sacrificed or thrown away, and the dealers took the former course, “Duck-Shooting Record Broken—Frank Thorne, Frank Holcomb, M. Ellsworth, F. A, Daley and E. Bate- man, who shoot at Deer Island, made the biggest bas of ducks, Sunday, ever heard of in this section. The lake was skinned almost entirely over with ice. The ducks were driven out early in the morning and went over into the Columbia. Holes were broken in the ice, ahd decoys placed out, and about ro A. M. the ducks began coming back. From 10 to 12 the shooting was something won- derful, the ducks being anxious to get into the open water with the decoys. In all, 506 ducks, mostly mallards, were shot during the day; that is, 506 were bagged, but many were left on the ice which could not be retrieved, as the ice would not hold up a dog, and a number of wounded ones got away into the brush, where the minks and coons will attend to their cases. As usual, Thorne was high gun, killing about half of the 506. When he saw that ducks which fell on the ice could not be retrieved he shot so as to have his birds fall on land, and even then his dog was completely used up retrieving them. There were a great many ducks brought to market yesterday. Men and boys brought in sacks full of them, until no more could be sold. The freezing of the ponds and lakes where they feed is very rough on the ducks, and they soon begin to get thin, and if the cold lasts must either go South or down to the coast: Theré have been more ducks sent to this market this season than ever before, and they have been of better quality than usual, but if the cold snap con- continues the supply will soon be cut off. There is, how- ever, a large lot in cold storage, which will last for some time.” Human nature is a great thing. The man who ‘preaches usually gets himself disliked. A good many of us like. to shoot, but I don’t think just everybody cares to con- duct himself after the fashion of these Oregon fowl butchers. Sometimes I think the American sportsman does not deserve any game, because he does not want to protect any game. Rapid Fire, A North Dakota paper, mailed me by a friend, gives a calm little account of some rapid-fire work done by a plain, tnvarnished boy, who lived in the West. near Custer, and who was evidently learning how to roll a gun: “A boy twelve years old becatne the possessor of a .44cal. Winchester rifle, and placing a cigar box across the railroad track he began shooting at it for a mark. So exciting was this practice shooting that he did not see a hand car coming down the track, but such was the case, and so rapid was the working of the gun that he placed one ball in Mr. Englebiid’s shoulder, another ball grazed the lem of a second person, and another struck the tools on the car—all done while the car Was moving the length of the cigar box.” A Hudson Bay Knife. I had quite a merry Christmas this year, all things considered, and had occasion to reflect that I had quite of friends on earth, One of the things that Santa Claus brought down the steam pipes of my fat was a knife. The first Christmas present that I can re- member in all my life was that of a knife. I was then a beautiful boy, with trustful blue eyes and lovely vellow ~ hair, I don't know how old I was, but I can remember it to-day. Jt was about the time I was wearing my first pair-of trousers, and I was standing up trying to get one foot through the lee of that garment while I balanced on the other foot. To me entered Santa Claus, bearing a knife, a Barlow knife, a wonderful and joy-giving thing. I remember that I gasped and fell, giving up the attempt to negotiate the garment. From that time to now I presume I have perhaps had other knives given my by Santa Claus, but I never had so big a one as I got this Christmas. It was some- thing like a toot and a half long, and three inches across the blade, with a backbone like a beam and a total weight of a couple of pounds or so. It was in effect a regular Hudson Bay knife, or “Hudson Bay dagger” of the old buffalo days. This form of knife has been made at Sheffield, England, for a century or two, I presume, and was once a regular part of the implements of the Hud- son Bay man in the. Northwest. It was a splendid all- round tool, made of excellent steel. One could cut down a tree with it, dis a grave with it, cut up a buffalo with it, or dissect his fellow man-with it, as he most preferred. It took the place of both butcher knife, skinning knife, hammer, axe and spade, and I presume was as useful a single tool as could well have been devised. The regular price which the Hudson Bay Com- pany charged for this knife in the early days was twenty beaver skins, and it was held cheap at that. In my story last year of our hunt on the Blackfoot reserva- tion 1 told how our friend Billy Jackson had one of these old-time knives. How old it was no one knew, but it went far back into the buffalo days. The steel in this ‘he did this old-time weapon. JAN. 21, 18g0.] blade was perfect. When we wanted to open a can of frezen beans we gave it to Billy, who with one whack of his knife would cut it clean through the middle. This he did many times, but the edge of the knife did not seem to be affected. It was with this knife that Billy built his mountain lion snares, fixed up his bait house, ete, One day Mr. C. S. McChesney, of Troy, N. Y., one of our party, expressed an admiration for this old- time knife, and it was just like Billy Jackson to un- huckle it and hand it to him. I presume that Mr. Mc- Chesney never had a gift that he valued more highly than All his friends asked him where he got it, and where duplicates could be had. Mr. McChesney nosed around the importing houses at New York city, and finally ran out a Sheffield trail and got at the makers of these knives. It was thus that, knowing how delighted IT would be with one of them, he sent me this for Christmas, Neither he nor any one could have delighted me more. From this time on, Capt. Bobo, of Mississippi, has gat none the best of me in a bear fight, when it comes to a show down of knives. The Bobo bear knife is a Mississippi evolution, and is not dissimilar to the old Hudson Bay dagger. By the Way. By the way, speaking of Capt. Bobo, here is a letter for him from Ernest A. Bigelow, of Sutton, Quebec, who says, “Will you kindly give me the address of Capt. Bobo, or of any one else you know of who keeps dogs for bear hunting? I wish to buy a pair.” I presume Capt, Bobo can still be reached by address- ing him—Capt. R. E. Bobo, Bobo, Miss. Whether he would part with any of his bear dogs is another question. A good bear dog is worth much frankincense and myrrh, I presume Mr. Bigelow has good bear dog material all around him, but first you want to get your bears, and train your dogs on bear and nothing else. After that you probably won’t want to sell your good bear dogs so long as there are any bears left. But Capt. Bobo is the soul of generosity, and it may do ho harm to try him anyhow. The Old Gun. A friend of mine writes me, “By the way. you should have branded that article of yours about the old gun that appeared in the last issue of Forest AnD STREAM “Delayed in transit. We do not want our reputation as law-abiding citizens to suffer, and you start off just as ~ if you had that day received a letter from me, asking you to come over here and shoot quail and partridge. Every one knows that in a country where both of these gaine birds flourish a good, tight closed season is in force after the first of January.” “Delayed in transit” will cover the above case. Of course there is no impttation of laxity to the morals of my friend or myself, Footwear. Still another friend writes me this week and wants to know where he can get a pair of soft, heelless rubbers with leather tops, “such as Mr. Schultz wore in the Blackfoot hunt.” It is an odd thing to say, but I do not believe these goods can be bought in Chicago, in spite of the fact that we have here the largest mail order houses in the world, who wish to supply the mountain and pine country trade. There is no footwear on earth so good for snowshoeing as precisely that above men- tioned. The shoes were not stiff and heavy, but of pure, soft rubber; flat-soled inside, and with wide, rolled edges to take the cutting of a crust. The rubbers were the Gold Seal rubbers made by one rubber house, and the leather tops, I understand, are the invention of a Wisconsin man. These shoes were bought at Kalispell, Mont., and they cost there $2.75 a pair. If some good house will take hold and advertise these shoes in FOREST AND STREAM, they can sell a lot of goods, I have often referred to this sort of footwear before. Scattering. Mr. A. G. Jordan, of Arrowhead, B. C., writes me: “I am sorry not to have been able to call on you while On my way East from Alaska, but I had to turn back and go to the Peace River. I was looking forward to an enjoyable chat. I arrived home the last week in Decem- ber, after one of the most exciting trips it was ever my lot to take part in, and I have been in somite pretty tight corn- ers. 1 have traveled all over British Columbia and Alaska.” Mr. Jordan wants to know if a story of that sort of thing would be interesting. Sure! Send it along, Gokey, of Dawson, has been out deer hunting and killed five deer. Wardens at Zilwaukie, Mich., seized thirty barrels of short fish this week. Warden Du Chaine was just going back to Bay City when he heard a New York dealer say that the officers had overlooked a lot of twenty barrels which he had. Warden Dui Chaine took the next train back and seized the twenty barrels. This must have seemed to the dealers a good deal like coming back after the sate. Mr. E. W. Davis, of New York city, asks me where to go for sport in Texas. I have told him to try the new High Island country in Texas. By the way, what has become of Dick Merrill, who was en route for that point at last accounts? I should be glad to have-a report of the shooting in that locality. The Charlotte News, of North Carolina, has issued a special edition of great interest to hunters and fishers. It gives towns in many different counties, describing all the local peculiarities, sort of shooting, hotel and guide rates, and all those particulars which are just such as all sportsmen tourists like to know in advance if ' possible. .As each winter there are a great many in- quiries for Southern shooting country, I would suggést it might be well for persons intending to go South to. write for a copy of the above-mentioned paper, which sets forth the claims of North Carolina, as below: “North Carolina is the premier State of the South for the hunter and fisherman. Extending nearly soo miles from east to west, and at its widest point nearly 200 miles north and south, it embraces sea coast, inlet, swamp, meadow, upland, plateau and mountain; also lake, river and sound, and countless acres of unbroken and wntouched virgin forest. Included in this vast and varied damain is nearly every known variety of game pe- FOREST AND STREAM, culiar to the temperate zone. To attempt an enumera- tion would be simply to furnish a list of all varieties of game, with which we of these latitudes are familiar, Particular attention, however, is invited to the attrac- tions of the Pee Dee Valley, for quail, turkeys, ducks, geese and snipe; to the regions adjacent to Wilming- ton, for fresh and salt-water game fish, and for deer, bears, ducks, geese, snipe and all water fowl; and to the magnificent western North Carolina séction for all kinds of larger game, including bears, deer and here and there a panther. Quail are unusually plentiful nearly all over the State; turkeys more or less so, but they are particu- larly numerous in some fayored localities which will be ‘briefly described. Houses. [ have been startling my friends by telling them that some day, when I get rich, I am going to build me a log cabin here in Chicago. I have tried several different ways of living in this town, and none of them are any good. i quit my club because I found the girl frying beefsteak on the top of the stove, and I am thinking of abandoning the marble palace where I now live because I do not like the babies who live under me. I believe I could be com- fortable in a log cabin, where I could drive nails into the wall. My friend Mr. Schultz and I have figured out a very nice plan for a log cabin, and I think if some one would give me a couple of acres of land and a few logs, I could make myself quite comfottable, and be safe from the babies that cry in the night. There is no sort of house pleasanter to live in than a log cabin. Speaking of houses, it is quite an idea which has just been perfected by those two thoroughgoing sportsmen, Mr. W. B. Mershon, of Saginaw, and his friend, Mr, Morley. These two haye formed a partnership for the manufacture of portable houses—practical and convenient. These houses are built in the great mill plant of W. B. Mershon & Co., of Saginaw, and it was there I saw the process of their manufacture during a visit last fall. The houses were as neat and light and beautiful as any one could ask, and so ingeniously made that they could fairly be carried in a shawl strap, and could certainly be taken over any road into a camp by the same wagon which would be necessary to transport a tent and outfit. With one of these houses a fellow can defy the weather and put up his camp for the entire season, These houses must, I think, prove most convenient for use about sttmmer resort places, aS seryants’ quarters, extra guest rooms, etc. They are solid as a rock and can be put together by any intelligent boy. There is not a nail to be driven, and all one needs is a wrench and a screw driver, to tighten up the whole concern and make it perfectly firm and strong. I always thought Mr. Mershon was about the best hustler around a camp that I ever saw, and he has hustled out something here of which we shall hear a great deal more, I don’t know that I shall trade my log cabin, when I get it done, for one of the “ if it should come to a show down on a traveling trip, I am afraid I should have to leave my log cabin at home, whereas I could take one of these shawl strap cottages, anywhere from 3 to 36ft. long, and set up a studio wher- ever | happened to get caught at night. How Much Grub to Take Along. Mr. H. C. Griswold, of Watkins, N. Y., recently wrote me a letter similar to many I have received at. different times. He says: “Can you give me the amount of flour, salt, tea, coffee and other eatables necessary for three men in the woods for five months’ trapping, etc. You have had experience in the woods and can tell about this, and if you will do so you will oblige me and I will not bother you any more.” The answer to the above letter might be one thing or it might be another, according to the personal preferences of the man making the estimate. I am not* trusting to my own judgment or experience in giving the estimate which I do, but to-day I placed Mr. Griswold’s letter in the hands of Mr. J. W. Schultz, who was here in the office. Mr. Schultz is an old-time guide and outfitter who has taken out very many parties in the Western country, more especially in the Northern Rockies. He submits the fol- lowing estimate as being about what he would advise, and I have every reason to believe that it would be about right, which is to say, ample and not too extensive. I suggest the preservation of this list by others who may be in Mr, Griswold’s position: 3oolbs. flour, 2o0albs, bacon, toglbs. sugar, slbs. tea, 3olbs. coffee, 150lbs, beans, 3oolbs. potatoes, solbs. onions, Slbs. baking powder or 2lbs. yeast cakes, tolbs. salt (food only). 75lbs. evaporated fruits, 5 gallons syrup, 25lbs. rice, solbs. oatmeal, butter, Worcestershire sauce, sage, etc., ad libitum. Dessicated vegetables are also very good. It should be remembered that the above outfit is for three men for five months. Estimates for other times or parties can be scaled from the above. This is plain food for plain men, The list would ordinarily be fuller for pleasure parties. Qn the Great Lakes. The Fish and Game Commission of Michigan has been waging a hot fight this fall with the violators of the laws on whitefish and trout on the Great Lakes, more especially with the Beaver Island fishermen. Most of this work has been under the charge of Deputy Brewster, and it has been successful. It cost the State of Michigan over’ $700 to hire tugs and men in the police work on Lake Michi- gan. E. Houc#. 1200 Boyrcr Burzpine, Chicago, Til, New York Game Law. Tue Assembly Committee ‘on Fisheries and Game: + Messrs. Axtell, of Delaware; Bryan, of Jefferson; Hal- leck, of Suffolk; Kelly, ‘of Herkimer; Save, of Albany ; Doughty, of Queens; Davis, of New York; Beede, of Es_ sex; Pickett, of Clinton; Bashford, of Columbia: Meyer, of New York. The Senate Committee on Forest, Fish and Game Laws: Messrs. Brown, Chahoon, Malby, Ford, D, F. Davis, La Roche and Havens. OxkaHumPKA, Fla., Jan. 14.—The quail shooting and black bass fishing are both very good at this place. The Clarendon Hotel furnishes boats free of charge and bird dogs and team when out for the entite day. J. B. W, ‘ M. & M.” portable houses, but . 53 Camp Cookery. Editor Forest and Stream: Do you not think it possible that Col. Mather could be persuaded to write a cook book? There is erying need of a treatise on game cooking: in camp and kitchen. The Colonel knows it thoroughly, and could tell it so pleasantly that the guild would rise and call him blessed, Put it before him as a duty, and enter my name for twa copies—one @ach for camp and kitchen, Lewis Hopkins. [Did Mr, Hopkins ever test the recipes given in Senéca’s “Canoe and Camp Cookery”? They are accounted good ones. | ea and River Sishing. Proprietors of fishing and hunting resorts will find it profitable to advertise them in Forrest and STREAM. A Question and Some Answers. THERE are a whole mess of things that I’d like to know that seem to be important, but I never mention them, be- cause I don’t believe that any one else knows the answers to them, for they are such as “Lord Dundreary” classed as “things no fellow can find out.” But my question is not in this category; it’s a simple thing, and as I have been atiswering questions for years, this will show that I can ask one. For about fifty years I have been bothered about a berry that I met in boyhood, and have never met since. I never knew but one individial bush which bore it, and every year, and for a dozen years up to 1853, I ate berries from it. The bush grew in a ravine back of the sulphur spring called “Harrowgate,’ above the B. & A. R. R, near Greenbush, now Rensselaer, N. Y., opposite Albany. John Atwood called them “‘cedar berries,” and my recollection of the bush was a branching shrub about 3ft. high with dark green leaves like spruce or cedar, but of course it was neither of these trees. The berries were like nothing I've seen since, and I’ve yvagabondized quite a bit in the woods from Minnesota to Texas, and from New York to western Kansas. The berries were, as memory recalls them, about 14in. in diameter by 3gin. long, of a rich salmon color and sweet. A pectiiar feature was that the outer of calyx end was open and a seed was plainly visible half-way down the berry. As I knew every hill, ravine, farm and bit of timber on both sides of the river within a radius of ten miles, and never found another bush bearing berries like that one, nor ever ran across one in other parts, those berries have bothered me for years to know their name and character. Some botanist will, no doubt, know all about them, and he’s the fellow that I’m after, While on the subject of berries, I must confess to being confused by some common names of them. as outside of a few water plants I know nothing of botany. I know that the wintergreen berry is called ‘‘checkerberry,” but what is the “service berry,’ so often spoken of? I sus- pect it to be one of two which in the locality of my boy- hood bore other names. There was an edible red berry that grew on a creeping vine, and tHe berry had two “eyes,” probably the calyces of two flowers, which had merged into one fruit. The berry was wider than long; one called them “‘squaw berries” and others termed them “eye berries.” Then there was a plant which bore a cluster of white flowers in June on a stalk some 6in. high, which turned into a cluster of a dozen to twenty red berries, and these we boys knew as “bunch berries,” “pigeon berries” and “partridge berries.” I suspect one of these two berries as being the “service berry,” but why - “service” ? Stocking a Trout Pond. ° The following question came by mail: “How many trout will a pond of, say, one square acre, with an average depth of 1oft., support? We would like to have an idea of what a small pond will stand, so as neither to under nor overstock.” This is hard to answer, because each pond is a problem by itself, and into this problem come flow, temperature and the food supply. All these things are prime factors and not one to be slighted or there will be no use in stock ing the pond at all. But here goes as a random shot: A square acre of watet roft. in depth, of a stimmer temperature not above 75 degrees Fahr., at the surface and not above 65 degrees at bottom, containing 4,840 sq, yds. of surface, or 14,500 cu. yds., should give breathing room to 20,000 trout of rb. weight, if the How of water is sufficient for proper zration with submerged water plants to assist. This is a theoretical view, but no pond of that description could furnish food for trout of that number and size. Tf ordinary conditions of flow and proper temperatures prevail; I would stock it with not more than 3,000 year- lings, or 1,200 two-year-olds; the yearlings to be not less than 5 to 6in. and the two-year-olds from 9 to trin. That would be the maximum number, and one-half the fig- ures the minimum, Introduce water cress in the shal- lows, but don’t let it choke the flow, as it sometimes does. This plant helps to keep the water cool and is a good feeding ground for crustaceans, but it will need thinning in summer. Then plant the “fresh-water shrimp” Gam- marus, and the Asellus or “water asel,’’ and they will thrive among the cress and provide food for young trout. Insect larvze will come without planting, and help feed the fish. a - The only fish I ever recommend fot trout waters is the golden shiner (Nolemigonus chrysolencas) or the red fin (Notropis megalops) ; but these are,;never recommended unless the pond contains catfish, sunfish, bass or perch. Tf you have no fish but trout in your pond put no other in it, You may introduce the little newt, called also eft, evet, salamander, etce., and miscalled “lizard.” Lizards have scales and live on land. The best trout lake I know of is Wilmurt, in the Adirondacks. It is on a mountain top, and its outlet filters through the rocks, and breaks out some hundreds of yards below, barring the ascent of all fishes. Broole trout and newts are the only vertebrates in it, Mosquitoes and Malaria. All kinds of questions come my way, I must have a teputation for knowing a heap more than I do. A man writes and asks; “Do yot believe in the latest theory, that mosquitoes propagate malaria?” The elder Agassiz fought the evolution proposition, and he had a reputation as a great naturalist. In his day that term covered all that was known in scientifie lore as it covered it in Humboldt’s day, and he had a great follow- ing among those who thotght that all religious ideas were to be upset just as the same class thotight when Galileo declared that the world was round. The late Prof. Edward D. Cope, when on a trip up the East River to Glen Island, bound for a dinner of the Ichthyophagous Club, said, in the presence of a number of us that: “Agassiz is too old to receive and entertain new ideas’; and added: ‘Science is advancing, and no zoologist should liye beyond his sixtieth year,’ This was about fifteen years ago, and Prot. Cope died when about the age he had named: This is cited merely to show that men are not alike. My early training and belief was that the poison of the mosquito was an antidote for malaria, and that its mission was to relieve dwellers in swamps from the evils of their environment. This was not an unnatural belief in that day, in fact it seems as if there was no need of the mos- quito to propagate: malaria in the swamps where it reigned supreme. There the matter rested until the new theory was ad- vanced, and if it is proved to be corfect, I will accept it, although beyond the age-limit set by Prof. Cope. But is the case proved? The following will show the inocula- tion side: The quotation is from an article by Dr. Ami- co Bignami, lecturer.in the Institute of Pathological Ana- tomy of the Royal University at Rome, in a recent number of the Lancet: “To stim up, malaria is a disease which is contracted by inoculation—a fact of which we have now obtained the first experimental proof, since we have seen that an individual who has never had malarial fever, by sleeping in a healthy place, where no one had ever pre- viously taken feyer, may sicken with malaria of a grave type if bitten by certain species of the mosquito brought in the adult state from -sOme distant locality of highly malarious character, Further, everything poimts to the conclusion that inoculation is the only mode by which infection is acquired, since air and water as carriers of in- fection may be excluded, and because arguments based on analogy all tend in the same direction. This much, at any rate, we can assert, namely, that inoculation is the only mechanism of infection which has been demonstrated experimentally.” ; I don’t like to be classed with the obstructionists men- tioned by Prof. Cope, because I have passed his age limit, but having been a victim to what the doctors have called “malaria,” in Brooklyn, during winter months when a mosquito could not live and not more than three feeble ones had been seen during the summer, I am inclined to attribute the “malaria” to something other than that in- sect, Frev MATHER. The Massachusetts Association. Boston, Jan, 12—Hditor Forest and Stream: The Massachusetts Fish and Ganie Protective Association en- ters upon another year—the twenty-fifth—of its useful and profitable existence. For twenty-five years it has stood for the enactment of laws for the protection of fish and game, and their rigid enforcement. The scope of its use- fulness has been enlarged from time to time, and it is to- day regarded as a powerful factor in behalf of wholesome and beneficent measures relating to fish and game. It has raised and expended large sums of money for re- stocking our natural covers with game birds suitable to our climate and surrounding’s, and it is still in good con- dition, and prepared to continue in the good work for which it was formed. It bears on its rolls of membership many genuine sportsmen—business and professional men who find their enjoyment in the fields and on the lakes and streams—men who have given freely of their time and means to promote the interests of fish and game pro- tection, thereby fostering at the same time the public in- terest. The annual meeting was held at the Copley Sqtare Hotel on Wednesday evening, the 11th inst. arid was largely attended. Previous to the general gathering, a meeting of the board of management was held, at which Vice-President B. C. Clark presided. Several matters of interest were informally discussed and referred to the new board for future action.- At the association meeting Col. Horace T. Rockwell, the president, occupied the chair, and there were present ex-Presidents B. C. Clark, E. A. Samuels and George W. Wiggin; Ivers W. Adams, Dr. John T. Stetson, John N. Roberts, I. Q, A. Field, J. Rus- sell Reed, Arthur W. Robinson, Dr. I. W. Bull, Dr. E. W. Branigan, Loring Crocker, Dr. A. R. Brown, A. C. Ris- teen, Robert S. Gray, Geo. O. Sears, Warren Hapgood. W. B. Hastings, Richard V. Joyce, Arthur 1. Selfridge, E. E. Small, George Loring, C. J. H. Woodbury, A. S. Adams, Sumer A. Ganed, Charles C. Williams, Charles Stewart, | Dr, George H. Payne, W. C. Woodward, Charles Butcher, Levi Kennison, C. A. Reed, N. L. Martin, Col. George L. Shepley, of Providence; C. M. Gallaupe, Judge S. A. Bol- ster, C. A. Bamey, George M, Tutts, Joseph Guild and others. Several proposals for membership, were referred to the appropriate committee, and a ballot resulted in the dnanimous election of Dr. Maurice H. Richardson, Mr. Bliss Black and Mr. W. S. Hinman to membership. Mr. Kimball, the treasurer, presented his report, by which it appeared that the funds were in good condition, and that there was a balance on hand at the beginning of the year of $231.70. The invested funds had grown somewhat during the year, and now amounted to $2,635.70. The committee on ballot announced the election of the follow- ing officers for the ensuing year: ; President, George W. Wiggin; Vice-Presidents, Horace T. Rockwell, Benjamin C. Clark, C. J. H. Woodbury. Robert S. Gray, James Russell Reed, Heber Bishop, B. A. Samuels; Secretary and Treasurer, Henry H. Kimball ; Librarian, Dr. E. W. Branigan; Executive Committee, Dr. John T. Stetson, Charles Stewart, William B, Smart, Rollin Jones, Charles M. Bryant, George HH. Payne, John N. Roberts, Charles G. Gibson, Dr. A. R. Brown, A. C. Risteen, Loring Crocker, E. E. Small; Membership Com- FOREST AND STREAM. mittee, Arthur W. Robinson, Thomas H. Hall, W. B. Hastings; Fund Committee, Warren Hapgood, Charles C. Williams, George O. Sears. Col. Rockwell on retiring from the chair spoke of the good work done by the Association, for in spite of the cavil and criticisms that were formerly heard the Asso- ciation had performed a great amount of work for the public good. His predecessors had been a long line of enthusiastic and honorable sportsmen, who had given of their time and money to further the objects of the Asso- ciation, and he congrattilated his fellow members upon the election of Mr. Wiggin, who had been in the position before, and who could always be counted upon for effi- . cient work. Ex-Presidents Clark and Samuels conducted Mr. Wiggin to the chair, and that gentleman thanked the members for the confidence extended him. Up to the pres- ent moment he said he had hardly decided whether it was his duty to accept the burden laid upon him. He had been there before, and knew something of the duties of the’ position. It entails time and money and ceaseless activity, and so strong was his interest in the Association and its work that he felt it his duty to accept once more the presidency, and he promised his best efforts in its behalf. Since its organization not a year has gone by that it has not done good work before the Legislature to secure proper fish and game laws, and in vartous other ways has its influence been potent. We have always had our at- torney ready and willing to bring casés of violation of the laws before the courts, and he has brought many such cases to a successful issue. In many instances, as is well known, it is exceedingly difficult to secure evidence against known yiolators of the law, but once give us the proper evidence and our attorney will push the cases to conviction. He closed by invoking the hearty co-opera- tion of all the members as well as all the advocates of fish and game protection, as only in that way could successful results be obtained. A yote of thanks was passed to Col. Rockwell for his two years’ successful administration, and the Colonel briefly responded. Col. Shepley, of Providence, gave an interesting talk upon tarpon fishing, premising his remarks by saying that so wonderful was that sport that it was almost impossible to lie about it. He then proceeded to give his experiences, some of which would have seemed to border on the mira- culous had it fot been for his disclaimer. Mr, Walter Selaman, of Newark, N. J., spoke interestingly of the boar, kangaroo and alligator hunting. Mr. W. S. Hin- man told of seeing a bunch of partridges that were en- tirely innocent of shot marks hanging up in a market. After the appointment of a committee to arrange for the annual dinner—always the swell affair of the Associa- tion—a very interesting’ and successifil meeting was hrought to a close. Wiittam B. SMART. Spawning Grilse. New York, Jan. 11.—Mr. Mowat’s note on spawning grilse in this week's ForEsT AND STREAM suggests the idea that his grilse may haye been mature small salmon that have wandered into the Restigottche River from some smaller stream. In some of the streams of Newfoundland and Labrador, salmon seem to mature at less than 4lbs. weight. At first I took these fish for grilse, but on dis- covering that many of them contained well developed ova, a little close observation taught me to pick out the salmen readily by their mature general appearance. In some of the small Atlantic streams of the far north the majority of the salmon seem to be mature at from 3% to 5lbs. weight, and I assume that they are fish that have adapted themselves to an environment. Breeding stations are not apt to be erected on streams containing small salmon only, and it is possible that an interesting chapter on small salmon remains to be written. R, fT. M. Female Grilse. - Orrice or OFFIctAL Revorters of Depates, House of Representatives, U. S., Washington, D. Ci, Jan, 12-— Editor Forest and Stream: Referring to the interesting letter of Mr, Alexander Mowat, on the subject of female grilse, I wish to say that in 1896, while fishing on the Little Sou’west Miramichi in New Brunswick with Mr. Henry Braithwaite, I killed a grilse weighing 3%4lbs., which was in every respect, so far as eggs, etc., were concerned, a miniature female salmon. The eggs were about the size of those which are found in a 2lb. brook trout. Mr. Braithwaite, while cleaning the fish, called my attention to the fact. He said he had seen several female’ grilse, but that they were by no means common. a FREDERIC [RLAND. The Rennel. Fixtures. BENCH SHOWS. : Jan. 18—Logansport, Ind\—North Central Indiana Poultry As- iation’s bench show. Sol. D. Brandt, Sec’y. . sore tg-21,-—New Orleans: La—New Orleans Fox Terrier Club’s ‘ show. Wm. Le Monnier, Sec’y. Feb. 8-11,—Milwaukee, Wis.—Bench show for the benefit of the Wisconsin training school for nurses. E. J. Meisenheimer, Sec’y. Feb. 21-24—New York.—Westminster Kennel Club’s twenty- third annual show. Jas. Mortimer, Sec’y and Supt. March 7-10,—Grand Rapids, Mich.—Butterfly Association's bench show. Miss Grace H. Griswold, Sec’y. _ ; March 14-17._St. Louis, Mo.—St, Louis Kennel Club's show. Match 21-24.—Chicago.—Mascoutah Kennel Club’s show. April 4-7.—Boston, Mapes tte England Kennel Club’s bench . James Mortimer, Manager, ea eee taper York.—Ametican Pet Dog Club’s show. S. uh , Supt. Bee a FIELD TRIALS. an, 16.—Bakersfield, Cal.—Field trials of the Pacific Coast Field J held, Trials Club, J. Kilgarif, Sec’y. ; J ie are Point, Miss.—U. S. F, T. C. winter trials. d, Sec’y. . . } We, cmd Seno West Point, Miss.—Champion Field Trials Association's ] trials. ee 5. Madison, Ala.—Alabama Field Trial Club’s third annual trials. T. H. Spencer, Sec’y. Dogs for Grizzles, ‘Boston, Mass.—Editor Forest and Stream: Last Sep- tember, while shooting in the Rocky Mountains, I W. B. _ (Jan. 21, 1899. wounded two “‘silver tips’ which I was tunable to track in the thick timber and so lost, During this same trip I constantly came upon the fresh. tracks of mountain lions, but was unable to get a shot at this game. ; ; As lam making arrangements now for another trip next fall, I write to ask if you can give me any information about. getting a pair of well trained bear dogs, which can also be used for treeing mountain lions and tracking wounded game; also what such a pair of well trained dogs should cost, I care nothing about breed, but want only dogs experienced in such hunting, - During my trip last September I shot two grizzlies, but had I had a pair of good dogs I should have probably gotten five,'as I had three other good shots offered me. As. I shall have no opportunity in giving a trial, it is quite necessary that I am put in communication with some reliable party who may have such a pait of dogs for sale. If you can help me in this matter I shall be greatly obliged. fib a: i) eamislem lee. International Field Trial Cup. Editor Forest and Stream: : I send you to-day a photograph of the very handsome cup donated to the club by Mr. Thomas Johnson, which has just arrived from Winnipeg. The cup was to go to the winner of the All-Age Stake at the late trials. Mr. Geo. Kime’s English setter doz Noble Chieftain was the lucky dog, and he comes honestly by his good field quali- ties, being by Dash Antonia, out of a bitch by Old Mingo. _ Yotir reporter omitted to mention of the cup in his re- port of the trials and also in his report of the annual meeting of the club, that Mr. Johnson had been unanimously elected an honorary member, in recognition of and as a slight return for his generous support of the club since its start in 1880. Wm. B. Wetts, Hon. Sec’y I. F. T. C. Points and Flushes. The twenty-third annual dog show of the Westminster Kennel Club, to be held in Madison Square Garden, New York, Feb, 21-24, promises to be in every way a success. ' Entries close Feb. 6. For premium lists, etc., apply to the Superintendent, Mr. James Mortimer, Room 812, Townsend Building, 1123 Broadway, New York. The Poultry Gentleman’s Poultry, Dog and Pet Stock Association was organized on Jan, 12, and it voted to hold a poultry dog and pet stock show Feb, 28 to March 2. Dr. Hacker was elected president and Judson $, Newing treasurer of the Association. The other officers chosen were: Poultry Department, Vice-President, George C. Salmon, of Port Dickinson, and Secretary and Superin- tendent; Nat. E. Luce. Kennel and Pet Stock Depart- ment, Vice-President, J. B. Hadsell, Jr.; Secretary and Superintendent, A. Perry Fish; Veterinarian, Dr. H. H. Tarr. Bench Committee, A. Perry Fish, Thomas B. Beaty, Fred. W. Smith, J. Hadsell, Jr., Samuel Hill, Dr. H. H. Tarr and Dr. W. H, Hacker. Roxzury, Mass., Jan. 16—Editor Forest and Stream: At the annual meeting of the Brunswick Fur Club, held at Barre, Mass., on Jan. 0, the following officers were elected: O. T. Joslin, President; A. B. F. Kinney, Solo- mon Bennett, J. H. Van Dorn, Vice-Presidents; A. B. McGregor, M. F. H.; Bradford S, Turpin, Secretary; W. B. Stone, Treasurer; Dr. A. C. Heffenger, L. E: Conant, Geo. E. Carr, L. O. Dennison, Executive Committee; J. H. Van Dorn, Delegate to A. K. C. ° a 3 BRADForD S, TuRPIN, Sec’y. Canoeing. Fittings for Canoes and Small Crait. Tat experienced cruiser, Mr. W. Baden-Powell, writes as follows in the Field concerning the fittings and ap- pliances for small craft. It must be said that, matters are in a better state on this side of the water within a few years past than ever before, and in some lines a very high degree of perfection has been reached. At the same time there ate some necessary articles not easily obtained in the proper size and quality for the small cruiser. Considering the enormous increase in the number of sinall yachts, sailing boats and canoes all over England in the last few years, it is really an astonishing thing to find that practically nothing has been done by tradesmen in the way of placing before the public, ready made, the necessary or useful metal fittings and other furniture specially adapted to small craft. For yachts and steam launches almost every bit of metal fitting required for hull or rigging can be purchased at the yacht store dealers at comparatively moderate prices, either in galvanized iron, copper, or brass. But for canoes and canoe-yawls al- most the whole of the metal fittings, except common cleats, have to be hand made to'drawings, and templates supplied by owner or builder to a local metal smith. The conse- quence is that such fittings cost about double the amount which would be asked if they were turned out wholesale and bought up by builders or even by owners. Of course, in years gone by the answer to this was that the trade was so small as not to be worth the attention of © manufacturers; but the fleet of small craft has quite changed since then, and at present the result is that, unless the expensive special fitting is adopted, the small raters, canoe-yawls and canoes are very commonly fitted up with metal work and fittings ridiculously large and heavy, and certainly not of the most convenient or modern pat- tern. Jaws for gaff or boom, made in brass and leather covered, shold be procurable in yarious sizes and strengths; leather covered brass mast tings for lug hal- yards, with a neatly rounded eye wrought on, or a bent wite ring eye on the bight, with thimble, should be, pro- curable in several sizes. Boxwood bullseyes stropped with brass bands for screwing to deckas fairleads for sheets, bullseyes stropped with screw-pin shackles, brass stropped boxwood blocks, masthead rigging collars, stem head fit- tings, and a host of other things should be purchasable ready made and of size exactly wanted in each class of / make, for boat for boat work. boat is nasty, troublesome work, and we hope it is no Jan. 2},, 1800, | boat. As an instance of the amount of trouble that would be saved, we may say that for the Nautilus cahoe now building, fourteen scale drawings at full size have been made for templates to be made from for such as the above metal fittings, and these are exclusive of the center plate and rudder fittings, which, being of special novel pattern, must have complete drawings and templates made in any case. Illustrated catalogues and price lists of “yacht, boat, and canoe hardware’ are common in America} and though the form of the fittings may not be quite our notion of the best, no doubt the enterprising purveyors, with keen eye to competition, would soon “put on” any approved new pattern, ; > ; Going from mere hull and rigging fittings, which are and can be obtained to one’s own desire, on giving a little trouble and at some extta expense, there are some other requisites for smal] craft and for cruising canoes which, so far as we can at present ascertain, are unobtainable, except, possibly, on special order and at prohibitive ex- pense. It will be conceded by every expert cruising man, whether he goes to sea in a “Single hander,” a canoe-yawl, or in a catioe, that two things absolutely necessary for safe navigation from place to place are compass and clock; that in addition to these a reliable and powerful lamp is a sine qua non. The expert will also admit that, in the quick, jerky movements of small boats, the ordinary balanced compass card is ptactically useless, and that only a spirit compass fills the bill. There is no such thing of a practical size on the market. The lifeboat spirit compass in its bin- nacle is twice as large and heayy as would be suitable for a canoe-yawl or a canoe. No binnacle is needed; night passages are seldom, if ever, made. \Vhat is wanted is a plainly marked spirit compass, with about 2!'4in. card, with a revolving rim outside the top of the case, holding a couple of fold-down sights used as bearing finders, the rim removable for ordinary steering work; the case, thor- oughly well weight balanced, should be set in jimballs and held by a bracket, like.a cabin swing candlestick, so as to be connected to the well coaming just as is a bicycle lamp to the bracket on the machine. Thus, when fog is ex- pected, or it becomes necessary to steer 4 compass course or to take a bearing, the compass can be picked out of the locker and shipped in a convenient place for work, As to clock, for time of tide and a dozen other uses, of course, stich things are made, but what the cruising man wants is to be able to purchase such things ready cased for salt-water roughing, A “railway guard’s” eight-day watch, with very plain black figures and hands, the rest of the face being of luminous white enamel, together with a similar sized aneroid, should be set firmly in a plain mahogany case, with thick plate glass front, as a lid open- ing for winding up and aneroid setting purposes, but clos- ing washer bound so as to exclude all damp. Such a case, made of %in. mahogany and ‘in. glass, meastires 5'4in. by 3%in. by 134in. ; both instruments should be well bedded and turnbotton held in place, and not merely hung on hooks; a couple of small brass plates standing out from the back of the case enable it to be fastened in some place convenient to the skipper, but the case must be watertight. The glass should be bedded in the lid frame with varnish before the four parts of such frame are screwed to- gether. The infallible lamp of great power is as yet not obtain- able in reasonably small size, nor of convenient shape and Trimming oil lamps in a - longer necessary; that is if the new acetylene gas lamps are really practical things, where a loaded cartridge is in- serted and lighted, and no other trimming needed, and a most brilliant light results. The canoe-yawl or sailing canoe may very easily, early or late in the season, find herself with darkness come on, and yet a mile or two of her passage to make. In busy places, such as Southamp- ton Water or the estuary of the Thames, she may be cut down in a minute by some fussy little steamer if she does not show a light; and to recover damages for a collision she must, even though only a canoe, comply with article 7, subsection 3, of the “Rules of the Road at Sea,’ and must “exhibit in sufficient time to prevent collision a lantern with a green glass on one side and a red glass on the other, so that the green shall not be seen on the port side nor the red on the starboard side.” This means a green or red shield to be clapped on over the white, as may be wanted, and exposed with care. This lamp would be necessary now on any navigable water, necessary to pre- yent damage as well as to recover damages. If made in suitable size no doubt there would be a large sale for so cleanly a lamp, and the price need be but little more than that of a bicycle lamp, as the only extra would be the two colored glass plates and suitable fittings for them. Red Dragon C. C. Tue Red Dragon Canoe Club, of Philadelphia, held its annual meeting at the Colonnade Hotel on Jan. 6. The following officers were chosen: Com., Joseph Edward Murray; Vice-Com., F. L. Wise; Purser, Omar Shall- cross; Quartermaster, H. E. Bachmann; Correspondent, Will K. Park; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. F. O. Gross; Measurer, H. E. McCormick; Trustee, fer three years, M. D. Wilt; House Committee, H. M. Rogers, Lloyd Titus, R. G. Fleischmann and H. E. Bachmann. The purser’s report showed the club to be in a most excellent financial condition. Several new members have joined the club within the past year, and some new canoes have been added to the fleet. The prize offered for the greatest mileage made in canoes under sail or paddle or both, during the year of 1898, was awarded to E. W. Crittenden, with 347 miles. M. D. Wilt was his nearest competitor, with 231 miles. The annual camp mess was held at Dooner’s Hotel, Philadelphia, Wednesday evening, Jan. rr. There was a full attendance of members, and the affair ter a Sees Western Canoe Association. THE mid-winter meeting of the executive committee of the Western Canoe Association will be held at the Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee, on Jan. 21, 1809, at 2 P, M. The question of joining the American Canoe Association will be decided at this meeting, and all members are invited to attend. To those members who have not as yet responded to recent circular the committee urges an immediate reply. FOREST- AND STREAM. dachting. As the yachting journal of America, the Forest AND STREAM is the recognized medium of communication between the maker of yachtsmen’s supplies and the yachting public. Its value for ad- yertising has been aemonstrated by patrons who have employed its columns continuously for years. Ow Saturday, Jan. 14, Defender was launched from the new tailway in the Herreshoff shops, and moored to a buov in the bay, The work on her plating has been com- pleted, but the decks haye to be caulked, The lead keel for the new yacht will be run at once, The Canada Cup. Tue competition for the Canada cup, challenged for by the Chicago Y. C., promises to be one of the great yacht- ing events of 1899. Both sides are now busy in prepara- tions for trial fleets. The Chicago Y. C. will hold its trial races from July 4 on through the week. A sum of $1,000 has been appropriated for prizes, the first prize to be at least $500, The following, just prepared by the club, gives full particulars of the conditions of the trial races: Entry Blank, The Yacht ‘Club, Of:.-..-. ease Ofiters the yacht ay OWE GlD iz tla ait . for the trial races to be held during the week.commencing July 4, 1800, off the port of Chicago, Illinois, under the auspices of the Chicago Yacht Club, for the purpose of selecting its representative in the match for Canada’s cup. The Chicago Yacht Club accepts the entry of the yacht He eats a for said trial races, subject to the following conditions, which are hereby agreed to by the said Seoskeppetng Seereuhe (Glkuly Fetal Mes Sones & oe , owner of said Vachitieeiyuishe aati: 1, All yachts entered for the trial races must be meas- ured by the Committee of the Chicago Yacht Club be- fore the day of the first race. »2. No yacht shall be eligible to contest in the trial races unless it is built in accordance with the rules of the Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes, and the agree- ment made between the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and the Chicago Yacht Club. 3. The yacht selected to represent the Club shall be the one which in the judgment of the committee shall be the best adapted therefor, and not necesarily the winner of a majority of the trial races. Additional races may be ordered sailed by the committee between such contestants as they may select. . 4. All races shall be sailed under the racing rules of the Yacht Racing Union oi the Great Lakes. na a 5. In the event of a race being postponed or ordered re- sailed, it shall be sailed at as early a date as possible. 6. The trial races will take place in the early part of July, off Chicago, and the courses and instructions will be furnished to the owners of competing yachts on or be- fore June 20, 1890. 7. A purse of $1,000 will be offered for prizes, such amount to be divided according to the number of boats competing; but in no case shall the first prize be less than $500. 8. All entries for the trial races must be miade by the clubs to which the owners of the respective yachts belong. Entries must be made on or before June 15, 1800, g. The Chicago Yacht club reserves the right to refuse any entry which may be tendered. 10. If the yacht shall be chosen as the representative of the Chicago Yacht Club in said match, then the Racing Committee of the Chicago Yacht Club shall take the entire control and management of said Se ee i ree ee ee ey DAI ov aie eee until after the match race at Toronto, and shall then deliver said yacht ............ to the said siodt pirpciceer iad , owner, at the port of ............, in as good condition as when it was turned over to said Com- mittee, ordinary wear and tear excepted. 11. It is understood that the Chicago Yacht Club shall be held blameless for injury to said yacht ....,....... j which may happen, (a) on, account of the ordinary perils of the sea, (b) on account of the fault of the crew of said yacht, providing said crew is the one selected by the owner, and not by the Race Committee, and (c) on ac- count of faulty construction, Accepted: Ree eee He ee ww te te ee CC ee er Ce ee ee oer i er re er ners Ab ane me mee we mee cee te ew Secretary, Gilberts Bar Y. C. WAVELAND, Fla., Jan. 2—The opening day of the Gil- bert’s Bar Y. C. was on Saturday, Dec. 31. The wind was southeast and very light. In the first class the boats finished in the following order: Joker, Penguin, Omega, Britannia, Albatross, In the second class: Ethel, Swallow. After the race a shoot was held. Men’s shoot: Mr. Tyndall first, Mr, Harmer second. Ladies’ shoot: Mrs. Andrews first, Mrs. Hoke second. Prizes were presented to the winners of the different events. C. B. B. Harrison, Sec’y. YACHTING NEWS NOTES. The annual meeting of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. was held on Jan. 10, with. Com. Rouse in the chair. The officers and committees reported a generally pros- perous season, in'spite of the war, with an unusually large amount of racing, partly through the success of the new knockabout class. The following officers were unanimous- ly elected: Com., Henry Clark Rouse; Vice-Com., Col- gate Hoyt; Rear-Com., Henry C. Eno; Sec’y, Charles J, Stevens;-Treas., R. C. Wetmore; Meas., John Hyslop: Fleet Surgeon, H. Holbrook Curtis, M. D.; Fleet Chap- lain, George R. Van de Water, D, D.; Race Committee, BS Walter C. Kerr, Charles A. Sherman, C. W. Wetmore, Clinton H. Crane and Johnson de Forest: Committee on Lectures and Entertainments, Frank S. Hastings, Allan E. Whitman and Jacob Wendell, Jr.; Committee on Lines and Models, John Hyslop, A. Cary Smith and W. P. Stephens; Law Committee, Wilmot T. Cox, Alfred Ely and W, Kinzing Post; Trustee, Class 1o00, Nelson B. Burr; Class 1901, Walter Luttgen; Class 1902, E. C, Bene- dict, Clinton H. Crane and D, Le Roy Dresser. It was voted to endorse the challenge already made by the race committee to the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. for a race for the Seawanhaka cup in 1899. The executive committee of the Long Island Sound Y, R. A. spent a pleasant evening on Jan. 13 in discussing three protests referred to it by the Seawanhaka C. Y¥. C. race committee, All related to alleged fouls in the knock- about races in Oyster Bay during the past summer. In two cases the cominittee upheld the decision of the race committee, in the third case it decided that the evi- dence was insufhcient to enable it to make a decision. It was decided to reconsider the limits of planking in the 21 and 18ft. classes as adopted at the previous meeting, making them 54in, instead of 44in., and in. instead of Sein. respectively, The full text of the new rules and regulations will shortly be published. Robert C. H. Brock, owner of the schooner yacht Rebec- ca, has brought suit in the United States District Court to trecoyer $12,450 damages from Hughes Brothers & Bangs, who are building the new harbor of refuge at the mouth of Delaware Bay, Mr, Brock claims. that on the night of Sept. 21, while the vessel was endeavoring to secure an anchorage in the Delaware Bay, she struck the breakwater, which was not visible above water, being just awash, which caused the loss of the vessel, with every- thing on board. Mr. Brock claims that the contractors are liable by reason of their negligence in not having a light displayed on the hidden danger. He claims $600 for the loss of property of his guests, who were on board at the time of the disaster. The writ was served on Mr. Bangs, one of the members of the firm, by United States Marshal Myers, : ; The annual meeting of the Genesee Yacht Racing As- sociation, of Rochester, was held on Jan. 9, the following officers being elected: Com., F. E. Henrickson: Vice- Com., F. T. Christy; Fleet Capt., F. A, Miller; Direc- tors, L. J. Perry, A. N. Bennett, W. F. Meyer. Ariel, schr., G. H. B. Hill, has been sold through Messrs. Tams & Lemoine to Francis L, Leland, N. Y. The annual meeting of the Indian Harbor Y. C. was held on Jan, 11 at the Hotel Manhattan, New York; the following officers being elected: Com., C. T. Wills; Vice- Com., George G. Tyson; Rear-Com,, Isaac A. Hopper; Sec’y, Charles: F. Stewart; Treas., Richard Outwater ; Trustees, C. S. Somerville and J. H. Downing; Regatta Committee, F. Bowne Jones, Charles E, McManus, D. Willis Merritt, Lee C. Hart and Thomas A. Mead. Messrs. Geo. B. Carpenter & Co,, the ship chandlers and sailmakers, of Chicago, celebrated the new year by a ball, given by the firm to its numerous employees on Jan, 7. The different floors of the company’s sail lofts were specially lighted by electricity and fitted for dancing and supper, an elaborate banquet being prepared by a local caterer. A large number of employees were present with their friends; the members of, the firm being on hand as hosts, Mr. H. C. Wintringham, designer of Emerald, has de- signed a steam yacht for J. R. Maxwell, which will be built by the Pusey & Jones Company, of Wilmington, Del. She will be of steel, r4goft. 3in. over all, 1r7ft. l.w.l., 18ft. 6in. beam, r1it. hold and 7ft. draft, schooner rigged. She will have triple expansion engines, by J. W- Sullivan, 12, 18, 20 and 20 by 18in., with two Almy boilers. The Massachusetts and the Hull yacht clubs have just consolidated under the name of the Hull-Massachusetts Y. C., the annual meeting being held on Jan. 14. The following officers were elected: Com., Edwin P. Boggs, steamer Nashawena; Vice-Com., Winthrop Thayer, steamer Zuleika; Rear-Com., Louis M. Clark, knockabout Spinster; Sec’y, William Avery Cary; Treas., John L. Amory; Meas., William E. Sheriffs; Executive Commit- tee, James R. Hooper, J. J. Souther; Membership Com- mittee, William B. Emery, Charles Hayden; Regatta Committee, Henry M. Faxon, C. Edwin Bockus. The new club starts with a membership of 366 and a cash balance of $650. The Massachusetts Y. C. is an enlargement of the famous old Dorchester Y. C. The annual meeting of the Dorchester Y. C. was held on Jan. 11 at the club house, the following officers being elected: Com., Franklin L. Codman; Vice-Com., Dr. W. S. Smith; Rear-Com., Thomas F. Temple, Jr.; Treas., George H. Collyer; Sec’y, W. Ross Guilford; Meas., C. W. A. Bartlett; Board of Directors, Commodore, Vice- Commodore, Secretary and’ Treasurer, ex officio, and C. H. Nute, W. H. Swift, H. W. Smith; Housé Committee, Fred P. Hayward Hjalmar Lundberg, W. S. Mace: Mem- bership Committee, W. . Hayward, Theodore W. Souther, C. W. A. Bartlett, Dr. J. H. Daly, W. Ross Guil- ford; Regatta Committee, T. W. King, O. F. Dayenport, A. P. Nute, J. C. Gray, Thomas Leavitt. At the annual meeting of the Shackamaxon Y. C. on Jan. 3, the following officers were elected: Com., John Engle, Sr.; Vice-Com., Isrial Jones; Rec. Sec’y, Henry S. Anderson, 309 East Cabot street, Philadelphia, Pa: Fin, Sec’y, Rollins B. Murphy; Treas., Wm. Gaun; Fleet Capt., Frederick Anderson; Measurers, Wm. Cravin, Wm. Wurst, Geo. Le Sage; Board of Directors, John Engle, Wm. Gaun, Max Schladensky, S. B. Edwards, Henry S. Anderson. The members of the Horseshoe Harbor Club, of Larch- mont, met at the Manhattan Hotel on Monday evening for their annual meeting, and elected officers for the ensu- ing year: Com., Albert C. Smith, Oconnee; Vice-Com., Frank E, Fowle, Fairy; Sec’y, W. J. Merrill; Treas., Dun- can Sterling, and Trustee, Eustis L. Hopkins. The re- ports of the various committees showed the club to be in excellent condition in all departments. Over forty mem- bers were present, among them being ex-Commodores Joseph H. Sterling and George S. Towle; Vice-Commo- 6681 ‘SUIEIIS “Gq “AW ‘PIEA OSA peryarqrepy oy Aq “D . 21, 1899. [Jan "IMT “Laise FO dOOTS Taq SRST Psalms Rep as RA sles A ‘409 eyeyuemeas ‘asnoy “dD a “W07) JO} 3]Inq pue pausisog Tp TMNQOWIC. \ \ rs \ | > y s eer oy ES spp e a ep yh ee I = a ae eee gas ae ae me ce ! ; [ ¢ = ~Sevon &z, f Pay ON} . “Dy Se * moN se i Re Bi ; StaP05 4 ? fs Ir j (s a t < 2 do is Ue Is 5 ie [= ! & fx) ; trong pe {pxponsos = : | Doe Ly iad Vie gous Se fis — r { { : = —- “eh - ese LeHreL LB >: — Sp 5 Spe eerie as Te HOLL » Level"1o a x iy Fx t ieee = rs z bs bee A £ Cie Fi Ze E a LP c Level"4 Bevel *3- Level®2 | Level” | SAIL PLAN OF 25FT. KEEL SLOOP. decided that those foreign clubs giving their regattas un- der the measurement and rules of 1892 may, on request, be represented in the congress of 1899 by one of their mem- bers, who will have the right to vote. : A Fast 25-footer. THE accompanying design was made by the Marblehead Yacht Yard, W. B. Stearns, for Com. H. C. Rouse, Sea- wanhaka Corinthian Y. C., and two yachts are now build- ing from it at the yard for Com. Rouse and a friend. They are intended for day sailing on open water, with some cabin accommodation, though not such as would be required for cruising. The order in a general way called for a keel boat of not over 5ft. 6in. draft, with knock- about rig of small area, large cockpit, small cabin house, strong and durable construction, and handsome finish. The boats were expected to be fast for the type, and easy in a sea. The dimensions finally chosen by the builder were: [EReraveriht Conner ae UDL ln 2 Songy eed pomioe luke Meus roc, 38it. TE Palette eee are oA AM ok Gd” ee nt Me een 25it. CATR CREE CIC, eee, Ve een ee sc stones, eee Sft. 6in. EXER Tansy, ALE NAV IICE patina Mae Ns pay DARE Sit. ID Seren ase een, feta eer teens eB eas eee Wat, sft. 6in. eS rictiee bp OdkCber beaks ee ee RA AD tops ks Ift. oin. Displacements. e202 ee ene “Eee aie 10,000lbs. IB cS aeeen a «tote WR le ee tee) 9, 5 at 5,000lbs. SHU BURGER OPeF orien ceo dtace bath ce eed ene Ae eee ae 730 sq. it. The plans speak for themselves, and give every indica- tion of realizing the expectations of designer and owners. The hull is planked with hard pine in single lengths, all copper fastened, the lead keel’ is slightly bulbed, and is fastened with Tobin bronze bolts, the planksheer and deck joiner work are of mahogany, the deck is of white pine, . carranrh asthead Shraud Cleat. AN OZ: B254fh of 7oz: Masthead 34°9 above Dec! : . * i , ' ih ee ee " 1 " Eye ‘ ne et 4 3 Ny : ‘ tion. sh. * 1 ny 4 1 _ Bolster agd Clear : + Throat Pendant | ; Vy stee! 1 apd Runoers 1 wire rope, Shrovd Citars “| wa; Diam.SAy + ¥ Spreaders, 10" 1 Diary, th’ Tapered. ‘ Vp" steel wire repe JIB: 14OH LE of 722 crosseuh, Loff, 2 Foot, 9' Leach, 18 No club o7 fooh. Ae | Diam, of Mastar Srep,4/s N2-64- + SAlLe24: SPAR-PLAN- ASHE for F-C-RQUSE-ESt aa SCALE: 's!' *Aov.189%- and the cabin is finished in mahogany and butternut. Com. Rouse is the owner of the one-design Seawanhaka knock- about Mistral, designed and-built by Mr. Stearns last Rifle Range and Gallery. Cincinnati Rifle Association. Tue following scores were made in regular competition by mem- bers of the Cincinnati Rifle Association, Jan. 8, at Four-Mile House, Reading Road. Conditions: 200yds., off-hand., at the Ger- man ring target. Gindele was declared champion with a seore of 226 on that target. Payne was high with 66 on the honor target. Gindele was high with 231 for the Uckotter’ trophy. A strong, gusty wind prevailed throughout the day, making the shooting difficult. Champion target: . a Ginidclew Sart. Awitheetieco cen hance me 23 19 24 22 24 21 22 24 23 24-296 IPERS: Coa nena a Le aBaaneones conoeldie 21 22 13 22.20 21 22 20 16 20—197 Wicimilaemmlerenysenteteieceeeretor ven aciae 19 17 21 22 16 18 17 20 22 16—188 WICKOREETU Merle cs rentcantie melden rete 21 16 21 15.19 218 9 16 19—156 RO DELESW cata ta eM rersivninam ea wes 22 21 20 18.20. 20 14 17 25 21—198 Dibes aeessate. Fafa, arena slap hicecat ere eee ones 24 20 13 14 20 17 16 18 21 18—181 Ropis wines hm nas neon CEG GaiE pemeNe 1911 7 1 619 22 14 21 15—135 (CAST “Ah babenneeossen Bouscorce 25 10 16 20 23 14 17 24 21 21191 SUackimelemperas csc wiscteaine ges ;...-18 19 17 22 14 18 19 22 19 20—188 Plasenzalilemers., secraceacek stietocceretict 21 21 24 22 21 23 21 22 21 20—216 ta Honor targets Special Scores. (rina lel eo ete retiree ities scares teal ne srereee 15—55: 231 224 216 TP ayateoeieccstevitene tears Ceara erohin caren 225-22 22 22-66. 223 213 204 Wane! Go srovacdosonanne Fouuucet 23 21 17—61. 207 207 194 UWickottens saan see BSc hehiety,srhe ier 23 13 15—61- 192° 185° 176 Roberton tears vaieieel eee 15 20 17—52 202. 210 199 DD ruth Careers tatoo eee inthe s Ce eae are 18 24 22—64; 208 194 188 BRO Dia ierac teats rotate) tate aera nteretiesse 12 19—50 Ws 177 179 (Ghani Zocdoosens Bbroepne rhe 4on nen 21 923 13-57 188 186 182 Strickmierveramadlite catenin 17 19 21—57. 206 195 206 Elia Seraiz alae iteeet tcder Notsrsessetoo ter sacloverereisl za 19 25 19—63. 207 «206 205 a . The Forest AND STREAM is put to press each =week on Tuesday. Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the latest by Monday and as much earlier as: practicable. 58 Rifle at Shell Mound. SAN FRANcIscO, Jan, 9.—A pleasant day greeted the marksmen who assembled at Shell Mound yesterday to inaugurate the year’s shooting programmes. ‘The following organizations held contests: val he Naval Militia, Independent Rifles, Germania Schuetzen Club, German lWrieger Verein, Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club and the Norddeutscher Schuetzen Club. _Aside fram the ordinary medals and prizes, the Germania Schuetzen Club announced the following premiums for public com- petition matches, to be contested every seeond and fourth Sun- day of each month; $420 divided in prizes, tapering from _ $100 down to $8, for the best ten scores on the ring target and-the best hve centers during the year, and the Bushnell medal for the championship of the Pacific Coast. The Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club offers class medals for members, experts, sharpshooters and marksmen, to be contested for on the second Sunday of each month. Re-entry matches, Glindeman medal, for all comers; military and repeating rifle medal; Siebe all-comers’ pistol medal, for S0yd. range, off-hand; Tews’ all-comers’ reyolyer trophy; Daiss’ all-comers’ .22 and 2b5cal. rifle medal, with Jacobson’s medal for members added; diploma tor Ae two seores on rifle, pistol, military revolver, .22 and 25cal, The following scores were recorded at yésterday’s contests of the various elubs: Golumbia Piste] and Rifle Club—Ten-shot scores, pistol range, 50,ds., Golumbia target; Daiss and Jacobson medal, .22 and .25cal. rifle: I. (. Young 29: George Mannell 34, 41. Siebe pistol medal —F. ©. Young 44, 56; G, M. Barley 52, Class medals—J. E. Gorman 46, G. M. Barley 53, M. J. White 60, F. O. Young 59, J. P. Cosgrave 79, Mrs. M. J. White 65, J. J. Fitzpatrick 138. Rifle class medals—Dr. Rodgers 69, E. Jacobson 78, F. O, Young 74, M. J. White 87, G. M. Barley 128, J. J. Fitzpatrick 152, Mrs. M. J. White 158. Glindeman all-comers’ rifle medal—F. OQ, Young 44, 52, E. Jacobson 60, E. N. Moor 83, G. Mannell $9. Germania Schuetzen Club, monthly medal shoot—lirst champion class, Dr. L, Rodgers 484; second champion class, Nick Ahrens 415: first class, John Gefken 388; second class, E. H, Goetze 37h; third class, H. Lilkendey 342; best first shot, August Jungblut, 95+ Jast best shot. Dr. L. Rodgers, 24. Yearly competition shoot for Bushnell medal, highest scores—F. P. Schuster 220, Dr. L. Rodgers 216, A. Strecker 215. Yearly competition for cash prizes, highest scores—Dr, L. Rodgers 72, J. Utschig 71, A. Strecker 70, J. D. Heise 69, B. H. Goetze 68, F. P. Schuster 67, William Goetze 67. German Krieger Verein Schuetzen Section, monthly bullseye and medal shoot—Champion class, Oscar Dammer 865; first class, Fritz Kaiser 352; second class, John Bender 346; third class, Charles Meyer 298; best first shot, George Hetzel, 21; best last chot, F. Kaiser, 23; most bullseyes, O. Dammer. Bullseye shoot— I’, Kaiser 748, O. Dammer 1232, Charles Meyer 1542, John Bender 1649, Charles Weggeman 1751. San Francisco Schuetzen Verein, monthly medal shoot—Cham- pion, first and second classes, not filled; third class, E. H. Goetze 391; fourth class, John Beuttler 362; best first shot, Gustay Schulz, 92: best last shot, E. Stettin, 20. RokEL. Mr. James Conlin, famous as an instructor in the art of rifle and pistol shooting, has been established some weeks in his old quarters, Thirty-first Street and Broadway, New York, where the famous Forest anp STREAM and other matches were con- tested, He contemplates holding an international mile fourna- ment in the week in which the sportsmen’ show is held. His gallery is most perfectly equipped with fine rifles and pistols; and numerous targets, authentic beyond doubt and marvelous in their record of accuracy, hang on the walls. Mr. Conlin intends to run his gallery on the same bigh plane as in the past, and make it again famous for its skillful contests, — The Forest AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. Grap-Sheasting. If you want your shoot to be announced here send in notice like the following: Fixtures. 18.—Reading, Pa.—The Reading handicap; open to all, $150 guaranteed. Arthur A. Fink, Manager. 25 live birds. Jan. $10 entrance, H Jan. 18.—Stony Creek, Pa.—Stony Creek handicap, A. A. Fink. Manager, 426 Franklin St., Reading, Pa. Jan. 21.—Holmesburg Junction.—Fulford-Heikes contest for E Cc cup at 1:30 P. M., on grounds of the Keystone Shooting League, Holmesburg Junction, on Pensylvania R. R. ~ ’ Jan. 25.—Singac, N. J.—Twenty-five live-bird handicap, $10 en» irance, birds extra. Arthur Bunn, Manager. J Jan, 28— Brooklyn, IL. 1.—Brooklyn Gun Club’s monthly shoot at targets. John Wright, Manager. ‘ Feb. 13—Pawling, N. ¥Y.—Tournament of the Pawling Rod ‘and Gun Club; targets. Geo. 5. Williams, Sec’y. Feb, 4.—Lyndhurst, N. J.—Tournament of the Lyndhurst Shoot- ing Association. Main event, Money vs. Moriey,_ for. the Be Gs cup and chanipionship. of New Jersey. T. W. Moriey, ‘Sec’y. = Feb, 22-—Altoona, Pa.—Target tournament of the Altoona Rod and Gun C€lib; G, G. Zeth, Sec*y. Feb. 22.—New Haven, Conn—New Haven Gun Club’s tourna- ment; $20 added money. J. B, Savage, Sec’y. Feb, 22.—Worcester, Mass.—Tournament of Sportsmen’s Club; targets. A. W, Walls, Sec’y. Feb, ——Lyndhurst, N- J.—Live-bird tournament of the Brook- lyn Gun Club. John Wright, -Manager. _ ; 4 . March 1,—White Plains, N. Y.—Fifteen live-bird handicap, $10 entrance, birds included. E. G, Horton, Manager, White Plains. April 6-8:—Utica, N. Y.—Fulford’s handicap at live birds. D, Fulford, Manager. April 113. Elkewood Park, Long Branch, N. J.—The Inter- state Association’s seventh annual Grand American Handicap rnament. Sen 18-20,—Lincoln, Neb.—The LincolnGun Club's second annual DOS r oa targets and liye birds; $500 added. Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y. : ae Y eke ril 1891 Baltimore, Md.—Prospect Park Shooting Associa- tion’s tournament; $500 added. Stanley Baker, Sec’y. f April 25-28.—Baltimore, Md,—Tournament of Baltimore Shooting Association; targets and live birds; money added. Geo. L. Har- ison, Sec’y. f May 16-19-—Erie, Pa.—Ninth annual tournament of the Pennsyl- ania State Sportsmen’s Association under the auspices of the Reed Hurst Gun Club. Frank W. Bacon, Sec’y. Bs ey May 16-20,—St. Louis, Mo—Tournament of the Missouri State Fish and Game Protective Association. HH. B. Collins, Sec’y. May 24-25,—Greenwood, S. U.—Annual live-bird tournament of the Greenwood Gun Club; 25-bird Southern Handicap. nts, Sec’y. ‘ i wee 7.9, —Columbus, O.—Tournament of the Ohio Trap-Shoot- ers’ League, under the auspices of the Sherman Rod and Gun Club. J. G. Porterfield, Sec’y, O. T. S. L. . une 7.—Buffalo, N. ¥.i—New York State shoot, under -auspices of the Buffalo Audubon Gun Club, Chas. H. Bamberg, Sec’y. une 14-16.—Cleveland, O.—Cleveland Target Co.’s tournament. une 20-22.—Sistersville, W., Va.—Third annual tournament of the West Virginia State -Sportsmen’s Association, under the auspices of the Wheeling Gun Club, Wheeling, W. Va. John B. Garden, Sec’y. ‘4% the Worcester DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. - Club secreturies are invited to send their scores for publication in these columns, aiso any news notes they may care to have printed, Ties on all. events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported, Marl all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad- way, New York. ; The Brooklyn Gun ‘Club’s monthly shoot takes place on Jan. 2. Visitors are welcome. John Wright is manager. c “-- shoot at: Wissinoming, Jan, 10, by FOREST AND STREAM. [JAw, 21, 1800. The Pawling Rod and Gun_Club will hold a shooting tourna- ment on Tincoln’s birthday, Feb. 18, at Pawling, N. Y., on the grounds of the club. There will be twelye events at targets: three at 10 targets, $1.20 entrance; four at 15 targets, $1.30 en- trance; three at 20, $1.40 entrance; one at 10 pairs, $1.40 entrance. One 20-target event will be an allowance handicap, with merchan- dise prizes added, Experts will be barred from one 10-target and one 1h-target event. Total entrance fee, $15.60. Shooting be- gins at 9 o'clock A. M. sharp. Sergeant system, electric piill. American -\ssociation rules. Purses, four moneys if twelve en- tries of over; under twelve, three moneys. Lunch served in the club house. Stages run to and from grounds. Special rates at the Dutcher House. Extra events will be arranged if time per- mits. Pawling is ninety miles from New York, on the Harlem Railroad. Geo. §, Williams, Secretary, The programme of the Altoona Rod and Gun Club’s tournament, te be held on their grounds, near Llyswen, Altoona, Pa., eb. 22, provides ten events at targets. Six are at 10 targets, $1 entrance; one at 15, $1.50; one at 20, $2; ohne at 25 (the handicap médal event), entrance $2.50; and one at 5 pairs, $1. All events will be at un- known angles. A good lunch will be served in the club house dining room. (Guns and shells shipped in care of the secretary will he delivered on the grounds free. Purses will be divided according to the Jack Rabbit system, surplus, 50, 30 and 20 per eent. The grounds are easily reached by electric cars, which run from the center of the city eyery fifteen minutes. The pro- grainme contains a list of hotels, to which the management reiers visitors. G. G. Zeth, secretary, Altoona, Pa. Notwithstanding that Capt. Money has not fully recovered his strength, since his recent severe illness, he was one of the shooters who shot through the whole programme at John Wright's in- vitation shoot, Jan. 10. For a man who is sixty years old, he is a wonder of vigor and skill, though high as they are they are excluded by his deserved popularity. His score of 97 to Guthrie’s 96 out of 100 at Carteret, Nov. 29, is, so far as we know, a record- breaker for all shooters of his age. Indeed, in the matter of skill, endurance and yiyacity, the matter of age is of no moment with the popular shooter in question. The regular annual meeting of the Erie Rod and Gun Club was held on Jan. 11. Officers were elected as follows: President, Frederick Graef; Vice-President and Treasurer, Charles Plate; Secretary, Charles H. Luhrssen; Handicapping Committee for the Year, Henry Dohrmann and Charles Plate. The following yearly prize winners were announced: First prize, Class AA, Charles MM. Murphy; second prize, Class A, Frederick Graef and Uarry Blackley, a tie; it will he shot off later in the season; third prize, Class B, George Fuchs; prizes for best attendance at regular shoots were awarded to George Fuchs and Charles Dettleffsen. Dominie Beveridge, at present rusticating in Fremont, Neb., says that the best bait for wild geese is the left hindleg of a newly killed rabbit of the plains. Armed with a gun and a rabbit’s foot of the aboye description, together with a few suitable loads for geese, he left his residence early one morning, dug a hole deep erfough to conceal him (no easy task, by the way), and scored four straight on geese before breakfast. He further states that four geese, averaging between 13 and ib6lbs, each, is as much as one healthy man ought to carry home at any time, whether before or atter breakfast. The Altoona, Pa., Rod and Gun Club held an annual meeting at its club house, mear the city, on Monday evening, Jan. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Presi- dent, G. T. Bell; Vice-President, R. A. McNaught; Treasurer, R. H. Fay; Secretary, G. G. Zeth; Captain, J. F. Killitts; Exe ecutive Committee: Ed Kottmann and W. E. Bell. The club is arranging for a number of shoots for the coming season, and its events will no doubt figure among the prominent ones. . The shoot held last week under the auspices of the Brooklyn, N. ¥., Gun Club, was such a success that Manager John Wright has determined to run another on similar lines. The next effort will be held toward the close of next month, and will be brought> off on the grounds of the Lyndhurst Shooting Associa- tion, at Lyndhurst, N. J., which grounds are under the direct control of T. W. Morfey, the well-known livye-bird shot, and at present, the champion target shot of the State of New Jersey. Mr. J. S. Newell, lately connected with the Selby Smeltmg & Lead Company, of San_ Francisco, Cal., but mow manager of the U, S. Smokeless Powder Company, of the same city, 1s visiting New York and Eastern points on a business trip. Mr. ‘Newell has been visible on ‘Sporting Goods Row” for the past few days, and has so far found the weather far from suitable for one so long connected with the delightful climate oi the Pacific Slope. Mr. Rolla ©. Heikes made a visit to the Remington factory at llion, N. Y., making his headquarters in Utica, the home of Mr. E. Fulford, and received a pleasant visit from the latter. Ilion is only twelve miles from Utica, and is reached easily by train. Mr. Heikes now has his new Remington, a gun of axcellent balance and design, and in the hands of the Daddy of them All is likely to be an active factor in future shooting his- tory- Tuesday of this week, Jan. 17, & srantetaie shoot at the Carteret traps, Garden City, L. I. The conditions were: 50 live birds per man, $50 entrance. The out- look on Monday was for an entry list, approaching the teens, as shooters {rom- Riverton, the Herron Hill Gun Club, of Pittsburg, Pa, and from-.other erack clubs around New York, had all signified their intention-of taking -part in the sweep. “Mr. WiltK:-Park, trap .editor of Sporting Life, has entirely yecovered from his recent seyere illness, and is hustling about was the date set for a large again in his old-time way. He is : ane manner of a shooter who knows oN ee ely aus ee recent performance is the winning of the orists’ Gun u Root an, Wi a score of 42 out of 50, half “known, half unknown angles. -- 5 Under the able management of John Wright, the Brooklyn Gun Club will give another liye-bird shoot in February, John is serious- ly thinking of engaging a clover leaf grounds for his friends to shoot on, to the end that he will have room for all to enjoy them- selves, but he will probably secure some location near New York. John Wright’s invitation shoot last week came nearer to being a tournament than many more pretentions shooting affairs. Last Saturday was a squelcher on trap-shooting. Rainy, toggy, somber and forbidding, it chilled the ardor of the most enthusi- astic shooters. Owing to it, the match of Messrs. Banks and Tanning vs. Messrs. Heikes and Hallowell was postponed. The regular club shoots also were sufferers from it. We need rain frequently, but it will do quite as well on any other day. Capt. Money has just won another match, and with a score that shows that the attack of pléurisy from which he has lately re- covered has not injured the working together’ of his hand and eye. On Saturday afternoon last, Jan. 14, despite rain: and fog, he shot a 100-bird race with Leonard Vinletter, of Philadelphia, Pa., defeating him by 2 birds, scoring 93 to 91. ‘ Mr. C. C. Beveridge, known to his host of shooting friends by the endearing soubriquet Dominie, is now in Fremont, Neb. Later in the month he contemplates taking a week quail shoot- ing: He is missed about New York in the club shoots, and there is a gap in the friendly circle due to his absence. May he soon speed eastward. he ae Charlie Young has gone back to his home in Springfield, O. While here Mr. Young had something very fine in the gun line on exhibition. Fle showed it to certain parties 1m the city, and it ig understood that he returned to the Buckeye State more than satisfied with the results obtained from his brief visit to about the only city on earth. Under date of Jan. 12 Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, manager of the Interstate Association, writes us as follows: Programmes for the Grand American Handicap tournament will be ready for distribu- tion March 1, Entries for the Grand American Handicap will be received at our New_York office, Edward Banks, secretary-treas- urer, 318 Broadway, New York city. : The officers of the Jeanette Gun Club of New York for 1899 President, Pred Ehlen; Vice-President, Fred Carstens; Sec- are: ; TR retary, W. P. Rottman; Treasurer, J. Nick Brunie. The two latter were re-elected. Shooting Committee and Handicappers: Louis H. Schortemeier, chairman; Heilshorn. . ‘ a - sa ; ill be a 25-live-bird handicap at Singac, N. J., om Jan. ue one $10, birds extra, handicaps from 24 to 32yds. | Trains leave Chambers street at 10:30_and 12 o’clock for Little Falls. Take the electric cars from the Erie Depot at Paterson to Singae, Extra events will be shot, Arthur Bunn, manager, The Mauser rifles were a formidable auxiliary to the period of pouting, in which Spain indulged in, in the year now gone. We fearn that Messrs, Schoverling, Daly & Gales, have sectired a lot of the Mauser rifles-which were used in the late war, and will yetail them for the low sum of $7.50. — J. Nick Brunie and Chas. breaking targets much after © _W. 1. Colville (Dick Swiveller), of Batavia, N. Y., has re- signed his position as Eastern Manager for the U. S. Smokeless Powder Company, and has now joined the ranks of those who represent the smokeless powder interests of the firm of E. L. du Pont de Nemours & Co., of Wilmington, Del. _ Mr. -E. G, Horton, 100 Railroad avenue, White Plains, N. Y., informs us that on Wednesday, March 1, he will manage a live-bird shoot, a handicap, 32 to 25yds., $10 entrance, birds in- cluded, money divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. The shoot will be held at Molenaor, Sunnyside Kennels, White Plains. BERNARD WATERS. Buffalo Audubon Gun Club. Burrato, N. ¥., Jan. 12—The match between Messrs, E. C. Burkhardt and J. CG. Roberts, shot at Audubon Park to-day, re- sulted in a victory for the former by a score of 46 to 42%. It was very closely contested up to the last 3 birds. Burkhardt shot Sisdrs. Hazard smokeless in U. M. C. factory-loaded shells. The scores: Vf MS TR aoe AAG GR ARS Sot ide adetiene 202201*211211102122111121—21 — 1110221121212111121122**0—21—_42 1a) (Gop iehbi dita) seen senansassesesoaas 1*22122222222221*11222102—22 12122221 22*21111121122212—24 46 Seven birds: E. C. Burkhardt 6, J. C. Roberts 7, C. E. H, 7, Douglass 7, Robinson 7, Russell 7, Crooks 5, Johnson 6. Five birds: E. C. Burkhardt 5, J. C. Roberts 4, C. E, H. 4, Douglass 5, Robinson 4, Russell 3, Johnson 3. Jan, 18—The contest for the Clinton Bidwell trophy between Messrs, E. C. Burkhardt and F. G. Wheeler took place to-day on the grounds of the Bison Gun Club. The contest was at 26 live birds, and was very close. Wheeler lost 2 dead out of bounds. Mr. Charles Werlin immediately challenged the winner to contest for the trophy, and the challenge was accepted. The date will be fixed upon later, The scores: eB viplolatrate seer aeislatetsae speeds cinesiereee 1212212122221 222212221222 94 1 AG A puted kasi Receieserop een anor et ey nee 212212119 2*11120121*12112—22 Sweepstakes followed. No. 1 was at 5 live birds, the remainder at 10 targets: Events: eo Events: 1—2. 3 CATE lott ee: meant Pam acttets) ANUS SICH eee ee a SHEE Ate Re BBR aiid Gaogcinnecoee 3.6 9 EC Burkhardt........., dye so TWIG GENS Mi iste Gage ree escort: ee ee) Wear Or eCL Lee tr ecLetrae at B Hy Norton............ Min 6a SLR ah teebpenneee ctr, 55 5 5 IB Yay kiN San aisnerciouicicn AERA GO ARENT Chath te pete eee Eee 2 63) NAG AA BES AAS ABSA BAG HEM UR ahewee AUTORI NET SegeeHeneenyiinkn tt Ps) Wihrecler y.00)-). sind-)lae-lelel- Bk os Washington Park Gun Club. _ bas doings of the members of the Washington Park Gun Club, Kansas City, Mo., for 1898, are set forth in a table as follows, with a caption appended thereto: S Zee s gf 3 & eS eae ee eYadcessg = F wo Seseseteaeno“za 4 IDE IDG rote ASAA passed ar 14 14 11 15 12 14 14 15 15 13 14 165 .916 Reachio.seeseaean ere, Wi4dIsist41 Mia. ih | (8 -903 TRaELC, “ewes areas yin 14 11 10 15 12 14 13 .. 15 13 .. 132 880 Weritchite wasveraeanns 1214 93 1515 ds ye 15 aes. 2 180 866 IPSUVE Sosboroerencce 11 12:15 1112 1414 .. 151210 ., 126 840 TNs oo anos 11 13-10 12 11 10 12;12513517 ..,, 115 166 Waidlaw peels: ee 11101011 912 10 .. 12 10 12 .. 109 726 ADIs Wee porgle beeen es 12 14 14 111014151310 118 837 Pipa TIGIS Ss eluent tee s1 Ok Us LSS oe UD ree YT 62 459 Dickinson ......... HWS yp toe al ee eB RIEL yy aul ye 89 -T4 Hermicaseen ratte s sed SEE eee ames GL ey alt ny eee a3 82 A883 Taye eke + aeHoeanesac a Shee ahi abv bl 2 ai0h Ae a ak} 79 152 Allen Telbel arial of yee 87 966 Scott .. 13 1B Ae 78 866 Winters ,, 141213 .. abeen, # 76 844 JEAN ate 55 56K Sete AT ey Tater Ses 66" .733 Grotigetpereeeihehiiekes 7 pre ep SUT An Se 43° ATT LOW CA L-EERET Lb ech nner 10. 14..1414.. 138. 65 866 Rickmers .........-- 213... A, AE de Pris. 60 -800 Greeoryieee a coc cet ene Neer WBE, aaa ale 46 167 Barkers eee eebru. if 18% re lSRA ta eae eee eee 39 -866 BYi@iek Aas HEAAae Nw cir a SE ree ties wt rt $1 25 .5DD Mpaneclker ey. php bhaGan) al BOL Retry ts tte tte fess 23 106 And don’t forget that the Missouri Association tournament will ees of the Washington Park Gun Club, with at least $350. added. Fremont Gun Club. Fremont, Neb., Jan. 18—We had a heavy cross-wind, that made it hard shooting. The 10-target events were 50 cents; the 15-target, 75 cents. We are to have a live-bird shoot on Peb, 22. Give my regards to all the boys, and tell them I will see them later. expect to leave here the 17th for Oklahoma for a week's quail shoot. Expect a good time. Events: Ty 2a serds fo Gets Se 910] Shot Targets 10 15 10 15 10 10 15 10 15 10 at. roke. Av. Womulnie: scenes sess PADS 90 GAM Ad oe 120 96 -800 labeinis: 4a seqcgdaccs n becO) COG) bb 210 sik dae 920 79 -655 Townsend ......... Sid eee oe a dameper oes. 110 712 .650 UOKak. SOOLe enn APG: 5 10 “4° 7 de 6 Re 110 62 -560 TDyyakewbl 6556 505.506 NFS SUP we ore re ol 60 32 530. Schow i eeere ener § 9 612 5.. Be ies 60 37 .610 Still 4 we pe, fee a5 ex B0_ 15 500 | ROP See ts eho Plcal i) a2 580 R Beveridge ...... 4 te pe eb 20 8 400 MiTITEIS vo. een hes So oe, Ge OM Dre Da rcerenst 85 30 350 (ORM Da a at a £3 he ee oecam 1 -400 Palcotin eon tee eines GF sRes tm Steet 45 19 -420 Rititel hee Aeon eee mad Aaa thts. the Cee 6 30 aly 560 Nicodemus ........... .. Ae i eliweeh Et Sey ty 55 31 500 Ssiakse Seek gosocoged be uc 9 6 5 710 6 8 6 95 oT 600 AWUCIS I Ree aasooor =-Hehs oe TRAE vi gso5- 65 34 520 (Gato) CAN ASB ae degade edieot ect ter tod Moeal) es 40 16 400 Lewis aac 20 13 650 (? Brien Bee frat 25 11 -440 IBERIA ann amon ad tee they Bates ch wl 10 5 500 Rucikose seee eck ks he AH 10 6 .600 _C. © BEvERrpce,- Trap at Watson’s Park, Watson's PARK, Burnside Crossing, Chicago, Jan. 13.—The following $1 miss-and-outs were shot to-day here. Where there are two or three ties they divided: Roses Le ae VI take was eel ERE en vee, Geer rs Gernnewell .. 02.2, .222% PARRA i ort A I ees A S50 an Tad erred a erway seta eee OO Wives 0 ea Se oie ands - Witte: Aacsmnensseex estat POUT O20. nee azar M2 bLOE ON Ie Teas Pe: (Oxrmea baler, Pe, Sa6e 22122 () 2212 0 221121 10 1211220 0 [feverowssohey pees aeerg aieitictcorv {210 12 10 12) 222122 22220 1211220 10 JevopiaMPn he erotica ost eas Pphbey Vi oo UM SR neem airing mt mS ere lca Sst vhaeactee testes efanerers 120 2s 220 0 12121 22212711 2: SRICWESIGE Bydbesooatuace feat th 2120, 220 0 11111 42221122 21 Jan. 10, 25 live birds per man: . GILES Pera mae eiisietmcine oeeelste oh ete arian 1910921221 2121122221121 *—23 FY SAR ce seuesieetiee set ss eted Sa eet *1112212*0*2211 221211*002—_18 Jan. 11, 30 birds per man: ; ‘ owiSue ice teen eee ote cells ns 1201121*002014*02110211022 we Dr Mallee esc e2.---<.<: JABS ATIACOCOdS 121021201 01112211121200122121225 Jolinspin waiecsate sees WE ha 5naads 2202222201020*2201201000002101—17 : RAVELRIGG. Montgomery Watd & Co. Diamond Badge. Curcaco, Ill, Jan. 18—The unfinished competition for the Montgomery Ward & Co. diamond badge was continued to-day at Watson’s Park, Burnside Crossing. There were seven. out of the eleven who tied on the first tié last Friday, Six of the seyen were present to contest in tie No. 2, the absentee being Holliday. This makes the tenth shoot,and Mr. Hyde proved to be the victor. This ig his second win. Mr, Barto and Mr. Comley.have each won it twice. Messrs. Amberg, Steck, Sturdeyant and Dr, Shaw have each won it once. There will be two more shoots for it, the first of which will be on Friday, Jan. 20. ; The handicaps in-yards and the extra birds to shoot at are given in the scores: W B Leffingwell, 80.......00- 212222201 2210 201222200 w Hyde, 29 ..0.-.-s0es ere 9929999992 10 0222122202 2210 Rigas meee eh eseat Coan 2022229212 1—10 2201021220 w. Wihitay 930: be snigee nets eerie 01110120 w Glee ee eae acen pecs 212122112 0— 9 i Lee, 26 ..ve-screneseeesr++++--0022220200 Ww os. Jan. 21, 1899.) Confabulations of the Cadii—XV. GiLoriots weather fayored the opening day. of the Egyptian Gun Club’s tournament. It was decided after many fears and misgivings that it would be a two-day affair; one at targets, one at live birds, All the other preliminaries were concluded, each of which represented many timorous forebodings as to its suc- cess from some one or two of more of the members; for there were seyeral members who were quite convinced that a certain arrangement was entirely wrong, and therefore portended dis- aster, while there were other members who were equally con- vinced that certain other arrangements were the only ones which were hopelessly ruinous to the tournament’s success and therefore ruinous to the Club’s interests; others again were enthusiastic over all the arrangements and maintained that the tournament had within it all the essentials of success, and that therefore all the calamity hewlers were wrong. At the ‘worst, they held that if there were some matters of minor detail which Were not quite right, there were enough which were right and which would save the day, The members who had had the least experience in tournament matters, and who were commonplace people in commonplace matters in-eyervday life, were the most opinionated and asser- five in proposing what shouJd and what should not be done, and in prophesying disaster if their advice was unheeded. In this there was nothing particularly strange, for there is many a man who cannot manage his own farm and family who feels nevertheless that he is competent to manage the affairs of the nation. Still as the tournament affairs drifted from the realm of talk to the realm of action, and the members were therefore necessarily at more and more remote distances from the cider bucket, the zeal of seyeral seemed to lessen till in time all the work de- volved on the Cadi and Moke, much to the concern of their respective wives. The concern of each, however, sprang from widely different feelings. opie Jane, as became a good wife who had such a treasure of a husband, was profoundly grieved over the Cadi’s exertions in the club’s behalf, which seemed all the more dangerous since they were beyond anything that he ever attempted at home; and it was very dangerous for him to work at home, as his wife knew from the many assurances and -the sudden illnesses on the part of the good Cadi ‘when he thought that there was work at hand or in prospect. In his weak state, the ~- ovetr-exértion might irreparably injure his health, or he even might die, and then she would have no husband to work for, to say nothing of the passing away of the divinest man of earth, The wife of Moke was grieved over the fact that, by his engaging in club matters exclusively, she had no husband to work for her, the point of view of the one being that she loved her husband first of all; that of the other, that she loved herself, and was deprived of the luxury of bacon and cornbread, to which she had been accustomed all her life before her marriage, and to which she called the attention of Moke from one to fifty times every day. However, once the spirit of the sport was on the Cadi, he could not, from pure love of it, refrain from engaging in the work pertaining to the tournament. own farm he was spititless, weary and inactive; in matters of sport he was the opposite in eyery respect—something after the manner of the parson’s old horse; so graphically described by. Oliver Wendell Holmes: “Sportsmen and jockeys knew him not; And yet they say he once could trot Among the fleetest of the town, Till something cracked and broke down— ‘And are we then so soon forgot?’ Ah, me! I doubt if one of you Has ever heard the name Old Blue, Whose fame through all this region rung In those old days when I was young. ” He was simply the good parson’s family horse, sedate and de- liberate from many years of steady going, and “Seant-manned, sharp-backed, and shaky-kneed, The wreck of what was once, a steed— Lips thin, eyes hollow, stiff in joints; Yet not without his knowing points.” ‘One day when, by fortuitous circumstances, the deacon who had borrowed him entered him in a race against the crackerjacks, liberate from years of steady going, and “Long ere the quarter was a half, The chuckling crowd had ceased to laugh; Tighter the frightened jockey clung As in a mighty stride he swung, The gravel flying in his track, His neck stretched out, his ears laid back. His tail extended all the while Behind him like a rat-tail file. Of went a shoe—away it spun, Shot like a bullet from a gun; The quacking jockey shapes a prayer From scraps of oath he used to swear; He drops his whip, he drops his rein, He clutches fiercely for the mane; He’il lose his hold—he sways and reels— He'll slide beneath those trampling heels! The knees of many a horseman quake— The flowers on many a bonnet shake, And shouts arise from left to right, *Stick on! stick on!’ MHould tight! hould tight!’ ‘Cling “round his neck and don’t let go— That pace can’t hold—there, steady, whoa!’ But like the sable steed that bore - The spectral lover of Lenore, His nostrils snorting foam and fire, No stretch his bony limbs can tire; - And now the stand he rushes by, And ‘Stop him! stop him!’ is the cry. 7 ‘Stand back! he’s only just begun— = He’s having out three heats in one.’ ” bd a * * ‘ioral for which this tale is told: A horse can trot for all he’s old.” The old horse in a race and the old horse in everyday life were quite different animals. Either he should have been named Cadi, or else the Cadi should have been named Old Blue. In spirit they were alike. The Tournament. Some of the shooters from a distance had arrived the night before, to the end that they might be im good season for the commencement, and! also to ayoid the fatigues incident to long a In matters of work on his ~ FOREST AND STREAM. travel in the, morning, Some of the shooters had their shoes well blacked, others had them well greased, each being governed by the customs which obtained in his own bailiwick. In the’ matter of adornment tastes justly vary. Some wore their best clothes, others their worst, while others again wore the only clothes they had. There were shooting suits, semi-shooting suits, and suits which suited their wearers, and yet would haye to pass as being unclassified. : There were a number of venerable men among the spectators who cared little for the spectacle of men at work, but who dearly enjoyed seeing men at play. They loudly descanted on the superiority of the sport fifty years ago, the wonderful men who then were masters with the gun, and they deplored the de- gweneracy of the present age, thereby proving beyond question that if they were no js-ers they had been great was-ers. Still it is strange that the was-er does not, realize that he is the creature of arrested development, and that the world has-moyed on and left him in a past age, though he may be yegetating in the present. The younger brethren were in an ecstacy of delight, and each one silently yowed that he would buy a good gun for $500 as seen as he could raise it, and become one of the great shots of the earth, The novice could readily be distinguished from the regular, The former was nervous and ill at ease} the latter was methodical, calm and quietly alert. He noted the appearance of the new- comers, carefully looked over the grounds to determine their effect on the flight of the targets, etc. There were cordial greet- ings, handshakes, chaffing, recountals of the doings at the last tournament, discussions on the best loads for target breaking, introductions, etc. The novices in most instances had leaned their guns against the wall, where they would be nicely in the way of the shooters as they walked about. Cautioned about it, they moved them to a place which was unoccupied for the moment, but which a few minutes later was filled most uncermoniously with heavy boxes of shells, much to.the alarm of the owners of the guns, who then placed them where they should have been placed at first—in the rack. The regulars were unperturbed. The novices took up their guns betimes and aimed them very impressively into the atmosphere, and furtively scanned the guns of the regu- lars to perceive wherein was hidden magic which enabled them to break so many targets or to kill so many birds. The regulars in most instances entered for the whole day's programme, and this with the nonchalance of men who had money to burn. The novices in most instances entered in one event at a time, passing in their money with visible reluctance and looking after it with a pained look; longingly, as after a friend who was start- ing on a visit to a far country for a long while. The morning hour had not passed before programmes were ' lying about on the ground by the dozen, and there were several. bundles of them in the club house unopened. They remained unopened throughout the tournament. There were enough with- out them. Still, it might have been a matter of interest to the advertisers, and set them thinking that there is sornetimes a difference between the promises set forth in ‘the circular letter soliciting advertising and what is done actually to fulfill the promises. The Cadi and Moke were on hand early, receiving the shooters and endeavoring to answer a dozén questions all at once in respect to matters which were fully explained in the programme. They expected to hayehad ample assistance. Three of the members had promised to be on hand without fail, One sent word that his mule had a bad case of colic, and that it would be impossible for him to attend, and that he felt sorry. Another found that he could not neglect some important business matters which had unexpectedly required his attention. The third sent neither explanation nor “excuse. A sixteen-year-old boy, who was burning with curiosity to see and hear everything that was going on, was engaged to do the scoring, and thereafter he gave the strictest attention to every- thing but the business that he was engaged to attend. The Cadi concluded that he would act as cashier, while Moke was to act as referee and squad hustler. Some of the regulars amiably volunteered to assist at such times as there was need of them, and their cffer was gratefully accepted. The first shooter of- fered a $50 bill to the Cadi, to pay for the day’s entrance; and the latter was at a standstill at the start, for he had nota cent of change either in his own right or that of the club. There was then running from this man and that to make the needed change, for it is one of the first principles of a cashier at a tournament that once he gets money in hand it is wise to hold it if it can be held. . As there was no organized force in the beginning, and no definite plan of action at any time, there was no head nor tail to the management of the tournament, and everything was in a state of chaos from start to finish. As to the conduct of the shooting after it began it will be dwelt upon at another time. ; BERNARD WATERS: Boston Gun Club. Wevirncton, Mass., Jan. 11,—Zero temperature attended th Boston Gun Club’s fourth prize shoot, TORRERRE With a aateHosea enthusiasts that nothing short of an earthquake would prevent coming out. A clearer day could not possibly be asked, and with a huge fire burning cheerily in the wood-stove there were worse places a good deal than Wellington. At least this was the de- cision reached after the shooters had sampled the conditions and found them satisfactory, for good scoring was done before dark- ness closed in, as the accompanying scores will show. Mr. G. O. Henderson, a visitor from Hingham, broke 56 single targets without a miss. Some doubles shot in between lowered his average, but latterly his handicap distance on this style of shooting was more correctly gauged, His match score of 20 was a splendid one, considering it marked his debut on these particu- Jar grounds. Mr, Gordon was-a close second, and also with straights, having three to Henderson’s five. Events 1 3 56 6 7 8 91011 12 13 14 Targets 1010 6 61010 5 6 10 10 10 10 10 15 (Covagtoras Uf Os Pecado 9 24 810 5 31010 7 6 618 INTs FeAiyes sc! We ih uratelete ys aust ceisiersieian 985578538989 811 DEM EGSOMe Le) mmbn te ee ere merle 1010 1 31010 6 510 6 .. 35 2... Pe onates Stet etn dPecr rill: ee 59 5 4 4°38. 89. oss TL OUAC Cs uel Sarpnerdecnie eet ieta nee a 8:45 78 3 5 epee say IY gate nee yre Bayete Bey OS DF 9 9 3. 2- i 5 4 : . = Events 1, 6, 9 and 14, known angles; 2, 7 and 10 - and 11, reverse; 3, 4, 8 and 13, pairs; 12, unknown EEE 5 Merchandise match, 21 targets: 10 known, 5 unknown, 8 pairs: Henderson, 18 ....... veces LUIIII—10 1 —5 1 1 10 Sortie y vallos aaniraltc nites 141111111110 111115 10 01 eer Horace, 18 socertevus seas seks 1111011110— 8 001118 10 11 115 —16 AVE SIC arene 8 pater am Seti sole lel 1101111110— 8 11111—5 10 10 10-316 ECE HOLS aq Ma cerneen one 1101111111— 9 11001-2 10 10 00214 Ieee ney We. San daeonnaros: 6S 1001710001— 5 11101—4 11 11 00—4—18 Team match, 40 targets: 10 known, 10 unk 1 : cues handicap: goa cadh sHopter, Ordolt a seesnyh neds BRATS SES A WII A011 — Spencer eeieeeks gihecsseau pid 0101011111— 7 LOL $1696 DNVUTS KAW y stiack:hastrerner ise s-o5.0.5 .. .0111101771— § 1110111111— 9—17 PLOTAGE! Gea kedneon esale see : 1000191111. 1111110010 — 7-14-37 Wenderson ....-. 1011001110— Gig Leonard ........ : loiontn— $1329 ON LONG ISLAND. Oceanic Gun Club. Jan. 16.—The Oceanic Gun Club held its first shoot at Rocle- away Park, on the grotinds where the Rockaway Park Rod and Gun Club held so many interesting shoots. The weather was pleasant and enjoyable. A stiff breeze made the targets fly in a most puzzling manner. There was quite a good attendance and shooting progressed steadily. The officers of the Oceanic Gun Club are: President, Frank Coleman; Secretary-Treasurer, John H. W. Fleming; Captain, L. H. Schortemeier, The next shoot will be held in the latter part of this month. : Several Star sweeps were shot, which do not figure in the scores, owing to most of the shooters having an tneqtial number of birds to shoot at. They were shot after the following manner: Each shooter puts in, let us say, 5 cents at the start. Then each shoots at 6 targets, and for every miss each shooter puts 5 cents; thus if a shooter missed his 6 targets, he would contribute 85 cents to the purse. If he missed none, then he would con- tribute only the 5 cents. The better a shooter performs under this system the less he puts in and the more he takes out. Thete were a number of these interesting events. The regular sweeps were for a nominal sum, d A most appetizing Iunch, served free by the club, and appetites sharp-set by the salt sea air, were features which alone com- pensated for the pleasant trip had there been no other recrea- tion, Events; De Boe Gt. (ange Pease ie 2 Targets; : 10 25 15 15 25 25 15 10 Schortem Gieng Sooomacrnr ss opty ps cele sane QS ee 1G- G20 athe LE. IEE: Meets belo teroc ern ora nee site GIS sth 1A tT 22" wes 10 Ukr MIN ta Bysitiaant.tetd ola gee erecececccr ce pF ie py Bee PE mk: Ernest AL Tit See TEE! Woods Harrison "10 d@ 21 14 . Diffley S “Seth 2. Ak Laney . fe ff AE ES Peterson = oe WE ae - Tiernan Roe a ka ike) (Xstreet d6d4 JO GCE OOP ern 2 er ound eke ne New Utrecht Gun Club, Woodlawn, L. I., Jan. 14—No. 1 was the club shoot; No. 2 was the 600-shell shoot, 3 birds, then miss-and-out; Nos, 3, 4 and 5 were 5-bird sweeps. Good birds, and fog and smoke—what there was of it—made sec- ond-barrel shooting. very difficult at Woodlawn this afternoon at the bi-monthly live-bird shoot of the New Utrecht Gun Club. Some of Thompson’s seconds were of the phenomenal, Clay birds next Saturday. St Ew No. 1, No. 2. No. 3, No, 4. No. 6. E G Frost, 28...... 1122221222—10 112—3 20*22-3 22122—5 22200—3 EF Thompson, 29...120*111021— 7 1*2—2 21021—4 22110—4 0*121—s J Gaughen, 30.-.-- -.....4.- 102—2 12221—5 21202—4 10222—4 Tp GG) Git Sricterctatsteinle stelsl clot Veteitie de ety 1*1—2 221024 217023 21211—65 E. G. Frost, 5ec’y- Brooklyn Gun Club. Jan. 10.—The live-bird invitation shoot of the Brooklyn Gun Club, under John Wright’s management, was an unbounded suc- cess. There were shooters of all degrees, and so many of them that all could not shoot all they wished to, and darkness did not deter those who were in the last event. From the invitation, which was on fine, tinted paper, with the club’s monogram at the head, to the closing of the shoot, John Wright could feel that his shoot was a success. Messrs. Jacob Pentz and A, Knox did the referee duties, while Mr. J. H Fleming did the scoring. John D. Regan was cashier. handicappers were Messrs. Pentz and Hobart. ‘The weather was exceedingly cold, It was good weather for the birds to fly at their best, as there was a stiff north wind blowing from left to right across the traps. Among those present were shooters of national fame. There were Capt. A. W, Money, a giant with the gun; Jack Fanning, who has something over 90 per cent. on live birds and targets during the past season; Harvey McMurchy, who shoots up to a standard with the highest when he does shoot; J. J. U. M. C. Hallowell, who also is in the first rank; Charles Young, also a phenomenally good shot; E. Rike, a solid shot and a good one; Tom Morfey, well known as a formidable competitor with the best, and a number of others of as great enthusiasm, but less skill. Miss Annie Oakley shot in some of the events, and displayed a degree of skill in no way inferior to the best, The first event was at 5 live birds, $3 entrance, birds extra, three HODES: all stood at 28yds. American Association rules governed. € scores: The Fiarrisonm seseene-pee- esse 22122—5 Weldon .is.asecres soveweoL1122—5 Iorheyseceens em v's pieietateters 22222—5 Hallowell ....... eerrertre 212225 Miarstic| lesayisieclesielsstels'sius 12020—3 Remsen ......0.- ences 22102—4 Douglas -...... nace Beers 208d — 4) “Sands. iia heebwoeeaw ys 22222—5 NOUN Courage cece e meee 22e22—5. “Short .1.-..s0.0s arab anaes 2*212—4 Rarditee eaeupaetvaseee en 00210—2 Doty ........ eet ae 22222—5 Races er ceceas agace soe cies 01222—4 ~ Waters ..... Aoraaaa pean sdoll*—4 McMurchy ........-.---.11122—5 Capt Money ,.,.....-.., 12220—4 Panning yascanataaa tae cle A1122—5 Baron .,....ceesies ce 21000—2 No. 2 was at 7 live birds, $5, birds included, handicaps 28 to $lyds., ee megey MH ae10021-6 W arrison, 28 ..... Recto 2. Gls; (285 ec q once eesete ee Morty, BON hue asa ae 12222222—T Green, 28 ...-..sss0ee ; Soong oe Dr O’Connell, 29...... 2222222—1 Fanning, 81 ....s<.50.- 2110221—6 Fessenden, 28 ......... 0222222—6 McMurchy, 31 ...., oe. 2202122—6 eit tleymectm etc came « 2102212—6 Waters, 28 .......,, »- -20*112, Hallowell, 30 ,,........ 0221201—5 + James, 28 ......,. +++ e 2121111 —T WIOHEY gobo van Ware tir COLAOL Soe ah ancditte) oka a oon 0211212—6 Young, 31 .......... oe e2l22122—7T Woods, 28 ........e.005 2222292 —7 Douglass, 28 -.-..... pA ay ARIE ie 212022*—5 Marshall) 28 -.......... 0102121—5 + Weldon, 28 ...,....... 0022012—4 Bilauvelty 28) Sse ens 1101122—6 Hafften, 28 ............ 0201210 —4 a ee SS haleaaas eee aaee See 5 OOP ab A caceeeeeed 2022222—6 oty, wedeseses teu sy Aeeao22— TOG ge aimee alter 2 Remgen, 29 ..-.s-ssss 0 2122211—7 Pn No. 8 was at 10 live birds, $10 entrance, birds included, four moneys. Before the 9th round: closed twilight set in. Those who shot in the Jast half of the 10th round shot in the dark, and there- fore had difficult conditions: L Harrison, 28.....2222122121—10 T W Morfey, 30...2221222202— 9° D A’ W_ Money, 31...2212*11221— 9 W J_Toplitz, 26...,.2122220011— 8 W V H Sanders, 26..1211221102— 9 MM RE Packard, 29..2200111100— 6 W Weldon, 26..1100112200— 6 B Waters, 26...... 221221222210 I, Taylor, 28 EH Lott 28..0..; 112221221*— 9 A Marshall, 2 J. HL Hallock, 26...1111011012— 8 W_E F C Bissett, 26.,.2001112220—7- J L G Dr O’Connell, 29, , .*202*02*22— 5 After the shoot was over, three rousing cheers w. i with a will for John Wright. Then there hace calls foe ae Speech and John Wright in his modest way told how gratified he was, and how he hoped to do better next time, etc. A miss-and-out opened the shoot. Each contestant stood at 28yds. Entrance $2, three moneys. The score: | MeMurchy. Young, Fanning and Remsen, 6; Hallowell, 5; Morfey, 3; Sands, 2; Marshall, Rike, Weldon and Doty, 1. ’ Montana Gun Club. The Montana Gun Club, a recently organized body, h Id i first shoot, Jan. 9, on their grounds, eat eDhe ese event was at 15 live birds, as follewss ARPES. GEESE E Widman ...11111101101110112 G Kinkel .....0001011114 H_Kroncka ...011001101171101—10- Altenbrand Oltaiiiie te J SD aR Ga Se i Runes erate 011111411011010—11 ers... — 9): - he ... 11110! Val Schmitt. ..100000111100100— 6 ase Ee Oe 3 Some smaller sweepstake events followed. On Jan. 9 the club elected officers as ‘foll : Jr., President; A. Busch, Captain; i, -. C. Bit retary; M. Kaversicka, Treasurer; V retary; E. Whitman, Shooting Master. Unknown Gun Club, Dexter Park, Jan. 12—-The first contest of th Club, for three gold medals, three monthly and Gane yer tees George Kinkel C. Elfers, Financial ane Schmidt, Recording Sec- 60 took place at Dexter Park to-day. The number of members was stall on account of a misunderstanding of a postponed shoot. The result of the shoot will be found below. An election of officers for the ensuing year took place, with the following result! enry Knebel, Sr., President; E. Vroonie, Vice-President; Dr. J. W. Moore, Treasurer; William Sands, Secretary, The elub shoots under classified rule at monthly shoots. A charice is thereby afforded for poor shots to come in for a prize, Last year E. A. Wroome won the first gold medal, J. B. Voorhis won the second gold medal, Dr. Jy W. Moore the silyer medal. The dues are only $3 a year. The club shoots every second Tuesday of the month, at Dexter Park. _ Handicap: B, Vagts...... tree) CR Smith’ “2, dvdeeceeese -1110021—5 IP MOUr hiss sytees ec 211221217 E A Vroome ...... eee e2112001—5 Wan “Sands 2.00. 0s00; 2222022—7 [ Akhurst s.cessccrntce 0101202—4 EDM Esiehel) (Sio30 i. 211101I—6 “-R Dimke 22.112. 8222..2 1020120—4 Vesbs welt eters oe 01102015 : Dr. J- W. Moore, Sec’y. Tom Donley’s Tournament. Tow Donrrys second international tournament was held at St, Thomas, Canada, on Dec. 27, 28, 29, 30. The weather was not ideal. It seemed as though the weather clerk tried to crowd into those four days. samples of all his stock im trade, for the benefit of our American visitors. From mild to cold, irom calm to high winds, with snow and vain thrown in to vary the monotony, was the order of the day. When this is taken into consideration, the attendance was fair, and the shooting above the average! Clean Scores were next to impossible, even the experts falling down by the way. The event of the tournament was the race for the Gilman and Barnes international live-bird gold medal, which was won by R. D. Emslie, a St. Thomas boy, with a score of 19 out of 20. There Were twenty-four entries in this event. A two-men team race took place, five teanis competing, and re- sulted in a sutprise for the experts. It was won by Donley, of St. Thomas, and Werke, of Cincinnati, who scored 19 out of 20. Hallowell and Fanning were second with 18. Great interest was centered on the five-men international team race, for a valuable silver trophy, between Detroit and St. Thomas teams, which was won by the St. Thomas Gun Club team by 5 birds. They used King Smokeless powder, The birds used during the tournament were strong and fast, as shown by the fact that sixty are marked on the score sheets ‘‘dead out of bounds.” The management of the tournament was in the hands of John Parker, of Detroit, assisted by an efficient staff of local men. Among the yisitors were: J, S. Fanning, of San Francisco, representing the U, S. Powder Co.; Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Lindsley, representing the King Powder Co., of Cincinnati; John Hallowell, representing the U. M. C. Co.; Tramp Irwin, of Chicago, repre- senting the Laflim & Rand Powder Co.; A. Werke, of Cincinnati, and W. Thompson, of Jackson City, Mich.; Fairbairn, of Min- néedosa, Man.; Marks, Mercier, Wood and Brady, of Detroit; M. Graydon, of London; Miller and Virtue, of Woodstock; H. Bates and Scane, of Ridgetown; Reid, of Hamilton, and others. Great surprise was expressed by all the shooters that Josh Wayper, of Hesper, champion shot of Canada, did mot put in an appear- ance, especially as he won high average at last year’s tournament, First Day, Dec. 27. In the first event, hve birds, J. Handley, of St. Thomas, dis- tinguished himself by making the only clean score, In the targets Thompson won high average, breaking 135 out of 140; Fanning second with 133; Hallowell third with 128. Events; bad: “40 bs Tb Zs 48 Targets 10 15 20 25 15 20 20 16 OR OTe GL oes oy tty danssmnercnneccer! § 18 17 24 14 18 19 14 (Resa | Po nee Ae heres) 49440 s00qonn 6 13 19: 19 13 18 18 15 Hallowell -.-..... foie ata eerpestear sein 7 11 18 22 15 20 20 15 Mbigirease Rey -- eee teh eae BUSA eas anaes 10 15 20 25 14 20 19 12 Ste thihbite pe KAA AA SADR OEE EDEL IC | wu uunry etre 10 14 20 21 15 20 19 14 rid otitis: eee. eee eeacaee ht elae ha s 808 AM if sey kt Tievait) st baa tnar ee eaten melaiite io 14 prey ey hit WIGATLS! Con ea eee se peeae (RA i a 9 12 18 21 14 19 17 18 WMePHersoiu vesaareressoosepe es epee stare Re dl A S2 2a as 13 sha shy poco beer as ramen oor rea 9 12 15 21 12° 16 18) IL Faasdtaley: Wirpsecesimnrey deere ry. coreeerrire Le) to eee 45 iDhnrduislye@ Gaeeee pe peer a A Aas See eee oie, RIGA IGT sete osa cil tieean 55 (Dict Soe pisces ies veneers COMA USm. S14 a2 E st SLOLESe enti seb PEEP EE eRe R eer eT puplb hen ty ae MS, Ges By ods Witten erttt et etter reisec br ec rs iPenbee ps yy Ney Fey vey Thompson broke 185 out of 140; Fanning 133, Hallowell 128. Ten live birds, $7: Wood .... - - 2224220200— 7 Brown senrececersoe 2*10111011— 7 IParker 5e4 -1021220220— 7 Bates sisescncocen..2*02220202— 6 Hallowell 2220202002— 6 StottSs ..scicnue o = we 0022222222— 8 Lindsley . .-2222220222— 9 Donley -....-..- «2» *121010222— 7 STEWVITT ole eteets . -2224120120— 7 Miller <-2..2cc.t.. .1120221020— 7 Pridhomme . .-0012000001— 3 Virtue ... - -2102212000— 6 Meister ....+. . ..2001122022— 7 Fairbairn .. -111*100001— 5 lata” Wy oeane ss os 2212021222 9 Scane ...... , , -1011221102— 8 Lip saishi=) ewe e ease 211210124I— 8 Graydon .......... 0**2211202— 6 BTACYs seater sce ce 0012100122--§ Hanley ...-..2..2.- 221222112210 Thotipson ...c.<0.5 22*0201202— 6 Extra event, 7 live birds, three moneys, 60, 30 and 20; Handley 7, Stotts 6, Fanning 7, Parker 5, Miller 6, Brady 6, Hallowell 7, Thompson 5, Donley 3, Lindsley 6, Graydon 6, Emslie 7, Virtue 6, Scane 5, Werke 4 Second Day, Dec. 28. On this day more interest was shown both by shooters and spectators, as this was the day of the international handicap, for the Gilman and Barnes gold medal. It was won by R. D. Emslie, of St. Thomas, by a score of 19 ont of 20. eo. Fulton, of St. Thomas, was second with 18, while Brady, Fanning, Werke, Brown and Hallowell tied for third place with 17. At the targets Thompson and Wood tied for first average, breaking 137 out of J40; Fantiing second with 134; Hallowell, third, 133. rs. Lindsley (Wanda) braved the storm and came to the grounds, com- peting in two 20-bird events, breaking 39 out of 40. Target scores: ' one ft ath al Events: | 9 10 12 12 18 14 15 16 Targets: 10 15 20 25 15 15 20 20 Parker 234... fatdeettes voovrecreeeeses 10 10 18 24 14 15 18 18 ERR OipSOUn 2 pepe iia stent ree ceceeso 10 15 19 25 15 14 19 20 MUA G Well leks cet ea lorena ees secaes @ 15 18 26 15 15 20 18 NMC citlmguines heck n aoe beeeree payee 10 15 20 23 15 15 19 20 Liteyghauh gtol Ahem pee A Atri iraciren 08 SOE -- 10 14 18 25 J4 15 20 18 TRarslighhaphedt cs SPAS SAcirerwt ear et wea atep vorsc eye a te oF » 12 ti 13 Mirrcicemee: cesar eee eee csctace & 14 19 23 14 12 ., 18 UTWATL. -aetyawnnsrcu's Ts acmesctiye stl aa 9 Se ys eh er Se BTiE 2 Seth si ehe eke k ae beta gisheses sane ae 0 14 17 «.. Hea SSRORNS errere LP yee Oe IAAAS BAR Apeete . 19 24 12 12 «.. Pirislier soca cess ages simeemesrge ARE RARIIS 40 12 41 17 138 7 16 138 Scane wehssyeccgs ee Se rare cone 20 13 19 28 18 1. 1 «.. Ieper syste Ae eee eos erproryeciear ear, peeee ee, oe SO) er bee eae ale aie CORI EL a attire neboeps eee Lieuvecsreene 4 ce eS cate UG ie ae Jessop ...... Nee eeriet oo SEReye tent ok Al Ae ee EES AGRO bbOO wan ume eet oat Ae gat treietete F Cala Creal bo Sacer camecl Wanda ...:2: IRB ener eis eee et ge ee Gs «. 20 International handicap, 26 to 32yds., $15 entrance, fifteen high guns, 15, 18, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 3, 2; 2, 2 Wood) ou) (2, Aeon ane voccesenneee+21*01202210220222202—14 Parker, 31 i ccreceneeeed*22212222001111020—15 [ERIC UNE nebo Gipy Liars her cee 92012022202229912229 17 . . .0022*2**20*022222222—12 -2220220220*22122102%—14 soe seen cccccoesery yess 2aagacd02a2221121*2—17 er eve eens sy 222020222022022202022—14 - . -11221212222222220111—19 Fanning, 31 . Stotts, 28 ,... Emslie, 28 .,.- Werke, 26 2... += 110*1022212112212212—17 Donley, 27 asccaccenecsavestseieesesrcorcseence 2200202*222221002220—13 Dart, 28 ....c2iee eerie Peaa pre eee nee eres « «ee -10201102101002121111—14 Graydon, 28 ..ssss0+ : eee yees sey 121220221022*1221010—15 TO WAL ee aa bomen ete a ». 140*2212120212121221—17 Bates, 29 ..... Weiddad tat shang ciate .» -21112010212011211202—16 Virtue, 29) 2.2.0.0 Jab ce ak dN da eee ee - - -20002210220020022222—12 Miller, 30 .......0sssuveeeeee bbb betep bbe +» -01220000001121110101—11 Fairbairn, 28 2.0... Ls eregre La bearers Vhigce 220*11111*0201202101—13 Scane, 28 ......0.0. ISS nnn hoa evoet pense .20222110221010212211—16 McLaren, 27 s.s-ccsccese pencercvccsevesssers > -42020001220120002102—11 McPherson, 27 ..coosss Benched heptevetetoenss 078-012. 6 ae 11221112112111002121—18 McMackon, 27 ..scscrenes DLS ING TET 21020201021110011002—12 George, 29 wenscerrereccyrocessee dansooseneeces -ALOI2020111111*2*101—16 Extra event, 5 live birds, $3: Lindsley 4, Werke 2, Donley 3, Graydon 3, Parker 3, Brady 2, Scane 8, Hallowell b, Fanning 5, Wood 4, Irwin 5, George 3 Third Day, Dee, 29. A number of extra events at live birds were shot off, but the Puticipal event of this day was the two-men team race, won by onley’and Werke, who scored 19 out of 20. Fanning and Hallo- well second with 18, Bates and Emslie, and Stotts and Handley third with 17. Lindsley and Parker also shot (unplaced). At the targets’ Wood and Hallowell tied for first average with 109 out of 115, Emslie second with 102, Fanning third, 101: Eyents: 17 18 19 20 21 22 Events: 17:18 19 20 21 22 Targets: 15 20 20 25 15 20 Targets: 15 20 20 25 15 20 Wirtue ......20. 151817191315 Fanning ....... 14 17 19 23 15 18 Fairbairn <....- 15 18 16 241218 Wallowell ...-. 16 20 18 28 18 20 IDEVAD serge ren rece the iss gs cee Ji nisbalaee qe an Sb ee aa) VALE noe Brigger -sseiies 131516 ...... O Dell ae 12 14 Emslie * .....ere TGSIS T9221 7" Wratidas Saves oe at lees Pg Witoedle steteriae 15.19 20°2418 17 Bletcher 2.0... 0. 0. 0. 4. .. 16 Parker ...,.... 14 18 20 24 1420 McPherson ... .. .. .. .. .. 19 Two-men team race, open to all, 10 live birds per man, entrance $10 per’ team, $10 added; Fanning .<<..c.« 2110112211— 9 SEOLES Fshebath 2202220220— 7 Hallowell ...... 1221121*21— 9—18 ‘Handley ....... 2222211111—10—17 Bates .--.-.-...0111210122— 8 Werke, ....0.005 2121122212—10 Emslie ........ 2111022112— §—17 Donley ..-..:-. 0212112122 9—19 Lindsley ....... 2020222222— 8 Pare sea cre Be 1212202202— 8—16 Ten live birds, entrance $7, divided 50, 80 and 20; $15 added, class shooting: AViooiduersaccstr cass 2122002001 6 Lindsley ........... 2020221002— 6 Parker .............1*22001000— 4 Graydon ....,...... 2*00102212— fi Fanning: «-*111111000— 6 Fairhaitn .. , 2101111212— 9 Hallowell 2222222022— 9 Virtue ..... - -2000010w — 2 mslie+... 0012111221— 8 Bates ... . -1222112221—10 Werke?.... . .002221012*— 6 Reid ... , .0022002110— 5 George .......- - 11*1210212— 8 Brady ... . »1221111122—10 Miller. ..... 2200112191 — Dart ccsscccsceceee 2 002W — 2 Thomas ... --**0200w — 1 ‘ Extra event, 10 liye birds, entrance $5, 50, 30 and 20 per cent.: Lindstey 8, Parker 7, Brady 8, Stotts 7, Fanning 9, Fairbairn 3, Bates 8; Brigger 7, Miller 8, Donley 3, Irwin 7, Dart 8, Emslie 8, McLaren 7, Wanda 5, Reid 10, Werke 7. ; Extra, 7 live birds, $3 entrance: Stotts 7, Lindsley 5, Dart 6, Shorold 4, Brady 6, Reid 5, Graydon 6, Emslie 6, Werke 5, Mc- Makon 4, Bickford 4, Fairbairn 6, Bates 4, Tramp Itwin 7, Parker 5, McPherson 6. > A F Extra; 5 live birds, $3 entrance: Lindsley 4, Parker 4, Werke 5, Donley: 4, Stotts 3, McPherson 3, Irwin 4, McLaren 4, Reid 4, Hallowell 5, Fanning 4, Brady 5, Miller 4, Emslie 5, Fairbairn 4. Fourth Day, Dec. 30, On this day only one event was shot off at live birds, and that was captured by Joe Marks, of Detroit, who cleaned up his 15 straight. Wood, Fanning, Bates and Fairbairn second with 14, Werke and Tramp Irwin 13. This was an interesting day at the targets, being the occasion of the international team race between Detroit and St. Thomas gun elubs, and which resulted in a victory for the St. Thomas Gun Club team by 5 birds. Jn the other events at the targets Fanning made high average, breaking 79 out of 95. Hallowell second with 78, and Parker and Marks third with 76 each. International team race for cup, value $25; entrance $7.50, $10 added: St. Thomas Team. IGEOLEE Te be tenesiet cae eine connie , + -110101191001701011.0110100—15 IB tshle cats et pease Oraa eee oasis camer 1010141101111111100010001-—16 NWESSOD Mreaae vatas doasieevareresouenes 1010110311111011101110100—17 VON Tee ea aonne anor pe rr ete, 0001013.011111110111100110 16 QVCO RTECS OT eiateviatelal intabta tale waa Sa apts 111010111.1111111.11100111—21—85 Detroit Team, cues eee ceo woe e LL1101I011011111111111000—19 0101101010001001111110101—14 -1111111001011010010110111—17 Marks <. Mercier Wood . Brady .. -0101001010100000111010000— 9 Parke ive store Scere bieieivieltvialdin sel acie ee »L000011101911111010111—21—80 St. Thomas wins by 5 birds, Sweepstake scores as follows: Events: 24 25 26 27 Eyents: 23 24 25 26 27 Targets: 15 20 25 15 20 Targets: 15 20 25 16 20 Marks ............ 1817 20 11 15 Hallowell ........ 11 15 21 13 18 Mercier ........-- 11 17 19 10 28:- Stotts .-2..22..0... AOS Mae te Wiersma oe Ae ae $1308 120. 9 imslies Sint ieee 11 10 13 -9 16 Parkers Pee lame LR 04S. aiirvirices eee we Osan sae PATITITEL as oles dalsts cgi 14.16 201816 Brady .......,.... meee Bairbairm .....55.+ W919 614 Fletcher .......,. .. ik Se ahite > McPherson ......: Heer tee SVECTTOS HLA nectwey es. eae seme eiare IBRDORCE Lis eae eycae 12.15 21 9 16 Fifteen liye birds, $10, seyen high guns: Marks %.....-: 211221222121222 15 Bates ......... 222222020929092-—14 Mercier’....... 222*01222000201— 9 Stotts ........- ¥20220272022222—10 Wiood .....-:.- 122222*22122212 14 \Werke ....:... 1*1212221112120—13 Fanning ......2112*1211121122—14 Emislie ........ 221221122*0221* 12 Hallowell ..... 01212*121211202—12 Fairbairn .....111121101111121—14 Donley 1*1122102010022—10 McPherson ..200122222001211—11 Brady ..,...,.202222201022000—10 Erving ........ 210122122220222—13 Lindsley ..,...202222222020222 12 George .......1122*2*01122211—12 Fifth Day, Dec. 3}. The shoot, as advertised on the programme, ended on the 20th, but those inveterate dyed-in-the-wool sports who could not fet a day pass with pigeons in reach and not shoot assembled at the grounds and made the following scores at live birds: Fair- bairn won with 22 out of 25; Marks, Werke, Brady and Parker second with 20; Donley third with 19: TUES Sh AR) tes se ae ee earner yr parr sco 2122221111220111*01012012—20 ASRS PI A cy Ae eB err 2221220211202101111102021—20 LOS penta ST a ee gene nae 1271111112201 11122 Rarkere 20 0G yauwasengveatet Ph Atcstectetitei 121122210011222112*222200—20 TO OTTLEN eae elaine eee sitar estan vevee ee -2002212222012011121201210—19 SES LAY gD ate wie reiesreieeseest op nee ees epee 2021220022022212222122022—20 Hallowell G0 ci iastsee tre sge eases esanere 21011020202012111112*0022—1.7 Emshie; 28 ....+.0. ele iat etcetera eee ecee 022*2102222120122222*2*10—18 Jas. Hater. University Team vs, Penn Team. Frernwoop, Pa,, Jan, 9—In the nine-men team match between the University of Pennsylvania and the Penn Gun Club, of Nor- ristown, Pa,, on Jan. 7, the weather was cold, and a strong wind blew across the traps. The University was handicapped by the performance of Dorp, who was put on at the last minute to take the place of Singer. ‘The rapid-fire system was used. Mr. Ralph Wurts-Dundas, who was present, gave a very_hand- some silver cup to the high score on the University team. Jt was won by Neilson with 23 out of 25, a remarkable score considering the weather conditions. ‘Scores: ; University Team. W Neilsom .cccocececcccouscsev suv ee ALUITITIITIIIII0IIII01III—23 W. Breed 52s cewsecceewee ile nal eses 0 oL1OUL00111101101111111101—22 WieUSteel ..iceseecnansceree -L110101111111110110011110—19 Baldwiit ...-....5 fey aos ove es ©0011010111111161011001011—17 Weaver cy ¢cccccececeteeessecses eves 004110010011001111101101010—15 Dorp *..... SnoonaoeE a aorarsearal aya agree ele 0010100010000-00000000110— §—159 : Fenn Team, : Peni ho. Beene sere recat eee ee o4N100990111911191101111 1198 © Sibi eee eee ge tis a eoeeeoaeens roo» eL101110111111101111101011—20 - Scheetz cesoneseee ee coe oL011011001111101011111101—19 Gross _Seenereeene 11.091110919101107110110—19 Derr .« seeoeeae ec ee L01I111111110101110010171—19 Bosler geeeees os 20011011019101011101111111—18 Jenkins wee eeeoe eo Q011171110111101010110110—17 OSt Se .4re 110111111100111.0100011011—17 Cassell ws. eseccra vers -21100111110011:1.0110101101 1 7—169 Sweepstakes, University of Pennsylvania Gun Club, 10 targets, three moneys. The scores: P. Brinton 8, Neilson 9, Paul 8, Parish:7, Gross 4, Dotter 3, Neilson 4, Dorp 5, Weaver 5, Cassel 6, enkins 6, Redifer 7, Yost 7, Penn 7, Johnson 7, Dundas 4, Smith 3 Swain %, H. Brinton 9 _ W. Mosety Swat. The Forrest AnD STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. Correspondence imiended for publication should reach us at the latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. andley 4, Thompson 4, Virtue 2, Emslie 4, Stotts 6, - TJan. 2, 1800. ° IN NEW JERSEY, Miss Annie Oakley Defeats Munson. Jan. 12—Miss Annie Oakley easily defeated Mr. Charles Mun: son, of Dover, J,, in a match at 25 live birds, at Lakeside Hotel, Lake Denmark, to-day. The birds were 2 very good fot: Tt hardly could “be called a race. Munson seemed to entirely lose his nerve after his 10th bird, missing thereafter 6 in succes- sion, He was very weak on left-quarterers. Miss Oakley, on the other hand, shot with admirable quickness and accuracy, it being very difficult for the strongest flyers to get any distance from the trap before she shot them, Besides shooting in good time, she centered her birds well, and most of her second-barrel shots were used for safety. Her 18th bird, an incomer, fell but a short distance put of bounds, The match began about the middle of the afternoon. There was a glare on the snow, though the sky was cloudy, which strained the eyes somewhat, The grounds slope downward at yarying angles from the traps, making thereby very difficult shooting, if one is the least bit slow. Miss Oakley used a Francotte, flbs. 100z., with 42ers. of E. C, in a Smokeless shell, and I4goz. of No. 7 shot. Mr. Munson: used a Parker, 7elbs., with 48grs. of Schultze in a Trap shell; shot, 1%40z. of No. 7, Mr. John Riggott was referee. A few sweeps were shot before and atter the maim event. The scores: Trap score type—Copyright, 1899, by Forest and. Stream Pub. Co. 1541141427258114235229342858 ; BHR RAR EARCARR RADA LHRARE IER Annie Oakley, 28...112212711111122223*221* 2 1 2—98 , LES 245F2R2S8 RAB GAPHSAA9S5 RR 4S ELOOSRTIETREERRROA SSAA Munson, 80.,..0....2%312022222000*0022222222 0-17 Trap at Lyndhurst. Jan. 11.—The weather was severely cold, though clear, A large attendance of ‘the crackerjacks was expected, a number haviti¢ signified their intention of participating, but there were but six contestanis in the main event, the J5Jive-bird handicap, $10 enitance, birds extra. Capt. A. W. Money and Mr. Cubberly divided on 23. Mr, Zwerlein received second money on 21 kills. There was a flat level of ice atid snow in the field around the iraps. Nearly all the birds were sitters, and took wing reluctantly, though flying well when once started. No dowbt but what this, eombined with the efforts of the boy close by the traps to force the birds on the wing, cut down the scores appreciably. Mr. W. BR Hobart was referee, Mr. Jacob Pentz, scorer, The scores follow: Wiarkeys 30) so. eaote bees paren taeateaed sep yee 222929922*220222020202022—19 Zs YETTA 9g 208" le HSMP pheoera sees oeee eats ord ortens aa o~ 22212101 *24 22210012111 211—27 Gb bering toy ce jywrie-edlslereear spe srarereceeree 21.2*121212129291122211201—23 Wiest PB AN de o Oudssddeusucgoncace sed 2120121112122221 21121 2101—23 BRAT pER Ae Fes opel Mielote ante twte| ore evoryy sje Mls Weehars on scelaee 2202201*10122021122121202—19 1D ses nA Seo gapodberweanngadancuucuuct bdostee 222*22212922022*022011122—20 Mass @alcdlbyye2h sos-eee ees cease steve tele 2221 1w : After shooting at § birds, Mr. Frank Butler and Mrs. Butler (Annie Oakley) left to catch their train. f The shoot commenced at 2 P. M., with 9 5-bird sweepstake, $3 entratice, two moneys. Morfey killed 2, Zwerlein 5, Cubberly 5, Annie Oakley 4, Capt. Money 4 Bunn 4, Doty 4 Florists’ Gun Club, of Philadelphia. Wrsstwominc, Pa., Jan. 10.—The contest for the club medal, at 25 tatgets, known angles, from five expert traps, 25 trota magau- irap, inkhown angles, was won by W. JK. Park with a score of 42. Five expert traps, known angles: TLATris: Aue yc..cuLoebele euueun ee Hees enone ene 1010101211011110101110110—17 IBRItOM Sane ctr e Creuee cee nn Olnnnar 111.1011.011001001111111171—19. 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FRpoagiadhvots, LA Sa sh AA Re eA oe aT 00000711.0101101111011901—18 EY resi cct red Kis Toren ag eet ieee -. -411110100100011111111101017 Park, (Captaith content syne inlsinlee = = ee 200071 10100199111111011—_22 Rediier «latin eb eige-s-04 peewee ee eee ee» OLOOOLOTIIITIIIII0LOIOTII—17—69 The New Utrecht Gun Club shoots at targets on Saturday of this week, on, its grounds, at Woodlawn, Brooklyn, L. I. ctnswers to Correspondents. No notice taken of anonymous communications, M. A., Mackinaw, Til—Am im doubt, Can you help me? Game Laws in Brief says that mo non-resident can kill any game in Missouri. Now, if I were to visit an old friend in that State a little, would IT haye to stay indoors? Understand, this would not be a hunting ttip at all, but a pure visit for old friend’s sake. Ans. The purpose of your visit would have no bearing on the natrow, Wareasonable and un-American non-resident law of Mis- souri. You would by it be forbidden to take any game, The statute provides, as quoted in the Brief: “Sec. 3905. If any person, being a non-resident of this State, shall kill any deer, fawn, wild turkey, pinnated grouse, ruffed grouse, quail, wood- cock, goose, brant, duck or swipe, coon, mink, ofter, beaver, bear, muskrat or other furred animals, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.” PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. The New-York Life’s Statement, Tre fifty-fourth Annual Statementof the New-York Lite Insurance Company, printed on another page, gives interesting details of the business of 1898, a summary of which was published on the first day of the new year. The items of income trom premiums znd interest, and the payments to policyholders in death claims, endowments, annuities, dividends, and cash surrender values, will give an idea of the scope and significance of the company’s activity. Wo corporations in thé country, except the largest railroads, even approach the great life companies in the magnitude of their opera- tions, and none are more closely connected with the well-being of the people. Life insurance is the best form: of socialism extant— a system which provides for the needs of all through the loveofeach for his own. In the New-York Life about 350,000 persons are thus banded together, under contracts calling for $944,000,000 at maturity, over $215,000,000 of which is already in hand, It is about :seven _ years since President McCall assumed the direction of this ‘great company, and his administration has been marked by great energy in securing new business, by the issue of an unrestricted policy combining unusual privileges to the insured, and by the utmost frankness in the publicity of details... The practical adoption of a % per cent. standard of réserye on all policies, and the separation of accumulations on deferred diyidend policies from the unappro- priated surplus of the company, are significant of the conservatism of Mr, McCall’s management. The company’s inyested funds will éarn just aS much as before, but this change puts it ina position jo meet, without danger, such further reductions in the interest tate as may take place during the next generation.—ddv, FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. Terms, $f A YE\r, 10 Crs. a Copy, t Six Monrus, $2. Copyricut, 1899, sy Forest AND STREAM PuBLISHING Co, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1899. VOL, LII.—No. 4. | No, 346 Broabway, New Yorx. The Forest AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment,. instruction and information between American sportsmen, The editors invite communications on the subjects to whiclt its pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not bé re- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents, Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms; For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page ty, Che Forest and Stream Platform Plank, “The sale of game should be forbidden at all seasons.” Sees AND STREAM, Feb. 3, 1894. There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; the conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; the locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; the spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces,—Proverbs. SNAP SHOTS. Hern is a suggestion for those who are proposing else- where to follow Maine’s guide license system. Onc serious defect of the Maine system is that the holder of a guide license is not of necessity a good guide. He may be, on the contrary, a worthless, incompetent, no- account woods loafer, whose foisting of himself upon his employer by means of his license, is a rank imposition. The holding of a guide’s license in Maine is no evidence of ability and fitness. Nor, in default of discrimination between the competent guides and the incompetents, the - worthy and the unworthy, can the Maine system more than partially effect its declared purpose of controlling - the hunting through the guide. This would be a better way: Make the obtaining of a guide license depend upon merit. Let the merit be de- termined by adequate examination and by duly prescribed giving of evidence. Make the fee for the license merely nominal; and let. the taking out of a license be wholly voluntary, Under these conditions the license would mean something; it would be a guarantee of the charac- . ter of the holder as a guide. Licensed guides would then, aS a matter of course, be preferred to others. Every guide who could pass the required examination and demonstrate his fitness, would be eager to take out a license, An esprit de corps would be created, which would raise the standard. Such a system of voluntary license would inevitably advance the interests of all con- cerned. We believe that if the Maine guide law should be amended in this way the results would be most happy. The Connecticut Fish and Game Commissioners re- peat this year the suggestion urged in a former report that they should be empowered to lease tracts of land for State game preserves. We have advocated this very thing repeatedly; it is something which ought to be taken up by the game commissions of all the States. In these days of rapid increase of private game and fish preserves, of the acquiring and setting apart for private use of vast areas of lands hitherto open to the public, it is high time for the community to take steps to secure preserves for its own benefit, Such tracts are available at slight cost. To set apart wild lands as game refuges is at once the cheap- est, simplest, most easily accomplished and most fruitiul game preserving expedient open to the commonwealth. It has been demonstrated time and again, and in widely separated sections and under widely diverse conditions, and with different varieties of game, that if a tract of land is strictly protected against the gun, the depleted supply _ ‘will speedily increase and multiply and stock the preserve and overflow into the adjacent tertitory. Nature does the work, without effort or expense on the part of man, All she asks, the one condition she demands, and without which her beneficent work may not be accomplished, is protection from human interference, freedom to work in her own time and in her own way. Most of us can cite specific instances of this out of our own knowledge of some farm or piece of woodland, where the trespass signs have barred the way, and the strict exclusion of shooters has given the game a chance to increase, to the ultimate improvement or restoration of shooting on all contiguous fields; so that the posting of that particular piece, which was at first resented, has since come to be recognized as a public benefit. In the development of the Yellowstone National Park game protective system, with its stocking of adjacent regions with big game, we have an example on a large scale. The Yellowstone Park game protection demonstration ought to be an example to challenge en- terprise in the same direction in every State in the Union which has any game worth the effort. In the Adiron- dacks, for example, instead of permitting tens of thou- sands of acres of choice game country to pass into pri- vate control for exclusive preserves, the State of New York should have held on to what it possessed and have acquired much more that it might have come into pos- session of,.to hold as perpetual game refuges for the ad- yantage of the people for all time. The establishment of game refuges is an enterprise which may well engage the attention of aJl vho are in- terested in protective work, Commissioner Carleton of Maine figures that the moose hunters brought into the State in the year 1897 the sum of $125,000; and that the number of deer killed in 1808 was larger than in 1807, which would mean that in 1808 the moose hunters left more than $125,000 behind them. And yet in the face of this there are people in Maine who think that non-residents should be compelled to pay roundly for the privilege of coming into the State to spend money for moose hunting. SS There is one sentiment which must be reckoned with in these non-resident game restrictions. This is the feeling engendered by an alien tax, that one is an alien., The payment of his tax, as any Chinaman or Malay might. be required to pay it at the border, gives one a sense of being among foreigners, and not among fellow citizens of the same common country, It is much like going abroad or crossing the line into Canada. Leaving the country, one leaves the home feeling behind. This home feeling is as all embracing as the bounds which mark the limits of the United States. The native of Maine may wander as far away as Texas, the Californian may find himself in Missouri, and the Dakotan in New Jersey; but go never so far, so long as he shall not cross the lines beyond which another flag flies to the breeze, or so long as he shall not run up against a stand and de- liver non-resident hunting license tax, he yet may feel himself in a way at home, and ot an alien. It is this. expatriation, we are convinced, and not the.exaction of the money itself, which is so repugnant to the man of fine sensibilities. And as this home feeling is one to be cherished and guarded and strengthened, so a community should pause and consider well before outraging the sentiment by an alien tax. The abolition of spring shooting is something we have got to come to in this country, and the sooner we get there the better. In numerous cases where spring shoot- ing has been done away with, the local shooting in the fall has improved in such a degree as to demonstrate be- yond cavil the sound wisdom of the principle. We would be glad to have the observations of those who may send us facts to illustrate the effects of immunity for wild- fowl in the spring, We print in our angling columns two further letters in the correspondence addressed by Mr. Chas, Stewart Davi- son, of this city, tothe Quebec Department of Lands, Forests and Fisheries, respecting the preservation of salmon rivers. The antiual 1eport of the Department shows an earned intention of dealing with the subject in an effect- ive way; and it is not too much to say that the labors of Mr. Davison in this field entitle him to the gratitude of every person directly or remotely interested in Canadian salmon streams. The letters printed to-day, though writ- ten some time ago, have but just now been forwarded, in connection with a meeting held Jan. 24, in Quebec, for a conference of clubs with Commissioner Parent. The Commissioner sent out invitations last week to individu- als and clubs to meet with him for the purpose of giv- ing their views respscting the fish and game laws, and any desirable alterations in them. There is certainly no betfer way, as Mr. Davison remarks, for a department to proceed intelligently in such matters than thus to con- sult representatives of fish and game clubs, and get their suggestions as to the framing of proposed legislation. A recent experience of Hon. J. L. Gleaves, of Wytheville, Va., with bursting shotguns is not without its instruc- tion, Mr. Gleaves was quail shooting, using a standard and reliable make of gun, with ammunition also standard and reliable; and both gun and powder safe under normal conditions, Two gts in succession burst in his hands, the shooter escaping injury as by miracle. When the gun makers came to investigate the affair, they discovered from the unused shells forwarded to them, that the charge used by Mr. Gleaves was not at all the charge he supposed he was using; and on in- “quliry it was ascertained that the local dealer from whom he had secured his ammunition, haying run out of the particular nitro powder ordered, had substituted for it another powder, a very powerful compound, and had put in loads of double the proper amount as prescribed by the manufacturers, It was in fact a load which no ordinary gun could have withstood. Another shell in the lot was found to contain a trifling quantity of the nitro ordered by Mr. Gleaves, while the rest of the charge was made up of a fine grained black rifle powder. The dealer who loaded the shells in this way, or permitted them to be loaded, was, of course, the responsible agent here; he should be held for the value of the guns he burst; and had Mr, Gleaves lost his life, the criminal negligence of the dealer would have subjected him to a charge of manslaughter, We print elsewhere a note of Game Protector Beede, of Essex county, in the Adirondacks, who seems to think that our recent paragraph remarking upon his inefficiency as a protector consisted of anonymous statements, which were false and malicious, and could not be proyen. So far from entertaining any malice, we recorded Mr. Beede’s direlictions with genuine sorrow that one who formerly had done such good service should have de- generated so lamentably as practically to let protection go by the board in his district. It was notoriotis last season that deer hounding was practiced without cessa- tion in Essex county. The music of the hounds was heard day in and day out. Travelers on the public high- way encountered deer hunters driving along the road with deer guns in the wagon and deer dogs under the wagon, Still-hunters frequently followed their game only to have it cut out and driven away from them by the hounds of hounding parties. Deer chased by hounds raced through vegetable gardens. At some sporting resorts the vast majority of deer killed were \alled by hounding. At some resorts deer were killed practically in no other way than by hounding. If there had been no law on the subject and no Protector Beede, the hounding in some parts of that official’s district could not have been more open and free than it was, there being a law and a Protector Beede. Several of the Essex county papers have quoted what we said, but we observe that no one of this protector’s home papers has ques- tioned the accuracy of our statement of the situation. The Canadian Fisheries Department has received a report froma former employee of the department now in Dawson, who reports that the Yukon fish are of great value for a food supply. ‘The speciés include whitefish, buffalo-fish, pikesand grayling, the whitefish and gray- ling being of a superior kind. It is the announced inten- tion of the department to provide suitable regulations. for the fishing, that the supply may not be wiped out, An effort is making to change the sessions of the New York Legislature from annual to biennial. For one thing the change would be of decided advantage with respect to the game laws. As it is now, the public can hardly learn what the law is at any given time before it has been tinkered again into something quite different; whereas, if there were two entire years between changes, people might indulge-in some confidence that they knew what the law was. The open door may be a good policy for China and the Philippines, but it is a short-sighted system for Eastern markets for Western game. The corked-up-tight policy would be better. Washington, New York and Boston should be closed ports for Minnesota venison. 62 ~ FOREST AND STREAM. ‘ [Jan, 28, 1899. Che Sportsman Canrist. Yukon Notes. Story of the Colorado Miners, A STRANGE chain of circumstances starting at the head- waters of the Klondike River the preceding summer led to the recovery of the missing boats. A party of Colorado miners had made their way up this beautiful rapid stream to its source, 150 miles from Dawson. Only one other party had penetrated so far, and these men had turned back without prospecting and fled ignominiously, driven out of the country by wolves. The Colorado miners were good hunters and well armed, and though the great Alaska wolves, which are the largest in the world, came close to their camps at night, they were not alarmed, and indus- triously prospected the main stream, as well as the various pups and gulches they passed. They found no gold worth mentioning, but they killed three moose and enjoyed them- selves while the pleasant weather lasted. And so the short summer passed and the came for them to return to Dawson to lay in their winter supply of provisions. They anticipated no trouble in se- curing the needed outfit, for they had heard nothing of the imrush of 4,500 men from the oittside world, who had settled down on Dawson like a swarm of hungry locusts and already devoured everything in sight. a Hew tirelessly minute and incomprehensibly compli- cated ate the workings of Providence! If these miners had not been cut off from information and so lost their chance of securing a grub stake, there is little probability we should ever have recovered our lost boats, As it was, they found it tmpossible to winter in Dawson, and nothing remained but to start for the coast without delay. The ice had temporarily jammed in the Yukon, and thinking the river had closed for good and all, they started Oct. 22, with fiye weeks’ supplies lashed to hand sleds. The first day out the river opened again, and the miners secured a boat and struggled desperately to make progress by tracking. Jn this they were unsuccessful, and they were obliged to resort again to their sleds, dragging them where feasible along a narrow rim of shore ice, and at other times taking to the land and scaling the precipitous banks of the pent in river. Sometimes they followed for miles the base of bastion- like cliffs only to come to places where their narrow ice path ended, sheared close off by the sweep of the throttled rivet. Long detours were necessary to get around such places, and these involved climbing that was difficult and dangerous to an extreme. Once one of the party who had gone ahead to look out a route slipped and barely caught himself at the edge of a vertical drop of 200ft. Below was the dizzily hurry- ing ice current, and he did not dare look down. Above - was a rounded edge of crusted snow and icy rock that af- forded no foothold, or roughened projections which he could grasp with his hands. He was in a trap, from which he could not unaided rescue himself. An-hour later his companions found him half-frozen, hanging on with stiffened muscles and closed eyes. This man had easily been the most daring of the party, but after that his nerve was gone, and he was content to keep in the rear and let others take the risks. : Their progress was necessarily very slow. Once, owing to a detour, they found that after a day’s work they had actually lost ground. Sometimes they were unable to draw their loaded sleds up the places it was necessary for them to climb, and they had to unpack and take the loads over a little at a time on their backs. Five days’ travel above the Stewart River they sighted a raft grounded on a bar in mid-channel. The shore was a maze of wolf trails, and a number of ravens had alighted on the cargo, which proved to be sheep carcasses intended for the Dawson market. The miners spent a day attempting to reach the raft, but in the end were unsuccessful. Their supplies were getting low, and the fresh mutton would have been a gzod- send, Further up the river they had a similar experience with a beef raft. It was tantalizing to see so much good food going to waste when they were already contemplating the likelihood of starvation. . Thirty miles below Selkirk their supplies were almost gone, and the miners were still the best part of 500 miles from the coast. The river is about half a mile wide at this point. Across on a flat which marks the mouth of Selwyn Creek they saw a boat drawn up out of reach of the ice. The river had jammed again, and two of the miners, whom I will call Lingard and Dartois, though these are not their names, started across on the ice to beg supplies. When they were in mid-stream the jam began breaking up, and the two men saw death staring them in the face. They looked first at the north bank where their companions were, and then at the other shore, and saw that the latter was nearest. In another moment they were racing desperately toward it, leaping at times across great fissures, where the black water yawned for them, and at times floating down on detached unstable masses, Eventually, more by luck than anything else, they reached the south bank of the river. They made their way to the tent of the men whose boat they had sighted, and told their story. The strangers said they were sorry for them, but that they were short of food themselves. They gave Lingard and Dartois their dinner and a few pounds of oatmeal, and told them they had nothing more to spare. a ? ; Lingard and Dartois could not rejoin their companions and they had no axe or blankets. At night they kept from freezing by building two fires and huddling between them. They could not sleep for the cold, and much of their time was taken up breaking loose with their hands and dragging to their fire portions of dead trees for fuel. For four days and nights Lingard and Dartois suffered the Esquimaux’s hell, which is slow death by freezing. The fifth day Lingard, who was leading, under the guidance of what appeared a Strange perversity of judg- ment, left the shore line of the river, where the traveling was good, and the river bordered by the only piece of flat land for ten miles, and crossed over to an island. When they reached the head of thjs island the two men found time . themselyes cut off from the main land by open water. It looked as if they would have to retrace their steps, and Dartois was not slow to upbraid his companion for tak- ing them out of their way, Lingard was put on his mettle, and seeing a narrow strip of ice reaching to the next island above, which, as it happened, was still further out in the river, he determined to gain that mstead of retreating. It was a risky enter- prise, for a strong current set full against the rim of ice and it might be carried away any moment by the drifting masses, which were continually carried against and under the obstruction, In their desperate condition, howeyer, the men had lost the true perspective of dan- ger, and were willing to take any risks, _ When three-quarters of the way over, Dartois, who was following, uttered an exclamation and called his compan- ion's attention to something under a piled-up ice mass he had just crossed, Lingard looked and saw a piece of white canyas, and near by a broken end of rope. The things were suggestive, and the two men set to work re- moving the ice as best they could with their hands, Beneath the canvas they soon recognized the rounded form of provision sacks, and at one side some implement with a handle. As soon as they were able to do so, they ripped the canyas open, and the contents of one of our freight boats were revealed. The handled implement proved to be an axe, and with its aid they made progress rapidly. A second boat was uncovered, and in this the two cast- aways found a tent. They were half-starved and could wait for no further discoveries. Lingard shouldered the tent, and axe in hand led the way to the island. Dartois followed with a partly used sack of four in one hand and in the other a galvanized iron horse pail half full of frozen sugar syrup, and the other half filled with dried peaches, which he had gotten from one of the sacks. The syrup was a memento of our shipwreck in Lake Leharge. We kad placed the wet sugar sack in the horse pail in order to save what leached away. They built a fire and had a meal of flapjacks and stewed peaches, What the repast lacked in variety was fully com- pensated for by its abundance, and the poor fellows spent the best part of an aiternoon eating their doughcakes and sickly sweet peaches. They pitched the tent back in the woods on the isl- and, where it was out of sight from the river and main- land as well, and the day following they removed the cargoes of the boats and carried the things to their camp. There is reason to believe that Lingard and Dartois, though they had stumbled on the boats by the merest ac- cident, knew of our loss, and knew that we were at Fort Selkirk, only six miles away. One of the men seen at the time of their separation from their party knew the de- tails of our missing boats, and as the information cost him nothing to impart, he was probably ready enough to give it away to the men who asked for food. Lingard and Dartois did not want to run the risk of a refusal of supplies from the owners of the boats, and no doubt they determined to wait where they were fill the river closed, and then rejoin their party, with whom they had managed to keep in conmmunication by signalling across the river, The united party could then take what provisions they needed and pass by Fort Selkirk on the opposite side of the river without our knowing anything whatever of the occurrence, Fortunately for us, however, Providence had a different plan, and twenty-four hours after the boats were dis- covered Lingard froze his feet. There was no stove with the boats, and an unheated tent was no place for a man in that condition. There was but one thing to he done, and Lingard set out at once for Fort Selkirk. He reached our cabin just at dark, and we took him in and bathed his feet with kerosene and poulticed them with dessicated onions, warmed in the frying pan. After- ward we gave him a good hot supper, and promised him a place between tis in the sleeping bag we had constructed by sewing the edges of Zolbs. of blankets together. When he had finished his supper, Lingard told his story up to the point of finding the boats, Then, after much beating around the bush, he tried to make a bargain with us for information regarding the whereabouts of the boats. Mac and. I at once recognized the fact that he had found our lost outfit and that it must be somewhere near by, and told him as much. We refused to make a bargain, but (old him that we would not see anyone starve while we had food ourselves, and in the end he threw himself on our mercy. It was long after midnight when we finally got to bed, but all three of us were easier in rind, if [T am not mis- taken, than for many a long day. We were up betimes in the morning. The stars were still twinkling overhead when Mac returned from the river, where he had gone to get a pail of water, and an- nounced that the Yukon had closed. The information. seemed to distress Lingard, who probably had no great faith in our verbal promises. The poor fellow had learned by bitter experience that charity is a rare quality in the Yukon when it comes to giving away food, and one could hardly blame him if he was thinking of the other course of action he might have taken, even with frozen fect, if he had known the river was going to close so Soon. Mac agreed to try and communicate with Lingard’s party, and it was decided that 1 should set off down the river at once to the point where Dartois was camped with the lost provisions. Mac and I still had a hankering dread lest the other members of Lingard’s party might decamp with the food, and it seemed best to haye one of us on the spot as soon as possible. : Some Indians who came in while we were at breakfast told us that the river was still imsafe, and that it would not do to trust to it till the following day. The water had. backed up 12 or i5ft. and every once in a while the ice, acted upon by the great pressure above, moved ahead a little. Patches of open water were visible here and there, and in places the ice was flooded to a depth of several feet. Phe band of shore ice which Lingard followed had, of course, disappeared. , I determined to travel as much as possible of the dis- ‘tance to the island by land, and soon after daylighe fastened on my Alaska snowshoes, which are twice as long and only half as broad as the common American web shoes, and set off. ; The first three miles of the journey was easy enough, but then I came to the gate of the Ramparts, and: my diff- culties began, Here a low but terribly precipitous moun- tain, with a perpendicular face to the river, opposed further progress. J made several unsuccessful attempts to scale it, and when at last I succeeded I found the way so blocked by slides and ledges, and the day so far gone, that it was plainly impossible to reach my destina- tion before night by that route. Only one course re- inained, and that was to take to the ice of the river, I retraced my steps, struggling through the soft, fluffy snow up to my waist, for it was impossible to 1isé snow- shoes on such a hillside, and eventually reached the river bank just above the mountain. I sectired a pole to test the ice, and crossing 30ft. of open water next shore on a great cake of mush ice, gained a footing on the main floe in the channel. Darkness was fast settling down, and before I had gone a mile night was upon me, black and starless, The spectral outline of the nearest mountain was almost lost in the gloom, and had it not been for the reflection of the ice and snow I should have been unable to travel. Owing to the backing up of the river and consequent flooding of the ice, a thin skin of brash ice covered the surface in many places, and sometimes this concealed dangerous pitfalls. At times I drove my pole through this flimsy covering into the black current beneath, that ran with the speed of a mill race and pulled at the pole as if struggling to drag it from my grasp, Once 1 came to a rapid that was still for the most pati open water. and had to cross this on a narrow bridge of ice that rocked with the recoil of the white-capped waves dashing by- Tt was two hours after dark when I reached the island aid found Dartois crouching over his fire. The poor fel- low was sick and half-frozen, and seemed almost to have forgatten how to talk, though his difficulty with articula- tion was partly due to stiffened lips. His pleasure at see- ing a fellow being was very marked. He got me some- thing to eat, and then I proposed that we should go back together to Fort Selkirk for the night. Dartois shuddered at the thought, remarking that in the first place he did not think he could walk six miles in his present condition, and in the second, even if it were possible he could not risk the trip in the dark for all the gold in the Klondike. Not even the thought of a warm bed and food cooked over a stove could tempt him. As he would not go back with me, I resolved to stay with him, and asked what bedding there was in camp. Dartois said the only things they had rescued were a Ken- wood sleeping bag and a red blanket. This latter was somewhat the worse for wear, as it had been tised for a horse blanket on the Skagway trail: “Lingard and I got in the #teeping bag together and put the blanket over us,” he remarked, ‘but then Lingard is thinner than you are—lost it since we left Dawson,” I recollected that Lingard was the build ot a fence rail, and as Dartois said it was a tight fit, I had little hopes of get- ting into the bag. ; T had wet my feet coming down the river, and spent the evening drying out socks and moccasins, The provisions were piled up at one end of the fire to form a wind break, and close by was the tent, pitched low and _ partly covered with snow, It was a bitter cold night. Dartots looked once at the spring thermometer. a very reliable instrument that had formed a part of my outht, and an= nounced that it registered forty below zero. Finally the last of the dry wood was put on the fire, and Dartois said vhere was no more on the island, and that we must turn in. “We must make the best of it till morning,”’ he remarked; “God knows if we shall ever see another day.” He led the way into the tent, which was covered inside with ice from congealed breath. and was about as inviting a place to sleep in as one of the vaults of a cold storage warehouse. He cautioned me to tub my nose to keep it from freezing, and crawled down into the sleeping bag. I attempted to follow, but stuck fast when I got as far as my hips. The bag pinched so that I was afraid it would stop the circulation, which would make freezing all the more certain, so I drew back, leaving only my feet in it. | A few sprtce boughs and a piece of canvas had been laid on the snow as a foundation for the bed. Below that again was fifty or a hundred feet of perpetually frozen eround. I spread one thickness of the blanket on top of . the canvas, and then drew it up around my body and over my head, and thus protected put in a night that, aside from the mental worry, was not nearly so uncomfortable as one would have expected. Of course sleeping was out of the question, and all through the long arctic night Dartois and I kept up a de- sultary conversation, Inside my heavy buckskin gauntlets my hands became numb and ached, and from time to time 1 could feel the cold take hold of some particular portion of my body with stealthy nipping fingers that made me writhe at the thought of what might be the consequences of that leperous touch. We ttirned over frequently dut- ing the night to assure ourselves that circulation was not impaired, and never once did we get imto that blissful _ dreamy state that is said to come to persons when freezing to death. Earlier in the evening, with a roaring camp-fire of | spruce logs to give warmth, I had sInvered and felt almost as uncomfortable as now. It could hardly be possible that a single thickness of threadbare blanket was in any way equivalent to the fire. The subject of the power of the human body to resist cold is a puzzling one, Not ~ only training but also will power seems to enter the prob- lem, I believe now that if I had been in a discouraged and hopeless frame of mind, I might easily have frozen. Bodily nourishment had also a good deal to do with my ability to resist the cold, and the supper I had eaten, though scanty and poorly cooked, was a factor of the greatest importance. Equally mysterious is the effect of training. Why is it that Andrew Flett (mentioned earlier in these articles) did not freeze wearing the lightest of clothing in mid- winter? One can readily understand that he could acctis- tom himself to be more comfortable scantily clothed than another man under the same conditions, but when the man beside him freezes to death it is hard to understand how Flett escapes the touch of the frost. Natural vitality and good circulation could hardly account for the differ- ence. When Dartois and I crawled out of the tent the follow- ing morning, we found the weather had moderated con- siderably. We hustled round and got some wood, and had breakfast. Afterward we set out for Fort Selkirk, meeting on the way a relief party with a sled. _ Lingard, Dartois and the other members of the party Jan. 28, 1890. | FOREST AND STREAM. 638 stopped with us at Fort Selkirk several days to recuperate, and when they left they had ample supplies to carry them to the next stage of their journey. mitted him to hobble along with the aid of rough crittches, and at times he rode on a sled. We learned afterward that the party reached the coast in Safety, though one of its members, a man whom we knew as Sam, had had his gee pole arm seriously frozen, and mortification was reported to haye set in. — J. B. Burnwam. In Old Virginia. Part I. A ¥EW mornings thereafter [ concluded to try the quail, on. John S$. Wise has his intelligent friend Diomed say that Virginia is the “hub” of the universe for this bird) the gamest of all our game birds Virginia quail, he says, are larger than any other quail in the world, and travel in any direction you may froin Virginia, you will find them less in size, and lacking in dash and vigor. My rather general experience leads me to believe that this statement is not exaggerated, The Virginia birds certainly dress larger than any birds the writer has ever shot, in a shooting experience ranging from Minnesota to Florida, and with a fair radius East and West. Your host always expects you to “carry a boy” with you on all expeditions, whether afoot or horse- back, in old Virginia; to open gates, pilot you about, carry your game and make himself useful in any other manner desired, There is nearly always one or more bird dogs to be found on the plantations, generally very well bred, but unless regularly hunted they are often illy broken, or sadly demoralized by association with “the boys,’ who are inveterate rabbit hunters. The dog belonging to the plantation where I was vis- iting had met with a fatal accident a few days before my arrival, and his successor had not yet been installed. A neighboring sportsman, the owner of a pair of fine point- ers, had promised my hostess to bring his dogs and shoot with me for the day. Completing my preparations before the time set for his arrival, | concluded to take a turn in the open near the house to work off the wire edge, and perhaps get a chance shot to get my “eye in” for the regular business of the day. My hostess came to the door to see me off and wish me luck. Noticing that 1 was unattended, she at once sent Millie, the maid, who was pretending to sweep the walk, but who was in reality enjoying herself watching us, ‘for a boy. Millie soon returned, follawed by two candi- dates for the position of gun bearer or game carrier, One was a good, big boy, heavy and awkward; the other was what I had heard the overseer call a “chap.” The bie fellow was barefooted and stood digging his toes in the ground in uncomfortable embarrassment. The chap was erect and important in a new pair of brogans as stiff and hard, apparently, as though made of raw hide. The little fellow was my choice, and the big boy was sent back to the woodpile.” My. selection stood as erect as a drum major, looking me straight in the face, without moving a muscle. He was black, slim as a sapling, and thoroughly wide-awake looking. The comely” proportion of his legs was iully visible from the tops of his shoes to A or 5in. above his knees, looking like a pair of well- scorched laths; at this point began a pair if diminutive trousers that fitted him almost as tightly as his little blacl< hide; a worn shirt and a bit of hat, that looked like a lid, completed his outfit. Nearly all negroes are deliberate of speech. Not so this chap. “What is your name?” L asked. “Guvy'nah, suh,’’ was the instantaneous reply. “Whose boy are-you, Governor?” 1 then asked. *T Aunt Mary’s boy, suh,” quick and sharp caine the answer. = “How old are ours “Twelve-goin’-on-thirteen, sah.” _ “Are you a good walker?” Sadist stile tn “Do you want to go hunting with me?” “Yaas, suh.” His alert, terse manner had impressed me favorably, and he did not prove at all disappointing on closer ac- qUaintance. ' When we reached a promising bit of stubble I ordered Gevernor out to the right wing and we started in to walk up something. The first flush was a field lark, and as I was shooting a new gun and needed practice, I classed him as game. As he pitched for the ground my boy darted for him like a sparrow hawk after a snow bird, and retrieved him promptly. A few steps further, and we jumped a rabbit. I cut the weeds around him, but as he was running strong when the smoke of my broadside cleared away, I had to conclude that the gun was a little new yet. Nothing more offered until we reached the fence at the further side of the ficid, Here, as we threaded. our way through some briers, we were fortunate enough to walk into a covey of birds. Just as they flushed I had noticed my boy reach up to grasp the fence, preparatory to climbing over. After I had killed my first bird,-much too close, and missed the second, that I ought to have killed properly, I glanced around, and there stood that boy in the exact position still with hands up in the air. At a nod from me he ran over the fence like a squirrel, and was back with the dead bird when I dropped off on the other side. I had marked the covey down on a hillside near by, where the growth was sedge grass dotted over with stunted field pines. When we reached the spot where I expected to find thein I sent the boy up the slope, about soft. from me, and bid him keep in line and watch carefully where any dead birds fell. The first flush was a single, straight away. He fell, clean killed, 40 my first barrel. Bidding Governor mark the place, we moyed on a few steps and two birds flushed at my feet, followed an instant later by a third. They SENS to my right, flying low, and when I drew on them they ‘were in a line with the lid that did duty as a hat on the boy’s head. “Stoop down!” I shouted as the first bird pitched over Lingard’s feet per- - my lot to see. his head, too close for safe shooting. The little image failed to understand the order and stood like a statue. “Stoop down, quick!” J shouted, as the second bird tapped him in its rapid rush for safety. Then, in despera- tion, as the last bird approached him, I yell “Squat!” and the boy disappeared as though the earth had opened and swallowed him,-and I killed the bird—a long shot— with the choked, hard-shooting left barrel. A little fur- ther on we flushed three more birds; one I killed, but the other two were lost by my failure ‘to connect on both as they crossed in flight, a feat often performed when in better practice. One more bird was flushed and knocked down as we returned, but our combined efforts failed to find him. Concluding that he had only been winged, and know- ing that it was useless to hunt for him without a dog, I had turned and started for the house, when my boy caller out: “Elere Jeff, suh; he fin’ him foh you.” “Jeff” was a thoroughbred after the order instituted by the small boy, being “one-half shepherd and the rest just dog,” and I could not feel the slightest encouragement by reason of his talents enlisted to aid in the recovery of the lost bird. But Jeff had evidently been blessed, a few generations back, with an ancestor possessed of a nose; and was now able to materially aid and profoundly surprise those una- ware of his distinguished lineage. Being directed to the spot where the bird had fallen, he took up the trail as promptly as any prize winner at field contests could have done, followed it to a dry ditch 25yds. away; sped up the ditch in a run for 50yds., stopped short, crept up through the weeds on one side 25ft. or more, clapped his paws down on a fluttering, broken-winged quail, and looked around at the boy, who had followed close behind him, for further orders. If a cow grazing in the field had done the same thing it would have seemed but little more sur- prising and unexpected. On our return trip to the house one more opportunity offered to add to the bag. It was what the boy-called “a fine, fat ole haar,’ when he brought him in, and was undoubtedly, to him, the most satisfac- tory event of the expedition. My shooting companion had arrived when we returned to the house, and we set forth at once for the real busi- ness of the day. As we intended looking up the survivors of the covey I had discovered, and the field was near the house, our fair hostess donned her corduroy suit and accompanied us to see the opening of the hunt. The pair of pointers over which we were to shoot was everything desired in appearance, and their work proved in keeping. We hunted first down the other side of the ridge that I had been shooting on, and soon struck scent. Both dogs worked on the trail of what seemed a single bird leading straight away. They were side by side when they found game, and the point was beautiful. We ranged up in a line near them and stood several moments enjoying the magnificent sight before giying the order to flush. The flush yielded a brace, which separated, one flying straight away, and the other swinging arotind over my left shoulder, with the wind under his wings. I hated to miss the first chance offered me in the presence of our fair audience, but felt the utter hopelessness of overtaking that brown meteor with anything less speedy than a streak of lightning. More to show my good intention than in anticipation of any result, I hastily fired in the direction of his flight and scored a beautiful accident, although this is the first admission of its being such. The bird whirled down al- most to the foot of the hill before striking the ground, so great was its momentum. My companion had attended to the other bird in a quiet, orderly manner that proved him a veteran. The dogs divided the honor of retrieving, each bringing in a bird. Moving on, we next flushed a single, which the Vir- ginia gentleman allowed me to kill, courteously refus- ing to swing his gin from the comfortable shoulder rest when he saw but one bird up. Two birds from the ground and a ae from a low, thick pine tree were the next flush. Following my inva- riable rule, I paid my respects to the hawk first, cutting him down with the right barrel, and then, contrary to the rule of virtue always rewarded, missed my bird entirely. My companion, more skillful, saved him for our bag by a long shot, followed immediately by a courteous apology to me for killing my bird. It was very considerately and affably done, but he “wiped my eye” just the same. Fur was the next event. A rabbit was jumped by his Excellency, the diminutive Governor, who was stalking solemnly along in the rear. It surprised him into speech. “Haar, suh! Huah he go!” he shouted. He passed near me, and out of respect to the dogs I let him go. It was no small sacrifice either, as when out for general all- round sport | am much addicted to throw- ing the festive “cottontail” his three to nine flip-flaps, that usually immediately precedes his-transfer to the game bag. My consideration for the dogs was rewarded by as pretty an exhibition of perfect training as it had ever been They were working in near us, and close together, and the rabbit, under full steam, dashed right between them, without any other result than causing them - to show a lively interest in his hasty and erratic move- ments; and they were both young dogs, just beginning their second season. We were now notified by the big bell at the house that a pleasant duty awaited us there in the shape of dinner, and the hunt was called off until afternoon. En route to the house I strayed a little and was suc- cessiul. The disappointment in the little bright black face of the small darky when the rabbit was allowed to escape had touched me, and I was looking for consolation for him at a safe distance from the dogs. I found it, and it was a fine one. A great big, reddish-brown fellow, the kind they call woods rabbits. Holding straight down the tow, he was boring through the weeds. I persuaded him to stop running and proceed to throw back handsprings, not more than two or three of which had been accom- plished before the boy had him by the hindlegs and was knocking the remaining kick out of him by blows on the back of his head with his little black fist, while his eyes fairly sparkled with excitement and satisfaction, Bidding him carry it to his “mammy,” her cabin being near, [ joined my companions. It was some time after the pleasant discussion of the dinner thal we found wait- ing for us before we started in to finish our hunt. Our hostess had declared her sporting blood fully cooled by the fatigue of the morning trip, and declined our invitation to accompany us, We found my boy sit- ting on the horse-block outside the gate, evidently wait- ing our appearance. I was about to dismiss him, as we intended taking oniy a short trip, and there was no likelihood of our game pockets overflowing; but it occurred to me that possibly Governor was an embryo sportsman, and that it was as much a following of inclination as devotion to duty that caused his promptness. “How long have you been wait- ing, Goyernor?” I asked him. “Dunno, suh; "bout two houahs, I spec.” “Didn't you get tired of waiting for us?” “No, suh. J was des ‘fraid you all had dun made up your min’ not to go.” I was getting “warm” in my investigation, as the chil- dren say. My theory of sporting blood was fast -gain- ing ground. “What is that in your pockets?” I said, pointing to two suspicious- -looking bulges in his pants pockets. “Dis one is tater,” said he, touching one pocket, “and dis is biskit,”’ touching the other. “Where did you get them, and what will you do with them?” I asked. “Aunt Ellen give um to me, sth, foh my dinnah; ‘cause I ‘fraid you all start out foh I git my dinnah eat if I wait til "hit reddy.” . That settled it. It was sporting blood “oi the purest ray serene” that animated this little African Nimrod. The halfformed resolution to dismiss him was laid on the table, and we proceeded to the business before the house as a whole, The covers did not yield well, and our after- noon was threatening to prove an “off day,’’ when along toward 4 o'clock we reached a field covered with an un- usually heavy growth of sedge grass. The weather had grown cloudy, and the short Decem- ber day bid fair to soon close. We concluded that the birds might be going to roost, and as heavy sedge grass is their favorite place, we would take a turn through the field. The dogs had but fairly entered the grass when they found birds. A covey flushed which yielded us three birds, | having missed my first. A little further the dogs pointed, and it was another covey. We stopped four of this lot. But a few steps further, and to our intense sur- prise another covey flushed. Three of them was our share, owing to both having shot the same bird with the second barrel. Again within a very short distance we found birds, and again, and again, until out of that sedge field we had put up over ten covies of birds in less than one hour. We wondered, “and still our wonder grew,” as did our bag. We got something out of every covey, and oc- casionally four. It was not until the next day that the mystery of the birds crowding into the sedge-grass field in such numbers was explained, That night began one of the worst winter storms of years. A very heavy snowstorm was followed by intensely cold weather, the mercury falling to zero and below. It lasted for weeks, and when the weather at last moderated all but a very hardy few of the thousands of birds, that had made the “Old Dominion” a sports- man’s paradise were frozen to death. My sporting ethics are orthodox, but whenever I think of all those fine, well-conditioned birds freezing and wast- ing, I rather regret every show of moderation on our part during that day’s hunt. Our return trip to the house was without incident, at least without anything of interest to any charitably inclined person. Tt is true that the dogs found game, and my companion decided it to be a single bird, and sent me forward to kill it, ‘That when the bird flushed and flew straight away I shot as true as in me lay, in the line of his departure, with- out disconcerting him, and my friend, from 2oft. behind me, killed him as coolly and easily as though quail in a hurry at Goyds. was his favorite target in the latter part oi a dark winter afternoon; and that another bird flushed at my right bootleg an instant later, and swung over the rising ground along which we were passing, that slid through my second deadly charge, to be most scientific- ally grassed by my friend with the true eye and steady | hand. These incidents, I say, were of no special interest, but the courteous and kindly excuses made for me, in ex- tenuation of my execrable shooting, by my superior, as he had just proved himself, was a beautiful lesson in “the greatest of these.” Returning to the house with about the load of fatigue that a man might expect to carry after a whole day in all sorts of cover, I was just deliberating as to whether I should not go to bed hungry, rather than undergo the further exertion of changing my clothes for “supper, when in response to a knock on my door, and “Come in,” a girl entered carrying a waiter covered with a snowy nap- kin, on which rested a glass containing some botanical specimens. “What is it, Milly?” I asked. “Hit’s a Jew-lip,”’ she replied; Mis’ Lady’ lowed as how youd be right smaht wo’ out, en she sen’ hit to refreshen you ip, suh.” I dutifully proceeded to take the remedy for fatigue, and prescription for “refreshen,’ ‘Took all that I could persuade to drain out of the glass, then carefully scraped out the remnant of an ingredient that seemed to have saccharine properties, chewed up all of the botanical spec- imens, and carefully licked the spoon. Then, after rest- ing a few moments, I proceeded with my preparations for supper with such vigorous alacrity that I was moved to speculate on what might have been the result had my hostess mixed me the entire Israelite and sent him up. I am conscientiously opposed to any general use of stimulants, but I would hate to have to maintain that posi- tion against a continued siege of Virginia “Jew-lips,” for they, like the Old Dominion’s hospitality and her fair daughters, are absolutely: irresistible. Lewis Horxtys. * To me nothing comes so near to Alling the place of a real hunt “as to read a detailed account of one, which I believe to be true, ‘which feature I believe to be prominent in Forrest anp STREAM ‘literature, else IT would not have my name on its mailing list, much sless its list of contributors, EMERson CARNEY, FOREST AND STREAM. ty AN. 28, 1896, | Saint Peter’s Gate. A Camp-tire Story, THE idea of St. Peter as the stern custodian of a certain straight gate at the end of a narrow way has lent itself to s0 many good stoties and conceits that some future day some literary collector may wish to gather them all into a volume. And there are enough of them for the literary analysts who love to classify all varieties of wit and hu- mor under scientific names—like burlesque troupe, heter- ography, perverted logic, etc—to sive them a whole genus all to themselves, with as dignified a name as any of them. ‘ I was once present at a camp-fire seance where the con- versation,; happening to lead, as it were, to St. Peter’s Gate, lingered around it, and finally, aS a reminiscence of an old army cainp-fire on the plains, drew out the most elaborate of all the St. Peter stories which I have ever heard. It is worthy of preseryation, and 1 will give the conversation irom the beginning. Some one remarked that our cook had made a good job of his coffee that night. Our old Colonel had lit a reminiscent pipe. He had campaigned in Utah under Al- bert Sidney Johnston in the sos, and in Virginia under Lee in the 60s, “Yes,” said he, “that was good coffee, and, as good coffee always does, it reminded me of the best cup of coffee I ever tasted in my life. It was in the woods in front of Chancellorsyille, on the night of May I, 1863—the night before Stonewall Jackson was killed. “There was a little incident connected with the matter. and I will tell you of it. Gen. Jackson was the sternest disciplinarian I ever saw, both toward his officers and men. His best major generals were no more exempt from a sudden arrest than the humblest private. J.ate that aiternoon I passed him with a gun I had had ont on the skirmish line.. The sergeant had a new rubber overcoat tied on his pommel. The General called me and asked; “Where did that man get that coat?’ ‘Picked it up out on skirmish line.’ “Arrest him and prefer charges for plun- dering on the battlefield.” Of course, I arrested him, but I felt worried about it, for he was one oi my best men and a fine gunner, and I had seen him pick up the coat yuewvat objection, for very few of our men had any rub- ers. “Well, after night had stopped the fighting, I got all my batteries together in bivouac, in the woods, and we got a chance to eat a little supper, having been on the go since daybreak, At that time the whole Confederacy had been out of coffee for so long that we had forgotten how it tasted. All sorts of substitutes were in use, but principally parched corn, At least that was what we used in the artil- lery, because we could generally get corn—the consent of our battery horses being expressed or implied. Just as | at last sat dawn on the root of a tree and opened a little package of cold bacon and corn bread, one of my battery commanders, Capt, Parker, came up, bringing me a big tin cup brim full of scalding hot coffee—real coffee, and ready sweetened with nice white sugar. He had al- ready had some, and he sat down by me waiting tor the cup, while I cooled and drank it, and the taste and flavor permeated my very bones, They have reacted to good coffee ever Since. Of course, I asked Capt. Parker where he got it. He showed me a buckskin bag, holding about a quart, still half-full of coffee, parched, ground and mixed with white sugar. He had gotten the bag, and the big tin cup, too, from the dead body of a Federal soldier, 1 saul nothing, and I “i not enjoy the coffee one whit the less; but. 1 did - .uder what Gen. Jackson would do if he should.c 2h us. "And che next afternoon, as we were going into action, and tr captain of the sergeant’s battery came and begged me, ‘Jet him go back to duty with his gun, I rememi- bered my participation in the coffee, and I released the sergeant from arrest, feeling that he had done nothing worse than I had. But I realized that I would have a dificult explanation with Gen. Jackson when the fight was over. I determined to risk it, however, along with all the other chances of the big battle before us; and as fate would have it, that night the General fell with his mor- tal wound. “T have often thought over the matter since, and the more I think of it, the more disagreeable seems to me the position in which I might have found myself had Gen. Jackson lived. And that is the one possibly unpleasant interview 1 look forward to in the next world when I get there. I will perhaps have to hear what the General would have done about it. “But 1 will be glad to explainthewhole business to him, and perhaps get him to modify some of his former views, if he has not already done so. As Capt. Parker was in it, ~he will just have to, for a better man than Capt. Parker ~ never walked this green earth. Courage, truth and un- selfishness might have learned their trades from him, and his whole life (he is a doctor and is still living) has been given to works of charity—even Stonewall Jackson won't outrank him up there. Indeed, whenever my time comesto interview St. Peter and get through that gate of his, if he starts out to cross-question me too closely about old bygones, I’m going to use Capt. Parker’s mame as my first, last and:only reference, Peter can’t refuse a man who was as intimate with Capt. Parker as I can prove my- self to have been. I have got the record on him upon that,” Our party included a young man, an extensive reader of ephemeral humorous literature. He said: “That's 1 pretty good scheme. Id like to have a Jittle pull with Peter myself. I’ve heard of a plan once tried by a Brook- lyn man which is said to have worked. This man died apout the time when some great scandal was being venti- lated in Brooklyn, and the name of the city became 4 bywora in the papers for immorality. When this man presented himself at the gate, Peter asked: | Where are you from?” ‘Brooklyn,’ said the man. ‘Well,’ said Peter, ‘you'll have to wait a few days. Thererhas got to be a special investigation in every individual case before we - can take any more Brooklyn people in here. You wait a few days, and then you can come again, and perhaps your case will have been reached.’ : “The Brooklyn man looked very disconsolate, but he loi- tered off a little ways and stood there, watching. After an interval there care a quiet moment, when there was 4 pause inthe arrivals, and Peter looked out of his window not got it. with no one to occupy him. At that moment the Brook- lyn man gave three beautiful imitations of the crowing of a rooster, Peter's face Hushed red, He beckoned to the Brooklyn man to draw near, and as he approached Peter opened the door. “You can go in, he said, ‘but don’t you ever crow again where | am, ” “Well,” said the Colonel, “while that story may not be strictly straight at all points, it certainly corroborates, as far as it goes, other stories | have heard in representing Peter as still retaining a good share of his old human nature, Where there is so much smoke there must be some fire, and I like to think that it won’t be all music up there, but that there will be some survival of individual sentiments and characteristics, “It reminds me of an old army story I heard told on the plains in 1858. during what we called the Mormon War, which was no war, but only marching and camping. It was of a strange dream, narrated to the officers, mess one morning at Newport Barracks, Ky., by a Lieul4 Brown, of the Sixth infantry. Brown dreamed that he had died, and he found himself ascending a long and narrow road, amid awiul cliffs and crags, and almost borne along by a furious wind, which swept up the road and permitted no return. “At last, numb and chilled, he came out upon a more open place, where, on opposite sides, stood two large of- fice buildings, while the road beyond seemed to lose itself over a tremendous precipice into a boundless and bottom- less gulf.’ Each building had a grated window, like a rail- road ticket office, a single outside door, but without any outside knob or keyhole. Some dormant memory awoke in Brown's soul and turned his steps to the window on his right. A tall, stern and venerable, but well preserved man, with an indelible pencil in his hand, was seated at the window and looked out at him, Brown had never heard of X rays, but he described vividly how he felt the Venerable look through and through him. ““Who are your’ asked the Venerable. ““Lieut. B. B. Brown, Sixth infantry, from Newport Barracks.’ ““What! Sixth infantry, Venerable. . “ “Yes, sit, said Brown, feeling a sort of misgiving. ““You impudent scoundrel!’ said Venerable, laying down his indelible pencil and taking up a heayy round ruler, and growing red in the face. ‘What do you mean by trespassing on this side of that road? Clear out where you belong! And if ever you cross that road again I'll have you made stoker over there for a thousand years.’ “Brown felt himself caught by the wind and fairly whirled out into the road, where it took him some time to recover his breath. He could not return down the path against the wind. He could hardly hold still against it, even though he laid down and clawed into the gravel. The precipice yawned in front of him, with the bottomless eulf beyond. He was chilled to the bone. He was lone- some, Gradually he became weary and desperate, and said to himself that he would rather be in Halifax. He erawled toward the window of the big building on the left. The wind whirled in that direction and helped him along. “A little, smoke-colored gentleman smiled pleasantly at him through the grating. ‘Good morning, sir. May I ask whom I have the pleasure of meeting?’ **TLieut. B. B. Brown, Sixth infantry, from Newport Barracks.’ ’ *“United States Army?’ as ‘Ves,’ ““Welighted to see you, sir,’ said Smoke-Color. ‘Come right in, sir, and sit down, while | make out your papers. We are permitted to show that courtesy to the United States Army officers, while other people must wait their turns outside.’ “At that the door swung open and the draft seemed to suck Brown in. “*Take a chair, sir, by the fire,’ said Smoke-Color, ‘Not too close, sir, just now, if you don’t like. I will make out your papers for you, sir, immediately. So jar as we are allowed we make special favorites of all United States Army officers.’ “te was awiully polite, and having seated Brown, he United States Army?’ said at once got down a big book, with Bro. on the back, and - began to turn over the leaves, He did nor seem to find what he wanted, and he asked Brown if he spelt his name with an ‘e,’ and then if he spelt it with a ‘u.’ And then he got down some more ‘books and seemed to get yery much bothered. At last, after looking back and forth for nearly a half hour he gave it up and said: ‘Well, sir, I am very sorry, but there seems to have been some gross mistake somewhere! All the United States Army officers are con- ceded to us, and yet your name is not upon our books at all! I have looked them over exhaustively, and we have We would be delighted to take you in, and you would be warmly welcomed by every one of your preceding comrades; but there is a lot of red tape about this business, and we are held to a strict compliance with all formalities.’ “Well, said Brown, ‘what am I to do? [can’t get back, I can’t hold on long outside, and the gentleman on the other side said he would give. me a thousand years extra as stoker if 1 came on that side of the road again.’ “ “Bless my soul,’ said Smoke-Color. Then he reflected for a moment and said, ‘There is but one thing I can suggest. That is Peter on duty over there now, and it is just like Peter to go off half-cocked like that. But it will be His lunch time soon, and while he goes to lunch Paul will be at the gate, and he is always civil and _rea- sonable. We can always transact business with Paul, Meanwhile the old gentleman will be in very soon and he will take you over himself.’ ft. “So Brown sat and waited, and polite little Smoke- Color sat down to talk with him, and there ensued quite a conversation, of which I have forgotten the detail, but to Brown's messinates, when he told them of the dream at breakfast, it was the most interesting part of the whole. For it was exceedingly personal, the polite little tellow displaying intimate knowledge of the pet moral trailties of each member of Brown’s mess, and the most friendly solicitude that each was enjoying a good time and an easy conscience. Did Tom drink, and did Dick swear, and Harry gamble as much as eyer? Brown had not been able to report any reformations, which was all very satis- factory to Smoke-Color, and he had said: ‘That's all right! We need not send tor them for a long time, Let them enjoy themselves! Each one’s example is worth soinethine, and time is no object here.’ AJl of which Brown set forth fully to his comrades. “But in his dream, after awhile, the regular old gentle- than himself came in, He was of somewhat lighter com- plexion—more of a toast color. He had extreme self- possession, and the most beautiful manners, Combined with the air of a close student and a minute observer. But Brown could see that he meant business all the time. Smoke-Color introduced Brown, and explained the situa- tion. Then he got down a book of regulations and showed the O. G. how every one concerned would lose his official position and be ‘made stoler for eternity it they dared to take anybody in without authority from Peter or some other Apostle, So the O. G. agreed that the only thing to do was that he should take Brown over to Paul, for neither could Paul take Brown in without giving the O. G. a full hearing as to any claim he might be able to adyance. 7 _ “At last Smoke-Color, after careful reconnoissance, re- ported that Peter had gone, and that Paul was at the gate. So the O,. G. took Brown and went out. He left Brown holding on to the doorsteps, while he went across to Paul’s window. After a few minutes’ talk with Paul he beckoned to Brown to come over, and Paul opened the door and Jet them both in. Paul was taller than Peter, and his hair and beard were whiter. Peter's had seemed to retain a trace of having been auburn in his youth. - They gave Brown a seat at one side, and then stood, with a table betweén them, facing each other. Paul spoke first and told the O. G. to state his claim against Brown, if he had any, or forever afterward to hold his peace, “The O. G. answered that by some unfortunate chance Btown’s tiame had been entirely left off the patent self- recording books. No direct evidence, therefore, existed against him. But it was admitted that he died in the United States Army, Although this was only circum- stantial, yet it was the best evidence now obtainable, and was conclusive to any impartial mind. Under these eir- cumstances his right to Brown was incontestible. To this Paul replied that Brown’s case, being the first of its kind, would necessarily become a precedent, and would practically decide all future cases for untold ages. It con- cerned, therefore, more than Brown alone, and he was unwilling to bar out mercy for all eternity. Mercy must not be absolutely wanting even from the decrees of jus- tice. The O. G. answered; ““T have acquired certain rights over all army officers by judicious expenditure of much time and trouble. You are bound to accord them some recognition. What do you propose to do about it?” “Paul reflected a moment and said: “ ‘Under such circumstances as these, the Patriarchs were accustomed to cast lots. I propose that we deter- mine who shall take Brown by that’ device.’ Agreed,’ said the O. G. ‘That is fair. Get a dice- box and three dice, One throw each, and the highest takes him.’ “Paul went to a bookcase and produced a dice-dox from a small drawer. As his back was turned {he ©, G. winked at Brown. The bookcase had a mirror in the door. Paul handed the box and dice to the O, G, He examined them for a moment, then put the dice in the box, rattled them and threw. ~The dice fell, three sixes! Paul replaced them in the box, rattled them and threw. Again three sixes! Neither spoke. The O. G. took up the dice, rattled them and threw. Three sixes! Paul took them, rattled and threw. Three sixes! spoke. The O. G. took them, rattled and threw. Three sixes! Paul took them, rattled and threw. Three sevens!! The O. G. gazed at them blankly, and his toast-color gradually deepened to a thunder-cloud black. _ ‘Paul,’ said he, “I would not have believed it of you. Here you have gone atid performed a miracle, and for what? To get an army officer into heaven, where he will be the worst lost soul in the whole universe! Paul, Ill never throw dice with you again. I thought this was to be a gentleman's game!’ | “With that he snatched up his hat—it was a high bea- ver—clapped it on his head, stalked to the door without a word of good-bye to any one, and went out, slamming the door after him with a most tremendous bang!! “Tt woke Brown up. It was the bang of the morning gun for revyeille.” _ Jack Hrrprco. Slatuyal Histary. Snakes Swallow their Young. PasavENnA, Cal., Dec. 17—Editor Forest and Stream; i have noticed lately ‘several elaborate articles on snakes going the rounds of the press, written, I think, by a Mr. O'Reilly, though I-may have forgotten the name, In any event. he is preaching the doctrine to the public that snakes do not swallow their young. I have al- ways believed they do, not because | have seen it myseil (though I have witnessed the act among fishes}, bat beeause I have known several persons of yeracity who have. In this connection I inclose a letter, written ime several years ago by the late Col, Nicolas Pike, ot Brooklyn. I believe Col, Pike to have been a man uf truth, and a trained and careful observer. He makes some very direct .statements, and I should be glad to kriow how the oppenents ct the theory will endeavor to prove that he was mistaken. 3 r SENOR X, Brooxtyn, N. Y.—Dear Sir: There has been a con- troversy for years among naturalists relative to the qtes- tion: Do snakes swallow their young? and there are many professors of herpetology at the present day who ridicule the idea. J have been cognizant of the fact lor over fifty years. When a boy | began my studies in herpetology, and was not satisfied with knowing the names cf our reptiles, but sought them in the feldas and swamps and forests. EF learned much oi their habits, and from time to time kept them in confinement, and have reared many. Prof. G. Brown Goode, of the Smithsonian Institution, read a yery interesting paper on the subject before the American Association for the Again neither ~ 4 Va JAN. 28, 1800.] Advancement of Science, at Portland, Me., August, 1873, which ought to have settled the question. The first time this came under my notice was in July, 1830. I was roaming over the fields, when I saw a good-sized garter snake (Eutenia sirtalis) very near me, with numerous young ones around her. As I approached her, she placed her head flat on the ground, opening her mouth, and making a peculiar noise, the little ones evi- dently understood, for they all ran into her cesophagus. I picked her up by the neck and put her in a bag and took her home. On examination, I found I had about twenty snakes, including the mother, They were kept together in a box, and when I told the story to my friends they ridiculed me. It was not long, however, before every person in the house was conyinced of the truth of my assertions, from witnessing the fact them- selves, * ~ I met with a curious incident some years ago while hunting snakes in the swamps at Melrose. I came across _ affording access to the windows. _whortleberry and other names. » Jarge as the end of one’s little finger. ~ Yi some form all over the United States, and as far north a male and female striped snake, with numerous young ones. The parents were near each other, the family crawling over and around them. I was going for them, when, on second thought, JT coneluded to watch them. They did not appear frightened, but went on gamboling about for some time, I went a little nearer, when both snakes turned toward nie, making a faint noise, placed their heads flat on the ground and received the young as stated before. It was a curious sight to see these young snakes, not Jong born, some of them a foot or two away, turn at the noise, and instantly seek refuge. I am certain it was a note of warning of danger. ‘I caught both snakes and put them in separate bags. The female had ten young and the male had swallowed five. This is the first instance of any notice of a male snake performing this affectionate duty for its young. I placed the whole family in a box, where they liyed peaceably a long time, Mr. Juhan Hooper and myself encountered a large water snake (G. sipedon) on the banks of a simall pond in Durham Swamp. I was about to capture her, when we saw a number of young entering her mouth, and be- fore I could strike her she entered the pond. I im- mediately swept the pond with my net, and in two or three minutes captured her, but on examination could find no young. She had evidently in that short space of time deposited them under some tussock in the bank out of harm’s way, What instinct for the preservation of her young! I have also seen the Eutenia saurita, Heterodon platy- rhinos, and the Crotalus horrida perform this act for their young. Some rattlesnakes kept in confinement fre- quently did the same with their progeny when frightened. The beating of a drum near the case seemed to terrify the old ones. so that at the first tap they would secrete the young in the cesophagus, and vibrate their tails furiously, and they would not release the little ones till the noise ceased. I could relate numerous instances I have seen when different species of snakes have thus protected their young. ' Certainly those who do not believe the fact must be closet naturalists and not students of nature. The fact is known to every farmer’s boy of an inquiring mind, — It is only a few years ago I satisfied a disbeliever by showing him a iamily of young snakes in confinement, bred by me. When he had witnessed the act he left me a firm believer. I was assured by a Portuguese natural- ist in Rio that he had seen a number of the water snakes swallow their young, also a boa constrictor. NicoLaAs Pin: A Raccoon’s Strategy. Raccoons are animals possessed of a great deal of cun- ning, but the trick played on Thursday night last by a coon in the possession of Major.Sturm, of the Bellevue Hotel, beats the record. There are two show windows in the Market street end of the hotel; in one Mr. Coon has been holding forth for some time; in the other there is an aquarium with an assortment of fishes and aquatic flora. Both windows are screened from the inside, a small door in the screen about half-way up from the floor In some way or other Mr. Coon succeeded in unfastening-the catch of his prison door, and thus he gained access to the café. His footprints indicated that he had taken an inventory of all to be found there. He had opened the catch of the door leading to the aquarium and had sampled the fish. He showed a preference for the double-tailed Japanese oldfish and the silverfish, for he had disposed of a num- er of these. He-had sampled the Japanese water lilies, but these were evidently not to-his liking. He had also ‘taken a bite out of a tree toad, which had been in a state of semi-torpidity for some time, but apparently did not like the flavor of the meat. Then he had retired, carefully closing the door after him; he went back to his own apartment and actually closed the door there after him. In the morning he was found wet as a drowned rat, but quietly sleeping in the top of the small tree which js his usual place during the day.—Paterson (N. J.) Chronicle. The Service Berry. Ty the Forrest AND Srream for Jan. 21 Mr. Mather asks about the berry called service berry. It is what is known in different parts of the country as amelancier, June berry, shad berry, wild pear, sugar pear, mountain It is the fruit of the Amelanclier canadensis. Torry and Gray reduce it to a single polymorphous species, but there are at least half a dozen varieties. One dwari form fotind on high lands is only 3 to 4ft. in height, with quite small berries; -another variety, botryapinm, reaches 3oft. or more, with larger berries. The largest fruit I have ever seen grew on an island in a salt marsh on bushes about Gft. high. and the berries were a deep purple when ripe and fully as as Hudson Bay. I is called shad berry, from its being in blocm when the shad ascend the rivers, It is called June berry ircm the time its fruit ripens in some sections. It is called sugar pear and wi'd\ pear from the shape of the “suit, ard amclancier from the name given the Amelan- Tt is said to grow - FOREST AND STREAM. —_—-—-——-- —— > chier in Savoy; but why called service berry is beyond my ken, i Col. Mather’s wintergreen berry, commonly known here as checker berry, partridge berry and ivory plum or ivory-leaf plum, is the Gaultheria procumbens of the*botan- ists, and a.larger species, G. shallon, growing in Oregon, is the salal berry of the Indians. His berry, with the two eyes, called here twin plum berry and two-eyed berry, also called partridge berry, is the Mitchella repens of the botanists, and belongs to the madder family, Its sweetly scented flowers, borii in pairs, are known here as the twin flowers. His bunch berry is here known by only this name, and is the Cornus canadensis, or dwarf cornel. The commonly called pigeon berries are the fruit of the poke or garget (P. decandra). HA, [The Century Dictionary gives ‘‘service-berry” as fruit of the Amelanchier canadensis; “seryice-tree,” the Pyrus (Sorbus) domestica of Continental Europe; “service” as an extended form of “serve,” the fruit of the service-tree: still back of this is “‘sorb,” the fruit of the sorb tree of Europe, mentioned by Dante, in whose Inferno the trail abruptly ends. The summing up is that the Ameri- can service berry received its name because of its resem- blance to the serve, or sorb, of Europe.] The Skunk’s Defense. To my mind there is not a more interesting animal in America than the skunk, certainly none more distinctive, The article by Prof. Rhoads, “Cross-Fires from a Skunk’'s Battery,’ reminded me of a case so much in point that I could not refrain from writing it up for the Forrest AND STREAM. It will be remembered that it was the woods- man’s contention that the skunk was powerless when his flag was lowered, and that it could be killed with impunity by holding the tail down and striking it with a club, The experiments did not turn out well, and the naturalist suf- fered for his wanting to see the wheels go round. In 1897, in September, at a farmhouse in the Levels, a polecat was discovered in the dairy, or, as we say, spring- house. This spring-house was full of milk, butter and all kinds of the most precious supplies for the winter. “The polecat was acting like a gentleman, and the lady of the manor who found him there treated him as such. Like Poe’s raven, his presence was the one disturbing feature, for if he should break loose the damage would be irre- parable. The animal was left in undisturbed possession until the head of the houshold appeared. He was a good woodsman, and knew of the habits of the skunk. By a yery gradual approach, he grasped the tail upflung and gently led it forth by the tail, holding it down, and brained the animal with a club when it was a sufficient distance away, and the spring-house was safe. There was a slight discharge of the secretion. This certainly is a practical application of the principles of science. . I was a long time learning that the common skunk is the Alaska sable of commerce. A few years ago a bill was introduced into the West Virginia Legislature pro- tecting this animal on account of its insectivorous quali- ties, but it was defeated by the suggestion that if the bill became a law the session would be remembered as the “Polecat Legislature,’ and the measure died a natural death, ANDREW PRICE. MAR tintTon, W. Ya. Crow Roosts. Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of Jan. 21, Mr. Witmar Stone, of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science, in speaking of crow roosts, mentions several, and asks for information with regard to others. - For many years I have noticed a large evening flight of crows toward the woods to the south of Stockport, Columbia county, New York. They spend the day in an open and rolling moorland country about two miles to the east of their roost, and back from the river. I was in the neighborhood during the holidays, and they seemed to be in greater numbers than ever. Wm. Corrrn Dornin, Jr. Winter Robin in New York, AuBpany, N. Y., Jan. 23.—Editor Forest and Stream: ! hope to claim the honor of seeing the first robin of ’99 in this yicinity. On Western avenue, yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, the writer heard the querulous “squeals” of a robin, and soon located the bird among the leafless branches of an elm on the south side of School No. 12. Robbie stood up confidently, but he wasn’t singing a carol in the waning light of the sun, which was fast disap- pearing in a bank of gray, ominous-looking clouds in the southwest. Horace Z, Drrsy, Game Bag and Gun. Proprietors of fishing and hunting resorts will find it profitable to advertise them in Forest anp STREAM. Congress and the Game. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 20.—Editor Forest and Streanv: The proposition now before Congress to enlarge the scope of the Fish Commission, so that it shall include game bird propagation and distribution, deserves a fuller and ‘more careful consideration than the members of either House appear to be disposed to give to it. I beg opportu- nity in Forest AND STREAM to call attention to some of the features of the measure. Let us examine into the purposes of the bill in detail merely as it appears on its face, and subject it to a super- ficial analysis. An exhaustive analysis, with an exposition of the fallacies embodied in it, would fill a volume. First, the duties and powers of the commission are to be enlarged so as to include “the propagation, distribu- tion, transportation, introduction and restoration of game birds and other wild birds useful to man.” Let us begin with the propagation. How are the game 68 ee, birds to be propagated? Some game birds will not breed at all in confinement, Fish can be grown by the million in a small hatchery. In the same amount of Space, it 15 doubtful if a half-dozen wild birds could be raised. There is talk about aviaries, as if that were the sole expense, and the sole step necessary to success. Granted that there was an aviaty in every township, how many quail or ruffed grouse, or woodcock, or siipé, could be raised in them? The ruffed grouse is, from a practical standpoint, in- capable of domestication. So with the quail, the snipe, the woodcock, If there was an aviary as large as the city of New York, it is doubtful if enough birds could be bred in it to be of any substantial use. The larger the aviary, the less are the chances of sticcess. The prairie chicken cannot be introduced in places it has already abandoned. Too much agriculture is as fatal to it as too much trapping and shooting. The breeding of game has already been tried, and proved to be a failure so far as it concerns American game birds, Wisheulture, where millions can be raised in a small area, and game culture, which is an impossiblity, are quite different matters. The Mongolian pheasant can be grown in captivity, but the failures even here far exceed the successes, and the care of one person is necessary to’ insure the growth of a few birds, The cost of growing any important number would be so great to the Government that it would neces- sarily force an abandonment of their cultivation. How about growing wild ducks and geese? They are migratory birds, and therefore they could not be intro- duced anywhere with permanency. How about the distribution of the birds? The answer is, How can they be distributed if there are none to dis- tribute. Also, as each State has supreme control of its own game interests, as per the ruling of the Supreme Court in the Connecticut case some years ago, if there were really the game to distribute, it could not be distri- buted without the permission of the States interested, Transportation of game? What game? If it cannot be bred it cannot be transported, Introduction? Introduced where, and why? There is not a State in the Union but what has sufficient game stock to serve for breeding purposes if it were properly pre- served. In such States as all shooting, trapping, selling, etc., were prohibited for a term of years, the game multi- plied astonishingly. If the people of a State will not pre- serve its own game, how much the less will it preserve game sent into its borders, if it really were sent in, which is a matter of serious debate at an old lady's tea party. Introduction? Introduce what, and where? It would be impossible, as Mr. Lacey proposes, to introduce prairie chickens into Kentucky, where it once swarmed in count: less thousands. It would be impossible to introduce the ruffed grouse on the Kansas prairie. The prairie chickeu could not live m New England. It might be an easy matter to raise woodeock, though the wise legislators should see that they are introduced into a sandy country, and make a bountiful appropriation for feeding them well on wheat and oats, so as to have the whole bill in keeping with its parts. But, let us entertain the wild supposition for a moment that there was a big aviary in every township in Amer-— ica, and that the good legislators engaged only competent managers and assistants to superintend and care for each aviary. There may be a dozen persons more or less in the United States who have the practical knowledge as to how to breed woodcock, snipe, ruffed grouse, quail, etc., but we will assume that there are thousands. A sufhi- cient number of birds are turned loose in every section to stock it. What protection have the birds so raised from the destruction of the poacher? You will pass a law prohibiting their destruction. To enforce that law would require an active number of game wardens in every town- ship. The people of Texas, moreover,.would not care to be taxed for the maintenance of game wardens in New Eng- land, and the people of New England would not care to be taxed for the introduction of Mongolian pheasants into Texas. It would be a class matter throughout, Fish in a general way can be introduced into the waters of the United States alike North and South, East and West. Not so with the birds. If the fish are exterminated in some waters, it is impossible for outside fish to get in and again restock them. The fish commission then is a necessity. Not so with the birds. A section may be com- pletely stripped of its game birds, yet birds from outlying districts can come in and restock the exhausted section. No commission is needed. There is no analogy whatever between the work of fish- culturists who really exist, and the work of game cultur- rists who do not and cannot exist so far as practical re- sults are worthy of consideration. , It would be inipossible for the United States to establish a game warden system in any State. According to the de- cision of the Supreme Court, the State owns the game within its boundaries. The proposition that the State would tolerate any wsurpation of its powers is not to be accepted for a moment. The history of the Government proves that the States are most jealous of their State rights. ; State would forthwith become the property of such State. “It then would have only the same protection which was exercised in protecting the State’s other game. If the people of a State would not take any interest or but a lukewarm interest in protecting its own game, it is mot to be assumed that it would take more in protecting game turned loose within its limits, An order for 100,000 fish fry is easily filled. An order for 10,000 quail fry would be more than the Government aviaries could fill in a decade, if it relied on its own raising. If of ruffed grouse, then more than it could fill in a century. If a bird culturist received a salary of $2,000 or mote a year, and he succeeded in raising six ruffed grouse and a dozen quail, he would have done well; but with the expenses of the plant, aud the current expenses from week to week, they would be worth about $200 apiece at cost. L. A. CHILDpRESS. The Joke is Forgiven because of the Dollar that came with it. Forest and Stream Pub. Co.: 5k, Kindly send me “Hitting vs. Missing,” that I may cease the latter. By the way, why doesn’t the aa win une Grand Amer- i andicap? You needn’t answer if it is a trade secret. ore EF J. W. Hamer, Any game turned out within the boundaries-of a~ 66 — = -— The Home of the Moose. In company with a party of friends, I spent twelve days at Lake Sourdnahunk (sometimes spelled Neso- wadneliunk), the lower end of which is located in town- ship 4, range 10. While there it was my good fortune not only to see, but to come into close contact with a large number of moose of yarious ages, sizes and stages of de- velopment. Lake Sourdnahunk is reached by buckboard from Patten, via Shin Ponds, Sebois, Grand Lake, and rout Brook, a total distance of fifty-two miles, eleyen miles of which is over a good road, twenty-one miles over a fair to bad tote road, and the remaining twenty miles over a road- which is probably as rough as any in the State of Maine. The time consumed in taking the trip from Patten is just two and one-half days. We saw oc- casional moose tracks the second day out, but when within five miles of the lake the tracks became very numerous and were of various sizes, ranging from the spring calf up to the old bull. A tramp oyer the numerous logging roads leading to the lake revealed the same state of affairs, many soft places haying the appearance of a barnyard. Sourdna- hunk Lake empties into Sourdnahunk Stream, and at the head of the stream there is an old dam, which has set the waters of the lake back among the timber, producing a lot of dead wood. This flooded distiict, which is perhaps half a mile Jong and 6o0oft. wide, is known as the “thor- oughfare,” and 1s a favorite feeding ground for moose. A trip to the “thoroughfare,” either in the evening or early morning, would always be rewarded by the sight of one or more of the big game. Our first trip was made in the eyening, and as we silently paddled our canoes among the dead wood, we could hear the splashing of moose long before we were near enough to discern their outlines. We paddled up yery close to a spike-horn bull, and passing him unobserved, we next saw a large cow and two calves. The cow was standing in about 3ft. of water, and was feeding on the bottom. We watched her for at least ten minutes. She made a great deal of noise splashing about, and when she raised her head from the stream the water would run from her shoulders in torrents. ; Further down the stream a bull we had not observed, but who evidently saw us, let out a bellow, and in an in- stant all the moose in the “thoroughiare”’ started for the shore, going through the dead wood with a tremendous crash, One morning about 5 o'clock we took a trip to the “thoroughfare” and saw five moose, one young bull, three cows and one calf. Moose are easy to approach if one is careful not to let them get a scent. The cows especially would allow us to get very close to them, looking at us in a stupid, wondering way, and appearing like great over- grown mules. On another occasion we were there with two canoes, and as we entered we saw a large cow swim- ming the stream. We headed her off so as to prevent her landing, and brought our canoes very close to her on either side, when suddenly changing her course the bow of my canoe struck her on the hip, the point sliding very eracetully up her back, and nearly causing the canoe to capsize. By this time she was blowing pretty hard, and not wishing to injure her we allowed her to swim ashore. As previously explained, the place is filled with dead wood and fallen trees, but she went over and under all obstruc- tions without the slightest difficulty. She encountered one fallen tree about the size of an ordinary telegraph pole which was too high to run oyer, and too low to go under. Putting her head under the tree, with a mighty effort she tossed it up in the air high enough to allow her to pass under in safety. The strength of the moose is prodigious. One day we saw a very large bull and cow together, but were unable to get close to them, The Bangor & Aroos- took Big Game Guide quotes Joe Francis, of the West Branch, as authority for the statement that the moose in his section of the country come around at night and look in at camp to see if the sportsmen are asleep. We had an experience one morning which quite eclipses Joe’s facetious story. About 6 o'clock a young bull was seen in the lake about half a mile from camp. A hasty canoe trip brought us very close to his lordship, who did not seem at all dis- tutbed by our presence. After looking at us a while he finally trotted off into the woods. An hour later, while at breakfast, as we were discussing our acquaintance of the early morning, the cook came running into the dining room with the statement that Mr. Moose was at our camp door. Of course, such a sight was not to be missed, and hurrying out, sure enotigh there the same moose stood be- side the woodpile, less than ten rods from the camp. He remained there about three minutes, when he leisurely walked away, and the incident was forgotten until we were seated at dinner, when the cook again called to us, “That moose is out in the yard again.” This time he was standing in the edge of the lake, about twelve rods from camp. He was a young bull with but four points. The velvet was hanging from his horns, which gave him an odd appearance. It is not often that a moose will present him- self for inspection three times in one day. About three miles from the lake, down the tote road, is a small body of water known as Dwelly Pond. This pond is a great feeding ground for moose, and one or more can be seen there any warm afternoon. On one occasion we saw three cows there. The pond has a soft bottom, and the moose seem to delight to wallow in the mud and water, and when they emerge they are literally plastered with mud, the bushes along the road being covered with mud left by the animals as the pass out. One mile from the lake is a smaller lake, known as Little Sourdnahunk. One day while we were on this lake casting for trout, a big bull moose walked into the lake within a few rods of our canoe, He was drinking very leisurely, when a flock of black ducks near by startled him and caused him to look in our direction, when he immediately bolted for the woods, Ina few minutes another bull came down on the opposite side of the lake to drink. The writer saw sixteen moose while in this township, and another member of the party counted twenty-three. Of course it 1s possible that we saw the same animal more than once, but with the exception of the young bull that came into camp we do not know of any being seen the second time. We certainly saw a great many different moose, and aut experience convinced us that instead of being an ex- tinct species, the moose is very mitch in evidence in the woods of northern Maine. We were there at the height FOREST AND STREAM. of the rutting season, and as the weather was very warm, we had exceptional opportunities for seeing moose in and about the water. In November they become seattered, and the unfortunate sportsmen who fail to secure a head will jump at the conclusion that moose in Maine are a thing of the past. A very comfortable camp is located on the east shore of the lake, owned by McLain & Hall, who are thorough woodsmen and reliable guides. Hight moose were killed in this section during the season of “07, six being taken out whole to Patten, and two heads going ont via the West Branch to Norcross. On the morning of Sept. 29, while,at Trout Brook Farm, township 6, range 9, | saw a very large bull moose. We were hunting grouse up the old logging road leading to Cunningham’s camps, when a sudden turn in the road brought us almost face to face with the largest bull moose I have ever seen. He did not see us until within a few rods of where we stood. He was coming slowly down the road with his head low down when he discovered us. He appeared astonished at first, but gradually straightened himself up, and finally threw his head high in the air, un- til it appeared as though he would neyer stop. He pre- sented a magnificent sight, with his spread of antlers touching the overhanging boughs, and occupying the en- tire road, his possession of which we were not disposed to dispute. He appeared to be about 8ft. high at the shoulders, while his head and antlers added at least 3ft. more to his towering form. He had a fine head, with a spread of antlers of at least 5ft., with constderably more than twenty points. As he loomed up before us in all his majesty, he looked indeed the monarch of the forest. We naturally experienced a feeling of uncertainty as to what his next moye would be, and were considerably relieved when at the end of about one minute he suddenly turned and trotted up the road. That this was an exceptionally large moose there can be no question. Of course the dimensions I have given are merely a matter of opinion hastily formed, but I believe my estimates to be con- servative, Had this been my first sight of a moose | might admit that the sttddenness of his appearance had produced a distorted imagination, which had greatly increased in size in my estimation, but as this was the seventeenth moose I had seen within a period of two weeks, I believe I was capable of forming a correct estimate. We followed his trail for nearly half a mile, when he left the road, and we lost his track. His enor- mous weight was indicated by the unusually deep imprints he made in soft places. I measured one clear impression of his hoof, and it was 74in. long and 6in. wide. This imprint was afterward examined by Wm. Currens, the genial proprietor of Trout Brook Farm, who said he had never seen a larger hoof. Mr. Currens has been in the woods for many years, and has a good knowledge of the animal. We found moose tracks very numerous in this township, especially along Boody Brook, and the East Branch of the Penobscot, between Grand and Second lakes. Our party went into camp for the purpose of fish- ing, and remained over into October, long enough to se- cure a deer, but on account of our unusual good fortune in seeing sO many moose we Were more than repaid for the trip. Gro. W. LEwis. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 15. Boone and Crockett Club WVleeting. THE annual meeting of the Boone and Crockett Club was held Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Metropolitan Club, New York. At 7 o’clock the following members wete present; Major George S. Anderson, U. S. A.; F. S. Billings, W. B. Bristow, D, M. Barringer, R. P. Car- roll, J. L. Cadwalader, E. W. Davis, W. K. Draper, W. B. Devereux, C. S. Davison, D. G. Elliot, George B. Grin- nell, W. M. Grinnell, Madison Grant, De Forest Grant, J. T. Gardiner, Frank Lyman, Dr. Alexander Lambert, Osmun Latrobe, C. G. La Farge, Dr. L. R. Morris, Prof. H. F, Osborn, J. J. Pierrepont, A. P. Proctor, Thomas Paton, P. R. Payne, Gifford Pinchot, Douglas Robinson, Governor Theodore Roosevelt, J. E.- Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Dr. John Rogers, Jr., Dean Sage, Alden Sampson, H. L. Stimson, J. L. Seward, W. A. Wadsworth, J. S. Watson, Charles E. Whitehead, Caspar Whitney and Gen. W. D. Whipple. ; The following officers were elected for the coming year: President, W. A. Wadsworth, Geneseo, N. Y.; Vice- Presidents, Chas. F. Deering, Illinois; W. B. Devereux, Colorado; Howard Melville Hanna, Ohio; Wm. D. Pick- ett, Wyoming; Frank Thompson, Pennsylvania; Secre- tary and Treasurer, C. Grant La Farge, New York, Ex- ecutive Committee, Winthrop Chanler, Chairman; Lewis R. Morris, A. Rogers, Henry L. Stimson, Madison Grant; Editorial Committee, Geo. Bird Brinnell, Theodore Roosevelt, The two vacancies in the membership of the club were filled by the election of Hon. W. Kk. Townsend. New Haven, Conn., and Gé. Bleistein, N. Y. The meeting was followed by a dinner, after which Prof, Henry F. Osborn, of the American Museum of Natural History, delivered an address, illustrated “by lantern slides, on the amcient game of North America, This account was most happily told in an entirely un- technical and popular way. It was the story of a sup- posed trip taken by the speaker, with two companions from New York, westward over the land and sea of what ig now the American continent, as far as the Rocky Mountains. The journey began in Jurassic time, and the huge Dinosaurs of that period were described and pictured on the screen. Their extinction was explained by the destruction of their eggs by the small mammals, which made their appearance and were numerous during the later Jurassic. The progress of higher life in the West was sketched, and various types, important either for their extraordinary characters or as being the ancestors of existing types, were described and shown on the screen down as far as middle tertiary time. Thus the trip lasted some millions of years. The address was extremely effective, and was listened to with the greatest interest. Among the informal speeches made later in the _even- ing was one by Governor Roosevelt, in which he gave an interesting account of the Rough Riders and their work in Cuba. The regiment contained men of most diverse occupations and characters, and the mater in which these types, which differed so widely in the circumstances and surroundings of their earlier life, assimilated is a _ fish and game interests. [jan. 28, 1890.” veo wee Striking feature of the good service which they performed, and indeed is what made that good service possible. SHott addresses were made by other members of the club. The Maine License Proposition. Boston, Jan. 21.—Quail shooting in the South is a thing much talked about by Boston gunners just now, and some of them haye the good fortune to be able to go to some favorite Southern preserve for a couple of weeks or more. Mr. Peter B. Bradley, Mr. A. W. Steadman and Mr, H. S. Mann have been absent for a couple of weeks on a hunting trip, They are on Mr. Bradley’s preserve at Stono, S$, C. They took their own dogs, as well as guns and camping outfits. Duck shooting, as well as quail, is one of the features. Mr. Harry B. Moore, of Boston, and Mr. George C. Moore, of North Chalms- ford, Mass., left Friday evening for Hickory, N. C. They are to meet Dr. French, a well-known Boston gunner, there, They expect both quail and wild turkeys in fair abundance, though they are not sportsmen who would tolerate for a moment the shooting of quail for count. Tt seems that the proposition to make hunters buy a license to hunt big game in Maine is meeting with a storm of opposition, notwithstanding the Governor rec- ommendsas much and Commissioner Carleton isvery pro- nounced in its favor. It is certain that the railroads are lending their influence strongly against such a measure, aided by all the transportation and express people. The Rangeley Lakes section of the country will fight the meas- ute, through their representative, while a strong dele- gation from Aroostook county will appear against it. What the result will be it is too early to predict. Boston big game hunters are decidedly against such a license law, though they will make no movement against it, lest they be accused of mercenary motives. The general expres- sion I have heard is one of disfavor, accompanied by the assertion that the mere chance of securing big game in Maine costs too much already. Besides, the idea of a license system is distasteful to the notions of gunners who visit Maine. “Charge us more for guides, board, or transportation; make us contribute to a fish and game protective fund, anything—only don’t force us to take out licenses. We want no part of such a system, and if Maine adopts it we can go to the provinces, where such a system is already in vogue. Heretofore we have been to Maine by reason of the free hunting there. Change to a license system in Maine, and we can easily choose the provinces for our hunting.” SPECIAL. Monson, Me., Jan. 20.—Editor Forest and Stream: I note your editorial in Forest AND STREAM of Jan. I4 upon “Game Protection a Public Concern,’ and I agree with you to a cerfain extent. I am, however, utterly op- posed to the proposed scheme or any other that will im- pose a tax upon either hunters or fishers, whether resi- dents or non-residents. Tt is un-American in conception and character, and it seems to me will be repulsive to every one who comes to the Maine woods to enjoy the sports that nature has pro- vided for them. The non-residents with few exceptions are paying out large amounts each year to the people of Maine. This money goes into circulation through the guides, the hotels, the hotel employees, the railroads and steamboats, and the farmers who sell produce to this great army of sportsmen, guides and employees. The State appropriates only $25,000 for warden ser- yice and the propagation of fish, but. yet this appropria- tion is doing great good, and while it is too small, it will preserve the game for the present at least. During the past two years a few demagogues in otr State haye been miakinge efforts to create a prejudice among the farmers of Maine against the fish and game interests. The consequence is that there is some slight friction between the two. This condition has intimidated some of our best sportsmen, and they are now seriously considering the feasibility of adopting a license tax sys- tem “to make the industry self-sustaining.” I believe the plan is fraught with evil and danger, besides it is entirely unnecessary, for the State of Maine can well afford to do all that it is doing and mtich more for the It is the best investment that the | State makes in the way of appropriations. If you or any of your readers entertain any views in opposition to this scheme, now is the time to express them. J. F. SprAGue. Game Protector Beede. KrENE VALLEY, Essex County, N. Y.—Editor Forest and Stream: Ina recent issue of the Forest AND STREAM appeared an article without verification, and therefore anonymous, tinder the heading, “Present Deer Law Is Useless.’ Contained in the said article were statements reflecting on the undersigned, and the performance of his duties of game protector. ; These statements have no doubt been made by some violator of the game law who has been punished by the undersigned for such violation, and who now thinks to secure petty revenge, and possibly a little cheap noto- “riety, by having published anonymously statements which are both false and malicious, and which cannot be sub- stantiated or proven. F. S. BeEpE, Game Protector. - . Wants Aid against the Foxes. Attoona, Pa.—Editor Forest and Siream: Will some one experienced in trapping foxes kindly write the under- signed, giving such information as may assist a number of our club members in their war against Reynard in this section? The foxes have become so plentiful in some localities that the propagation of game is a useless under- taking. There is no fox chasing, for the reason that the country is too rough, and this prowler of the forest has things quite his own way. Our club is the Altoona Rod and Gun Club, and Blair County Game and Fish Protec- tion Association, Altoona, Pa. G. G. ZETH, Sec’y. The Forest AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. Correspondence intended for publication shoul ‘reach us at the Jatest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable, Jan. 28, 1800.] List of the Western Forest Reserves. So much has been said backward and forward in the newspapers about the forest timber land reservations of the West, and yet so little is known about their location ‘and extent, that it seems well to print in Fornst AND STREAM a map of the country from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast showing the relative positions and sizes of the forest reservations, as well as a table giving the name, location, date of establishment, and estimated acreage of each. Besides these timber land reserva- tions, there are also the National Parks,aggregating some- thing more than 5,000 square miles of territory. The ma- terials for this enumeration are taken from the land office statements in the last report of the Secretary of the In- terior. On the map the forest-reserves are black; the National Parks the white numbered areas adjacent to the black forest reserves. Notwithstanding all the hostility to this subject which was felt in‘the West, and to which we have so often re- ferred, the work of setting aside the forests has con- tinued during the past year, the importance of the subject being such as to impress itself on all intelligent men. Two new reservations, embracing more than 1,650,000 acres, haye been established, and the boundaries of one or more existing reservations have been enlarged. Serious efforts are being made to carry out the laws and the regulations that have been established, but as to almost all our officials in Washington and elsewhere this is entirely new bust- ness, the work of carrying it forward intelligently is ‘ dificult and slow. At the same time, the work is going forward more rapidly than could have been hoped, and a better understanding of forest preservation is leading people everywhere to take more and more interest in the subject. elhere is no doubt need for additional legislation with re- gard to our forests, but even more important than this is the need that the persons employed in forestry work should be of high character and thoroughly interested in the subject. | Estimated , State or Date of Procla- Area in No. Name. ‘Territory. mation. Acres. 139, Black Hills,......-.....-+ Sr) risa. Feb. i ae saanes 967,680 . an, 17, 1892.... 140. Pecos River sesseesvevese Ni Massy 4 May diene 1 481,040 “Tat { Feb. 11, 189?.... eG 141, Pike's Peak....cescseees NGO cent ieee ieeoe \ 184,320 rae eee rine Cree verter iatai bce pes Cole an sen be June 25, 189%...... 179,200 148. South Platte.............. Gollju bees DEC; QF 1892. 22. 653.520 144. Battlement Mesa......... Col ars Dec, 24. 1892...... $58,240 145. White River Plateau...... Colt »+.,Oct. 16, 1891....,, 1,198,080 TENA eRe) 8 eNO eso oben Wiv Ober sos Feb, 22, 1897...... 1,127,680 147, Teton... 3 tote pase WiyOiwcn se Feb, 27, 1897. poo 829,440 148. Yellowstone National Park.Wyo....... ; ee aaa ; ; 1,239,040 Sept, 10, 1891... 149, Black Mesa............... PN ab 2s 3 5 Oca Aug. 17, 1898....,. 1,655,850 - 150. San Francisco Mountains..Ariz........./ Aug, 17, 1895,...,. 975,860 Tak JENGSMOL Ess sade mydaeuomen das Arizsesis9< +.May 10,1898...... 10,240 152. Grand Cafion............-. INN Vis sn 5058 sHeb, 20, 18938...... 1,851,520 Nose Watntaheenonhienhibsrte «= Aiton waeKeb 22, 1897...... 87,520) brAmmbibte rs OObiemas oe cee nit Idaho, Mont. Feb, 22, 1897,..... 4.147,200 155. Lewis & Clarke........... Mont. ....-..Peb, 22, 1897... ...2,926,080) TT. UES ENE 550 Sone Sh Nera Mont........ Feb, 22, 1897......1,382,400 157, Priest River.............- Id. & Wash.. Feb, 22, 1897...... 645,120 sich. USER TET y onto), 4455 6st ouee O 4 (Ont 6 seme Feb, 22, 1897...4.. 737,250 159. Trabuco Canon........... Gale oust Feb, 25, 1893...... 49 920 160. San Bernardino........... Galen tere Feb, 25, 1898...... 737,280 161. San Gabriel............... Gal eiivsene Dec, 20, 1892 ..... 555,520) 162. Pine Mt. and Zaca Lake..Cal........ 1 Fine 20, 1808. t 1,644,594 168. Sierra...... JoAC beg aan o6 Galivonpes ee Feb, 14, 1898...... 4,096,000 GAS EATISIAIISHsle nr cetceich bless SELLE teen ohare Feb, 22, 1S97_..... 691,200 NG oeeA Shand sete sr cleaertel-r Ls Oregon.......Sept. 28, 1898..... 18,560 166. Cascade Range ...Oregon,......Sept. 25, 1898.... 4,492,800 167. Bull Run ...Oregon....... June 17, 1892.,..,, 14%,080 168. Mt Rainier ... Wash... . Mek. 22, 1897 «+ 2,254,880 169. Washington eh 4A 4 Wash........ Peb, 22, 1897..5., 3,594,240) AZO. Olympic......5..,..0ee ees Wait cnc Feb, 22, 1897.,....2,158,500 NATIONAL PARKS. 172. Yellowstone. Chiefly in Wyoming ee na Fae ane ce ab 178. Seqiioia.....:California............ About.25\) sq, miles. 174. Gen. Grant..California..,.......... About 4 sq. miles. p About 1,512 sq. miles; 42 miles 175. Yosemite...,.California...... ee prom, to §., 36 miles from E. to 4 This enumeration does not include the Island of Afog- nak, lying off the coast of Alaska, not far from Kadiac Island. CHICAGO AND THE WEST. Michigan State Game and Fish Prete tive League. Lansinc, Mich., Jan. 18.—lfi the wishes and delibera- tions of the Michigan State Game and Fish Protective League be respected by the State Legislature, Michigan will cut forty-four pages out of her fish laws as they now stand printed, and will charge non-residents a license fee of $25 for shooting any sort of game within the borders of that State. This is the gist of the meeting of the League, which concluded its session at midnight of yes- terday. Two years ago the game laws of Michigan were in- cumbered by a mass of local acts, contradictory clauses and the general accumulation of years of haphazard legis- lation. This same League took the matter in hand, sug- gested that the rubbish be cut out and modern enact- ments be made imstead. In general, the wishes of the League were respected. The result may be seen in the ‘admirable game law which now stands on the statute books of Michigan. It became evident this year that if the officers of the State were to carry on their work intelligently under the fish laws, there must be a general remodeling of those laws. Accordingly the call was issued on the 20th of last December for the meeting which was held in this city yesterday. The work of the meeting was careful and well considered, and provided that the game and fish committee of the present session of the Michigan Legisla- ture shall listen to the council of the best posted men of the State on such matters, Michigan will have fish laws as good as her game laws. The Machinery of the Law. The pretty city of Lansing is full of bustle these days, the State Legislature being in session. Part of the morn- ing was spent by the visiting members of the League in the galleries at the State House, where the machinery of the law might be seen in full operation. The building was iull of public men, and one cayld gain a yery good notion of the way laws are made, and get also some con- ception of the distance there Hes hetween the wlshes of THE FOREST PRESERVES. the sportsmen and the written page upon the statutes of the commonwealth. Busy about the State House, striding from one room to another with all the energy of a steam-fed machine, there might be seen Chase S. Osborn, State game and fish warden, whose record for the past two years has been an extraordinary one, and whose enthusiasm and executive energy are not likely soon to be duplicated. Warden Osborn, as I learned, has had offered to him the renewal of his appointment to the office of State warden. Goy- ernor Pingree could not find a better man. Warden Os- born has been well seconded by his State deputy; Charles E. Brewster, secretary of this League, Mr. Brewster also knows a great many of the public men of the State, and has a good record of nearly a straight string of con- victions. The office of State warden during this year shows the remarkable results of 1,096 arrests and 876 con- victions, far and away the record of the United States on the legal side of protective work. With this show- ing and with the splendid machinery which Warden Os- born has put in force, the State of Michigan has much cause of self-gratulation. It is to be hoped she will still further improve her operating machinery by the adoption of the suggestions of this League in the matter of fish laws, ‘Those Present, The following were among those present at the sessions of yesterday morning and evening: Hon. Chase S. Osborn, State Game and Fish Warden, Sault Ste. Marie; Chas. E. Brewster, Secretary, Grand Rapids; A, L. Lakey, President, Kalamazoo; Ed. Car- penter, Deputy Warden, Saginaw; G. W. Willis, Deputy Warden, Bay City; W. A. Palmer, Deputy Warden, Buchanan; Frank A. Rodgers, Prosecuting Attorney, Grand Rapids; Geo. H. Blackmar, Grand Rapids; A. N. Henne, Grand Rapids; G. Henry Sheara, Bay City; Hon. F, C. Chamberlain, Ironwood, Mich., member Interstate Game Commission, and Representative in Legislature; Ed. H. Gillman, President Turtle Lake Fishing and Shooting Club; Judge S. L. Vance, Port Huron; Hon. C. E. Foote, Kalamazoo; Jay Pearsall, Lansing; Hon. H. K. Gustin, Alpena; Hon. Dennis Baumgaertner, Sagi- naw; V, Kindler, Saginaw; John O’Neal, Charlevoix; D. M. Estey, Owasso; Judge S. B. Daboll, St. Johns; Mich.; O. B. Estey, Owasso, Mich.; Josiah Hill, Pontiac; D. G. Henry, Deputy Game Warden, Grand Rapids; L. Whitney Watkins, Manchester; W. B. Rosevear, Sag- inaw. During the evening session there were present Chair- man Anderson, of the game and fish committee in the House. Mr. Anderson comes from Grand Rapids, which is to say he iswell grounded in protective matters. Repre- sentative Gustin, of Alpena, was also present, another member of the committee, and another man who is modern in his ideas of protection. Representative Blakes- ley, of Berrien county; Representative John Carton, of Flint; ex-Speaker Tateum, of Grand Rapids, and others of prominence in State political circles attended the even- ing session, Governor Pingree promised to attend, but failed to do so. The committee appointed to invite the Governor was composed of Warden Osborn, Judge Das boll, of St. Johns, and Ed. H. Gillman, of Detroit. Afternoon Session. President A, L. Lakey, of Kalamazoo, called the after- noonrsession to order at 2 P. M. Secretary Brewster was at the desk, and read the call for the fifth annual meet- ing of the League. The routine matters of credentials, minutes of last meeting, etc., were rapidly run off, and copy of which was shown. a working committee or two appointed. The meeting of the evening was referred to as being of greatest im- portance, and not mtich actual business was transacted at the first session, Mr. Brewster and Mr. Rodgers, the latter prosecuting attorney of Kent county, stated that they came, instructed by the sportsmen of Grand Rapids to take the position that the game laws should be left as they are, and that no changes should be attempted for fear of disastrous results. President Lakey offered for reading his address, which was pithy and to the point. One sentence from it was as follows: ~ Wise legislation is always for the future as much as for ihe present.” This is certainly good doctrine and worth bearing in mind. Mr. Lakey wished spring shooting to be pro- hibited as it now stands. He did not think there should be any shooting of snipe in the spring, or of woodcoel: in August. He thought that the deer season should begin Noy. 1 and close Noy. 20, and that the hunter should be limited to three deer in any one season. He believed in a general shooting license for residents and non-residents. He referred in complimentary terms to the Chicago inter- state meeting of wardens, and the bill drafted there, a Mr. Lakey’s address was received with appropriate and just applause. Mr. Rod- gers moved that copies be made for the use of the legis- lative committee, and this was ordered. A Small Split. A little split in the meeting was threatened when Judge Daboll, of St. Johns, tall, positive and energetic, rose to take issue with the Grand Rapids members, and to insist on changes in the game laws. Judge Daboll said that the meeting ought to know its own mind before it went be- fore the legislative committee, at the same time he was not satisfied to take instructions from Grand Rapids, He said we must have progress in game laws, and be willing to fight, and not be teo much afraid of losing what we have. He moved that the game law be amended so that the deer season should be Nov. 1 to Noy. 20. Mr. Gillman seconded this. Mr. Brewster moved to amend by inserting section 18 of the interstate bill in full, the dates to be Nov. 1-20, the limit three deer, with five days off each end of the season before selling season. This motion was carried as amended. Mr. Rodgers said he was*disposed to wait until other States had passed this bill. “Let us not endanger our present law,” he said. Judge Daboll said in reply: “I represent a large element, and I want to say that vou cannot evade this fight, no matter what the instructions from Grand Rapids may be. I want a shorter season and an earlier season, so that hunters can Icill fewer deer, and not more.” - Representative Harry Gustin, of Alpena, said he thought the date of Noy. 1-20 was all right. Warden Osborn, in his impulsive, nervous style, said that he believed in progressive protection. He admired the conservatism of Grand Rapids, but wanted to see progress. Michigan aiready had the best game laws of any of the Western States, but they might be still better. Some one made reference to the now famous remark of Mr. Foote, of Kalamazoo, who stated that he could never approve of cutting down the limit from five deer to three deer, since no one could go out hunting and pay expenses if- he got less than five deer. Mr. Foote got the very ap- propriate and general roasting he deserved. On motion of Mr, Willis, of Bay City, a committee of five was appointed to drait a general fish bill to be presented at the evening session, said committee being C. E. Brewster, chairman; A. L. Lakey, Judge S. B. Da- boll, Messrs. O. B. Estey and Frank Rodgers, Adjourn- ment was then had, 6 8 see FOREST AND STREAM. . : [JAN. 28, 1899. The Evening Session. _ The evening session was well attended and business- like, Mr. Frank Rodgers, of Grand Rapids, cut short the discussion of game laws by offering the tollowing mo- tion: Resolved, That the League recommend to the Legislature of this State that the game laws be amended so as to correspond to the recommendations of the Inter- state League, held in Chicago in February, 1808. And we further recommend that no other changes be made in the game laws of this State.” Mr. Rodgers said that he thought this would reconcile and conciliate all parties. The resolution was carried with a rush. Jt Michigan shall pass this measure she will certainly have done all that can be asked. The text of this bill has been printed in Forest anp STREAM before now. It is the consensus of the best thought on these matters by the best men of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois, This Jeft future action to be on the fish laws alone, and the rest of the evening was left to the discussion of the bill drafted by the committee, which was taken up sec- tion by section. The action was somewhat complicated, and the matter eliminated from the present statutes very extensive indeed. I know of no better way to present the meat of this discussion than to give a synopsis of the measures recommended, showing the new sections pro- posed, and certain of those of the old statutes which are thought proper to be retained. This synopsis follows and may be understood to represent the sense of the meeting in the matter of fish laws. The amount of useless, senseless and cumbersome local legislation which is thus cut out is something enormous. The proposed law will be seen to be broad, general and modern, as sée below: Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That no person shall eatch or take from any lake, river or stream of this State, by amy means whatever, any speckled trout, landlocked salmon, grayling or California ‘trout, from the first day of Sep- tember in each year until the first day of May following there- after; nor shall any person catch or take any muskallonge, or any black, strawberry, green or white bass, by any means whatever, except by hook and line, from any such lake, river or stream, from the first day of March in each year to the first of July following thereaiter. It shall be lawful for the State Board of Fish Commissioners to give permits in writing to any person to catch or take any such fish at such time and in such manner as they shall direct, for the purposes of propagation; but in case of any prosecutions for a violation of any of the provisions of this section, such permission must be shown affirmatively by the defendant, (a) Sec. 2. No person shall knowingly purchase, buy or sell, or at- tempt to purchase, buy or sell, any of the kinds of fish named in the foregoing section during the respective prohibited periods aboye named. 4 : Sec, 3. It shall not be lawful hereafter at any time to kill or destroy, or attempt to kill or destroy, any fish in any of the waters of the State of Michigan by the use or aid of dynamite, herculean or giant powder, or any other explosive substance or combination of substances, or by the use of Indian cockle or other substance ar device which has a tendency to stupefy the fish. Sec. 4. Prohibits any device, except hook and line, in any of the inland waters of the State, except dip nets may be used for catch- ing mullet, grass pike, red sides and suckers in streams not planted by the State. That the use of the spear is allowed during the months of Qetober and November, except to the catching of trout, grayling, black bass, wall-eyed pike, muskallonge and white bass. (Adopted as read and recommended.) Sec, 5 makes it unlawful to deposit any saw dust or filth of any description in any of the inland waters of the State. (Adopted as read,) Sec. 6. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to take, catch or kill, at any time, any speckled or brook trout, German irout, California trout, landlocked salmon, or erayling, or any black, strawberry, green or White bass, in any manner whatever, except by hook and line, in any waters of this State: Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to kill ot capture, in any manner whatever, in any of the waters of this State, or to have in possession, any brook trout, speckled trout, California trout, landlocked salmon or grayling, of a less size than seyen inches in length. Sec. 8. Hereafter it shall not be lawful for any person or per- sons to take or catch, by any means whatsoever, any brook trout, gravling or California trout from any stream in which brook trout, grayling or California trout are not natiye, and which may have been stocked with such fish by the State Board of Fish Com- missioners for the period of three years after the first planting of any such fish therein. Sec. 9 prohibits the sale of brook trout, grayling, and green bass. (Adopted as recommended.) Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to kill or take speckled trout or other fish from any private waters used for the propagation of such fish, except by the consent of the proprietor of such private waters. It shall be the duty of the pro- prietors of any stich private waters who are engaged in the propa- gation of fish as contemplated by this section to post or cause to be posted in a conspicuous manner public notices painted on boards in large and plain letters that the owner (naming him) is engaged in such business and warning all persons from killing or taking any fish in the waters named in such notices. Sec. 11. It shall be unlawful, at any time hereafter, to take, eatch or kill or destroy, or attempt to take, catch or kill or destroy any minnows or smal] fty fish in any of the waters of this State, for other purposes than for fish bait. Sec, 12 prohibits fishing within 400ft. of any dam. read.) = : Sec, 12. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to place a weir dam, fish weir, weir net or other device, across any race, stream, lake or river of this State, in such a manner as to obstruct the free pasage of fish up and down the same; and any person violating this section shall in addition to the penalty provided for jn Section 14 of this act, be liable to the payment of two dollars per day for every day that he shall continue such violation after having been duly notified by an elector of the township wherein such fish weir or weir net may be, feeling himself aggrieved there- by, to remove the same, said penalty or penalties to be recovered before any court of eompetent jurisdiction in the township or county where such offense shall have been committed; and in de- fault of payment thereof, shall be confined in the county jail until such fine and costs shall be paid; but such confinement shall not exceed thirty days. ; Secs, 14 and 15. (Concurrent with Interstate bill, Sec. 3.) Tt shall be unlawful, and is prohibited, to take, catch or kill, or have in possession, or offer for sale, any fish of the following varieties of less length than herein specified: Black bass, 10in. ; perch, 7in.; white, striped or rock bass, 6in.; catfish, 12in.; black, river or white crappie, 8in.; wall-eyed pike, 12in.; pike or pickerel, 18in.; brook trout, California or rainbow trout, or any other variety of trout except lake trout, 6in. and black (Adopted as Penalty. First Offense—Fined not less than $10 or more than $100, or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed tinety days, or both, (Adopted as recommended.) ? Second or any Subsequent Offense—Fined not less than $25 nor more than $150, or imprisonment in county jail or State prison not to exceed one year, or both., (Adopted as recommended.) Repealing Clause. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions contained in the foregoing act, except special acts applying to in- jand lakes in certain counties in this State, are hereby repealed. Sec. 15. An act to provide for the erection and maintenance of fish ladders in all dams in this State, under the direction of State game and fish warden. (Adopted as proposed.) Sec. 16. (Local measure not changed.) That it shall not be jawful hereafter to take or catch any fish in the lake known as Reed’s Lake or the lake known as Fisk’s Lake, in the township of Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent, with the spear or by shoot- ing them with any firearms. | t shall not be lawiul to fish in Reed’s Lake or Fisk’s Lake, or either of them in any manner, or to take and remove any fish there from in nit manner, al any time i y j , at any time during the months of October November, December, January, February, March and April in any year, Sec, 17. (Local measure amended.) That it shall not b S ; e lawtul te take or catch, by any means whatsoever, any species of pass in Walloon Lake, or Bear Lake, so called, from the fifteenth day of April in each year to the twelfth day of July next succeeding. Discussion of the Evening, : Deputy D. Cr, Henry, of Grand Rapids, thought bass should be protected during the spawning season, from Jan. 1 to July 1, Mr.,A. R. Avery, of Port Huron, a Prominent lawyer, and a keen thinker, said he thought bass did not need any protection from hook and line fishing, but only from spears and set lines. Mr. Nicholls of Lansing, believed in coming out absolutely against all spearing whatever. Mr. Brewster said he was afraid of antagonizing the farmers. Mr. Lakey said that spearing could not be repealed unless something were traded for it. “In Sec. 4 we trade winter months for months where there is 0 ice,” he said, “and we think this is a good trade, Mr. Coulter, of Charlevoix, thought there were too many kid glove laws already, and that Mr. Brewster was right. The Nicholls athendment proposed was lost. Spearing will be allowed in the months of November and December. Mr. Willis, of Bay City, made a strong talk to except the Saginaw River from the netting clause, Mr, Willis is a warden, but also a fisherman. He said that no very great amount of black bass were taken in nets there. Mr. Willis offered an amendment exempiing his river, but it was defeated. ; On pollution of streams, Mr. Willis said: ‘We will haye all the big factories to fight.” Mr. Brewster said: “If the factories are bigger than the State of Michigan let ts fight them. New Jersey is sending all its factories to Michigan to ruin Michigan streams.” Deputy Palmer, of Buchanan, showed how the mills at Niles and Water- vlet had ruined the streams, Section carried, On the matter of length of brook trout, the local act again showed its head. Mr. Avery wanted an 8in. limit set for the Au Sable River. Mr. Coulter thought a 7in, limit would be good for the Jordan River and its tribu- taries, this being in his part of the State. Mr. Brewster contended against this local legislation. A general 7in. limit was adopted. Mr. Avery said that the books all stated that a 6in. trout had spawned once. He was satis- fied these books were wrong, and that in Michigan a trout must have attained a length of 7 or 8in. before it spawned. Sec. 9, stopping the sale of black bass, is a step toward the Platform Plank of Forest Anp STREAM, and it is a good one. Minnesota put the ban on marketing black bass some time ago. Sec. 12 is Commissioner Nat Hci pet idea in Jlinois, prohibiting fishing near a am. _ The question of penalty was well discussed, this bring- ing up the question whether it would be best to bring fish cases before justices of the peace or the cireuit courts. Mr. Avery, Mr. Brewster and Mr. Rodgers all spoke on this. Penalty was set for first offense $100, second offense $125, the latter taking it into the circuit court. This action seems wise. On the question of fishways, Mr. Avery said he doubted whether a black bass ever ascended a fishway. It was pointed out that perhaps the fishway was not well con- structed. The recommendation was carried. The president of the Grand Rapids Street Car Com- pany had sent in a letter asking that the protection of two little lakes near Grand Rapids be continued (Reed and Fish lakes), so that they be not fished out. This local measure passed over adverse comment of Mr. Willis. Discussion on the last half of Sec. 1, open season on bass. was deferred until late in the evening. Mr. Coulter Was opposed to taking bass in the spawning season. Mr. Avery moved to protect bass from Noy. 1 to July t. Warden Carpenter, of Saginaw, said that the date of July 1 could not be enforced, that 3,000 Saginaw fishers would break it every Sunday. Mr. Henry moved to amend by protecting bass from Jan. 1 to July 1. The amendment was carried, but the Avery motion was lost. The old date stands unchanged. Addresses. Midway in the meeting addresses were called for “by prominent men present. Chairman Anderson, of the house committee, said the measures suggested would have his hearty support, Mr. Carton said that the League men knew more about protection than he did, and that he would rely upon them. Mr. Gustin said he believed in protection, but not too much of it.. Mr. Tateum said he would endorse any action the League took. Mr, Stanton, of Grand Rapids, thought something ought to be done to destroy the natural enemies of trout. Sizes of Fish. The Interstate recommendations on legal limit for dit- ferent species of fish were adopted in general, the Michi- ‘gan new limits being embodied in the above synopsis. This practically ended the fish work of the evening. Sweeping License Laws. Now came some of the most interesting work of the entire sesSion, that on the question of shooting licenses. The interstate bill was read on this head. Mr. Brewster said that this interstate measure could not be passed in Michigan. Mr. Gustin said that the license act ought to be brought in separately, and not be made a part of the bill, else it would jeopardize the whole. Mr. Rodgers, of Grand Rapids, said that he liked this license clause, for it meant revenue. He thought the League should endorse it. Mr. Avery thought that fishing licenses were just as legitimate as shooting licenses. Mr. Lakey’s views on a general gun license are well known, and he seemed to have followers enough. Mr. Rodgers moved that a general shooting license be recommended, of $1 for resi- dent shooters and $25 for non-resident, this to apply to shooting for all kinds of game. Mr. Brewster, seeing the inevitable coming, moved to amend by allowing any holder of a non-resident deer license to take home with him one deer, owner to accompany same. This amend- ment carried, and so also, without much fuss, did the motion, which was really the most radical action of the ineeting, and that most nearly approaching the impossible. Conservative public inen tell me there is little chance of this becoming a law. Should it do so, it will be the last step in the strong recent tendency in Western States to- ward the license idea, Appropriations, Mr. Rodgers offered this resolution: “That the sum of $2,000 appropriated by the State of Michigan for the pur- poses of game protection is wholly inadequate, and that’ the Legislature be requested to increase same to a proper amount.” Mr. Rodgers went on to show the expense and difficulty of the work in prosecuting game cases (in which work, by the way, it may be stated that Mr. Rodgers has contributed to the interests of sportsmanship a vast amount of his own valuable time, he having traveled far and wide and given his services free). Mr. Gustin pointed out that the game warden had other funds ayail- able, and Mr. Brewster explained that the warden had had $4,600 added to the sinews of war from out the State license funds, outside certain county funds, which had also been employed. The State warden had secured $14,- 000 in fines. The Rodgers motion carried. Deputy Pal- mer said he had once secured $400 in fines in Cass county, but had only got $28 for his work. Election of Officers. The following officers were elected for the Michigan League for the ensuing year? Mr. A. L. Lakey, of Kalamazoo, the present efficient president, was continued in office, and as much was done for the hustling secretary, Mr. C. E. Brewster, of Grand Rapids. Mr. A. R. Avery, of Port Huron, was chosen Vice-President; Judge S. B. Daboll, of St. Johns, Treastirer. The executive commit- tee is to be composed of the above officers, with addition of Messrs. Prank Rodgers, of Grand Rapids; A. L. Coul- ter, of Charlevoix; D. G. Henry, of Grand Rapids. All the voting was_done by one ballot of the secretary. Messrs. Rodgers, of Grand Rapids; Brewster, of Grand Rapids, and Lakey, of Kalamazoo, were elected a commit- tee to draft a bill on the lines above proposed. Adjourn- ment was had at an hour just this side of midnight. One is persuaded after a careful review of this Michi- gan work to think that the questions of game and fish laws are in very able and practical hands in that State. The freedom from freak measures and from the old-time sweeping and senseless ‘““We do resolve” is very marked and yery gratifying. Certainly this splendid sporting State is doing all that can be asked of her, and may very well be looked upto in the further councils on game legislation. She has a fine body of earnest men working in these matters, and they are men who know all the ropes of actual legislative work, as well as all the latest theories and facts in progressive protection. It was a very great privilege to be with them, and to witness their care ful methods. A last fact worth comment in this neces- sarily crude summary is the fact that Michigan does not support a “State sportsmen’s association” with a trap shoot attachment. It has two general bodies of this State scope, one the Trap-Shooters’ League and one the Protective League. This is as it should be, They are getting laws in Michigan. We get trap shoots in Illinois, From the Land of the Chrysanthemum. Curcaco, Il., Jan, 14—Mr, J. O. Averill, of Yokohama, Japan, was among the callers at the Forest AND STREAM office this week. Mr. Averill was formerly a resident of New York. but for more than a dozen years has been en- gaged in the tea busines in Japan, where he has large houses at Yokohama and Kobi, occasionally making visits to the United States on business or pleasure. Mr, Aver- ill tells me that with many gentlemen of his acquaintance at Yokohama the Forrest AnD STREAM is the sportsmen’s authority, quite as it is in this country. Within the last few weeks I have had correspondence from British Hon- duras, from Quebec and Ontario, Can., from Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia and Alaska, None of this, however, is in any way so interesting as the talk this week with Mr, Averill, who is exceptionally good proof of the fact that a sportsman is a sportsman wherever you put him down. He tells me that there is, indeed, a con- siderable amount of sport in the land of the chrysanthe- mum, though rather a mixed state of affairs obtains there. All “foreigners,” such as himself, are limited in their shooting to a district of twenty-five miles from cer- tain treaty ports, This concentrates the shooting so much that the game is pretty will killed down in those districts, and Mr. Averill does not think there is much future for sport with the gun for that reason, The Japanese have game laws, but they are rather one-sided affairs, Their _ open season covers the breeding time of certain sorts of game, and netting and other destructive forms of taking fish and game are allowed. The theory of the Government seems to be to hold up the foreigners for a $10 license, but not to interfere with the poor native, who could not raise $10 in a hundred years, and who makes some sort of living by netting, etc. The non-residents of the better class, such as the British and American sportsmen, do not take advantage of the liberality or the short-sighted- ness of the game law. They make a law of sport for theniselves, and put up their guns before the beginning of the breeding season. Any man would be ostracized at the clubs who would continue to shoot after the expiration time set by this tacit asreement. From Mr. Averill’s story I imagine the snipe and the pheasants, with some ducks, to be among the more promi- nent game birds sought by sportsmen in Japan. The copper pheasants offer good jun in a rough, tangled and mountajnous country. There are also woodcock, not the woodcock of America, but the giant woodceock of Eng- land, soft-winged and big like an owl. The paddy fields or wet rice grounds are the spots most frequented by the jacksnipe, and sometimes these birds give good sport even yet. I remember that once I mentioned in Forrest AND STREAM having seen at the Chicago Academy of Sci- ences a jacksnipe from South America, a bird apparently marked exactly like our English snipe, but nearly twice as large, a very giant of a jacksnipe. I do not recall the scientific naime of this bird at present. I happened to mention this fellow to Mr. Averill, and he told me that they haye this same bird in Japan. Its habits are much jike those of the jacksnipe, though it is more lubberly and slower of wing. Sometimes the shooter kills one of these birds under the impression that it is a jacksnipe JAN. 28, 1899.] FOREST AND STREAM. 69 very much closer to him than the bird is in ordinary flight, and only realizes the size of the giant when he comes to step the distance to him, Of late years, Mr. Averill and his friends in Japan have taken to fishing, They do not tell just everyone about this, and are a bit vague and indefinite when asked where it is that they find their sport. I suppose that not éverybody knows there is trout fishing in Japan. I never knew it before, nor ever heard it mentioned. Yet there is trout fishing, and the trout fishing is of a most interest- ing sort, and the Japanese are skilliul fly fishermen, with a style of their own. I know all about this now, but I am not going to tell about it, but shall promise the read- ers of FOREST AND‘ STREAM before long a treat in the form of an article on this subject by Mr. Averill himself. He will tell a lot of things in the way of angling news from this far-off western country which I think have never found their way into print in any sporting journal. We do not know all about fly fishing in America. There is temptation to break into print over this myself, but I shall not forestall Mr. Averill, who promises this very inter- esting story at an early date. LI asked Mr. Averill what people thought of the United States now over his way, and he said that since the late war every American has grown a couple of inches, and that in the opinion of all the other powers America has grown several feet. He says that Japan used to think, after the Chinese war, that she could whip the whole earth, but certain little transactions in the year of 1808 have led the intelligent Japanese to believe that America is some- thing of a scrapper herself. I must not pass Mr. Averill’s visit without pointing out one very pleasant lesson which it leaves. He says that the Japanese do not live altogether for work or for money. When a man gets to be about forty-five years of age, he retires from business and his son takes care of him. After that the old gentleman has a house of his own, and doesn’t do anything but drink tea and swap lies with the neighbors. (1 think I would like to go to Japan.) An- other pleasant custom ‘is one which the Japanese have in regard to public vacation trips. The inhabitants of, say, a certain village, contribute each year a little toward a public fund which is to be expended in giving some poor persons a vacation. Lots are drawn and perhaps ten persons, the lucky ones, are given the means to take vacation pilgrimages, which last during the summer. The amount paid to each one is only about $10, but this will last about all summer, for things are cheap in that land. These vacation pilgrim people may be seen in many parts of the island, attending the shrines, climbing mountains, visiting the places of public interest. They carry a scrip a staff and a mat, and they sleep where night finds them if they do not happen to have the price of aroom. Thus they wander and enjoy themselves, and learn about their country, until their $10 is gone. Then they go back home and go to work, and put their money in the fund for some other fellows to have their vacation after awhile. This,*it seems to me, is a beautiful custom. It is slightly different from the American method. Here we take our yacations after we are too old to digest a beefsteak or to walk a mile. It shall happen one of these centtiries that the Americans will awaken to find that they did not know everything in the world; especially about vacations. It will give me great pleasure then to turn over in my erave, wherever that may be, and say, “I told you so! You ought to have read Forest AND STREAM.” Singing Mouse No. 7, It was but a little while ago that I made mention of another singing mouse that had been discovered. This week I have still another one to chronicle, which I be- lieve is either No. 7 or No. 8 in the series recorded in the FoREST AND STREAM. One evening this week my friend, Mr. C. W. Lee, handed me a clipping from the New York Herald of Sunday, Jan. 8, describing a captive sing- ing mouse. This was very interesting, and I kept the clipping. On the folowing morning I received the same clipping from Mr. Henry J. Howlett, of New York City. Later in the same day my friend Mr. Bridgman, of the Crane Company, New York City, sent me the clipping, and still later my friend Mr. J. B. Burnham, apparently foreknowing, also mailed it to me-with the following re- mark: “Here is something about a captive singing mouse. No doubt half a dozen people have sent you this, but on a chance they all expected the other fellow to do so, I will run the risk of being de trop. 1 don’t imagine you care for the mouse, or I would send that.” I would like to thank all these gentlemen for their inter- est, and perhaps it might be interesting to print some- thing of the Herald’s story about this mouse, which pur-~ ports to have been caught in a trap by Augustus G. De Tartas, of 709 Columbus avenue, New York City. The latter writes: “T was very fortunate the other day to catch a singing mouse, and, having since ascertained that it is a great rar- ity, I would very much like to hear from some of your numerous readers why it is so rare, and to what species of vermin it belongs. “The one I caught is an ordinary-looking mouse to me, and the only difference I see is that it sings like a bird. It eats anything I feed to it, sleeps most of the day and sings all night. It was very small when I caught it, but has grown considerably since then, and at present is the normal size of an ordinary mouse.” This mouse is described as singing so loud as to “wake the baby.” This I should think unlikely, unless the baby’s slumbers were set upon a hair trigger. Personal, Mr. A. Lent, President of the Austin Cartridge Com- pany, of Cleveland, O., will be in this city for a brief visit on Monday next. Thus I am informed by Mr. C. M. Wills, Superintendent of the same company, who called at this office yesterday on his way to Galesburg. Mr. Wills carries also the very sad news that Mr. Coleman, President of the Austin Powder Company, has been very seriously sick for nearly three months, and is still unable to be at his desk. Mr. Coleman is one of those able and pleasant gentlemen who can ill be spared, even tempo- rarily, from the business world, and I] hope his recovery will be speedy. E. Houcs. 1200 Boyce Buripine, Chicago, Ul. Exhibition of Catlin Pictures. Wen we consider the primitive American hunter and his ways of life in the old days, before contact with the whites had greatly changed him, we always think of George Catlin, His name is as closely linked with the Indians as Audtibon’s is with the birds of this country. Catlin was the first man who in any large way attempted to write of, and to picture on canyas, the North American Indian, and his habits and customs, and in carrying on . this work he traveled over many thousands of miles of land and sea, for he was not satisfied with showing the Indian to the white inhabitants of this continent, but in- troduced them as well to the public of many of the capitals of Europe. i Catlin’s enthusiasm for his work was unbotinded, For years he journeyed over the Jand, north, south, east and west, visiting different tribes of Indians, living with them and studying their life. He pictured their sports and their religious ceremonies, and showed how they obtained their food and how they lived from day to day in their camps and permanent villages. The work that he did in portraying the customs of these primitive peoples was long undervalued in America, but it 1s coming to ‘be appreciated now, and within the past few years the Gov- ernment at Washington purchased a great number of his pictures, and prepared a large volume on his work. Catlin was an indefatigable worker, and besides the well-known Catlin gallery, left behind him a vast amount of scattered material, pictures and manuscript, which is gradually coming to light. A few years ago a consider- able amount of this was secured by Mr. Archibald Rogers, of Hyde Park, N. Y., in whose handsut is happily safe. There is now in this city a collection of thirty-three oil paintings to be exhibited next week at Norman’s, 234 Fifth avenue, Which should be seen by every one who is interested either in Indians or in Western big game, or in the transformation that has taken place in our Western country within the last sixty years. Many of these pic- tures are identical in subject and treatment with those in the Catlin portfolio, which is sufficiently familiar. They deal in large measure with life in the West, and hence to a great extent with buffalo and buffalo hunting in different ways. There is the chase by Indians mounted on swift ponies and armed with bow and arrows, or with the lance; the ordinary stalk from behind cover; the approach under the disguise of wolves; the killing in deep snow by hunters on snowshoes. But besides the taking of the extinct buffalo, the capture of other game is pictured. There are representations of moose hunting by an Indian on snowshoes, of deer killing by night and by dayr and of salmon spearing by torchlight. Two pictures show the chase and capture of the wild horse, one a fight between buffalo and bear, and another a combat between three mounted Indians and two grizzlies, Other aspects of Indian life are mirrored in the picture of a small camp of people who have just discovered a prairie fire ap- proaching them, in scenes where three Indians appear to be in the path of a stampeding herd of buffalo, and where Indians in camp are alarmed and have just seized their weapons as if to resist an approaching. While most of the pictures belong to our own West, there are five which present South American scenes. One of these, a leopard hunt, shows the artist about to fire at two of the animals, one of which is already wounded. Thereare two pictures representing flamingoes, one of which shows their nesting ground; there is an ostrich hunt on the Pampas of the Rio de la Plata, and a semi-tropical forest scene with Indians bathing. The paintings to be exhibited were shown in London in 1859 in connection with a collection of Indian costumes and weapons, which was purchased from Mr. Catlin by the King of the Belgians. The exhibition will begin Jan. 31, and will continue for one week. The Fleeting Fox. Editor Forest and Stream: Judging from a letter, my young friend at Philadelphia, N. Y., has been hunting muskrats, minks and foxes pretty steadily since the arrival of snow, and the net result so far has been a red squirrel, a rabbit (great Northern hare), one muskrat and a bag full of experiences. A rab- bit, a muskrat and a “puny red squirrel” are rather too small game to tell about, according to the rather pot- hunting instincts of boys who figure usually by the size and number of kills made, But I will say this for boys who hunt, they commonly give more space to telling how they missed than how they came to kill. For instance, all T know about the hare is embodied in this sentence: “Cousin Min cooked-the raggit I got down the river yesterday, and, it was good.” It took more to tell about a fox which is “‘still skedad- dling.’ “T went hunting across the trestle last Saturday. Snow was kind-a deep, and the day just like the woods. Had my shotgtin. That makes me think, I guess I'll get a camera first chance I get, because it would be fun to take pictures of things. I climbed the wire fence and went down the top of the ridge and into them woods, you know where the little open is like a choppin’ up home, and all of a sudden I seen something above a log ‘bout ten rods away. It was kind-a white and kind-a red. It bobbed up and then out of sight. First it was at one end of the log and then it wasn’t anywhere for two or three minutes, then up it would come at the other end where the branches was. : “T figured it out that I’d sneak down the bank and back up through the woods to see t’other side of that there log. I done it, and by Jee it wa’n’t there at all, but on "other side the log. But I seen a track on the log like a place some critter had climbed over, and that thing wav- ing looked pretty interesting. I thought it too hard work to go sneaking way round again, so I went sneaking crost the open straight at the log just like any other idjit, as if T hadn’t still-hunted partridges and buck rabbits long as I can remember. But I bellied along through the snow, and pretty soon I was about three rod from the log, and I looked. Nothing there. Got a little higher, then higher. Nothing, so I stood up and shook the snow out of my hair and blew on my fingers. “<__ Gosh! ‘ season, which is fast waning, There sot a fox with his mouth -wide open and a mouse’s tail hanging out the corner of his lips. He wiggled his lips a little and looked ‘bout as silly as I felt when I ploughed the ground up with shot two rods to one side of his fleeting carcass. He'd been eating mice from under that log—guess he got five or six. T don’t see why a fellow can’t just aim at a beast and hit it like it was a can or fence board or anything. But who'd ’a’ s’posed a fox wotld be dancing round a log at 9 o’clock in the morning like it was just daylight. I seen an owl too, but I didn’t get him—didn’t even shoot. . Just as well, considering the fox, I reckon. T’Jl bet that fox is still skedaddling. He went sideways, and made one track like a rabbit's—reg’lar Y. I had qs im, and just think what they'd done ta that beast at four rods.” So far as I am concerned, I am rather pleased at the outcome. Think of that fox with wiggling lips and dangling mouse’s tail struck silly with surprise done to death the next instant. We would have missed the “fleet- ing carcass” then, RayMonpd S. SPEARS, New York. The New York Deer Law. Editor Forest and Stream: Senator Cahoon has introduced a bill to amend the law relative to the killing of deer in this State, and a like bill has been introduced in the lower house of the Legis- lature. This bill provides for the shortening of the open season on deer to one month, viz., fram Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. and permits hounding throughout the entire period of the open season. ‘This bill, in my opinion, would not stand a ghost of passing were it not for the fact that its sponsor—Senator Cahoon—is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Game Laws, and while confident that our present Governor would not permit it to become a law T still believe it to be the duty of every true sportsman to endeayor to prevent, if possible, the passage of a measure so fraught with danger: to deer preservation. There has been but a single year of trial of the non- hounding law, and it is doubtless true that the average hunter has not found it quite so easy to procure his venison as under the old hounding law, but give the present law a decent trial, and we shall find the same conditions as now exist in the State of Maine, where the veriest tyro can kill his deer without difficulty with- out the aid of the hound. A few years ago, under the old system that permitted hounding, deer had become a scare commodity in the State of Maine, and it took several years of hard work on the part of friends of game protection—none worked more diligently than Forest AND STREAM—to educate the people of that State up to a point where they could see the great benefits of a non- hounding law. To-day deer are plentiful and easy to get in Maine, and the people there are almost a unit in op- position to any change looking toward the old order of things. The same will be the case in this State if we will only wait long enough to give the present law a fair test. In the interests of deer preservation and of sports- manlike methods in deer killing, in the name of human- ity and common decency, it behooves every true sports- ian to make every possible effort to prevent the repeal of the present law. Everybody perhaps recognizes that the shortening of the season may be a move in the right direction, but if a return to the inhuman practice of deer dogging is to be the price of securing such an amendment, better a thousand times leave matters as they are. M. ScHENCK. Troy, N. Y.; Jan. 18, A Vitginia Shooting Country. LUMBERTON, Siissex County, Va.—Edifor Foresi and Stream: There is no doubt in the minds of the sports- men who have visited this district during the bird shooting that the country round about possesses advantages fully equal to any in the South. North Carolina is for a variety of reasons the favorite resort of quail hunters, and in consequence this district has not suffered. On the contrary, it has gained. The close season which reigned here during 1806-7 has given the birds an exceptional opportunity to increase, and doubtless many haye come across the Carolina line, not far distant. This year few sportsmen knew of the coun- try; and not many came, but those who did went away heavily laden, happy and determined to come again and bring friends. The country is an admirable one to hunt, low, level, ex- tensive and not too thickly settled. The lands are not generally posted, and then only as a protection against the inroads of the “pot-hunter.”’ Visiting sportsmen are extended every courtesy, and royally welcomed. The sportsman who stops off at any one of the many stations lying between Capron and Semora is sure to find quail in abundance, guides at reasonable prices, fairly good dogs and comfortable quarters. Several points offer fine turkey shooting, and everywhere hares and squirrels are to be found in abundance. The woodcock is not unknown. Deer are hunted in season, and fox hunting furnishes exhilarating sport for all lovers almost, one might say, the year round. oF The country is beautiful with its stately pine, oak and hemlock here and there, the air invigorating and the climate very charming to one who comes from the snow- bound North. The quail season ends Jan. 15, save in several counties, of which Sussex is one, where the time extends to Feb. 15. Turkeys may be killed until Feb. 1, and hares and squirrels until March or later. A few sportsmen ate enjoying the late shooting, inci- dentally joining in the fox chase from time to time, There are still many quail left for next season to furnish pleasure and exhilaration for the hunter. : HERBERT L, JILLSON. A Houghton, Mich., dispatch says: “Jerry Murphy, a well-known miner, living in Calumet, sold his big -St. Bernard Barney to a Klondike party eighteen months ago. The dog was taken to Dawson City and performed good service. Last night Barney reappeared at Murphy’s home in Calumet. How he succeeded in returning from Alaska is a mystery.” — ee 70 FOREST AND STREAM. [Jan. 28, 1890. Sea and River Sishing. Proprietors of fishing and hunting resorts will find it profitable to advertise them in ForrstT AND STREAM. Fishing with a Tenderfoot. In the summer of 1806, a party to which I belonged made a very disastrous trip into the trout country, which I consider one of my richest experiences in camp life. The peril and privation experienced in that camp was of the kind to try a man’s soul, and while we could have come home in a day, we were always hoping for the weather to clear, and we clung to the hope that we would have a day or so of good weather further on to make up for some of our discomforts. It has become a custom with us to go to the woods for a tew days on the Fourth of July. Conforming to this, we resolved to go, but the cit- cumstances were stich that business kept us engaged up to the moment of starting, and all of the commissary work, such as the buying supplies and getting them to- gether, deyolved on black Joe, the cook, We felt toler- ably easy about it. for we knew that with plenty of trout to eat we would fare very well for a few days, with but few accessories. Since that we have not taken any such chances an Joe, It was a rainy season, and we resolved to have plenty of fishing worms for bait, in case the waters were too flush for fly-fishing, and we impressed the importance on Joe, but he made a failure at getting bait, owing to the laborious nature of the work. That handicapped.us, for that was before I learned to look for fish worms under moss in the spruce woods. Before we started the party received an addition in an Englishman, whom we knew as Tommy. He was a first- rate fellow, who had been running with us a good deal, but who had not been invited, not knowing what kind of a camp mate he would make, But, he not knowing the ethics of camping parties such as ours, very genially an- nounced his intention of going along, which was very well received, for we all liked him, Otherwise his assurance would haye not availed him. We know how to give what is vulgarly termed the frozen face. Tommy was a man acquainted with grief. It had come to him when he had invested a large sum in fancy farm- ing in Canada, and again when he tried tea planting in Ceylon. His experience in West Virginia as a druggist was equally unfortunate, for, becoming tired of life here, he presented his pharmacist the drug store as a token of esteem, and in place of salary due, and went to London for a while. Later, letters came from British Columbia that he was on his way to the Klondike, and then a long silence. A short time ago the word came that he was dead. He belonged to the “legion that never was listed” that Kipling writes of. Our experience with him leads us to believe that he could bear misfortunes, but could not avoid them. May he rest in peace, He is one of the men I have been with when I fished. We wanted to make the Forks of Cranberry the first day, and we made a desperate effort to start early; there- fore we got away by to o'clock. We were on horseback, each having packed all we could on our saddles and then climbing on top. The most of us were mounted on the slim, active horses of this mountain country, Joe’s mare, who is twenty if she is a day, who is known all over the world as Kitty’s Colt, was packed until you could just see her legs moving. Tommy was unfortunate in his horse. His pharmacist had a low, heavy built Percheron, as fat as butter, and as awkward as an ox—the kind of a heavy, unwieldy animal that the Sunday school books know as Dobbin. Tommy borrowed this horse from the Dock. The Dock, hearing us say we would start at day- light, came poking in on him about to, expecting to find us gone, and was rightly punished for his duplicity. Tommy immediately countermanded his order of a horse from the livery, and rode away on the Pride of the Farm. Our way lay through an unbroken wilderness. Single file, the horses stepped along a marked trail, picking their path among huge boulders, over the roots of trees, forcing their way through dense tndergrowth to avoid fallen trees. This kind of going is kept up for four hours. The riders, perched upon their packs, are at the mercy of their horses. Old Dobbin blundered his way with the balance, - being strong and willing, but he shed his shoes, and Tom- mys baggage, which was'done up in huge shawl-strap arrangements, such as you have seen heavy, swell Eng- lishmen carrying. and which was strapped on behind his saddle, wore holes in poor Dobbin’s hide, and made him switch his tail and flinch, indicating that he was yery un- comfortable. No reticule equals a three-bushel bag for going into the woods horseback. We at last arrived at the South Fork, and traveling down its rocky bed for a while, arrived at our camp about dark. The horses were given a half-gallon of corn, and having eaten, immediate- ly struck out for civilization in a way they well under- stood. Ten miles would bring them to a pasture on a mountain so high that flies do not abound, and there they reveled in blue grass fetlock deep, only as stable-kept horses can—except poor Dobbin. He stayed in the woods in the laurel bushes for a week, haunting our imagina- tions with his misery. Ours was an ordinary hunter's camp, and when we came to it we found that yery little of the bark roof remained. The Tugs had been there and had occupied the camp, and in a spirit of waste had used the roof for their fires. One side of the camp was whole. We set about making a fire for supper, and Tommy, so glad to get there off the terrible trail, was so happy and cheerful and gay, it was a joy to see him. He set to work to gather the little twigs and bark lying around. Right in front of the camp lay a large, rotten spruce, with its nu- merous branches sticking out in every direction. He fell among them, and after a severe tussle fell heavily to the ground and strained the muscles of his legs. Then for days he could only hobble around the camp-fire. In a party of men some look at the clouds and others do not. In this case the weather prophets also looked at the shelter. The result was.that two of us laid down early and went sound to sleep, regardless. By so doing those two sectired the right to the dry corner for the outing by pre-emption. The others spread pieces of oilcloth over the- safters and got as good places as possible. Tonumy was the last to lie down, and he had the extreme end in the open part of the camp. That night a cold rain fell. I had a comparatively dry place, but I woke some time in the night dreaming that a hole was being drilled in my head. I was lying under a drip, and a little stream of water was falling on my temple. I moved a few inches. The fire of the camp gave a faint light. 1 was very drowsy, and I remember watching the breath of oilcloth under which Tommy was lying. It was bellying with the water it was holding in its folds. I grew interested in it in a sleepy sort of way. The water accumulated quickly, and the weight presently moved the cloth and poured sev- eral gallons water in the face of the man sleeping the deep sleep of exhaustion underneath. There was an upheaval of blankets and things, and Tommy came forth with fire in his eye for the trick that had been played him. All the camp feigned sleep. Tommy tried to arrange his shelter again, but was unable to make a watertight ar- rangement of it. He kept fussing about the “cesspool,” in which he tried to sleep, and finally came and stood at our feet, trying to sleep standing up. The fishing was tolerably good next day, and that even- ing there were 142 trout in the little pool. We fed with- out stint that evening at supper, and at breakfast the next morning. These were the last full meals we had for days. A cold rain set in that night, and when we woke next morning we found Tommy looking pale and haggard. He had slept in the “cesspool.” The little river was roaring and the boulders were rolling in the current. One fork was muddy, but the other, in spite of the flood, was perfectly clear. There was to be no fishing that day. The next day I went out, and after hours of fishing had nine,trout. Hunger was making itself felt. We had plenty of bread and maple syrup and butter, but the bacon the unhappy Joe had selected was the fattest, saltiest pork eyer packed in the iwnsérupulous West. The gorge rose at this food in a day or two. Being confined to such diet for a few days makes one under- stand why our poor soldiers were not able to eat enough to keep well in camp. We had some “poison,” but it had to be divided among the suryivors in an equitable manner, and when Tommy begged for a “soupcon’ it had to he denied him. “Soupcoon” became the byword of that camp. . All the time fishing was out of the question, As soon as the stream would run down, afresh rain would put it up again. There was game in the woods, but we were un- lucky. There were two guns, a .32cal. rifle and a double- barreled shotgun. We could not find the game when we -went to hunt for it, not even a ground hog. One day when I was roaming around looking for exercise, with- out a gun, I saw two doves, as I thought, of a kind that I had never seen before. It was my first sight of the wild pigeon. I have seen them since then in the mountains, and it is the belief that a limited number of these birds rest in our mountains. One day Mr. M. went down the river on a hopeless fish. About a half-mile below camp he sat down on a ledge of rocks where a cool spring filters down and fills a hollow in the rock. As he sat there, thinking, no doubt, how well some of the poison would go with that water with a man who had been soaked in a leaky camp and had been wading deep fords in the river, he saw a deer in the water below him. It came up the stream until it was in a stone’s throw of the place he sat. Presently a fine black and tan hound came to the river, and he tied it with a piece of string and brought it into camp. Neces- sity knows ne Jaw, and the next day the two guns were put in the hands of the best shots, and the hound was sent to the woods. Hardly a quarter of an hour had passed until a deer was jumped, and it led the hound on a far cry to some unknown region, and we have never seen the hound since. That afternoon, when we held our pow-wow under the dry. corner of our wretched habitation, one of the circle said: ‘We've always blamed the Tugs for killing people’s sheep in the woods; suppose a sheep came along this camp to-day, what would we do to it?” “Not a thing!” said one feelingly. “Td tell that sheep to get away if it could,” said an- other. ; “We would do like that old Tug preacher that struck the judge’s camp on Cherry,” said another. “One fall when a lot of them were camped up there an old Tug came into camp and asked if he might stay. The next day was Sunday, and some of them took their guns for a scout through the woods. The Tug said he was a preacher, and that he did not hunt on the Sabbath, and commenced to read the Bible. He was left to keep camp, and when the men got back he had a fine deer hanging up. He said: ‘I seed that buck go hopping by over yander, and it popped into my head that “Where the word of the Lord was not preached, there was no Sab- bath,” and I let him have it.’ ” “IT guess we would compromise with our conscience and may be we would pay for the sheep afterward. What do you say, Tommy?” “T would like to have a soupcon,”’ replied the English- man, who was bearing his trials with true British pluck, but was taking interest in but one thing. _» We got enough of that camp. Sleeping in water under wet blankets; eating soggy biscuits and maple syrup; la- menting our fate that we were spending valuable time and not getting any fish; teasing Tommy and reviling the old frying pan that served up the rancid bacon.’ Finally Joe was sent for the horses, and that day he was gone our misery culminated. Every man for himself was the rule, and with visions of good things to eat we set about to find our dinner. Two went hunting. MM. came in soon with a little red squirrel, fairy-diddles they are called here. He deliberately sat down and cooked and ate it be- fore our eyes. I was ravenous. Having failed m hunt— ing, I was fortunate enough to see a flock of cherry birds —they are about as big as robins—and I killed two. I hung them on a string and cooked them, and with them as a relish I ate lots of bread, and never had a better meal in my life. I remarked politely to the unfed: “T am sorry you are not hungry. I would so like you to try some of the pheasant.” S. and B. caught two fish apiece, and they prepared and ate them in the same starving, self- ish and solitary manner. Tommy alone was left. His lag had recovered. and he had failed heth in hunting and fishing. He concluded to tackle the bacon. Cutting off some slices, he held them over g roaring fire. The meat took fire and burned up. He tried it again, and the same thing happened. He dashed some water in the irying pan ai ate the charred remnants unwisely and became very sick. That eyening I tried fishing, and found a place where the fish were biting, and caught sixteen fine trout before my bait gave out, That gave us a good supper. The horses were there, all in good condition, except old Dobbin. He came in looking like the ghost of his former self. Three shoes were gone, and he could only hobble painfully along. His back was in frightful condition. There was but one thing for Tommy to do, and that was . to walk out. The rain was pottiring down when we started, In the procession I was riding next to Dobbin. In a bog we were wading through, I distinctly saw him reach out a front leg like a racer, and planting his foot on Tommy's hip, bear him down into the mud, where he lay helpless for a moment or two. I will always believe that the horse did it on purpose. Anyway, Tommy rode him home. That cold rain fell steadily all day. My horse strained a tendon when I was eight miles from home. The gang rode on and left me, each too miserable to care what became of any one else. I was within a half-mile of a house then, and the farmer gave me a good dinner and promised to take care of my horse, which I prized highly. I walked home. We will draw a veil over the scene when Tommy returned Dobbin, the pride of the farm. When we all met again, we found that we were still friends, though in the hardships hard words had passed. It is not hard to be a neighbor unto a man when you are warm, dry and well fed. Getting lost in the woods and being hungry, wet and cold tries men’s souls. Our poor friend, generous to a fault, and a fine speci- men of the typical John Bull, and who thought nothing of going to the uttermost ends of the earth, always on the out trail, “breaking the way for the rest,” has gone to his reward. May he find the long trail free from the dis- comforts he experienced in this life! ANDREW PRICE, Maruinton, W,. Va. Fish Pirates and Fire-Bugs. Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 19—Editor Forest and Stream: Inclosed is a report from Sodus Point, printed in the Herald of this morning: “Sodus, Jan. 18.—The law-abiding people of Sodus Point are being stirred wp on account of the depreda- tions of fish pirates, who seek to revenge themselves upon people who have lent aid to the officers of the law. “One day last week Game Protector George Carver, of Lyons, went to Sodus Bay to seize any nets which’ might be there. As was his custom, he stopped over night with William Bennett, a boat builder, who has several boats to let. He had not been on the scene of operations long before he captured a large net belong- ing to local fishermen. He burned the net according to law and left for Lyons. " “About 2 o’clock Sunday morning it was discovered that Mr. Bennett’s cottage, which he built last season, was in flames. All efforts to extinguish them were in yain, and the building was burned to the ground in a short time. The loss was a heayy one to Mr. Bennett, as the building was valued at at least $1,000, with but €600 insurance. The contents of the building were all lost, including twenty-seven rowboats, three sailboats, two naphtha launches, and a $60 net. “Mr. Carver is in the habit of leaving his horse at Mr. Bennett’s when making his raids on the illegal fishermen, and their hatred of Bennett has arisen from the fact that he was assisting the game protector to discover the whereabouts of the nets. Abott a year ago letters were sent to Mr. Bennett by unknown persons, threatening him with violence if he harbored Carver again. On ac- count of the publicity Mr. Carver makes it a point never to stop at a hotel, and as Mr. Bennett ran a sort of livery stable in connection with his boat house, he naturally made that his headquarters. “Mr. Bennett paid no attention to the threatening com- munications, and before long two of his boats were stolen and destroyed. A reward was offered for the re- turn of the boats or for information which would lead to the discovery of any one connected with the affair, but not a trace could be found of either boat or the thieves. “Shortly after this Mr. Caryer came to the bay and another man kept his horse while he made his sally. This man was also threatened, Mr. Carver’s tools were all destroyed, the tail was cut off his horse, his harness was cut into strips and his wagon smashed into pieces. He was threatened with death, but being a brave man made none the less effort to stop the illegal fishing. “Last week the illegal fishermen showed consum- mate nerve by re-capturing a net which the game protec- tor had seized. Mr. Carver went on the ice near Resort, at the head of the bay, and found a valuable net in the water under the ice. He chopped a hole in the ice, secured the net, took it to shore with him for the purpose of burning it. : “He left the net lying on the shore while he went for some kindling wood, with which to start a fire to burn the net, and while he was thus occupied the fish- erman who owned the net came skating up the bay and took it away with him. On Mr. Caryer’s return the net was missing. Having no skates, he could not make chase.” This shows what kind of men the game protector has to deal with; and still we allow licensed nets, and have the State stock the waters for their benefit. The Com- missioners should offer a large enough reward for the conviction of these incendiaries, so that we may get them. There is too much of this work done by the fish pirates. ANGLER. The Forest and Stream Publishing Co. are the largest publishers and importers in America of Books on Out- door Sports. Their illustrated descriptive catalogue will be sent free on request- * The Forest AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable, a. j 7 - ~ JAN. 28) 1800: FOREST AND STREAM. 71 Sea Trout. “Who hath seen the beaver busied? Who hath watched the black- tail mating? Who hath lain alone to hear the wild goose cry? Who hath worked the chosen water where the ouananiche is waiting? Or the sea troul’s jumping crazy for the fly?” —Rudyard Kipling. OF all the trails laid for the travels of the wayward “feet of the young men’ some years ago, mine led me through the camps of “proved desire and known delight,” to the head of an inland estuary, where a lazy stream after weeks of pleasant dawdling through wild and romantic scenery at last finds rest in a calm salt-water basin, far inland from @he Atlantic's turbulent waters, and in a spot exactly similar to that of which Kipling must have been dreaming when he sang of “the sea trout jumping crazy for the fly.” z We were a goodly and pleasant company, comprising the Judge and members of the Bar, who had been holding the Supreme Court on Circuit in the many scattered towns built in the deep bays and fiords in southern and western Newtoundland. We had held court in several harbors and dispensed justice to the straggling populations, who, from the nature of their ayocations, could neither afford the time nor the money to seek justice in the capital; and for days we had drowsed during the heat, in the small stuffy court houses, listening to and adjusting the various cases of fishery disputes and trespasses—the offending against the laws being confined to such minor offenses among these peace loving people. - But “it fell upon a day” that we were-clear of all court work and were in the neighborhood of “the chosen waters” for salmon, grilse and sea trout, and as we had some hours to spare, it took very little persuasion to de- cide his Lordship, the presiding Judge of the Circuit, who was a keen angler himself, to give the members of the Bar a few hours fishing. Accordingly we started for Miller's Passage in Old Man's Bay, and had a pleasant run. Our clipper steam yacht Thecla was well adapted for ad pleasure cruise of this kind. The boys all idled around smoking and chatting, or listening and laughing to the pleasant anecdotes of two of the best raconfeurs, whose equals it would be hard to fnd—one a witty and cultured Irishman, “a descendant of Irish kings,” and the other a leading Queen's counsel, who had traveled some, and had laid up and digested choice morceaua where'er he had sojourned, and now brought them forth from the crucible enriched with touches of genuine humor, and regaled the lounging listeners, who répaid his efforts with loud and spontaneous bursts of laughter. Even the crew on deck involuntarily drew near and added their quota to swell the merry chorus. The water was as ealm as oil; the scenery was grand and changing, and to crown all, a gentle sou’west wind was sighing, but not with sufficient labor to ripple the clumbering water of the bay, Before we had time to realize that we were near our journey’s end, the yacht’s siren awoke the echoes of the hills, putting to wing here a flock of black duck that tool a direct flight far from the invaders, and there a company of white winged sea gulls, who sailed round and rotund in magnificent circles, utter- ing sharp querulous notes, as if interrogating the in- fruders. [In a very few minutes after the anchor had been dropped, all the anglers of the party had their “rods and reel§ and traces’ all ready to enjoy the ‘sport that many had enjoyed in anticipation in their dreams for many a day before. The cutter was launched and manned, and all hands bundled in without the usual regard of prece- . dence or seniority, and in a few moments we landed at the mouth of the riyer flowing into Old Man’s Bay. There was not room enough here for the whole party, so most of us started for a small lake on the river about a hali a mile away. After a short tramp through the shrubbery, the lone looked for lakelet burst pleasantly on our view, nestling cosily at the base of a high hill, which was clothed to the very summit with its gorgeous garb of evergreens, flecked here and there with the flickering foliage of larch, birch, aspen and other deciduous trees arrayed in all their midsummer finery. Then “there was hurrying in hot haste” to joint the rods and bend the favorite flies. There were seven rods in the party; the “non-combatants” carried the baskets and landing nets, and stood by and cracked jokes at the anglers as they waded out in the shallow waters. The writer and a chum knew a trick worth two of trying around the mar- pin, and made a bee-line for the “likely spot’ at the head of the lakelet, where the river mingles with its waters, and rests itself sently, before resuming—as it does a few hun- dred yards further on, with increased briskness—its last lap on its journey to the sea. With what eager haste I - joined my rod, and bent my flies—a cast that had been pre- pared for many days before. How cautiously | waded out over the intervening shallows—how gently dfopped the seductive flies just where the flowing ceases and the water darkens and deepens. And then! Ah, then for the sight and sound that a true aneler would encompass a half a hemisphere to experience—the mad rush of eager “sea trout jumping crazing for the fly’ —the electric thrill of the successful “strike,” the music of the running reel, as with a rush and a whirr the sportive beauties made the glittering baits their own. And then came the struggle between science and guile on the one part and streneth and innocence on the other, with the usual result, in this world at least, the triumph of the wicked—except, of course, as always happens with the largest fish of the lot, whose main streneth and stupidity saved him for a while, as after an ingenious wrench, that cleared him from the hook, he “wageled” away with speed, his tail and fins showing tnmistakable tokens of the utter contempt in which he held his seducer. J had hooked four, and after a few minutes landed three of them. They were gamy little fellows, but didn’t weigh more than %4lb. each, I threw several times and each time got a fish on every fly— but not the fish I was after. Tn the meantime my companion had gone a little further on and crossed the stream, just where it eddied in under the base of the hill, and where the large white water lilies lay in leafy luxurianee. On hearing a satisfied grunt from him, I raised my head, and a glance at his taut line and pliant rod making a complete sezment of a circle told me more plainly than any words that he had hold of one or more of the brand we were aiter. A short struggle, and two beauties weighing about 2lbs, each lay, like pictures, in the grass at his feet. With his permission I cast into his preserve, and in less than a moment felt that my fondest dreams of fish were realized, and that I had hold of two or more “speckle tails that were well worth the ad- mission fee.” Then began the most interesting tussle I think I had ever enjoyed. They started for the middle of the lakelet with the yigor of unbroken colts. I had per- force to give them their wilful way—my only consolation the music of the running reel. Presently they “let up” a bit and my turn came to take a hand in the sport. How tenderly I checked them! With what firm though sensi- tive fingers I wound them in! How bravely they tightened the silken cord, and what beautiful curves the rod de- scribed, as with waning strength they gallantly disputed every inch, They are coming—coming slowly, unwilling- ly, but surely, I have their noses over the water how, and they're nearly mine. I am just conjecturing as to their probable weight when “whish,” with a last grand effort, off they start again, making a brilliant dash for freedom, taking nearly all the line from the reel in the gallant attempt. But alas, ‘twas only an effort—an unsuc- cessful effort—and in a few moments more, with the aid of a landing net, 1 have landed the captives and feel proud of my conquest. They weigh a little over 2lbs. each, and make such a pretty picture as they lie at my feet in their mossy bed, that | make up my mind that even if I do not hook another fish, I am well satisfied with my evening’s work. The rest of the party had been getting small fish in abundance, but as they all had been specta- tors of the sport at the mouth of the stream, they all surely, but slowly, gravitated to the spot, shaking the small fry off their hooks as they waded along. There ‘were six or seven rods whipping the one small place, only a few yards in circumference, and of course we expected that the sport would soon be over. But no; notwithstand- ing the noise and bustle made by over anxious fishermen outraging every canon of the “meditative man’ art’ the sport held for over an hour; and from scientific angling, I fear, I have to confess that it degenerated into indis- criminate slaughter, I am afraid we acted very mttch like “trout hogs,’ but our pleas in defense were, that we had a ship’s crew to supply, that not a fish would be wasted, and that perhaps for the following twelve months they would not be again disturbed, except perhaps by poachers who might go there with nets and haul them as articles of commerce. As ‘twas coming on dusk, we gathered our fish in baskets and on ‘“‘gads” and made our way down to the beach where the boat was awaiting us. In a few mo- ments more we were aboard the yacht, handing over our trophies to the steward, who welcomed this toothsome addition to his larder, and filled a large ship’s pan with beautiful fish, the largest of which, by actual weight, tipped the scales at Toz. over 4lbs. We all sat down with appetites sharpened by the bracing air and evening’s ex- ercise, and over the dinner table each vied with his neighbor in detailing with great good humor the yarious events of the evening, and enjoyed the sport over and over again, And when the covers had been removed and the faithful “briar roots” produced, and the votaries of the goddess of Nicotine had burned incense in honor of their deity, the wearied anglers sought their couches, lulled by the soft evening breezes, and soothed to rest by the scarcely perceptible motion of the steamer, and -en- joyed the deep restful sleep that comes ever to those “who work the chosen waters” : “Where the sea trout’s jumping crazy for the fly.” W. J. CARRoLt: Sr. Joun's, Newfoundland. Connecticut Fishing Interests. Commissioner A. C, Collins sends us the biennial re- port of the Connecticut Commissioners of Fisheries and Game, from which we make the following excerpts: The hatcheries consist of two small buildings on leased ground, one for shad hatching at Shelton, and the other a makeshift at Windsor Locks, for hatching trout and sal- mon. Both hatcheries are not worth over $200! The State owns a building at the retaining ponds at Joshua- town, in the town of Lyme, not fitted up for hatching purposes. This is all the State owns in the way of State hatcheries. The second duty is that of the introduction, propagation and distribution of such food fish and game as are adapted to the waters and lands of the State. There being no appropriation available for the intro- duction or propagation of game, it is perhaps needless to say that we have been unable to do anything in this direc- tion. In our report of 1895-96 we said: “We suggest the wisdom of atithorizing your Commissioners, when it can be done at a reasonable or nominal cost, to lease tracts of land as State game preserves. The main expense to the State would be that of posting said land and prosecuting poachers. There is no county, we are sure, where this could not be done, and unless the State means to take up on quite a large scale the propagation and introduc- tion of game, its extinction is merely a question of time.” With an ever increasing army of sportsmen, with no more territory than fifty years ago—that time will arrive much sooner than many expect. There being no appropriation for the “enforcement of all laws relating fo fish and game,” we found it a very difficult matter to police the State, without a dollar ap- propriated for such work. Through the “Special Protec- tors of Fish and Game,’ appointed by this Board, we have enforced the laws relating to fish and game as well as possible under existing conditions. All known cases of infraction of the fish or game laws have been prose- cuted. Duting the last two years we have co-operated with the United States Commission of Fisheries and Fish in the propagation of lobsters, resulting in over 50,000,000 of young lobsters being planted in the waters of this State. The State of Connecticut is the only State in the Union that retains in ponds young shad six or seven months. The young shad are then 3 to sin. long before they are liberated, The beneficial results of this method of stock- ing have abundantly been shown in the large number of adult shad taken this year in the Connecticut and Farm- ington rivers. jane In the last-named river shad fishing had been of no account for years previous to 1895. In that year we placed nearly 500,000 shad fry in a pond situated in Po- quonock, .on the Farmington River. In October, 1895, we liberated from the pond the young shad in the Farin- ington River. When given their hberty the shad were 3 fo sin, in length. Mark the result, Thottsands of the finest adult shad were taken in that tiver during the past season, as was predicted by your Commission. As one shad fisherman expressed it; ‘There were more shal this year than we knew what to do with.” This vear shad have been cheaper in the market than suckers. We find Connecticut people now boasting of the superior quality of their shad, as compared with all others in the market. Unless the artificial propagation of the shad had been carried on in this State, we think there would be no shad worthy of mention in our rivers, In turning out millions of young shad 3 to Sin. in length, as the State is now do- ing, the adult fish do not command the fancy prices of a few years ago, The State is concerned as to the abun- dance, quality and price of the products taken from the waters. When the conditions afte impaired, when there is éyi- dently a decrease in the fmod-fish supply, then it becomes ificumbent upon the State to adopt prompt measures ta atrest any decline, The rational method of dealing with the fisheries is to supplement as far as possible by arti- ficial propagation any deficiency in the natural reproduc- tion. We doubt not that the broad-minded, free-handel Connecticut people will adequately support with their good will, and a reasonable appropriation, a thorough, well-considered and efficient plan for future fish propa- gation. : In providing such a plan, and in carrying it out to a successiul termination, no agency can be so adequate m stocking our rivers, lakes and streams as fingerling fishi. The late Col. Marshall McDonald, when United States Fish Commissioner, said: “My judgment is that 1,000 yearling fish is the equivalent of 100,000 fry.” Fingerling trout and shad planted in the fall are stronger, and a more active fish. They find an abundance of food hatched out for them. They have a better start in every way lo fight their way, as they must certainly fight in the wild waters. In fact, the planting of shad or trout during the fry stage of life is a’ waste of money, effort and time. The late Thomas Andrews, of Guilford, England, one oi the most successful fish breeders in Europe, said: -“‘My experience has taught me that one vearling fish 15 worth a thousand try for stocking purposes.” Advanced fishculturists in Europe are united in ac- knowledging the superiority of fingerling fish for stock- ing waters successiully. Young fry are too risky. The erowing demands for fingerling fish for stocking pur- poses, by those who can appreciate the incomparable ben- efits derived, is very. gratifying. There is no speculation in this method otf planting fish. Jt is high time that the citizens of this State should understand clearly and pre- cisely how this matter affects them, The stocking of waters with fish fry is clouded with too many uncertain- ties, as to be egregiously disappointing. So the true dif- ference, then, between the two methods of stocking waters is this: First stocking with fingerlings means success, while stocking with fish fry a step backward, a precarious uncertainty, a happy-go-lucky system. Common prudence must therefore suggest that by stoel-— ing waters with fingerling shad, trout and salmon will disperse any cloud of uncertainty, remove in the most ef- ficient inanner the most cherished illusions attending the fry planting, and at one remorseless blow discontinue the planting of practically helpless minute fish fry. These remarks may appear singularly blunt and bold, but by the present system of stocking the waters of the State there is no such word as failure. It should be remem- bered what fish propagation means to tis as a State; the cheap, healthful and abundant food for all classes of its people; the livelihood for the hardy fisherman; the indus- trial prosperity of many sections of our State; mental re- laxation for the toiling masses of our cities and towns in all the busy pursuits of our intense and intensifying daily life: that these and many other objects of vast importance, socially, morally and financially, are involved in trying to preserve and maintain for the enjoyment of the present and future such food fish as are adapted to our waters. Fish propagation and protection means much to the peo- ple of this State. The opponents of fishculture find it always easier to criticise than to create. With requisite means and appliances, the successful breeding of shad, salmon and trout, the waters of this State can be stocked as never-before since the Revolution. Sometimes it has been charged by those who have not given the subject careful. consideration, that this Commission is largely en- gaged in propagating game fishes for the few at the ex- pense of many. An examination of the tables herewith submitted in this report will prove the absurdity of the charge referred to. It should be taken into consideration that the so-called game fishes are the highest order of fishes, and that the love of angling is on the increase. The people from the farm, shop, store, factory, pulpit, studio, counting-room and court find a healthy relaxation from their cares in angling. The commercial fisherman and angler both have their right, which we are bound to respect. The whole people must be considered in the matter of propagating and planting fish in the waters of the State. Too often we hear the misleading statement: “Tet nature take is course and we will have more fish,” Agriculture is not the development of such immeasura- ble antiquity but what the tiller of the soil knows that to reap he. must sow. Whenever human knowledge is broadened by investigation and careful consideration, much good results. A given atea of land compared with the same area of water for food producing power, the ar- gument is in favor of water. The soil is tilled, it is pre- pared for seed, it is watched constantly until the crop 1s garnered, it is marketed, all at the cost of effort and means, As to the waters from which fish are taken, the seed is sown and it grows to maturity under natural con- ditions and practically at no cost. We have men in this State who urge that it is useless to hatch shad to be caught beyond absorptive capacity of the markets, but it should be understood that with the perfect refrigerating appliances and improved facilities of transport of the present day, there need be no fear but what the shad fishermen may reap their harvest and ihe toiling masses be able to buy shad at most reasqnable prices, Our fruits 72 ‘ FOREST AND STREAM. - [JAN. 28, 1899. and vegetables, under judicious and enlightened culture, have undergone astonishing improvements during the past fifty years, and the promise of the future is far greater than in the past. Having moulded animal and vegetable forms to nearly our taste, the same can be done with our fishes. The great advantage in propagating fish is that their eggs are isolated from their enemies until they are borm fish. The fact of the matter is, when an egg 1s de- posited on a natural spawning bed that egg is absolutely helpless—it is unprotected. The storms come and stir up dirt, leaves and other debris from the bottom, and a large proportion of the eggs are covered, which means death to the embryo. In addition to that, if there is a choice morsel for any fish, it is the eggs of its own or the eggs of some other -variety of fish. By artificial propagation the eggs are free from their enemies and a greater per- centage is saved by artificial means. We will briefly describe the shad retaining ponds, as it may interest many readers remote from the State’s shad preserve. These ponds are situated in Joshuatown, in the town of Lyme. There are four ponds in a chain, of about twenty acres, fed by a cold mountain stream, which has its source many miles back in East Haddam. _The ponds are within one mile of the Connecticut River. No better place could have been selected. In 1807 we car- tied over 6,000,000 of shad fry into the ponds, from May until Oct. 20, that year, when they were liberated fish from 3 to 5in. in length. In 1898 we carried 9,600,000 shad fry, from May to Oct. 20. We adopted the plan of feeding the young shad this year, and fed many barrels of pulverized crackers to them, with good results. The drawing off of these ponds is easily done, as the sides of the ponds slope toward the center, and the process is made. very easy,and as their dripping banks slowly come in view it is intensely interesting to see countless numbers of young shad pass out in silyery masses on their migratory journey oi lie. That hundreds of thousands of these shad turned out of the retaining ponds will return to our waters in three -and four years is beyond dispute. It is just as sure as the planting of corn; if the conditions are right the corn can be plucked in a certain time. It has been thoroughly demonstrated on the Pacific Coast that rivers that had never before eontained a shad, alter haying been stocked, in three years the shad returned, and have yearly ever since their first appearance, We maintain that the grand old State of Connecticut, with its lofty hills, with its beautiful valleys, with its pic- ttiresque mountains, with its sparkling lakes, with its health-giving breezes, needs but plenty of fish and game to make it still more attractive to summer and fall vis- itors of other States. These people spend their money lreely, and for every pound of fish taken they will prob- ably leave $2, and for every game bird shot the same amount. . When to these sources of revenue we add the yearly value of fish caught from our waters and served as food on the tables of the households within the State, the importance of our fish products are impressed upon the attention. Canadian Salmon Rivers. FoLtowinc are letters of suggestions relative to salmon rivers, recently sent to the Canadian authorities: Sept. 8.—L. Z. Joncas, Esq., Superintendent, etc., Que- bec, Canada. Dear Sir: I greatly appreciate the friendly spirit in which you and the department have conducted our correspondence concerning the preservation of sal- mon. and feel that the point of view (in your report to the Commissioner, of 1897) from which you regard these matters of the protection of game and fish is a correct one, I venture to say that it is fortunate for the Province that at a critical period you should have been placed in charge of these interests. ; One suggestion I desire to call to your attention. AS to your estimated figures of $60,000 or $70,000 annual rev- enue under thorough protection from the salmon rivers. I do not mean that the figures which I am about to men- tion can be attained this year, or for five or six years, perhaps, but I venture to say that*if you had said $300,- 900 er $400,000 per annum you would not have overstated the tre rental value of the salmon fisheries to the Prov- ince, nor the figures to which they may readily be made to attain, The Scotch, English and Irish figures amply justify this conclusion. I do not, of course, refer merely to leasing the rivers to anglers, but to the leasing under we'l-enforced rules as to the times and methods of taking fish and as to netting privileges. The great trouble has been that the latter have been eranted and exercised recklessly, so that the supply has so diminished that no one can afford to pay large sums as rental for the taking of a few fish by angling. The Esquimaux, for instance, could again yield its 50,000 salmon per annum, and continue fo yield that number 11- definitely, and the other rivers in like proportion if the nets were allowed to be set only one-half of the time. It would be no hardship to netters to be compelled to use nets which could be lifted to the tops of the stakes once in each week, and if the Province should adopt three days (preferably Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) in each week, and let all the fish on the other days proceed up the rivers, the netters would find in a few years that on their three days a week they were taking two fish for every tish which they had formerly been able to take with nets set nominally six, actually seven, days a week, as they are at present. Also, those holding netting priv- ileges near the mouth of an unleased river should be re- quired to guard the pools and spawning beds in the river, and this guardianship should not be permitted to be per- functcry, but should be an actual and efficient guardian- ship. Salmon, except that they find their food in the water, scarcely differ in relation to the methods appro- priate to “farming” them from sheep or cattle. A far- mer who killed all his milch cows or all his bearing ewes in any one year would be regarded as having lost his mind, and that the holder of a permanent netting license near the mouth of a river should similarly conduet him- self as to salmon is only possible through the gross ig- norance that prevails in relation to the simplest matters_ concerning the natural history of the fish. There is, I think, no doubt in your mind but that there are to-day within the Province of Quebec 100 salmon rivers which are now wholly depleted, and which could be restored in five years at small expense, if the west- ward stream of salmon was allowed to reach them; nor is there reason to doubt but that failure along the coast further to the eastward to properly protect necessarily involves the destruction of the westward rivers. _ There are four distinct elements in the proper protec- tion of a river: I. The coasts from the mouth of the river eastward to the ocean must be protected. z. The river itself must be guarded. 3. There should be no nets in the estuary itself. 4. There should be regulation of the sale and purchase of salmon. : The lack of any of these elements militates gravely against a given river’s productive capacity. I remain, Yours very truly, - (Signed) Cuas. STEWART Davison. Surr. 8—Hon. S. N. Parent, Commissioner of Lands, Forests and Fisheries, Government Buildings, Quebec, Canada. Dear Sir: In pursuing investigations in rela- tion to your salmon rivers, I have been much struck by the absence-of all statistics from your hatcheries, The re- ports of the. Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Province of Quebec for the years ending June 30, 1894, 1895 and 1896, and your report as Commissioner of Lands, Forests and Fisheries of the Province of Quebec for the year ending June 30, 1897, do not appear to con- tain either a list of what hatcheries are supported by the Province, nor any statement of the expense of conducting the yarious hatcheries, nor any details of the number of fry and parr raised at each hatchery or in the aggregate, nor what disposition was made of them. These are all matters of great interest, not alone to anglers, but also to those who have to deal with salmon commercially, and the absence of all information on the subject, with the consequent impossibility of deciding on the utility of the hatcheries, either at large or in any particular lo- cality, is naturally a source of regret. There*are certain statistics as to hatcheries which could be readily furnished by those in charge, and which would be of great value. Indeed, it would appear almost essen- tial that every hatchery should furnish the department annually with an official return covering primarily the following points: 1, The total number of fish taken by the hatchery’s nets during the entire season. 2. The character, location and dimensions of the net. 3. The dates on which the net was set. 4. The number of fish taken on each date on which the net was set. 5. The heaviest and lightest fish taken on each day (hen and male respectively). 6. The number, weight and sex of fish taken on each date from the net either dead or so injured that they were killed and sold. 7. The same particulars as to those returned alive to the water as being unnecessary for the hatchery’s purposes. 8. The number and gross weight (with roe) of each hen fish retained. g. The net weight of each hen fish (after spawning). 10. The number of hen and male fish respectively which were on each date returned to the water after spawning and milting. tt. The number of eggs taken on each date. 12. The number of fry produced from them. 13, The number of fry raised to the age of three months and one year respectively. 14. The number of fry and parr respectively placed in different streams, with full, appropriate data in relation thereto (dates, localities, etc.). Such particulars as these should be supplied by every hatchery and could be made readily accessible to those interested by their publication in your annual reports. Supplied with these details, one could institute a series of comparisons with the figures attained at other hatcher- ies and also with the particular results attained at any given hatchery. Yours respectiully, (Signed) Cuas. STEWART DAVISON. Winter Fishing. Eneuise CEntTRE, Pa., Jan. 20.—It is reported by eye- witnesses that the law-abiding citizens of English Centre atid vicinity who are lovers of sport of one kind of an- other, since all game fish, except the common black sucker, is now protected by law, are having consider- able sport, and are securing some fish also. It is not an uncommon sight to see from ten to twenty men and boys on the ice .at one time after suckers, which here in the pure spring water of our streams grow large and lose all that muddy taste for which they are noted in warmer river water, where there is mud in plenty. They are a palatable fish, leaying the bones out of the question. The fishermen cut holes in the ice, and with hooks made out of 3-16in, wire jerk the unsuspecting fish out of the water on to the ice. The man who, when advertising his fishing grounds here, said, “Some of the trout have spots on them as big as a silver dollar, they’re so large,” says of the sucker fishermen: “They are carrying these suckers from the creek by the arm load, these cold days. They just pile them up on their arms like stove- wood, and away they go with them.” Nemo. A Pickerel Party. Dr. Geo. McAueer, of Worcester, sent out last week to the elect an unique card of invitation, which read: “To ye Anciente and Honourable Guild -f Fishermen of ye Town of Boston, on_ye Massachusetts Bay: Ye fel- lowcrafte member, Dr. George McAleer, of ye Quinsiga- mond Plantation, now called ye Hearte of ye Common- wealthe, sends Greetinge, and warns ye brotherhood to meete in his goodlie citie January 28th, Anno Domini 1899 to make ye day merrie fyshinge through the ice for ye Pickerel. “Ror ye disporte he will furnish all ye tilts and bait, but ye Brotherhood will bring emptie stummicks and chunks of fun to make divertisement in plentie. “Nota Bene—To ye best storie goes ye biggest fyshe.” The Forest AND STREAM is put to press each week on ‘Tuesday. Correspondence intended tor publication should reach us at the latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. “mains of one of the shanties. ‘the ice with an 1% auger. A Minnesota Ice Raid. WasasHa, Minn., Jan. 17.—Editor Forest and Stream: During the winter season I occasionally drive over Lake Pepin. A few days ago, while driving across the lake, I counted about forty fishing shanties. Yesterday"l had oc- casion to go over again, and as I drove onto the lake no fish shanties were to be seen, and I could not imagine what had become of them. It was soon explained to me by two fishermen, who were stumbling by the charred re- The redoubtable Sam Fil- lerton, Minnesota’s famous game wardén, had been mak- ing a raid, and as these fellows said, “cleaned “em out.” He swooped down on the whole outfit and began to burn the shanties, burning and destroying a Jarge number, also many nets, which he hauled up from tinder the ice. No such raid had ever been made on Lake Pein before. The fishermen were paralyzed, and made no resistance at all; but there was a fisherwoman in one of the shanties who did. She defied Sam to touch her or the shanty, and she wouldn’t budge; said she was a poor woman and de- pended on the fish she caught for a living, Sam said he was not after fisherwomen, and did not molest her; but’ she moved her shanty off the lake a short time after. Mr. Fullerton was very careful to remove all property out of the houses, or to have it removed, even to the stove wood, before destroying them; and acted as I under- stood very gentlemanly to all; but the fishermen swear vengeance, and I am told will have Mr, Fullerton ar- rested. This, I am told, he expects them to do. But net- ting and spearing fish in Lake Pepin has ceased for a time at least. WAPAHASA, Auger Boring through Ice. Editor Forest and Stream; I have been experimenting lately in boring through I succeeded after a little in boring through where the ice was 12in. No doubt there is something more to be learned about the modus operandi than my experience has taught me. Tf this interests any others I will be glad to tell what I know from experience, and hope others will tell us the proper way to file an ordinary auger bit to make it chip the fastest. ‘ A Lake George man told me the fishermen there bored through the ice and fished through the holes, He gave me a few pointers, which enabled me to go through the © Tit. of ice here. A returned Yukon man was telling me of a miner im that country who got water by boring by hand with an auger. His plan was this: To cut a “cup” or small reservoir in the ice as deep as was convenient to go, and then bore the rest of the distance to the water, which would boil up and completely fill the reservoir. This would freeze over every night, but by cutting away what had frozen last the water continued to come up through the hole (of course only enough to fill the hole) as it was bailed out for use. Of course an ordinary auger bit not filed lor the pur- pose will not bore, I hope to hear from others about their methods, and to learn whether or not it is practiced to 77¥ extent in fishing. HEATHCOTE. Game and Sisk Avotection. New York Legislature. Special correspondence of Forest and Stream, Argany, N. Y¥., Jatt, 23.—The following measures haye been introduced to the New York Legislature to amend the game law: In the Senate: No. 4, by Mr. Coggeshall.—A bill authorizing the Commissioners to erect a fish hatching establishment on the Beaver Brook, in the town of Trenton, Oneida county;-appropriation of $6,000. No. 47, by Mr. Chahoon——To amend the deer.Jaw so as to change the present season, Aug. 15-Nov. 15, to Sept. 20-Oct. 20, and providing that deer shall not be killed at any time when in the water; limiting the mumber of deer taken by one person to two in a season. Season for pos- session and sale of yenison, Sept. 20 to Oct. 31; venison not to be sold at any time within this State, unless proved by the seller (hat it was killed outside of the State. Hounding permitted from Sept. 20 to Oct, 20, Trans- portation of deer limited to one carcass (instead of two) accompanied by owner, No. 53, by Mr. Humphrey—Providing a close season for the counties of Allesheny, Livingston and Wyoming on hares and rabbits from Deg. 15 to Sept. 1, and forbid- ding the use of ferrets. No. 92, by Mr. Chahoon.—To correct the blunder in ' section 74, which now reads, “No person or persons shall kill more than thirty-six of the above-named birds,” namely, woodcock and ruffed grouse, to read, “No person shall kill more than thirty-six of each of the above- named birds.” Also amending section 76 so as to forbid entirely the transportation of woodcock and ruffed grouse or quail, whether or not killed in the Siate. No, 106, by Mr. Coggeshall—Amending section 74 so as to shorten the open season for woodcock and ruffed grouse to Nov, 15, making the season Sept. I to Novy. 15, and omitting the restriction of thirty-six birds to an in- dividual. Further amending section 75 so as to make the season for possession of woodcock and ruffed grouse Sept. 1 to Nov. 30, and providing that birds shall not be possessed or sold during the last fiiteen days of Novem- ber unless it can be proved by the possessor or seller that the birds were caught or killed within the lawful pertod for killing the same, “or from out of [sic] the State when not in violation of the laws of the State or the county from which they were brought.” In the Assembly. No. 44, by Mr. Mason.—Appropriating $6,000 for a hatchery on Beaver Brook, in Trenton, Oneida county, No, 73, by Mr, Gould—To repeal the net bounty law. No. 110, by Mr. Pickett—To make the deer season JAN. 28, 1899, ] FOREST AND STREAM. 73 eGpen Oet. 1 and close Oct. 31. One person to take one deer only in a season. Possession allowed Oct. 1 to Oct, 31, but permitted until Nov. 5, if venison was law- fully killed. Forbids the killing of does at all times. Per- mits hounding during the month of October. No. 125, by Mr. Beede—To make the open season on deer Sept. 20 to Oct. 20: no deer to be killed at any time when in the water. Adds the penalty of imprisonment. in the county jail for ten days as alternative of $100 fine, or both. Venison to be possessed from Sept. 20 to Oct. 31. Venison not to be sold at any time within the State unless it can be proved that the venison was killed out of the State. Hounding permitted from Sept. 20 to Oct. 20, Transportation of venison limited to one deer, accom- panied by owner. No, 130, by Mr, Hallock.—Relates to Long Island only. To make close season for ruffed grouse and quail from Jan. 5 until the end of the close season, and posses- Forbids trapping during this period. Forbids possession from Jan. 5 until the end of the close season and posses- sion during the first five days of January forbidden unless it is proved that the birds were killed within the open season on Long Island. No. 154, by Mr. Dutton.—To repeal the net bounty law. Che Kennel. Fixtures, BENCH SHOWS. Feb, 8-11.—Milwaukee, Wis.—Bench show for the benefit of the Wisconsin training school for nurses. E. J. Meisenheimer, Sec’y. Feb. 21-24—New York.—Westminster Itennel Club’s twenty- third annual show. ees Mortimer, Sec’y and Supt. March 7-10.—Grand Rapids, Mich.—Butterfly Association’s bench show. Miss Grace H. Griswold, Sec’y. March 14-17.—St. Louis, Mo.—St. Louis Kennel Club’s show. March 21-24.—Chicago.—Mascoutah ‘Kennel Club’s show. April 4-7.—Boston, Mass—New England Kennel Club’s bench show. James Mortimer, Manager. Noy. 22-24—New York.—American Pet Dog Club’s show. S. C. Hodge, Supt. FIELD TRIALS, Feb. 6—Madison, Ala.—Alabama Field Trial Club’s thi trials. T. H. Spencer, Sec’y. iti cakes aera United States Trials. West Point, Miss.—Editor Forest and Stream: The United States Field Trial Club held their trials at West Point, Miss., commenzing Monday, Jan. 16. The attend- ance of sportsmen was numerous; there were many from all over the United States. The Derby did not have as many starters as will reimburse the club for the money the club pays out in purses. The two stakes will be consolidated in the future in consequence. This year will see an end of setter and pointer Derbys. Pointer Derby. The pointer Derby, the first stake, had seven starters. First brace was Recreation and Maude S. The immense rainfall of last week and Sunday night made the fields a sea of mud and water, so much so that the handlers all rode; they could not have handled and walked, as the mud and water were too great. There was only one bird seen when this brace was down. Recreation nosed about it until it was flushed. Maude S. tracked Recreation most of the time and gave tongue. _Zepher and Ladd of Jingo were the second brace down. Jingo roaded an outlying bird of a bevy, pressing it too close when it flushed, and the flushed bird caused the bevy to follow it. The dogs were sent after the flushed bevy, and each made some points on the single birds. Following single birds to second flight, each dog made two points, Jingo was drawing on a second bevy, which was near a road the horsemen were on; and they rode into and flushed before the dog had pointed. The birds eons to bare cotton field and very boggy were not fol- owed, Sadie C. and Nana were the next brace. Nana made some points on single birds. Both dogs were very near fo the bevy, which was seen to rise. Sadie lost her head and flushed and chased a bevy. Nana pointed one or two single birds Sadie failed to flush. Sadie had plenty of speed and hunted with judgment, but lost her head and flushed matty birds she could have pointed. Rana had the bye, and ran alone. She pointed a bevy and made some points on single birds. She did no flush- ing. She has good speed and range, and used her nose. Four dogs were carried into second series. Ladd of Jingo ran with Nana. The contest between these dogs was close. They did some good point work. Jingo had some advantage in hunting out his ground with most judgment, both had fair speed and range. Zepher and Rana was the second brace in second series, Rana did the most point work, pointing three bevies to Zepher’s one. Zepher was the fastest at first, but her speed died away as_the heat progressed. Rana was first, Ladd of Jingo second, Nana third. The pointers competing were an average lot. "The Setter Derby. The setter Derby had nine starters, and was com- menced on Tuesday morning. The fog was so dense the dogs had to be held until 11 o'clock before the fog lifted so the dogs could be seen. Nightingale and Lady Rachel were the first brace. Nightingale made a point on bevy and had moderate range and speed. Rachel could not be seen often; she ranged at will, and failed to work the only birds she was seen near. She is very fast, the fastest in the stake, and when brought under control will make a good dog. ; Roderick Dhu and Colonel R. were the next brace. Colonel pointed a bevy, Dhu backing. Out on the single birds each scored a couple of points. The Colonel pointed eepae bevy that was not followed; both fast and ranged well. Lena B. and Royster was the next brac Royster pointed a bevy that had been feeding in the corn near by. The flushed bevy was followed and several points made by Royster on the single birds, Lena B,. scoring some also. . Count Danstone and Pink Boy were the next brace. Danstone roaded quite a lot in the woods. So did Pink, but no birds were raised, In the woods Danstone pointed a bevy. Pink roaded quite a lot, but did not locate any birds. Both dogs roaded by a bevy on hillside; they ought to have pointed. the handlers walking them tip, Prime Minister had the bye; he pointed a bevy and one or two single birds and made a good heat. Second Round, Seven dogs were carried to second series. Four would have been enough on work done. Colonel R. and Royster were the first brace in second series. Colonel pointed a bevy; one of the flushed bevy Royster pointed. Colonel pointed and chased a rabbit. In a pasture Colonel pointed a beyy and made four points on the flushed bevy. Royster in same pasture pointed a bevy and some single birds. Pink Boy, the bye dog, pulled himself together and made a splendid race, finding six bevies, and doing work on single birds when they gave him a chance. Pink Boy and Colonel R. ran together in third series, Colonel haying the advantage in speed and range. The judges announced Colonel R. first. He is a very promising puppy, speedy, good range, and handled his birds with care, and is liable to train on. Cotint Danstone, second, is a fast, quick dog; he runs with his head too low at times; he is quick in his de- cisions. Pink Boy, winner of third, is a large, handsome dog, good enough in appearance to meet competition on the bench; is a trifle lazy in his going. In his first heats he drew a great deal; in the last he located promptly. Absolute Heat. The setter Absolute was run off between Colonel R, and Nana on Thursday morning. Colonel lost his head and flushed two bevies he ought to have pointed. Nana cut loose and made a great race, outpointing the setter and winning with something to spare. She ran a decided improvement over any heat she ran in the Derby. The groutid was better and the day was better in every way for high class work, Birds. were plentiful enough for all purposes. All-Age Stake. The All-Age Stake had eighteen starters. The first brace down was Don and Young Jingo, Don bolted and could not be found for quite a while. The next brace completed their heat when Don and Jingo resumed theirs. Jingo pointed a bevy. On the flushed bevy each scored a point. Don roading a single bird until it flushed. Jingo pointed another bevy. In speed both were good; but Don showed too much range, getting away and could not be found. Joe Cummins and Rowland were the second on the ecard to run. They both started out to find birds, and they did this so rapidly the spectators could not note all of the points as fast as the dogs made them, They scored three bevies each and any number of single birds, with no errors except that Rowland did not back on one oc- casion. Tis brace set a high standard for the guidance of the judges in passing on the other dogs that ran, Turnous and Pearl R. ran a fine heat on the part of Pearl R. She did all the point work, finding four bevies. She is stylish m1 her work and snappy on her game, with good speed, Lena Belle and Sport McAllister concluded the run- ning for the day. Each pointed two bevies; it being very late, and as the bevies few back, they were not followed for work on single birds. In speed they were equal, in range Sport had some advantage. Belle of Hardbargain and Dave Earl were the first brace Thursday. Both started out well and ranged wide and fast; both pointed larks; each pointed a bevy. Dave made ah excusable flush. Gold King and Uncle B. were next brace. Uncle ranged so wide he was out of sight often. He did no work on birds. Gold King pomted a couple of bevies and a single bird. He has only fair speed and range. Uncle B. was fast, but did not put his speed to use in finding ame. ‘ Enoch Arden and Pickle ran a heat together. Enoch failed to do any point work, though he ranged out of sight often. Pickle pointed a couple of bevies and twa single birds. Pickle has fair speed and range, and worked ‘her game well. Peconic and Hal Pointer were the next brace. Peconic found four bevies and pointed some single birds. Hal did not find any bevies, but pointed four single birds; he had fair speed and range, and handled game well. Dot's Roy and Pin Monéy were the last brace of the day. Dots Roy pointed two bevies and made quite a score on single birds, more than any dog that ran to- day. He ran a great heat, committing no iaults. Pin Money was lost on two occasions; and she was found pointing a bevy; another time she was found by some one; her range was too wide, and she did not hunt to the gun; was behind her handler at times. She did not improve the opportunities to point she had on single birds in this heat, Dot outpointing her. Second Round, The following dogs were carried into second series: Joe Cummins with Dot’s Roy. Roland with Pin Money. Don with Lena B. Pearl R. with Pickle. Joe Cummins and Dot’s Roy were. the first brace down Friday. Joe started out by flushing a bird of a bevy, the bevy following the flushed bird soon after. He pointed a bevy in corn that flew to sedge;'on the flushed bevy each dog scored three or four points. - Roy pointed a bevy that flew with the one just worked on, and lit on a hill- side. The dogs had a hot time pointing the single birds of the two bevies. Dot is a glutton when it comes to working on game, and does not get enough easily. It was “point judges’ in such rapid succession the judges had to think fast. It was grandstand play and in full view of the spec- tators. Joe wavered, then he commenced to back Dot too much. Dot then ran up a score, in connection with Leper score of yesterday, no dog equaled in the stake. Roland and Pin Money were second brace in the sec- ond series. Roland ran a splendid heat with Joe Cum- mins the first series. He was off to-day and could do no point work. Pin Money made a better race than yesterday; though often hunted in dense woods, she was ™ not lost, as yesterday. She did all the point work but one point by Roland, pointing bevies and a few single birds. Don and Lena |B. were next brace. Don Seemed to think a straightaway run down the road a half mile to a creel in a cotton field was the first thing to do, When he was finally gotten back he flushed the birds he came to, two bevies, Lena pointed three beyies, Don had worlds ol speed and range, but in this heat he put them to no use. Lena has good range and fair speed. Pearl R, and Pickle went down atter lunch on grounds that had afforded ample birds the two previous days. This was the third consecutive day they had been chased, and they had gone on a visit elsewhere, and were not found. Pearl found only two bevies and pointed one sin- gle bird, Pickle made,no points, Each had fair speed and range. Final, Jingo and Sport McAllister were the last brace that ran. Laile.the preceding brace, the grounds they ran over had been tsed too often and the birds were not found. Sport pointed one bevy and Jingo another. Both had all the speed and range needed, and hunted out the ground well. Still a few men walking walked up to two bevies the dogs did not find. Dot's Roy, who won first, belongs to the Avant Thayer and Duryea Kennel, of Hickory Valley, Tenn. He is a small English setter of good speed and range, with fine judgment, finding more bevies than any dogs he ran with; also outpointed them on single birds; is quick on his birds and makes few mistakes. Joe Cummins belongs to W. W. Titus, of West Point, Miss. He is a medium-sized dog, puts more vim in his work than any doe that ran, is quick on his game, splen- did speed, and ranges well and hunts to the gun. Pin Money belongs to Edward Dexter, of Boston, Mass. She is a small English setter, has more speed and range than any dog in the stake—too much range at times. She ranges too much at will and not enough to the gun. Is as fast when she quits as when she starts out. 1 The club held an election and elected the following offi- cers for the year: HH. B, Duryea, of New York, Presi- dent: Norvin T. Harris, of Louisville, and Edward Dex- ter, of Boston, Mass., Vice-Presidents; W. B. Stafford, of Trenton, Tenn., Secretary and Treasurer. The club will have setter and pointer Derbys, as usual, but the stakes will not be so large as has been, all stakes being reduced $100, making the stakes $400 instead of $500, as heretofore. West Point, Miss., will be the.place the trials will be held. P. H. Bryson. Irish Setters at New York. New York, Jan. 21—£ditor Forest and Stream: The Irish Setter Club of America offers these specials for the coming show of the Westminster Kennel Club; Five dollars each for best Irish setter dog and bitch in Iumit classes; $5 for second best of each; $5 for best Irish set- ter dog and bitch owned by lady member of the club; $5 for second best; also $5 for best dog or bitch owned by member of the club. Mr. F. G. Goodridge offers $15 for best Amertcan bred Trish setter bitch belonging to a member of the club. These specials are open only to members whose dues for 1899 are paid by or before the close of entries, viz., Feb. 6, 1899. Applications for membership should be made as soon as possible to Geo. N. Thomson, See’y- Treas., 938 Prospect avenue, New York city. Grap=Shooting. Fixtures. Jan. 25.—Singac, N. J.—Twenty-five live-bird handicap, $10 en- tranee, birds extra. Arthur Bunn, Manager. Jan, 28.—Brooklyn, L. I.—Brooklyn Gun Club’s monthly shoot at targets. John Wright, Manager. Feb. 1.—Berry’s Creek, N. J.—Bergen County Handicap, first contest, on Dunkerly’s grounds, _ Feb. 4——Lyndhurst, N. J.—Tournament of the Lyndhurst Shoot- ing Association. Main event, Money vs. Morfey, for the E. C. cup and championship of New Jersey. T. W. Morfey, Sec’y, Feb. 13.—Pawling, N. Y.—Tournament of the Pawling Rod and Gun Club; targets. Geo. S. Williams, Sec’y. Feb, 8.—North Paterson, N. J.—Bergan County Handicap, sec- ond contest, on Lee’s grounds. Middlesex Park. Feb. 15.—Bergen County Handicap., third contest, 15 live birds, open to all, $10 entrance, birds included, at Helfrich’s Hackensack Bridge grounds. Feb. 22.—Rochester, N. Y¥.—lLive-bird and target shoot of the Rochester Red and Gun Club. Feb. 22.—Lebanon, Pa.—Keystone Gun Club, of Lebanon. Pa., all-day live-bird and target tournament; open to all. A, EB, Smith, Captain. ; Feb. 22.—Altoona, Pa.—Target tournament of the Altoona Rod and Gun Club. G. G. Zeth, Sec’y. Feb. 22.—New Haven, Conn.—New Haven Gun Club’s tourna- ment; $20 added money. J. B. Savage, Sec’y. Feb, 22.—Worcester, Mass.—Tournament of the Sportsmen’s Club; targets, A. W. Walls, Sec’y. , Feb, ——Lyndhurst, N. J.—Live-bird tournament of the Brook- ~ lyn Gun Club. John Wright, Manager. March 1.—White Plains, N. Y¥.—Fifte@n live-bird handicap, $10. entrance, birds included. E. G, Horton, Manager, White Plains. April 4-5.—Chambersburg, Pa.—Chambershure Gun Club’s spring live-bird and target tournament; open to all. J. M. Runk, Captain. April 6-8.—Utica, N. Y.—Fulford’s handicap at live birds. E. D. Fulford, Manager. April 11-18.—Elkwood Park, Long Branch, N. J.—The Inter- state Association’s seventh annual Grand American Handicap tournament. April 18-20.—Lincoln, Neb.—The Lincoln Gun Club’s second annual interstate tournament; targets and live birds; $500 added. Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y. April 18-21.—Baltimore, Md.—Prospect Park Shooting Associa- tion’s tournament; $500 added. Stanley Baker, Sec’y. : April 25-28.—Baltimore, Md.—Tournament of Baltimore Shooting Association; targets and live birds; money added. Geo. L. Har- rison, Sec’y, May 16-19.—Erie, Pa.—Ninth annual tournament of the Pennsyl- yania State Sportsmen’s Association. under the auspices.of the Reed Hurst Gun Club. Frank W. Bacon, Sec’y. May 16-20.—St. Louis, Mo.—Tournament of the Missouri State Fish and Game Protective Association. H. B. Collins. Sec’y. May 24-25.—Greenwood, S. C.—Annual live-bird tournament of the Greenwood Gun Club; '25-bird Southern Handicap. G. McCants, Sec’y. June 7-9.—Columbus,. O.—Tournament of the Ohio Trap-Shoot- ers’ League, under the auspices of the Sherman Rod and Gun Club. T. GC. Porterfield, Sec’y, O. T. S. L. June 7.—Buffalo, N. ¥.—New_York State shoot, under auspices of the Buffalo Audubon Gun Club. Chas. H. Bamberg, Sec’y. une 14-16.—Cleveland, O.—Cleveland Target €o.’s tournament. une 20-22.—Sistersville, W. Va.—Third annual tournament of the West Virginia State Sportsmen’s Association, under the auspices of the Wheeling Gun Club, Wheeling, W. Va. John B. Garden, Sec’y._ Worcester 74 ‘i DRIVERS AND TWISTERS, The Rochester Rod and Gun Club has isstied the following card concerning its Washington’s Birthday shoot, on Feb. 22: Che Rochester Rad and Gun Club proposes to hold a tournament at live birds and targets on Feb. 22. Live birds at 15 cents and targets at 1 cent each. Dead birds go to the shooters. Tt is pro- posed to make this the most interesting shooting eyent of the new year. Make no other engagement for that day, Amateurs will be protected. Full programme of events will be mailed later. Club secretaries are requested to notify members. All sportsmen invited.” A silyer cup, presented by Messrs, Helfrich, Lee and Dunkerly, will be the prize to be shot for in a 15 live-bird handicap, to be called the Bergen County Handicap, entrance $10, birds included. The winner at each shoot holds the cup, but the one winning it the most times becomes the owner. This handicap is open to all. The first shoot takes place at Berry’s Creek, N. J., Feb. 1, on Dunkerly’s grounds; the second on Feb. 8, on Lee’s grounds, Middlesex Park, North Paterson, N. J., and the third takes place on Feb. 15, at Helfrich’s Hackensack Bridge grounds, Messrs. Hartley & Graham have some souyenirs of the American and Spanish team contest in the shape of a limited number of Mauser rifles and cartridges captured in the memorable event at Santiago, Cuba. The rifles and carbines boxed are offered by them at $7.50; Mauser cartridges, per box of fifteen, 75 cents. Remsen ...0.5. 13.19 15 14... .. W Stevenson... 14171018 .. .. I W Budd...... 111612 14 .. .. EOS e SS arcy neeney Sl MAlah eh el kes eo W_ Budd..... Wi161214.... Billings .....,.. 9 11 11 16 H Thurman.... 9151217 8 10 Waters ..,4.25. ph aes red J Mallory ..... .. 144. 165... May lorpeseeasna ee IRIGESRG sr eres ie IC) UN Ieuita tS. es ea Gere: ID Lys 5. Fulford ....... 15 20 12 18 13 19 N Apgar ....... .. 171217 10.. Dukes Peneunesue 12 8 10 14 TL Mallory wu... 0... USAR, yy 9F Ronupey. keine oe 14 14 16 Hensel aE IRECHIneEEEELL beeen 14 815 .... Henry {foe Dudley ,..,....- 1216181612 .. Swain Aa ol Hallowell ...... 1418111618 .. Fieles A EE goes TT MS vease eres 13 16121918 .. Biddle ae aes IBATiKG iy Lianloat LOLI Tost Se TSS) FComate Wise seek seen wees Money .....1::: 11161518 .... J Thurman .... , A bee Fieikesitississ 14 19 14 20 12 18 Banks and Fanning vs. Heikes and Hallowell. The postponed race between Hanning and Banks on the one side against Heikes and Hallowell of the other was shot on Jan. 20, on the grounds of the Keystone Shooting League, resulting in a victory for the former. The conditions were 50 targets at unknown angles, 50 expert rules, and 26 pairs. The score was 232 to 224. The results are given in detail as follows: Fanning and Banks. Unknown Angles. Ree hnkys Meth thatthe bh spaadsopoboc 911111001111111111100111—22 1109119011110 2244 _ Expert Rule. en inee ahs eerie ear eae ome es 010110100111111010111111148 1011110111111111111,001101 2038 Doubles. 10 10 10 00 11 11 11 10 10 10 11:10 11 10 41 11 11 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 10 Unknown Angles. 4 Leora ett Utes 1011100119111111111111101—21 FUATITTT OVI 1111111 — 24 45 Expert Rule. 0110100111031117111111111—20 1110010111111110011100111_18—38 Doubles, Beso _,,..11 10 11 10 10 10 11 10 10 12 10 00 14 11 0) 11 10 11 10 10 01 11 10 11 Fanning —55—115 Banks Banks Banks 84-117 gad | i { t | i) “ne en > ae 2" = [Jam. 28, 1890. —_ Heikes and Hallowell. Unknown Angles. Aye ed ed OE ee ihe ted 1999.109.1119.101111111011128 1011191111101111111110110 2144 Expert Rule. bittrehttberbedaceewageuns 1111110111111710111 1 1 1— 28 1140111101111110111001101—19 42 Doubles, Stetniseeess?d 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 00 11 11 10 10 10 01 11 10 01 10 10 11 11 Tt 10 10 11 Unknown Angles. Ftalbowell sais) 31403 ¢022+ soups 1011111101111110111101111 22 1110111100010111101111101—18—40 Expert Rule. Heikes Heikes —35—121 Elallowell @sewnseccertete- aie oe 1111110011111910000111111_19 1011011011111110111110101—19—38 Doubles. Hallowell .......... 00 10 10 10 00 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 110010 10 10 11 11 10 10 3=9=6§ — 25108 224 On Jan. 19 some of the crackerjacks had a practice shoot, the conditions as to styles of shooting being the same as those which govern the E €C cup contest. The scores at unknown angles, 50 tar- gets, were: Heikes 43, Hallowell 42, W. H. Wolstencroft 35, Ridge 37, Landis 42, Cartledge 36. Expert rule, 50 targets: Heikes 42, Hal- lowell 36, W. H. Wolstencroit 36, Ridge 33, Landis 35, Cartledge 41. 25pairs: Heikes 36, Hallowell 34, Ridge 32, Landis 38, Cartledge 27. Total for the three styles, at 150 targets: Heikes 121, Hallowell 112, Ridge 102, Landis 115, Cartledge 104. The Reading Handicap. READING, Pa., Jan. 18.—The Reading handicap, which has been the topic of conversation among the trap-shooters of this part of the State, was held to-day on the Stony Creek shooting grounds. A better day could not have been selected, as the sun shone Lrightly all day and kept the shooters warm, instead of forcing them indoors after finishing at the score. The grounds, although not completely finished, are fine grounds for live-bird shooting, The entries up to Jan. 17, 10 A. M., con- tained thirty-one names—seventeen paid entries and fourteen conditienal entries. The conditional entries all stated that, owing to “the grip,” which has been keeping shooters laid up for a week or so, many could not tell whether they could be present. When the first shooter, Delany, was called to the score at 11 A. M., there was a total entry of seventeen shooters, thus making $75, $50, $25, $20 to four high guns. The birds were all fresh country birds, and caused the shooters lots of trouble, as they left the traps like a streak when liberated. Kills of high order were features of the day’s shooting, especially the first bird of Coleman, and the 15th and 16th birds of Coldren, which were all drivers of the worst kind, and were just hit in time near the boundary line. Fine kills by Delany, Hunter, Wicks, Tim- mons and Rehrig were all-applauded by the large crowd of specta- tors, which occupied the platform around the shooting house. At one time during the afternoon fully 700 people were present. The event was under the sole management of Arthur A. Fink, of Reading, who attended to everything, and saw that there were no delays to stop the shooting. The referee was Chas. W, Bechtel, of Reading, who gave entire satisfaction to all present. : Among the sportsmen present, from a distance were F. W. Moffett, of New York city; Wm. Apgar and Johnson Warford, of Frenchtown, N. J.; J. C. Timmons, of Morristown, N. J.; Adolph, of Scranton, Pa.; F. W. Cooper (Wicks), Mahanoy City, Pa.; Fred Coleman, of Hegins, Pa.; G. . Ketner and Geo. Albright, of Oringsburg, Pa; John H. Gray, of Elizabethtown, Pa.; Geo. S. Trafford, of Lebanon; Elmer Betson, of Frankford, Pa.; Trumbauer, of Royersford; John Rehrig, of Weissport, Pa.; Messrs. Hainly and Spatz, of Sinking Spring; and A. ioe Smith, of Keystone Gun Club, of Lebanon. _Among local sportsmen ‘present were Kerr, Jack, Harry Col- dren, Lee Wertz, Hunter, Francis Yost, East, Harrison, Schmeck, i. S. Lichtenberger, and others. The event was won by Coldren, Rehrig and Adolph, who di- vided the $75, $50, $25, or $150 between them, with 22 killed; Wicks and Timmons divided fourth money, or $20, with 21. killed. One of the conditions of the match was: Any shooter dropping three birds was out, and if required could shoot his whole score if he had a chance for the money, after which a miss would be out. Three times the shooters had to come in, as all dropped the required number, and thus it required from 11 A. M. to 3:45 P. M. to shoot the match. The official scores follow: ~ Trap score tybe—Copyright, 1899, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 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Wetirncton, Mass., Jan. 19—The Boston Gun Club’s fifth serial prize shoot was well attended Jan. 18. Nine shot through the majority of events, and extracted considerable satisfaction and merriment from the scores, as they progressed. A some- what changeable wind interfered with percentages, but on the whole for a cold day the totals were fair enough. Mr. Ford managed a fine score in the individual match; Gordon aud Woodruff likewise in the team. Mr, Gordon was looking for . J AW. 28, 1899. | eee a straight all the afternoon, but with seven nines to his credit at the close of the shoot he decided it wasn’t his straight day. Sheffield was perfectly satished with two} Woodruff, Ford and Williams with one. Events as follows; Events: 12345 67 8 910111213 14 15 Targets: 101010 61010 5 G 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 Gordon, 17 i ic+-peeeaees Foo 16 2 9 6 5 4 D 9998 9 G Shefheld’ Wo” 1... see-1.-- =. 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Haminton, Ont., Jan. 21—The Hamilton Gun Club, which is now the only recognized gun club in Canada, has just concluded 2x four days’ tournament, which has proved the most successful in its career of nine years. Four live-bird events were shot off, $1,000 being divided among the shooters in these events. In addition, several hundred dollars were divided in target events. The main event, the grand Canadian handicap, at 20 live birds, $15 entrance, carried $600 as a guarantee, and was certainly second only to the Grand American Handicap in importance and general interest. This event had fifty-five starters, and was hotly con- fested from start to finish. Among the prominent gun experts who patronized this tournament may be mentioned H. D. Kirk- over, Jt., Fredonia, N. ¥.; W- Ellisten, Nashville, Tenn.; B: H. Norton, J. H. Cameron, -New York; E. C. Burkhardt, hk. H. Hibbard, C. E, Hibbard, E: N. McCarney, Wm. MeCarthy, But falo; Josh Wayper, Hespeler, Ont.; S. Fairbairn, Minnedosa, Manitoba; W. L. Cameron, Montreal; W. O. Paisner, Nashville, Tenn.; John Parker, Geo. M. Hendrie, W. H. Brady, Detroit; No. 99, Utica, N. Y.; H. Reynolds, Port Hope, Ont.; C. Wilmot, Credit Forks, Ont.; S. Brooks, A. J. Gay, Bowmanville, Ont.; and a large number of Jocal and Canadian_shots. Speaking of the tournament generally, the Hamilton Herald winds up a Jong article with these words: “The tournament has and pleasant manner. The visiting experts have nothing but words of praise for the management, while the club, on its hand, does not hesitate to pronounce its guests the best lot of genuine sports that has ever visited Hamilton in a similar Sg he officers in charge of the tournament, and who were re- sponsible for the success, are President Jas. Crooks, Vice-President Dr. D. T. Baxter, Secretary Harry Graham, Treasurer Dr. J. FE, Overholt, Field Captain W. Langhorn, Committeemen Thos. Crooks, Frank Vallance and E. B. Wingate. 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Scores as follows: Cameron and H. D. Kirk- over, 10; Norris, 99, S. Brooks, C. Crew, J. Bice, S. Fairbairn and W. H. Brady, 9; W. Elliston, E. C. Burkhardt and_S, Stroud, 8; R. H. Hibbard, C. E. Hibbard, J. Cowan, and R. Emslie, 7; G._D. Cooper and J. Morse, 6. Eyent 4, 10 live sparrows, $2 entrance, $50 guaranteed, 2lyds. rise: Norris, B. Lewis, J. Wayper and D. Miller, 10; G. C. Burk- holder, W. Cameron and C. Crew, 9; A. Gay, Brady, Scully, S. Brooks, F. Gay, W. C. Cameron and A. J. Gay, 8; G. Giant and Anderson, 7; H, Graham, 5; all the rest retired after more or less misses. been conducted in a most satisfactory. FOREST AND STREAM. 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SER pip eet nN ares iris ietulets 46 pcr, Jb ee eae Te R CSUR Ny ge ae ee ete ea pec tote te Lim eiae, levees a lle. oS SURO DGS nS oS a Ur es Pea te ae 4 Qo te de Jatbyshie HE ype ein ee aera = ne a Brooks rote neers eect uiwanner ante tos 16 14 18 Garalea er eenennn nn ee naaan ia nck rey cs wes s Ii Oats eo he eo eSsog duce eben Sloped Ee ttl ww dm VRAOOSEESED OOO CEC ODDO SE OMG 15 PM sKeES rotoy ob whe he ela DOL EL DDO DODODOCH! SU 9 WESTERN TRAPS. Montgomery Ward Diamond Badge. Cuicaco, Ill., Jan. 21.—The greatest interest still hangs about the contest for the Montgomery Ward diamond badge. It was a daring experiment to start in on a series of twelve shoots, but this enterprise has been so well carried on, and was conceived on such sportsmanlike lines, that it proved a success not only at the first, but at the last: Yesterday the eleyenth contest was held, and it called out eighteen shooters, truly a remarkable showing. This is more than any one club turns out regularly, and it is a practical Cook county live-bird league all by itself, tor it brings out the best of the live-bird talent from all the clubs. At this point I may observe that the last shoot for this badge will be held on Friday, Feb. 3, and it will be a gala day. The firm of Montgomery Ward & Co. wish hereby to imyite all shooters to be present on this final day. There will be a grand free dinner served at Watson’s Park, at which it is hoped every one will be present, and no effort will be spared to make the day pleasant in every particular. The shooting for this last day will begin at 10:30 A. M. Dinner will be at 12 o’clock. The days will then be a little longer, and probably the contests will be concluded before dark, though the entry will no doubt be very heavy. _ Messrs. Montgomery Ward & Co, wish also to announce at this juticture that in case the winner of the badge shall wish to remove the diamond of the badge from its setting, in order to put it to perhaps a more practical use, and to gratify the possible prefer- ences of the wife or daughter of the lucky man, they will, free of charge, remove the stone and set it in a ring or other piece of jewelry, as the owner shall desire, replacing the stone with an imitation in the medal proper. For a time yesterday it looked -as though we should have four winners who had each>won the medal twice, Steck and Amberg both having won it previously, and both being in the ties. Win- ners up to date have been: C. Hess, twice, C. Comly twice, . B. Barto twice, E. M. ‘Steck once, Dr. Shaw once, Mr. Sturdevant once and Mr. Amberg once. To this list must be added the name of George Roll, once, for it was George Roll who, in the last event, won out after a long and stubborn fight in the ties, the men going into the third string of 10 in the ties before a winner could be decided, and the contest even being most stubborn to the very end. The runner-up was Mr. J, H. Amberg, who was shooting in beautiful form, and who kept the issue a matter of guess all the way through the race.+ It was nearly dark when the finish came, and the applause was liberal for both the plucky stayers. 7 Ot the earlier winners, Eddie Steck went out with 20. Mr. Hyde (C. C. Hess) retired with 17, Dr. Shaw scored 19, Joe Barto 18, Charley Comly 18, and Mr. Amberg 20, Mr. Roll also 20.. Barto was given his old mark of 80yds. and only 1 bird, and it seems to me that he has been just a little heavily handicapped, though these things are much a matter of toss-up at best, and I have not heard Mr. Barto complain. When the men straightened out for the first tie, Steck, Boa, Lockie, Dwyer, Von Lengerke, Roll, Nusley and Amberg came to the front and offered a wide range of choice for favorites. Steck was the first to retire, and Dwyer next. Then Lockie sat down, and then Von Lengerke. The others went out with 10 each. Boa, Roll, Nusley and Amberg came up for the second set, and if anything I think Nusley was favorite then, for he was centering his birds in splendid time, and had grit that you could sharpen a knife on. Mr. Nusley is a Garfield Club man, and he can shoot live birds. Boa was the first to fall out, and Mr. WNusley went off his stride next. Only Amberg and Roll continued to pound along, both going straight, and Roll not needing any handicap bird, They came to the third set in the tie, and Roll missed his third bird, again missing his 4th. This left Amberg to shoot on alone a while, while Roll sat down and watched him try to finish straight. Amberg missed his 4th bird, killed the next 3 straight with one barrel and then missed his 8th bird. This Jet Roll in again, and he shot on up to Amberg, killing straight. The men were thus tied. Amberg missed yet another bird, but Roll continued straight. Amberg killed his next and so did Rolls Then Roll killed his last bird, the 11th, and it was for Amberg to de- cide the set by his work on his next. He was, however, so unfortunate as to miss this bird, and Mr. Roll was declared the winner. It was a very pretty and plucky finish, and there never was a more graceful loser than Mr. Amberg. This leaves the final contest fo be between eight shooters, and it need not be said that the race will be one of the most interesting seen here this season. Col. A. G, Courtney, of the Remington gun, was on hand, and shot in as a visiting shooter. He had a good handicap, but scored only 16, a fact which he attributes to the use of a new ‘Class B, and Crooks in Class 75 —e —— eS ee eS gun, whose trigger-piill was not suited to him, The following are the scores: W B heffingwell, 20, doi. -o cc cece eevee 2) 220112101122122000110w E M Steck, 29, 2...) --ceverees rereine . 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Aes: Teen Ste cle abet sere w Nie ely eres letjle dereruiNe) td Mua ke nee 122220 w SBM Stay ee ache eT Bee Oe elec) PRCOBS Hen ShHE Yancey 2202222122210) AU SISO CE TEs Deen eek Cah wanes MCGes, Peele Pa be 0111110120w aes AW y.Gtt. Gils tae ts cataterece vionedmecne sas pdanevh cit cy te 0122120w Ch von Lenpetikes 80) dey ines excepts tess cess mp a aan 22220222220w GeGA Roll S0e Wc tterectreid ao bi pandnruiietadia meses 2222022222110 NGTISTEY, Spee iradd da ed rier tad eres pr pete sarquboyeele send 21211212202—10 THD Anmib erp 29) 22 itis Peete quesarivles rlesiove ener ease 1101111112110 Second tie: Bialltans pee easiest 022020w NTS ey owt yee el 12201010w Roll feyetebees ats 2221122222 —10 Amberg vsecsseees 11011111121—10 Third tie: ; 11D CBD ey 220022212219 Amberg, 29, 2..... 21101110020—7 Chicago Weekly Club Events. Mr. F. H. Lord won the medal in the C. A. A. shoot Thursday, with 15 straight. Scores elsewhere. Mr. J. H. Amberg won the Audubon medal in the Wednesday shoot, scoring 19. Scores elsewhere, Eureka Chib holds it live-bird shoot to-day at Watson’s Park. Scores of this shoot appear elsewhere. E. Howes. 1200 Boyce Buitptne, Chicago, II: Audubon Gun Club. Jan. 18.—The regular club shoot of the Audubon Gun Club was held to-day, Amberg carried off first honors with 15 kills, Von Lengerke landing in second place 2 birds behind the leader. Practice shooting was also indulged in. The scores: PITIDEDE cnekiee etulaek Wubpe (us neposete seperti ale 22222112222222001121—18 Wore Cen ter ies on deed steht ea podiog Aram ele te 20202222222210222220—16 TESTES AN Mins os el teyme-eereapoceetr an eb CEE Re RHE Ee 2 rete 12222100101210210122—15 WIT BBEV AN trite eer on ciel Sree Panne Sete 1001111011201101 2022—14 Hlollestere aawneuseksucistiomaressweatecettmaese 10022212210020211210—14 Vial eyes) A aaa a yee cerita pa gees See De er 11001201200211w —10 Practice: Wil Coen gd pegs oes hoes enn aadeadaaa teen ee (1221922231111201002—16 FRISSEM rey bard erctetaee serdrsjove-s\e)saa'esagen epiatdalpetee hls elelere 22321021021102122220—16 IW KEE gift Spor eo UU ase UUUOMUstry or faa soossooce 20011121122220221002—15 Dh, SH awit tc hs ce crgeee ketene ak Mele My miss corerotenn 22200022222222022022—15 Practice match: Mussey ..-+--- 110211122211201—13 Wilcox ...-... 022101220221221—12 Chicago Athletic Association. Jan. 19.—To-day was held the shoot of the Chicago Athletic Association, 15 birds per man. Tlollester won out with a straight score: Hollester ,...222121221121211—15 Russell -..,.-.. 200022222200210— 9 GAS poder des 211121020220112—12 Adams .......- 000011020111112— 9 Frothingham .220122011222220—12 Banks ......... 002000201211010— T Turrell , --202002102121120—10" Miller ..... », -.-000011010000100— 4 Boa -vs. Lockie. Jan. 20.—Boa defeated Lockie to-day in a race at 25 birds for $10 a side and the price of the birds. Scores: BOd cveceverccneceesctccncketenetaccnsspesetys eedenu220202222222202-—16 Lockie ..... Te SSA S Cem COrickt er een | are ()2222222220102020001—13 Practice: SEG le PRR aap pram serch fears warrfoo detent vn, srvrone's owen tase 121.22222920222222011—18 Neethire wells naaiaer «aes tie tea raasee os « Woe event 21)222000011221101220—13 —10 —l10 Chicago Challenge Trophy. Jan. 21—The postponed shoot for the Chicago challenge trophy between E. S. Rice and T. P. Hicks was shot to-day. The race was close and exciting, the men tieing om the first 245 birds. In the shooi-off, also at 25 birds, Hicks won easily, beating his opponent by 6 birds. A sweep and practice shooting followed. Scores: UP 12 SEDO RSE pageees canrpe Seer n Ob ste te ant 0201212101121101110001022—17 TEES ARIS Ca NA ee ee itegccuetnciphigtcrete pees 1201101022010211171001216—17 Shoot-off : EiicksSe-e oe see Sth Ahmmrdre eropete reece 1112211102222201120122111—22 TET Cae ny, et eri i a ely a oh g oP can eterayesers 1022002120101 221200120120—16 Sweep, 25 birds: ear DELt wean alele= = Pe tbactebelge 9555 SANA AOE 111.0022122201022222012111—20 Wee Reiner nageeeteren cee Se 02J222200201010221222012—16 TT Date eee th eee stale eae serasrslasteaeteessre sob 0002200022222022220222020—15 INIGEDIS's PEC phot ate eApeitieabes nebes _ -1210011000000100100022021—11 Practice: Miner a's sede snes eno 2221020221—8 Rice .......i-s.cu.ee 2201211002—7 Garsors Saeeysa yee ae 0122021221—8 Johnson ............ 2002021112—7 SATS Sas Stents aislecio wa tels 0220220112—7 Shellenberg ........ 0002021110—5 IBine™ i hustdescenemes 0211020222—7 Eureka Gun Club. The shoot of the Eureka Gun Club for the club medals was also held to-day. The event was at 15 birds, distance handicap. Roll and Steck tied for first place with 14 kills each. The scores: ROIS eecrre mare 222222121222202—14 Miller, 29...... 122202101221201—12 Steck; eoVeesyve 222102211212212—14 Mack, 28...... 210121012012122—12 Willard, 31... .222222221222002—14 Courtney, 30. .121211101000222—11 Hyde, 29..:.... 222011212120111—18 Airey, 29....... 011102211 200112—11 Hollester, 30..221120221102211—13 Bingham, 31...121020102200222—10 Patterson, 30..022221222122022—13 Carson, 29..... 100101200212011— 9 Goodrich, 29...22222202222022213 Neta, 25........ 000000222001100— 5 De Wolf, 27. ..211222111200101—12 RAVELRIGG. Audubon Gun Club, Burrato, N. Y., Jan. 21—lFollowing are the scores ol the Audubon Club’s shoot of to-day. No. 8 was the club badge shoot, in which C, S. Burkhardt won in Class A, R. Hebard in 1 No. 4 was for the Hebard trophy, handicap event. E. N. McCarney and C. S. Burkhardt tied, and in the shoot-off McCarney won. Nos. 1, 2 and 5 were sweeps. C. S. Werlin has challenged E. C. Burkhardt to shoot for the Clinten Bidwell challenge trophy, and the latter has accepted. The match will take place on Thursday, Jan. 26, on the grounds of the Bison Gun Club. The conditions are 25 live birds, Werlin 28yds., Burkhardt 30yds. Scores: Events: 123 4 5 Events: Le ee Targets: 1515 25 2515 Targets: 15 15 25 25 15 C Burkhardt...... 12 10 20 26 12 Hebberd er Walker ......., oes ID 10 1618 9) Brown fy.ssysesye; aes oeecsreee es DB DW £ DBD L ANOTIIS pesnwvennvve ve McArthur 18 (Chingalll te aoe aes ee a 20 28 .. Cuas. J. Mover. Douglass Leuschner Ee IN NEW JERSEY, At Flemington, Flemington, N. J., Jan. 20—About 400 spectators attended the sheer given by John H. Sipler here to-day. Four events were shot; the first at 25 targets, $15-entry, with a $20 gold piece offered as a special prize; the second and third at 7 birds, $5 entry, and the last a miss-and-out. Warford won the $20 gold piece in the first event with 24 kills, and also shot well throughout. The sveres: _— ite ak oo Se No. 1. No. 2. No. 3: No. 4. Warford ,.1212112212212101211112211—24 22101126 21211116 210—2 Morfey ....2022222222222229002222222 22 2020222—5 2202222—6 222—3 Schimmel .0222222292202299203222292 92 0222202—5 2222222—7 .., Apgar ....2222001212221111120112022—21 0002222—4 1101112—6 121—3% Heurschler201221010222110212022120219 1100200—8 0122011—5 ..,. Sampson .20121200010211000w — 1011220—5 10221216 10 —1 iRerny sur, as 00121002220 w i Ee tne? ne Cue ee Vette HERES cele ated apie hopes 0001201—3 2222020—5 Poney Shooting at Yardville. Yardville, N. J., Jan. 20.—A live-bird shoot was'held at Charles Zwirlein’s shooting park to-day. Miss-and-out events and two matches made up the programme. The first match was between E. Meyers and Chas. Zwirlein, Jr., aged twelve years, and was won by the youngster. The second match was won by Chas. Huston, who beat John Zwirlein, nine years old, by 2 birds. The scores: No, 1 No. 2 No. 3. IRA RR Date paren |s sate inet eos tes 14 12121—5 11211—5 2120 —é INS Sch SaaS OR eSeenHHbobsde oer bmopebre a 12122—5 11110—4 120 —2 PAS por letbel Wy wees ty sets SUSE CU EEL 11221—5 11212—5 22222—5 VOWETS) LAPT es idoae eisietlstscisrereerbs eeeceters 11210—4 1120 —8 11110—4 arpa Meme ul LL sere acl esice einai 1210 —3 1120-3 11121-—5 Daulitere) Sam eet ho hee poo 1 eer tory wit tiers 4 10 —1 11211—5 21212—5 WHEE Soo somesdas ss eben kapha es 2 0 —0 1110 —3 120 —2 Aerial heaclehalejabet beleive era lcistarc.clare staimicig cs on lees abl 11110—4 21122—5 Match, 5 birds: (eVonlerns alter 112104 E Meyers .....--.--.--., 12200—3 Match; 5 birds: (aL ustorement ns teres 212115 J Zwirlein ...,..- af Sear 10210—3 Trap at Lyndhurst. Jan. 18.—The match race to-day between T. H. Dunkerly and Charles Lee resulted in a score of 28 to 14 in favor of Dunkerly. Lee drew the hardest birds, but still his score is lower than the luck of the birds would warrant. The conditions were 25 live birds, $25 a side, loser to pay for the birds. In the first of two prize matches, at Berry’s Creek, they tied on 18> In the second, at Singac, on Bunns grounds, the secure was 21 to 20 in favor of Dunkerly: WE TEE IDR SS Ny oa ghonencerw yc ear WSOC 2212232223102222222012222-—28 RAG Se MAGE weep terme ele kee On asi Mebielep ess 6 *122202000122022201 10020) -l4 A handicap at 10 birds resulted as follows: Morfey, 382......... 2220222222— 9 Jue, 281... cceensnns 2222110001— 7 Helflich, 28......... 122112222210 Bunn, 26........... 1*21222*11— & Qn Jan. 31 Messrs. Helflich and Dunkerly will shoot a match on the grounds of the Lyndhurst Shooting Association. Jeannette Gun Club. Guttenburg, N. J., Jan. 20.—The regular club shoot of the Jeannette Gun Club was held at. the Guttenburg race track to- day. The event was at 10 live birds, handicaps ranging from 25 to 33yds. Hainhorst and Carstens tied for first place in Class A, both haying clean scores. In the shoot-off -Hainhorst again killed all his birds, while Carstens missed his last, which gave the Class A trophy to the former. Rottman won the Class B trophy for the third time, and it is now his personal property, Scores: Hainhorst, 28 ..... 11110131210 Foelnenbach, 25 ..2012201102— 7 Carstens, 28 ..s1.+- 112222111210 Rinckoff, 80 ...... 010*110211— 6 Meyer, 28 ......-.-1211011111— 9 J Boling, 25...... 10212010*2— 6 Qiten, 28) ....- ne eQULZ21TT2—— 9) (Elen 25) ore. f ee: 0220121*2*— 6 Schortemeier, 33...2212*21210— 8 AVG MOA ate eneee 1*21002200— 5 PEtEES 2D fee tioe ue 21*2*22222 8 Tohden, 25 .....,. 2010101100— 5 Rettman 25 acct 1121100101— 8 C Bohling, 25...... 2000112001— 5 Brunie, 28 ....2ss+; 112*111010— 7 WHeilshorn, 25 ..... 1002*1000*— 3 Warertsy (R85 Snape ess 0222102*12— 7 Fergueson, 25 ..-.. 0102002000— 3 Ties; Fearmirarst, @280 sccsereswu eie-see 11122—5 Carstens, 28 ......--..- . .21210—4 L. H. ScHorTEMEIER. ON LONG ISLAND.- Brooklyn Gun Club. Brooklyn, N. Y¥., Jan. 21.—The following scores wefe made at the Brooklyn Gun Club’s shoot to-day. The beautiful weather brought out quite a number of shooters. Fourteen events were shot, of which all were singles with the exception of No, 13, which was at 5 pairs. The regular club shoot of the Brooklyn Gun Club takes place on Saturday, Jan. 28. Scores: Events: 1-2) 3° 4° 5 G7 8, 9 10) 1 1218 Targets 10 10 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 Dutcher BUS lONCAL 16 Se , vite 30Ft. Ydtt Zi ft. Séfr. Classes. In. toy) in: In. In. A—Stem, sided at heads....,....,0ses-see a0, 85 43 yi, 134 Bh—Sternpost, sided at tuck.,,...--...+---. que Bae By ou 134 C€ —Keel and keelson, sectional area.,,,,., 30 6) 86 10) 8 D—Frames, sectional area: ENS pares Senate ceed ea IE pet 1 a cE Bugeh a) b)-eeheeqetetnasr 13 pie 4 3 2 1% 1 Heads /os.- snes. s ae titesstelscttere Do 2 1% A ty Maximum-spacing.......,..+ 12 11 10 ) 8 E—Floors, wood. sectional area..........,- 9 re 5 ks Equivalent steel L .....-.-...2xIxlf 2x9xIG Yx2xYy .... Maximum spacing , -......-... 24 22 20) ; F—Shelf or clamp, sectional area: Middles oye. e en eeu 8 6 40% 2 1% TES eet tots Pets eet 54 «4 8 1% 1 G—Bilge stringer, sectional area: Iyiketst ee aerore ness ada te i 4% 1% Ends..... pee ie Ps ai reas 3 2 1 H—Deck beam, sectional area: f Alice grer roasts tee 64 5% 4% 2 aA Auxiliary and half-beams., 434 5% 2% win 45; Maximum spacing...,...-.- Wp ett 10 bie : 1—Planking, to finish full...... .-.se.ess9: Im% 1 y H Is Hood ends above wateriine... 1 Us BA % te eters fifava Ehenks} ot SAUCY ye ens Seep ete paces hee Mm 1 Ve, ye <— Keel bolts, spaced L2in............----s 1 VY 34 Ips age .—Metal centerplate, maximum thickness. %% % 5 i * If deck is canvas covered a reduction of Yin, allowed. General Specifications and Explanation of Table. Those portions in italics are compulsory; the others are only suggested. The sizes in the accompanying table are based upon the assumption that the construction, as a whole, is planned by a competent naval architect, with the usual comple- ment of minor menibers not specifically called for in the table; that the yacht is built under cover; and that the materials and workmanship are what is commonly called ““first-class’—namely, all wood sound, well seasoned, and free from loose knots, shakes and sap, all knees and crooks being cut with the grain; all metal work properly wrought and neatly finished; all parts carefully fitted, with adjoining surfaces in actual contact throughout the full atea; and all fastenings carefully selected with regard to their relative strength, and the sizes and material of the parts they are intended to unite, and that they are properly located and driven. A—Stem.—The minimum siding (thickness) measured at the rabbet at highest point on stemhead, no decrease of siding allowed. — Apron.—In some cases an apron is necessary inside of stem, with breasthook, and in the larger classes with ‘knightheads. B—Sternpost.—Minimunt siding ai truck (the crossing _ of the rabbet). The siding may diminish from tuck to heel. The rudder stock, if of wood, to be equal i diam- eter to the siding of post, C—Keel.—With the usual iron or lead keel and good floor construction, there is no necessity for a great depth of main (wood) keel to secure vertical strength. The minimum of sectional area (breadth multiphed by depth in the middle of keel) may be made up, if desired, by a deeper keel, or may include the keelson, or bedpieces of centerboard trunis, ~~ construction alone. ie _ 2 [Jan, 28, 1899. ae : . LY JENNY WREN, KNOCKABOUT. _ Keelson.—In keel yachts of moderate depth a keelson is not absolutely necessary, and the required strength may sometimes be obtained to better advantage by the floor A lseelson may be worked to adyan- tage over the throats of the floors in some cases, the cen- terline bolts of metal keel passing through it. In center- board yachts, especially in the absence of a deep metal outsidé keel, side keelsons should be worked over the heels of floors, or the bedpieces of the trunk should be of ainple scantling and worked well fore and aft of the slot, ip serve as keelsons. No absolute sizes of keelson are laid own. D—Frames.—The many different methods of framing now in use, and the possibility of new methods in the future, make it impossible to prescribe exact dimensions or spacing. Both sizes and spacing necessarily differ with the various methods of all sawn frames, in futtocks and tops, doubled; of single sawn frames from knees, in single lengths; of all bent frames of uniform size; and of combinations of sawn and bent frames, The siges laid down in the table show the minimum sectional area of frames (the siding multiplied by the moulding) at three points—the heel of frame where tt is boxed tnta the keel, the middle of the frame about the ‘flat of the floor and turn of bilge, and the head at plank- sheer. The sectional area is that of a single frame for a uniform spacing of ift. m each class. This required area may be made up of smaller frames spaced closer together, or larger frames further apart; or of combinations of large and small frames with appropriate spacings. This mini- mum sectional area shall apply to a space of at least two- thirds of the L.W.L. length mn the center of the vessel; forward and aft of this, the sectional area may be reduced 20 per cent. ‘Ywo adjoining frames abreast each mast and one at each runnerplate should be increased in size in pro- portion as they are cut by the chainplate fastenings. Where bent frames are used in combination with sawn, the bent frames may be of uniform scantling from end to end; but the sawn frames must be large enough to make up the required average sectional area at the heels where they are cul by the fastenings of floors. Where all bent frames are used, of uniform size from heel to head, this size shall be no less than assigned in the table for the bilge. Spacing of Frames.—The maximum spacing of frames, as given wm the table, is based wot on the size of frames, this being variable, but’ on the thickness of planking al- lowed for the class; being the greatest spacing that will insure a tight seam with the usual caulking for the mini- mum thickness of planking allowed. E—Floors.—The many varieties of floor construction male it difficult to establish any standard; but there should be at least six strong floors in the center of the vessel in way of the metal keel, and two at each mast step. The table gives the minimum sectional area over centerline of keel, of wood floor knees, and the equivalent sizes of steel angles, with approximate spacing. The size of floors may be reduced in proportion if the spacing be reduced, In place of wood floors, metal straps or angles of equiva- lent strength may be used. The arms of the main floor should run up to a length at least equal to the spacing given in the table, to allow space for fastening through heels of frames. In yachts of S section with all bent frames, the arms of floors should run up at least to the height of the waterline. Provided that the main floors are of ample strength, the floors on the smaller frames in the middle of the vessel and on all frames in the ends may be of flat iron or straight-grained plank. All floors should be thoroughly bolted to the keel, stem and horn timbers, Tt is not essential that the main keel bolts should pass through the floors, as the large size of the holes weakens the knees unnecessarily. The keel bolts may set up on top of the wood keel, in which case the floors should be very thoroughly fastened by smaller bolts to the wood keel; or _a keelson may be worked over the throats of the floors, and the keel bolts may set up on it. ; F—Shelf or Clamp.—The minimum. sectional area gwen for the middle shall cover a length of at least one-half of - the shelf (or clamp) and in the middle, a taper bemg al- lowed to the size given at each end. The ends of deck beams may be jogged into top of shelf a distance not ex- ceeding one-third of their own depth. If a beam clamp is used, fitted close up to the planksheer, the beams being thus jogged in for their full depth, the sectional area shall be increased im proportion. G—Bilge Stringer.—The minimum sectional area at nid- dle shall cover at least one-half the full length of bilge stringer, with taper allowed at the ends, At least one bilge stringer must be run on each side, at about the lower part of turn of bilge, and two are recommended in any case, the sectional area of each being at least one-half of that of the single stringer. In yachts whose extreme beam exceeds twice the greatest depth from under side of deck to upper side of keel, two such stringers on each side should always be fitted, H—Deck Beams.—The nuinimum sectional area of dec beams shall cover at least the middle third of the beam, al- lowing a taper, in the moulding, to each end. There must be one main beam at the bitis, two at each mast (partner beams), one at fore end of cabin trunk, one at after end, two at each skylight, hatch and companion in flush-decked | vessels, and one at transom. The auxiliary beams may be of the smaller area given. The beams may be spaced at will, provided the maximum distance between centers does not exceed that given in the table, which is based upon the - thickness of deck planking. The beams should: be jogged into the shelf or clamp a distance equal to one-third of the moulded depth of beam at ends. . I—Planking.—The dimensions given tm the table are the minimum thicknesses allowed, after final planing, over a distance im the middle of the vessel equal to at least one- half of the over all length. It is not compulsory that the. garboards be of greater thickness than the rest of the planking, but this is sometimes desirable, especially in the larger yachts. The rabbet from the waterline upward on the stem, and along the horn timbers, may be cut to the depths given in the table, the hood ends of the planks being slightly tapered to this reduced depth. Tt is recommended that wherever practicable the plank- ing shall be in single lengths, without butt; and that where butts are unavoidable they should be made, not on the frames, but on butt-blocks between the frames. Butts in adjoining strakes should be at least 6ft, apart, and butts in the same space should be separated by at least three intervening sttakes. The planking should be worked in narrow widths, especially in the topsides. J—Decking—The thickness given for the deck plank applies also to the planksheer (i covering bourd) and the partner planks. The ends of the deck plank should be well supported, and in no case should they be wrought to a shim edge, which will crush down in caulking, K—Keel Bolts —TPhe sizes given are the minimum thi- ameters for the main (center line) keel bolts when spaced z2in. apart. The sizes and spacing may be varied as long as the equivalent strengih 1s maintained, These sizes are sufficient for the average metal keel, of ahout 50 per cent. of the total displacement; hut if the keel be deep and nar- row it is recommended that the side bolts, of smaller size, driven diagonally from each side in alternation, be used in addition in the spaces between the main bolts. Where considerably Jess than 50 per cent. of the total displace- ment is carried in the metal keel, all bolts may be reduced in proportion. For yachts to be used only in fresh water, steel bolts may be used, without galvanizing, both with lead and iron keels. Tt is recommended that the outside metal keel, whether of lead or iron. be cast before the wood keel 1s worked out; the contraction of the iron or lead is more or less an unknown quantity, and the keel, when finally cast, may | not be of the exact dimensions intended, and may not fit the wood keel as worked from the plans. L—Metal Centerplates Solid plate centerplates not exceeding the thickness given in the table shall be allowed. In built up metal plates and wooden boards weighted with metal, the total weight shall not exceed that of a solid steel plate of the same superficial area and of the thickness allowed by the table. General Details._-It is recommended that diagonal - straps of steel be worked across the deck frame in way of masts and runners, being scored into the beams: and that similar straps be worked across the main frames, two at the main chainplates on each side and one at the runner plate. The deck frame should he specially strengthened about the bitts and masts, and ample pro- = JAN. 28, 1890. | vision should be inade for the pull of the halyards on the hitts, blocks and heoks around the mast, Wor this put- pose bolts may be tun from deck to keel, of iron braces may be fitted below deck, well bolted to the mast. At Teast three hanging knees should be worked om each side, and in the larger yachts there should be hanging knees on the main beams at bitts, partners, middle and after end of house and transom, Lodging knees should also be worked about the partners and at either end of house. : The shelf or clamp may be reinforced by fore and aft pieces abreast of the channels, worked inside the slelf and up under the deck beams and covering at least six frame spaces. Similar pieces may also be worked lower down, to take the lower bolts of the main chainplates. The America Cup. AN attempt was made on Jan. 21 to cast the lead keel for the new Morgan yacht, but it was unsuccessful, and the work was stopped after some lead had been run into the mould. The reports ate that one of the two melting pots cracked, and again that the pots were located so far from the mould that the lead cooled in the leaders. The following is from the Boston Globe of Jan, 2r: Extended experiments have been made at the Herres- hoff Works with a view to testing the value and prac- _ticability of what may be called a “knuckle joint” plat- ing, but all indications are that this method has not been adopted, but that the usual form of “in-and-out” plating will be used, with a possihle modification based on the experiments made for the first-named method. A. “knuckle joint” plating would mean one in which the edges of the plates would be flanged inward, and then riveted together by the flanges, instead of having the riy- eting done in the overlap of the plates, as in the custo- mary form- of “in-and-out” plating. The advantages would be a smooth outside surface, in which all possible resistance from the edges of the plates in the ordinary style would be done away with. A little seam would show where the flanges turn inward, but that would be filled with cement, so as to make the entire surface of the body uniform in smoothness. At the same time the flanges would strengthen and’ stiffen the plates and permit the use of thinner ones than by the usual form of lap. The method has disadvantages as well as advantages. To flange all the plates on both edges and make a smooth joint would be a long, tedious and expensive job, entail- ing probably a new block for bending each plate and ex- tremely careful fitting and riveting. Cost would not, of course, be considered, but time is a factor, and the boat is to be Jaunched by the first of June. A practical modification of the “knuckle joint” plan would be the use of “in-and-out” plating, but with the ‘in’ plates flanged as for the other style. This would sive practically the same stiffness to the plating and al- low the use of as thin plates, while at the same time allow- ing the usual way of fitting and riveting. The outside surface would be no smoother than shown in the “‘in-and- out” plating of Delender, but this is not so much of a disadvantage as to make the “knuckle joint” yery much superior. The plating of Defender is so tapered in width from amidships to the ends as to have the seams follow very closely the diagonals of the boat. It is along these diag- onals, according to the accepted theory, that the water flows as the boat forces her way through it, and there- fore in making the plating correspond the friction is re- duced to a minimum. The modification as also experimented with is believed to be the one most likely to be shown if any flanging is done. Fither style would necessitate the cutting of the flanges at every frame, or every 20in., and while this weakening of the flange could be obviated by turning a flat plate around each frame and riveting it to each end of the cut flange, yet the process would be a long one. Still, it is believed that it would be possible to do the work by the modification as outlined before June 1. Defender’s frames were of steel. _Most of them were r5-16in. on the flange, or the portion of the angle to which the plating is riveted, and 2%in. on the web, or portion projecting into the boat. Some of the frames amidships were 114 by 2%in., but all of them showed a W4in, bulb on the web, greatly increasing their strength. The steel frames for the new boats are in varying sizes, as if greater differences were to be made between those amidships and those fore and aft than shown in Detender, but all show the same bulb and general characteristics. Another consignment of these steel bulbed angles for the new boat arrived to-day, and are from the rolling mills at Phenixville, Pa., as were the angles that ar- rived last week. There are sixty-eight of the angles in this lot, and most of them are about 3oft. in length and about 3in. in width, the shorter angles being about 2in. in width and about io to r2ft. in length. This makes a total of exactly 186 bulbed angles that have arrived here from Phenixyille. The Seawanhaka Cup. Tue following has been sent out from Montreal, follow- ing the visit of Mr. John Hyslop last week: The details for the next international races for the Sea- wanhaka cup, between the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. and the Seawanhaka Club have been arranged amicably, but they will not be made public till both clubs have signed them. Although it took a long time for the negotiations to be completed, this was due more to the difficulty on the part of both clubs to get committees together to discuss the affairs than to any squabbling about the details. There has been some very voluminous correspondence, when finally the Seawanhaka Club announced that they would send one of their members to discuss the matter with the gentlemen in chatge of the affairs in Montreal. Yester- day Mr. Hyslop, who for years has been the official measurer of the Seawanhaka Club, came here and spent the day in close conference with Mr, Duggan and the other gentlemen interested. The meeting was of the most amicable kind. Both sides were ready to. make all possi- ple concessions, and Mr. Hyslop went away with the FOREST AND STREAM. draft of the conditions in his pocket, leaving behind him the assurance that they would dowbtless be accepted im New York, The three most novel and most important points are in regard to the time for holding the races, the form of the boats and their measurements. It was well understood last year when negotiations were opened again for another series of races between the clubs that the form question would be among the principal ones to be decided, so as to prevent any «ttestions being raised at the time of the races, as was done in the case of the Dominion. Therefore certain restrictions have been placed upon the form of the boats. Restrictions have also been placed upon the length over all, but the question of solidity has been left in abeyance. The date, however, has been changed on account of the Canada’s cup races, which will take place in August in Toronto, between the Chicago Y. C. and the Royal Canadian Y. C. The date has not yet been definitely settled, but it is expected that the races here will take place about the yniddle of July. Jenny Wren, Knockabout. Wh are indebted to Mr. W. B. Stearns, of Marblehead, for the accompanying photo, taken by Mr, Willard Jack- son. The yacht is the handicap knockabout Jenny Wren, owned by Mr. F, E. Peabody. There was at the time a good sailing breeze and short sea, the single wave shown being but one of a series. Ganoeving. All’s Well that Ends Well. I Tr was all Vie’s fault. There’s no-doubt about that. It I start on a cruise of a picnic, I never leave anything be- hind; well. that is, hardly ever. It was all very well for Vie to say that it was as mtich my picnic as his, and that I, being older and more experi- enced, should have looked all round, and should have seen that everything was on board. I’m too old a bird to take the blame when there is a decent excuse for shuffling it off on some one else, and it was Vic’s boat and his picnic; we didn’t care whether we went or stayed, though we all thought it would be just the thing to give the Mater a nice quiet day at home without a lot of meals to get. The Mater appreciated our thoughtfulness, and packed up an ample lunch and tea for the five of us, taking careful ac- count of the Stony Lake appetites we were all known to possess. Tt was a hot day, a genuine inland July scorcher, and the frogs basking in the sun at the boat house landing sizzled and hissed when our approach made them jump in alarm into the cool depths beneath the lilypads and rushes. On such a day a straw hat with a 3ft. brim is the finest boat- ing cap ever invented, and when you get a crew of five strung from end to end of an r8ft. partly decked skiff, you might almost take her for a straw stack gone adrift in a March flood. I cannot tell, dear reader, whether you know much about Stony Lake or not. I do, It has some hundreds of islands and about as many rocks. I know there are rocks, because I had several opportunities of becoming intimately acquainted with some of them, being, so to speak, thrown into their company quite unexpectedly, which is often a very good way indeed of becoming well acquainted with either persons or things. It was because I knew all about the rocks and islands that I was asked to sit forward on the lookout, where it was only possible to have a young lady on one side of me, while Vic, being at the tiller, had one next him to port and another to starboard. The above is the reason Vic gave, but I’m still in doubt myself; yet it may be so. Well, as I said before, I was to act as pilot, and under my guidance we got away about 10 A, M. with a moderate southeasterly breeze, our general course being about east by north. I say advisedly general, for the many islands introduced various kinks in our course, and also various kinks in the direction of the wind, which necessarily re- acted to make the boat’s course still more erratic. Let me explain briefly the general features of Stony Lake. Imagine a miniature Muskoka minus the burnt pines, or a reduced copy of the Thousand Islands miinus the fashion and expensive tourist resorts, and you have Stony Lake, a grand place to wear old clothes and to en- joy outdoor life to the full. About twelve miles long al- together, it may be rotighly divided as follows: Four miles at the southwest end practically free from islands, and appropriately called Clear Lake; then an archipelago of islands, followed by a more or less clear stretch, brings iis to Boschink Narrows, some eight miles from Young's Point, at the southwest end of the lake; thence it is about four miles as the crow flies to the easterly end of the lake. At Boschink the lake is only about half a mile wide, and as it is thickly set with islands at this point, the boat chan- nels are very narrow. At no point is the Jake more than two miles wide, so what with rocks and islands the nayi- vation is often somewhat intricate. North of the eastern end of Clear Lake an arm thickly studded with islands runs westerly some two miles to Burleigh Falls. We were at Boschink, and Jack's Creek at the far east- ern end of the lake was the point to which I was expected to pilot the party. I had, so far, only been as far east as Eels Creek, about half-way there, but my little chart would do the rest. ! Now the islands about us at the start were very pretty, I'll freely admit, but just then they came in for more leit- handed blessings than artistic appreciation. An opening appears between twoislands, and rushing through it comes a vagrant zephyr, filling our sail, and gently waving our hat brims till we resemble more a row of huge yellow cabbage buttérflies sitting on a log than sensible human beings off on an outing. Then a high bluff on the next island interposes, and we crawl slowly along till a wander- ing air, stealing down a narrow cleft, takes us almost dead ahead, and Vic lets the boat fall off to keep her full. So we run on till, looking under the sail, I see big brown rocks just under our lee. “Put her about, Vic, quick!” I cry, and down goes the helm. But will she go about? Nota bit of it. The more the boat comes yp the 719 mote the witid frees till Vic finds that, 1f he goes about he will be pointing for home again, However, the free wind suits us exactly, and away we bow! till a fresh island becalms the boat once more. I said it was hot when we started, but it was hotter now. No man dared move from his seat, tor unless he sat down again with the utinost accuracy on the same spot, he might as well have sat upon a red hot stove. A row of blackbirds sat upon a dead limb near by, with beaks open and wings hung out to cool. The rocks and trees upon the islands wavered and quivered like a landscape seen through a runnitie brook, and a smell of heated pine and cedar floated over the water to our noses. But the worst of our trouble was over when once we drew out into the more open waters of the eastern end of (he lake, where the islands seem lo hug the southern shore. Here the breeze got a fair sweep at ts, and we raced along at a glorious gait, quite happy and care free till cettain black dots and breaking wave crests warned us the cotirse was set with numerous rocks, "Keep her away, Vie. Keep her away,’ and a block of granite swept by to starboard. “Tuff her, quick!” and a brown swirl showed where a hidclen rock flashed by to port. So we zigzagged our way down the lake, watching care- fully each breaking wave lest it meant a reef, and keep- ing clear of all low lying points lest they ran on beneath the water's surface. By and by we ran into the streaming weeds at the lake’s end and dropped our canvas, . No creck could be seen. Where was it? A gentle roar struck my ears and I said: “There’s the creek,” and pointed where a slight indentation showed itself a few hundred yards to the west. With a sigh, Vic dropped the oars in place and started to pull, He hates rowing when off for a sail, and his first strokes were gentle. We didn’t seem to moye. *“Confound the weeds,” he said, and pulled harder, Still no moye. He ground his teeth together, humped his back and gave a lift that would raise a church mortgage. The next instant he was flat on his back in the bottom of the boat, trying to think of something suit- able for a Sunday school teacher to say under such cir- cumstances. We were on drowned land, and had stuck on the branch of a submerged tree. Vie’s last pull had started us so suddenly that his vigorous effort found-in- sufficient resistance to balance the enormous surplus of power. Well, we found the creek, and found the rapids, the lat- ter being rather pretty, though not very imposing. On landing we scattered in search of huckleberries, and then, driven by hunger, found a picnic grotind and un- loaded the boat. II. Now let's talk of graves and worms and epitaphs. Vie was standing by the boat. I was standing on a rock near by, and the girls were setting the tablecloth some 5oft. away amone the bushes, “Bring up the lunch basket, Vic,” called a dulcet voice. “Everything is up there,’ Vic called back. “There's no lunch basket up here,” cried several voices together, I looked at Vie im blank dismay, and Vic looked at me. The lunch basket had been lett behind. Tt was just like Vic to blame me for it, and to ask me why in thunder I didn’t look to see that everything was aboard before we started. I told him that it wasn’t my basket and it wasn’t my picnic, and that I never cared mitch for lunch anyway. I had him there, for he was hungry for every meal, and half the time between meals too. But the girls—the mild reproach in their eyes made us sink our differences and try to find some way out of our dilemma. It meant a five mile trip with the thermometer over 90 degrees to go back home, and the wind had almost vanished. Returning was not to be thought of. It then struck me that, nearer the end of the lake, I had noticed a log house and clearing, and I proposed to Vic that we go there and see if they had any bread to spare. This proditced a very visible rise in spirits. Then some one mentioned that we had the ice box with the mills, butter, pickles, berries and a tin of beef, and at once the spirits of the party became about normal. It was a pretty walk to that house along a wegon track leading through the shade of an open second growth of oak, maple and other deciduous trees, with here and there neat the lake the gaunt, bare trunk of some old burnt pine. After some fitteen minutes’ walking we came to a clearing, and there stood the house, a two-story log af- fair with a potato field in front of it and wilted looking cabbages behind. Three boys ran out to meet tis, respectively 3, 3% and ait, in height, each clad in a pair of well patched knicker- bockers, a blue cotton shirt and an old straw hat with a sugar loaf crown. I don’t know whether the younger boys had tails to their shirts or not, but I am sure the eldest had, for it was sticking out of a hole behind. “Ts your ma in, boys?” said Vic. A shrill cry of “Ma!” brought out a stout, good- humored, middle-aged woman, with bare feet, a blue gown and a crease around her where a belt indicated her waist ought to be, Time was precious, sO we went straight to business and asked for bread. “No, sir. We haven’t a bit in the house, and won’t have till the boat comes in from Young’s Point this evening.” Vic looked at me reproachfully, as much as to say, “See what your grand scheme has amounted to.” But I wasn't going to be beaten that way, and the idea of hot biscuits floated into my mind. I broached the sub- ject to the old lady, and she took to it like a black bass to young frogs. “Emmy,” she called, and a slighter edition of the old lady appeared, similarly clad. “Can you bake these gentlemen a pan of hiscuits?” Eminy thought she could. 1 suggested that there were five of us, and we were hungry. “Better bake two pans, Emmy.” Emmy said she would. “How long?” said I, “and how much?” Emmy thought about half an hour woud do it, but bs -FOREST AND STREAM. Younes Foinr Vern cs Foinr hesitated about the price, so I produced a quarter, which seemed quite satisfactory. We went back to camp and announced the good news, which seemed to completely reinstate us in the good grates of our crew. After a sufficient lapse of time we retraced our steps t3- ward the old log house, but, as. Vic seemed to have im- portant business among the berry bushes, I went up alone to the house. The old lady said the biscuits were not quite ready, and wouldn’t I walk in and have a glass of milk. I walked in, had as much delicious milk as I could drink, and then discussed crops, weather, hard times and local geography with the old lady till Emmy was ready with the biscuits. When Emmy ha:ded me the very largest kind of a milk pail three-quarters full of most appetizing biscuits, I thought to myself I had the cheapest quarter’s worth of grub I’d bought for a very long time. Down the lane I met Vic. “What have you got in that pail?’ he shouted. “Hog feed,” I replied. “What did you suppose re He said nothing, but lifted the cover, looked in and then shouted and yelled in that exuberant fashion for which he is noted.’ Did we have a good dinner? Well, we had only two jack-knives to eat it with and our butter knife was carved from a piece of wood; but if you happen to meet Vic, and put the question to him, he won't say anything to you, but will merely close his eyes and gently rul the region about the fifth button of his vest, from which, if you are wise, you will gain all the information necessary. After dinner we stretched out in the shade and lazily watched the lengthening shadows and listened to the purling of the rapids near at hand. Vic dozed off, woke up, and said he was not a bit sorry I had left the basket behind, and strange to say, such a great content was on nie that I let the remark pass with- out the least attempt at contradiction. A little later a sweet little thing roused herself from her reveries and asked me if I was sure they were nice clean people who had made the biscuits. An hour before she wouldn’t have cared if they had been made by a greasy Hottentot ina swill bucket. I caidn’t want to spoil the dinner she had just eaten, so I told her the little boys were all dressed in Fauntleroy suits and wore kid shoes with patent leather toes, that the old lady wore a muslin apron ada white cap, and that Emmy looked like a Wat- teau shepherdess. Just then the boys came along to get the pail. The sweet little thing looked the boys over very intently for a while, and then gave me a look of the utmost scorn, further refusing to speak to me for nearly an hour. The boys told me that near the track leading up the creek there was a spring of water which was always icy cold. I walked up the track and found a little path leading off into the shady thicket. Black leaf mould was under my feet, and brakes and ferns rustled and waved as I brtished past them. There, deep in the shade, a keg was sunk to its rim in the moist earth. At the bottom the clean sand danced as the pure crystal water bubbled through it, and welling over the edge, trickled off among the mosses till lost in the depths of the wood. I drank my fill, and dipping up a can full, took it back to our hot and thirsty party. TIL. Vic reasons curiously sometimes, and when we started back he suggested that, as I knew the lake better than he, I might as well take the tiller. Now. why didn’t he rea- son that way when we left home? Well, my view of the miatter is that when we left home the breeze was: fresh and the man forward had to sit up on the gunwale; now _ swish and swirl very pleasant to the ear. we? This seems strange to the eye. RASPBERRIES “0 Church wh AX (Vee Le ' i ! ~ bY NO i , ever Sees =] = HaveLocr AX¥catle 2txnck = Lercte 3 CHART OF STONY “LAKE, ONTARIO, CANADA. the breeze was lighter, and the man forward could lie in the bottom of the boat with his head in somebody’s lap. But please don’t mention to Vic that I said so. I really envy Vic sometimes; every one of those girls treated him like a favored younger brother, and as for me—vwell, I was a married-man, and they knew it. The breeze in addition to being lighter than in the morning had drawn more into the west, so we worked toward home with a short leg toward the southern shore and then a long leg westward. Just east of Boschink three islands head the archipelago through which we had sailed on the outward trip, each crowned with a large summer cottage; now the wind led me to keep clear of them entirely in the more open water to the south. The southmost of the three islands of which I have spoken was called Isle Belle Chasse, and as it was at that time unoccupied, there we landed for tea. I thought Vic would be ashamed to look a bun in the face, but he seemed as hungry as ever, yet so large was our supply that, when tea was over, we seemed to have enough for several more meals just as hearty. But-the best part of our day was yet to come. The moon was not yet full, and already touched the wavelets with spots of silver, while the setting sun was still tinting land and water with a rosy glow. Round the end of the island a crane went flying by with curving neck and long legs trailing far behind. Out in the lake two loons chuckled and laughed like maniacs. In the woods near by the persistent plaintive cry of a whip-poor-will sounded mourntiully through the evening quiet. The peace of it fell on us like balm, and the cool breath of the evening ’ breeze was like a mother’s touch on the fevered brow of a little child. Shall we go in? No, let us sail on and on till old Mother Nature has taken us to her breast and told us wonderful tales, and shown us wonderful sights, and filled our ears with her wonderful lullabies—then we will go home and sleep the dreamless sleep of those to whoin she thus reveals herself. So we glide on and on past our island home, and out through the narrows into the open waters beyond, leaving behind us the dreaming islands and the narrow channels now black from side to side with their dim reflections. Outside the moon flooded us with mellow light, not the cold pale rays of winter, but warm with the yellow tinting of a summer haze. The breeze blew fresh and steady, and back and forth we raced across the lake, throwing off a curl of frosted silver from our bow with a Except under the moon every tree clad island gloomed dark and mys- terious. There a few tree tips touched with moonshine broke the line of black, and a lane of light cut the dark reflections to the shore. Over toward Juniper Island the red and green lights of the steamer shone out; but soon the red disappeared and we knew she was heading up for Mt. Julian in the darkness of the northern shore. It was hard to pick out the narrow channel in the belt of black to the east, but why should we trouble,. here comes the steamer, and she will take the southern chan- nel and so to Breeze’s, near our home. In her wake we may safely follow; no danger there. Puffing and snort- ing, she passes us, and after her we dash till the swinging lights show her turning rapidly to port. But where are sail and see not, as I expected, an open channel, but a black and threatening mass apparently right upon us. In a flash we are about on the other tack, and then our whereabouts is plain. The steamer has taken a course south of Hoover’s Island, instead of to the north, and there she is stopping up at Breeze’s. Ah! well. Our pleasant sail was ended all too soon, I glance under the: 2 ° and we were at our cottage door, bearing with us affec- tionately the remains of Emmy’s pans of biscuits. But what had been going on at home during this event- ful day? The Major Domo had remained behind to keep the Mater company, and about 6 o'clock wandered idly down to the boat house. There on the dock, tinted with the same rosy light that shone upon our evening meal at Isle Belle Chasse, stood the missing lunch basket. He smiled a superior “just like them’ kind of a smile, and then took the basket up to the Mater. She, poor soul, was straightway filled with anxious pity. Mile c orn the poor things. They'll surely be starved to eath.” “Oh!” said the Major Domo, with cheerful confidence, “T’m sure they are all right. If they are starved to death they would have been home long ago.” This was rather doubtful consolation, but it seemed to comfort the Mater. Not, however, till we arrived was she entirely easy, and even then the story of our adven- tures was often interrupted with sympathetic exclamations of “Well, well!’ -“Indeed,” “Yow poor things,” and “Well now, how fortunate.” _ As I said at first, Vic still persists in blaming me for the mishap, but I now refuse to discuss the point further. In any case, “All’s well that ends well,’ and I reminded him that, if the lunch basket had not been left behind, we couldn’t have had Emmy’s biscuits warmed up for brealc- fast the two following days, which would have been a distinct loss to all of. us. J. Epwarp Mavyeee. Toronto, Jan. 18 ; ie Canoe Fittings. _ New York, Jan. 21.—Editor Forest and Stream: In the last issue of ForREST AND STREAM are some com- ments by Mr. W. Baden Powell, who laments the fact . that in England it is not the custom for dealers to carry canoe jewelry in stock. T was wondering how such a state of affairs was possi- ble in the country where the sailing canoe originated, and my wonder continued until further along in the article T struck his elaborate suggestion regarding lamp, com- pass, clock and barometer. f- Possibly, unknown to himself, Mr. Baden Powell has explained. why it is so hard to procure ready-made fittings over there. = : When one of the brightest and best known of English canoeists prefers an acetylene lamp, with its specially pre- pared and almost unobtainable fuel, in preference to a ker- osene bicycle lamp, which can be filled at any house using lamps; when he gives minute directions for the manu- facture of a glass-fronted box in which to hang a clock and barometer in a canoe cockpit, instead of carrying-a cheap watch and a pocket aneroid, how is a dealer in boat fittings to manage to make from his own design articles sufficiently cumbrous and intricate to satisfy the rank and file of the cruisers? E. T. Keyser. 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No, 846 Broapwar, Naw York The Forest AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American Spor siietl The editors invite communications on the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single copies, $4 pet year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iv, THE WILD PIGEON. THE two notices which appear in this week’s paper of the occurrence of the passenger pigeon call renewed at- tention to the subject of this bird’s disappearance, on which so much has been written. The contrast between the enormous former abundance of the pigeon and its present scarcity leads‘us to speak of the species as having become extinct, a statement which is by no means exact. Although, in the wholesale slaughter of this species for commercial purposes, abundant reason is found for its disappearance, there are yery many people who do not accept these reasons as sufficient, but who believe that the wild pigeons, owing to the persecution to which they were subjected, have gone off to some distant and unex- plored portion of the continent, and have there hidden themselves. Precisely in the same way, the Indians of the plains, when the buffalo were exterminated a few years ago, declared that it was impossible that they should all have been killed, but that the white. man, for some oc- cult purpose of his own, had taken them away and hid- den them somewhere. So like is human nature the world over, whether it be civilized or savage. In its old-time abundance the wild pigeon is no more, and for precisely the same reasons that caused the ex- tinction of the buffalo: that is to say, because of the fill- ing up of the country and the opening up of the haunts of the birds by railroads, which thus brought the trap- per’s prey close to a market. Yet a few wild pigeons re- main scattered through the Northern States, and since their numbers are now so small that they are free from the persecution to which they were formerly subjected, we may look to see them yery slowly increase and to gradually be more and more often seen. _ ‘The increase will be slow, because the pigeon is a slow breeder, laying but one egg, or at most two eggs, at a nesting. Had the increase been more rapid than this in the time of their former abundance, their numbers would have been so vast as to sweep the continent bare of food, so that the whole race must have perished by starvation. It is difficult to imagine what would have been the result to this continent if the old-time pigeon roost oi fifty or sixty years ago had been multiplied by ten aiter each nesting. To-day, however, the passenger pigeon is practically free irom pursuit by man and has to dread only its. nat- ural enethies, which are now extremely few, the swift hawk being almost the only one. True, if a pigeon flies. within shot of a man carrying a gun, he will kill it if he can, for the bird’s rarity makes it a thousand times more desirable to-the average gunner than it formerly was, and each man, feeling that this will be his only chance to kill a pigeon, craves the bad distinction of se- curing the last of its race. Happily, however, pigeons are so scarce that few are likely to be shot, and happily also there is a small proportion of sportsmen who would decline to shoot at one of these birds for the very reason that they are so scarce. Therefore, just as is the case with certain other of our game birds, an increase in the wild pigeons-will take. place until they shall again become. sufficiently numerous to tempt the man with the gun, whether he be sportsman or ornithological collector, and also to tempt the egg-col- lecting small boy, to whom, of course, the egg of this now rare bird is most desirable. When their numbers have grown to this point they will again be pursued, but because it is unlikely that they will ever so increase as to hest in great companies, the pigeon will always be a bird to be killed only casually and not to be systematically hunted, You cannot pursue wild pigeons with a dog. So we may expect that the passenger pigeon will live long in the land, but never again as a bird found in enor- mous numbers, since the conditions which admitted of this old-time mode of life haye passed forever. OUR AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHS. To the Forrest AND STREAM amateur photography competition a large number of amateurs contributed work which was of a high grade of excellence. To make se- lection of the subject entitled to the prizes when so many were meritorious was a task by no means simple. There were three classes: (1) for live wild game; (2) for game in parks; (3) for other subjects relating to shooting and fishing. Prizes were offered as follows: (1) For live game photographs three prizes are of- fered, the first of $50, the second of $25, and the third of $10. (2) For liye game in parks, for the best picture, a prize of $10. (3) For the best pictures relating to ForrEst AND STREAM’s field—shooting and fishing, the camp, camp- ers and camp life, sportsman travel by land and water, incidents of field and stream—a first prize of $20, a sec- ond of $15, a third of $10, and for fourth place two prizes of $5 each. The selection of the photographs entitled to the re- wards under these conditions is as follows: Live Wild Game. First prize—*A Race with a Maine Moose.” By S. B. Chittenden, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y. Second prize—‘‘Young Sea Gulls Eating Fish.” F. Frisbie, Detroit, Mich. Live Game in Parks. First prize—‘Red Fox in the National Park.’ By John Fossom. Relating to the “Forest and Stream’s” Field. First prize—‘A One-Night Stand.’ By Dr, C. D. Smith, Portland, Me. Second prize—‘Fishing for Bass at Sunrise.” C, Leonard, Central Valley, N. Y. Third prize—‘In Camp.” By Noah Palmer, New York. Fourth prizes—‘Home of the Bighorn.” By W. C. Knight, Laramie, Wyo. “The Strike and the Capture.” By. C. H. Smith, Buffalo, N. Y. ; In addition to the photographs awarded prizes, there is a large number of others worthy of honorable mention. In the Wild Live Game class a photograph of two cub bears, sent by Mr. Livingston Stone, and one of a mink, by Mr. Geo, S. Raymond, call for special notice. In the class of Game in Parks, a spirited moose por- trait, by Mr. Fred Talcott; elk on the prairie, by Miss Edith M. Chapple, elk and mountain sheep in winter quarters in the Yellowstone Park, by Mr. E. C. Waters, and a Yellowstone Park bear, by Mr. J. E. Westlake, are of unusual interest and merit. In the third division, of Forrest AND STREAM’s field there were naturally more pictures than in the other classes. Among many deserving ones may be named an indoor study of game, dog and gun, by Mr. Leonard, and an outdoor study of quail shooting, by Mr. L. Pesha; bullhead fishing by moonlight, by Mr. Harrie E. Loftie; a marine view, by Mr. Stuart-Menteth Beard; whipping the Dog River Falls, by Mr. F. F.’Frisbie; nest of least bittern, and one of Carolina rail, by Mr. James Savage; “Old Pard Getting Breakfast,’ by W. L. W.; fishing boats, by Mr. W. H. Bell; ‘Unchained from Business,” by Mr. P. H. Felker; fly-casting, by Mr. W. H. Pierce; “Adirondack Days,” by Dr. C. E. Fritts; “Woodman Spare that Tree,” by Mr. C. J. H. Woodbury; “In the Prairie Chicken Country,” by Mr, H. H. Harley; “At Rest,’ by Mr, H. G: McCartney; “Canoeing on the Sus- quehanna,” by Mr. Irving K. Park; “New England Fox Hunting,” by Mr, A. J. McGibbon. In future issues will be given reproductions of the prize winning subjects and of some of the others. By F. By R, SNAP SHOTS. Mr. W. G. Van Name, who in another column discusses the Lacey bill, is the author of a scheme, proposed through FoREsT AND STREAM, to have the Government acquire at different points throughout the country tracts of land to be set apart and protected as game refuges. Mr. Van Name has set forth very cogently the utility of such hayens of refuge for our migratory game, and the benefit which would accrue to the country at large if the system were in operation. We have always regarded the proposition as one of the most sensible ever made for game protection; and we believe that some of these days it will be adopted. In the meantime, as we have sug- gested repeatedly, we need not await the action of Con- gress to secure in individual States the benefit of the plan. State game preseryes should be provided. The Wiscon- sin Forestry Commission is urging the Legislature to convert a tract of the State lands into a forest preserve, to be cared for by a division of forestry, with its foresters. If the reserve is established, there should be incorporated in the law a provision to make it in whole or in part a game preserve also, and to give to the foresters the added duties of gatne wardens. We give to-day a full report of the meeting of the Adirondack Guides’ Association. Among other expres- sions of sentiment was a declaration in favor of deer hounding. This appears to be a change of opinion from that formerly held; for we have understood that the guides as a body approved the present law. Chief Game Protector Pond, who has just returned from a trip through the North Woods, reports, as a result of his ob- servations, that the deer law generally has been well ob- served; and that the deer supply has increased within the last two years because of the operation of the non- hounding law. Major Pond is quoted as saying that “many localities where hounds were very numerous two yeats ago have nearly or quite gotten rid of them. Their former owners declare they have no desire to have the anti-hounding law repealed, not altogether on account of the number of deer that were killed during the lawful period, but on account of the great slaughter, from year to year, at a time when the snow is deep, by dogs whose Owners were either too poor to feed them and wanted them to hunt for their living, or by persons so indifferent that they do not want the trouble of keeping their dogs chained.” If the present law is continued in force until the five years’ term shall have expired, Maj. Pond estimates that by the termination of the period the woods will be stocked in their old-time abundance. He holds then that there is every reason to continue the law as it is for the three years remaining. Those who know Maj. Pond have great respect for his opinion in these matters; and in view of his expressed confidence in the wisdom of the present law, there is slight probability that any one of the hound-restoring measures now before the Legisla- ture will become a law. Rev. Myron W. Reed, of Denver, Colo., who died on Monday of this week, Jan. 30, was one of those who found in the sportsman’s woods life a valued form of recreation, He knew well, and none could write of it more eloquently, that spirit in man which impels him to leave the cosy bed before dawn to take his place in the duck stand; and to undergo the rigors and hardships of camp life for the rewards of rifle or fishing rod. Some years ago Mr. Reed and Geo. W. Sears, “Nessmuk,” camped together in the Pennsylvania mountains when speckled trout were rising to the fly, and after the ac- quaintance there formed Mr. Reed wrote to us that of all the men he had ever met “Nessmuk” was one of those best worth knowing. The tribute means all the more to\those who-hawe-made test of the character-proy- ing associations of camp Iife. That after living in camp with him one man should say of another that he had found qualities which made prized his companionship is one of the sincerest tributes possible to be paid: A bill now pending in Congress is to amend the copy- right law by prescribing that a newspaper which prints a reproduction of a photograph without the consent of the owner of the copyright shall forfeit to the owner $1 for every copy printed, and $10 ‘for eyery copy found in pos- session, provided that the genalty so recovered shall not be less than $100 nor more than $5,000, Photographers now have all the protection they require; the present law as it stands is prolific of blackmail—probably more black- mailing is done under it than under any other statutes and if Congress shall enact the amendments now under consideration, the mulcting of publishers will increase ten-fold. We notice recommendations and suggestions concern- ing the appointment by Gov. Roosevelt of new members of the New York Fisheries, Game and Forest Commis- sion. As the terms of no one of the present incumbents expire this year, such discussion is untimely. — 82 FOREST AND STREAM. Che Sportsman Convist. The Rainbow Country. “Go to the end of the rainbow and you will find a pot of gold,” the grandmothers of New Eneland used to tell the children, as the little ones gazed wonderingly at the brilliant arch spanning the sky. But the end of a rainbow is hard to find, and the pot of gold is a8 safely hidden as the buried treasure of Captain Kidd, Many a pair of young eyes, however, has gazed wist- fully over the hills to where the iridescent bow mingled its colors with the ‘mists of some distant valley, too far away for little feet to attempt the journey: So the pot of gold has never been found, and the end of the tain- bow is in No Man’s Land. But the children are not the only ones who look “over the hills and far away,” and wonder what lies beyond the horizon. To those who love to seek nature among the vast soli- tudes of mountains, in the eternal silence of the wilder- ness, and on the lonely waters of far-off lakes, there is constantly an alluring temptation to go on and on; to find what is hidden beyond the distant summits that look so soitly blue; to discover the secrets concealed beneath the green canopy of the forest, or to explore the unknown country across the water beside which the white tent gleams. And so it was that my steps were first directed toward the Rainbow Country, and if I did not find there a pot of gold, I found much that is better than wealth. The pursuit of a rainbow may not be.as unprofitable as one might suppose—it all depends on the way one goes about it. As every one knows, the end of a rainbow is always a long way of, and there is always the danger that it may disappear before one reaches it; but anything worth having is worth striving for. Memories of what we accomplish and acquire by strugele and hard work are sweeter than those of the things that come to us for the asking. This is why my recollections of the Rain- bow Country are among the pleasantest of my life, and I like to think that some time, if I liye, I shall ga back again and look once more on the pellucid waters and yer- dure-clad hills of that fair land. One summer evening, as we sat by our camp-fire, and watched the afterglow tinge with gold the sky above the purpling western mountains, | asked my Wabenaki guide what lay beyond the range behind which the sun had dis- appeared. “Mahnagwanegwasebem,’ was his answer in his own tongue, and I said that some time we would turn our faces toward the Rainbow Country, and launch otr canoe on the seldom-visited waters whose Indian name he had spoken, Rainbow Lake. : From the summit of Katahdin J had seen it miles away, sparkling like a jewel in the landscape, and beautiful enough to be the abode of Mahnagwan, the rainbow, but the way to it is long and beset with difficulties, and com- partively few have been there. Even the ubiquitous and insatiable Jumberman has not swung his destroying axe in its forests, for it lies among the mountains, away from Sea, routes of travel, and has no nayigable inlet or outlet. Several years were destined to elapse, however, before the constimmation of the resolve formed by that camp-fire was assured. In the meantime many rainbows of varying degrees of brilliancy had spanned my sky, most of them leaving only memories of fading hues. ; Btu there came a day—and what a clear, cool, brilliant day it was—when a canoe was hauled across the Northeast Carry, and Dennis and J, with our dunnage amidships, paddled down the West Branch, bound for the country of Mahnagwan. T had come twelve hundred miles, journeying down that ancient highway of the aboriginal tribes and the eariy French explorers, the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, to Montreal, and thence by the C. P. R. to Moosehead Lake. All the way across the broad waters of those unsalted seas, and down the swift current and foam- ing rapids of the mighty stream, my thoughts went back to the brave old days whose history is the romance and the tragedy of New France, ‘T saw the noble river again bordered with primeval for- est and bearing on its waters the birch canoes of the red men and coureurs de bois and the batteaux of fur traders, I saw the black-robed priests, who, taking their lives in their hands, went forth to spread the knowledge of the only true God among the savage hordes, and the brave ‘explorers who sought to make for France a new empire. All day long the steamer sped onward down her devious and at times dangerous course toward the beau- iiful city at the foot of Mount Royal; and all day the procession of shadow canoes went upward, bearing those intrepid Frenchmen who, leaving the civilization of the Old World, bravely followed their savage guides into the vast and unknown solitudes of the New. ~ With these thoughts of the old regime in mind, I was elad that I should leave the railway where I could enter upon the nearest approach to that life which is now possi- ble, without again coming in contact with our modern way of living. The steamer arrived at Montreal at sundown, and a couple of hours later the train had left the lights of the city behind. When, in the early morning, I stepped from the trai at the little Moosehead station, the solitary occupant of the platform came toward me as eagerly as I went to him, and in a moment I grasped the honest hand of Dennis. ; William and Harry, with their guides—two of our Wa- benaki friends—were to arrive at noon from Boston, and would join us that night at the old camp-ground on Lob- ster Lake, where the point of rocks juts out from the sand beach, ; As soon as I had breakfast we put our canoe and sup- plies aboard a small steamer, and were soon speeding to- ward the Northeast Carry, forty miles to the north of the head of Moosehead. By noon we were across the carry and on our way down the West Branch, At 2 o’clock the canoe grated gently against the white sand of the beach on Lobster Lake, and the first stage of our journey was behind us, We carried the luggage up to the rocky, wooded knoll where, under the protecting shade of the spruces and hemlocks, we proposed to pitch our camp. After this was done and Dennis was busy with his various chores, I went to the top of the little promontory and looked out over the water at the surrounding hills and moun- tains. The lake lapping against the rocks below and flashing in the sunlight invited me to a more intimate ac- quaintance with its cool, clear element, and I retraced my steps to the beach, where the.empty canoe rested on the sand, The camp, hidden by the rocks and trees, was not visi- ble, and only the sound of Dennis’ axe reminded me that I was not alone. J undressed, placing my clothes on a convenient drift-log, and waded into the lake till the water was deep enough for swimming. The bottom was hard, white sand, and the water cool enough to be exhil- arating, but not so cold as to chill. I revelled in it, swim- ming, floating, or standing with my eyes close to the surface looking across the broad level till it merged with the distant shore, Dennis’ axe was now silent, and no sound came across the water but the low, soothing whis- per of the breeze in the pine-tops. Suddenly I felt, rather than saw, a slight movement in the bushes, and with only my head out of the water, watched, They parted, and a graceful head, crowned with a pair of velvet-covered horns, emerged from the leafy screen, followed by the body of a handsome buck. Sniffing the air and looking about for any possible danger, he came down a stony path, and with dainty steps crossed the sand to the water's edge. Wading in to his knees, he lowered his head to drink; then stood looking out across the lake, occasion- ally turnine® toward the woods behind him. I watche | while he wandered about the beach, now nibbling at a bunch of grass, now splashing in the water, but no tell- tale whiff of air told him of my presence. I gradually approached the shore, keeping only my head above the suriace, till the water shallowed so that I crawled on my hands. The deer did not look for danger from the water, and I enjoyed a rare opportumity of observing a wild creature in its native haunts, unconscious of the presence of an enemy. I could see every motion of his eyes, nostrils and mouth, and every nervous movement of his body and limbs. When I thought I’ had been in the water long enough, | suddenly stood up and waved my arms. In- stantly the noble head liited, his legs became rigid, and he stood looking at me, a grand woodland picture. Then turning, he sprang swiftly away and disappeared, a flash of his white tail being the last I saw of him, After I had dressed, Dennis took his axe, that most important of all the implements of the woodsman, and we went across the cove in the canoe to get some fir boughs for our beds. A good-sized balsam was selected, and it soon came crashing down, We broke off the branches, loaded the canoe with them, and paddled back. The tent was bedded down, wood chopped for the night, and prepara- tions made for supper. From the point of rocks we could look across the lake to the outlet, two miles away, and as the sun sank low to the western mountains we watched | ‘the distant shore line anxiously. Twelve months had rolled by since I had seen those whom we expected, and now that the hour drew nigh I waited with impatience. The sun sank below the undu- lating sky line of the mountains; far away to the east- ward the mighty bulk of Katahdin melted into sky as the tender light of evening replaced the glare of the passing day, while the nearer peaks softened and grew dim. Still we watched the far-away shore, apparently unbro- ken, but where we knew the stteam carried the waters of the lake to thé West Branch. At last, when the light had become almost too dim to see, our gaze was re- warded by the sight of two shadowy objects that seemed to separate themselves from the shore and drift out upon the lake. We saw them head in our direction, and we tan to our canoe and paddled out to meet them, Midway of the lake we drew near each other, and two waving hands greeted up before we heard their voices calling across the waves. Then the canoes came together, and there on the broad, heaving bosom of the Jake, surrounded by the black border of forest, and under the jeweled sky, we had a little reunion, solemnized by the pressure of hands and softly spoken words. At the camp the smouldering fire was quickened into new life, and as we sat around ‘t eating our stipper—four men with white skins and two with red—I seemed to realize for the first time that my long-anticipated journey to the Rainbow Country had begun. The fire itself, as the flames rose and fell and the sparks flew upward, seemed like an old friend, for a camp-hre 15 different from other fires. The lighting of the first camp- fire is a ceremony, and one of the supreme moments o¢ the wayfarer in the woods. Till this is accomplished the outdoor life is not fully entered upon, nor the bond that holds one to the city entirely severed; but when the first. tiny flame reaches from the birch bark to the pine splin- ters, and then leaps crackling to the larger sticks, light- ing up the shadowy forest and casting a ruddy glow on the faces watching it, its warmth is reflected from the heart. Where it burns is the campers hearthstone, and around it are his lares and penates—it marks his home. It is the altar flame of those who worship at Nature’s shine, and who find themselves, in getting close to Na- ture’s heart, drawn nearer to Him who is the Creator of all. So we sat and smoked after our meal, while the fire . glowed and sparkled, the wood cracked and snapped, and the sparks soared upward, only to dissolve in the black- ness of the night. The wind sighed through the trees, and the restless lake washed against the rocks. Once the sweet call of a white-throated sparrow came from the dark forest. The spell of the woods was upon us and we talked little, but looked, listened and thought much. It was good to see the others sitting by the fire, to hear the familiar voices, to think of the days before us and of other days long past. * “Wy words fly up, my thoughts remain below,” said the Danish King, and our words were but the sparks that came from the thotights brought into being by that. first camp-tire. Two mornings later we broke camp at the foot of Ripogenus Lake, and prepared to make the first stage of the carry to Rainbow. On a previous trip we spent. [Fes. 4, 1809. two days making the three-mile carry around the wiht Ripogenus gorge, on our way down the West Branch to Katahdin, but now we took another path that led over the hill to the right. It was a rough blazed trail, that led us up hill and down, and finally terminated in a cedar Swamp in the dismal shore of Chesuncook Pond. A more desolate place would be difficult to find. The trail first touched a cove filled, not with water, but with bottomless black mud, then wound a devious course through the woods to another cove. The ground was soit and spongy, and the cedars so thick that our loads were carried between their shaggy trunks only with dif- ficulty. Gray moss, the usnea lichen, hung from them in Jong festoons, and roots and branches obstructed the trail. Pools of water were more in evidence than dry ground, and the light, dim at best, was made more so by a cloudy, overcast sky. The stillness was oppressive, and it was a relief to have a big doe jump from her bed among the high brakes at the top of the ridge and 0 leaping away into the woods. On our second trip over the carry drops of rain began to spatter on the dead leaves, and by the time we deposited our loads under the canoe it was coming down in earnest. We put on our rubber coats and boots and waited for Nick and Jean to come with their canoes. A rainy day in the woods was too old a story not to be taken philo- sophically, and we sat patiently while the sky grew darker and the drops came faster. At last we heard ‘the welcome sound of footsteps and the swish of branches, as if some large body was forcing its way through the bushes, and the Indians, with their canoes on their heads, came in sight. Placing his burden tenderly on the ground, Nick glanced at the sky, them at the narrow, crooked path along which Jean was struggling with his eanoe, slipping and stumbling, and with difficulty guiding his unwieldy head-piece, and said: “I ain't goim’ Ing my canoe through them cedars; I guess I can shovel him through that mud. Looks like it settle down to rain all day.” Lifting the canoe from the shore, he placed it im the mud and stepped into it. For the first stroke or two the light craft moved quite easily, and then the sticky mud seemed to grasp it, and it took all the strength in Nick's. herculean frame to force a passage. It was actually shoy- elling, His paddle bent till it seemed as if it must break inder the strain, and the muscles and cords of his arms and neck swelled almost to bursting. Great masses of mud were lifted at each stroke, while bubbles of gas rose from the slimy depths; but the guide gained foot by foot till the canoe slid into deep water. In the meantime the other canoes had been loaded, and as soon as Nick was ready we started. In many miles of travel through the woods I never saw a wilder sheet of water than Chesuncook Pond. The shores are densely wooded with spruce, fir and pine, the water is black, and a number of picturesque, rocky islets dot the surface. When we reached the carry on the other shore the rain was pouring and the atmosphere had be- come cold, but we found comfort in the fact that we were on the threshold of the Rainbow Country, and before the | rainbow there must be rain. We decided to take over one canoe, our blankets and food for supper and break- fast. The taking-out place was almost indistinguishable, for the old trail was long abandoned and unused. It lay under the shadow of great trees and was completely ~ grown up with bushes. . Wick forged ahead with his. big canoe, its inverted bow parting the foliage as it was wont to part’ the waves. The others followed in Indian file, each with his own burden, borne on the back and supported by straps across the forehead, and around the shoulders under the arms, there- ~ by distributing the weight. Over old, slippery corduroy, fallen timber, rotten logs, and rocks, through mud and water, we followed our leader, Once Nick fell heavily, the canoe crashing down on top of him, but before we could reach him he was on his feet again, picking his way along the treacherous path. Meanwhile the rest of us had various troubles of our own, and only those who haye experienced the vicissi- tudes incidental to voyaging in the wilderness can appre- ciate the trials and tribulations that await him who totes a load over such a carry. v The rain continued without abatement, and the wet bushes wiped across ottr faces and clung to our legs, while our packs developed a pernicious and persistent After a while habit of catching on branches and stubs. we left the swampy level and then up, up and up the mountain we went through grand old timber untouched by the axe. There were no stumps to tell the melancholy. tale of monarchs of the past, but great spruces, pines and, birches towered grandly above us. The broad leaves of the mooseéwood hung across otir’ path, and the mossy ground was covered with the brilliant green and scarlet of the birch ber- ries, and the three-lobed leaflets of gold thread, the clintonia borealis was common everywhere in the woods. For a mile or more we climbed steadily upward, and then, after resting, began to descend. The woods were now more open, and the way less encumbered with un- derbrush, but the great trees were everywhere, and signs of game abundant. We saw moose sign frequently, and a number of bear trees, with the marks of bruin’s claws in the bark. We kept careful watch for the spots on the trees, for the trail was an old one, blazed out by a Wabenaki hunter, and the marks were dim and indistinct, Several sable traps by the path showed where he had pursued his vocation of trapper in past winters. In each case a tree had been felled, leaving a Stump about 5ft. high, so that it would be above the snow. The top was chopped out to form a box about a foot high, open on one side, and then a piece of wood split from the tree nailed on for a roof. To set such a trap, the bait is placed in the back of the box, and the steel trap in front, in such a manner that the sable can only reach the coveted food by passing over the trap. Chips of rotten wood are crumbled over the trap till it is just hidden, and two twigs bent im such a way that to get at the bait the animal must place its foot on the trencher. Many a pelt has been taken by Louis from his line of traps, and his winter camp, snugly hidden in a little clearing near the outlet of Rainbow Lake, was to be our shelter that night. We had not eaten since morning, and were wet and chilled. As the - a Fer. 4, 1800. | FOREST AND STREAM afternoon wore on it became colder, but the rain gra.J- tially ceased, and as we descended a steep hillside, slid- ing and slipping, we saw a light below us that was not sky, but the gleam of water through the trees. A few moments more and we dropped our packs on the solt, brown carpet of needles beside the rock-rimmed shore of Mahnagwanegwasebem, Never was home more welcome to a tired, cold and hungry traveler than the little 13x14 log cabin that we came to after a two-mile paddle down the lake, At the back of a small clearing, perhaps half an acre in extent, the camp stands against a background of dense forest growth; above its low roof giant spruces tower and a footpath winds among the stumps to the water's edge. A wooded island renders the clearing invisible from the other shore, and the surrounding foest hides it till a canoe ts Opposite the camp. It is the only habitation for many miles in any direction, and is so situated as not to disturb the wild game, We entered and took possessiion, Ross’s Snow Goose,’ - A pile of wood was already split, and we soon had a fire roaring in the stove. Supper was started, and we re- moved our wet clothes and made ourselves comfortable. The camp contained two wide bunks, a table and stool, dlatiyal Histary. Elliot's Wildfowl, In presenting to the public his book on the “Wild Fowl of North America,” Mr. Daniel Giraud Elliot has completed the service to.sportsmen which he began some years ago. The three volumes on Shore Birds, Gallinaceous Game Birds, and Wild Fowl of North America comprise a series of illustrated accounts of North American game birds, which include evervthing except the unimportant rail. As Mr. Elliot says, “It is a noble list; one few countries of the globe can equal in importance and variety. Wor humerous reasons, not the least of which are the economic, these birds are a most valuable possession to the people of this land, to be 83 (Cygne), the geese (Aiserine), the wood dicks (Plectropterine), the fresh-water ducks (Anatine), the sea ducks (Fuliguline), the spine-tail ducks (Eris- maturing), and the mergansers (Merging). In many respects his nomenclature differs from the A. O. U. Check List, for the author has not hesitated to make such changes as seemed to him desirable. Thus Ross’ goose is put back into the genus which Mr Elliot formed for it more than thitty years ago, A new derivation is given for Branta, the old Ais becomes Aer, Aythya is corrected to Aethyia, while the canvasback is put in the genus Aristonetta, a name which fits it well, for it means the best of ducks. There are other changes in generic names, one of which is the use of Havelda for the misspelled or misprinted Harelda, The charm of Mr, Elliot's biographies, familiar to us for lo these many years, increases rather than diminishes with time, and in the 300 pages of the present volume there 1s much to delight the thoughtful reader, An BS protected with watchful to our trust?” The present voiume is similar in plan to those which have preceded it. It is an account of the wildfowl of care. Have we been faithful Long-Tailed Duck, Summer Plumage. extremely interesting observation on the song of the dying swan, long supposed to be mythical, is worth quot- ing in full. Mr. Elliot says: “I had killed many swan and never heard anght from them at any time save Trumpeter Swan. all made on the spot; a chest held blankets and clothing, while shelves were handily arranged for small articles. Snowshoes, moccasins, traps, stretchers sizes for mink, sable and other skins were there, as were augers, axes and other tools, all telling the mute story of the lonely life of a trapper during the long winter, when the snow lies deep in the woods and the icy wind howls through.the mountain gorges. Outside the door stood a large frame for stretching moose and bear skins. The interior was clean and neatly kept, and witha.hot meal inside, and warm, dry clothing outside -of WS; we sat by the fire and complacently listened to the rain, which was falling again, and watched the growitig darkness of the night. We had found the Rainbow Country, and the sun's drew across the heavens the sign of the bow, and under the arch, showing dimly through the mist, was Katahdin. Then the clouds closed in again and night came on apace, W. A. Brooks. You cannot imagine how much I have enjoyed a second Teading of your book, “Men I Have Fished With.’ [ft contains more correct natural history than all the text books.—Charles Hallock to Fred Mather. —— . of various: last rays, struggling for a moment through the clouds, North America, north of Mexico, and includes the Swans, geese, ducks and mergansers, with accounts of their habits, nesting, migration and dispersion, with de- scriptions of adult and young. It is a book, as stated on the title page, for those ‘desirous to know how to dis- tinguish these web-footed birds, and to learn their ways in their native wilds.” It is emphatically a book for sportsmen, This is but natural, for Mr, Elliot is as keen a sportsman as he is a naturalist, and he knows well what it is that sportsmen desire. Having in mind especially this class, to which he himself belongs, he fitly opens his book by calling attention to the continued and ever increasing destruction by sportsmen and others, and to the fact that wildfowl are becoming year by year less plentiful, so that before long many of them will be so scarce as to be practically extinct. Of the sixty-two species) here. described, six or eight are mere stragglers from; H@rope, and not likely to be met with by any gunners. »There are three species of swans, fotirteen of geese, including the brant, four of mergansers, and the remainder are true ducks, though in several different groups. Mr. Elliot reverses in this volume the order followed in the A. O. U. Check List, and begins with the swans as the most important species, ending with the mergansers. He divides the North American Anatide into ‘seven subfamilies, the swans SS ee ee - 7 A Labrador Duck, the familiar notes that reach the ears of every one in their vicinity. But once when shooting in Currituck Sound, over water belonging to a club of which I am a member, in company with a friend, Mr. F, W. Leggett, of New York, a number of swan passed over us at a considerable height. We fired at them, and one splendid bird was mortally hurt. On receiving his wound the wings became fixed, and he commenced at once his song, which was continued until the water was reached, nearly half a mile away. I am perfectly familiar with every note the swan is accustomed to iitter, but never before nor since have I heard any like those sung by this stricken bird. Most plaintive in character and musical ‘in tone, it sounded at times like the soft running of the note in an octave. ‘And now “twas like all instruments, Now like a lonely flute; : And now it is an angel’s song, Which makes the heayens be mute,’ and as the sound was borne to us, mellowed by the dis- tance, we stood astonished and could only exclaim, ‘We have heard the song of the dying swan,’ “I made inquiries among gunners as to whether any of them had ever heard notes different from those usy- ally sung by the swan when he was mortally wounded, 84 = = fs <7 and sotne said they had and * * * described some- thing similar to those we had heard, and of which | have endeavored to give an idea.” Hardly a page of this interesting volume can be turned without learning something new, for Mr. Elliot’s experience extends over many years and over many lands, and wherever he has shot he has done so with his eyes wide open, Like most thoughtful sportsmen of large experience, Mr, Elliot is heartily opposed to the pernicious practice of spring shooting, realizing that this has contributed perhaps more than any other one thing to the reduction in the numbers of our wildfowl. He closes the effective introduction to his work in these words: ‘North Amer- ica at one time probably contained more wildfowl than any other country of the globe, and even in the recollec- tion of some living the birds came down from the North- land during the atittumn in numbers that were incredible, promising a continuance of the race forever. I have myself seen great masses of ducks and also of geese rise at one time from the water in so dense a cloud as to obscure the sky, and every suitable water covered spot held some member of the family throughout our limits. But those great armies of wildfow! will be seen no more in our land; only the survivors ot their broken ranks. Let these then have the protection which is their due; and our advantage and profit to accord; stop all spring shooting within our borders, a time when the birds not only are usually poor in flesh, but are mated and journeying northward in obedience to the command, ‘be fruitful and multiply’; frown down. all such barbarous customs as ‘killing for count’ and then with the impartial enforcement of the laws upon all the people, a remnant at least of our noble water fowl may be preserved to future generations.” Most of the illustrations are very effective, and we are permitted by Mr, Francis P. Harper, the publisher, to present some of them here. Some of these plates are from the pencil of Mr. Sheppard alone; others are the joint work of Mr. Sheppard and the author, while four are reduced copies of paintings made by Joseph Wolf. The frontis} iece is a capital portrait of the author, which all who possess his books will be glad to have. Of Ross’ goose, perhaps the rarest of the winter visitors to our land, which is chosen for one of our illustrations, it may ~ be said that it appears regularly during the autumnal migration in certain parts of Montana, and last autumn we knew of one man who secured sixteen in an evening, Bary: in November we saw a flock of perhaps seyenty- ve. It is not easy to speak in moderate terms of the value of these three volumes of Mr. Elliot’s to that very large class which takes its recreation with the gun. The books will have a place in the libraries of most sports- men, and will constitute for their author an enduring monument. Some Florida Birds. Little Blue Herons. For years it has been an ambition to possess a pair of American egrets (large white cranes) for the lawn —certainly the handsomest bird in Florida; so when an old woman living on the outskirts of civilization re- ported that she knew of a nest of these birds, we quickly agreed to take theni when old enough to leave the nest. The woman and her boy soon brought them to town; the birds numbered four and were snowy white. Two of them had yellow legs and beaks, the legs and beaks of the other two were a bluish black. Being so well feathered and so small, suspicion was aroused as to whether they were large white cranes or not, but the strong assurance from the old woman as to the size of the parent birds calmerl the doubt for a while. The birds were put into ’a large wire coop, where they ap- parently were well satisfied, asking only that they be given plenty of beef and minnows. In a few days it was decided to give ihem the freedom of the yard at. feeding time; they would hop around, gradually grow- ing stronger in wings till they could fly onto theshoulder, Such liberty, however, reminded them of freedom, and they would object to returning ta the cage. They were pugnacious little fellows, showing no fear of anything, but with ruffled feathers would run and “‘squak” at the pup or cat, who in ‘turn would run to their owner for protection. The dog and cat, as eager for beef as they, would stand by their master’s side or between his arms, the birds on his knee or shoulder, all eager for the coveted beef, and apparently feeling that bond ol sym- pathy that emanated from their surroundings—each sensitive to this influence while under the protection of a strong nature, but so soon as they were in the open again quickly commenced the attack on the dog of cat, who of course were not permitted to retaliate. Soon these birds commenced to spread their wings and practice flying, looking like so many pigeons on the green lawn. So lightly did they move that their flying could best be compared to the white down of a thistle, as it oats through the air. It was now that our disappoint- iment came, when the tips of some new feathers showed 4 dark color, and a hunter informed us we had only gotten the “little blue heron,” a very common bird in Florida. which in its young state is snow white, changing to a bluish or brownish gray by the second year. On learning that the birds would never grow much larger, and for this reason would have to be kept confined, as otherwise they could get through the poling fence, they were disposed of to a friend. It is remarkable to note how quickly the wild birds of the forest—the cranes, herons, ete.—take to domestication. We had these little herons but a week, and in that time they grew as gentle as kittens, while the leghorn chickens, whose an- cestors have crowed around man’s home from the ald Roman days to the present, are always on the alert, moving off from their feed at a close approach from atly one, A Young Eagle. Last spring, when all the world was looking anxiously toward the American eagle and her cause, two young eaglets were hatched in a tall cypress tree on the edge of a prairie about sixty miles from Kissimmee. A native watched the site, and one day felled the tree; one FOREST AND STREAM. eaglet gave up its life, the other was fotind alive. The man brought it to town in an ox team, and on its ar- rival it was barely breathing. It was quickly given beef and water, and while the poor thing could not sup- port its head from extreme weakness, it showed its appreciation by giving forth a gurgling sound, It soon learned to drink water from a spoon, then a cup, and within a couple of days could sit up. The bird slept a great deal, resting flat on the ground with wings slightly spread and his head lying to one side. This at first we supposed was from extreme weakness, but he continued this, using the perch between times, when he would apparently be in a deep study, but not asleep. What an immense bird he was, and what a sweep of wings he had! In color he was almost black, the luster LITTLE BLUE HERONS. on his feathers being exquisite. His beak was black, his feet and legs yellow, while his dark brown eyes were the perfection of beauty in their wondrous way of changing. During his short stay he was so gently cared for that he learned no antipathy for anything, although his eye would scan closely the kitten or the dog as they, — innocent of the dormant strength that lay beyond those talons, stood by while the bird devoured his fish or beef. At first the eagle was so ravenous that he swal- lowed his food in great pieces, eating the sinew and fat of the beef, but later placing his powerful talons upon the fish or beef, he would raise his wings, draw his body up from the food, and proceed leisurely to tear it into shreds, feeding as daintily as a squirrel, but leaving all the sinew and fat. The man who captured the eagle said on the ground beneath the nest was the BEARS BORN IN THE PHILADELPHIA ZOO, Photographed from lite, refuse of fish and other prey, making an odor that was far from agreeable. The strength and beauty of this king of birds grew on us daily, but as he could serve his country better as a mascot for the army we parted with him, but the memory of his departure is still fresh, recalling a picture full of pathos. It was night, and the eagle had been put into a box for shipment; the wagon stood waiting; as it moved off the caged bird peered out, and that last linger- ing look from his eye expressed rebuke, sorrow and longing; he gave forth a low gurgling note, as if pleading to be allowed to remain; he left a woman stand- ing by the gate with tear-bedimmed eyes and a strange- ly pulsing heart, but he taught us that the more we study these creatures, less Godlike than ourselves, the more we feel an indulgent care and kindly sympathy for them. Minnie Moore-WixLLson. KissimMbBE, Fla. A Scottish Stag. Mr. WATER WINANS has sent to the Forest AND SrreAM from England a New Year’s card which is an en- graving of a spirited painting by him of a scene in the deer forests of Scotland; and we have reproduced it here. The Forest AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable, ' [Fes. 4, 1899. Bears Born in Captivity. In the Philadelphia Zoo. Editor Forest and Stream: Bears so seldom breed in captivity that it may interest you to reproduce the photograph which I send you, 1f it is clear enough for the purpose, The cub was one of a litter of four, bred from a pair of brown bears (Ursus arctos) from Russia, which have been in the garden for seven years; they were born early in the morning of Jan. 19, three being dead when first seen by the keeper, all of them having been much torn, apparently by the mother. Some little life being left in the fourth, it was removed and an attempt was made to bring it up on the bottle, but it died at the end of thirty-six hours. It was photo- graphed, while living, by Mr. Carson. The cub was 74in. long and weighed 12340z. The body was covered with fine, short, grayish hairs, and had.on each shoulder (as seen in the picture) a triangular white patch, these being connected by a white bar between the upper anterior cor- ners, forming a half-collar, Two of the other cubs were without the white markings, while the fourth was too much mutilated to draw any conclusion from. Its pres- ence in the one specimen is interesting, as these marks are known to occur sometimes on older animals of this species. Ursus collaris, F. Cuvier, from Siberia, was founded upon such specimens, and they are referred to as occurring in Japan, by Temminck, in the “Fauna Japonica,” in speaking of his Ursus ferox; both of these alleged species being forms of Arctos. The number of cubs in the litter appears to be un- usually large. We do not know very much with exact- that two is the normal number, afid personally I have never seen signs of more than this number, accompanying the mother at one time, among our American species. It would be interesting to get some information on this subject from your correspondents. ArtHUR ERwIN BRown. PHILADELPHIA ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN, Jan, 27. In the Brooklyn Zoo, About ten days ago, Sallie, a black bear in the Pros- pect Park Zoological Gardens, in Brooklyn, N. Y., gave birth to a litter of cubs, Edward Walsh, one of the keepers, informed a Forest AND STREAM representative who called to inquire about the new arrivals that it had not yet been definitely determined whether there were three or four cubs. The mother has a good dispositioin, and the cubs have been seen repeatedly by the keepers, who enter the inclosure to feed the bears, but there has been no opportunity as yet to determine the exact num- oe of cubs. It is certain, however, that there are at least three. ‘ The cubs are healthy and doing well. The mother seems to spend most of her time suckling them, and is very solicitous for their comfort. The cubs have a habit of whining like puppy dogs, especially when by_any chance they are crowded away from their dinner. Their mother licks them and fondles them with her paws and is as proud of them and jealous of interference as any human mother. 4 At birth the cubs were steel gray, and about the size of kittens. No white markings were noticed on their bodies, The exact time of their arrival is not known. For two or three days the mother bear had not been seen, but this attracted no particular attention, as the bears often lie in their dens several days at a time in cold weather. ~ Tt was not till the young bears were heard whining that the real state of affairs was known. The father of the cubs is a bear called Peter, Peter has for company, besides Sallie, two other female bears, Lilly and Mary Ann. The four bears get along well together, and no one of them has attempted to interfere with Sal- lie’s family. Each of the four has a separate den hali filled with straw, and at this time-of year much of their time is, spent inside. There is a possibility that Mary Ann may go to housekeeping before long. 1 Sallie’s cubs are the first ever born at the Park. Tt was thought last year that the bears had mated, but there was no result. The season, according to Mr. Walsh, is the last of July and first of August. This would make the period of gestation about five months. The conditions at Prospect Park ure very-similar to those to which bears are accustomed in a wild state, and differ chiefly in the fact that the animals receive food throughout the winter: Strictly speaking, the bears do not hibernate, A good deal of their rime is passed in sleep, but it is not uncommon to see them out on the coldest days, and they will break 34in- of ice to get drink- ing water from their trough. , , Snakes Swallow their Young. Brooxiyn, N. Y., Jan. 27,—Editor Forest and Stream: I take your valuable paper from my newsdealer, and see- ing in Forest AND STREAM an article entitled “Snakes Swallow their Young,” I shall be pleased if the informa- tion herein contained will aid in strengthening the state- ments made by Col. Nicholas Pike, whose letter was enclosed to you by Sefior X., of Pasadena, Cal., under cover of Dec. 17. In 1886 I had the pleasure of witnessing such a per- formance, in a swamp about three miles from where I then resided. There were a male and female garter snake, and as I came upon them I made a slight noise, when, as Col. Pike states, the female placed her head flat to the ground, made a peculiar noise, and four of her offspring crawled down her cesophagus. The male ran away with- out my noting his actions. I was very greatly surprised at the time, never having seen it before, and on killing the female, to make sure that my eyes had not deceived me, | was enabled and did secure from her gullet the four off- — spring. Po notia in the direction in which the male had run, I came across him about 2oft. away, with three more young ones, and killed him, in order to ascertain whether he also had swallowed his progeny. He had not, however, as subsequent dissection. showed, and I have since been sorry that I did not spare his life and make a noise in order to see the result, Geo, W. Beatty, M,.D, ness upon this point, but it seems to be generally assumed _ : = ae = _— Fes, 4, 1890.] Game Bag and Gun. Proprietors of fishing and hunting resorts will find it profitable to advertise them in Forrest anp STREAM, Red-Letter Days.—l. In sporting life, as in your every experience, there is marked contrast between blank days and red-letter days. You earnestly desire the former to remain blank in your mind, You neither wish to think or speak of them. Your greatest enemy cannot paint them any blacker than they really are. Not so red-letter days, They may not be the days on which you have had your best shoot or your biggest bag, but they are clearly marked in memory dear, and remain with you so long as life lasts, { It is true, the ever present critic, whose tas at times is easy, his labor light, may accuse you, when your rod has been put to the teést, oi telling fishy stories. “He may assert, with confidence, that the 35lb. salmon you love to talk about—it’s your pet story—really, when held up on the river bank in your patent scales, weighed but 25lbs, He threatens to turn on the gramophone in proof of this, giving with accuracy the story as you first told it, : ~ When you wish to decide a natural history question and state positively that you have seen a moose eat grass, he is equally positive that it must have been an optical delusion—what you saw must haye occurred in the late éyening; of your distance from the moose must have been great—you cannot produce a piece of the grass at FOREST AND STREAM. _——— ——- denizen of the wilds far behind, The country became wild in the extreme—hill and dale, bits of heather on the high lands, with frequent ravines leading to morass of bog. I followed one of these ravines that led me to ideal snipe ground. Into this I boldly stepped, as if IT owned the whole country, Here we are! with all that can be de- sired, on a perfect day for snipe shooting, Down wind I worked with steady pace, and here! yes, here! is snipe No, 1. Up he gets, at no great distance, with his weird sounding note of alarm, and round he comes, as I ex- pected, to the wind, He is speedily cut down, No aim- ing above, aiming in front, or bringing round the gun, according to hints frequently given as to how to kill snipe. (Practice, not theory, is required.) Snipe No, ¢ is simply cut down without aiming, with No. 12 bore, No. 8 shot, without the aid of choke-bore or smokeless powder, unknown in those days. With what satisfac- tion you gaze on the quarry, this unexpected treasure, as he lies on his back on the sedge grass, while you reload, But off again; my eye is surely in! No. 2 snipe is soon found, and accounted for jn a similar manner, followed by such sport, as the day wore on, as I had not before, and have not since, experienced, Suffice it to say, that long before the time of departure of the evening train J had exhausted my ammunition, haying had happily but few misses, and I had more than filled my bag with fine specimens of the English snipe. I may add that day alter day and week after week I kept the station mess supplied with snipe from a quarter unknown to my comrades, except to one favored friend, who shared my sport, my joys and sorrows, and who, like myself, in moments of reflection delights to hark back to these red-letter days with snipe in South Wales. MR, CHAS. F, RIORDAN’S CARIBOU. a moment’s notice; you cannot have your kodak always at your side; you cannot at all times give proof positive of the accuracy of your statements. : I doubt whether the enemy, if there be such, or the critic, will object, mow that we have arrived at the close season, and some days must necessarily be blank, if an | old sportsman digs somewhat deep to unearth a few rem- iniscences of what remain clearly cut in his mind as red-letter days with rod and gun, at both sides of the Atlantic, ( To begin with the gun, at t’other side of the pond. It is, alas, many years ago since, as a young sub of a marching regiment, found myself stationed during the shooting season in a somewhat remote town in South Wales. I had come from a land of sport, where hand end eye were kept in constant practice, and I flattered myself that I had acquired the knack in that best of sport—snipe shooting. Imagine my disgust on being told that no shooting was to be had for love in this abode of Taffy, and unless you had a well-filled purse and lots of money, you could not get a permit to shoot pheasants in the few preserved spots in the neighborhood. This I could neither afford mor appreciate, and besides, being a lover of the long- ‘bill, I was bound to leave no stone unturned to find even that historic one little pet jacksnipe which, when you have shot, after many a try puts an end to the sport of the place. iducated professionally in the making and reading of maps, I procured an excellent ordnance survey contour map of the county (Pembrokeshire), and this I eagerly scanned, finding that the distant part of the county abounded in swamp and morass. How speedily was the well-tested gun produced, and soon an early morning train conveyed me to a small sta- tion in the midst of the bit of country I had selected from my map scrutiny as likely to hold my fayorite snipe— common or full English snipe. Here I was dumped on an unattractive spot; no swell dog cart, with a high-step- ping thoroughbred and a neat groom wearing a cockade met me; mo country squire to ask me to lunch: no keeper of game, with hat in hand, to welcome me, and re- ceive the inevitable tip on my departure. A country bumpkin or two seemed to have a mortgage on the rail- way station and its surroundings. This gentleman put the straight question: “Master, what be you a looking for?” An evasive answer from me: “Oh, a mere matter of seeking fresh air,” settled his mind, and enabled him to return to his remunerative occupation—loafing. Soon I decided how best, down wind, to work the country; no pointer, setter or spaniel is here required— only the knowledge of the country and how to work it, soon J had left the railway station and the inquisitive It may be necessary to state that the geographical posi- tion of our happy hunting grounds—the wilds oi Mac- loclog—remains unchanged. Time, however, with its oyer-ciyilization, has done much to spoil sport in this region. But even now, having secured a permit from the squire, and duly tipped the keeper, a fair bag can be secured. Mre Mac, FREDERICTON, N. B. I : Adirondack Guides’ Association. Saranac Lake, N. Y., Jan. 26.—Editor Forest and Stream: The sixth annual convention of Adirondack Guides and Foresters was held in this village on Wednes- day evening, Jan, 25, 1899, at the opera house. About 400 persons were present, including women and children, and guides from nearly every section of the Adirondack wilderness were in attendance, Among the associate members are Over 100 sportsmen, patrons of the guides, representing many of the largest cities and towns of the United States. The speakers included the Rey. H. Ward Denys, of New York, the Rev, H. D. Corkran, Prof. J. E. Weld, while others of the asso- ciate members made brief addresses. / In the absence of the president, Attorney J. C. Little acted as chairman of the meeting. The association fa- vored thirty days of hounding, and preferred the month of October as the best time for hounding to be allowed. The following resolution was passed: Whereas, There is a vast number of violations of the fish and game laws throughout the Adirondacks each year, the knowledge of which almost invariably comes to some member of this association, but does not, appar- ently, reach the proper authorities; and Whereas, It is not practical for the members of this association to report such depredations unless clothed with the proper authority, and in the pursuance of duty; and Whereas, The Adirondack Guides’ Association num- bers among its members some of the best guides in the State, each of whom is bound by oath to obey the game laws of the State, and who are, by reason of their long experience and intimate knowledge oi the forests, better qualified than any others to serve as game wardens; and Whereas, The forests need to be patrolled frequently during much of the year, and especially during the fish- ing and hunting seasons, to prevent constant infringe- ments of the fish and game laws; therefore Resolved, That it is the sense of this association, and we do hereby petition the Legislature to enact a law appropriating a sum of money sufficient to engage a number of mien, to, be appointed from the membership ol 88 the Adirondack Guides’ Asseciation, at a nominal sal- ary, tO act aS game wardens, and patrol certains sections of the Adirondacks throughout the year for the purpose of preventing, as much as possible, depredations of the fish and game laws, and bringing offenders of the same to justice. (As a witness to any charge made by a game warden is necessary, two men should be appointed in each section.) A motion was carried amending the by-laws so that the executive committee may be composed of guides of ten years’ standing, instead of twenty years. The annual address from the honorary president, Hon. Verplanck Colvin, Albany, was then received. and was listened to with close attention, and warmly applauded, The address was as follows: “STATE or New York, F Office of State Land Survey, Albany, INS eeXy ) citde 23:—To the Members of the Adirondack Guides’ Association, Saranac Lake, N. Y.: Gentlemen—I have received your polite invitation to the annual convention of the Adirondack Woodsmen, to be held on the 25th inst., and for a few days had hoped that it might he possible for me to be present. These meetings are, however, held at a period which is for me a very busy season of the year, when many official duties require at- tention, so that I must avail myself of the kind alternative offered by your secretary and send you in Writing the remarks which it would give me great pleasure to be present te address to you personally. “The year 1898 has stamped its figures like a symbol upon the pages of history as the beginning of a new epoch for our nation, and the deep vibratiuns of that momentous year are siill felt, even in the rémote hamlets of our Northern wilderness. “Before the snows had disappeared from the Adirondack peaks, or the ice from the Upper Lakes, our country was suddenly and unexpectedly involved im a war which reached east and west to the antipodes, and the intrigues of Spanish serategists threat- ened to involve our country m a war with Germany, France, Ttaly and Australia; in which event, our long and exposed coast lines, extending both on the Atlantic and Pacific, from Arctic ice to the region of tropical and semi-tropical vegetation, would have been open to numerous attacks by powerful enemies, and the destruction of cities and yillages, and the ruin of trade and commerce, with all those horrors which follow a great and terrible war. “When your organization was formed, you asked me to act as your honorary president, to suggest to you from time to time such things as might be useful to the woodsmen of your section of the State, and advantageous for the interests of our forests, I accepted your invitation on oné condition: that in time of war you woodsmen and riflemen of northern New York would form a regiment for the national defense. This you gladly agreed to do, and at different times, since the organization of your society, on your behalf and on behalf of many of those who are interested in military life, I have presented to the Adjutant General and to the State authorities your request for malitary enrollment of such a number of your men as may be found qualified to form a detached company or companies of the National Guard. “I first urged the importance of this Organization upon the late Adjutant General Porter, the guides at Saranac Laké_having offered their services for the formation of a company of National Guard. Gen. Porter talked very frankly and freely with me of the National Guard, and spoke highly of the personnel of the men who would form such a company, but stated that the means at his disposal would not permit him to Organize the same, subsequently renewed this request at different times, but met with very little encouragement from the authorities. “When the war with Spain broke out and the Possibilities of an attack upon this country by great allied forces were con- sidered, the importance and value of such organizations as your own became immediately apparent; and with the consent of many of your leaders, made in writing, I again tendered your services as a corps of Minute Men and Riflemen, together with a tender of Services of those of this department who had signed an offer to the Adjutant General of this State, by letter dated April 20, 1898, and received from the Adjutant General the following reply; “Adjutant General's Office, Albany, N. Y., April 21, 1898—Hon. Verplanck Colyin, Albany, N. Y-; Sir—Your patriotic tender of services has been received and placed on file. Should occasion arise it will be presented ta the Governor for his action. If favorable every facility will be giyen you for enlisting properly the men you name. “TI appreciate your offer of the services of the men from your department, and should the occasion arise, will advise you. Re- speéctiully, C. Whitney Tillinghast, Adjutant General, “Tn order that you should be in readiness in case a call should be made for your services, I sent out to the yarious vice-presi- dents of your organization, and others who had tendered their services in writing, enrollment papers for Signatures by men willing to join the proposed regiment; and with but few ex- ceptions received a ready and favorable response, so that in a short time I was assured that one of the best and strongest bodies of men that could be secured, and unquestionably the best body of sharpshooters and riflemen which the United States could offer, were gathering to hold themselves in readiness to respond when called for by the Governor of our State or the President of the United States. “1 wish that time and space permitted the transmittal of the earnest patriotic letters, and the tender of services in this regi-~ ment made to me by the men of northern New York. Every county offered its quota, though the enlistments were to be limited to the most skilled marksmen, and men inured by hard- ships and fitted by long service in camp, in forest and field, to military service. “I regret to say that, though the services of this organization Were repeatedly offered to the State authorities, their acceptance Was given again and again deferred, until on June 6 I received orders from the highest military authority in the State not to tale any further active steps in the matter of this Organization until further notice. Previously I had received from the Governor of this State an assurance that in case any single volunteer regi- ment should be accepted, your regiment should receive the first consideration, “But the enlistments which were made, both previously and subsequently, were restricted to the existing militia regiments and to enlistments in the regular army; and at no time, I am in- formed, was any volunteer regiment permitted to be organized in this State such as you desire. .., In one month the crisis of the’ war was practically passed. The glorious victories of our navy at Manila and Santiago, followed by the splendid victory at San Juan Hill, and the surrender of the city and province of Santiago to our land forces, rendered a further increasé of the military arm apparently unnecessary, for the war was undoubtedly at its close, “Since then | wish to say to you I have received a letter which says: ‘I wish that I had had your regiment down along- side of me at Santiago,’ signed ‘Theodore Roosevelt,’ and I have since said to Governor Roosevelt that if you had been down there you would not only have stood by him shoulder to shoulder in that desperate fight, but your sure rifles would have done great service for your country, and your axes would haye cleared roads and built causeways and bridges for the troops and provision trains, and your strong arms and tender care would have saved ean valuable lives, and have brought added glory to the Empire tate. “The lessons of this war are not yoid of importance to you woodsmen, as well as to the dwellers in the cities and country, and | think you as citizens have a right to criticise the military system which, in times of national peril, makes it a privilege of a class to receive permission to defend the country, and that! those who are filled with patriotic fervor, and who are qualified by experience in camp life, and wonderfully skilled as marksmen should receive the consideration due fo them as an organization to which they are entitled, is a matter which deserves your seri- ous attention. Further than this, as civilians, we have all of us a right to ask whether in time of war military employment is to belong solely ta those who by accident or cireumstauces happen at that time to be in the militia service of the State; for it is not to be credited for a moment that other citizens are not sual. patriotic, equally brave, and as devoted to the interests of their country as any militia officer or private. “I do not forget, nor do I wish to depreciate in the slightest degree, the value of military training for military service: but I as a citizen of a republic, which is based upon its civil institu- tions as the foundation of its freedom and safety, insist that no military aristocracy shall be permitted, either now or in the future fo obtain an absolute control over the organization of troops lor national defense. When specially qualified civilians desire to diter their services to the State for military duty, the military code of this State should be so amended as to provide for the 36 FOREST AND STREAM. {Fep. 4, 1890. employment of such men in the form of a new organization, so that neighbors who have stood shoulder to shoulder for years may be permitted to stand shoulder to shoulder again on the field of battle. They should not be scattered through various conimands, with their special abilities for such service lost, or to a great degree effaced by being mingled with others unac- custumed to such service. : ‘. hope that these experiences may lead our State Government to grant to northern New York at least one separate company composed of guides and foresters from among your organization who desire to drill and acquaint themselves with military methods, and also provide for even smaller units of military organization under the control of non-cammissioned officers in villages and liamlets, so that the elementary training necessary to the soldier may be kept up in your midst, and the cry not raised that such men, with such strensth and with such skill with the rifle ‘lack knowledge of tactics and discipline,’ and that, should occa- sion ever again arisé, you may be enabled to form the regi- tents which you desire, and show what you can accomplish. “Turning from these questions, which now belong to history, to your present and immediate interests in the protection of the forests and the preservation of the fish and game, J do not find any new Suggestions to offer in addition ta those made in former years, Portunately under the vecent State administration, the extent of our State forests has been imereased, and numerous areas of land hitherto held as preserves and private property are now thrown open to the public. While this policy has been adopted at a very late date, as compared with the period at which I first made these recommendations in reports to the Legisla- ture of our State, yet it is satisfactory to have these steps taken at all, and it is to be hoped that still larger area of private lands may be acquired by the State in the near future, within the forest preserve, without great expense. “Tn the matter of game laws, important amendments have been proposed in the present Legislature which will excite your keenest interest, But as these measures have not yet been reported from the committee in charge, it may be premature to disciiss them at this time. “Vou will I know pardon me if I again urge upon your at- tention the importance of preserving to the greatest extent possible all the yarieties of wild animal life existing im our forests, as these are among the chiefest attractions which bring people from sreat distances into this State. While skillful marksmanship re- quires of the rifleman constant practice, it is belieyed that this practice can be had upon inanimate objects, movable targets, or projectiles thrown from traps; and it-is greatly to be hoped that the slaughter of harmless beasts and beautiful birds may to a Jarge extent be prevented. “The guides and foresters ought to be the true preseryers of the game of the wilderness which they love; for upon the existence of this very game depends very largely the business of the country and the prosperity of those inhabitants—not by taking the lives of these harmless creatures when they are not néeded for food or for their peltry—but by preserving them, so that the student of natural history, the traveler, and all those who are attracted by the charm of the woods and waters, the mountains and forests, may find them to be exactly as described, abounding in wild game and beautiful in their rich and abundant animal life, as they are great and glorious in their magnificent forest. ‘Wishing you one and all prosperity and happiness, and re- etetting that my duties here will not permit me to be present, I remain, very truly yours, “VERPLANCK COLVIN.” The Rev. H. Ward Denys, of New York, was then introduced, Mr, Denys told of some very interesting ex- periences of his with friends in Switzerland, and how on two occasions he was lost on the Alps, and would un- doubtedly have perished had it not been for the guides which were in the party, and from which he had strayed. He explained how important the occupation of a guide is, and how essential that they should know the country well, and should always bear such a character that tou- rists and sportsmen might feel perfect safety in placing themselves under their protection. He said he was glad to learn that among the objects of the association were the protection and preservation of the beautiful forests, the fish and the game, as upon these depends unquestion- ably not only the livelihood of the residents of the Adi- rondacks, but also the lives of thousands of persons from all over the world, annually. He was particularly pleased that they also advocated the promotion of temperance among members of the association. Mr. Denys spoke twenty minutes, and was several times heartily applauded. Following Mr. Denys was Prof. J. E. Weld, who spoke in a facetious manner, telling funny experiences of his own when in the woods, producing much merriment. He mentioned the fact that in traveling through the for- est in company with his guide and rifle he had been en- abled to fully regain his health, furnished him much sport, and hadn’t hurt much of anything, His happy, cordial manner pleased the large party of woodsmen, and they cheered him frequently. The Rey, H. D. Corkran, of Delaware, was next in- trodiiced, and talked in a particularly interesting style, He compared this mountainous country with the Dela- ware territory, and felt that the guides were indeed blessed in being permitted in this glorious country, amid such healthful surroundings and grand scenery, He said his fishing experiences had taken place principally upon the ocean, and contrasted the sport there with that of the Adirondacks. The crowd evidently enjoyed his remarks exceedingly and applauded him warmly. : The secretary’s report, calling attention to some vital matters, was then read, and was as follows: “Mr. President, Gentlemen of the Association: In making my annual report, I regret to state that during the past year there has been a decided falling off in the list of active members, owing principally to the fact that a separate guides’ association has been formed in the Fulton Chain district on the John Brown’s tract, in Her- kimer county, The men there felt that they were too far from the head office, and did not receive the benefits shared by other members in other parts of the Adiron- dacks. I am fully convinced that this is an error in judgment, and sincerely believe that the greatest good to the greatest number can be obtained only by all the guides of the Adirondacks working in unison. By so do- ing, we men of the North Woods also become better ac=- quainted with one another, and much unfriendly oppo- sition and strife are thus likely to be avoided. I there- fore strongly recommend that every really good guide of the Adirondacks be urged to come into the association and to join with us in our endeavor to preserve the woods and water, the game and fish of the Adirondacks, and to protect the tourist and sportsman against the impo- sition of unworthy and incompetent. men, who falsely call themselves guides. : “There was a balance of $259.06 in the treasury at the last annual meeting, and we have received from fees and dues during the past year $251. ‘The total expense of the year has been $282,01, the most of which has been for advertising and printing. I believe thatseach dollar spent in judicious advertising is of far greater benefit to the members of the association than $2 lying idle in the treasury, aud I would favor placing advertisements which shall contain the names and addresses of all the active members in several first-class sporting publications the coming year. * i ' Through our advertising I have received many letters from important parties asking for association guides, and in every instance the guides employed have given satia- faction. “Fach guide and associate member should bear in mind that he is in honor bound to assist members of the asso- ciation to employment in preference to persons who are not members, This isa matter about which there has been some criticism, and, according to our by-laws, any mem- ber who yiolates this rule lays himself liable to expul- sion, “Tn conclusion, I wish to urge upon the association, for the good of the organization in general and each mem- ber in particular, the absolute necessity for doing away with all petty local jealousies and contentions, and the need of a united and combined effort on the part of our members in carrying out the objects for which this asso- ciation was formed, By accepting cheerfully at all times the decisions of the majority, and by united and har- monious action on the part of every officer and member, A SCOTTISH STAG, the workings of this organization may be made to be felt in the Legislature at Albany, and throughout the coun- try, and prove of special value to the Adirondacks region, and particularly to the members of the Adirondack Guides’ Association. Respectfully submitted, “Frep M. SHerpon, Secretary.” After the banquet, which took place in the parlors be- low, the guides and foresters again assembled in the main hall, and the election of officers for the ensuing year was held. Jonathan J. Broome, of New York City, was elected honorary president; H. HE. Sumner, president; Fred M. Sheldon, secretary; Oatman A. Covill, treas- urer, and Frank Vosburgh, James Stanton, 5. B. Kathan, Douglas Martin, Warren Cole, John Hinkson, Wesley Wood, Lucius Trim, Webster Partlow and E. J. Chase, vice-presidents. The next annual meeting will be held on the evening of the third Wednesday in January, 1900. SEAvER A. MILLER. Protection of Deer in the Adirondacks Editor Forest and Stream: In the discussions of the ways and means of protecting the Adirondack deer, which I haye read in your columns, no mention has been made of what appears to me to be the chief reason why the game is not more abtndant. A great deal has been written in condemnation of night hunting and hounding, and columns in praise of stull- hunting have been set before your readers. Everybody seems to be oblivious of the fact that the slaughter which is productive of the greatest evil is that which is carried on by Tom, Dick and Harry, every year during June and July. During those months the deer are not more wild than the domestic sheep in pasture, and they fall an easy prey to the small boy with a rifle, as well as to the gray-headed villain who ought to know better. At that season the deer may be killed by any one, whether he be skilled or unskilled in the hunter's art, by daylight or by jack-light. And the small boy, and the French Canadian, and some Adirondack guides, turn out day after day and night after night to destroy every deer that they can hit with a rifle ball or a charge of buckshot. Deer ought to be abundant in the Adirondacks, but they will never be abundant so long as this early slaugh- ter goes on unchecked, no matter what laws may be passed to control the operations of the sportsman, who comes late in the year, The existing Jaws are openly defied. Either the game wardens are too few in number, or they are neglectiul of their duty. Their approach is announced hours before they arrive, and everyone is ready to receive them when they come, Much idle talk threatening the lives of the wardens has been indulged in from time to time. But there is no doubt in my mind that determined and courageotis men could enforce the law easily. A few arrests and convictions, and a tolerably close watch upon the country, would soon put an end to nearly all illegal hunting. But J am not very confident that the object may even be ettained by means of game wardens ap- pointed from the inhabitants of the woods. The people think they would be wiling to enforce 4 just game law. During an experience of twelve consecu- tive years, | have not known a season im the Adiron- dacks in which the law was respected or enforced. The temptation to kill deer, in or out of season, is too strong for those people; and even though they know that de- struction of the game supply means a harder winter for themselves and their families, many men, whose chiet revenue comes from guiding, will kill deer recklessly, and encourage others to do the same. Since the present law was passed, the inhabitants of the Adirondacks ap- pear to have lost their power of reasoning when protection of deer is under consideration. In evidence of which stands the fact that everybody seems possessed to wan- tonly destroy every deer in the woods. Men who had not hunted for years have made war upon the game be- catise they were angered by the game law. Stich a stale of mind is not rational, of course; but that it exists.any one may discover in a few minttes’ conversation with any of the inhabitants of the woods, : I, for one, do not believe that the solution of the prob- lem lies in still further-restricting the sportsman. Early hunting and night hunting should be stopped with an iron hand. Hunting from Sept. 1 until Noy. 1, with or without dogs, ought to be permitted, It is foolish to suppose that one can still-hunt on the track during Sep- tember and early October, in the Adirondack forests. For my part, I do not see anything disgraceful in hound- ing the deer. J enjoy the working of the dogs. I like to hear the race over hill and through valley. It seems to me sportsmanlike to pit the instinct of the hound against that of the deer; and the result is always interesting. You, who have hunted the deer much with hounds, know that the advantage is largely in favor of the deer. The great majority of them escape. And when the deer does come in sight of the watcher on the lake shore, it is not always easy, or even possible, to Iall the game. Those who haye not tried the trick do not know how dit ficult it may be. Ii you are hunting on a shallow rivet, the gamie must be killed, as a rule, while it is on the run, No one will deny that it is sportsmanlike to kall a run- ning deer with a rifle ball. To many of my friends the hounds are the principal feature of the chase. Naturally, every hunter is pleased with a shot that brings down a noble buck. But what is the chief topic of conversation at the camp, morning, noon and night? It is the story of the dogs, always the exploits of the dogs. And do you not think it a pity to remove iorever from the hunter’s camp the old hound dog, whose sagacity has served to chatm away many a happy hour in the forest? I do. J. H. Woopwarp. New Yore Crry Maryland Association. Battimors, Md., Jan, 25,—Editor Forest and Stream: I herewith send you a clipping from the Baltimore Sun of this date, giving an account of the annttal meeting of the Game Association held last night. You will note from the report that our Association is prosperous and active. Vhe game warden reports that about 300 arrests were made by his deputies through the State during the past year, and that he has secured convictions in about 97 per cent. of the cases. Gro, Dorpin PENNIMAN, President of the Maryland State Game and Fish Pro- tective Association. The annual meeting and election of officers of the Maryland Game and Fish Protective Association was held last night at the Carrollton Hotel, President George Dobbin Penniman presiding, Considering the inclem- ency of the weather, the meeting was well attended. The oficers made their anntial reports; resolutions were passed thanking Governor Lloyd Lowndes for his co- operation in the work of the Association, commending Senator Hoar for his bill to forbid the importation _of the feathers of song birds, and a number of interesting matters were discussed by the members. President Penniman’s Address. Mr. George Dobbin Pénniman, the president of the Association, in calling the meeting to order said the meeting marked the close of the fourth year of the As- sociation, which is prosperous and holds its own in mem- bership. le referred to the labors of the first three months of the year, when its officers were endeavoring to obtain the passage of the general fish and game bill. The fish bill passed the Senate, but failed by one day in passing the House, by the quarrel over police reorganization and other polit- ical measures. The effect of the free discussion of the bill in the Legislature was of great value, said President Penniman, as many of the suggestions contained in it were passed as local measures. \ Referring to the game bill, he said: “It has made it unlawiul to sell game in Baltimore during the closed season, even if the game was killed ontside of the State, The Maryland birds are not now, therefore, illegally killed by market gunners and smuggled into the city to be sold as foreign-killed birds. The act has made it un- lawiul to use big guns anywhere in Maryland waters, to shoot ducks at night, to wilfully disturb ducks on their feeding grounds, to hunt rabbits with ferrets, ta destroy pheasants and other game birds with poison, and it also protects imsectivorous birds. It properly divides the State into districts, giving to the counties in each dis- trict similar closed seasons, and I have no doubt that at the next-session of the Legislature many of the counties now out will accept the seasons given by the bill and will put themselves fully under its provisions.” Mr. Penniman referred to the loss the Association had suffered in the death of Dr. George VW. Massamore, the late assistant game watden, who was so zealous in game protection. and fish propagation. | After stating that the Association owes much to State’s Attorney Duffy, who has prosecuted all game cases vigorously, Mr, Penniman said he had every reason to feel sure that the constittitionality of the law will be sustained. He commended Game Warden Gilbert and the work of the fish commissioners, and said; “Mr, George, who has charge of the Druid Hill Park hatchery, has trebled the number of young trout annually dis- tributed through the trout streams of the State. This Association has procured many thousands of trout from him, and has placed them in the streams near Baltimore. Several million of young perch have been placed in Back, Middle and Gunpowder rivers. Mr. George has begun the artificial propagation of black bass at the patk, and if the experiment is sticcessful the rivers of the State will soon furnish good bass fishing.” Warden Gilbert’s Report. State Game Warden R. H. Gilbert reyiewed the work of himself and his deputies during the year. He stated that there were now 220 deputy game wardens in the State activélyensaged in enforcing the game laws, and that their enforcement had been much more rigid and the restilts more gratifying than ever before. He reported also that upward of 300 arrests for violations of the game laws had been made in the last year, and that 97 7 It was killed with many other bills - —_ _ Fen. Ay 1800, ] FOREST AND STREAM, S37 per cent. of them had resulted im convictions. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, George Dobbin Penniman; Vice-President, J. Olmey Norris; Secretary-Treasurer, F. C. Kirkwood; Executive Committee, F, C, Latrobe, James Scott, L, M. Leveting, William H. Fisher, Thomas C. Clark, M. H. Ould, William H, Armstrong, of Hagerstown, Md.; A. EK, Thomsen, R. F. Kimball, Wm. H. DeCourey Wright, Dr. Samuel C. Pennington, J. L, Strouss, DeCourcy W. Thom, Henry Brauns, Dr, Charles C. Harris. All the foregoing were re-elected except Vice-President Norris and Messrs, Clark, Armstrong, Thomsen, Wright and Pennington, of the executive committee, A resolution, introduced by Mr. DeCourey Thom, was passed thanking Governor Lowndes “for his great as- sistance to the Association in appointing numerous dep- uty game wardens throughout the State at the instance of the game watden and in further recognition of the excellent work done by the fish commissioners under his supervision, which has trebled the number of young fish annually hatched at the State hatcheries for Maryland waters,’ The resolution also states that Goyernor Lowndes’ support given to the State game warden and the fish commissioners had made the strict enforcement of the game laws possible. Women, Weeds and Insects, The resolution introduced by Mr. William HA. Arm- strong, of Hagerstown, and passed, was as follows; “Resolved, That the introduction in the Congress of the United States of a bill for the protection of song and msectivorous birds by Senator Hoar makes him the compeer of Sir John Lubbock, the eminent English Statesman and humanitarian. « *That a crisis new exists with the bird creation be- cause some of the most faithful species have been nearly exterminated, “That women, weed seeds and noxious insects seem to have confederated to ruin agriculture, to destrey the economy of nattre and aggravate the curse that the farmer ‘shall carn his bread by the sweat of his brow.’ “That the action of Senator Hoar is commended by this Association and is entitled to the moral support of every economist and humane person of the land.” At the request of President Penniman, Mr. J. Olney Norris described the raising of Mongolian pheasants at the Carroll’s Island Ducking Club's shore, He said that tour hens and one cock were placed in an inclosure, the fence being 16ft. high. The club had fourteen of these inclosures built last season. Sixty-seven per cent. of the eggs had been hatched. When the yottng pheasants were about half-srown they would fly over the fence and would help to stock the surrounding country with pheas- ants, the shooting of which was fine sport. President Penniman stated that he had a plan for distributins these pheasants all over the State. He in- itended asking large farmers in various parts of Maryland fo raise a few of these fine game birds, and then let the birds look out for themselves, and he thought they would seon becoine well distributed and numerous enough to afford fine sport. Before adjourning the meeting President Penniman thade a personal request to every member that when- ever he heard’ of any restaurant or hotel or dealer selling game Out of season that he should at once notify the game warden, who would get a search warrant, and if Fame was found would have the man arrested. The Lacey Bill. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 26.—RHditor Forest and Stream: I agree with the statement of Mr. L. A. Chil- dress in your last issue, that the bill now before Congress to enlarge the scope of the Fish Commission to include game bird propagation and distribution deserves a fuller and mote careful consideration than the members of either House appear to be disposed to give it. It deserves also more impartial and expert criticism than Mr. Chil- dress has given it. The introduction of this bill was one of the important events in the history of game protection in this country. The proposal that the national Goyernment shall take a hand in the work of game protection, in which the States have so conspicuously failed, is such an important and promising one that we should not condemn the bill for minor defects, or because it does not suit our own notions of what it ought to be. It certainly has its defects, and its wording is not, to my mind, judicious, Many people may question whether, even if the work is to be taken up, it would be best to put it in charge of the Fish Commius- sion, although this objection does not seem to me of any weight, for there would dotbtless be more opposition to the establishment of a new commission, and the work may at any fime be transferred to other control if it should seem desirable. Even if no very great good can be ac- complished under Mr. Lacey's bill, a proposition to which 1 do not assent, there is still reason to hope that it will be the entering wedge which will open the way for some- thing better in the future. No time is to be lost in making a beginning; this is a critical period for many of our species, including a number that are valuable as game birds, and the next four years will undoubtedly determine whether they can be preserved or whether they will go the way of the wild pigeon. It is already determined for some of them, I fear. Any measure passed at the present time must be a compromise with the indifference, selfishness and ignoranes, born not of blindness, but of unwillingness ito see, which characterizes the attitude of the publie in gen- eral toward these matters, and unfortunately too large a patt also of those to whose mercies the inhabitants of the several States are obliged to trust the making and en- ‘forcement of the game laws. The very difficulties which Mr. Childress mentions, “which surround any efforts that we can make to increase the game supply, other than by refraining from destroy- ing it, make it important that some systematic work should be done, while the birds are sufficiently plenty so that nature can take care of the details of propagation and distribtttion. The work of the commission should be directed toward affording nature the best possible oppor- tunities and conditions for doing this. I do not believe that it ever occurred to any ore except Mr. Childress that the proposed commission would be expected to apply the methods of fishculture to propagate and distribute birds. It is certainly mtich more difficult to introduce new species of birds, or to restore them to a locality that they have once deserted, than it is to do the same with fish, but this is all the more reason that it should be done under the direction of some scientific body, and after proper experimenting, to determine the species and local- ities which are suitable, and not Teft to the sporadic at- tempts Of individuals, or of our ferty-odd State legisla- tures, whose expenditures, however, if added together, might represent an expense that would accomplish some work of lasting value if rightly directed. In providing and protecting suitable breeding places for the birds, a kind of place that is each year becom- ing hatder to find in this country, the commissioners would be as truly helping to propagate them as if they hatched them in an incubator, There is no hatm in the bill, because it empowers the commissioners to transport and distribute the birds, although these are matters which the birds ate likely to take into their own hands, if we may judge by past experience, Mr. Childress says; “The people of T2xas, moreover, would not care to be taxed for the maintenance of game wardens in New England.” When will people begin to realize that the protection of game is not a local mat- ter? In the case of our shore birds and water fowl, in fact in the case of all our migratory birds, and but few of them are not migratory, do not the very same in- dividual birds make up the ganie supply of every State from Maine to Florida, and from the Northern States of the interior to the Gulf of Mexico? Is it a matter of in- difference to the sportsmen of one State that the game is killed off after it has left their territory or hefore it has a chance to reach them? Can it be argued that the falling off of 75 per cent. or thereabout in the number of mi- eratory same birds in Connecticut, which has taken place during the last few years, is due entirely to Connecticut gunners? Are not the pot-hunters and shooting clubs of the Chesapeake and the Carolina sounds also to blame? And is it a matter of indifference to those interested in the shooting in these fayored localities that along .a large part of the New England coast shooting is almost a thing of the past, and that many places in the Northern States and in Canada, where the birds formerly bred, are no longer available for them? Not at all. There is just so much less territory for them to draw birds trom, their potential supply of game is just so mtch lessened, and the number of years that their good shooting is going to last is correspondingly reduced, although, owing to the abundance of game in these places, they do not perceive their loss to the extent that we do in the less favorable places further north. Mr. Childress tells us positively that no commission is needed, for “a section may be completely stripped of its game birds, yet birds from otitlying districts can come in and restock the exhausted section,” The same old fallacy. “Sections” do not have game birds of their own except in the case of ruffed grouse and a few other species. Our migratory birds belong to no particular State, no matter what laws human beings may make about them. The birds will and can obey no laws but those of nature. Ef- forts at game protection must regard these laws and not ignore them. This is why I hope that scientifically directed work will accomplish what the State laws have not done, for the latter have almost invariably been made only with regard to selfish and local interests, and with- out considering the future. ‘ But the Fish and Game Commission is not intended to supplant the State laws, but to stipplement them. One of the ways in which it could be useful would be in dis- covering and reporting the best means of protection, and what birds are most in need of it, for it is well understood that there are some of our birds that are disappearing much more rapidly than others, and eyen if these are com- mon or even abundant species the present rate of de- crease inust soon result in extermination. These are hard subjects to obtain teliable information on, owing to the wide geographical range of our birds, the personal equa- tion entering into all reports upon the abundance or scarcity of game, and the difficulty of getting informa- tion up to date, for so fast are our birds going that re- ports upon the abundance of species four or five years ago may now be entirely nusleading. Definite and trust- worthy information of this kind would do much to arouse public opinion to favor effective protection before it is too late. Of course, the commission could not compel the passage and enforcement of the necessary laws, but by fix- ing the responsibility for not doing so on those directly to hlame for it, it would make their passage more probable. Because the decrease of game in a certain State is due to excessive shooting in other States is, of course, no real excuse tor that State not affording proper protection within its own boundaries, but it is an explanation why it is not done. Tt is ny own opinion that it would be much better if the protection of all birds except those of comparatively stationary habits, such as the members of the grouse family, could be placed in charge of the United States Government and removed from that of the State Govern- ments who have always shirked the responsibility. What have they done to preserve birds of this class? We can state without fear of exaggeration that at the present rate there will not be one-quarter as many such birds, taking the country as a whole, ten years hence, as there are to- day, scarce as they have already become. No game laws are sticcessiul if they do not keep up the supply of came. At present they are dotne nothing more than to some- what delay the time when most-of our species of dttcks, geese and shore birds will be entirely gone or nothing more than ornithological curiosities. I think that I have sufficiently stated my reasons, both in this letter and in former communications to this paper, for believing that the Federal Government could do better. I cannot see why the application of the same logic which says that the gaine that happens to be on a man’s land belongs not to him, but te the State, should not apply between the States and the national Government. The State Governments exercise certain rights in regulating railroad fares and charges, yet the national Government has the regulation of interstate commerce. Of course, what is good logic may be very poor law, yet it seems to me that there is some- thing radically wrong if a State that passes and enforces strict game laws cat get no redress from another -where the game, to which one has no more right than the other, - is killed off without restriction or consideration of the tights of others. There is something wrong if the na- tional Government does not have the power to regulate this. But to return from these speculations to the practical matter of expense. Of course the Fish and Game Com- mission has got to spend some money if it 1s going to da anything, But a thousand dollars spent now will be of more use than many times the amount after the game has practically gone. If we had begtin long ago, the money would have been spent to much more advantage than it can now, much land and water suitable for reservations would have cost nothing, but now the Government must pay a good price for it. It will not grow any cheaper for waiting. The sportsmen of this nation want some money spent on game protection, and future generations will have a long score against us if out of stinginess or in- fluence we allow most of our birds to become extinct. Many of them are neater it than most people suppose. Some of these days we will begin to notice that the long- billed cttrlew, for instance, has become very rare in certain places where it used to be common, People will say that it is a bad year for birds, or that they have changed their abode and moved to some other part of the country Then it will be discovered that they have also become rare in all the other places where they used to be found, and that they are practically extinct, and bound to soon become entirely so, Then people will wonder why nothing was done to preserve them. We want some money spent on game protection. All we aslc is that it be spent to the best advantage. Whether spent by the State or by the national Goyernment, it all comes out of the pockets of the people. As I have ex- plained, in protecting the game of one part of the couun- try, a large portion of the rest of it must share in the work and in the benefits resulting from tt, 1f any follow. It seems to me that a reasonable sum could be placed at the disposal of such a commission as Mr. Laceys bill provides, with confidence that it would produce good re- sults. At all events J think Mr. Lacey deserves the thanks of every sportsman in the country for his efforts to solve a most difficult problem, W.G. VAN NAME. In Missourt. Having handled yellow pine in a retail way for some years past, naturally I had a yearning to see what a t2in. board looked like when it wasn’t a T2in. board; so I climbed into the sleeper of a Memphis-bound train and started for the Current River piieries of sauthern Mis- souri. As I drew the curtains of my berth together I thought I heard the porter say, “The next stop is Fort Scott.” Surely this does not look like Fort Scott; big brown hills, covered with scraggy oaks, dotted here and there by a green-topped pine shining in the rays of the morn- ing sun. The trees shower earthward a myriad of spark ling, scintillating atoms of frost, that cover the crisp, fallen, reddish-brown leaves as with a carpet of woven gems, changing yellow clay, black burnt trees, stumps, and farbidden-loaking cliffs into a panotama of beauty, a joy and a pleasure to the onloolser from the prairie town of Kansas. The winding rail fence marking the boundary line he- tween the field and road, covered by a network of brown morning glory vines, screens the deep furrowed track that is seen winding its way up the rough hillside, and is lost to view as it leads to the post-office in the village be- yond—where they exchange posts for calico and rail- read ties for groceries. Each little town is almost a world of its own, a capital of the parish in which it lies. Passing great piles of dirty oak posts and freshly hewn ties, you see a hamlet wrapped in impenetrable quiet, a Goldsmith’s “Deserted Village.” Huge piles of mouldy sawdust, marks of a once pros- perous mill, or the broom-corn-like sheds of a lon= ago planter, stand silent in the sun. Your first idea that it is a beautifully rough country does not leave you, and as one hill steps from behind another, valleys lengthen, lap, until with each other, the first lonesome pine you saw has become a group, and then a forest. You see them now in groups of a half dozen or a hillside full. nodding a friendly greeting to the onrushing train and seemingly smiling with self-commendation as they con- gratulate each other on being allowed to rear their heads in such lofty eminence, a growing monument to what others might have been. Reaching the Current River, as we viewed it a few days later, clear, limpid, deceptive, seeming in places but a few inches when it is that many feet in depth, it flows not ripplingly, but aggressively on, an artery to which all streams in that part of Missouri pay tribute. Near the club house, you find a wonderful spring, and as you approach it from below the dip of your oars startles a huge black bass; a flash, a gleam, and he is hidden in some deep pool, or scudding into the shadow of some covered ledge, he lies among the moss that partly clothes the bed of the river with an Axminster of green, so tempt- ing that one almost ventures a wetting to walk thereon. Rowing becomes more difficult, and looking up for the cause, you see a stream rushing in from the left with the speed of a mill race. Deep, blue, intensely cold, it comes surging down. In summer it is almost hid by the mist. Dipping your hand into the current on the left, you with- draw it almost numbed with cold, while the water on the right of the boat, the river, is warm and pleasant. You leave your boat because ycu' want to go on, not back, where the fierce ctirrent forces you. After walking a quarter of a mile along a river fully 6oft. wide, 4 to r5it. deep, flowing at four miles an hour, clear and pure, you see bursting from the foot of the mountain a seething, boiling body of water fully oft. across. A stone thrown in with the full force of the arin is tossed out, hardly penetrating the water. You stand in speechless wonderment. The roar is so gsteat that long since you have been unable to hear your nearest companion. A few miles below is a model sawmill town of 1,500 people, the home of the lumber company. Nestling in this little vale are comfortable one and two story houses, a large, well-appointed hotel, which would be a credit to three-fourths of the towns in Kansas. It, as well as every other building in the town, excepting the depot, is owned by this company and is leased and occupied by their employees. Good sidewalks, clean streets, a fire de- partment and system of water works are here. No intox- icating liquors or cigarettes are sold. All are happy, for all are employed, The Mayor, Council and upper house are all embodied in one person, J. B. White, gen- eral manager, It is certainly an ideal municipality. Mr. White, by decision, firmness and kindness, has raised the standard of a mill town’s morality until, as Ca:sar’s wife should have been, it is above suspicion, Should a difference of importance arise between employees. Mr, White handles the matter in a manner which results in exact justice to the disputants. From this decision there is no appéal—this edict once set forth is established law. He is tinquestionably.an intellectual giant with the deli- cate sensibilities of a woman. As to the mills, the amount they cut, etc., that is a mat- ter of common statistics. Their workings, being so per- fect, the best description is the shortest. A tree starts in one side and comes out on the other almost a house with a family living in it. I had hardly gone to bed, it seemed, when I heard a great, deep whistle, that fairly made the house shake. A few minutes after; looking out the win- dow of my room, I thought myself enchanted. A regu- lar will-o’-the-wisp panorama met my gaze. J rubbed my eyes to see if I was awake. Yet, there they were, bob- bing here, there, singly, twos, threes, or more, seemingly a thousand lightning bugs at an early morning revival— in fact, about six hundred Janterns lighting the mill men to their work. Soon the hum-m-m of the saws wooed me to sleep again, and as [ somewhat bashfully stepped into the deserted dining room at about half past seven, by way of a pleasantry I inauired of the waiter girl how late 1 could get breakfast, and was naively answered by the aforementioned lady that I could eet it as early as 5, My meal was eaten in silence. Buying all the Jumber— not that they had, but that we could pay for—I started hunting for Joe Bernardin’s tame turkeys. The cut of the saws called us further into the woods, where we watched the pines come crashing down, then saw them cut into logs, ready for loading. Some time since, wanting a few 6x8x28, the reply was, “we book the order and have or dered the logs cut for these special lengths.” Soon after these timbers were sills in a Kansas house, that just ten days before were standitig homes for squirrels, Quails were plentiful, and we had several days’ splen- did sport; the old fields between the mountains are filled with them, and as they scatter and alight with a whir on the hillsides, the dogs mark them down. Soon the old gray fellow has them located, becomes staunch, the others back him, a person’s liking grows into absolute love as they all four center on the covey, heads up, tails extended, one foot raised, eyes glowing like coals. The nose, slightly twitching, pointing at the covered birds, is the only evidence of life. In a moment, with a rush of wings, they are off; as our guns crack, each dog, if we are lucky, comes laughing back with a quail in his mouth, and ofttimes finding a hidden one, with the dead bird still in his mouth he makes another stand that causes your blood to surge with the supreme enjoyment of the mo- ment. The other dogs, seeing him pointing, back him up, and there you haye them a few feet apart, all stand- ing as a sort of a compliment to the first dog’s intelli- gence, The old native we took dinner with that day had the usual quota of lean, lank, hungry hounds of the red, yellow, brown and pepper-and-salt varieties. Our setters got into a bunch, faced out, and with angry whines plainly showed their disapproval of native familiarity. It was funny to see the yelping pack go circling around the setters in almost battle array, snapping and snarling until fhe owner dispersed them with the kindly aid cf some stovewood. This house was really aristocratic. It had a floor that was mill-sawed, windows, doors with latches, the usual 4{t. fireplace, with a cannon axle across the top, sup- porting the rock of which the chimney was made. The dinner was corn pone, wild honey and overland trout (bacon), with boiled turnips for dessert. _ After the dinner the spinning wheel was put in motion, The old lady would take a string of wool, fasten it to the spindle, give the wheel a whirl, hustle back a few steps as she drew the yarn out, then shuffle forward, spit snuff into the fireplace as the yarn wound itself into a * ball, all the while droning a mournful sort of a chant, keeping time as an accompaniment to the rasp-like voice of her assistant. Both work about three days for a dol- lars worth of yarn. Every house has the largest deer hide, and they recount with a glow of satisfaction how they killed “that air’ buck. The regular Missouri chair, hickory back and rounds, and untanned deer hide bottom, was there, The seeds for spring planting were suspended from the ceiling in dirty, fly-specked sacks, and are the only household ornaments, excepting the photograph of the family group, Our driver had taken Joe Bernardin, Charlie Carter, Jim Lane and W. Eddy Barnes out quail hunting a few days before. They hunted two days. “Did they kill any quail?’ we asked. ‘They said they killed five, but I did not see any,’ was the answer. “Sometimes the flocks wete so large that they obscured the sun for a moment when they flew up,’ he continued. The next day they were hunting turkeys. Bernardin and Carter were walk- ing along an old tram, when Carter pointed to a large flock of wild turkeys in the edge of the woods and told Bernardin to shoot. “Oh, no,” says Joe, “you don’t get me to shoot some farmer’s turkeys.” In a moment they had flown. Sturdy, thorough sportsman, George Despain, head filer, added greatly to our enjoyment with his hard hunt- ing and keen shooting; and the thoughtful kitidness of Chief Clerk Clarence E. Slagle rendered pleasant every moment of our stay. } The scenery is beautiful; clear creeks, deep-running river, big, stately pines crowning the summit of grand old hills. The sides of most of the hills are covered with a curious formation of rock that in the distance looks exactly like a flock of sheep lying down. Snuggled amid the ills are the usual log huts, some with the holes daubed full of mud, others without, and chimneys built on the outside of nothing but sticks and mud. Generally it is a long building, with the family huddled together in one end, the horses or mules in the other, while the open space between serves as a sort of a shelter for chickens, geese and razor-back hogs, whose incessant snuffling and FOREST AND STREAM. grunting would make a deaf man congratulate himself on his misfortune. A person who sees this for the first time and loves nature forgets the people, and is almost lost in admiration of the grandeur, the magnificence, of the handiwork of the Ruler of the Universe. The towering hills, the beatitiful green-topped pines that gently wave to and fro and seem- ingly bow their heads in reverence to Him who rules all things, make one realize among these hills how infinitely insignificant is man, what pygmies we are, and how, when life goes out, it is no wonder we are not missed. Our last day’s sport was a deer drive, and a great deal of chaffing was indulged in the nieht before. Warren Was master of ceremonies and arranged all the details. We were to be off at 6, The night before you are to get up very early, it invariably happens that something keeps yott up later than usual. Our whist game lasted longer than eyer that night. Warren came storming through the halls just as I fell asleep, shouting: “Get up, you lazy devils. It’s 8 o’clock and we were to start at 6.” Horace Barnes came reveille; “Get up, you sons of witches, And put on your breetches, And give your poor horses some hay.” At 8 o'clock ten horses stood before the hotel. Old man Hidlebridle was astride a piebald horse, with six deerhounds sprinkled around him on the ground, looking confidently up in his face, barking unitedly. Rand, the other driver, was mounted on a big black mare, and ats big, sober hounds stood expectantly ahead in the road. Parker and Barnes, the traveling salesmen of the luim- ber company, had good mounts; Warren, head bool- keeper, rode a tall claybank; Deacon Jones, salesman, chose the most notoriously rough-riding horse in the county, and we helped him aboard; I got the last horse, a wicked-looking, vicious, but strong pony, which proved the best horse of the bunch before the ride was over, Ten started, eight “green ’uns,” two hunters, As we went galloping off. winding across the ridges of those flinty hills, we looked like a vigilance committee in hot pursuit of a criminal. The wiry little horses fairly made the sparks fly. The pace was a hot one, De Spain leading on his powerful iron gray, and I was “plenty glad” when I reached my stand. The landlord presented each rider a nice package of lunch, we swung astride our horses, threw the rifles across the pommel of the saddle, and were off on a hard gallop of ten miles to our stands on the river. The day’s sport was that morning’s ride. One of the natives, who wanted to be good the evening before, wagered a dollar that some of the party would bring in at least a fawn, basing his hope, | think, on the two ald hunters, but just as we were starting [ saw him hand over the dollar, saying it was unnecessary to await our re- turn; the sight of those white collars, ties and starched cuffs was enough. It's shamefully easy to kill a deer on stands. They told us just to stand quietly on the mimway. and in a half an hour the hounds would run the deer right to us. The hounds are taken back a mile or two in the woods, put on the track of a deer. and the frightened animal immediately runs to the river, invariably taking 4 runway. The deer was quickly started, the hounds followed its trail, silence soon brooded over the hills, and one more deer, which “invariably” followed a runway, had crossed the river somewhere else, and ten disappointed souls went home. , FRANK HeEncEs. KKANSAS, The Disappearing Woodcock. Hamitton, Ont., Jan. 26—EHditor Forest and Streait: Knowing well the great interest your paper has shown in matters pertaining to the preservation, increase or de- crease of our game birds, I desire to direct the attention of yourseli and readers to the greatly diminished num- ber of woodcock found this séason in the Niagara penin- sula of Ontario, before and during their fall fight. In covers which for years have yielded fair bags not more than a bird or two were found. I haye wondered if this has been the experience of sportsmen in the ad- joining portions of the United States, especially in those portions directly south of us, and in line of flight. If this has been the case it would be interesting then to find out if this has been the experience in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the portions of the United States adjoining. lf this scarcity has been local we may believe that some temporary cause has diminished the number; but if com- mon from the seaboard to the western limit of the Great Lakes, we may fear that the belief of many cock shooters that this is ‘‘a bird of the past” 1s but too well founded. Thirty-five years ago men I have shot with here used to kill between 200 and 300 cocks each season; last year my bag in this neighborhood was eight, and I have been told that I was the only person fortunate enough to secure one. I know full well that in the older settlements - the breeding grounds are being continually cut down, but surely others to compensate in some degree are brought in by the opening up of new farming territory. T fear the cause lies in over-shooting, In Ontario the cocks are well protected, as the open season does not com- mence till Sept. 15, when the birds are moulting and scat- tered, and most of them have left by Nov. 1; but in the States they are or have been shot from July 4 to May 1— ten months out of the twelve. Ontario early stopped spring shooting, and during the past thirty years has time and again shortened the season, and I feel sure we would agree to stop all cock shooting for some years if: our friends acro-s the border would agree to do the same. OLp READER, Mr. Riordan’s Caribou. Our illustration is of Mr. Chas. F. Riordan’s thirty- nine point caribou. It was killed by him on Noy, 13, in the northwest Mirimachi country, New Brunswick; in the barrens between the north branch of the Sevagle and the headwaters ef the Northwest Miramichi. The Forest anp Stream is put to press each week on Tuesday. Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. into each room singing the (Fes. 4, 1899. CHICAGO AND THE WEST. The Wild Pigeon. CuHicaco, Jan. 21.—Every now and then we hear of the appearance in parts of the North of the passenger pigeon, a bird thought to be nearly or quite extinct. Of course it is impossible in many cases to verily the reports of such occurrences, and usually I presume it safer to doubt them, bartinge testimony of a competent ornithologist, I have just come across over in Michigan, however, of some positive testimony on this head, through which it can be proved that the passenger pigeon has actually been seen and killed in this région within the past year. In- deed, the proof of this may be seen at the city of Grand Rapids to-day, in the shape of two specimens of the bird, which were killed and tiounted in the month of July, 1808, and ate now in the possession of Mr. Otis Watson, of Grand Rapids. The bitds were killed about four or five tniles west of Grand Rapids, on Mr. Wat- son's fati. Five years ago a number of passenger pigeons were found in the market at Grand Rapids by Mr, D. G. Henry, of that city. They were even then so. great a rarity that Mr. Henry purchased a pair of them and made from theti a painting. Mr. Frank Rodgers, prosecuting attorney of Kent county, in which county Grand Rapids is located, told me that last year he saw two passenger pigeons about eight miles west of Paris, Mich. where the State fish hatchery is, It was in early summer. The two birds wete petched on 4 tall pine sttth near the road. Of all the above, the two stuffed birds are the most recent and available proof, and it seems sure that the wild pigeon is not altogether extinct, or at least was not last year. North Dakota Game. My friend Clint Smith, of Fargo, N. D., writes me enter- tainingly about the sport which is present or possible in his far-off Northern country. it isn’t far-off if you live there, but on the other hand this part of the country wold in that case be far-off. We are apt to think that folk who live in the West don’t have as good time as we do, and we suppose they have to sit up nights twisting hay to keep the baby warm, ' As a matter of fact, they don’t burn any hay in Fargo, and as for fim, the man who lives in a good live West- ern town like that gets more out of life than a dozen men do who live in the grind of city life, which is about the pootest way to live that ever was devised. I never could see why city people get stuck on themselves, Any- how, this is what Clint Smith says about it: “It has been many moons since I saw you last—do you remember where? It was at Scheik’s, in Minneapo- lis, where you ate a whole prairie chicken, the game wat- den got away with a lobster and your humble servant did his best with a dozen fried and a steak. We have had a fine winter, not a great deal of snow and not very much cold weather. We have had some great sport with the greyhounds, chasing foxes; they never were so plenty as they are this winter. At the present writing we have taken the pelts off of forty-one of them. We started to make it fifty, but now we have got bloodthirsty and want to make it one hundred. And I[ think we will if we have good luck and good weather. We have six hounds, and let two or three go at a time, The sport is great! We have got the greatest killers you ever saw; they simply chew them up and get chewed some themselves. “Forty-one foxes less in the country will help the chicken crop some. Chicken prospects are good. A good many are wintering here. One day when we were alter foxes we saw four large bunches of chickens, and they looked fine. If we can get a law through the Legis- _ lature this winter, changing the law ta Sept. 1. and shorten the season, having it close Nov. 1, and if a few more foxes are killed, there will be no reason why we shouldn’t have chickens for years to came, And now T will close by siving you an invitation, which, if it is a good ways off, is meant just the same. Come and have a chicken shoot with us next season. The black pointer Nance is gone, but we have got more; not quite as good maybe, but they can find birds, J want you to come and make my house your home while here. And myself and wife will do our best to entertain. My pacer will be at your disposal, so you can ride around, see the sights and not ride behind.” How they do it in Nebraska. Mr. George L. Carter, of Lincoln, Neb., secretary of the Lincoln Gun Club, and a law-abiding sportsman, writes me fully and interestingly regarding the game and the market-hunters of Nebraska. It would seem that those generous corporations, the express companies, who are always anxious to help the game wardens, have about the same methods in Nebraska that they do in Illinois and Wisconsin. It is well known that there is as big a game “fence” at Omaha as there is at Milwaukee, 1 know of no remedy for these matters unless it be to put the facts in the hands of every citizen of the State of Ne- braska. There are few States which have suffered more at the hands of the petty game thieves than this once magnificent shooting State. Mr. Carter's letter tells its own story directly: “The season for the killing of prairie chickens and quail, just closed in our State, brings the sportsmen of Ne- braska to a realization of the real condition of things, and. should result in an effort for a remedy. Birds, especially . chickens, were so thoroughly shot out a few years ago that market-hunters did not find their business so profit- able as in former years, and the traffic was reduced to a minimum, with the fesult that, aided by good seasons, both chickens and quail have increased wonderfully the past two years. But I am sorry to say that, with their increase, comes also the increase of the ever-despised market-hunter, and shooting for the market was carried on to an alarming extent the past season. We have = law in this State prohibiting express companies from carrying game, but having only the regular elected offi- cers of the State to enforce these laws (in which they have no particular interest) they are of but little yalue. Not that the express companies openly violate the laws, but they do carry great numbers of birds for these un- scrupulous parties under fictitious labels, such as “but— I say fat-off, but really Fes, 4, 1809.] ter,’ ‘eggs’ and other things equally misleading. I am told that there was a cold storage house operated in ‘the western part of this State the past season, supposed to be an egg storage, but was teally a fence for the ille- gal shipping of chickens. They would either be packed in butter tubs and be billed out as ‘butter,’ or in egg cases, with a layer of eggs on top, and be billed out as ‘eggs,’ and consigned to St. Louis and Chicago commis- sion hoses, “While attending the Du Pont tournament in Omaha ES fall, T heard orie market-lunter from the northwest- erh part of the State remark that rip to that time, whieh Was the 22d day of September, he had killed 933 chickens. This I figure would be an average of about fifty a day, and enough birds to furnish 100 of the sons of fair Nebraska who go afield purely for sport with a day of honorable, healthful and invigorating recreation. An- other characteristic of these market-hunters is their ut- ter disregard for the closed season, it being an undeni- able fact that |chickens are slaughtered from the time they are able to cover the grass in their feeble attempt to fly. The same element so disastrous to our chicken stipply also carries on operations through the quail shooting season. Last November, in company with my friend, C. E. Latshaw, I made a trip to the western part of the State for a few days with the quail, we de- ciding on Wilsonville 4s our destitiation, believing it to be the best point in the State for quail. Arriving there &t tioon on the 26th, we were dssiired that we would have tio sticcéss, 4s niarket-huiiters lad shot the birds out. We, however, proceeded to our favorite haunts, where birds were always plentiful, only to find a few Scattered birds, and they very wild. On returning to town, we called on the express agent, and asked him if Jit were not true that a great many quail had been shipped out under fictitious labels. He answered us very gentlemanly now,-that not being the State game warden, he, of course, was not expected to open every package coming into his office, to see if it was dressed poultry or otherwise, but admitted that since the season opened their produce business had greatly increased. Another of the clever schemes resotted to by the market- hunters, and especially those living near the markets of the State, is to pack their birds in Tiga trunks and earry them as baggage. - Being disappointed at that point, we went to Cambridge, where we killed a nice bag of birds the two following days, and on our return to the hotel, preparatory to starting home, we were approached by numerous parties, presumably scalpers or local market- hunters, asking us in confidential tones what we would take for our birds. On receiving rather chilly answers that our birds were not for sale for any amount they could offer, they would slip aside with a countenance sug- gestive of ‘Well, perhaps I make a mistake.’ Our ex- perience was the experience of all other sportsmen I have talked with, and their indignation is so great it is quite likely that ere long we will be in better position to protect the birds of our State.” The Hudson Bay Knife. Mr. Bradford A. Scudder, of Taunton, Mass., wishes to have further details about the Hudson Bay dagger re- cently mentioned in these columns. He remarks: “Will-you kindly favor me with the weight and length of blade of the old Hudson Bay Company’s knife, de- scribed by you in this week’s issue of the Forest AND STREAM. I should like the maker’s name and the address of the New York firm by whom the one you received was imported. I judged from your description that the above is a sheath knife. Am I correct in so supposing? It is rather difficult to find just what one desires for a special purpose in a knife. I had been searching for a heavy knife to be used as a sort of machete in cutting throfgh:bushes and briars along the trout streams, and from your article judged this would be the one par excellence, If you think this knife would be about what I desire, kihly inform me.” At this writing the knife is at my residence, and I cannot give its weight and measurements. I think the blade about rit, in length, very heavy and strong, the whole weighing, I should judge, between 2 and albs. can assure Mr. Scudder that it would be admirable for the purpose he suggests. As to the firm of whom these knives can be obtained, I cannot give the name, as the knife was a present to me from Mr. C. S. McChesney. li the latter were addressed, 1 am disposed to think he would tell where the knives could be obtained, as he is a thorough sportsman himself, and always anxious to do another a good turn. Mr. McChesney’s address is Troy, WN. Y., and if he should happen to have a large mail in- quiring after-knives, I hope he will forgive me. I have not yet been able to find Mr. McChesney’s gold seal rubbers with leather tops, and he may dislike me for that, but I will get them yet somewhere. The Food of Quail. I discovered the following information in regard to the food of quail as given in the columns of an -ex- change. I presume it not to be strictly accurate to say that quail never eat grain, for I have found wheat and corm in the crops of quail; but it was wheat from old stubble fields and corn scattered upon the ground, and ~ not taken from the ear. The claim that quail do dam- age to any standing crop is of course absurd. The item Treads: ; “Don’t Kill the Quail—Two quail were sent to the Agricultural -College by a farmer who wrote that he killed them because they were eating his grain. He wished an examination of the crops of the birds made, which has been done, and the results made public. In neither crop was found any grain, but in one of them were about 4,500 seeds of the false nettle, a very trouble- fiome weed, which goes to show that the quail, instead of being an enemy of the farmer, is in reality a great help. Prof. Barrows, of the Agricultural College, says that quail eat a very large variety of weed seeds, be- sides grasshoppers, chinch bugs and other injurious in- sects. He once examined a quail’s crop and found it filled to its utmost capacity with span worms and meas- uring worms, both of which are among the farmer’s nu- amerous enemies.” Pah-kuk-kas, Once upon a time I had occasion to tell somewhat of FOREST AND STREAM. the doings of Pah-kuk-kus, the evil spitit which made so mttch trouble for us on or Blackfoot huntitig trip. Later on I have described how in all probability 1 caught Pah-kuk-kus in a steel trap, which he catried off, never again to be seen. This would appear to have settled the spirit in question, but I have reasqn to believe that I brought him home with me in an Indian parfleche, which came from the Blackfoot country. JI am disposed to this belief by certain recent happenings in my own hottse- hold. There is a moose head on the wall of my dining room, which was put up with apparent security, and which hung on the wall untroubled for many months. One mortitng the mistress of the manse happened to be standing directly betteath this tioose head, when without any warning whatever, and withott the least jar or dis- turbance to give any pretense of reason therefor, this moose head turned itself loose. Nothing but a heavy coil of hair saved the lady from annihilation, as the nose of the moose struck her directly on the head. Not much later, IT was one day putting up a buffalo head on the wall of the same room. I was standing on a short step ladder, and had hung the head, as I supposed, securely on a stout spike. I had just withdrawn my hands and was about to descend the ladder, when all at once the head jttmped clear off the nail, Instinctively I put out my hands and caught the heavy head, suffering a sprained thumb, which bothered me for a long time. Last night I was wakened from my slumbers by the sound of some- thing heavy falling. I discovered that a picture of some snipe, which had hae hanging for months in that same fated room, had concluded to let go, and try it on the floor awhile. The cornet of the frame was well smashed. I am personally entirely satisfied that Pah-kuk-kus has followed me ever since [ got him by the foot in the Two Medicine cotintry. My mistake was in supposing that you could destroy a spirit, or nutigate the maliciousness of this particular spirit, which is well known to liye for the purpose of making trouble for hunters. The Old Dog. A while ago I had occasion to say something about the “old gun,” and now I must make obituary mention of the old dog, The gun was my gun, but the dog was old Jack, the long-time solace and pride of Mr. W, B, Mer- shoti, of Saginaw, who writes me about him: “We have had a death in the family. Now do not get worried, but read a little further. It ts old Jack that has departed from this yale of sunshine and tears, He has been a gay old dog. I have had a pile of fun with him, and I do not believe there were many better, all-round partridge and quail dogs when he was in his prime. His fashionable name was Jack of Naso, No, 7o44. My old friend, Bob Schultz, of Zanesville, O., gave him to me when he was a puppy, for he was born in June, 1887. He has lived an aristocratic life of ease for the last few years. “It seems too bad that a dog grows old so soon, Here I am, in the prime of life, at least so I consider my- self, and yet I have seen three generations of good, old dogs pass away. “Poor old Jack! He was as staunch as a rock, and had a nose on him that could locate honestly halt a mile away; at least it seemed so to me, for J have fol- lowed his stiff-legged walk with his nose up, taking me across two or three fields, saying just as plainly as he could that the tainted air that was just stirring in his direction was telling him that we would be up with the birds before long. “I remember once his taking up a scent along a fence corner, and putting his nose in the air, disappearing over the hill. By the time I reached the. hilltop he was fast on the birds, a long ways ahead, though a friend of mine with his dog had just passed there; a great deal nearer than old Jack was to the*birds when he took up the scent, I called back my friend, and together we put up the covey. I remember so well how nicely they scattered, and what a trimming out we gave them. “Oh well! if I keep on at this rate I will think of hundreds of reminiscences equally as pleasant. Peace ta the old fellow’s ashes. I do not believe I will ever get as good a dog again,” I remember Jack very well, He was an old, very old pointer, and so crippled with rheumatism that he would weep and moan every morning when he ttied to get up. We would have left him at home, but that seemed to hurt him worse than to take him along. We would put him tenderly down on his poor, old, stiff legs, and he would waddle and whine, and whine aid waddle, complaining over the cruel years which handicapped his powers, but none the less putting the last flickering spark of his energy into the best way to show us a little of the sport that he loved as well as we. He had as much bird sense as any dog I ever knew, and though he could not “range” at all, he always went to the place where the birds were, and I think we killed more birds over him than over the younger dogs. Jack was one of the big, strong, stay- ing, old-time meat dogs, and I mourn sincerely with his owner over his loss, There are not any too many such dogs in the world. I hope he finds plenty of sport in the happy hunting grounds. He Speaks in Gold, The French have a saying, “He speaks in gold,” which - ineans highest approbation of the wisdom of one’s ut- terances. So much we might say for this editorial utter- ance of the Fox Lake Representative, a Wisconsin news- paper: : ; “There is no question but that something has got to be done to protect the game if it is to be preserved for future generations, and at a not very distant day either. The pursuit of game should be indulged in only as a sport, and the sooner that market-hunters are abolished and the sale of all game prohibited, the sooner wiil that blissful condition be realized, We know that this a pretty ~ decided step ahead of the ideas of the country sports- men in general, but we stand firmly on that platform and believe that the man who uses the game of the coun- try as a means of making a living should adopt some other means for a livelihood. It has got to come if future generations ever get any shooting.” ‘George Barton, a Trask River trapper,” says the Tilla- mook, Herald, “caught a curious animal in one of his traps. The animal, or duck, was about 3it. wide by 1}4 ft. ‘shipment to Lincoln Free, of Easton, Pa. 89 long. Its back was covered with feathers, The stomach held a flush of scales. Its tail was like a fish, and its head was otnamented with a bill and comb, while its forefcet were webbed, and the hind ones were just like a dog's,” In my confession of faith I believe in the fantail deer, the pine-nut bear, the horn-tailed snake and other things not tisttally accepted as lead pipes from a scientific stand- point, but one has to draw the line somewhere. Has any gentleman lost a pet ornithorhyncus which has wandered from his fireside in a ft of absentmindedness? E, Houcs. 1200 Boyce Buttptwe, Chicago, Ill. New Brunswick Notes. THE Provincial Government seems to have definitely decided to make no exhibit this year at the sportsmen’s show in New Yotk. Doubtless the fact that a general election is at hand has a distracting effect upon the honorable gentlemen, if indeed it does not chill their sporting blood. The main reason, however, why this Province will not be represented is that the Government claims to have been unfairly used at the Boston show last March. Hon. Mr. Dunn had the assurance of the management that the New Brunswick exhibit would not be subject to duty, yet the customs officials pounced upon the outfit at Vanceboro and would not allow it to proceed until nearly $400 had heen collected. The goods exhibited all came back to the Proyince, but the money has never been refunded, Righteous indignation is a good thing in its place, but should only be indulged in by people who are well sup- plied with common sense. The Fredericton Board of Trade is evidently carrying a rather slim stock of the latter commodity. At a tecent session it solemnly adopted a long string of resolutions, calling upon the Government to pass regulations to have all moose, cari- bou and deer heads taken out of this Province branded so that they would not be credited to other Jocalities. The immediate occasion of this outbreak was that at a celebration held in Boston over the big moose shot in this Province by Dr. Bishop, the press reporters de- scribed the animal as hailing from Maine. It is unlikely that the Government will do any branding—unless they an capture the press reporters. Woe to the man who claimeth a record; when he waketh in the morning, behold! it is gone. It appears after all that Dr. Bishop’s moose is not the best speci- men taken on Miramichi waters, as the moose shot by Capt. Chauncey P, Williams, of Albany, heretofore credited to the Tobique, was really killed on the Sou’- west Miramichi. Capt. Williams’ head, spreading as it does 63in., with roin. palms and 32 points, is undoubtedly the best all-round specimen secured up to date in this Proyinee. A moose was also shipped from the Canaan country by the well-known guide James Ryder in the latter part of December, with a spread of 62in. in the background with shadows about it, and eyery time that a target went toward that treé Molossus would strenuously insist that the target was broken, if the referee declared it lost. He would contend that a piece dropped downward against the shadowy background, and that it was as plain as day to any one watching it intently, as any referee of proper ability would watch it. Then he would appeal most frankly to the other shooters, some of whom would declare that they never saw any piece, while one or two would declare that they thought they saw a piece, while again one other, who thought that no shooter should lose what was due him, most sympathetically declared that he saw a piece fall pre- cisely as Molossus claimed. In this manner the latter was nn- deservedly in the money three times, by the mere force of gall and brassy insistance, supplemented by the indecision of the referee; and the latter was in hot water all the time. When the day was ended, the Cadi and Moke were weary. Each had made-his task unnecessarily diffcult, and more or less of a failure by negligence, indecision and error. The Cadi, on looking over his eash, found that he was several dollars short, and his accounts were in such a mixed and imperfect state that he could not trace the loss; in fact, he could mot trace any of the day’s doings, so far as they concerned the cash accounts, He ex- plained this to Moke, who cocked his eye on him suspiciously, but made no comment.’ , “T am glad that the programme calls for live birds to-morrow,” remarked. Moke. “Some of our boldest amateurs, in matters of debate, quit before the programme was half over.” “T tald you a long time ago,” replied the Cadi, “that if you bar the experts—that is, the 90 per cent, men or better—the next most skillful class will then be the experts, and that the relative condi- tions of the competition will then remain unchanged. If you will _ncte the practical workings of a competition where there are a mixed lot of shooters in it, you will find that the stranger shooters are the most persistent, whether they win or lose, and that the weaker shooters meyer shoot more than a certain percentage of the programme, whether the money is won by the experts or the semi- experts. It is natural that, as men of sense, they should not shoot more than they can afford to shoot. But whateyer class you bar in an effort to mend the interests of other classes, you will find that, © 4Great fleas haye little fleas upon their backs to bite ’em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum, . And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to gO on}; While these again have greater still, and greater still, and 50 on,”” F BERNARD WATERS. Monte Carlo. Fron the Londok Field af Fan, 28. The Grande Poule d’Essai. Fripay, Jan. 20.—The series of big shoots could not possibly have opened under fairer auspices than it did this morning, for, while there was 2 nice breeze, the air was very mild, and great was the company, As will be seen from the appended returns, there were 108 competitors, this being four more than last year, which was itself a ‘record,’ and the English element was well represented, though several of those who shot last season, in- cluding Lord Loyat, Capt, Shelley, Mr. S. Hewitt, Mr. W. M. Clarke, Mr. R. Sneyd, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Marsden Cobb and Mr, H. W. Gilbey, were absent. It is gratifying to know that, if most of the English shot execrably, only two killing 4 birds, one of these two, who had never fired a gun at Monte Carlo, secured the first place after a display of coolness and clean shoot- ing which no veteran could have bettered. The birds were remark- ably good, which fact, combined with the assisting breeze, may account for the poor figure cut by all the other English, though the birds were not better or the breeze stronger for them than for the competitors of other nationalities. The consequence was that the contest was over somewhat earlier than usual. No fewer than thirty, missed in the first round, twenty-three in the second, twenty in the third, and ten in the fourth, so that eighty-three of the competitors had to retire thus early, and of the twenty left in nine were Italians, The next two rounds elimimated six more, including Signor Bevenuti, whd won the Grand Prix in 1895, and if M. Lostanges was the only failure in_ the next round, the eighth disposed of fiye others, including Mr. Vernon Barker. When the latter went out, Mr. Bashford was left the sole repre- sentative of England, and he, like M. R. Gourgaud, Count Pieil, M. Demonts, and Signor Marconcini, kept on killing up to the end of the eleventh round. The twelfth put a. different aspect on affairs, for the three last-named all missed, and after M. Gourgaud and Mr. Bashford had both killed their twelfth birds they agréed to an equal division of first and second moneys, though they had to shoot off for the medal. This afforded a very sensational finish, for M. R. Gourgaud, who shot first, had his bird apparently safe with his second barrel; but when the dog went fo gather it he made a bad shot, and instead of taking it in his mouth just grazed the feathers, and this gave the. bird sufficient force to flutter over the boundary. Mr. Bashford, wha is a man-of slight build, but with a wiry appearance and a com- plete command of his nerves, then went up_ to the mark and grassed his bird as unconcernedly as if he had been shooting in a pool at Hendon, where_he is often to be seen, He is a farmer at Barrow Hedges, Carshalton, and has shot frequently at the Union Club, Liverpool, and other places, He was deservedly congratulated upon his initial victory, and it is an improvement, so far as the English are concerned, upon last year, when Mr, Curling, the subsequent winner of the Grand Prix, eould not do Some of the shooters who . better than divide third and fourth moneys, Signor Briasco, who on Irriday did not get beyond his second bird, being first. Scores: Grand Poule d’Essai of &80 and a gold medal, added to a sweep- stakes of £4 each; second received £20 and 25 per cent. of the entries; third £12 and 20 per cent.; fourth £8 and 15 per cent.; 26 meters; 103 subs, : Mr J Bashford (Baker), Sch, (divided £306 and . won gold medal)... ey. eyyeseewes Ae eeeees ALIDITIIIIIII—18 M R Gourgaud (Guyot), M. (divided £306)../.....1111111111110—12 Count Pfeil (Bolson), German (divided third and fourth of S162). ,.-..ceeee estes Sse asebbhbbbhbhhhy) = sht M J Demonts (Purdey), E. C. (ditto) veeeees. LITT —il Signor Mareoncini (Greener), Walsrode (ditto)..... 141911411110 —11 Signor Maino sssyisttyeeeeerey esters sree ee ey eee 11190110 ~—10 Signor (respi .seyaycereerenyeeepererryeeeete ree rey LUI 59 Signor Galetti ........... eae te oe 111111110 — 8 ML [TASS Set S Si ree eee eae ge Ee Dates 11111110 —7 Wor Wit Dalr kee the aioe acer te ees Be ret ethe bitters H 11411110 —7 Sipnor ellsds) eee I ALA AT ncn ye Ad 1111400 —T7 tayhep plese Sy Rial En EE: Dieter seartets APR slaeiaddaitte 11711110 —T7 SiPMOr LGTC en wees yea tedeeshh ee een iio" = 7 AVES 0 SPT) ot Se ce eee a OnE log iteel eld eiele 11110 —6 Senor Drago) tic. i ieee A ASMP RA 111110 —6 Signor Benvenuti ............ hide dterdoanatete 11170 —65 M de Tavernost ...... [eescdey assess nana DPrinepere yee 11110 —4 Shear} we (OLA Myers OTT eee ASL jagees 11110 —4 M Ginot 11110 —4 M Macé The Prix d’Ouverture. Saturday, Jan. 21.—Another beautiful day—though the sun was not very powerful and the breeze rather strong—fayored the second of the big shoots. Some idea of the high quality of the birds may be gathered from the fact that five out of the first six shot at were missed, while in the first round no fewer than forty-five succumbed out of 117. This left seventy-two in the competition, and twenty-eight of these were beaten by their second bird; in fact, only’ twenty-three remained in at the close of the fourth round. Such good shots as Mr. Bashford (yesterday’s winner, who was put out by a puzzling bird in the third round), Signor Guidicini, Mr. Curling, M. Journu, M, Drevon, and M, Moncorge had all been disposed of, and the twenty-three left in comprised six Englishmen, these being Mr. Witting, who, like Mr. Bashford, had never shot at Monte Carlo until this season; Mr. Roberts, Mr. W. Blake, Mr. Harding Cox, Mr. Robinson and Col. Boswell-Preston, of whem the three last named al] failed in the fifth round, which was remarkable for the excellence of its birds, eleven of twenty-three shooters being unable to kill. Mr, Blake was one of the two who missed their sixth birds, and with Mr. Roberts failing in the seventh round, Mr, Witting alone remained to do battle for England against three Italians, two Frenchmen and a Belgian. The last named, M. Lonhienne, was beaten by his eighth bird, and the end was soon reached, for three of the six others missed their ninth birds, and eventually divided fourth money, while M. Verdaveine was put out by a very twisting bird in the tenth round, and had to be content with third prize. Mr. Witting and Signor Tiapi both killed their next two birds in capital style, and the latter was then anxious to divide, but Mr. Witting would not listen to this, and the situation was just the same as in the Poule d’Essai the previous day, for the foreigner shot first and missed what seemed an easy bird, so that Mr. Witting had only to do as Mr. Bashford had done—which he did. He thus annexed the whole of the specie attaching to first place, as well as the medal, and thus two of the English division reached the money-getling stage of these contests, while it is very satisfactory that the first prize should in each case have been won by noyices, so far as Monte Carlo is concerned, just as the Grand Prix went last year to Mr. Curling, who had never shot here before. Scores: Prix d’Overture of £120 and a gold medal, added to a sweep- stakes of £4 each; second £30 and 25 per cent. of the entries; third £20 and 20 per cent,; fourth £10 and 15 per cent.; 26% meters; 117 subs.: Mr Witting (Boswell), Sch,(first of £224 and medal) 119011991112, Signor Tiapi (Scott), Walsrade (second of £147) , ..11119911110—11. M Verdaveine (Purdey), J. C. (third of £118)......1111111110 — 9 M J Demonts (Purdey), E. C. (divided fourth of te ee ee ae rer ABy ep Peano BPO BBSbbett ey . 111110 =~— 8 Signor Oliva (Greener), W._C. (ditto).............+: 11111310 —8s8 Signor Nocea (mixed make), Walsrode (ditto)..... 111110 — 8 M Lonhienne ...cccesesveues eealtenektrddtcb site ae Wiiho )=6=6—lél— 7 Signor Briasco .........+++ neni —6 Ni, (Roberts) few tinder bias —6 Signor Isacca t...... eee eee — 6 Senor Galetti -.205.5>0> Se Pte agte ree —5 HIN eee Ne TBs tet ey EE te eo eek ped ae —6 Signor Bigliani ..csssecses sees erence erect eee eneae —4 Mr> Herding) COX ope eec cele aieleg sce slessisleale mirrors ee se ...-11110 —4 MU Batre) fee etree A Ay td fei aso Tee ache Ra —4 Signor Fadini .icserpeseeee cece eee eee e eee e teeters 11110 —4 Signor Filippi ....cc 0. ee ee. e ete ene erate —4 Mr Baker, Jr. 4 Mr Robinson . —4 Signor Miola wii ciccvesese esse ene ee ee eees eee sual) —4 Signor Castoldi ..c...-cesesee sees sees sees es ere aa allt —4 Signor Casapiccola ......+-..+see seers eee papee es aeo ht 11110 — 4 Col Boswell-Preston,.,...:++-++--.455 aeiNemilveceeate ere aL —4 The Grand Prix du Casino. Monday, Jan, 23.—The contest for the twenty-ei hth anniversary of the Grand Prix du Casino, whiclt was first shot for in 1872, and won by an American, Mr. Lorillard, commenced this morn- ing at 11:30 A. M.; but, with such a large number of shooters, it would be very desirable if an earlier start were made, for it is a matter of chance whether the competition can be concluded in the two days allotted to it, and an adjournment is a very serious matter, owing to the other fixtures, which haye already been arranged, It may be taken for granted that pigeon shooting tends to preserye health; for, of the winners of the Grand Prix whose names are given below (twenty-five in number, if allowance be made for the fact that Capt. Aubrey Patton won twice and Signor Guidicini three times), there is not one that has died, to the best of our belief. Still, at any rate, out of the twenty-seven previous winners, eleven (taking into account Signor Guijdicini’s treble victory) were among the 124 competitors, there being 157 on the board, these being Mr. Cholmondeley Pennell, Mr. Hop- wood, Mr. Roberts and Mr. Curling, as representing England; M. Journu, France; and Signor Gnuidicini, Signor Benvenuti, Signor G, Grasselli, and Count Salina, Italy. Speaking of nation- alities, it is very difficult to ascertain to what country some of the shooters belong, for the assumed names are many of them very fanciful, and give no clue to the nationality of the bearer. We do not think, however, that we shall be far from the mark in saying that there were about fifty-two Italians, twenty-eight Eng- lish, twenty-five French, eight Belgians, five Germans, and three Spanish, while Austria and Hungary had only three representa- tives, among the absentees being two previous winners m Count Trauttmansdorff, who has not missed a year since he won in 1892, and Count Casimir Zichy, Count Gajoli, who won in 1891, was also absent, as was M. de Dorlodot, one of the two Belgian victors. Still there was not much to complain of with 124 com- petitors as against 139 last year, and the only question was whether the birds would be up to the very high standard of a twelve month ago. This they certainly were not, though still above the average; for, while some were very casy; others were practically impossible to kill, The element of luck Willed it that the English- men should be the principal sufferers, and in the earlier stages Mr. Harding Cox, who appeared to be in capital form, was a marked instance of this. With ome exception, his birds came from the extreme right-hand trap, and were all “teasers,” and his sixth, apparently well shot, just fell dead beyond the boundary; while as the contest neared its close Mr, Roberts was beaten by two birds of the impossible order, the same holding true of Messrs: Witting, Curling, Barker and Bashford, all of whom had been shooting very steadily. The weather was fine when the shooting began, and the light very good, and only thirty-six failed to kall in the first round, there being a run of 15 kills in the middle of it. But in the second round no fewer than forty-seyen failed; and at the close of the third—only three were shot—it was found that forty had accounted for all three birds, while fifty-nine others had killed two out of the three. The forty who had not missed comprised ten Englishmen—Mr. Barker, Capt. Stuart, Mr. Cholmondeley Pennell, Mr. Liebert, Mr. Hall, Mr. Beresford, Lord Savile, Mr, Roberts, Mr. Witting, and Mr, Bashford; and the two last named, both newcomers to Monte Carlo, had shot _so well that there seemed good reason to hope that they would stay on. ‘There had been so little betting beforehand that it was difficult to say who was favorite; but it would not have been ossible to get more than 10 to 1 about Mr. Bashford or Mr. itting at the close of the day. , Tuesday, Jan. 24.—The morning opened wet and rather windy, and it seemed as if we were in for a bad day, but there was one of those transformations so frequent, in this climate, and, if the sun did not shine with its accustomed brilliancy, the rain ceased ! [Fes. 18, 1899, and the wind dropped, so that the prospect of a finish being reached before dark was not very bright, especially as the stewards, with fatuotis ignorance, called up those who had already missed twice, though it was practically certain that they could not win. Some little time was lost in this way, and it was long before the ranks were cleared to any appreciable extent; and at the end of the fifth round there were nineteen who had killed all their birds, among those who by, this time were hopelessly out of the contest being Signor Guidicini and Count Salina, who had missed three of their pigeons. The sixth round extinguished the chances of Mr. Harding Cox, as explained above, while two Previolis winners of the Grand Prix had cruel luck, Mr. Curling and Mr. Cholmondeley-Pennell’s birds both dropping dead into the sea; whereas, upon the other hand, Count O’Brien, who has been shooting very well, was much favored by a_ bird that did not look like being gathered by the dog. Signor G. Grasselli, another winher of the Grand Prix, was beaten by a twisting bird in this round; and the birds used while it was in progress were generally good, as twenty-one of the fifty-seven shooters missed, leaving at the end only thirteen who had killed six. In the next round out _of these thirteen no fewer than five were beaten, To begin with, Mr. Liebert, whose bird did not look to be a very dificult one: Signor Fadini, Signor Lanfranchi, Signor Lucerolo and M. Eze, who had all four been shooting well for [ialy, were among the zeros, though in the case of the two last named their birds dropped just over the boundary. Mr. Roberts too suc- cumbed to a véry fast bird, and when the round closed ‘there were left in eight who had killed all their birds, these being M. Mon- corgé, Mr. Baker, Mr, Bashford, M. Doris, Count O’Brien, Herr Hans Marsch, M. Bloff and Signor Maino, In the eighth round there was some yery fine shooting, Signor Marconcini and Herr Hans Marsch being very effective with their second barrels, while Mr. Bashford was very quick with a bird from the left trap; Signor Maino was, on the other hand, decidedly lucky in having his bird gathered, for it was yery nearly over the boundary. The birds were unquestionably good in this round, as little more than half of them were killed, but the only one of the eight who had killed seven that missed was Count O’Brien, who could not have had a more difficult bird. In the ninth round, Mr. Barker, who led off, and shot with great steadiness, had an easy bird from the first trap; but Mr. Blake, who, after having missed his second bird, had been shooting well, let go what seemed to be a very fair chance; but M. Doris and M. Moncorgé gained great ap- plause by the effective way in which they killed their birds from the second trap. Mr. Bashford made a quick kill with his first barrel, and M, Drevon and M. Journu were both shooting so well that those who backed their getting into the ties had, as the result shawed, reason on their sides. M. Bloff was the only one of the seven who had killed eight that missed in this round, but he had a very fast bird that he let go clean away. The tenth round saw a great alteration in the state of affairs, for if Mr. Barker killed smartly from the middle trap with his first barrel, three of the six others, M. Doris, Mr. Bashford and Herr Hans Marsch, failed. The latter missed a yery easy bird, but Mr. Bashford seemed not to have got his gun fairly up when a fast bird from the right-hand trap flew straightaway. With M. Moncorgé and Signor Maino both killing in yery eftectiye style, they were the only others who had killed all their birds, and it was not fated that either the Italian or the Englishman should last any further, for in the eleventh round Mr. Barker could make no impression upon a very fast bird, while Signor Maino let go one from the left trap, whereas M. Moncorge had little trouble in disposing of his. The position was much simplified at this stage, for while M. Moncorgé had killed all his eleven birds, seven others—Mr, Barker, Count O’Brien, M. Bloff, M. Drevon, M. Journu, Signor Fadiné and Signor Maino—had killed ten out of eleven. It followed that if M. Moncorgé missed his twelfth bird, and the others killed, the whole prize would go into chancery, and there would be a tie among eight. It is easy there- fore to understand with what impatience the twelfth round was awaited, especially as the light’ was at the time beginning to fade, and it became a question whether the end could be reached. The first shot was a miss, Mr, Barker extinguishing the last chance of the English by losing a bird from the fourth trap; but M. Journu®and Count O’Brien both killed in workmanlike style. Then M. Moncorgé, who is a small man of rather slight build, stepped up, and fayored by an easy bird from the center trap, killed his twelfth, and thus, after haying twice been second, sectired the Grand Prix. It was a most popular victory, for M. Moncorgé has béen shooting at Monte Carlo and elsewhere for many years, and is a yery unassuming sort of man. ‘There remained just enough light to get through the ties for second, third and fourth prizes, as of the six who had killed eleven, Count O’Brien and Signor Fadini missed in the first round, while M. Bloff was beaten in the second, the three others—M. Journu, M. Drevon and Signor Maino—then dividing in equal propertions. Tt cannot be said that the English did so well as had been expected of them, for Mr. Barker could not get nearer than eighth; but Messrs. Curling, Willing and Bashford shot well, and it is mttch to Mr. Curling’s credit that he should haye made such a good show, as he was penalized two meters for his success last year—a success which was certainly not the fluke that the hypercritical’ would have one believe, for Mr. Curling’s general shooting at Monte Carlo bears amalysis, and has been most con- sistent. This leads to the consideration of the.question as to the policy of penalizing previous winners of the Grand Prix, seein what an uncertain thing pigeon shooting is, and it may be argue that if a man is good enough or lucky enough to win the grand prize twice or more, no true sportsman would grudge him his good fortune, There may have been some reason for this re- striction when the number of competitors was limited and the average skill much lower}; but it seems hard to handicap the veterans like Signor Guidicini, Mr. Cholmondeley Pennell and Mr. Hopwood so severely. But this arises, like many other matters which need alteration, from the system, or rather lack of system, which distinguishes the work of the international committee, which is supposed to manage affairs, but merely serves to make con- fusion worse confounded, There is such a babel of tongues at the committee meetings that little can be understood of what is said, and the handicapping is a farce, no fixed principle being adhered to. Jf the performances of an Englishman are being discussed, it is said that, although he has never won anything at Monte Carlo, he is a noted shot in England, so he must be heavily handicapped; whereas, if_a Frenchman has made a name in Paris, but has never won at Monte Carlo, he must be let oft lightly. There is, moreoyer, only one Englishman _on the com- mittee, as against two or three Frenchmen and Italians. Mr. Harding Cox was the English representative last year during the International Week, and whatever distance he might propose for any of his compatriots, whose form he was quite competent to gauge. was increased by one if not two meters, the conse- quence being that he was between the devil and the deep sea, being unjustly blamed for harsh Handicap ne of the English, until at last in despair he rose in the middle of 4 meeting, and took leave of his colleagues. It is not for a moment to be supposed that any one member of the committee is actuated by any but the highest and most sportsmanlike motiyes. The fact is, they are each and all gentlemen of position in their respective countries, carefully selected for personal integrity, knowledge and expe- rience of the services required of them; but it is method that is lacking. i” Grand Prix du Casino, £800, added to a sweepstakes of £8 each; second received £160 and 25 per cent. of the entries; third, £80 and 25 per cent.; fourth,£40 and 15 per cent.; three pigeons at 26 meters, nine at 27; the winner last year to stand back 2 meters, other winners 1 meter, three misses to put out; 124 subs.: M. Moncorgé (Purdey), E. (ise (first prize of £817 and piece of plate), F.--...+....++s ss sees eeaeee ey 1011111111112 M Journu (Purdey), Fr., Beds coe abegsts ot oh aubeease nal Uli pT MM Drevon (Purdey), Fr. F..-.....+..-5 pia hee .. 1110011191914 Signor Maino (Gathoye), E. C., 1...--..... ee Actasht 1117171111011. 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Ob 111010 —4 fSveersor VNNSIGL Meno eho tensecponeerrr sn) a5 3006 110110 —4 UNE aS Moi mpeetihtee TP EES Ce RIN AAs cso arco -110110 —4 TE PRT A SMONEECEAS el tae Me p= a hcl motu ee aed Oo 110110 —4 Vim MGI Ta OS ” Teer g satecsae sen oe commeetee ronjeee s Cans 111010 —4 [Baron de Mooyland, By ssccveeccccsee sewn sss oteetets 111010 —4 I. signifies French, E. English, I. Italian, B. Belgian, S. Spanish, G. German, A.-H, Austria-Hungarian, R. Russian, U. S. A. American. . Killed three birds: Marquis de Soragna, M, Lonhienne, M, Poizat, M, Paccard, Signor Riva, Count Pfeil, Mr. Hopwood, Signor Calari, M. Lostanges, Signor Tiapi, Signor Briasco, Count Dukelman, Signor Ghersi, Signor Bighani, Count Filippini, M. Thome, Signor R. Luro, Signor Mangione, Signor Grandi, Jr., M. WVerdaveine, M. Issaeff, Baron de Mesius, Col. Boswall-Preston, Lord Savile, M. Gourlay, Count du Taillis, Signor J. Grasselli, _Mr. Robinson, Mr. Watson. Killed two birds: _Nocca, Guidicini, Salina, A. Ginot, Sani, R. Gourgaud, Vernon Barker, Boswall-Preston, Robinson, De Ame- zaga, Rogers, Pestile. Killed one bird: Col. Nixey, de Pape, E. Cremer, Miola, Lang- hendonck, Count Voss, Cramer, Galetti, Ker, Marino, Myring, de Tavernost, Calvaleri, Haydon, Meiyille, Nicolai, Yardley. Missed first two or all three birds: Lion, Erskine, Count Ester- oll —2 Sonne 11—2 ee eee eee rs Count O’Brien Signor Fadini Winners of the Grand Prix since its foundation: Mr. Lorillard, United States. Mr, J. Jee, V.-C., C. B., English. Sir W. Call, Bart., English. Capt. Aubrey Patten, English. Capt. Aubrey Patton, English. Mr. W. Arundell Yeo, English. Mr. Chol. Pennell, English. Mr. E. R. G. Hopwood, English. Count M. Esterhazy, Austrian-Hungarian. M. G. Camauer, Belgian, Count de St. Quentin, French, , Mr. J. Roberts, English. Count de Caserta, Italian. 1885, M. L. de Dorlodot, Belgian. Signor Guidicini, Italian. Count Salma, Italian. Mr. C. Seaton, English. . Mr. VY. Dicks, English. Signor Guidicini, Italian. Count Gajoli, Italian. 2, Count Trauttmansdorf, Austrian-Hungarian. Dew eee meee roe ease rare en enereseee eee eeeeeeen anaes ee eee eee ee eee ee Trap at Eltingville. Frrivevirre, S. I., Feb, 10.—Several members of the Jeannette Gun Club and the Columbia Fishing Club arranged a number of livebird matches, which were decided on the grounds of the Columbia Fishing Club, at Eltingville, S. I., to-day in a strong northeast wind. The ground was covered with about a_half-foot of snow. The temperature was 12 degrees below zero. The birds were a good lot. “Johnnie Jones’ was the scorer. H. P. Fessen- den was referee, P. S.—The regular club shoot of the Jeannette Gun Club will be held on the same grounds next Friday, Feb. 17, Pea pewaea. Weenuneasaeacentiae sles sistas 221201011*120*222*202*21*—16 Hambhorst, 28° ...-....5 Rata tne ations stece #2121202*21*2222"02011 21218 Nee eh PA. GAP AAA Sone bonnie 2202002100210201122021200—15 iGisblefavscs, MAE GAB Oe BRO DBOpbOnU duns aG 0222222011222*02202202220—18 Ais 1B TEtosnaaatels 2B) wate dgaceceaoe neo 0210202201102221100212021—17 In the above race W. P. Rottman was shooting against ‘Roehrenbach, and Kid Peters also was shooting against Foehren- ibach. Team race: (GN lesary PET sopuesccecerAneariiaeoree 1022221202122210220121202—20 TEN GUE O25 gece cee ceet spars . .1202121002000200200120021—13—33 IN Brunnie, 28 .....+.-e es .2022021002222202222229221—20 (Capt Debacher, 28 ..--....+.+s2200-> 2*12220212222002202222211—20—40 Five-bird sweep, all 28yds.: f WHainhorst ..:.,,...+.---- JAI 5e Brine tee eye eee ee 12121—5 Wellbrock ..... Ne Sah od 21020—8 Nobel. .,.........eeeeeeeses 02212—4 Wee SES OS" Gem couheyen- nob 212204 Bolking ............... ,.-21011—4 INIRESRETE” oy Cenc hs Sebo 222104 Rottman .........+:8-,-20011—3 Niattecrnerhe ceo artes. UBT OZE SEP a en emis psec, eaeesteneeeertts 11001—3 Webacher .....-..555..55- 110114 John F. Weiler Gun Club. Auientows, Pa., Feb. 7.—Following were the scores made to- day: First event; , O E Enegleman siscrsscecdseceecceeeeeet 1000110000001100100000101— 8 RMAC: SDyahooteaL oe RPP reo eton ieee rhe wee weh 0100000101001001011110100—10 Sac ceiue cis as vind Arne eae 0000010101011110000110001—10 So \ieiletae sree + reocee pedoeecepeees sys. -cLOOIMODMIATIAT TT OTOTOO=38 WieGabriel) slesm er nton eo ee vp esp, + .0000001101000110110000011— 9 UNTUMS rey ment sarerorimrcscesietia mkt ee? o * «+ -1001014111191101111101011—19 Second Event: ..,--1101000100111101011001100—13 _ +» - -0000101001100001100011100— 9 eo ase pire wie ra ats 0110191.1009111111101117 11— 20 APSE +4 01.0117111011171011101001118 oe teere yeaa et eer 1001100010110110010101010—12 GN eilermse trite ce tne rite ree cmtiens 1114111110111101101101011—20 Third event, live birds: , Weiler ....... 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This proposed law applies only to counties where there is an open season on deer, and not to those closed all the year. Section 26 is new and provides that two game birds, tolbs. of fish, a moose or a deer, may be shipped to the home of the lucky sportsman, without his accompanying it, by paying a fee for the privilege; the fee to be large enough to pre- vent shipping to markets. No changes are made in the guide registration law, except that guides may register as general or Iocal guides. Section 29 is for the pur- pose of putting sporting camps more completely under the knowledge of the commissioners; that they may know who owns and operates them, and for what pur— poses. A long petition has been received, signed by the prin- cipal timber and wild land owners of the State, setting forth their great value, and extreme danger from for- est fires. They claim that they are entitled to some protection from the dangers of fire, set by the thousands of hunters who roam without restraint over their lands. The petition winds up with this clause: “No protection can be afforded so cheaply and efficiently as to compel hunters and fishermen, intending to camp, and kindle fires, to be accompanied by a fegistered guide, upon whom rests the responsibilities of his office.” The peti- tion also claims that mtich the same argument pertains to sporting camps; that they should be licensed; that their owners should be known to the commissioners to be careful, competent and safe men, to be intrusted with the keeping of the fish and game interests of the State as well as the landed interests of her citizens. How much of the petition will be incorporated in the gen- eral fish and game bill it is not yet certain. SPECIAL, CHICAGO AND THE WEST. Ducks Coming North. Curcaco, Ill., March 4——The cold.snap here has been broken by a series of rains, which will be very apt to loosen the streams, and make holes in the ice big enough for a duck to get his feet into. Already the flight is well over the lower part of this State, and a few birds have been killed at Water Valley, although the ice is still 18in. thick. There might be heavy shooting at Swan Lake al- most any day now. At Browning, Il. there is a great mallard country, and a good many mallards are reported feeding on the cornfields near there already. If one cares to go spring shooting, it might be well to keep an eye on Browning this coming week, for a warm spell will bring the ducks up in a great wave over this country. The flight will probably last for a couple of days, and those lucky enough to be on the grounds when it comes will get the shooting. They tell me that sometimes very good shooting is had at the junction of the Kankakee and Desplaines rivers, near Lorenzo, on the Santa Fe Railroad, A party near here has a flock of seventeen tame decoys, which are said to do their work remarkably well. By the way, it is at Browning that this art of using tame decoys has reached its highest development. That great duck country had produced some magnificent mar- ket-shooters, and it is among these that we find the tame decoy in its most practical form. The bird used is hardly to be distinguished from the mallard duck, except- ing that its legs are a little heavier. A flock of about a dozen is ordinarily used, the hens being anchored, per- haps a dozen of them, while four or five drakes are left to feed and swim around. These perfidious fowls call so seductively that they allure the most suspicious wild bird. The shooters in that region ordinarily use the pump gun, and deliver the first barrel just at the time: when the wild birds are letting down their legs, 4 or 5ft. above the heads of the tame decoys. They ordinarily deliver all the shots of the pump gun before the flock has gotten out of range. If you want to see scientific duck shooting go to this Illinois river country. Jt was Browning that produced Billy Griggs, whom I take to be the king of the market-hunters of all America. What's the Matter with Illinois? Mr, R. R. Wiley, of Peoria, Ill., writes to me a letter which sets forth so clearly the real state of affairs in Illinois on game protection, that I am disposed to let him speak in full to the readers of Forrest AND STREAM. Fle says: TCA ow me to bear testimony to the fine qualities of Forest AND STREAM, and especially to your department, which has always had an abundance of interest to the hunter or fisherinan. “But the items which have always first engaged my attention are those relating to game protection, It makes my heart glad when you tell of any step forward that is being made by our game wardens or by the Legislature. “On the Illinois River, near my home, there are several sloughs that were once famous for waterfowl. During migration the ducks were very numerous, but now, as one paddles through these places, with the pleasure of seeing only a few grebes or a band of nervous coots huddled together, one feels as 1f he were looking at a picture all blue and gray, and no sunshine. We all know, or should know, what has become of the ducks; but let us cease talking and do something. No law ever was or ever will be effective without strong public sentiment behind it. Our legislators need more of this sentiment, and I wish that your paper might be the means of bringine out the expressions of the multitude of our true sportsmen until everybody would wake up to the fact that game protec- fion is vitally necessary. “To jitdge from my experiences, in this section of the country, our game and fish laws would |have had just as much respect if they had been framed in Greenland. Game 1s sold and killed in open violation of the law, and matket fishermen have seines running out from every point on the river,-as long as the water remains open. A gentleman in this city has become interested in these mat- ters, and has sought far and wide for a case where money has been received for school funds due to the conviction of fish law violators, After a great deal of corre- . spondence with many school superintendents in this sec- tion, he has found that, with one exception, no money has heen received, - known. “covery. 187 “Now, isn't this lamentable? Wouldn't the people be quick to raise a row if their sheriffs or constables allowed a pickpocket or other criminal to victimize them? Are we not being victimized every day of every year in regard to the game and fish laws? “Let us try to redeem the mistake of the past; shake the lethargy of the public, and make them see the necessity of preserving our birds and fish. “T have written this much at length to you because you are trying to wake people up to these matters. I hope you will continue, and take as the text for many a sermon ‘The Prohibition of Spring Shooting. When one con- siders the thousands of gunners, who each spring kill more thousands of female ducks, and when one considers that these thousands would otherwise come back in the fall, multiplied, at the very least, six times, the proposi- tion assumes a yety promising aspect. “I wonder if, among the great many readers of Forest AND STREAM in this and neighboring States, there are not others who feel as I do about these matters, but who never express themselves ?”’ There is but too much truth in Mr. Wiley’s comment on the weakness of Illinois sentiment in game protection. Something of this is geographical, and much of it is due to heredity. Let us suppose that we are just coming in to the State of Illinois in the early days. We are poor, and want to maké a living in the easiest way possible. We find thegreat Illinois River, running northand southacross the State for so great a distance, teeming with fish and crossing a country alive with game. We settle on this strip of country, and we send for our friends. We look upon this stream, with its fish and game, as ours by right of discovery. We don’t always go to school, and we don’t always read the papers for a genetation or so, so we cling to the ways of the past. Our children grow up in the same way. ‘They and their neighbors take up the land back from the stream, owning it for 50 or 100 miles on each side of the waterway, yet not getting so far away as to be out of the reach of its traditions. All these people feel that they own the fish and game, as their fathers did, whenever they see fit to kill it. The free spirit of old America dictates this feeling, and I confess I admire it. I never liked law or restraint myself, and I would like to move to-morrow to a country where such things were not But since we are in this country, and since the conditions of this country have changed, and since some of us have learned to think and reason, it is easily to be seen that we cannot have our individual ways any more than we can have the old conditions. . The great thing for the so-called lawless element of _lower Illinois to remember, is the thing which they have not learned, and seem unable to learn, namely, that the times have changed. We cannot shoot as we did fiity years ago, for the reason that there are more men and fewer birds. It is just as good sense to spare our ducks as if is to spare our setting hens. We will always have poultry, yet when the first domestic fowls came into Illi- nois there were a million ducks to where there was one hen. To-day there are a million hens to where there is one duck. The situation is reversed. Why? All these people of lower Illinois believe in spring shooting. The descendants of the early settlers believe in it, and a great many of the leading citizens of the larger towns believe in it. A good many men in Chicago be- lieve in it. A great many men who profess not to believe it in, none the less practice it, It is no use saying that none of these men are sportsmen, and it is no use reviling them. I am inclined to think that a good deal of the bitter sentiment of lower Illinois against upper Illinois on this very head arose out of the ill-advised position taken by the too ardent wellwishers of good protection. The idea grew up in lower Illinois that the city shooters wanted to force upon the statutes laws which suited them, laws which were good for sportsmen, but which were not enacted for the benefit of the people. This sort of thing was at once met by the stubborn old idea of American in- dependence, the rebellion against class legislation. This is why we do not haye popular sentiment behind our game laws. The sportsmen of Chicago have tried to cram the prohibition of spring shooting down the neck of lower Illinois, and the latter wouldn’t haye it so. We never will stop this spring shooting in Illinois so long as the old situation remains unchanged. To me the natural method seems to be that of putting before all the people of this State, north and south, the simple proposition that we are men and brothers, and that a sportsman 1s no whit better than any other man. Before all of these men, sportsmen so-called, or plain citizens, there can al- ways be gently put the homely parallel of the hen and the duck, and their positions now so lamentably reversed. Tf I wanted to pass a law stopping spring shooting in Illinois, I should spend some money in the lower portion of the State in a mild effort to show these high spirited Americans, who are just as good as any of us who liye in the city, that the times are no longer as they were, so that we ean no longer act as once we did. If we stop spring shooting in Illinois we will have fall shootine again, The question for all of us is, Would it not be better to have fall shooting for twenty years than spring shooting for fen years? I should fancy that the matter would re- solve itself into some such proposition as the latter. Wants a Hudson Bay Knife, ; Mr. A..C. Stott, of Stottville, N. Y., writes me asking where he can get the Hudson Bay knife, described by Mr. MacGowan, of St.-Paul. The Hudson Bay Company, of Winnipeg, Man., can supply it. I do not know what the import charges will be. Mr. Stott will see more about this in earlier numbers of the Forest AND STREAM, Personal. During the past winter Mr. Coleman, president of the Austin Powder Company, Cleveland, O., was taken very seriously ill, and for a long time had a hard fight for re- So able and pleasant a gentleman can ill be spared even temporarily from business walks, and I am very glad to hear from A. Lent, treasurer of the Austin Powder Company, that Mr. Coleman though still con- fined to his house, is rapidly improving. His illness was a severe one, and brought hima near death’s door. Mr. Lent says, “Traveling the downward path occupied months, and full recovery will of necessity consume time. As the bays remark, he is a ‘comer,’ and we expect to sect t 188 FOREST AND STREAM. him here at the office not later than May 1.” Even this delayed date will enable Mr. Coleman to take a hand in the trade of the coming year, which bids fair to be one un- precedentedly large. Mr. E. D. Updike, a prominent Board: of Trade man, of Chicago, left this week for San Antonio and the Texas coast. JI regret that [ did not meet him to add my mite to his information regarding the Southwest coun- try, but if he once gets there he cannot help having a _good time. : E. Houen. 1200 Bovcz Butcpine, Chicago, Dl. Deer in Town, GtoversvitLe, N. Y., March 1.—/éditor Forest and Stream: Kingsboro is a suburb of Gloversville. Every year deer come trom the mountain, three miles north of our city, and are seen by the inhabitants. The Leader reported the other day: _ “The residents of Kingsboro and Marshall avenues and adjoining streets were considerably surprised yesterday morning by the appearance of a young deer strolling along the thoroughfares, The deer did not seem to be worried by the environments of civilization, and after spending some time about.the portion of the city mentioned, the deer crosed East Fulton street, juniped a fence about the cemetery, aiid while it was standing on top of one of the vaults it was noticed by several persons. No attempt was made to capture the animal, although a number of boys who saw it on one of the streets gave chase, but were easily distanced. After remaining in the cemetery a short time the deer went toward the southeastern part. of the city and disappeared in the woods near peat Ppa GLOYERSVILLE, March 4.—Here is a sequel to the note sent you a few days ago: “Residents of the city who arose at an early hour this morning had the pleasure of witnessing the decidedly unusual sight of a wild deer run- ning about the streets in the business portion of the city. The creature was a doe, evidently quite young, and was not very large. It was first seen on Kingsboro avenue by two hounds, which immediately gaye chase, and pursued the deer over the avenue and down Prospect street, until they attracted the attention of Druggist Robert Baird, who was walking down town. He very promptly stopped the dogs and prevented further trouble to the deer from that source, but the little creature continued its flight toward the center of the city, and finally entered the Key- stone Hotel barn on South Main street in a very ex- hausted condition. This morning James Kathan, who has charge of the barn, went to Johnstown and found Game Protector Leavitt absent from home. The posses- sion of the deer was reported to his family with a request to notify the protector as soon as possible, An effort was also made to notify Game Protector Lobdell, of North- ville, but it was reported that he was ill and could not be seen, As a result, the deer will be kept in the barn and cared for until Game Protector Leavitt determines what is to be done with it.” Maine Venison Shipments. Boston, March 6.—I met a Boston sportsman on the street Saturday, who was much pleased over a bit of information he had received from Maine. The same story he also told me had been telegraphed to the Bos- ton papers. It concerned a lighter which came ashore at a well-known Maine port, where shipping to Boston is easy. On board the lighter was a number of barrels. These a game warden happened to spy, and became suspicious of them. He detained the captain of the lighter and opened the barrels. In them he found the saddles and hides of seventeen deer, each one tagged to a Bos- ton firm. He seized the venison and put the captain of the lighter under arrest. The fine will be $40 for having each deer in possession, besiaes attempting ta ship them out of the State. I hope that this story of arrest is true, for I have seen eleven more saddles of deer, just received at a Boston commission house, since last writing the Forest Anp Stream. If it is true, one of the outlets of the underground railway tor shipping deer out of Maine in close season may be stopped at last. ; The ideas of the ordinary New York press reporter are crude, if not laughable. J was shown a clipping yesterday from a city paper, which went on to give an item of news concerning one of the live moose now in the Madison Square Garden sportsmen’s show, It told of the ugly nature of the moose and of his attack on the men who helped put him on the train at Lewiston, Me., ‘where he was trapped.’ Well, the citizens of the city of Lewiston will smile when they read of trapping ‘wild and savage moose within their borders. The truth of the matter is that the moose comes from a game park in that city, and that he was taken up and haltered in the yard and led to the car that was to take him to New York. He went into the car rather unwillingly, but there was about as much trouble about it as there would have been concerning a balky horse under like cireum- stances. Later: It comes from perfectly reliable sources that a seiztire of seventeen deer saddles was made on Thursday last; the game en route for the Boston market. SPECIAL, Weight of Quail. Lockport, N. Y., March 2—By a sad misfortune of a few sportsmen here, who are trying to restock a portion of the farms near the city with quail for next season’s - shooting, I am enabled to give Didymus some informa- tion as to the weight of Bob White that was supposed to have come from Montana, although the parties received them from a New York dealer, which was a great mis- take, as they have no knowledge of how long they had been in confinement. , Of 120 shipped on Feb. 15, eleven were dead when re- ceived the next day. The rest were divided into three lots and taken to different farms to be liberated when the weather was favorable. Of one lot of twenty-seven seven died within three days, when the party turned the remainder out of the building where they were con- fined, and they went directly to 4 straw stack in the ad- joining field; since when I have not heard from them, but as there has been no snow on the ground and the weather has been mild and pleasant, I do not doubt that they are doing well. I secured the eighteen dead birds, eleven of which were females, and weighed each bird separately, With the exception of two of the males, I found them in fair condition. The aggregate weight of the seven males was 360z.; an average of little over 50z.; the eleven females weighed 6roz., a trifle over 5'40z. each. I should think that these birds when caught would have averaged at least 60z.; which would be light for Montana birds. JT have a female in my collection taken eighteen years ago in this country (Niagara) that weighed goz. when I took it from a bunch of birds in the market, where it attracted my attention by its large size and light color, it being much lighter colored than two other females taken here. J. L. Dawson. [The quail of course did not come from Montana, where there are no quail; but were probably from West Virginia, North Carolina, the Indian Territory or Kansas.] Teton Guide and Game Protective Association _ Jackson, Wyoming, Feb. 28.—E#ditor Forest and Stream: The game is wintering fine, except as to a few calves. The winter has been comparatively open. An organization was completed here this month, known as the Teton Guide and Game Protective Association. The officers for the first year are as follows: S. N. Leek, President; Webster La Plant, Vice-President; Andy Watson, Treasurer; Wm, Simpson, Secretary and Clerk to Board of Managers. . The objects are to furnish sportsmen with reliable in- formation and the names of competent guides, and to protect them in their hunting rights and privileges in the Jackson Valley country. With a view of making the asso- ciation a reliable institution, representative residents who are not engaged in guiding tourists, are members. The past year has indicated that an organization of this kind is a necessity. Several tourists have complained of unfair treatment at the hands of incompetent persons representing themselves as guides, The changes in the game law made by the present Legis- lature, are new to most people in the State. As soon as the law is printed and distributed, it will be time to com- mence their enforcement. As we are not familiar with the features of the law as passed, only in a general way, we will not attempt to criticise or commend them. Sut- fice to say that the first duty of the State game warden will be to enforce the law in the community where the game ranges. W. L. Stmpson, Maine Deer and Lumbermen.. Jackman, Me., March 1.—EHditor Forest and Stream: In your publication of Feb. 25 you misqttote me in your article, “A Maine Winter Robin.’ What I really wrote was: “There are several large deer yards in the vicinity of camp, and so far they are all doing nicely, and none are being killed ‘by the Jumbermen or anyone else.” While you quote me as saying, “and were all being killed.” Kindly correct this error and greatly oblige EF. W. Lawton. The Sportsmen’s Exposition. Tue fifth annual’ exposition of the Sportsmen's Asso- ciation in the Madison Square Garden, of this city, sur- passes all that have gone before it in the provision of at- tractions strictly within the scope of such an exhibition, and apart from the purely trade displays. The show has been closely modeled on that of Boston last year, with respect to features and their arrangement. The immense floor space of the Garden is almost entirely giyen up to the attractions. There are a game paddock for live game, an aviary of game birds, ‘an artificial lake for aquatic sports, on the shore of which the Indian tepees are set against a magnificent scene-painting of the great glacier region of the Selkirks. d ~ The paddock is enclosed with Page woven wire fenc- ing, and in it are buffalo, caribou, moose, elk and Vir- ginia deer; while in cages and pens are bears, gray wolves, mountain lions, raccoons, opossums, beavers and game birds. There is a large and admirably arranged aquarium display of fishes by the New York Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission, under the immediate direction of Mr, A. N. Cheney. The fishes shown in- clude a series comprising steelhead, red-throat, rain- bow, brown, brook and lake trout, pike, perch, and black bass. Among the trout are mature specimens and year- lings and two-vear-olds. There is also a model hatchery. Among the birds novel to most visitors are two trained falcons, imported from Europe, Hunters, Trappers and Guides, Again the sons of Nimrod have gathered from the four winds to the place of meeting, where Diana stretches her golden bow. Under one roof are men who know the hunting countries of the continent, The big game sec- tions of the North are, however, best represented among the hunters, trappers and guides, and particularly the moose countries, from Maine on the east to the Rockies. on the west, The Quebec Exhibit. Half of -the north side of the floor of the Garden is given up to the Quebec exhibit, and the at- tractions of woods and waters are represented by game animals and birds, some living and some stuffed, placed in front of a*cycloramic background, and by hunters who are there to explain about the birds and beasts, The Quebec exhibit is in charge of Mr. L. Z, Joncas, assisted by Mr. N. E. Cormier. Mr. J. W. McNicol has charge of one section, and with him are Altred Lanoie, George Frazar and Beebe Lirette, who are guides, Messrs. Turcotte and Jackson are also connected with the ex- hibit, Mr. W. H. Parker represents the Laurentian Club, of which he is manager. guides, Bazile Maurice, who was with General Wolseley on the Nile expedition, and Aimé Beanlier and his brother, Narcisse. Mr. Parker organized the Winches- ter, Shaiyinegan, Laurentian and St. Maurice clubs, and He is accompanied by three noted _ [Marc 11, 1809. — has the further distinction of having beet) one of the ear- lest subscribers to Forest AND Srream, having sent Charles Hallock a check for $25 for subscriptions while the first issues were fresh from the press. Mr, Parker's Laurentian guides sing Canadian boat songs, and have yoices of wonderful sweetness and power. Mr. Cormier invited the FoREST AND STREAM man to take a little six weeks’ trip next summer up the St. Mau- rice to the headwaters of its southwest branch, and then downstream either by the Gatineau or Ottawa to civ- lization. The three streams mentioned take their tise, according to Mr. Cormier, in a pond about the size of the amphitheater of the Madison Square Garden, Mr. Cormier is Superintendent of Fisheries and Game at Avinner, Quebec, and among the many other things he does, he arranges to supply park owners with wild game, from beayer to moose. He could have brought a car- load of moose and caribou to the Sportsmen’s Exposition if they had been wanted, and he has at the present time several contracts on hand for supplying big game for parks, The Adirondacks. The Adirondack exhibit occupies the other half of the space on the north side of the Garden, just east of the Quebec exhibit. There are some neatly finished camps,_ interesting game trophies, and a still more interesting collection of husky woodsmen. The great hotel keepers are represented, and George Stevens, Jr., who is said by his friends to be one of the best living sti!l-hunters, 1s there in person. The men connected with this exhibit comprise the finest aggregation of sturdy manhood to be found in the Garden. Among the guides who are par- tictilarly worth talking to are Warren W. Cole, of Long Lake; F. C. Chase, Newcomb, and Fayette Moody, Sar- anac. ‘ The Canadian Pacific, The Fourth avenue end of the Garden is devoted to a scenic and very successful representation of an Indian hunting camp in the Selkirks, The background is a gigantic painting of the great glacier of the Selkirks, and is a remarkably good representation of the actual land- scape. Timbered hills are shown in the middle distance, and the stream which drains the glacier, In front are the tepees of the aborigines, and moying about at their various tasks the Indians themselves. At their feet is the Swi EHINE pool, and the canoes are drawn up on the bank. : Mr. L. O. Armstrong, has general supervision of the exhibit, assisted by Mr. C. C. Farr. The canoes shown in the cyclorama setting are of Eastern manufacture, and the majority of the Indians never saw a glacier in their lives, but that doesn’t spoil the effect. Nesodaro, the Mountain Cree, is at home in the shadow of the tower- ing Selkirks, but for all practical purposes Willie Paul- son, from the Upper Ottawa, fits into the picture and plays his part just as well. The Quebec & Lake St. John Railway has an imterest- ing exhibit next the C. P. Ry. on the south side of the Garden, and then comes the State of Maine, with a great exhibit, reaching almost to the Madison avenue entrance. Maine. The Maine exhibit is divided into different sectiotis. At the west end is the camp of the Megantie Fish and Game Preserve. "5 In the Patten section is Natey Fogg, equally ready to tell a good story or to post sportsmen on the adyan- tages of the Jack Darling camps, on the Sebois Chain, of which he is the present proprietor. At his elbow is John Jackman, the Patten photographer, some of whose game pictures haye been printed in FOREST AND STREAM, and somewhere in the neighborhood may be found YW. S. McKinney, who is a very unpopular man with the bears of the Pine Tree State, His brother Frank is the man who killed a moose with a .22cal. pistol and the short cartridge loaded with smokeless powder. Mr. Howe, of Curren & Howe, represents the Trout Brook farm. Moose, deer and caribou are the principal live stock. Some of the deer are so obliging that they walk right up to the door when their turn comes to be shot. Mr. Sumner -L. Crosby, the taxidermist, is in evidence, as usual. What Maine would be without Mr. Crosby is not pleasant to think about. Wm. E. Cushman, of Sheoman, has a collection of trophies that would pain sensitive bear to contemplate. He has a cigar-box full of claws and teeth, and other relics of victims to the steel trap habit. In making this collection, Mr, Cushman is following in his father’s footsteps, the only difference being that his father used a set gun. Capt. Barker, of course, is here, and if he had time between greeting old friends and answering questions about Maine hunting resorts, he could give some inter- esting observations on his recent trip to Santiago and other war points. A University Course in Woodcraft. ‘If anybody has any puzzling questions to ask about any subject of simon-pure woodcraft or natural history from the hunter’s and trapper’s standpoint, which treats of the — science from the point where man and beast rub shoul- ders, he will find some professors here ready to elucidate the matter for him. These professors know little of lad glove methods of imparting knowledge. Some of them handle their grammar after trade-marked fashion of their own that defies parsing and the commonly accepted rules of construction, and which would be as much of a puzzle to the New England college professor as was Scotty Briggs’ chewing of the language to the rever- end gospel sharp, Yet there is a force and directness about what they say that carries conviction, and when it comes to driving home an argument and clinching it on the other side for keeps with the fewest possible words, the college professor has to give way to the woodsman. Many of these wilderness-rover professors supplement spoken language with sign language. Cut off the courier des bois’ hands and he cannot talk, aud for a similar reason, if Nesodaro, the Mountain Cree, were to be fastened to his chair, he could neyer properly make you see the final short-range struggle with the grizzly. ~ om ’ ‘ when pitched along the seams, as water vessels. ‘man, ye’ll make a new one.’ - MARtH 11, 1899] FOREST AND STREAM. 189 Ne Nesodaro’s Bear Story. Mr. L. ©. Armstrong intfoduced Nesodaro. Mr. Armstrong said Nesodaro has given it as his impression of New York city (and there are those who agree with him) that the tepees are too high and the people too many, Nesodaro hails from the Stoney Indian Reserve, in western Alberta, and his hunting grounds are the world’s white roof-tree, north, west and south of Banff along the backbone of the Rockies. Mr. Armstrong opened a map to point out to the Indian his home. He ran his finger along the line of the railroad till he came to Mor- ley, and then north to the Bow River. ‘There you are, Nesodaro,” he said. ‘You live on this streani emptying into the Bow-What’s-Its-Name, Ghost River?’ “Oh, yes,” said Nesodaro, pleased to hear the name. “Me come down that mountain,” and he placed his dusky forefinger on a nearby elevation shown on the map. “That’s Minnewaukan,”’ said Mr. Armstrong, and again Nesodaro’s face lit up and he said: “Oh, yes, me come down there.” “Now,” said the agent, “you're no more a lost child. You know where you live, though I doubt if you'd ever get back there unless we took you, It’s a good many moons’ travel on foot.” T asked Nesodaro how many cubs he had ever seen with an old bear. He mistook my question and answered “Fifteen,” and the crowd of ignorant city people who had jammed into the tepee laughed. Nesodaro laughed himself, good-naturedly, and turning to a little boy who was struggling in his father’s arms much as if he ex- pected to be thrown to a wild beast to be devoured, reached out his hand and stroked him, whereat Young America gaye such a start that, as Fred Moody ex- pressed it once, he had to jump backwards to get into his skin again. é I explained my meaning and Nesodaro said: “Some bear, three; some bear, two; no see four.” A White Bear and Black Sheep. Nesodaro says caribou and moose are pretty scarce in his hunting grounds. He has killed six of the former and ten of the latter animals. Elk are fairly numerous, while mountain sheep and goats are “too many.” There are two kinds of sheep, according to Is state- ment, the black sheep and the white sheep. He pointed to some brownish martin fur trimming on his clothing to show the color of the black sheep, and to his smoke- tanned buckskin blouse to show the color of the other, which was evidently the well-known bighorn. He says the black sheep are found “west Red Deer River, west Saskat’wan, west Old Man River.” It seems just possible that the black sheep referred to may be the Ovis stoni, and if so the fact is of great in- terest, as indicating a southern range of this sheep on the eastern flank of the Rockies considerably below the sup- posed limit. ; Nesodaro says he has killed a white bear. It was a small animal, and though weighing only about 200lbs. it was very fat. He killed it in the “low winter” and sold the hide for $11, It had eyes “black as hair.” ~ The Birch Bark Tepee. Mr. C. C. Farr, who was with the Hudson Bay Comn)- pany fifteen years, and who has been around the head- waters of the Ottawa for a much longer period, is a mine of interesting information on all matter pertaining to game or wild life. He saw me looking at a barlk tepee and said that the Indian name for it was asohah- gan, and that the specimen came from Lake Animanipis- sing. ay . ins “T had to get one of them for the show, he said, and I went to an Indian named Peeshahbo and told him to give me his. Peeshahbo said: “How the blazes am i going to live for the rest of the winter?’ I said: ‘Oh’ ‘But I can't peel any bark, says he. ‘Never you mind,’ says I, ‘T’ve got to have it, and with that I took it, and here it is.” Mr. Farr explained that the bark tepees are used by the Indians on their winter hunting trips. They are made in summer from the bark of large birches, sewed to- gether in sections measuring about 3 by 12it. The pole framework of the tepee is erected and the bark bent around before it has dried, so that it will take the proper shape. The free ends of the bark sections are protected and kept from splitting by light strips of wood, one on either side, which are attached by sewing. Seven of these 3x12 bark sections are used in the construction of the asohahgan. When the Indian moves his camp the sec- tions are made into tight rolls, for convenience in carry- ing. In erecting the tepee the bottom section is put in place first, and two of the rolls are commonly ‘required to reach around. Afterwards the other sections are wound around the cone-shaped framework up to within a short distance of the peak. The top is left open for the escape of smoke. The upper sections lap over the lower, shingle fashion, and all the seams run diagonally with reference to a vertical line, in such a Way as to shed water periectly. : The sewing is done with wattup. Watttp is made from the roots of spruce trees, pulled out by the women and boiled till softened. The brown bark covering is rubbed off and the roots split into suitable sizes for sewing. Wattup will keep for years and is tougher than moosewood. When wanted for use, all that is necessary is to throw it into water, and it becomes pliable and easily worked. Bark and Wattup. The Kippawas use birch bark and wattup for all con- ceivable purposes, from making their canoes to the con- struction of minvekwakan pots, which are oval-topped affairs finished with rectangular bottoms, and used for holding berries or sewing materials, or even, at vas Phe French word for minnekwakan is corceau. Willie Paul- son has a birch bark bat that is a work of art, both in ensemble and detail. In constructing their canoes, the Indians use two kinds of bark. The heaviest goes into the bottom and is éalled bottom bark, and the lighter bark is side bark. As Mr. Farr remarked, “the words carry the significance, do ye -principle as the rabbit-skin robes see?’ On these northern waters of the Ottawa great canoes, up to 35ft. in length, are still used. The four and a half and five fathom canoes are commoner. The Rob Roy, made by old Amab, chief of the Kippawas, is the king of the lot, with her six fathoms to the wet. The mention of Amab made Mr. Fart: reminiscent. Indian Dress. "Twenty-six years ago,” said he, “I first saw lus old wile. She was dressed in tartan plaid, with a belt and tomahawk at her waist, and a beaded hood on her head. On her legs she wore metasse, or leggins. Be- fore the Indians came in contact with the white man they used to wear for their winter dress woven rabbit- skin garments. The clothing was made on the same i so popular in the Klondike at the present time. The Indians of the Tem- iscamingue and Temaganis region cut rabbit skins into strips and twist them, and then net them together ax- actly as they make a fish net. With a dirty blanket un- derneath and a rabbit-skin robe on top they will sleep out in the open very comfortably with the thermom- eter 40 degrees below zero.. The Indian name for the robe is assaybeekwan, meaning a netted covering.” From Caribou to Clothing in Quick Time. While we were talking Paulson passed again, and Mr, Farr called attention to his buckskin suit. “That skin was a live caribou two weeks ago,’ he remarked. “You know, the Indians don’t wear those things back in the woods. But I had to rig ’em out in fancy style for this show, so I[ told Willie to get some buckskin clothes, and he went out and killed two caribou and had their hides nicely smoke-tanned and made into coat and pants in short order. Every man can be his own tailor in that country, if he has a good squaw to do the work.” Live Wild Birds. Prominent among the live creatures to be seen at the Garden, and attracting much attention from visitors, are a nttmber of cages containing wild birds, among which may be mentioned quail, pheasants and several species of wildfowl. The cages are notieable for being well built and commodious, much better suited for the exhibition of these birds than anything previously seen at such shows. Each one is provided with a water tank sufh- ciently ample to allow the birds to swim and bathe. Among the wildfowl are black and white domesticated swans, Canada geese and snow geese, European shel- drake and widgeons, mallards, teal, and a cage of beau- tiful wood ducks and mandarin ducks. Tt is to be noticed that in this exhibit the foreign spe- cies are almost as numerous as are the native ones.- The birds all seem in excellent condition and are, of course, greatly admired by all visitors. It is to be regretted that neither Mr. Wilton Lock- wood, of Boston, nor Mr. Timothy Treadwell, of Longe Island, should have sent cages of their birds to this show, Their collections, as seen at other shows, are remarka- bly full and very interesting. Jt certainly seems as if it would be worth while for more people to pay atten- tion to this question of domesticating wildfowl. When we recall the fact that persons enthusiastic in matters of this sort have sueceeded in getting certain wild grouse, wild ducks and wild geese to breed regularly in confine- ment, it would appear as if only time, study and care were required to. induce certain sorts of wildfowl to breed in confinement as freely as do our domestic specics. Trade Exhibits. E. 1. Du PONT Dre NEMOURS & CO. Stand 40 contains the exhibit of the firm of FE. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del. Tt is sit- uated in the gallery to the left of the Madison avenue en- trance. It contains a very complete displav of the dif ferent kinds of powders manufactured by the company, snorting. military and blasting, together with samples of the crude materials from which the black powders are manufactured. All are most attractively arranged and exhibited. Powder kes in variety of size and color display the manner of identification and shipment. There are also samples of smokeless powder for shotgun and rifles and cannon powder. A most interesting part of the exhibit is the model of a cannon charge for the 13in. guns used in the navy. Standing on end. the pow- der charge measures 634ft.. the projectile 334ft. more. _ Vhe charge of nowder weights 2tolbs. and the projec- Mr. Pierre Gentieu is in charge. HAZARD POWDER CO. Stand 51 contains the exhibit of the Hazard Powder Go., 44 Cedar street. New York. In the exhibit are sam- ples of all kinds of powder manufactured by this com- pany. with also samples of the crude material from which the black powders are made. There is also a samole of the company’s Blue Ribhon shoteun powder. Mr. B. H. Norton is in charge. The exhibit is most attractively arranged, LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO. Stands Nos. 52, 53 and &4 are occupied by the Laflin & Rand Powder Co., 99 Cedar street. New York, It catches the eye from any nvart of the Garden, the large models of the 12, 10 and Sin. breech-Inading cannon be- ine full size and verv conspicuotis. These are sectional models, about 16ff. long, and show the monster otins split lengthwise. The bore. breech-loading mechanism. etc., are made apparent to the eve at a glance. The full size dunimy projectiles rest in the bores. with their re- snective dummy loads of 250. 140 and 7slbs. of powder placed in the chambers in proper manner. Several tar- sets made by Mr. W. M. Thomas, with the Laflin & Rand smokeless powders. testify to their worth and to the skill of the rifleman who could perform so well at sooyds. Samples of their new sporting rifle smokeless, for rifles and pistols built for the use of black powders are also a part of the companys exhibit. Mr. Ed. Tay- lor, wise in the lore of what powders are made of and what they will do when made, is in charge. tile 1,r0olbs. UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. The Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridgeport, Conn., occupy spaces from No. 55 to 59. Their exhibit is ap- parent from any part of the Garden, for its size and sim- ple, yet rich, elegance. It is in the form of a lone arch, made of mahogany, the pillars of which are shelved and walled with clear glass, so that all the varieties of rifle cartridges, sporting and military, are readily seen by the eye at a glance. There are all calibers, with all kinds of powder charges and all kinds of bullets. The ammuni- tion for machine and rapid-fire guns is also in evidence. There are glittering primers by the bushel, and wads, shells and shotgun ammunition in general of all sizes, the 28 and 24gauge nitro shells being a special novelty. Mr. W. M. (U.M. C.) Thomas and Mr. J. J. (U. M. C.) Hallowell are in charge. LEROY SHOT AND LEAD WORKS, The Leroy Shot and Lead Works, 261 Water strect, New York, occupy Stand No. 60. There are displayed samples of all kinds and sizes of shot, most artistically arranged. There are sizes from the robust bullet down to HG fine sizes of shot used by bird collectors and nat- uralists. SHOVERLING, DALY & GALES. Messrs. Shoverling, Daly & Gales, of 325 Broadway, New York, have a very attractive display of sportsmen’s goods, the main features of which are the Daly guns, many of which are highly and richly finished, and a quite full line of the celebrated Marlin rifles and shotguns and Bristol steel tods, fishing tackle and golf goods. The Borchardt pistol-carbine is a very interesting part of their exihibit. Mr. G. R. Schneider is in charge. BRIDGEPORT GUN IMPLEMENT CO. The Bridgeport Gun Implement Co., Bridgeport, Conn., occupy Stands Nos. 64 and 65. Their exhibit is eonfined to golf implements and loading blocks for shot- gun ammunition. Their space is neat and attractive. Mr. A. L. Taylor is in charge. THE INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION, Stand No. 72 is where the Interstate Association is in evidence. Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, the able manager, oc- cupies and transacts business in it in his leisure moments THE U. S, CARTRIDGE CO The U. S. Cartridge Co., of Lowell, Mass, occupy stands Nos. 73 and 74, It is most attractively furnished in Oriental style, carpets, divans and comfortable chairs making up the furnishing. It is in one of the choice parts of the Garden, commanding a view of everything worth seeing, and is presided over by Mr. C. W. Dim- mick. PETERS CARTRIDGE CO. AND KING POW- DER- CO. The Peters Cartridge Co. and the King Powder Co., of Cincinnati, O., have stand No. 75, It is neatly fur- nished, more with a view to receiving and entertaining the many friends of the company than with a view to displaying the company’s wares. There are visitors therein constantly. Mr. T, H. Keller is the gentleman in charge. PANTASOTE CO. In stands Nos. 76 and 77 the Pantasote Co.. of 20 Broadway, New York, holds forth, Their specialty is a tough, water-proof cloth, resembling leather in the qual- ity of its toughness, which is manufactured into shooting suits, tents and camping outfits, sailors’ wear, etc. Mr. W. L. Bratton is in charge. SAVAGE ARMS CO. The Savage Arms Co. occupy stand No. 79. It con- tains a coniplete display of the Savage military and sport- ing rifles. An iron plate, bearing the profile of an In- dian, the outline of which was punched with soft-nosed bullets, which pierced the 5-16in. plate as if it were made of cheese, bears testimony to the accuracy of the rifle and the skill of Mr. A. Savage, the inventor of it and the marksman who made the wonderful target. Mr. H. S. Wells is in charge. ; TATHAM BROTHERS. Stand No. 82 is occupied by Tatham Brothers, of 82 Beekman street, New York. Their exhibit contains a full line of drop and chilled shot, numbering from 24 to the ounce to 162, 304 to the same weight. The whole is displayed in elaborate variety. Mr. F. M. Foye is in charge. PARKER BROTHERS. Parker Brothers, of Meriden, Conn., in stand No. 83, display a full line of the shotguns which they manufac- ture, from the $50 grade up to the highest priced ones, gems of finish and elegance. Mr. L. Parker and Mr. J. R. Hull are in charge. THE CLEVELAND TARGET CO, The Cleveland Target Co., Cleveland, O., display a magautrap in stand No. 84. Its workings are patiently and intelligently illustrated by Mr. Charles A. North, a brother of Mr. Paul North. ; VON LENGERKE & DETMOLD. Messrs. Von Lengerke & Detmold, 318 Broadway, New York, display an elaborate variety of Francotte guns, Mauser self-loading pistols, Stevens rifles and pis- tols. and Wuesther dry plates and photographs made with the plates. Also they exhibit a full line of fishing ~ tackle, the special pride of John Wright. Mr. Gus Grieff . is in charge most of the time, though Mr. Justus Von Lengerke gives the exhibit much personal attention. Their space is always crowded with visitors. The E. C. and Schultze powders, of course, constitute a prominent feature of the exhibit. : REMINGTON ARMS CO. The Remington Arms Co,, 315 Broadway, New York, 190 POREST. AND STREAM. [MarcH rr, 1890. display a full line of their famows sporting and military rilles in stands Nos. 87 and 88. There are pretty, low- priced specimens, and again there are specimens of the finest finish, which are higher priced, but gems of util- ity and art. The 16-gauge hammerless, the elegantly finished target rifles, and the auxiliary rifle barrels are all arms which will invite the attention of the sports- men. Mr. W. F. Haight is in charge. : GUN BORE TREATMENT CO. The Gun Bore Treatment Co., of 7 Warren street, New York, occupy stand No. 93. They exhibit many samples of the value of their art, as shown by barrels which haye been treated in comparison with barrels which have not. . Mr. Edward A. Rice, assisted by Mr. Neal Apgar, is in charge, G. W. COLE & CO. In stand No. 90 Messrs, G. W. Cole & Co. display their well-known lubricant and rust preventive, 3 in I, esteemed and used by bicyclists, owners of guns, rifles, etc. ; PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CoO. The Page Woven Wire Fence Co., of Adrian, Mich., occupy stand No. o1. Models and pictures illustrating the utility and neatness of the fence in actual use are on exhibition, and the merits of their product are ably ex- plained by Mr. W. A, Hoisington. THE MARINE EXHIBITS. The nautical part of the show is so meager as to war- rant the supposition that the management does not con- sider yachting, canoeing and rowing as representative American sports worthy of recognition on an equal footing with field sports. There are no exhibits of yachts or yacht models, no rowing boats, and no canoes except one of the Maine wood and canvas canoes used by the Indians in their camp, and in the-tank. Some rolls of birch bark have been provided from which the Indians will make a canoe in view of the spectators, an operation which should be extremely interesting. -At the present time, when there is such a lively interest in yachting, a good collection of designers’ and builders’ models would prove a great at- traction, but thus far nothing of the kind has been at- tempted at any of the shows. The one exhibit which appeals in any way to ‘yachts- men is that of gasoline boats and motors. This exhibit, it may be said, is purely an engineering one; where the hulls are shown, either by models or in the actual craft, they are with a few exceptions notably bad. As a class. they show no evidences of skillful and deliberate design, but rather of being whittled out at odd times by engineers and machinists, It is surprising that as the-success of any launch engine depends really on the performance of the boat as a whole, those who build engines pay no attention whatever to the hulls in which they are placed; except as to the amount of brass and mahogany which can. be car- - ried without sinking the boat. Those who are interested in the power launch, which is growing in popularity every year, are able to inspect and compare a number of different makes of engines. : The Daimler Manufacturing Company exhibits this year three of its engines, the Daimler Marine Motor. One of these is a double engine of 35 H. P., one of 16 . P. and one of 4H, P. A small model of good design shows one of the company’s 50ft. cabin yachts, with 16 H. P. motor, the model being complete in all details of cabin, ete, Several other firms show motors of various descrip-_ tions. TAXIDERMY. In stand No. 50, on the left of the entrance, Thomas W. Fraine, of Rochester, shows a series of admirably mounted heads of caribou from Newfoundland, moun- . tain sheep and Virginia deer, all most artistically ~ dis- posed. gee ; In spaces Nos, 68-70, W. W. Hart & Co., of New York, make a display of heads and other trophies. Most interest, naturally, is shown in the large collection of remarkable moose horns from Alaska, some description of which was given in a recent issue of this journal. Look Out for the Engine. Tre Bangor Daily Commercial reported the other day that one of the trains of the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad had barely escaped running down a bull moose on the track. On the day following the publication of the story of the bucking moose, General Manager Cram, of the Bangor & Aroostok Rail- toad, received the following communication from Chairman Carleton, of the Game Commission: Augusta, Feb. 22.—Hon. F. W. Cram, V. P. and G. M., B & A. R. R., Bangor,.Me.: My dear sir—I inclose herewith clippings from the Bangor Commiercial of Feb, 21, which explains itself. also a copy of the law pertaining to the protection of moose. I regret exceedingly that it becomes my duty to complain against this corporation, which is otherwise so well hehaved, for violation of the game laws. It is the opinion of the Commis- sioners that we cannot permit railroads fo go on wounding and maiming and disfiguring moose indiscriminately. It is the opinion of the Commissioners that.a general order should be issued by the management of the B. & A. R. to your employees. that when they see a big bull moose approaching they should immediately stop’ the train and let him proceed on his way un- molested and undisturbed.. Before taking further action in this matter, however, we Should like to receiye your explanation, if you have any, as to why you should not be proceeded against for hunting this moose, as in such case is made and provided by the law of the land. I have the honor to be, very respectfully yours, (Signed) : L. T. Carleton, Chairman. Replying to Commissioner Carleton, Mr. Cram wrote as follows: Feb, 28, 1899.—Hon. L. T. Carleton, Chairman Fish and Game ~ Commissioners, Augusta, Me.: My dear sir—Your letter of Feb. 22, with clippings attached, is received. It throws a flood of light upon a very perplexing question. Manifestly those in charge of live stock have no right to willfully or carlessly permit it to tun at large in highways or upon the right of way of a railroad company. As an example, and a warning, éyery offender should, we believe, be brought to book. The difficulty has been to fix responsibility. It is apparent from your communication that you admit the trespassing live stock to be in your charge. We will accordingly ask the Supreme Court to try you out. The Proceedings can best be conducted, I am sure, in or near the pasturing grounds. JI suggest therefore the top of Mt. Katahdin as_the place, and April 1 as the date for the hearing. : If this does not meet with your approval, and you see fit to pay this company $1,000,000 in -settlement for annoyances, so far and give a satisfactory bond to keep your derned critters off the tracks from this forward, we will, with the approval of the petitioners for a 2 cent per mile interchangeable ticket and their counsel, let you off. This proposition without prejudice to the rights of either party, and to remain open just two minutes after you have received it, Yours truly, (Signed) F, W Cram, V, P. and Gen’l Manager, ea and Liver Sishing. Proprietors of fishing and hunting resorts will find it -profitable to advertise them in Forrsr anp STREAM, Red Letter Days. ll.—Trout Fishing. THE .man of leisure is a rare bird in this western world, particularly in these days of unrest, when almost everybody has a dozen irons in the fire, a score of jobs on hand, and when of the few it can be said they toil not. How enviable the position, therefore, of the man who, having earned relaxation, can now pitch his tent under the greenwood tree or on the bank of one of America’s grand rivers, with time for reflection, his tastes and sensibilities gently leading him in the direc- tion of sport in forest and on stream, It was my happy lot thus to pitch my tent for many a year on one of the most picturesque spots of that part of picturesque Canada, the bank of the St, John River, I could command a certain amount of leisure, and I lost no Opportunity in winter and summer, with rod and gun, in seeking and finding sport to my heart's content, The birch bark canoe being the only means of iransport in summer, the toboggan for provisions in winter, I had almost become an authority as to the geography of the country, [ merous rivers, as to the whereabouts of the many chains of caribou barrens, and the favorite haunts of moose in secliided woodlands. In my many trips to the old country, in the capacity of globe trotter, I could not tre- sist the temptation at the risk of being considered a bore—one: given to relating marvellous traveler's stories —of pointing out to all seeking such information, that there is a field for the emigrant and the sportsman in the land of the setting sun, where the most bloodthirsty sportsman can be satisfied, and where with rod and gun he can say from his heart, enough. seeing a certain look of incredulity coming over the face of my nearest and dearest friend as I related these wonderiul stories, though I had purposely endeavored to keep within reasonable bounds, as to the picture I drew of size and weight of fish, width of horns, ete.. of° moose, caribou and deer. This was sufficient to try the temper of the most angelic man, JI could only say: “Come and see,” It thus came about that two of my best friends (one a canon of the Anglican Church, the other a country squire), two of the most genial com- panions, the keenest sportsmen, and with an abundant stock of varied information and experience, resolved to pay me a visit to my Canadian home, accept my in- vitation to test the accuracy of my stories, or to put it in fine language, the foundation of my picturesque, if somewhat fanciful, description of sport in these parts, — Meanwhile, I had shifted camp from the hank of the ° St. John River, in New Brunswick, to that of the Ot- tawa River, in Ontario, and I had not time to acquire knowledge of the new country. my friends’ visit was unfortunate, it being midsummer. neither good for testing rod or gun, T was therefore rather handicapped in my efforts to show sport. Our first expedition, alas, was an utter failure. The Gatneau River was the route, a chain of lakes in fhe region of Kazabazna—within easy reach of the North Pole—the proposed fishing ground; the time, as already stated. that which suits the convenience of every conceivable insect | of attack; means of locomotion shaky in the extreme— rickety wagon over rough and mtiddy toads. leaky canoe and ill-constructed catamaran on the lakes. Trout. more- over, were scarce—mere pan fish—and these would only rise in early morn or late evening, leaving the - three fishermen during the hot summer’s day open to the at-— tacks of the insect pests, without any means of defense. To pass the time we resorted to our boyhood’s plan of tickling fish—suckers assembled in cool brooks from the heated water of the lakes—and in this we were marvel- lously successful. But it was a novel sight, three individ- uals, who had at least passed the days of boyhood, the canon being one, adopting the prone position on the bank of the brook, engaged in the tickling process; and as each succeeded in securing a sleeping beauty (?) in the palm of his hand, it was speedily flung on the bank, amid a shout of applause. Afterward these fish were distributed among the neighbors, proving excellent for the table. All the same this expedition did not by any means meet the expectations of any member of the party, so that “Is this all the sport you can showus?” was on the lips, if not actually expressed by my companions. It was evident that I had necessarily to take some act- ive step to regain what I had lost of fame as a voyageur of repute, as a safe steersman and guide. Haying resorted to my well-worn map of the maritime provitices, and pointed out the different desirable round-trip routes for canoes and canoeists, from personal experience, our - minds were quickly made up. We three, with the acqui- sition of my better half (well trained in roughing it and skilled in the commissariat department) resolved to turn our steps eastward, Steamer to Quebec; train (Inter- colonial) to Campbell; thence by Restigouche, Upsal- quitch, rivers, the lakes, Nepisesuit, Tobique and St. John rivers, by canoe, to Fredericton and St. John, if necessary, making a round trip of several hundred miles, much of which was, even to me, -oyer new grounds, not having previously visited the Upsalquitch region. In order to facilitate our-transit, I arranged that -at the same time that we should start from Campbellton in three canoes, up the Restigouche River, with Mic-Mac In-- dians, four Milicete Indians, with four of their smaller - canoes, should leave their camp at the mouth of the Tobique River and proceed to meet us wherever that meeting shotild take place, on Jake or tiver, and thus enable the: Mie-Mae Indians, on the relief taking place, to return to their homes on the bank of the Restigouche River. All this was satisfactorily carried out. : It is not my present intention to give details of this delightiul round-trip canoe voyage. J] merely desire to refer to one incident, which | cannot easily forget. as to the sotirces and courses of its nu- - 1 could not help - The time selected for | We arrived at Nepiseguit Lake late in the evening, barely in time to camp and cut wood before night set in. Having killed some fine 2-pounder trout in Neise- guit River before reaching the lake on the prevoius evening, my friends determined to try back, contrary to my advice, lor I, from long experience, had spotted a pool, or hole, near our camp, which as a cool retreat for trout in midsummer, I considered superior to any fishing grounds we had yet found. ‘“Two-pounders are good enough for us,” they replied, in answer to my en- treaties to try this pool, Off they went, therefore, at an eatly hour in their canoes, leaving me in full possession of the big hole, as we called it, I took it easy, without a great variety of flies, with light rod and strong landing net. I cast»my first fly with full confidence of success. Scarcely had the fly touched the water than was in a _ fish, a good on, and from that moment until I had quite filled a space between two rocks on ‘the bank with monsters, I was kept busy hooking, playing and land-. ing fine trout, until I gaye it up, having had fish and fishing enough to please the most ardent admirer of the gentle art. ; Later my brother sportsmen were observed paddling hard to camp for the midday meal, eager to show the te- sults of their morning’s work, and soon they held up to ollr view some fine specimens of trout (they had only. killed about a dozen fish), shouting, “I told you so!” for they were quite proud of their sport. A peep. how- ever, into my larder, a veritable fishery exhibition, tool the wind out of their sails and reminded eyen the canon that experience—the experience of an old settler— Leaeuesia as This was for me and mine (for my wife shared my joy) a red-letter day. Fishing Up and Down the Potomac. Edward’s Ferry. We have been to Leesbure on one of our jormer trips, but this time a team and double-seated dayton are waiting at the station platform, our grips and rod cases are stowed away and strapped behind, and before the train is out of sight, we three are hurrying as fast as the good gray mare can take us to the toouth of Goose Creek, five or six miles away. At the Creek we find the ferry boat, a primitive scow, flat, witl: aprons at either end to drive on and off and fold up for an end gate, when we are launched. The engineer is an ancient colored citizen. wha handles the propelling pole with a dexterity and deliber- ation which could only come with long practice. — Both the team and the ferry belong to oir landlord. who has been watned of our coming and has sent for us- We stroll about the quarterdeck of the scow and watch the minnows and pebbles in the shallow water - it is late, and we had not counted on doing any harder work this evening than ealing the supper that awaits tis; but a bass rising in the clear water, is too much, and two whose holiday is limited to twenty-four hours decide tu make the most of it, unlimber the cases and fil the tackle for fifteen minutes under some inviting willows on the further shore, near the landing place. The driver goes on to the house with the friend, whose particular haunt this “is. at whose suggestion we had come, and who expects to spend the next ten days here, where he quietly puts in a weck or two every year, and who is therefore not so impatient this first evening as we are. ; We try-the shore for a couple of hundred yards. but the willows are provokinely close to the water, and it is shoal: too far out for a cast from the bank, where one is in plain view. EE Ties will be decided — Target will be ~ Entries uti- - [MArce It, 1809. — 4 Rifle at Shell Mound, SAN Frawnetsco, Feb. 27.—Edilor Forest and Stream: A fitful wind greeted the marksmen at Shell Mound range yesterday. There was a good attendance at all the club shoots. The militia shooting stalls look very forlorn, as our San Francisco regiment is on the fighting line at Manila. . F. P. Schuster and Dr. Rodgers had their usual hot contest. This timeé it was for the all comers’ Blanding medal, Germania Club, The conditions are: Only one score of 10 shots, 200yds., %+ring target. Schuster started out with 121 in his first five shots, but broke and wound up with 226. The Doctor made Scores of Germania—for the Bushnell medal: Dr. L. Rodgers 228, F, P. Schuster 226, A. Strecker 209, : Yearly competition shoot for cash prizes: F, P, Schuster 72, A. Strecker 72, Dr, Rodgers 71, D, B. Faktor 70, C. Thierbach 70, H. Stelling 68, N, Ahrens 68, William Goetze 67, ~ Monthly bullseye shoot: J. F. Daly 228, R. Finking 326, Dre. L. ©. Rodgers 395, J. Beottler 396, A. B. Faktor 445, F. Rust 535, H. Stettin 629, N. Ahrens 777, J. Utschig 787, F. P. Schuster 841, C. Vhierbach 991, J. F. Bridges 1,059, R. Stettin 1,150, R. Haake 1,281. Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club—Shoot for Glindeman all comers’ rifle medal: H. Pape 41, 44, 46; F. O. Young 56, 59, 60; G. Manuel 92, 102; Mrs. Manuel 95; E. N. Moor 114, Siebe, all comers’ pistol medal: F. O, Young 41, 50, 55: G. M. Barley 51, 52 52, 54, 56, 60; C. M. Daiss, 42, 49, Daiss’ all comers’ and Jacobson’s members’ medal, rifle: Geo. Mannell 28, 29, 30, 34 ROEEL, Grap= Shooting. If you want yout shoot to be announced here send ia notice like the following: Fixtures. _March 2-11.—Madison Square Garden.—Tournament in_connec- tion with Sportsmen’s Exposition. Address, Sportsmen’s Ex- position, 280 Broadway, New York, p March 17.—Hoboken, N. J.—Hackensack River Gun Club’s handicap shoot at live birds, at Heflich’s Hotel. Open to all Main event, 10 live birds, $5 entrance. John Chartrand, Sec’y, March 23.—Brooklyn, L. I.—Live-bird handicap of the Brooklyn Gun Club, at Lyndhurst, N, J. John Wright, Manager. March 25.—Pawling, WN. Y¥.—Postponed shoot of the Pawling Rod and Gun Club. Geo. S. Williams, Sec’y. ~ March 28-30.—Richmond, Ya.—Tournament under management of W. C. Lynham. Targets and live birds. ' April 4-5.—Chambersburg, Pa.—Chambersburg, Gun Club’s spring ~ live-bird and target tournament; open to all, J. M. Runk, Captain. April 11-13.—Itikwood Park, Long Branch, N. J.—The Inter- state Association’s seventh annual Grand American Handicap tournament. Entries close April 4, Edward Banks, Sec’y, 318 Broadway. . April 18-20.—Lineoin, Neb—The Lincoln Gun Club’s second annual interstate tournament; targets and live birds; $500 added. Geo. L. Carter, Sec'y. [ April 18-21.—Baltimore, Md.—Prospect Park Shooting Associa- tion’s tournament; $500 added. Stanley Baker, Sec’y. April 25-27—Kansas City, Mo.—Ninth annual tournament of the Missouri State Amateur Shooting Association, under auspices of Washington Park Gun Club; 3400 added money; target and liv birds. alter PF. Bruns, Sec’y. ‘ April 2£-28.—Baltimore, Md.—Tournament of Baltimore Shooting Association; targets and live birds; money added. Geo. L. Har- rison, Sec’y. J May 2-5,—Lincoln, Neb.—Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion’s twenty-third annual tournament, under the auspices of the Capital City Gun Club; six amateur and four open events each day; targets and live birds. R. M. Welch, Sec’y_ May 9-18.—Peoria, Ill.—ITlinois State Sportsmen’s Association's tournament. C. F. Simmons, Sec’y. . May 16-19.—Erie, Pa.—Ninth annual tournament of the Penn- sylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, under the auspices of the Reed Hurst Gun Club, F. W. Bacon, Sec’y. : . May 16-20—St. Louis, Mo.—Tournament of the Missouri State Fish and Game Protective Association, H. B. Collins, Sec’y. May 17-18.—QOil City, Pa—Interstate Association’s tournament, under auspices of Oil City Gun Club. FP, S. Bates, Sec’y. re: May 23-25.—Algona, la—Tournament of the lowa State Asso- ciation for the Protection of Fish and Game, John G, Smith, Pres. May 24-25.—Greenwood, 5. €.—Annual live-bird tournament of the Greenwood Gun Club; 26-bird Southern Handicap. R. G McCants, Sec’y. - : : May 30.—Canajoharie, N, Y.—All-day target shoot at Canajo- harie, N. Y. Charles Weeks, Sec’y.- 2 May 30-June 2.—Erie, Pa.—Ninth annual tournament of the Penn- sylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, umder the auspices of the Reed Hurst Gun Club. Frank W. Bacon, Sec’y. June 5-10.—Buffalo, N. Y.—New York State shoot, under the auspices of the Buffalo Audubon Gun Club; $1,000 guaranteed; over $2,000 in merchandise, and $1,000 added money in open events. Chas. Bamberg, Sec’y, 51 Edna Place. : June 6-9.—Sioux City, Pa.—Fifth annual_ amateur tournament of the Soo Gun Club. E. R. Chapman, Sec’y, — June 7-9.—Columbus, ©O.—Tournament of the Ohio Trap-Shoot- ers’ League, under the auspices of the Sherman Rod and Gun Club. J. C. Porterfield, Sec’y, O. T. S. L. ae June 1415.—Bellows Falls, Vt.—Interstate Association's tourna- ment, under auspices of Bellows Falls Gun Club. C. H. Gibson, Sec’y. Tene 14-16.—Cleveland, O.—Cleveland Target Co.’s tournament. June 20-22.—Wheeling, W. Va.—Third annial tournament of the West Virginia State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the Wheeling Gun Club, Wheeling, W. Va. Ed O. Bower, Sec’y. yet" July 19-20.—Proyidence, R. I.—Interstate Association’s tourna- ment, under auspices of the Providence Gun Ulub. R. C. Root, Sec’y. July 18-20.—Arkansas State Tournament. Brea Aug. 9-10.—Portland, Me—Interstate Assocaition’s tournament, under auspices of the Portland Gun Club. S. B. Adams, Sec’y. Sept. 6-7—Portsmouth, Va.—lTournament of the Interstate As- sociation, under the auspices of the Portsmouth Gun Club. W. N, White, Sec’y. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. | The target tournament of the Sportsmen’s Association. progresses merrily each day. It is one of the most attractive features of the Garden to the shooters and visitors. There is hardly a momenit’s cessation in the shooting. Sometimes over 800 targets an hour are thrown—a very rapid rate. The magautrap works very nicely. Tt is in charge of Mr, Harry Merrifield, who assists in working the trap for the Brooklyn Gun Club. The shooting is done on the west end of the Garden. High board fencing about where the targets and shot fly guard against any falling into the Street. On the second day, Mr. R. O. Heikes made a run of $5 in the continuous match, and Mr. J. A. R. Elliott was high in the As- sociation championship at 100 targets, with a score of 98. Shoot- ing did not begin till the afternoon of the first day, and only the Association championship was shot. Mr. J, J. Hallowell was high with. 98. On Sattirday, in the Association championship, Heikes and Tallman tied on 96 out of 100 shot at. On Monday, in the continuous match, Rolla O, Heikes broke 79 in his longest run; J. A. R. Elliott, 51. In the Association championship, Heikes scored 89 out of 100; Edward Banks 97. - The first annual amateur trap-sliooting tourmament of the Mary- land Sportsmen’s Exposition Association, April 18 to 21, inclusive, has $500 added money, and will be held in conjunction with a gen- eral exposition of sportsmen’s and athletic goods, a bench show, a field trial, whippet racing, fox hound trials, hurdle contests, beagle trials, fly-casting tournament, poultry show, pet animal exhibit and many other interesting and novel features: ‘In the trap- shooting contests, the professionals can shoot in amateur events for targets only. A set of traps will be provided for the pro- fessional events, which are open to all. Mr. Henry A, Brehm is president of the Association; Mr. Stanley Baker, secretary; Mr. H. ‘A. Penrose, is vice-president and general manager, Communi- cations addressed to the Maryland Sportsmen’s Exposition As- sociation, Carrollton Hotel, Baltimore, Md., will ‘receive prompt and full attention. A large programme, giving complete informa tion will be ready for distribution tn a few days, oocnllientllalll Mareit tt, T8a9] eed Manager John S, Wright, of the Brooklyn, N. Yi, Gui Club will hold one of his typical tournaments on Thursday, March 93. The shoot has been atranged in response to the direct re- quest of several of the patrons of the Brooklyn Gun Club, The scene will be the grounds of the Lyndhurst Shooting Association, Lyndhurst, N. J., a place easily reached from New York by rail to Rutherford, N. J. (Brie R. Rj; thence by trolley, ten minutes’ ride, to Lyndhurst, Tom Morfey, proprietor of the grounds, promises to have his new live-bird traps and automatic pulling .ap- paratus propetly installed for the occasion, and also says that he will have plenty of fast country birds on hand to siut all comers. The main feature on the programme will be a 15-bird handicap, $15 entrance, birds included, class shooling. four moneys, handi- caps from 26 to 32yds. The Hackensack River Gun Club has decided to hold a handi- cap shoot on its grounds on March 17, Jt will be an open to all sweepstakes at 10 live birds, entrance #5. There will be a few hundred extra birds provided for private matches, and other events. Afterward, supper and refreshntents will be served at Heflich’s Boat House Pavilion, at the club’s expense. Shooting will begin at 1 o'clock P, M.; if the entties are large it will commence at 10 o’elock A. M, ‘The club desires all shooters to send in their entries by March 15 or sooner to ihe secretary, Mr. John Chartrand, Hoboken Skating Rink, Mobeken, N, J. [ntries close on the day of the shoot. Mr. W. R. Hobart will All the office of scoret and referee. ~~ Under date of March 2, Mr. W. T, Mitchell, “of Lynch, Va., writes us as follows: ‘“‘Arrangements have been perfected for a shooting tournament at Richmond, Va., on March 28, 29 and 30; two days at targets, and one day at live birds. The tournament will be under the management of W, C. Lynham. It will have ten events each day of 15 and 20 targets, and the last day at 5 live-bird events, Special attractions will be a race at 50 targets on the first day for the State championship at targets, and a similar race on the last day. at live birds, for the State live; bird championship. Purses divided under the equitable system. The tournament on the Garden roof has ji : group of famous shooters, among whom ate Mir. Rolla O. Heikes, Le Roy, O. R. Dickey, Edward Banks, Capt. A. W. Money, Harold Money, IT. W. Morfey, B, H. Norton, Miss Kay, Wanda, Annie Oakley, J. A. R. Elliott, J. J, Hallowell, W. M. (U, M. G.) Thomas, -Isaac Tallman, 0. Hesse, AShy Ale Knowlton, J. R. Hull, J. S. S. Remsen, Fairmount, Wall K. Park, J, von Lengerke, Crosby, Dupont, HE. D. Lentilhon, Phil Daly, Jr. Paul North, R. Swiveller, H. Welles, A, Doty, G. S. McAipin, Tom Weller, G. S. Mott, and many others, The East Side Gun Club, of Newark, N..J., will hold a regular elub shoot at live-birds on Friday of this week. The Monte Carlo eyent will be at 12 birds, six at 29yds. and 6 at dlyds. 5 entrance $4, birds extra at 25 cents. This event will, be high guns, “one ‘money to each four guns. Included in this 12-bird race there will be a class shoot, $38 emtrance, three mones's, divided in the ratios 6, 8, and 1. Total entrance in both, includins birds, $10. Entrance to either optional. Shooting commences al 40 o'clock A. M. L. H. Schortemteier, Captain. The Marlin Fire Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., call attention to the perfection of the Marlin Take-Down Repeating Shotgun, model 1898, both in respect to its shooting qualities and the com- pleteness of its mechanism, Their standard gun is 12-gauge, about Tbs. in weight, full choke, and bored to shoot nitro powders. The barrel is made of high-grade steel. The action hhandles a 98,in. shell or less. The company will send a circular, giving com- plete information as to its mechanism, material, price, etc., on ap- plication. The Lincoln Gun Club, of Lincoln, Neb., will give some nice merchandise prizes for averages at its forthcoming tournament. We are in receipt of one of the club badges, which bears the Jegend, “Lincoln Gua Club’s Second Annual Interstate Tourna- ment, Lincoln, Neb., April 18-21, 1899,” and pendant to the bar is a rabbit foot, that most potent charm in swaying the trap-shooter's luck for good or ill, accordingly as it is used by one skilled in the proper formula. ‘A team match at 10 live birds, between Messrs. J. P. Milliken and John Wright, secretary of the Brooklyn Gun Club, against Drs. Kimble and Creamer, is to take place in the near future, Mr. Milliken is so certain that he will defeat his opponent that he has bet one pair of muscovy ducks with Kimble and Creamer that his score is the highest- If the match is not shot in seclusion, there is siire to be a large attendance of friends to witness it. Mr. J. H. W. Fleming (Johnnie Jones) writes us as follows: “The oe Rod and ais Club, of Rockaway Park, L. I., will shoot the return match with the Hudson Gun Club, of Jersey City, on the first day of next week on their grounds, Take Yellow Turnpike trolley car from any of the P. R. R, ferries from Jersey City, to the First Turnpike bridge.” As, up to the present time, there is nothing definite in the compétition in the target tournament on the root of Madison Square Garden, the two main events running’ till near the close of the Exposition before they will be decided we have thought best not to publish the scores till they would be complete as a whole. Mr. Paul North arrived at the Garden last week, newly ar- rived from England, and looking hale and well groomed, though minus his model moustache, which graced his lip before his de- parture. He expressed himself as being highly pleased with his visit, and also that the magautrap gave great satisfaction on the other side of the herring pond. — . The programme and trap-shooting rules of the Interstate As- sociation are now ready for distribution, and can be obtained on application to the secretary, Mr. Edward Banks, 318 Broadway, New York. The programme is an artistic work, as well as an in- structive one. i. The Laflin & Rand Powder Co,,: 99 Cedar strect, New York, eall attention to. the fact that they are now prepared to furnish a smokeless powder for rifles and revolvers built for black powders. This will be a welcome bit of news to a multitude of sportsmen, In their match at 100 live birds each, L | Gloucester, Pa, Mr. Edward Johnson, of Atlantic City, de- feated Mr. R. A. Welch, of Philadelphia, by the score of 94 to 86.. There was a large attendance, which witnessed the contest. Mr. Harry Coldron, of Reading, Pa., and Mr, F. W. Cooper, of Mahanoy City, Pa., have arranged a series of three 100-bird matches, for $100 a side, the first to take place on March 17, at Mahanoy City. The Interstate Association will give a tournament at Portsmouth, Va., Sept. 6 and 7, under the auspices of the Portsmouth Gun lub. This shoot will complete the Association’s circuit for 1899. The E. C. cup will be redeemed and again put in open com- petition, this time at the tournament of the Missouri State Fish and Game Protective Association, St. Louis, Mo., May ,16-20. In a brief note, Mr, €. C. Beveridge (Dominie) informs us that he will be in New York April 9, stopping over about ten days in St. Louis, while en route East from Fremont, Neb BERNARD brought together a WATERS. Trap at Saginaw. Sactnaw, E. S., Mich., Feb. 27-——The supper shoot between Saginaw, E. S. and W. S., Club vs. Bay City Club was lost to Saginaw, E. S. and W. S., by one single bird. Return match will be held at East Side Gun Club grounds some time in March. Score, nineteen men a side: Saginaw, ES. and W. S:; 3155 Bay City, 316: ; : The list of names of the Bast Side Gun Club and average per cent of those who participated in the medal shoot only for 1898 are_as follows: : E. E. Bliss .78, A. H. Delonjay .76, Ed Carpenter -72, James Willeite (71, J. Brechetelsbauer .74, John B. Baum .70, John M. Messner .69, F. A. Bastian ,67, George Wirth .67, L. R. Cooper ‘66, John Lafayette .65, W. C. Held .66, Ed Skolil .64, John Hermann .60, J. Baumgartner .58, KR. Temper 58, Chas. Scudder 57, John Popp .56, A. Koch _ .56, F. H. Allen .56, Chas. Hencke!l “55,-Wm. M. Nouggle .54, H, S. Krogmann .52, Jacob Fischer 51, V. Kindler .50, L. Dambacher .5i, F. Betts .49, G. R. Endert 49. F. Wolf -47, Fred Leitow .46, Chas. Schmidt .45, Chas, Andre 43-8. Hunt 43 Henry Kenney 41, John Rosenberg 41, Jacob Henny 40, Fred Janbke 40, M. Shaitberger .38, Kirt Mathewson 36, Wallace Brown_.36, Edward King .36, F. Brucker .32, Joseph Smith .31, Thomas Lynch .28, Fred Mohr .24, H, Ewald .20, John F. Miller .20, Chas. E. Lown 18, C. Shorts 20, Geo. W. Brown 20, Geo. Carter -20, Wm. Wolgast .20, John Winkler .20. —~ Joun M, Messner, Sec’y East Side G. C. at Charter Oak Park, FOREST aND STREAM. A Tribute to W. H. Noone. Portsmoutn, N, H,, March 2.—Editor Forest and Stream: Will you kindly allow space in your columns for a brief tribute to one of the truest of sportsmen and most sincere of friends. A noble upright man, William H. Noone, who at the early age of twenty- four years, has written ‘‘finis’” on the last page of his earthly life and joined the great majority. He was a faithful reader of your columns, and in the list of irap-shooters his name often appeared, He was an expert at bluerock shooting, and an ardent sportsman in the field, and at the sea coast, and indeed his entliusiasm over the latter was the cause of his death, From its inception he was an energetic member of the Ports- mouth Gun Club, being admitted when under the usual age, on account of his skill and devotion to the sport, For several years he held the position of field captain in the club, and no work was too arduous; no eftort too great for him, if the welfare of the elub required it. Of genial disposition, kind-hearted, generous and cordial, he made friends wherever he went, and among the clubs at Exeter, Haverhill, Dover, York and Kittery, he was a frequent guest, beloved and welcomed by all. On Thanksgiving Day he took part in the last open-air shoot of the season held by the club, shooting in fine form all day and winning the first prize. It was his last dey with the bluerocks, for very shortly after came the terrible trapedy which cost the young life, so full of hope and promise ; Fucouraged by the success of a fellow sportsman in seonring a pair of fine black ducks, the day previous, Will Noone, in company with another enthusiastic gunner, Paul Marden, on Tuesday, Dec. 18, started for a small rocky island at the moutli of Portsmouth Harbor, hoping {o secure a bag of ducks. Tt was a bitter cold day, the thermometer ranging from 6 to 10. degrees below zero alter noon, while the wind from the north- west blew fearfully sharp and cold. While outside the river the water was covered with a heavy vapor, and the tide, running against the wind, made the water rough and choppy. From the time, early in the afternoon, when the two sportsmen bid their friends on the Wharf farewell, to this day no one has known their fate, As the hours passed and they did not retuin, it was thought they had landed and sought shelter oyer night, hut when morning came and they did not appear, the worst was feared. Searching parties went all along the coast on either side the harbor, the life-saying crews were notified, and a steamer chartered to aid in'the search oceanward, while the island Was visited for some sign of them, but none could be found. Tt was haped they had landed at the Isle of Shoak ii blown sea- ward, and there the steamer went, but in vain, even Boone Island The frail hope that they had been” was included in the search. picked up by a passing vessel Was also dispelled as time went by. Several days passed, and then a dory, bottom-up, was re- ported as seen off the Maine coast; an oar and a mitten found at the Isle of Shoak, cast up by the waves, were identitied as belong- ing to the missing men. But the deep has guarded its secret well, when, how or where this noble life and that of his companion ended yet remains a mystery. But in the hearts of his friends Billy’s place will never be filled, and on the books of the Ports- mouth Gun Club his name will remain as long as the club .exists. Resolutions of sympathy were passed by the Portsmouth and Exeter gun clubs, and in the club room of the former has been placed a fine large picture of the deceased fellow sportsman and club mate, Two homes have been made desolate, and the sporting fraternity has lost a member it could ill afford to spare. Will Noone will live in the hearts of his friends, who feel that to have known him was a privilege, and to have been his friend an honor. Many who were present in this city at the Interstate tournament of 1897 will learn with regret that the bright-faced, alert young gunner is no more, and will give a thought to him as they saw him those fair September days, when life for him seemed just begun and full of promise. A Crus MemsBer. Trap around Reading. _ Reapine, Pa., Feb. 23.—The live-bird tournainent of the Read- ing Shooting Association was a sticcess, although the promoters of the shoot were very much disappointed in not having more of a crowd of shooters present. The shoot was held at the Three- Mile House, the shooting grounds of the Reading Shooting As- sociation. he affair was under the management of George G. Ritter, secretary of the Association, who deserves credit for lis work in- arranging tlie shoot. A better lot of birds could not have been bought, as they all left the traps like a streak, and assisted by a strong wind, each day, made shooting hard. Among the shooters present were J. A, R. Elliott, of the Winchester Arms Co., of New York; Fred Coleman, of Hegins, Pa.; Harry Trumbauer,- of Royersford; lee Wertz, of Temple; Harvey Clouser, of Gibraltar, Pa.; Messrs, Frank Gross and_J. Tyson Sheetz, of Morristown; Harry Coldren and James Dando, of Reading; James Schmeck, of Cacoosing, and Fen Wick Cooper, i Mahanoy City, Pa, OWS: : Thursday, Feb. 23. Event No. 1, 7 birds, $5 entrance: Coleman ........ ASU RS EHAIPR RIDE Srp a aaneeyelic sp he eS 1211220—6 Trumbauer .,...... Be aeRO Oo BiliOtige swreenne ee eek #222292 —G Event No. 2, 10 birds, $5 entrance: Elliott Deen ee ae eo 22221 TOS SS Gliieeks inn... « 22221*021 Ww Trimbatier ........2222222*22— 9 Wertz ...scscsceueee 202211201. w Coleman .........--222221122*— 9 ; Eyent No. 3, 5 birds, $3 entrance: IPMotta eel Ceiwebaneene 7 Goleman ets wracaenrscentes 22291—5 CDatainl barrety sits ielelstesi teeters 20222—4 Schmeck .......neesee ree 20*22—3 Friday, Feb. 24. Shillington handicap, 25 live birds, $5 entrance, handicaps 26 to 32yds., $200 guaranteed, class shooting: TSM Eye Be os Pe 2 ste erererarw ween gy «DADA 22 Q*2212222201%222—21. (ROSS) 28 reer dn ear jaa t oeeweeereees © 221202122171020222211100—18 (Gquilheprastion, Pk Aas pee cies ninirs wees s 1 e2220212022222022221222212 22 Dando, 28..... ost pte weno 201222122201 221222 292211 2— 23 Secfosae rie AAS aA Henehnr st nesteeeision:: -01201.2021222012002*000100—14 Coldren, 29 ......- Nee 0)202222212022222222222012—21 WES | cea A Ngt 55455 459 ister Feb uses « 2011224212071 022222221122—20 Feb. 22.—The South End Gun Club, of Reading, held a target match to-day, at which the three class medals were contested for. here” was considerable rivalry among the shooters, es- pecially.in-Classes A and B. The scores follow: Ivents: 1234 5 6 7 8 91011 1278 1415 Targets 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10: 15 Miles .. moseenueumatien ff WH Gem fo SeE ST IS Tr Mera 7) yok tll GriGk ene iret aeaeee he neente teh GER Tp ge eee tts Tee SCR at {ee oe Cavt Yost ..... SLY 3. Wea Ao Reh ay Bia ee TI ftozaeinth Sea AL chen Gy ped oP, Gat 2M IB) Sede tiehh hrehe ef ete: Dlraabet Fees: BD A SA EP OE) CE SGB eS RSPR ae Fae om Wak. Ladeperrbparepnsocodeme ate teen 30 Lp SERCO hceatiestce Eten eres Wcwhpelbomehet Aye ys Ae hs bars Ekin bree UP etch PLM toe Demeter (odie TTA EPO EE Coy cv cmc ee cy Seen MO OES), Lotsa ee MOTH Oi. (A WORDS. BAe Oe a seta corti ff we Teele RS Bernama le te Ceri: subd biG dente Aeriqaria BAe BP OTE Ue Eg sb ak ie ade? ay seis} (UNGMTES Aannnds aad cee ea Ae OE, Seam be AR Be WG 2 dee eae TPAtvoe diss sy poeAquerteeres oo eS Oe 22, oie: Guts Gf Pe aes aeeesb anne a) inddune cs seo une fla Woes oe ASS UE ae eo Vagieyticn an AAA H a ireimobek pei doles op eot hia Oete ohh eh si ice The scores of the first day were as fol-— 198 oo Teall» ope yoinele teeta ite abs te ersnsehots -vrectiia’ | iis Siecmr ri mancele EELS ELL a EEG WOOS TOIT RARSMLAE rereieti ey pel ee oy ~ EERE SET wy CE eee eC e kab oe Gee clawed crt OE OED eet eta WAThieiee teria tL bcLiths Ubeteeer peRGatecst Coal’ baeadarh tha a SOW phy rere “DeRTED aijwes SPAR a Lh dh ee Ae ee aot ad as ah Shou’ G. Miller 19, Jones 19, Medal shoat: Eshelman 16, Class A—Yearger 17, , Rhoads 21, Shaaber 21, Capt. Yost 21, Ball 14, Thompson 11, atohe B—Gecker 19, Shultz 18, Kelley 17, Miles 19, Texter 15, i ‘ Class C—Forniff 3, Grossman 14, : Shoot-off of ties: Class A—Rhoads 8, Shaaber 24, P. Yost 21. Class B—Gicker 17, Miles 18. Reading, Pa., March 2.—Harry Coldren, of this city, and Fen W. Cooper, of Mahanoy City, Pa., were matched to-day to shoot a series of 3 live-bird matches, for $100 a side each match, The first match to be decided at Mahanoy City, March 17, the second at Reading, the place and date of the third match to be decided later. Mr. John Esterly, of this city, was selected as stakeliolder, Each match will be at 100 live birds per man, Q8yds, rise, 50yds, boundary. Coldren is the well-known local pigeon shot, and Cooper at the Pennsylvania State shoot, held here last year, won the live-bird championship with a straight score of 25. Both shooters are fine shots, and evenly matched. West Chester, Pa., March 2—The West Chester Gun Club held a live-bird shoot for a fine hammerless gun_at this place to-day. A large crowd of sportsmen was present. The event of the day was a miss-and-out, $1 entry. After shooting at 12 birds without a miss, Messrs. Jebb, of Cochranville, and Burroughs, of Wil- mington, Del., were declared the winners. Mr. Jebb then pur- chased Mr, Burroughs’ share, after which several sweepstake events at live birds were shot, which were won by Fieles and Lumis. . Reading, Pa,, March 4—Harry Coldren, of this city, has ac- cepted the challenge of Harvey Clouser to shoot 100 live birds, 4100 a side, and has deposited a check of $100 as a guarantee of good faith with stakeholder Larry Ressler, and desires to shoot tlie mateh as soon as convenient to Mr. Clouser, Clouser hails from Gibraltar, Pa., and it is expected the match will be held inside of four weeks. Reading, Pa, Match 2—Manager Arthur A. Fink has been en- gaged to manage the one-day target match to be held either the Jatter part of May or beginning of June, the day to be de- cided later on. This shoot will be held under the auspices of the Schuylkill Gun Club, of this city, just recently organized. The grounds for the shoot to be held on have not yet been definitely decided upon, but will be held near the city, along some electric road, so as they can be easily reached from the city, Duster. Coming to the G, A. H. CuicAco, March 4—Editor Forest und Stream: As you have many readers who would possibly be interested in the attendance upon the Grand American Handicap of 1899, a few words upon the subject of party now organizing in Chicago for the trip East may prove interesting. This party will be drawn from twenty different States, 106 towns, ‘and is made up from a list of about 200 business and professional men of the West, Northwest and Southwest, few of which com- sider themselves expert with the gun, but profess a strong liking for sportsmanship, for dog and gun. This party will start from Chicago on the afternoon of Saturday. April 8, travel by special train composed of four largest sized Pullman sleepers, one apartment oar, large size dining car and a buffet or combination smoker and baggage, with bath and barber shop attachment, Arrangements haye been made for the side-tracking of this train as near Elkwood Park as may be practicable, the complete outhtting of the train with sanitary appliances and its occupancy as an hotel during the time of our stay in New Jersey, Tt is proposed by our party to practice on Monday, April 10, and be ready for the work in hand upon firing of the first gun Tuesday morning, remaining with our Eastern brethren until the last gun shall have been fired on Friday evening, when, like the Arabs, we shall “fold out tents and silently steal away.” Tt has not been definitely decided, I believe, and will not be until a meeting of all parties in interest, as to what we shall do with the time intervening between Saturday morning and Monday noon following. More than likely, however, the majority will be in favor of spending the time in and about Washington, D. C. While L am, to use a common expression, but “a kid’ in shooting matters, my interest for three years past has been an active one, and with the experience thus obtained, I am pleased to state as embodying my opinion, that never before have shooting matters presented a brighter aspect than to-day. The old-timer is bringing out the hammer gun, brushing it up, telling of its past, and fitting ammunition of to-day to its use. . The manwho quit shooting ten years since because his gun jarred him and gave him a headache, is to-day trying the modern smoke- less powder, the new ammunition, and finds iu it a. revelation, a pleasure and a satisfaction, In proof of the proposition that the old-timers are again joining the ranks, I have pleasure im teporting to readers of Forest anv Stream the receipt of recent letters from such well-known sportsmen of the past as James Stice, Col. C. E. Felton, Capt. A. H, Bogardus, Charles Strang, Charles Morris, John Watson, Judge Thos, A. Logan, Wm. Taylor, and many others, the com- bined ages of which would reach well up into the century marks and give to each a number of years greater than that first allotted to man. That there is renewed and lively imterest in shooting matters positively apparent at this time is clearly evidenced in the recent declarations of President Shortholl, of the Illinois State Humane Society, whose arguments against pigeon shooting seem to haye convineed but few, and among the arguments one is noteworthy, i, @&, that pigeon shooting has grown wonderfully in Chicago during the past year. When the man whose interest has not led him ta witness a trap-shootine contest for oyer seven years, accord- ing to his own admission, suddenly awakens to the tact that as a sport, trap-shooting is on the increase, the sportsman who pro- fesses an interest sees and knows that beyond all question, the increase exists, and is pleased accordingly, As a further evidence, who would have dared to claim for this Western country 100 advocates, who, laying aside business cares, would undertake the pilgrimage of 1,000 miles to be in attendance upon an annual pigeon shooting event? Not many, T think. i E. S. Rice, The Limited Gun Club. Tnpranapotis, Ind., Feb. 27.—Wednesday afternoon, Feb, 22, the Limited Gun Club had a very interesting shoot. In addition to a number of the club members being on hand, we were hon- ored by a visit from Mr. Rolla O. Heikes and Mr, Ed Rike, of Dayton, O., and Mr. Jos, Blistine and Whitney Thompson, of Lafayette. A number of sweepstakes were on the programme, and some 2,000 targets were disposed of during the afternoon. The main event of the afternoon was a match race between Mr. Geo. C. Beck and Dr: O. F. Britton, of our club, 50 targets, unknown angles, per man; for the Grand Hotel cup, which was held by Dr. Britton. Our old-time champion, Geo. C.. Beck, succeeded in defeating Dr. Britton by a score of 47 to 45. Both scores were very good considering the hard birds that were thrown . ; : After this race the club championship badge was contested for by the club members. It was won the first time by Dr. Britton, and the members coaxed him to put it up again, and he succeeded in winning it the second time by a score of 47 out of 50. The* boys are now talking of getting up a team race between Cincinnati, Dayton and the Limited Gun Club, and we are in hopes that it will materialize before long. H. T. Hearsey, Sec’y- Jeannette Gun Club. Entrrmncvitte, S. 1., Feb. 24—The regular monthly shoot of the Jeannette Gun Club was held Feb. 24, on the grounds of the Columbia Fishing Club, at Eltingville, S. I. The day was clear, but later the wind from the southeast began to get stronger. In the shoot-off for Class A medal, Brunnie, Otten and Schortemeier each missed their’ first birds, while Chas. Meyer killed his first bird and won; in Class B. Fred Baar took the honors. H. P. Fessenden referee and Johnnie Jones, scorer. N’ Brunie, 28-.......2120222112—9 EF Ehlin, 25....... J Hainhorst, 28.....2202201022—7 C Meyer, 28:... . .1110010220—6 «+» -2220222222—9 J Helmke, 25....,..1010220200—5 EF Baar, 26..........2212202111—9 J Bohling, Jz, 25....0020202100—5 Hf Lohden, 25....... 1002*22210—5 C Bohling, 25...... 22#2021112—8 D Wilkins, 25....001011101*—5 HU @ittetty W28Fe us 12122102229 HiT Pape, 28.........0120222221—8 A G Furguson, -25.. .200*022001I—4 W B Rinckoff, 30...200010110I—5 W P Rottman, 28...0020111101—6 © F Karstens, 28....1220102220—7 Jy. Schortemeier, 88.:212222022—9 HH Noble, 25........,0020222*01—5 Ties, miss-and-out; Brunie 0, Otten 0, (ce Meyer 1. Montgomery Ward Badge Shoot. Curcaco, Lll., March 4.—The second contest for the Montgomery Ward diamond badge, second series, was brought off yesterday at Watson’s, under most unfayorable conditions. The weather was black, cold and gloomy, and rain fell throughout the day. The popularity of these events may be seen in the fact that in spite of such weather a field of twenty-three shooters entered for the evyent,~ Nothing seemed to dampen the spirits of the contestants, and the day passed very pleasantly. The winner of the second contest was Mr, D, O’Brien, of the Douglas Gun Club, who needed only one of his handicap birds _in the contest, and who shot out Messrs. Shaw, White, Miller and “Willard in the first string of tie birds. Lem Willard won the high average medal, Mr. Kuss won the ties on 14, having to kill i§ birds to win. and Mr. Palmer won the ties on 13. Mr. Nelson, who won the badge in the first contest, got into the ties on 14 {his time, but left for town early. Eddie Steck, winner of the first series, to-day got in the 14 hole, and Dr. Shaw, landed one above him in the first flight to-day. Out of the total number of twenty-three entries, only five men were placed at scrateli— George, Kuss, Barto, Willard and Steck. The winner, Mr. O’Brien, was among the shert men, getting the same mark as Dr. Miller, 28yds, and 2 birds, who also killed 15. The wind was fresh and tle birds very good. ‘The following are the scores: We Be eeime Well olly. Zrejenjsjeelat-)e\sjete oe dat ead easels 12112120022020211 —13 ALN anits@ s CAS Vs 4985 55988 BARE eer ee 020112012010201 w A W Lioyd, 28; 2 00112110111201*00 —i0 IX (Georre; ON UR yyqceen 21021.w : NVElSOn olen ene shea ss , 02112122012229N22 —14 DAE Sha wees rds stent Cher dae eins comets Npettarsiean 2220221112222222 —I15 Ee RR ZG ale a avn ow erates Okt arrestee wtp tyes 020101000202201222—10 (Re Pitesscr, 2310 RUG ner Acris tae en Bode be nee 111#22122122112 —l4 TCT by inatlydl este Rese SSBOE oases een 22222*12222000111 —13 POLS NAU afer heals hea a-qeatd eee te seated | eee ee 11111121110121212 —15 Nis, Ae OMter ces) based Eke: Sdn) eis 02022220011112122 —13 We -Simonetty Si) 2eApssaee leet ee peed 02121111101012202 —13 Soealer + 80) S04 ha totter errerer ess kt a msht 0022221202222112 —13 RAMI iste, Pak, ley OSU Ike Ree ek cre eae 1112012102212222 —14 EL nh eas Hl Oe So aecadaceaee eee Rear-u - Waa 2122112202121110 —14 J) eh Abi gin Rory SUR ens 85 5s ae et oor oor) Fat CL be 11*222221221212 —l4 We ANS A Rlaispsloyetel ele G38 » 2101101101311100171001010—16 G A Bellvcvveseneevsrerreeeeesynee ey oLL01011011991100011101111—20 DanielS cissceeerecsveeneceeeseeee see 0td1000100101011101001101—14 DOrpe acini reve ieee veeeyesses , «+ -0000010011000001 100111111 —11—1 21 FOREST AND STREAM. Boston Gun Club, Wettincton, Mass., March 4.—The club added one more shoot fo its list of many Wednesday, Marcel 1, at Wellington, and the fayorable shooting conditions allowed, of some fine practice for the sixteen shooters present. Different degrees of success attended their efforts, but all extracted the same quota of fun, of which trap-shooting affords the very best. Upon trial, the targets were found a little deceptive; the scores were good, yet not ranging so high as on similar fair days. The clearness of atmosphere made them look too easy when often they were not, as traps were spring up to give more than an ordinary throw, ‘Nevertheless several averaged well, and the in dividual and team eyents were both hotly contested. Scores as follows: Events ; 123465667 8 9107112 Targets: 10 10 3p 10 5 8p 10 10 10 10 10 5p Gandy lp wip woeey Phere eee eticn ce eRe NT Mee cS WY wer ae tes LLOMe Lise enerDeeenrer esi ecatae 88 3-8 568 7 6 7 8 6 6 Ar ZATTULID ee Cee eee oe tase aminitia eatala eiabete 710 6-8 5 4 910 810 8 8 ElOratey lel er Ler eea Riieunehbee eae We EE OPA Nfs OU oa ary Hastiidtiy lb geielareeeebeewe nice ie tpish by Gh Se Ye re te Tee | IP srles pilee don Pecaeneccnt jag eee So, DG ee ot eee Ge Patty” Wis pana cab he saat HAT Tee Sie py Lalit GPa i When der, WE Gn 6d ececounomoones ie ON RL a Reta ete a IDES ON Sr aporietrcaShet FO tne EbOOE ee He WaeaaeeS acy. aoe LO TUT RESETS a a a a a a ORE Di 2 Se ae ed eg SWINK w oats, ARTA arate = ee RE te putt a Pe te op alt Cutler, “Lee ee ee epee £0 ome ee te eat) OPT, (eYcrnime ig he, 1 ee ee HXCieOl Le Eley ee mebre Spencersasicisstinered ss ecereee pha ee Ol ee, Slee wal ate wo! (Hake el Mone, LGi Lt ieeti tetris iter in [> taeda od eer G TE ord PGi is Shee Pe et a ae 8! be 4 8 BS FeO 8 Events 1, 4, 7 and 10, known angles, the last with use of both barrels; 2, 5, 8 and 11, unknown; 9, reverse; 3, 6 and 12, pairs. Extras, 10 known:* Gordon and Howe 9, Earle and Griffith 7. Five unknown: Gordon 5, Taft 3, Benton 2. Ten unknown: Gordon 9, Howe 8, Grifith 7. Five pairs: Ford 7. Prize match, 21 targets—l0 known, 5 unknown, $ pairs: = ’ Pp Giriihblige due tempe tease ene 1OONNI1—8 38illli—5)~=—s« 10 10 4-17 (eGo ay IVE ormiorecb escorts 101101i—-8 Ss 1115 ~—Ss 10 10 10-316 Eastman, 16 ,........-. AM0II1—§— 10110—S_—s«d10 «10 114-16 Pord, 16 ...... : -0111111011—-8 11101—4 10 10 11—4+—16 Gordon, 17 -,.--.+..9-- 11101100137 N14 01 11 1-516 ONES UT Haare ere er bee 11100110117 O1110—3—s 10 41 10—4~14 Gurtis; 1G eens cere ere i1111110—9 101/14 11 00 00—2—15 Spencer, 1h. eancaee veeeneLOI10TIII—8 11100—8 10 00 11—3—14 Horate,, 18) 225. sive een 01101100116 110114 00 10 10—-2—12 Bento ae fe eheseeeeeeunne 1101101110—7_—ss«11000—2~—Ss- 00:11 10—3—12 Marlen Wit Stree ae heiaesaas 10100111014 111-5 Ss ww CUELer eG ey mee eine tote 1011101011—7 9110114 [oti e, IU 545 dos seguro comoce- 100011111 —7 011002 00:10 10 211 Noy beet ky = ese 0000112010—t 01010—2 00 10 10—2—8 Team contest, 40 largets—l0 known, 10 unknown, distance handi- ihe eRe et ope ey ts Se yn 0111011101— 7 1011001111— 7—14 URGE sponte eset aqotisisomesong 113711301—10 ss 01111111— 919-33 Griffith < -O1N1IITI— 9 141111111110 19. Tlowe) sauone=-===sece- + -1101101110— 7 0101111010— 6—13—32 Tastman ..-..:s05 Sarin 1111100110— 7 0110110111— 7—i4 Oc ieee cere SN iene eee treet ,1101010131— 8 = 0101111011 — 7—15—29 Gordon. -.. Sets ete seeye2s0111111011— 8 0100111111— 7—15 Spencer ebeeeeentos fy ager eos oe 1001111101 7s: 001110011— 6—13—28 Trap at Watson’s, Curcaco, Ill., March 1.—A match was shot here to-day between Harry Lee and E. S. Rice, the former winning, 20 to 19. Score: a5 pl Byler eae tee FAAS RES toras 212*11*221122100*0100120110122—20 Hoe RiGess pokes amines Coats, yee y12222202202222211022212011*21—19 March 2.—Match, 50 birds per man: N Welson........ 2112112122101211 212222211221 2211222202001202220020—42 GeB: Dickiion. = 1*1212120221111711122"1 221911111122012012011021210—41 Match, 50 birds per man: By Olsens cece 01012001020022121201021010202020011001122010111202—30 J R Dawson..... 022000011.01200000000800000000010011011000000100020—13 Match, 30 birds per man; ~- G-JDSILCRAE LG eee cemtttscsaet ens te 12222202202222211*022212011*21—24 Rae Tee te ng atihgteaic comin cneseanrreeee 220211001102220201220210101212—22 March 3.—In the sweeps following the Montgomery Ward diamond badge, the following scores were made: No. 1. No.2 No.3 No. 4 No. 6 Ralmers khsstonerere es: 11010—3 01212—4 202224 200113 ..... SST rie gee re rtrd: 21221—5 12022—4 01120—3 12000—2 ..... Simonetti ,,..... eek ise 20220 —8\ 02000 ss ee te eece 0 ses Barto) iis asaienaeels Be 402023 100221 — cra ie, ers cI rome Bhless Sette bse wie 10221—4 01001—2 112204 ..... — --..- Lefingwell .........000 211225 1222i—5 001213 112115 ...., Steckoieeee th ask eso ble 11212—5 1100w Wioi—+ ..... HOSSbaCke (ees ensteners be sthas 0000i—1 01021—3 00001—1 20001—2 IE sacusseousded eel a vues 10002—2 222204 ..... IDES) SSR nAGsceoea dbtce | OLY 212215 01012—8 21111—5 TEE WOoOre st ee Oinbae _BURAS 01222—4 .,,.- 22202—4 (AM eepyeyosteeot Boar sa4« 12102—4 12211—5 ...,. Barnard ..... Ras eee ncdt | AG ASUNT BRaaaq 12011 —4 VTi ERDAS Hore oie RDB saat Gees 01010—2 No. 6; Palmer taaesssasee 20 —2 Rossback .....«-4+-12120 —4 FOUSS. Ap enanniugeeors 211111221110 O’Brien .........++- — Lefiingwell ........ 0 0; Ie Ores bse torrets 2211121122—10 Stecl: Orisa bitebile 2121211110— 9 Wilson ,,-.-..+.+.- 1210 —: March 4.—The Eureka Gun Club’s eighth shoot was held to-day, four men tieing for first. Scores: - AWD Nec aes) WP dai ie i SO an Pans sad acetate 201222011221122—15 HSC RED! pred SEE eee PE Sen inte ool Nie oosaGase" 221201122101222—15 Parker, 80 44200222220 ott ett ek to raaneeee 120221211012111—13, Sheeley AE ne enews poreeincich each nid hia perio a 210210111121122—_13 Miller, 28 ....+.+s: Oh toh torrie retcteract torte yee ae . . 012012211211120—12 Garson jatyeercornrs . .222220001120112—11 Mack, 28 ..aianns Abbe A added -110102111210022—11 Wiley er h07 es Pied el renter tee OTE E Beer 210010101211011—10 Practice: Waller sey detects le ee soe eee ()221202220221012121201111—20 WAT GY. taned ott bch ian > elena rine 22120222221110131211110 —20 JMeter ei bee ip We onan jlBabnail —8 SSinets) fey Bye a ere Wace ate pe iamtes 0021111212 —8 Mare ened sche te en dae Eres 01012 —o5 PARK ET. reid Creeror sc SbF EO BASSE E ES 10010 —2 RAVELRIGG. Palm Beach Gun Club. a Patm Beracu, Fla., March 1.—The ‘handicap at 30 targets, }2 entrance, shot to-day, under the auspices of the Palm Beach Gun Club, resulted as follows: : : Karsner 111910101001011011101110111111—29 100010010101011110100111010011_16 Wiaisiial ieee vane errr et ss Cer pert FREER IO@ TAY feyutrecom ets) 2, ROMS re Ae Beats oa 1111111101011911111011 111110126 Mallinckrodt Ba tinier 101191110211110101011111001101—26 Buolca wey eee Te dene vaeo ne 100001.001011110110011000011110—23 Sfitondeen mae ree es Ste . .00001.0100001000000101001000101— & IBETediCte aie) pT eats . , -4111101001101.01019.111111110010—24 OWES. 4 innbebs eke sb riee astsLeres ,0019111111.011100101111011G0111— 24 Goole fy ete s say eee eel anekeaee , .-0110011100111101011.0111.0001100—21 Maorcesttctaleitiee ans; pone Pa euueued 010100100000000100000000010000— 5 Wood vies MAA Han be nine et 000101001.010010001011111 110711 —29 Disston ¢))ccceeeeeseeeey ee es eeee eee 0001T1011110010170101000001010—19 DY RVG [etal weer pep eit ees bes Pres 001111001010111011110101110110—19 COnNeEWAY sse4ccseteesaeee py eee tee 101001000111000100000101010100—18 “‘Tandicaps: : M allinckrodt 11 Brokaw ....-.... 011171010701 Jones) wal. «wat bul Benedict ........ 001 : Karsner ...-...4- 111011101 Woodruff ......- 111.01110131701101 IDA SS te Ab SB Bodb 11101000010 Conneway ...... 1107701011 @adk) ee ee 11011 Tie for first and second prizes—first score: Warsner ....s00 191101011010110 Woodruff ......110011110011001100 Second score: INGeMAe oecndonod 010101100111011 Woodruff ......,,0110101101010711 ‘Tie for third prize—tirst score: Mallinckrodt ...10111010111001101 Parker ,... Second score: Mallinckrodt ..e AVITIOONININIOI «= Parker ...,....,..101111110001111 Woodruff won first prize, a handsome silver jar; Karsher won second prize, a handsome set of steins. Mallinckrodt won third rize, a handsome silver cup, ‘ ) ven Stewart, scorer; Mr, Neely, referee; Wm. Dietsch, puller and manager, » see. 1000101110111 (Marcr 11, 1499. The White Plains Handicap. WurIte PLAtns, Ny. Yr; March 1.—The live-bird handicap, given by Mr. G. Molenair, at his place, a-short distance out of White Plains. Was a great success in the way of attendance, there being twenty-six in the main event, the White Plains handicap, at 15 live birds, $1 entrance, birds included. The shoot was under the management of Mr, E. G, Horton. The arrangements for giving the shoot were rather crude, and the crowd pressed upon, around and up to the score to an annoying degree. The birds on the whole were a good lot, though betimes a most persistent sitters would be in evidence. quired good shooting to keep them within bounds. Mr. Frank Woods acted as referee. Messrs. Pentz, Banks, Hobart and Waters were the handicap committee. ‘ Mr. T. W. Morfey and Miss Annie Oakley were the only ones to kill straight, Both were shooting in high class form, Four tied on 14: Coe, Leroy, Elliott and Dickey, the latter two each losing a bird close out. Dr. Hudson and Mr. Sands tied on_13, and the 12s numbered seven. ’ _ Two miss-and-outs were shot, in the first of which Morfey, Bender, Coe and Dickey divided on the 7th round, and Banks and Peabody diyided the second in the 6th round. The majority iene shooters were from and abouj New York, as the score will show: : No, 1. No. 2 No. 3 PONV SM orieys (S02 atte. as bore Q22222222222222-15 22322992 2299 H Banks, 28,-,5-.1.4- ASOSOREE EE ()22122010122122 12) 2712122 W SWBenider, PS Meeesgeaa 212101202201012—12 11211 BW Waters ees wasduode die dcade: 020111022222212 12 Q* 1220 SIN elSonyeaine creme kere 0212220*2020 w UP rel Ee DED oielasy 27s ey eee eee AOOTL20LE200 swe Ed eee een JW Peabody, 27-.....,..; p= -222222220020222 19 ......! 222229 BGO e285 ie is ees 222202222221212—14 2299719 J AE Ss kS Velo al SS oonrdhocks. 2222202222211"12 14 oy - vittt Annie ‘Oakley, 27......6-lspesce 212012212211212 15 ys were The Raye Peo wnat Bye. 3 Whee = 05 222222222201222 14 W110 ...... Dr Hiidson, 28....,.........006 021122121012112 138 v2.2... 1. ta) Gersaitonjeesinets (et in nee 022221121212020—12 121120 0 NVISAS Sarids}02e Cen Penner 202022222229222 13 0 Bk iss SELLS OA Tile slslerelstetelestettcls ,.,--20200222002w cede | | Bay ASME o Grea silcekreieionictes prpifir 22022120*00w T220' ai meee Wanda, 27..... =-20200000222w eens) buen WN Brady, 27 SP d0222 E22 etnies meee A H Meyer, 27 SUNTO2T202 A wiak iO Enee : C Sutton, 27,...-.. adds venue 2122202712012 14 eee COM ed Eytcy PF Saree ney Uva. 20°21002200w Os i SWiard 82922 np, annie nee sae 212212020222101—12 aos asta iH Vital pins t2laseealatee sa sees tl: 220022012111220—11 ss, . apa i) @hompson, 2900. ees clits 222221002021122 12 _,.,... er OR eDickey ule eneee restate e 212222271 2211214 1227718. GBlandbriy 2 7o-oesee soe ete 1112020120* yw Jt rice BEKER OK pRe nmin eels eles a pe nivtcieinaleseene Oo = Rtas + Wish bir secpeenrrrereniun i) Bi wigeep ase paee ais 0. Resieh IMIOEPEtE Sects cmebwanimomurdesecics! sacieaedis Antec 1222210 222310 Arkansas and the South. Lirtzrr Rocx, Ark., Merch 3.—Trap-shooting, which has been much retarded during the extremely cold weather all over the Scuth, is beginning to look up some, now that the weather appears once more to haye assumed a normal condition, There are a number of minor events scheduled, among which may be mentioned a live-bird handicap at Pine Bluff on March 16, This is to be a 25-bird eyent, with an entrance of $10, and birds extra. The members of the Pine Bluff Gun Club are consistent shooters, and are invariably found at all the tournaments in the State; thus they command the good will and respect of the shooters in general. So it will not surprise me at all to find-a good entry at this shoot. Here at Little Rock, we will haye the usual house warming event of the season on Thursday, March 23, when the season will be formally opened with an all-day shoot at targets, The pro- gramme will consist of ten 15-target events, with an entrance of $1 each, while $5 will also be added. It is likely that there will be $10 average money, divided $5, $3, §2 among the three high guns of the day. This would make the total amount of added money for the day $60. ‘Iwo cents will be charged for the targets and lunch will be served free to the shooters, There will be four moneys divided by the Rose system, the ratio being 7, 5, 4, 3. This is expected te set the ball a-rolling, and from thence until the State shoot in July interest should increase week by week. There has been some trap-shooting, but it has been of a spas- modic nature, as it is a difficult matter to get the shooters to turn out during the quail season. At this week’s shoot Browall carried ae the honors by scoring 84 out of 100, shooting 80 singles and pairs.. There has been some little shoting at live birds at Hot Springs during the past ten days, in which Gov. Tanner, of Illinois, and two other parties participated. This has erroneously been an- mouneed as a tournament by the daily press. However, as only the same parties were engaged each day, and no previous an- nouncement oi a shoot was made, it can hardly be classed as such, while the scores made were very ordinary, and there are numbers of amateurs who would consider it fat picking to go up against such a game. St. inate Doings. The weather conditions has had the same effect on trap-shoot- ing here as everywhere. There has been little actual work done, However, the St. Louis Shooting Association is going ener- gentically to work making preparations for the Missouri State shoot in May. In securing permission to hold an open comipeti- tion for the Du Pont trophy they have a card that should ma- terially increase the attendance at the shoot, Elaborate prepara- tions are being made to handle the large crowd of shooters they have reason to expect, as this will be the first open com- petition for this trophy since August, 1896. A few of the shooters were out at Du Pont Park the past week, and several events at both targets and live birds were run off. In the latter event ernie was high man by accounting for all his birds, 20 straight. HE. Pendergast and De Wolfe were high with 21 out of 25, at targets, Sumpter being second with 20. Live birds, No. 1: SHULER E Mrediinetors'nr eee Chea tearm bor 222222222210 222222222210 JES etileestble yrajinouonepet cbt error ce 2222220222— 9 22202*#*222— 7 SS} hiionahonies Aencnoperercressswes error 2020211222— 8 220201*120— 6 EM Striith waa ase shes Peatee ee toe 227*2212220— 8 2212222220— 9 Gapanmis) Uwtscaaassseaesesea cakes yy +-+-0210202722— 6 12211*1102— 8 W S Thompson.......: He ey iosearse reese sti 2112210100— 7 ... 22... Pavun R. Lirzxe. Mount Pleasant Gun Club. Mounr Preasant, Mich., March 4.—Herewith are the scores of otic regular shoot of yesterday afternoon. We have 2 elub of over thirty members, and prospects are very bright for an increase of about ten members before April 1, We are in hopes to be abla to give you some interesting reports in the near future. Events: Tas 2 Gp el mus Targets: 10 210 10 10 10 10 W R S Graham....... my Aare orisha Henrie er ey ee AN ods eEermiaie a nae Sone ik eee eS El ee eh. SS: ea i erent NVC eee ese mtetey lel eet etenetlr k np nteev Ns in aib tals canon sta ag La An a DN GON NOTE oS6G000 6 HOAOBAC AH iob id bacon ye TE ey le a og : LED AS eM Weletop- Preis Aes Sa bose tyieeceioed IP IOLIOOIW EE. pe te Ae ap ei RePavlomewwresran «Tue h ance cetera the es ie Rh 2h fh ip J ibrecchler pei ap dle reese d-aita-\-fo-lt oe re eS Re SPN GROR ETSI pull au eb ewer mane d sc ese ieric Stie:) we 6 Pay Walon pe sede ee eee cere Pe ay Rs wees pee SRST ali ay ie VEN KSines sees atcuep biel pessoa Bec ae Pe Ve eo ofl? Chae erae ee uty PMithvesen eles sewule ce Ps une nd eons ae 73 b= 6 3 A. E. Gorwam, See'y, Johnson Defeats Welch. Guioucester, Pa—On Mareh 1 Mr. Edward Johnson, of At lantic City, and Mr. Robert A. Welch, of Philadelphia, shot a mateh at 100 live birds each, the former winning by the de- cisive score of 94 to 86, There was a very large number of Mr. €. C. Minard, of Atlantic City, refereed the Spectators, y contest. Welch secured the lead in the 16th round, but lost it immediately : Johnson ,::..--- rey pote puboeei pb ern 2220222202112220212122112 99 2221210210221221222912911—93 1121222021111211121213231—94 1221222211122112121221211 95 —94 Wrelcliie titehosure ttctinaeeninidaatdcetec ditt: 2222022012121120222220222 91, 2220212220202222102222212—21 1202022122210229112112112—22 111121211211011110140111—22—+ a The birds were strong, and re- . - Maken tt, 1890] y= eS ON LONG ISLAND. Hell Gate Gun Club. Urooklyn. L, I., Feb. 28—The Hell Gate Gun Club held their second shoot of the season at Dexter Park, Brooklyn, to-day. Forty-one members and four guests were present. It was an ideal day for good birds. It was clear and cold. A little breeze Helped the birds, the scores therefore proving to be very poor, especially toward dark: Points SiMe Wiest, Hibetoes norebins wir oreee eases , 1222002102— 7° ? TRO INESANS USE aceneaasas eae ercet Cy Lees 0021122212— 8 514 Ife (Gcatanse lela ctemgudiionccee orn capris 2267 1122222212—10 64 MGuelas; Suest Voy. «.. cs waweecer easy eoces= 1100202211— 7 , POA Beldbiieeeseer vce seen wee ates emenenae aes yy L**2202122— 7 Gi UN MOKeshevay, VAR Seda peahtns soe acuted sean 20*0102122— 6 645 E Doeinck, 30 222122222210 vi (Eh TBR “Sveliveshtolt PSS oreo see 2 os SSO noo 1102*12120— 7 4uy JY WHimmelsbach, 28 *2*2010012— 6 7 BAVC cetM ery eS We lelslieie datsinsys soe eet e tase hay aie 2000002002— 8 6 Me OVVicbete Ue nna sync sisemarun unsnctes, odes eae 0120011121— 7 7 (OL IRa a cenetha, nner ne in lnnbenebetarc had 4120212111— 9 644 J Newman, 28...... Shy Pe tee Os ee ,., .2021122202— 8 6 He Stegense 28" SHOTS. Among recent visitors at the Forest AND STREAM of- fice was Maj. T. G. Dabney, of Mississippi, who, over the familiar signature of Coahoma, has an ever ready word in behalf of the amiable qualities of the snake. The word was spoken this time for the moccasin, which, Maj. Dabney tell us, he has found a most inoffensive serpent, and one which, in repeated experiments and the giving of much provocation, he had failed to induce to strike. From Quebec comes Com, J. U. Gregory, to whom so many American sportsmen have been indebted in years past for courtesies shown them in their search for Cana- dian fishing waters and hunting grounds. As an illus- tration of the growing.tendency of shooters and fisher- men to take up preserves, Mr. Gregory reports that the Tourili Club, of which he was one of the founders, and which is made up of Canadians and Americans, en- joys possession of a territory which practically is bound- less. As we have said, Mr. Gregory has been for a quarter-century making pleasant the way of the sports- man from the United States, and he has done this largely through his lasting relations with the Forrest anp STREAM; and that reminds us of a little angling incident on a Canadian river some thirty years ago. Two anglers, who were entire strangers, were fishing for trout from opposite sides of a pool, when it happened that in casting their lines became entangled, and a momentary embar- rassment ensued, quickly to be dissolved, however, when the casts were parted. One of the men was Chas. Hal- lock; the other was Mr. Gregory, The acquaintance thus begun ripened into friendship, and when, shortly thereafter, Mr. Hallock projected the Forest anp STREAM he found in Mr, Gregory a warm supporter of the enterprise; and from that accidental tangling of fly-fishing casts on a back- woods stream in Canada came an association which has endured to the present day. Among the multitudinous attractions New York city has for visitors is the American Museum of Natural His- tory, with its superb collections. We have reason to suspect that the Museum is not so well known as it should be to many who are interested in natural history, and this hint will be acceptable to those wh. have oppor- tunity to avail themselves of it. Superintendent Colvin, of the New York State Adiron- dack Survey, has issued a statement, showing that the holdings of the State within the forest preserve are 1,058,- 444 acres, while 20,169 acre. have been contracted for, a 202 FOREST AND STREAM. [MarcH 18, 1899. : Che Sportsman Gourist. A Trip to Georgia. Batttmore, March 2.—Early in November I was invited by my friend Mr. Pascal N. Strong, of Savannah, to take a croise in his schooner, and try the fishing in the salt waters of Georgia, neat Savannah. J left this city on the A, C, Line train at 2:25 P. M., and arrived in Savannah the next morning, and found my friend waiting for me at the depot. After getting breakfast and making a few atrangements for our cruise, we started for Bieulieu, which was to be our point of depart- ure. We took an electric car, which carried _us six miles; then we changed to a tram road, the equipment of which consisted of one cat, which was drawn by a mule, and driven by a small boy, When we boarded this car, I noticed a double-barrel gun up by the front door, and a “mongrel porter lying on the floor, After we had pro- ceeded about two miles the boy who was driving, wound up his brake most furiously, bringing the car to such an abrupt stop that half the passengers were thrown irom their seats. The conductor rushed through the €ar in an excited manner, seized the gun, and asked the boy where they were. I could not imagine what was the matter, whether it was an attempt to hold up the car, escaped convicts, or what it was. But my fears were allayed when the conductor with true Southern hos- pitality handed the gun to my friend and asked him if he would not hke to take a shot, at the same time pointing out where a covey oi partridges had alighted in the scrub palmettoes. Mr. S. took the gun, got out of the car, the passengers all waiting patiently, and killed one of the birds, which the conductor added to a string of five he had shot on previous trips that day. We finally arrived at a cross-road, where we left the car, and a short walk brought us to our destination. Here Mr. Strong has established a very large terrapin farm, which is called Bieulieu. The place is beautifully situated on a wide salt-water river, and contains a good many acres. There are several substantial buildings, and the immense “crawl” for the terrapins. Several years ago there was a very large and handsome dwelling house on the place which was occupied by Mr, Strong’s family, but unfortunately it was destroyed by fire, with all its contents, the occupants barely escaping with their lives, and my friend, having to make his escape by the aid of a sycamore tree that grew near the house. The crawl was an object of great interest to me, and T never expected to see so many diamond-back terra- pins in one place as I did then. The crawl is several hundred feet long, and about 6oft. wide, and contained at the time I saw it about 40,000 terrapins. On the north side there is an incline covered with cement, which leads up to a wide shelf or bench, also covered with cement. On the south side is a wide ditch of mud and water, the tide flowing mto it through inlets from the river. The terrapins of all sizes crawl up this incline and lie basking in the sun on the bench. When we entered the inclosute, there were thousands of them upon the bench, nearly all of which on our approach turned tail to gét away. But notwithstanding this ap- parent fear or shyness, they become more or less tame in confinement, and when feeding time comes will crowd like a flock of chickens around the person feeding them. These terrapins are all grown when placed in the crawl, and are not bred in there, as many suppose. There aré, however, some few hatched in the crawl, and after the last severe hurricane that visited the Georgia coast. quite a number of very little fellows were found, not larger than a nickel. The terrapin are purchased from men who make it a business to catch them, which they do mn nets from 15 to 2sft. long. They row slowly through the salt creeks, and ocassionally rap on the gunwale of the boat with their oars. This noise attracts the ter- rapin, which stick their heads up to see what is making such a racket. The catcher, who is keeping a sharp lookout, as soon as he sees a head, shoves down in the mud neat shore a pole, to which it attached one end of his net. He then rows his boat rapidly in the direction in which his knowledge of the ways of the critter tell him is the right, one to catch it, and endeavors to get his net around the space occupied by the terrapin. He then gathers up the net in shore toward the first pole, and generally finds he has entrapped his prey. The terrapin are bought by ‘count, the bottom shell being measured with a notched rule, and all measuring 6in. or over are called ‘counts.’ Those of less than 6in. and more than 5 are called three-quarters, and eighteen of them are called a dozen. Those under 5in. and more than 4 are called halves, Those under 4in. are classed as bulls, and command a very much lower price than the larger ones. | Lying out in the stream in front of Bieulieu was the trig schooner Doris, in which we were to take our crise, and we were not long in going aboard. Get under way!” was the order given by Capt. Strong, as ie stepped upon the deck. We had a spanking breeze, an went skimming along the marshes. The first thing I did was to get off my store clothes, and tumble into a flannel shirt and old suit, and then I felt like lounging about the vessel, and en- joying the varied changes of the landscape. These ae land waterways of the Georgia coast are wonderful, There is a network of creeks, slews, guts, rivers and bays that would prove a perfect labyrinth to pos ee acquainted with them. All the coast and Bee sland negroes in this section ate fine sailors and pilots, cite our crew was no exception. To illustrate, we wou be sailing along with a fair breeze in one ica which seemed to me to lead exactly to where we wa to go, but suddenly our course. would be See € vessel brought up into the wind with a ee ous slashing of ropes, hammering of blocks and aebete of canvas, and we would glide into a narrow Creek, the yessel’s sides almost touching the marsh, and atl we would go ata tremendous pace on-a course at se be angles to the one we had been sailing. On us Jake, our mate, for an explanation, he would SAY, Sas a crik heads up da,’ or “dis is a cut-off, but day or night he never failed to find them, nor faltered Berne - jn his way, But it is-not all such plain sailing, tor and two dozen count as one. - deep river, through the salt what he said first went. there are many banks, points and shallows that have to be avoided, all of which were well known to our crew. In fact, most of these negroes know these creeks atid rivers just as well as a boy of sixteen knows the streets of the town he was raised in. We stopped at several places as we went along to try the fishing, but did not have much success, The negroes call these places \"fishning draps,” they never say fishing. One day we anchored opposite St. Cather- ines Island, and made arrangements with a coal black fellow named Lewis to drive us across the island to a celebrated fishing place called Bluff’ Creek Hammock, As it was necessary to make an early start to catch the tight tide, we breakfasted at 3:30, and on rowing ashore found Lewis waiting for us. His wagon was an old four-wheeled affair, with every tire tied on with wire, each wheel having a different squeal of its own, and each hub looking as if it had never known what grease was. Pascal (who is generally called Pat for short) and myself sat on a board, that had quite a good spring under it, and Lewis sat on a box to drive. But the funniest part of the whole rig was George, the motive power. He was a cream-colored mule, a little latger than a jack rabbit, but as tough and strong as a steam engine. He trotted along sideways, with one eye on the road and the other on Lewis. The latter was armed with a long supple switch, with which he Jarruped George the whole time, and eyery time he brought that switch down on the mule’s ribs it sounded like hitting an empty flour bar- rel. and catised George to jerk back his etiormotis ears, switch his tail up and show a disposition to let fly his heels. Lewis got out at one place to let down some bars and handed me the lines to drive through, When we were through IJ tried to stop George to let Lewis get aboard, but stop he would not.. Pat and myself both pulled as hard as we could, but the mule walked steadily on, pulling the wagon by the lines. Lewis seeing the sittu- ation, yelled out, “Whoa, da, mule, doan’ I tole you stop,” and the mule stopped as if struck by lightning. The trail we took across the island led us through the wildest antl most beautiful thickets of semi-tropical growth, interspersed with enormous live oaks (fes- tooned with the beautiful Southern moss), magnolias, pines and other trees. The ground was covered with serub palinettoes, ferns, many beautiful flowers and coquina bushes, with dark green leaves and bright red berries and several varieties of creeping vines. These woods and thickets abound in deer and rattlesnakes, -alli- gators and other yarmints. We at last reached the place where Lewis had his boat, ahd started for Bluff Creek Hammock. This: place is at a sharp bend of Bltfft Creek, where the tide has eaten away the banks of the hammock, and undermined the trees, which have fallen into the water. The trees soon become encrusted with barnacles and oysters, and Sheepshead and other fish come here to feed. Such a place is a very trying one to fish in, as the fish when they are hooked make for the stumps and branches, and it is yety difficult to keep from getting hung, We had not been fishing long before I Was fast to a sheepshead, which T knew hy his tremendous pull was a large one, I,ewis became very much exeited, and kept calling ott to me, “Gie him up, boss; gie him up.” But it was easier to say “gie him up’ than to get him up, but a steady, strone strain lifted him free of the snags, and after a fight of five or six minutes! landed him, He was a beauty, and weighed close on olbs. We spent four days’ fishing at this place and another called MecQueen’s Hammock, and had magnificent luck, catching 216 fish: sheepshead, stag bass, drum and trout. St. Catharines Island is about eighteen miles long and from two to four miles wide. Tt is owned by- Mr. Rauers, of Savannah, who keeps it solely as a game preserve. He has a fine mansion on the island, and entertains the friends whom he inyites to share his sport mast hospitably. While we were there fishing, he had four gentlemen from Savannah deer shooting with him, and they killed ten deer in the four days. Mr. Rauers has bored several artesian wells in different patts of — the island, all of which are flowing wells and supply an abundance of fine water to the many head of stock he has grazing, and also to the deer. One well near his house flows a steady stream into a tank in the second story.. There are about twenty-four hundred acres of cleared land on this island that formerly produced abun- dant crops of the finest Sea Island cotton, but now nothing is raised. - As we had had about fishing enough, we continued our eruise to a place called Harris’ Neck, whichis a tract of many acres, owned and occupied entirely by negroes. Pat expected to get some tertapins at this place, as many of the negroes follow catching them for a living. Qn arriving we had hardly gotten our anchor down before the “Coota niggers’ began coming aboard. They filled the cockpit, and all jabbered at once wntil Capt. Strong demanded silence and proceeded to busi- ness. He has a black man at this place named Grant, who acts as his agent, and who is far above the average neero in shtewdness, but is just as full of superstition as any of them. It is his duty to measure the “cootas” (as the blacks call terrapin), which the ¢atchers bring in bags. Each terrapin as it is brought out is held against a notched measure, and Grant would call out the size to Pat, who would put it down in his book. Grant would hold up a terrapin and say “count,’ the next one being short of the measure, he would say “three-quarters”: then the fellow who caught it would make a great fuss, wanting to see it measured over again, and trying in évery way to stretch it to a count, but Grant was inexorable. and These fellows in the height of the season make from $15 to $20 per week. While at Harris’ Neck we heard of some fine lumber that has been picked up adrift after the last hurricane, and Pat concluded to buy some of it, and return to Bien- lieu with a deck load. As soon as loaded we got under way, aud had a pleasant sail until we entered St. Cath- arines Sound. Wight was fast approaching as we entered. the sound, and there were indications of the weather thickening up. Our course was 5.W., which we had to hold until we were below a can buoy that marked the outer edge of a large and very shoal bank that ~ ran owt several miles from the shore, After passing this buoy our coyrse would haye been S.E., and we would have had a clear rin across to Ossibaw Island. The weather continued to thicken, and we were soon in a dense fog, but having held our S.W. course for quite a while, we thotight it safe to haul up toward the eastward. We had hardly changed our course before the piping voice of Cleveland, our cabin boy, sang out, “Dat center- bode done drug,” and we were hard aground. The swell was coming in pretty lively from the ocean, and on our starboard quarter we could hear it breaking. We got out a kedge anchor and tried to work the vessel off, but could not budge her, Every large swell that came in wotild lift her, and cause her to pound the bottom. Fortunately the tide was coming in, and we knew that in about an hour she would float. After rolling and pounding for sime time, we got her off into deep water and anchored to wait for daylight, I was particularly struck with the blackness and 1g- ' norance of the negroes we were thrown in contact with on our cruise. They have a lingo of their own, and one not accustomed to hear them tallx cannot understand ~them. I asked one of them one day how old a particu- larly venerable looking darky was, and he said, “T can’ tightly tole you, boss. When I come here I be chillens, and he be old mon.” They say that a Georgia man once made a bet with a Massachusetts man who had not been accustomed to hear these people talk, that the negroes at a town they were approaching talked the Indian and not the Eng- lish language. To prove it the Georgia man got out of the car and approached an old negro, who was lean- ing against a post, while the Massachusetts man Mstened from the car window. The following dialogue then took place, the old negro talking in that deep guttural yoice peculiar to so many of them; Georgia man—Unele Lish’, wha he? Uncle L.—Wha who? Georgia man—Ephe. Uncle L—Da he. The Massachusetts man paid the bet, as the language used was as much Indian to him as the genuine thing, Epwarp A, Roginson. The Alum Bank. Look, what thy memory can not contain, Commit to these waste blanks, and thou shalt find Those children nurs’d, deliver'd from thy brain, To take a new acquaintance of thy mind. —Skaekespeare; Sonet Ti, Tue Alum Bank was, and is, a steep sloping hillside half a mile or so in length, and 150 or 2ooft. high, and ctowned through nearly its whole extent with a precipice 25 or 3oft. in height. This slope extends _to the edge of the Conemaugh River, and in my boyhood was thickly ‘covered with forest trees. Wild flowers also grew in profusion thete, asters, sweet williams, wild honeysuckles, the wake robin or Indian turnip, with its bunch of shining Scatlet berries. The cliff on the summit of the hill had erevices and niches in its face, caves, we called themt, though none of them was of great size, and in these we sometimes made fires and tried to imagine ourselyes the ‘survivors of a shipwrecked crew on some desert coast. I pity the boy of twelve years who has never read “Robin- son Crusoe” and ‘Peter Wilkins,’ or who, having read them, can ever forget them. ) i, Opposite the Alum Bank the country is generally low, and stretches with a surface more or less broken across the foot of the Chestnut Ridge, two or three miles dis- tant. Through this intervale and near the river, the old Pennsylvania Canal dragged its slow length along, where the white-painted freight boats moyed on leisurely under the motive power of a solitary crowbait at the end of a long towline, and the more gaudily bedecked packets. shot along at the fearful velocity of four or five miles an hour. under the impulse of a team of three spanking horses. The canal has long since fallen into disuse, and few vestiges of its former existence remain. Three or four years ago was dug up in one of the principal streets of Pittsburg, a portion of the forward part of one of the ancient canal boats, and it was an object of a good deal of interest. It must have been buried there for forty years. It was one of the last relics of the raging canawl- Along the further side of the open country and close to the foot of the ridge, now stretch the iron*tracks of the great Penn- sylyania Railroad. In my early boyhood all that region which now lies exposed to the sun in cultivated fields was a thicket of vines and undergrowth, where were to be found fox grapes, wild plums, and huckleberries, in abun- dance. Two years ago I wandered over there across the fields, and in a hollow I found a remnant of the ancient thicket, and I gathered a handful of wild plums; but some- how they did not have the flayor of those I gathered in my boyhood. Perhaps the change was in myself, Tt was a fair prospect that showed from the top of the Alum Bank. A writer in a newspaper published in a distant town more than two-score of years ago, in speak- ing of the Alum Bank, says: “This is a bluff of rocks at the Conemaugh River, which ascend about 2oo0ft. per- pendicular from the water, from the summit of which a most beautiful view of the country for miles around is afforded. In the distance rolls up in majestic grandeur the summit of the Chestnut ridge, at whose base are situ- ated some of the finest farms in the country, through which winds the Pennsylvania Central Road. The view is delightfiil, and one would not tire of the scenery in a day. Here im front, through a fertile valley, quietly ghde — the silvery water of the Conemaugh, alone whose mar- gin, as far as sight can reach, are seen waving fields of grain, and dotted on the whole expanse are fine residences and barns.” I like this outside testimony to the beauty of one of the favorite haunts of my early years. For a short distance at the lower end of the Alum Bank the conditions are reversed—the cliff being at the foot of the hill, at the water’s edge, while the Il] slopes back to the level above. Trees grew on the top of the rocks here, and from their branches one could look almost verti- cally down into the water, which here formed a wide: quiet pool or eddy. Upan some of the larger limbs of one of the greatest of these trees, Master Parker, the teacher of the village school, had laid a slight platform; and here on a Saturday afternoon, when there was “no school,” he frequently repaired to shoot the fish in the water beneath, Marcu. 18, 1899.) = . oetry = Often on those same sunny afterioofs a grolip of boys on fishing or swimming intent, have been halted by a voice from aloft—“Don’t scare the fish, boys’’—and: looking up they have beheld Master Parker, gun in hand, on his lofty aerie; and a moment later, when his rifle rang out, there would be a rush of bare-legged boys into the water, each eager to be the first to seize and bear ashore the trophy of the master’s skill. I think that few school teachers have been more beloved by his pupils than was Master Parker, notwithstanding his strictness and sever- ity in school. Perhaps but a few hours before the boy who now bore in triumph the fish to the land, had been severely reckoned with by the master for deliquency in the hateful and hated weekly review in arithmetic; but no grudges were kept, and the boys rejoiced in the master’s good Fuck as much as if it had been their own. Along the top of the Alum Bank and the breadth of only one field distant, was the turnpike, which crossed the distant hills and led to unknown realms beyond, It was a wide, smooth, sandy highway, oyer which the gaily painted and gilded stage coaches passed and repassed every day, the driver, the envy of the small boy, seated aloft with his long lines and whip in hand., The passing stage coach was a vision of glory, But to what base uses we may come! The railroad put an end to both canal and turnpike. The last of the old stage coaches that I remember to have seen, was in the back yard of one of the citizens, its gilding sadly dimmed and its gay colors faded, where it did duty as a hen coop. On the highest point of the turnpike back of the Alum Bank was a toll- gate, and a small brick house in which the. gatekeeper lived. Just opposite the house was a broad field, usually in wheat, and rare blackberries grew along the fences. From this point eastwardly the view took in a wide scope of cul- tivated country—a garden little less fair than that other which “stretched her line from Auran eastward to the royal towers of great Seleucia,” A few rods to the west where the descending highway made a bend around the shoulder of a bit of woodland, the town came into view on the flat by the river side below. = “Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn!’ How often of an evening have I stood there when sil- ence brooded over the village sleeping in the shadow of Baird’s Hill, and contemplated with a full heart the roofs and smoking chimneys of my native place, It was a scene out-of Virgil. : Here the turnpike crossed the Conemaugh by a wooden bridge of a single span, which was once the most wonder- ful structure of the kind in the western country, and which for a generation was the special pride of .the worthy townspeople. The bridge was built in 1821, and stood for about sixty years. It was covered and weather- boarded, having a small window on each side, which served little purpose except to show when. you were half- way over. It was dark in there, and suggestive of hobgob- lins. He was a brave boy that would venture to cross the bridge alone after night. The outside of this bridge was painted in white and yellow, which produced a pleasing effect, I record these petty details, because it remains one of the most vivid of my youthful impressions, But change has been busily at work everywhere. A railroad now runs along the foot of the Alum Bank, and the despoiling axe has invaded the wooded slope. The musical notes of the boatman’s horn and the bugle of the ‘stage driver have given way to the screech of the steam whistle. The pheasant no longer drums from her log in the glade. Master Parker long since fired his last shot from his platform in the tree. The turnpike has been de- graded to a township road. The wooden bridge has been supplanted by a modern one of iron. The wheat field is now a thickly populated city of the dead. T. J. CHAPMAN: A Brother-in-Law of Antoine.—l. As Uncle Lisha was rasping with his float at a hidden ' peg in the toe of a newly tapped boot, |his ‘unemployed — eyes staring idly out the window caught sight. of two approaching figures. They were evidently engaged in earnest conversation, each in turn gesticulating vio- lently, while the other listened intently. . i>; “One of ’em’s Ann Twine, but who tother is, 1s more’n I know,” the old shoemaker soliloquized, while the float went wide of its mark, “He's one o’ the same breed, I know, by the motions on him, talkin’ wi’ his arms as much as he does wi’ his mouth. I wonder what the critters du in the dark, or haow they make one on *em onderstan’ when he gits blind. If one on ’em was struck dumb he c’d keep on a-talkin’ jest the same. What a tarnal language, anyway.” ih he Then giving the boot a final inner thrust and pitching it aside, “There, I guess that won't hurt more’n tu- make Jozeff pick up his quates lively.” _ ! Antoine now entered with his companion, a man ot his own build and complexion, but younger and dressed completely in Canadian homespun. Uncle Lisha wel- comed them with boisterous heartiness. ' “Come in, Ann Twine, come in, and come massy vaw. ‘Who’s that you’ve fetched wi’ ye?” | “Good morny, Onc’ Lisha. Dis was one mah rel- lishin’, one mah beau irere, wat you call mah, brudder- law. Hees name Jule La Roche.” =|. “Jule, Jule?” Uncle Lisha repeated. “Why, that’s a she name, short for Julia. Haow come oné=0’ yer brother-in-laws tt hev it? Was the’ so many on em Antoine continued the introduction in French to his brother-in-law, who grinned affably, while he heroically endured Uncle Lisha’s clamp-like grip. ; “Hope I see you well? Take a cheer an’ set daown,” cried the old man, cordially. “Praw gaddy that three- legged one; he tippy ovy toot sweet. Dumb it, Ann Twine, he don’t onderstan’ French no better *n he does English. Give him a cheer ’at-won’t-cast him. So he’s rally one o’ your brother-in-laws, hey? Wal, P’ve won- dered more’n a thaousan’-times ’at some on ‘em didn’t . FOREST AND. STREAM. spill aouten Canerdy oncte in a while, for it must be pooty nigh runnin’ over wi’ ’em,”’ “Yas, one udder mans come wid it for woek in hayin’ can’ spi Angleesh no more as he an’ he want haire aout, bose of it, an’ he can’ haire auot, so he come gat me for haire it aout on some dat big hol’ farmer daown to de lake, Udder man on mah haouse wid hees hoss an’ cart. He coozin on Ursule,”’ “So you're goin’ to intarpret for ’em, be ye? What you goin’ tu male out on’t?” - “Wal, seh, Ah don’t know if Ah*l] ant haire aout mah- sef, prob’ly, w’en Ah gat dem feller all haire aout, too. Oh, Once’ Liasha, Ah’ll naant never see so fool lak mah brudder-law, the.” S-s-sh, don’t talk so right ty his head! You'll hurt his feelin’s ef you don’t mad him,” Uncle Lisha whis- pered gustily behind a waxy palm. But his anxiety was at once relieved, not only by Antoine’s assurances, but by the grins and nods of the subject of his remarks, be- stowed impartially on both speakers, ©, don’ you ‘fred, One’ Lasha. He can’ on’stan’ Angleesh more as geeses, an’ dat. was mek it so fool for come on de State, two of it, bose can’ on’stan’ Angleesh no more as he talk aour language, Wat s’pose prob’ly dem two fool goin’ do ’f he ant fin’ me, hein?” Then he explained in French to Jis brother-in-law, + “T am telling the old shoemaker what beautiful mocca- sins you make,” Whereupon the brother-in-law grinned more-complacently and modestly thrust forth a mocca- sined foot. “Sem tam he so fool, he sima’t lak ev’ryting,”’ An- toine continued, addressing Uncle Lisha. ‘He mow mos’ more as Ah can. He jes’ good for all hayin’ work, pitch load, ev’ryt’ing, an’ he could rip an’ bine de grain sO you neyer see to beat it. He could chawp de hwood lak hol’ hurrycane. O, all kan’ o’ work he can do an’ THE QUEBEC HEAD SHOWN AT NEW YORK, he file lak forty bobolink singin’; so you can’ kept you foots on de floor. file so.you can heard it play. Bah gosh, he can play tree four tune all de sem time, yas seh! Qh, Once’ Oh, bah gosh, Ah’ll wisht he gat hees - Lasha” (Antoine's face assumed an expression of awed - solemnity), “de t'ing he do mos’ hardes’ was faght. Yas, seh. He mos’ more hugly Ah was,” “Shaw, Ann Twine; you don’t say so,’ Uncle Lisha © remarked, looking with amused curiosity at the terrible little brother-in-law. “Yas, he awfly mans. He leek all-de mans all ’raoun’ where he leeve an’ wat he ant leek he scare mos’ to deat’, an’ w’en dey an’t no more he scare hese’f, toa.” a cat hisseli? Wal, that is cur’us. Haow come he fu?” . = “Wal, seh, dat was de tam he have de wors’ faght he ever have. It was be awfuls, but it was kan’ o’ funny, an’ Ah’ll was goin’ tol you dat story. Don’t you ‘fred, "cause he can’ on’stan’ what Ah’ll said. I am now telling the old Bostonais what a-terrible fighter you are,’ An- toine said in French to his brother-in-law, who thereat Swelled out his chest to its utmost extent and looked exceedingly fierce, as he filled his pipe and savagely smote a flint with a curved steel, showering sparks upon a bit of punk that served him instead of matches for lighting his tobacco Antoine also lighted his pipe, though with litle chance of keeping it in blast if his story should be long, and Uncle Lisha, following his example, settled himself to comfortable attention with his elbows © on his knees. te) “Wal, den,” the former began between explosive puffs, “Alvll goin’ tol’ you.- You see, tip dere in Canada, w’en mah brudder-law leeve on de beeg river, de peop’ gat some dey livin’ for sol’ hwod on:stimboat. Oh, dey lot of it go on de river, en’ it took_lot of hwood for bile hees biler. De peop’ sol’ dey hwood raght ‘long for one dollar *n’ halt for cord, ev'ry year; ev'ry year ‘fore bombye one man want for sol’ more hwood as somebody, so he was tol’ de stimboat he’ll sol’ it de hwood for one dollar *n’ quarter an’ den dat all de stimboat goin’ give any- ody. '. “All de peop’ was be pooty mad, but he can’ he’p he- se’f. Den, after “noder wile, dat feller, Jacque Boulan- ger hees nem of it, took motion he chawp’ hwood more cheaper, an’ he do it for jes’ one dollar, an’ den Ah’ll tol’ you, de peop’ was-mad, an’ oh, haow.mah brudder- law he was mad, He say he goin’ leek Jacques? 203 “Some folks tol’ it he can’ leek it, ‘cause Jacques more as two tam bigger as he was. He tol’ “em wait leetly wile, dey see some day w'en he'll gat drunk at Jacques Bou- langer, den he leek it, he ant care if he big. Wal, it ant be long, “fore mah brudder-law have it some w'iskey en esprit, an’ he ant mix it very weak, an’ he took pooty good drink an’ he took it pooty often, an’ he’ll gat drunk at Jacques Boulanger. “Naow, you see his lan’ an’ Jacques’ lan’ stan’ close apart, jes leetly brook tun ‘tween it in bottom of holler. Jacques’ hwood behin’ it one side an’ mah brudder-law hees hwood on tudder side, ‘ “Mah brudder-law look over de brook, he'll see Jacques walkin’ aout wid hees axe for go chawp an’ dat mek him some madder so he go aout an’ holler some swear at him, an’ Jacques hear it an’ holler back some swear too, “Somebody hear bose of it an’. de story go, dat Jule was gat drunk at Jacques, an’ was begin for leek it, an’ den lot of de folks come for see de faght, but all stan’ back so not for get hurt, bose side de holler behin’ Jule atv’ Jacques, an’ dey was ‘baout twenty rod one nudder, probly. “Den mah brudder-law holler some more laouder an’ Jacques holler back more laouder too, an’ de echo behin’ bose of it holler, too, so if dey was ten mans on de hwood. Den mah brudder-law trow hees cap at’ jomp on it awful hugly, an’ Jacques, he paoun’ hees breas’ of it wid hees fis’ an’ say he big man, more strong anybody. “Den mah brudder-law call him dam hol’ hog an’ jack asses an’ bete puante, dat’s skunk, an’ great many kan o’ Ving an’ haow easy he can leek it. “Den dat Jacques pull off some hees hairs an’ say he can heat mah brudder-law, an’ den mah brudderclaw lif hesef by hees traowser an’ holler, “Brooo,’ an’ echo come back, ‘Brooo,’ pooty hugly, Ah tol’ you, raght behin’ Jacques so de peop’ begin for be scare some, an’ Jacqties, too. ‘Den mah brudder-law drink big drink off hees bottle an’ gat more drunker at Jacques, an’ more madder at it, an’ he hopen hees maout’ for mek de wors’ holler he’ll make yet. Bah gosh he hopen it so wide de folks behin’ see it comin’ taoun’ hees head of it an’ tink it goin’ for crack off, an’ w’en Jacques see it raght biffore, he tink prob'ly mah brudder-law goin’ for swaller it, an’ he start for run, an’ w’en de peop’ over dar see dat big Jacques run dey tink it *baout tam for go, too. “Den mah brudder-law mek so awfly roar you never hear. Oh, it shake all de hwood for mile, an’ wen de echo come back more laoudet an’ more of it “Brrooo, brooo, broooo, mah brudder-law tink de dev’ an’ forty loups gareau comin’ aout de hwood at him, so he'll jes’ turn hesef raght raotun’ an’ run fas’ he can “cause he ant come dar for faght all dat hell ting, honly jes’ man, he gat leek already, ““Naow de peop’ behin’ it, see he'll runnin’, dey knew it was danger for dem an’ deyll ant wait for see no more, but jes’ run so dey never was afore. An’ one hwoman she faint *way off so dey mos’ can’ brought it back. So you see it was pooty scary tam. “Wal, seh, mah brudder-law ant run great way “fore soon he slip hees foot an’ tumble, flop, right in leetly holler full of leaves, an’ he ant hear no more nowse, so he ant want for got up. Mebby he can’ prob’ly, so he jes’ lay still an’ go sleep all de res’ dat day. _ - “Dat big Jacques Boulanger, he fall too, wen, he run- nin’, an’ chawp hesef on hees axe so he can’ chawp no more hwood for tree mont’, an’ dat broke up de cheap chawpin’, so de peop’ got dollar ’n’ half for cord ag’in, an’ I tol’ you dey was tink plenty of my brudder-law. Ant you tink he'll do grea’ deal good for jes’ leek one man so hard, hein? “Sartainly,” said Unele Lisha, same time not hurt no one,” “Wal, naow,’ said Antoine, after getting his neglected pipe in full blast, “Ill goin’ took mah brudder-law down on de village, for show it de Forge. He'll ant never see it wen it goin’. They ant gat it where he live.” So the two departed, mingling the odor of their rank tobacco with the sweet scent of the blooming clover, and their gabble with the voices of the rejoicing bobolinks, Row ianp'E. Roprnson, giatnyal History. The Quebec “Elle.” New York, March 8.—Editer Forest and Stream: The supposed elk killed on a tributary of the Metapedia River in Bonaventure county, Province of Quebec, turns out, as stated in last week’s Forrst AND STREAM, to be a caribou. Mr. L. Z. Joncas, Chief of the Department of Lands, Forests and Game, of the Province, tells me that this ani- mal was killed by one Alfred Blair, who wrote to him, saying that he had killed an elk. Mr. Joncas, know- ing, of course, that elk are not found in that section of Canada, wrote Blair, telling him to send on the specimen a "Sartainly, and at the - to Quebec, and saying that if it proved to be an elk he would give him a high price for it, It was a catibou, and its head was pointed out to me by Mr. Joncas this. week at the Madison Square Garden, hanging on the west side of the westernmost Quebec cabin, about half-way back from the aisle. It must not be confounded with the caribou head hanging higher up at the southwest corner of the same cabin, which carries remarkably flattened horns. The three elk heads*from the neighborhood of Lake Victoria, P. Q:, naturally attracted my attention. The ‘smallest of the three hanging on the east side ofthe more westerly of the two Quebec cabins, has nothing specially characteristic about it. But the other two, one of which hung high up in the space between the two Quebec cabins, and the other on the easterly front of the easternmost cabin, were remarkable for the stoutness of their gntlers compared with the length. Moreover, on each of ‘these two heads, the antlers do not show nearly so wide in ‘the spread, aS is common in the average Western elk. On — the other hand, I have seen Western specitnens which did not differ markedly in these two respects from the two largest Quebec heads. 4. Os -The color of the head and neck of the largest head; “which was the one hanging between the two cabins, “is, 204 . Sr St however, worth noting. The ustal color of the head, throat and foreneck of the elk is a dark wood brown, growing lighter on the nape and back of the neck. But the specimen in question appears, seen from a distance, much darker and of quite a different shade from any elk head that I have seen. It is a very dark brown, but with a ‘idistinct.shade of red in it; a color quite different from the tinge-of yellow which marks the usual ell head and neck, and which in fact was. seen on the two other heads from the same:locality, On the whole, this head gave one-the impression of being quite unusual. Grorce Birp GRINNELL, Domesticating Wildtowl. ; BY FRED MATHER. THe term “wildfowl’ is restricted by sportsmen to web-iooted water fowl, and 1s never applied to any other bird or birds, not even to the waders, and in this sense only will the term be used here, When man domesticated the mallard and the muscovy duck of tropical America he stopped because he had breeds which gaye him all the meat he could expect from ducks. He then began to encourage “sports,” as odd specimens are termed, and produced the white ducks, some with top-knots and the dwart “call dicks.” He tamed the black duck occasionally, but as it was no improvement on the mallard, be seldom bred it in a pure state. Within the last quarter of a century he has bred the so- called “Cayuga black duck,” which he falsely claims are ati improved black duck bred from wild stock caught on Cayuga Lake, N. Y. These “Cayuga” dicks are fine large birds, but will mot become popular with market breeders because of black pinteathers, which disfigure them when dressed. But, these alleged descendants from wild black ducks show mallard blood in the greenish heads of the drakes,; and that ineyitable badge of mallard blood, two curly feathers mear the tail, The black drake has no green in its head and no other drake but the niallard has those curled feathers. . With these birds the maximum of duck meat was at- tained and all other experiments have been made by men who either loved to have beautiful, if not profitable, birds about him, or by some sportsman who loved the com- panionship of the fowl which he seldom saw aliye at close quarters. Perhaps it was a little of both sentiments which induced me to spend time and money to try to domesticate such of our wildfowl as could be obtained, with no-questions asked about the game laws of the States they came from nor how the specimens were pro- cured. I wanted the-fowl for a good and righteous pur- pose, and “the end justified the means.” Geese; Greene Smith, lone since dead, had the greatest collec- tion of mounted birds in any private collection in Amer- ica, I don’t know where it is now, but it was offered to the Smithsonian Institution as a giit, on condition -of its being kept together and known as the “Greene Smith Collection.” It was declined because the authorities had no idea of its extent, but when they learned’ what this man had accumulated at an enormous expense, they recon- sidered the decision; but too late, the collection went _ elsewhere. I was fishing with Smith one day when my wildtowl were mentioned, and he told me that he was closing out his live stock, giving it away, and if I would accept his geese he wotild be glad to give me them. He sent me ten Canada geese, six snow geese, nine white-fronted geese, four blue geese and three black brant. Here was a wealth of geese, which was beyond my dreams of avarice. In my poor way it would have taken years to get these birds, not to speak of dollars. 'Be it known to all men that the common names of these geese, as used above, are unknown to many gunners who shoot these birds, especially west of the Mississippi River. There they know but one “goose,” the Canada “honker,” all-other geese they call “brant.” For instance, the snow goose is “white brant’’; the white-fronted goose, with the white strip across its forehead, is “speckle belly,” or “speckled brant,” from its variegated breast; the blue goose is “blue brant,” while the only bird called “brant” by gunners on the Atlantic coast is the “black brant” of the West. So much for names. A Digtession. In place of a foot-note, which is an abominable thing, both to writer and reader, I wish to ask for information about Greene Smith, If enough of this can be had, with photograph, he will go in with “Men I Have Fished With,” for while I only knew him slightly and fished with him one day only, years ago, I know little of him except that he was a son of Gerritt Smith, the famous Abolition- ist, who did not approve his son’s sportsman’s tastes. We had a pile of fun on a fishing trip, but the fact that I only knew the man slightly was the reason for not includ- ing him in the list. He is dead; his cousin, Charley Bac- cus, the minstrel, is dead, and all the Fitzhughs of Michi- gan and Virginia, who were cousins, are dead, so far as I know, but some living men can tell me something of the man, just enough to show who and what his great work was, and leave the fishing story to me. As a raconteur, he could discount Baccus, and was up to the standard of Amos Cummings, Polk Miller and the late “Billy” Flor- ence, | a Domesticated Geese. -The origin of our common tame white and gray geese 15 involved in obscurity, there is no known wild species , which resembles them enough to be assigned as the pro- knots on ducks:° _ , _°T he Canada goose is not the parent of our tame bird, bot eae T= preliminary to pinioning shortly after. FOREST AND STREAM. for the “honker' is nearer to the swans than the geese, and while it will cross with our tame goose, the product is a mule. Large numbers of these mongrel geese are bred for imarket, making fine large tender birds. The Canada goose has been domesticated, and by this is meant unrestricted freedom without wing clipping or a desire to- migrate, ‘The brant, “black brant” of the West, has not been domesticated. It has been held in captivity with a range oi grass and water tor ten years, and has not laid an egg in our latitudes. This is the goose that the arctic ex- plorers always saw going north, and on which the theory of an open polar sea was based, Up to some twenty years or so ago it was said that no man had ever been far enough north to find the nest of this bird, tut I haye an impression that a few have been found in late years. The blue goose was once thought to be the young of the snow goose in immature plumage, but is now known to be distinct. These birds become “blue brant” and “white brant” in the West, where, as has been said, there is only one “goose.” Neither of these birds have been bred in captivity, as far as I know, and I had them in my grounds at Honeoye Falls, N. Y., tor three years, and gave them to the Philadelphia Zoo and to Central Park in 1875, where they may be yet. Mr. T. Treadwell, East Williston, N. Y., has had them for ten years without getting an egg from one, The Egyptian goose is a small bird, the shapeliest of all geese, and is most beautifully parti-colored; it is to the geese what the wood duck is among ducks. It is seen at our poultry shows as a curiosity, but is not common m America ; it is said to have bred in England. The Ducks, Leaving out_the three sheldrakes, Jordan records thirty species of ducks, “in the district north and east of the Ozark Mountains, south of the Laurentian Hills, north of the southern boundary of Virginia, and east of the Mis- souri River, inclustye of marine species.” This from his Manual of Vertebrates.”’ F Disearding all the “old squaws,” “sea coots,’ whistlers and other birds, which cannot be confined to a diet of grain, vegetable and such animal food as our tame ducks get, there ate ten American ducks well worthy of domestication and of keeping pure, by one who loves to have such things about him. Pew know how beautiful a living wood duck or teal is, or how one gets to love them and have them about. What if a green-winged teal, the smallest of all ducks, is no larger than 4 pigeon; the ques- tion 1s not one of meat_as it was with primitive man when he domesticated the mallard. I have spent more dollars than I could well afford on this fancy, and if wealthy would prefer it as a “fad” to any other. A few surplus birds were sold, but not enough to pay for many wild birds which came dead, when the only thing being left was the express charges. Then there was food, Joss by minks and other vermin; but I never faltered. When | was forced from my home in the country by a contempt- able politician, who did not know that a canvashacle in evening dress was a bit better than a clam chowder in shirt sleevés, my pets had to find other quarters. All my work in this lime Was broken up, and it is well worth while for some man to take it up and carry it om, The fact is that I did it com amore; but really could not afford to catry out the work as it should be done; see my remarks on canvasback ducks be- low. Pinioning Wild Birds. When you get a wild bird never clip a wing, unless as a When you ctit the stiff quills of the primaries, they will split in time and become like “hang nails’ on a human hand; they split up into the flesh and become sore, and do not shed, some- times causing blood poisoning. Jf they shed and new feathers. grow, the bird must be caught and clipped twice a year, with a chance of its escape. A bird once pinioned needs no more attention and is prevented from flying while it lives. Only one wing must be pinioned so that an attempt to fly turns it over on the ground. Lay the bird on its back, wrap a towel about one wing and the body, leaving the other free. Have your assistant, who holds the bird, press his thumb on the main artery where he feels the pulse, at the point marked P in the illustration. Pluck the fine feathers between the joint A and the line C, and also four of the secondary feathers whose quills come in the line of the proposed cut, B. Never unjoint the wing at A; it leaves a large knuckle which will continually get bruised and sore. No surgeon would amputate a leg or an arm at a joint. Having bared the part of feathers, make a cut on the line B, from close to the junction of the little thumb E, to the wing. If you cut on the line C, there will he several secondary feathers left, and birds so pinioned can often fly over a fence and for some distance. There is merely a skin over the two bones on the line B, and but a trifing cut need be made. Then with a stout knife cut the bones, taking care not to cut the skin back of them. Turn up the ends of the bones; skin back to the dotted line D, thus leaving a flap to turn over the amputation, Stitch this flap over the wound with three or four stitches of sewing silk, no cotton; bend down the little thumb with the sille so that the sear will always be protected, and let the bird go, Properly performed there should be no loss of blood, to speak of, and the wound will heal in three days. I once pinioned twelve ducks inside an hour, and if they had been handed me without delay, I could have easily made the number fifteen. Care must be taken that no bone pro- _ [Manet 18, 1864) be ee: pr 2 trudes or the wound will never heal. I have brought pinioned birds with protruding bones, where some thoughtless fellow had merely chopped the wing off with a hatchet, Such birds are always poor and will never breed. Of course, I amputated the wing above the joint A, and made a clean job anda healthy bird, _ ipa, With young birds, at six or eight weeks old, or as soon as the pinfeathers start, all that is necessary is a pair of _ sharp scissors to clip the line B, leaving the thumb, — Ankylosis. Now [ am not a surgeon, if what is written here has a flavor of the scalped; but by the way, I own a set of dis- secting instruments, picked up in a Bowery pawn slop for a trifle many years ago, when I began to study the anatomy of fishes, and found that some knowledge of all ~ vertebrates was needed. Then, to work out those pharyngeal teeth which cyprinoid fishes carry in their throats, and by which the scientific duffers separate them from others which are outwardly like them, I had to learn to use a watchmakers glass and hold it in one eye, while with a toothbrush in one hand and a bone in thé other, a few faint teeth were brought to light before the double- jointed name of a 3in. fish could be recorded. That's ichthyology; but that eye glass is used constantly on slivers and other things; couldn't keep house without one. Tt the boys on the back seats don’t know what ankylosis | may be, let some body tell them that it is merely a Greek term used in pathology for a stiff jomt. Our joints must be used or they protest, as we see when we have been “cratnped up” in a car or coach all day. Keep an elbow or knee in a fixed position for three months, more or less, and it is no longer a joint, the disease known as ankylosis has set in, and there you are. When a bird is pinioned, the mutilation is plainly shown when it stretches its wings for exercise of its joints, but when the wings are closed, only a careful observer would note that the primaries of only one wing reached above the back. I would not now pinion a bird larger than a mal- lard ; because the bones are large, the birds are heayy, and there is a better way to do it, so that when at rest, the birds are perfect, and only when they stretch their wings is there any evidence that they are not symmetrical. This plan is best for geese, pelicans, sandhill cranes, swans and other large birds. The tools are fine soft cop- per wire and an aw! of proper size, : Have an attendant, or two to hold the bird, which must be blindfolded. Draw the wing back at the jomt marked A in the cut; drill holes in several of the primaries and » secondaries, marked 1 and 2; put the wires through in several places so as to keep that joint from moying5 fasten the wires and the job is done. The joint will become ankylosed betore the next moult, the feathers will be shed, but that wing can never be extended for flight, yet the bird is perfect. We occasion- ally meet men with stiffened joints, caused by improper treatment, but there is no suffering after the first few days of so confining a joint, nature cares for that, and while this treatment is best for large birds, 1 aim not sire but it would be best for smaller ones: - : The Teals. Of the cinnamon feal Il knew nothing, but have owned and bred both the blue-wing and thé gréen-wing. If there is a wild duck that inherits less fear of man than these two teal I don’t know it. Of the two perhaps the slightly larger blue-wing is quickest to make friends with man, but here is a story of the green-wing. At the New York fish hatching station at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, J had a fair collection of my pets. There was a long, no-account pond made by throwing up a highway, and in this the tide rose and tell. A picket fence on one side and poultry netting on the other, held a few ducks, some green-wing teal among them. Every day, and several times a day, I took them. water cress, duck weed, lettuce, cabbage, or other delicacies, in addition to their grain and animal food, and always talked to the birds as they fed. Talking 1s a most important thing in the domestication of wildfowl, as it is in the training of domestic animals. The talk was always the same; ““Hello, little birds; 1 never did see such pretty little birds; come up here now and-get some good things.’ There was no thought that the words would be understood, but there was finally a distinct connection between them and the feeding that when the corduroy working coat was left off and a morning trip to the city in frock coat and “natl- keg’? hat was in order, the flock would follow me when I was outside the picket fence if I saluted them with: ‘Hello, little birds,” etc. : May came, and the flock was short one female green- wing. With an anathema on all minks and weasels, there was work to be done in the hatchery, and the little teal was forgotten until one morning she appeared on the pond with four fluffy little balls of down, about as big as a piece of soap after a hard day's washing. They could swim well, and had implicit confidence in their mother, who evi- dently thought them young teal, but they could have taken refuge in a .10 bore gin with room to spare. 1 called the men from the hatchery, and we netted the family out. Mr. Teal was off conviving with friends, and paid-no attention to the raid on his family; but, Mrs. Teal, when captured, looked up at me and remarked: “Quack, quack,” and was answered in the same language. This was satisfactory, and when she was put in a special pool with her young, she seemed to realize that man was not only her friend, but the friend of all that she held most dear, and would, mother-like, give her life for. ; As the blue-wing teal is the casiest to approach of all wild ducks, so their young are naturally tame, I would much like a chance to try the effect of keeping the young of both these teal without pmioning, as has been done with mallards. Wood Ducks. I haye bred more of these beauties than any other duck. _ When I began the work they were the only wild duck that I could get in quantity. They weré netted in great num- bers in Michigan for market, and as 1 would pay several times the matket price, I bought large numbers, and helped stock zoological gardens in Europe. In the late 60s and early 70s not one bird in. ten would lay eggs for me, but I raised a few. Then when I-left Honeoye Falls, | “Marcr 18, 1800.1 N. Y,, in 1876, the flock had to be disposed of. From that time until 1883 I had no country home, where my pet fancy could be resumed, Then these birds were scarce, the once prolific Michigan lakes where Northern-bred’ birds stopped to feed on their way South in early fall no longer paid the netters, but I got a few. Lest some one should rise and accuse me of aiding and abbetting the netters, and so being responsible for the diminished number of wood ducks, let me say: The game laws of Michigan and Iowa, where I got some birds later, | were not then so strict or as well enforced as now. The netters would have netted the ducks for market just the same, getting 50 cents a pair for the birds; and my stand- ing offer of three times that figure more than paid them to keep them alive, box and deliver them to the ex- press. Then, my aim was a grand one; to try to domesti- cate this beautiful bird, and as before said, the end justt- fied the means, If I needed bitds for this purpose now | would not hesitate to employ men to get me a dozen pairs and ask no questions, but it is not necessary to do this if one wants wood ducks, for many men are breeding, but not domesticating them. I doubt if this bird can ever be domesticated, I learned how to breed them with certainty, but after being bred for ten generations in confinement, they would escape, 1 possible, and never return. They distrust man after he once catches them to pinion them, when a few weeks old, They have been so tame as to fun to meet me with a dish of bread and milk, or other food, and climb into it and feed greedily until once taken in hand. Then they be- came suspicious. No bird likes to be taken in hand, The stiff quills must hurt when pressed into the flesh. Pigeon men handle theit birds by a grip on the wings close to the body, ducks should he so handled. Domestic hens may be handled by the legs. The man who takes a duck by the legs will have a crippled bird that must be killed, for their legs are weak and all attempts to heal a broken leg by splints or plaster bandages, by me, have been failures, but then it is recorded that | am not a surgeon. i On a later trial of breeding these birds, there was a train of thought something like this; In nature every female breeds; with me it has been only one in ten, the climate is right, for they breed here; the trouble must be in the food. In western New York I have fed corn, wheat, rye and oats, with such vegetation as lettuce, purslaine, “pus- ley,” young cabbage, water cress and duck weed, all of which they were very fond, yet they laid their eggs sparingly. Evidently something was lacking, and then the fact that they had been seen to pick insects from overhanging leaves, eat frog spawn and gobble up polly- wogs and snails as well as small frogs, suggested that what was needed to round out their natural diet was animal ‘food. When the new ration was isstied in the next Feb- . called “little saw bill.” ruary, there was rejoicing in April and May, when every pair of wood ducks began nesting. The Hollow Tree. Nesters. All the wildfowl of my acquaintance nest on the ground, with the following exceptions; some “tree ducks” of Central and South America, wood ducks, Chinese Man- darins and the pretty little “hooded merganser,”’ also If the other mergansers, or “Sheldrakes,” nest in trees, I da not know, but suspect them of it. j ~ The ducks which nest on the ground may be left to their own devices, if you give them a chance for seclusion, but for those which nest in hollow trees, we must provide natural conditions, Take a box I2in. high by 71n, square inside, tight on all sides, but with a round 4-in, hole in the middle of one side, set it.on a post, 2ft. above ground with a slanting board leading to the hole, in which fine ‘straw and -leaves are placed, and the bird will do the rest. The male wood duck and Mandarin will stand guard at the entrance for a while, but’tires of it before the four weeks are up, and abandons the job. Some males injure the young, and it is best to remove the drakes before hatching, I have had two broods in a season by remoy- ing the first nesting eggs, but otherwise one brood is the rule. The male moults in June, and will not take any part in a second brood; he then resembles the female, and does not get his bright plumage again until August. Young drakes show red on the bill at two months old. Hens are useless for hatching the small tender ducks, and the little woodie is very tender. The young ducks come to her for shelter, and she kicks them to death by scratching for them, I have lost several broods in this way. Then I got the “call ducks,” those dwarf, or bantam, mallards bred in Holland for calling wildfowl; eute little ducks, the female being persistently noisy ii separated from her mate, but the “‘calls” were not broody when I wanted them to be, or I did not haye enough of them. The first year a wood duck has four to six eggs, next - year eight to twelve. The greatest number that I ever got from one was seventeen. How a Young Wood Duck Leaves the Nest. Some writers claim that the mother takes them in her bill and others say that she carries them on her back. I[ had a string of pens back of my house; a pair in each, 4 for they are better to be separated, and usually I found the mother and her brood on the water in the morning; but, on two occasions I saw them leave the nest. The mother went first to the pool and called; she had brooded them for twenty-four hours, or more, and they were strong. Then one after another the little things climbed out of the box and tumbled to the ground, or to the water: They had to climb 4 to 6in. of plain board, but they did it. I have seen them climb a roin. base board and go through rin. poultry netting when alarmed. They weigh nothing worth mentioning, and they have claws as sharp as cambric needles. They have pricked my hands until they bled when pinioning them at eight weeks old. I can easily believe that they can climb up a hollow tree and drop 20ft. into the grass without injury. What need of such sharp claws and climbing ability if not for leaving the nest? ‘ I once had a wood duck that climbed 3ft. of poultry net- ting by aid of wings, and then sat on the selvage wires, which were less than in. in diameter, and this shows how small a thing their feet can grasp. She went out- . FOREST AND STREAM, eeatiell side, into a swamp every day, and tried to coax her mate out, but he wouldn't, or couldn't, and she gave it up and nested in the box provided for her. Usually there was a 3in. strip on top to prevent this. 1 have spoken of the- Mandarin duck. It is a Chinese bird that in everything but color is a wood duck, The prevailing hue with them is old gold, The male has two “fans on its wings, broad-webbed single feathers, which it can erect, swan fashion, Tastes differ in com- paring the Mandarin with our native bird; the colors are not so bright, but there is the softness of hue which we admire in oriental rugs, Other Ducks, The redhead is bred in Europe, where it ts known as “pochard,” but the canvasback they have not. I had many inquiries for this bird from over the water, and went to Hayre de Grace, Md., to try to get cripples or netted birds, but got only promises, The gunners there get $3, and over, a pair for them, and I offered $15, and would take ten pairs, but got none. The widgeon, both American.and European, I have had, but never bred from them; the minks would not permit it. The pintail I bred once, but lost the brood. If I ever try to breed our beautiful wildfowl again the pools will be made mink proof by a brick or stone foundation 2ft. under ground, and tft. above it. The fence on this, with inviting openings for a mink to enter and remain in a trap until he has an interview with me. There are a few fanciers of wildfowl in America, and the taste for it is growing; in England, France and Germany, there are hundreds of men who breed wildfowl, and it is a most attractive “fad,’ for want of a better name, and a man must have a fad of some kind, or he will become a lonesome, miserable money grubber. What better sport than feeding your flock of beautiful wild- fowl, which most men only thinle of in connection with the pot? J haye bred pheasants, golden, silver, Lady Aim- herst and’ others, but they never were as dear to me as the little mother teal, who looked up and said “quack, quack” when I placed her with those little things which she thought to be teal, just because she had laid the eggs and hatched them. ‘To me they looked more like a bunch of catkins from the pussy willow than like any- thing which might develop into a duck. And yet, a beast- ly, hairy caterpillar is said to resemble a buckwheat pan- cake because it is the “grub” which makes the butter- fly. We can’t tell how the “ugly duckling” may turn out. Range of Stone’s Sheep. New York, March 8.—&ditor Forest and Stream: I talked recently with a Stony Indian from the reserva- tion of that people in western Alberta, and questioned him about the mountain sheep found in that region. The Stonies ate known all over the Northwest as being remarkable mountain climbers and hunters, anid they sub- sist largely on the sheep and goats which they kill among the high peaks. It occurred to me that Nessadero might know some- thing about more than one sort of mountain sheep, and I questioned him closely on this point. He talks very fair English, and submitted gracefully to cross-examination. He told me that in his country there are two sorts of sheep, one small, dark in color, with slender horns, which are seldom broken; and another sort, larger, pale in color, with heavy thick horns that are often broken at the points. He went on to say that these small “black’’ sheep are all found north of Bow River, while on the south side of Bow River the big sheep only occur, The country referred to of course, lies all on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains. Nessadero’s verbal statements as to the characteristics of these two kinds of mountain sheep were confirmed by the signs which he made; for, like most Western Indians. he- talks more or Jess with his hands. The shape and slenderness of the dark sheep's horns. as well as the short- ness of its back, were explained by signs, while its color was indicated by touching the dark fur on his shirt, On the other hand, he showed that the horns of the big sheep were at the base nearly as thick as his lez above the knee, “eighteen, nineteen inches,” that their backs were longer, and that the color of the hair was gray. Subsequently [ unfolded a map before him, and we went oyer the-matter again, while he pointed out on the map the locality of the two kinds of sheep. This information is of considerable interest as bearing on the question of the range of Stone's sheep. In the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (Vol. XIJ., p. 2, March 4, 1809). Dr. J. A. Allen — prints an interesting note on this same subject, recently received irom Mr. A. J. Stone, wlio writes: “I traced the range of Ovis stone or black sheep throughout all the mountainous country of the head- waters of the Stickeen and south to the headwaters of the Nass, but could obtain no reliable information of their oc- currence further south in this longitude, They are found throughout the Cassiar Mountains, which extend north to 61 degrees north latitude and west to 134 degrees west longitude; how mtich further west they may be found I have been tunable to determine; nor could I ascertain whether their range extends from the Cassiar Mountains into the Rocky Mountains to the north of Francis and Liard rivers. But the best information obtained led me to believe tHat 1t does not. They are found in the Rocky Mountains to the south as far as the headwaters of the Nelson and Peace Rivers, in latitude 56 degrees. But I proved conclusively that in the main range of the Rocky Mountains very few of them are found north of the Liard River. Where this river sweeps south through the Rocky Mountains to Hells Gate, a few of these animals are found as far north as Beaver River, a tributary of the Liard. None, however, are found north of this, and I am thoroughly convinced that this is the only place where these animals may be found north of the Liard River. “T find that in the Cassiar Mountains and in the Rocky Mountains they everywhere range well above timber line, as they do in the mountains of the Stickeen, the Cheon- nees and Ktsezas. “Directly to the north of the Beaver River, and north of the Liard River below the confluence of the Beaver, we first meet with Ovis dalli,” Grorce Biro GRINNELL. McKinley. ‘The History of a Vermont Deer. On June 8, 1807, Mr. James H, Hoadley, of South Woodstock, Vt., found a male fawn by the roadside in the town of Reading, too weak to stand, and apparently deserted by its mother. It was left for two hours to see i1 the mother would return and care for it. At the expira- tion of that time, Mr. Hoadley returned, found the help- less fawn and took it home. It then weighed 334lbs. It was fed and cared for like a baby. It oceupied a cot in the house, and Mrs. Hoadley fed it watm milk several times during the following nights and days, when the hope of saving its life was almost despaired of, When it had recovered strength, I was requested to name it, and at my suggestion it was christened McKinley. Its rescuer wrote: “The name of McKinley is in every sense appro- priate, and as it thoroughly agrees with my political proclivities, McKinley it shall be.” As it became strong enough to run about the house and yard, a wigwam was built in the yard and an enclosure around it to keep out dogs, rather than to confine the deer, The enclosure en- compassed the back. piazza of the house, and whenever McKinley wished to enter the house he would get up on the piazza and look into the kitchen window. If this did not attract sufficient attention, he would rattle the latch of the kitchen door. If that was not noticed, as his horns developed, he would rake the door with one of his horns. Noy. 21, 1808, Mr. Hoadley wrote: “Mac is still one of the family. He is in fine condition. His first and only antlers are a foot long, and there are three points on each,” This rather explodes the theory that deer have only spike horns the first year. During the stages when this animal was being nursed so carefully night and day, its rescuer wrote: “What was at first a work of charity has become a work of love.” Since the accession of the horns, however, McKinley has not been a plaything for children, although he still has the run of the house. Yielding to an urgent request and uospitable invitation, I visited McKinley during the Feb- ruary blizzard. Ele was all that had been represented, three pointed horns and all. He entered the house and sitting room, showed no fear of the yisitor, and, in fact, began to rummage in my pockets. A» handful of fine cut smoking tobacco was the result of his search, and he immediately proceeded to eat it, as if it had been some sweetmeat. I had wondered how so large an animal could be allowed the run of a well-kept house (and surely I never visited a neater one), but discovered that the deer was house broken, and as clean as any dog or cat. There was not the slightest odor about his body, either. In- quiring about his food, | learned that he, had an assort- ment of grain in his wigwam, as well as a good supply of hay. He prefers the diet of the rest of the family, how- ever, and this is his menu, or a list of what he regards as delicacies: Apple, apricot and mince pies, cucumber, pickles, soap, crackers, cooked meat, fried pork rinds, lard and tobacco. He has oatmeal for breakfast nearly every morning. If not watched he will go to the pantry and steal lard, soap or any other food which may present it- self. - He will lie down on the rug in the sitting room and when asleep will snore to beat any human being on record. . : I have just received a letter tinder date of March 4, which reads as follows: “Mac shed his right antler Sunday, Feb, 26. He was in the house at the time. Mrs, Hoad- ley was feeding him apples, when, much to the surprise of us all, it tumbled-off on to the floor. He carried the left one until March 1, and we found it in his ‘eating’ house. There was not a drop of blood nor any visible pain— ~ just a dry and dead bone that had got ripe and was ready to fall, He is meek and gentle, and seems to know that some of his weapons are gone, and he is much less on 1 the offensive.” Here is a wild herbivorous animal, cating meat and all the-luxuries of a good table, and thoroughly house broken. Who says we cannot domesticate the Philipines? Sr, JoHNsnury, Vt., March 7. Jorun W. Trrcome. A Hot Water Lake in Alaska. _ Parmer Tost, a Jesuit missionary among the native Alaskans on the upper Yukon, gives to the Catholic Columbian religious journal a deseription of a warm water lake, which lies not far from Dawson, as he says. “Tt is sixty miles long and about fifteen miles in width. It has no evident communication with the ocean, yet when the ocean is at its high tide on the shores of Alaska, up goes the water of Lake Selawik, and when the: tide of the ocean goes out down comes the height of the waters of the lake,” This statement, if scientifically verified, would be of the uimost importance to hydrography, as it would help to solve abstruse problems, regarding fish distribution and other natural phenomena, which could he intelligently accounted for were this underground communication with the ocean positively known to exist. The reverend tather goes on to say that, “notwithstand- ing this sympathy with ocean waters, the water of Lake Salawik is fresh at all times. The most remarkable feature of the lake 1s that it never freezes over in the coldest weather, and the colder the atmosphere in its neighborhood. the warmer its waters seem, For this reason Lake Selawik becomes a kind of Mecca in winter for all kinds of fish and water animals, which are found in the various rivers that pour into the lake during sum- mer. The waters of the lakes swarm with fish, and the improvident goldseeker from the United States who has failed to strike that “pile” he anticipated, and who, owing to the fabulous prices of eatables in Alaska, in winter, would otherwise starve to death, has only to borrow a sled and a couple of dogs, and go over to Selawik, where, in a couple of hours he can kill with a boat hook more salmon than he can eat in a fortnight, for after the capture of the fish the excessively cold climate keeps them frozen until they are ready to be eaten. Lake Selawil will also relieve the miners from: the disagreeable necessity which they con- template at present of spending the whole winter without taking a bath, The water in winter is of just the right temperature to make bathing both wholesome and agree- aes ee / 206 Two Bird Papers. Last year’s report of the Farmer's Institute of Ontario contains a paper by Mr. Chas, W. Nash, of Toronto, on the Birds of Ontario in Relation to Agriculture. This is based in part on the author’s own observations and in part on the investigations made by Dr. Fisher for the United States.Department of Agriculture’ Mr, Nash’s conclusions correspond very well with those of the earlier paper, and he calls particular attention to the very great value to the farmer of the rough-legged hawk. While the owls are regarded by Mr. Nash as of very great use for their mice-destroying proclivities, he men- fons a practice of the short-eared spécies of killing great numbers of small birds, apparently for the spert of it, which is not generally known. He says: “Near my home.there is a large marsh, partially surrounded by meadows, which supports a rank growth of grass, rushes and reeds of various kinds. This place is much fre- quented in the autumn by sparrows and warblers mi- grating southward; in fact, at times the place- fairly Swarms with them. Suddenly, a number of short- eared owls will appear on the scene, and then numbers of small birds will be found lying about dead, some partly eaten and others with only the skull crushed and a tew feathers plucked off. At these-times I have shot many of the owls and have found the crops and stomachs to contain mice and small birds mixed, This will go on for a few days, or until the owls leave, and each morn- ing the number of dead birds lying about will have in- creased. After the owls have gone, the destruction ceases, only to begin again when the next lot of owls arrive. Mr. Nash next considers the crows, blackbirds and orioles, the woodpeckers, nuthatches, titmice and so forth, the thrushes, sparrows and swallows. The conclusion of the whole matter is that it is worth while to protect otir birds. Mr, Nash’s paper is written in simple, popular style, and should do much good, It is eee atie by thirty-two figures of different species of ifds, The interest taken in birds: by agriculturists is con- stantly on the increase, and is certainly most interest- ing, and a hopeful sign of the times. The paper just referred to shows one phase of this interest, while a preliminary list of the birds of Belknap and Merrimack counties, New Hampshire, with notes by Ned Dear- born, shows another. The paper in question was pre- sented to the faculty of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Art last summer as a thesis for the degree of M.S. This list represents nearly 200 species of birds, and while incomplete is authentic so far as it goes. It is not surprising that the list of marine birds is a brief one. The duck hawk is not rare in the region where Mr. Dearborn has cartied on his observations. The occurrence of the summer tanager, reported on the authority of a Franklin observer, is surprising, Further observations will, undoubtedly, considerably enlarge this list. Jaguar Ways. I wisH to say something about jaguars. I have lived here in Mexico for the past twenty-five years, and have always been a great hunter, and kept a pack of dogs. Jaguars are yery hard to hunt,.as there is no telling just where to find them. The best way that I have found is to go down on the ocean beach and hunt them on moon- light nights, or with a jack lamp on dark nights. The jaguar comes to the beach, nearly every night, to hunt sea turtle, as they come out on the beach to Jay their eggs. I haye seen the tracks of three and four, where they had traveled up and down the beach in search of turtles. I have seen them out on the beach until 7 o'clock in the morning, but they generally get back into the forest -be- fore sunrise. The jaguar is very different from the panther or moun- tain hon, He takes to water freely, will swin a lake or river without any trouble, and strange to say, an alligator does not seem to touch him, An old Indian hunter once told me a fable of the alligator and the jaguar, and how, through an agreement which they made, neither one will trouble the other. A jaguar nearly always kills calves and hogs; a mountain lion will always kill dogs and colts. The lion here very seldom troubles cattle, and they never come down on the beach after turtle, I have never known a lion to swim a lake or river. They both, however; will climb trees. They have from one to two cubs each. A jaguar here is much larger and heavier than the panther or mountain lion. The jaguar will nearly always come back after his kill, even after the bones; the panther very seldom comes back. More deer are killed by the panther, and I think they are much more agile; the jaguar kills more wild hogs; one always sees the tracks of -a jaguar behind those of a band of hogs. The best way to shoot them, as I said, is on the beach, for going in the jungle with dogs is hard work, and one gets so full of “Insects that he is unable to sleep for a week ‘after the trip; besides, the heat and the cutting to get through the forest are something beyond belief. The best kind of dogs for this kind of hunting is a cross of fox terrier and hound; or cur dog of some large and fierce kind and hound. Some other day I will give an account of how I killed the largest jaguar I ever saw in this country; I was after him for nearly two years before I got him. I always knew him by his large track. I used a .45-110 double-barrel ex- yress. I do not believe in small bore rifles for big game, and I have been hunting for over thirty years, and killed more gaime than most people. I like my .40-70 Win- chester for deer, but nothing smaller. I think, however, better shooting can be done with a double-barrel rifle, and also quicker, than with the magazine rifles. When I speak of panther and mountain lion, I also in- elude the puma, which is the same animal. Mexico. GUATEMALA, Spring Artivals. Brooxtyn, N. ¥., March 8—yYesterday, during the storm, I saw nine bluebirds and about twenty robins; to- day I saw twenty blackbirds and the same number of robins. ‘That looks more like spring, doesn’t it? ; T; EEG. ——__—_ + | -— FOREST AND STREAM, : The Loon’s Flight. Editor Forest and Stream: att notice in your issue of Feb. 25, in Mr, Sawyer’s very Interesting account of a vacation on a wayback farm, he Says, in speaking of the loon: ‘He is so heavy for his wing size that he has hard work to get out of the water, and if he were in a very small pond with high trees all photngy he would be obliged to stay_there, as if he were in a trap, I wish to inquire if that is generally accepted as a fact, for it is not in accord with my experience. _ In 1872 I was one of a party of three landlookers locat- ing pine lands, in northern Michigan. We discovered a small lake of a type common to some portions of the State; a rather large sinkhole, filled with water to within 25 or 3oft. of the top. This lake, as I remember it, was ahout eight or ten rods wide, and perhaps forty rods long, with no shore nor shelying beach, the banks going right down at the same steep angle to an unknown depth, ‘The lake was a dark blue, though the water was as clear as a crystal. It nested in the heart of a Michigan forest, surrounded by high trees, without a break in its banks to denote an inlet or outlet. It was an ideal place for a cainp, and we pitched our tent on the banks and stayed as long as our work would permit, for there were more black bass to the square rod in that little lake than any water I ever found. The first morning early I was out on the lake on a small raft, and had bass enough for the day, having just wound up my line, when over the treetops came a loon and dropped into the water within 2oft. of me. He gave me one surprised inquiring glance, and down he went. I could see him in the clear water, as he went straight down until he was lost to sight in the deep blue of the depths. In a moment, as I stood watching where he disappeared, I saw him coming up; with incredible swiftness he shot into the air like an arrow, and I only had time to doff my hat and call a hasty good-by, as with a mocking laugh he dis- appeared over the treetops. G. QO. BIenert. A Singular Rabbit. CornisH, Me., Feb, 21—Mr. Win. C. Ayer, of this village, an ardent sportsman in general, and especially de- yoted to hunting rabbits, bagged a specimen of his favor- ite game yesterday, which differed: materially from anything in the rabbit line ever seen about here. In size it was about two-thirds that of the ordinary rabbit, its color, instead of white, a dark gray, mainly, with irregular lines of black showing on the back, the gray passing into a bright fox color (red) on the lower parts of the body and legs, with a spot of same on the bacle of the neck, The body was quite compact, the legs short, the ears comparatively small, but the head and facé presented the most singular feature, the fore part of the skull being broad and flat, the chops full like those of a chipmunk, and the shape and expression of.the fac® de- cidedly cat-like, in striking contrast to the stupid frontis- piece of the common, every-day sort of rabbit. “Some one’s pet bunny gone astray,” will doubtless be the verdict of many who read this, but no one seeing the animal would entertain that idea for an instant. Old hunters who have shot hundreds of rabbits declare they never saw anything like it before. What think you, read- ers of Forest AND STREAM, is it a hybrid, a stray from some variety not common here, or, in fact, what is it? Can any of you name it from my imperfect description? : ‘TEMPLAR. {If Templar would send us the skin and the skull, iden- tification might be made.] Game Bag and Gun. Anti-Hounding Laws. Laws forbidding the use of hounds for deer chasing are in force in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Ver- mont, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Minnesota, North Dakota, Michigan, Maine, New York, Washington, Colorado, Utah, British Columbia, New Brunswick and Ouebec. The Adirondack Deer Law. Tere are eleven Adirondack guides, all members of the Guides’ Association, at the Garden. Some were sent to represent the Association, and others came of their own volition. The men are representative of Franklin and Hamilton: counties, in the heart of the Adirondacks, and the sentiments they express conform very closely, as far as your correspondent has been able to ascertain, to the sentiments of hunters who live in most of the other sections of the Adirondacks, The Fulton chain hunters, however, and those living on the southern edge of the woods are probably an exception. The names of the guides at the Garden are as follows: E. E. Sumner, Saranac (president of the Guides’ As- sociation); B, R. Moody, Saranac; H. S. Moody, Sar- anac; Fred Sheldon, Saranac; Warren Cole, Long Lake; Lucien Trim, Meacham Lake; J. Howard Slater, Saranac; Fred Colbath, Saranac; E. J. Chase, Newcomb; Florimun Chase, Newcomb, and A. N, Billings, Lake Placid. : Seven of these eleven men were seen and talked with, and all expressed themselves in favor of hounding. Of the other four, three are said with certainty to be in favot of a law permitting the use of dogs, and the other man was said to be on the fence. — These guides are thoroughly representative, and the fact that there is such a practical unanimity among them on the hounding question indicates the current of local sentiment throughout the entire region. They want the month of October for hounding. For years Adiron- dack hunters have asked no more than this, but their wishes have received little attention, and they have grown accustomed to having laws forced upon them which _ they did not want, but had to obey. ‘ . There are some apparent contradictions in the situa- tion, which need explanation. Last year some of these [Marci 18, 189), same meén who now express themselves in favor of hounding voted an indorsement of the non-hounding law. These men ate some of the most intelligent and far- sighted of the guides. They explain their position by saying that they believe it would be a good thing for the game of the Adirondacks if an effective prohibition could be put on the use of dogs, They argue that other States have benefited by such prohibition, and they are thor- oughly acquainted with all the evils of a hounding sys- tem. On the other hand, they say the anti-hounding law is a kid glove law that is not enforced, and that it has turned out a boomerang, as far as game protection is con- cerned, It works hardships on honest men, and, like the excise laws under some political regime, sives dis- honest men unusual advantages. It is a matter of common knowledge that under the - law hotnding has been carried on in every section of the Adirondacks. This journal has printed something about the laxness of protectors in the eastern Adir- ondacks. Touching on the same subject, as regards the western side, Mr. Colbath states, “They have hounded right along, and there was mofe hotinding last year than ever before, You couldn’t go through the lakes any- where in the season but what you'd hear dogs hounding. Of course ‘any man knows that spoils all still-hunting. Mr. Sheldon said: “There have been hounds running all summer, and more deer killed under the anti-hound- ing law than any law we ever had. I come right out- and say if the law can be enforced I believe in it; but I don’t want any more of this farce we have been hav- ing.” It is only the minority of these guides, however, who believe that the prohibition of hounding if effectual would be beneficial. Most of the men present come out flat-footed for hounding, and nothing but hounding, and say that for a number of years past, with hounding permitted, deer haye been on the increase all through the Adirondacks. Major Fox’s forestry reports indicate: this. The great hubbub against hounding was the spas- modic outbreak of a number of men, most of whom never killed a deer, and none of whom lived in the coun- try for which the legislation was originated. The native sportsman had absolutely no voice in the matter. Theoretically, it is a good law, but it isn’t always wise:. to force a good thing on people who have no use for: it, simply because it is a good thing. Theoretically, religion is good for the savages, but when the Spaniards undertook to inculcate it with blunderbusses and swords they made a mistake. ' The reason that the anti-hounding law has not been enforced in the Adirandacks is that it wasn’t wanted, and that it is an infringement of the principles of home government. The men who fostered the law tried to make it appear that the law was acceptable to the ma- tive sportsman, and for a while, they exerted a strong in- fluence on the guides, with the result that to the casual reader of the sportsman’s press the law was apparently regatded with favor in the region which it affected. They could not, however, reach the majority of the hunting population, and many of these men disregarded the law, and as no one liked the law, they were not punished, ‘ Tt looks yery much as if the anti-hounders have been going ahead too fast, Their wisest course apparently would be to open a campaign of enlightenment through- out the hunting country, and try and win over the hounders to their side. That is the only way to bring about effective legislation in this country. It 3s not the part of wisdom to misrepresent facts and bolster up an unpopular law by allegations that it 1s what the per sons most interested wish. ' ‘ There seems to bé a growing sentiment through the Aditondacks in favor of putting the deer hunting on a new basis, from that which has ruled for many years, but till this becomes the majority sentiment the sponsors of the anti-hounding law are committing an ijustice in forcing it on the people, and may expect to i it largely a dead letter. At the Sportsmen’s Show. ‘Nesodaro’s Bear Story. rf Nesodaro, the Stony Indian, entertained some visitoi< with the following bear story: bey “Me hunt grizzly in deep snow on the mountain,” he began, ‘Me and twin brother, name Joshua. Me got big cartridge forty-four caliber; Joshua, short torty- four caliber. Joshua like go hunt marten; got four little traps. No like hunt bear. ! n “We see track; grizzly come down mountain, 80, and Nesodaro walked his clenched hands pintoed fash- ion across the top of the desk that occupied the center of the tepee. ‘ “Me see track. Grizzzly stand up this way, all same man. Broke tree down on snow. Went up same as man, caught tree in mouth. All cut ‘em!” Nesodaro snapped his jaw to on the last words, and threw into his expression something of the savage ferocity ot the beast. “Toshua he say, “I’ink grizzly pretty bad?’ I say, “Ah ink so, too.’ “Toshua say, ‘My gun no good.’ Go more; small trees bent down ; all cut “em. Joshua say, ‘Look out! Very bad bear; me no like hunt bear; me go hunt marten. You like hunt bear, all time; you go. ' But Nesodaro had no intention of letting Joshna_ back out. To assure the wavering hunter he said: “My rifle pretty good; bullet go quick!” and he slapped the open palm of his left hand a resounding blow with his right clenched fist. Then Nesodaro. told how the bear turned up a dry cteek and climbed up to a grove of timber and began searching for a place to make a den. ‘ "Not too far; bear make hole in snow. in ground find ’em big stone. No make hole; no take *em nother place hunt; no take “em. Hunt, hunt. Oh! lots of times no take ’em, “Tittle coulee come down. Bear make hole now— way down. Three big tree fall cross. _ Branch reach down to ground.. Bear go under. Last night take grass into hole; little hay. ~~ “== nie my aA ‘What do fae Which side shoot?’ Nesodaro took a pencil and drew the three big fallen _ size and nearness. Marc#t 18, 1899.] 1 trees propped up a few feet above the ground, with their drooping branches shielding the entrance to the den. Then he stood up, threw his body back and extended an Imaginary gun at ready with his finger on the trigger. “Me stand here,” he said, placing himself directly in front of the opening under the desk, which he charac- terized as “all same as hole,” ‘Joshua stand there,” and he waved his hand in the direction of the swimming pool Ioyds. away, “Me go up to hole four time. No see bear. Go close, Now bear come out,” Nesodaro emitted a snappy growl to indicate that the bear wasn’t in any better humor than ~ had been when he showed his surly temper by break- down the trees. vile jump back. I tink six feet, Bear catch pants. cut “em my pants.” The Indian's face grew tense. ive pointed his imaginary gun toward the floor in front and pulled an imaginary trigger. “No sood; no shoot.” He made the motion of cocking the rifle and pulling the trigger again. “No shoot.” Apparen#ly bear and man were standing face to face, separated by only the shortest interval of space, “Joshua take gun,’ Nesodaro made a slow, clumsy motion, as if cocking the rifle, to show the other Indian’s backwardness in the fight, “Pretty soon Joshua shoot. No good shot. No shoot a bone.” Nesodaro put his finger to the side of the neck to show the spot where the bullet hit. Then he growled again, and announced that the grizzly retreated. Neso- daro had at last succeeded in getting his rifle in working order, and as the bear turned tail, he shot at it four times in quick succession, The bullets hit the bear in the back atid came out its shotilders on each side of the neck, but did not seriously injure it. Nesodaro called himself “Dad inan” for not placing his bullets to better advantage. “T want to shoot you, bear,” he said. “TI want kill you to-day, I say.” The bear back-tracked toward the spot where the Indians had tied their ponies in the timber, and Joshua said: “T tink horses catch ’em.” The bear did not, however, attempt to molest the ponies, and when the Indians came to the place where they were tied, they mounted and continued the chase on horseback. As for the grizzly, it never swerved from its course, and Nesodaro realized that it was going di- rectly toward his camp. He knew that his wile was in the immediate neighborhood setting marten traps, and it became his ttirn to be alarmed. “Oh. I tink my squaw catch “em,” was Nesodaro’s way of expressing his fear lest the bear should kill the woman. , But the impending tragedy betokened by the serious expression of the Indian’s face passed quickly into farce. “Three marten traps finish my squaw. Go more; now, away up moufitain, * *B-e-e-e-e—!’” Nesodaro was imitating the shriek of his terrified spouse. “Bear no see squaw; my squaw see bear.’ He grinned. No one need say an Indian hasn’t a sense of humor. “Down mountain come bear, Down mountain come squaw, My squaw’s tongue come out, I tink, six inches.” Nesodaro bent his head to one side and let his tongus loll out, at the same time making a noise in imitation of labored- breathing, “Squaw scared now.” ‘Go back home to tepee!’ I say. quick!’ “Little couleee, squaw jommp up; my squaw jomp fast. She say, “Yes, I see pretty big bear, pretty close.’ ” “Pretty” was the Indian’s strongest word to quality The woman's expresssion interpreted means that she saw a regular mastodon of a bear right on top of her. The lady had reason to be alarmed, and allowance should be made for the tongue. It was a nerve-shattering incident, and Mrs. Nesodaro hadn’t been educated up to the point of going into hysterics. “Oh, ho!’ I say. “Bring my dog; ask him br-r-r,’” Nesodaro made a sound which no doubt was the Indian equivalent for “sick ’em.” “My dog name Dick. I say, ‘Come on, Dick; come on, Dick; come, Dick. Go now, hunt bear.’ Pretty soon, “Wah! wah! wah!’ Catch ’em dog back leg.” The dog caught up with the bear and was worrying it. The hunters followed on their horses by a rather circuitous route, as the bear had taken a path through a very thick place. Presently Nesodaro sighted the grizzly laboting through the deep snow, bleeding freely and ‘Go back home, panting “haw, haw, haw.” He shot three times and only succeeded in breaking one of its forelegs. Joshua came up and shot once, but “Near na dead.” The poor grizzly made a final rally, and standing on its hindlegs faced the hunters. Neso- daro ran in close and shot it in the head, and down it came, dene for at last. Tt was an all-day hunt, and the men were so fatigued by their exertions that they barely had strength to regain their horses and make their way back to camp. Nesodaro Acts the Knight for a Lady in Distress. On one occasion, when Nesodaro was in fhe eastern part of British Columbia on a hunting trip, he ran across “Shuswap Indian horse, got no man.” There was an Indian woman with the horse, however, and this woman, with the guile of her sex, told Nesodaro that all Stonies were good hunters and he among them, and that she wanted a proof of his skill, She was “pretty hungry,’ she said, and she intimated that it would be an easy mat- ter for such an accomplished gentleman to take her horse and go off and get her some meat. — So Nesodaro, feeling as if the whole world was con- tained under his old felt hat, mounted the horse, and ac- companied by a dog named Jack, which had been given to him at Banff Hot Springs, set out in search of game. “Pretty soon me see grizzly, Me go quick now. My dog smell “em bear now. I say, ‘Go, Jack; quick, now.’ ” The dog turned the bear and it charged the hunter. He stood his ground, expecting to get a head shot; but the bear kept its mouth open wide and he could see no sure place at which to aim, Finally he fired at the neck, but the shot did not-stop the animal, and again Neso- daro’s “pants” were in danger: a y= FOREST AND STREAM. The dog catne te his rescue, however, atid turned the bear, giving the Indian a chance to put a ball through its shoulders, which ended its career, After skinning it Nes- odaro packed a quarter and the hide on the horse, and then mounting himself on top of the load made down the mountain to where the Shuswap woman was waiting, He gave her half the meat and seemed to think she was very well satisfied with the bargain. | Snaring Beats, “We catch beats up in our country i three ways,” said Willie Paulson, the moose hunter from the Temagami region on the upper Ottawa. “Sometimes we use steel traps, sometimes dead falls, and sometimes snares. For making snares we take along with us a kind of hemp line imported by the Hudson Bay Company. This line has twelve strands, but it is a very small line, no thicker than that,’’ and Paulson reached out and caught between his fingers an insulated electric wire, connected with an incandescent lamp, which was suspended from the roof of the make-believe tepee put up for the entertainment of the grown-up children in the Madison Square Garden. “We select a good place on a bear road for setting the snare, where a good stout sapling for a spring pole hap- pens to be growing with a fair sized tree nearby, and then we cut two poles 8ft. long or so and sharpen each at one end. We drive these poles into the ground side by side and on a slant so that their upper ends will come one on each side the large tree at a place 3 or 4ft. above the ground, Then we lash them firmly to the tree, so that they will stand the yank of the spring pole, and also the struggles of the bear after he is caught. ' “Then we trim the spring pole for 20ft. or more and lop off the head, leaving a crotch. We get other poles over this crotch and bend the spring pole down till the end just totiches our slanting poles, which were lashed to the tree, and then we tie our snare to the spring pole and also to a short piece of wood, which we lodge crossways under the slanting poles, and that holds the spring pole down. A slip noose is made of the rest of the line and hung under the slanting poles, fastened to little sticks to keep it in shape, and then we take fir boughs and lay them against the snare so the bear won't see the line. “The snare catches the bear around the neck, and when he struggles to get away if releases the short cross piece of wood and the spring pole flies'up and draws the bear’s neck against the slanting poles. That shuts off Mr. Bear’s wind and he soon chokes himself to death.” Moose and Caribou. “T’ve done a lot of hunting since I was able to hunt,” says Paulson. “I began as a little boy, going off on a hunting trip with a man by the name of Jimmy Ellis. We spent the winter making dead falls for marten and fisher, and tunning moose on the crust, after the snow got deep enough. I followed a moose one time all alone, and the first thing I knew he got tired of being chased and made up his mind to chase me instead. I looked up and there he was a-coming, making the snow fly and looking ugly. Moose ’aint pretty no time, and when they’re mad they look like the devil. “IT stood my grotind and neyer siirred, and when the moose got up to 2oft., I shot him square in the forehead, and he dropped in his tracks. JI had a rifle. Some In- dians who use smooth bore shotguns and bullets, say the ball won’t go through a moose’s head. J don't know about that; I know a rifle ball will. “Tt used to be that long ago the further north you went the more caribou you'd strike. It is not so now. I had a friend who went there last winter who said there were not many caribou. Where I live‘there are a great many. I used to see them come out on the lake every day to eat slush, This was Barier Lake, up toward Abittibi. All through the winter the ice cracks and water comes up through and melts the snow. Caribow like to eat that, and that is the reason they come on the lakes.” A Beat Murderet and Canibal. “Jimmy Ellis was following the track of a bear one fall when he seen where it killed and ate another bear. It was a big lean bear, and it found where a little fat bear had denned up, and it pulled the little fat one out of its hole and ate it. “The big bear commenced to eat the other bear along the breast bone, and he ate him all up, just like a bear turns Over a porcupine and eats him out of his skin. “Jimmy Ellis’ chum was with him, and he said ‘I’m going to take this skin and stretch it,’ and the lad took it home and got $ro for it. “They followed the big bear up for a whole day, but they couldn’t ketch him. They runned him with dogs, and camped out at night, but he-traveled faster than they could. They only had their dinners with them, and they were pretty hungry when they got home.” Bear Character and Habits. "Young bears come out in the spring sooner than the old ones. They're not so used to starving as the old ones, and they ain’t got so much sense. You see the old bear knows a good deal; his tracks will be seen in the snow. “The hears come out pretty fat, but they get poor in about a month. There ain’t much feed for them in the spring, as early as April. They eat bark off the trees be- fore the leaves come out. Don’t know the kind of trees you call them; they grow along the shore. I[ think it a kind of willow. Then they eat these ants on the trees, and a kind of grass that looks like the Scotch thistle, only it has no thorns, That comes tip through the snow and keeps green all winter. They eat it right down to the roots. Some bears that are hungry come out all through the winter to look for something to eat. : “Timmy MacDonald saw a bear catch a young moose, He saw the bear sitting on a side hill, lying beside the trail for the mpose. Pretty soon the moose come along and the bear jumped and caught him by the top. of the neck, and dragged to pull him over. The moose just kicked once, no more, and he broke the bear’s back, and that bear didn’t try to catch any more moose. ‘Bears bite trees all through the summer. I think they do that to see who is the tallest one. Only he bears bite trees, They bite them along their roads, and the one that makes the tallest mark bosses the road. After 2 WF you kill the big one you don’t see another he bear for a long time on that road. She bears pass any time.” Opinions of a Courier des Bois, Alfred, or Fred, Lavoie is a short thick-set little Frenel- man, with a swarthy complexion, black hair and eyes, and a chronic good humor, I asked him if he ever knew of one bear eating another, and he replied : “Oh, Lord, yes. See that a good many times, where a bear was caught in a trap, They catch ’em in a heavy deadfall; heavy as ten loads a man would carry, Yuther bears come along and eat ‘em out “Mink ‘ll eat other mink, too,” Layoie says that when hears come out of theif dens in the spring for the first two or three weeks their diet con- sists chiefly of “grass balls’ from the swamps or rocks, and “bugs,’’ and also the sweet sap of the balsam, obtained by stripping the bark from the tree and licking: the sap from the trunk with their tongues, ‘Beat lak’ sweet, sucar,” he added. “Dey peel de spruce, and yellow and black birch, too. Var’ fond, sucar.”’ He says that in spring the bears follaw the rivers, and in the fall, “go everywhere.” Lavoie was a dog driver for the Hudson Bay Company thirteen years. He has driven as many as fifteen huskies in one train. The leader when in harness was 4sft, away, and to reach him Layoie carried a sealskin whip between 35 and 4oft. in length, This whip had a handle tein. in length, and beyond that where the whip proper began, it was 1in. in diameter. Lavoie always rode with his dog team. He laughed at the idea of +unning behind as the Mackenzie drivers do a good part of the time. He has been to Big Lake Mistassini, and made seven or eight trips to Hudson Bay by all the common rontes. He says there are few moose and caribou in the neighbor- hood of James Bay, but plenty of grizzly bears and white bears. The Esquimaux kill the bears with spears. Bazile Maurice is a man of the same general type as Lavoie, except that his complexion is ruddy and not swarthy. Lavoie speaks of him as ““Bozzle,” and scratches his head in a puzzled way when anyone asks for ‘“Ba- zeel,” with the accent on the last syllable. Bazile Maurice has been in Egypt in the capacity of expert riverman for General Wolseley’s Nile expedition. He has seen hippo- potami, and other wonders of the ancient river. When he told of the hippopotamus, he deseribed such a remarkable and formless aggregation of flesh, that I somehow got it in my head that the thing was quite spherical and floated on the water, and as Bazile couldn't for the life of him think of the English equivalent for what he called “le pourpatin” (spelling not guaranteed), it was some time before we understood each other, and advanced to the cofisideration of other strange beasts, such as ‘“‘leezard” and “black snake.” The “Kroomans,” who are “regular niggers what we hired to work for us,” eat crocodiles and fish. but the . white men abstained from both. Bazile says the fish didn’t look right and tasted muddy. On one occasion he saw some great creature pass in fromt of his boat that he thought was a crocodile. The natives said, however, that if was a fish. Bazile leaped overboard into the shallow water with an axe and succeeded in lalling it. The fish was simular in shape to a whitefish, but very much larger. It weighed rizlbs. There are a great many ducks of all kinds in the Nile. “Bazile says that in the middle of winter thev buried eggs in the hot sand and cooked them in six minutes. He is not certain but that since he left the birds have progressed to the point of laying hard- boiled eggs ready for the table. At any rate, the sand was so hot that the first portage they made it burned the voyageur’s red leather moccasins till they broke like dry sticks when bent. The Quebec Elk Herd, Bazile has been in the Grand Lake Victoria country,, where the only wild herd of Eastern elk, of which any- thing is known, exists. He says it is a good hunting country, with open woods, through which a man may easily see gaime at distances of 500 or 6o0ft. The timber is spruce, birch, white and red; red pine and balsam. He has seen elk there, but never killed them, because he never happened to be there in the proper season. ‘The Time when Indians Don’t Care to Meet Bears. “BEARS mate in June,” said Mr. C. C, Farr, who was fifteen years with the Hudson Bay Company. ‘June is the only time Indians don’t care to meet bears in the woods tinatrmed. They run in strings of seven or eight at a time, sometimes, and they're ugly. The Indians are’nt afraid of old shes with cubs, but in the mating season they're pretty careful how they go around without weapons. When an Indian sees a bear lying down in a trap, he is pretty careful about not going too close till he is sure the animal isn’t only making believe to be dead. Some of them get into awkward siluations at times, and some of them carry scars.to show for their ad- ventures. “T nevet knew of but one Indian that was killed by a bear, That was one of the McDeugalls:—strange name for an Indian, but he was one all right enough, and pute blooded. This McDougall went out to watch for bears when they were going onithe rocks for berries. It was just before sunset, the hest time for the bears to coine out. He paddled across a lake in his canoe with his boy, and when he got to the place he left the boy behind and went out on the rocks. He had a single-barrel shotgun, loaded with ball. “The tocks were burned and he could see a way off, and there was a bear feeding on the berries. The Indian got tip close to the bear and fired. It fell right over, and very foolishly McDougall didn’t stop to load, but ran in with only his axe in his hand. The bear wasn’t dead, and when McDotgall got close enough it clinched with him, and they had a terrible fight. The Indian killed the bear in, the end, but he was so desperately lacerated he could hardly walk. “Tle was thirsty ‘after a fight like that, but there was no living water on top of the rocks, and all he could find was stagnant, but he tore right in and drank the nasty rotten stuff and filled up with it. After that he went back to camp and died. I think it was the water killed him much as anything, 4 ~" 208 FOREST AND STREAM. [Marce 18, 18909. “The bear is a strange beast. An old Indian when he kills a bear takes a hold of its paw and says, ‘Thank you, Mr, Bear, for giving meat.’ If he didn’t do that he thinks he wouldn't kill any more bears. If a bear's bowels are out of order, he knows just what plants to eat to regulate them, I don’t know exactly what they take, but I think one thing is the kind of Scotch thistle that grows wild.. “In the spring, when the bears come out, they can get very little to eat, and fairly starye. They eat any blamed thing they can get a hold of till the suckers come along. Then the bears stand in the creeks and scoop them out. When fish are plenty they like to leave them on the bank till they get a little high, and then come back later and eat them. This habit gives the Indians opportunities to trap them.” J. B. Burnuam. Red Letter Days. IV.—Catibou Shooting. THERE is a well-known story—for the accuracy of which I cannot vouch—of the notice in a Western saloon, in large letters over the head of the musician, ‘Don’t shoot the poor beggar at the piano; he’s doing his best.” May not this be said, figuratively, of one of the class of “old reminiscences,” so-called, in his feeble efforts for the public good? When sympathy for this relic of the Past increases as years roll by, and when he “takes stock” of reminiscences, as his only solace, happy the man who can put his hand upon what even he may consider a few “red-letter days,” and hold them up to view as things to be admired. Better still, if he can before night sets in, add to his stock of these much-valued days; sympathy may thus for a while be averted. The writer, though not having yet aspired to the rank of an “old reminiscence,’ having reached the stage of “take it easy, or if you can’t take it easy, take it as easy aS you can,” or, in other words, being “tintasked with needless services,” found himself not long ago in company with an old friend one winter's evening en- gaged in the aforesaid occupation— ‘taking stock.” The smoke curled slowly from the mouth oi each. They had, as evening advanced, told their stories, and silence reigned, each being evidently occupied in building castles in the air. At last one of the party, more enterprising than his neighbor, ventured to speak, and this is what he said: “Surely reminiscences are not all that is leit for us. We'll do deeds to follow on our words. Some red-letter days still remain for us—even for us.” This speech brought both old sportsmen simultane- ously to their feet. Yes! both could still do a good day’s work in green woods and on barrens. The hand and eye of each could still work together in that which gives so much thought to the ngvice in the gun trick busi- ness, viz., trigger squeezing, and can only be learnt by that which teaches—experience. They therefore re- solved to make immediate arrangements for a few davs caribou stalking before the close season then approach- ing set in. Two well-known Indian guides in these parts of eastern Canada, the brothers Jim-and Joe Paul, were secured: a line of barrens not far distant, Eastbrook Plains, were selected; the usual camp rations were procured; and in a well equipped double sleigh we moved off. a cheery party, reminding us of many a similar expedition in (lays gone by. The last house in a settlement, ten miles from the plains, was reached at an early hour, and we changed from our comfortable sleigh to a less comfortable coun- try sled. These ten miles over rough woodland roads on one of winter’s coldest evenings, were cheerless in the extreme, pointing to the conclusion that even _caribon hunting is not all “cakes and ale.” Before night set in, however, we reached a spot in green woods not too near the plains affording shelter from the wintry blast. and with a good supply of fuel wood available, Here we decided to camp. Two small lean-to tents lacing inward were soon pitched, wood was cut, fire made. sup- per cooked, and as we sat on our waterprooi sheets laid on the snow, discussing the evening meal and the pros- pects of the morrow, difficulties and drawbacks fled -to the winds, and each could say with all his heart, “There is pleasure in the pathless woods.” } ; All save Paul rose bright and early the following morning; the cook, busy preparing wagan (food), we old soldiers looking to ammunition and rifles (mine a Hotchkiss repeater, my comrade’s a short Snider-Enfield). The ablutions and toilet of each being minimized. sud- denly Paul starts from sleep, “Caribou we get to-day— good dream. Plenty caribou!” ay ' There was therefore, with this good prediction, no time lest in the morning start. ) There was but little snow on the ground, with enough tm the woods for fair snowshoeing. while on the barrens we took off snowshoes and had good walking in moc- casins. With happy reflections en route, we are moving on quickly, but silently, Paul leading, we following in single file. We pass through some perfect caribou country, cranberry plain for the most part, | where “browse” (moss well-known as Lichen rangeferina) 1S plentiful, with here and there a few stunted spruce bushes; and here and there the country 1s broken by an occasional hill or a small ravine. When about three miles from camp, we came upon fresh tracks of a herd of caribou, about ten in number, judging by the “beds in the snow (their last night’s resting place). There was also abundant sign of their search for food (the many holes made with forefeet when uncovering the lichen). lated ‘ Here again we “off snowshoes,” there being but little - if any wind, in order to creep carefully upon the game. We had not crept far, when, ascending a small hill, I saw the heads of the herd. A low whistle from me brings our party to a halt, and a short council of war deter- mines our course, viz., to retrace our steps, and then make a cast well around, so as to approach the herd from almost the opposite direction from that we had been taking, and thus to move up wind, if any, and besides gain some slight covert in that quarter. Stealthily and carefully we move; it seems hours before we gain the desired spot. Paul does the work of com- mander in chief in these difficult tactics. Not a word is spoken. We arrive at a place where we can only creep on hands and knees without disturbing the herd, the hands and knees of each of those who follow being carefully placed in the spot previously similarly occu- pied by his predecessor. Thus we avoid the noise of breaking the crust of snow. Suddenly Paul lifts his head and points, and there, (what a picture for an artist!) we saw the herd at about 300yds. distance. utterly ignor- ant of their danger. Paul advisés opening the ball at this range, but, no; from experience I well know how small an object a caribou presents at 300yds. We decide to creep on further ts a bush within about tooyds. of the herd. Careful as we had been hitherto, we are doubly careful now. Could we but hush the noise of breathing! Oh, that we were dressed in snow-colored garments, and thus could avoid being seen and heard! Each yard seems a mile. We had besides lost sight of the quarry in the undulating ground. At last we reach the spot, a motion of my hand brings my comrade to my right side, and as previously arranged, the man on the right takes a caribou on the right, and vice versa. We have only to pick and chose. A fine yellow stag on the left stretches his lordly form. I must have him. I aim—no! I bring down my rifle. A darker one, with good horns appears in view. Ample time for display of “fine dis- cipline.” I decide on him. My friend selects another with horns. At a given signal we fire. My bullet reaches the desired haven, behind the shoulder, his falls short. The herd is quickly afoot. My stag plunges forward and bites the dust of snow. This checks the herd in their onward course. They only move about 300yds.. with a series of bounds, then stop and turn to seek their fallen brother, then off again. This gives another and yet another chance to us. The game of “hide and seek” goes on. Every bush, every undulation of the ground is taken advantage of. We fire now at long ranges. A well-directed shot irom me and one from my friend pull down a couple more of the herd—some more care- ful stalking. We gain another vantage spot. We again open fire and secure two more of the herd, making a total bag of five caribou. (We had also a wounded one to follow—this we got sttbsequently.) Tt must be stated that this occurred before the day’s of limiting the number of caribou for each gun. Any- way, old sportsmen though we be, five caribou “before the sun had crossed the yardarm’”’ on the first day out we considered not too bad, and in “taking stock” of “red-letter days,” we can now go ‘one better.” Mre Mac, FREDERICTON. Snowshoes. Editor Forest and Stream: In Forrest AND SrReEAM of March 4 Mr. Mather speaks of snowshoes and gives an illustration of different shapes. For such uses as I have for snowshoes, I prefer a long, narrow shoe, more like the No, 1, or the Alaska model. I used such a pair one wintér on a trip after moose in Noya Scotia. The rest of the party (who were residents of the Province, as well as our Indian guides) used much wider shoes, more after the Montreal pattern. The oldest Indian in our party, aiter looking at my snowshoes, asked: “What are you gomg to do with them kitesr” J think, however. that he, as well as the others, were convineed before our hunt was ended, that my shoes for practical work were as good. ii not better, that the style used by the rest of the party. What I wish to say relative to snowshoes is princi- pally regarding the filling. Such snowshoes as are for sale In most of the stores, while pleasing in general appearance to a novice, are not as a rule very satis- factory for hard practical work. The filling when wet will sag badly. I was speaking about such shoes to a Maine guide, who uses snowshoes a good deal, and who made those he used. This guide said the cause of many snowshoes bagging when wet was on account of the filling not being properly stretched belore the shoe was filled, sor, as he expressed it, “The stretch had not been taken out.” His method of stretching was to soalc well in water the hide used after it had been cut in strips, then to take a flat piece of bone or part of a moose or caribout horn, bore a small hole through it and draw the strips of hide through the hole. This. he claimed, stretched the filling to a certain extent, and also grained it; then the filling was fastened together in the usual way, making a strip long enough to fll a shoe. It was then thoroughly soaked, and then se- lecting three small triees standing in a triangle a fcw yards apart, he would wind the filling around the trees, going from one to the other, stretching it all he could; then getting a numbcr of sticks of timber, lay quite a number across the filling between the trees. and let them remain until the filling had dried: by putting on considerable weight he claimed that the stretch would be pretty well taken out. After the fillmg dried it was again soaked, and woyen into the frames. This guide said there was more work in preparing filling in this manner, and that when making snowshoes to sell the filling was not stretched at all excepting what stretch- ing was done. when weaving it when wet in the frames. Such filling when dry always seems as tight as possible, but after it gets thoroughly wet it will sag badly. The filling of about all the snowshoes, I have seen as sold by dealers, was said to be caribou hide. I know those I used which were said to be of such material . gave out in a short time. The men with whom I have talked about snowshoes and who made those they used, said that the hide of a three-years’ old steer made as good filling as they knew of. A good dead depends on preparing the hide, If the glue is not nearly all re- moved the filling is liable to be brittle and break when using on cold, dry snow. My last two pairs of snow- shoes were made by two of my neighbors. Both pairs were filled with steer’s hide. Yet the filling of one pair will and has outworn the other. There are several methods of fastening on snow- shoes. In Maine I found the usual way was to use a jong strip of leather or buckskin, which was fastened to the toe loop and then wound around the foot and back of the heel and tied over the instep. It was claimed that when fastened in this way the snowshoe could at any time be kicked off by giving the foot a twist, in case any one should break through the ice when cross- ing a lake or stream. I could never make this strap fastening work well. as it was continually getting loose. The fastening I have found the most satisfactory is to haye quite a broad strap fastened firmly to the shoe for the toe of the foot-with a strip of leather running back under the sole, and a heel strap very sittilar to the old style heel strap of a skate, and with a strap buckling over the instep. When crossing any place where there is a chance of breaking through the ice I always unbuckle the strap over the instep. The snow- shoe will stay on fairly well in this way, and J can kick it ‘off at any time, Mr. Mather speaks of paying an Indian $2 to make a pair of snowshoes. I cannot get stich a pait as I want for any such a ptice. My last pair I paid $6 for, including the fastening, and the man who made them cannot turn out such a pair in less than two days, and he does not care to make them to sell, even at that price. Such shoes as I now use do not compare favor- ably in appearance with the fancy-looking articles in the stores: but for practical hard work over rough ground, windialls and such places, I have found them worth sey- etal pairs of the fancy-looking ovies. C: M. Srark. Dunsarton, N. H. CHICAGO AND THE WEST. Goose Shooting at Chicage, Curicaco, lil.,’March 11—Mr. Townsend Sniith, whe lives at Lake Bluff, a suburb some thirty miles north of the center of Chicago. tells me that~he has for several years had very decent shooting at wild geese, the Canada honkers, near his home, sometimes killing two of three dozen during the spring season, and one day bagging as high as seven splendid specimens of this wary bird. It seems that there is at times quite a decent flight of geese in and out of Lake Michigan, and I have myself seen these birds dipping down into the lake, a mile off from shore, at a point not very far from the city. Mr. Smith tells me that he gets most of his geese on the cornfields about a mile and a half inland from the lake. where the geese are in the habit of coming to jeed. He uses decoys, just as one does in stubble-shooting m Da- kota, but does not dig any pits. His way of shooting the seese is simply the old-fashioned corn-shock shooting which we used to practice out in Iowa years ago. There is no better blind than a corn shock, and this sort of shooting has the advantage that one can shift from one part of the field to another, according to the way the flight may be coming in. As I remember this sort of thing, it used to be very exciting to see the long, low, black line of birds coming in from a distance, with the average chance much against their coming within range. T should think Mr, Smith would prize his honkers very inuch, getting them thus, as he does, so near this’ big city, He tells me that very often parties station them- selyes on the bluffs near the lake and shoot at the geese with rifles as they pass over. going high and quite out of range of the shotgun. He knew one man to kill four in this way during one afternoon. One time he caught a flock of honkers in the open lake near the shore, so close that he was able to stalk them and kill three beiore they got away. When I add that Mr. Smith tells me he some- times gets splendid snipe shooting near his home on the Skokie marsh, often as many as fifty birds to a pair of guns, I have perhaps added something to the data re- varding Chicago as a shooting resort. From Texas. Mr. Wallace Clark, of Chicago, recently came back from a shooting trip in Texas, where he was located at Fordham, in San Patricio county. This is near the Rock- port country, of which I have written so much, Mr. Clark had all the duck shooting he wanted, and was de- lighted with his trip. He said that he sometimes saw as many as 20,000 geese, he should think, in one body, such a sight as always sets wild a Northern man who sees these great bands of fowl! for the first time. The Wisconsin Duck Question. A. Milwaukee journal this week contains a strong communication from Mr. L. F. McLean, of Fond du Lac, Wis., who writes to antagonize the views of another gentleman who wants to see killed the bill which is in- tended to stop spring shooting in Wisconsin. Mr, Me- Lean goes to some pains to score the non-resident shoot- ers, who constitute a good portion of the membership of the leading Wisconsin ducking clubs. There is some justice in his charge*in regard to non-resident spring shooting in Wisconsin, supposedly on the deep water ducks only. I take pleasure in corroborating Mr. Mc- Lean’s statement in regard to one practical example of the wisdom of stopping spring shooting. On the Horrison marsh, of that State, no spring shooting is allowed by the club members, and in the fall there are many more birds to be found on that marsh than on any where there has been duck shooting in the spring. We cannot hope for spring restriction in Illinois, but it is within hope that we shall see spring prohibition enforced in Michi- gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota within the next few years. For those who like a somewhat warm statement on the matter we might offer some of Mr. McLean’s remarks: “Ts it not a fact that these non-resident club members are about this time down on the Illinois and Sangamon rivers, in Illinois, and the large duck marshes in Indiana, comfortably quartered in fine club houses awaiting the arrival of the aquatic bird? What are they doing there? Mr. Meyer may infer that they are there for the purpose of driving the birds away from the resident shooters, who may not be so fortunate as to be able to support a club house or game preserve, to the boundary line of this State, where the birds are to be protected by the passage of an act now before our Legislature in the interests of these gentlemen. “Ts it not the fact that these non-resident club mem- bers are down there for the sole purpose of shooting every duck in sight, and when the flight moves into our State, do not these gentlemen come to their Wisconsin club house, and remain with us until the latter part of April, or until every duck has been driven from the State? “When the open season in September comes around, do you not notice the absence of these non-resident mem- Marcu 18, 1899.] FOREST AND STREAM. 209 bers at the Wisconsin clubs? Where have they gone? To Minnesota and Dakota, of course, to assist in the fur- ther preservation of ducks in these States. I will ask you, why is it that on Lakes Winnebago, Koshkonong, Fox Lake, Poygan, Puckaway, and, in fact, every inland lake and river in the State, that we very rarely see a flock of ducks in the month of September, or until the Northern ducks come from their breeding marshes in -Dakota, when during the few years that the ducks were protected in this State we had good September shooting? “TI may flatter myself somewhat by stating that I have had some experience in the matter of game protection in this State, as I am a resident member in good standing itt more than one club in this State, where many of the members are non-residents, but ] am sorry to say that too many of them are in fayor of spring shooting simply for the reasons that I have already stated. ‘No use for fall shooting in Wisconsin. Dakota is the place'to go, where we can kill ducks by the thousand.’ Now, but a very few of our Wisconsin members can avail themselves of this trip: they cannot afford it; consequently we stand around and look at our Illinois and Indiana members assist in preserving the ducks for us in the spring time, and in the fall months we take a crack at the few that get away from the secondary preservation in Minnesota and Dakota. “T will give you a brief illustration as to the difference in game protection, and the open door or spring shooting folly. The Horicon Club, of which I am a member, is =o fortunate as to be blessed with a constitution and by- laws that prohibit any of the members from hunting (for ary purpose) upon the marsh in the spring time, under penalty of expulsion. They must not fire a gun before sunrise or after sunset, They cannot use any gun larger than ro-bore. We keep watchmen during the spring to see that the birds are in no way disturbed. “Now, should one chance to come this way during the opening day, Sept, 1, I will guarantee to show him moré mallard and teal ducks that have been bred upon this marsh than are bred in the balance of the State. “Tn justice to this club I will say that it is under the control of the Wisconsin members. *T am also a member of the famous (for spring shoot- ing) Black Hawk Club, at Lake Koshkonong, the very best lake and marsh for breeding purposes of any in the State. The rules of the club will not prevent shooting in the spring nor at any time of day or night. He can use any size gun that he can load into a flat boat. He can go to any portion of the lake and do about as he pleases. He can fill the club house with all the worthless birds that he can manage to kill with his two heavy guns, and all that is required of him in return for this ‘wide open’ privilege is that he shall bury or in some other manner dispose of his dead birds, “A few years ago I made a visit to this famous resort, and I must confess that I was compelled to hang my head in shame for the men who would deliberately go to their shooting blinds or flat boats and unmercifully slaughter from fifty to one hundred poor, miserable and worthless birds, that were so tired from their Southern flight that they would eagerly decoy to anything from a bootjack to a sawbuck.” Buffalo Specimen at the Stock Yard. The finest mounted specimen of American bison I have ever seen—not the head, but the entire animal—is to be seen at a street place near the Union Stock Yards, in Chicago. I had never heard of this specimen and was much surprised to run across it this week. It has almost no defects, excepting that the horns have had brass knobs screwed on the tips. This was done before the animal was killed. But where do you suppose this big bull came from? Certainly from the last place one would natu- rally guess—Pike county, low down in the State of IIli- nois. I could not learn who it was who raised this bull, or where he got it, but there is no doubt that it was a splendid specimen, as photographs gaken during life show very plainly. This bull was shipped to the stock yards four years ago and slaughtered there, when the hide was purchased by Mr. Backer and mounted for his place. Mr. Backer rather prides himself on his fine collection of heads and horns. He told me, howeyer, that he would be willing to sell this mounted buffalo, as it takes up so much room. Here is a chance for some academy or in- stitute. It is not easy in these days to get a perfect speci- men of the American bison. Sallie at the Show. Speaking of the dog show reminds me of a conversa- tion I heard this morning between Sallie and her mistress, the talk being from a standpoint perhaps not strictly pro- fessional. : - - “Mis’ Mary Ellen,” she said, “I declare to goodness I never was in such a place in all my born days! Such a-howlin’ an’ a-barkin, an’ a-squealin’ I never did hear! I was so ‘fraid o’ fleas I couldn't be right happy for a long time; I jes’ lift? up one foot after the other, right high, when: ] walked down them alleys. They was all sorts of dogs, more’n I ever thought there was in the whole world. - First thing I did, I goes and looks at them _ little fox dogs, same sort as Maudie is, you know, but law! I didn’t see ary dog there ez good ez Maudie—lot o’ no ’count dogs, somebody was a showin’ off. They was a tryin’ to sell them dogs, too, an’ askin’ all sorts o’ money, I heard one man say one of them dogs sold for $28, er else that was what they asked fer it, I don’t know | which: Then there was a white, bull sort o’ dog that ‘had a gold tooth—a man made him open his mouth and T took right hold of the tooth my own self; yes’m, ‘deed T did. All them men was mighty good to me. Mr. Gould, he showed me round to all his St. Bernards, and I declare, Miss Mary Elfen; one of them there dogs was this high! (measuring about 6ft. on the wall). “Then there was a dog that fit through the wah, and two little Japanese baby dogs that was borned over to Maniller, right on to Admiral Dewey's ship while he was a-fitin’ the Spaniards. I didn’t know whether I - would rather have one of them, or the dog with the gold tooth. Then there was some little, low-down, chunky dogs, with their face all drawed in—bulldogs, was them, Miss Mary Ellen? They looked to me just like a’ ole- time rusty nigger, too low and homely to be fitten to live! ‘Then there was some more funny lookin’ dogs, long, slim ones, with a long, sharp sort o’ bill for a head—I don’ know what sort of dogs they was. In one place they had a whole row of right little, black, sawed-off dogs—weepin’-willow dogs, I reckon they call, for their hair hangs down just like a weepin’ willow intoe a grave- yard. They had monkeys, too, and a sort of show, lile, where the monkeys and dogs sort of performed. I come away then, for some of them dogs didn’t act nacherl. "Deed, Mis’ Mary Ellen, they was a-plenty of dogs there that didn’t look nacherl, nohow; not to say like a real . deg. Twenty-eight dollars for a dog—why, pshaw! they ain't no dog wuth that money! Id rather have Maudie than any doe in the show, and she ain’t worth more’n about $3. But you ought to go there and see them dogs. The policeman at the door, he lets you right through, and all them men they show you the dogs. It was right fine, I tell you.” A Shootingless Shooting Trip. We have all heard of the songs that were never sung and things of that sort. I am thinking of writing some- thing about the shoots that were never shot. At least, I am but recently back from a shooting trip in the South, which was perhaps the most shootingless shooting trip that ever was. Mr. W. R. Sims, of Memphis, Tenn., writes to me under recent date with the purpose of communicat- ing to me what he considers to be information not al- ready in my possession. He says: “T have some sad news to tell you about our mutual friend, Mr, Divine. He is at his old tricks again, borrow- ing fine dogs and losing them, I thought the ‘exposure’ you gave him some time ago would have cured him, or be a warning to all not to loan him their dogs. But you know what a persuasive tongue he has, and the nice promises he can make. One day last week he borrowed the best and finest pointers in the county for ‘just one day's hunt,’ but alas! for the owner, Mr. Divine came home with that same old tale, ‘I lost him.’ As good dogs are scarce, and in demand, he must have lost him for a good price, I never did get my dog he lost.” As I missed Mr. Sims during my brief visit at Mem- phis a couple of weeks ago, he perhaps may not know that I was particeps criminis in the loss of this last dog. Mr. Divine told me to come to Memphis and he would take me out shooting, saying that we could easily kill sixty or eighty birds apiece any day that we liked, and giving me also to understand that he had at his disposal a great many fine dogs. In this latter statement he was entirely correct, for without the least difficulty in the world he borrowed two fine dogs as one ever saw, a setter and a pointer, Perhaps I need not mention the names of the victims who owned these dogs, We brought the setter back. What Mr. Divine did with the pointer I never could tell, but I presume he tied him up somewhere out in the woods some time when I happened to be out of sight, and that the next day he went out and got him. I know we hunted all over the country to find the poor fellow, but were forced to go home without him. I thought it was safer to leave town about that time, so I deserted Mem- phis, and I have always been afraid to write Tom Divine since and ask him whether he ever returned the dog. I hope he did, and if he did not, I am in for half his value, for’ 1 was seen riding on the public streets with Mr. Divine, and with the two dogs in the carriage. But leaving aside Mr. Diyine’s criminal practice, there were certain operatic features to our hunt which entitle it to consideration. It is usually the custom to describe only those hunts which result in large bags of game, but you could carry all the game we got on this hunt in one coat pocket. The participants in the hunt were Mr. Divine and myself, with two Others, if the latter might be said to participate, when most of the time they were picking burrs from their skirts. It was expressly stipulated and agreed that the man who missed the first shot was to buy the din- ners that night for the party. The first shot fell to my- self, and as I kicked the bird up from under the dog's nose, I felt sure that the dinners would not be on ime that time. I had in a load of No. to shot, which I had gotten from my friend, Mr. Bliss, over in Michigan last fall, and I was using my scatter gun, with which no man ought ever to miss a bird at all. This particular bird went off over a little gully, and I hit him very hard with the No. 10, so hard that he nearly went down at once, and I refrained from tucking in the second barrel. Yet the bird wabbled on and on, and finally dropped at the edge of a little thicket. Here we hunted, but could not find it! At this Mr. Divine loudly protested that I had lost the dinners. On the other hand I set up the claim that I had not missed the bird, but had killed it. We carried it up to the Supreme Court of the Others, who remanded the case for a new trial. 5 J After a while the pointer made a'nice poirit on a single in the woods. bird rose, I again felt sure that 1 would not be lost at that dinner party. There was a sudden whirr, an agoniz- ing pause, and a soft yielding feeling under my trigger finger! It is one of the peculiarities of my scatter gun that it does not always cock when you open it, the old lady being whimsical in this regard, this was one of the times when she went on strike. In my surprise I forgot again to wise the second barrel, and the bird sailed off unhurt. Again we referred the case to the supreme court, Mr. Divine claiming that I had missed, and I claiming that I had not shot. This time-the decision was against me, but Mr. Divine was asked to take the next shot. In‘a few moments he put up a bird and fired twice at it as it crossed through the woods, the bird passing on apparently un= touched. I said ha! ha! to Mr. Divine in a loud and harsh manner, All at once there arose excited callings from beyond the wood at the foot of the hill, where we had left our colored boy with the carriage. “T reckon I’ve killed the nigger,” said Tom; “but that’s a heap better than not killing anything, the way you do.” We went on over toward where the boy was calling, and _he pointed to a spot where he said he thought a bird had fallen dead. Sure enough, the dog pointed, and we picked up the bird stone dead! I protested that there was no proof that Mr, Divine had killed ‘this bird, and pointed out that it might have beén the bird which rose before me, and which had later dropped dead, either through fright or perhaps through its Southern courtesy, The supreme court ruled against me, however, and I had to buy the dinners that night. This was pretty much all the story. Awhile later ’ Mr. Divine told me to shoot, and as the- I put up a bevy, and killed one bird all by myself. We marked the singles badly, but approaching one it rose wild and I knocked it down with a long shot. As the dog went to retrieve, a bird rose in front of him and Mr. Dj- vine killed it nicely, but we never got my bird, and con- cluded that it had got up again and was the one Mr. Divine killed. This ended our hunt, net results three quail, and this was all the shooting I did on my shoot- ing trip of a week. Shortly after this we lost the pointer, and a little after 2 o'clock left the fields. Mr. Divine said he had walked all he wanted to, and didn’t believe in walking anyhow. So we took it out in just enjoying the sunshine and the warmth, and the Southern scenes, which were so new to at least one of the Others. A party of negroes who were hunting rabbits along the grassy gullies gave us plenty of amusement# We drove in from our hunt in a leisurely way and that night I settled for the dinners. They were good ones, too. : I proved to my own satisfaction that a shooting trip can be a great success without any shooting in it. Indeed, I took great comfort in lying in my toom at the hotel and looking out at the squirrels playing in the beautiful little Memphis park. At last, with one of the Others, who was present at the hunt, I folded my knapsack and slipped still further South, landing in dear old New Orleans, quaintest and most lovable of all American cities. Here we spent some delightful days in plain sight-seeing, most of our time being spent in the pawnshops and grave- yards, which, as is well known, are among the main °at- tractions of that city. I should not omit to mention certain angling features connected with this sporting trip. New Orleans, of course, everyone knows, is a great fish market. We saw all sorts of fish in the old French mar- ket, and ate all sorts of fish in the many excellent restau- rants which we discovered. The pompano of New Orleans is a dream, the red snapper is a reverie, and the tenderloin of trout is pure and delicate imagination, The oysters are beyond description. I was disappointed in only one regard in these sporting investigations at New Orleans. At one of the old-restaurants the menu said that one might have oysters from Bayou Cook, or oysters from Bayou Cypriani, the price in either case being the low one of 15 cents for a dozen, and each oyster, as it proved, being as big as one’s hand. “Which one is best, garcon?”’ I asked in my choicest French (for ici Pon parle Francais a good deal of the time). The waiter shrugged a most expressive shrug, evidently having sized us up for pil- rims. ; “Bayou Cook, Bayou Cyprian’,” he said; “two time on ze print, all same oyst’.” By which I presume he meant to say that they were the same oyster under different names! Anyhow, they were very good. Everything in New Orleans is very good, It was very good of our friend of earlier bear hunts, Mr. R. W. Foster, to show us to the depot, as we left, though he was at the time ill him- self, Yes, this was about all the fishing we had at New Orleans. But we had a great many other things, ‘from gentiine sugar house molasses up. And the ride through the great sugar plantations was, as ever, a continuous pleasure. A great and wondrous country, this of the South, and much worth visiting, even though one confine himself to the ride in the sunshine, the encounter with the “oyst’ of Bayou Cook, or the matutinal visit to the pawnshop of Rue Royale, eking this out with an awed look into the sawdust precinct of the “Old Absinthe House,” where. there ought to be some gruesome scenes, but where ] am told there never are any. ‘ One should not visit the South and come away without seeing all the Southern friends he ever knew. Thus we wanted sadly to call on Dr. Taylor and family, over at Brownsville, a little way from Memphis; but time grew short, so I had to compromise by telephoning over to the Doctor; and had I not been forty miles away from him I am sure I could not have resisted the importunity of his pleading to come over and have “just one day’s hunt” with him. And surely I must. do this some time, for a better host or a better hunt never might be found. And there was Capt. Bobo, Bobo the bear hunter, whom I have ruined in the bear hunting business, and who ought never to forgive me, but who does. We wrote to Bobo at his place, and said we would call, but again time grew short, and we did not hear from him. Yet, lo! on the very last day of our stay at Memphis, who should come into the café and sit down at arm's length from us but Bobo him- self, looking just the same and talking just the same as ever. This was sheer good fortune, for he had but that day got our letter at his plantation, ninety miles away. The best we could do with Bobo was to promise to come again. He says he might maybe squeeze out one little, measly, small, poor bear if I should be out of meat. And Bobo promises to come North to see me this spring, All these Southern folk promise to come to see you, but they don’t come. They seem to want the balance of courtesy always on their side’ the house, which is the one thing that can be urged against them. Thus ended my shootingless shooting trip, but I couldn't say when I ever had a better. Noel Money will see this sometime, over in Siberia, somewhere, where he has gone and never kept his promises to write. Mr. Money will be elad to hear that his friends in the South are well, and that Capt. Bobo has got, at his house east of Memphis, the big set of bear tusks which Noel wants to put in the head of a walking stick. And he has also the curiosity of the claw of a bear, which is white instead of black, it being rarely that the black bear has a white claw. These things Noel Money can have if he will write as a decent fellow should, and tell us where to send them. He may also re- flect with gratification, remembering the loss of his own dog at Memphis under suspicious circumstances, that he 1s not the only victim of his friend Divine’s duplicity in dogs. Mr. Divine is old enough to mend his ways, but { am los- ing hope about him. eoSte ACIS North American Birds. Mr. Ruthven Deane, no doubt Chicago’s most dis- tinguished ornithologist, mails me the report of the A, O. U. committee on protection of North American birds, asking mention in the ForEst AND Stream if possible. The report cavers many interesting matters from all the States of the Union, North and South, One matter, from Mr, Mackay’s report from Massachusetts, seems to me B10 i FOREST AND STREAM. [Marcu 18, 1899. to be of especial interest to Western shooters. Mr. Mackay writes: ‘ “T-would again call attention to the shooting and ship- ment East in the spring of certain birds, and strongly appeal to our Western friends to make some endeavor to prevent it if possible, in the case of the American golden plovers, Eskimo ‘curlews and Batramian sandpipers. These birds are permitted to be sold in Massachusetts during the closed season provided they have been taken out of the State. JI have tried very hard to prevent such sale here, but without success. These birds are killed in the West and Southwest during the spring while on their way to the breeding grounds. It is a common occurrence to take eggs from the females when cleaning them. Unless protective laws are enacted in the West little can be hoped for in Massachusetts, and it will not bé long before theseebirds will disappear on our coast except as stragglers. In fact, judging from a number of years past in Massachusetts, such conditions have already been reached, Nebraska, Missouri and Texas (Fort Worth) appear to be the principal shipping points.” Our Western game bird are shot-at practically all seasons for-the Massachusetts game market which is open the year round. Ji Mr. Mackay can suggest and carry through a measure which will even partially re- strict the Boston game market, he will receive the thanks of every sportsman and bird lover who resides west of the Alleghenies. ; E. Howueu. 1200 Boyce Buirpinec, Chicago, Ill. Maine Game Interests, Boston, March 13.—So far as it is possible to obtain ‘information at this writimg, what may be termed the Maine Commissioiners’ fish and game bill has passed the Legislature of that State. Its passage through the Sen- ‘ate was unobstructed, while I am informed that it met ' with no serious change in the House. Doubtless it. now only awaits the approval of the Governor, and this it will get without any doubt. The principal changes are that all ice-fishing will be illegal in the counties of Oxford, Franklin, Somerset and Kennebec, instead of the inhabit- ants of the State being allowed to fish through the ice after Feb. 1, as formerly. The open season will begin, under the new law, as soon as the lakes and ponds are clear of ice, instead of May 1, as formerly. This change - seems to have been necessary in order to take care of Sebago and other lakes and ponds in the southerly por- tions of the State, where the ice usually clears by the mid- dle of April, whereas, in the backwoods and northerly portions of the State, the clearing of the ice is not much before the middle of May. In the game laws the principal changes are in the clauses which will permit of a deer being sent home by the lucky hunter without his accompanying it by paying $2 to the State for the privilege. For sending home a moose the State will require $4 and for a pair of same birds or tolbs. of fish a fee is also established, though I understand that some change has been made here since the first draught of the bill. The special change in the game laws providing that camp owners and campers may take one deer in September by paying a fee to the State of $6, if a non-resident, and $4 if a resident, has gone through. I have suggested to the commissioners that this will open shooting in Septembér to everybody, from the fact that the taking of a deer is not so easy as it might seem, and while the camp proprietor is the holder of a license the whole party, gttides and all, can be set to work after that deer. The commissioners say that as soon as they find that the privileges of the law are abused in any such a manner they shall immediately take away the privilege from that camp proprietor, atid he will get no more. Another important change is the closing of the pen season on deer Dec. 15, instead of Jan. t, Cari- bou are put under complete protection of the Jaw for six years. The punishment for illegal moose killing has been made fine or imprisonment, or both, at the option of the judge. SPECIAL. Sportsmen’s Show of 1900. NATIONAL SPORTSMEN’S ASSOCIATION, 280 Broadway, New York City, March 11.—Editor Forest and Streanv: Congratulations are still pouring in on the management of the Sportsmen’s Show, now in progress, as being the best show ever held in the Madison Square Garden, and it is certainly most gratifying to those whose earnest ef- forts have brought to a successful isstie this grand ex- hibition, and the management, having this opportunity, wish to extend their compliments to the exhibitors and those who have been in any way connected in bringing about this grand result. It is with pleasure that the management, in behalf of the National Sportsmen’s Association, announce that the Sixth Annual Sportsmen’s Show will open in Madison Square Garden, New York city, N. Y., March 1, tooo. J. A. H. Dress, Sec’y-Treas. and Gen. Mer. Wew Hampshire Deer. Cape Vincent, N. Y., March 8.—Editor Forest and Stream: Perhaps some of your readers would be glad to know that the “close season” law is beginning to bear fruit in New Hampshire. On a farm which IT have the misfortune to own, in the town of Dublin, in that State, the deer are so tame that they come down in broad day- light to feed on the lilypads in a marshy meadow in front of the farmhouse. I use the word tame “adyised- ly,” for the deer have lost so much of what we have come to consider their natural shyness that they will let a person approach almost within a stone’s throw and watch them feeding for an hour or more at a time. The farmers ate thinking now that their grain fields will be in danger if the deer get much tamer. Livineston STONE. The Old Trapper. Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. James Buckham truly says, in his delightful sketch on the old trapper, published in last week’s Forest anp Stream, that “you will scarcely find a village of a town x oe * across the floor, as though trying a rtooyds. dash. terested in the proceedings, when there came a lull. that has not its representative old trapper,’ In - thing above the medium height, spare figure, long, curly white hair, and blue eyes, with an indescribably sad expression. In youth he must have been a handsoine man, and his old age still preserved those lineaments to a great extent. Ele was slow and dignified of step, and always seemed to be absorbed in deep thought. Shy and taciturn, in. many respects he was a mystery to us boys,. all efforts to draw out some of his boundless store of reminiscences proving tinsuccessful. But, oh, how we envied his freedom from all restraint, especially when we contemplated that while we were obliged to be ab- sorbed in irksome studies in school, he, on the other hand, could range the hills in pursuit of the wild creat- tures! Just to see the old hunter start out for a day’s hunt, with his rifle tinder his arm, and accompanied by his sad-iaced old hound, was a sight that haunted us for many a day. How often have I heard the crack of his rifle and the music of his hound echoing among the pines on East Hill! While fox-hunting seemed to be his greatest delight, still, all seasons had special charm for him. I have often met him returning from trouting ex peditions, and on one occasion, when I Was in pursuit of trailing arbuttts, and nearing a favorite haunt of the fragrant wood blooms, I fotund the old hunter there be- fore me gathering the choicest pink clusters. When na- ture finally called him to her bosom, we all recognized that the village had lost a most picturesque figure. ime aMieess SPRINGFIELD, Ill, March 5, Shooting from the Hip. St, Aucusting, Fla—Lditor Forest and Stream: One swallow doesn’t make a summer, and if my friend Jacob- staff knows not only one, but one hundred cases of men who yiolate all orthodox rules of sportsmanship, it would not be proof that I am wrong in my assertion that shoot- ing from the hip is not the proper thing, If it is, our old world is inconceivably stupid in not haying found it out before. I don’t assert that the thing cannot be done, for there are wizards of the Carver stamp who can do almost any- thing—even to breaking glass balls over their shoulder with a rifle, but it would not be sportsmanlike, nor respectful to the bird to turn your back on him when he gets up, merely for the sake of spotting him in that way. I started out in opposition to a Southern writer, who expressed surprise that Northern shooters did not general- ly adopt a thing that not one in a thotisand could eyen acquire. If our pigeon slaughterers eyer succumb to my good friends pow’ful arguments, and get up a hip match “may I be there to see,” and if I feel disposed to gamble I shall go with a pocket full of rocks. “But why should I tun on so garrulously on so palpable a thing.” If my friend will pardon me this time, Ill try in future to write on subjects on which I’m “better posted.” DipyMus. PHILADELPHTA—Editory Forest and Stream: 1 have been interested in the notes on hip-shooting; and I would like to ask Didymus (who does not believe in the hip aim) if this is not a style commonly adopted by the Seminoles. I remember seeing some of the Indians shoot from the hip, when I was in south Florida in ‘95, and I then was told, or got the notion, that it was a quite common mode with them. L. A. CHILDRESS. Reason, Instinct, or What? WHiLe reading Mr. Fred Mather’s article entitled “Reason and Instinct,’ which appeared in a recent issue of Forrest AND STREAM, I was reminded of an interesting experience of my own, which happened only a few years ago—an experience which led me to wonder whether animal action could always be accounted for on the ground of instinct or even reason. Rat stories are by no means rare, and one never hesitates ta contribute one’s own private tale to the common pile, but in view of what Mr. Mather has to say on the subject of animal intelligence, I can’t refrain from relating my little yarn, in the hope that Mr. Mather or perhaps some one else who knows more about the subject than I do, will be able to enlighten me as to the brain processes which controlled the strange actions of my particular rat. Tt was in the spring of ’95. While returning late one night te my room in the school where I was then en- gaged as a teacher, I noticed a large brown rat sitting quietly at the head of the stairway, just outside of my door. He appeared quite tame, for it was not until I had almost reached the top stair that he dropped on to his four feet and jogged leisurely into the room, where he disappeared down a hole beneath the set basin in the corner. I gave the creature no second thought, and turned in for the night. My sleep had not been of long duration when I was awakened by a racket in the room. At first I was unable to make out just what it was.” As my sleep-befogged mind began to regain its reason- ing powers I discovered that my friend of the earlier evening had returned and was evidently playing “tag” with himself all over my room. First he went ea hen he indulged in some high jumping, at which he proved an expert, for he had no difficulty in landing on the high- est point of every article of furniture in the room. Oc- easionally he would miss his mark and come down on the floor or bureau with a thud that fairly startled me. But the next moment he was up and at it again. Finally. fromm the sounds that reached me, I judged that he had, improvised some hurdles and was making record-break- ing time in that scientific and exciting sport. IT was now thoroughly awake, and was beginning to get deeply ee or several moments I could hear no sound of my visitor. Evidently his training hours were over for that day. Just at that. moment a rustle among the papers on the table at the foot of my bed caught my ear. I turned my eyes in the direction of the sound. A patch of light from the are light aeross the street fell on the table, and grad- occurred. ually I detected the form of my athletic friend seated 'on the table, apparently resting from his exertions. While I was wondering what he would do next, he set my mind at rest by trying a broad jump, which landed him squarely on the spread at the foot.of the bed. That was getting a little too familiar, and a vigorous kick from my “No. 9” foot sent him hustling to the shelter of his hole by the water pipes. “ Once more I felt myself sinking into sleep, when a now familiar noise startled me. My friend had returned. IT opened my eyes and listened. The same programme as belore was repeated. Up -and down the room he dashed, banging his head against the wall so hard at times that J was sure I could find the dents there in the morning. The next moment he had mounted a tall old- fashioned clock, and from the sound that followed, he must have made the floor in one leap. Se he went on for at least ten minutes, and then, followed as before a period of rest. The last sounds that came from him were down near the wash-stand, on the* further side of the room; but he had not yet appeared on the table. While I lay wondering what would be his next moye, I heard him get under way again. He started leisurely from the wash-stand, following the wall on the other side of the room. J could hear him under my desk, then under the clock, then the bureau, then he turned the corner. and passing beneath the radiator near the head of my bed, proceeded to wind his way beneath me till he reached his old location. I watched him climb leisurely up on tothe table, though the hazy light prevented me from following his movements for the next few moments. Evidently he was forming his plans for the next move. This came suddenly, in the form of another jump, which, | as before, landed him on- the foot of my bed. Again my feet got in some rapid and effective work, and after a stay only a little more-prolonged than the first one, he slipped off on ta the hoor and disappeared in his old retreat. By this time, I was indeed getting interested, and hay- ing made up my mind from his antics that the creature was either starved or crazy, I decided that I would te justified in an attempt to get rid of him. Procuring a few crackers from my bureatt drawer, I spread them on the floor at the side of the bed, where I could get a good yiew of my visitor, should he attempt to make away with them, Then I secured a heavy cane, which I placed on the spread beside me. Thus prepared, I got hack into bed and awaited developments. A longer period of quiet ensued this time, but at length the well-known sounds began again. 3 i15ual, all the events that appear in ordinafy track and fiuld athletics, were indulged in, and so far as I could judge, a few also with which I was not familiar. Before my teckless acrobat had finished his repertoire, I had fully decided that he was either afflicted with a violent type of insanity or else, like “Micky Brannigan’s Pup,” “’twas the Divyil himself in disguise.’ So I kept a firm grasp on my cane, and strained my eyes as hard as I could in my efforts to follow ‘im in his mad career. But as before, his wind at length gave out, and the usual period of tranquility followed. I kept my eyes strained on the table at the foot of the bed, but ho sigh of my iriend could I see. The crackers too remained unmolested, and i grew anxious. If my weird visitor was planning another assault on my bed J at least wanted to know from what quarter the assault was to come. While I was thus speculating as to his whereabouts, I happened to glance in the direction of the clock across the room, and as [ du‘! so I spied the object of my search. In front of the clock was a rocking-chair, on which I always piled at night several sofa pillows that by day adorned the bed. Resting calmly on top of these cushions sat my friend, watching me all the time, and gathering strength and coutage for his next move. For several moments we eyed each other. Then without warning he leaped for the bed. He landed near the foot, but the warm reception that met him in the shape-of vigorous kicks and cane whacks was evidently unexpected. For a moment he hesitated, thert turned and fled. breil Now I am not by nature superstitious, but the thing was beginning to get a little uncanny, and I didn’t relish it. If the creature was hungry, why did he not partake of the repast I had prepared for him? On the other hand, what possible motive could he have for tearing around the room in'such a reckless and insane fashion-if he was sound in his upper story? Only two possible solutions of the mystery presented themselves to my mind, Either he was actually unbalanced mentally or else he was a “spook” of some kind with designs on my life. His next move led me to believe that the latter explanation was the correct one. Fully an hour elapsed before any further developments IT had almost deluded myself into believing that I was at last to be left to a peaceful time of rest before morning appeared. But how vain are ‘man’s hopes! Scratch, scratch, came from beneath the wash- stand. Instantly all thoughts of sleep leit me, and 1 grasped my weapon of defense more firmly and waited for the usual performance to begin. But I was disap- pointed. My assailant had more important business on hand this time. I heard him start on his journey around the room, following the same old path. He scurried along the floor under my bed, and in the dim morning light, which was just beginning to stream in through my window. I could make out his gaunt form as he climbed up on to the table once more. There he sat watching me, as before, and planning for the coming attack, Through the iron bars of the beadstead we eyed each other in silence, and measured our chances of success. Darkness was his strongest ally, and he could not afford to delay. Calculating his distance well he sprang for the bed. Kicks and blo®s rained about and on him as he landed, but he had sized up the situa- tion beforehand, and the next instant had dashed up the bed straight for my head, where kicks and blows could not reach him. Discovering his game, I dropped my cane and began a fierce hand-to-hand conflict with the foe. Over my chest, neck, shoulders and head he ran, while I pounded, slapped and squirmed in my endeavors to shake him off. But he did not propose to be beaten this time. [Tt was to be a fight to the finish. - The next moment my blood turned cold as_I felt him down under the sheet and of my chest. I made one - wild, desperate gtab tor him, and fortune directed my aim, I felt my fingers around his warm body. and all Marcu 18, 1800.] the muscular energy I had in me went into that clutch. He squealed and kicked and squirmed as I rained blow after blow with my fist on his head, At last his efforts grew feebler, and it was none too soon, for my strength was giving ott. But still I pounded in a dreamy me- chanical way. He was now quite still, and I could feel his warm blood on my hand, but I did not propose to take any chances. Still clutching his limp body, I rolled out of bed, and taking my cane, proceeded to mash his head into jelly. It was only when sheer ex- haustion overcame me that I stopped. Life had long ago left him, that was sure. But even if he was an in- carnation of the devil, T did not propose to lose any more sleep that night, and so the mangled and battered corpse was locked up in a strong wooden box to await the morning and to bear witness to the truth of my tale, which JI felt sure would not be believed by itself. It was as I had expected, but a glance at the blood-soaked sheets and the mangled form of my would-be destroyer seryed ta convert even the most skeptical. The story has now become a school tradition, and the luckless mortal who happens to be assigned that famous room is always waited on by a delegation whose duty it is to make him feel perfectly at home by relating what once happened to a former occupant. A. E. St&ARNS. ANDOVER, Mass. Sea and River ishing. Proprietors of fishing and hunting resorts will find it profitable to advertise them m Forrsr AND STREAM, A Summer at Seabreeze. Our suimmer at Seabreeze, on the east coast of Florida, was a pleasant one. We went over there in May. The vicinity of the ocean was indicated while we were yet miles away by the bent-oyer forests, in which each tree trunk has been sprung into a curve leaning ftom the coast by prevailing winds during the stormy seasons, a result J meyer noticed elsewhere near the Atlantic border. Our first glimpse of the ocean off Seabreeze was through a depression at the termination of the main street between side banks covered with silver palmettos that made a pretty framing for the picture beyond of wide beach, white surf, and miles of turbulent blue water. Our cot- tage, which was a few rods to the right of the main street, was shaped like a V, with legs expanded coastward. An wpper and a lower veranda, that might have been quarters of a wooden pie, more than filled the angle. While sitting on these and watching the surf, we often felt as if we were on the stern of a steamer with some- what of a wake behind it. An average tide did not come within r50yds. of our front steps, but one of extreme height came to the bluff only toyds from them. ~ We spent much of our time out front entertained by what we saw on fhe beach or out at sea. Often the coast was a thing of wheels. On rare occasions, when it was deserted, trick riders performed for our sole amusement. Day aiter day bathers bathed and fisher- men fished, all of them tumbled and tossed by the surf. Waves, like large aprons with white frills would rush in for a while to tear up alone shore, These would often be followed by a period of immense rollers that pound- ed and roared in lines of high breakers. At times the water beyond the surf would be a vivid blue; at others as green as young wheat; and at others any one of a num- ber of delicate tints; and the fish, large and small, tarpon _and small fry, sought the pretty color spots to dance on. The miles of coast in sight formed a straight line. As the wind, for some cause, was either 1p or down this coast a great part of the time, swift currents had formed inshore channels that became dangerous places where the water swept out to sea and promising holes for fish where the trend was toward the beach. The topography of the bottom was changed, too, by extreme tides and pounding storms; but I easily learned it again by making long casts and then keeping abreast of my hook in the wash of the current. Channels where the outward flow carried line irom my reel were considered by me places to be avoided. Days when there were no ctirrents were the best for fishing. There was good fishing four miles up the coast, where a three-masted schooner had washed ashore stern firsi with bow far out among the breakers, Long strings of small fish were taken from the hold and great bunches of large fish were caught from the forward deck among the breakers. The forecastle was used frequently as shelter either from passing showers or from the rays of a burn- ing sun. This grand old ship, the Nathan Cobb, after years Of cruising, may be to all parts of the world, when she saw that her days of sailing were to end, had set- tled herself on shore exactly where she would be most useful to man to the last moment of her dissolution, a commendable deed that led us to esteem her as a faithful friend. The fish caught up there were “whiting,” weak fighters, not unlike the white suckers of Northern streams, but their flesh made delicious food. As better tackle was unnecessary for such sluggards, stout bam- boo rods and coarse lines were used. While we fished unusual waves broke against the bow and sprayed us, the aspect of the ocean changed many times, fish-hawks dropped every moment into the broad belt of surf along shore in sight, eagles came over the green hills of the peninsula to rob the hawks and at times to venture plung- ing into the sea—we had more amusement than the sport up there. , Most of the fishing, however, was done directly in front of our cottage. Nearly every day there was a sturdy line of bounding fishermen out neck deep struggling with the breakers and fish: Each sport wore a large straw hat. When extended in long rows they were not unlike some of the inner patts of a piano. Oblique waves caused the hats to bound successively as if scales were being run. Waves parallel to the coast resulted in a simultaneous upward move of hats as if a grand “prelude” had been struck. Choppy seas and fast running waves often brought | about the wildest confusion of scattered hats and pathet- ically struggling feet as if seme enormous Paderewski FOREST AND STREAM. had hold of this himan piano and was doing his worst for it. Fishing in the surf had peculiarities of its own, I never tired of watching those hats, A man from the interior of the State moved into the cottage mext door soon after we arrived. From some source he had received an impression that I knew all about the salt water fishing, a fallacious belief which I en- couraged, and it was not long before he made overtures for me to show him around. He mentioned an assort- ment of tackle which he thought might be useful to us, and offered to furnish the necessary bait. We went. Neighbor had not brought a bathing suit with him, so he costumed his person in shirt and overalls. As the lat- ter were 8 or toin. too long for him they protected his feet from the blistering sand above high-tide. He was a veteran of the Ciyil War, and their bright blue color gave him rather a soldierly appearance. It was something of an honor to introduce my hero-like friend to the breakers. For awhile my pupil listened patiently to watnings in ' regard to dangerous currents and to instructions about the proper way to fish. He did not become obstrep- erous till he saw that he was catching the larger share of our fish. Success spoiled him, He would march ashore with each fish, his head set, his eyes shining, and the surplus of blue trousers beyond his toes fluttering wildly as he walked. I thought it an unnecessary display of van- ity. Perhaps my ill success made me envious, We gradually worked our way down the beach. It was rather unpleasant out in the Ocean chin deep, nearly, hopping at every incoming wave to keep mouth above water atid performing athletic leaps at the approach of a large “curler.” Some times we had to dive to escape annihilation, then search widely for hat and rod when we came up. So miich exertion and the steady pounding of the waves were exhausting. I found sufficient amuse- ment near shore, where the breakers were less violent; but my friend ventured further and further out, heedless of my watnings. I might as well have called to the porpoisés to come ashore. Perhaps that chap felt as if he knew as much as these lumbering fish concerning the ocean. At last an immense wave rolled in. It really towered up sky high. I could have counted 150 while my friend was extracting his feet from the air. His trouser legs mean- while were like two blue signals of distress shaken vio- lently, It was some time before he would venture out to recover his hat and rod. From then on he was more docile. He was quite upset by his mishap: but a surf fisherman must expect such reverses: Very few sea bass were caught during the summer, The whiting were plentiful. The latter were the prey of the “fish hog.” Morning after morning specimens of this creature wandered over to the beach with rods to fish the ocean out; night after night they tried to dis- tribute their loads among the residents along the bluff. Some of them even tried to sell whiting, as if it was not a kindness for us to accept their fish as a gift. It must have been discouraging, though, to the man who wanted fo catch everything to fish the surf so often and dis- cover each time that the sport was just as good as ever. Why some of his kind did not give up trying or perish of yexation was more than I could understand. Some of the fishermen contrived subterfuges with which to overcome the stirf difficulties. A few of them built four-legged pyramids 8 or 1oft. high, with seats on top. Such affairs swayed like immense rockers out in the surf. The largest waves would knock these perches over and cause occupants to dodge for life to escape such dangerous drift. Floating timbers were cast ashore by the wash of breakers with terrific impetus. Four sports- men brought out two immense trestles and lashed a cross- board to them. The perch up there was high and rather precarious. The trestles cavorted and plunged as if frightened horses. It must have been difficult to main- tain an equilibrium on a seat of that sort. The rollers were thoroughly aroused. Each wave reached for that board. At last one caucht it and overthrew the -entire outfit, For an instant everybody near was in flight to escape death from wreckage. Such new ideas were all right for those who wanted to try them; but standing up _against the breakers in the usual way was fishing enough for me. - But I tried a different method on one occasion, Masses of leaping fish out at sea tempted me out there in my canoe—the Field’s craft. The flow of the surf had been carefully studied and a plan to obyiate danger had been decided upon, I experimented one afternoon, when there was only a single line of breakers, A number of pas- sages were made through this without mishap. But it was rather disconcerting to find that the eruption oc- curred at times near shore and at others far out. I soon discovered that I must take the wash end-on to avoid a catastrophe—knowledge that was useful to me later, I tried my luck a few mornings afterward. There were two lines of breakers when I went out. The first of these was passed safely by hard paddling at the right moment; the second by pausing an instant for a roller to crash in front and then urging my canoe ahead. Either through my tactics or the aid of a kind providence I reached safe water, where there were only large swells. Once my canoe had stood nearly on end, with bow pointed at a feathery cloud near the zenith. Much paddling was required to go only a short way seaward. Long distances became insignificant in such an expanse of water. The canoe headed up one side of the large swells and down the other, much as if con- stantly leaping a single spot in the ocean. From a mile out the town of Seabreeze, on the bluff, had an unfa- miliar appearance. Sometimes I saw it from the crest of a very high wave; at others I hid from it in private deep valleys of my own. Besides the regular ocean swells, cross-seas had been raised by a side wind, and the combination gave my canoe the erratic motion of an agitated corn-popper. Soon I had a bursting headache and a severe pain in the region of my stomach, as if I had been dealt a hard blow there. Other saltwater fishing had not been like this. My coming in through the breakers was all wrong, There were four distinct lines. I paused at the outer one of these till a large wave broke, atid then tried to follow the wash in. Though my pursuit was terrific, I could net overtake that escaping mass, On the way in at least “tip on the beach with the hair of my head erect. Bit a dozen old-time breakers, all of them larger than houses, broke around me. There were precipices to look over and precipices to look up at. That zooyds. toboggan slide through a snow of surf was lightning. For a single instant my canoe had swerved, to be righted by frantic back-jerks on the opposite side with paddle, I Cease or a few minutes nervous exhaustion prevented me from dis- embarking. But I had brought my canvas canoe, built after a plan suggested by Parker B. Field, through all that wild surf astern without mishap. There was less than a cup of water in it when I reached shore. I had caught yery few fish, so after landing I dug co- quinas, clams as sinall as grains of corn. Great afeas of these could always be found imbedded in stratas along the beach between tide marks, Profitable soil was washed in the surf for these clams. Cullenders, sieves, tin pans, anything that would hold coquinas, were used. It was like washing for gold. One citizen had built a cylinder 2it. in diameter and 4ft. long to fill with beach sand and then haul through the surf with a horse. Coqwinas were popular, Several quarts of them, tf washed in fresh water and then covered with it, affer boiling for ten iminutes, shells and all, yielded a supply of juice that made a delicious pot of soup for a large family. Some days. we had shrimp, or prawn, served in abun- dance, The local variety measured from 4 to 6in. in length. I had overcome a prejudice against them formed years ago because of their resemblance to the crysalis left by a young locust, and found that their tender flesh was far more delicious than the meat of lobster or crab. The ocean was kind to us. It supplied us with so much good food. Not only that, bit it was also sttch a delightful companion. It washed the smoothest sort of path for our wheels, and dug holes near shore for us to fish in. It was sublime to Jook at under all condi- tions. We played with it. At times parties of us grown- up folks would build sand forts on the beach, and the ocean would reach out with tiny waves to level them, When we went out to bathe it would toss us high, as if we were little children. Some times it would be rough and would stand us on our heads to catch our wandering feet afterward and sling us at the beach, There were days when the ocean catried om a hot weather conversation with the bluff; and there were other days when it was decidedly out of humor and not fit to hear. Its voice always cheered us on at our meals, sung to us through the day, and lulled us to sleep with lulla- bies when we woke up at night. Eyery window of our cottage gave a view of the ocean, and stormy days, I wished for eyes enough to look out all of them. We were fascinated by the turbulent Atlantic. We feared it and yet exulted in having it so near us. It was a great life, of which each one of us seemed to be an infinitesimal part. Forests and Trout Streams.—ll. Editor Forest and Stream: : I send you the substance of an article read before the annual meeting of the Minnesota State Forestry Association, by Frank H. Carleton, of Minneapolis.—Gro. W. Strano, Secy-. One of the sources of food for fish in the beautiful lakes and streams of Minnesota are the crustacea, or small shellfish, which once were so abundant on the satidy and pebbly bottoms of lake and river beds, but the great freshets, by bringing in the large quantities of rich soel from the land, have made a deposit of mud and ooze, which has destroyed the crustacea, and so another great source of food for fish has been destroyed, and the tiller of the soil and the angler haye both been injured. The volumesof water has been reduced not only by the cvap- oration and drying up of springs and other sources of water supply, of which we have spoken, consequent on forest destruction, but the water bed has been filled up from the bottom and rendered shallower. And can we wonder that our streams and lakes are growing shal- lower, and that some haye ceased to exist altogether, when we consider that two. factors tending to reduce the water supply are constantly at work on our lakes and streams at the same time, one to fill up from the bottom and the other to reduce the quantity of water at the sur- face. Have any of you gentlemen ever waded a trout brook. in a region where the trees haye mostly been destroyed, as the once famous Kinnikinnick, whence so matiy trout were talen twenty years ago, and notice that the once deep holes have been mostly filled up with the deposits of soil from the neighboring fields, and that now the water for the twenty miles of its course is nearly of uni- form shallowness, while once it had its great variety of shallow and deep places? Compare such a stream as this - with its monotonously even depth of water with the few streams of northern Minnesota and Wisconsin where the axe=man has not felled the timber, and note the dif- ference in the depth of the water bed. I have waded the Kinnikinnick for miles in my hip boots without once geting out of the water or even getting in over my boot tops, while in forest streams of northern Minnesota or Wisconsin ‘ot half the volume of water I have been forced to get out of the water every few rods on accotnt of the impassably‘deep holes. I was always willing to get out, for in these deep holes we get the trout. But a few more years of forest destruction in Minnesota and Wis- consin will soon catise the deep holes in the streams to be filled up and the trout will disappear rapidly enough. Tt is a conceded fact that a treeless country, whenever it has rains, has freshets and inundations. Without for- ests to hold back the water it at once runs off in torrents, filling the streams more than bank high, and with its re- sistless current sweeping spawn and young fish away from their habitats, leaving many on the shore to per- ish with the receding waters and catrying others to the larger Jakes and rivers, where they are readily devoured by the larger fish, One sweeping freshet in a trout brook will often work such serious loss to the spawn ‘and smaller trout as to seriously injure the fishing for years. And you know how the flooding of logging streams will in a few years almost exterminate the trout. The diminution of the volume of water in our lakes consequent upon forest destruction also militates against the fish in two other very serious ways. First, as the water becomes shallowet, often freezing nearly to the bottom, the fish haye less freedom and air spase be- 212 wt — | FOREST AND STREAM. —s e [Mancx 18, 1899; | neath the ice in winter (for be it remembered all fish must have oxygen from the air) and many of them arte frozen to death or suffocated; and second, as the waters of the lake diminish and it becomes shallower, the shore line, which is a great feeding ground for all fish at dif- ferent seasons of the year, is greatly reduced, and their source of food is very materially diminished, As a rule small fish are usually found in small ponds and large fish in large bodies of water, the reason being that the limited shore line of small bodies of water does not yield the relative quantity of food contained in lakes haying a large shore line, and consequently relatively larger feeding grounds. The best lake fishing is found in those lakés which abound in deep waters and. which have a large shore line for feeding grounds, like Lake Minnetonka and Lobster Lake, in Douglas county. It is this fact which in the past made Minnetonka-one of the very best fishing lakes that ever existed. But Minne- tonka’s glory as a fishing lake has departed, and will not return again until the Forestry Association’s work of reforesting has been accomplished. Again, forests and the trees and shrubs on the shores of streams and lakes are the favorite home of number- less flies and insects, and these, with each breeze, fall into the water and supply that insect food which fish most enjoy. We must remember that our better yari- eties of fish are not content with one variety of food throughout the year. Catfish, dogfish and reptiles may be the scavengers of the waters and swallow greedily whatever they can find, but our noblest fish, like trout, bass and pike, demand a variety of food and are often very select in their tastes. In the spring they may feed along the shore line of the water and on the bottom, but later in the season, when flies and insects appear, they want them. It is this love of fish for flies and insects which is the secret of fly-fishing, the acme of the angler’s art. And this love of fish for flies and insects explains very largely the reason why the worm fishernien in the hot months of summer may wade the brook for hours with scarcely a bite, while at the same season of the year and out of the same water, the angler with his artificial fly delicately cast will in early morning or in the hour before sunset display a creel of speckled beauties.’ What angler is there who has not from a concealed spot watched the fish under the protection of some overshad- owing tree jumping at the flies and insects as they fell into the water? And have not all of us catight our lar-’ gest trout, the trout of which we boast and in the catch- ing of which we made our record, under the shadow of trees or out from under a “cover” made by the trees or bushes? And not only this, but the trees make the shady and moist banks from whence come worms and grubs and under these mossy banks we know the fish are con- cealed ready to dart at their prey. All know that the shade of overhanging trees 1s agree- able to the fish, and one need only to place a quantity of brush in a stream or lake and make a “cover” and sec how quickly the fish make it a resort, to be convinced that fish like shade. What tyro does not know that a shady deep pool is a good fishing point? And what ex- perienced fisherman is there who, when he goes upon a stream or pond does not almost invariably find that the fish have left the hot and unprotected shore and have taken to the shady side, and so he casts his worm or fly on the shady side, It is a well-known fact that the best fishing is where a forest is mear the shore, and, best of all, where the limbs overhang the water. Not only do the trees afford shelter, furnishing food and preventing evaporation, btt at the same time they keep the water clear and cool in the summer. In winter the forests afford protéction by lessening the severity of the winter frosts, and in all forest regions the changes of temperature are not so severe as in treeless countries and on the open plain; and the effect upon the water is even greater. It is a - popular saying in Denmark of the forest streams that they are cool in the summer and warm in the winter as compared with the atmosphere. This truth is not con- fined to Denmark, for it is the experience of woodsmen everywhere. Forests not only regulate the flow of water, but they _ purify it. This is an experience which has been dem- onstrated in Australia in cases where streams have been polluted by wool-washing establishments. After haying passed-a few miles through a shady and dense forest the water, according to Mr. Howitz. who was forester in Australia some years, appeared as clear and pure as it was above the wool wash. In Scotland and other localities where salmon are bred alter scientific methods, it has been clearly estah- lished that it is not enough to place spawn and fry in the waters, but that they must be provided with food, and that the best means to do this is to preserve the border trees and insure a steady supply of water and food by preserving the forests, from whence a supply of water and food is derived. The changing of the temperature of the water of a lake or stream by the clearing away of trees and forests has a most deleterious effect on fish. As already stated, not only is the supply of food removed and the spring which should send forth a supply of clear, cool water in which fish so much delight dried up, but more than this, the direct rays of the stin upon the water in summer raise it to a temperature too warm for the abode of fish, while in winter the absence of trees causes an extreme of cold which is equally bad. If one of you gentlemen had a superb trout brook upon your premises, well stocked with trout and well protected by trees, and should ask the surest way to annihilate the trout, I cotld tell you no surer way than to cut down the trees and bushes. What few trout survived the loss of food and the warm ‘rays of the sun and the warm water in summer, wotld ‘readily be exterminated by the extreme cold of winter oc- casioned by the absence of trees. The higher breeds of fish, in which anglers most delight, like trout, salmon, bass, whitefish, pike and muscalonge, must have suffi- cient shade, depth, and coldness of water in which to live and breathe, and it is itt the shade and cold water that the experienced angler hunts them. Scientists tell us that the ranges of hills and uplands which we now have in Minnesota are the remnants of that mountain chain which once constituted the great divide between the water systems of the Mississippi, the Winnipeg and the Great Lakes, but which by erosion and other natural forces, working through the ages, have become the highlands and hills of to-day. They also tell us that the lakes and streams of Minnesota have not only reached their maturity, but haye passed it, and that tuunder the laws of nature, saying nothing about the ray- ages which we have already suffered and must continue to suffer through forest destruction, that the tendency of these lakes and streams will be to still further decline. With this tendency of nature to reduce the quantity of water, by natural laws, over which we have no control, is it not a crime to ourselves and to future generations to permit the destruction of forests to go on, and thereby still further reduce the quantity of water and moisture and help on the train of evils which are sure to befall a rainless country? It has been truly said, that there are districts in France and Italy where the olive and the erange once flourished, but where now, on account of the change of climate resulting from extensive re- moval of the forests, they can no longer be grown with success. This saying involves an agricultural truth as to every country where forest destruction has gone on from the Euphrates to the Mississippi. And to anglers there is a parallel truth, which may be stated thus: There are vast districts in Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan where fish of the noblest varieties once flourished, where, owing to the diminution of water at certain seasons of the year, and torrents and floods at other seasons of the year, occasioned by the removal of the forests, they have already disappeared, and other parts of these States are tapidly reaching the same condition. My nearest neighbor, a prominent insurance man, whose early home was in Kentucky, tells me that in the early history of Kentucky its streams were full of trout, but as the land was cleared the trout disappeared, and that to-day, outside of a few private preserves, it is doubt- ful if a trout can be found in Kentucky, while in Vir- ginia, of which Kentucky was originally a part, in those regions where, owing to the poverty of the soil and other reasons, the forests have not been cut, the trout still abound. Do we need a better illustration of the effects of forest destruction upon fishing than this? Did time permit, I would like to speak of the vast quantities of money brought into a State by tourists, hunters and anglers, and tell how this money gradually works back to the pockets of our farniers, producers and merchants. I would like to tell how the mountains of New Hampshire, sterile as they are, have through sum- mer months’ tourists and visitors, proved a veritable Klondike to the citizens of. New Hampshire, and brought into that little State millions of gold. Should the beau- tiful Jakes and streams which center around the head- VenaE of the Mississippi and St. Croix prove less val- uable: To-day the State spends its money in the propagation of fish and in the stocking of lakes and streams; it has its fish and game laws and its fish and game wardens, and it imposes penalties for fishing and shooting during the closed season (and these laws are all good); but mean- while the destruction of forests and its consequent evils go on. To use a homely phrase, it is like closing the spigot and opening the bung. To anglers the lesson is apparent that if they desire to preserve what fishing there is left in Minnesota they must join hands with the For- estry Association and help saye the forests and rear new forests; for on the preservation of the old forests and the rearing of new forests do fish and fishing depend. There is only one answer to the question, “How can we preserve the fish and fishing in the Northwest?” and that answer is by preserving the forests and by reforest- ing, and thereby putting in play again all those manifold influences of nature that can come from the forests, The propagation of fish in State hatcheries and the planting of them in our waters, the operation of fish laws and the acts of fish wardens, good as they are. nevertheless work only on a very small scale, and are ineffectual and puerile as against the great evils of forest destruction. Only by the operation of those great laws of nature which come from forests can our fishing become and remain what it ought to be. Salmon in Monroe County. Editor Forest and Streanv: Touching the subject of salmon in the fresh waters of this State, it has occurred to me that very interesting facts would be brought to light if diligent search were made among the records of the pioneers who first settled in the territory adjacent lo the waters which in old times were frequented by the king of fish. My own experience supports this view, for, while engaged a few years ago in compiling a history of this city, I had occasion to search for information regarding early times, among old publications, and came across many passages calculated to stir the blood in one who liyes in a city but has a love for the woods and waters. Within a hundred years panthers and bears haye been shot in the woods of! this county, and several of the towns were noted for the abundance of deer. The first settler at the mouth ol the Genesee River seems to have had a grudge against the snake family, for it is recorded that on one occasion he alone killed forty rattlesnakes in - one day along the river, and was oe of a party that de- stroyed 300 of the reptiles during an expedition organized for the purpose. The eggs of wild geese and ducks, which bred in the marshes of Irondequoit Bay and the ponds in Greece, were an important article of food to the pioneer. Beaver and otter were common in the waters, and one family of the first named remained in Braddock’s Bay for a year of more after the first settler built his hut on its shore. There was until recently, if indeed it does not still exist, a beaver dam in the town of Greece, on a tributary to Braddock’s Bay. Allan’s Creek was fairly boiling with trout—one of the pioneer anglers said that you could “catch a hundred of them without changing his position.” As this creek receives the waters of the Spring Creek on which the State fish hatchery at Caledonia is situated, it is easy to understand that there were trout here in pioneer days. But to return to our salmon: Enos Stone, who in 1811 cleared a few acres of Jand on the east side of the Gen- esee River, just where the Erie Canal aqueduct crosses the stream, and shot a bear that was ravaging his corn- field. Enos in his reminiscences tells of an occasion when he knew ten barrels of salmon_to be caught in a weir on Irondequoit Creek. Mr. Stone.was the man who one night, while searching for lost cows at the head of _ Irondequoit Bay, saw an unexpected camp-fire and made his way _thither, to find that it had been kindled by the Indian chief Brant, who said he was on his way from the west to Canandaigta. Roswell Atchison, a pioneer of Parma, said that he one day caught three barrels of sal- mon in Salmon Creek, which enters Braddock’s Bay. The fountains of Irondequoit Creek and Salmon Creek still mingle with the River St. Lawrence, and the St. Lawrence with the ocean; but if any salmon from the Atlantic has of late years ventured into the bays it prob- ably fround the surroundings uncongenial and went back to the salt water to spread a report that a change for the worse had come oyer the old familiar haunts on the south shore of Lake Ontario. There are still some great pike and bass to be found in Irodequoit and Brad- dock’s bays, but although I have been shooting and fish- ing and sailing over them for a good many years, it has never been my good fortune to hear of or see any sal- mon caught there. If the creeks were traced to their present sources they would probably lead to a barnyard, and salmon have not become reconciled to the condi- tions; “tis true, ’tis pity. : Epmonp REDMOND, Rocuester, N. Y. A California Reminiscence. San Frawncrsco, March 4.—If old wine is valued for its age, why should not an old story be, provided it ic + old enough to have been forgotten by present-day read- ers of Forest AND STREAM? You ask me what that one was of my earlier contributions touching upon the di,- covery of a Delmonico cook in one of my trout-fishing experiences. I think I can remember the episode you refer to, if it is worth repeating. In the earlier days of California there were innumerable streams that had never known the advent af such a thing as an artificial fly upon their water, or for that matter, a hook of any kind, as the early settlers were not edu- cated in angling. In my boyhood the passion for fishing was a pursuit to which I gave more attention than to my books, and an important item of my.belongings was al- ways a trout rod and a book of flies. I had a friend who was equally fond of the pursuit; and haying heard of a promising stream some twenty miles down in the coun- try from San Francisco, with but a meager description of its locality, we chartered a horse and buggy and set out in quest of it. There were as yet no fences to pre- vent free going in any direction, so aiter a drive ot tweny miles over the only road the country afforded, we struck off in the direction the creek was supposed to be. The country was flat, with no impediments except the crop of wild oats, affording splendid feed for the band of wild cattle that roamed at will. When*we struck the foot- hills we found several cations or gulleys that bothered us a good deal, until wé came to the edge of a deeper one than any we had met with, at the bottom of which we were gladdened by the sight of what appeared to be as promising a trout stream as one would ask for; but the question was how to get down to it. The banks were too steep to permit of taking our wagon down, and we finally solved the problem by unharnessing the horse and sliding him down, and with a rope we lowered the wagon by taking a turn around a tree. The opposite bank was less difficult, and hitching wp we managed to find level ground, and drove along the creek in seatch of a lone shanty described to us as being the abode of a Frenchman. After driving about a mule, by the greatest ‘piece of good luck we encountered it, a mere shack, set in the cosiest of spots under the shade of a grove of trees. The proprietor was swinging in a hammock, smoking a pipe, and at our hail raised his head and answered our hallo. a very much surprised man, as he afterwards told us. We were the only intruders on his solitude ior three months, Having unharnessed the horse and picketed him out in the patch of wild oats, we proceeded to get our tackle in order, meantime inquiring of our landlord as to the prospects for trout. He comforted tts by saying, “Plenty of fish.’ The creek ran within a few rods of us, and we were soon ready for the fray. At the first cust made there was a rush, and we landed doubles, and so on every cast. The trout were not large, but of fair size. Our baslets were soon filled, and we adjourned to the shack and dressed as many as we thought we could eat. and that was a goodly number, for we were hungry. On inquiring of our landlord if he had such a thing as a frying pan, he produced one, and my friend, who prided himself on being an expert camp cook, remarked; “Of course, this tramp don’t know how to cook a trout; T will just show him.” The tramp looked on, smoking his pipe; but being rather the worse for our day’s travel, it was suggested that before eating our supper we would have a bath; so, adjourning to the creek, we had a re- freshing dip. Returning to the house, we were sur- prised at seeing a little rude table set ont under the trees, on which were casters, china plates, a white cloth and napkins. Where they all came from was a mystery, but they were there. My friend says: “Now for the trout. I will show you how trout should be cooked.” But here came our landlord with a platter piled up with nicely browned fish. How?many we ate there is no record. The fish were followed with small cups of delicious black coffee. After smoking our pipes we rolled tp in blankets and slept as only tired hunters and fishermen do. Our breakfast was a repetition, with hot white rolls in addition. We lost no time in refilling our baskets with trout. anil prepared to depart Our landlord would accept no te- muneration, only a few flies and a line and a pocket- knife, having lost his. Brown, thinking to compliment him, said: “My friend, there is the makings of a good cook in you. Why don’t you go to San Francisco and ‘hire out? No’ doubt you could get a: good situation.” There was a twinkle in the Frenchman's eye as yawn- ingly he replied: “Yes, I can cook a leetle I was Del- monico’s chef for ten years, and I get what you call tited, and come to California to get a leetle rest.” Poor Ben- son. You should have seen his face. The idea of his proposing to show Delmonico’s chei how to cook was — Marcu 18, 1899.] FOREST AND STREAM, 218 a a a ee too much for me, and I laughed for the twenty-five miles of our drive home, We kept the secret of out pet streati, fest assiifed, and matle many subseqtient trips that spting, until our Frencli- inan, having had his test, rettitned to resuine his labors, presumably at his old quarters, We did in one instance impart our good thing to a couple of friends, true sports- men—Jim Riddle and Ward Eaton, whom old Califor- nians will recollect as.ptaminent business men. They always hunted and fished in pairs) We gave them the directions and they set ottt one Saturday for the loca- tion. Riddle had imported frotm Boston a light express wagon, with the gear painted bright ted. They got along yery well until, having to cross a part of the route which was a pasturage for a drove of wild cattle. It is well known that stich have a bitter enmity for anything red, and it was exemplified in this case. The first intimation our friends had was the bearing down iipon thet of tle whole hetd, headed by an old bull, pawing the ground and bellowing. jith said: “Ward, I believe that old cuss means mischief; we miist run for it,’ Whipping up the horse they essayed to es- cape, but it was useless; down came the drove. The old bull, with fire in his eye, charged the wagon, capsizing it bottom up and throwing them with all their belongings to the ground, For protection they crawled under the wigon, while the bull was battéfing away at the red wheels. It so happened that Riddle’s gun had landed within his reach, and crawling out from under the wagon he slipped in a couple of cartridges, and at the next charge of the bull it was a very much surpris€d animal at the reception of a couple of charges of No. 6 shot in the face. At the tepott of the gin the dtove stampeded, fol- lowed by the bull, shaking his Head, apparently with a loss of interest in the proceedings, but greatly ptizzled to account fot the tendenty of red wagons to go off in that disagreeable way. ; Onee in safety, the two fishermen compared notes on damages. The horse had broken loose, but was caught. The broken harness was patched up and a bfokén shaft was lashed with the halter. Several battered spokes did not count, and loading their traps they started back home in disgust. Monday morning Eaton turned up at his place of business with his arm in a sling, and Riddle with a nose tindet the shadow of a large patch of court plaster, It was noticed that the néxt time the pait set out in that wagon it had lost all its pristine beauty and was painted a sober green as a concession to the preju- dices of belligerent bovines. All old Californians have an affectionate rememberance of the two sportsmen, who have now gone oyer the great divide, presumably to happier hunting grounds, where red wagons and imfw- tiated bulls do not exist, Poodrrs. 6 6 an Fishing Up and Down the Potomac. Gravelly Run. Tur law establishing the territorial area of the District of Columbia, defines it as covering that part of Maryland ceded for the permanent seat of government of the United States, “including the River Potomac in its course through the District, and the islands therein.” — This has always been held to ineliide Alexander's Is- jand at the south end of Long Bridge, biit the jtirisdiction has been claimed by the State of Virgitiia, and it leaves the disputed territory a neutral ground, that has been a great convenience for the sporting fraternity, and an eyesore to the moral element of both State and District. The settlement on the island was at ote time expected to be a twin city to Washington, ahd was dedicated to Jackson at its christening with cotisiderable ceremloriy, but the primitive bridge on one sitle, brick yards on tite other, and too much liberty between has prevented its growth, The Railroad bridge, a long, low, antiquated Wwoodeti structure, an antebellum relic, is a monument to railroad jealousies and power. On the single track, which runs across this, a few feet aboye the water, run the trains of the Seaboard Air Line, the Atlantic Coast Line, - the Pennsylyania Railroad, the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail- road, the Southern Railway and the Washington & Mount Vernon Electric Road, and that they can run at all, with- out daily disaster, is a standing object lesson and adver- tisement for the block system. The original bridge was built on piles, and the oldest inhabitant tells of a storm exactly like the one just past, which carried away the Chain Bridge above George- town, brought it down on a raging flood against the Aqueduct Bridge, which had a narrow escape, but just let it through with comparatively little damage, brought up against the low-lying Long Bridge, and only got through at the toll of a pier or two. To strengthen the piers, rip-rap has been placed above them, until it is said the river is partially dammed, and the bridge so easily gorges with ice floods, that the struc- ture is not only threatened, but is itself a menace to the city of Washington, and responsible for damaging floods in the past. This danger may secure new or other bridges in time. but the present condition is little credit to the railroad and legislative situation, that makes of a single track, the only link-between the North and South, across the Potomac. j J Between this island and the mainland is a tide water marsh, once good reedbird and rail shooting, but too pub- lic now. Gravelly Run. or Roach’s Run, as it is sometimes called, empties out of this into a broad shallow cove, which abounds with perch, minnows, catfish, eels, carp and bass. In pleasant weather, at almost any hour, men, women and boys, may be seen fishing from the trestles with primitive tackle; the latter sometimes wading in the pools for crayfish, or blood-an-ouns, for bait to use off the Long Bridge, where many fme bass*are caught every season. Further down, past Fort Runyon Hill, much of which has been cut away for brick materials, the wide shallow edges of the cove, bar approach, except for boats, and the ducks still find comparatively safe harbor out of gun- shot from shore. In the deeper water, and about the decaying piles of an abandoned wharf or two, when the tide is up, the perch and sunfish are plenty, and the big-mouthed bass has planted himself in the last year or two, and promises good sport for the future. The ring perch or yellow perch comes out of the mud, or wherever he may spend his winters, a sickly bleached color, his stripés hardly showing, and hardly life enough to run with a bait alter he has swallowed it, wntil the es of Aptil, when he begins to regain both color and ife. They do not grow nearly s6 large in this country as on the other side, Astley H. Baldwin iii 1862 in an article in Once a Week, p. 431, declared the perch of the Danube not only the best, but the largest, running as high as 6 of 7lbs. But more than a score of years before, Yarrell, in his “British Fishes,” told of instances of 8 and lb. perch being catight in British Watets; while a yellow perch here weighing a full pound is a midtté# of wonder, Houghton’s “Fresh-Water Fishes of Great Britain,” with first-rate illustrations, gives this perch with much brighter colors than ours, the red of his fins rivalling that of the Jupatiest goldfish, and described as a bright ver- mihi. They, are vordeloiis little fellows, arid Cholmondeley- Pennell relates catching one foul ih the eye, and the eye remaining on the hook. The fish being too siitall for the basket, was thrown over, and the eye left on the hook fof bait. A moment later he landed a fish, which to his wonder was the one he had just released. Ghastly enough, but pfestumptive evidence that that fish did not suffer great pain, or possess véfy deligste herves, but Gay thought man as stupid, when he wrote: What gudgeons are we, men, Every woman's easy prey; Though we've felt the hook, again We bite, and they betray. Kit Nofth, sixty-odd yeats ago, reviewing in Black- wood (Vol. 38, p. 122), Stoddatt’s “Art of Angling in Scotland,” exhausted his wonderftil powefs of derision on Stoddart’s account of sundry experierices, li hooking with a fly, accidentally or otherwise, other objects than thé fish it was ifitended to invite. North said, amoiig¢ otheis things: “We suspect the art of angling, as practiced in Scotland, by Thomas Tod Stoddart and his friends, is not generally undeétstood by our subscribers in the south. Besides snipe, bats, wild ducks, flappers, swallows, seagulls, ete., which an accom- plished aiielet would scarcely condescend to capture if he could help it, the atithor of the ‘lunacy’ sometimes chances to hook other creatures of vafious sofis, and a brother of the rod, when trying for a famous salmoii cast; hooked an Ox.” Christopher North was funny, entertaining, and of all the old writers on the subject (while simply awful at ex- ageerdtion), was one of the few whose writings would be tttissed, but ie was tot afi angler. This may sound like heresy, but iti his latest confidences with his readers, he ad- mits spending his holidays neat famotis waters without touching a rod. Boasting of retaining the feqttisite strength, he confessed the spirit had departed. He never had it. Thete is not on record a name among the elect ever guilty of stich apostasy, and there is but one charitable construction to be placed on his denial of the faith; he deceived himself when he thouglit he belonged to the fraternity. i‘ This does not affect his strictures of fly-casting for birds, but a wide acquaintance among fly-fishermen, if lie etijoyed their confidence, would hardly have left him shocked or surprised to hear that the fly in its backward flight etigages sotnetiiies, sttatige things, besides trees and haystacks. Trout fishermeh ih good waters have frequently told of catching fish on the backward cast, where the fly had inadvertently struck the water behind them. A friend who was in charge of a reservoir station saw sotiie bass feeding in the late evening, and at dark whet he closed the station, he wetit down below the dam to try a cast. At almost the first reach behind him he heard a how! of fright and somethitig of: the dam behind him ran off with his tackle. His favorite setter had followed him, and running along the top of the bank got in the way of the fly, and 1t was with some difficulty he succeeded in saving both fly and dog. Another friend has at one tinle and another in a long experience, caught ott his hook tiearly everything mentioned with such sur- ptise by North except the flapper, and he may have had one of these, but in the abserice of any definite informa- tion as to the identity of the anitnal, this is not insisted upon, Once this was done deliberately, Coasting along the south end of Grayelly Rin cove, a wild duck flew out of the grass atid lit a few rods away. It had evidently been hurt the winter before, and unable to joiti liis comrades in their migration, but had since recovered. Here Was a chance to secure an interesting pet, and the two boats started after him, By circling far out he was flanked and started toward shallow water, but as the skiffs ap- proached, he flew out between; again he was surrounded as well as two boats could perform that operation, and as he flew past a fly was thrown at him, but he went faster than the light tackle. and was otit of teach. The next time he varied the petfortnance by divitig, atid the long grass in the fivef pfevented his getting far enough be- low the stirfacé to hide his wake; a sharp spurt with the paddle for a hundred yards, and as he came up the fly settled over him} a twitch of the rod and the No. 10 hook was fastened in the web of his foot. He flew up and the little rod pulled him down; he dived and the little rod pulled him up, but half-swimming, half-flying, he emptied the reel, and when the other boat approached to pick him up he circled round and round, and with the pursu- ing boat made a first-rate imitation of a corousel, until boat and duck were exhausted, and the latter was brought to the side of the boat and landed unhurt. It seemed impossible then, that perch tackle and a 4%40z. rod should - have held him. He was in beautiful plumage, his snowy topknot and pied body making him the prettiest of our wild ducks, save one, the wood duck. _ Kit North’s strictures were recalled, about self-respect- ing anglers, and it was decided that if he had ever had just such an experience, he would be proud of the feat. “Another instance recalled is a Western lake, where fisher- men set trammel nets and drive the native carp or buffalo into them. One morning on our way to the moss beds, for bass we passed over the muddy buffalo grounds, and the boatman tattled his oars in rowlocks, whem the buffalo in fright, coming to the surface, scurried in every direc- tion away from the boat, with their shoulders out of the water. The line was cast across the course of a big fel- low, and as he passed a strike fastened the bass hook into his dorsal fin. Then there was 4 battle royal, with the odds in favor of the fish, Of course, there was no guid- ing him, but the water was open, and he performed some wonderful evolutions, for they are a strong fish. He worked all the way up to the moss beds, and when finally netted, was standing on his head in the moss with Gir. of his tail feebly waving in the air like a flag of truce. It is needless to say he was immediately released, but his memory is honored, Henry Tacsor. CHICAGO AND THE WEST. Preserving Flies. Cuicacd, Ill, March 11—Mr, Norman Fletcher, of this city, is good enough to send me some nicely tied specimens of the black grat and the Ronald Stone fly. He tells me that he has been very successful sometimes with the black gnat with lead colored wings, on dry, hot stimimet days. Mr. Fletcher also adds to ottr angling lore by the following tip on keeping angling gear, He says: “T have kept ty fly-books and flies in small bags made of light cotton duck for a term of years, and have never had any trouble with moths that so many complain ol. When my fly-books are not in use they are always in these bags, tightly tied at the mottth with strong twine. Some years ago I soaked all of these bags in a solution itiade by dissolving paraffine wax in benzine. I treat all braided sille lines, that I use for minnow casting, in this same mixture. It takes bags and lines pactically water- proof. I have never yet found a braided silk line that would work well all day, casting minnows without a sinker, unless treated in this way, Of course, it 1s easy to cast with most any line when it is soaked with water if you put on a heavy sinker.” Arkansas Vindicated. Mr. Joseph Irwin writes me from Little Rock, Ark. to vindicate the honor of that State against my charge regarding its frogless condition, 1 cheerfully apologize, and ami willing to admit that when it comes to general portliness and s6lid citizenship in frogs, Arkansas leads the world. I really never knew, however, that otff speck: led frog, sometimes known 43 the leopard frog, is a strait ger to Arkansas. Mr, Irwin reitiarks: “JT noticed in your last issue that you misunderstood my meaning when I said we had no frogs in Arkansas. What I meant was that we did not have the little green frogs that are so well kriown by fishermen around the North- _ ern lakes, and so extensively used for bass bait. Speaking of frogs, such as are used as a table delicacy, I will put Arkansas against the world, as I haye seen them down hete as large as it seems to me possible for them to grow: in diiy Country; but with several years’ experience on the lakes and streams of this State, I have failed to find the little green frog that I have so successfully used when fishing in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota, where i is only necessary to stretch a tiet around a little stagnant pool and make a drive, and you have bait enough to last a whole day’s fishing, and sometimes enough for a week, provided your frog climbs the line, as J have often seen them do—an act eatised by the swift rush of the bass through the water aftet he is hooked. “Our fishing season is opening up here very nicely. . While but few bass have been taken, except in the run- ning streams, the croppy fishing has been very good the past few days in Scott’s Bayou, whefe our new Old River Club house is located, where is to be had the finest all-round fishing in this immediate section of the coun- try.” The Robbery of the Red Pipestone. Everybody has seen the red stone pipes of the Indian, You have seen these pipes in all parts of the country. No doubt you have heard, through Longfellow, or otherwise, of the great Red Pipestone quarry. Perhaps you did not know that there was but one such quarry of this stone te be found in all the United States. Perhaps you thought that this main quarry was located somewhere in Dakota. Really, it is situated on the Pipestone school section, in southwestern Minnesota. This land is the property of the Yankton tribe of the Sioux Indians, It lies in the bed of the Pipestone Creek, on one side a cut bank of granite Goft. high. Once the soft red stone cropped out all along the lower bank of the creek, but now it has to be quarried from below the level of the creel bed. This spot has been visited for ages by the Indian tribes of America. It is now the gentle wish of the Great Father to tol the Indians of this sacred piece of earth. Major McLaughliti has been given the delicate task of persuading the Indians that their traditions do not amount to anything, and that they really do not care for this sacred ground, which they say was “stained by the blood of their fathers.” In the old times, after the mysterious way of the wild fegions, the fame of this red pipestone quarry was known among nearly all of the North American tribes. It is ~ said that Indians have traveled from the Rocky Moun- tains, from southern New Mexico, and from Ohio, in order to get some of the red clay for the making of their pipes. The St. Paul PioneerPress says that it was the ctistom to wrap the little slabs of the clay in wet blankets in order to keep it soft, until it could be manufactured. It is stated that a red pipe in central North Dakota is worth a pony, and that in Mexico or Arizona it is worth a wife. Certain it is that the spot is considered a sacred one by Indians of many tribes. In the Rainy Lake coun- try there is a deposit of black pipestone, but this seems not to be prized very much. It was once proposed ta open up this quarry and divide out the products -among all the Indian tribes, but this proposition was vetoed. Curiously enough, this mission of Major McLaughlin’s is combated not only by the Yankton Sioux, but by sey- eral other bands. In 1858 the Yanktons ceded their reservation and moved to the Missouri River, but stipu- lated that they should still have title in the pipestone quarry. The proposition to sell this Jand to the Goyern- ment has been opposed by the Crow Creek Indians and by the Poncas. The Poncas haye been on one reservation in S14 Northern Nebraska for over 100 years, according to piib- lished report. If the wishes or feelings of the Indian are en- titled to any respect at all, certainly the Government has a hard task before it in asking them to alienate this uniqte and priceless possession, around which clung their most sacred traditions. Red with the blood of their departed fore- fathers, red like the skin of the Indian, when the great quarry is wiped out the red man will soon be wiped out also. . Minnesota Forestry. There is a bill before the Minnesota Legislature pro- viding for the taking over by the State of non-agricul- tural: lands for forestry purposes. Gen. C, C. Andrews is giving lectures on this subject, and is doing much to extend popular edtication on forest reserves. J quote a few paragraphs from his remarks: “Natural forest wealth is one of Minnesota's special- ties. The white pine, the most valuable timber tree in the world, is a favorite of our climate and soil, A single acre has sometimes contained 100,c00 feet of standing pine, easily worth $300. A htindred million dollars’ worth of pine has been cut in Minnesota, and the supply is nearing the end. Michigan was remarkably rich in pine, but her supply is so nearly exhausted that she now annually imports from Canada $2,000,000 worth of logs to keep her mills running; but we are too distant to do the same, “Our supply of standing pine may last fifteen or twenty years longer. On our school and university iands, as well as on private lands, much young pine is growing, and if protected from fire, and especially if some of the waste lands be reforested, the timber can be indefinitely continued. This means much to the general prosperity, for the logging camps and mills together.employ 20,000 hands.” Gen. Andrews made a plea for thé acquisition by the State of land that is too sandy, too hilly or too rocky fot agricultural purposes. His suggestion was that such wastes should be permanently occupied for forests. On average soil forest growth equals interest on the capital economically expended for planting it. Much of the land on which no taxes are paid would yield a good rev- enue if forested. E, Hove. 1200 Boyce Buripinc, Chicago. Opportunities for Anglers. It is natural that at this season of the year persons who for atly reason may have angling privileges or rights to dispose of should offer them ta the public. Our adver- tising columns this weel contain several stich offers, which cover trout and salmon fishing and angling com- bined with shooting. Such opportunities appeal to num- bers of our readers. VINUS, TRIMIENSIS _ Upper figure in adolescent stage. Lower figure as captured, identified and sketched by H,. C McDougall. Now biting sharply in New Jersey. Fresh-W ater Turtles. Editor Forest and Stream: , Since queries of all sorts seem to be most productive of answers when published in your columns, I would like to propound a few concerning fresh-water turtles. I would like to know what varieties of turtles are edible, and how they should be dressed and cooked when intended to be eaten. Any general information concerning turtles will be exceedingly acceptable. The best ways to capture them have always seemed to me to be a set-line or a small-bore rifle, but there may be far superior methods, and of these also I hope to leatn. For answers to my queries I appeal in particular to Fred Mather and King- fisher, the former because he seems omniscient, the lat- ter because he mentioned eating turtles of the pond and river variety. My experiences with turtles have been varied and interesting, but they have never had to do with the culinary department. I have often had my bait, and often even my strings of fish, eaten by these iron-clad pirates, and have taken ample revenge with a .22cal. The most savage fight I ever saw was between two big snapp.ag turtles. Inspired; no doubt, by some fair fe- male of their species, they fought with the utmost ferocity, totally oblivious of everything except each other. I also once saw two small turtles, one of which had the other by the throat, and like a well-bred bulldog, he suffered him- self to be lifted into the boat rather than lose his grip. The greatest instance of rustic stupidity ] ever encoun- tered was a farmer who had a fine trout pond, which had gradually become the home of turtles till it was almost depopulated of trout, As for the turtles, they were incon- ceivably numerous and insolent. I succeeded in killing about twenty with stones, but this did not affect the pop- ulation. The owner of the pond had noticed the decrease of trout, but he treated my suggestion that it might be caused by the turtles with scorn, which can only be en- gendered by colossal ignorance. __ - e's One more question: Has the fresh-water turtle any enemies, the human race excepted? It has always been my impression that if a turtle once got out of the egg he was pretty sute to live to a green old age. To be sure, I once found a simall turtle in a black bass, and another in a big frog, but I should imagine turtle, shell and all, as gather too heavy for ordinary dict, Russytt Morr, FOREST AND STREAM. Che Kennel, Fixtures. BENCH SHOWS. March 1417.—St. Louis, Mo.—St. Louis Kennel] Club’s show. March 21-24,—Chicago.—Mascoutah Kennel Club’s show. April 4-7,—Boston, Mass.—New England Kennel Club’s bench show. James, Mortimer, Manager, ,, Nov. 22-24.—New York.—American Pet Dog Club's show. S. C. Hodge, Supt. ‘ Mascoutah K. C. Ninth Annual. Cutcaco, Ill, March 11.—The ninth atinual show of the Mascoutah Kentel Club scored a fair success in the First Regiment Armory, Sixteenth street and Michigan avenue, this week, As a society function the dog show is a-fixture, of course, and the attendance was never of higher class, The canine portion of the show also scored at least a success of estimation. There were over 1,000 entires and 575 dogs were acttially benched, The con- duct of the show was smooth and good. The judging was no doubt as popular as it ever is at a dog show, the work being apportioned as below among the different judges. Bloodhounds, St, Bernards, great Danes, Newfound- lands, Russian wolihounds, deerhounds. greyhounds, Dal- matians, poodles, black and tan terriers, dachshunde, skye terriers, Bedlington and Dandie Dinmont terriers, Pom- eranians, Yorkshire and toy terriers, King Charles, Blen- heim, ruby, Prince Charles and Japanese spaniels, Italian greyhounds and miscellaneous, H, W. Lacy, Boston, Mass. ’ Mastiffs, bulldogs, bull terriers, Boston terriers, French bulldegs, fox terriers, Airedale terriers, Irish terriers. Scottish terriers and Welsh terriers. J. J. Lynn, Port Huron, Mich. ; Foxhotinds, Chesapeake Bay dogs, pointers, English, Trish and Gordon setters, and beagles, Major J. M. Tay- lor, New York. Pugs, Arthur Froembling, Chicago. Spaniels, collies and old English sheep dogs, Henry Jarrett, Philadelphia, Pa. English Setters. The class of English setters was not overwhelmingly large, but ran a very good average. One might pick a very fair hunting dog on almost any bench in the setter row. Mr. W. B. Wells, of Chatham, Ont., carried off the principal honors with his string, With Selkirk Dan he took first in the open, first in the limit, first in the win- ners’ and also won the Great Northern Cup for best English setter exhibited, this being the second time he has carried off this trophy, Selkirk Dan was shown in good fettle. He is a fine, upstanding dog with grand body, and running gear all that one could ask. His head is a trifle peaked and bitchy, but not sufficiently to ob- scure his merit as a good type. He is a strong, useful- looking setter, above the medium size of to-day, with beautiful markings and a fine coat. Benched near to Dan in the setters was Gilhooley, second, a fine big fellow of the Laverack type, with splendid bone and a lot of feather, altogether a likely Jooking one, barring an un- pleasant lightish coloring, his coat effect being that of a dingy gray, with pale liver ticking. Gilhooley shows a head hardly of the pure setter model, but oné could hardly help admiring his appearance of power and activity. In the open, bitches, Mr. Wells again took first with Luna, a good-sized, useful bitch, which carried a beau- tiful head, and seemed to have stamina, strength and con- stitution, with a sensible and level-headed look. This bitch was shown in good condition, and looked a winner. Second in this class, Frederica Mathews, is lighter in body than the above. Iris, third, another of Mr. Wells’, is well fitted with head, and indeed appeared throughout the hunting dog. Lun won first in the winners’ class of bitches. Tn the limit class Selkirk Dan and Gilhooley were first and second, third falling to Tony’s Hope, which was shown rather light of flesh. Tony might be better in ap- parent strength of back. In the novice class, bitches, Mr. Wells took first with Selkirk Freda, and second with Sel- kirk Bretta, another of his vest-pocket ones. Mr. Wells has clung to this small type pluckily and does not give in when cited to his winnings in the open classes with good big ones, such as Selkirk Dan and Lune. In the limit class, bitches, first was Miss Mischief, of Dash An- tonio get, a stocky and strong bitch, not large, but of very serviceable look. Mr. Wells came second in this class with Selkirk Freda, Out of all the setters I think one would have most reason to select Selkirk Dan, Gil- hooley, and Mr. Wells’ two larger bitches for dogs of a practical and workmanlike type. All the Canadian dogs were shown in very workmanlike condition, and made a good string. Mr. Wells also won the setter team prize, and indeed he should feel satisfied, for he is taking back nearly everything but the Armory. Pointers. Pointers turned out a good full class, with some good ones, but with an average not up to that of the setters, there being a full showing of weeds. First in the heavy- weight open was Sir Walter, also first in the winners’, also special for best dog or bitch exhibited. Sir Walter was shown in flesh fit for a Japanese wrestler, and appar- ently took naturally to the show business, for he fell into attitudes with the utmost gravity and aplomb. A bit light in color, with pale lemon tickings, this dog is none the less -a hard one to get away from, being In every way a model of force and strength, yet naturally, per- haps, not too heavy for requisite activity. He is a big dog, and as he was furnished up to a house-dog standard, he seemed to lack a certain look of activity which one does not dislike in a field dog, yet as to mere iaultlessness on the floor he left a very good impression. Sir Walter would have probably weighed very near to 6olbs., as he showed, and reduced to under 55lbs. he would have left fully as good an impressioin, I should say. Thus Prince’s Roy, third in the same class, a slightly lighter dog, of good symmetry, nice head and fine body, seemed so much brighter, quicker and.snappier in his catriage as to make one very willing to leave Sir Walter to have a look [Marcu 18, T8090. a athim. Meteor’s Dot II., second, is another big one, and no doubt placed rightly. _In pointers under 5slbs., the St. Louis dog, Hempstead Jim, was first, first also in the open, and reserve in the winners’ stake, I fancied this dog very much. He is compact and muscular, quick as a cat, yet not nervous, and showing apparently a normal constitutiom. He its a pointer one might well take home with him. Devonshire Jennie, first in the open, bitches, over ‘solbs., seemed a long-coupled and rather coarse-headed bitch, In bitches under solbs., first went properly to West- lake’s Startle. Mr. William Werner, of Chicago. secured second with La Luca, the latter of very nice type, but shown rather light in flesh, almost down to field form. In the novice class, dogs, Mr. Werner got H. C. with Sir Buttons. This dog carries a head a bit faulty in stop, and too cheeky. His chest seems too contracted for good heart and lung action. I did not get to see Spot. in the novice class, but Ripstone, first, was my pick of what I saw in this lot. iptons belongs, to Mr. Bisbee, of Fargo, N. D., and I should not dislike to own him as a spectilation for a field dog. He has good frame and legs, and a head at least plenty coarse enough. He comes from a country where they know what a hunting dog should be. Out of all the pointers I saw I liked Prince’s Roy, Hempstead Jim and Sir Walter. The latter achieved first honors, but I cannot avoid disassociating his logy look with the snap and go with one or two of the others. Of course, this is not fair to Sir Walter, for he was heavy in flesh and dull with the circuit. Brighton Joe is another pointer which should not be left out of the mention, placed second in the light-weights, open and limit. Deethounds. It was easy in the deerhounds, Mr. Norvin T, Harris’ gzood young one, Hurstbourne The Sirdar, being the only entry. I mention this dog because he is, or rather will be, a grand one of his sort. He is a bit soft and puppy- ish yet, but is a splendid animal, of great stature, and that dignity of carriage which gives this breed so great a presence, In this class there was next to nothing, and it is a bit surprising that out of all this Western country, where we have more than a theoretical idea of what a greyhound should be, there should be no one to send a few repre- sentatives. The breed seems losing interest in the West. Mr. Roger Williams’ old bitch, Maid Marian, upheld the honor of her kind very nicely. This bitch must be about nine years of age, but looked hardy and fit. She is a handsome tiger brindle, and a very useful looking crea- ture still. Foxhounds. Another very light class. Mr. Norvin T. Harris showed Carmen in the open, bitch, class, American hounds, This bitch has a good record East, and seemed a very good specimen of this ironsides breed. Chesapeakes, Two entries; Chester first, Don Pedro second, Trish Setters. There was but limited showing of these beautiful dogs. In the limit, bitches, Biddy Finglas was first, a beautiful creature of fine frame and good underpinning. Biddy’s head is good, except that the lips are a bit cut back, In the open class, dogs, Lord Lismore was placed first. This one has a head very hard to get away from, but he was shown poor in coat and flesh. Fred Elcho, second, is a good one and was shown fit as a fiddle. In the open, bitches, Queen Vick was first, a very lovable specimen, which also won the Torrence cup for best Irish setter, This breed is always sure to turn out some handsome ani- mals, and the above mentioned are surely to be so classi- fied. aera! aan Oe Gordon Setters, Only eleven dogs were shown. In the open class, dogs, Heather Lad was first, a handsome animal, and looking a winner all over. There is a look of power and endurance to this breed which gives them many devoted admirers, and Lad yery well upholds the credit of his kind. Dwight Grouse, second, is another good Gordon, very high-headed and upstanding, a fine and showy crea- ture. In the open, bitches, Lady Gordon took first by tight, a grand bitch, and shown in good shape. High- land Beulah, second, was light in flesh, which detracted from her appearance, and of Dwight Pleasure I could not think much, Other Classes. In spaniels, one got a good run for his money. Collies showed fairly full. The Russian wolfhounds had grand specimens, and the St. Bernards offered some of the best ones to be found on the circuit, Besides these, there were dogs and dogs, as one sees at all dog shows, each with its admirers, though none of these breeds, I imagine, would appeal to the sportsman sufficiently to warrant extended comment. ‘Trish Setter Club’s Field Trial Prizes. Tue Irish Setter Club of America, having offered $19 for each Irish setter running in any public field trial, be- ginning with the Iowa field trials, Aug. 31, 1898, and ending with the Alabama field trials of February, 1890, desires those entitled to the same to forward their names, address, name of dog and date and place of runnifig to the secretary, George H. Thomson, room 278, City Hail, Philadelphia, before April 1, 1899. tm. Death of Toledo Queen, Derroit, Mich., Feb. t1.—I am sorry to say that To- ledo Queen died to-day. While only eight years old this month, she has won many prizes on the bench and in the field trials since your publication of the cut of her by Mr. Edmund H. Osthaus, she being the best all-round — dog I have ever raised or owned, and was well known to the fraternity of setter dog fanciers. mH ; Guanes A, RATHBONE. = 4st = = - Ere ES mei | Maren 8, 1899. | Points and Flushes. The readers of Forest Ann Stream and his friends generally, will be gratified to hear that John Davidson, of Monroe, Mich,, is recovering from the effects of a badly frozen nose. During the severe weather, which pinched everybody more or less in the latter part of February, John had a good solid dose of it one day walking from his - home near Monroe to the city. Nothwithstanding this, he started to fill his engagement as judge of the bench show, held annually by the Butterflies of Grand Rapids, but the frosted nasal organ aforesaid put in a counter claim that could not be ignored, and John capitulated and went into hospital. He will be all right again in a fortnight. The premium list of the Duquesne Kennel Club of Western Pennsylvania’s first annual dog show, to be held in Old City Hall, Pittsburg, Pa., April r1-14, can be ob- tained of the secretary, Mr. F. S. Stedman, 215 Lewis Bldg., Pittsburg. Entries close April t. We have inquiries for breeders of whippets and great Danes. We lack information of this kind to furnish in- quirers, so‘long as we do not find it in our advertising. columns, i Rifle Range and Gallery. At the Sportsmen’s Show. Revolver and Pistol Contests. Tur revolyer and pistol competition, in the different events at Madison Square Garden, had a list of competitors who, a the close of the competition on Monday night, March 13, were among the possible and probable winners: nee : Match A—Any reyolyer championship, Jee teil eS Tr’ VA. VAC Wie bBeri deus viesccics cs es esee meee erne 60. 58 57—291 Dr Ro ED Sayreses icc et eee sce e ste ec ec cne cena 60 5Y 57 57 5i—288 Ti ADD retreat oe oes cece sie deed eeescavess 56 56 56 57 55—278 GSaiithieeets Mesmens antes tee nsnes eatin ee ne eels 57 56 ‘5b 55 55—278 Ty PS Sadia? Seay cele wee clea esis scenes se 56 55 6b 55 54-275 TN SARS ate 4 a HO eee en ee scebea ices 9 a 56 5b 55 54 54—274 Match B—Military revolver championship Dr A Webberne. roti tipacdeus dee hte sey ae Y shane ee 5b 55 5b 54 5b—274 DY eSayre, tesa OSCR seecesOu J 52 62 51 50—259 GaeSiaithmecnig cee ones ee amet che Gat ores) oom) a, woeyd As 54 54 53 538—272 H M Olney......:. Dente eats Cae la neinte ne veaie sie 49 48 48 48—242 Match C—Pistol championship: Dr A A Webber.......- ‘ is Boesees e Rises. Sey 58 57 57 56 56—284 1G (OS Malbotten van. BA Ra eye niece a, coer or aepcey 56 5b 54 53 56—274 J B Crabtree...-....-..+ yest Rennie Teas acer 53 54 52 51 50-260 Match D—Police revolyer championship: i Dr A A Webber.....-.. S aseite Soe aratr entering 7 57 56 54 58—277 E Wilson ..... eran te Rtecras tice Fos erased an sess 58 52 52 51 50—258 HOM Olney ..------5++% Rees thy tates slum, = (tee Saus t 52 52 50 60 49—253 _ E E M Wendestedt.....soscccesesvescctsceseone 52 51 49 49 49—250 HS Seeley...-....-- pelt sic een ents acs emaea Bl 48- 46.45 45—235 Rifle Contests. Av the close of the rifle contest on Monday night, March 13, the contestants ae their scores, so far as they were possible winners, are as follows: : Individual championship: F. C. Ross 2425, L. P. Ittel 2419, L. Buss 2412, L. Flach 2409, Geo. Dorr 2403, R. J. Young 2301, W. A. Tawes 2390, Dr. W. G. Hudson 2889, G. Schlicht 5886, Dr. A. A Stillman 2882, L, P, Hansen 2380, Nemo 2380, P. J. O’Hare 2368. Continuous match, 25-ring target, 3 shots, possible 75: 747 LE TO Busse. ete csssscecens ers Eu pet see ert he sae 70 71 oS. 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TRL GY VGN ee sean pr ee ee 68 70 Digunorcler Wedeasscheece a: eee 73.73 Dr W G Hudson........... 68 70 [2 105 TREE abne amination 72.73 Uheo R Geisel ...,........ 67 69 “1h. gPy littell 7. est.se eee = - TAL Ge Bbeyetrtatee+ sspears 66 70 GuSchlicht oys.ssseats osenee very ISP Teybbenoysl (toners n sna iyein 68 72 TP Hansen ..cccessseyeens (exyal lL TPecikleyie poses ast 67 68 Si yore tanens seme wavyeeesi2 72 J W Christiansen..:-.-....- 64 68 IN[eeate As cemoguoomeerney, eal 7072 W A Hicks ....:, seep, 62 65 Bullseye target, best center shot, by measurement, to count: Degrees. 2 2 Degrees, Gus Zimmermann........---- HG GS CHITCh esr pee egriete = 22 a CS GPa 635s souareeuer 6 € Meyer .:... é 22 Dr A A Stillman ..... leeeenlGls BeSebillardy oy. 5: -23 W Christianson......-:2-+- 18 W A Lempke ........-. eth Tbrshilose (on as eine sts ole Gye SN ISSN | peat sagaawieese loc ood 27g Uy TREE ER none meets op saric 1934 G E Jantzer .......-..-.-.-.. 28 SWE TR br Oper aye nee boss 20 Theo Re Geisel ........---.. 28 HD -Miller <2 22.020 Un ater 21 SRB iazitraae eoetietepttetiel ete sear 29 WBN sao se5g5o ye sa eroe 21 Nenatz Martin 5. s9s05-5.s0~ 3116 IBYepaAINE 2555 455ggamaaaRA Dili (GY \ikerdal Ruceboodeeogospensce: 34 Premiums for best five tickets on continuous match, five best to count: Gus) Fimmeérmant .....:.sseeres ewe eteee sos ee 72-72 172 74 T4364 1Opastnicc) AAR ee aan dak uGbn no onh nrnoseemicoe4s Tl #72 72 T4 + T5—364 ROS MPT AV ee. oben bs Wilmemnireip rnin ye bore beer tthe Ti 71 71 74 75—862 , Trophies. Trophy winners of Daily trophies: N. Spering, EF. Girard, J. Facklan, G. Dorr, S. W. Burton, F. N. Obest, C._T. Schukratt, L, P. Hansen, T. H. Keller, Jr, G. E. Jabnsen, F. W. Green, Hl. P. Flagg, T. H. Keller, Sr., G. Worn, E. D. Lentilhon, P. Ee O’Hare, Gus .Zimmermann, J, Bodenstab, BK. D. Miller, R. J. Young, J. W. Christiansen, A, W. Tewess, G Schlicht, SI Lyon, L. Flach, C. H. Phelps, P. Stuber, H. Holges, F. C. Bissett, G. Berneius, E. D. Schorninghous, W. P. 'Uhler, C. C, Connolly, W. Fusell,G, Lenzinger, L. Kellar, J. W. Johnson, Geo. Zimmer- W. A. Lempke, G. omrighausen, L V. G. Hudson, T. H. Geisel, H. H. Bahn, H. Von Hagen, P. Trainer, F, C_ Ross, W. A. Hicks, A. Ballard, P. Di Fraser J. Martin, C. Meyer, C. Rein, Dr, A. A. Stillmann. * Grap- Shooting. If you want your shoot to be announced here send in notice like the following: _ Fextures. March 17.—Hoboken, N. J.—Hackensack River Gun Club’s handicap shoot at live birds, at Heflich’s Hotel. Open to all. Main event, 10 live birds, $5 entrance. John Chartrand, Sec’y. March 23.—Brooklyn, L. I.—Live-bird handicap of the Brooklyn Gun Club, at Lyndhurst,,N. J. John Wright, Manager. March 23.—Newark, N, J.—Regular club shoot of the East Side Gun Club. L. H. Schortemeier, Captain. March 25.—Pawling, N. Y.—Postponed shoot of the Pawling Rod and Gun Club. Geo. S. Williams, Sec’y. March 25.—Newark, N. J.—Monte Carlo shoot of the East Side Gun Club; main event 12 birds; 6 at 29, 6 at 3lyds. : April 5-7—Richmond, Va,—Tournament under of W. C. Lynham. Targets and live birds. April 4-5—Chambersburg, Pa—Chambersburg, Gun Club’s spring live-bird and target tournament; open to all. M. Runk, Captain. April 11-18—El!kwood Park, Long Branch, N. J.—The Inter- state Association’s seventh annual Grand American Handicap tournament. Entries close April 4. Edward Banks, Sec’y, 318 Broadway. management FOREST aND STREAM. April 1820.—Lincoln, Neb—The Lincoln Gun Club's second annual interstate tournament; targets and live birds; $600 added, Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y. i : April 18-21.—Baltimore, Md,—Prospect Park Shooting Assacia- tion's tournament; $500 added, Stanley Baker, See’y. Sportsmen’s Association’s “Tournament. THERE was much to do in all parts of the Garden on the open- ing day of the Sportsmen’s Exposition, so much so that it was impossible to get the magautrap and motor in place in time to begin before near the middle of the afternoon. Mr, Elmer E. Shaner, the manager, was a very busy man, atid but for his energy there would have been no shooting on the opening day. The Gar- den carpenters were in demand everywhere, and it required close attention and assertiveness to keep them at work on the roof. The weather was too bad. A high wind, catching the targets at the highest altitude of their flight, made them erratic, and the scores suffered in consequence. The targets had a flight of 40yds. to the foot of the high board fence straightaway, and all the flights were little less than a field of 90 degrees of a circle. The shooters stood on a raised platform, I6yds. from the traps, and behind them was a space which was occupied by spectators and crowded most of the time. The tournament so far has been one of the most sought attractions of the Exposition. The tournament was held on the west end of the Garden, high above the street, yet far up high was the airy, figure of Diana, neatct a goddess in fact than she had ever been since, she took up her lofty perch on the Garden tower. A high board fence stirrounded all open parts where shot could fly out into space. A broad belt on the fence gradually growing darker as the days passed, indicated where thousands of loads of shot struck. There was no more popular section of the Exposition than that devoted to the tournament. The space allotted to spectators was crowded continuously with gentlemen and ladies, who watched the competition with the keenest interest. The competition never lagged for a moment. On several days the entries of shooters were necessarily refused by Mr, Shaner, and re-entries also were refused, On reference to the scores the reader will note that this tournament engaged the interest of many of America’s most famous shooters, professional and amateur, and the scores made are of a high order. The targets were not so easily smashed as the flights would seem to indicate. When there was a wind, it caught, them at their highest flights, and as there were many swirls and eddies of wind about the nooks and corners, the flights were consequently at such times very erratic. On Wednesdays and Fridays the shooting was ended at 2’clock, to avoid any annoyance to the matinee people who congregate in the theater underneath. An air shaft from the roof made the repotts quite distinctly heard in the parts of the Garden below where the shooting took place. Mr. Shaner was busier than he ever was at a tournament, for the keeping of the records of a continuous match, with their re-entries, constant dropping out of shooters on misses, étc., made an infinity of detail to keep a record of, and it would be an easy matter to “ball up’ the whole shoot if a seriotis error were made. Mr. J. JS. Starr, of Philadelphia, was scorer. Mr, Bill Mc- Crickart, of Pittsburg, was referee. Mr. J. Regan was cashier. The continuous match was a miss-and-out, re-entries unlimited. Thursday, March 2, First Day. As beforementioned, the shooting began so late that Sportsmen's Association championship was the only eyent shot. The scores follow: (©). Hesse 87, W. W. Linthecum 81, O, R. Dickey 92, J. R. Hull 67, J. Tallman 89, Capt, Money 89, Harold Money 88, Dr. Knowlton $4, Le Roy 81, R. G. Clark 77, J. J. Hallowell 93, Wanda 62w. A Friday, March 3, Second Day. The weather conditions were unfavorable for good scores. The light was good, and there was no wind, though there was a raw coldness to the atmosphere quite enough to make one feel un- comfortable. In the Continuous match, Mr. R. O. Heikes was high for the day with a rtm of 8, } Continuous match: I GE WCU eer ee ree odeites soe 85 27 26 49 7 AT Ite phi, Ss pam ipec ia 33 16 J J. Hallowell a5 Ded S}2bail Se ace cee anon sence q x 5 5 a = Os co y Dr J G Knowlton PRS Er Tens AR lorie derctcite setae i let U0 nO 0 Pre ee ee ed mMoelcopocy Hewere w fF People Clar Capt A IEP Osh HeMbsscap tees WS ee Her lh Soe ne Sere e bese e omc ener es ee ween Tm OrsemSeni wicnsreacse ars eaeeees This match begins at 11 A. M. and continues to 1 P. M. each day. The re-entries are unlimited. There ate four prizes, which go to the four men making the four longest runs. ‘There are additional prizes to the man making the longest run each day, Assaciation championship: J. A. R. Elliott 98, Fleming 92, Miss Kay 79, H, Money 86, Dr. Knowlton 20, Du Pont 70, Swivel- ler 52, withdrew, J. von Lengerke 91, B. Waters 66, U. M. C. 60, Tallman 82, Dr. O’Connell 89, Henderson 85, Fairmont 83, R. O. Heikes 89, Banks, re-entry, 20, withdrew, Weightman 5, withdrew, Gadwin 73, Capt. A. W. Money 90, I. Yallman 89, J. S. S. Rensem 71, Apgar, withdrew at 64th, 64; Park 81; Heikes, , re-entry, withdrew at 58th, 44; Hallowell, withdrew, 63; Le Roy 93; Dickey 91; Banks, withdrew, 44; Remsen, withdrew, 56; Capt. Money, re-entry, 95; Hull 82; Phair 58; Von Der Bosch 76, re-entry §3; Fairmount, re-entry, 88; -Moffett 57. Satutday, March 4, Thicd Day. A matinee performance, held in the Garden Theater in the after- noon, caused the management to end the shooting at 1:30, and only the Association championship was. contested, The weather was rainy and uncomfortable. A stiff wind made the shooting difficult. The scores follow: Association Championship: W. W. Linthecum 86; R. O. Heikes 96; O. R. Dickey 90, re-entry, 44, w.; Harry welles 82; Crosby $4; J. R. Hull 37 w.; Phair 79; Le Roy 95, re-entry 45, w.; Van Allen 93; Robinson 65; T. F. Allen 72; B. H. Norton 84; F. F, Wood 60; C. CG. Brinton 80; I. Tallman 96; J. A. R. Elliott 92; J. J. Hallowell, 86; Capt. Money 88; Miss Ikay 39, w.; Wanda 13, Ww. Monday, March 6, Fourth Day. The weather was really good, and favorable for high scores. The high runs were: Heikes 79, Elliott 51. a Continuous match: SN a Via eM eTiy onctcce ar ites ee 14 65 4 0 0 3 22512 6 3 a STS crenec nines Ute et ok eces 942 4 (OP AP GRE ears Saka, ARE Benen moneers 800140 0 ME ES ett tees peteviotstalode tele biel pep p be cictue-s ee 10 8 SRW Noite yarscctgetcty igietntele} iyiciaeiesl scoters 12,8 2 0 01613 0 0 6 1S 1 bet OREM Ee Ape AAMAS BAAS EASA ARBORS 42018 6 Capt A. 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Hallowell 92; re-entry, 8; B. Le Roy 93: Ed Banks 88, re-entry, 97; O. R. Dickey 90; Paul North 71; H. Blauvelt 76; H. Money 91; T. W. Mortey 86; R. Parker 22; G. E. Avery 86; G. D. Libby 77; Chas. Phair 82; R. Swiveller 78; H. Welles 79; Dr, O’Connell 90; S. M. Van Allen 90; Ray Godiom 67; A. Robinson 58; Wanda, withdrew; A. Doty 65; Geo. S. McAlpin 92. ‘Tuesday, March 7, Fifth Day. There was a big snowstorm and a strong wind, which made 218 ——— oe ee —— the most difficult kind of shooting, Shooting began at 1:30, and only one event was shot. P Championship match: Chas, Phair 65, re-entry, 68; R, O, Heikes 88; B, Le Roy 81; G. E, Avery 68, re-entry 67: Ph. Daly, Jr, 68, re-entry, 69; McDuff 72; Cape Money 87, re-entry, 76; Ed Banks 60, withdrew; Dr. Weller 85, withdrew; Geo. Patterson 63: Wray 24, withdrew; H. Colt 83, withdrew; W, H. Sanders 48, withdrew; A. Schnebel_ 63; F, E. Wredericks 73; W. M. Smith 74; J. Dawson 48; E. D, Lentilhon 74; B, H. Norton 71; E. Dz Fulford 85; C, Evans 70. Wednesday, March 8, Sixth Day. This was matinee day, and only one event was shot. There Were signs of tain and the light was dark, Association championship: B. Hl. Norton 76, re-entry 82; H. P. Collins 56, re-entry 58; C. Mager withdrew, re-entry, withdrew; R. Swiveller 64 out of 75, withdrew; S. M. Van Allen withdrew, re-entry, 90; Hl. Colt, withdrew; B. Le Roy 90; J. 5. 5S. Remsen 82; J. R. Hull 74; Chas, Phair withdrew, re-entry 78; R, E. Wigham 55; ©, R. Dickey withdrew; J. P. Howe withdrew; Gus Greiff 76; Ed Banks withdrew; re-entry, 93; G. W. Beadel 80; E. D, Pulford 85, re-entry, 90; J. A. R. Elliott 92, re-entry, 89; R. O, Heikes 93; J. J. Hallowell 85; H. Martin 61; L. B. Fleming 89; O. Hesse withdrew; Capt. Money 87. Thursday, March 9, Seventh Day. The weather was dark and raw. There were so many shooters, however, that Mn Shaner refused many entries, as it was impos- sible to finish more, than he had in hand, and he also refused re-entries. Association championship: O. Hesse 91, A. Betti 68, Colin R. Wise 86, J. R. Hegeman 78, J. R. Hull 90, BE. Be Coe 75, D. J, Peters 79, Capt. Money 88, H. P. Collins 68, E. du Pont 74, J. S. S, Remsen 82, L, B. Fleming 91, Dudley 33, 5. M, Van_Allen 92, Galloway, Jr., 81, G. Mosher 75, W. Torpey 88, E. D. Fulford 92, N. P, Pechin 78, D. W, Coats 78, B. Waters withdrew, J. R, Elliott 94, B. H. Norton 67, P. Daly, Jr., 78 Fred Wood 35, W. Sanders withdrew, C. H, Brockway 48, G. Hatfield 79, E. D. Miller 68, Dr, Jackson 85, J. Miler 57, C. G. Blauford 68, W. P. Hall 75, C. C. Brinton 6t, PF. B. Tracy 80, R. O. Heikes 94, Ed Banks 86, B. Le Roy 91, O, R. Dickey 82, J. J. Hallowell 96. Continuous match: FHKE COTS ge yy Pence OOK Cae Pr oe ee 8916 6 0262113 1 031 0 RGMSen ssFecnion dares rcey Caen berbrds Oi8i4 02113 0 6 RUG) ELSES | sitos rs wrrinee ocory Neg eet rs 13 0 T1417 9 10 18 14 45 E D fFulford:...... 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There were many shooters who came late whose entries could not be ~ accepted, for want of time, Continuous match; = bo 4 Ino) i = 2 re 20 vu Mo So Nor rc co He lr) = oo = iva) QO R Dickey Te pelas Heat ek ey veces tote ee isaaaide sas v CBE IDE AD EU ari ae Se ee Pere eee aa ger Grates parce onic catceee te cern oka tate W Simpson aI ATES Ath tae ee ee Tne oeeaee Team race, both teams from University of Pennsylvania, 50 targetS per man: Team No. 1—W. T, Singer 36, W. C. Neilson 47, F. L. Cooper 33, B. D, Parish 37, Oglesby Paul 45—198. Team No. 2—W. M. Swain 48, W, Ray Baldwin 37, S. F. Weaver 34, W. A. Steel 36, Fred Law 31—181. The weather was pleasant and favorable for good scores. Association championship: Norton 61, Collins 73, Fleming 80, W. Simpson withdrew, E, D,. Fulford withdrew, Heikes 95, Hallo- well 86, Le Roy 84, Banks 96, Dickey 96, F. Tracy 88, Fiull 84, F. Mason 84, J, Miller 78, Fairbanks 74, 1D. N. Coats 78, J. Elliott 98, H. L, Gates §3, D. Peters 76, P. Hagenow 64, Swiveller 7h, E. B. Coe 82, Fred Wood 31, P. Brinton 65, J. Delany 384, C. Le Moyne 49, €. C. Brinton 70, Wanda withdrew, F. M. Embree 73, A. Scheubel 78, F. Bissett 74, Ph. Daly, Jr., 82, W. M. Smith 72, J. H, Cummings 57, J. Williams 74, W, H. Sanders withdrew, Heikes 98, Banks 80, Hallowell 84, Le Roy 91, Swiyeller 71, F. Wood 87, R. L. Packard withdrew, E. D. Lentilhon 76, E. O. Weiss 46, B. F. Amend 90, €. D, Sutton 57, C. R, Schneider 83, Tracy 70. NS: Saturday, March 11, Ninth Day. _The weather was pleasant, with a delightful touch of the spring- time. It was matinee, so shooting stopped early in the afternoon. Only one event was shot. . _ Association championship: B..H. Norton, 8, re-entry, 76; H. P. Collins 68; A. Robinson 58, re-entry, 61;. Paul Brinton 61; C. C. Brinton 68; R, O. Heikes 91, re-entry, withdrew; J. A. R, Elliott 93; B. Le Roy 96,, re-entry, withdrew; Ed Banks 89, re- entry, withdrew; O. R. Dickey 90; C. Siech 54; S. M. Van Allen 97; H. Martin 82; O. Hesse 92; L, B. Fleming 95; J. R. Hull 79; E, D. Fulford 95; Capt, Money, 86, re-entry, 88; H. L. Gates 84; R. Godwin 78, Monday, March 13, Tenth Day. The weather was pleasantly clear. Association championship: . H. Norton 78; €. Le Moyne 53; TH. P, Collins 55; Swiveller 75;.W._H. Hyland 78; C. G, Blana- ford 88; Miss Mamie Hyland 68; H. Martin 80; Dr. Knowlton withdrew; J. Delany 62; R. O. Heikes 93; J. J. Hallowell 92; B. Le Roy 89; Ed Banks 84; O. R. Dickey 88; A. B, Cartledge 91; Pl Daly, Jr., 81, re-entry, 80; L. B. Fleming 983. Capt Money 89, re-entry, 94; T. W. Morfey 92; Wanda 58; S. M. Van Allen 94; J. Martin 87; IT. C. Wright 87; D. Lefever 85; J. A. R. Elliott, 95; Ed Taylor "81; Dr. O’Connell 88; L. C. Cornell 76; Fred Wood 58; J, Jones 66; W. Terrell 77; D. N. Coats withdrew;.J. P. Paret 66; R. C. Reeves 57; C. H. Brock- way 21; J. Carlough 77; G. Hatfield 72; F. E. Sinnock 82; B. Le Roy 95; B. F. Amend 88. ; Team race—Columbia College: =r Rope te=3ts ~1co — et ad Noche eS (fa) o> OA) ome e ao co ce cE) Oi aio vain Anne ocr 17 18—35 J. P Mitchell............ 7 12—19 G W Beadel......... ye. 20 12—82 ie, R E Wigham.....,..... 16 16—32 141 B C Fiedler, Jr....,..... 9 14—23 Continuous match: O Heikes.....0--+se- 2819 14 5 3 22 Ome Dickevinenas-ses 5 16 AD (Ge AW eR, Atk Bop eean LP Blds LXGT 02 8" 4 Tos ir a7 t2 S M Van Allen........ Osos 20 OF -27 OF Os: Dea larony tone cere. eee 214 2 3 42 9 224 JE} lab geWoraweyole “he conrdc. a hak fi W L € Cornell...........-. 0070400308208 i10~0 Ed Banks..... ens 8i1 0 401612 701383 0 3 J AR Elliott. 9 0 131210 6 2 711 $62 39 fey Ibe one Caes, 5 0 2 14 81 HP Collins............. : L B Fleming 25 7 i IS NE bdahslyiaphpics oA doe 629 5 2 6 J) J) Hatlowelle es .+. + --). 25) 0) 2. al i Capt Money... sranes- 448 75 : TOW Morfey.......eese7: 0 9 ! Tein alin eoes areca 2 ; _ Tuesday, March 14, Eleventh Day. The weather was bright and pleasant. 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Lanne patio v sipisie sis iplb viele luce UL -Bradshawe siesilee yh erro hee .5 0 Cipte ATONE Vel tic eit wast tN inctets 1 3 321 Association championship; D, N, Coats 73, re-entry, 82; J. H, Hall 54; J. H, Platt 70; C. R, Wise 80, re-entry, 74; Wanda 66; J. A. R. Elliott 98; Capt. Money 95; re-entry $6 and 95; J. R. Hull 83; J, Bradshaw 81; I. Tallman 93; J. J. Hallowell 80; B. Le Roy 90; S. M. Van Allen 92; O. R. Dickey 95; Le Fevre 79; L. P: Cornell 66, re-entry, 70 and 77; H,. Behrman 51; W. d: Elias 49, re-entry 34; H. KK. Jackson 80; U, M. €, 60; F..E. Sinnock 87; Fred Wood 73; Ed Taylor 88; R. O. Heikes 97; P. Daly, Jv., 93; J. Moller 61; J. C. Hicks 91; Templeton 81; J. Delany 8&8, Geo. Chapin withdrew. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. -There will be shoots at Elkwood Park on Thursday and Friday } of this week. Thoge who contemplate entering the Grand American Handicap should resurrect and scrape the rust off their fusees, squint along the barrels to see that they are not bent too much, and kill 50 or 60 pigeons ‘straight in a nonchalant manner, just by way of a preliminary canter before the serious work begins. Also it would not be a bad act to write to Mr. Edward Banks, secretary of the Interstate Association, for a copy of the new rules, and haying obtained it, let the recipient sit down in solemn earnestness and read it carefully. There are some good things in those rules, which are good for all people to know. ‘There are some things in them which con- testants will find are necessary to know. Begin practice and study hard. Messrs. Parker Bros., Meriden, Conn., have issued their calendar, covering the time fram March 1 of this year’ to March 1, 1900. It is neatly and artistically gotten up. It bears fine portraits of thirty enthusiastic admirers of the Parker gun, whose names will be found in the annals of hot and successful competition, the last one of the group being the youngest, an excellent likeness of Master Guy Grigsby, of Louisville, Ky., thirteen years old, who scored 49 out 50 birds, at Louisville, Ky., Nov. 24, and won the Louisville handicap thereby with his 12-gauge Titanic steel Parker gun. This calendar will be mailed postpaid to gun clubs, sending . their addresses to Parker Bros., ot to individuals on receipt of 10 cents to pay postage. The contestants who qualified to compete in the Association championship finals, in the Sportsmen’s Association’s tournament, Madison Square Garden, March 2 to 15, are: J. A.-R Elliott 98; R. O. Heikes 98; Edward Banks 97; S. M. Yan Allen 97; J. J. Hallowell 96; B. Leroy 96; O. R. Dickey 96; Isaac Talman 96; Capt. A. W. Money 96; (Ey. Boies 95; E. D, Fulford 95; Phil Daly, Ji., 98; Oscar Hesse 92; T. W. Morfey 92; G. 5S. McAfpin 92; Harold Money 91; A. B. Cartledge 91, J. Van Lengerke 91; J. R, Hull 90; Dr. O'Connell 90; B. F, Amend 90; Geo. Fairmont 88; F, B. Tracy 88; C. G, Blandford 8&8; Ed Taylor 88; J, Delany 88; J. C. Hicks 91, The fac-simile reproduction of the monster 12, 10 and Sin, guns, in the exhibit of Messrs. Laflm & Rand, in Madison Square Garden during the Exposition, were an object of unending inter- est. The guns were 2h admirable imitation of steel. A than with a lovely woman, who seemed to believe that he was a repository of all wisdom, asked him what the mass of steel with a projectile resting far in it meant. He promptly informed her that it illus- trated the great force and penetration of the modern projectile. Tt had been fired at the mass of stee] and had penetrated far into it without in the least losing shape. The lovely woman will probably always believe that the man told the truth. On Friday, March 31, at Charter Oak Park, Gloucester, N. J., there will be a 25-live-bird handicap, 25 to 82yds., entrance $10, birds at 85 cents a pair. Rose system, Interstate rules to govern. Entries, accompanied by $2.50 forfeit, to be made to Mr. W. K. Park, 345 Third street, Philadelphia. No post entry will be per- mitted to stand closer than aby ds. Shooting commences at 12 M. ‘Trains for Dobb's Station, leave Chestnut street wharf at 9:30 and 10:30, direct fo grounds, Messrs. J. Frank Kleinz and A, Vincent will manage the shoot. Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, the able manager of the Interstate Asso- ciation, was accompanied by his son, Mr. Reed Shaner, a trimly built athletic young man, who is much a chip of the old block. He was one of the delegation of swimmers trom the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club, of Pittsburg, which contested in the water polo and other events. On Saturday, March 11, in the 100vd. consolation race Mr. Reed Shaner finished a close second to MeMillan, of the New York Athletic Club. The Baltimore Shooting Association, at a recent meeting, elected officers as follows: -President, Mr. Chas. Macalester; Vice-Presi- dent, Mr. Harry Ducker; Secretary, Mr. H. P. Collins; Treasurer, Mr. J. ©. Hicks; Field Captain, Mr. James R. Malone. Board of Directors: Messrs. Harrison, Harvey, Mann, Wilson and Ewing. ‘There were probabilities that a_strong delegation would represent Baltimore at the G, A. H., Messrs. Ducker, Collins, Malone, Ewing, Macalester, Hicks, La Tour, Fox, Dickerson, Schultz and others being mentioned as probable competitors in it, The Lincoln Gun Club, of Lincoln, Neb., has sent out adyance postals, outlining the plans of its shoot, to be held April 18-21, at Lincoln. The first, second and third days will be de- voted to target shooting, targets free, and the hye birds will be shot on the fourth day,. On this day the Western Interstate jiyve-bird handicap will be shot. The conditions of this event ate 25 live birds, 25 to 32yds. handicap, $100 in gold added. Pro- grammes will be ready April 1. Geo. Carter is secretary. The tournament of the Pawling Rod and’ Gun Club, which was fixed to take place on Lincoln’s Birthday, but which, owing to the great snowstorm. was postponed to March 25, has the same programme as formerly announced, with the exception of an extra handicap event, which has a cash prize of $5. Those who desire a pleasant shoot among companionable gentlemen would do well to keep this shoot in mind as one to attend. G. 5, Williams, Sec’y. The conditions of the Brooklyn Gun Club’s live-bird handicap shoot, which will be held on Tom Morfey’s grounds, at Lyndhurst, N. J., next week, on Thursday, have been changed from 16 live birds, $15, to 15 live birds, $10, birds included. John Wright expects to give this shoot after his best style of management. Shooters should arrange to come early so that the main event will not extend into the twilight. The regular club shoot of the East Side Gun Club will take place on Thursday, March 23, the fourth Thursday of the month, as usual. Also an open shoot will take place under the Cluh’s auspices, on Friday, March 25, beginning at 10 A. M. The new automatic traps will be used. The main event will be a “Monte Carlo,” 6 at 29 and 6 at 8lyds., and a handicap event at 15, 20 or 26 live birds. = The annual meeting of the Worcester, Mass., Sportsman’s Club was held at the Bay State House, Wednesday evening, March 1, and: the following officers were elected for one year: President, A. B. F. Kinney; First Vice-President, E. S. Knowles; Second Vice-President, G, S. Davis; Treasurer, F. M. Harris; Secretary, A. W. Walls. Executive Committee: C. W. Walls, C. A. Han- son, C, E. Forehand, H. P. Emory. Saturday of this week is likely to be a day of exceptional interest on the grounds of the New Utrecht Gun Club, at Woodlawn, the latter club shooting its return match on that day and place with the Crescent Athletic Club, of Brooklyn. The Crescents won the first match with ease, but now that the New Utrecht shooters are bestirring themselves and considering the matter more seriously, it is likely that the next contest will be harder, On March 25, if nothing interferes with present arrangements, there will be a contest for the E. C. cup and the championship of New Jersey, between Mr. Harold Money, the present holder, and Mr. Oscar esse, of Red Bank, N. J., the challenger. He represents the Walsrode powder in this country. The Boiling Springs Gun Club’s grounds, at Rutherford, N. J., will be the scene of the contest. Mr. E. S. Rice sends us, just in time to catch this edition, this dispatch: “Chicago, Ill, March 14.—Editor Forest and Stream: Dupont-Hazard Smokeless Powder Express, solid vestibule train, via B, & O., will carry Western sportsmen to the Great American Handicap, leaving Chicago afternoon of April 8, due Elkwood Park Monday- morning, making short Bape at Pittshurg, Cumber- land, Harper's Ferry and Washington.—R. 5. Riee,” FOREST AND STREAM. The following excerpt is from Western Sports: “Dr, W. F, Carver, the noted plainsman, was a participant in thé annual shoot of the Spokane Rod and Gun Club, on Washington’s Birthday. Ide and Tom Ware were the sctatch men in a 50-bitd handicap, Carver and C. L. Hoffman will represent Spokane in the Grand American Handicap at Elkwood Park, New Jersey.” Mr, G, G. Zeth, secretary of the Altoona Rod and Gun Club, under date of March 8, writes us as follows: “Altoona is still pushing forward in shooting matters. We have just ordered a second magautrap, and will haye complete equipment both at” our Llyswen and Wopsononock Heights grounds, | gramme for this tournament will be announced later.” At a recent meeting, the Emerald Gun Club elected officers as follows: President, Capt. J. A. H. Dressel; First Vice-Presi- dent, L. H. Schortemeier; Second Vice-President, €. Billings; Secretary, B. Amend; Treasurer, J. H. Moore. mittee; Dr. G. VY. Hudson, L. H, Schortemeier, W. Amend, C. Billings, T. Cody, W. Sands, T, Short, In the last contest for the Clinton Bidwell trophy, at Buffalo, N. Y., under the auspices of the Buffalo Audubon Gun Club, Mr. Harry D. Kirkover, Jr., defeated Mr. E. C. Burkhardt for it py a score of 20 to 19. The next contestants for it are Messrs. elsey, Bennett, Russe] and Besser, in the order named, if they utilize their opportunity to challenge. A peculiar feature of the contest in the continuous match on the roof of Madison Square Garden on Friday of last week was Elliott’s long run of 85 straight, tieing Heikes’ run of the same figure, and missing his 86th. One miore target would have placed him in the lead, but how many, many shooters haye sighed for just that one more. From Western Sports, we gather that Mr. Harvey McMurchy, of Smith gun fame, was due in San Francisco, where he would tarry some months. The hearty welcome accorded Mr. McMurchy indicates that there are no frazzles on his popularity. It is wni- form in all points of the compass. : W. C. Lynham, manager of the Richmond, ‘Va., tournament, has coneluded to change the dates of his shoot to April 5, 6 and 7, 1n order to allow some Southern shooters an opportunity to take in both this and the Interstate handicap on one trip. The The pro- -dates previously set were March 28-30. At a monthly ects of the Haverhill Gun Club, held March 6, the resignation of Sec’y Geo. F. Steyens was received and accepted. C. F, Lambert was elected to succeed him, and all communications, etc., should be addressed to him, _The programme of the State Game and Fish Protective Asso- ciation, published in Forrest anp STREAM of March 11, is a model programme for those who enter a contest from an amateur stand- point, f On Friday of this week, the Hackensack River Gun Club's handicap shoot at live birds will take place, Open to all. Main event, 10 live birds, $5 entrance, The contest will take place at Heflich’s Hotel. In their last team contest, thirteen men on a side, the Hudson Gun Club and the Oceanie Gun Club fied on 235 out of a possible eee ei Struggle was close from start to finish, Return match pril 3. - : We have a number of programmes of the Grand American Handicap, which we will be pleased to send those who apply for them, BERNARD WATERS. Sport in Texas, Houston, Texas, March 2:—Editoy Forest and Streant: TI have had a very pleasant outing in southern Louisiana and Texas, and am on my way through Texas and hope to be at Hast in April. I had made all arrangements to have some quail and snipe shaoting at Lake Charles, La., with my friend Joe ©. Elsheerby, of that place. Unfortunately, he was called away on business, so we were deprived of his company. We found quail fairly plentiful, but the snipe had been driven south by the intense cold and had not returned. Mr, John W. Philips accompanied me from New Orleans to Lake Charles, and on our first day we got about fiffy quail and snipe; second day, thirty to thirty-five. We then tried the chickens, but that was no go, probably because most of them haye been shot, it being very late in the season, At Beaumont, Texas, however, we had splendid snipe shooting, bagging 79 the first day, 103 the second. Dr, Phillips then re- turned home, and [I stayed one day mote and got 97, tsing my 20-gauge Parker gun and shells specially formulated by U. M. C, Thomas. While at Beaumont I met for the first time Mr, George Oliver, a noted hunter and frontiersman, who took us out to where the birds were found. : We found Uncle George, as everybody calls him, a most thor- ough sportsman, a grand! prairie man and one who is familiar with all kinds of game to be found in his section that his services are invaluable. He has a pointer dog that as a snipe dog cannot be beaten—one of these everlasting, never-zive-up kinds, and one that is always just in the right place. Bill, he calls him, is a wonder. J never saw him squat. He did not make one false point during three days, found birds wherever they were, never flushed a bird that would lie, and all in all, is a most remarkable dog. I would like some expert's opinion of that dog, As a meat dog he has no superior, There is a very good run hotel at Beaumont, The Cordova, and Mr, Rane, the manager, does all he can to make it pleasant for his guests. . We did not work hard on any day, and could have killed a food many more snipe had we stayed out later. We got back to town every day sunup. Most of the shooting was done over pointers, so you may im- agine what a grand feast this was to us. Uncle George is a character well worth studying, and should _ you ever go to Beaumont be sure you look him up. He is one of the most affable, good-natured men I have ever met, and it is a delight to find such. Thoroughly reliable and au fait in eyery- thing that pertains to the chase, he is an acquisition to any shooting party. I should have stated that on last day, Uncle George bagged from 20 to 25 birds of my 97, and could have killed many more had he tried. I lost perhaps a dozen in high grass and weeds, so all in all, we killed quite 300 snipe in the three days. Uncle George shoots and swears by the Parker gun. A. W. pu Bray, Buckeye Gun Club. Dayton, O., March 10.—The Buckeye Gun Club, of this city, held its annual meeting at the Phillips House, March 8 The following officers were elected: President, Chas. Raymond; Vice- President, John Campbell; Secretary, John ak ne Treasurer, Christ Keyfaber. Executive Committee: Dr. L. A. Adams, Albert Wroe and H. Protzman, The first shoot under the new management was held March 10, at the club grounds. I attribute my good work since-the first of the year to the fact that I have been shooting my new Smith gun sinee that time. It does splendid work: TRAE). sie 220 Aten: On ueoe 4111110011111111111111111—24 E 1011119991111131191111111— 24 11191109199111101111191111— 24 1991001011011. 25 _ Ta J eb Yaseetl@le | ss eqeneyanau ood 11103100111011 41101— pera Are TOIT —24 1111101111111010011114111—27 11110011110011101110111711—19— 84 a dbee nearer aausases 10110111011011911101311111—20 1191111119110111109 111122 1101111111111000111101100—18 1101111110111101017711111—21, 1110111011110110011011101—18—_ _ 99 ae UM AMER S Sera non of 0099991919111113110111101—22 0100001111110111001010111—15 1400110111. 1011111 101133, 40100.1991111111011111 01123 011.019911911111111110111— 22-405 E. D, Rin. M Schwind .- H Altick Catchpole GuntClub. Woucotr, N. ¥., March 10,—The score herewith was made in a practice shoot by two of our members. To-day was not our regular shooting day. The targets were thrown very hard and fast from the magautrap, Mr, Wadsworth shot at 60 targets; Mr. Fowler at 50: ore ctere hernete tl 4 ORs poe ke vee e DIAIONITIN TAIT aa 5 111111011011110110011110111101—51 «see »011110001110101111001010010110 By Howlbrncee+ rereeevenrayes ©4909 0047011001011110010 —29 Handicap Com- - by the time the first is found and shot at. Arkansas Traps. Littie Rock, Ark., March 9.—On Monday of this week the © first liye-bird match shot here in quite a while occurred, True, the only thing involved was the price, of the birds and a supper, but nevertheless this race created no little amount of interest; for, though the conditions were of the most trying kind, each of the principals shot a good nervy race. With weather of a wintry nature, and the wind blowing a fierce gale, and freshly caught country birds, the shooters indeed had a problem that was not easy to solve; so that the score of 20 and 18 respectively was sood shooting, Flow good the birds really were is evidenced by the fight, there not being a single incomer nor a sitter in the entire lot trapped, while most of them were twisting drivers, as the wind was blowing directly away from the score. Browall has had some previous experience, though it is very limited. But Leymer has had practically none, so that this was really his initial experience with the pigeons. Both of the principals expect to be participants in the Grand American Handicap, and both having just received new Remington ejector guns, which they were anxious to test, it was suggested that they pit their skill against each other in a 25-bird race. This being satisfactory to both parties, the race was speedily arranged. American Association rules governing, the shooting was done at 28yds. rise. Three of Browall’s lost birds were twisting drivers irom No, 5 trap; one of these was dead out of bounds, This seemed to be his Jonah trap. Leymer had two birds dead ont of bounds, while his misses were dis- tributed along the entire line. Under the trying conditions, each shooter made some exceptionally fine kills with his second barrel, Trap score itype—Copyright, 1899, by Forest and Siream Pub, Co. B541151415153142512544658 AARLRATRR SA SRTARASA T ERAAAR Browall,,..,.-:....- L1i24ee422020220022.2 *42 22 v—20 BSL538383493382252442938184212 TAAPAART RT TRAAZAAT URARAAAA Leyimer.i.---... eV 2Z2Z2LT12200%221F020F141429312 1-18 Wednesday is the regular club day, and this week for the first time this season there was a good turnout, which may be attributed to the fact that our game season is now vyirtually over, there being nothing to shoot but ducks, and snipe. The weather conditions in many respects were similar to those of Monday, as the wind blew almost as hard, but it was pleasant and warm. The pigeons trapped were another capital lot, there- fore, Pemberton’s score of 22 out of 25 was a high-class piece of shooting. The wind and the birds were too hard a proposition for the rest of the shooters, ~ In the target eyents, Irwin was high man with 25 out of 30, which, too, was good shooting in the winds. For, while the traps were set at the lowest possible tension, the targets, aided by the wind, were thrown all of 60yds., and in addition to this they were yery erratic, Lenow is second and South third. All target events were 15 singles, unknown angles, Sergeant system, expert fraps. The target scores, with the exception of Irwin’s were very indifferent Live birds: Pemberton ........ 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RON bs Come pee é Paut RK. Lirzxe. Boston Gun Club. Werttineton, Mass., Mareh 10:—A dozen shooters found things comfortable at Wellington last Wednesday—the éleventh contest i prize series, A bad wind interfered seriously with con- templated scores, for it had «a knack of playing hide-and-seek with the targets, that made an ordinary aim almost useless. After a battle with 10 targets, the shooters agreed with Mr. Spencer, who extracted satisfaction from a 6 total, because “three of them had been unkillable anyway.” After this “unkillables? were frequent, and the wind was taxed with the majority of cireles which freely decorated the score sheet, The match at doubles presented a somewhat pathetic ap- pearance, but 16 to 18yds. rise on a windy day is sufficient excuse, ~ the second target being yery much at the mercy of the breeze Other scores: Events: 123 4 5 6 7 8 91011 129391615 Targets: 10 105p 1010 5610 5 3p1010 101010 5 (Groadkoyety ly) eererty oapouctad 846895683 48 79 7 8 4 NETS eave els ten ghar eterno 810 679 59 32477 BS... Woodruff, 17 ..... Sh, "3b Te DE eS a ee Saas De(etoy tials aN A neice BGs -27=6) Gas 22) a) BG ele Williams, 15 ..,,....-.e0e OT eee. bo eG a) Gy 2) Caterers et Dey Fellgeves, UTE ees sige: ons) il hee He 9472 48-9 6 8 8 ¢ Spencer, 18 ... & 8 6 6 8:2 6.8 8 & Fb Diver, 16 -. FeO, Wits) ests ainsi ee Ford, 16 .... Me ales ss RN ie amare Ra TE DR, CLM Gee ton et nn Gree CORRE BEN en lean eS A Ss ai i i Events 1, 5, 7, 10 and 14, known angles; 2, 6, 8, 11, 18 and 16, unknown; -3 and 9, pairs; 4 and 12, reverse. . Prize match, 21 targets—l10 known, 5 unknown and 3 pairs: Gordons C0 sesesse sees .. .1011111110—8 + 10110—3 11 10 10—4—15 Woodruff, 17 2. cesecsc0nereey<-tdd101010i—7 + 10101—3 11 10 10—4—14: Miskayy S189 Sashes ck sites. +. ALT11I1101-—9 + 10101—3 10 10 00—2—14 Leonatd, 16 -.-sysresesenens +s LOLOIIII00—6 T1T11—5 00 10 10—2—18 Parker, 18 cc ¢aceseseesseeeens OLLIOIIOII—7 01010—2 11 10 10—4—13 Word, 16 .-.. Pe crs Sudan 1100110110—6 O01111—4 00 10 10—2—12 Spencer, 18! ..2..5555 reeereses OOLLOIIIOI—6 11100—8 10 10 00—2—11 Williams, 15 ..s,2.i,.-s;+..,-.-1101011001—6 00110—2 00 10 10—2—10 Paine; 16 cisu sass penned see=s+- OOL01TTI0I—6 10000—1 00 00 10—1— § Team match, 40 targets—l0 known, 10 unknown each shooter; distance handicap: SEAT ICS Tep ich atatencteie stereo ek OUINIII0—§ 890111011 1—8—-17 BVO SAD 59 5445454 $4 S oye 001101011—6 1110111110—8—14—31 (Corral ohh Fas sg qs sage ee ... 10N01NI—8 = 1111 001110—7—15 ! Woodrufi 2.22.22... siica lame » ALQOLII0II—7,— 4111011011 —8 —15—30 Williams 0.22.2. iiaehanas 1010111000—5 = 1111001110—7—12 Miskay ....-. thdss is veccsase.010100T00—4 = 001710111 —7—11—23 Buffalo Audubon Gun Club, : Burrato, N. ¥., March 11.—Mr. Harry D. Kirkover, Jr., the challenger, won the Clinton Bidwell challenge trophy irom Mr, E. C. Burkhardt to-day, Burkhardt seemed to have the race well in hand till near the finish, when he lost two birds. The scores were not high ones. Kirkover caught his stride in the latter half of the race, running 12 straight. The referee was Mr. John M, Lilly, of the Limited Gun Club, of Indianapolis, Ind. Scorer, Otto Bésser, Jr-: . y H D Kirkover....... pve w een e recy esses - W222224222040222202222022 20 BOG Warktardt.cs eos eee rere 22222022*22222*222*222002—19 Sweepstakes: - +4 Events: 12 3 45 & #££Events: aed aie 1B a6: Targets: 16 15 *15 2025 Targets: 15 15 * 15 25 25 A Heinold ...-. 14 15 2013 2249T Walker ...--.11 716... .-.. TL Warren....---12 11 22\.. 2118 Schuler -.,..--: aie hey eae Norris ...-.--.., 911 91219.. E Burkhardt ... 141317 .. 20/22 C© Burkhardt.... 18 15 21 14 21 21 Otis ....,.. = a Dll oy pt aes pee McArthur ....-. 18 10 21 13 22 2 Werlin ......... 12°12 12 11 .. 18 Jacobs ..-+-.-.- Test OUT ee bee Greece «25006 Soe we tle LOD clon) C Hebard ...... pti oe tsetse (DOD: REE RE RS IG pee eit SOM ba Pei Btoveyaee entire’ 13 T4718 .. 1. «4 “Ward! s-.... 7. 0; oo iit SENT. ee Sil orien ae eee oes 10 12 10 fas its gl elativar pes pels Eee 10 .. 12 15418 R Hebard ..... TR e ee PALO ne Aw deviate k $5555. So alka Wales Karkover --,---- eEabpee ee nh BivGyotn ieee Bl tod! hos ae ey) ATteEEN eee aioe oombl oe sbrtnedtt. EYSh ys Stes tb SE ec Teuschner ..... 912 16 , Ooi eee ey eee jee * Badge shoot. On March 11, Mr. Grant Notman won the contest ah the March cup, in a field of eleven competitors. Mr. J. J. U. M. C, Hallowell was a visitor, and shot in good form. a ———<—e Minctt 78, 1800.1 eres ON LONG ISLAND. Brooklyn Gun Club, ~ > Brooklyn, March 11.—The regular club shoot of the Brooklyn Gun Club brought out quite a nice attendance, considering that the Garden tournament was in progress and was a star attrac- tion to the shooters. The main event was for the Marshall tropliy. Dr. Douglas and Waters tied for it, the former winning easily in the shoot-off. The conditions in this event were 25 targets and a handicap. The scores and handicaps were: Dr. Douglas 17, with 6 handicap, 23; Waters, 18, with 5 handicap, 28; G, S. Wood 15, and 6, 21; Dr. Kemble 12, and 6, 18; Dr. Creamer, 13, and & 21; Dr. Stillman 15, and 6, 21; Lane 15, and 7, 22; W. Hopkins 19, and 3, 22; J. B. Hopkins 16 and 4, 20. In the shoot-off, Dr. Douglas scored 16; Waters 11. The light was dull and the.shooting difficult. ¢ Dr. Douglas has now two wins out of three for this trophy, Dr. Kemb’e being the other winner. The contest is now narrowed down to these two gentlemen. If any one else wins it in the next contest, it belongs to Dr, Douglas, as he then will have won a majority of the contests. If Dr. Kemble wins in the contest of this week, Saturday, then these two gentlemen will shoot off a tie. Birds: 10 10 15 15 15 15 10 DPD TUE TESS ute ae bless = ce et a crctacas rset aa ceies Gao Baoan COb ce AVEUTECIS sophie Patieruustaceis, srepeefactecehai ss, sheila: satthecs auatierite 6 8 13 12 15 10 5 AC SMV Cee MeO CR ie sralelsieecelelelaie’a ste eelaen cats dy Seoul ee AL GY IDI Stills: HBAS BAAD BS aC ROL atqaretate Be ob etOs a 0s, 5 ORCA crip ccie acess bars tcteslel stale ka corsi eae 45 "6s 98 6 107 46 4 POST atte ty stele lctale ese alatete ost otaseesttiale es ere Pie Mew vee lh 4 Ibe me gomets.. NORA poe Bae peek Seni ZW lea A cs he Skidmore .....5-05 eve reer e aS ER iret te GF “62a. ge y, Wiiilioniciiseed ncn mes ene Single dy eee Tak ae Re OOP lsh aae it SSUES Daye eet 46h aod See Ueno budtbteeee oe 8 8 18 12 14 4 ADCOCK as sha minsutate rer eet iene SAU AboGests: Be 3 ORE Sind, a (CGN bWEVEN 2 bealg Pee AO 348 SRR ee 2 Georce B. PATERSON, Sec’y- New Utrecht Gun Club, I., March 11.—The live-bird shoot of the New Utrecht Gun Club, held here to-day, was well attended. ‘The birds were a good lot, and some good scores were made: Dr. Wynn carried off the honors, missing only one bird all day. Event No. 1 was the club shoot; No. 2, New Utrecht handicap; No. 3, quarterly shoot; No. 4,,monthly merchandise shoot, two shoots to qualify on point system; No. 5, sweep. Next Saturday the return match between the Urescent A. C. and the New Utrecht G. C. will be shot on these grounds. The teams will be made up Woodlawn, L. of twelve men each, and each man will shoot at 25 targets. Fol- lowing the team shoot live-bird sweeps will be shot, Scores: No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4 No. 5 Dr Wynn, A, 29...1111211112 —10 112115 1112245 ..... 022—2 B Henry, B, 28....12211120221—10 12100—8 ..... ...... 02U—1 F Thompson, A, 29.1222*11221— 9 02000—1 21001—3 1*121—4 022—2 IML OS B29 5 oe 20221220220— 8 01001—2 0202*—2 12000—2 022—2 S B Toplitz, B, 28.1111000212i— § 10011—3 02222—4 01021—3 ... E G Frost, B, 28..01210121021— 8 202124 20111—4 222**_3... W Allen, B, 28....1%212200201— 7 00101—2 ..,.. 120—2 A Eddy, B, 29..... 22101010110— 7 say Jalerash reper 1220122222 —9 ..... J Gaughen, 29. ....:,.s0+ Rat 21222—5 ..... , . G, Frost, Sec’y. *Guest. IN NEW JERSEY. Oceanics—Hudsons. Jersey City, N. J., March 13.—The second of the series of matches between the Oceanic Gun Club, of Rockaway Park, L. L., and the Hudson Gun Club, of Jersey City, took place’ on the grounds of the latter, and resulted in a tie, the match being closely contested from start to finish. Woods was the star per- former, scoring 24. The conditions were unfavorable for goo scores, the wind, stiff and ‘steady, blowing from left to right across the traps. No, 5 threw a target-which dropped quickly, while No. 1 threw a target which rose high against the wind. The light during this contest was dull and bad. The return match is fixed for Apri] 8. The greatest good fellowship pre- vailed. At the first count, the victory was conceded to the Oceanics, and the Hudsons heartily cheered them. On a re- eount, it was discovered that the race was a tie, and the Oceanics heartily cheered the Hudsons. The men were sand- wiched in, a. member of each club alternately. After the first two squads had shot, the Hudsons were but one ahead, 97 to 96. The two next squads tied on 81, so that when the last squad went up, there was but one target difference in the score. The squad of the Oceanics came out one ahead, which just made the tie. It was a contest of extraordinary closeness throughout: Oceanic Gun Club’s Team. 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Rutherford, N. J., March 4—Following are the scores of the Passaic City Gun Club and the Boiling Springs Gun Club, shot on the grounds of the latter on March 4: : RIEESOE soe e ea ealala aks acpeeee ts >. -+-+0101011000111000010101001—11 Bell pe eee ne Mate tres eet teats etal cleats 1011000011100001111100110-—18 pean awe Ret oe AEA Ree DACA OH ODNNOTAINTANITTOINATT OFT 47, [isnele oan aes AER cose Re Anata, 1111010001111110111000000—14 LERIOAMEE aes Lot kOe Were toeeattie rey kd oes LLOLUOTIII a Ud utut—1/ ea llinsenetsandiaae Be en caren etch! 0000010010110000101001000— 7 SURAS. MuHAd hp bbn Re onats ton + +++»-+0001010000000000000000011— 4 James ,, nities ac a a .1007001001111000000000001i— 8 otek te ‘ eer ASAIO ea Mie ee FRR SEY SS Broshart siscassssevetissvsesctcatens .110001110010091111111110—-17 Gr ColinbPRenns as Blears Perey TECeCL Ly 0000000110100000110101000— 7 1oiech ey 9444 aol esate PERE ES TS 01.09111111111011.010010010—16 TRLOMWSL) so Tas PP ABULE Ne iee ca ee ue ee & 0000000101000000100000000— 3 JO RSNA hee eo AR acl Ss cwetarg Ite ee 01.00007,010000111100000010— 8—136 Passaic City Team. elec Naveratacatr tbo Sette tapi ee are 0100011010000111000100010— 9 aie teeth Ai Pe eeu tte eee + O111110011100011001011000—13 PETE easly easie tats Petes caste siee wae 1100011000100001111000000— 9 elle Vie tA ah ic ete ad ee Meret rarataet 1011011000001111100111000—13 IMO USS. ails Hos suMdtEtebehiobe talek meee 0100111111001001011100111—15 VASE Marat Matern erie eric ech sel ela / eee 1600010100000111010101111—12 Felatee Hele slleltiofhacey Neate petse he bresgiay 1000011000110000101010101—10 (ekohiKe” ep SEARO b orn Oue ocean ateyen 0011101101110111001011111—17 TSG h ee Eee ie een gs Se uae, 1110111111.001110011100101—17 SDMSHIS! Byracicus) Sasren nadernet recs tit 1010101110111101111101010—17 Sever IMenele leq ene ad ene Udegandr 1000110101100100000010000— 8 ASE VAtis (untae eis ze oe tiee b ema aa ae eaten 0001100001411011110010000—11 NGG TMAH” BE Woe aaah need eee eee ath 01011111000010000001.00000— 8—159 The club contest, 50 targets per man, resulted as follows: LenS NRE Coons aeeeodeabsn soe Sbsa99 34 0101011000111000010101001—11 0011011111000101000001011—12—28 Dee PF ee UNA A RE oreo dais mene as 1011000011100001111100110—13 4111011111101100011111011—19—32 EIKO R Radi. yu unapocoodoerl PIO EEC ODODE 1000010100000111010101111—12 0111011001011000000101111—13—25 Ie ean ebebennn tessa iia ener « 000U0100010071 1010011017 1—11 0010000101101000011001000— 8—19 Huck 1111.010001111110111000000—14 1110110011100101111111111—19—33 1101001111111111.010010101—17 ee ee ee Pe 0110000000001001111101010—10 01100111009011001001 ie §= ere Mee BS Seley darn p ile hea 0101111111111011010010010—16 1110000101101011000110 rae 38—29 UCK. eee ce eee Se ee ee eer Woonsocket Gun Club. Woonsocket, R. I., March 11.—The Woonsocket Gun Club held a shoot here to-day. There were eleven participants. Four new members were added, and a successful season, the fifth of the Club’s existence, is predicted for 1899. Each man’s best score was as follows: ' 1 MEL UNDER Sd eed ae Poe mee os Lier der 1911911111101111011111110—22 Tee Be Cre LCG Lee ettereett ett caly ecteme tin bietecereret as 0411011111011111111111111—22 ISM ID) CIBER HOTS nf Be crn heise capes ioc dan 99111109199111111101111 1—22 DAMIR AORTIC he rete oluly Saleem tiny side piade/e veakela.s 110111011111310110011111—20 UE BT GR mare tilts ds astra iw Ane tt th 1010011.001111111111111011—19 (yp beBalbomcedeen ts oy 5 setenpeesty try ale veers 1011101011111000111111111—19 L A Campbell..;......5 Putte oMabileidr cate’ 0101001191110111111111110—19 BORDA hs abate preek s vee lala cos aad, (001911191019111110131111—18 Te AS Staplesii Sra taste aut s vie ore ares 0110001001110010010010011— W- SEL MB ethel is iess.:.1sdu nae tore toy t cr cece es 0100001110000111000010010— 9 BMP MBortiine sot meee ceeded dees ge aren 0100000011100000001001111— & A. SEAGRAVE, Sec’y. Trap around Reading. ReaptnG, Pa., March 10.—Jn a team shoot to-day at the Spring Valley grounds Kerr and John Dando defeated Shaaber and Harrison by the score of 82 to 80. The match called for each shooter to shoot at 50 live birds, 28yds. rise, Hurlingham ruies to govern. The score: Shaaber 42, Harrison 38; total 80. Kerr 42, J. Dando 40; total 82. March 7.—In a live-pigeon match at W. D. Gross’ Three-Mile Shooting Park to-day, Harry Coldren and John Dando, both of this city, met in a 100 live-bird match, loser to pay for the birds. Quite a large crowd was present to witness the match, which resulted in a victory for Dando by the score of 90 to 88. Immediately after the completion of the match John Shaaber challenged Coldren to shoot a 15-bird race, for $5 a side, and loser to pay for the birds. Coldren accepted, and the match resulted in a tie, each killing 11, Duster. Palm Beach Gun Club, Patm Beacw, Fla., March 4.—The scores in a handicap at 10 live birds, under the auspices of the Palm Beach Gun Club, at Palm Beach, Fla., resulted in Felton winning first prize, a hand- some bowl; Jones, second prize, a handsome cup, and Kaisner, third, also a cup. Mr. Parker was referee. Mr, Dandus, scorer; Mr. Dietsch, puller, Three sweeps, amounting to $50 each, were divided between Messrs. Kaisner and Wheeler, with 7 kills straight; {ROTC ur teteeeech rune oe MiNGRHOHEL IBS HON See Aaa Acone 00 SKCATS tetra. «)cfeayes.a fev cite (NGORHHNGe LeP arene Ae ery age te 109 (eile Hoare note peers 101110 Elia) st atetas bots retin ate 0 a2) eer eee Ret stenettnfarn of Pete 2 (0) JReyirald Veawessseaneses 11111010 emnet hers ases Sar asorese 101110 Wheeler yx4 psccalneseaty 00 Ide yaw” p/p Ay eq eateries TET eB rokawa a itenestesenescetre 00 Wal 1G eerie ne hate leanne 111110 CONAWAY: cccevsceesceess 1010 Shoot-off NCEE: tenoracrtinsdosaeaAde TOUGH WW Rg eK, ra oomactnordoteon Daan Wht _Mr. F. C. Ross, of i eneisl vais was shooting in great form in the rifle contests at Madison Square Garden. He broke previous records, and was a most promising candidate for leading winner, _. Hachting. As the yachting journal of America, the Forest AND STREAM ts the recognized medium of communication bétween the maker of yachtsmen’s supplies and the yachting public. vertising has been _uemonstrated by patrons who have employed its columns continuously for years. A Modern Centerboard Boat. Tue Cape Cod catboat as she existed a few years ago was one of the most useful but at the same time the most crude and inconsistent of small yacht types. The numer- ous good qualities of the type among all others of similar light draft, and safety from capsizing, the accommodation, power to carry sail and ability for rough water work, have been demonstrated time and again; and yet when the. boat is carefully studied, she presents but a collection of bad features, The proportion of beam to waterline was exces- sive, the forward waterlines were very fine and the after ones disproportionately full, the plump stem and the mere suggestion of an after overhang cramped the buttocks and diagonals badly, and the sail plan was about as bad as it could be, with one big mainsail, a heavy mast stepped to the fore end of the fine waterline, and a boom extending far abaft the counter. The very name of catboat was a contradiction, as many of the type carried jibs either from choice or necessity, though they could be used in a way without them. The good points of the type as demon- started in actual use and the bad points which dis- closed themselves in any analysis of the design indicated great possibilities for improvement, through the use of various modern features, but the first steps in this direc- tion, as illustrated at times in the Forrst anp Stream, were crude and tnsuccessful. fc Within the past year or two, however, a great deal has been accomplished in the improvement and development ef the light draft centerboard type. The design here shown, the work of Mr. W. H. Hand, Jr., of the Buzzard’s Bay Yacht Agency, New Bedford, Mass., is in modern parlance a.“knockabout,” and far removed from the old Cape cat, both in appearance and performance; but at the same time it represents really the development of 1091111100001100110011111—15—32 : Its. value for- ad- those essentials which made the old “Caper” so popular in her home waters and along the Atlantic coast. The yacht is of about the same waterline as the aver- age Cape cat, 2rft., with the characteristic midship sec- tion and about the same depth of hull. The beam, however, has been reduced and the waterlines better bal- anced, the bow being filled out and the quarter fined away, greatly improving the main body of the boat, and at the same time the diagonals have been extended fairly and harmoniously for their full natural length, forming good overhangs forward and aft. The least freeboard has been somewhat increased, and the longer ends have made it possible to reduce the freeboard at bow and transom, giving a much more sightly sheer. The sail plan is from the outset a sloop rig, with mast properly placed, instead of a “morfydite” sloop with mast originally stepped for the cat rig and a jury bowsprit with no.support from the hull. The added deck room and better proportioning of all parts gives space for a large cabin house amidships in place of the cramped cuddy of the old catboat, while at the same time the big cockpit that was such a feature of the old boat is retained in the new. While the draft has been increased about 6in., it is ‘ ‘a fiyoss Collar Flange 22 Arey alde Masthead ~ai" 10 above Deck _ Cleabon after Side: Diam, ahi) Cleats op Sn@ sides... Diam 3) pian 4”, Pqpflonge 2ye after side Belsrer andejear For-_ ~throat pendant ond runners Wire rope Diam, di Cleats on 57 P Sides _ _ Spreaders hrass_S¢diom Fitted To swing plam. 6_ Diam. 6” still light enough for general use in all localities along the Sound and the Eastern coast, and the addition takes the form of an iron keel, that makes the yacht practically non- capsizable, and at the same time helps her to windward with but a moderate-sized board, or in fact with no board at all in shoal water. - sft i The yacht, now building, was designed for general sail- ing and cruising about the Sound and Buzzard’s Bay, without regard to class limits or other restrictions. Her dimensions are: Length— F rer rae eater arse hey Sens gift. r10%in. TE EVAVSTLY tater, A daasmwoes iste ete veh atPaycete sneg eee 2OrL. |) Stains Overhang— WO Wodlte ue eet treo laabdtecutone avai, Tae sii, Siisitiay ook ae tN APS ae ah pied | oy) Shite Beam— FStreme sles, ssl ones Eimer Oite 6 in. be ge Viera ae, Stacey) He od ard ata Sits sa sine Freeboard— ROME ern ee hee tee A Sth PR aeitin Least 24%. Peas ae, ened, A a rit. 1 am. SUG TIE A tee RUA act ae ke ear 2it 2u4in Draft— AWotdoveybhe oYoriedl ey Ab Ger whabdro aos 3tt. MWe WeyoRaHGl 262 ett ofboig etoue-nty oft. Displacement, long tons .............:... ait. Ballast, iron keel, long tons ..,.., acest lit. C.B. from stem at L.W.L........:....,.. I0.60ft. C.L.R. from stem at L.W.L.......5.,..... 17.668. C.E, from stem at L.W.L..... Suen tain eOTOOTT! Wire Fope <4 (4-Stra % Pani fs} ([4Strand moaile Flay eech side of - iam 2! i) y Belster "Wve vope JAAINSAIL = 52! wire Hope Gthread manila = — “Mask hoops &- eee diam POREST AND STREAM... o sit 9 ot: et Se eS a PO et {Marcu 18, 1806. — =_— SS. i} _ Reef polars — — 7 — i ! Rr) ! 1 _ Reefpaints + — 4 Sa “Wire Pope ik A-Strand manila }.|-sheave on traveller 4 CENTERBOARD KNOCKABOUT—-DESIGNED BY W. H. HAND, JR. 1899. Mast— From stem at L.W.L..... sitet ale Att. - “Ts ‘Ifle Deelksto Otis ye. eeeetentee ee rer 24it. QO in. Deca to mbit keenest smears cs tree gift. 10 in. Bowsprit— Beyond stem at L.W.L.......... nay rents 9 in. Outside gammon iron ............. 3ft. 10 in. PS GOI ate Aaincte saat bectese la letsuay sevaes enrin cteaereeete 26ft. 6 in. eat Pee x cance on octet eae be agate eae idonge, = aL Shot Sail Area— AWiaiatSatll es. ee on eas tere ee ares een eteee ste: 520 sq. ft. abet ae arn (8. bs eer ee oe re 132 sq. it. §. : So talieerct pee mura: ie ste eiapeene tee 652 sq. it. One important result of the improved proportions and form is the facility which they afford for a simple and comparatively cheap construction. The fore and ait mem- bers, keel, clamps and bilge stringers; can be run from stem to transom in single lengths with no scarfs nor abrupt bends, being easily worked and yet giving great strength with little weight. The old square trunk log, heavy and entailing much labor in the workings, is replaced by a flat plank keel of oak, 1014 by 3)2in., from the scarf of stem to the transom, the arched form serving to stiffen the hull vertically with no weight of deadwoods forward ; the iron keel and after deadwoods backing up the middle of the wood keel. - The frames are steamed and bent, sided 1%4in., moulded 114in. at heels and 1%4in. at head; spaced 1oin. The clamps are of oak, 214 by 2 amidships, and 2 by 2 at the ends. The bilge stringers are of yellow pine, 5 by 134 amidships and 2 by 13% at the ends.. The main deck beams at ends of trunk, are of oak, 214 by 214; the others, 1 by 134. The planking is of Win. white pine. The cabin is i1ft. long and 6ft. gin. wide, with 4ft. 8in. head room. The cockpit is 6ft. 3in. long and 6ft. wide. Gasolene Engines and Lawnchese =i BY EF. K. GRAIN, (Continued from page 116, March 4.) INSTALLING.—Next we come to the matter of installing the motor in boat. If possible, by all means put it in the stern, and place the gasolene tank in the bow. Fit some good hard wood keelsons on top of the timbers running parallel with the keel, but in no case allow the timbers to rest on the planking; place your motor on these tim- bers, using as many of them as possible. Then bore down through the bolt holes in your motor, and through the bottom. Have bolts made to fit these holes, with flat heads on the outside, and good nuts inside, this will hold the motor in place as long as the bottom remains in the boat. Be careful to have your shaft, bearings, etc., in perfect line with motor. Do not place motor too low down, as it only makes it more liable to injury from slop- ping of bilge water, it also makes it more unhandy, and sometimes very difficult of access to clean or repair. For the hot air and exhaust connections use common iron pipe, but for the water pipes by all means put in brass, and in both cases use unions with ground joints for connections. . The gasolene pipe should be of heavy lead, not less than %4in. inside diameter, and should have a brass union and stop cock at motor and tank ends. A copper tank should be used for the gasolene and pro- vided with one or more bulkheads, or wash boards inside . in order that the fluid will not swash when the boat is laboring in a seaway. ’ Your batteries should be placed in a dry locker or for- ward, with the tank, and in racks so that they cannot fall out or tip over; they should be located where they will at all times be accessible. DiFFICcULTIES TO DETECT AND OveRCOME.—We will now assume that you have your motor in place and. have learned from the book of instructions how to operate it. Something goes wrong, however, and the question arises, What are you going to do? Suppose your motor thumps or pounds ; in, most cases a few raps of a hammer driving in the key hglding the fly-wheel will help matters; fly- wheels generally, particularly on gas engines, are prone to work their keys loose. Perhaps the trouble still con- tinues; look at the crank pin brasses on the connecting rod, throw the motor on its upper or lower center, place the second finger on the brasses over the joint between the upper and lower halves of the brasses, now move the fly- wheel from side to side so that the piston will travel over the center and back again, then, if your brasses are loose you will at once feel it. They must, however, be tightened with great care. If the noise still continues, look next to the set screws in the shaft coupling, this failing, you will do well to experiment with the firing mechanism; it may be. firing either too early or too late, which will cause a thumping. With most all motors either an excess of or insufficient gasolene, which causes either an early or late ignition, will produce the same trouble. If you do not get a clear, sharp, even, exhaust, it is as a rule caused by insufficient atmosphere in the mixture of the gas. A lack of air will also cause your motor to act sluggishly, and to produce the best results it is always well to give your vaporizer all the air possible, it not only produces a good, quick, easy action to the motor, but prevents. any residue overcharged burnt gas from forming a deposit of dirt in the cylinder and valves. Feet By giving the motor more or less air, the speed can be controlled, but we strongly advise you against this prac- tice; it is not only bad for your vaporizing apparatus, but harmful to the motor in many ways. Be sure your sight- — se >. 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If there is a grind- ing, rubbing or squeaking noise that seems to come from the cylinder, it will in most cases be found that the cylinder is not getting sufficient oil, in which case open wide the feed screw or lubricator, and cause the cup to flush a quantity of oil into the cylinder at once. While on the subject of lubrication let me say it is of the utmost importance that all parts, especially the cylinder, should receive a sufficient supply of the best lubricating oils, Now your motor is running along, and all at once there is a kick, as if something inside the motor had hit and ob- structed it for a fraction of the stroke. Also, there may be a puff of smoke from around the valve stems or igniter spindle, and in many cases out of the exhaust also; this is caused by what is known as a late or back explosion, that is to say, the gas is too poor in gasolene, causing it to fail to thoroughly ignite until the piston is about on its lower center. The remedy, of course, is to give the vaporizer less air. Skipping explosions is a very common occurrence, and is in most cases laid to the batteries becoming weak. This is, however, nlot by any means the cause in every Case, and many times the igniter spindle or shaft fits so tight that when it becomes hot and expands, the spring that operates it is not sufficiently strong. Do not tighten the springs except as a makeshift, but remove the spindle and ease it up a little with fine emery cloth, this not being at hand scrape it with the back of a knife; but never attempt to file it. The wires connecting the batteries together, also to the motor, are liable to work loose, and, although they may not look so, will often be found by testing the thumb screws to be ready to drop off. It often happens that in the use of old or cheap insulated wire, that, although it looks all right, and the covering perfect, the wire inside will be broken, and as the motor vibrates, these ends will make and break the circuit. Care should be taken to keep all the poles, on both batteries and motor, bright and clean. z In motors of the two-cycle type failure to ignite on starting is at times caused by the gas being too rich, it in many cases igniting once or twice, and then after turn- ing the fly-wheel until tired, the operator gives it up. This rich gas must be gotten out of the motor before it will ignite, and if there is no outlet at the top of cylinder it is apt to stay there to a certain extent. It is always best to have an air cock of say 14in. size tapped into the cylinder head so that in such cases the cock can be opened, allowing the gas to escape and fresh air to be drawn in on the motor being turned, taking care to shut off the gasolene supply entirely. LuBRICATION.—Want of lubrication or dryness of the cylinder will at times cause the motor to diminish its speed and will result in the stoppage of the machine if allowed to continue, also cutting the surface of the cylinder and piston ring. It often produces a rubbing and squeaking sound. To trace out a foreign sound, locate as near as possible the affected part, then take a stick the size of a lead pencil, place one end on the suspected part, holding the other end between the teeth, holding both ears closed. It will be a surprise how clearly a sound of any kind can be located by this means. DANGER FROM Open Cocks.—Never place any part of the body in range with an open cylinder or relief cock when handling the motor, as when the charge is ignited these cocks discharge burning gas. THROTTLING.—Gas engines cannot, for nuimerous rea- ‘sons, be throttled down as low as steam or other constant pressure motors, and care should be taken when doing this or approaching a dock, as a failure may at a critical moment result in the stoppage of the motor, leaving you helpless to control the boat. A Few Wrinkles. Orers.—Oil cans can be had in copper and brass, of all shapes and sizes, but the most useful is a common zine one-pint oiler for machinery oil, and for the cylinder oil a ten cent tin (one quart) coffee pot is the quickest feeder and handiest can to be had. Oms.—Always use best and is, 4 little at a time, and often, is the invariali= “us @ *) 9)'cs Do not put graphite in you 4) “py Wess they are especially made for that purpos - CLEANING LuBRICATORS.—T< |, bricators use gasolene, the same will cle: and also all grease in the bottom of yo cock, put in your gasolene tank so that yau can draw off gasolene for cleaning independent of your motor connections. _ CLEANING Morors,—Don’t wipe your motor after us- ing, the oil will keep it from rusting. Clean it before use. ; Rust PreveNTER—To keep springs and bright parts from rusting, oil them when they are hot. _ CLEANING Brasswork.—After cleaning your brasswork, if it is to stand any length of time, cover it over with vaseline, it preserves it from corroding, wipes off easily and does not hurt the hands. Treat your wrenches and tools the same way. A small paint brush is the best thing for putting on vaseline, as you can reach the small places most apt to rust and hardest to clean. Do not cover your motor, whether -in open or cabin boats, as it causes it to sweat and consequently it will rust — quicker than if exposed to rain. Leaky Joints,—If joints of cylinder, etc., leak, repack them, using thinnest asbestos paper; be sure the surfaces ate perfectly clean, then give both surfaces and paper a coat of shellac before putting together. TIGHTENING Borts.—To tighten up bolts of cylinder head or any similar place, start by putting down one moderately tight, then follow with the opposite one, then the one at right angles, working from side to side, and after all are in place and tight, follow in like manner and screw down hard. Jomnr PiGMenTs.—Shellac is the best medium for use on all joints, either flat or threaded, as it is not affected by gasolene; common brown soap is a good substitute, and leaks in gasolene tanks can often be temporarily repaired with a piece of soap stuck on over the leak or forced into a seam. > . DEFACING SURFACES.—Do not pound on any of the metal parts of your motor with a steel hammer or wrench, as it is sure to deface the part struck. Hold a piece of hardwood on the part to be struck, or still bet- ter, provide yourself with a copper hammer, it is always useful. _ Do nof use a pipe wrench on a nut or any surface that is liable to be defaced; if you must, wrap a piece of tin around the object or stick a piece of wood under each jaw of the wrench, If you have use for a pipe wrench and have none, put your monkey wrench over the object and then hold a file into the angle between the object and the forward jaw of the wrench. If you have a pipe to take down that is too large for your wrench, make a loop around it with a piece of marlin and then around a stick, using the latter as a lever and pry against the slip of oop. Nuts, pipes, etc., that will not move readily, can be started by pounding all sides with a hammer, holding an iron or stone weight against the opposite side, then apply wrench. Paint For Mortors.—Good paint for gasolene motors are the various bronze powders put on with shellac. For very hot pipes, common stove blacking is as good as anything, and always leaves the pipes clean. CEMENT For FouNDATION.—To mix cement for founda- tion under or filling around motor, use one part Portland cement with two parts clean sharp sand mixed with fresh water. SpArK Com AND CONNECTIONS.—Keep your spark coil dry, otherwise the iron wire core will rust and spoil it, if the coil becomes thoroughly wet, it will short circuit and become useless until dry. Always keep connections on — A good plan is to. ends clean, and in good contact. fasten the coil up under a dry place under the deck, first having it nicely boxed. Switcu.—The points of your switch will often corrode and should be scraped or sand-papered off occasionally. A good serviceable switch is made by fastening a brass screw into the bulkhead, attached to one wire, then place another attached to other end of wire about 3in. below the former, connect the two by the means of a spiral brass spring, having the spring fastened permanently to one screw, and on other end turn a loop. To connect draw spring down and hook loop over the under screw head, this makes a good connection that is not knocked off or disarranged easily. PACKING For SHAFT.—To pack stuffing box of propel- ler, get square Italian hemp packing laid up in grease,cut a piece that will reach around the shaft, first binding both ends with thread so it will not unravel, then fill stuffing box half-full of grease and with a stick of proper Size force the packing down into the bottom of the box, put in another proceeding as before, taking care to break joints “4 _ the gas will cut it out in a short time. {Aarce: 18, i899. with the packing, fill the box about half-full, then replace gland and screw up moderately tight, then slack away on or two turns backward on the gland, so that the packi does not bind shaft. If ready made packing is not hand, use lamp wicking, braiding it round in four pa first greasing the strands so as to braid-in the grease. Wire CoNNEcTIONS.—In making all wire connections always coil the wire a half-dozen times over a lead pe at the ends, as this allows for breakage,-wear, and makes a flexible joint not liable to pull or jar off the connection Keys.—If the key of fly-wheel works loose, cut a strip of thin tin from top of a milk can, or a tin type will an=y swer still better; put this in on the slack side of the key and drive both in, taking care not to buckle up the tin. ~ Pump.—lf your pump refuses to work on first starting hit the inlet check valve or pump a sharp rap with stick, and nine times out of ten your difficulty is ov Pumps need repacking, and also tightening up on the packing at times, when this occurs use great care not to get the packing screwed down too tight or it will either) buckle the connection or cause the packing to cut the plunger. Use or Leap on Jotnts.—Never use either black, white) or red lead on any joints on a gas motor or its piping, asy | | | [TO BE CONTINUED. ] The Conversion of Inyoni. BY COLONEL BARRINGTON BAKER, From the Vachting Monthly Magazine, The mainsail was then rediiced to 1,200sq. ft.; 3ft. was taken off the foot of the spinaker, some slight altera= tions to the sharp-headed topsail (the only one I take when cruising), and about 6in. from luff of No. 1 ji nothing else required alteration, The jackyard, tupsail can still be used for racing, and of course both jibtop= sails fit, and are very handy in light airs. She steered easily in moderate winds; but when she? got her sail down in a strong breeze she wanted morey weather helm than I liked, so I gave her a new bow=™ sprit (only a stump, after all), 18in. longer, and now she steers beautifully in any weather. She is quiet in a seaway and easily handled. Our crew this summer has usually been three ladies and two other amateurs, beside myself (no paid hands), and we have had some rough weather off the Longships and Lizard)§ AFTER BEFORE | | | rd - ct ‘ ! y i i ! ! { i i] css pe a ME GaP as Mip-surpe Secrion in which she behaved very well. We worked her miles up the Fal to Tregothnan Pool in a stro N.W. wind, which is a good proof of her handinessj and we logged 21 knots from Falmouth to Fowey in two and a quarter hours, i. e., nine and a half knots an hour towing our boats, one of the girls steering all the time;y wind, N.W. strong. | We find a Simplex stockless anchor of 112lhs. most useful, and I think this pattern holds as well as that of any other of the same weight, but I also think it requires more scope of chain, Inyoni’s dimensions are now as under: ength- Overall. Moshe soln tacks led isheoyettte 67it TEWels. of asdeies eau eee Tabotie Se eRAOLE: (BYSRIGAT oe 6 obra ki Out ele enets Coetzee are eee er . Depth to platform ...... rte Ree ee Be IDs Be 4 Saas LF Nile Sees rR alee eet Displacement, about...... Pete ges Sean qe t Lead keel, etc., about..... Phineas pete ett os Area— WERE sao ees th ed .e--, 1,200Sq. it Py Dib css cee se eh coe ee 7 oe eae ly 270sq. ff HOTeSaIl! Gtus er ciate sacks awe arte shee sy - E Topsail (cruising)........ limes ae ‘ Total cruising sail (exclusive of spinaker).. 1 ‘Spignek WA ES VEE op eee eee TR Fe. Two boats on davits. PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. The Week’s Record. This is the Way Advertisers Esteem “ Forest and Strea mi? Adveitising. Dan Kidney & Son, boat builders, of West De Pere, Wis write: “Please keep our ad. in the Forest AND Stream till we tell you to take it out. It is good enough for us.” Vhe Chicago Varnish Co., write: “‘Inclosed please find cor tract for our advertisement in your paper for the following year We are glad to renew the contract, as we feel that we get gooé results from it.” ; Both Ways Across the Pond. 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Anonymous communications will not be re- garded, While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views or correspondents, Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iv, O. C. MARSH. Proressor O, C. Marsn, the eminent paleontologist, died at his home in New Haven, Conn., on Saturday, March 18, aged sixty-seven years. He was born at Lockport, N. Y., in 1831, graduated from Yale in the class of 1860, and devoted the next five years to the study of science at New Haven and in Ger- many. In 1866 he returned to New Haven to occupy the chair of paleontology, which had just been established for him, and which he continued to fill to the time of his death. is labors in science were purely those of love, for he received no salary from the university, and be- sides, up to the year 1882, he himself paid the wages of many of his assistants. Professor Marsh’s services to science were very great and of many sorts. It was through his influence that his uncle, George Peabody, of London, gave to Yale the fund from a portion of which the Peabody Museum at New Haven was built. He susperintended the construction of this building, of which he was Curator, and it was his hope that he might live to see the central and main struc- ture completed. In 1868 Professor Marsh made a short excursion to the Rocky Mountains, and from information acquired on this trip, he learned and appreciated, as no one else had done, the vast possibilities of the western country as a field for the collection of vertebrate fossils. In 1870 he took out West the first of the expeditions, which afterward became so well known, and which in later years have been followed by so many similar expeditions from other in- stitutions of learning. These parties, and others which followed them, gathered the treasures which made Pro- fessor Marsh’s coliections famousthroughoutthe world, Of them Professor Huxley said in 1876: “So far as my knowl- edge extends there is no collection from any one region and series of strata comparable for extent, or for the care with which the remains have been got together or for their scientific importance, to the series of fossils which he has deposited there.” Charles Darwin wrote: “Your work on these old birds and on the many fossil animals of North America has afforded the best support to the theory of evolution that has appeared within the last twenty years.” The number of new forms of animal life brought to light by Professor Marsh’s researches is very great. Among them were the first monkeys, bats and marsupials dis- covered in America, besides such amazing forms-as birds with teeth, vast and monstrous forms of dinosaurs, re- markable pterodactyls, or flying reptiles, and the strange many-horned dinocerata and brontotheridz. The titles of his papers on scientific subjects number many hundreds, and he was the author of several elaborate quarto mono- graphs, among them being one on Birds with Teeth, on huge Dinosaurs and on the Dinocerata. His demonstra- tion of the ancestry of the horses many years ago attracted wide popular interest. * Although so enthusiastic a devotee of science, Profes- sor Marsh was also a keen sportsman; an exceedingly good snap shot and an expert fly-caster. The work of collecting fossils on his Western trips’ was varied by big ‘game hunting, grouse shooting and trout fishing, and in all these different pursuits Professor Marsh proved himself skillful and successful. . In his earlier expeditions to the West, it was often mecessary to pass over the hunting grounds of liostile Indians, and so to have the protection of escorts of United States troops. But it was not only on hostile grounds that he met the Indians. In 1875 he learned of the In- dian Bureau frauds committed on the Ogalalla Sioux, and called public attention to them, a course which led to a great improvement in the Indian service. Old Red Cloud and the other chiefs of this band ever afterward held Professor Marsh in grateful remembrance for his services to their people. Professor Marsh’s achievements received the high appreciation of scientific men. He was a member and fellow of many European scientific societies, had been President of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science, and of the National Academy of Sciences, A little more than a year ago Professor Marsh pre- sented to Yale University his six superb collections of vertebrate and invertebrate fossils, osteology and ethno- logy to be forever held by it under the charge of the trustees of the Peabody Museum. SINNAKER BEARS. In recent communications fron® North Carolina, Mr. Charles Hallock has several times spoken of a particularly large, powerful and ferocious sort of bear, known to the North Carolinians urider the name of sinnaker or sinna- ber, the last probably being merely a misprint. He speaks of these as “cattle bears,” not “hog bears,” the distinction carrying with it the idea of strength and en- ergy. Some curiosity has been manifested as to the etymology of this word, which in fact is interesting. In the history of the early settlements of Virginia and North and South Carolina, there are frequent references to the “Sinnagers’” whose ferocity is dilated on and whose cruelty is complained of. This word, “Sinnager,” appears to have been a generic term applied to all tribes of the northern Iroquois, and is unquestionably merely a different spelling of the word Seneca, one of the prom- inent tribes of the Six Nations which made up the power- ful league of the Iroquois, long famous as the most ad- vanced political institution devised by North American Indians. Early writers of the southern colonies, which of course means only the narrow fringe of English settlements along the coast, tell us much of the continual raids made by the New York Iroquois upon the Algonquin and Siouan tribes inhabiting the coast region and the higher wooded lands of the southern Allegheny Mountains. So fierce were these assaults and so continuousythis war- fare, that the tribes attacked frequently appealed to the English for help against their northern foes, and at length a number of them deserted their villages and came to live near to Fort Christian in the hope of escaping the incursions of their enemies. Even this, however, did not protect them, for the Iroquois attacked and killed them under the very guns of the fort. It was not until 1722 that through the effort of the colonists a perma- nent treaty was made by which the Iroquois agreed here- aiter to forego their attacks. The peace came too late to save the southern tribes. Broken and decimated by the hostility of their Indian enemies, and still further en- feebled by their closer association with the whites, they . melted away and disappeared, some joining other tribes, | by which they were absorbed, while others in small com- panies moved away westward and in name still exist, though represented by few or no individuals of pure blood. That the word Sinnaker should have persisted as a local term for 250 years is certainly interesting. Orig- inally applied to a people possessing certain character- istics, it came at last to stand for those characteristics, . and finally became merely an adjective meaning strong, fierce, ferocious and perhaps masterful. SVAP SHO TS, We print elsewhere a dissent from some remarks made in these columns last week, the gemeral-tenor of which was to point out the futility of the coarse abuse so commonly resorted to in the application of the epithet “game hog” to all whose shooting restrictions were not in accord with the notions of those most given to the use of the epithet when speaking of their fellow men. We allude again to the subject here, to point out that’ what was written is not to be construed as in any way offering a defense for intemperate game destruction. The particular point. re- ferred to by our correspondent, of the fifty-bird bag, for instance, was not a justification of the killing of fifty birds in one day. We wrote: aa | Fifty birds in Mississippi or Louisiana in a day would be far less relatively than five would be in Cornecticut. Fifty birds might serve to supply one man with an abundance of game; the same amount might be wholly inadequate for the needs of an- other, One man might shoot one day in the year and kill one hundred birds; another man might shoot ten days and kill ten birds on each day, so that the sum total which each one took was the same; yet the ten-Sird man might feel that he was war- ranted in denouncing his fellow as a “game hog.” It was rather to suggest that the spirit controlling the killer of the five might be precisely that of the killer of the fifty, each being governed by his opportunities; and the killer of five thus being without his justification in denouncing a brother, whose score was fifty. Much of this “game hog” denunciation ts in truth an aggravated case of the very black pot calling the kettle black and there is no greater humbug in the history of field sports than some of this same “game hog” reitera- tion, by those who are intent by yociferous and shrill- keyed outery upon concealing their own brutish perform- ances as wanton destroyers of animal life, game and other- wise. Mr. Schenck tells us that lhe now views the making of a large game score in a light different from that in which he regarded it years ago; and in this he is relating an experience common to most of us who learn wisdom as we count the years behind us. But will he go a bit further, and tell us whether the change was wrought in his heart because some holier-than-thou brother pointed the finger of scorn at him and objurgated him as a-“game hog?” The notes with the photographs of captive moose in the Providence Park, which we publish this week, deserve more than a passing mention. Mr. Talcott’s observations, though not very long extended, are interesting and valu- able, and furnish a good example of the useful work that may be done for his fellows by an intelligent man who is willing to take the trouble to observe, and to set down on paper the things which he sees. It must be acknowl- edged that the ability to see, and the impulse to write down what has been seen are not too common. It is gratifying to receive from old friends, as we so often do, notes of real value. Mr. Talcott’s observations on the increase of the moose’s bell during the growth of the antlers, and its decrease in length after the antlers drop off are of extreme interest, and so far as we are aware this phenomenon has not hitherto been noted. It sug- gests a number of interesting questions. We do not know that the function or purpose of the moose’s bell has ever been determined; but these observations would seem to indicate that bell and antlers are subject to the same in- fluences. As the antlers grow large, the bell increases; when the antlers disappear, the bell grows smaller. Now the antlers, of course, are a part of the moose's breeding dress. Is the bell also a part of it? Among birds remark- able changes of dress—usually decorative—commonly take place at the approach of the breeding season, and special appendages often make their appearance at this time, of which the breeding plumes of herons and the crest on the pelican’s bill are familiar examples. These like the antlers of deer are directly connected with the reproductive function. Is the moose’s bell an ornament of this nature? The Albany Senate bill No. 179, introduced by Mr. La Roche to restore spring shooting on Long Island. opening the season May 1, should be opposed. and is actively op- posed by friends of protection, Mr. Robert B. Lawrence, Secretary of the New York Association for the Protec- tion of Fish and Gaine, described the situation succinctly and accurately when he said that, whereas, because of the dearth of game at the time when the law against spring shooting was originally under discussion, the mar- ketmen did not think it worth their while to oppose the measure, now, when in consequence of the operation of the law the game stock has been replenished, and there is something for them to shoot in the spring, they are bent on the law’s repeal. In this new condition of a restored game supply for Long Island is found the unanswerable argument for the retention of the law which has worked the restoration. Governor Voorhees, of New Jersey, has named for fish commisioners. Messrs. Howard P. Frothingham, of Mt. Arlington, and Wm. A. Halsey, of Newark, Republi- cans; and Benj. P. Morris, of Long Branch, and J. Frank Budd, of Burlington, Democrats, The Governor has given out that he has the new commission pledged against the reappointment of State Game and Fish Protector Charles A. Shriner, of Paterson. because, as Mr. Voorliees evplains his action, Mr. Shriner opposed his election. Mr. Shriner has been an intelligent, alert, discreet, honest, faithful and efficient, official; he has conducted his office in a way. to serve the public interest in the highest prac- ticable degrees. His dismissal now would be a public outrage, — 4 Che Sportsman Counrist. An Alaskan Moose. Tue first of March, 1808, found: me in compahy with . my partner and several thousand others, bound for the in- terior of Alaska on a prospecting trip. In making such a jotirney, where everything has to be packed by man or animals, every pound of unnecessary weight must be dispensed with, and therefore I was for some time in doubt as to whether-or not it would be advisable for me to take in my rifle and a stock of ammunition, As to this, I consulted with several old miners residing in Vic-- toria, B. C., who-had been in Alaska, and they unani- mously advised me to take my rifle by all means, as, if I should be so fortunate as to secure a single caribou or moose, it would more than repay the troubte the rifle and cartridges would occasion, ; We arrived in Skagway on March 11, and, aiter a month of severe physical toil, had packed and sleided our out- fit as far as the middle of Marsh Lake. Here we went into camp while we constructed our boats, suitable tim- ber being found about a mile back from the lake. Trees were felled, sawpits constructed, and whipsawing. begun, aud by May 4 we were ready to start on. Our boats were well made. They were double ended, 30ft. long over all, goin. wide on the bottom at widest part, and: 5it. wide on top. The bottoms were of tin. and-the sides of 3gin, lum- ber. They were well stiffened by longitudimal strips, and, though capable.of carrying safely 3,000lbs. and two men, they were easily carried by three men, ‘For our party of eight, we made three boats, but found it necessary to construct a fourth boat to relieve the others, as they were far too heayily laden for safety. This we did at a point about fifteen miles above Miles Canon. - At this time there were immense numbers of geese in the country, feeding. on the flats, from. which the. snow had recently melted, but they were very difficult to ap- proach, and we did not succeed in getting any. There is a splendid fish,-a species' of trout, I believe, very abundant: in Lake Marsh. We did not sneceed in catching any, though we saw many, but I was told afterward by a man’ wito daily secured a plentiful supply, that he learned from an Indian that in angling for these fish it was, necessary to allow the bait to move about on the bottom and agitate the mud slightly. This procedure, it seems, imitates to a certain extent a small crawfish, upon which these fish feed extensively. There is no large game to be found in the vicinity of the river and lakes forming the highway of the miners, but the Tagish Indians kill moose at some distance back from the lakes among the mountain valleys. Qn May 12 we ran our boats through Miles Canon, lined them through the White Horse Rapids, and on the 16th had gone into camp on Lake Le Barge to await the break- ing ap of the ice; then too weak to bear our weight and too strong to force the boats through. Little game is to be found in this vicinity. Lake Le Barge has for years been a halting point for the miners, and, as many of them improve their time hunting, game is correspondingly scarce, One party succeeded in bringing in a mountain sheep—all the game they saw—but stated that they had crossed over three ranges of mountains to find it. An- other party had killed two bear, and still another a moose, but hundreds returned from the hunt empty handed. I spent two days in a vain search for game, seeing nothing but a spruce partridge similar to that found in the spruce and tamarac swamps of northern Minnesota. There are numerous fish in Lake Le Barke, similar to those in Lake Marsh. Many of the miners were provided with gill nets, and these men had plenty of fish. I did not see or hear of any being caught with hook and line. On the 26th we had succeeded in making the foot of the lake, and next day ran the gauntlet of Thirty-Mile River. On the 2oth we lost the contents of one boat in the Five- Finger Rapids, and, after taking a day to dry out, arrived at. Fort Selkirk on the afternoon of June 1. Here the party divided. Three went on to Dawson, but the rest of our party determined to go prospecting up the Mc- : Millan River, which empties into the Pelly about eighty miles above the confluence-of the latter with the Lewes to’ form the Yukon at Fort Selkirk. Taking with us about two months’ supply of provisions and securing suitable poles, wé began poling our two boats up the swiit Pelly, now at flood stage. c Fort Selkirk we found it necessary to wait until the flood had somewhat abated, and so lost two days. There were several parties ahead of us, and more than 100 to follow, but owing largely to the superior con- struction of our boats, we had no difficulty in overtaking and passing everyone. It was hard work. The river was deep and very swift; sweepers innumerable hung out from the bank and had to be cut before we could proceed. — There is little chance for towing, so steep are the banks and so dense the growth of willows thereon. There are no very serious obstructions to getting up the river: In many place, it is necessary to haul the boat by main strength past some projecting rock, so swift runs the cur- rent, One place in the Pelly Cation it 1s mecessary to climb up on a high rocky point then down on the other side to the edge of the rim, where a float is tied to the end of the tow-line, and by this means it is passed down around the rock, where it is made fast to the boat to be hauled up. In rounding this and other rocky points in this manner, it is essential that the, one who steers the boat keep the stern well out into the stream. The tendency of the eddy is always to throw the stern up stream and the bow down, thus causing the broadside of the boat to be presented to the swift water, with the re- silt that the boat will be capsized, or the tow rope dragged from the hands of those hauling on the line. : On June 9 we left the Pelly and entered the MeMillan. After passing the mouth of Kalzas River, the next day, which connects a lake of the same name with the Mc- Millan, we saw nothing whatever to indicate that white men had eyer preceded us. There were, however, occa- ‘sional deserted fish camps of the Indians, but as we pro- gressed, these became less frequent, and finally ceased altogether. That they do reach the extreme head waters. of these rivers at rare intervals, I have no doubt, for I my-, self found the remains of an ancient camp near the head- waters of the McMillan, and fully 2,000ft. above the level of the stream. While on the Pelly, we saw no game and When only four miles above FORES?T AND STREAM. very little signs of any, but as we poled our way up the McMillan, we saw increasing indications that we were in a big game country, Tracks of moose and bear could be ~ seen along the banks at almost any time, and judging by the havoc wrought among the willows and balm of Gilead trees there- were plenty of beaver, though we did not see many. “Loe ete tw! 5 ie Oe tal The mosquitoes were now ‘as bad‘as at any time on the entire trip, yet mo worse than I have seen them in the jungles of thé Orinoco River delta, and not nearly as bad as I have encountered in northern Minnesota, We * were provided with good nets to cover our beds, and did not suffer any very untisual annoyance. The big stories of the Alaska mosquitoes apply to the country around Circle City and Fort Yukon. After having poled our way up stream for twelve con- ‘secutive days, we made a camp and spent ten days pros- _ pecting without result, Then we. continued up the river five days more, and again constructed a prospecting camp. At this time we were joined by two more men, who had followed closely behind us from our last camp, and when we started out prospecting, we went for convenience in three parties, each- intending to be gone a week. At the end of that time, two of the parties came in empty handed, but the third brought in about four dollars’ worth of gold, which they had panned off the rimrock about twen- ty miles up one of the mountain streams. Next day we all set off for the scene of the discovery, where, alter pan- ning a few pats to satisfy ourselyes as to the value of the discovery, we pitched a camp and agreed on plans for working. ‘ We had now been over four months without fresh meat, and as mine was the only rifle in camp, I was frequently requested to try for some moose meat. So one day at noon I threw down my pick and announced that I was going for that moose. After some simple preparations, I set off up the valley of the creek upon which we were camped. My rifle is a Winchester .40-65, fitted with Lyman near sight, and a-strap for carrying. It weighs nearly tolbs., and is a splendid shooting gun. With it I -haye, while in South America, killed alligators Sift. long dead in their tracks. Beside my gun, 1 carried my ma- chete, which I had also used in South Ametica, and it served the double purpose of knife and axe. I proceeded up the stream very leisurely, seeing many signs of bear and moose, but none of the animals them- selves. After passing a willow marsh bordering the creek and situated between low hills, I came to a lake about an hour before sundown (10 P. M.), and concluded to watch for atime. It was very still, the wind-just a breath from no directton in particular. Two miles to the northeast a noisy stream from the snow-clad heights above poured its icy waters into those of the lake. To the west and north lay a huge mountain, upon the sides of which grew a remarkably thick growth of spruce to an altitude of about Hooft, aboye the lake. Above that only brown grass could be seen to the snow line. Far away among the mountain erags I could hear in the perfect stillness of the summer night the ba-aa of the mountain sheep, It was not dark, though the sun was below the horizon; a strong twilight made objects almost as distinguishable as in daylight. ; { had not long to wait. As 1 lay wrapped in my blanket —for the night was chill—watching the shote of the lake and. the dense growth of spruce above, I saw four dark objécts move into a.small opening on the hillside, and a second glance showed that they were moose, three of which had horns. They were about 600yds, away, but were working towatd me; browsing as they came. As I watched them from a thick growth of stunted mountain birch, it seemed as if they intended to enter the lake at a point about 2o0yds. from me, and wishing to shorten the range, I crept along the shore of the lake for some little distance. From my new place of observation, I could see the moose continue to approach, but before they were within range, they changed theit direction, entered the thick growth, and I saw them no more. At midnight I decided to change my position, and so moved back down the creek to a knoll near the center of the willow marsh before mentioned. From this knoll I could watch a grass matsh adjoining the willow marsh which I particularly desired to do, for in my ignorance of the habits of the moose, I supposed they fed on grass whenever it was obtainable. By creeping through the stunted willows with which the knoll was covered, I could see a considerable portion of the willow marsh, and I ex- amined this carefully at intervals of about fitteen minutes. About 3 o’clock in the morning, just as I was about to creep over to scan the willow marsh, I plainly heard a matigh! of a moose and knew that my chance had come. Seizing my rifle, I crept rapidly through the willow, and there in the clear morning light stood a large bull moose with a magnificent set of horns, about 1ooyds, away, quiet- ly browsing the tops of the willows, and atterly uncon- scious of my presence. I will never forget the sight. For a moment I was lost in admiration and felt loth to destroy, but a recollection of my hungry companions as well aS my own cravings overcame my scrtples, so I raised my rifle and making allowance for the hump om the shoulders, took careful aim and pulled the trigger. The cartridge did not explode, the moose heard the sharp click of the hammer and started to trot off. In the next ten seconds, I fired five shots at the moose whenever he appeared through the trees, four of which, we afterward ~ found took effect. He ran in a semicircle with me as a center for about rooyds,., finally stopping in plain sight about the same distance away as when I first saw him. ° The next shot was aimed at his fore shoulder, and I plain- ly heard the bullet strike the massive bones, Down he came with a grunt, and the deed was done. : What a problem présSented itself to me then. I know: nothing of butchering, but after-a few trials; I-suc-, ceeded in cutting off a hind’quarter, a portion of which I carried to camp, where, you may be sure, I was accorded - a royal welcome. Mining-avas, for the time being sus-. pended, and all hands returned with me to bring in a. load of meat. One of our party, an- Australian, was familiar with the butcher business, and under his skillful manipulation, the moose was skinned and the meat sepa-_ rated from the bones in a very short time. It was a, matter of deepest regret with me that I was unable to, preserve the magnificent head. The spread of the horns was several inches over the length of my tifie, and they, together with the head and short portion of the neck, [Marcu 25, 1899. must have weighed over zoolbs, Yet I would have cheer- fully carried this load the thirty miles to the boats had there been any possibility of getting it to a taxidermists - before it spoiled... How I wished for my camera! I laid the head reverently aside, and with genuine sorrow left it to waste and decay. ’ “Though we ate as only hungry men can eat, the meat lasted us a considerable time. A rack was built, the meat hung thereon, and a fire kept smoldering beneath for several days. Very little of that moose went to waste. A week later, I chanced to pass the spot where the moose was-killed. Not one bone remained attached to another. The bears had been having their turn. The splendid horns were in the velyet, and all the points were gnawed down. The skin was torn to shreds and dragged several hundred teet. x Though it is not at all probable that any of the readers of Forrest AND STREAM will ever visit that vitgin wilder- ness’ for big game, I have no hesitation in saying that if they should, they would be well rewarded. There are no grouse, partridge, squirrels or rabbits to speak of, neither _ are there any wolves, but bear, moose, caribou and moun- tain sheep abound. It is not a country for lone distance shooting, for the game, never haying been molested, is remarkably tame, the bear m particular. There are three kinds there that I have seen, the brown, the cinnamon and the black bear. At one time I saw five brown bears climbing up a bluff. Two of our party had to make a long detour to get past a cinnamon bear that refused to let them pass in a, narrow gorge. A brown bear and her _ two cubs paid no attention to a charge of shot fired, not _at but toward them, by one of our party, who was alone in -camp, but came right up to the tent and played havoc -with the things outside, but did not enter the tent, to the in- terise relief.of: the trembling inmate. While making my way with two companions up the narrow valley of a mountain stream, we came suddenly upon a black bear and two cubs feeding in a small grass plot. Thinking to see her run, we shouted, and waved our hats, but to our amazement and alarm; for our only weapon was my machete, she walked deliberately up to within 4oft. of us, and then raising upon her hind legs, looked us over criti- cally, while the cubs took to cover. Then she slowly followed the cubs, stopping many times to look at us, as if to warn us not to disturb her in the future. We did not follow. ie i To reach that far-off country involves some personal risk and a vast amount of severe physical toil, yet those of us who admire nature in Her various phases feel well re- paid for the trip, Though a desolate wilderness, and destined ever to remain so, there is something indescrib- ably attractive in exploring the country and being the first to set foot in these mountain fastnesses. It is enough to stir the blood of the most sluggish to gaze on those rugged peaks of dizzy height with tops covered by the everlasting snow and lighted by the midnight sun— scenes few, human eyes have ever observed; certainly never ‘raised before the eyes of white men previous to ourselves. _ W.C. Wesxs, C. E. - Havre de Grace, Md. A Parting. Wir the requirements of a duck hunter about us, we waited for the word to board the sloop, There were sounds of creaking cordage, burdens dumped upon decks, and the humming of boatmen’s yoices about us in the evening air. “Js going to be a kam night, Bill, and we will have to stay at the dock, same as we allus, does, and you city fellers can sleep to the hotel; we'll call yer in the morning.” I was prumbling at the decision and about to comply, when the skipper whispered to me: “That's the usual bluff; the laws says you can’t go down to the line till sun-up. Sneak on board and lay low; something will happen:” Tt did, and I noticed about 11 P. M. that the lines which held us to our moorings had parted—probably by chafing. The accident was noted ‘by all and the crew labored with poles to push the out- fit back to its place. Alter four hours of work they dis- covered that the needle of the compass had been de- flected by the cast iron stove, and that we had pushed ourselves four milés Out into the fog. Discouraged and tired, we dropped the mudhooks and sought resi. I sup- pose we had the ““Larboard Watch” out for safety, or for _- some time, or for instance, , At times a heavy foot pounded the deck over my face™ and 6in. above, while I tried to be comfortable in a cof-= fin-like space 18in. wide, 12 high, and 5ft. long. When space and the presence of the feet of my bunkie epg, cognizant of time and wondering how it would (se to be buried alive. We were boarded in the nightop garrulous old neptune, who crowded in among 4S kept his yawp pumps working off a stream of pe brag. I have one fairly good ear and one yeryebad« When the good ear was down his Cohiba id disturb me; when the good ear was up his verbosity unbearable. A rubber boot shot through the dark in the direction of the voice, On its way it accidental united with the coffee pot and they landed together on= and about the speaker. He had “grounds” for complaint. As an amateur engineer, | explained that the lid to the coffee pot had rusted in place, and this, in conjunction with the fact that a potato had been driven into the spout to prevent the escaping steam, had confined it and ane explosion followed. The victim seemed satisfied, inas= much as he had something else to think about, and he gave his vocal organs and the rest of us a rest. . An -hour before dawn we had the double battery an- chored and two hundred or more decoys bobbing about it. To those not familiar with this sport, I would state that the battery is a floating platform about 8 by toft. square; in the center and in direction of its length are two depressed boxes barely large enouch to admit a man’s reclining body; on the outer edges are hinged flaps of canvas that rise and fall with the waves and prevent the wash of water from filling the sunken parts; the whole is nicely ballasted with iron decoys, and this weight, with that of the occupants, sinks the whole to the level of the surrounding water. . y companion of many trips wished me, as usual, to have the best of everything, and insisted that T take the o& od -__ Marcit 28, 1899. | first spell, Wheu the first gvay light appears, when you hear the honk of the wild goose and the quack of the mal- lard and see not, when single dark objects come slatting by in the mist like shots from modern ordnance, when whole flocks of ducks come upon you like the rush of cayalry and break to the right and left and you rise up to juggle your fowling-piece for their destruction, then does your blood tingle, your deep breath come and go quickly, and you feel the spirit that has animated man from primeval times to the present and will continue to so stir them till long after the last sparrow falleth. The guns boomed again and again in the dense fog and canvasbacks, mallards and redheads struck the water with a sloping splash, never again to travel north or south with the changing seasons, The sound of oars creaking in their locks and of broken waves slapping un- der the bow of an approaching boat warned us that we were called in for breakfast. Ten handsome birds satis- hed my desires, and I did not enter the battery again. At other times have I lain flat in the battery and stuck up a foot to attract the ducks: times when far away could be seen some hurrying bird flying low and with tremen- dous speed, ready to alight among supposed kin- dred. When the bird discovered the nigger in the wood- pile the attempt to back-pedal or to fly off on 1 tangent was ludicrous. My companion drank much of the Chesapeake Bay water, contrary to advice. He was reminded that he was not in the best of condition and that such water was usually saturated with deleterious substances. Clnmbing the hill that night to the railroad station my foot unearthed a stone tomahawk, a relic of the fierce tribes whose habitat was the Susquehanna. It may be that the relic split the head of some good Fennimore Cooper Indian, or was the first implement used in a feast of boiled dog. Having but little time for a change of cars at Phil- adelphia, we employed the Pullman porter to transfer the ducks, In doing so he was chased by a Philadelphia bobby, who evidently thought the goods: were hypothe- cated. Maybe he liked ducks. It took some persuasion. to convince him that we had shot them; it took more to conyince him that he had displayed a wonderful burst of speed considering his locality. Part II, With those who sneer at the loyers of the rod and gun ‘and the associations therewith, I will not quarrel. With those who from preference reach for a “high ball” before the bar rather than on the diamond, or with those who prefer the seclusion of a beer itinnel to that of a woodland glen, I am not in touch. J am sitting beside and talking to such of your readers as have in boyhood days known and can recall some companion with whom they have scaled some lofty cliff or by whose side they have wandered along with the purling brook in the meadows below—meadows where the bobolink sane to them long years ago, where the daisies, fleur-de-lis and wild honeysuckle lifted their blossoms in friendly nods— IT am in sympathy with those of mature years who, racked «with care and worry, have sought the fellowship of some kindred spirit and have roamed among the trees of a hillside or by the sunny shores of some pond or river, As the sick dog seeks darkness, so had my friend and myself sought quiet in nature’s solitude many times. They tell me that he had his faults; I have been reminded of my own by interested parties, and yet, while together we never allowed our actions to offend. A man is bad if others say so, and often the judges are spiteful be- cause the victim is not plastic in their hands. The time required for the germs of typhoid feyer to propagate had elapsed since our return, and my friend was tossing upon a bed of fever. The turning point was not in his favor. Ji I record that I liked him, that I had found in him all the essential characteristics of a gentleman, and that I grieved at my loss, am I senti- mental or is there “milk of human kindness?” As the disease progressed, so did he depart from his former self. With parched tongue, burning skin and racking pains he passed the weary hours. Huge un- known shapes moved down upon him as though to crush him. Again was he dropping from some great height into bottoms that were not reached. One day a few lucid moments were allowed him, as though in pity for his sufferings. He called the nurse to his bedside and requested that his gun be given to me, and with it came a message of regard and hope. Anon in his delirium he thought us fishing together. He called my name, saying: “You have a bass; strike! Why don’t you strike? Ah, you have lost him. We'll pull up and try another place.” As the long days and nights passed he became weaker until, worn out and emaciated, he no longer spoke, and the fingers that had so often toyed with the reel were now picking at the blankets. The last spark of life’s camp-fire died away and ~ he went out on that long trail called “Death.” Silence— obliyion—closed about him for awhile until he emerged higher up and in broad fields, into the presence of that true Guide, of whom it is said, “He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters.” W. W. Hastrnes. North Gitoling Wildfowl Law. Moreneap City, N. C., March 14.—Editor Forest and Stream: I have put myself to no little trouble and some expense to have our duck laws made so the sporting men ot the North could come and kill some of the many ducks that use in our waters during the winter season. I inclose you a copy of the law as it now stands, and hope you give it space in your valuable paper. It has been so for the last eight years that we could not use the battery in our county, but I am glad to say that we can now use it, which is the only means of killing the redhead ducks that use in our waters. The law relates only to Carteret cotinty, and provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to shoot wild- fowl from a battery or sneak-boat on Sundays, Mondays, ‘Wednesdays and Fridays of any week; or to use a battery or sneak-boat before Dec. 1 of any year; or to shoot wild- fowl with fire or light between an hour after sunset and before the hour of daylight; or to use any other than a shoulder gun. - 1 kK. D. ArrHur. FOREST AND STREAM. Told at the Sportsmen’s Show. (Comtinned srom last week,| A Man who Sees Beats when he has a Gun, W. 5. “Win” McKenney, of Patten, has the reputation of being a lucky man for running across bears in the woods at times when he has a rifle with him, and pump- ing them full of lead with a repeating rifle. McKenney generally finds his bears when hunting other game. Last fall a year ago he was on the west branch of the Penobscot and got so close to an old bear and two cubs that he could have touched any one of the three with his rifle barrel, The scene of the incident was in the “beater piece,” lying in the angle between the West Branch and Sardnahunk Stream, Most of this triangular section of land has been burnt over in time past, and is grown up to birch, At one side, however, is a belt of black growth, with a springy, moss-carpeted floor that a man can walk over without hearing himself step. McKenney followed the edge of the black growth in the hope of finding a deer or moose feeding on the succulent young growth in the adjoining burnt ground. Before he had gone half a mile he heard an odd noise. He stopped and listened. He could distinguish subdued grunts and whimperings that seemed to come from a point only a few feet away at his elbow, but crane his neck as he would he could see nothing. The hunter knew that the sounds could come from nothing else than an old bear and her cubs, but there was a yentriloquistic quality about the cries that was very puzzling, “Seemed ’s though the bears was close enough to spit on,” says McKenney, in telling the story, “but though I worked first this way and then that, and peeked around among the little cat spruces, I couldn’t see nothing at all. J just made up my mind there wasn’t going to be any more suspense about it, and I took a run and a jump right out into the burnt ground where the sounds came rom. “An old pine-tree stub had fallen over, with its roots sticking up in the air, and as I landed beside that I see the old bear shoot out from under my feet. She just made one bounce and shifted ends in the air and came down facing me. She was so devilish close she didn’t dare put, otherwise, I guess she’d run for the black growth. d “T see out of the corners of my eyes a big cub at each of my elbows, facing just the same that their mamma was, and it kind of occurred to me that I might have got too much bear, and | wished I was just about 2sit. further off, for I couldn’t face three ways at once. “T opened up on the old lady, and gave her a shot through the back of the neck. The blood spurted from both nostrils, but she managed to make one damned good lunge, and my pants was in danger, so I gave her another, and then switched around and begun to operate on the cubs. I fired twice at the first and fetched him, and wounded the second, but that one managed to get to the black growth, and then it was anybody’s bear, for I couldn’t follow it there. The whole thing was over in about the whisk of a cow’s tail, and then I begun to look around to see why I hadn’t been able to locate the bears. The reason was plain enough. There was a, hole under that fallen stub, and they’d been in there out of sight. That mossy ground in the black growth gave me the chance to get right up on them before they heard me, and then they didn’t have time to get away.” Last October McKenney went up on the ridge to the north of Dwelly Pond, which lies among the foothills of Katahdin, in search of moose. Just as he came to an open space 60 or 7Zoit. across, from which all the spruce had been cut and hauled away, he heard a grunt, which sounded like the grunt of a young bull moose. McKen- ney advanced cautiously to the very edge of the opening and peered across. He could hear a rustling of the dry lJeayes on the ground at the further side, and knew that the game, whatever it might be, was close at hand. While he stood waiting for something to turn up a shiit in the wind or some slight noise which he made alarmed the game. He heard a crash, and the next in- stant a large bear appeared, running unwittingly directly toward him. McKenney waited till the bear got within ten paces, and then raised his rifle and fired. As luck would have it, the bear saw the hunter the second before he pressed the trigger and made a sudden leap sideways, with the result that he was only slightly wounded by the bullet creasing across his chest. He swung arotind in the direction he had come, and then McKenney saw that the first bear, which he judged to be an old male, had been followed into the open space by a she bear and two cubs, “The male bear ran directly back to the others,” says McKenney, “and then stopped. They let out a few of those little grunts they was making when I first heard them, and the first thing I knew the old she bear humped herself and started right across the clearing in my direc- tion. J think it was the smell of the blood on the wound- ed bear that made her savage. She came straight for me, and I figured that the straighter she came the better it suited me. J thought that when she got so far she’d stop and set up, same as they do when they first come out with © their cubs. But that setting-up business wasn’t in her head for a cent. She came right on, and when she got 2oft. away she had full steam on still and her ears was laid back and teeth a-showing, and I see that she meant business and no mistake, I hollered, thinking that ’d stop her, but she never let up a particle. And about the time I got that holler finished I tried it again, but it didn’t work any better, and then I thought the old gun ’d holler best. “There was a windfall right in front, not over 8ft. away, and when the bear got her front feet on that, right up to my nose, I let her have it. The ball struck her fair, and she turned a somersault and landed t’other end to, right at my feet, and before she had time to think about I got another into her and pumped her so full of lead she had to give it up; but she made-some awful struggles to get to me, and after it was all-over I kind of felt as-if I’d been a-monkeying a little too close to-the buzz-saw. - “The: cubs had gone off somewhere, but all the time I was dressing the she bear the old he fellow that I wounded kept traveling steady around the edge of the clearing. I could hear him snarling, but I couldn’t get a ‘sight of him, Bet your boots I was quite a time dressing —— her, too. I had to spend so mttch of my time watching the other one, “When I got the job done I went down to Dwelly Pond, and there at the big spring I met my brother Frank. Nothing would satisfy Frank but we must go back. We went up on the ridge again, but the old he bear ’d found out he wanted to know, and he’d cleared out. le wasn't quite so crazy for fight as his mate, and perhaps I’m just as well satisfied that he wasn't. By the time I got to skinning the she bear my nerves was acting kind of treacherotis, and if the old he fellow ‘d been a mind to make a good dash like the first bear he might have had better lick and put my folks to the expense of providing a new suit of clothes to bury me in.” Beat Cubs in Captivity. In a cage of wire chicken netting near by were two of the tiniest imaginable specimens Of black bear cubs. They burrowed down among the leayes with which the bottom of the cage was thickly covered and hugged themselves into little spherical nonentities about the size and shape of croquet balls. Anyone with half an eye could see that they were orphans, and that they were having poor suc- cess in their ptiny efforts to get from the leaves the warmth and comfort they had reason to expect from their shagey mother bear. A sign on the cage gave the information that the cubs’ names were Tom and Jerry, and that they were eighteen days old on March 8. Jazile furnished some additional facts bearing on their history. ‘Dey was born between big pine stomp,” he said. “A liimbermans throwed a big pine on the other pine stomp, and that made a noise, and the lumbermans heard the old bear make noise on the snow. The lumbermans killed him with his axe.” After that the man heard the cubs whining and he enlarged the Opening into the den and captured them, At that time their eyes were not open, and they were so simall that the man put one in each side pocket of his coat and car- ried them home that way. Feeding the Cubs, Bazile acted as wet nurse for the cubs, and his atten- tions were not received with fayor by Tom and Jerry. Nature had intended them to get their dinners and sup- pers and little lunches in between in a much easier way than Bazile provided. Consequently, when meal time came there was much squawling. Bazile took the cubs in turn, lifting them from the cage by the napes of their necks, and afterwards clasping the little balls of black fur around the forward parts of their bodies with one hand, whereupon the cubs would brace their hind feet against the hand and push with such good effect that their unpopular wet nurse was obliged to take them again by the nape of the neck and get .a new grip. When at last Bazile had the cub’s legs doubled up so that he could in a measure control its contortions, he put the index finger of his free hand in its mouth and held it open, and then dipped the cub head first into a can of milk. For a second or two no sound would be heard. Then there would be a convulsive spluttering, followed by the wildest kind of squalling, as the cub’s head was raised to give it air, -One of the cubs had a yery human cry, Ladies from all parts of the Garden were attracted by the sound. They said the cub said, “Mamma,’ just like any baby. When the bears had eaten enough to satisfy their un- sentimental nurse, Bazile wiped their wet little noses with a wad of leaves and put them back in their nest to dream of the warmth and comfort that should by rights have been theirs. ; Beat Weights and Growth. At the present time Tom and Jerry apparently each weigh about 2lbs, In another place in the Garden is the boxing bear, Pete, in his cage with the bull pup, Doctor. This bear is estimated to weigh a hundred and eighty or two hundred pounds. It was raised in captivity from a cub, and its owner, Sam Castle, of Ottawa, says that it is only eighteen months old. Warren Wing, of Flagstaff, é., who is a bear trapper of long experience, says that black bear cubs when they first come out of the den with their mother in the spring never weigh more than slbs. Here are some interesting facts showing the rapid growth of young bears. They emphasize the economy of nature in caring for the mother. No other large wild animal gives birth to offspring in the depth of the win- ter’s cold or under similar conditions. In the den the mother bear gets no food, and her vital functions are nec— essarily at a low stage of activity. To bring forth large cubs or a large litter would undoubtedly be a tax upon her system greaterthan she could respond to. She would, more- over, be incapable of supplying nourishment to offspring that made large demands upon her. Consequently she is given the tiniest of progeny. ‘Their wants are so trifling that the mother is capable of supplying them from her reserve of fat, though she partakes of no food whatever herseli. The cubs grow very slowly up to the time of leaving the den. As soon as other food is to be found they make up for lost time, and increase in size with sur- prising rapidity. Number of Cubs in a Litter, ForEsT AND STREAM recently recorded two instances where four cubs were born to a litter in captivity. In one instance, at least, and no doubt in both, the mother bear did not regularly go into hibernation, and was supplied with food all through the winter. These bears existed un- der very much more favorable environments than if they had been at large and dependent upon their individual exertions to provide for the coming of their offspring. Apparently this condition was directly responsible for the large size of the litters, To find the number of cubs which the mother bear rears in a wild state, a number of representative hunters and woodsmen were interviewed at the Garden. The result is given below. Nessadero, the Stony Indian from the Rockies, says that he has never seen or heard of more than three cubs with an old bear. He has had a long experience botl with grizzhes and black bears. Fred Lavoie, who has been all over eastern Canada, says that personally he has never seen more than two cubs with one mother bear. Warren Wing, of Flagstaff, Me., and John Cushman, = ~ - : whose camps are on Katahdin Lake, Me., say that three cubs is the largest number of which they have knowledge, and that twe cubs with an old she, or even one, is much more common. Mr, Cushman says bears average about the same as deer in the mimber of young to a birth. Willie Paulson, from the upper Ottawa, says three cubs is the largest number of which he has knowledge. EB, E. Sumner, Saranac Lake, N. Y., says he has seeti three in a litter, but that this number is yery unusual. Win. E. Cushman, of Sherman, Me,, says the average number of cubs is two, but that he has seen three. W. S. McKenney, of Patten, Me., says he has never seen more than two cubs with the mother bear. Bazile Maurice says the same thing. Cary Wright, Salmon, Idaho, says he never saw more than two.. Beebe Sivette, St. Raymond, Que., says the common number of cubs seen with an old bear is one. Occasion- ally, however, two or three cubs are seen, but never four, Warren W. Cole, Long Lake, N. Y., has killed an old bear and three cubs at one time. I’, C. Chase, of Newcomb, in the Adirondacks, knows of similar instances, but says two cubs are more fre- quently met with in company with the mother. Natey Foge says a Maine hunter named McPheeters claims to have seen four cubs with the old bear near the head of Nicotous Lake. He captured two of the cubs alive, and said that two others which had been in their company escaped. Jack Darling also used to tell of following in the snow one winter thé tracks of four small bears and one large one. He seemed to think, however, that this old bear might have taken the orphan cubs of some other bear under her protection. The men whose names are mentioned are all bear hun- ters of experience, and representative of a large extent of bear country. Not one of them has certain knowledge of four cubs reared by one bear mother at one time, which shows at least that such events are of extreme in- frequency. It is, of course, possible that in many instances more than three cubs at a time may be born to wild bears, and that limited food resources prevent the survival of the en- tire number. As touching on this point, Mr. Sumner mientions the fact that while on one occasion exploring a she-bear’s den that had just been vacated he found the body of a dead cub without scratch or mark to indicate a violent death. Apparently the mother had been unable to supply sufficient nourishment and the cub had died of Starvation. Oddities Warren W. Cole, of Long Lake, saw a deer killed, by Orin Lapelle at Flatfish Lake, Hamilton county, ie Ee that had five legs. The superfluous member started from the gambrel joint of the right hindleg and terminated in a perfect hoof. Mr. Cole tells of a very old and very large bear killed as it was coming out of its den on Van- derwalker Mountain which was estimated to weigh 6oolbs. Its cleaned hide weighed 5934lbs., and twelve and a halt gallons of cil were tried out from its fat. This bear’s nose was full,of porcupine quills and it had lost, one foot ina trap. It had also been shot years before through the niiddle of its body. The ball, which was found lying next the skin on the opposite side from that where it entered, was from an old-fashioned muzzle-loading rifle, and the mark of the patch was still in evidence. Ranson Palmer killed a deer near Long Lake that had carried a bullet in its heart for a considerable period. The wound had healed perfectly and the deer was fat and in fine condition. Dr. Wallace, of Philadelphia, has the heart preserved in alcohol, with the bullet, just as it was found. E. J, Chase, of Newcomb, N. Y., killed a horned doe near the Adirondack upper works eight or nine years ago. The horns were spikes 6 or 8in. in length. The ani- mal was a young doe and had never bred. Fayette Moody, Saranac, Lake, killed a horned doe with three prongs on each antler. E. R. Starbird, Brunswick, Me., has killed two albino deer. He has protographs showing a number of albinos killed at different points in Maine, and.it seems that al- binos are perhaps more abundant in the Pine Tree State than elsewhere. Mr. Hall, of Trout Brook Farm, Me., says that old Con Dohaney tells a story of felling an elm tree across Soper Brook one fall from which to dip up water for camp use. The next spring when he returned to the spot he found that beaver had used the log for the basis of a dam spiling down from it after the fashion of lumbermen. Mr. Samuel L. Crosby exhibits a blue-black trout from Rangeley, taken by a member of the Oguossoc Angling Association trolling in Mooselumaguntic Lake. The trout is remarkable, says Mr. Crosby, because it is found nowhere else on the continent. The specimen is a slen- der, handsome fish, weighing 134lbs. Moose Shanks When Willie Paulson wanted a suit of clothes he went out and shot a caribou to get them, and up in Maine every time a hunter kills a moose he gets a pair of shoes, Capt. Edgar E. Harlow, of Moosehead Lake, exhibited a pir of moose shank moccasins which hed been stripped from the hind gambrel joints of a moose and partially tanned with soapsuds and salt and alum to prevent the hair coming out. The only sewing required was a few stitches across the narrow part of the shank, which now formed the toe of the mocccasins. A strip of skin was run around the top so that the moccasin could be drawn firmly about the ankle of the wearer. Back in the woods, when a moose is killed all that is necessary to convert the shanks into footgear aiter they are stripped from the moose are two wooden skewers. The small ends are bent back on themselves and fastened with skewers and there you are. The woodsman throws them in a pail of water at night to keep soft, and doesn’t bother to tan them. Everybody remembers how Davy Crockett met an emergency when there was a demand for ready cash, which he did not possesss, by going out and shooting a coon and hypothecating the skin. The expedient of levy- ing on wild nature for the wherewithal to meet pecuniary obligations suggests itself naturally to woodsmen, Tt is FOREST AND STREAM. not every one, however, who has the wit to ptt the idea to good account. This is the way Natey Fogg drew his check for $5: “When Mose and I went up to Sebois Grand Lake to build a hovel for the horses,” says Natey, “we expected to stay there all summer and into the hunting season. We took rifles and grub along, but very foolishly forgot about our money and had very little cash between us. “The mosquitoes and flies were awful bad, and before we got the hovel half finished | made up my mind that I wasn’t going to stay there a minute longer than I could help. I needed more than I had with me to get home, for railroad fare and other expenses on the way, and it would have taken no end of time and trouble to go out to Patten and write home for it and wait till it came, so [| made up my mind the money had to be forth- coming right*where we were. There were some old bear traps in the camp, and I took one of them and caught a string of pickerel and set the trap in that burned land near the head of White Horse Lake, in a likely looking place for beat, and went back to work on the hovel. “That next weelc the mosquitoes were worse than ever. Mose said the only way to get the better of them was to sleep with an iron kettle over your head and a ham- mer in your hand, so that when a mosquito drove his bill through the kettle you could rivet it in the inside with the hammer and hold him there. J tried to rout them out by making a fire in a tin pail and raising a.smoke. I went to sleep one night with the pail over my head. After a while J woke up with the side of my face kind of warm and found that the pail had set fire to the bed- ding, and burnt up half of my pillow and the corner of the mattress and part of my blankets, and was eating through the floor, “Well, as I was saying, the mosquitoes was mighty bad, and I wanted to get out. I hadn’t much faith in that bear trap, but as soon_as the hovel was finished I went down to look at it, and when I got there the trap was gone. I followed up the trail, and after a while I found the bear in a place where the trees grew just about as thick as the hairs on a dog. He had wound the chain around two little firs and that held him; but to get a good sight on him I had to walk up within less than 15ft. His hide wasn’t any good, but there was $5 bounty on it, and I'd rather be chewed by a bear any day than eaten alive by mosquitoes, so I got right down into that hole, and when I got my chance I fired and killed the bear. The next morning I took the hide in my canoe and went out to Patten and collected the bounty, and then I made tracks for home.” J. B. BurNHAM. The Yellowstone Park Game. YELLowsTonE Park, March 13.—Editor Forest and Stream: I'm home once more. I find a hard winter here hard in every respect. I see lots of game eyerywhere T have been since my return to the Park, and much of it is looking very thin, and the conditions are such that there will be considerable loss. One of the good things that has happened here is the killing of seven mountain lions, while down the river a few miles and close to the Park boundary three others were killed. These animals are the worst poachers we have in the Park. They are very destructive to sheep and deer, for deer, being smaller than ell, it takes so many more to feed them. I came up here the other afternoon on the mail sled, putting in my time locating and counting the bands of deer and other game along the road. I saw five bands of mule deer close to the road, counting five, sixteen twenty- four, fifteen and twenty-eight. There were old ones, too, . here and there between the bands and bunches of three and lone whitetails. I did not see any sheep while com- ing up, but before we left Gardiner I was looking at them with a glass on the bench back of the Eagle’s Nest and cliffs, and McMinn bench. I saw hundreds of elk before starting up, but only a few in sight of the road after we entered the cafion. The day was rather bright and warm for game to be out very much in sight, still 1 counted several small bands along the side of Mt, Everts, one of thirty-four. Antelope I saw before starting, but not one from the read, Still, 1 saw several trails where they had crossed both the road and Gardiner River. Unforttunate- ly, I saw many coyote tracks, and lately I have heard their very disagreeable howl. considerable numbers, but not as bad as two years ago. I saw less bird life along the river, but there is yet quite a number of ducks. One always sees fish in the Gardiner when the water and day are clear. I saw a‘ few, but could not tell what kind of trout they were. Lately those who catch fish here get three kinds of trout—native trout, brook trout (of the East) and Loch Leven, the two last from plants made by the United States Fish Commission on the upper waters. I saw seyeral Loch Leven of 1¥lbs. each. This is very interesting fishing, as one is wading through warm water one moment, and the next is on the banks in I to 2ft. of snow, Often the line js frozen in a moment while out of the water. | Reaching the Springs and Ft. Yellowstone, I saw in the inclosure for game the five bulls I captured while young and two wild cows. I learned from Capt. Jamies B. Erwin that they were taken from an old corral or pen where he has two whitetail deer. The captain pro- poses to add all kinds of park animals to his collection for the benefit of the visitors, who, traveling wagon roads, as they do, see so little of the great amount of animal life in the Park. This collection will give them a near view. The Captain says his scouts and men at sta- tions have reported in all fifty buffalo, twelve of these being calves. I won't say where they are, except this: They are in the Park, and it would not be healthy for any one to attempt to get one. They are to be left undis- turbed by everybody. J Several important changes have been made since I left here last fall. One, granting the transportation company the right to build permanent camps, like the Wylie Camp- ing Company’s; another, the rumored sale of the hotels to Dr. Seward Webb and associates. An order from the Interior Department greatly restricts the number of li- censes to be granted to private teams, and in no case will more than one license be granted to one man, and that for one wagon only; also requiring the holder to accom- They are back here in™ ——— [Manck 25, 1899. = <== Z pany his wagon during the trip. Another order permits these licensed teams to catry their parties to the hotels if they wish or camp where before they were compelled to camp. i. * oe Capt. Erwin’s scouts and men stationed at Soda Butte report the elk ins the, East Fork cotintry very thin and weak. They say that they have to make some of them get out of the road or else must run mto them on their snowshoes. There are thousands of elk in the northern section of the Park, and unless we have an early spring there will be a great loss later. I am sure of this by the way range horses are starving. There is deeper snow ly- ing on a leyel along the-foothills and in the Yellowstone Valley than for many years. It is a harder winter in this. section than the winter of "86 and 87, when there was such a great loss of stock. At this date the snow at the altitude of Gardiner and Cinnabar is almost a sheet of ice, A good many coyotes are killed, They are shot on sight. Some wolves are said to have been killed in the northern part of the Park; one man claims that he got six wolves and four coyotes near Yancey’s, There is no mail route now through the Park to Cooke City. One must snow- shoe it to get there or to Soda Butte or “Uncle John’s” ii they wish to see game.. Standing in the streets of Gar~ diner one day and looking into the Park, 1 saw bands of elk in htindreds and bands of antelope, in all about 150, sixteen mountain sheep and a few black and whitetail deer. Had 1 taken time and looked carefully I could haye seen coyotes, but I did not want to see them. E. HoFer. ghatiyal History. | Notes on Park Moose. From November, 1896, to the time of their death in December, 1897, a pair of New Brunswick moose were an attraction and subjects of much interest at our Roger Williams Park, in Providence, R. I. - The develcpment of antlers of the male seemed a mat- ter of some interest, and with the assistance of the park officials and friends with their cameras, | have secured some photographs showing the size and form of these antlers at certain dates. It is impossible to give the exact date at which this growth started. Through the winter the pedicles on which the antlers grew were bare and prominent spots. At length these show an increased prominence, begin to lengthen, the velvet appears on them and the new antlers are im process of growth. This change began to occur in the latter part of March, and by May 8 the new growths were 7 or 8in. Jong. At this time the beams were straight round, and the full diameter they were to attain. Then there was a broadening and flattening at the end of each beam, followed by a division, and May 23 a length of 12in. had been attained, and the appearance shown in the photograph taken that day. The next photograph was secured June 13. The antlers were then about 15in. long, with a spread of the tines on each of T4in.- From this time to the latter part of July the growth was rapid, and when our third picture was taken, Aug. 1, the antlers were complete and perfect, except as to the ends of the points. There were eight points on one side and seyén on the other. When these moose were brought here the bull was said to be six years old. His antlers had a spread of 47in. with eighteen points. Those shown by otir photographs also had a spread of 47in., but the points had decreased as above stated, and the weight was also much less. Those who were interested hoped for an improved set, but evi- dently impaired vitality prevented a vigorous growth. As the antlers increased in size the bell also increased until 13 or I4in, long, and after the antlers were dropped. Dec. 1 the bell decreased mm length. May 19 the cow gave birth to a female calf. The calf weighed about 3olbs., and was a light bay color. This gradually changed, the ends of the hairs first, to a brown like the parents. We secured a very good portrait of this young moose when twenty-four days old. For the pur- pose of taking these pictures we went several times into the paddock with the moose without their showing any ugly disposition, but im the fall the bull became danger- ous. These animals were confined in an enclosure about 15ft. square, containing a grove of trees, but no bushes. For the want of bushes to rub, or from some other cause, our moose never entirely cleared the yelvet trom his antlers, nor did they attain the dark color natural to the antlers of the wild moose. The evening of Oct. 1, 1807, having just returned from a moose calling trip to New Brunswick, ] went to our park to try the effect of an imitation of the defiant note of the bull moose, as I had heard it in the wilds of the Mirimachi country. The family of moose were lying together in the grove of trees in their paddock, 5oit. or so from the fence; bright about us shone the electric lights, and nearby the passing of steam and electric cars gave sounds not usually associated with moose calling. At the first sound of the horn, the bull sprang to his feet, giving his answer and starting toward me, and the cow answered with a long call. I thought also the calf an- swered, but of this in the excitement and noise I could not be sure. At the second sound of the note, the bull. answered again, and without an instant’s hesitation charged against the fence in the greatest fury. As he came on his head was lowered, bringing his antlers about on a line with his shoulders, At other times, both day and evening, I tried to deceive him, but without success. The cow would repeatedly answer, always with a short call, quite different from the long call imitated to call the moose of the wild woods. A number of different notes, this cow used, usually in a tone that could be heard only a short distance. The life of these interesting animals here was short. The older moose both died in December, 1897, having lived here about a year, and the calf died in the spring of 1898. The conditions under which they were kept were not favorable. They had no access to any body of water, and evidently suffered in the summer heat, nor had they sufficient room for exercise, Frep TAtcort, PROVIDENCE, R. |., Feb, 1% Instinct. Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. Fred Mather, in his paper, “Reason and I[n- stinet,” intimates that he expects the other fellow to whack him, In this case I am the other fellow, and I am going to whack some of the instinct out of his argument if I can express my ideas in words, - The ideas ‘conveyed by the word instinct, had their origin when ignorance and superstition swayed the mind of man. When it was the belief that there was an impassable gulf between man and brute. When all mystery in animate nature was explained by the term instinct. All this is changed, True, it may not be known to the casual reader, but it is a fact that scientific in- vestigation has swept away the last vestiges of these old delusions, Science teaches us that the tissue that renders mental faculties possible is not confined to man, but is shared by other animal life. Mr. Mather’s observations of the lower animals has led to this conclusion, hence he erants reason to the brite creation, thus far over- jhrowinge instinct. But he does not go tar enough. He yet holds to the word instinct to explain a seetm- ing mystery. His statement that instinct closes the eye of man to protect it, is one of the old delusions that Science has exposed and annihilated. Forty-four years ago, when I was about sixteen years of age. and was attending Hampden Academy, Me., I heard the Professor in a lecture make the same state- ment. It was a puzzle for me. I could not grasp the idea. What is instinct? Where is it located? How does it get control of the muscles of the eyelid? These were questions I asked myself in vain. In my study of mind and matter, it was a mountain in the pathway, and at last I asked the professor to explain. My thirst for knowledge received a setback, when he smilingly 2 oeeeenenGl FOREST AND STREAM. JUNE 13. Why does science claim that there is a consciousness that protects and controls the animal organism? Science claims it because the existence of the organism is ab- solutely dependent om some such power, All the facts point in one direction, The mechanism is perfect and its action proves the theory. All the organs necessary 228 with Mr, Mather, while fighting the battle for the lower animals. I shall use my knowledge of animal life to show how tnjust are the arguments advanced by the opposition. If words do not fail me, I believe I can prove that the line of reasoning deduced from hypo- thetical idiotic actions of the lower animals is unjust and will not stand the test of common sense. , HERMIT, Liditor Forest and Stream: Mr. Wade's so-called argument is so incoherently weak that it falls of its own detects. The attainment of particular ends by the combination of materials and labor is the result of education, not of reason alone. If will gamble that if brother Wade wore ont a hunting shirt he could no more replace it by making one himselfi—though surrounded by materials and machinery—than the dog could build the fire, and he might “hover around” a plate of pate de foies gras till the same was exhausted and he could not produce an- other dish if the streets swarmed with geese—he con- founds reason with education, His allegations in re- gard to the calf and the pups is without weight, as there is no méans of provine that the mother is deceived. I have known of a cat suckling a rabbit, but was never of the opinion that the cat was fooled any. I believe the mother instinct to exist to greater or less extent in all animals. When a dog hovers around an “expiring fire” or any other kind of a fire, he “deduces inferences from the premises’; being cold, he reasons that the fire will warm him, and governs himself accordingly. Out of his own mouth shall he be judged. He says “I never saw an intelligent act in one of my dogs that was not readily accounted for by its previous acts and experiences.” Just so; they “deduced inferences from the premises,” i. e., their experiences, This very abil- MAY 23. MOOSE HORN DEVELOPMENT. said: “Master Walton, | frankly admit that I don't know anything about it.” I think if Mr, Mather were hard pressed he would have to make the same reply. Now, in the light of science, let us see what takes place when ah eye is threatened; The dangerous object is focused on the retina, thus brought in contact with the optic nerve. The optic nerve conveys the image to the area in the brain, where the knowledge of sight exists. Consciousness takes alarm and calls upon the proper muscles to close the eyelid. How do we know this? We know it because consciousness must be prop- erly alarmed. If the mechanism of the eye is imperfect, protection will not take place. It the optic nerve were severed, the eye would be sightless, for the reason that there would be no connection with the area in the brain, where the knowledge of sight exists. Under such circumstances consciousness could not be alarmed by the sense of sight. But science teaches us that consciousness may also take alarm through the sense of feeling, even if the eye were sighitless. Removing the foot from a burning coal is not de- pendent on instinct, as Mr. Mather seems to think, It is wholly unthinkable that instinct can control the proper muscles to remove the foot. Here pain conveys the alarm. The nerves connect the burning flesh with the spot in the brain, where the knowledge of pain exists, and consciousness does the rest. Ii the nerves were severed, no pain would result, and no alarm and pro- tection take place. The sight or smell of burning flesh could carry the alarm to the brain, and consciousness’ would afford protection just as in the case of pain. The inability to feel pain when the nerves fail to connect with the brain is often emphasized when we lie on an arm in the night. I awoke one night not jong ago and found that in some way I had stopped the nerves of my left arm from communicating with the brain. For a short time my hand was completely par- alyzed. It did not feel natural to’ the touch of the other hand. There was no reciprocity of feeling. I sharply pinched the fingers without producing pain. A live coal would have had no power to insure protec- tion by the burning of the hand, because the brain being disconnected, there could be no sensation of pain. Pain is a necessary provision of nature to protect the flesh of animal lite. If there were no pain animals would be careless, and doubtless their bones and muscles would become exposed through ragged wounds. ~ US oes O.. PHOTOGRAPHS BY O, to prove the theory of consciousness are provided, in- cluding nerve, muscle and gray tissue. This holds good in relation to the lower animals as well as to man. I do not want it inferred from what I have written of _ consciousness that I indorse that old definition: is an intelligence served by organs.” Man is an organism, the whole dependent on the “Man MOOSE CALF. Williams Park, Providence, R. I. parts. The service is reciprocal. Man, with all his boasted intelligence, may be sent to the mad-house by a slight change in his nerve tissue. _I hope Mr. Mather, when he writes for FoREST AND STREAM, will kindly substitute the word heredity for instinct, It is a much better word, and it expresses all that the word instinet can without partaking of the supernatural, In my next paper I shall stand shoulder to shoulder R. MITCHELL AND WM. R. AUGUST T, DUTEMPLE. ity to profit by experience or the results of previous acts is the strongest possible proof of reason. Shelter can- not be had in the claim that this is memory, for memory tinassisted by reason would but record the result in a specific case; it could not connect that result with the probable result of future acts. Man at birth is as feeble and helpless as is the dog, and the development of his ability to reason is based upon his experiences and the experiences of others, The child may once grasp the hot iron, but he seldom does it twice. The pup may once put his nose on the hot radiator, but he refrains thereafter. The child and the dog “deduce inferences from the premises.” Is there any possible warrant for the claim that one travels the road of reason and the other than of instinct? As I said before, our friend Wade confuses reason and education. No one will for a moment contend that the possibili- ties of education in the dog are equal to those in most men, but the fact that they are circumscribed does not coniute their existence any more than would the fact that one man’s mental grasp is greater than another’s prove the absence of mind in the weaker. I am well aware that in some of our modern diction- ariés reason is given as an attribute of man only, as distinguished from the intelligence of the brute creation, but in the definition given by Mr, Wade, and the generally accepted use of the term, the position of the antis is untenable. COUNSELOR, The: Flight of an Eagle. SPRINGFIELD, [ll., March 5.—Editor Forest and Stream: My friend, Charles C. Sedgwick, the well-known sports- man of Dansville, N. Y., who, by the way, is always on the lookout for something interesting in the doings of wild creatures, writes under a recent date that some weeks ago, while absorbed in some work in the house, his atten- tion was attracted to a passing pedestrian looking intently — at the sky. Throwing open the window he beheld a large eagle come sailing up the street. To quote his own words: “The air was heavy after some rain. I ran down Stairs just as the great bird passed’over our house. He was flying quite low, and had to flop heavily to get on. He passed over the Rhoda farm and then turned to the south- west. It was a grand sight. He looked to spread 6 or 7ft. At first | thought he had been wounded, but later made up my mind that he was all right.” J.M.§ 226 Sheldrakes. Cot, MAtHer, in his article on “Domesticating Wild fowl,” under the section, “The Hollow Tree Nesters,” says: “If the other mergansers or sheldrakes nest in trees I do not know, but I suspect them of it.” His suspicions are correct in regard to the American merganser CM, americanus), These birds nest in hol- lows in trees. I have seen twelye eggs taken from a nest which was in a hole in a gréen maple overhanging the water. They sometimes nest quite a distance bacle from the water. A friend in whose word I place implicit confidence told me that once when lunching with some river drivers under the shelying bank of an island in Penobscot River, a sheldrake passed directly over their heads and just skimmed the water as she struck, and spilled off some four or five young which she was con- yeying irom the nest to the water. Although I have never personally seen this done, I have no doubt that they take their young to the water in this way. On the contrary, the red-breasted. merganser (MW. sei- rator), as far as my observation goes, always nest on ledges. In many lakes in the northern part of Maine their nests can be found on low, ledgy islands every year. I have once found sixteen eggs in one nest. The nest is unually placed under some low, spreading bank. I have found their nests and those of herring gull; tern and sandpipers all on one small ledge. Jf their eggs are taken they will lay a second time, and I have good reason to believe even a third time. I have one mounted which is in the down, which I took Aug. 26, 1888, at Cancom- gammock Lake. There were six in the brood to which this belonged, and J saw another brood of four only a few days old. On speaking of this to a hunter of my acquaintance, and expressing surprise at birds being in the down so late, he said: ‘Oh! I can tell you all about that. I was hunting bear up there, and I robbed all the nests there twice to get the eggs to eat, and the broods you saw were a third brood from eggs laid after I left.” As the ice begins to form there the last of September, it seems hardly possible that these birds could get so as to fly before it froze. ; There is a story of one of our guides eating seventeen sheldrake’s eggs at one meal and then remarking. ‘‘that he never liked sheldrake’s eggs, as they tasted fishy.” I have eaten them, and never could detect any fishy taste; but perhaps I did not eat enough to get the true flayor. While the males of these two sheldrakes differ widely, the females resemble each other so much that one must have the bird in their hand and then look very closely to tell them apart. I have never known the males of either kind to be found near the nests. M. Harpy. A Trip to Beaver Land. In reading a recent issue of Forest AND STREAM I was surprised to learn that a beaver had recently been captured in New York State. It then occurred to me that the description of a trip to the present home of the beaver might be of interest to your many readers. We were a merry party as we started from Winnipeg, Mani- toba, one bright morning in early summer; and an undig- nified crowd, in spite of our high-sounding title of “Nat- ural History Picnic Club.” Taking the train north to Sel- kirk, we there went on board Lake Winnipeg’s finest steamer, the Lady of the Lake. After a two days’ yoyage full of soft, balmy air and varied and picturesque scenery, we reached Norway House, at the northern end of the lake, This was to be the headquarters of our season’s operations. Norway House is one of the oldest of the old Hudson . Bay Company’s posts, and was for many years the great distributing point for the whole Northwest. It has lost much of its ancient glory, but is still an important trading post. offered to give us any assistance in his power, and soon provided us with a reliable Indian guide. During the day we waridered about, and were much interested by the shrewd observations of an old trapper who was engaged in making caviar, This delicious article is made from the spawn of the sturgeon-that are caught about this time. There are two varieties, but the black spawn is much the more valuable of the two. By some process, known only to the chosen few, this substance is treated with German salt and packed in barrels. It is finally packed in small boxes and sold on the market at enor- mous prices. Early on the following morning we were up, and oft down the Nelson in our stout canoes. We had to portage in several places, but luckily we met with no accident. Darkness was just coming on when we reached Cross Lake Post, sixty miles from Norway House. That night we enjoyed the sleep that comes to those who travel all day by canoe or dog-train. Next day we were up with the sun, and alter a hasty meal set out for a beaver colony, which the guide said was not far from here. We went back some distance from the usual course of travel. This northern country is completely covered with a network of lakes and rivers, and with a canoe it is possible to travel anywhere. At length we reached a little lake, on whose shores we landed. Quite near us was a small clearing, and toward this we now quietly advanced. The appearance of this open space would lead one to suppose that a gang of woodchoppers had recently been engaged here. Creep- ing quietly forward, we caught sight of the rising village. Some of the houses were finished, while others were neatly so, As no dam was required, this colony appat- ently took life easy. A few were leisurely building with poplar sticks and mud, but the majority appeared to be taking a holiday, The houses are dome-shaped in structure, and must have served as models for the huts of the Eskimo fur- ther north. 73 But most interesting of all were the beavers themselves, ranging in size from the iolb. kitten to the full-grown adult, which would probably weigh 5olbs. or more. This visit to a beaver village shattered, alas, some of my longest-cherished convictions. I had always been told that the beaver is never idle. Now, I am certain 1 saw 2 half-dozen at least who must have been shirking- most shamefully. Worse still, not a single beaver used We were most kindly received by the chief factor, who FOREST AND STREAM. his tail as a trowel in building all the time I was there. I found it hard, indeed, to give up this last conviction. The tail of the beaver is about iff lone and is well adapted to its use, as a rudder. The feet are well worth notice, the front ones being small and flexible and the hind ones closely webbed. The incisors are important to the beaver, for it is with these that he cuts the material for his food, his hut and the dam, if there be one. ; His food in winter consist of the bark of the birch, poplar or willow, which he has stored up during the summer and autumn months. In summer he ieasts on the young shoots and the juicy root-stalks of the many water plants that surround his home. Altogether he is a social and contented little animal, Which has furnished the Hudson Bay Company with thousands of dollars, moralists with many valuable illus- trations, and Canada itself with a national emblem. W. E, Ep onps. Random , Notes. Wild Pigeon Flights Then and Now. Aone about the years 1860 to 1870 wild pigeons were numerous in eastern Indiana and western Ohio. They had a roost near the source of the Wabash River south of Fort Recovery, and they came to it by the thousands from the Northwest. Our farm seemed to be in the line of flight, and the coming and going of wild pigeons was as regular and eventful an incident as the coming of Christmas. Stray flocks settled in our own and neigh- boring fields, and I trapped a few where scattered corn had been left in the field. We frequently shot at them as they flew overhead, but we had nothing better than an old smooth-bore gun that would not shoot beyond the tree tops, and the flight was out of reach. I believe I lulled only one with a gun, until I began shooting a rifle. Then I frequently shot their heads off while they were among the branches of pin oak: trees feeding. Men who visited the roost reported that pigeons were so numerous their combined weight broke many branches from the trees. After night hunters thrashed them off the lower branches with long poles, and carried them home by the sack full. I can’t recall the time nor place at which I killed my last pigeon. I never considered them a desirable article for food; not much better than a yellow-hammer. Last August as I was driving north out of town, a flock of about forty birds flew over, going northeast. They were about the right height, and their shape, size, move- ment, speed and line formation all tallied with the wild pigeon of my boyhood days. I watched them until the line faded away in the distant blue of the horizon’s rim, trying to convince myself that they were turtle doves, but all the evidence tended to show that they were wild pigeons. Did any other reader of Forest AND STREAM see them? The Dove. What sportsman has the hardness of heart to kill a doye? I never killed one, and if I did I would be ashamed to tell it. I was under the impression until recent years that doves were looked upon as being almost sacred, a bird blessed by Diyine Providence, and I still think that no true sportsman will be guilty of their destruction, and further that they should be protected by law at all times and in all places. Quail, Corn and Wheat. From childhood I have known that quail would pull up corn. Like the crow, they take hold of the young shoot when it is an inch or so above ground, pull it up by the root, so to speak, and then eat the grain that adheres to the roots. I frequently replanted where they had taken hill after hill. A few years ago I was in the country and had a Flobert rifle with me. I drove near a Bob White sitting on the fence near a shock of wheat. I violated the law for scientific reasons. When I examined his crop I found forty-one large plump grains of wheat and not a thing else. doubt, but the quail preferred wheat. Nevertheless if I lived on a farm I would protect my quail. When I was a boy we captured game in any manner possible. I shot eleven quail at one shot with the smooth-bore men- tioned above. Later I killed four quail at one shot with a muzzle-loading rifle. Speaking of Shots. Tn October, 1893, I shot a small deer in a slashing near the Michigamme River in Upper Peninsula, Michigan, knocking it down in its tracks. It was partly concealed by the weeds and briers, and lay there while I watched a large doe in her wild flight up a crooked ravine. When the doe was out of sight I started down to the one | had shot, and was within about sixty steps of it when it jumped up and started off at a lively clip, but wabbling in a way that showed it had been hit hard. I pulled up my rifle and cut loose at its shoulder, and it dropped as if shot through the brain. dead, but there was only ome bullet mark on it, and that was a hole through both shoulders, In October, 1895, in the same slashing, I walked up a tree trunk that had lodged until I came to a tree against which the leaning one rested some 2oft. from the ground. I stood there probably about thirty minutes with my back against the upright tree, when I heard a rustling among the leafy branches of a fallen sugar to my left. Presently a small deer crept out from among the branches and stood broadside not more than 4oyds. distant. I carried that deer to camp. The point to this is that I walked logs tooyds. or more, then the leanjng tree to within an easy shot without noise. , Last November, while sitting on a pine stump on the south point of a ridge about four miles west of the place mentioned above I was much interested in the movements of a hunter who seemed to be trying hard to locate something. He circled my perch, coming from the north- west, passing around south and disappearing northeast of me. He came within fifteen steps of me, but did not look toward the hill. A half-hour later as I was going north, he crossed my path going west with his eyes riveted to the ground, and a few moments later as I was trying to locate the whistle of a buck in the distance, the old There were bugs in the stubble, no_ When I went up to it, it was-- - aa 7 ’ h - ' [Maremr 25, 1899. gentleman came plump on to me from the west. He was carrying a handsome Winchester shotgun, and explained that a couple of hours before he had put a charge of nine buckshot into the shoulder of a large buck at close range, but the buck gat away and he could not trail him. He said he lived on the Michigan Lower Peninsula, and was camped back on Fence River. He seemed very much worried over his misiortune, and I ielt sorry, for I con- cluded it was one of those rare occasions when an old hunter lost an opportunity to score another big buck, and thus fittingly round out a successful hunter’s career, : G. W. CUNNINGHAM. That Alaskan Warm Lake. Wasuineton, D. C., March 16.—Editor Forest and Stream: I note in your issue of March 18 an article from the Catholic Columbian, describing a warm water lake named Selawik in the vicinity of Dawson, the waters of which are said to rise and fall with the tides on the shores of Alaska, and stating that “the improyident gold seeker 7S th has only to borrow a sled and a couple of dogs to go over to Selawik, where, in a couple of hours, he can kill with a boat hook more salmon than he can eat in a fortnight.” I have spent two and a half years in the interior of Alaska, and have been nine times across the entire terri- tory from east to west, and while ] am not in a position to absolutely deny the above statement, 1 must say that it is most improbable. Jf it were made by any other than one so well known in connection with missionary work in Alaska as Father Tosi, I should consider it as intended for a bit of humor to beguile the artless “chee-charco.” I haye visited Dawson on many occasions from the spring of 1897 when there were only two or three cabins to late in August when the camp had become a populous city, and spent an entire winter in the vicinity, making trips of from 25 to 40 miles east of the Yukon, and from 25 to 130 miles to the west, and up to that time the exist- ence of such a lake was unknown to the miners. The Yukon River is certainly the lowest known spot in the eral of Dawson, and it is an even 1,000ft. above sea evel. Anyone who has tried fishing for salmon in the upper Yukon with the largest nets knows that it is not a profit- able industry, so it would seem rather difficult to believe that such marvelous catches could be made in Lake Sela- wik with a boat hook. The reverend father has doubiless credited the reports of some imaginative fortune seeker, or the alleged hot spring near Medicine Lake, southwest of Circle City, may have furnished the groundwork for the story. Epwarp F. Bart, a U. S. Coast AND GropETIC SuRVEY, Observations. Is How these humans da reason about whether the other animals do reason or do not teason. Wonder if the other animals reason about whether these humans do reason or do not reason. Il. Americans take the time for their pleasures ‘rom the hours of sleep instead of the hours of business. So they make an added burden of what should be not only a pleasure, but also a recreation. J. B. Davis. MiIcHicGANn, Some Features of the Show. Editor Forest and Stream: : Merely as a matter of information, will somebody con- nected with the Adirondack exhibits at the Sportsmen’s Exposition please tell where the man dressed in yellow buckskin, with fringes, got his suit of clothes? Addi- tional particulars would be interesting, too. . Did the man ever see buckskin clothes previous to his coming to New York; and if he did, was it at a circus? Was the suit a rented one? What was the object of having him dressed up in that style? Was it a sort of jack-lantern to dazzle the innocent crowds, so that they would fall ready and easy victims? Or may be he didn’t belong with that exhibit, Also, was that spotted fawn with a doe a type or indi- cation of anything in particular? There were several spotted fawns on exhibition—lank little creatures, very interesting to contemplate. Where did they come from? What gallant sportsman procured them? Did hounds, ‘ith mellow voices and eager leapings,” purstie them to “the death”? Were the fawns there as specimens of the game a sportsman might expect to get while fishing with a 10-gauge shotgun in July? RAYMOND S_ SPEARS. New Yor«k. A Fortunate Fiuke. An extraordinary shooting adventure, which has the advantage of being easy of belief, is recorded by A. L. Butler, of the State Museum, Selangor, Malaya, in the last number of the Bombay Natural History Society’s journal. One day in last July a Malay woodcutter went out into the jungle to cut fuel, taking with him, on the off-chance of a shot at a deer, an old single-barreled muzzle-loading gun, loaded with the rather unscientific charge of a bullet and four buckshot. Moving quietly through the jungle, he suddenly came upon a tiger feed- ing on the carcass of a sambhur, and, with touching con- fidence in his weapon, fired at a distance of twenty paces. The tiger rolled over, and, when the Malay cautiously ap- proached, he found not one dead tiger, but two, the sec- ond having been hidden from the sportsman, though only a few feet distant from the animal he fired at. Mr. But- ler, who made the post-mortem examination of the tigers, after they had been skinned, found that in each case a’ single buckshot had gone to the heart; one had also an insignificant 3vound on the head from another pellet. “For a really appalling fluke,” as Mr, Butler says, this achievement of the Malay woodeutter will be hard’ to beat. It is certainly not a performance any sane w ite man will try to parallel, much less to eclipse—London Sketch, ——— - —— a Marcu 25, 7899.] 7 Game Bag and Gun. A Mowitch Hunt in Southeastern Alaska. Art last summer, while occupied at Ketchikan, Alaska, we had promised for ourselves during the coming fall a series of hunting trips after deer, goat and bear; and one of these trips—an excursion to the Prince of Wales Island—after “mowwiche,” as the In- dians or Siwashes call the deer of this section, is the foundation for this article. With the exception of Bill, a Montana man, the party consisted of Bostonians, six in all, and an especially congenial company it proved to be. None were tender- _ feet, a few were old rustlers, and the senior member, a campaigner of years standing, whom we all called the Major, proved the very life of the outfit. His dry wit and seemingly endless fund of stories, together with his stinny good nature under the most trying circum- stances, soon won for him the affections of the entire “push,” Ketchikan was left late in September, in the four-ton sloop yacht Skookum, Capt. Pete McKinnion, with two sealing boats in tow. These were to be used after reach- ing the island, as we had only hired the Skookum to insure the safe passage of Clarence Straits, a° nasty bit of water some twelve miles in width, facing the stormy Pacific, and which seems to really welcome the southerly gales that come piling in with such ferocity that one can well imagine them as coming all the way from China across the pond. Although only a distance of thirty-five miles to our destination, it had been agreed to make it in two runs, the first a leg of some fifteen miles, to the Dall Head copper properties, on the southern extremity of Gravina Island, where chef Hunt, whose cooking is noted from Wrangel to Portland, Oregon, kept open house in Hotel de Siwash, and where-our former visits had always been hailed as occasions of feasting and song. The day in question was no exception, and we were welcomed roy- ally. Twenty-four hours were lost here on account of storm, but much to our satisfaction, and on the third day, we took leave of our hospitable iriend, promising to bring him a pair of mowwiche saddles on our return. Tt was a clear and aggravatingly calm morning, as, labor- ing with the long sweep oars, the sloop moved slowly out of the bay; but after rounding the head a fair wind sprang up, and for the rest of the three hours’ sail we lay back and talked of our prospective hunt, or listened to the croonings of the Major.and Bill. hoth of whom had soon discovered that peculiar affinity existing be- tween men who have been in the same camps in the different mining sections of the West, and who have known the same men, but not each other. The day proved. delightful, and the blue of the mountains grad- ually dissolved itself into harmonious grays and greens, as approaching the island, Point Adams could be seen, as well as Morris Bay, for which we were heading; but the breeze left us when well within the bay, and another wrestle with the sweeps was necessary to carry us up the long narrow reach of water forming North Arm, at the head of which was the Indian Nowiskt's salmon chuck and shack, where we were to make our headquarters. A Siwash “salmon chuck” is the stream alloted: him by his tribe, and on which he has the sole right to fish, with power to forcibly prevent trespassing. This latter right only applies to the Indians, white men going where they chose. It interested those of us who were ignorant on the subject, to learn, that, unlike our East- ern salmon, the fish here, after running up the streams and depositing their spawn, never return to the salt water, but their mission in life being fulfilled, die an ignominious death—the bodies lodged along the banks giving sustenance to hundreds of rayens and eagles, as well as many smaller birds. All the geese killed by the outfit were found to be full of salmon spawn, the meat proving too fishy to be at all palatable. Big Pete left for Ketchikan the morning following our arrival with instructions to return again in ten days, there being provisions sufficient merely for that time. The days passed only too rapidly, and, although most of us hunted continually and conscientiously, no- deer were killed, and but three seen—one swimming so far out in Mineral Lake, at the head of the chuck, as to be out of range, while the other two, a buck and a doe, were fired pon by Dick, who scored a clean miss on two as pretty broadside shots as could be de- sired. He laid this to overconfidence. Although the deer here are black-tailed, all right enough, there is a vast difference between them and _ the same kind of deer throughout our Western States. They are much smaller for one thing, smaller even than the white-tail, of Maine, though resembling the latter animal in color, I have never seen that beautiful squirrel-sray coat one finds on Montana and Colorado blacktail. The antlers too, only in occasional instances have a double prong, branching from the main beam, the majority of horns being formed precisely as a whitetail. We at first attributed our non-success to the limited knowledge of the habitat of these particular deer, but later it was found that there had been an unusually heavy killing in this same neighborhood the winter be- fore by both Indians and wolves—a single Siwash hay- ing killed unaided and in a single day over 160 of these poor emaciated creatures, simply for their hides— the market value being a little less than 12 cents. This aay sound a trifle “fishy,” and it did to me at first until I heard how it was accomplished. To understand the situation, it is necessary to state that from about Christmas time until early in. March the snows are very deep, varying from 4 to 6ft. This of course driyes all deer on both mainland and islands to the seashore, where at night they bed down within soyds, of the water. During the daytime they may be seen in great numbers along the beaches feeding on ven a kind of seaweed leit unfrozen by the retreating tides. them that they fall a ready prey to both wolves and hide hunters. The former is a large timber wolf, black Three or four weeks on this diet will so weaken- FOREST AND STREAM. as a beat and standing nearly as high as a mastiff dog. They are crafty and savage, but cowardly when not banded together, and would have to be exceptionally hungry to attack a htiman being even then. man named Gullet and I spent three weeks in November north of Ketchikan, in a cotintry where they are plentiful, endeavoring to trap one of these black fellows, but we failed to even gtt sight of one. Tt was an easy mater therefore for this Indian to come to North Arm in January, where there had been no previous hunting, and leaving his Klootchmen (squaws) atmed with skinning knives to follow on the shore, he in a canoe could paddle leisurely along, and if a good shot not lose a hoof while ammunition lasted. Up to the time of the sloop’s expected arrivel the weather had been remarkably fine, such days when clear as one finds only in Alaska. However, on Oct. 8 a series of westerly and southerly storms broke upon us in such fury. that 1t was under- stood we must giye up all hopes of Big Pete’s coming. This sort of weather continued for several days, and in the meantime the provisions were getting seriously low. Cream, sugar and butter wete of the past, as well as numerous little things which we had brought along to give variety to our bill of fare. Wlour we had in plenty, but coffee and potatoes were on the “reduced ration list.’ On the 15th Dick and the writer returned to camp, after having seen a large black bear without even the chance of a shot, and the climax of our disgust was reached to find the cigarette tobacco entirely gone and the pipe tobacco nearly so. Then it was decided that something must be done. and that immediately, During the discussion one of the fellows attempted an impossible cigarette with plug tobacco and soap wrapper, which was unanimously voted “out” by the rest of us. After talking it over, Bill and I declared our intention of taking one of the sealing boats, and on the first calm day of rowing over AN ALASKAN DEER, to Hunt's, and, procuring the big schooner laying at anchor there, we cotild return for the rest, regardless of weather. Two days later found us pulling down the placid waters of North Arm, and when about jour miles fram camp a sail hove in sight, which proved to be the sloop Star, sent after us in place of Big Pete. As the day looked promising, instead of returning with them, we determined to keep right on and wait for the pttsh at Dall Head. So after begging some cigarette tobacco and papers we were off. Later, when reaching the straits, a breeze overtook us which allowed of our hoisting the sail and eating a cold lunch of bannoclk and bacon, the best our chef could offer us before starting. Meanwhile black, threatening clouds worked slowly up from the southward, while our little craft tipped sau- cily before the rapidly rising wind whistling over the starboard beam. Being fairly out in the middle, it would take full as long to return to the bay as to ad- vance, and in either case, if the storm increased, we would be obliged to turn and run before it. When therefore a sudden ugly squall blew the sail off into the water, carrying the sprit halyards away in so doing, we naturally thought “discretion the better part of valor,’ and as I threw the helm hard around, could not but feel thankful that the wind at our backs was . not the fierce Taku wind from the north, blowing us out into the Pacific. InStead, it was only a question of the distance up the straits we would be foreed before making a landing. The problem was soon solyed satisfactorily, for about three miles ahead and perhaps a mile off shore Jay Wedge Jsland, which would make a capital place to camp, pro- vided the already strong wind did not carry us be- yond. The pull proved easier than at first supposed, and -we wete soon tinder the lee of the island and in quiet water. e In making the approach there was time for a rough survey. and we found it to be a much smaller body otf land than had appeared from a distance. It was not over 6ooyds. long by a third as many in width, heavily timbered, with high cliffs overlooking the sea at both ends, while the center was much the lower, making the island look for all the world like the hull of a Chinese junk. : After beaching the bout and depositing our scanty provisions above tide line, Bill and I pushed back through the undergrowth into the interior of tle island in search of drinking water. What little we found was full of animal and vegetable life, and too vile and stag- nant to drink without boiling, although Bill, who had traveled much in Arizona, pronounced it capital. While making our way back to the boat, much to our aston- ishment we discovered comparatively fresh deer sien, and although my “pard’” laughed at the idea, I at once untied my rifle from the pack and set out along the shore for 227 the headland, to hunt up wind, while Bill went with the axe in search of tent poles. It proved an easy place to still-hunt, haying plenty of moss under foot to deaden the sound, and yet there seemed to be enough underbrush to give the game plenty of cover, should they be on the island. I was soon, convinced that deer were there, for | found uhmis- lakable signs of their recent drowsing on the skunk cabbage, which in this section grows with tropical lux- liriance, and the deer and bear both feed upon it. I have seen this plant as tall as a man, and with leayes as broad as the length of one’s arm, This is due to the extremely moist climate, the annual rainfall of Alaska being Taft. , The first day’s hunt, though successful, was uninter- esting, After working carefully in about 2ooyds., I rat square upon two blacktailsk—a spike-horn and a doe. Both of these I dropped, making a pretty “right and left,” precisely as though bird shooting with a Scott instead of deer hunting with a Winchester On dressing them both I shouldered the buck, and upon reaching camp found Bill had but two of the tent poles cut, shaw- ing how short a time had elapsed since we separated, Although the provisions brought with tis consisted only of flour, salt and tea, still with two iry-pans of tender- loin, we feasted royally. Soon after pitching the tent Tain set in, and throughout the afternoon and night the storm continued with unabated fury, while I lay awake for hours listening to the mighty pounding of the breakers on the headland, which seemed to shake the very ground beneath us. Tt was not necessary to look out upon the water next morning to know that for that dav at least we were to be imprisoned on the island. Although the rain had ceased, both wind and sea contintied with unfailing strength, to encompass our little citadel, while fram the quiet waters of the cove came the clamoring w/ hundreds of water fowl that sounded much like a caucus ‘of ward heelers direct trom New York. There were kittiwakes and herring gulls, different kinds of divers, red and black Siwash ducks, beside but- terballs, teal and brant, while a dozen kinds unknown to us paddled aimlessly about among the drilt timber. A sportive family of seals, doing the ‘“Jack-in-the-box”’ act in the surf outside the point, drew a harmless fusil- lade from Bill’s six-shooter, and reminded me of glass ball practice in a shooting gallery. To kill time that day every nook and corner of our little continent was explored, and we jumped tliree more deer in so doing—another spiked buck and two does. They were not molested, however, the rifle having been left behind, for already sufficient meat had been killed for ourselves; in fact, one of the mowwiches was immediately reserved for our friend Hunt. We separated at the lower end of the-island, and on my reaching camp the stin was shining brightly. Bull, who had, as he called it, been “prospecting” on the beach, and to whom the creatures of the “briney’ were ever objects of unmitigated curiosity, returned soon after, his pockets filled with Abalonia shells, hermit crabs, starfish and all sorts of queer things, and in one hand he waved an enormous red and green sea ane- mone, saying, “I poked my finger inter this and the d—d thing closed up on me. What-der-yer call him?” One of the hermit crabs he kept alive in the boat for days—'the little cuss was,too cute to throw away.” He made a collection of shells on this trip that were in- tended for his mother in Illinois, who had never seen the salt water. Being anxious to take advantage of the bright sun- light, I asked his immediate co-operation in a plan just formed to photograph one or all three of those deer. This sort of thing was just “nuts” for him, and he went on to tell how two winters before in Montana he had roped an elk while riding in the mountains; and suc- ceeded in fetching it into the town of Kalispell. So, armed with the camera, we headed for the vicinity’ of the island, where the deer had been last seen. We figured that could they be driven to the narrow strip of headland where there were but few trees and very little undergrowth, a good picture might be taken and at close range. In the low swampy section we jumped them again, but the buck dodged through us, much to the disgust of my partner, who wanted to “corral the whole cheese.” The two does bounded along ahead, however, appar- ently not alarmed to any extent, even stopping te look back occasionally. Fortune seemed to favor wus, for without the least hesitation they trotted out upon the narrow strip, which is not over 20yds. in the widest part. Along this we carefully approached, trying not to scare them. They were bewildered, and did not seem to realize their position until we were fairly close. Then they jumped frantically back and forth, and it was with the utmost difficulty that I prevented Bill from using his Colts. He thought they might become too frightened and jump over the cliffs. I took a number of pictures from a distance be- fore obtaining the one that turned out to be the best and which is inclosed with this article. At the time of this exposure they had become more reconciled to our presence, and carefully avoiding any sudden moye- ment, | approached to within 4oft., I should say. Until pressing the buttom, I fully expected to cover them both, but the larger one, evidently the mother, made a dash by me, and a moment later was followed by her Jamb— not, however, before I had glanced through the finder and made the exposure. Seeing this, Bill took his in- nings, and as he afterward said, “Just turned loose with both hands.’ There was some lively jumping, livelier shooting and a much-disgusted Bill. How he ever managéd to miss them both is a mystery to me. He seldom has to offer excuses for his marks- manship, and all he could do was to stand and swear, To illustrate his shooting ability I have seen him by the light of a Siwash fire, while lying on our blankets in an Indian shack, kill four mountain rats that were packing off our grub before the last one could reach the door. It was unnecessary after that for him to tell me he could shoot. During the following might the wind shifted into the northwest, which meant clear weather and a fair wind for us, The sea still ran too heavy for our little craft, however, and it was well along in the afternoon before we ventured out, This time the straits were 228 crossed without incident. The wind died away, and it was after 0 when Hotel de Siwash was reached. _ The latter part of the way we had only what is termed in that country an “ash breeze” (Oars of white ash), Our deer, which Hunt lovingly embraced as his sal- vation from a bacon and fish diet, was hung in state in the mess-house. And the jovial old chap spread him- self that night for a dinner such as had never been eaten at Dall Head, The storm which delayed us had kept our friends as’ well, and just before supper a volley of shots from the bay bespoke their arrival. Hunt is wintering up there now; and 1 will guarantee that as he sits and smokes before the fireplace at the further end of the big house there still rings in his ears the echoes of that night with the “Boston push.” A EK, W, Smaw. My Big Bull. It had long been my ambition to kill a big bull elk. I had tried hard. for him on my two previous trips to the Rockies, but fate seemed to be against me, for although the other members of our party in each case got heads, with less work and certainly much less zest than I ex- hibited, I had never been successful. And now it was 2 o'clock on the last day of our third trip, and, disgusted with myself and everyone else, I had resolved to stay in camp. It was really my fault this time, I thought, I had had a beautiful shot at a grand big bull on the fi st day out and had missed ignominiously. Besides, what was the use of going again, when we had not seen so much as a fresh track for four days. But my guide felt differently. “Come, Harry,” he said, “don’t give up so easy; we'll just ride up to the lake and watch a while for him to come and haye a drink.” To cheer. me up the more he saddled up a pack horse “to catry home the head on,” he said, but he did not expect to use him for such a pur- pose any more than I did, The Jake to which Johnny referred lay in a narrow valley, with sides rising rather steeply for a short dis- tance and then selying up more gradually to the top. Looking up the yalley the left slope was covered with thick spruce trees, and to the right fairly open, but sprin- kled here and there with clumps of quaking-asp, whose little leaves shivered at the slightest breeze. “The lake itself was about tooyds broad, there being a large spring on the left or north side near the edge of the sprtice. From this spring rose a rock some Soft. high, over which led a steep trail. And it was toward this rock that we started, intending from there to watch for elk coming to the spring to drink. We found the trail up the gulch so slippery that we had to leaye our horses at the bottom and walk up, Our excitement may be imagined when we saw on striking the trail that three big bears had passed and were but a very little way ahead of us, as the water had not yet collected in their tracks. We trailed them to the spring, and as they entered the thick woods, but here we thought it better not to follow further, so we climbed up the rock and sat down to wait, one on each side, behind some bushes at the top. An hour dragged by and we saw nothing. I was be- ginning to wish that we had kept on after the bears. What chance was there of their coming backr Then suddenly 1 heard a rustle in the woods opposite me, I turned my head quickly, but saw nothing. In a minute there was another, and another rustle, each from a differ- ent place, and then all was still again, and I could hear only my heart banging away in my breast and the soit click-click, as I threw a cartridge into the barrel of my rifle. Now I heard them again, sometimes separately, sometimes all together, but steadily coming closer and closer, “The three bears!” I thought; “and they will come back up the trail right over me.” Should I call Johnny? No. I woulditry it by myself. I looked back over my shoulder, nevertheless, to see if he was in sight, but _ no Johnny could I see. I turned quickly back as I heard another noise, and there I saw, not a bear, but the great white hindquarters of an elk. This was all there was; just one big hindleg, and I could not tell whether it was a bull or a cow. It certainly looked big enough to be a bull, but everything assumes gigantic proportions when one is in the condition that I was in. There it stood, it seemed to me, a full five minutes, and then disappeared slowly behind a big fallen tree and all was still again, TI waited to see him reappear, but he had probably smelt me, as he did not so much as break a twig. I was just about to crawl over to tell Johnny, when I felt a touch on my shoulder, and turning saw him pointing up the lake, where two cow elk were just entering the bushes which grew thickly over the bottom of the gulch. : “There’s eight or ten,’ he whispered; “been wallerin’. Oh! but there’s a daisy amongst ’em,” I told him what I had seen, but he decided to follow this last herd, which did not suspect us, especially as we knew there was a big bull with them. So we started down the little hill and past the spring, past the “wallow,” and then sometimes on hands and knees, sometimes crawling and writhing flat on the ground, we made our way through the tangle of roots and bushes to the open- ing where we had last seen our game. Just as we reached here, from the timber on the hillside the old bull “bugled.” To one hearing this for the first time and from a distance, it is one of the most beautiful sounds imaginable. Rising clear from the silence of the for- est, it floats along with purer note than ever man can make, then gradually descends and dies away into still- ness again, ; , . a: . We immediately started after him, easily picking his track from the rest of the band by its size and deep im- pression. Every few minutes, now, he “Dugled,” some- times seemingly but tooft. or so ahead; but owing to the extreme thickness of the spruce we could never catch sight of him. Thus we followed him for almost a mile, I stumbling over logs in my efforts to walk quietly, and. breaking twigs and branches at every step, and Johnny stealing noiselessly ahead, with his eyes on the big bull’s tracks. The high altitude makes it extremely hard for one unaccustomed to it to walk fast for any distance, and so I had to call a halt to get my breath. As we were about to start on again the bull “bugled” from the open hillside on our right, and we started at full speed down the hill expecting that now we would surely catch sight of him. As we reached the bottom we heard him again, but the echo made it extremely ' morning. FOREST AND STREAM. hard to tell from what direction the sound came. I still thought he was on the right side, but Johnny said he had crossed back into the spruce, so we started up hill again on the run, Johnny catrying my rifle. We went on for about rooyds., when of a sudden the “bugle” came again, the direction unmistakable this time. 1 turned, and there he stood in.plain sight across the valley 3ooyds. away, his head and antlers held high, looking over at us and “bugling.” Johnny gave me my rifle, and I put it to my shoulder, but the last run had so taken my breath that the sight swam round and rotund and the rifle barrel described great circles in my vain effotts to steady it. But suddenly it flashed across me that this was the last day of the hunt, it was 5:30 in the afternoon, and here was the chance I had been hoping and longing for so lone. What would I think of myself if I missed? So I drew a long breath, tightened every muscle in my body, drew the front sight just behind his shoulder, pulled the trigger and at the report tumbled over in a heap in the spruce needles, The bull threw back his head, bounded quickiy up the hill and disappeared in a clump of quaking-asps. I couldn’t have fired again to save my life, Johnny picked up my gun and started down through the trees, shottting, “Come on! come on! you may get another chance!” So summoning what little strength I had left I followed him. When we reached the other side of the quaking-asps we looked for the elk, but there was no elk in sight, and I turned questioningly to Johnny, but Johnny only gaye that quiet smile of his and pointed to a branch sticking up out of the grass 50yds. further on, and as I looked, it dawned upon me what that branch really was, and that beneath it lay the great white body that I had coveted so long. He SB, JE, A Trip for Venison. Own Nov. 10, 1860, I left the quiet village of Iartford, Van Buren county, Mich., taking my t10-eatge steel double-barreled shotgun and an 18in, gauge .44cal, thun- derbolt carbine, and drove twelve miles northwest into what was known as the Fish neighborhood, in the town- ship of Deerfield, which was at that time an almost un- broken wilderness, where wild turkeys, deer and red fox were very plenty. Alter going to within two miles of Lake Michigan on a newly cut road I came to a log house just built, in front of which a young man about twenty-five yeats of age was cutting wood. I asked him if I could get board for a day or two, as I wanted to hunt. He said he would board me if I could put up with his accommodations, as he did his own cooking. [ told him I thought I could stand it for a day or two il he did all the time, so he told me to go into the house, it being about night, and quite cool, and as soon as he got that tree cut up he’d come in and get supper. During the evening he related to me the number of deer he had seen in various places in the immediate neigh- borhood, and I inquired of-him the best place for me te go the next morning to find a deer. He said Thunder Mountain was directly west about a mile and right on the edge of the lake. I found thal Thunder Mountain was a big, round-topped sandhill of more than ordinary height, so called from the rumbling sound, like distant thunder, which came from it at times. Just north of the mountain was Clay Cliff, a nearly perpendicular cliff. North of this was what was known as the big sand-shide. caused by the constant blowing of the wind irom the lake, blowing the sand in different directions, eyer chang- ing form. My host; Mr. Smith. told me that the Carpenter boys, who lived about three miles from there, and kept three or four hounds, were always driving deer into the lake. He said the deer invariably took the route from the tim- ber to the water over these sand drifts, where the shill- ing sand effaced all trace of their tracks. There was another sand-slide two miles north of this, and the deer were driven to water almost daily through one or the other, for the dogs hunted even if the men did not. He said in all probability, if I stood at the foot of the big slide I’d’ get a shot at the deer before to o'clock the next He had an old hound, so he said hed take his dog and start him alter a deer, who would drive the deer to the lake even if it took him all day, But he had not time to hunt, and after starting the deg he would haye to come back to his work, He gave me a lunch of johnny-cake and bacon, and I took my guns and started for the foot of the sand-slide. A sharp wall of half an hour brought me to the beach of Lake Michigan. stream known as Stony Creek, which emptied into the lake just south of the base of Thunder Knob. A walk of a half-mile north along the beach brought me to the foot of the sand-slide. I unslune my carbine and hung it on the big root of a pine stump which had been washed ashore and was nearly covered with sand, and got ready to shiver, for the wind was in the northwest and the breakers ran mountain high. The day was cold and chilly, and the roar of those mighty waves was enough to drown the rumble of a thousand cars. I had stood there perhaps an hour, and was longing to see the graceful bounds of a fleet-footed deer, when I heard a strange noise in the water behind me, Turning, T saw within four or five rods of me a large buck wading out of the water and shaking himself. Knowing that he had been run into the lake away north and drifted south with the wind, and was chilled by cold of wind and water, I sat my shotgun against the pine root, took down the carbine and let the gallant old fellow get to where the water was about knee-deep; then there was a sharp crack of the carbine and the noble deer was dead. I felt al- most ashamed that I had killed an innocent beast, which was so chilled and exhausted that it had not noticed me. But setting down my carbine I took hold of the great antlers and drew hitn out of the surf. I had just finished bleeding him when glancing up the beach to the north I saw three men and two dogs coming toward me. thought that they were the men and dogs who had driven the deer into the lake. i They approached and said: “Well, friend, you've killed a nice deer; our dogs drove him into the lake two miles north of here two hours ago, and we have been watching for him ever since. Had he got out of the water when you shot him?” IT had followed the valley of a little ' - [Marcr 25, 1899, “The water where J shot him was about knee-deep.” “According to the tules of we lake hunters he’s our deer, Ii you had let him come out of the water above where the breakers wet, he’d have been your deer.” “What kind of a law is that?” “The rules of all hunters on the beach of the lake. The deer belongs to the dogs as long as he is in the water.” ' : “That's a mighty little crack to crawl out through,” “Tf you doubt our word, ask any man who hunts along the beach, and if he don’t say were right, the deer is yours. I asked their names. They teplied: “Carpenter brothers; we live about one and a half miles from here.” Thereupon they took the deer and dragged it away up the beach and out of sight, I felt like a boy who has been chastised in school when he knew the other fellow de- served it, I thought of all the law and gospel I’d ever read, atid I could find no law to justify such an act. They outranked in numbers, and I had to acknowledge that under some circumstances might made right. I , stood by the lone pine root and watched them until they disappeared around a point of the bluff. After they were out of sight, with my eyes still fixed on the point round which they disappeared, I saw three deer come down to the water. I wondered if Smith’s old hound was yet alive, and thought I’d neyer shoot another deer in Lake Michigan. I watched the deer as they ran out, seemmne to dread those mighty breakers, In a few moments I discovered that they were coming toward me, running in the surf. As they came nearer I could see their beau- tilul eyes and ears, and hoped they'd turn from the water on to the sand, Nearer and nearer they came, and my heart fairly junrped as 1 thought what I could do to get them from the water. As they néared 1 made a quick move from the pine root toward the lake myself. As I did so, the doe and two fawns ran out on to the dry sand. There were sharp, quick reports from the No. 10 shotgun and the-beautiful doe and ore fawn lay on the beach, Quickly putting down the shotgun and catching the car- bine irom the root as the other fawn made two or three quick leaps, then turned to see where the others were, the report of the carbine was heard and the fawn’s body | rolled down the steep cliff toward those of its compan- ions. Cutting their throats I quickly reloaded and set the euns against the root, and drawing the deer close began dressing them. Looking up the beach to the north, | saw the same party of men and dogs approaching. Be- tore they had time to challenge my right to these deer IT said: “TI let them all land.’ They said: “Yes, we saw them from the time they entered the water, and saw you kill them. We have returned to help you dress and hang them up, and want to know what gun you have.” They did not see that I had changed guns. and the three shots were in stich qui¢k succession they marveled at it. They said they never saw a shotgun thal would kill a deer instantly before. As we stood talking they were facing the north and I the south, I saw a stone roll down from the bluff just south of us, and looking tp saw a spike-horned buck come ifito view; and as he made a leap to come down the steep bank J took my gun and said: ‘Now, see.’ As I spoke I shot, and the buck came tumbling down, dead. He was followed by Smith’s old hound and was indisputably my game, The men whom I at first stispected of meanness had shown them- selves to be gentlemen, and after hanging tp all four of my deer we separated. T returned to Smith’s home and reached it in good sea- son for supper. T related my days experience, and he said he should have told me of the rules regulating the neighboring hunters. After supper he took his yoke of steers and stoneboat and went for my deer. The next day I had a chance to ride in with my booty on a wagon which was coming to Hartford for supplies. Only those familiar with pioneer days can twnderstand the rejoicing when I reached home after so short an absence with four fine. deer. SULLIVAN Cook. Micuican. r “Concerning an Epithet.”’ Editor Forest and Stream: On the editorial page of the Forest AND STREAM fo7 March 18, there appeared a well-written—that goes with- out saying—article on that most despicable type of the genus homo, known in common parlance as the “game hog.” As a reader of Forest AND STREAM from almost the initial number up to that issued March 18 of this year T always have, and do still consider that paper one of the grandest exponents of game protection and preserya- tion; hence it is an unpleasant task to take exception to any item in its columns, more especially when that item is the product of the editor’s quill, The item to which I refer 1s in.my humble judgment one that comes dangerously close to a defense, or at least a palliation of the ways and methods of those so-called sportsmen who take more of the public’s game than fair-play sportsman- ship would warrant. Had the article to which I refer appeared in any of the papers devoted to general topics, no great harm would have been done; but its appearance in Forest AND STREAM will perhaps be instrumental in causing some, or possibly many, “game hogs” who were ‘beginning to see the error of their ways. to retrograde to the “kill-all-you-can” idea. : IT may be a trifle old-fashioned in my ways; if so, my” education—want of it, perhaps—is to blame; but in years gone by I was taught to call a spade a spade; and in the part of the country where I grew up and learned to shoot we had a habit—inelegant, perhaps—of calling a man who committed larceny a thief. When a man stole any of his neighbor’s cash or property we did not say that he was color-blind and unable to distinguish between his own or his neighbor’s hens or horses; didn’t even call him a kleptomaniac; just a plain, common. everyday thief. When a man in our locality, under the unchris- tian plea of “business is business,’ robbed or oppressed his neighbor, or exacted to the utmost his “pound of flesh,” even from the widowed and the fatherless, we had the uncouth habit of calling that person a hog—not a, swinish individual, nor a Mosaic outcast, but just a plain hog—not an elegant term, we must admit, but the only one that completely filled the bill, without wasting wind or printer's ink, ie jae oe te lel MarcH 25, 1809,] . FOREST AND STREAM, 229 Now, Mr. Editor, I am old-fashioned enough to be- lieve that a man who calls himself a sportsman, or evén one who does not attempt to assume the dignity of that title, has no earthly right to take more than a reasonab’e share of the game that is the property of all, and when he does oyerstep the limit of decency in that direction I know of no term more expressive or more fitting than that of “eae hog,” however inelegant it may be. Nor can I agree with you that it is a difficult matter to say just what amount of game should be considered a fair take for one day’s shooting, Common sense, or a sense ol snortsmanlike decency, should teach any man that a hun- dred, or even fifty ducks, geese or grouse—alinost a cart-load—is away beyond that limit ideal which is deep- yooted in the mind of every fair-minded sportsman, Nei- ther do T, nor do I believe that any very large percen- tage ef our true sportsmen will agree with you that fifty birds of any kind—clay pigeons or English sparrows ex- cepted—are a legitimate baz for a sporisman anywhere, whether it be in Mississippi or on Long Island, in Ver- mont or in Texas. In days gone by in localitres where game was plentiful, everybody helped himself to as much as he liked, or at least as much as he could shoot, kill or capture, and what is the result? Look at the buffalo and the wild pigeon—mounted specimens are to be seen in our natural history collections, a few stray live ones, they tell us, are stil on earth—their fate tells the whoie story, unlimited killing, I am ashamed to confess that I once killed between sunrise and sunset twenty-two ruffed grouse on ground y;here at this time it would be impossible to bag a half- dozen in a week. The same cause—the “game hog.” I Ienow whereof I speak, for I was one of them twenty- five years ago: but at that time had not sense enough to know how vile a creature my shanks were compelled to carry aheld. This happy hunting ground was ‘not de- spoiled by the market-shooter—none of that accursed breed ever to my knowledge hunted there—but the de- struction was the work of Christian, gentlemen sports- imen; at least that was what we thought we were. Ad- mitted that legal restrictions as to bag limit may be and are eminently proper and necessary, it is well known that stich restrictions are most difficult to enforce; hence, is it not well for all papers‘and all persons who have a kindly interest in the matter of game preservation, to let the fellows, who persist in killing more than their share _ of the State’s game, know that we don’t care to play in their yard, don’t like them. never did like them, in short is it not eminently proper that we should designate them by their proper names* “game hogs,” however inele- gant the term may sound? If we fail to reform them we can at least show them that we are not of their ilk and detest their unsportsmanlike ways. M, ScHENCK. On Kansas Prairies. Losr Sproyecs, Kan., March t1.—diter Forest and Siream: J hear with regret the reports from other parts of the country of the injury to the game by the terrible storms of the past winter, and so I am the more glad that after such investigation as I have had time to make I can report that both quail and prairie chickens have lived through all right m this section. J have seen a number of good strong bevys of quail and some chickens since the storms, and have found no dead birds, This 1s owing, | think, to the abundance of both feed and cover furnished by the grain ealled kafir corn, and I would recommend this grain as without any exception the best for any game preserye wherever it will grow; I do not know how far north that is, but surely anywhere in line with northern New Jersey, and I think much further northward. It has thick leaves and very strong stalk that does not break with the weight of ithe snow, and yields twice the grain that wheat does, The height from 4 to 5ft. All the birds ‘feed on it here from the wild goose down to the English sparrow. Kansas. I do not think: the days of the prairie chicken are num- bered as yet, for all reports go to prove that since the law stopping the shipping of them was put in force, they have slowly increased in this section. The residents here pay but little attention to the letter of the game laws; but are very jealous of any shooting for shipment, and that, of course, is the very best of game protection. When I first went to Emporia six years ago the chickens had almost disappeared ; but now they are slowly working back there. The great affalfa fields are taking the place of the prairie sod; but they come to stay, and the chickens are learning to love them as well as the prairie grass. They also seem to follow and increase with the increase of the fields of kkaffir corn, of which I have spoken. I am glad your paper is bringing out so mitch dis- cussion about the skunk. I suppose I run the risk of ostracism when I say I think them a friend both to the farmer and sportsman. I know they love a good: fat chicken, but do not suppose one skunk in 500 ever tastes of one. But let any farmer go into his plowed fields in the fall and count the holes—about the size of a small dog’s foot—in a square rod of ground, and for each one give our strong-smelling friend credit for a noxious worm or grub destroyed by him, and he will get some idea of the good he does; and when he finds him under his grain stack or in his corn shock, remember he is after mice and rats and let him go his way., Do not think he injures the game much, for along a certain hillside in Emporia, which ap- parently has been the stamping ground of the skunk for many years, the quail each year bring out one or more good strong bevys. In my opinion thé common brown rat does more damage to the birds than all the skunks, foxes and hawks put together, and the skunk is their inveterate enemy. But the murderous breechloader, and the man be- hind it, and that means—you the editor, you the reader, and myself—are, after all our talk, the worst scourge of the game. z What a plucky strong lived bird the quail is. A young man with whom I was shooting last fall brought down out — of a bevy of good strong young birds what seemed the mother of the flock. She had lost apparently the season before one foot, but had lived and brought up a brood of young birds, part of them for our delectation. When we picked her up and realized her strong courage, we were sorry she had not escaped. But, of course, regrets were in yain and she went the way of so many good quail, Can be obtained of almost any seedsman in — Would like to ask if the ruffed grouse is not to a certain extent like the squirrels—migratory. I have not seen one in Kansas, but when in New England J could not explain their habits in any other way. Match 13.—One of the local papers reports the capture of thtee beaver in the Cottonwood River, about twenty miles southwest from here, It seems too bad that the few remnants of stich wild life as remain catinot be left un- disturbed. I would go a long way myself to see one free and living his nattiral life. I trust you will excuse the writing on both sides of the paper, for paper is getting very scarce, and I am in camp miles from any place of supply. The geese, duck, kilders, plover, blackbirds and some of the smaller birds are here. Meadow larks stayed all winter in spite of the storms. : Pine TREE, Spring Shooting. In the New York Legislature a bill has been intro- duced by Mr. La Roche, Senate No. 1790, to open the sea- son for shipe and shore birds on Long Island on May t instead of July 1, as under the present law. Mr. Robert B. Lawrence, Secretary of the New York Association for the Protection of Fish and Game, appeared before the Assembly Committee on Game Laws to oppose the meas- ure. In this connection we give the brief prepared by Mr. Lawrence in opposition to a former bill of like purpose, All that was then said applies now, and always will apply, Measures and men may change, but the principles of the laws of nature as here laid down are immutable. Mr, Lawrence said: _ This bill should not become a law for the reason that its passage would be a step backward, and directly op- posed to the idea of proper game protection. In May, 1892, the present law prohibiting the shoot- ing of plover and other birds during the spring months was passed, the opening of the lawful season for shoot- ing them being postponed until July. The result of the five years, in the increase of the numbers of these birds which visit ottr salt marshes and beaches during the summer and fall months, has been noticed and favorably commented on by many who are interested in preserving our game, Before the passage of this law, the diminution in the numbers of these birds was so marked that there was but little opposition to the enactment of the law which pro- tects them during their short stay in the spring on their way to their breeding grounds. The numbers which visit our shores in the spring have increased to such an extent that baymen and gunners, failing to realize the fact that the shooting has been improved during the summer and fall months, when a far greater number of our sporting poptilation care to indulge in this pastime than during the spring months, and that the birds, by reason of the fact that they are not molested during their short spring so- journ, haye come to look upon our shores as.a refuge place, again wish, for the sake of a few dollars, to bring back the conditions which existed before the passage oi this present law. Tt 1s true these birds are migratory, and with the ex- ception of the spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularia), the piping plover (Acgealitis meloda) and the field ployer, or Bartram’s sandpiper (Bartranvia longicauda), do not breed within our borders, and arrive in flocks for the most part. But in many cases they are mated before they leave us in the spring for their northern breeding ground. Particularly is this the case with the big yellow legs (Totanus melanoleucas), which soon pair off, and while searching jor their food the spring call notes of the males, differing entirely from their whistle of the summer and fall, are recognized by the baymen and gunners as a Sure sign of their being mated or about to mate. The black-bellied plover (Charadrius squatarola), one of the most noticeable varieties, also usually consummated its family arrangements during its sojourn with us. Uj- doubtedly the greatest part of these birds migrate at some distance from our shore, but it is nonsense to as- sert that the killing of those that do visit us in the spring will have ro serious effect on the numbers which return with their broods in the summer and fall, The improve- ment in the shooting in the summer and fall which we have already spoken of, is certainly proof of the absurd- ity of this assertion. : These birds are not generally considered hard to shoot at any time. Their gregarious habits enable the gunner to decoy them within range, and while, in the spring they are old veterans, more wary and suspicious, the fact that they are less easy to kill at that time is a poor argument for legalizing their slaughter. The best traps shots are frequently indifferent field shots. and their judgment as to the difficulty of bagging birds is not entitled to much weight. The old baymen, who would possibly do but poorly at the trap with the crowd around him, seldom fails to down the poor bay bird that comes within range of his shoteun. The numi- bers of these birds are now on the increase so far as our shores are concerned, and we do not wish to return to the condition which prevented any opposition to the pas- sage of this law, because the birds were so scarce that their killing or non-killing was considered a matter of no importance. There was a time, as I have heard my father say, when a native bayman would not shoot a single dowitche (one of the best of these birds for table use), for it was not considered worth a charge. Before the passage of this law an ox-eyé was considered a fair mark, at least for a visiting gunner, and a dowitche a rare prize. Further than that, they are poor eating in the spring iff comparison with their condition in the summer, and the presence of eggs in the female, as frequently hap- pens, is net an appetizing discovery for the one who cleans them, and the physician who would order a big yellow leg killed in May as a delicacy for a convalescent would hardly be considered a gastronomic authority. “Spring vitality” is not as a rule considered a desira- ble feature in a bird intended for a table. Spring shooting is allowed in New Jersey, except in the case of the Wilson or English snipe, but a strenuous effort is at present being made to secure in that State the passage of a similar prohibitory law to that in force in New York. The majority of the States which permit spring shoot- ing lie to the south of us, and the arguments against their shooting at that time are less worthy of considera- tion than when the birds approach nearer to their breed- ing grounds, Connectictit and Rhode Island permit spring shooting, but in Massachusetts shore birds cannot be killed be- tween May 1 and. July 15. In New Hatipshire the close season is from Feb, 1 to Aug, t, and in Maine the shoot- ing of these birds, under the general head of plover, fs prohibited from May 1 to Aug 1, The shooting season should be entirely restricted to the southern migration of these birds. The present law is di- tectly in the line of game protection, and while now, thanks to the increase in the numbers of these birds, di- rectly attributable to its work, it may continue to debar the baymen and geunners from doing that which a few years ago they did not think worth doing, it should not be said to be legislation directed against them, What they lose in the sprine they more than gain during the southern flight. Those who wish to again have the privilege of shooting these birds in the spring are a very small portion of those who make their livelihood along the bays of our sea coast. “Penny wise atid pound foolish,” for the sake of a few dollars they are willing to again drive from our salt marshes and beaches these winged migrants. But the vast majority, in view of the object lesson which our present law furnishes, and the beneficial effect of the abolition of spring shooting, would regret ex- ceedingly a tepeal of this present law, In most of the States spring shooting is being forbid- den. You cannot kill your mated birds and expect the broods in the fall. | | The law as it now stands is a good one; it looks sim- ply to the preservation of these birds. It cannot be con- sidered unreasonable, and while it may be difficult to en- force so long as a market for dead shore birds exists in New York, still that last statement is a poor argument for erasing It from ottf statute books, (Signed) Rost. B, LAWRENCE, Of Counsel for the New York Association for the Pro- tection of Game, 35 Wall Street, New York. JEEFERSON CountTY SporTsMEN Ss. ASSOCIATION.—W ater- town, N. Y., March 13.—Hdttor Forest and Stream: There are two bills of vital importance to the sportsmen of this State that are meeting great opposition in the committee at Albany, The market-shooter and game dealer are fighting against us for all they are worth. There is only one way that we can win thts battle, and that is to let our representatives understand that we want spring shooting of wildfowl and the sale of game stopped in this State; and the only way we can do this is to write a personal letter to our Assemblyman and Senator asking him to support these bills. It is of the utmost importance that you write to-day, if you do not the bill will never get out of the committee. W, H. Tatrert. Game and Fish Map of New Brunswick. ANGLERS and big game hunters whose excursions m search of game or fish lead them to the little known regions of New Brunswick, will not fail to be interested in a map shortly to be published by the Porest and Stream Publishing Company, This map has been especially pre- pared for the ForEstT AND STREAM constituency by the official draughtsman of the Province of New Brunswick, and no pains haye been spared to make it accurate, both as to its topography and as to the points which more especially interest sportsmen—the localities where big game and fish are most abundant. On the map those areas where big game is found are enclosed in wide red lines, the streams where good trout fishing is to be had are marked with blue crosses, and the rivers which salmon ascend are marked by blue circles, Thus, at a glance; the sportsman has before him all the possibilities of the region. As a matter of fact there are no streams in this region which do not contain trout, and these fish occur also in practically all the lakes, Similarly, salmon are found in varying numbers in all the larger rivers. To pm down the game which roams the forests and the barrens is not so easy, yet on the map in question, this has been done, and we believe with a great degree of sticcess. Of course, moose, caribou and deer do not always stay in one place. They migrate with the seasons, and may occasionally al- together desert a tract where formerly they were abundant. The most that can be done by any map maker is to set down the conditions of to-day, and this has been done in the Forest AND StreAm New Brunswick Map. The map is 24 by 30in., is printed on tough linen paper, and for convenience of carrying, is enclosed in a stout manila ~ pocket. poe oe ea The Expensive Barn Method. On Feb. 21, a deer, followed by a couple of hound dogs, passed the residence of Gideon Richie, of Rochester, N. H. Mr. Richie’s bull dog was let loose by his master aid joined in the chase, rounding up the frightened deer. Richie captured it and locked it up in his barn, He came to this city and notified the mayor that he had an injured deer in his barn. He stated that the animal was badly hurt and asked permission to kill it. The mayor notified John Bulldore, of this city, a fish and game war- den, to investigate the case, and if the deer was injured as badly as Richie represented, to Iill it. Bulldore went to Richie’s place and with him decided to kill the deer, The Rochester warden dispatched the poor animal with a hammer. One of the men took half the carcass and the hide and the other the other half of the carcass. In dressing the deer it was found that it had two fawns. Fish and Game Commissioner Wentworth was notified and immediately went to work on the case. He found eight witnesses who testified that the deer was but slight- ly injured, having a scratch on the nose and a slight cut on one of the legs. Yesterday he caused the arrest of Richie and Bulldore and tried them before Judge Went- worth, of this city. As a result, Bulldore was fined $100. See announcement of the Woodcraft Magazine enlarge- ment of the Game Laws in Brief. ; 230 FOREST AND STREAM. [Marcu 25, 1809. Death of the Last Deer_in Tioga County, N. Y. The last deer in Tioga county, N. Y., mrt a tragic death, and as far as I am able to learn, the story is cor- rect. Jérry Van Duser, a farmer living at Catatonk, a small hamlet five miles north of Qwego, was engaged during the winter of 1858 in cutting wood. He fixes the date from the fact that it was the year of his marriage. There was snow on the ground at the time. One morning, while passing through a piece of woods on his way to work, he heard a noise, and turning, saw a buck deer coming down a skidding trail, or wood road. As the animal had not seen him he stepped behind a tree, and slipping the dinner pail off his arm gripped his axe and awaited the deer’s approach. When the ani- mal came within reach, Van Duser jumped from his hid- ing place and hurled the axe at the deer, striking it in the shoulder, but not disabling it. Returning to the house, he procured a gin and started in pursuit, but did not overtake the game before nightfall, although traces of blood were abundant, as were indications of the ani- ‘mal’s having laid down. The next day he continued the chase, taking up the trail where left the night before. He soon came up with the deer, which was lying down, and shot it, tt was a fiour-pronged buck. One of the antlers is now in the possession of a young lawyer in this village, the other having been used in the making of sundry jackknife handles, and other kindred uses. As far as I am able to learn this was the last deer killed in this vicinity, but 1f I am mistaken it would be interesting to hear from others claiming the honor (?), The time is coming when records of this kind will be of value. Let us, before it is too late, record the Kill- ing of animals in a country where they are not extinct, that they may be used as reference in years to come. Be sure your records and identity are correct, however. J. AtprEn Lorine. Oweco, N. Y. The Late George T. Freeman, Boston, March 18—Sportsmen will be pained to learn of the death of George T. Freeman, of Boston, at his home in Arlington. He was forty-five years of age. In his boyhood he conceived a love for athletic sports, as well as a great fondness for natural history. As a young man at work in the watch and jewelry business, he spent mutch of his spare time in obtaining and mounting specimens. His collection of birds was a rare one, the study leading him naturally toward the woods and waters of Maine. There he took up rod and reel sports with all the zest belonging to a genuine follower of the gen- tle Izaak. He has visited the Rangeleys almost every year since the carly seventies. As a camping companioi. no man was ever better. Purely unselfish, satished with whatever'was at hand, it was a charm to be with him. A frequent exclamation of his always spoke volumes: “There, now. I rather see you take that trout than to catch twenty myseli!’’ He was one of the prime movers in the Arlington Boat Club, frequently its president, and always an executive officer. He generally took part in its aquatic sports, and was frequently a prize winner. He was also for some years a crack gymnastic performer in a society of the better class of young men, to which he early belonged. Naturally his love of outdoor life and the beatities of nature led him toward amateur photog~ taphy, and finally to depicting with the camera some of the finest historic and natural scenes about Arlington. Belmont and Concord. He had also created a series of lantern slides of woods and water scenes about the Rangeleys and in his native town that it is a delight to behold. Last year, though not in the best of health, he packed up fly, rod and camera, and with his long-time sporting friend, O. W. Whittemore, of Arlington, made a trip to the Maine fishing and hunting regions. His purpose was that of photographing live game. He aciu- ally stole up to a live moose and snapped the camera sey- eral times at him; but alas, the apparatus failed, at a very important moment. Always patient and painstaking, his purpose was to try again, had he lived. SPECIAL. Maine Deer. Puitiies, March 11—Word comes from the Megantic preserve by way of Kingfield of a most remarkable deer yard. The yard commences a mile northwest of the base of Mount Abraham and extends in that direction for no Jess than six miles. A “gummer”’ from the provinces, homeward bound, told the story to Superintendent Bob Phillips. He was seeking spruce trees in the vicinity, as stated above, when he came into what he thought was an ordinary yard. Finding gum fairly plenty, he worked along slowly and after four days was astonished to find himself yet within the limits of what was unquestionably one mammoth deer yard. He counted no less than ninety deer, bucks and does, and the former had shed their horns, giving parts of the yard the appearance of a bone yard. According to the gum gatherer the deer had not yet be- gun to leave their winter quarters, although the crust outside would easily support their weight. He traveled entirely without snowshoes, and says the yard, which in places was a mile wide, was beaten down to a regular skating rink surface by the hoofs of innumerable deer.— Portland Daily Press. A Good Fisherman, Uncle Barney Cassidy holds the championship as the boss fisherman so far this season. He returned from Fleming Creek last Wednesday with a string containing 112 catfish. Unele Barney is a man of remarkable phys- ical constitution, Notwithstanding he is between seventy- five and eighty years of age, it is no uncommon thing for him to spend a day fishing on Fleming Creek, oftentimes when the weather is quite cold and disagreeable, and it is seldom he returns home empty-handed. He has lived an out-of-door life and hardly knows what sickness is — Flemingsburg (Ky.) Gazette. See announcement of the Woodcraft Magazine enlarge- ment of the Game Laws in Brief, Set and River Sishing. Proprietors of fishing and hunting resorts will find it profitable to advertise them in Forest AND STREAM. : In the Pound-Net. BY PRED MATHER. A personal note from that well-known sportsman, Mr. J. L. Davison, of Lockport, N. Y., conveying an inter- esting lot of information about the early fishing in west- ern New York, says: “I am too lazy to fish, but will row a boat all day for some other fellow to do the fishing.” Here is one of the men I should have fished with, but have missed, not one of those “unaccountable misses’’ that riflemen complain of when they wish to shift the responsibility from their sighting to their nerves, but just because there are so many good fellows whose mocca- sin tracks were not in my way and I never ran into their camps. In this case there is cause for grief because Mr. Davison and I would have made a complete team; he the rower and I the rowee (and we never would have disputed about the time for changing places. We would camp as happily as those “two little bugs in a rug,” with no dissensions looming, he being too lazy to fish and I too lazy to row. This combination is a rare one. Somewhere in my reading there was a verse which illustrated such a happy partnership, but whether it was by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Robert Burns, Shakespeare, the Vedanta, the most ortho- dox of the’ six Brahminical philosophies, the Sagas of the Norsemen, the Book of Lilies of the Chinese, which was written before the beginning of things, or among the words of that pre-historic writer, James Whitcomb Riley, is impossible to tell by one who is an omnivorous reader. But not only the sentiment remains, but the exact words can be quoted. They are: “Jack Spratt could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; So, *twixt them both they ate the broth And licked the platter clean.” rlistory records no better mated couple. Surely Xan- tippe would never have absorbed all the adipose rinds of the mutton chops which Socrates leit on the rim of his plate, and that greasy old philosopher would not have the oleaginous trimmings from those chops himself, and so he slammed the door when his long-suffering wife scolded. This is what Mr. Davison writes: Salmon in Lake Ontario. “While reading Mr. Chas. Stewart Davison's article on the ‘Salmon of Lakes Champlain and Ontario’ I te- membered that I had lately read something pertinent to the subject in the ‘History of the Holland Purchase,’ published in 1849, and turning to page 558 I find the following: ‘The salmon in their seasons were abundant in Oak Orchard Creek, in Orleans county, at the early period of settlement, and in fact up to 1816 and ‘18. In the month of June and September the salmon would as- cend the main stream and its small tributaries in great numbers, and were easily taken. Sometimes they would ascend in high water, and when it receded would be left upon the banks, They have been picked up in the cul- tivated fields along the stream after a freshet.” “Again, on page 315, the late John Mountpleasant, chief of the Tuscaroras, who resided on the Tuscarora Reservation, a few miles west of this city, says: ‘When I was a boy I have taken salmon in the Eighteen-Mile Creek, where Lewiston road crosses near Lockport, and below the Falls of the Oak Orchard, with my hands, 3it. in length.’ “Eighteen-Mile Creek runs through Lockport; the Lewiston road crosses it about three miles north, and- about seven miles irom Lake Ontario, as the crow flies, I remember Chief Mountpleasant well, as he was sixty- eight years old at the time the book was published. He must have been nearly one hundred at his death.” Here Mr. Davison brings up an almost forgotten in- cident, In a year before 1888—reports not at hand—I personally made a plant of salmon in the Salmon River, which empties into Lake Ontario near Pulaski, Oswego county, N. Y., at a place called Sandy Hill, where once upon a time the sea salmon were plentiful. There was a dam below, near Pulaski, but if the salmon came back and jumped at the dam then a McDonald fishway would be put in, for the alleged inventor of the fishway was the United States Fish Commissioner. Next year I was ordered to send another lot of salmon fry there, and I sent one of my men with the shipment, and with a writ- ten order to change cars and go up the Utica and Black River Railroad to Sandy Hill, and there plant his fish. A brakeman told him that Sandy Hill was in Orleans county, and persuaded my man to take the Niagara Falls branch of the Central Railroad to some other “Sandy Hill,” and a telegram came to me saying that there was no Salmon Riyer there. Knowing that he was keeping the fish alive by hard work, I telegraphed to him to find a cool stream flowing into the lake and plant them. They went irto Mr. Davison’s “Oal Orchard Creek.” My remarks to the messenger on his return need not be quoted m extenso, although no man under me, since army times, can say that I used profane language to him, no matter how much I was displeased; but, in the pres- ence of the other employees I announced that as every messenger had written instructions what to do with his fish, he must obey his orders, no matter if he thought them wrong, or he would have trouble. The man was a good man, an easy-going fellow, who was faithful to the highest degree, but he erred thinking that I had made a mistake, on the authority of a brakeman, and so Oak Orchard Creek got a plant of salmon. I wrote the par ticulars to Col. McDonald, with request to let the error pass, and smoothed it over in the State reports. McDonald, who was a severe disciplinatian and who had been chief of engineers on the staff of “Sonewall’ Jackson, wrote me a sharp letter, in which he said: “As an officer in the Army of the Potomac one would expect better discipline among your men. You gave a written order, Why was it not obeyed?” The only possible reply was that while I might have the soldierly training to obey orders, even in the face of death, my men were not so trained, and, while I would take trout into the desert of Sahara if ordered, it was too much to expect the same from a civilian who had not had it drilled into him that he was to obey orders against his judgment, and that he was a mere machine controlled by another. This incident was productive of good; there were no other “mistakes” due to a misinterpretation of orders, and the man who made the mistake never again took his orders from any man on the road. But at pres- ent writing I have no word of a great salmon catch either in Salmon River or in Oak Orchard Creek. IT am too old a fishculturist to expect results from single plants of small numbers of salmon, or other fish, in streams where dams, chubs, perch and other ob- structionists are frequent. In order to restore a species in a stream you must restore the old-time conditions. If the chubs have supremacy and gobble up the salmon then sock in the salmon fry in such numbers that some escape and come back to feed on the chubs and so restore the balance. Ten to fifty thousand salmon fry in the. Salmon River of Oswego county, N. Y., are as good as wasted; the chubs and other fish will take them in out of the wet. They will do the same with as many yearlings. Put in fishways of the right kind, and then stock Sal- mon River with a million fish at and above Sandy Hill for four or five years, and there may be a favorable result. The salmon must be able to turn out the chubs, and they are not well adapted for the work, because few sal- mon feed in fresh water; but enough of them did in the old days to keep the chubs down. The altered conditions must be considered; there are newcomers, and they must be driven out before we can have things as they were. The salmon must be made the supreme power in the river, or all our efforts are idle. Instead of scattering a few salmon here and there, they should be concentrated into suitable rivers for sev- eral years in order to give them a chance against fishes which have occupied those rivers since the salmon were killed out of it. There is a struggle for life in the streams as well as on the land. Trout in Caledonia Creek. ) Mr. Davison further quotes from “The History of the Holland Purchase,” and writes: “On page 382 John McKay, Esq.. of Caledonia, says: ‘I came to Caledonia in 1803. When I first came to the springs trout were abundant in it; and it will surprise trout fishers of the present day, and would perhaps old Izaak Walton him- self, if he were living; to learn that they were compara- tively tame, When we wanted them we used frequently to catch them with our hands, as they lay under the roots of the cedar trees that grew along the banks. There would be occasionally one weighing as high as 3lbs. Tt is the habit of the speckled trout to breed in none but running water, consequently they would never breed in the spring, but would resort to its outlet. There was never any other fish in the spring; they have been grad- ually diminishing, not only in numbers, but in size.’ “The publisher appended to this the following foot- note? ‘This last resort, almost, of the speckled trout in all the northetn portion of western New York, has within a few years been threatened with entire desertion, or ex- tinction. There is now (1849) a law in oneration, lm- ited to three years’ duration, which makes fishing in the spring or its outlet a penal offense. The trout, as if ready to co-operate in this attempt to protect them in this seeming reservation, are now rapidly increasing in num- bers and size. It is almost a wonder that some greedy - pre-emptionist—say a shoal of horned “bull pouts’— are 239 : not contesting their rights. And this a half century ago! From the St. Lawrence to the Gulf of Wiexico; Mr. Davison further quotes from this book the follaw~ ing very curious statement. He says: : ; “On page 537 I find the following: ‘It will surprise those who are not already acquainted with the curious fact, to learn that there is a spot upon the Holland Pur- chase where the speckled trout passes from the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to those of the Gulf of Mexico and vice versa. About six miles from Rushtord, on the Olean road, in the town of New Hudson, the headwaters of the Canadea and Oil creeks approach each other, and in freshets mingle, affording the facility for the trout te pass over the dividing ridge.’ ” This new route for fish from the St. Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexico is probably a pipe dream that was dreamed as lately as 1849. Is he an Angler? ; While Mr. Davison is not an angler, for he has said it, I heard this story of him from a friend. Last suin- mer he was on the beach at the outlet of Johnson’s Creek, near Lakeside Park, Orleans county, N. Y., looking for shore birds, when he saw a darky boy who was fishing for perch lay down his pole at the call of his mother to do some errand, Mr. Davison put his gun aside and took the cane pole and fished, adding a dozen perch to the boy’s string, and sneaked off without thanking the boy for the chance to practice the gentle art. The friend happened that way, asked the boy the usual question, 3 ot this answer: an eee deys good fishin’ heah, but somehow w’en I stop to run to de sto’ fo’ to get some cawn meal fo’ mam, de perch come outen de crick an’ jes’ strings dey- selves awn my string. I don’ on’stan’ it, but dey’s jes’ as good fo’ breakias’ ’sif dey was cotched awn a hook. The Stripes on Striped Bass. A correspondent sends me the following slip from a New York city paper and asks: “How abott these stripes?” Permit me to say, in reply to Angler’s remarks in last Sunday’s Press, that he is right when he says that striped bass come into the Hudson from the ocean in the spring to spawn, but the bass that are caught through the ice come up the Hudson during October and Noyember in great numbers, and remain until March. They are different bass from those that come in the spring, Eyery fisherman knows this, as a majority of those that run up in auttimn have straight stripes, while those that run up in the spring haye a broken stripe. ‘ Great quantities of the spring run of all sizes ave caught by - _Marcr 25, 1899.] seine fishermen after May 1, and during the summer. If a law could be passed to close the season for bass fishing from May 1 to Nov. i it would prevent the seine fishermen breaking up the Schools of bass and weakfish that remain here from spring until autumn. Under the proposed law many bass will be caught in the nets during the shad season, Capt. N. B, Lent. Croton-on-Hudson, N, Y¥., March 6. There are not two species of striped bass, nor even two varieties, on our coast. It is true that Roccus lineatus was divided by the elder naturalists as Capt. Lent divides them; one naming the species Perca mitchelli, and a vari- ety P_ mitchell, interrupta, from the interrupted lines, but such distinctions are not accepted now. The interrupted lines are individual variations of color, nothing more. Few of the striped bass in New Brunswick waters have complete lines, but they are the same fish as ours, which is known as “rockfish” south of New Jersey. If Captain Lent’s proposition to close the season from May to Noyember was to become a law of the State, what would we do for bass-fishing in Long Island Sound, up the Hudson and off Montauk Point? Thousands of these good fish are taken from the docks of New York by men and boys between the dates named, the fish run- ning up to tolbs., occasionally. As the fish spawn in late May and early June, in New York waters, they should surely be fair game in July. The only New York law at hand is in “Game Laws in Brief’ of May, 1888, and there no close season is mentioned; it merely says that striped bass less than 8in. in length shall not be intentionally taken. , The So-called “Taylor System.” There may be new things under the sun, but this method of splashing flies on the water is not new. Turn back to Forest AnD StrREAM of Sept. 4, 1897, and see, under the head of “Men I Have Fished With,” the story of Harry Prichatd, an English rod maker, who repaired rods for the trade on Fulton street, New York. He it was who introduced the new fly-cast in our tourna- ments, where the line was not retrieved, which raised such a row some years ago, but we, who saw its value, backed him up until the cast was recognized as legiti- mate and allowed in the tournaments; but in a distinct class. JI fought this, arguing that no matter how a fly was got out by the action of a rod, it should be legitimate in any class; but the enemy were too numerous. Let me quote from the article named: i 4 3 Harry’s mode was well known in England, but néw to us. It consisted of reeling off some 60 or Soft. of line in the water, and then by successive whip- ping, without apparent advancement, the line would roll out like a wave and the flies would be straightened out in good shape. The advantage of this cast is appar- ent when trees’ or other obstacles are in the rear, which wotild prevent the flies from being thrown behind. * * * ““Harry,’ said I, ‘such a commotion as this cast makes in the water at your feet would scare the trout away.’ “*That’s just where you’re w-w-wrong, me boy. The more s-s-splashin’ you m-make the m-more hit brings the t-t-trout to see whats hup. When you goes a s-s-skitterin’ for p-pike d-don’t you s-splash hin your bait han’ make a fuss a s-s-skitterin’ it hon the surface?” "Ves, that’s all right jor pike or pickerel; but I’ve been taught to keep as still as possible when fishing for trout. Tye even read of men who dropped their flies on the water as lightly as a thistle-down falls; but outside of books we never find such casting. I know some of the best fly-casters in the world—men who in the tour- naments and on trout streams are marvels in casting del- icately and accurately—but they can’t do the thistle-down act. middle striking first and the rest following and going beyond, making a ripple on perfectly still water, but which is hidden if there is a slight ripple.’ “* C-can’t you m-m-make your flies ‘light on the water f-f-first?’ \ “*Yes, at 4oit. or less, but that’s trick casting and of no use in fishing, for the line must come down on the water just alter the flies do, and it makes as much dis- turbancs of the surface as if cast in the regular way. It is done by making a high cast in the air and then check- ing the line with the rod; it merely serves to astonish those who have never seen it done.’ “Now that’s j-j-just the case with a line s-s-splashin’ in the w-water, no m-matter hif you’re a-fishin’ for pike or trout. So long as you d-don’t make hany noise in the b-boat or hon fhe b-bank, hit’s all right.’ ” The story told here is not in the book referred to and Ordinarily we lay the line out on the water, the may be crowded out of the “second series” which ‘has: been called for, and is put in here to show that all men do not believe in the “thistle-down” theory and that Mr. Taylor is not the first man to advocate putting the flies in with a splash to attract the attention of the fish: As said above, the “thistle-down” act is easy to do, but in actual trout fishing I never tried it, nor did I ever see atily angler work his flies that way; it is a bit of trick- casting that is of no use in angling. Reason and Instinct. Tt is'a delightful thing to start a fight, and then get out and see other fellows get in and. enjoy themselvés. Just now I am waiting to see how Mr. W. Wade will come out after some of the critics of Col. Alexander go for him. On the question of “Reason and Instinct’ I have “spoke my piece” and helped the fight, but will let the other fellows give and take the hard knocks, even though I get an incidental upper-cut. The differences seem to be along the semi-religious questions, such as this: “If the dog can reason he has a soul; if the dog has a soul where will we stop?” At this stage of the game I cash in and quit. There is no profit in such discussions, and the only ground that I take is that man is an animal with the power of speech, which puts him at the head of class mammalia. For millions of years he knew nothing but speech, and then invented a system of hieroglyphics and stopped at that for a long time. Up to that time his history is more or less mythical, but is partly recorded in written characters. For centuries before he was able to record his doing in pictorial drawings on his wig- wams, he was little above the animals which he killed for .food and clothing. Selah! And no Fly-Casting, I dropped into the Sportsmen’s Show last week and FOREST AND STREAM. met a host of friends and acquaintances, and I must have said at least fifty times: “You will have to ask the au- thorities, for I don’t know why they left off the fly-cast- ing, nor why they put in diving from a great height.” I had repeated this formula uncounted times and was talking with Mr. S. P. Kellogg, of Elizabeth, N. J., when we heard a splash at the other end of the Garden, and he remarked: ‘Poor devil! He does that for $15 per dive; he was hurt on the first day; some day he will be killed.” Two days later the diver was buried. The only thing I am glad of is that I did not see him dive. But, if the complaint of Jast year that autematic pianos and maga- phones were no part of a sportsman's outfit, we can say that no man lost his life through them, The show as a whole was grand, the best of the kind I ever saw, but there was no fly-casting, which drew such crowds last year. The swimming contests drew a crowd, but that is an athletic and not a field sport. In this, the finest thing of its kind ever held in New York, the hun- ter was well provided for, both with large game and water fowl and rifle anc pistol practice. The trap shoot- ers had their contests, but the angler was sadly neglected, having only some live fish in tanks to look upon, and that part was excellent, but there was a deal of grumbling that there were no contests with the rod. As a relief I turned questioner and asked Mr. C, H. Mowry why the angling community was in eclipse. Mr, Mowry gave it as his personal knowledge that the authorities thought that the fly-casting did not pay. Said he: “They say that the money received for entries in the contests last year was below their expectations, but they overlooked the fact that the contests drew money at the door to more than make up for this.” “You're right,” I replied; “every afternoon and evening of the contests the benches were lined with inen and women who came in only to see these events and left afterward, to return for the next one. I was here every afternoon and evening last year; this will he my only visit this year, and while J have had my money’s worth, I will not come again; curiosity is satisfied, and there is nothing more of interest,” An Early Spring. Prof, F, A. Bates, South Braintree, Mass., who never tires of propounding conundrums, asks: “Did you see the woodchuck come out on ‘ground-hog day,’ Feb. 2, te look for his shadow?” Such questions should not burden the mail with an- swers, so they go into the pound-net. J hereby state it as a fact, and I ask to be believed when I positively as- sert that I did not see a ground-hog on the day named, and I roamed from the Brooklyn Bridge to Forrest AND STREAM office, at Broadway and Leonard street, then down Leonard to Mulberry bend, and through China- town into the Bowery. They may have been there, I can’t deny that, but I did not see them. There is a “Ground Hog Club,’ composed of men born on Feb. 2, but where the hole of the stipremely excellent hog may be, nor that of the custodian of the amassed clover-heads, is located, is beyond my ken. Prof. Frank A. Bates should seek this information, and, il eligible, join at once, A trip to a familiar Long Island swamp on March 6, with no other object than just to go through the old swamp, was a joyful change from city life. A bluebird warbled on the margin of the swamp, a flock of black- birds sang “Chowee,”’ and three flocks of geese went over talking goose talk. The pussy-willows were wide open. All these things. point to an early spring, irrespective of the ground-hog, and when I saw the bloom of the skunk- cabbage and heard a frog make a remark in a tone so low that I did not quite catch his whole meaning, I said to myself: “Spring is here.” - Coming out of the swamp a robin remarked “‘Tuck tuck,” which with my limited knowledge of woods-talk I translated to mean what the old-time circus clown al- ways said: “Here we are again,” And so the day was passed in the company of old friends; a rabbit chewing some buds sat on his hindlegs to look me over, but went on with his dinner when I merely said “Hello, Bunny,” and did not go his way. On the hillsides the arbutus was about ready to un- fold its buds, while in an old garden the “Daffodils That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty,” were already in bloom. Surely spring was here. Next day there was a blizzard. The wind tried to drive the snow away, but only succeeded in making things worse. I got out my snowshoes, but the snow turned to rain and there was a sea of slush in city and country, and there were short rations for bluebird, robin and blackbird, as well as a chill on the skunk-cabbage bloom and the daffy-down-dillies, not to mention a hopeful snowshoer. Canadian Salmon Rivers. Quesec, March 4.—Salmon fishermen who go to the streams on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence will be glad to know that in place of the steamship Ot- ter, which was wrecked last autumn, arrangements have been made by the Dominion Government for the carriage of mails, etc., to the Labrador coast during the coming season by the larger and more expeditious steamer St. Olaf, which has hitherto plied between Quebec and the Magdalen Islands. This will probably prove a great bo- nanza, too, for the provincial Sovernment, which has a number of large and important salmon rivers in the east- ern extremity of the Province still unleased. Some of them have deteriorated somewhat in late years, through excessive netting, but it will not take long to replenish them, and one of them, the St. Paul, used to furnish 50,000 salmon annually to the net fishermen. There are also still unleased the St. Augustine, the Big Romaine and the Washecootai. These and others on the same shore will likely be offered at auction during the coming summer. See announcement of the Woodcraft Magazine enlarge- ment of the Game Laws in Brief. 231 — - ThezMassachusetts Association. | Boston, March 17, 1899,—Editor Forest and Stream: The Massachusetts Fish and Gaine Protective Associa- tion has completed twenty-five years of its history, and the quarter-centennial was observed by a reception and banquet at Young’s Hotel last evening. There was the usual large attendance, and the arrangements being care- fully made, the proceedings went off with great eclat. Hon, George W. Wigin, the president, occupied the chair, and at the guests’ table were seated Hon. George H. Lyman, Collector of the Port; Hon. George If. Smith, President of the Senate; Judge James M. Barkcr, of the Supreme Court; Rev. Dr. Arthur Little, ex-Judge James R. Dunbar, Hon. L. T. Carleton, Fish Cominissioner of Maine; Edward A. Samuels, Col. H. T. Rockwell, John Fottler, Jr., and Benj. C. Clark, ex-presidents of the as- sociation; Wm, A. McLeod, president of the Megantic Club; A. B, F, Kenney, president of the Worcester Fish and Game Club; M. E, Hawes, president of the East Weymouth Fish and Game Club; Wm. B. Phinney, of the Lynn Sportsmen’s Club, and Dr. C. W. Raymond, president of the Rehobath Farmer’s and Sportsman’s Club, There was plenty of music, both vocal and instru- mental, a triple quartette organized by Thomas H. Hall, a member of the association, being a novel and decidedly successful feature of the entertainment. The speaking was of a high order, the address of President Wiggin being a singularly complete, though brief history of the association from its organization to the present time, showing its periods of depression as well as its splendid success. In full it is as follows: Fellow-Menbers of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association: To-night we celebrate the completion of the first twen- ty-five years of-our existence as a corporation, and I trust I shall be pardoned for referring somewhat briefly to the salient points of our history as an Association. To most of us the early: history of our organization must be new and interesting, for time has dealt no Jess harshly with our membership than with the rest of crea- tion. Of the charter members named in the act of in- corporation, only one survives, and he has ceased to be a member of our Association. Of the seventy-five or more who enrolled themselves as members at the beginning of our career, only thtee have retained their membership to the present time, They are Col. Horace T. Rockwell, Henry H. Kimball and Daniel T. Curtis. Of all our members at the present time their experience alone coyers the entire period of our existence, and I profoundly regret that it did not fall to the lot of one of them to stand in this place in my stead to-night, for no one can speak of past events so clearly and accurately as he who has actually participated in them. They are with us, however, and I trust that we shall have the pleasure of listening to them before our festivities are over. Our organization was chartered by our Legislature by an act which became a Jaw March 18, 1874, under the name of the Massachusetts Anglers’ Association. It was incorporated, as set forth in its charter, ‘For the purpose of securing and enforcing proper restrictions upon the taking and killing of fish, shellfish and bivalves, the promotion of fishculture, and the introduction of new species and varieties of fish, and to disseminate informa- tion relating thereto.” Three years later the name was changed to the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association, and its purposes. were enlarged so as to in- clude the protection and propagation of game as well as of fish, shellfish and bivalves, The original act was passed by the House, March to, 1874, and is attested by John E. Sanford. Speaker: by’ the Senate, March 17, 1874, and is attested by George B. Loring, President; and was approved by the Governor, W. B. Washburn, March 18, 1874. The persons named in the act were: John P. Ordway, C. Warren Gordon, Charles Stanwood, Elnathan Delano, James Walker, James P. Richardson, Walter M. Brackett, Baylis San- ford, John F. Mills. The first meeting under the charter was held at the Parker House, in Boston, March 30, 1874, at which meet- ing all the charter members were present. At this meeting a president, secretary and treasurer were elected, and a constitution and code of by-laws adopted. The following vote was then passed: ‘‘That all persons who are now members of the Massachusetts Anglers’ As- sociation, organized Feb. 7, 1873, and who shall sige the constitution and by-laws of the Association in the 1 at membership be, and they hereby are, elected mam thereof.” The meeting was then adjourned to Codiman Hall, April 3, 1874, the date fixed by the by-laws for the annual meeting. At the meeting held April 3, after the reading of the records, a recess was taken to enable those members of the old organization who desired to sign the constitution and by-laws, and the record states that “seventy-five per- sons responded on the roll of membership.” The meeting then proceeded to elect officers for the ensuing year. Among the officers elected was the Hon. Thomas Talbot, then Lieutenant-Governor, who was elected first Vice-Pres- ident. Mr. Talbot by successive elections continued to hold this office until the time of his death, in 1885. Before the month expired, by the resignation of Goy- ernor Washburn, Mr. Talbot became Governor of the Commonwealth. This office he held by election in 1870. So that for a portion of the time of our existence, nearly two years, a Governor of the Commonwealth has not deemed it beneath his dignity to serve as one of our vice- presidents. If the character of an organization is to be judged by the character of its members, and I think it ought to be, we may justly take pride in the high standard of our own Association; for it has carried upon its roll of member- ship the names of no less than five Governors of the Com- monwealth, namely, Thomas Talbot, William Gaston, Alexander Hi. Rice, Oliver Ames and J. Q. A. Brackett. Among the distinguished names which adorn our roll of membership may be found those of Prof. Alexander Agas- siz, Prof, F. W. Putnam, Hon. Theodore Lyman, Hon. Henry L. Peirce, Hon. John E. Thayer, Hon. Danicl Needham, Judge Chas. Levi Woodbury, Judge Asa French and many others, which I will not take time to enumerate. I do not refer to these things in any boasting or vain- glorious spirit, but rather to show you what the member- Varies 282 FOREST AND STREAM. [Marc 28, 1859. © ship of this Association has been, in order that we of the present day may strive to maintain and carry forward that high standard which our predecessors have trans- mitted to us, Numerically considered, our membership has been some- what varied. Starting in 1874 with 75 members, our numbers constantly inereased until at the end of three years we carried upon our rolls 512 names, divided as fol- lows: Honorary members, 56; life members, 16; yearly members, 440; whole number, 512. Following the year 1877, the decrease in membership was rapid. At the annual meeting in 1880 only eighteen members were present, and the following year only twen- ty, Twenty-two members resigned in one month, and meetings were frequently adjourned for want of a quorum. In 4880 the membership probably did not exceed 100. From 1880 to 1885 there was a slight gain in membership, but the Association was in so precarious a condition that at the annual meeting in 1885, four different members were ceverally elected to the office of president before that office could be filled. For the next five years the membership rapidly increased. In 1889 1062 members joined the Association, 52 jointing at one meeting. In T891 we carried more than 500 upon our rolls. Since 1891, owing to hard times, and a more rigid en- forcement of ovr by-laws as to the payment of the annual dues, our membership has somewhat fallen off. We now carry upon our rolls 230 members, and our numbers are again steadily increasing, 20 new members having joined us within the last two months. = . Our financial condition has, of course, varied some- what with our membership. Starting in 1874 with a bal- ance of $173.41 in the treasury, at the beginning of Janu- ary, 1808, the treasury showed a balance ot about $1,500 on the debit side of the account, The officers of the ‘Association, aided largely by the energetic efforts of one of our present members, Mr. Ivers W. Adams, by sub- scriptions and contributions, succeeded in raising enough money to wipe out this deficit before the anntial meeting in April of that year. The treasurer's report at that meet- ine showed a balance of $77.47 in the treasury. Trom that time to this the treasurers’ reports present an unbroken series of balances in the treasury at the end of each fiscal year. ; In 1879 our constitution was amended by inserting a provision that “so per cent. of all surplus money in the treasury at the end of each year shall be added annually to the Association Fund,” As to the purpose of this fund, our records are silent, and for ten years from its enactment, this provision of our constitution seems to have been overlooked, or entirely ignored, but in 1889, some of our members insisted upon the observance of this pro- vision. That-year one-half of the surpliis of $500 was set apart and deposited in the savings bank as a fund. From that time to the present a similar ‘deposit has been made at the end of each year, so that at the present time that fund amounts to $2,866.92. . From its beginning, the Association became actively en- gaged in carrying out the objects for which it had been chartered. The records show that the attention of its members was early directed to stich subjects as the preservation of fish in our inland lakes and streams, the decrease of fish in Massachusetts Bay, the destruction ot lobsters on our coast, the preservation of trout in our streams, and the seining of smelts in our bays. That there was abundant need of action on the part of some one is shown by the following lines, which I have copied from those records; “But the most important phase of the subject relates to the future supply of fish. Last year (1874) we were nearly deprived of smelt; full- grown lobsters are now almost unknown, while trout and salmon have hardly yet, under the influence of stringent protective laws for several years, recovered from the ef fects of their almost total annihilation by being caught while in spawn, before the laws were enforced.” From the beginning our records show an earnest, per- sistent and disinterested endeavor on the part of the As- sociation to secure such laws as would tend to the preser- vation and increase of our useful food fishes for all the people of the Commonwealth, and to see that those laws are entorced. + a At the very first meeting of the Association a- com mittee was appointed to secure a law prohibiting the sale of fish, particularly trout, during the close season. At that time, while we had a close season on the tal- ing of trout between Sept. 20 and March 20, it was law- fal to sell tront taken in other States, during that time. This led to protests from other States, as well as to great abuses under the law of this State. . Trout caught in this State were openly sold in our markets during the close season, but 1t was impossible 10 convict the seller in our courts, because of the difficulty of proving that the trout sold were caught in this State. The committee secured the passage of a law making the close season from Aug. 20 to March 20, but in other respects it was as defective as that of 1896, which it superseded. No convictions could be secured under it, and for the same reason as before. In 1876 George D. Robinson, afterward Governor, was ~ member of the Senate from the Second Hampden Dis- ‘rict. He drafted a law, and aided in its passage through the Legislature, absolutely prohibiting the sale or pos- session of trout, landlocked salmon, and lake trout, dur- ing the close season, which was made from Oct. I to April rin each year, and made the possession of such fish during the close season prima facie evidence of a violation of the law. Many and fierce have been the contests of our Association over proposed modifications of this law, but its main features have remained unchanged to the pres- etit time, and stand as a testimony to the skill and sagacity of our departed Governor. Vad Year after year committees from our Association have gone to the Legislature and asked for wholesome legisla- tion for the preservation of our fish and game. Year after year those committees have succeeded, little by little, un- til at last our laws are beginning to assume an effective condition. Those laws to-day are by no means what they should be, but they are infinitely better than they were when the work of this Association began. Our records abound in instances of convictions secured for violations of our trout laws, our smelt laws, our lobster laws, and other game laws, ' . One of the cardinal principles of our Association is the dissemination of information upon fish and game culture and fish and game protection; and the degree of unfa- miliarity with those subjects which we encounter when- eyer we attempt to secure some wholesome legis‘ation, leads to the conclusion that we have still another broad field for useful work. From a somewhat cursory exam- ination of our records, I estimate that from fifty to sev- enty-five lectures have been delivered before the Associa- tion during the twenty-five years of its existence. These lectures have been largely upon subjects connected with our work, and from them we have received and dissem- inated a large amount of useful and valuable informa- tion. In the dissemination of this information to the public, the press has ever been generous in the aid which it has rendered to our cause. It has done more for us than we have had any right to expect; and I hereby take this occasion publicly to express to the press our hearty ape perigo of the favors which we have received at its qands. At the second meeting of the Association, held April 17, 1874, it was decided to have copies of the game laws printed for distribution throughout the State, with the following notice: “The executive committee of the Mas- sachusetts Anglers’ Association hereby give notice that the provisions of the above law will be strictly enforced, and any person giving information of the violation of the same will confer a favor by addressing C. Warren Gor- don, 47 Bromfield street. All communications will be considered strictly confidential. By order executive com- mittee, Massachusetts Anglers’ Association.” The practice thus begun has been followed ever since, But our work has not been confined to securing and enforcing laws and disseminating information, In 1890 we decided to enlarge our sphere of action, and at that time commenced the work of introducing into the Com- monwealth new species and varieties of game birds, and thus far we have purchased and set free in various locali- ties in the State more than 4,000 birds, consisting of pinnated grouse, sharp-tail grouse, and southern anid western quail. In going over our records, I have been more and more surprised to’ see how closely our aims and purposes haye been intertwined with the policy of the Commonweaith. In securing adyanced positions our Association has al- ways been found in the first ranks, and there I am sure it will always be found as long as it has an existence. For the future our prospects are bright. We close the first quarter of a century of our existence with an in- creasing membership, a full treasury and plenty of work before us, Let those who shall round out the next quarter of a century show a record as much better as they can. President Wiggin proposed the health of President McKinley, which was drank with all the honors, and Collector Lyman followed with a brief speech. Presi- dent Smith, of the Senate, spoke for the Commonwealth, and Judge Barker made a capital speech from the sports- man’s standpoint; he commented on the work of the as- sociation in the matter of fish and game protection. Col. Rockwell briefly referred to the work of the Association and proposed a sentiment to the memory of ex-Goy. Robinson, one of its stanchest friends. A letter was read from Gov. Rollins, of New Hampshire, regretting his inability to be present, and then the Rey, Dr. Little made a speech that placed him in the same class with the clergymen who have been guests in former years—gen- tlemen of the cloth who enjoy a day in the woods and on the streams and know how to describe the pleasures therect. Ccmmissioner Carleton congratulated the Asso- ciation upon the work it had accomplished and said that the Maine Association had neyer asked for a law relat- ing to fish and game that was not granted by the Legis- lature. There was one very important matter he wished to bring to the attention of the Massachusetts Associa- tion, and that was the urgent necessity for a law to pre- vent the sale in Massachusetts of deer, moose and cari- bou killed illegally in the State of Maine. That was a crying evil, and one that should be summarily stopped. President McLeod said the Megantic Club and the Mas- sachusetts Association had much in common and should, as they no doubt would, work together in harmony for the common cause. Ex-President Clark brought the ex- ercises to a close with a short, snappy speech, urging re- newed energy for fish and game protection. Wm. B. SMART. The Laurentian Club. The first annual dinner of the Laurentian Club was held at the Holland House, on Friday last, some sixty members of the club participating therein. Three of the club guides from the St. Maurice district of Canada were brought in after dinner had been served, and enlivened the proceedings by giving a number of French-Cana- dian songs. The unavoidable absence ole TBs Wis Tele Drummond, a member of the club, and atalented author of “The Habitant’ and other poems, was | gretted. Mr. W. eetesieiceslelss ;...58 5T 57 56 56—284 FGA OLE cae seas eerie ticle bp ee teieacess herrea 56 56 56 55 55—278 J B Crabtree......2260 0.2 eee ee ener ee eens tees 57 56 54 54 54275 J W Christiansen........+---+++0++s- sess rere 57 56 53 53 52-271 Match D—Police Revolver Championship.—Prizes: First trophy, value $50; second, $25; third, $15; fourth, $10; fifth, $8. Arms.—Only .32cal. police revolvers, which are tegularly for sale, and which can be bought in the open market on the date of this circular, allowed. Sights must be open and not over Gin. apart. ‘Trigger pull not less than 2ibs. Number of shots: Jive best targets, 6 shots each, consecutive. Targets: Standard American, din. bull. Clean- ing allowed between scores. Ammunition: Only factory ammuni- tion allowed, full chatge. Entrance fee, $3, as in _ Match A. Distance, 20yds. Ties will be decided by draw. limited, targets 25 cents each, five for $1. Entries un- DER OD Det austh nanan cade Lesbieans Rete ceneat 57 57 57 57 57—285 TEL ES VS Gelato settee eucrsssutrs FAA cae acuta gta TO ES 58 57 5b 538 —277 Ty AAlierse 5 Sours ice eT} Abs besd5 57 63 62 52 62—266 TIS OInGyavcnppetd sae ...54 54 538 52 52-265 JD, VEY AME ANiGherale eet Oe a ao soot 52 52 51 49 49—253 Point Target Contest for Trophies.—Any revolver, distance 20yds., point target, 284in. black; count, 1, 2, 3. mi ; Number of points: To win trophy 50 points shall be made on this target. Entrance fee, 25 cents for 5 shots; re-entry allowed. Pistol, .22cal: Conditions the same as in Any Revolver. Military: distance 20yds., point target, 244in. black; count, 1, 2, 3. Number of points: To win trophy, 30 points shall be-made on this target. 4 Entrance fee 25 cents for 5 shots; re-entry allowed. Police revolver: Distance 20yds., target 4in. bullseye; count, ale PR Bh Number of points: 50 points to win trophy on this target. Entrance fee 25 cents for 5 shots; Fe eatay Dltowedt : T. H. Keller 1, G. Bancroft 1, Dr. A. H, Stillman 1, J. T. Humphrey 1, H. S. Seely 2, J. W. Christiansen 1, C. S. Axtell 1, S. B. Piercy 1. Point, police: C. Windelstedt, C. S, Axtell. There was a contest in the Smith & Wesson gallery, in_the Sportsmen’s show, between members of the daily press of New York, for a S. & W. revolver. — A F Aldridge, N. Y. Times........- 1010 9999 8 8 7 T 8&8 O’Neil Sevier, Evening Sun.........- 1099999 8 8 8 786 E_C Carter, N. Y. Sun.....-...--.,-. 9998 8 8 8 8 7 T8L ; D Kirby, World...) .....5..-..--.--: 99-9 9 9 9% 5 78 B Paret, Commercial Advertiser....10 9 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6—72 G E Stockhouse, Tribune...........- 988 8 8 8 7 6 6 0—€68 P P Sheehan, Mail and Express..... 999 8 655 5 5 5 66 GreSatidse plo tiitic lemme eesti 99 8 7 7-5 5 5 5 0-60 W B Hanna, Press...........+.. +9 8 8 765 00 0 0-4 655 44 4 4 0 0-39 H A Logan, Associated Press..... ner Exposition Rifle Tournament, The scores made in the rifle competition at Madison Square Garden from March 2 to 15 are as follows: : The conditions of the individual championship match were: Open to all, 100 shots offhand, 25-ring target, distance, 100ft.; any .29cal. rim-fire allowed. Entrance $5, including season ticket to Sportsmen’s show. Only one entry allowed to each competitor. Competitors shot their ten strings as they desired. Prizes: First, championship trophy and $20; second, $25; third, $20; fourth, $15; fifth, $12; sixth, $10; seventh, $8; eighth, $8; ninth, $6; tenth, $6; eleventh, $5; twelith, $5: : F. C, Ross 2425, L. P. Tttel 2417, H. M. Pope 2413, L. Buss 2412, I. Flach 2409, G. Dorr 2403, R- I. Young 2891, W. A. Tewas 2390, Dr. W. G. Hudson 2389, G. Schlicht 2386, H. Holges 2386, Dr. A. A. Stillman 2382. Premiums: G. Zimmermann 368, H. M. Pope 367, L. Buss 364. The continuous match was open to all, off-hand, on 25-ring target, 100ft. distance, any .22cal. rim-fire allowed; entrance for ticket of three shots 50 cents, re-entries unlimited, but only one prize can be won by any one shooter. Two best tickets to count for rizes. Prizes: First, $50; second, $35; third, $25; fourth, $20; fifth, 15; sixth, $12; seventh, $10; eighth, $10; ninth, $9; tenth, $8; eley- enth, $8; twelfth $8; thirteenth, $7; fourteenth, $7; fifteenth, $75 — ll es 7 Marcit 25, 1809.) =, = Se sixteenth, $6; seventeenth, $6; eighteenth, $6; nilveteenth, $5; twentieth, $5; twenty-first, $5; twenty-second, $4; twenty-third, $4; twenty-fourth, $4; twenty-fifth, $3; twenty-sixth, $0; twenty-sey- enth, $3; fwenty-eighth, $2; twenty-ninth, $2; thirtieth, $2. Premiums: For the best five tickets, $5; for the second best five tickets, $4) for the third best five tickets, $3. f H. M. Pope 149, L. Biss 149, BE. S. Pillard 149, G. Zimmermann 148, H. Holges 147, M. Dorrler 146, G. Dorr 146, L, P._Ittel 145, F. C. Ross 145, G, Schlicht 144, S. J. Lyon 144, H. P. Plage 144, L. P. Hansen 143, Nemo 143, Dr, Stillman 143, S. W. Burton 142, L. Flach 141, G. Worn 189, W. A. Hicks 189, R. J. Young 138, H. D. Muller 138, Dr. W. G. Hudson 138, T. R. Geisel 186, J. G. Dillon 136, Dr. €@ HM. Burns 136, J. Facklamm 135, J. W- Christianson 135, J. Granizer 132, T. Traynor 93. Point Target or Practice Target. open fo all.—Five shots for 25 cents, The shooter scoring 60 points will be entitled to a fine trophy. Shooting off-hand; tickets unlimited. Trophies can be seen at the range. — E ft Spering, Burton, Schuckroft, T, TM. Beller, Jr., Greene, 1. H. Keller, Lentilhon, G, Zimmermann, IT. D. Muller, Christianson, Schlicht, Flach, Bissett, Schorminghous, Beyer, Fussell, E. Keller, Van Allen, Buzzini, Lemcke, Buss, Dr. W. G. Hudson, Geisel, Bohn, Van Hagen, Ross, Hicks, Ballard, Frazer, Martin, Dutton, Pillard, Meyer, Rein, Dilger, Dr. Stillman, Gerard, Dorr, Oborst, Hansen, Jantzer, Flagg, Worn, O’Hare, Badenstahl, Young, Tewes, Lyon, Phelps, Holges, Bernins, Uhler, Connolly, Lenzin- ger, Horney, Stuber, Nemo, J. W. Johnson, Goldthwaite, Kraus, * Pope. Ittel. Dr. Barnes, Homrighausen, D. E, Johnson, Koch, Besson; Halterman, Dillon, Jaynes, Bisclioft. ‘ Bullseye TargetOpen to all, off-hand, on 4in. bullseye. Dis- tance 100ft. Any .22cal, rim-fire rifle allowed. Entrance, 40 cents per ticket of three shots; re-entries unlimited, The best single shot by measurement to count. Only one prize obtainable by any one shooter, . Tirst, $25; second, $15; third, $10; fourth, $8; fifth, $7; sixth, $6; seventh, $5; eighth, $5; ninth. $4; tenth, $4; eleventh, $3; twelfth, $8; thirteenth, $3; fourteenth, $2; fifteenth, $2; sixteenth, $2; seventeenth, $2; eighteenth, $2; nineteenth, $2; twentieth, $2; twenty-first, $2; twenty-second, $2; twenty-third, $2; twenty-fourth, $2; twenty-fifth, $2. ‘. mee = J. G, Dillon 18 points, L, Buss 15%, G. Zimmerman 16, 1D, 18s Ress 16, G. Dorr 16, Dr. Stillman 16%, TH. P. Plage 17, Nemo 18. J. W. Christianson 18, G. Schlicht 18, T. H. Keller 18, W. Koch 18%, H. M, Pope 18%, PB. Wagner 19, L. Flach 194%, S. W. Burton 20, J. Facklamm 21, H. D. Muller 21, M. Dorrler 214, €. Meyer 22, O. Kinz 22, Pillard 22, W. A, Lempke, 25, W. A. Hicks 2114, L. P. Hansen 28. Colorado Springs Rifle Club. Cotorapo SpriNes, Colo., March 12,—The following is a list of scores fired in competition for the target rifle: lip Ta clivmerr rete etieisisinen cies cae Be CAS MELO Ca let Wisse reienieaeriecese esse 4 on oo ior) oo oT i= Neancog = = JSS COP WIE OOON PAPO SE OAM OMACAMEPENWNOIAMAMOC a te =v me ODS C109 SE Oo 5 00 G0 TS} CODD OTE ATCO CTOOSIAI DS Hip Coco Cot Om oT i WNOHNAUOHAAANNM HO AHOCAMOAMWMRAMASCSCOCWMWOGSOAMASH DM Warightiiesteeecscatsnecneessenee- 12) UD esineie teres eee sonal Araneae asthety Heh a DW OB NER ATCO EN ER NW WACO MOOR MOINS MWCO So coodtD = WR Masone.-seerseeeeeeseeteen sees JM Audi ccc secseeeesnecens Sdpoesares: e = eemeeceesasste Seecoacenrees H Thomas “100 00 00 G2 CO He OO BORO 09 OD COI Tt pH Co LH AU UP A SeT aes be eg ger ser Nish tiPacetsie jt Wren, Eye. aeisiyre eee te haan CO HS C1 co DO OO ~T-~1.=1. GO go CO SS OT ON DY CO DO HE WC 00 5 £5 C2 CO OVE OO ca a > Oa OT 08S OT 160 01 1-36 o> HANISIBWMOOAIN MOI PE POMONAOIR RAO Sa bya S| is g G CCN CONN MNO Meco Poe 1 J OV Se COS Se OT 00 Rifle at Shell Mound. San Franersco, Cal., March 13.—Edittor Forest and Stream: Westerday was medal day for most of the clubs shooting at Shell Mound range. Germania Club was the center of the hottest fighting. The contest was four-cornered among Messrs, Schuster, Utschig, Faktor and Dr. Rodgers. In the club medal contest, 20 shots, only one entry, 25-ring target, the scores were: Utschig 446, Schuster 440, Dr. Rodgers 438, and Faktor 435. ‘In the Bushnell medal contest, 10 shots, only one entry, scores were: Dr. Rodgers 228, Utschig 219, Faktor 215, and Schuster 212. Im the cash re-entry, 3 shots, highest scores were: Faktor 73, Utschig 73, Dr. Rodgers 72, Schuster 70. - Scores of San Francisco Schuetzen Verein: Champion class, “F. P. Schuster 438; first class, not won, none of the contestants making the requisite score; second class J. Get ken 375; third class, Henry Stelling 378; fourth class, David Salfield 347; best first shot for the day, August Jungblut, 24; best last shot, John Utschig, 23. __ p - At the ranges of the Columbia Rifle and Pistol Club the follow- ‘ing scores were recorded: Two-hundred-yard rifle range, Columbia _target—Experts: F. E. Mason 66, F. O. Young 68, A. H. Pape “73. Sharpshooters: J. E. Gorman 76, M. J. White 137. Marks- men: G. Mannel 79, E. N. Moore 91, Mrs. M. J. White 121, A. W. Tompkins 128, Mrs. Waltham 139, J. F. Twist 164, Mrs. Mannel 177. Glindemann all comers’ rifle medal: A. H. Pape, 42, 42, 43; - F. O. Young, 62, 74. Members’ rifle medal: G. Mannel, $4, 109, “Fifty-yard pistol range, Columbia target—Experts: J. E. Gorman 88, Dr. Rodgers 42, A. H. Pape 44, C. M. Daiss 48, F. O. Young 54, M. J. White 55. Sharpshooters: F. C. Mason 49, Marksmen: STREAM. FOREST AND Possible 75 points, made by Louis Buss, of New_ York city, in the Continuous match, with Peters .22 short Semi-Smokeless cartridges. ° ; = id Jal Sal Score of 75 out of a possible 75, made by E, S. Pillard, of New Britain, Conn,, in the Continuotis match, with Peters .22 short Semi-Smokeless cartridges, mei <- © & 69 Raa wd Possible 75 points, made in the Continuous match by H. M. Pope, of Hartford, Conn., with Peters .22cal. Semi-Smokeless cartridges. The targets herewith presented were made by Mr. Fred C. Ross, of the Elite Rifle Club, of Brooklyn, L. I. They represent a total of 2425 out of a possible 2800. This is a new world’s record for indoor gallery work at 100ft. Mr. Ross used a Stevens’ rifle and Peters .22 short semi-smokeless cartridges. This is the am- munition also used by twelve winners in the individual cham- pionship, including the first eight. The possible scores of 75, made by Messrs. H. M. Pope, L. Busse and E. S. Pillard, who tied for honors in the continuous match, are also herewith. il- lustrated, . George Mannel 59, J. F. Twist 102, Mrs. C. F. Waltham 108. Siebe pistol medal: C. M. Daiss, 42, 51. Daiss all comers’ and Jacobson medal for .22 and .25cal. rifle: George’ Mannel 24, Mrs. C. F. Waltham 49, J. F. Twist 62. OBEL. Cincinnati Rifle Association. Tue following scores were made by members of the Cincinnati Rifle Association in regular competition at Four-Mile House, Read- ing Road, March 19. Conditions: 200yds., off-hand, at the German ring target. Gindele was high on the champion sore with 217. Drube wins the Dietrich medal for March with a score of 67 on the honor target. Strong, variable winds blew from 5 to 8 o’clock all day: Champion score: Gina lew eerie. stacescens Suave a S505 22 24 22 19 21 22 17 25 23 22—217 NEE ROL PAAR Aor ae Aes Ser tee POO IeG 18 22 23 12 19 16 25 22 22 20198 WIGRGt EIA. Bee tiaciot sake atts sine weiss 24 19 18 15 17 25 16 24 16 21—190 Drube ....-... Seth ato N oa eee A a 10 23 20 21 16 21 25 14 23 20—193 Wietniicmiicrm:niicae teenies ie 22 22 23 25 19 22 19 19 23 18213 INiestlereneh clurhe saison eraser een erate 23 22 20 20 22 16 19 23 25 22—212 lasenzallbnnuae cui ces ree one ee 24 20 21 20 22 19 23 19. 20 23211 FRODEDUSI A es Mee cnet cede cise dets eee 20 21 24 20 24 19 13 21 20 23—205 BGLITISuM sate Rone el eee se ee Sais 19 23 21 25 23 19 16 11 23 16—196 Strickrriieteenian sts erie eet ....-18 24 23 18 21 23 19 20 23 16—204 Special score: Honor score. Gindele w2...0505- 23 23 21 22 24 2522 19 25 21-225 24 22 24—70 Raya os peste reat sipte 18 16 28 22 21 22 21 19 23 21—206 18 17 2459 Uckotter ....... , 19 19 20 19 23 19 14 21 25 20199 20 15 16—51 IDE OS a dondc 23 23 21 20 17 23 22 25 16 17—207 28 23 21—67 W einheimer .19 18 21 24 20 25 22 22 21 15—207 22 29 24—fA6 WWestler shives. -19 20 21 24 17 23 22 24 238 28-216 19 19 19—57 Hasenzahl ..... 23 21 24 22 23 17 19°25 17 w5—v16 = 18 22 B2—b2 ARG DENTS IM ccercd tae ts 20 22 23 24 19 22 18 21 22 20-211 25 25 16—66 Bruns. Gicye nnn. 35! 23 22 21 14 18 18 18 21 23 17—195 =: 22.:« 19 1960 » Strickmiern <......: 23 22 25 19 21 16 24 22 19 21214 = 25-22 1966 Game Laws in Brief and Woodcrait Magazine. See announcement elsewhere. As the April issue will be gov- erned by the advance orders, it is requested that subscribers will order now either for the year or for the April number. The Forest AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. Grap-Shoating. If you want your shoot to be announced here send in notice like the following: ; Fixtures. _March 23.—Brooklyn, LL, I.—Live-bird handicap of the Brooklyn Gun Club, at Lyndhurst, N. J. John Wright, Manager. March 23.—Newark, N. J—Regular club shoot of the East Side Gun Club. L. H. Schortemeier, Captain. March 25.—Pawling, . ¥,—Postponed shoot of the Pawling Rod and Gun Club. Geo. 8. Williams, Sec’y. Mareh 25.—Newark, N. J.—Monte Carlo shoot of the East Side Gun Club; main event 12 birds; 6 at 29, 6 at 3lyds. pril 5-7.—Richmond, Va.—Tournament under of W, C, Lynham. ‘Targets and live birds, April 4-5.—Chambersburg, Pa.—Chambersburg, Gun Club’s spring live-bird and target tournament; open to all. J. M. Runk, Captain. April 11-13.—Elkwood Park, Long Branch, N. J—The Inter- state Association’s seventh annual Grand American Handicap management tournament. Entries close April 4, Edward Banks, Sec’y, 318 Broadway. April 18-20.—LincoiIn, Neb.—The Lincoln Gun Club’s second annual interstate tournament; targets and live birds; $500 added. Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y. April 18-21.—Baltimore, Md.—Prospect Park Shooting Associa- tion’s tournament; $500 added. Stanley Baker, Sec’y. April 25-27.—Kansas City, Mo.—Ninth annual tournament of the Missouri State Amateur Shooting Association, under auspices of Washington Park Gun Club; $400 added money; target and live birds. alter EF. Bruns, Sec’y. April 25-26.—Gretna, Neb.—Target and live-bird tournament; #200 added; open to all. H. M. Hardin and C. B. Randlett, Managers. April 2§-28.—Baltimore, Md.—Tournament of Baltimore Shooting Association; targets and live birds; money added. Geo. L. Har- rison, Sec’y, May 2-5.—Lincoln, Neb,—Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion’s twenty-third annual tournament, under the auspices of the Capital City Gun Club; six amateur and four open events each day; targets and live birds. R, M. Welch, Sec’y, ; May 9-13.—Peoria, Ill—LIllinois State Sportsmen’s Association’s tournament. C. F. Simmons, See’y- May 1619,—Erie, Pa.—Ninth annual tournament of the Penn- sylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, under the auspices of the Reed Hurst Gun Club. F. W. Bacon, Sec’y. May 16-20.—St. Louis, Mo.,—Tournament of the Missouri State Fish and Game Protective Association, H. B. Collins, Sec’y. May 17-18.—Oil City, Pa.—Interstate Association’s tournament, under auspices of Oil City Gun Club. F, S. Bates, Sec’y. May 238-25.—Algona, la.—Tournament of the Iowa State Asso- oat for the Protection of Fish and Game, John G. Smith, Pres. May 24-25.—Greenwood, §. C.—Annual live-bird tournament of the Greenwood Gun Club; 25-bird Southern Handicap, R. G. McCants, Sec’y. May 30,—Canajoharie ree Lee N. Y.—All-day target shoot at Canajo- harie, N.Y. Charles Weeks, Sec’y. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. The annual spring tournament of the Chambersburg Shooting, Fish and Game Protective Association, to be held at Chambers- burg, Pa., April 4 and 5, rain or shine, will have events at targets and live birds. The programme is now ready for dis- tribution. On the first day there are sixteen target events pro- yided, with merchandise or money. added in nearly all the events. The eyents vary from 15, 20 and 26 targets, with a total entrance for the day of $20.75. Targets 2 cents each. Four moneys. There are three live-bird events on the second day. No. 1 is at 5 birds, $8, birds included. No. 2.is at'10 birds, $5, birds included. No. 3 is the handicap event, 15 birds, $12, birds included, $150 guaranteed if ten or more entries from outside the membership of the Chambersburg Club, and $100 if from six to nine enter under like conditions, Ji more than twenty men enter, the surplus will be added to first money, less 10-per cent,» Four moneys. Birds 20 cents. Experts will be permitted to enter events in both targets and live birds on the same conditions as amateurs, as long as their scores compare favorably with less experienced shooters, but as soon as they exhibit the form which tends to discourage those of less skill, and thereby decrease the number of entries, they_will be handicapped so as_to give amateurs an equal chance. Shells shipped in care of A. L. Sherk, Chambers- burg, Pa., will be delivered on the grounds. _The programme of the three days’ tournament on targets and live birds at Blandon, Va., on April 5, 6 and 7, can be obtained of W. C, Lyman, manager, Station A, Richmond, Va. There are eight target events on the first day, 170 targets in all, with a total entrance of $17; of these, No. 4, at 25 targets, $5 entrance, is for the State target championship. There are four livye-bird events for the second day’s programme. Nos. 1, 2 and 4 are respectively at 5, 7 and 10 live birds, entrance $3, $5 and $7.50. No. 3, for the State championship, at live birds, is at 50 birds, $10. entrance. There are eight target events for the third day, with a total entrance of $14.50. Purses will be divided according to the equitable system. Shooting will commence at 9 A. M. each day. John Wright’s invitation live-bird shoot, which takes place at Morfey’s grounds, Lyndhurst, N. J., on Thursday of this week, promises to be a great success. A first-rate lot of birds are promised. There are three events on the programme: 5 birds, $3, birds included, at 25 cents; 15 birds, $10, birds included at 25 cents, class shooting, handicaps from 26 to 82yds., and a miss- and-out, $2 entrance. In this event the shooters stand at the same distance as in the handicap, excepting that winners of first money therein shall go back one yard. Lunch will be served at the hotel. Trains leave Chambers street, at 7:30, 7:45, 8:30, 9:30, 10:00 and 12:00. Trains leaye foot of Barclay street at 9:20, 10:40 A. M., and 12:40 P. M. Shooting will begin early. Under date of March 14, Mr. P. H. Jeannerette, captain of the Boiling Springs Gun Club, writes us as follows: “‘The E, championship cup race, Harold Money, vs. Oscar Hesse, will be shot on the Boiling Springs grounds, Saturday, March 25. In connection with the match, the Boiling Springs Gun Club will hold an all-day shoot. Come early, boys, bring plenty of shells and enjoy a good day’s sport. Dinner will be served at club house at expense of club. Shooting to start at 9:30 A. M.” In the mention of the 25 live-bird handicap fixed to take place at Charter Oak Park, Gloucester , on March 31, 25 to 32yds., handicap, entrance $10, birds 85 cents a pair, Rose system, the address of Mr. Will K. Park was erroneously given as 345 Third street. It should have been 34 South Third street, Philadelphia. Entries should be sent to him, accompanied with $2.50 forfeit. Mr. Harold Money has a busy week in the way of shooting competition. He has no less than three matches: one with Dr. Douglas the latter shooting at 50 birds to his 40; one with Dr, Canon, 100 birds a side, for $100, and one with Mr. O. Hesse at the Boiling Springs Gun Club’s grounds, on Saturday of this week, in competition for the cup, emblematic of the championship of the State of New Jersey. Admiral-Colonel Courtney arrived in New York early this week, and he reports excellent business in the Northwest during his trip, notwithstanding that the thermometer there was 52 degrees below zero—it may have been 52 degrees that he alleged. As to the ~ cup of the Grand American Handicap, the irrepressible Admiral asserts that he will collogate it in proper time and place. Mr. Fred Gilbert was a visitor at Watson’s Park on Friday of last week. Our correspondent informs us that the wizard shooter of Spirit Lake shoots a Winchester repeating shotgun now with the deftness of manipulation and precision of aim which the best users of the weapon have attained. Zettler Brothers, whose fame extends wherever riflemen dwell, have arranged to move from their old quarters in the Bowery to 159 West. Twenty-third street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues. The new location will be much more convenient for their numerous patrons. Mr. Harry Chisholm, of Portland, Me, was presented with an elegant gold watch by his brother shooters, March 11, on the eve of his departure on a trip. The handicap committee of the Grand American Handicap will meet at the Astor House, New York, on March 6, at 10:30 A, M. BERNARD WATERS. . ‘Riverton Cun Club. Riverton’s St. Patrick’s day shoot was opened early under particularly auspicious circumstances, a clear, bright day and a supply of snappy, quick birds that gave the cracks all they de- sired in the way of difficult targets. There was a fair attendance of experts, and thosé who came brought news of more to follow to-morrow; so the 100-bird handicap, the biggest fixture of the year, should bring together the best shots of several cities. ‘The first day’s events, a 10-bird handicap sweepstake and a 30- bird handicap, brought out good lists of entries, and the work done was uniformly good. Edgar Murphy headed the New York contingent, and, though he said he felt as well as usual, he fell down badly in the first event, a 10-bird sweep. He was among the very lowest; with 7 kills. He did not contest in the 80-bird contest, but will be on deck for the main event. Since long shoots are~ Murphy's long suit, he can be depended on to, be somewhere in the money, The shooters lost little time in needless practice, after arriving at the grounds, and a 10-bird, $10, event was quickly under way with fifteen entries. This brought out, among the other cracks, Godschalk, Jake Atburger, Junius Davis, Harry Gemrig, Bob Welch and Edgar Murphy. The match was shot on grounds 1 and 8, the shooters drawing for choice, and in the face of a brisk northwester the first bird was liberated for Hunter, and promptly killed. Alburger and Gemrig alone came to grief in the first round, the first on a rightquarterer and the latter on a left-circler, that twisted tight out of both loads. The second round saw HFinletter, Jobns and Watson go down in a row, while Murphy drew a right driver that faded like a shadow and escaped entirely unhurt. Bob Welch was shooting in great form, and his kills were all clean and with the first barrel, the second being a Safety shot each time. Dando shot well after the second bird, a turner, that bid defiance to the “southpaw” marksman and perched on the barn to think things over. Barker made a great kill of his sixth, a right driver, and Junius Davis staved in second money by a magnificent kill of his eighth, a CSS driver that sped like a Krag-Jorgensen bullet from the end trap. After nok the main everit of the day was started, a 30-bird handicap, $25 entrance, and eighth contestants stepped up fo the captain’s desk to enter. The shoot furnished a surprise, in the shape of J. B. Ellison, who kept up the good form he has lately been exhibiting, and carried away first money. He shot from the 28yds. mark, and it must be admitted got considerably the best of the birds; but two, at least, ot his kis were of the sensational order, his sixth and twenty- fifth birds, both left-quarterers of the dashing kind that can usually carry away all the shot that hits them. Finletter made a great run from his. sixth to his twenty-sixth inclusive, a stretch in which he drew any number of ugly birds and grassed them all clearly. Welch made four great kills of drivers, his tenth, eleyenth, twelfth and thirteenth birds, all of which were of a type dicensed to fool any one. He fouled on three left-quarterers, flying ahead of the wind and twisting awk- wardly as they left the traps. In the 10-bird match, Barker, Murphy, Davis, Gemrig, Bucknell, Dando and Hexter started on No, 3 set of traps, the others shoot- ing on No. 1, each squad shooting 5 birds and then changing. The little wind there was came from the northwest, but was too light to make the shooiing yery hard. No. 1 traps face the north and No. 38 the south. In the 30-bird race, Barker, Upson, Godschalk and Davis shot 15 birds, on No. 3 grounds, and then changed with the other squad, who shot their portion on No. 1 grounds.. The opening event was at 10 birds, $10 entrance, 40, 25, 15 and 10 per cent.: SARK GIy Ae once 112*212112— 9 D A Upson, 30 ...2010222120— 7 E Murphy, 30...... 2*22202% E H Gedshalk, 26. .2222202j22— 8 ES arssy on ees R A Welch, 30..... 2229222222—10 H E Gemrig, 26....01 J T Alburger, 26...0102211112— 8 H Bucknell, 28.... Clement, 29.........2020210222— 7 Douglass, 29 ...... Uae yaya asters 1y2112 110— 7 aOR. lace eee ent 2 Johnson, 27......... 2222220021— 8 Hunter, 27 .........2232222220— 8 No. 2 event was at 30 birds, $25 entrance, 30yds, rise, cup and 40 per cent. to first; 26 per cent. to second, 15 per cent, to third, 10 per cent. to fourth: Trap score type—Copyright, 1899, by Forest aud Stream Pub. 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However, it was expected that mere would show up for the big event, but the two above-named remained away, and no others came, which lessened the interest. : ¢ The feature of the day’s sport was the making of high scores by those who did enter. Seldom if ever have so many high scores been made in one event on these grounds, The winner's scere equaled the best score made in any one of the six handi- caps, D. A. Upson, of Cleveland, O., capturing first money with 97 out of 100, and two fell dead out of bounds. The only time this has been equaled was by Fred Haley, three years ago. Last year Upson won first with 93 out of 100. ; W. Bucknell, who lately joined the Riverton Club, gave Upson the hardest kind of a tussle, and was tied with him at 15 birds, each having missed two. 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Ac «xf ov Wer w/e ei of w Ss ese cfr Aw -Aw wY¥oa oTw Noo hon | nm i) wAw Hor Nw -iie wYo wu STH Ww | ro or rie oA fp we wy xT oD + ae eres seo ween oR Moco we Noe ete eK ey wes yes ro Yor eR eT r whe Ee whe Hee wT o & & cfr wNe ew On wan poor peo EN xo me pNe PNe EAR SPE ocd Bon EN Eto Mw eNe ele Sie eArw HAs wr Kio eee wr rt ib EN co toNn 46 ro Nis wiles ne Nie rN or ke bo we Trap at Little Rock. Yitrte Rock, Ark., March 17—In a drenching rain the follow- ing scores were shot. Considering the adverse weather conditions Brangg’s score of 21 otit of 25 was a nice performance, this, too, for his second effort at the birds. Brizzolara and Peay are both novices, but Peay has had considerable experience as a field shot: Trap score type—Copyright, 1809, by Forest and Stream Pub. 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Mancit 28, 1899.1 IN NEW JERSEY. The Oakley Handicap. March 16—The Oakley handicap, at 25 live birds, $10 entrance, handicaps 25 to 83yds., took place at Elkwood Park to-day. There Were eight entries, The trophy, a beautiful cup, presented by Miss Annie Oakley, was won by Mr. Phil Daly, Jr., on a score of 23, a most excellent performance, considering that his gun jarred off twice, his 5th and 11th shots, and that*he was therefore disturbed by it in his shooting, Lewis was unfortunate in haying his safety slip back on his 13th bird, which escaped. in conse- Quence, without being shot at. He made the excellent score of 22, nevertheless. [Elliott's 8d was a hoverer, which jumped up and down instantly to the ground. His 5th was a corking fast bird. Ivins had a misfire on his 8d, and got his next bird neatly. Quimby undershot his 24th with both barrels, a fast left- quartering incomer. Wood, who stood at 26yds., shot some of his birds yery accurately and neatly, and promises to be a man who should stand down at about 28yds. There was a stiff, strong northwest wind, which biew steadily and made the birds from Nos. 1 and 2 traps exceedingly difficult. Mr. Harold Wallack acted as referee. Trap score type—Copyright, 1809, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 1825811268215544129425248388 LRTPRASTARNVYALTTATABHK Hee Wood, 2c OL SF RIZLI IT 22 1ie 210i e 1 22 1 0-20 Bo29252555952713381418445922 ZOTTRECER LES ET ACECEER LYE CEE Morfey, 80.....,...22202222292202222223283211 * 2-21 1418844412483 2513855452148 AMET TERT TARR EEL HUIER LAT Lewis, 88....2--. 2 2L2A2VLVYIAZZVOVZIALIOX®YVYO 2 wv 2-22 1125645642255515222324415 , TOAKRRAYLECRRAAKRR ZEDRR CRON Ellioté, (81... pees ZB2QUYM2ZRAVWBSTI*VA2AB,V_A2yvyvudyD 99 124448-128129344312951418322 —ETLTRARGECIAR CRANE HER MESS Daly Bs ncn ee eens PA2L22ABAZSOAZ22222104222220 2-23 O413 345443 441524153 155411 YE RDETTAATER ENO Ae OHO Quimty, 29.......... ES Pee Pay 2h) Shs SORE BU EEC hs fant 12812A13 5411227154 1351158 HREEKCETRT TYRE CER oO LR CET Twins, 30,..5.2..2.+ nice lal nee UPS ce ASICS Ze TEES ag Sweeps, 5 birds, $3, and 10 birds, $5, were shot, as follows: Events: 23 4 6 6 Events! 12345 6 «Birds: 5 10 10 10 10 10 Birds; 5 10 10 10 10 10 DVO rere ernest ohh 5p Sire ay (Geel sehdo nie Se And AS (Garcraweh we Wionteys Y2iiiie! Be ty okie 3) Nalin) Wikarprcs EAA ReP Se Siete ate, ith theres Dalymgees ies stat AA ve 19,96 Eerkes™ no... 48 4.4. 7. March 17.—The main event of to-day was the sportsman’s han- dicap, 20 birds, $10 entrance, Mr. Edward Banks captured first prize alone, scoring 19 out of the 20 birds, and having one dead out: DLE Ss Beso oad onan AS ReATasgatdees serie ai= 20101212202111101210—15 LHS) SSS Beep eene ness artss tee clone Tee ore 212.)1010102121010220—13 PeeWee anew oot een eee ee eee Poteet 22.30020000001U202020— 7 BD) ely ae Oe erase tne elsipeatstecnst Pea ct itp ees Pini Sad 102101221021222U2221—16 PaO SUN eee eet yy Poe eee AE 1211101122221 2110121—18 TE hovoyensZu leh ae pte pceccecnerein Caren aa ee eee arg ee a 12120021 122201222221—17 Wha Ods C0 pte ecreeree e ee eleth Y 221101122112 52221122 18 Greeny 25: as dsdanssretiesest erect ee 10202101010022210020—11 Banks, 28) .442 ~ 22211 222221422222221—19 Greighton, 26 , 12122111220122012222—18 Slidimbre: 25 Wags steer tess creer eee eeerbett 20200021222201122212—15 SRV na Tere 2G in sears ects weap tree etree sre tratete 20200021222201122212—15 Piraley. ce 20" ey we pe pee sorte tomers ere eterarece is ermal bs 02220222222201220222 16 Jeannette Gun Club, March 17.—The initial shoot on the grounds of J. M. Outwater, en the Paterson Plank Road, near the Hackensack bridge, where the Jeannette Gun Club held its regular monthly shoot on March 17. The birds were a poor lot, and the light wind from the southeast did not help the birds any. H. Otton won Class A, Kid Peters won Class B : Tee lers; 25.50: 1211111200— 8 € Mohrmon, 25... ,0111220012— 7 EASE athe sacs es 2200211012— 7 C Meyer, 28........ 111 2222100— 8 W P Rottman, 28..2122*21122—9 J] Wagts, 28....,....1121111001— 8 IAS IEwoye, ASA saad ac 9221222000— 7 IN Karstens, 28..... 0121010211— 7 IGE AO} ivoray, Sead *V21211211— 9 G Meyer, 25....... 2112020000— 5 URS kal, sha ke Sane 1102112220— 8 J Mohrman. 25....222102*110— 7 & Forhenback, 25..2002102222— 7 IF Lohden, 25.....,. 2011002202— 6 J Hainhorst, 28....- 2212022110— 8 Kid Peters, 25...... 2202122212— 9 A G Furguson, 25,.2020211201— 7 D G@ Peters, 25.,,..2221111112—10 SN eBrunres 2s a 2011122111 9 A Ralphs, 28 0012110200— 5 C Bohling, 25.....2.1100001222— 6 C Steffens, 32 2121010000— 5 Ties: W P Rottman, 28.1.....0...5 120 N Brunie, 28.......... eer 120 18 Ue LGhenayapettt soc, Boner net ii Hackensack River Gun Club. Hoboken, N. J., March 18—Herewith are the scores of the Hackensack River Gun Club. The shoot was on March 17, Through an oversight of the sporting editor one score and follow- ing article was left out. I send you a few lines, and you con use them 2s you see fit. After the shoot was over for the day all those who took part and their iriends were entertained to a very fine supper and re- freshments at the club’s expense. Messrs. Schortemeier, Ch. Steffens, C. F. Lenene and the writer made some very good speeches. Mr, Herman Stude played the violin, while Miss Staude, Mrs. .Heflich and Mr. Wm. Clark sang some very pretty pieces. Mr. John Smith also entertained the crowd with his comical songs and buck dancing. After several hours of merrymaking, all those present congratulated the secretary for the great success of the whole affair, and all hoped to be present at the next shoot. C Billings, 28.......... 0120210—4 Wm _ Hexamer, 28.,....2121022—6 T Langeake, 28........ 2112012—6 HH Heflich, 28........... 2020222—5 EH R Asmus, 28........*222120—5 A T Fletcher, 28,..... »2222220—6 Shortemier, 28...,..... 2002211—5 Count, 28 ...... Ag satire 4111 —4 Event No. 8, 7 birds, $3 entrance, three moneys: First event, 5 birds, $3 entrance, three. moneys; second event, 10 birds, $5 entrance, five moneys; third event, 7 birds, . $3 entrance, three moneys. JouHN CHARTRAND. Belvidere Gun Club. Belvidere, N. J., March 11.—At 20 targets, $1 entrance, the following scores at targets were made to-day: C. Cole 2, H, Boardman 13, J. Bears 7, Geo, Keifer 9, Leo Smith 9, W. Raisner 19, J. Oyer 11, Geo. Boardman 19, H. Hefie 7, E. Mountnout 6. The event at 10 live birds, boundary, resulted as follows: $2 entrance, 28yds. rise, 80yds. 1p TELASS eS spnonee 0000 2) ‘La Sehimit sc tec ssntes 00111000002—4 HseBoardman ....... 00101010101—5 EE Mountenot ...... 00000010210—3 El dette er tryectsne 00000220 —2 Geo Lattemann..... 0200202121 —6 W Raisner ..:.. ,., 000210U011I—5 ~Geo K MeMaurtire.01000120100—4 c B Cole ......,.,.11100010112—7 Geo Boardman..... 120212 —5 mM eo, GEO. LATTEMANN, JR. The Grand American Handicap. New York, March 18.—£ditor Forest and Stream: By the time this reaches the eyes of the shooting public only a very short time will remain before the date for closing regular entries in the Grand American Handicap of 1899 will arrive. Wi4uill you, therefore, permit me fo call the attention of all intending contest- ants who have not yet forwarded to me their forfeit of $10, that regular Entries close on Tuesday, April 4. Penalty entries may bel made at any time after April 4 until the last man has shot at his second bird, on payment of an extra fee of $10. Admission badges will not be mailed before March 25 at the earliest. (This is in answer to numerous inquiries.) From present indications, and judging from the number of entries received to date, the Grand American Handicap of 1899 is going to assume considerably larger proportions than even the great event of last year, which had a total of 207 entries. Epwarp Banks, - Secretary-Treasurer. | f Eee ee ea FOREST AND STREAM. ON LONG ISLAND. Emerald Gun Club, The handicaps of the Emerald Gun Club are after the manner of the point system, and for 1899 are as follows: Glass AAA, 29yds,, 7 points: L. HH. Schortemier, J. S. S. Remsen, Gus Greiff, E. J. Clark, Dr. G. V. Hudson, E. A. Vroome, S. M. Van Allen, Wms A, Sands, EB. Helgains, W. Fred Quimby. G, B. Hillers, H, P, Fessenden, Class A, 28yds., 6% points: Wm. Gatton. B, H, Norton. Class A, 28yds., 6 points: C. W. Billings, Wm, Joerger, J. Woelful, B. Amend, E. O. Weis, O. Hilmer, J. Pillion, Capt. J. A, H. Dressell, U. M. C. Thomas, J. H, Swan. va Class AA, 28yds., 7 points: Tom Short, Dr. E. Rugle, J. Rath- gen, Tod Sloane. Class B, 25yds., 6 points: JeBanzer ' Class B, 2byds., 544 points: G. K. Breit, Dr. J, H. Q’Donohue, J. Mohrnmian, F, Ellerhorst, J, Hogan, R. Roberts. Class B, 25yds., 5 points; T, Coady, J. Gallion, Dr. H. M. Groule, C. W, Bterines. W. J. Amend, C, Steutzle, R. Regan, Brooklyn Gun Club. Brooklyn, L. I., March 20.—The fourth and last shoot for the Marshall trophy was won by Dr, Douglas, he having won it three times. No. 5 was the cup contest: ~ Events We BPE ae di ree oem) alt) Targets tit) 1h. 2h) Lb 2hy 2b) 1ba26 Douglas 10 7 8 18 10 15 18 14 23 Kemble 12) TAO 12) Fy 18! 12: 16 Creamer So oe: owl. (Gaia tess ao Wright Ye da tbh abe DPA 2) IPATENSOME atninnmyperad bebe LIE Cacewrematoed te bor Auge Ger dpsed pmes’e By PAMVIS SRR ehh EL bineiecenct aire! ape CNR SN ReE 2 6 4... 5 fos Mati OISE wl Wh hieticlelshilcsiche cttee cales 28 53606 Fen he 4 In No. 5, Douglas and Kemble had 6 each added, Gero. B. Paterson, Sec'y. Oceanic Gun Club, Rockaway Park.—The regular semi-monthly shoot of the Oceanic Rod and Gun Club was held on the first day of this week at its grounds, at Rockaway Park, L. I., between the showers and a gale which blew 72 aie an hour; Events: 8 4 Events: Th 2 pe Bed Targets: 25.25 15 25 Targets; 25 25 15 25 TEI MMB ease cee sces ped leeltieoc e MROSMES: ovysielslsislen st ar Tb ee ce bts A Scheubel ......... (a5, ‘9el8) ee Bourke” aaa eel 2) ir bs WWeStoheyn terres) eier TT ays. ih) BP Goleman! Gre Ad) ReadOititetn Laatste sy tte Py eh a ar J. JONES Cresson Gun Club. Atroona, Pa., Mareh 17.—Editor Forest and Sircam: The new Cresson Gun Club, Cresson Springs, Pa., held their first shoot on St. Patrick’s day. A delegation of some twenty-five shooters and spectators from Altoona, and contingents from a dozen other towns arrived on the morning trains. Everything was found in readiness, and the feast of target and live-bird shooting began at 9:30. The day was an idea] foretaste of spring, Sweet sing- ing birds, and all nature did their best to make glad this famous mountain resort. Among the crowd were §. B. King, of Spangler; Dr. S. M. Richards, Ebersburg; R, A. McNaught, Thomas Dipner and Thomas Hemphill, of Hollidaysburg; L. B. Blair and D. D. Stine, Tyrone; Justus Vogt, Charles Crouse and Robert Tosh, of South Fork; Samuel T. Howard, Williamsport; Capt. Craig and Col. Kerr, Pittsburg; O. C. Brown, Frugality; W, L. Sands, J. M. Dively, U. S. Houck, E. H. Murray, Chas. E. Rhoades, G. G. Zeth. John Schenck, John Keyes, J. S. Stier, C. L. Greek, J. H. Davison, W, W. Wilson, George Smith, Dr. F. M. Christy, L. Feeney, E. T. Drhew and Henry Doerr, of Altoona. Eleven target and two live-bird events were shot. The Sergeant system and the new Interstate rules prevailed in target events. Five ground traps and revised Interstate rules in live-bird races. The background in both cases was an exceptionally hard one. A half-dozen shades of evergreen, and as many other effects kept the shooter constantly guessing. These conditions, we pre- dict, the Cresson boys will overcome by and by, when they come to select a permanent location. ; The live birds were a very fast lot, and very few required any urging to start. McNaught, Clover and Conrad drew the hardest flyers, Blair, of Tyrone, did nice work in winning first in the principal event, as did also Sands and Vogt in taking second lace. Z Mr. P. Abercrombie, superintendent of the Cambria & Clearfield division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was present. Mr: Aber- erombie is an old-time trap shot, having been formerly located at Williamsport, Pa., where he, Hughes, and Millspaugh were very prominent in shooting circles. He has lost none of his love for the sport, although business prevents him from taking much part at tournaments. r The committee in charge consisted of C. Wendroth, Chas. Conrad, J._B. Highberger and A. B. Earhart, The scores: No. 1, 10 single targets: Clover 4, Houck 7, Sands 4, McNaught 8, Craig 2, Blair 5, Murray 4, Rhoades 5, Stine 3, Conrad 3, Rich- ards 3, Kellerman 4, Freeman 5, Dively 5, Crouse 2. No. 2, 10 single targets: Clover 6, Houck 4, Stine 5, Conrad 4, Kellerman 1, Sands 6, McNaught 7, Blair 4, Rhoades 6, Murray 6, Crouse 0, Meehan 6, Dively 6, Richards 8, Wenderoth 7. No. 3, 10 single targets: Clover 7, Houck 5, Sands 6, McNaught 8, Rhodes 6, Shaw 6, Blair 4, Meehan 7, Murray 9, Howard 0, Kellerman 4, Charlton 2, Crouse 0, Richards 5, King 5. No, P 10 single targets: Kerr 1, Craig 3, O’Brien 3, Richards 4, King 4, No. 5, 10 single targets: Clover 8, Houck 5, Sands 5, McNaught 7, Rhodes 4, Kellerman 2, Murray 8, Howard 1, Brown 1, Tosh 2, Blair 8, Stine 8, Dively 8, Meehan 3, Highberger 4. No. 6, 10 single targets: Charlton 4, Craig 1, Herr 1, Richards 3, King 5. "No. a, 10 single targets: Clover 5, Houck 6, Sands 6, McNaught § Rhedes 6, Murray 7, Blair 7, Kellerman 1, Stine 6, Craig 5. Eyent No. 8, live birds: Gloverery cnr eninie: 0121020*01—5 9 Crouse siiississsssee 020120*000—3 EV OUGIa i adaatds4 1201020*11—6 Blair ........ None rit 1221201212—9 Seni cota sdoe sent. 1112121710—8 Murray ..........-.. 1210*10210—6 McNaught .......... 1001*0*012—4 Tosh ...............5 0021201021—6 WoveKe an iw eater cnc 0121*11120—8 Howard ............ 1020020100—4 SHURE Bul adh eatriee were 110210*002—5 Event No. 9, live birds: (hokage Ae we eben 00212—8 Wellerman ...,41:.++.--- 01210—4 Retin hp ieee dty.s Sais eons H1201— se Contady eeiduy ony ewes ec. 1*20*—2 Rich andsSe wearer elie seas 12112—5 Wenderoth .,-.........- 11112—5 ST) oerste-s creer ee ae eas NPN Ias NRCS RIL tooo usob onan 12010—8 Graice Aetesoieoue py aviete ss FIZ Se OSB TTeI =| hea gat pepseses els 13101—4 No. 10, 10 single targets: Sands 8, Ferguson 5, MeNaught 5, Dipner 6, Houck 3, Rhodes 6, Clover 7, Hemphill 3, Stine 7, Vogt 7, King 5, Wenderoth 2, Conrad 1, O’Brien 6, Meehan 6, Lees 1, Pfeister 3. No. 11, 10 single targets: Sands 7, Ferguson 0, McNaughi 8, Dipner 9, Cloyer 2, Stine 7, Voght 7. No. 12, 10 single targets: Sands 5, Ferguson 5, McNaught 8, pipnss Seeley 7, Stine 8, Vogt 3, Conrad 4, Pfeister 4, Freeman ala No. ay 10 single targets: Sands’ 7, Ferguson 2, Clover 6, Stine 6, Voght 7, Meehan 3, Auburn Gun Club, Ausurn, Ind., March 11.—The Auburn Gun Club’s first shoot of the season was held at the club grounds to-day. On account of wet grounds only a few of the members were present. Con- ditions, 25 traps, magautrap. The following are the scores: FPirniehmeeel dy Ben coe anaes Abed hoe 1111111111111001011101011—20 Snvder .o....ae OA He wt Seta 4s tate Oh 1110110001111101010100010—14 Robbins ......+. SULA SPOR neeAt hy sted tie 1100101101111111100011111—18 TALL, STS easy sere AO ge Re em 1111011111101111101111113 92 McClellan 0001010101101011001110111—14 M A Steele . 0111111110101101011111111 20 M SEELE. A beautiful silver chocolate set- and an equally beautiful silver tea set were first prizes in the ment. These roof target competition tourna- Mr, Heikes will annex to his large collection of trophies. though he gravely asserts that he will place both sets in commission at once. 237 Spottsmen’s Association Tournament. THE -scotes of this tournament were all published in Forrest AND Srream of last week, excepting those of the Jast day, Wed- nesday, March 15. As to the weather of the last day, it was all that was undesirable, Thete was a cold, persistent rain, a densely overcast sky, a strong wind, and in consequence targets which took sharply erratic flights were difficult to see. Start- ing where there was a comparative calm, when they reached an altitude where the wing caught them, they might fiy true or take tricky turns, as the case might be. Heikes and Ellictt had tied on 85 in the continuous match, which was virtually a miss-and-out, with unlimited opportunities to re-enter. Heikes had made his greatest run, $5, on the second day, and Elliott tied it on the eighth day, he shooting in great form on that day, for in eight attempts he ran 85, 53, 11, 23, 37, 8 and 46, he aiming his Winchester gun with admitable precision. Thus on this day, out of 270 targets shot at, he missed but 7, truly a first-class performance in every particular. He also made 98 in the championship match on three different days—on the first, eighth and eleventh days. Ueikes made his longest run, 85, on the second day, though he ran 79 on the fourth day, and a number of runs at different times of between 20 and 40. — A resume will tend to refresh the memory concerning the daily winners in this long race; 7 Continuous Match. Association Championship. March RPORER GEM: hee set ot 5 belated Jieyesblatliowelliince-+ -,.othe ee etns 93 Sie le (ORGIES ore. t acaeacea. Sie a) Asien 110 tthe socieeerencerathnes 98 Sele lepalpvolidy paseo eet aarHe hae LU SAM UBL naz eoe eee eR. SOR ies © ae Ee ey OOO ooo gE Ty eT eG) SEL CUES pariaccrhreieb ery 96 tipytton O) on LV ates eect eget, Cs GAS LS i ee ee a 98 yt See eee Pe a eae Re Ghketeese oo Sava stadt eek Bi) stots lsipeaciqoes BREE Re ad De goes Gwe aes gaa snedmyvrnt lines eee 93 Ae SEER co oie CORES. ee Re Qu benkes ges ein isaaiansces os 93 Die po Roe nt To tteowe teeter enoreetes oem) oc RL cil cosyicesl ls Jun deo rten ieee eee eeecTaD IOP I RS agli apres = ae Some CG). FT eikcee. a can errno 98 SF aetsietiaa, Oe PAP ad deere necin PSPUAE Gate UMS oa ely grr arg 97 DSF eae otee ceclejace ile thus ne dem pen sreaericeTes Bele Roya ds cet. there iceeete: 95 13. J A R Elhott 1p WN tol ties a s55 dood anes 95 14. J A R Elhott MAR RD liotte se .seer erry. mtr! 98 There were many other good scores, and the winners each day were pressed close for the honors. Shoot for championship—Heikes and Elliott shoot off the tie for the continuous match in this event, Heikes winning: : R O Heikes.....:21 21 2425-91 I Tallman......... 15 23 22 16—76 24 22 21-89 J von Lengerke..21 14 21 20—76 23:18 21 24-86 A B Cartledge....20 19 15 19—73 B Le Roy..... «21 20 20 283—84 Dr O’Connell.....14 20 16 21—71 Capt Money,,..... 20 19 22—83 PF Daly, Jr....,.-.20 18 17 15—70 L B Fleming..... 19 23 21 20—83 Ed Taylor..-..-... 18 19 15 17—69 O R Dickey....... 23 21 19 20-83 () Hesse......:... 17 20 17 14—hs T W Morfey...... 23 21 21 17—82 S M Van Allen_--2016 11 w Kd! Bantts ics. - 79 20.218 fC Hieksi. cles 28.17 1iw J_ J _Hallowell..... 17-23-19 21—80 J R Hull......... 16 w G Fairmont.,,.,,,21 20 18 18—77 Trap arcsad Reading. _ Reapine, Pa., March 18.—The Independent Gun Club, of Sine ing Spring, Pa, held a sweepstake shoot to-day at targets. The scores follow: Events: 12.3 4 5 6 7.8 910 11121314 Targets; 10 10 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 10 10 SHEEW oe oka grin a ees SOA ih ai ei eres Gelih Copia ne, 2 Seth ile d oy ae ae Ae 910 4 .. ae tee, Mile fake Neal, WieG hz are een nae edo) 9 815 9101010- 910 9 GY... .. Coleman 7 812 9 510 9 8 § 9 815 910 rua rich or teas cL tore nen atta. fin Eee ott eh 6: Abe elo oe RGGU te Setrg foe Wen eee eee ee AS ae hin Toe We ode RAs DMI e riley eer ates pare-te fond sures Seb roe Sor weeree Gore S084 yes stata lava teystitre ere alasata ines fet, sean BRE a Weel or = ELUntzine@ert wanene feces oieeerk rent Gee hee Pere ali) a § 9 OUR EY EM wlabens coe aetna ust oat eee e (PGE AS oe ML: TAD HAMS og aK Fate Breese goer eas. AS kdo. ben tae LE Tee ey ee a per ‘man, Schuylkill county rules to govern. The the series will be shot at Reading at 5) live birds, Hurlingham tules. In the morning a -handicap shoot was held, each man furnishing 11 birds, which were placed in one large crate. After being well mixed among one another, the birds were then trapped, Three traps were used, Schuylkill county rules, and the match was won by Miller, of Mahanoy City, with a score of 10 killed out of 11. Fully 800 people’ witnessed both matches, and Miller was awarded $200, the gate receipts, as first prize. Duster. Centerdale Gun Club. _ CENTERDALE, R. 2., March 13.—Edilor Forest and Siream:, On Saturday, March 11, the Centerdale Gun Club held one of its famous chowder shoots, which haye become so popular during the Past two seasons, George Naylor, or Old George, as he is fondly called by the members, officiates in the spacious kitchen, loeated at the rear of the club house, and here brews one of the finest Rhode Island chowders ever tasted by mortal man. The excellent five-trap system, just put in to accommodate the shooters during Interstate Week, worked to perfection, and drew forth much fayorable comment, Qne of the old:time shooters present remarked that it seemed like old Pawtuxet days, as about 6,000 birds were thrown, and 64 shooters faced the traps. The Centerdale is now composed of all the best shooters in the State of Rhode Island, as the Providence and Pawttxet gun clubs haye disbanded and the members joined the Centerdale, making a membership of 74. Trap-shooting surely is on the up-grade, season bids fair to become a record-breaker. | As many of the members were out of practice, and the wind heavy, the scores were very poor, and are not included, the club average being about 46 4-10 per cent. At the next chowder shoot, we are to have a sweepstake, for a lot of Jand, owned by Hon. Eph Green, and located near The Willows, value $25. CENTERDALE. and the coming Bison Gun Club. BurraLo, N, Y¥., March 16.—The Bison Gun Club held their regular shoot to-day, and some excellent sport was had by those who attended. There were six events on the card, and all were hotly contested, as the following scores will testify: Events: ihe pees) es Eyents: aL PA BY 2) Targets; 255p 1010 * Targets: , 25 5p 1010 * He Peck) eecince ee eres ISS TNS 9s Wilson" 2s 5c eeee 1S="betbe.. ot Tpyibiehat An Ane Agsoce Vi Geis Salt Warth 4. .0n39s88 be inci (on) 0 IBSRGHES ELS Reaarqaoenc 18 6 7 715 *10 singles and 5 pairs: ; Event No. 6, special match between 333 and Ditton: Beey Wir dnerevecansacalinhbhhh ally IDK on Aon csoonee 1011110011— 7 A special meeting of the club was to be held ct No. 1684 Broadway, on Wednesday evening, March 22. Change of Date. Attoona, Pa., March 17.—We desire to withdraw the claim for the date May 30 for a target tournament by this elub. When selecting the same we overlooked the fact that it had already been included in the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association programme. While local shooters will engage in some events on that day, we will see that it does not interfere with those of our members or others in this vicinity who contemplate going to Erie. We claim the dates June 27, 28 and 29 for a target tournament at Wopsononock Heights. We expect to throw targets over the precipice from two magautraps propelled by electricity. The Surroundings at that point will be very much improved this summer and will be first-class in every particular. ay ; G.- G, ZetH, Sec’y. The next contest for the Montgomery Ward & Co, medal will take place on March 31. No shoot will take place on the first F-d-+ in April, the regular day; since many of the shooters is ested in it will be then preparing to attend the Grand American Handicap, eT ee re SSS ee 238 FOREST AND STREAM. {Marci 28, 1890. Montgomery Ward &*Co, Medal Contest. _Curcaco, I1l.—The third cotttest for the Moritgornery Ward & Co medal took place at Watson’s Park, on Friday,” March 17. There was net as large an attendance as usual on account of the disagreeable weather, and because many of the shooters were absent in the marsh after ducks. Some excellent shooting was done, and Mr. Sturteyvant was successful in carrying off, for the time, both medals, the diamond and the high average. Some brilliait shooting was done by Messrs. Sturteyvant, White, Steck and (frien, ‘The shooting of Mr. Sturteyvant was as fine as has been seen al Watson’s Park for many a day, indeed the writer las never seen any finer. ‘The birds were good strong flyers. My. Sturteyvant stood at 27yds., shot a 16-gaige Parker, loaded with 24%drs. Du Pont Smokeless and a secant ounee of No. 7 shot. In the medal contest he killed 15 out of 16 birds, being the only one who scored the possible 15. He also made the gréatest nuinber of consecutive kills, which gave him the high average medal for the time. Afterward in sweepstake shooting he killed 2% out of 24, with the lost bird dead out of bounds. There was a 9 ovelock wind. There was considerable good-natured chafing between Messrs. Stuurteyyant. Dr,-Shaw and Lefingwell about Sturteyvant using a 16-gauge~ gun. Sturteyvant said he was going to try it, as he had been successful with it in the field, and Messrs. Shaw and Lefingwell said that inasmuch as he was such a good shot that he should stick to the 12-gauge he had been used to shooting. The advice given to Sturteyvant by Lefingwell did not seem to work both ways, for what he intended to warm Sturteyvyant against he did himself by lengthening the stock of his gun hy put- ting on a thick rubber butt, and the result was that he was clearly out of form, and made about the poorest score of any one. After the medal shoot he removed the butt plate and shot comparatively as well as the rest. Among the out-of-town visitors who attended the shoot were Messrs. Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, Ia.; and Mr. McKay, of Minneapolis. Gilbert used a Winchester repeating shotgun with great effeet. Indeed, if seemed as if Rolla Heikes were standing at the score and pumping it into them, so rapidly did Gilbert work the gun. The next contest for the medal will be held on March 31, and no shoot will be given on the first Friday in April, the regular day. The reason for the change is that many shooters in Chicago and vicinity wish to go to the Grand American Handi- -cap at Elkwood Park, and if the shoot was held on the first Friday of April, it would interfere with many attending. F j. L. White won the second prize, and Mr. Shields the third. The scores: IBBS RICE. TLRs ase eese oe esis ease ese ueeres *112*0112022211 01 —12 GMB Searles SO ease atecenetle pe leteleleiete ste sieht 1021*2110121021 12 —13 Tse ker ene pe eco bes eee endorn 0222220220 w Y Elias, 3 222110101022100 12213 ‘C Flinnk, 12*111100221210 © 21114 J © Murphy. 221002010110011 oO — 9 Dr Shaw, 2299999192991 2 —IA \W B Leffingwell, 30 . -*20221200110201 02 —10 T) Garter, 29.... 021021210201111 10 —12 iun Stiatevertitee Colon Peete ueli gt osenreenaiemess 229299292992022 2 —I5 “IE (Elbert, RAIS eassadoge SAobeeree Mere ct 222229921222222 —15 Nifty Dylicekeayes VB Wee crt gates stleleleeufeleleertadd aber 120211211111100 —12 A UD AWaetiiey SUA ee seer. a NAAR ASB SOS S00 9 22 01111.0112122101 21 —14 TFa eho iarss, gg doe rane SBADO gO Stee 120222010111021 22 —13 iD) Iyer y One Res ay ao Rene bean *20022011221201 022—12 10) ON Pinicrat UR Be ee eh ret AM 18 Seats 222111120122022 1 —1l4 Fe ona SOE Ba cer kA AN 9 Ae 222912201 22111 20 —14 eG Villareal BUN era serpckeiteotnntel enn n 22*122112221222 (4 Tal eraelles BU Per nce tee, enter Wo ao Senet 11121*221111121 —l4 ielaa oh i eosedn FREE oto Yee 121201202112122 1 —i4 *Visitors from out of State. Ties on 14, 3 birds: Pieeclititis ikea p eee eens oe 012 elsony ci. nr ppotiiennqet Ww Dre Shaywigaalaietastes oan ek 00 AaetSe Wallatd ye serpy hrs baa 210 METS AWN EE heise pep ore sb th ee SA Steck... +s 50035545 ee 221 100 1 GOARvient-.0 suas were 101 Parker s.c5stee. SBR 220 Ties on 13, 3 birds: SMES | lobo Sceeioen someones ot qaadons 120 211 111 120 221 221 Elias ..... 201 111 112 210 211 110 Simmetti Ww Same day, 20 birds per man: ’ Gites é 4 Me Ba gaaek: . PE AEB Sse) Sort ctnrens 0)22229122232220222222 18 TB SER Te ton ieee o]ose, chars tn siecanstonoys t's oreivtsfeLs[oley fale 011101111101 21022211—16 TUL Wecah eene ee Ce ettae Beja nt stern te oe aiereisietcleiatate 21220122220110112211—17 Lefingwell a ee clasa De bec b-we-ae pale nie coeeinh olny? 21111100112102202112—16 Corr LSI, Seccyileicleiesa saga tre tae kere re me bP acelt (11001112012110w Five-bird sweep: W B Lefingwell DrI0—4 “UB ri|en yeaa ces cee 10220—3 Shecke. sinew eesias sieleiss WwetiGeecd RAs Saeed aa 01210—3 WUIBE? ‘aedusedddss wn sies Pee Parken is ceelsars oes cteteretotas 221215 Siete varlte tectssan-cdedd see CE i ane cercees 00121—3 Five-bird sweep: i ‘ Ties. Ties. W B Leffingwell..... DER) WG ee os ili—5 «11 Crack Paw Novenerces 1111—5 20 The day was very bad for shooting; the wind was from left to right across the traps, making the birds mostly right-quarterers. A light rain fell until about 3 o’clock, and from then until the clese it came down hard. The day was dark, making it very hard to see a dark bird over the dark grounds. F. McKay, the expert from St. Paul, was present. Sturtevant was boss of the locals. x. Boston Gun Club, Weiturncton, Mass., March 17.—The third last shoot of the Boston Gun Club was favored with miserable weather, yet ten enthusiasts graced the platform March 15, as if nothing was the matter. The poor light, the execrable wind, the cold damp- ness and the hard targets all came in for a share of bitter criti- cism to be sure, but not one of the ten would have missed the fun, even had the light been poorer still and the wind much more joyous. Toward the close of the afternoon a sharp snow and hail squall turned’ loose on the shooters, and to the general discomfort was added the pleasure of biting particles driven in ones face while trying to: aim along 30in. of gun barrel. Small wonder that the shooter saw double or saw not at all, and that more misses than credits fell to the lot of a few. Mr. Wood- ruff yery satisfactorily maintained an average pace; ever body else sadly fractured their averages. Mr. Griffiths, from Proyi- dence, R. I., successfully negotiated the leading prize score, though seeking good company in balance of events. Scores as follows: Events: 1 Targets: 10 Gordon, 17 9 Miskay, 18 7 Griffiths, 17 4 Woodrttt, 17 Fis cssnness es cun ‘ i 2 4 6 7 =~] ss ayer ts eoentOOOCN ROOF ee , anaaaancS ay oe Cm IGOm IAS HAN WAMOAA ISH = = + A: CHO POmM Iwo 1 OOS 109 1 CoOI I Go SOT wk access eoseereseeres Terre ee eee Johns, 16 .......0«:. eer ee | +4 Campbell, 16 .......-.++ Sensei Leonard, 16 ....ssssssr= are cond Benton, 14 ,....2-.sseceeeseeees ; Horace, 18 7 ‘3 Spencer, 18 Events 1, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12 and 13, known angles; 2, 6 and 9, un- known; 3 and 7, pairs; 10, reverse pull. ff Extra No. 1, 10 known: Griffith 7, Gordon 5. Extra No. 2, 10 reverse: Spencer 6, Gordon 3. Extra No. 3, 5 unknown: Griffith 5, Campbell 2. = Merchandise match, 21 targets—l0 ino unknown, 3 pairs: = poco csenena Sho . ° + Dee é — HAA oAmo aS hoe PR PoP Do CTR Eh OR Cobo ee a to soos DPCP nS} en coun poco: osyeeeret be ne we Peewee teeta hareeee TEA se) LT ines teres ota one 1010011111—7 0i—4 10 11 11-5—16 Sree ay rete ete 41110101118 100113 11 10 10—4—15 Gordon, If) .iescevevsssseseees 11110101718 11110—4 00 10 10—2—14 Florace, 18 ... si seceeegeeecenes 1111011101i—8 011013 10 00 10—2—13 Miskay, 18 ...cseseeecererees ..1114111000—7 10011—3 10 00 00—1—11 Johns, 16 .,...--.-+s-- ratty sic 01110011117 01010—2 00 10 00—1I—10 Leonard, AGS sss.n Goer ue tect 2 1110111100—7 00011—2 00 00 10—1—10 Campbell, 16 ......+2++++. ,....1000010100—3 10111—4 10 10 00—2— 9 Team match, 40 targets, 10 known and 10 unknown each shooter; is icap: i eee mae PS 55055 ...--.0001010010—3 1001111011—7—10 Woodruff ....--ccscecereruessee? 4111101101—8 1101101111 8—_16—26 Miskay -2-.-sc---screnseeerereees 0001111111—7 0011101111—7—14 EGOUACE Meee cc cchnenree crrarer ++ e1001110100—5 1010010110—5—10—24 (err eMiAy A sdoneae pete cere ,,-0111010110—6 1100100111—6—12 Campbell ...cc-eeceeereereerecun 0101000101—4 0011011110—_6—10—22 There will be an all-day shoot under the auspices of the Boil- ing Springs Gun Club _on Sou of this week, shooting to begin at 9:30 A. M. Dinner will be served at the expense of the club. Eureka Gun Club. Wavrson’s Park, Chicago, March 18—The Eureka Gun Club finished their series of nine shoots to-day in very bad weather. the wind blowing straight out and from the north; traps facing south. Each man had to shoot in six shoots to count, and his five best scores Counted. There are three nice gold badges, one large one, for the best score; one a little smaller for second, and one still smaller for third. L. C. Willard won first, five best shoots, 15 hirds each, 75, killed 71. E. M. Steck won second, fiye best shoots, 15 birds each, 75, killed 66. EF. H. Lord won third, five best shoots, 15 birds each, 75, killed 65. This is the last of the Eureka Gun Chib’s seri f nine shoots: acts wee es of nine shoots PEAIOLISUNBE ASO SOS Soe AS Se se. 12201121121122114 SI SEE Gh err eee erent tun staat a ac aan ,201222220121020—11 GPRGTl Aen ete ihe a, cere tee ee +++ 1 022222222210102—12 NERS Spoons YA ADOONCOEM AAA Addocesii cnet ¢ oes 020112022011 221—11 Dr Miller WER OSE IOS CREE ASA ane ean re. 112122211121011—14 H TG Wil ewanse ne Ceeehe oye gars ste .122022122201220—12 hei PICTIBTGAT OW s dole wc, Bie peels atsletgeiceete Pete aera pee 010122112110101—11 Gilbert eg DOTOOR COCO Reictiatky: oo leicee Ae githe, Ale oo 2222222222221 0114 *Visitors. Five-bird sweeps: The (CNV ai lari ele eeascaeetes a aiety feed pa ainrn es 21102 12201 . 12112 sees Steck Wry atiatisnerraatratee tian ee 21001 10112 11022 GTID Gre roaitelstaeiaetinaian td adaees eeessee re 22012 22121 12102 Ite WES Se enon bionatl ont Vad ind seer 11022 21112 11211 Miller: tun Nneccincdes once Tanisha a Bae s 11020 OZ eee HOLE Pai aTassioit ats eee ie eee ese Sarre Sr Sia ee ee ee ee eee 11022 March 15.—Audubon Club scores: NMVelsont eee once ee ern eR ere ee nnee 11010221210200122002132 15 JAE Am bergersesteusucun ton hPETe TEER PER RE 12212211121022121120 18220 March 16.—C. A. A. Gun Club: JF PSellersa yee tee daetete aes 22222*1222*1 222 13013 (ay leserssoih eps oe pee, BPs nA Oe ee en oe 01*010220*101*0— 6—3— 9 GA EE Grive Serer ee oe one eeee aa 121*20*21221*12—11_1_12 RAVELRIGG. Woonsocket Gun Club. Woonsocket, R. 1., March 20.—The Woonsocket Gun Club held a shoot Saturday afternoon, March 18. Owing to the rain the number of contestants was small, so only about 600 targets were thrown. A high wind made the shooting difficult. The following scores were made on 25-bird strings: OIMNIEE GS Glitches ae bon apie we 11.01199111911110111111101 22 L A Campbell..... ihe PRIMEY Bh rears p ee 10019911194100111111111111—21 DE SET GIG TIS OER clea gies peeeuovors fy abesaicystotaretee 0011101401111101111111101—19 i (SCASTAVG) crea aie sulgel io loecere enna 0010011001011111110011111—16 Oo 1D TER 65555. Ibe Suen oognereos (010100111110110110011010—14 BRS aDatlinae: ei eee i fer trimicertenae 0001101100100001111000000— 9 There will be no more shoots until after the annual meeting, which will be held on Wednesday, evening, March 29. ARNOLD SEAGRAVE, Sec’y. Palm Beach Gun Club, Parm Beacu, Fla., March 15.—Fifty targets, $2.50 entrance, handicap: ‘Cooke 4 Penner 01009111114101011001001110011911110101111100010011—32 Lonles Geter ee 19911111.000111.0111070011.00100010111111010111111101—38 PATICCT velo ene 190911111119 109-1107. 10010111 101111 1911111111111_48 VolSOIy y-geeerses: 011111.001011.01011101011100011011111000101110110001—22 Syehvutinen! Arann 1111111.0101111011101101701011011111011100111000110—45 Handicaps: OES mines cep htelleteamestae te OURO we Sriram one ene ere eee 101111 I\WiilSOtise ns erent kimenteme ratte 0010010 Cook, out. Parker first prize, Suydam second prize. H. Winter, referee; W. Dietsch scorer, dachting. As the yachting journal of America, the Forrest AND STREAM is the recognized medium of communication between the maker of yachtsmen’s supplies and the yachting public. Its yalue for ad- vertising has been aemonstrated by patrons who have employed its columns continuously for years. The Standard Navy Steam Cutter. In the paper on The Standard Navy Boats, by Ar- thur B. Cassidy, Esq., recently read before the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, as published in the Forest AnD StrREAM of Dec. 17, 1808, mention is made of the steam cutter, built in five sizes, for tenders to the warships. These cutters are specially staunch and sturdy in design and construction, fitted for rough and hard ser- vice, with no pretensions to high speed and elegance of form; the 28ft. size is expected to make six knots in a sea, and the 4oft, size eight knots. The lines of these boats, practically identical for all sizes, are shown in the accompanying plans, the construction following next week. In view of the frequent demand for something abler and stronger than the average pleasure launch, they will probably be interesting to many of our readers. The details of these boats are as follows: -——-———Principal Dimensions. Weight — ———_} = = *Depth from top of deck _ Total Length, Breadth, to lower edge including extreme, extreme. of rabbet. Hull. outfit. Ft. In. Ft. In, Ft in Lbs, Lbs. 40.00 9.00 4.7% 8,064 18,642 36.00 8.09 4.06 7,148 15,719 33.00 8.07 4.05 5,120 12,768 30.00 8.00 4.02 4,763 10,631 28.00 7-08 4.00% 3,692 8,889 Maximum Freeboard number of men Weight of with maximum boat will provisions number of men carry. and water, and provisions. Lbs. t. In 60 600 1.0934 53 530 1.0916 48 480 1.0914 35 850 1.07% 40 400 1.0846 Center of Area of effort from Center of loadwater center of effort Sail area. line. length. above base. Ft In. [Bin Ft. 372.04 212.08 on & 14.38 318.58 182.00 .127 aft. 14.3 $01.09 172.05 -046 aft. 13.46 218.82 125.00 -207 att. 11.77 283.75 145.00 wot att. 12.64 The boats are rigged as shown, with two standing lug sails, but of small area. YACHTING NEWS NOTES. The new catalogue of the Rochester Machine Tool Works for 1899 describes in detail the Acme Automatic Engine, a very compact and serviceable motor using kerosene for fuel, The stationary engine, of which the company- manufactures several sizes, can be fired with kerosene or natural gas, as may be desired. The marine engine, made in sizes from one to seyen horse-power, has its weights low and is well adapted for yachts and launches. The company makes a specialty of the Buck- ley Patent Watertube Boiler, a sectional boiler of light weight, easily taken apart for transportation, or installa- tion below decks, and fire with coal, wood or oil, as de- sired. One of these boilers has been doing excellent work during the past season in the steam yacht Lucina, of Syracuse, and many of them are in use in steam yachts and launches. Those who are interested in small power craft will find the catalogue worth their attention. Yacht Designing.—_XX VI. BY W. P. STEPHENS, (Continued from page 199, March. 11 ) _ THE selection of a suitable outfit of drafting instruments is quite an important matter, and one in which it is diffi- cult to give advice, unless all the conditions of the case are known. A great deal of work may be accomplished with such a simple outfit as may be had for very little money; and on the other hand, if the intended use justi- fies it, quite a large sum may be expended at one time in ‘the purchase of an outfit so complete as to make draw- ing a pleasure and to produce the best results in the least time. In the case of professional work this last consid- eration is a very important one, the value of a drafts- man’s time is so much greater than the cost of tools that it 1s good economy even in a small office to have the best and plenty of them. y All of the dealers keep sets of instruments already made up, in cases specially fitted for them, the prices ranging from $5 for the simplest set of half a dozen in- struments of good quality up to $300 for every complete and elaborate outfits of instruments, scales, curves, colors, etc., in handsome cabinet. Where money is no object the choice of such a made-up set settles the question very quickly, but it is better, as well.as more economical, to purchase the instruments singly, selecting each on its merits. In the made-up sets there will inevitably be many parts which are of little use for the particular work in hand; and the cabinets, however ingeniously arranged, are not the most convenient receptacles for selecting the ‘instruments as needed and returning them quickly to their places. The best plan. especially for the novice, is to start with a few instruments, adding to the collection as fast as these are thoroughly understood and the ne- cessity for others is apparent. ‘ We will take first the case of the amateur and novice who wishes to try his hand at a design or so, but does not intend to follow the’subject indefinitely as a pet hobby- He will presumably work at odd times amid such sur- roundings as are available, with no special conveniences for supporting the board, storing plans, etc. For such work it is well to limit the work to a drawing board 20 by 26in., which will take the size termed royal paper, 19 by 24in. There was a time when Whatman’s was the one standard make of drawing paper, but now the draftsman has a wide range of choice among different makes and qualities. For study and practice work a good detail paper will answer, even where the drawing is to be inked in, at about one-half of the cost of the white papers; but, as stated in a previous chapter, it is usually good economy to buy first-class paper. For the work now under consideration, and on a Small , board, a few thumb tacks will be needed to secure the paper to the board. Under the same conditions a straighi- edge may be dispensed with, the T square taking its place. One with a fixed head and a 24in. blade will answer, the next size, 30in. blade, is longer than necessary for this size of board. The cheapest which it is worth while ta buy will cost about 60 cents, a better grade, with blade edged with a hardwood, costs about 75° cents. The com- bination of fixed and shifting heads in one instruments is really less convenient than either one separately; the best perhaps being a single shifting head. ‘This can be set approximately to a right angle and locked there, the lines drawn by it, though not quite at right angles to the edge of the board, being in correct relation to each other whether drawn from the left hand edge or the lower side. If it be necessary to replace an old drawing on the board, the shifting head can be so adjusted as to fit the base lines of the drawing, a much quicker and more certain pro- cess than that of so adjusting the drawing on the board that the fixed head square will fit the line. Two or three triangles or set-squares will be needed, say one of 60 and 30 degrees, i1in. long on the longer side, one 45-degree triangle with 6in. side, and one with Ain. - The set curve or Copenhagen ship curve is both a neces-- sity and a luxury to the marine draftsman. A few curves are absolutely necessary, but if much work 1s to be done the more one has the better, and it is an easy matter to expend as much as. a hundred dollars in a complete set of rubber curves, including some of the circular sweeps of different radii for deck beams. At the outset half a dozen small pearwood curves will answer, at the expense of some labor and ingenuity in fitting each to the re- quired lines, but this of itself is excellent training in the use of a large collection. Other curves may be added, one at a time, carefully selected as experience indicates. For this size of board and the work proposed, a simple outfit of splines will be sufficient, two 24in. splines, one of rubber and one of celluloid, the former as stiff as can be had for the sheer, etc. The latter should also be as large as can be had, about 3-16 by %in., this size being retained in the middle half of the length, but the ends may be planed down to a fine taper, for the level lines. A light celluloid batten 12in. long, similarly tapered on one end, is also useful for the sections of the body plan. The question of the proper spline weights for this work is an open one; they may be of the smallest size, but not less than ten or a dozen in number, and this. involves quite an expense if lead is used unless the amateur can cast them for himself as previously described. We hesi- tate to recommend a plan which is unworkmanlike, but there is a third alternative other than an outlay of six to eight dollars on the one hand, and the holding up of the family wash by the summary requisition of all the flat- irons in the house, our first resort, and that of many other beginners. Apart from the unsightly injury to the paper, making it look when-removed from the board, like a chart of the heavens in June, very good and rapid work can be done by the use of fine pins driven through the paper and into the board to confine the battens. It is a good plan to cultivate from the start a care of the paper, keep- —— - (C A tae | . a ; aa e vss sieeve iket an ee STREAM. Sofas batehies re 289 Newer 2s tf] FOREST. AND ing it as clean as possible, free from needless thumb- tack holes, knots and erasures, and when the drawing is completed with title and number for filing, to trim the . edges straight. The practice of making innumerable ‘holes in the course of the work leads the beginner to treat his paper carelessly at all times; but to some it will be the best and most convenient way, saving the expense of weights and avoiding the difficulty of handling them neat the edges of so small a board. YS G, + Fe Useful as it is, the compass, for sweeping circular arcs, 2, i is not indispensable in this class of work, and it may be ( omitted at the start, the set curves partly taking its place. oe While a fairly serviceable set, compass with pen, pencil Sey at and needle points, can be had for two to three dollars, a really good set will cost two or three times as much. A pair of spring bows, for pen and pencil, will be much more useful for the numerous small circles than’ the large compasses. These can be had in the cheapest grades for about a dollar each. ’ There is one tool in which it is not possible to econo- mize, only the best is admissible. This is the dividers, the 5 to 6in. sizes. As already stated, this should be of the best make, of light and graceful design, cut from the rolled plate of German silver, not cast, with a joint that werks smoothly and evenly at all degrees of opening, the tool balancing wellin the hand. One of the nice points in drafting is the proper handling of the dividers, by which the draftsman takes off quickly and accurately a distance and transfers it to another part of the drawing. This can only be acquired by constant practice with a good tool, and the attempt to work with a poor tool is worse than a waste of time. It is possible to make a drawing without the dividers, by taking off all distances on strips of paper with a pencil, and this plan may be fol- lowed at the start until a good instrument can be pro- cured. - The hairspring dividers are useful, but not indispens- able, as the same work, of numerous accurate sub-divi- - sions can be done with the dividers with some extra care PH AY nice: canes i 40FT, NAVY, U. S. and patience. The small bow spring dividers, which may be had as low as a dollar, are really more useful than the. larger ones, as there will be many very small distanées, such as the thickness of planking, widths of deck plank, etc., to be set off with them or the bow pencil. Where cost is an object, the paper scales have much to recommend them, in spite of the error due to shrinkage - of the cardboard, the divisions are eyen and easily read and the scales are convenient to handle. A set of half a dozen, Yin., Vin., 34in., tin., 1%4in. and 3in. can be had for a dollar. A 5 or 6in. paper protractor, costing about to cents, will measure with sufficient accuracy all the angles of a design or sail plan. A complete outfit of Say four of the very best drafts- men’s pencils, HHH, HHHH, HHHHH and HHHHHAHA, may. be had for half a dollar, and will probably last for a year, so that the saving by purchasing a poorer grade is too trifling to be counted. A 3 A drafting pen capable of doing good work may be had _ for about half a dollar, the better grades costing two to three times as much; as the pen is a difficult instrument for the beginner, it will be well to pay at least one dollar, if not a little more, for the certainty of getting a reliable tool. A few fine writing pens, Crowquill, are necessary for lettering and shading. The prepared inks can be had ' in all colors, the smallest sizes of bottles costing 15 cents, the colors required are black, blue, red and green. This list may be detailed as follows: STANDARD LAUNCH, WDieawydites HHOAndies atest scbecsttceseelege Wcketige tet, oe eae $2.00 inapermedaquire of Royal east ance-) 4 soinee crite ‘see 1.00 eRecquane.@2A ine blade cra satessxecsae sts Gs.21 <6 a ctiyansteetis onsse ish EMrstaneles met neCe sam ean tactels. Pease ele: sagtretste cece ers za seatheres 275 P.Set) curves, pearwOod b.jee.. dicen s cee ages wet es 2.00 : limes pmthneG) ce\sweat aches oe iste cates, tov yetate stele te Ree Z5 IDFAIGIese Eline What casita ceric tice teem nase te ees et 0.0) Scales, half-dozen paper ...............eeeeeveee 1.00 PETNCUS MOU Tee creeedacals toed teipea nostraps sieeve yh ase cesetane a dies eles -50 [eri eE The Me Meremat inet at peey ters thtiews ete Beas ee sey res 1.00 Inks, liquid, four colors ................ be ea. 60 Thumb tacks, paper protractor, pencil and-ink rub- \ bers, writing pens, etc. ..... Set ee ee res 1.00 i> mt $13.35 a Bow spring set, dividers, pen and pencil ......... © 3.00 mimes eyciaitsie ee EN a et ae ne P22? ; These prices are closely approximate and represent’ about the least possible outlay with which it is worth while to begin the practice of marine drafting. The arti- cles enumerated are all standard, such as may be had of any reliable dealers in the larger cities. Most of these. firms issue illustrated catalogues describing minutely the various grades of goods, a great help to the intending purchaser. The amateur who possesses sufficient me-. - chanical skill to make his own drawing board, T square, weight and possibly splines, as many do who are inter-. ested in yachting, can provide himself with a good work-. ing outfit at a small expense. If good work is not ac- complished, even with this unpretentious outfit, it will be from lack of skill and care or from over-haste on the part of the draftsman. : ; If the work is to be carried on on a more extensive: 4 2 eee EG scale, as in the case of the amateur who proposes to de- ASS —— * — 4 FOREST AND | Tatal beaghh @t38" ws | D ee ee vote serious attention to it, or of the builder who teels the need of working from detailed plans, it will be neces- sary to have a small room which can be specially fitted up. A drawing table 5 or 6ft. long and 301n. wide may be rigged on two trestles, as illustrated in previous chap- ters, taking care to have a good light, preferably from the north. Some provision must be made in a cabinet of shallow drawers or otherwise for storing the drawings flat; a rolled drawing is a nuisance only to be tolerated in case of necessity, and every drawing that has been rolled should be rerolled the reverse way and placed un- der pressure to restore its flat shape. Several drawing boards of various sizes, 12 by 17, 20 by 26 and larger, will be needed for sail plans and details, the sheets pinned on the boards and left there until completed. The de- signs proper will be made on the large table, preferably on paper not fastened by pins, but merely laid flat, as described in Part XVII., being taken from the drawer when needed and replaced after use. This relegates the T square to the background, except for the smaller plans, and calls for a true and reliable straightedge of wood or metal, The choice between the two, apart from the price, which is greatly in favor of the wood, is perhaps a matter of individual preference. A really accurate steel straightedge is a valuable tool, but on the side of the wood it may be said that it may be kept true or refaced if necessary, and it is much lighter and more convenient to handle, using a couple of lead weights to hold it in place. The stock of paper will be increased by the addition of a roll of good white paper, 48. 58 or 62in. wide, a similar roll of the better grade of detail paper, and possibly one of cheap rough detail paper for templets and large sketches. The sheet paper is, as a rule, less economical than the roll; the latter may be cut into as large sheets as can be placed under pressure in a large drawer, being cut up as wanted. If left in the roll it must be well pasted or pinned to. the board before it will lie flat. A roll of tracing cloth will be needed and possibly one of tracing paper, though the fragile nature of the latter makes it desirable to. use cloth for most work. A plant for blue printing, even if of modest size, will be very useful, unless some blue printing establishment is near at hand. The outht of battens must be much increased, including a variety of lengths and shapes, and an ample supply of weights will be needed. The paper scales must be re- placed or supplemented—for they are always useful in a way—by a collection of standard scales, preferably of wood faced with a white substance now used for this purpose. The number of scales will depend upon the amount and importance of the work; a good deal of time may be saved by having a flat scale with just the right divisions on the different edges. The stock of set curves, straightedges, triangles and similar tools will grow as necessity indicates. The outfit of dividers, compasses and similar tools should be large enough to allow of the use of exactly the right tool for any particular purpose, thus saving time. As a rule combination tools are to be As he = a Re an & Note: {Wo allewansa hat bean made on plan Fer Slreteh sf cals, Scale of Feet? STANDARD LAUNCH, U. S. NAVY, SAIL PLAN. avoided, a suitable collection of special tools which may be used without change or readjustment saving valuable time. : The number of pens can hardly be too great, as it is very desirable to have the right size of pen for the special work in hand and yet be able to change it for another if it refuses to work. A stick of the best india ink, with a suitable rubbing slab, will replace the prepared black ink, the liquid blues, reds and other colors being retained. ' The Quincy Cup Challengers. A most interesting trio of 21-footers are the challeng- ers for the Quincy cup, for they represent wide differ- ences in design and promise to keep every one guess- ing until actual trials of speed shall show their respective merits. One of the trio is a high-powered centerboard while another is of comparatively low power, and the third is a semi-fin, or a combination of the plate fin and centerboard types. All are allied to the “scow” type in model, and one is an extreme in this direction, while each has special features in its design not common to the others. The high-powered centerboard is C. D. Mower’s Heir- ess. She is of his own design, and build, and in model and construction may be described as an improved Duchi- ess, last year’s champion Y. R. A. 18-footer. She is 38ft. 6in. over all, roft, 6in. extreme beam, and less than tit. draft, and is to carry close to 1,000 sq. ft. of sail. In model she is more on the “scow” type than Duchess, although not the extreme in this direction, and shows full waterlines, a flat floor, an easy bilge and a flaring side. She is of light construction, and her outer skin is of canvas, as in Duchess. She is nearly completed, so far as her hull is concerned. In‘sharp contrast to the Heiress is the boat which John R. Purdon is designing for Walter Abbott, to back up the flatter’s challenge through the Hull-Massachusetts Y. G: She is of the extreme “scow” type, with square ends, a flat floor, hard bilge and very full waterlines. She will be 36ft. over all, 8ft. beam and gin. draft. In- stead of flaring sides she will have them “tumble home” to such an extent as to round into the deck without an angle. The idea of this is to save weight and the drag- ging of the rail through the water when heeled. She is to have about 8&0 sq. ft. of sail. Purdon is busy on the design and Fenton, of Manchester, will build her. The boat with which W. E. C. Eustis will back the Beverly Y. C. challenge is an enlarged Capelin in model, with the improved “scow” bow, which Mr. Eustis has tried successfully on that boat aed on his 33-footer, Cero. The new boat will not be centerboard, like Capelin. but a semi-fin like Cero, with a short fin through which a dagger centerboard can be thrust. She will be about zit. over all, soft. 6in. beam and gft. draft. She will show a marked ‘tumble home” to her topsides, and it is understood that in her construction, as well as in that of the Abbott boat, the frames and deck beams will be practically in one curved piece. She is expected to carry about 1,000 sq, it. of sail. Beach, is building her. It is too early to. estimate the chances of the boats as against each other, but the Eustis boat should certainly be a powertul sail-carrier, while the Mower boat shows fine light-weather qualities—Boston Globe. Howland, of Monument Answers to Correspondents. No notice taken of anonymous communications. N. C. L., Salem, Mass.—Kingfisher’s mosquito preventive is this: One-half pint tar, half-pint lard (or vaseline is better), half- ounce pennyroyal, three drops creosote; mix with heat and can or bottle for use. Nessmuk’s recipe is: ‘hiree ounces pine tar, two ounces castor oil, one ounce pennyroyal oil; simmer together over a slow fire and bottle for use. M. S., Illinois:.—What is the latest work on angling, and name of publisher. What line capacity of reel would Foie reaummmienel for bait fishing for black bass, and reel, multiplier or quadruple multiplying? Is it unlawful for a non-resident crossing a State having non-resident_game laws, to kill game for his own use? me ey panne and Hivablalige ee roth ue INeene. Forest and ream Publishing Co.; price 00, 2. sapaci 2 ar ipeiread’ sehen muleans Se a PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. On to Washington Under Personal Escort. The fourth of the present series of Pennsylvania Railroad three- day personally ‘conducted tours to Washington, I). €., will leave Tuesday, March 28. The rate, $14.50. from Ree York, $11.50 from Philadelphia, and proportionate rates from other points, include all necessary expenses duiing the entire trip—transportation, hotel accommodations, and Capitol guide fees. An experienced chaperon will also accompany the party. For itineraries, tickets and full information, ap ly to ticket agents: Tourist Agent, 1196 Broadway, New York; 789 Broad street, Newark, N. J.; or address Geo. \V: Bovd, “Assistant ener! Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Vhiladelphia.— Vv. The interesting announcement is made by the Pennsylvania Railroad Co,, of a personally conducted JEaster vacation tour to Washington, which will start on Tuesday, March 28, and will jast three days. The entire necessary expenses of this trip are to be only $14.50, which is not very much more than the mere fare to Washington and return. . To those who are familiar with Washington in the early spring this excursion will appeal with much force. \Vhile the people of the North are shivering in heavy overcoats and declaiming. against March weather, those in \Washington are going about in an atmosphere of May. Spring birds are singing and spring flowers blooming in the parks, trees are thrusting out their leat buds, and the nies is growing green. Nothing need be said of the attractions of Washington as a city, nor of the interest which attaches to its legislative and ex- ecutive buildings. These are two well known, We may re- mind the Forest AND STREAM readers. however. of the National Zoological Park, where are to be seen in captivity many species of North American gaine, which one would be obliged to travel far to see in their wative haunts. Wesides this. there is the National Museum, crowded with objects of art and of satural history, which one might study for years without learning all about them, and the recently completed national library, whieh deserves at least a day. _ Applications for information with regard to this tour should be nies to Tourist Agent, 1196 Broadway, New York, or to an ticket agent. J. B. Hutchinson, General Manager; J. R, Wood, General Passenger Agent; Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Pas- senger Agent—Adz. ST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. Coryricut, 1899, py Forest AND STREAM PusiisHine Co, ‘erMs, $4 4 Year, 10 Crs. A Cory. t Six Monrus, $2. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1899. { VOL. 1.1!,—No, 13. No, 846 Broapwayv, Naw York, The Forest AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen, The editors inyite communications on the subjects to which tis pages are devoted.- Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of ’ correspondents, Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iv. THE WHITE FLAG. The white flag shown in our illustration supplement to- day is one dear to the heart of many a sportsman, and the picture, as it travels here, there and everywhere over this land, will call up ten thousand memories of days afield. Some of these were successful and some unlucky; somie were dreams of delight unmarred by any mishap, others were days of discomfort and misery. All of them, how- ever, aS seen through the rosy mists of the years are cheery and delightful in contemplation. How many men, while working their slow way through the forest or the undergrowth have been startled by the defiant waving of this white flag, have seen the beare- bound high in air and come down with a force that it seemed would break his slender legs, have heard the soul stirring thump, thump of his swift feet; and then after a fruitless shot have carefully followed along the track in search of evidence that the shot had told. We all know it well—the pursuit of the deer; whether moccasin shod we follow him over the soft newly fallen snow through the silent forest, or stand on a runway near the edge of some southern swamp, listening for. the faint distant trumpeting of the deep voiced hounds, or on thoroughbred Kentucky or Virginia hunter follow those hounds over hill and dale and through forest and meadow. There ate probably only one or two States in the Union, where deer belonging to the Virginia, or white tail, form are not found; and its wide range and great abundance have made this species regarded as the deer to the exclusion of all others. Wherever we find it east of the Mississippi, it is the deer—the only one—even though moose and caribou roam the same forests that it inhabits. It seems almost impossible to exterminate it and if given a chance, the stock will always tend to re-establish itself even in districts where its numbers have grown very small. The con- stant pursuit to which the deer has been _ sub: jected has taught it many things, and to-day it is the most cunning abundant game animal of this Continent, and the most difficult to circumvent by legitimate means. Many a still-hunter, we imagine, has followed the track of a deer for hour after hour, often crossing his own trail and feeling sure that frequently the deer had hira under its eye and was protecting itself by leisurely fol- lowing the hunter about. This wisdom of the game, of which examples are so often seen and the strong attach- ment it feels for localities, make it a difficult matter ty drive the deer from a home which it has chosen. Mein may hunt it and dogs may chase it, and it will make a long round, but, after the pursuit is over, it comes stroll- ing back in a leisurely way to its chosen home. Nattralists have named several subspecies or gev- graphical races which belong to the Virginia deer group. As a rule, the deer of the North differ markedly in size, and to some extent in coloring, from those in the South. The deer of Canada and Maine are much larger than those of North Carolina and Florida. The big deer ot the upper Missouri are giants when compared with the li- tle icllows of Arizona and Mexico, and the non-scientitic person who should compare specimens from the North with those from the South might easily enough imagine that. these differences were greater than they really are. The habits of the deer have been more fully written of than those of any North American wild animal except perhaps the bear. Yet of all that has been written, there is. little that is of any practical value to the young hunter who is starting out on his first deer hunt, For in deer hunting, more than in almost any pursuit, experience is the only teacher whose instructions are actually usefui, and unless a practiced companion or a special providence takes the novice under protection he is not likely to kill a deer by any legitimate means during the first season of his hunting. And yet—as the exception to prove the rule—the hunter on his first hunt sometimes brings veni- son into camp when the veterans are baffled and uu- successful. There is adorning a home in this city a hand- some deer head from Maine, concerning which, shoul you ask, your hostess would say, “Yes, we were out otf meat in camp; and they told me I could take the gun to get some meat; they thought I could be trusted with it, and, of course, it was all a joke—as they saw it. I hadn’t ever had a gun in my hands before; but I took it and went into the woods, And the first thing I saw was a deer; and the first thing I did was to shoot at it; and that’s the head; don’t you think it’s a pretty one?” THE WYOMING GUIDE LICENSE SYSTEM, The State of Wyoming has taken a giant stride in the direction of efficient game protection by adopting legisla- tion which is based upon the Maine system of licensed guides. The scheme is one which goes to the foundation principle of the State's ownership in its game as a valu- able resource, the use of which must be controlled and restricted in such a way as to. provide for preservation within reasonable limits. The new statute says in effec that the elk and the deer and the mountain sheep of Wyoming belong to the State, and the State will permiit them to taken by individual citizen or by visitor on cer- tain conditions carefully laid down in the law. The most interesting feature of the new law is the és- tablishment of the guide license system. No person may engage in the business of guiding withoutfirsthaving pro- cured from the justice of the peace a guide’s certificarr, which certificate shall state the name, age and residence of the holder, and shall recite that he is a person of good moral character. Every licensed guide becomes by vir- tue of his occupation an assistant game warden, and must file his oath of office as such when he receives his certificate; he is held equally responsible with his party for any violation of the game law, and if he fails to report the offense himself, is liable to the penalty and to forfeit- ure of his license for a period of five years. A guide is defined as any person who shall, for pay, aid or assist any person or party in locating, pursuing, hunting and killing any game. It is unlawful for a non-resi- dent to kill game unless accompanied by a _li- censed guide; and at the end of every hunting trip the guide must report to the justice by whom his license was granted the number of days he has been employed, the numbers of persons guided and the game killed. The license fee is ten dollars per annum. In keeping with the principle that in the end the con- sumer pays the tax, this money will come out of the pocket of the non-resident sportsman; for the guide wiil recoup himself out of his employer. — Ti the manifest intention of the framers of the Wyoming law had been embodied in the text as enacted, the non-resident would have been obliged also to pay a hunt- ing license fee of forty dollars. The phraseology oi the statute is such, however, that the provisions relative to a license are permissive in-character, and not prohibitory nor obligatory. The clauses bearing on this point read: “Any person who is a bona-fide citizen of the State of Wyoming shall, upon payment of one dollar to any jus- “tice of the peace of the county in which he resides, be en- titled to receive a gun license, which shall permit such person to pursue, hunt and kill any of the game animals mentioned in the section.” etc. But the statute does not say that a citizen must procure a license to kill game; nor that he may not kill game without a license. In like manner the provision as to non-residents reads : “Any person who is not a resident of the State of Wyomin) shall, upon the payment to any justice of the peace of tl State, of the sum of forty dollars, be entitled to receive from such justice of the peace a license; which license shall permit such person to pursue, hunt and kill any of the animals mentioned in this section, during the time al- lowed therefor of the current year.” There is no specific obligation to buy a license, nor any prohibition of hunt- ing without one. Nowhere in the entire text of the statute, is the procurement of a hunting license made obligatory on resident or non-resident The water killing of deer is a method of hunting which certain interests in Ontario are striving to have legalized. It is a mode which is almost universally prohibited in this country, and law against it should be restored in the Province. SNAP SHOTS. A common method of fish stocking in the West con- sists in rescuing the fish from places in which the reced- ing of the water threatens their destruction, and trans- ferring them to other bodies of water which are of per- manent supply. In Utah the value of these enterprises is so well appreciated that it is made by law the duty .of county fish wardens “to take or cause to be taken in- the best practical manner any imported fish, mountain trout, bass or herring, found in pools or other places in which receding waters of the rivers, streams, canals or other waterways have left them, and which are likely to become dry, and to carefully put the live fish thus taken into main bodies of water, and to make the best disposition of the dead fish in the interest of the county treasury.” One of the first American victims, if not the first, of the American-Spanish war, was a marine killed by the ac- cidental discharge of a revolver in the hands of a com- rade. In a New York street last Monday a returned volunteer was explaining to a policeman the manipula-- tion of his Krag-Jorgensen rifle, when the weapon was accidentally fired, and the bullet wounded three men across the street. What can. be expected of the green- horn sportsmen, when ‘professionals drilled in the use* of arms perpetrate such acts as these? Mr. Mariner A. Wilder of Warwick, New York, who died on March 9, at the age of eighty-five years, was a notable example of the substantial and successful men of affairs who find their best recreation in field spo‘ts. Mr, Wilder was for years known as the largest shipper of southern pine in the United States; his business con- nections extended to all parts of the globe; and yet for a half-century, from young manhood to the age of seventy- four at least, as Mr. Charles Hallock tells us, he never missed his annual moose hunt in the Canadian wilds. The health and vigor he found in these wilderness out- ings are aptly demonstrated by an incident Mr. Hallock recalls when Mr. Wilder, at the age of sixty-four, packed his bark canoe over the portages in the Muskoka country. Mr. Wilder had been a reader of Forest AND STREAM from the first number We present to-day Mr, Chittenden’s series of photo- graphs of a Maine moose which were awarded the first prize in the FoREsT AND STREAM’s Amateur photography competition. Mr, Chittenden has supplemented the pic- tures with an account of the circumstances under which they were secured. How suggestive of new days and new ways is that point in the narrative where it is written, “We dropped our paddles and seized our cameras.” Not many years ago the story of a Maine moose hunt, even in summer, would probably have read, ““We dropped our paddles and seized our guns.” The new Maine game law might be termed a measure for the relief of burdened consciences; for assuredly un- der its provisions the stimmer visitor who shall lawfully kill his game this year will eat the meat thereof withcut those qualms which have impaired his appetite for the venison illicitly brought into camp under previotis con- ditions. The new rule is that upon payment of six dol- lars if a non-resident, or four dollars if a citizen, an in- dividual may kill one deer for food purposes in Septem- ber. Just what the effect of the system will be as to the actual number of deer killed is, of course, a matter at speculation, and cannot be otherwise, since while the deer which henceforth may be killed will be reported hy the guides and enumerated, no one can ever know how’ many have been killed unlawiully in past seasons. We may reasonably assume, however, that the number will be largely increased. The Maine Commissioners have thoroughly considered the situation and hold the belief that the stock can stand the drain upon it, and that the interests of protection will be served by the plan. “Skipper, the master of a fishing or small trading vessel. hence, the master, or captain of any vessel.” “Skipper, one who, or that which, skips.” These definitions are from Webster. For an example in point, see the item of marine intelligence sent by our correspondent Special. We regret to record the death of Mr. J. George Stacey, of Geneva, N. Y., one of the older sportsmen of the State, well known to a large circle of friends and by them sincerely mourned. Mr, Stacey passed away on March 19. - - 7 ' or 242 FOREST AND STREAM. [Aram 1, 1899. Che Sportsman Ganrist. Highways and Byways.—V. Tue fishing season had long been past, chickens and grouse had leit the open for dense thickets and upland pines. Even the October glamor of the duck season had worn away. Little by little the snows crept down the mountain sides until the mantle of white was within sooft. of the valley. Little by little the ice by the margin of the lake grew thicker, and the steam that arose from the warm springs and hung over streams fed by artesian wells assumed the cloudlike appearance in- dicative of early winter. A long, dry, dreary autumn for the farmland: only along the slopes of the Wasatch the clouds lowered, ieft their fleece-like burden and then melted away in the heavens where they were born! At length there came a change. The winds tossed the dried leaves hither and thither, moaned by day and shrieked by night, through naked branches and around fireless hearths. The sky was overcast, and the chore boy cut an extra supply of maple and aspen. Down from the far North on the wings of the storm came the ducks and the geese—the reserve corps of that mighty ” migratory host that had been hurrying in squads, in regiments, in brigades, for six weeks toward the flower- land of Mexico. Somehow the weather just suited my frame of mind, and when George H. dropped in to say: “See, here, old man, you've simply got to get away from yourself and your surrotndings,’ I knew that he wanted me to go after ducks, I looked at the gun that T had left uncleaned in its case for seven long weeks. I almost dreaded to take it in my hands, and yet—. So I simply asked him what was up, and found that he had made all arrangements for one of our oldtime outings. George and I, armed and equipped for anything that might come in our way left Proyo on the 6:20 train that evening bound for the South. The feeding grounds of our erstwhile pleasure resort (Utah Lake) have been so destroyed by carp that there is not one duck now where there were 100 five yearsago. Hence we were seek- ing pastures new. A ride of twenty-four miles brought us to the little village of Santaquin, where we were soon in converse with the local sports. There were tales galore of deer and chickens, but as for ducks, no one could speak authoritatively, although the spot where we intended going was only eight miles away. How- ever, the two young men who had arranged for our teain on the morrow and who were to accompany Us, assured us that if we did not find ducks we could get plenty of jack rabbits. Off goes the alarm! It is 5 o’clock, but dark as mid- night; cloudy, cold and promising a good day for ducks. An hour later we have had breakfast and five of us— George Hl. and Goff and Reese, with Peter, the charioteer, climb into the farm wagon and drive off through the darkness. Long before we had reached the summit of the divide between Utah and Juab counties my partner and I decided that we had better give the slip to the rest of the party before commencing active operations for the day, Not but what they were good fellows and all that, but they would point their guns about in a most careless way, carry them loaded when it was dark as Erebus, and we were not accustomed to that kind of a crowd, Just as dawn flushed into daylight we rattled down the slope toward the south. Before us lay the reservoir of the Mt. Nebo Canal and Irrigation Co., looking like a natural lake. This body of water is four miles long by one-half mile wide, and as it is comparatively shallow and its inlet contains the best of feed it is just the place for ducks and geese. As we drew up and uncoupled the horses we atranged the details for the day’s sport. Geo. H. and I were to pre-empt the east side of the lake, while the others were to hunt the west side to their hearts’ content. My partner found a sand spit, where he could build a blind, and I went on to the stummit of the next ridge, and suddenly stopped. Before me and less than one-fourth of a mile away was a tre- meridous flock of geese. The intervening stretch was flat and open, so I lay down and watched the sun break through the clouds over the summit of Nebo— only five miles away and nearly 8,oooft. higher than the level of the reservoir. By and by the geese that had been standing like statues grew uneasy. They seemed to be holding a council. Then they arose simul- taneously. I expected to see them rise high in air and soar away in regulation phalanx. But no; they merely circled directly behind me and went down in the stubble, and at no greater distance than they had been before. Of course I tried the sneak act, with the usual result when one is after the wary goose. I tried to get them at a distance of 125 paces, the nearest that I could crawl under cover. If feathers fell I do not know it. George had also been crawling, and we arose together. } Then we went back to the reservoir, and coming to it at a little bluff, a flock of teal arose almost under our feet. We gave them both barrels. Three fell dead, and a couple of cripples escaped. George set these up for decoys, and lay flat on his back, covering his boots with moss. A few hours later he did some ex- cellent work in this position. I went to where the geese had first been, made a blind of sagebrush with a moss bed, and esconced myself to await developments. Alas! there was no breeze; the threatened storm had melted away, and the ducks were enjoying themselves in the middle of the pond. Eight o’clock came, 9 and to had past. I had not had a shot. Presently the wind began to tise; a fog-like mass crept up from the southwest. Then came a gale, and there were snowflakes in the air. How those ducks came in and circled. I had scarcely time to set up the decoys. George, too, was exceedingly busy: At 1 o'clock I had to go back to the wagon for more shells. In passing my partner, I ob- served that he had a, large pile of teal and one goose. My ducks were all grey ducks and redheads. At the wagon I found the three boys around a sage- prush fire, getting dinner. They had secured two ducks to our thirty-seven. They were going to devote the afternoon to jack rabbits. It was needless to urge me to remain for lunch, I had more important business elsewhere, In the afternoon George took my station and I chose a new spot, where there was fine feed. After putting out seventeen decoys, I sat with my feet in a ditch, and a single scanty sagebrush for a blind. The sport here was just as good as at the other places, but unfortunately all the other gunners about the lake became envious of our luck, and soon we had mare shooters about us than ducks. Twenty-two was our afternoon bag. We were satisfied, At 4 o'clock we eried “enough,” and in the gloaming, just as the snow comimenced to predicate the first sleighing of the season, we drove back to Santaquin. When we reached Provo at 9 o’clock the next morning and felt sufficiently elated to take a hack at the station and pile the ducks up around “cabby” we were the observed of all observers, fae a a ee 8 ee ee a The new Utah game law makes one very important change, Heretofore the open season on ducks has ex- tended until Feb. 15, with no spring shooting. Now it closes Dec. 15, but the month of March is open. The reasons are obvious. Ducks that winter here breed here. Migrants do not breed here, and we have been preserving them solely for the sportsmen of Idaho and Montana. The law passed Feb. 28. At 5 o'clock P. M., March 10, the Governor signed it. At 5 o’clock the next morn- ing my alarm went off. I did not want to exhibit un- professional zeal by starting out the evening before. In the chill of the dawn I was joined by Leo and Tester, and a five-mile walle brought us to Spring Creel, bordering on the preserve of the Salt Lake Sportsmen's Club. Sprigtails and teal were very much in evidence. They frequented the large and more open pools, while the larger birds were found solitary or in pairs in the small sloughs and ditches. We had a royal day’s sport. The breath of spring was as exhilarating as the sport itself, From the rushes came the mingled croak of frogs, carol of blackbirds and quertlous yoice of the omnipresent muskrat, while from the distant meadows came the spring song of robin and lark. In the clear waters of the brooks we could see great trout working upward, and here and there the disturbed gravel showed that spawning had already commenced. Under the spring starlight we went home in Leo’s buggy, which had come to bring back the trophies, and now I think the sun can rest until next summer's trip. SHOSHONE. Proyo, Utah, March 16, Just About a Boy.—XIX. “Nothin’ can’t be much nicer 'n that, can it?” asked the boy as he stood looking up at the mist-hung peak of Inyan Kara Mountain. The first rays of the rising sun were penciling the fleecy clouds with gold and crimson, while the lower bulk o the great hill was still a mass of indigo blue and a blended ile of rocks and timber reaching up to the sharply de- ineated crest. “Say; I reckon wut a feller livin’ down ’n th’ flat cotin- iry ‘long th’ river doanno what he’s missin’ tull he seés this kind 0’ sights, does he? Geel don’t seem s’ough juss light °n’ air’d do that, but I reckon that’s all they is to it—ceptin’ th’ tocks *n’ timber ’n’ things. “Looks purtier ‘hn any picture 't ever I see—them kind ut fellers *n’ girls paints to hang on th’ yall, yer know— on’y th’ gitls mostly alhis seeths to paint flowers stid o Mmotintains ’n’ things; ut is, things like that. Reckon that hain’t th’ girls’ fault, though, ’cos they mostly stay whete they’s people ’n’ don’t come galevantin’ round *mongst th’ mountains wher th’ snakes ’n’ bugs ’n’ crit- ters is; reckon they’d git th’ life “bout skeart out of ‘em ahunerd times a day if they did; so they natchelly just have to paint flowers. “Course th’ flowers ut they paint don't look much like reel flowers, but then th’ girls is satisfied, I guess, so what's th’ odds?” “Well, young man, you'd better stop totalizing and get your pack sack on if we ate to climb that hill and get back to camp to-day,” 1 said, as I threw my traveling pack over my shouldefs. ' “Aw right, ’m with yeh,” he feplied, slinging the straps up over his sturdy arms and giving the pack a shake to settle it into position. “Go ahead, ’n’ I'll keep yer moc’sins a-movyin’.” Then we slowly conquered the pitching trail that led ever upward over steep slopes covered with smooth pine needles, where a misstep would have sent us crashing down into the gulch—on up over great masses of tumbled rocks that had ridden some snowslide half way down the mountain in former days and over all the little narrow ledges, where we must needs face the cliff and cling with our finger tips and moccasined toes and not look down into the dim gulch, with its mass of seemingly needle- pointed pines, pointing upward, so far below. ~ Past the sunny, moss-covered rocks, where the yellow violets grew in the crevices and the quaint, waxy moun- tain flowers sidle up against the boulders for protection from the winds that forever moan across the high places of the earth. Then at last we came to the great cliff where the south side of the big mountain is broken sheer off and is only a smooth wall of rock 4,oooit. high. Flat down on our stomachs, with the packs and guins leit behind, we crept right to the edge and enjoyed the prospect that flattened away below like a play world in a sand heap. + “Geel” said the boy; “this makes a feller feel creepy ‘n’ sort o’ funny all over, like he’s goin’ to juss tumble head- fo’most away down there ont’ them’ rocks *n’ trees ‘n’ things, don’t it? Looky there! There’s a big bird, a neagle, ain’t it, sailin’ “long, “way down there, “bout half way to th’ ground! Gee! don’t it look funny to see a bird. aflyin’ “long ’n’ us a lookin’ at his back ’stid o” his breas’? That’s th’ first time I ever se anything like that.” “Tay still,” I answered, “I’m going to roll a big. rock, or two over the cliff—you watch them and see what hap- pens when they strike the ground,” Then I scrambled back up and started a big boulder to rolling out and dyer the cliff edge—then another, Both slipped over the edge and no sound came back as they plunged downward into space. “Gee! they’re a long time fallin’’’ said the youngster. “There’s th’ fitst one—'n’ there’s th’ other! Gee! They’re knockin’ trees down like pipestems—juss jumpin’ *n’ rollin’ like er couple o’ cannon balls! Gee! but they're smashin’—there! one of ’em’s busted all smash agin’ “nother big rock ’n’ they’s a sort o’ smoky lookin’ place, ’n th’ air like ye’d fired a gun.” 7 All this was a strange, new experience for the boy, and I smiled as I thought how I had long ago enjoyed the same “creepy” feeling that the boy described and watched big rocks crash down among the pines in the Uintah range, far beyond the Western horizon from our present perch on Kara’s side. “Come on, lad,” I said; “we can’t lose much time if we make the peak and back to camp before night. The trail from here on is smooth and easy, but it is long, so if you want to look at the rest of the world to-day we must be going.” Presently we were traveling the “hogback,” where the trail was all the flat ground thete was, and on both sides the mountain fell, steep and tree-covered, away to the lower world. ; Above us were the junipers clinging downward from the great mass of creviced rocks that formed the peak. The boy had a volume of comment and questions for me to listen to as we pulled ourselves up over these last obstructions and then stood on the top of the world, panting for breath but safe and glad that we were there, When our pulses were normal and we breathed natural- ly again, the bay began: ‘What's that sort 0’ a cloud ’way off over there ?”’ “Mountains. Probably some of the main chain of the Rockies; perhaps one of the high peaks in northern Colorado, This range over here to the northwest is the Bighorn chain away west of Powder River, where Custer was killed. “That queer pile to the north there is Devil’s Tower, just a strange freak of nature that has forced that pile of basalt up into the air and left it. Inyan Kara is formed of the same kind of rock. This little motintain all alone here to the north is Sundance Motntain, where the Siotx Indians hold their sun dances. These to the east and northeast are the Black Hills, each little chain hayin a name of its own, The nearest range is called Black Buttes; that’s the Bearlodge Range just north of Sun- dance, and that one away off to the east, the one that only shows its top, is Custer’s Peak,” “Gee, but they’s lots of ’em ain’t they,” said the boy. “Say, I’m hungry, less eat.” His last remark brought a hearty laugh from me, and the old mountain top rung with more hilarity perhaps than had broken the silence of the upper regions of the world for many days. It struck me as a laughable thing when the boy abruptly mixed the grandeur of the view with the very careaA and commonplace idea of hunger. At any rate the lunch was produced, and the youngster did ample Hales to the cold venison and hard biscuits that we had cafried all the ney up in our pack sacks. “Gee, I’m thirsty ’s a fish,” was his next remark. “Where'll a feller git a drink?” “Well, I guess we are a good way above the nearest. running water. You didn’t think that you'd go so high that there’d be no place for the water to run down from, did you, when you left camp?” The boy looked blank. “T never thought o’ that,” he said. “No, I know you didn’t; what are you going to do bout it?” “Go ‘ithout, f reckon,” he answered. ‘Well, you see you woti't have to this time, my boy, because a good fairy told me there was no water up here, and I just put a canteen full into tiy pack for fear we might need it.” : “Gee, but that’s good fere sure,” he answered with a grin, as he passed.the canteen back after he had absorbed one-third of its contents. “Now,” I said, “let me tell you a few things that may - be useful to you some time, Always remember that the eule of & thotintain, unless it is 4 snow mountain or tn- ess it is early itt the sedsott, is just about the dryest place you cit fitid of the face of the eatth, and don't go up for atty length of tine utiless yot earry at least some Water with you. Next, tiever drink yery much at once up here, becatise 1t makes you {itisteady. on your feet 1f you climb in atiy of the bad. places yoti are mote than apt to find along the trail. Don’t eat ttuch fot the same reason. You can get along very well on a mouthful or two of water at once, and just enough to eat to keep from feeling hungry is far better than a full meal in this high country. Then, you can travel better, are steadier and stirer footed. Wait until you get lower down to eat or drink mich and you will get along all right.” “Reckon I won't forget that—not alter this here lesson sure,” said the boy. He was a regular sponge when it came to just simply soaking up lore of the wilderness, and I knew would need no second prompting. “Vou see where the sun is, don’t your’ I asked, after. we had sojourned for some time in the upper country, ‘We had better be going if we are to get back to camp. This is not a pleasant place to be after the sun gets down, for it gets pretty cold and does it very quickly, so let's go. “Here—not that way—we'll go down the cliff. That is why I brought the ropes. Give me yotirs and we will knot them together in the loop ends, then we can double them around a tree trunk or pointed rock and slide down some pretty steep ground with safety.” The boy looked on while I explained this method of mountain travel, and then we started down the almost straight northern side 6f the great hill, rather than to take the time to retrace our steps over the long trail that wound up from below, and followed the great tidge of rock, which winds half-way around the peak just like the thread of a screw and gives the motiittain its name. “Ropeing” is a fast way of traveling down hill, and in an hour we had slid, clinging like flies, from the peak downward until we stood among the nervous, quaking aspen trees that grew in the bowl-like head of a little cafion, Down this cleft we traveled easily, and came out into the little glade where the grass grew and our transient home had been left early in the morning, “Gee, it don’t ldok like it was a day's travel to go up Aprit. 1, 1899.1 there ‘n’ back, does it?’ asked the boy, as we watched the blinking stars come out one by one and hang glittering in the blue-black dome of old Inyan Karta, the pile that had been named by the Sioux in the naine of “a mountain within a mountain,” Er ComMancnHo. 1 Hunting Mloose with the Camera. Editor Forest and Stream: As the season for hunting moose in Maine has been cuit down to sich a Short one of late years very few people are able to go there in the hunting season. A good deal of fun, however, may be obtained, in trying to get some snap shot pictures of moose. This ts not so very dificult in July and August, for at this season of the year the moose are very tame, for they do not hear the reports of rifles, nor see so many people as in October. This is the season when they like to wade out into the lake, to eat the pond lily leaves, which lie on the surface of the water. When they ate occupied in this fashion a person can frequently paddle up between the moose and the shore, and drive it into the lake, where it is compara- tively easy to take several good snap shots. We had been encamped for several days on Eagle Lake, a small sheet of water in the northern part of Maine, but Owing to the unpleasant weather we had seen but a few deer. At Jast, however, a sunny day came, and early in the morning my friend and I, with the two guides, jumped into our canoes and set off in search of something to photograph. We paddled down the lake about two miles and saw no signs of any game, Just as we reached the lake’s outlet, however, we happened to ttirn around, and there, about half a mile from us on the opposite side of the lake was a cow moose. She had her back turned to us, and as a stiff breeze was blowing from her direction the guides thought that we ought to get pretty close, be- fore being discovered. We all began to paddle hard, but when we had ap- proached within about tooyds., my friend and I put down our paddles and took up our cameras. The guides meanwhile paddled the canoes slowly for- ward until within a few yards of the moose, when she suddenly turned toward ts; but it was too late, for we were already between her and the mainland. Without any hesitation she hurried off into the water. A long sand bar stretches out into the lake at this point for half a mile, and as a moose cannot travel very fast in water up to its haunches, we soon caught up to her. After fifteen minutes of chasing ahd picture-taking the poor animal became so tired that we let her go ashore, where she soon disappeared in the bushes, and was lost to our view. The pictures will give a clear idea of the different positions of the moose, as the canoe gradually approached her. . S. B. Carrrennen, Jr. Aatuyal History. Butler’s Birds of Indiana. Mr. Amos W. Burtver’s Birds of Indiana, while pub- lished as a part of the report of the State of Indiana for 1897, is really much more than it purports to be. The author calls it “a descriptive catalogue of the birds that have been observed within the State, with an account of their habits.” As a matter of fact it is an ornithology of Indiana, covering 321 species, to which is added a hypothetical list of 81 species, most of which may rea- sonably be expected to occur within the State, because they have been taken in neighboring States or because their known range seems to include Indiana. There are some species, however, in this hypothetical list, which having been found in neighboring States only as acci- dental stragglers, are hardly to be considered as possible Indiana birds. ° : The present work is an enlargement of Mr. Butler’s “Catalogue of the Birds of Indiana,” published in 1890, brought down to date by the insertion of additions made since his previous work was published and also ex- panded by considerable new material bearing on the habits of Indiana birds. Descriptions of the species are given, as well as a number of artificial keys taken from Mr. Ridgway’s “Manual of North American Birds,” and also from Jordan’s “Manual of Vertebrates” and Coues’ “Key to North American Birds.” In fact, Mr, Butler has reached out in all directions, to gather material which should make a present catalogue as complete as possible, and besides the literature consulted, he gives a long list of zoologists whose individual assistance he acknowl- edges. The author’s experience with the birds of Indiana thas extended over many years, and his familiarity with its avifauna is great. He is therefore well qualified to write about the birds of the State a volume which shall be not only useful to the ornithologist, but interesting and valuable to the popular reader as well, who, in these days when the true relations of birds to agri- culture are beginning to receive attention, is anxious to learn more and more about them. Mr. Butler’s introduction treats of the physiographic characteristics of his State, and deals also with certain general conditions which influence the movements and the abundance of birds. He follows his introduction by several pages of bibliography of Indiana ornithology, and then come his keys to orders and families. Keys to the genera are found under the family titles, and those of the species under the generic titles. Then follows the hatne of the species, its description, range, nesting habits, and more or less material concerning its, ways of life, with especial reference to its sojourn in the au- thor’s State. The volume is illustrated by many cuts, of which the greater number are taken from the various publications of the Department oi Agriculture through the kindness of Dr. Merriam, while others are from Coues’ “Key to North American Birds.” Throughout the volume Mr. Butler keeps always clearly in mind, and before the reader, the usefulness of most of our birds to the farmer, and urges their proper protection. His work is extremely interesting and can- not fail to be useful. .. oy _ ney. FOREST AND STREAM. New York Audubon Society.) SEVERAL women among those who atterided the an- nual meeting of the Audubon Society of this State in the lecture hall of the American Museum of Natural History yesterday morning wore birds’ wings and feathers on their hats, although sentiments condemning the destruc- tion of birds were applauded with marked unanimity. In the absence of the President, Morris K. Jesup, Mr. Chapman presided, and made a brief statement, based on the society’s records for the past year. ‘The treasurer's statement showed a balance on hand of $111, Mr, Chap- man said that the work of the society was dependent largely on voluntary contributions of money, and he made an appeal for such contributions. The following letter from Goy. Roosevelt was read: My Dear Mr. Chapman: I need hardly say how heat- tily I sympathize with the purpose of the Audubon Soci- ety. I would like to see all harmless wild things, but especially all birds, protected in every way. I do not understand how any man or woman who really loves nature can fail to try to exert all influence in support of such objects as those of the Audubon Society. Spring would not be spring without bird songs any more than it would be spring without buds and flowers, and I only wish that, besides protecting the songsters, the birds of the grove, the orchard, the garden, and the meadow, we could also protect the birds of the seashore and of the wilderness. The loon ought to be, and under wise legislation could be a feature of every Adirondack lake; ospreys, as every one knows, can be made the tamest of the tame; the terns should be as plentiful along our shores as swallows around our barns. A tanager or a cardinal makes a point of glowing beauty in the green woods, and the cardinal among the white snows. When the bluebirds were so neatly destroyed by the severe winter a few seasons ago the loss was like the loss of an old friend, or, at least, lilce the burning down of a familiar and dearly beloved house. How immensely it would add to our forests if only the great logcock were still found among them, The destruction of the wild pigeon and the Carolina paraquet has meant a loss as severe as if the Catskills or the Palisades were taken away. When I hear of the de- struction of a species I feel just as if all the works of some great writer had perished; as if we had lost all instead of only a part of Polybius o¢ Livy. Very truly yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, The Rey. Dr, Henry Van Dyke sent a letter, in which he said: “‘The sight of an aigrette fills me with a feeling of indignation and pity, and the skin of a dead song bird stuck on the hat of a tuneless woman makes me hate the barbarism which lingers in our so-called civilization,” Mme, Lili Lehmann was introduced as ‘‘a distin- guished and loyal friend of the birds.”” She from time to time smilingly appealed to the audience to supply the proper English word to express her obvious meaning, but no difficulty was experienced in following her dis- course. ; Mme. Lehmann said that every person could do some- thing toward protecting the birds. They could teach themselves and their children what humanity meant, and how much of human interest and loveliness there was in bird life. To be of service in this cause men and women must feel a sympathy for the birds. Their whole hearts and souls must be in the work,- A very important thing was for all persons and societies interested in the cause to unite and work together. In that way their efforts would be most effective. In Europe there were many societies for the protection of the birds, and they all worked in harmony. Any person could become a member of these societies upon the payment of a nominal sum, equivalent to 2 or 3 cents, Their main purpose was to enlist all au of people in the movement for the protection cf irds. : “Tam sorry to learn,’ said Mme. Lehmann, “that there are no places in Central Park expressly for the purpose of feeding birds. I have eight places in my gardens where the birds may come and be fed, and they get just what they like.” Mme. Lehmann had prepared the following “appeal to women,” which she desired the officers of the society to circulate as widely as possible: “I beg all women and girls not to wear birds or birds’ feathers on their hats any more. Every year 25,000,000 of useful birds ace slaughtered by this terrible folly. The farmers are al- ready suffering from it, and women enjoy wearing feath- ers like savages. Flowers and ribbons are a thousand times more beautiful and more becoming.. It is the duty of every woman and man to battle against this gruesome folly. For years my hats have had no feathers.” Prof, Albert S, Bickmore, curator of the Department of Public Instruction, exhibited a series of stereoscopic pictures of birds, such as are furnished by him to the nor- mal schools in this State. During his address Mr. Chap- man interjected a statement that the widespread use of the quills of the brown pelican for hat trimmings was fast bringing about the extinction of that species. Morris K. Jesup was re-elected president, and nearly all of the other officers of the society were also re-elected unanimously.—New York Times, March 24. 1 i Migration Routes. Editor Forest and Siream: Many writers and observers of birds have commented on the spring and fall routes of migration, It is stated on various and apparently indisputable authority that birds go north along the coast in the spring and south by inland routes. Is it true that the inland route is taken because the birds dread fast wind storms from the North and West, pees would drive them over the ocean and to destruc- tion! Incidentally the introduction of migratory European species to Eastern parts of the United States seems to be a foolish proceeding, considering that the birds, seeking a winter residence, find themselves over the trackless anvl merciless ocean the day after the first long night jour- Have European birds been taken to the Missis- sippi Valley and freed? It seems to be a fact that birds of a species arrive in Central Park, Manhattan, anywhere from a week to a month earlier than in Prospect Park. y RaAymonb S, Spears. c = =i = 243 eT The Loon’s Flight.§ Proctor Kwnort, Minn,—Editor Forest and Stream: I have noticed what two of your correspondents say in regard to the flight of the loon, My observations not only agree with Mr, Sawyer’s, but carry me a step further, and have led me to believe that a loon cannot rise from the iin unless aided by a pretty good breeze used as a head wind. I haye shot at loons a great many times on the lakes of northern Wisconsin, and on Luke Superior, and have never known them to attempt to escape from danger tn- less there was a wind of which they could take advantage in their attempts to rise. I remember once, in com- pany with my brother, trying to secure a loon as a speci- men for mounting, The bird was in a lake about three- fourths of a mile long and about 2ooyds. wide in its nar- rowest part. My brother was secreted at one end of the lake, and I in a canoe kept the bird in motion, trying to get it within range of my brother’s pun,and giving it a shot whenever a chance offered, Although harried for two or three hours, it never once attempted to fise from the water. There was a slight breeze, if I mistake not, but not enough to be of any use in the loon's attempt to escape by flight. During the chase the loon swam a distance of 200yds. or more under water, repeatedly, without appear- ing above the surface. Lake Superior fishermen tell me they have caught them in their nets at great depths, Among those with whom I have talked on the subject, it is believed that a loon cannot rise from the water without the aid of a wind blowing directly opposite to the line of flight. i was interested in Mr, Bignell’s statement. What a storehouse of knowledge of natural history one can get by a constant reading of Forest AND STREAM. J. W. G. Cats, Too. Editor Forest and Streant: In the collection of bear stories from the Sportsmen's Show, published in Forest AND STREAM of this week, I noticé a curious misprint. Speaking of McKenney’s bears, the article says—the scene of the incident was in the “beater piece,’ lying in the angle between the West Branch and Gardnahunk Stream. This should read “heater piece.” The term was common in early times in New England. It often ap- pears in old papers, and was applied to triangular sec- tions of land on account of their supposed resemblance to the household flat-iron, As an admirer of Mr. Mather’s writings, I hope that the off-shore stales of the pound-net are well set; the Major is in for heavy weather, sure. Reason, instinct and heredity will all be after him. I agree with Hermit that heredity should be substituted for imstinct, as in the case of young chickens scratching a board floor; but permit me to tell a cat story. A family cat became the proud mother of a large litter, and in a thoughtless moment the whole litter was ordered destroyed. The old cat’s condition soon becoming uncomfortable by the pressure of the milk, she secured relief be cornering a half-grown cat, surviving member of a former litter, and making him take the place and dtities of the late family. The substitute did not do his work willingly and was frequently cuffed into a proper sense of his maternal obligations. Did the old cat show reasoning power or only instinct? @, Srors, STOTTVILLE, N. Y. Eyes which see Big. Editor Forest and Stream: The other day a man spoke in my presence about a certain real or fancied peculiarity of the eye of certain animals, which, he said, caused the eye to dilate when the animal is subjected to sudden fright, thus transforming the pupil of the eye inta a magnifying glass of high power. “Why,” he said; “if a wildcat frightens a horse, his eyes enlarge so that the wildcat looks to him as big as a tiger.” I have quit saying I don’t believe things just because I never heard of them before, but, now, what do you think of this? J can imagine a man of the stone age telling this sort of tale to his offspring, the while their prehistoric littl: eyes grew wide with won- der and amaze; and then, when they ran out of the cave to play, I see him looking over at the old lady and smil- ing. Grorce KENNEDY. Securrry Buivpina, St. Louis, Mo. Age Attained by Birds. We are often asked how long different species of birds live, but there is little definite information to be had on the subject. Recently Mr, J. H. Gurney, in a paper in the Ibis has brought together a number of statements on this subject, and discusses this at some length. Mr. Dresser, in his “Birds of Europe,” gives an instance of a raven having lived sixty-nine years. Mr. Meade-Waldo has in captivity a pair of eagle owls (Bubo maximusi, one of which is sixty-eight and the other fifty-three years old. Since 1864 these birds have bred regularly, and have now reared ninety-three young ones. A Bateleur eagle and a condor in the Zoological Gardens at Amsterdam are still alive at the respective ages of fifty-five and fifty- two. An imperial eagle of the age of fifty-six, a golden eagle of forty-six and a sea eagle of forty-two, and many other birds of the age of forty downward are also recorded. Wild Ducks in Captivity. Mallards and black ducks, as well as Canada geese, have been hatched under tame ducks, and have taken to the barnyard habits of their foster mothers without fear or distrust of man still it is safe to pinion the first genera- tion with scissors, as described. It is my opinion that both the blue and green-winged teal may be as easily domesticated; but, the early domesticators of beasts and birds looked entirely to utility, and so the smaller wildfowl were neglected. Taking the different ducks, which may be worth domesticating, I will give what I know concern- ing their dispositions, for they differ greatly; leaving out the mallard and black duck, which have been men- tioned. Frep MATHER, sess et . FOREST AND STREAM. The Vermont Animal not an EIk. SHELDON, Vt., March 22.—Editor Forest aud Stream: I have received a number of replies to inquiries made concerning the moose, caribou or elk that passed near here in December, 1897, and one of them—froni an ob- serving hunter and reliable man—I consider of value, though it is quite different from other letters received. Mr. Kittell first thought that the animal was a hybrid, but the description given in his letter is decidedly moosey. STANSTEAD, FAIRFIELD, March 11.—The animal you mention I will try to describe-as nearly as I can remember it. I should think that it was as tall at the shoulders as a good sized horse, say fifteen hands, but not so high at the hips. In color the back and upper part of the body were dark, with legs and lower parts a fawn color. The horns were_large and as nearly as I could judge were not round. I tracked the animal for several rods in the soft earth. It had rather a pointed toe with a very long and pointed dew claw and stepped along with a swinging gait. J. W. Kitrett. [We print this, as it seems to pretty well show that the mysterious animal about which so much conjecture arose was nothing more than a wandering moose. | The Wild Animals of Wyoming. A LANTERN lecture on the wild animals of Wyoming will be given at the Carnegie Lyceum, April 4, at 11 A. M., by Mr. Ernest Seton Thompson, in aid of the Edwina Free Kindergarten. The talk will be on the lines of Mr. Thompson’s well-known book, “Wild Animals I Haye Known,” and will be fully illustrated with sketches and photographs of the wild animals themselves and the places they inhabit. The entertainment is especially interesting to boys. Tickets, 75 cents, may be had of Miss J. Lewis, 35 Gramercy Park, city. Game Bag and Gun. Game Laws in Brief and Woodcraft Magazine, See anfouncement elsewhere, As the April issue will be gov- erned by the adyance orders, it is requested that subscribers will order now either for the year or for the April number. On Kansas Prairies. Lost Springs, Kan, March 17,—Edifor Forest and Stream: This town is situated on the old Santa Fe trail. It received its name from some springs of water bubbling up here on the prairie. In the freighting days this was the only water to be obtained along the route for (as mear as I can learn) about forty miles. It was of such value ' that the springs were kept under lock and key, and the water was sold as called for. A saloon was also estab- lished here and a gentleman of my acquaintance has a .44 revolver bullet he picked up where the saloon stood. What stories that bit of lead could tell if only it might speak, The town lot was originally laid out around these springs, but with the coming of the railroad was moved threee miles eastward and with their abandonment the See for some cause, probably from the tramping of the great herds of cattle, ceased to flow. Hence the name. They have since come to the surface and flow steadily. But it was to speak of the rabbit and his interests that I began to write. The rabbit season is over so far as their use for the table is concerned, although here they are shot the year through. JI have been figuring a little about the number of rabbits killed in this section and am simply astonished at the result. Six hundred and seventy-five rabbits were, in a few days, shipped from the little town of Ramona, and I think this was not one- tenth part of the number killed in that vicinity. Two hundred and fifty of these (part jack rabbits, but mostly cottontails) weighed 1,10olbs., giving an average of over 4 1-3lbs. per rabbit; this multiplied by 675, would give an aggregate of over fourteen tons of rabbit meat raised in that one town. Multiply this by the hundreds of small towns in the State, and it-reaches a total simply astound- ing and yet this is the true state of affairs, Yet bunny holds his own and if the season is any way favorable will be ready for next winter’s sport. Western-like, much of this supply of meat is wasted. Many of the cottontails are thrown away, and as fost of the people here are prejudiced against their use, the greater part of the jacks are left where they fell, or fed to the hogs or chickens. One young man of my acquaintance kept a bunch of hogs several weeks mainly on jacks he shot and bought. As he could buy them for 3 and 4 cents each, they were cheap feed, but it looked too bad to one who loves the wild creatures for their very wildness to put them to such an ignoble use. j With the Kansas hunter the rabbit occupies a peculiar place. He is everywhere. I have seen his tracks leading under the platform at the railroad station; the school children have great fun chasing him from under the board walks about the schoolhouse; he investigates the cool shack each night; looks over the threshing machine, and we have even found him hid in the separator; hides under _the barns and outhouses in the very faces of the dogs, springs out from the cornshocks and feed stacks, and even the feed racks of the cattle, is cursed for gnawing the young fruit trees, is anathemized for cutting the vines and rose bushes, and shot, trapped and otherwise disposed of at any and all times, but in spite of all, continues to increase, multiply and fill the land. ' J for one am glad of it, for he makes pleasant many an otherwise dull hunting day. But there are days when, although the snow may be pressed solid all around you by his gambols of the preceding night, hours of tramping will not start a single rabbit. I thought I had his ways well learned, but either he is learning new tricks of.1s not the simple creature I had thought. , There are many ways of hunting practiced here.. Many prefer to take a team and driver, with from two to six hunters, and go through the cornfields, shooting from the wagon or spreading out on each side, in this way covering a large space in a day’s shooting, or what is much more deadly when the snow first comes, and is well drifted, tak- ing a narrow unmowed slough. The rabbits at such times leave the cornfields and uplands and hide—in the daytime —under the slough grass, bent over by the snow. The team follows the center of the slough, and with the hunters on each side starts the rabbits, which ate shot as they try to, gain the cornfields on either hand. Others prefer to shoot from horseback, following much the same tactles, only that each hunter is mounted. Either way is very successful so far as nttmbers is concerned. The own- er of the threshing machine that | am with has a little ter- rier dog, no bigger than a cat, that delights in following the rabbits through their burrows under the snow and slough grass, and will, if they are plenty, keep two guns busy until she gets tired out. But I do not care to have a hand in such slaughter. I usually prefer to hunt with no company but my gun. li the snow is drifted, I find my way down through the cornfields to where it has drifted into the slough. ‘The corn is full of rabbit paths all leading to the nearest slough, but there is not a rabbit in sight. Soon on the sunny side of a drift there is a burrow where Bunny is enjoying himself in fancied security. Stepping back of this I stir him up with my foot—could often easily catch him with my hands, but that would not be any sport—tlet him get off three or four rods and then the old gun speaks out, Perhaps he turns a few somersaults and stops, or perhaps covered by the flying snow, keeps on; but if the cornfield is not too near, the second barrel usually stops him. a : ~ q r APRIL 1, 1899.) a It is gratifying to note that in spite of two open sea- sons deer seem to be still plenty in this State, motwith- standing the predictions made on every side that one @pen season would exterminate them. Only to-day a neighbor saw a fine buck and two does a short distance from my house, and several others have been reported near by, all quite tame and permitting a close approach before they took alarm, The chief obstacle to increase does not seem to be so much the slaughter of the open season as the dogs that rin at large in every community and chase and kill deer. This winter several instances have come to my notice, and the State commissioners have investigated several cases where deer have been run to death by dogs. KENEWAH, “Concerning an Epithet.” Editor Forest and Streant: Anent the question propounded by you as to whether the writer of this “bit” became a convert to the creed of moderation in game killing, because of being called a “same hog,” he begs to say that he did not; in fact he claims to be a charter member—so to speale—of the grand guild of game bag reform. He in fact reformed Jong before that inelezant epithet was coined, or even before sportsmen generally discovered that the game w2s disappearing so rapidly that it was necessary to curb the piggish propensities of the market shooter and of many others who dubbed themselves sportsmen. He, however, thanks Forrst AND STREAM for having in years past, in very many ways, taught him sportsmanlike methors, which teaching may have perhaps been instrumental in bringing about his reformation. Tf you will refer to any of the occasional squibs con- tributed by him to your paper during the past dozen years ar so, you will find him always an enthusiast---2 crank if you please—on the subjects of game protection and forest preservation, antl not much given to the 13 ‘of intemperate language, but he still insists that some epithet should be used to designate the “sooner” whw usually begins shooting a féw days before the seasor opens, and the “pig” who usually kills several times as much game as he ought in season, so that the lay mind shall not confound these creatures with legitimate sports- men who observe the game laws and who are content with a limit which any fair-minded sportsman would con- cede to be a fair bag for a day’s shooting. At this late day when we have so many papers and magazines devoted to the subject of field sports, there is no possible excuse for the plea of a want of knowledge as to what constitutes a fair and reasonable “take” or “has” for a day’s fishing or shooting, and when we find a fellow who is not willing to confine himself to a decent limit, there is no earthly reason why fair, legitimate snortsinen should not designate him by some term that will indicate that they are not fond of him. S. Troy, N. ¥., March 27. Editor Forest and Stream: I have read your editorial remarks about the epithet of “oame hog.’ You ate right, Conditions alter cases. I don’t know that I should like to wear the bristles of a true “hog.” but yet at the end of the season my score stands well up on the slate. Still, it is the work of many days, and every one of them enjoyed—the birds never go to waste. And yet if I only had one day afield during the season. | don’t knew as I should quit after three birds —one for the wife, one for the boy and one for myseli—it T could find more. Your remarks are just, and I doubt not that many of these “better men” who cry out so loudlv and diligently have at some time had a decided curl in their own tails. There are birds galore here—I can start fifty grouse any day, and I don’t hanker after them all. There are days when I get one, and my companions ect more: yet at night I don’t bag the knees of mv trousers chanting thanks to Heaven that I am not as other men: becéatse, in truth. the only reason I didn’t get more was becatise I couldn’t hit them. Go ahead—if a man is in a condition to try out lard he shows it by pen and ink as well as afield. W. Firicusurc, Mess. PuimtADELruraA.—Editor Forest and Siream: I read your editorial, entitled “Concerning an Epithet.” Mr. Schenck’s criticism thereon followed in FOREST AND Srream of March 25. By way of illustrating how variously different mings will vary on the same subject, I wish to say that to me the editorial seemed sound and its position well taken. To me it did not in the least seem to be a defense of the so-called “game hog.” It deprecated the use of intem- perate language in dealing with him. ; The bandying of epithets does not appeal to the reason of anyone. Their use shows, however, that the one who uses them is unpleasantly emotional. A man in bad tem per is never a good judge of what is best for himself; much more then is he unfit as a judge to determine what is best for others. The calling of names is a grade of mental exchanges which is at its best in your Bowery in New York, and other places the world over where bil- lingsgate takes the place of reasonable argument; anil this is far more likely to provoke hostility than it is to in- duce reformation. Of course, a mild epithet is not to ne classed as billingsgate, though as an expression of ill- temper it may be remotely allied to it, but so far as hav- ‘jng any reforming effects it is exactly like it. Men do not like the crack of ine whip, figuratively or literally. Most men are reasonable and will do right if they are purstiaded that a proposition is in itself right; most men will purposely refuse to follow any proposition right o, wrong if they are coerced. Mr. Schenck interweayes some fallacy in his argument. A man who steals is a thief. That is all granted in re- gard to the cash, chickens, etc. Those matters are a stih- ject of statute law, and have so been from time imme- morial; but when he shifts his ground and deduces fron matters of statute law that matters of opinion are equally well established, he weakens his case by its evident fa’- lacy. If I think that my neighbor is killing more birds than in my opinion he is justified in killing, and there- fore. because I think so, am justified in calling him a “same hog,” there is no reason why some other man FOREST AND STREAM. who also was displeased in some way with my neighbor or myself should not therefore call him or me some other epithet, and justify it because in his judgment that epithet was what he felt like calling him or me something offen- sive, and therefore he was right. The phrase “killing more than their share,” used by Mr. Schenck, carries with it an admission which would seeri to indicate a denunciation of the “game hog,"’ from the standpoint of individual resentment rather than a philan- thropical yearning for public good, Your editorial impressed me as a call for other than the old methods in dealing with men who killed a quan- tity of game, more pethaps than the supply would wav- rant. How many converts were ever made by the doc- trine of objurgation? Let those who thunderously hurl the term “same hog’’ show how mitch their pet anathema has done for game protection, [Let them show how manv men have restrained their killing proclivities because some individual asserted that they were “game hogs.” Let your readers hear the experiences of the reformaticn whose magic lies in the one epithet, the one potent word, ity ” , a game-hog.” Men have indeed changed if they will cease to do ill and strive to do good at the uttering of an epithet. Would it not be better to try the doctrine of reason? Why not show the offenders that their course is really prejudicial to the interests of the community and there- fore to their own? Why not exercise some forbearanie and charity with the offenders? Why not patiently work to have the legal limit made a matter of stattite law, thereby faking it out of the realm of private opinion into that of a fixed rule of action for all? Whv not alsu recognize that petsonal spleen is not necessarily a pith- lic principle? : If sportsmen are gentlemen, as I helieve them to be. then their utterances, actions and instincts showld be these of gentlemen. All need forbearance and charity. Tf J, myself. am a model in recard to game protection, perfect in this I may be an offender in other relations. A wise and good man once remarked, “He that is with- out sin among you. let him first cast a stone.” and that voice has been echoing down through the centuries. L. A. CuruprRess, A Maine Skipper. Bosron, March 27—According to special dispatches to the daily papers it seems that the shipper of seventeen or eighteen saddles, arrested some weeks ago, already men- tioned in Forrest AND STREAM, has escaped. He was the captain of a small water craft, and was arrested at East- port, March 3, for attempting to ship the saddles to Bos- ton. He was under $3,000 bonds for his appearance in court. On Wednesday last he was again arrested for the same offense, that of shipping deer saddles from Cherry- field to Eastport and on board the steamer there, dotubt- less for Boston. The warden allowed the fellow to com- plete the unloading of his craft, after he had arrested him, which took but a few minutes. He was then al- lowed to step into the steamboat office to sign his bills of lading. The warden remained outside. Soon the war- den, thought that it was time for his man to appear, and begun a search for him. He could not be found. any- where about the wharves or other craft. He then sent another officer over the ferry to Lubec to watch for the deer shipper there. On the way over the ferry a small schooner was passed, and behold, there was the little deer-shipping boat hauled up on to the deck of the schooner, and a glass showed that its owner was there also. The schooner was under full sail up Pembroke River. The chase was abandoned for the time being, the officers feeling sure of their man later. Other cases are being followed in that. section, and it is worthy of note that no mew venison is coming into Boston markets, I am in- formed, from authority that cannot be denied, that the game wirdens have been instructed to stop this shipment of deer to Boston at any cost. One case of extreme pov- erty has been followed up, and unmistakable signs of deer slaughter by dogs discovered. But a family of small children totiched the hearts of the officers, and the man promising to kill his dogs and give up the business, he has not been prosecuted. SPECIAL. Boston WNotes. Boston, March 25.—The first shooting party of the season, for the preserve of the Monomoy Brant Club, left Boston on Wednesday for that well-known hunting ground. The party is made up of A. H. Wright, Captain BK. Frank Lewis, R. S. Gray, H. D. Reed, Joseph Dorr, Henry Colburn, R. H. Gardiner, and one or two others. These gentlemen haye visited Monomoy together for many seasons, and though they are pleased to stvle them- selves “The Boys’ Party,” there are several senior shots and hunters among them. This is the first brant shooting party of the season of 1800, there being four or five parties every season visiting the preserye for a specified number of days. The parties alternate; that is, the last party of a preceding season is the first one of the follow- ing season, The present season is very late, however, the boxes not yet being all ready. The weather has been ex- ceedingly stormy and rough, with but little time for get- ting the shooting boxes or pits in shape. Members of this, the first party, are expecting good shooting. They - feel that they were too late last year. Boston hunters and fishermen seem to be highly pleased with sport in Florida the past season. Charlie Brown, himself a lover of rod and reel as well as shotgun, pre- sents a letter from his shooting and fishing friend, C. H. Alden, at Homosassa, Florida, not far from Tampa, on the Gulf. This letter says that all the fishing and shooting one need ask for can be had in six hours a day, and loafing or resting the rest of the time, He says: “My first day fishing I took 88 trout, the string weighing 1oglbs.; all on my small rod.” He does say what sort of trout they were, but visitors to that part of the co'Intry will understand that. “My friend has also taken in one day eight red bass, weighing 212lbs. The same day I took forty bass. We have had great fishing from the start. Gunning for wood- cock, quail, wild turkeys and snipe here is great sport and one is sure of a good deal of success, I have suc- ceeded in shooting an eagle, with a spread of Sit.” SPECIAL, 249 a | Massachusetts Notes. Danvers, Mass., March 20.—E4ditor Forest and Stream: An act of the present Legislature approved March 1, provides that “every Lord’s Day shall be close season. Whoever hunts ot destroys birds or game of any kind on the Lord's Day shall be liable to tlie penalty imposed for violations of the Jaw during other closed seasons, arid such penalties shall be im addition to those already imposed for violation of the laws relating to shooting upon the Lord’s Day.” This will be a little tough for the poor man that is confined to his labors six days in a week and would like to go out in a decent way and get a shot or two. Stich 4 man never would have been legislated against. It is because of the rough city rowdies who want to go out on a spree and shoot every songbird they find, insult the farmers who object to their invasion. and finally end up the day by shooting 100 shots of biack powder cart- ridges at a mark back of some church where religious services are being held,. That is the reason we have to have such laws. ’ This law will make quite a fuss with the beach bird shooters around Ipswich, All along that coast and trib- litaries are summer cottages that are owned by city people. Saturday afternoon the sportsmen all come up to their shanties and have a grand old time all day Sun- day, with more or less shooting, It is an out-of-the-way place, and probably disturbs no one, but there is a good chance to make it tmpleasant for them if one is so dis- osed, The brant shooting season will open in Cliatham. on the Cape, this week. The first party will be of Boston eunners, who will occupy the club house for a week, Then other parties will come for six weeks or so. Off Morris Island is one of the best feeding grounds on the coast. Most of the shooting is from large boxes sunk in the sand and live decoys are used. The Monomey Branting Club was organized more than thirty years ago and more than 10,000 birds have been killed. It has a large membership, each member paving $15 for one week’s board and guide whether he goes or not. This fee is used to support the club and to pay the expenses of preparing and caring for the blinds. _ Reports on quail are not very encouraging; don’t hear of any dead, or even live ones very often. Joun W. Bassitt. Vermont Deer. A TownsHeNnp correspondent wrtites under date of March 21 to Commissioner Jno. W. Titcomb: “The deer in this section of the State are doing finely, and are on the increase, There are three yards within five miles of this village. Parties keep coming to me saying that dogs aré chasing the deer every few days; also in the towns of Winhall, Wardsboro and Grafton that dogs are doing bad work. Two have been killed by dogs in Winhall, and steps must be taken to stop it, There must be in the first yard, only-one and one-half miles from the village, at least twelve or fifteen. The other yard they say has eight; did not say how many in the third yard. So you can see they are doing very nicely, and I am glad it is so. ‘TH. TB Commisioner Titcomb has just captured a poacher in Fssex county who had killed a call moose near Island Pond, and is now under $200 bail. The head of the moose was cortfiscated. Mongolian Pheasants in Virginia. CHARLOTTEVILLE, Va,, March 21.—Editor Forest and Stream: J regret to say, in reply to your inquiry, that the Mongolian pheasant enterprise of our gun club has not been what we expected. While it has not been an en- tire failure, it has not been an absolute success. The birds didn’t seem to nest, and aside from that, we think the “pot-htunters” destroyed some of them. The gun club, however, are not entirely discouraged, but are goin to-give it another trial this summer. The climatic conditions are all right, but the fault may have been with the birds themselves. The change from the far West (Wisconsin is where the birds come from) to the South mav have had all to do with it, that they didn’t nest. Probably some of your readers may be able to shed some light on this phase of the matter, While the partridges suffered a great deal during the cold weather, and a great many were frozen. reports from the country are that there is enough left for this year's crop. Ntal 1a: Spring Ducks and Sitting Hens. In spring there is no sport in shooting ducks the way the blite bills work here. They are like a lot of sitting hens, and there would be about as much glory in shoot ing the former. It is no trick at all to shoot from 50 to too ducks a day, and any man who will shoot that many ducks a day cannot expect to be considered anything but a game hog. Two dozen ducks a day is enough for any man to shoot, and a man who is not satisfied with that many is no sportsman. Of course, a market-hunter wouldn’t be satisfied with that, but then such people wouldn’t be satisfied as long as there is a duck unshot. Prohibit the sale of game at all times, limit the bag to twenty-five ducks a day, prohibit spring shooting at least for two years, and stop open water shvoting, that’s our platform.—Fox (Wis.) Representative. A Woodcock in Philadelphia Streets. PHILADELPHIA, March 23.—Editor Forest and Stream: While passing Seventeenth and Chestnut streets I was sur- prised to hear that sound pleasant to every sportsman’s ear. the woodcock’s whistle. and lonking up saw the hird going north, dodging under the trolley wires, then rising over the buildings. It is an uncommon place to see this bird on the wing, but it is not an uncommon thing to see game of all kinds at the groceries and provision deal- ers offered for sale. When will this ever be stopped? Cc FOREST AND STREAM. Sea and River The Forest AnD STREAM is the recognized medium of entertai.i- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen, The editors invite communications on the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents, ( Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iv- / » To the Occasional Angler.. Tr the times are unpropitious and you find your “catch” of fishes, As the sun is sinking westward, hasn’t panned out quite the thing; There’s a method, “on the quiet’—ah! how many experts try it! That may, despite your failure, send you home with quite a “string.” There are natives cn the lookout out, On a fun-and-fishing frolic, when the fates don’t use him well; And he feels his reputation on a slippery, slim foundation— They've a remedy convenient—they have always fish to sell. for the man with pocket-book Do you ask me how they get them? Why, they snare them and they net them, With the aid of vile “contraptions,” which the game laws quite condemn; What they’re after is your money; that’s their manna, milk and honey, And the “modus operandi” matters not a jot to them. If, by look of by suggestion, you their plans should seem to question, You are simply wasting time, my friend; the truth they cannot speak. Ananias isn’t “in it,” they can tell more lies per minute Than that star prevaricater could engender in a week, Though of aspect dull and drowsy, though of locks unkempt and frowzy, Though of soiled and freckled cuticle, and costume rude and strange; In their frowziness and freckles, they’re as keen in quest of shekels, As the diamond-decked decéivers that vociferate “on *change.”’ In their nasal, jangling jargon, they’re the boys to drive a bargain, And their weird and woful bearing knocks expostulation dumb: As they swear in gibbering gammon, they’re the prey of pinching famine, Though their beards and breaths betoken much tobacco juice and rum. Well, ignoring their, devices, be prepared to pay their prices; For, with india-rubber consciences, they’ll “salt” vou every time; Promptly powr them forth your treasure (you can curse them at your leisure), : At the rate of, say, a dollar for a fish that’s worth a dime. Then, triumphant, home returning, you will gratify the yearning, Of admiring friends and family, and thrilling tales you'll tell; Of the deep pools where you sought them, how they ‘“‘struck’” and how you “fought” them, - While you picturesquely pose, a periect Isaac Walton swell. So, when cometh your yacation, and, as means of recreation, You proceed to plot and plan a piscatorial “jamboree”; Bear in mind no bait nor tackle, fluttering fly, nor fluffy hackle, Will be half as efficacious as the greenback marked with V- Ep. Lecco. Harrsparez, N, VY, In the Pound-Net. BY FRED MATHER. Ir a “fish hog” is one who catches more than he can use, then I am right in his class since the pound-net was set in the extensive waters within the jurisdiction of For- EST AND STREAM, for the net, now only a few weeks old, is capturing more than I can market each week, and there is a fear that the Board of Health may come down on the catch if it is held too long. That's only what Mrs. Partington would call “a paragorical way of ptitting it,” The only thing that really disturbs the relations between the supply and demand is the blue pencil of the editor. He is analogous to, if not homologous with, the Board of Health, which often orders tons of fish, meat, game, poultry and vegetable thrown off the docks of New York or to be taken to Barren Island to be cremated and is to be honored and respected a¢uvr-lingly. He is the auto- soarnc ass mr HUNTING MOOSE WITH A CAMERA, By S. B. Chittenden, Jr, . 5 crat, not of the “Breakfast Table,” but of that greater lay-out, the Forest AND STREAM, and, as he sits in the clock tower, he carefully scrutinizes all things. Hence, he is the man to be dreaded. The things which swim or drift into the pound-net have to pass his olfactories be- fore the public are allowed to sample them. That’s an awiul state of affairs, but “what are you going to do about it?” as an old-time politician asked, Fresh-Water Turtles. Mr. Russel Mott, in Forest AnD StreAM cf March 18, asks some questions tunder this head. It is a poor way to get anything from a man by abusing him, and, notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Mott has branded me as ‘omniscient,’ whatever that may be, I will ignore the aspersion and go on to talk about such turtles as have met me in the ponds or in soups or steaks. ti Mr. Mott; I refrain from calling him hard names, will turn over his files of FoREsST AND STREAM and read my “turtle talk’’ in the sketches of “In the Louisiana Lowlands,” Sept. 24, and Oct. 1, 1808, he will get some descriptions of Southern turtles and also learn how to bake a soft-shelled turtle, the best of all the iresh-water species. The small pond turtles found north of New Jersey are edible, but too small to bother with, for it is more of a job to disjoint one turtle for soup or stew than to do the same thing for a score of chickens, for the turtle is put together to stay there. In Virginia and the South there are the “sliders,* both red and yellow bellied, so called because they slide off the logs when danger comes. -They will measure 10 to 12in. on.the under shell and are worth dressing. They are shipped to Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York in great numbers to help out their aristocratic relative, the diamond-backed terrapin of the salt marshes in his, or her, attempt to provide terrapin stew for epicurean palates at $1 per taste, for the rapidly disappearing diamond-back now costs from $60 to $100 per dozen for “counts,” 7. ¢., females which meas- ure 6in. on the under shell. As the extreme size is 8in., and males seldom reach five, is it any wonder that the sliders desire to get into such company and be served to gtiests in evening dress who know that choice oid Madeira is the only admissible beyerage with terrapin stewr - I have several recipes for terrapin stew (for this princely reptile is never in the soup) two of them given me by the late Sam Ward, America’s most famous bon vivant, but that’s another story. After the soft-shells, which are unknown east of the Great Lakes, come the sliders, but none have the gela- tinous flesh of the terrapin as the diamond-back is called. Then the snapper comes next, and no others except the big land gopher of the pine lands of the South are worth notice as food. The Northern land tortoises are poor and stringy. A snapping turtle weighing above 15lbs. should be skinned, becatise its skin may retain a trifle of the musky odor which is exhaled from the animal in quantities pro- portioned to its size. If under that weight it may be scalded and the outer cuticle rubbed off: of course hav— ing been beheaded long before. Then turn the turtle on its back, separate the under shell from the upper at the joint and cut out the under shell or plastron. Then remove the department of the interior, saving the liver, with care in excising the gall, and then you will see that neck, Jegs and tail are about °'! that is left. and you learn much when you try to separate these from the upper shell, or carapace. Opening a sardine can with a penknife is nothing to it, even if you have a butcher- knife and a hammer. After you have the neck, legs and tail unjointed, there is still left a bit which should _ not be thrown away. : A turtle is curious in its anatomy; part of its skeleton is inside and part outside. It does not shed its shell, like a crustacean, but the shell grows in plates, with sutures like those of the human skull, Each rib is at- tached to a plate of the carapace and to the vertebra below, Between the ribs and the upper shell lies the ten- derloin, and to get it each rib, which is the only soit thing in the skeleton, must be ‘cut and the connecting membrane skinned out. With wholesome meat of any kind some sort of fry, © roast, broil, soup or stew can be made, but the subject is too large to even touch upon in a pound-net where su many things are found. Mr. Mott asks: ‘‘Has the fresh-water turtle any ene- mies, the human race excepted?’ The question woul imply that there was only one species and does not per- mit a categorical answer. His reference to taking smail turtles from black bass and frogs apply only to imfantile specimens whose shells are very soft and are easily di- gested by fish. After a snapping turtle gets to be 81. long, man, or one of its own kind, seems to be the only thing that can kill it; possibly the same may be said ot the savage soft-shell species: But the raccoon catches and eats the smaller pond turtles, and digs them out of their shells. I have never seen a coon do it, but have found where it has been done, with coon tracks as very strong circumstantial evidence. Since writing this I have been asked to go into the turtle question in extenso, giving all American species, marine and other, with recipes for their appearance on the table, Perhaps it may be done. ey pes! Fe Making Long Casts. A correspondent asks: “What is the weight a trout rod should be to get the longest distance casting in trout fishing—caster 5ft. gin. and 160 lbs.P My 10%%it. IOWOzZ. for bass is too heavy for trouting. I have 60z., 7oz. and 8oz. rods, but they are too willowy to handle a Jong line in bad conditions.” ; ‘ I have a 10%40z. split bamboo that is tovit. long, and it has cast goft. in other hands. The records in Central Park and other places show that 50z. rods have cast further. Therefore, it is not the weight of the rod nor its length that makes it lay out a line so far. It is en- tirely in the action of the rod with the know-how behind it. No slim-jim, limber-go-shiftless kind of a rod could get there, no matter who was behind it; there must be backbone that springs to it when trained muscles call for a supreme effort, or the records will not be ap- proached. Then, the line must fit the rod and be a heavy one: heavy in the middle, for you can’t throw a nickel as far as you can cast a silver dollar; there must be weight 1p to a limit, to anything we can throw. Personally I have no use for light lines, because I use a stiff rod. which will not cast them. I have several rods, one as light as 60z., but my 10%4 rod is the only one I use for trout. bass or anything; I would like to tackle a 20lb. salitnon on it. T do not class the 4oz. rods as toys, because | have seen what work they can do in the hands of P. Cooper Hewitt and other amateurs; my preference being merely - * Aprin 3, 1899.] FOREST AND STREAM. Series of six pictures. First Prize in the Forest AND StreAM’s Amateur Photography Competition. that the heavy rod tires my arm and gives me a muscu- lar exercise that I would not take voluntarily. It does me good, is dumb-bells and Indian clubs, and has forced me to cast with my left hand. As my left arm has al- ways been weal< since the boxing lessons of boyhood and my frontier life of forty years ago, I regard this en- forced use of it as a blessing. This is, I think, the first plea in favor of heavy rods in these later days, when the great double-handed trout rods of the last century have become curiosities. While the left soon tires with’ cast- ing, it is a relief to the right. A young man may strengthen his arms with many devices, but an old man will not take exercise for exercise sake; therefore, the heavier rod is my favorite, for the reasons given. Tt is better to put a heavy line on a light, whippy rod than to give a good stiff rod a light line. The whippy, double-action rod, which kicks back when you throw it forward, may be good for those who like that sort of rod, but it will never send out a long line, and I prefer an alder cut from the bank. Of course our ordinary trout fishing with the fly, is done within 4oft., but many an angler has seen a trout rising beyond that distance when he could not get nearer, and then he wishes that he had the power to make a long cast. It is in preparing for such chances that the intelligent angler wishes to know how to get there. There is no royal road to this learning, nothing but practice beforehand, on the old motto: “In time of peace prepare for war.” I like a heavy line and do not believe that its descent on the water alarms a trout, as 11 strikes some 20{t. away and then unfolds toft. more; the ruffling of the surface is nothing if there is a slight wind making a ripple on the water, while if the surface is still the effect is such as we often see when a gentle puff of air from above strikes the water and moves forward in a-wedge-shaped ripple. (See remarks on page 231, last week.) Trout are never alarmed at a falling leaf or twig, nor by the motion of insects on the water; these things they see every day. This makes me an unbeliever in the theory of casting lightly as a thistle-down, What trout fear is the moving shadow of a man or beast on the bank; the waving branches of the trees they know all about. The Coming Trout Season. To-day the wind is east, and there is fog, mist, rain and hail alternately in the air. No need to say, “Hail, gentle spring,” for it will do it without invocation, and then the rheumatism in that left knee and right shoulder! Yet it all belongs with the spread that spring lays out, and why not accept it philosophically? A fellow who can take things as they come to him in this world and is glad that they are no worse, has all the elements of hap- piness that are in sight. But this is largely a matter of temperament, as is the disposition to grumble. An op- timistic view of things brought me through where others died—but that’s not related to the opening of the trout season—yet it has a relation to the selection of trout- ing companions. It was not on the waters of the “Bigosh,” which the Minnesota maps call “Winnebigoshish,” of Itasca county, but on a trout stream of Sullivan county, N. Y., that the thing occurred. Jt was June— “And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; ‘Then heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, i And over it softly her warm ear lays.” The trout were rising fairly well and the birds were doing their level best fo tell how they enjoyed life as Lowell has described a June day. We lunched at noon and fished an hour, when up came a thunder storm. We trudged through it over three miles of muddy. roads, soaked and sodden; shoes ruined and hats wrecked. On the way I tried to make light of the affair, but my com- panion would have none of it. After a change of cloth- ing, a dinner and a rainbow in the east, my friend re- marked: “It’s always my luck to be caught in this way and get a soaking, and you made it worse by making fun of it; what fun there was in it I can’t see, getting soaked through and spoiling all the cigars in-my coat.” On returning to the city I sent this. man a box of cigars with a note of commiseration for his sufferings and his loss. His hide was so thick that he asked me to fish with him the next year; but we did not fish. Where to Fish? Lest any reader should think that this heading might tell him of prolific trout streams somewhere between New Brunswick and Oregon, I hasten to say: The ques- tion is a personal one. An invitation to spend a week at a club where the trout are plenty, but just shy enough to make angling that uncertainty which constitutes its charm to such sportsmen as regard the pursuit of game, and not its capture, as the highest form of sport, has been reluctantly declined. The man who says: “I can fish if they bite fast” may be an estimable citizen, but he misses the spirit of the angler. Walton tersely expressed it when he said: “Angling is somewhat like poetry; men are to be born so.” > Then there are other invitations to wet a line in pri- vate waters, none of which can be accepted, because 1 am so chained to business that two days from home just now is my limit, and if my fly is dropped on some Long Island stream at the opening of the season for a day or two it will be joy enough, and thanks have been sent to the kind friends who remembered the scribbler who has a new book—there, I almost said it—but the fact is that there is a big grindstone running, and my nose is on it. A note from John Patterson, of Ozone Park, N. Y., —golly, what a name—who has a fishing station at Goose Creek, Jamaica Bay, Long Island, says that the first flounders were taken there on March 15, and promises to keep me advised about their biting, but when the trout season opens the flounder is no temptation. Later in the summer at Patterson’s there is sometimes good weakfish ground, as he is near the Broad Channel, the Raunt, and other good grounds, as Goose Creek is the first railroad station om the trestle which crosses Ja- maica Bay from Brooklyn to Rockaway Beach. Some- times other game fishes run in there, but the flounder and the fluke live on that submerged meadow called Jamaica Bay, and hundreds find recreation in catching them, if the sport is not exciting. Unios for Bait. In FoREST AND STREAM of March 11 I had something to say of the fresh-water mussel as food. Without any teference to the question of food. “Matasiso” writes of the unio as bait for fish. He says: “T sat down this evening to compose my mind before going to bed and picked up ‘Men I Have Fished With” for the one hundred and seventeenth time (more or less, for I have not kept tabs on: the record; but I read it on an average of once a week, when somebody has not bor- rowed it), As I read about your old chum Steve Mar- tin (vide page 142), I noted that George Scott experi- mented with fresh-water clams (unios) for bait. “I wonder how many fishermen have tried that? Tf we could go into executive session and moralize over the past what funny experiences we could rake out of the cinders of the old furnaces of fun. But the Spirit moves me suddenly to tell you of an incident that occurred in the fall of 1897, in fact, during the same trip to Ply- mouth, Mass., when I wrote you about ‘Nesmuk’ “I was with S. B. Duffield, Jr., a young and promising artist, and our tent was pitched on a bluff, about one. eighth mile distant from the nearest cart road; and our duffle had to be jackassed (you see I am acquirine Matherisms) that distance through the woods to the lake shore, and we had a tussle getting the canoe in. So we did not get settled and ready to go fishing till after noon of the second day. Of course, when we started, we found that bait was scarce; we were aifter yellow perch for supper, and wanted minnows for bait, and not a blamed ‘minny’ could we find. * ‘Duff’ thought we were counted out, and made up his mind for fried bacon; but we got the canoe in the water and I reached down and pulled in a dozen unios. ““What in blazes are you going to do with those things?’ says Duff, “Use them for bait,’ “ “Well, ll give you my hat, if you get any fish with that bait.’ ““Now, my boy, you can sling paint and make pretty good johnny-cake; but your Uncle Dudley can show you how to’catch fish, ’Tis not the desire for food that calls the fish, but the way you put it before them. If you know how to do it, you can catch fish with a bit of salt pork, if the fish feel like biting, and if they don’t, you could not catch a fish with the nicest bait in the coun- try. “Now, I would rather catch a perch on a rod with a pretty little reel than to land a 4lb trout with a cordwood pole, so I rigged the split bamboo, stuck on a bit of clam, and started in. I had pulled in three or four nice little perch, and found, on baiting up, that I had only a soft bit, which would not stand much chewing; so after throwing in my line I laid the rod across the gtunwales and stooped over to open another clam. Suddenly the reel said ‘click,’ and I grabbed the rod just in time to _keep it from going overboard, and the reel kept on with a click-click-c which, being translated, means ‘bass. “Now, Duff, though a thorough sportsman, did not know much of bass fishing, so I observed: ‘Get your line in and get hold of that paddle, and don’t be more than a week ‘about it, either; and if that fish makes for the boat to go under it, you shove her ahead a length, so 1 can pass the line over your head.’ The bass breached so near the boat that he flipped the spray into my part- ners face. But I was engaged for a circus just then, and he got the paddle. The bass showed his_ breeding for a few minutes, and then started for the boat, while I reeled in for dear life. But the canoe did not move, and as the tip of the rod crept down toward the butt I mentally sighed and thought the rod was gone. “About the time the two extremes met; the bass con- cluded he had enough and he came up, and I led him to — the stern of the canoe. ‘Now, Duff’ said I, ‘you slip that landing-net under him and lift him into the boat, but don’t touch the line.’ “Under went the net; but it did not envelop the fish, and he slipped out, but had not strength to break away, and I led him back, and to my horror Duff dropped the net, took hold of the line, and before I could catch my breath stuck his finger down the fish’s mouth, and throw- ing him into the bottom of the canoe, fell on him to keep hiny from jumping back into the water. - “T then and there offered a few pertinent remarks on methods of landing fish, and I fear offered up a few prayers for his soul’s ‘illfare,’ but he had the fish. “There was no means of weighing the fish, but it fur- nished a meal for the pair of us, and there was some left. I presume he weighed between 2 and 12 Ibs. I do not dare to estimate closer, for fear you would question my veracity.” “Matasiso” is one of those well-meaning fellows who start in to tell you a story and get switched off on an- other track. He began to tell of the use of unios for bait and then ran into a bass fight, but as we all do the same thing when we get excited, it’s all right. He did, however, show that he took some perch and one bass with this neglected bait. Trout Flies. A “Novice” writes: “I will fish for trout~on Long Island in April and go to the Adirondacks in June. What flies would you recomimend?” ~~ : For Long Island in April take the alder, black prince, grizzly king, Montreal, stone-fly, yellow Sally, coach- man, queen of the water, green, brown and gray hackles and red ibis. It is the fashion to scoff at the red ibis 252 FOREST AND STREAM. — fAram ¢, $869) because it is like no living thing, but the trout take it at times, and who is to say them nay? For Long Island have these flies dressed on sproat hooks, Nos. 8 to 10, With this outfit you have an assortment of colors to fall back on in case the trout do not care for your first offering, Three of each kind will be enough for a week if you take care of them and do not snap them off or hang them up in the bushes beside the stream, which ate ever htinsry for flies and take them more freely than the trout will. ' For the Adirondacks in June take sproat hooks, but larger, say 4 tc 6, and the following flies: Alder, brown hen, coachman, royal coachman, Rube Wood, cow- dung, gray drake, Montreal. professor, queen of the water, white miller, yellow Sally, oak fly, the hackles and the red ibis. When you select your flies pay for good ones, Take the ibis, for example; a white feather dyed red is as good as any in the shop; but one day’s fishing and drying in the sun and the color is gone, The natural feather does not fade with a wetting, but it will cost more. Tackle dealers must keep cheap stuff for people who want it; but if you go to a reliable house and if you do not know just what you need, tell them so and trust them to fit you out. A novice cannot tell whether a lot of flies are worth $3 a dozen or only half a dollar, because he is not a judge of workmanship nor of the value of the materials. Therefore I say to “Novice,” keep away from depart- ment stores and Bowery pawn shops when you buy fishing tackle, and go to some dealer who makes that his business, He understands his trade, and is not cater- ing to those who want split bamboo rods for $1 nor flies at 25 cents per dozen, for he knows that no man can make reliable goods at these prices. If “Novice” should hook a good trout on a cheap fly and have the thing come apart alter journeying to a trout stream, he would find that it was not always econ- omy to buy low-priced stuff; yet there is a demand for such trash, and the supply naturally comes; but, when a fellow pays carfare and hotel bills for a few days’ fish- ing, it is the wildest kind of extravagance to buy a lot of low-priced—not cheap—rubbish to bring him disap- pointment just at the supreme moment-which he has dreamed of, and for which he has expended lime and mony. My Fishing Bicycle. Editor Forest and Stream: It is not intended to intimate by this caption that my bicycle ever fishes. Toledo has one man whose pisca- torial tales are told with the especial purpose of seducing the credulous and unwary, but this narrative is not in that category. What I wish to remark, however, is that as a part of the outfit of the stream fisherman, at least in the semi-civilized portions of the country, the bicycle is certainly a most valuable auxiliary, and it seems strange that its utility in this respect is not more geén- erally recognized in the current fishing literature. Toledo has two excellent streams available for small mouth bass-fishing, the Maumee, whose nearest accessi- ble point for fishing purposes is about twelve miles above the city. and the Raisin, which empties into Lake Erie some twenty miles to the north, running approximately eastward for a distance of twenty miles above its mouth. Both these streams are reached by rail at the distances named, and both have six or eight miles of good fishing water above the villages of Maumee and Monroe re- spectively. The Raisin is also intersected by a railroad from Toledo, which crosses it at Dundee, some fifteen miles above the mouth (land measure), while there is still about thirty miles of river between the town last mentioned and the lake. Hence, it needs no diagram to show that from either of the three villages named the bicycle affords a quick and easy means of communica- tion with many a stretch of good fishing water, which in the rapids of these streams can only be worked by wading. My own experience with a fishing bicycle has been quite enjoyable during the two past seasons, partic- ularly on the Raisin. It has been quite practicable to leave Toledo any morning on an early train for either Monroe or Dundee, and on arrival at those places, by a ride of six or eight miles awheel reach water that gave vety satisfactory sport, and was far enough away from the more accessible portions of the stream to insure little or not interruption. This arrangement permitted a good day’s fishing in waters comparatively undisturbed, and a return home the same evening, a thing that would be possible without the wheel only at a considerable expense. And this brings me to say that having demonstrated, to my own sa‘isfaction at least, the desirability of the bicycle as a fishing companion, I have just completed a contract with one of the big Toledo factories for a wheel designed especially for cross-country riding, such as is usually found on the majority of the country roads which lead to fishing waters in this locality. The brief de- scription which is here appended is submitted with the thought that possibly it might afford a suggestion for some reader of the paper who is making plans for his spring and summer campaigns, My new fishing bicycle will have 30in. wheels, fitted with 134in, tires. The sprock- ets are of tet. and twenty-eight teeth, giving a gear of eighty-four, which is high enough for all practical pur- poses, The cranks measure 7in, and are equipped with swinging pedals. The frame is 24in,, and has a drop ot 3%in. The saddle is open in the center, padded with hair. covered with black calfskin. and mounted on a flat steel spring, which is capable of sustaining a weight of zoolbs. The rear wheel is covered with a permanent wooden mud guard, and the entire machine will weigh in the neighborhood of 28lbs. Its advantages will doubt- less suggest themselves. The large tires will enable the wheels to travel easily through mud and sand where a narrower tire would sink more deeply; the low frame ~ and the drop given bring the rider near the ground, so that he sits little, if anv. higher than on an ordinary o8in, wheel; the spring saddle permits of riding in comfort and with moderate exertion over roads that are rough and uneven, while the swinging pedals greatly facilitate hill climbing. I shall be quite impatient when the spring fishing begins till I have given the new fishing bicycle a thorough test. _ Jay Breese. Torepo, O.,.March 16. The charge is true, Fishing Up and Down the Potomac, Riverton. _ What magic in a name! Poor Juliet’s argument was intended only to deceive herself, for the mind is a - mutascope, and a name is the nickel in the slot that sets before us the moving pictures of memory and imagination. At a sale of the personal effects of Samuel J. Tilden, Hon. Wm, Scott, of Erie, purchased some of the wine, “among which was a rare vintage of Johannisberger that brought $36 a bottle. A friend who afterward at a juncheon helped spoil a bottle, still recalls with dreamy delight the suggestion of mnectar—that liquid sun- shine. or how long remembered? As the name Klondike stands for gold and cold, so Riverton, to the angler who has been there under favor- able conditions, stands for beauty and bass. To reach it one may go west to Harper's Ferry and take the Shenandoah Valley road, or go south to the battlefield of Manassas and take a branch that makes straight for the Bltie Ridge and climbing its steep side by the winding stair of a little mountain brook go through Manassas Gap into the Shenandoah Valley. Along this route you get glimpses of the higher peaks of the. nearby Blue Ridge, Buck’s Mountain, Rattle- snake, High Knob and others, and then from the - summit of the Gap, near Linden, descend quickly to the river. Riverton is a little country village, though a crossing of two important railroads, It is nestled in the hills, just ‘where the North and South Forks of the Shenandoah River join their waters, while the Massanutten Range, like a tired giant has made his bed between. Each river is damned a few hundred yards above the confluence; and each has its turbine driven mill. We have come to fish the North Fork, for our July holiday, and the landlord, who has been wired instructions as to boats and men, informs us he has both ready. The thermometer was at 107 when we left town, and it was 105 when we reached the hotel; a hot wave that in a few hours is gone, and as we catch the grateful evening ‘breezes down the valleys, we wonder how people will live in New York when that blast reaches them, The village night is noisy, for patriotism is exuberant as well in the woods as between walls, but fireworks are exhausted early, and quiet reigns save for some cur across the river suffering with insomnia, which re- calls that long ago, when “the watch-dog bayed beyond the yellow Tiber,” and one cannot but sleepily regret his ancestor had not died, that we might have peace. The boatmen ate waiting at the door next morning as we come out from an early breaktast, and they take our traps to the dam, where the boats are tied. We saunter along behind, enjoying the cool air, and our morning smoke, for neither is a believer in the dawn hour for fishing. Lying in the dust of the main street is a sign of civ- _-ilization—our own, the modern cestus—a pair of iron knuckles, some belligerent, bloodthirsty, cowardly and careless hand has dropped in the throng of the night before; it is rude of manufacture, evidently forged at some rural smithy, but it is a relic at least, as interesting as a cast horseshoe, and is appropriated to hang upon the wall of our den as a souvenir, as strangely owt of place in this peaceful valley as would be a stone arrow- head on the city pavement. We reach the water and find it green and cloudy; not fit for the fly or anything else, but our exclamations of disappointment and disgust are checked by the boat- men, who declare it is all right; that the pool is that way every morning from the emptied duck pond; that it will soon run down, and that we are to fish above the source of trouble anyway. As we finish our smoke, going up the long pool, where it is useless to cast, they tell us of an incubating duckery nearby, with artificial ponds, sluices, etc., and ntmerous feathers on the surface confirm their story, as does a barrel and a box of duck eggs we see later in the water—mute, but loud—that would be the better for embalming, so much are they like the offense of Hamlet’s uncle. And this water goes to Washington, But pres- ently we reach a cascade, struggle up over the rocks, and the fun begins. The water is fine and bright, and fish in plenty. We make no record-breaking catch, but the hour is perfect. A broad stream, with rocks and grass-puds and bass; quiet pools and raging little rapids and bass; little coves of backwater, dead and warm, teeming with the red-bellied sunfish, whose fatal ambition leads them to tackle a bass fly wherever they see one. Of course a No, 4 fly is too large for them, but, though many miss, it is not uncommon to get twenty-five or thirty in a day’s fishing for bass; but they always go back, unless the boatman wants a mess, And getting the sunfish, it is dificult to make them understand why they cannot as well haye the small bass, which the angler returns to the water. Thomas W. Woodward, of South Carolina, seems to have been the first to attempt to raise bass. His. efforts were dated as early as 1857, and ate graphically de- scribed in an article in the De Bow Review (Vol. XXV., p. 442). In this same article he pays an interesting tribute to the red-bellied sunfish, and evidently considered them an object of sport to amply repay the trouble of stock- ing ponds with them, He also tells of the warmouth perch; he calls it mormouth, though this may have been a printer’s error. The boatman calls attention to a bunch of basket willow, which pushes a tangled mass of roots out from the bank, and an eddy making behind it, shoots a strong current around the point that drops over the rocks in a long riffle to a pool below. A Approaching it quietly, a fly is dropped above to bait the edge of the tangle, but as it reaches the water the head and broad shoulders of a bass appears and—vanish the fly. It is a bigger fish than this rod has ever saved; its record is 54%lbs., and hope and triumph sing a pan as the big fish rushes out from cover, and head down, goes over the falls with his first rush, The boat cannot follow, but the angler thinks he can, and hastily rises for a jump. There are but goyds. of line, and be- fore we get to shallow water, the bass has reached the How much would it have brought unnamed, | becomes expensive. end, made one tantalizing leap in the ait, as if to exhibit his liberal proportions, in “the altogether,’ and broke. Hope and triumph disappear, and sorrow broods | over the silence unbroken, except by a miscellaneous assortment of language as the limp tackle comes trailing in, Of course it was the leader parted, and two lessons are i ae learned over that have been committed many times efore. First, that with small fish and still water 25yds. of line are enough for a fly-rod, but if there is a chance of a good fish, and there is rough water, less than 5oyds. will sometimes lose a fish. Second, that with small fish and quiet water nearly any leader is good enough, the finer the better, but with a big fish and broken water, the best is not too good, For perch we have been using for a trace two 3ft. leaders that cost 20 cents a dozen. They are thin, but with 3 or .4oz. of rod and not much heayier fish they serve the purpose. We haye tried making our own leaders, but there is little advantage we find. Gut can be purchased in strands at $2 or $3 per hundred, but to get rotund, selected gut that is reliable costs from $5 to $10, and as the heaviest 1s the shortest, one only gets 8 or gin. out of a length, and a Git. leader Of course good leaders can be purchased ready tied, but they cost 75 cents and up- ward, and economy prompts the use of the cheaper leader until some disaster like the loss of this fish shows how expensive is the habit of poor materials, for monster bass.are like Gratiano’s reasons, in the pro- portion of two grains of wheat in two bushels of chaff, and you seek many days till you fasten one, and you had best be ready then or chagrin and seli-reproach will be your bitter portion. _ The history of the use of silk worm gut for casting lines is not an old one, but its origin is buried in the mists. One of the earliest allusions which points to its use for this purpose is in Pepy’s Diary for March, -18, 1667: “This day Mr. Cesar told me a pretty experiment of his, of angling with a minnikin, a gut-string varnished over, which keeps it from swelling, and is beyond any hair for strength and smallness. The secret I like might- ily.” The “gut-string varnished” was probably the sill worm, and its first use as a trace for a phantom minnow. Dr. Henshall tells of some interesting experiments With one of our‘ native silk-producing moths, in which gut was secured three or four times the leneth of that from the silk worm and of good strength, but the en- terprise seems to have passed the experiment stage. The new process of making artificial silk from woodpulp or celluloid, producing a gum exactly like the natural silk seems to promise that we may yet have a casting line of any length, and any strength, of any shade and without a knot. Hasten the time. When the easy South- etn winter's here, not this one, fails to kill the season’s slime in the river, that hideous sign and result of pol- lution, at low water in the next year every stone is covered, and there streams from some, strands of waving green, yards long, like the hair of Berenice. When the leader strikes it, every knot gathers its load of dis- gustingly dirty thread, that weight the leader and spoil the cast. It makes a splash ‘on quiet water that rivals that of the Ay, and not infrequently invites the attack of some careless fish, though for the most part the effect of such a bombardment is to frighten to cover every self-respecting and wary bass. Henry Tarporr. The Illinois Seining Question. Editor Forest and Stream: Relative to proposed legislation to abolish seining in Ili- nois public waters, much of interest arises. If you bait your hook with a few sharp questions you will make a catch or two as to existing practices that you hardly expect. One thing is sure: The few large seiners are hungry as sharks for seining to continue. But any man who knows a catfish when he sees it understands that thousands of smaller fishermen’s rights are swallowed up in the privileges enjoyed and taken by a few men who happen to be more fortunate in having a little more cap- ital, The waters and fish being public property, this should not be allowed. A petition against seines and drag-nets, signed by 3,000 Peoria citizens and by 2,000 from towns in the adjoining part of the State, was recently presented to the sub-committee on fish and game; since then the large seiners have appeared before the sub-committee with a counter-petition of 300 names from Havana to Chillicothe. It is our position that these “big” seiners wish to continue the use of seines. Why shouldn’t they? The pirate lumberman would not wish to be driven by others from stripping tinvber from public lands, though the forests be ruined. One man might wish to occupy a common to the exclusion of others. It might be com- fortable to him; but the people of the State who own the public waters and the fish therein have something to say, and with their attention drawn to the matter they would the State over stand against destructive seiming in a greater ratio than 5,000 to 300 on the petitions. If you will take these big seiners, you will find that they sweep the rivers and lakes of fish to the practical exclusion of all other people f.om a ptofitable business; besides the coarse fish, they take the black bass and game fish in the summer, or by early September, and these go to markets and “‘salmon” canning factories in the East with the carp and buffalo, and at the same ‘cheap prices. They all use illegal seines, in that the meshes are 134 to 154in. square instead of at lest 2, as required by present laws. These facts are generally ac- knowledged; and if you catch a seiner by the gills, give him no time to wriggle off, but whop him on deck and make him open his mouth, you will very soon get such facts out of him, and manv others that throw a flood of light on the destruction of fish and the wrongs of those fishermen who would obey the law. . These seiners, knowing the present outrage on the laws is becoming notorious, have the brass to urge not only that their seines (now often from 1,000yds. to some- times a mile long) be not limited in length by statute, but also that any size mesh be allowed! Do they fear now that the present laws may be enforced, and that des- perate efforts only will save their monopoly? me Apri 1, 1899,], FOREST. AND STREAM. “268 i Do we reflect that selning is prohibited (except in some instahces a8 to portions of rivers forming boun- daries between States) in the adjoining States of Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Iowa? It js likewise prohibited in many other States, and a number provide for confisca- tion of illegal seines and nets when found. But in the States named, the case as to rivers and lakes and the -existerice of carp and buffalo, as well as cat, bull-pout and game fish is similar to that of Illinois. Why is sein- ing allowed here, while it is forbidden about us?_ The State makes a large appropriation evety year for the protection of fish, and yet twenty firms on the Ili- nais monopolize all the business there, Other States prohibit seining because seihing is an improyident and destructive method of taking fish, The fish in public waters are public property, There is the common right oi fishing to be enjoyed by all and not usurped by a few. Seines, as used in Illinois, are engines of destruction— of fish, of the small-fry, of the rights of the mass of fishermen, of the rights of anglers. Our seining Jaws are everywhere violated—are wnen- forced, They are incapable of practicable enforcement. Proof is difficult, The smaller fishermen, who see the wholesale depletion of our rivers by the “big” seines and their oWn opportunities swept away ale many of thetn in bondage to the large fishermen, to whom they must sell their smaller catches tinder present methods, There cannot be said to have been a legal seine tised in the whole Illinois River last season. In his report (October, 1808) the Indiana Fish Com- missioner states that in his twenty-one months of office he and his deputies secured 244 convictions for illegal fishing, seized 14,400ft. of illegal seines and turned in $2,230.96 in fines, This sum exceeded his salary (the large sum of $900) and all money devoted to the en- forcement of the laws (Rep. p. 13, 14). In Illinois, where are the convictions and what money has been collected for fines, not for a yeat, simply, but say for the last five years? We, from answers ftom fifteen cotinties along the Illinois, could not leatn of $100 in fines collected. The carp abounding in Indiana waters, ahd seines, fyke- hets, set-nets and all kinds of nets (except for minnows) and even set-lines being prohibited, he recommends that seines not exceeding rooft. in Jeneth by Sft. in width, with not less than 2in. meshes. be allowed (Rep. p. 13). Think of it—not yards, but feet! Short seines would not be open to the objections of the long seines, They could be used by the great number of fishermen, and ‘without so great destruction of small-fry. But the neces- sity for short seines does not exist in Illinois, where fyke-nets. many other nets and set-lines are legal, Such nets are not allowed in Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and lowa, where the carp abotind. Yet they forbid the seine. Also Arizona, California, Colorado, Dakota, Ohio Ver- mont. and several other States make seining and draw- ing of nets unlawiul (except in some instances as to boun- dary rivers and ceftain named riyers; as to the Great lakes and tide waters special provisions are of cotrse made). Wisconsin and Michigan have stringent laws. In 1808 the river was stripped of fish in July and Aug- st, so that from September and on séining was at an end, The thousand fishermen on the Illinois had little to take in their fyke-nets and by other legitimate means. The angler was restricted to perch and small cat. What an absurdity to appropriate $16,000 per year for propagation of fish for destritction. Our rivers swarm with the young of bass and other gaine fish, but they are destroyed before reasonable growth. — These are admittedly the facts. They say when water is high the carp come in from the Mississippi and pass above the dams again. Other States about us, having rivers like ours, tributary to the Mississippi. and fed therefrom, make wanton practices unlawful, The long seines at every draw destroy hundreds of thousands of small-fry, dragged and frightened into the grass, mud and roily waters where they die. Many fish- ermen, who have means of knowing, declare that often a million of small-fry are killed at one draw. Thousands of small fish that would escape easily through the meshes, but of unlawful size to take, are frigthened on in ad- vance of the large fish thrashing near the seine to escape and are taken or left on the shore to die. Under present methods the great catch is in the stim- mer, when the price of fish is low: throueh the fater season up to winter, when prices are hich, there are few fish—thus we have a great ecnanomic loss, During all this time the numerous smaller fishermen everywhere are out of business or eke out a bare subsistence. Without seines, all could be employed and make money with a large output of fish at fair prices. The, present vicious system is partial to a few capitalists and prejudicial to all others. The public property is seized hy a few. Our eommissioners cannot patrol the whole State: thev see the large seiners and the smaller fishermen are disre- garded necessarily. Statistics are put forth to show 8,000,000lbs. of coarse fish, carp and buffalo, taken in a season. These same sta- tistics show a small quantity of bass and game fish. The Statistics are unreliable. The statistics are exaggerated as to coarse fish and diminished as to the better class of fish. There is design in this. The effort is to show the bass and game fish as gone from our waters—that there- fore the seining should continue so that carp and buffalo may be sent to market—to the Eastern markets, includ- ing “salmon” canning factories! Large seiners have fur- nished these “statistics.” The statement for 1898 shows 43,000lbs. of black bass taken in the State, yet 30,000lbs. were taken at one haul near Henry. At an early haul just above Peoria 2.100 black bass were taken. The seining continued and thou- sands of people in the vicinity of Peoria; takine recreation and seeking a mess of fish, took with hook and line no bass last year to mention. What is the remedy? Strike at the root of the evil— abolish seining. Such a law will be of easy enforcement, for proof is easy and before the eves of all interested. If it be said that short seines will be of no use in some of the large lakes and portions of the large rivers, that is as it should be, No need that the whole territory should be stripped. Give the fish a little chance: no need to take them all. Let other fishermen do business in some BE, at least, and give people seeking recreation a show. Tt is said by a seiner that the carp, after spawning, zo back down the rivers if water be not too low so that they - cannot get over the dams; that therefore the seiners should be allowed to take them, That is it—let none es- cape! While the facts are not with the gentleman, we have only to carry the argument a step further to show its enormity. If all fish are to be taken, put nets across the mouth of the Illinois, for instance, and at other points, after the carp have gone up, and pen them in, Give fyke-nets and set-nets, etc., a chance—with smaller meshes, that bull-pouts may also be taken—and make fishing profitable for thousands instead of a hundred of our citizens. There is no destruction of the small-fry in these methods—a well recognized and understood fact. These set nets and the like can be seen and examined by anybody, and illegal nets found. Provision should he made for destruction of illegal nets and good-sized fines imposed, Let us be " business” in all this matter, Our honorable Fish Commissioners say that “in no State in the Union has nature bestowed a more bountiful supply of waterways adapted for fish than Illinois.’ (See Fish Propagation and Protection, p. 1, by N. H. Cohen.) Speaking of black bass and the successful stocking of streams in the Eastern and Middle States, the saine au- thority adds: “With our great resources there will be no difficulty in producing similar or even greater results, as our natural facilities in Illinois are far in advance of those of the Eastern and Middle States.” (P. 13). Yet the argument of the few large seiners is that the bass ate doomed, and carp and buffalo occupy the waters and (few) want to be allowed to take them. Some say improvident anglers take bass below dams in spawning season and thus cause great destruction. If so. let the law be made to stop it. But whenever a large catch 1s made by an angler the story spreads and often grows with the story-teller, It would take a greater nuwin- ber of these catches than you have ever heard of for any one season to cause a destruction equal to that of one of many a day's seining in the Illinois. Mr, Cohen again remarks; “Tf these fish (black ba3s) were left undisturbed for the period mentioned, in five years the streams would be alive with game fish.” (P. 14.3 ‘So if the present dead-letter part of our laws, attempr- ing to prohibit seining with meshes less than 2in. square, were abolished and seining (except for minnows) were absolutely prohibited, the people, the fishermen and the angler would be blest and the commercial output would soon exceed its ptesent amount and value. The maricet output is now a few htindred thousand dollars. The product should soon be several millions of dollars. As Mr. Cohen, in his pamphlet says (P, 2: “Shall thev (the Illinois watetways adapted for fish) go to waste and become barren, or shall they have protection and reach the maximum of their primitive condition?” Any communications may be sent undersigned. Joun Ketty, 713 Third St., Peoria, TIl. Kit North as an Angler. CHartestown, N. H., March 24.—Editor Forest and Stream: Your entertaining correspondent, Mr. Henry Talbott, falls into an error when he says that Christopher North (Prof. John Wilson) was not an angler. He was taken in by Wilson's “bamming” (short for bamboozling), in which all the writers for Blackwood indulged to a great extent, and in which he delighted to represent “Christopher” as a senile old man, The first angling lit- erature I ever read, when a boy, more than sixty years ago, long before I ever saw a copy of Izaak Walton, were Wilson’s papers in Blackwood, since collected as the “Recreations of Christopher North,” and the next, was Sir Humphrey Davy’s “Salmonia,”” and these tended to confirm a natural inclination, which has lasted me through life. Later, I read various other angling reminiscences, scattered through the “Noctes Ambrosianz,’ many of them given as coming from the mouth of the Ettrick Shepherd, Hogg, who Wilson delighted to simulate. If Mr. Talbott does not know it, let him read the “Memoirs of Christopher North,” by his daughter, Mrs. Gordon. It is one-of the most delightful books of biography I know of, and I will quote a few pages from it. I will not dwell on his raptures over his fish, described on page 3 of the memoir, when he was only three years old, for I have several times referred to it in my letters to Forest AND StrEAM, but will pop on to page 140; which describes his plunging bodily into Loch Awe to save a huge trout, which he had hooked on a weak line, Page 141 gives an account of his mode of fishing, as ostensibly described by the Ettrick Shepherd, in the “Noctes.” “In he used to gang, out, out, out, and even sae far out, frae the point of 2 promontory, sinking aye farther and farther doon, just to the waistband o’ his breeks, then up to the middle button of his waistcoat, then to the verra breist, then to the oxters, then to the neck, and then to the verra chin o’ him, sae that you wannered how he could fling the flee; till at last o a’ he would plump right out o’ sight, till the Highlander on Ben. Cruachan thocht him drooned. No he, indeed; sae he takes to the sooming, and strikes awa’ with ae arms; for the tither had haud of the rod; and could ye belive’t, though it’s as true as Scripture, fishing a’ the time, that no a moment o' cloudy day be lost; ettles* at an’ island a quarter 0’ a mile aff, w’ trees, and an old ruin o’ a religious house, wherein beads used to be counted, and wafers eaten, and mass muttered hundreds o’ years ago;and getting footins on the geen sward, or the yellow sand, he but gies himself a shoke, and ere the sun looks out o’ the cl’ud, has hyucket a four-pounder, whom in four minutes (for it’s a multiplying pim the cre’tur’ uses) he lands, gasping through the giant gills, and glittering wi’ a thousand spots, streaks and stars, on the shore!” This is, of course, exaggeration; but to say that the man who could write it was not an angler, is like saying that Milton was not a poet, nor Daniel Webster an orator. Let us quote Mrs. Gordon’s more sober language: “With him the angler’s silent trade was a ruling pas- sion, he did not exaggerate to the Shepherd in the ‘Noctes’ when he said that he had taken 150 trout in one day in Loch Awe, as we see by his letters that even larger numbers were taken by him.” On the next page, in a letter to his wite, he says: “What a fishing! in one pool I killed twenty-one trout, all of them about 2lbs. each, and haye just arrived in *Aims tor, time for dinner at Craig, loaded so that I could hardly walk.” To show that the passion did not fade out, I will again quote Mrs. Gordon, on page 446, of “North in 1845,” omit- ting mention of the lone pedestrian excursions in tne Highlands, of his earlier years; “How now do His feet touch the heather? Not as of old, with a bound, but with slow and unsteady step, supported on the one hand by his stick, while the other carries his rod." * * * “Tle surely will not ventite into the deeps of the water, for only one hand is free for a ‘cast,’ and those large stones, now slippery with moss, are dangerous stumbling blocks in the way. Besides, he promised his daughters he would not wade, but on the contrary walk quietly with them by the river's edge, then gliding “at its own sweet will,’ Silvery bands of pebbled shore, leading to loamy-colored pools, dark as the glow of a southern eye, how could he resist the temptation of near approach?’ “In he goes, up to the ankles, then to the knees, totter- ing every other step, but never falling. Trout after trout he catches, small ones certainly, but plenty of them. Jnto his pockets with them, all this time maneuvering in the most skillful manner, both stick and rod; until weary, he is obliged to rest on the bamnls, sitting with his feet in the water, laughing at his daughter's horror, and obstin- ately continting the sport in spite of all remonstrance. At last he gives in and retires, Wonderful to say, he did not seem to suffer from these imprudent liberties,” Does this read like a man who was no true angler, or in whom the love of the sport had died out? Not to be tediotis, I will turn to the closing scene, on page 456, of Mrs. Gordon’s “Memoir”; “Certain it is that the ‘Mearns’ came among those waking dreams, and that he gathered around him, when the spring marlings brought gay jets of sunshine into the little room where he lay, the relics of a youthful passion, which with him never grew old. It was an affecting sieht to see him busy, nay, quite absorbed with the fishing tackle scattered about his bed, propped up with pillows; his noble head, yet glorious with its flowing locks, carefully combed by attentive hands, and falling on each side of his unfaded face. How neatly he picked out each elegantly arapea fly from its little bunch, drawing it out with trembling hand along the white coverlet, and then replacing it in his pockethook, he would tell ever and anon of the streams he used to fish in of old, and of the deeds he had per- formed in his childhood and youth. These precious relies of a bygone sport, were wont to be brought out in the early spring, long before sickness confined him “to hrs room. It had been a habit of many years, but. then the “sporting jacket’ was donned soon after and angling was_ no more a delightful dream, but a reality, ‘that took him knee deep or waistband high, through river feeding toar- rents, to the glorious musi¢ of his running and ringing reel.’ Is not this a pathetic picture of an anglers death- bed? TI could not wish a better one, when my last cast is made, and my own lines wound up forever. Von W. CHICAGO AND THE WEST. Light in Indiana, Mr. Arthur M. Davis writes a very welcome letter from Cartersburg, Ind. It is very comforting to hope that this great angling State of Indiana is to haye more adequate protection, and Mr, Davis’ pride is very pardonable. He goes On to Say: _ “Enclosed you will find a short synopsis of the fish law passed by the late Legislature of this State. I have read your space in Forest AND STREAM very carefully the past few weeks, hoping to find some mention of our efforts to secure a decent law for Indiana, but as you have said nothing about it, I suppose it has not been brought to your notice. At last we have secured a law that, with proper enforcement, will probably be the means of bring- ing the numerotis small streams and rivers of the State back to their former high standing as bass waters. All former laws had practically no provision for their en- forcement, but now with a good commissioner and the means at his disposal for enforcing the laws, we may hope to see at least a few of the hoard of trammel netters, dynamiters, etc., who have been the means of depleting our bass streams, brought to book for thetr miserable ways. Let the Forrest AND STREAMERS know that old Indiana is at last awakened and will, from now on, be found in the company of other States in the protection of her game and fish. “I have read your articles in Forest an» Stream for several years, and they have been almost like personal letters to me. “T am preparing for quite an extended canoe and camping trip on White River the coming summer, and if I can pick up any items that will be of use to you, would be glad to furnish them. White River covers a part of the State one seldom sees méntioned in the sportsmen’s papers, though it abounds in numerous splendid fishing streams and some good shooting country,” One of the best features of the new Indiana Jaw is the appointment of a “Commissioner of Fish and Gaine” to hold office four years, though the office carries a salary of only $1,200 a year, with the additional smount of $1,200 for traveling and office expenses. Hete, of course, is the weak point of the law. No man can for any such sum, properly cover a fiftieth part of the State of Indiana. There are good clauses on pollution of streams, dynamit- ing, seining, etc. I regret to.see that seines are licensed from July 1 to Sept. 30, and trot line fishing is allowed with fifty hooks on a line. Spearing seems to he pro- hibited, and a limit of 24lbs. of bass is set for each day. Fishing of all sorts whatever in the months of May and June is prohibited, and I advise all Chicago anglers who intended to go to Indiana on an early angling trip to paste in their hats the memorandum that no legal fishing can be done in Indiana until July 2, not even by hook and line. E. Houen., 1200 Boyce Buriyins, Chicago, Mi, The Forest AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. 254 New Brunswick Trout. Freperieron, N. B., March 25.—Editor Forest and Stream: I have received a good many letters lately from sportsmen inquiring about trout fishing in this Province. As the Legislature is now in session, and this is one of my busy times, perhaps you will permit me to answer all of these inquiries very briefly through your columns. I cannot undertake, at this time, to enter into detail as to the almost innumerable streams in this Province where trout are numerous. They are also plentiful in nearly all the inland forest lakes. Perhaps there is no better trout fishing to be found in the world to-day than in many oi the lakes and lesser streams at the headwaters of the Tobique (both right and left-hand branches), and the Nepisiguit. The fish tun from 2 to 4 and 5lbs. Togue, or land-locked salmon are also plentiful in some of these lakes, July and August are the better months in which to come, as the mosqtito is on the grounds with his spear in June. Parties wishing guides and canoes can write to George Armstrong; Perth Centre; Adam Moore, Scotch Lake, or Alex. Ogilvie, South Tilley, and feel per- fectly certain of receiving square treatment. Edwaid Norted, Boiestown, is an excellent man to write to if one desires fine trout fishing in the Rocky Brook and Sisters Lake region. By the way, I think I can settle this question as to how matiy cubs are prodticed by the female black bear. Henry Braithwaite says that the animal only breeds once in every two years; that as a rule the litter is composed of two or three cubs, though he caught a bear last spring that had four cubs with her. He says that he has found the new-born cubs in January and also in March, showing that there is no regular mating season; also that he has seen plenty of undoubted evidence that the old bears, especially the males, frequently destroy their young. Henry knows. Frank H, RISTrEEen. Lake Ontario Salmon. Rocuester, N. Y., March 25—E£ditor Forest and Stream: In the edition of March 18 Mr. Redmond gives some interesting information in regard to the former existence of salmon in the waters of Irondequoit and Braddocks bays. In July or August of 1896, while fishing in one of the channels of Irondequoit, near the Float Bridge, [ caught a fish weighing about 2lbs., with slate-colored back and silver underneath, said to be a salmon. He took a qin. minnow, and was a strong fighter. I have not heard ot one being caught since. Harry B, MARTIN. Che Fennel. Fixtures. BENCH SHOWS. April 47.—Boston, Mass.—New England Kennel Club’s bench show. James Mortimer, Manager. Nov, 22:24—New York,—American Pet Dog Club’s show. 5. C. Hodge, Supt. Some Reasoning Dogs. “T wap a funny experience to-day,’ remarked the Colossal Liar, as he made room for his feet near the cheerful camp-fire. The Story Teller pitched an armful of wood upon the blaze, while the Major said, staring straight up into the clear sky, “Looks as though it might blow pretty soon.” “Ves sir, the most funny experience I ever had; I went over to the little pond (which, be it known, lay about a quarter of a mile behind our camip, in the woods), thinking that I might possibly get a few trout in there. I don’t like this bass fishing, anyway; it’s too dum lazy, paddling around in a boat all day, only making a cast now and then. You know where the little point juts out about two rods on the south side?” Nobody said a word. “Well, I thought I would stand out on that point, where I would have good, clear casting into the best water; if there were any trout in there, I wanted them. “T sat down at the edge of the woods, rigged my tackle, and then stepped out on the point. There is a strip of tall grass on the beach, and lookin over it 1 saw one of these ’ere long-legged cranes; he seemed to be asleep, and before I thought I swung my rod and made a lashing cast that carried the line whirling around his legs. He gave a wild screech of surprise, like a woman who has been caught bathing, and started to 4y. Then I realized what a scrape 1 was in. He took that line out faster than it ever reeled off betore, and the first thing I knew he was at the end of his rope, and T was hanging on to that rod for dear life; it sprung and bent like a blade of grass, and for one blessed instant I thought the good old friend was a goner. Then old long-legs seemed to losé heart, for he fell with a splash into the water. Say! You never saw such an exhibi- tion of ground and lofty swimming in your day and generation. He sputtered, and spluttered, and splashed around there, with sometimes his head out of water, and sometimes his heels, for a full ten minutes, and would have drowned, I guess, if I had not hauled him ashore, hand over hand. “He lay still on the sand for a second or two, and I began to consider what on earth to do with him, All at once he started off on a dead run along the beach, like a greyhound. Say! I laughed to see him go it; he put me in mind of Old Redoubtable, there, the day he ran afoul of the hornet’s nest, The old idiot had somehow got the line tangled around his legs and wings, so that he could not fly again; but the way he made three-toed tracks in the sand was a caution; and all the time he was yelling and squalling to frighten the devil. Of course, that fun could not last long; pretty soon the line caught around something solid and snapped, and away that fool bird ran faster than ever, and yelling like a scared dog; he’s going yet, J know, and he won’t stop to-night, either. Ha! ha! hal’? and the Colossal Liar threw back his head and made the woods ring with peal on peal of laughter, in which we all came in strong on the chorus. FOREST AND STREAM. “So of course you did not get any trout?” said the Story Teller. “Get any trout? Say! It was all I could do to get home; J had to stop every rod and laugh an hour over that performance, Ha! ha! ha!” Then the Inveterate Fisherman joined the circle; he - had just come in, “Say, old man,” said he to the Liar, “I took your tod to-day; my tip needs splicing; but [ knew you were off with your gun, and wouldn’t use it, Hope you don’t mind, especially as 1 brought home a few mice ones.” The Colossal Liar straightened up with a jerk; then, seeing some watlike preparations on the part of the Major, he suddenly had business away from the vicinity. “Cussed Ananias,”’ remarked the latter, wrathfully, as he threw the club which he had seized upon the fire; “making me laugh till my sides are sore over a fool lie that did not come near enotigh to the truth to impose on an idiot.” : And out on the water a loon yelled in the moonrise, , D, F, H. “fal ha! ha!” New York. Dogs in Great Britain. Now our big New York show is a thing of the past, having won the congratulations of all concerned, a glance at the report of the big show held by Mr. Crofts, at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, London, may reveal many interesting items to your readers. The show appears to have been successiul even beyond former exhibitions, the attendance very great, the low cost of admission, sixpence only, between the hours of 6 and 10 P. M., no doubt attracting the dog lovers of the humbler classes, who are numerous over the water. The gross number of entries numbered 3,435, and among the classes we notice the name of some breeds that are practically unknown among us. even by old fanciers, like myself, who left the other side in the days of our youth. _Griffons Bruxellois had 36 entries, but this dog is a stranger to me, and probably is to many“others. I shotild say it is a small dog, as one class was for “not over 5lbs.” Maltese had 17 entries, as many as the mastiffs, that grand old British dog. Airedale terriers, the breed that is just now interesting our terrier lovers, had 82 entries, and the class attracted much attention. Roseneath terriers, whatever they may be, had 16 en- fries, Whippets, 35, and one solitary Clydesdale appears. This last is beyond me, but we must live and learn, and probably in a year or so we shall have a large class of Clydesdales in New York. The more the merrier. Who knew the points of a Boston terrier a few years back? Speaking of Boston terriers, Yankee Boy’s win at New York was very pleasing to our Boston fanciers. Retrievers had 117 entries, and to judge from the sales columns in the London Stock-Keeper, the breed is very popular in England, and much used in the field. Of bull dogs, 166 entries show how much the breed 1s liked. Toy bull dogs had 60 entries, rose ears the rile. Collies, with 245 entries, were the largest class, and this breed is very popular. A good deal of discussion is going on over there of the matter of faking ears. Beagles were small in number, but the breed is highly esteemed, the sale of a pair for 100 guineas being men- tioned in the Stock-Keeper. Beagles under roin. seem to be growing in favor; indeed, all the small breeds have a boom, as they have classes for toy bull terriers. Elkhounds had 19 entries. What manufactured breed is this? WOMBAT. Boston, March, 1899. Points and Flushes, The famous Irish setter Finglas, owned by Mr. W. L. Washington, died on March 25. He was one of the if - portations from the kennels of Rev. Robert O’Callaghan. Ile had some reputation as a field trial competitor, bu his chief reputation was founded on his long list of bench show winnings made at shows of importance in al- most every city east of the Rocky Mountains. He was by Fingal IIL out of Aveline. Bachting. Tue following, from the Kansas City Star, is much on a par with some of the expert testimony brought out by the sailing of Dominion last summer; Having read to her pupils a description of the sinking of the Merrimac, the teacher some days later asked them what the word “catamaran” then used meant. These are some of the answers: A catamaran is a mounting lion. The catamaran is a savage officer in the Fillipose Islands. A catamaran carries clubs in a golf game. A catamaran is the place in Chicago where the cat show was held. -'The catamaran was a convention hall prize. The catamaran is the proper name for a catboat and war ram together, like the Catadin. Hobson obtained a catamaran from the Spanish officers, which was all he had to eat. Gasolene Enginesand Launches._IV. BY FF. K, GRATIN, (Continued from page 220, March 18,) Prrce of PROPELLER.—The pitch of a propeller wheel is the distance the wheel would travel during one revolu- tion if it were a screw working in a nut. For instance, if your wheel has a pitch to the blades of say 30in., it will travel that distance if revolved once, or if the wheel is held stationary fore and aft and revolyed once as in a boat, it will move the boat 3o0in. Of course, this is not making any allowance for slip. The slip of a propeller amounts to, roughly, 15 per cent. Now we will assume that which is very true, which is [APRIL 1, 1809, — that hardly any two boats of the same length, but of different form get the same results from the same wheel, and in a certain case the motor runs away with the wheel. What is to be done? In most places increasing the pitch of the wheel will remedy the defect; but 1f it does not, a new wheel of larger diameter will haye to be substituted. Then there are cases where, when sufficient pitch is given the wheel to get the proper speed, it slows down the motor, so that results are balanced. - In such a case begin by cutting off %in. from the ends of blades, Make a paper pattern so as to cut all alike. If then it does not work, another in. can be taken off. A good deal will have to be left to the judgment of the owner, as, of course, there are no set rules, and the cutting process cannot be done too extensively. We have seen wheels of 18in. diameter cut to 15in., and one of 36in. cut to 28in., and in both cases the speed of the boat was increased about 25 per cent. Tt is a mistaken idea to suppose that you will increase the speed by attempting to overload your motor with wheel. It should be of a diameter and pitch that the motor will handle with ease. Some wheels will slip or race, and not take hold if started at once at or near full speed; in stich cases the remedy being to start up slow and gradually bring the motor up to the desired speed. We have seen cases, especially in launches of 25ft. and under, where the wheel would continwe to race no mat- ter how much the speed was varied. ‘This is generally caused by the wheel being too close to the surface. The remedy is, after the motor is started to walk forward so as to throw the wheel out as far as possible. Then move quickly aft on to the stern, which will cause the boat to settle by the stern and the wheel will then take hold and keep itself down in solid water, unless too much weight is carried into the bow. In all cases have your wheel made of good hard bronze and be sure it is finished smooth all over, as the resistance of a roughly-finished wheel will spoil the best efforts of the designer, The next point to be considered is the number of blades you intend to use on your wheel. As commonly made, they are furnished two, three and four bladed, [For small wheels at high speeds we safely leave out of consideration the four-bladed variety, for reasons too numerous to mention here, The three and two-bladed are the varieties mostly in use. When possible the three-bladed wheel gives the best all-round satisfaction, but the two will give in most cases equally as good results, excepting that there is without doubt more vibration from its use. Mostly all reversing wheels that feather their blades are made with but two blades, owing to the third blade complicating the reversing mechanism. By all means allow the builders of your motor to use their own judgement in furnishing the wheel, as they in most cases know the wheel that will prodtice the best average results. In event of their failing you can then experiment for yourself. Toots.—If not provided with proper tools, the following will be a good collection of useiul and in fact indispensable tools. By all means buy the best and always carry them with you at all times, as there is no telling when you may need any or all of them: One 8in. Stillson pipe wrench; one 12 or idin. Stillson pipe wrench; one 10 monkey wrench; one small monkey wrench; one 6in. three-square file; one pair pliers; one sheet emery cloth; one ham- mer; one small roll asbestos paper; Ioit. copper wire. Hutts.—It is not our purpose to give minute instruc- tions for constructing a hwil, but only a few points that will enable you to pick out or order built a craft that will be constructed in the proper manner. To. begin with, your hull should have a good sound oak keel of ample size, set on edge, the stem to be of Hackma- tack natural crook, the sternpost of oak, allowing at least tin, of wood clear of each side of the shaft boss. The sternpost should be dove-tailed into the keel, and the over- hang, of oak, into the sternpost. The ribs should be of good young growth white oak, steam bent, and of good size, placed not further than I2in. apart from centers. Fastened to the keel and reaching up from 12 to 18in. on each rib should be a floor timber of natural crook wood securely fastened to the keel and the ribs. By all means have your boat planked with white cedar and as heavy as possible, as power boats have an inclina- tion to hog, or, in other words, to settle at the ends, there- fore, the fore and aft wood is the material that will have to take this strain. White, yellow and cork pine, oak and cypress, are used for planking, but for boats of soft. good cedar will always be a favorite, it is light, tough, and very elastic, and under ordinary use will last a lifetime. Furthermore, it will not dry apart and stay apart like many other woods, and is therefore especially adapted for a boat that may lay ashore part of each year. Be sure the seams of your planking are hard up in- side and open slightly on the outside. When the seam is open inside it is what is called a hollow seam, and will not hold caulking of any kind. Swch seams are caused by poor workmanship, and will always give trouble and in matry cases, especially when under water and hid- den by flooring, are a source of danger. The fastening of the planking should be copper nails, riveted. on the outside over copper burrs, but in no case nails or tacks clinched down, At the ends of the plank- ing and in all places where a copper nail cannot be riveted over a burr, the proper thing is a good galvanized boat nail. Be sure all knots have been tested, and when one 1s loose, knocked out, and a white pine plug fitted in its place. If a check appears in the planking, which is quite liable to happen, especially in cedar, it should be careftlly traced out to its limit, then bore at its end a in. hole and plug saine with white pine. This will stop any check from running further. The planking should be carefully caulked with the best quality cotton, cate being taken not to drive it through, also not to put it im too tight, as many a good boat has been ruined and made leaky by too much and too hard caulking. As regards width of planking, narrow cer- tainly looks better, and in many cases enables the builders to sectire a better finished surface, also lessening the liability to check, but on the other hand, rather diminishes than otherwise the strength of the boat, besides making more seams to look after and leaks. Personally, we pre- fer wide plankings, but when used and fastened with a copper nail on upper and lower edges, it should have in addition a galvanized boat nail between to prevent any tendency to-buckle, " 20.2 000. eee — - Apatr 4, 1809.4 The decks, coaming and joiner work are now most com- monly made of oak, finished in the natural wood. When oak is used and finished natural, great care must be taken not to allow it to get weather stained, as it is almost im- possible to reclaim it, White pine makes, without doubt, the best deck, but care must be taken not to mar or walk on it with shoes having nails, as it is easily dented, and on light work can not, of cotitse, be planed or scraped very often, Pine, both white and yellow, make very tiice wains- coting, seats, etc. Cypress is also used for mside work and finishes yery handsomely, it is, however, necessary to paint and varnish it inside and out when being put up, otherwise it is affected by dampness to stich an extent that it will shrink and swell to excess and cause trouble. It is an excellent plan to allow the sternpost to project above the deck to form a good towing post, also to have one in the bow, as a line can be made more secure, and it can be doné quicker than on a cleat, especially if the cleat is not very large. Either towing cleats or post should be as far forward of the rudder as possible in order to have the boat steer properly. When possible haye a shoe of oak from 5@ to 7gin. planed on the under side of your keel, and when same is put on, let there be two thick coats of paint put be- tween. This shoe will protect your keel from injury and prevent it from being eaten by worms. Should the shoe become worn or eaten, it is but a small matter to re- new, whereas, it is a very expensive one to put a new keel in. There should be a good stem band of brass ‘fastened with brass screws. Ruppers.—The skeg and rudder should also be of brass with a suitable stuffing box for the rudder post. Rud- ders are made in many different forms of construction, but that most in vogue consists of a post with arm at right angles, to each side of which is riveted a thin sheet of metal, the two sheets then being riveted together around the edge. The best form, we think, consists of a single plate of metal with a heel and rudder post, into which the plate is slotted. This makes a strong and easily repaired rudder, and has the adyantage that it can be patched at any place or time. The fittings or hardware even to the smallest nail should be either of brass, copper or gal- yanized iron. We incline toward brass for all deck fit- tings, as with galvanized iron, as soon as the surface 1S worn off, there remains, of course, nothing but the raw iron, which rusts and looks badly; not only that, but brass can be kept bright and adds materially to the looks. “There should be a pair of bevel chocks on the bow and a pair of either straight or bevel on the stern. Both bow and stern should be provided with a good sized cleat and a flag pole socket. Care should be taken to have the chocks and cleats of ample size and strongly fastened. : Most all launches are provided with a suitable steering wheel, which, we are sorry to say, the majority of launch owners pay more attention to and think more of than they do the propeller wheel. Be sure that the tiller of the rudder is so placed that in case of accident to the steer- ing wheel or its gearing, that the boat can be controiled by the tiller. Never go out without a good pair of oars, as there is no telling when you may meet with a break down, and when this occurs in a small launch in a heavy sea on a lee shore, it is a serious business. ~ AwcHors.—Anchors are the only insurance a small boat owner has, and it behooves every owner to have two good ones, one medium and one heavy weight, both to be pro- vided with ample cable. A spare anchor and cable can be stored under the flooring, they take up no room, and do not cost much, but may at any time be the means of saving your boat, Let me caution you against the uni- versal mistake of not giving your anchor Sufficient cable, It must be borne in mind that it is next to impossible for an anchor to hold if hove up short, especially until it has worked itself down into the bottom. If plenty of cable is paid out when the boat swings or rides up her anchor it will only turn the anchor without tripping 1t, whereas if the cable is short the anchor will trip or turn oyer. [TO BE CONTINUED, | Work at Bristol. Wri the arrival of both nickel steel and Tobin bronze plates at Bristol, five weeks ago, came apparently the end, so far as the material for the plating of the new cup defender was concerned, of what C. Oliver Iselin : into which facetiously called the “guessing contest” he and the Herreshoffs had lured the newspaper men, Eyerything pointed to bronze plating below the waterline and nickel steel above, but the progress ot work on the boat for the past week has shown that tobin bronze will be used clear to the rail. The bronze plates are being put on the boat as fast as the workmen can get them there, while the steel plates are going into the bulkheads, floors, ‘decle strapping ani deck stringers of the boat, and into her steel spars. _ Mr. Tselin has scored a point, but the correct information 1s out at last and with the launching of the boat from her locked and guarded shop still two months away. Still it is only fair to Mr. Iselin to say that he never expected the “guessing contest’ could be kept up until launching time, but was only anxious that it be made as long as possible. Whether or nox the cat is out of the bag earlier or later than he ex- pected, he alone knows, but undoubtedly he has had many a quiet laugh over the guesses. In the meantime the boat is steadily growing under the hands of skilled workmen, and at the same time is show- ing that something more than “suessing’ has been done in giving previous information about her, She is im every important respect, except that of topside plating, the boat that was detailed in The Globe four weeks ago. The construction shows a few differences in minor de- tails, but the model, general dimensions and scheme ot construction as then given have been confirmed from reliable soutces of information. The over all length of the boat was then given as abour 130 ft. This was before a single frame had been put in place, and was based on the knowledge that 77 frames. spaced 20in. on centers, would go into the boat. The construction is now so far along as to show that the boat’s structute goes about 3it. forward of frame 1, al about 2it, ait of frame 77, giving very close to rgtit. aver all, or just 7fit. longer than Defender. Her beam is just over 24ft., as then stated, or a icct more than FOREST aND STREAM. Defender’s and her draft close to 2oft., with the probabilt- ties of something less rather than over that figure. Her sail plan is still largely a matter of conjecture, im spite of confident assertions as to length of spars, et:, Tt can safely be said that no one not in her builder's coni- fidence knows her exact sail plan, or just where the advli- tians will be made to give her the greater sail area than Defendet that is assuted. The sail area will assuredly be materially larger than Defender’s, and all indications point to an extension upward rather than on the base line, Such an extension would be in line with the model of the boat, for she is evidently designed to heel well cut when sailing, as is shown by the “tumble home” of the top- sides to save dragging the lee rail and deck through the water. This “tumble home” is not in itself a very pronounced one, but is quite marked as against the straight side of Defender or the Haring side of Vigilant. With it the hoal will be more easily driven at a great-angle of heel, while at the same time she will not throw quite so high a side out to windward as with straight topsides. The yachtsmen who have been privileged to lool at her are enthusiastic in praise of her model and expected speed. In the big shed of the Boston Spar Company, on Con- dor street, East Boston, is the longest and handsomest stick of Oregon pine that it has ever been the writer's good fortune to see. Its beauty as a spar would alone make it well worth seeing, but when is added the fac: that it is to be used in the new cup defender building hy the Herreshoffs at Bristol in case her steel mast does nuit prove all that is expected, the combination is simply ir- resistible as an interesting one. Manager William E. Bailey of the company, at the re- quest of the Herreshoffs, refrains from telling visitors the length of the spar, or its other dimensions, but he makes no attempt to conceal his pride in its beauty, nor could he be blamed for such a feeling. The great length anid thickness of the spar, its wonderfully straight grain ana whiteness, and its surprising freedom from Knots, checks and sap or pitch streaks, together with the excellent joh of work dome in fashioning it from the rough stick, make it not only a subject of just pride to the company fur- nishire it, but also to every one interested in the boat for which it is intended. The spar is finished from the bottom to within about ast, of the top. Here the head has simply been roughe | out, and the finishing and fitting of the hounds, caps and other tron work will be done in the Herreshoff works at Bristol. This absence of finish at the head gives op- portunity for another “guessing contest’ as to the leng*n of the spar when finished and ready to be put in place. The extreme dimensions can be told, but not the amount that Herreshoff workmen will cut away in the finishing. The length of the spar is very close to “roughed out’’ for a 20-foot masthead there is a possibil- ity of a finished measurement of 8oft. from deck to hounds, or &{t. more than shown in the old Defender’s mast. Probably the finished spar will show something less than that, but the length*of the spar in itself confirm; the increased sail plan for the new boat over Defender that has.been indicated from her model and the increased weight of her lead keel. Between 23 and 2dins, is near enough to the diameter of the spar for any one who is not concerned in makin the fittings for it. The spar has been made with the butt end of the original stick uppermost—that is, the head of the mast has been worked out of the lower end of the tree, thus giving the greatest strength at the upper end of the spar, where there is the greatest strain, This has alse permitted the working of the cheek pieces to support the hounds out of the solid stick, so that no bolting on oa} extra pieces is required. Making the mast to stand the opposite way from the original tree also brings the few knots that show dowi close to the foot, and it is doubtiul if any of them can be seen above the deck if ever the mast is put in place. Tlie stick has been drying out in the shop since last fall, when the order for it was first placed, and it is in fine shap». It has been smoothed to within a few feet of the head ancl well rubbed with lard and yellow ochre to keep it froin checking. Tt is a noble spar, and it seems a pity that it is onlv being made to play second fiddle to a steel one. Yet its chance may come, since the steel mast is an experiment whose success the yery making of a wooden mast shows a possible doubt. The Herreshoffs have also ordered from the spar company for the new boat, two bowsprits, two top- masts, two spinaker poles and two complete sets of club topsail poles for topsails of different sizes. Topmast and bowsprits are of Oregon pine and the other spars are of spruce. All are fine-looking sticks and splendidiy worked out and finished. No booms or gaffs have been ordered, showing that full reliance is to be placed in the steel boom and gaff now building at Bristol. The use of these spars in the Defender has undoubtedly proved that they can safely be depended upon. Mr. Bailey has furnished the spars for Defender, Vigi- lant, Colonia, Navahoe and many other Herreshoff baats. He expects to ship the new boat’s spars to Bristol within ten days.—Boston Globe. The Seawanhaka™ Cup. Com. JAmes Ross, Royal St. Lawrence Y. C., has ordered a new 20-footer, of course, designed by Mr. Dug- gan, for the defense of the Seawanhaka cup. The two twenties of last year, Speculator and Strathcona, are still available for the trial races, with Glencairn IL., but there is comparatively little interest in the class this year, and probably but one new boat, as above, will be built. A syndicate of the Bridgeport Y. C., headed by Mr. T. H, Macdonald, has ordered a design for a 20-footer from B. B. Crowinshield, a centerboard boat about 32ft. over all, 8ft. beam and 17ft. 6in. l-w.l., similar to Duchess, the 21-footer. Tt is reported that the fin-keel Vanenna, of Chicago, bunt at the same time as Vencedor, will be sent to New York iY ne owner, W, R. Crawford, and raced on Loug Island ound. Neaera, schr., has been purchased by Thos. A. Mc- Intyre from the estate of the late F. W. Lockwood. ro7{t. Ass 255 The Canada Cup. ‘THe contest for the Canada cup promises the most in- teresting series of faces ever yet sailed on the Great Lakes. Prior to the final races for the cup itself, to be sailed off Toronto in August, there will be two series of trial races, one at Toronto for the selection of the de- fender, and one at Chicago for the selection of the repre- sentative of the Chicago Y. C., the challenger. Of the yachts now building for the defense of the cup the most interesting is naturally the one designed by Mr G, H, Duggan, of the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C, of Montreal designer of Glencairn I., Gleneairn IJ., Sothis, Speculator and Dominion, This yacht, now building by Harry Hodson, at Toronto, is for a syndicate of R. C. Y. C. yachtsmen, headed by Mr. Geo. P. Reid, of Toronto. She will be handled by a Corinthian crew, under the direc- tion of Mr. Wilton Morse, who will steer her. It is very natural that Canadian yachtsmen should have a good deal of faith in Mr, Duggan, and they are anxious to see him succeed in a larger type of yacht than the 20 and 15- footers. Contrary to the general opinion, Mr. Duggan’s experience prior to his successes in the 15ft. class was not in very sinall craft, but in yachts of about 25 to 28ft, racing length. In the present contest he goes up into a still larger class. It is positively stated that in deference to the wishes of the owners he has designed a centerboard craft; the question now is, how closely she resembles his famous 15 and 20-footers. It is reported that Com. Jarvis, R. C, Y. C, has ordered a design from Arthur E. Payne, of Southampton, designer of Decima, Penitent and many other noted yachts, and will build at Toronto. The Hamilton yachtsmen have three yachts under way, with the possibility of a fourth, One is for a syndicate of the Victoria Y. C., headed by Harry Kuntz, the boat being designed by W. Burnside, who has been associated with various fast 27-footers of the fin type. Another, al- ready dubbed a “freak,” though little is known about her, is building by the Johnson Bros., under the direction of J. H. Fearnside, of the Royal Hamilton ¥. C. The third is being built on speculation by James Weir. There was some talk of a new yacht at Kingston, but nothing has come of it; Com. Strange, of the Kingston Y, C,, will remodel his Norma for the trial races. Thus far the proposed contestants in the trial races of the Chicago Y. C. number four. One of these is building at Muncie, Ind., for what is known as the Whitely syndi- cate, Another, for Mr. George R. Peare, of Chicago, is building by A. G. Cuthbert, at South Chicago. Another syndicate, headed by Com. F. W. Morgan, Chicago Y. C., is also building. ‘ The Rochester Y. C. has organized a syndicate in the form of a stock company, with the following officers: Pres., Chas. Van Voorhis; Vice-Pres., T. B. Pritchard; Sec’y, J. E. Burroughs; Treas., F. E. Woodworth; Direc- tors, Jas. S. Watson, Hiram W. Sibley, Alfred G. Wright, Fernando E. Rogers, Frank E. Woodworth, Arthur T. Hagen, T. B. Pritchard, Col. J. S. Graham, Chas. Van Voorhis. The yacht is now under construction at the shops of C, C. Hanley, Quincy, Mass. She will be of the centerboard type, in which Mr, Hanley has been so successful in Meemer, Ashumet, Acushla, etc. A crew ae Rochester will take her to the lakes some time in lay. Tt is reported that the centerboard cutter Valiant, owned by Com, E. C. Berriman, and designed and built by F. W. Martin, in 18903, will be rebuilt to fit the new rule and class, her centerboard being removed and her iron keel replaced by lead, the ends extended and the sail plan remodelled. Long Island Sound Y. R. A. THE spring meeting of the Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound was held on March 24 at the Hotel Manhattan, New York, Mr. C. T, Pierce presiding. The following delegates were present: Park City, R. S. Bassett; Riverside, Edwin Binney and C. T. Pierce; Huntington, H. H. Gordon; Indian Harbor,. Lee C. Hart and F. B. Jones; Huguenot, E. Burton Hart, Jr. and Harry Ward; Hempstead Harbor, Ward Dickson: Corinthian, of Stamford, Mansfield Toms; Norwalk, Dr, C Keeler; Horseshoe Harbor, Frank E. Towle, Jr.; Douglaston, E. M. McLellan; Harlem, W. A. Towner and P. C. Sullivan; Sachem’s Head, E. C. Seward: Sea- wanhaka, Cor. Johnston de Forest and C. H. Crane: American, H. de F. Parsons, and Knickerbocker, O. ff. Chellborg and Harry Stevenson. The following schedule of dates for announced :— the season are Saturday, May 20—Huguenot special. Saturday, May 27—-New Rochelle special. Tuesday, May 30 —Harlem annual. Tuesday, May 30—Indian Harbor special. Saturday, June 3—Knickerbocker annual, Saturday, June to—Douglaston annual. Saturday, June 24—-Seawanhaka annual. Saturday, July t—New Rochelle annual. Monday, July 3—Stamford annual. Wednesday, July 5—American annual. Thursday, July 6—Indian Harbor annual. Friday, July 7—Sea Cliff annual. Saturday, July 8—Riverside annual. Monday, July 1o—Seawanhaka trials. Tuesday, July 11-—-Seawanhaka trials. Wednesday, July 12—Seawanhaka trials. Saturday, July 29—Indian Harbor annual. Saturday, August 5—Hempstead Harbor annual. Saturday, Augtust 12—Horseshoe Harbor annual. Saturday, August 19—Huguenot annual. Saturday, August 26—Huntington annual. Saturday, August 26—Doueglaston special. Saturday, September 2—Indian Harbor special. Monday, September 4—Norwalk annual. Monday, September 4—Sachem’s Head annual. Saturday, September 9o—Seawanhaka fall regretta. Saturday, September 16—American fall regatta. Messrs, F. B. Jones, C. H. Crane and Ward Dickson were appointed a committee to nominate an Executive Committee for the coming year, which they did as fol- lows, the ticket being unanimously elected : Charles YT. Pierce, Riverside; C. H. Crane, Seawanhaka, Cor. F. FR. Janes, Indian Harbor; E. M. McLellan, Douglaston: F, (Apare 1, 1899. M. Hoyt, Stamford; Stuyvesant Wainwrieht, American, and Charles P. Tower, New Rochelle. The following resolution was adopted ; Resolved, That it is the sense of this Association that the eligibility to the cruising division of any yacht of 30-foot racine measurement or under that was in exist- ence December 1, 1808, shall, in case of dispute, be passed upon by the official meastirer of the Association and aj: proved by the Executive Cimmittee, Resolved, further, That as the sense of the Association it is not the intention of the Association in creating a cruising division, to exclude therefrom any boat already in existence that is of a wholesome type and of seaworthy condition. An amendment to’ the racing rules, providing that ta Corinthian races the helmsmen must be members of ot- ganized yacht clubs. It was also decided to abandon the system of blanket entries, A special meeting will be held on April 3, of delegates from clubs giving races for the dory class. : Y. R. A of Massachusetts. The annual meeting of the Y. R. A. of Massachusetce, was held on March 16, the following officers being elected : Pres., A. H. Higginson, Manchester, Y. C.; Vice-Pres., Henry W-. Little, American Y. C.; Sect’y., A. T. Bliss, Winthrop V. C.; Treas., I. H. Wiley, Weii- fleet Y. C.; Executive Committee, Walter Burgess, Bos- ton Y. C.; C. Edwin Bockus, Dorchester Y. C.; John T. Hurléy,South Boston Y. C. The following dates _ were announced May 30—South Boston, open, off City Point. June 17—Hull-Massachusetts, open, off Nahant. June 28—Mosquito fleet, open, off City Point. July 4——City of Boston, open, off City Point. July 75—Quiney, open. July 22—Burgess, open, Marblehead. July 24 and succeeding days—Quincy challenge cup races, ' July 290—Winthrop, open. Aug. 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8—Manchester, midsummer serics of open races, off West Manchester. Aug 9, Io and 11—Corinthian, midsummer series, Mar- blehead. Aus. t2—Corinthian, open, Marblehead. Aus. 12—Wollaston, open. Aug. t4—American, open, Newburyport. Aus, 26—Duxbury. open. Sent. 4—Lynn. open, off Nahant, Dates fer onen rares will he annouticed later by the Savin Hill and Old Gelony clubs, and also by the Ply- mouth. Kiroston and Cane Cod to complete, with Dux bury, the “South shore” circuit. The Dominion—Yankee Match One of*the events of the season on fresh water will be the match between the Duggan 20-footer Dominion, of the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C,, and Yankee, the representative of the White Bear Y. C. The challenge was issued by the latter club, being specifically directed at Dominion; :t was accepted on Feb. 27, and a date about June 12 was agreed on. The challenging yacht is described as follows by the Mail and Empire, of oronto; Yankee is Owned by Messrs. L, P. Ordway, George Thompson and M. D. Munn. She will be sailed by Mr, Ordway, and her crew will be Messrs. Reid, Douglas and Ramaley, all members of the White Bear Y. C. Yankee is 35ft. over all, 7ft. Sin. beam, and Gin. draft of hull, 6ft. with centerboard down. Her midship section is scaw- shaped, giving her nearly 6ft. roin, beam at load water- line. Her keel line isa true curve. She is without reverse curves in any part of the hull. The gunwale lines are slightly curved, and the bow is a half-circle. The free- board is 13in., and the deck crowned 3in. Her displace- ment in racing, with crew, is about 1,900lbs. She is built with bent oak ribs over longitudinal ribs, each Sin, apart. These are: framed together so as to be flush when they receive the planking, The plank is 5-16in. by 8in., single, with joints in center of longitudinal ribs. The centerboard is of steel, and weighs 20olbs. Her mainsail“is long on the boom and the gaff is peaked high. Her mainsail contains about 380 sq. ft., with a jib that makes her total sail area nearly 500ft. when measured in accordance with the rules. Her sections are carefully designed so as to make her displacement curve conform with the wave line theory, when keeled to an angle, excepting that this curve was corrected so as to allow approximately for the dis- placement caused by the rise of water at bow and stern, when in motion. She gains on the waterline as rapidly as she is keeled, and when sailing free, uses apparently about 32it. of her huil. YACHTING NEWS NOTES. Gossoon, cutter, has been sold by P. T. Dodge to T. L. Arnold, of the Atlantic Y. C., and Walter A. Peck, Rhode Island Y. C. The sloop Sasqua, built in 1882 for Morris Ketchum by C. & R. Poillon, from a model by Philip Ellsworth, has long been known as one of the best of the type of purely American centerboard sloop. She has been owned since 1883 by ex-Com, Henry Andruss, of the New Rochelle Y, C., who has used her con, ‘antly for cruising about Long Island Sound, and as far east as the Vineyard, and has also raced her successfully in her day, She is agit. over all, 33it. l.w.l., 14ft. 3in, beam and 6ft. draft, a good deal for 1882. During the past winter Mr. Andruss has had her hauled out at City Island and has removed the centerboard trunk, replacing the board with a lead keel of three tons, the greater part of the old inside ballast, the draft being increased about Tit. 6in. A new mast has been stepped and the rig overhauled. The remoyal of the trunk has practically doubled the size of the cabin, giving a fine room, with wide floor and sufficient length for two berths on a side. The yacht is as strong to-day as when faunched, being timbered as heavily as a working schoon- er, with big hackmatac knees wherever space could be found for them. . Alcedo, stearn yacht, G, W- C. Drexel, arrived at Key West on March 23 from the West Indies, The Sachem’s Head Y. C. has just issued its first yeat book dated 1808-9. The club was organized in 2806, and it has now a picturesque house on the rocks at Chimney Corner, Sachem’s Head, Conn. The membership numbers eighty, and the fleet mustered twenty-four yachts last season, while some new ones will be added this year. The club burgee is a simple and easily distinguishable design in red and blue. Mr. W. E. Peck, 100 William street, New York, is the secretary, The sixth volume of the Transactions of-the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, for 1808, has just been published, containing the report of the last meeting, and the full text and illustrations of the eleven papers then read, with the discussions. The volumes thus far published make of themselves a large and very valuable library of technical papers relating to naval architecture and marine engineering. The book is edited by the secre- tary, Mr. Francis 1, Bowles. Mr. G. L. Watson has received an order for a cutter of the largest size for Mr. C. D. Rose, tormer owner of Satanite, Aurora and Dusky Queen. She will be ready for the season of 1900, and Capt. Sycamore will com- mand her, Com. Morgan presided at the meeting of the New York Y. C. on March 23. The following resolution was adopted: ‘Resolved, That the squadron rendezvous for the annual cruise on Aug. 7 next at such hour and place as the commodore shall designate in general orders.” Upon motion, the commodore was requested to appoint a committee to draft resolutions upon the death of Mr. Richard Suydam Palmer. The committee will be named at an early day. Vice-Com. Ledyard reported that the club's charter had been so amended by the Legislature that it can in the future hold property of the value of $500,000, The sum of $16,000 has been set aside for the use of the Regatta Committee during the year. Twenty- three new members were elected, as follows: George W. Scott, Seymour L, Cromwell, William H. Granberry, Lewis B, Curtis, Addison G, Hanan, Henry R. Ickel- heimer, John P. McGowan, M. D.; Edward Weston, George De Forest Barton, Charles E. Tilford, Daniel Bacon, Payne Whitney, Percy R. Payne, William Henry Patterson, R. C. Alexander, Joseph T. Tower, George A. Freeman, William S. Edey, C. K. G, Billings, Robert P. Doremus, W. J. W. O’Shaughnessy, Lloyd Warren, Joseph J. O’Donohue, Jr. Articles of association were signed last night at the Morton for the formation of the Macatawa Yachting Club. The committee on subscriptions reported that abont $1,500 had been raised for the erection of a club house. This committee consists of Charles Logie, C. W. Baxter and Charles Luce, of Grand Rapids, and Charles Skates, Judge Everetts and C, B, Conkey, of Chicago, The Chicago members of the committee have assured the club that $1,500 will be raised at that place, which will make a total of $3,000. Of this sum the club expects to erect a club house at a cost of about $2,500, thus keeping a re- serve of $500 for incidental expenses. The committee on organization, which consists of R. W. Irwin and o, W. Hompel, to this city, and Charles Skates, of Chicagu, are to be commended for the excellent work shown in organizing the club, which has over fifty members al- ready, with a prospect of about 150 more. The first formal meeting of the club will be held one week from to-night, - when the officers will be elected—Grand Rapids (Mich. ) Democrat, March 23. The Newport Y. C. announces the following eyents for the season: Tuesday, May 30, Memorial Day, club race; Monday, June 10, ladies’ cruise; Tuesday, July 4, annual regatta; Tuesday, July 18, ladies’ cruise; Thursday, Aug 17, ladies’ cruise; Monday, Sept. 4, Labor Day, club race; Thursday,- Sept. 14 ladies’ cruise. ‘Tadies’ days” wiil be given the second and fourth Thursdays in each month of the season. An open race will also be given, date to be announced later. The club numbers 112 members and forty yachts. The library committee of the New York Y. C., Messrs. Fordham Morris, Arthur H. Clark and Theodore C. Zere- ga, is doing good work in building up a complete and permanent yachting library that will in time be a credit to New York city, as well as to the club. The report of the committee, just issued, shows many valuable addi- tions to the already extensive collection. Canacing. A Few Stray Leaves from the Log of the Frankie. BYgTHE ‘‘ COMMODORE.” Vil. We found a beautiful place for a camp across the river from the village in the shape of a long, smooth, level shelf of hard sand, a few feet above the water, beautifully shaded with a fine growth of young wil- lows; and, although it was but 2 o'clock, we went into camp here for several days, to rest and refit and overhaul our outfit, which had been well tested by our three days’ cruise. ; : My recollections of the three dreamy, lazy days, which drifted slowly by us as we lay here, are very pleasant ones. The long, narrow strip of sand, the rough plank fence parallel to the river, with the tented canoes strung along it in a long row; the river rippling and sparkling in front, gleaming in the sunlight through the soit, feathery plumes of the willows, with the deep, hoarse roar of the rapids above droning musically in our ears day and night; the Mac moored at the door of the big shore tent, occupied by Prof. Murray and the boys, doing duty as a tender, and pretty generally employed in taking some of the members of the party over the river or back again for water from the spring in the bank directly across from us, for little fishing jaunts, for trips over to the old tumbledown village (Porte Crayon, in a paper on Weyer’s Cave, published in Harper’s Magazine some years before the war, de- scribes Port Republic as a dilapidated little village, and it has not improved to any appreciable extent since that time), for stipplies or for pleasure, The bridge was close at hand, but the skiff was so much handier, and then it was so much fun for the boys to paddle it back and forth! The heavy rain of Wednesday evening, which came upon us suddenly as we were finishing our suppers and drove us off to the shelter of our tents for the night as early as half past seven and lulled me to sleep with its soft, murmuring patter on the roof of my snug, tight little tent; the- two heavy rains of the next day—Thursday—which we sat out under the trees clad in our oilskins or rubber suits, perfectly dry and comfortable; the canoe tents down, the hatches battened tightly, as the little boats lay: there as impervious to the rain which splashed from their decks and collected in pellucid little pools in the hollows of the waterproof canvas aprons as so many logs of wood; the rapidly rising river after the tains, and the tramp around through the wet weeds and grass on the top of the hill behind otir camp, in com- pany with Prof. Murray and the Doctor, in search of a higher and safer site for the tents in our uneasiness lest the river should continue to rise and flood our camp (which was but 3 or 4it. above the water) in the night, and our hard work relaying the floor in the capacious old ferry boat, which lay moored a short distance below our camp, after hitting upon the happy expedient of pitching the tents, canoes and all in it, until we dis- covered that the river was falling as rapidly as it had risen, when, having by this time worked some of our _ uneasiness off, we wisely decided to remain where we were and take our chances. The bright, sunny, balmy day that followed this day of storms, during which we all took occasion to apply a fresh coat of oil to our tents and I paid a visit to my friends, the Scotts, living close by, who had enter- tained me kindly and hospitably while cruising in these waters a couple of years before; Gibbs’ fall into the river while attempting to launch the Kathleen to come over and set me across the river, that coquettish crait gently but promptly slipping out from under him as he stepped carelessly in and landing him on his back in the drink, on which occasion he favored the company with a few choice quotations from the Koran as he scrambled dripping up the bank, Perhaps the pleasantest of all is the recollection of our last night in camp here. Gibbs and I were over in town on some errand or other after a bountiful supper oi bass, catfish, eels and bacan; and as we crossed the long, lofty bridge on our way back to camp, the moon- light effects on the water, with the camp-fire burning brightly on the bank and the lanterns glimmering among the trees, reflected back again from the mirror- like surface of the water, were most exquisitely beautiful, and we lingered a long time on the bridge to admire and enjoy the scene; the soft, balmy breeze from the wooded slopes of the adjacent mountains caressing our faces, and breaking the long silyery sheen of the moon in the river below into a million diamond points. A young man and a couple of young Jadies from the village were leaning over the railing near us, enjoying the beauty of the scene, and they evinced great interest in the camp and the eruise, We invited them to go over with us and visit the camp, but they did not like to undertake the difficult climb down the hill across the bridge, and’ so declined. In response to a prolonged blast from my hunting whistle, one of the lanterns came glimmering through the trees, with its reflection dancing along on the water, climbed up the bluff, was lost to sight, and presently reappeared at the further end of the bridge and soon joined us, in company with the Doctor, who, after we had exchanged good-nights with our companions of the moment on the bridge, lighted us down the rough, narrow path under the bridge, down the face of the steep bluff and back to our camp, where we gathered companionably around a rousing big camp-fire, smoking and talking until a late hour before we turned in for the night. VIIL. A bright sunny Sabbath in the country! Around us nature’s grand cathedral of smiling fields, lealy woods, sparkling river and majestic, cloud-capped mountain peaks, overarched by the blue dome of the heavens! The lowing of the cattle in the fields, the voices of the birds and the myriad insects and invisible, sound-pro- ducing things that go to make up the life of the forest for the choir; and the murmuring treble of the breeze through the leafy tree tops, the rippling wash of the river in front of us, and the deep-toned, heavy, domin- ating bass of the rapids just above us, whose white, foam-crested waves leaped and sparkled in the sun, for the organ! Who but would be impressed with such surroundings, and feel his mind and soul elevated and refreshed, as he bathed in the free, pure mountain air and the bright, invigorating sunlight that flooded and sparkled everywhere? We unconsciously reveled in it all day as we rested quietly and pleasantly in camp. Our wet blankets, cloth- ing and other belongings were spread out over the fences, bushes, trees and the generally adjacent country to dry and air, until it looked as if twice as many boats would never contain them all again. Letters were writ- ten to loved ones at home; plans were discussed and speculations indulged in as to the unknown river before us, its dimpled, smiling waters inviting us on. Those of us who were equal to the task brought forth shaving materials and removed the week’s growth from our bronzed and sunburned faces, much to our relief and satisfaction. We were visited by Mr. Coffman and his pleasant family, among them two charmingly handsome daughters, who instantly made a profound impression on our young men, though owing to the general dis- reputable appearance of the party, I have grave doubts as to whether the impression was at all mutual or not, who showed us many attentions and supplied us with everything needful. 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Owing to a tin root covering the house; the Hames made slow progress, but the rooms on the third floor were entirely gutted and considerable loss incurred before the fire de- partment succeeded in extinguishing the flames. The in- dividuals occupying the rooms on the third floor carried insurance, which will cover their loss. The damage to the property will amount to nearly $1,000, which is also covered by insurance, The trap-shooting match between the gun club of the Red Dragons and the Philadelphia Y. C. was carried out as Originally arranged on March 25. _ Com. Murray is working hard to place the Red Dragons im a more prosperous condition, and the repairs to the imterior of the club house, when completed, will make it an ideal home for a canoe club. The recent fire will not affect this, as little damage was suffered by the lower portion of the building. The series of talks to the club members upon “Accidents and Emergencies,” by the fleet surgeon, Dr. F. O. Gross, ended on Wednesday evening, March 22. These talks were of unusual interest and value, and were remarkably well attended. After the last talk. Com. Murray, in be- half of the members, presented Dr. Gross with a hand- some gift in appreciation of his generous services. The boating season is now drawing near, and soon the euns and traps will be laid aside and the canoes, half raters and launches placed in commission. The pros- pects for a prosperous summer season is very encourag- ing, and unustial interest is already being shown. W. K. Rifle Range and Gallery. Conlin’s Tournament. Coniin’s Jubilee Tournament, at the old stand, Broadway and Thirty-fArst street, New York, was concluded on March 25, with the following winners. Rest rifle match: First, J. W. Christian- sen; second, J. T. B. Thomas. MRapidity and accuracy match: First, Geo. Herrmann; second, Peter Denise; third, F. E. Haynes. Pistol match: First, F, T. B. Collins; second, T. H. Keller; third, W. J. Clark. ef The outdoor shooting of the Zettler Rifle Club, at the 200yds. range, will begin in April. At the weekly shoot on March 22, at the indoor range. off-hand shooting, 50 shots each man, ring target, 7bft., possible 1,250 points, the scores were: L. P. Hanson 1,224, Fred C. Ross and Michael J. Dorrler 1,212 each, W. A. Hicks 1,202, Charles G. Zettler, Jr., 1,199, C. G. Zettler,, Sr., 1,189, Henry Holges 1,188, Renhold Busse 1,181, Jacob Schmitt 1,174, S. W. Benton 1,171, S. O. Buzzini 1,164, Barney Zettler 1,156, T, H. Keller 1,142, Henry Muenz 1,126, Thomas P. McKenna 1,106. The Smith & Wesson gallery in the north side of the main floor at the recent Sportsmen’s show was the center of attraction to lovers of displays of skill with revolver and pistol. The gallery was neatly fitted up, and in a casé was a fine exhibit of the famous products of the Messrs. Smith & Wesson. Mr. Axtell, the expert, was in charge, giving exhibitions, Mr. C. Smith participating, and bullseyes and centers were So common that missing the bullseye seemed to be the real marvel. Grap-Shaating. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. A new arrival in town last Monday was Jim Elbott’s “little brother”? Dave from Kansas City, who is the advance guard of a strong delegation of Grand American Handicap candidates from that sporting city, Mr. Elliott, who, by the way, 1s now practicing on live birds, along with J. A. R. down at Easton, Md., mentions the following as having their eyes on first money and the cup in the G, A. H., all hailing from Kansas City, Mo.: Messrs.) Chris. Gottlieb, Ed Hickman, George Cockrell, J. E. Riley and E. Bram- hall, Eastern shooters will extend a warm welcome to this bunch, none of whom haye ever taken part in any Grand American Handicap. Paul North, of Cleveland, O,, and of magautrap fame, is one of the entries in the Grand American Handicap. In making his entry, Mr. North wrote to the secretary of the Interstate Associa- tion in the following strain: “It is rather hard that so many men who have been trying for several years to win the Grand Ameri- ean Handicap and who have failed, but who will try again this year, should be disappointed. The writer, who has never shot in jt before, will win it this year. Such things will occur.” It is hoped that this statement of Mr. North’s will not keep many away- Second money is well worth winning. The exposure to the weather during the two weeks’ tournament on Madison Square Garden roof was too much for Elmer Shaner and for “Brother Bill’? McCrickert, the well-known squad hustler of many Grand American Handicaps. Mr. Shaner has been quite ill, but is now well on the road to recovery; “Brother Bill was kept in bed several days with an attack of sciatic rheumatism; he, too, is understood to be convalescent, and to haye retained his full lung power unimpaired. - Jack Fanning writes from the Coast in good spirits, although at the same time lamenting that he has not been shooting quite as well as he usually does. Too much Serer une and hand- shaking must have had its effect on Tom Sharkey’s nerves, for he does not often lose a live bird. He will be on hand at the Grand American Handicap, and will try to overcome that hoodoo of “all but one, and that dead out!” Under date of March 27, Mr. H. A. Penrose, Baltimore, Md., writes us: “1 see in ‘Fixtures’ that you have only claimed from the 18th to 22d for our tournament. Please be kind enough to change same, claiming the entire week, as we have had inquiries from so many livye-bird shots who are going to attend that we have decided to have live-bird shooting Monday and Saturday, which will be April 17 and 22; the other four days will be devoted to target shooting.” Louis Harrison, of Minneapolis, wants to know where he is at. Our Western cotemporary in its recent issue stated that he was in Chicago last Week, Saturday, visiting old friends. As a matter of fact, Mr. Harrison has not been out of Brooklyn, N. Y., having been confined to the house with a bad cold for the past few weeks. Ele has now recovered, and will be seen at the traps this week. ; x The Hunters Arms Co., Fulton, N. gun of special elegance for Miss Annie Oakley, and to her order. Tt has a fine pair of chain Damascus barrels. On the right lock a portrait of the owner in stage costume is engraved, and on the left her portrait, familiar to all shooters. Inlaid in gold on the guard is Miss Oakley’s name in full. John Wright, of the Brooklyn, N. Y¥., Gun Club, says that his club’s shoot last week was so successiul, that he will get up an- other, and run it shortly after the Grand American has come and gone. He states that he will again choose the Lyndhurst Shoot- ing Association grounds as the scene of the shoot. tS. M. Du Val, secretary-treasurer of the Milwaukee Gun cA, under date of March 27, writes us as follows: “The Mil- waukee Gun Club will hold a grand tournament during part of the Milwaukee carnival week; date of tournament, July 1 and 2. W ret that Mr. Louis Erhardt, of Atchison, Kas., well meaner aaa highly esteemed by all, is ‘seriously ill. We hope to jearn of his speedy recovery. Y., haye manufactured a 250 entries, POREST AND STREAM. Pomrron Laxkus, N. J,, Feb. 20,—This table is intended for clubs where the average percentage of each member is known Or can he accurately approximated. In order to explain the table, lei me give vou an example, Suppose two then aré shooting at any number of targets, say, for instance, 25. Now, let one man’s average be 80 per cent. and the other one’s fi) per cent. Of course the man with 80 per cent. fo his credit is the better shot, and should allow the other one ad certain number of extra targets. Now, take the table and run dlong the top line of figures till you get to 80, and then drop down this column till you get to the line that commences (on the extreme Jeff) with 60. This will give you the figure 33.2. Phis figure represents the percentage of extra targets that the 80 per cent, man should allow the 60 per cent. man to shoot at- lf they are shooting at 25 targets the 80 per cent. man should secre 20 of them. ‘Lhe 60 per cent, man has 25 targets, plus a0 52 656 6BT O60 62 65 67 0 4.0 10,0 14.0 20,0 24,0 30,0 4.0 0 5.7 9.6 15:4 19.2 25,0 28.8 <7 3.6 G1 12:7 di 21-8 ‘ = 0 62) 87 1450) 17d ¢ Tie Bee 8.8 11,6 ‘ of 0 4.8 8.0 * A: 0 5.0 . cn 0 [Aprin 1, 1896. an extra allowance of 83,2 per cent, of 25, or a total of 38.3 targets. Now, if he shoots his average gait he will score 60 per cent, of this number, or 19.98, practically 20, thus tieing the score af the 4% per cent, man. - On the samé principle, a 90 per cent. man would allow an 80 per cent. man 12:5 per cent. more targets to shoot at, and sa on. You will notice that this table is intended to put the good and the poor (no insinuations intended) shooters on a footing such that if each man shoots his average gait the number of targets scored by each man will be the same. Of course if a man shoots more or less than his average, he will win or lose, as the case may be. IT am aware that this matter is by no Means new, and possibly some one has devised a System long before this; but this table seems so simple (and js theoretically correct) I offer it for criticism, : 828s i (2a Oe oe iy HL RR : 40.0 44.0 50.0 54.0 60.0 64.0 70.0 74.0 80.0 84.0 uo ac) 34.6 88.4 44.2 48.0 53.8 57.7 63.4 67.3 73.0 76.8 82:7 86.5 27-2 30.9 36:3 40.0 45.4 49.0 54.5 58.1 63.6 67.2 72.7 76.3 22.8 26:3 31.6 35.1 4053 45.6 49.1 52.6 57.9 61.4 66.6 70.1 16.6 20:0 24.9 28.3 33.2 26.6 41.6 45.0 49.9 58.38 58.3 61.6 12.9 16.1 20-9 24:2 29:0 32.2 287.0 40.3 45.1 48.4 53.2 56.4 1.7 10:7 15.3 18.4 23.0 26.1 30-7 33:8 88.4 41.5 46. 43,8 4.4 7-4 11.9 14.9 19.4 22.4 26.8 29:8 34.3 3713 41,8 44,8 i 0 2:8 7.1 10.0 14:2 17.1 21.4 24.9 28\5 31. 35.7 38.5 eis eal) 4.1 6.9 11.1 13.8 17-0 20.8 25.0 27.7 31.9 34.7 +4 0 2.6 6.6 9.3 12.3 16.0 19.9 22.6 26.6 29.3 oe oe 3.9 6.5 10.4 12.9 16.8 19.4 23.3 295.9 reat sooo til 25 6:2 8.7 1295 15:0 18:7 21.2 Sores 0) 3.6 6.0 8.7 12.2 15.8 18.3 : <, 0 2.3 5.8 8.2 11.6 14.7 Secwmcr | Eh pe Tey See ale; Ae 0 Tee soem stalk gone Ui) 3.4 Deb chit, thse 2G} 2.1 0 E, A. Watsther Evyerirr. Under date of March 20, in a personal letter, Mr. Herbert Taylor, one of the Association directors, writes as follows: “‘The amateurs, I hope, will turn out in such numbers at this tourna- ment, and be so well satished with our programme that other tournaments will adopt a similar plan. The twenty acres ,of the Du Pont Park is slightly rolling; it has a creek running through it. We have straightened this creek and will use the old bed of the stream for our target pits. This will do away with the necessity of a blind, Each trap will be placed on top of a 6in.x6in, post, set solid in the ground, with shelves behind for the targets. The ground on both sides of the creek is level, with a perfectly clear sky for background. Two sets of traps will shoot to the Northwest; the third will point a little to the Southwest and will be difficult shooting late in the afternoon, on account of the sun, but we do not hope for such a large attendance that will compel the operation of three sets of traps all day long. The only noyelty to the average shooter will be the absence of a screen; this may throw him off for a time on account of the target being visible from the moment it leaves the trap.” From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat we take the following: ‘Considerable interest is already developing in the trap-shooting {tournament of the Missouri State Game and Fish Protective Association, scheduled to be held in this_city in May. It is the first pretentious tournament projected in St. Louis in many years, and the success of the city in securing the tournament was largely induced by the splendid scores of- the St. Louis marksmen, who won the principal team traphy and broke the world’s record at Kansas City last spring. To make this. interest as widespread as possible, quite a number of St. Loursans will attend and take part in the Great American Handicap tournament, to begin at Blkwood Park, Lakewood, N, J., next month, Among those are lr. Smith, who has shown a high standard of work during the past year; Sumter, Bert Taylor and probably Billy Nold. Frank Stockton, of Hannibal, who shoots a lot here, will also accompany the party, which will join hands with the Chicago shooters and go East in a special car.” Live-bird shooting is lively in every section, the forthcoming struggle at Ellwood Park stimulating the gladiators to_get into their best form. At Watson's Park, Burnside Crossing, Ill., John Watson is flying birds quite regularly, those of his famous brand, with his trade mark blown in every bird. They are not easy to kill. On March 28, in a very strong wind, Fred Gilbert killed 28 out of 30; Mr. Feigenspan killed 45 out of 50. Gilbert on March 24 killed 22 out of 26, On March 22, C. B. Dicks and Jim Stuart, in a B60-bird match, killed 41 and 46 respectively. The wind was straight out, and the ground was coyered with snow, and it snowed through a part of the race. The birds were mostly right and left-quarterers, and very hard to See. Two team races were shot on March 21, between S. Palmer and E. S, Rice on one side, and J. Stewart and Fred Gilbert on the other. Pirst race, Palmer 24, Rice 18; total 42. Stewart 20, Gilbert 28; total 48. Second race, Palmer 22, Rice 19: total 41. Gilbert 24, Stewart 25; total 49. Tom Morfey provided some excellent birds for the guests of the Brooklyn Gun Club to shoot at last Thursday, March 23. It is a pity that the wretched weather of the preyious day and of the early putt of the 23d stopped so many shooters from geing to the Lyndhurst, N. J., Shooting Association’s grounds. Had they braved the weather, they would have seen as good a lot of birds as were ever trapped, and haye enjoyed the fine afternoon. As it was, there were about a score of shooters present, and only one, Capt. A, W. Money, was able to kill 15 straight in the main event. Oscar Hesse, of Red Bank, N. J., defeated Harold B. Money in the match for the New Jersey target, championship, and took the E. cup home with him to his residence by the sea, Mr. Hesse represents the Walsrode powder interests in this country, and was naturally more than pleased at the result of the miten. He is not to have undisputed possession of the title and the cup for long, for immediately after the match, he re- ceived = challenge from Capt. Money, and equally promptly ac cepted it, picmising to name date and place in a few days. Admiral A. G. Courtney was a yisitor at the Brooklyn Gun Club’s shoot last Thursday, March 23. He was accompanied by U. M. C. Thomas, Rolla Heikes and John J. Hallowell, so the Remington-U. aggregation was well and strongly repre: sented. After the shoot the Admiral sailed for Syracuse; Rolla Heikes and Hallowell left for Philadelphia, and U. M. C. took the train for his bailiwick on the north shore of Long Island Sound. ; W. Cashau and R. L. Packard, both of this city, are matched to shoot quite a sporting race, The former stands at 80yds.; the latter at 28. The event is to come off on Thursday of this week, March 30, and is at 50 live birds per man, for a stake of $500 a side. This sounds tall, but a forfeit of $100 is already in the hands of a stakeholder. The match will be shot at Morfey’s, Lyndhurst, N. J., and nothing but the very best birds will be trapped for the occasion: Fentries for the Grand American Handicap—that is, regular eftries—close on April 4, Tuesday of next week. ‘Secretary Edward Banks informs us that the entry list is swelling very rapidly, and that the number of new men to the Grand American Handicap is something astonishing. He confidently looks for and perhaps more. The man who wins out in such a crowd may well be proud of the handsome cup he will have thoroughly earned. On April 5, at Singac, N. J., commencing at 12 M., ; be a 2 live-bird handicap, 24 to 32yds.. $10 entrance, birds extra. Mr, Arthur Bunn, Singac, N, J., is manager. All entries must be sent to him, each one with 4b. Sweeps will follow the main event. Trains leave Chambers street at 10:30 and 12 o’clock for Little Falls. Electric cars from Erie Depot at Paterson to Singac. Stages meet all cars. At Frenchtown, N. J., March 22, John Rehrig, of Leighton, Pa., defeated George Cubberly, of Wardville, Pa., in a match at 50 birds per man, $100 a side, cost of birds to be paid by the loser. The scores were low, 39 to 34. Cubberly defeated Rehrig in a match at 25 birds, March 9. Same day and place George Page, of Trenton, N. J., tied with J. Warford, of Frenchtown, in a 10-bird match, each killing 6. In our columns elsewhere is a diagram of a target and live bird grounds, designed to give the most economical results in the space usually devoted to one or the other of the specialities of trap shooting; that is, live birds or targets, The diagram has the necessary explanatory matter printed upon it. The whole is designed by the famous trap shet Mr, E. D. Fulford, of- Utica, Mf de j : there will Rolla Heikes is shooting live birds well, and says that nothing less than ‘25 straight’ will satisiy in the G. A. H. He is liable to do it too. He got there last year, and he means to ‘he the exception to the rule, showing that lightning does some time strike in the same place. 7 2 or first of June, A pleasant companion and a gentlemanly shooter, who has been shooting in various matches around New York during a number of weeks under the shooting name of Dr. Douglas, left for his home in Wyoming last week, much to the regret of the many friends who learned to esteem him in his too short stay May he join us again soon. - It is understood in shooting circles that Neaf Apgar will shortly shoot Du Pont powder and do his best to serve ae na ee of the manufacturers of that powder at all the shoots in and around New York for thé next twelve months, It will be quite familiar to see the southpaw Jerseyman facing the traps once more. On March 31 Mr. Geo, B, Bliss, Stamford, Conn., mforms us that there will be an all-day shoot, the magattrap recently used at the Sportsmen’s Exposition tournament serying to throw thé targets. The shoot is open to all. The main event is a ten- men team race, with the White Plains Club. Messrs. Haryey MeMurchy and S. A. Tucker participated in a live-bird shoot of the Olympic Gun Club, San Prancisco, not long since, McMurehy killed 24 straight, 12 in the olub event and § in each of two other events, Tucker killed 10 in the elub eyent, losing one dead out. \ new gun club, the Kingsbridge Gun Club, has been formed at Kingsbridge, N- It purposes to hold a live-bird amd target Shoot on the second Saturday of each month. Mr. B H. Norton, of the Hazard Powder Co. is one of the chief promoters of the organization. _ Rolla Heikes and Jim Elliott are still circulating somewhere in the vicinity of New York, but there is very little, if any, talk of a match at either liye birds or targets between these two good shots. Something of the kind would liven up matters con- siderably. Harold B. Money and W. Cannon, the one-armed shooter, of Newark, N. J., are matched to shoot a race at 100 live birds per man, for a consideration, but no date has as yet been set for the match. ‘ On April 6, Smith Brothers” grounds, Foundry and Ferry streets, Newark, there will be an open shoot at 20 or 24 live birds, com- mencing at 11 o'clock, A wagon will meet the car. Antomatic raps, On Thursday of this week the Riverside Gun Club will hold a handicap shoot at 24 live birds, $10 entrance, at Riverside Hotel, Carlstadt, N. J., commencing at 12 o’cloek, iu The return match between the Oceanic Gun Club and the Hudson Gun Club has been postponed to April 17. BERNARD WATERS. Pawling Rod and Gun Club, Dover Prains, N, Y., March 26.—Herewith are some com- plete scores of our tournament. We shot through the programme ~ twice and ended with some miss-and-outs at $1 apiece, at which nobody got hurt. Elliott and Tallman shot at 9 in 10-bird évents; 13 in 15-bird events, and 17 in 20-bird events, after the four rounds of extra eyents. J wish to claim the date of July 4 for an all-day shoot at targets. Liberal programme; also I am foing to try and arrange to run a two-day affair Oct, 6 and 7; first day at targets and second day at live birds, We will hold this on the Pawling Fair grounds, which has large club house and perfectly fitted for a big affair. All income and surplus of our shoots go toward stocking streams with trout and the fields with birds, and this should appeal to all true sportsmen to help along the good work. I claim date thus early so that other clubs will not conflict with us. No. 11 was at 10 pairs. No. 12 was the merchandise handicap: Targets: 0 15 20 1015 1015 2010151020 # Av, Events: Teas ie GP cel laity ee if “UENiibameaar oe! Ae 101218 915 91417 9 1417 18 880, Up b achaa rs eee 812715 8 § 51074 & 12 11 19 -700 Ba io steteee tents noeas teeters Tili+t $12 913173 618 11 16 7120 FON ison tin eesaaiens ens 5igd4 2412 811175 9 10 13 20 720 (Ge Tejiebeleliohdall + enausteseonpe & (ib 810 fF 4203) 7 10 15. 15 680 (Ces heitla-prs yee erempesar ot cde we LZ aol, WA pO mes 250 Geo. Hblnies 210.5505 Tie pe ee Mata pale £ . 650 BY Rn yee come ee eee ice trt ei Gb CS ewe wo eitre. 2 . 360 veda Eatotti. oie ert tt merier teenies ert eet 139) -8 th. 2 900 Extra events; Nos. 13-17 were $1 miss-and-outs: Events: 12345 6 7 8 910 1 1213 14 Ib 1617 Targets: 1015 20 10 2S 20 10 ds 20 10h 0 7. ee os Leia tia rye ees 511 81015 61315 €1015 5 3 41 2 J G Dutcher...,,.,- Sigit wd 8 Sib aod 14 8 2 8 9 1 Pig elSorie. see S11 17 TW SI217 Sis15 4 2 | C Blandford_.....-.,- Si0 iz T1214 s$i214 912 Ap EE Mhicont ey RE S15 1810 Tei Taya 8 d2 tb 6 cn Wa iD Wotsiasiree es See tee SAL el dey re ee ihe ae Talil Fy SR SIchLOTION: kintene ch 51115 61010.. oe alti Geo Holmes EASISIR ES Are Hoh GA ek geen ode ab ea nn Sen See bude IEP anes. 334945 ERS t 4 ge oe bial ih DOeR eee ahs Spee PVENBaberns.c. > 1s Ae: 8 3 7 aUnht shh Bo oooac : H. NEtson. Auburn Gon Club, Ausurn, Me.—At the annual meeting of the Auburn Gun Club, March 25, the following officers were elected: President, O. L. Barker; Vice-President, H. A. Fletcher; Treasurer, C. K. Conner, Secretary, L. A, Barker. Executive Committee; O. L. Barker, H, A. Fletcher, C. BE. Conner, L. A. Barker, A. C. Wills. Handi- cap Committee: L. A, Barker, H. A, Fletcher, F. E. Wrancis. The club had a very successful season for “98, having an inerease of 26 new members and a good balance in the treasury. fine gold badge will be secured and shot for during the season of 799 under a handicap system, 25 targets with an allowance of from 1 to § targets. We sent two teams of five men each to the State fournament at Waterville, Aug. 30 and 31 and landed the State championship by a score of 219 out of 250, thus bringing the State shoot to Auburn for *99, , ’ : We are negotiating for new grounds within three minutes’ walk of the electric cars, and if they are secured, will build a fine two-story club house on them. The badge shoots will be held every Saturday afternoon. our fine Parker trap guns arrived last week, and there was much rejoicing among certain members of the club. . , On Saturday afternoon six of the boys went ont to the grounds to trp the new guns. After some difficulty the trap house was™ located in a snow drift 8 or 10ft. deep, and it was a case of fig. before any shooting could be indulged in, As the boys overexerte themselyes, the scores were not very large, but the new pins are all right, and will be heard from later: " Le Our second annual tournament will be held the last of May - — LL, A, BARKER; Sec’y. _ x FULFORD*S PLAN : OF CONCENTRATION FOR TARGET. AND LIVE BIRD SHOOTING. OR CLUB AND TAKE THE PLACE OF FIVE MEN, SMALLEST POSSIBLE. ae SCORE BEFORE MOVING. STANDS ON SEMICIRCLE. ON DEAD LIN CAN BEUSED WITH STANDARD TRAPS ELECTRIC OR WIRE PULL. Boston Gun Club, Wetuirneton, Mass., March 24.—The second last date of spring series was unfavorable in the extreme for trap-shooting, and wit so many of their selected dates murdered by the weather clerk, the Boston Gun Club have come to the conclusion that they have a right to complain. The second half of series have al- ternated between wind, hail, rain and snow, and the promise or improvement ever good sceres of first half has not been ‘ful- ed. To-day was so very rainy that it would have occasioned, no surprise had not a shooter attended, yet eight came out by the first train and shot until 5 o’clock, with but one recess for the trappers to dry out. Such devotion to the cause was worthy ‘of better success as regards scores, but the targets were hard to find, and not a straight appeared on, the score sheets of afternoon. A 2iyds, and two 17yds. shooters divided honors in the individual match; in the team event Leroy and Dennison had a walkover. Scores: 123 5 67 8 91011 12 1010 61010 5 610 10 12 10 10 8634645746 2 8 842235128 8 5 6 7 Gikieae ss i SSF 8 Tes.) 672775 3968836 64154125 8.... 6 7185345838 63 5 5 8847742986 6 6 461..542348 38.... known angles; 2, 6, 9, unknown; 8, 7 and 11, iLertaRy, Pale SSeS Sabon obase 111010110—7_ «11115 _~—Sss «10 10 10—-3—15 -\Giohre lors Ai AAR ESAS a AeSoos od 1011110100—o——s 11017—4_—Sss« 11:* 11 «10-5 —15 Woodruff, 17 ..........006- 1011311100—7 Ss 11115 ~—Ss<00 11 «01—3—15 Dennison, 17 ........... = -1101011110—7 = =1101i—4 10 10 00—2—13 Howe, 17 .....00-. eeeaeny ..- 10001000114 11111—5 O61 10 10—3—12 Walliams, hoe o.2.....7..555 1101100010—5 = 01114 = 10 10 10—3—12 Mliskay, [8 02s... cse..ssace 0101110010—5 + 10000—1 0010 10—2— 8 Ta lol bey aby eA anetsoboobous 0101110000—4 00100—1 10 00 10—2—7 Team match, 40 targets—10 known, 10 unknown each shooter— distance handicap: ETO Ms teete eta clerstelal sist steys w'aieims etnies -Hononi—s 1011011111—8—16 PD ENNISON Lecce secs as eee sate ns 11101II—9 = 1111001111—8—17—33 Miskay ....:.....5-+. eathspsnasad 10110N—8 110011111J—8—16 Williams ...2+sss0esesee nhnansspne 0101001010—4 =1101111101—8—12—_28 Gordon .......+..- sPhanpose Sonn 101101001—7 ~~ —0101110000—4—-11 Woodruff ....... Hogsaddunsason5s NW101i—§ ~=—1100110101_t—15—26 Centredale Gun Club. Provipence, R. I., March 25.—Editor Forest and Stream: J was very much surprised upon reading an article about the Centredale Gun Club, in your issue of to-day. For what reason it was written would perhaps seem 2 mystery to most persons, but those who are aware of last season can easily see the motive. I may be mistaken in my opinion, but many of my friends will bear me out that the general tone of the article seems to cast a slur on our club, in a very sarcastic manner. Jt is all a contemptible falsehood, as we had no shoot on March ll, It is plainly evident that the gentleman (?) who wrote it, is very jealous at the success of our club in the past, and its bright outlook in the future. We do not care to brag, but we can truthfully say that we have a good clean record, and don’t owe any bills. If our club has ever done anything which might occasion a. person to harm us, why don’t he come out like a man and say so, and not try to do it in such an underbanded, cowardly manner, and then we could answer for ourselves, - —s « war a | SECTION of TARGET L1T Rranr roy Van, or waRGeT RrT THE OBJECT OF THIS PLAN LS TO REDUCE THE COST OF TRAPPING AND MATERIAL, MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR ONE MAN TO TRAP FOR SMALL TOURNAMENT WHBRE CLUB DONT SHOOT LIVE BIRDS, THIS PLAN CAN BE BUILT STATIONARY, ‘AS THE OBJECT OF THIS 18 TO SHOOT LIVE BIRDS AND TARGETS FROM, SAME / SCORE, THUS REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF SPACE REQUIRED FOR BOTH, TO. THE Me hae oF gs TRAPS MUST BE SET AS SHOWN AND NEVER CHANGED, EXCEPT TO ADJUST THEM. JN ALL SHOOTING EXCEPT DOUBLES FIVE MEN UP SHOOT ONE-PIFTH THEIR te TO SHOOT KNOWN ANGLES, KNOWN TRAPS AND “UNKNOWN ANGLES, SHOOTER TO SHOOT EXEERT RULE AND REVERSED PULL, SHOOTER STANDS WHERE MARKED THE 80 YARD MARK SHOULD BE THE’NO. 3 SCORE YOR ALL TARGET SHOOTING. e condition of trap-shooting in this vicinity | FOREST AND STREAM. cl DaPP LTTE ELLLL LED EE 259 PEFSPECTIVE or TARGET PIT be me i ee ee * Stmzr nop Sree wen = : Pixar. R Pops wrows Linen = 2F err, \ CrOsSED, Saerron or TayFgGer PLT > Crosru. Pigron Trapping RET HICrING Pre, CuNna Pra Nn Pak Winer + FL DEEZ FULFORD’S PLAN OF TRAP ARRANGEMENT. The members of our club are mostly new shooters at the trap, but they are trying their level best to increase interest in trap- shooting in this State, and for that reason, if for no other, they deserve to be used better than that. Our programme for the season of 1899 is as follows: : The opening shoot of the season takes place on Saturday, April 1, and will continue every Saturday afternoon until Oct. 1. Special shoots on all legal holidays throughout the year. A 26-target, un- known angles, handicap event to be shot for every two weeks, be- ginning April 1, and ending Sept. 30, under the following con- ditions, will also be held. On April 1 shooting will commence at 10 A. M. Entrance fee, price of targets. Targets 1 cent each. Winner of each shoot receives 5 points; second, 4 points; third, 3 points; fourth, 2 points, and fifth, 1 point, The person having the most number of points at end of season will receive a beautiful gold medal, suitably inscribed; second highest, leather gun case; third highest, hunting suit (coat and pants); fourth highest, shooting blouse; fifth highest, 100 loaded shells; sixth highest, Power’s cleaning rod; seventh highest, 50 loaded shells. Open to any Rhode Island resident shooter. There must be at least five entries, otherwise it will be postponed until next regular shoot. Handicaps from 1 to 10 targets extra to shoot at. Handi- caps will be changed at the end of every fourth shoot. Entry must be made at least three days before the first shoot with the secretary. The dates of the handicaps are as follows: April 1, 15, 29. May 13, 27. June 10, 24. July 8, 22, Aug..5, 19. Sept. 2, 16, 30. Team shooting will also be encouraged by having two shooters choose sides on handicap days. Intervening Saturdays shooters can ayail themselves of practicing. Shooting will commence at 2 P. M.. It is hoped that every shooter will avail himself of the opportunity and enter every event. | 2 We now have five expert traps in conjunction with ihe eh: . F. REINER. The Pawtexet Gun Club. Pawruxer, R. I., March 23.—Editor Forest and Stream: In the issue of Forrest AND STREAM dated March 25 I notice a com- munication signed Centredale, in which there appears some rather strange statements, or rather misstatements, which evidently need correcting. At different times this winter there haye been similar effusions, evidently emanating from the same source, in the Providence daily papers, which we did not think it necessary to notice, but as the Forrest AND STREAM is a recognized sports- men’s organ, perhaps a statement_of a few plain facts would not be out of place. Our friend Centredale seems to be either laboring under an unaccountable hallucination or else to be badly affected with moral strabismus, and in either case should be set right if possible. While it is certainly encouraging to know that 64 shooters faced the fraps. it would be perhaps more interesting to hear how many actually took part in the shooting. The paragraph, however, to which I espealy wish to reply is ° this: “The Centredale is now composed of all the best_shooters in the State of Rhode Island, as the Providence and_ Pawtuxet gun clubs have disbanded, and the members joined the Centredale, making a membership of 74,” Now, we are, of course, glad to know that the Centredale Gun Club is doing so well, but what puzzles us is who Centredale is, and where he gets his informa- tion about the Pawtuxet G, C. The facts are that the Pawtuxet Gun Club has not disbanded, has never thought of disbanding, and also has a membership of exactly 74, including some, if not all, the best trap shots in the State. We also hold the championship pennant, representing the five-men team championship of the State, for which, by the way, we have not as yet received any challenge from the Centredales, although holding it over a year. | We shall open as usual in April, and hold fortnightly shoots for badges, etc., of which, with your consent, due notice will apprar in these columns. In the meantime would request that mo notice of any news pertaining to the Pawtuxet Gun ea, were. AtNing Iw Postrron, SrpenooH Te Pporecr WL ed SECTION ow TARGET LIT a) Peaypy FoR VSE, - - or Dayqgur Pre OPEN, Club will be noticed by you unless signed by some officer of the club. W. H. SHEtpon, Vice-President Pawtuxet G. C. Trap around Reading. READING, Pa., March 25.—Fen Cooper, of_Mahano Harry Coldren, of this city, will meet on Friday, March 31, to shoot the second of a series of three matches. his match will be 100 live birds per man, for $100 a side, Hurlingham rules to govern. The match will be shot at the Three-Mile House, com- mencing at 1:30 P. M. March 23.—Arrangements are being made to have Coldren meet Clouser, of Gibraltar, at the Three-Mile House, for $100 a side, each man to shoot at 100 live birds, 28yds. rise, American Asso- ciation rules to govern: The date has not been selected, but it will probably be the week after the Grand American Handicap, Boyertown, Pa., March 22.—A largely attended live-bird tourna- ment took place to-day on the grounds of the Boyertown Rod and Gun Club, of this place, when the following events were shot: City, and 38.4 6 Events: 3.4 «56 5 * 10 Targets 5 *10 eee Ge ShUlerme ware nee races 5 4 7 -- .- 5S Trumbauer 5 49 6 4 9 Emmers 5 4 5 4 4 9 WDLenhart 40. 4 5 1 5 ie (Witetta (crass. fe eemrteie, ues « 6 -*Miss-and-out. Mahanoy City, Pa... March 22.—Fen W Cooper, of this city, hereby challenges Harvey Clouser, of Gibraltar, Pa., to shoot 50 or 100 live birds, for $50 or $100 a side, either Rhode Island or Hurlingham rules to_govern, or Cooper is_satisfied to shoot Clouser 100 live birds, Hurlingham or Rhode Island rules, loser to pay for all birds, and winner to take entire gate money. Conper can be addressed, care of Opera House, Mahanoy City, a. Cooper is also willing to shoot Midgey, of Reading, a 50 or 100-bird race for $100 or $200 a side.” 3 Pottsville, Pa., March 23.—At Bossler’s Seven Stars Hotel, near here, a sweepstake live-pigeon match was shot to-day. There were nine entries, each man to shoot at 7 live birds. Daniel Walkner, of St. Clair, won, killing 6 out of 7, while John Schoen- buts, of Pottsville, won second money with a score of 5 killed. : PINKE. Palm Beach Gun Club. Patm Bracs, Fla., March—A private match, $25 entrance, 100 targets, all standing at the same distance, was shot here, with results as follows: WAIT Srne chr BsharodeaworedtiOUeNb wer eve» oLL10111101101111111100101—19 Cook ~ -1011101911111011110111011—20 ViGHES Presa »-1101111101910191111110011—21_— SIVSHISS ET ee cert eel e A.5 re PrN re Rin cule ors 110191111011111110111011—21 Cooler etens RPS AMAP ET ALT PIR eter 1991907101911 01111—22 ONCS ey wtees scores siitelaniey as yatistes meen rarely 111011017.0100111111111111—20 ETT SEOTTWN slstee dia corals ses fast tery, Shots sesbags eaagcd toestate 1011011111110101110111101—5 Jionesmasyce ns Sob oc Eres ae yoasienniian cejssign ls eaeaisses 111010110110111111101171—_20 COOK Wasik sents esisiiicntssenennnnccnaes 110011011711101111111401—20 Va Soran it ate ts ee ca aes ete ats oases 13111111010111110111001011—19 OTMES ee eai uc buiis ca van Aa Ae Le rey BBINGe 11011711110110111101011101—19 [Glorsihee afb oct deere a een oe BRAREARS 111111011.111.11101010101—20 Sweepstake at 25 targets: x Dr Kaisner ........c0.ecee eee ee cee eo eee oo ALLD11I1110111110111010111—91, NSEC eee h ie es bids attdAses oo eae ee 110110101—19 Owes pkasecwo idsqoddepara cee AA eooee MALI OLqOLOIOL 3) 7m, Dietsch_referee, Mr. Sanders scorer, . = 260 IN INEW JERSEY. Oscar Hesse wins the Jersey Championship. March 25.—Aifter holding the New Jetsey_ inanimate target championship for just four weeks, Harold Money handed the title and the E. C. cup, emblematic of the championship to Oscar Hesse, of Red Bank, N. J., who represents Walsrode powder in this country. The match was shot on the grotinds of the Boiling Springs Gun Club, at Rutherford, IN. J., the conditions being 50 targets, unknown angles. There was a bad light and the targets were thrown exceedingly hard and fast; in fact, the conditions were such that good scores were next to an impossibility. Harold Money started in like a winner, scoring 18 out of his first 19; then he lost, in quick succession, his 20th, 2lst, 24th and 25th, going out with 20. Hesse lost four targets out of his first 15, but broke all of the last 10 in the first string save one, thus tieing Harold Money’s total of 20 for the first 25. The surprise came in the second half of the match. Money lost just 10° out of the first 20, and also 2 out of his last 5, agora 13 out of the 25, and making his total for the 50 only oo. esse scored 18, distributing his misses equally, but won out with 88 to 33, During the match Harold Money seemed to lose his time, getting quite slaw at times, and save in the first 20 targets, did not at any time show anything like his usual good form. After the match the winner was challenged by Capt. A. W. Money. The date and place for this match ‘will be fixed later. Scores: H Money, holder....cseenees pees teiats 44111101111111111111001100—20 1010100011001011001111001—13—33 O Hesse, challenger........+--1- ey » oL101711101101101111111101—20 111.010101111101101001111—18—38 Sweeps were shot as below: Events: 1.2 864256 Events: 12345 6 Targets: 10 15.15 2525 25 ‘Targets: 10 15 15 25 25 25 Aiclowsocke hick ees 9 8 12 21 21 20 aes Pace aiees 3) 4-} Jt ATE Ansar Witreeesss 9) -SosOe2b 7G: (Reed! ae Suiseee etic 10 15 15 20 Moffett -........ To doeGel) Marlon eer or ee 6.94 Wo Everett ....... 7 91781812412 Vanderveer .... .. .. 8 16 14 10 Brinton ........ 4 A Pe (Gollin's See ee Se fae 15 16 16 Uapt Money .. .. 13 12 21 16 De Wolfe *..)., .. 2. 2f2617-38 H Money ...... a. GGL GE aba eb yee eau Sa Ae ee La a Hesse --..-..006 ds JN OE ST a fe at Geldieee eos case 1) 22 11 Banks: Ass taaka ns 11 13 18 19 ation esas ee ee 16 14 Morfey -........ .. Har East Side Gun Club. Newark, N. J., March 24,—The East Side Gun Club’s two-days’ shoot, which was held on the Smith Bros.’ grounds, Foundry street, ended to-day with a 20-bird event, in which three men tied for first place. The events on the first day were at 10 birds, 98yds, rise, and at 7 birds, 28yds. To-day’s event -was at 20- birds, $10 entry, 28yds. rise. The weather was raimng in the forenoon, but cleared off later. A stiff north wind and good birds made hard shooting. Scores: : No. 1. No. 2. Schortemeier ....--.sscsunneee> scirasosd ld 2212211222—10 2222222—T FIASSIN GED ccicnnesce seers eesteateeresenets 2121212121—10 1120221—6 Geofiroy .cccccs es... - es eenn see rerenercet 112222121210 1220110—5 "Perment. 2 iiccopocgs conse nsccmanee eeece ces 2112210211— 9 2*12*22—6 Moegel ..leceeewcecce cence se senserereecenes $712*122*1— 7 01112**—4 REIpGldileie tes Oe ee phat Wkarmerin aaeen eas 2*12220*20— 6 011.2020—+ Clinchard vicpcccce ee nee ee ence sb ne ewnees 1014120010— 6 Tee ee EN ON pete eee deta inrencet a soteces 2200022012— 6 Rischer! vice bec cence dy) here nanaen st eet 210*022110— 6 FergusSOn .-ceceeee ere recesses eeeanereeets 2000100001— 3 No. 3: HOTtGMEICT nase ilectelecs wedirencsemesstavaqnnss 1222222*299112220102—17 Pees bh Straten er reer ealetmne cd 99*111210010211*2012—14 Koegel 20.22. cc secccc eee ccgeeeerr rece neemee tees 912291221121 22222022—19 Moffett a... ---cacesevecceccswenre es see nutes «ox 24212022222112122221—19 Otten. cap. .cccccteeernscesceevseaspere cain yee» 01112121102122122111—19 Steffens ...ccccssccsvewecscceeccomsrtecena ratte 1911111122112221012*—18 APBAl covey yee mnentcennenesateeesaeneecenndenes 911201121121022*2112—17 WIVANCY cares cshascwenesseeenceenpenenrnties > 0111.2101111111011122 -17 Bender .. Tice ee ee enue es = «20202222222022222022—16 Kleber ...-- Stare spate ira a avalanat iia wiergrevetetsyate =e ele = 31020111000120000*02— 9 Hudson Gun Club. ersey City, March 27,—The. scores of the Hudson Gun Club, ea todays eed given herewith, No, 6 is the club event, and Wo, 10 a three-cornered match. The scores: : 12345678 910 mcesed : 10 10 10 15 10 25 15 10 15 25 Schorty ....-- 6 918 92214 7 T2l Schubel 5 611 848 9 5... «. Van Dyne 06 412 7 2213 Bess: Dudley ....0-205 8 .. 4 92318 915 23 Bock ..-...- peri . & 8 914 9 910 20 Banta fis. ee ee Autti mccani es ene Sn 9. B22. es seh ew ws Taal] nie te lslelaiaae= Arig tin es MALin ce i ey Aree Ce Coes Le alae ead, poreny epee SrA rir: (Sema SpE PEARED Aes TAT Ez ino wiele decree eens 7 Mey ee Le emcee Shields) .vveesicecerr = aw 81a. a1 eet CG Von L ..-- ss ae: et ey PP BAacaeonogoeoe Je his Tie tS 55 TOMMY ceeyec etter te rset ensncgeneaee ere et ai 5 iv <5 Brewer <.-0e---u ne tates e ae ae 56 Hea cy poor! SEE se ar a: OFATL spacerpecnebbneneess sian raat naan ence Hansmann srs Atl Boothroyd .- IS LR eck eae pa Ee tyr! GeOtZ secneccreeeseneere? Sage oe ae r OTAW coccancererssenrcnreesorre eS aaaere stm Le Brooklyn Gun Club. 23.— a nthusiastic crowd of ynidtinests | Mente Biaekigt aa Gun Club’s liye-bird shoot hooters at the Brooklyn f aS renin tartans of the Lyndhurst Shooting Association, Lyndhurst, on N. Aes, to-day. The weather was most unfavorable and most un- pleasant 1m the morning hours. The sky Was darkly overcast and there Was 4 and forbidding. i i . . . but the birds contributed their share, with, a bit to Spare. they were a corking lot of fast, strong birds, whic most vigorous determination, tigeiieee that many of them, most incon- i it is true, died out of bounds. Any man who imagines acs anis admire the planetary system and at the same time kill some of Tom Morfey’s good birds would only need to try them to learn that they are a distinct specialty which require the closest attention and the most perfect execution in using the gun. Mr. John Wright, managed the shoot, f The ‘scores, considering the quality of the birds, were ex- cellent, Had there been 2 stiff wind undoubtedly there would have been an appreciable cutting down of them. As it was, out of the eighteen compétitors in the main event, Capt. Money was the only shooter who killed 15 straight in the main, event. Peikes, who was BSE iy aoe at 3lyds., killed 14, in com- 1 cake an artin. No ee eee $3, birds included, three moneys, class shoot- ing, had fourteen entries. | Wo. 2, at 15 birds, $10, birds included, four moneys, class shooting, handicaps from 26 to 32yds., had i Ties. e Dee can Die were $2, birds extra at 25 cents. i No. 1, 15-bird race, 910 entrance, four moneys, class shooting, i 26 to S2yds.: handicaps .« .02121*221011002—10 TM C, 87 sevccssesereressnnestans eter hay. £ : Roe UN eo ". 11210921 292*92929118 tee ear Wits Saban es Soe e van et aa c¥22221121020021—11 Heikes, 31... bets i et TATE 7999999992092221—14 Langcake, 28s)cc:secenarersrerenaenntee eerrteee ana 1iseil121220121—14 pe ee Af Rebel eetae nes ha BREE 8 +. 9092191*2102202—11 eee enn, 2.2 111201012000220— 9 Bria ee er en amen re 299999902210210—12 ae sae 2 ioe ia gol oe ADO 109R IORI bee TUITE css «222212002221 200—11 peeckity per 022220222022220-—11 he aes wee lieveees121122121210021—18 FOREST AND STREAM. W Cashat, 20 ..:.-,eaceveurs es EH Blauvelt, 27 ....... ; eyzaogos sage BG Bissett, BT se iseecercesadeoes Fairmont, 28 Wo. 2, 6 birds Morfey 260.38 cantaaen UMC .... Hallowell tts tis liict OUPTLEY .tregitstelintn.e Eleikess sane Langeake .... at Hanes itcevevebe wen bene Miss-and-outs—No. Hiall, 28°. 2yvesene TREC PS Meals tlelp lege sone 222220 —B Banks, 29.,.... spesenenetolad —4 Casha, 27 peceneessoss 10 —1 Fairmont, 28 ,....... 0 —o (CEPI Bhan aE ame 22110 —4 Courtmey, 29 ........-.. mwi20 —4 Langeake, 28 .......... 0 —) No. 4: Dele epi) Sarre ifticeae eee E Dee 221—3 WWGEe ys poe clciewteinaisinerst 20 —1 TREC a cuieeeee re Oth Se 20 —1 Capt Money, 30 .1...000. 05 oud—t EE Money, 29 vise. c eee eeee 110—2 Fairmont, 28 ...ccceecceeas Banks, 29° 2.22: #5 aha stench. oy 12*—2 N. 6: PRES PRS Sooons secant 212122228 Capt Money, 30....... 22222220—7 Moffertye 2B ar ceili 222222228 H Money, yA ee oorory es 11120 —4 Hallowell, 29.......... 2220 —3 Let ih tee ine coscrre oh 22121120—7 Rochester Rod bab seabet tess ee 980220211 2222220-—18 onthe tte eee ses ce ee 2 1011012200201—10 rete perds iasucs ie 212012202220012—11. rencie: gcse ees cone « 212221002122112—18 Moffett ....-..csusees soo O*21T*—2 Martin ... Asmus ..... Billings ...... Capt Money C R Ree H Money . Mortfey, 30 Hallowell, 29 ..,.....-.. 1222222—7 Heikes, 31°..... Seas 220 —@ Moffett, 28 ..rererereres 1210 —3 Bissett, 27 .-0--.--eeees 1222220—6 SE Tift pecs (eee tate ten tea 2211211—7 Capt. Money, 31...... 2220 —3 HeMoney, 29 ......... 10 —1 BTW lees unre waseeeeeietas g —0 Gahan 29 V. Shel sepee saees Us —0 Moffett, 28 .iccsessecenosssd2e—3 HGIKEShedLe sabeanaacde cdedic 220—2 Bt eosk en ae aqeet sss Ss 120—2 Hetkes, 31. .ccccssscres 22222222 —8 ME Py arr “tcketrp ch Pick ae Rc 0 —) Gashau;, 27 <.......... 12210 —3 Fairmont, 28.......... 12* —2 Morfey, 30........-.-. 212220 —5 and Gun Club. At the regular weekly shoot of the Rochester Rod and Gun Club at the Cobb’s Hill ranges and traps, Sim Glover, the club’s Sigee rey announced his intention of going to New York nex week. American Handicap. Glover did some excellent shooting. e will remain in the metropolis and practice for the Grand He made a straight string at the traps, and followed this up with a score of 9 ont of a possible 10 targets in the double rises. Worth and Weller shot in their usual good form. The former broughi out his new Smith gun, and did great execution with it. Tt was noticeable that a number of the members have purchased new guns this spring, and several of them had them with them. One of the events’ was what is called the “25-bird—miss-and-rest.”’ man shoots until he misses and then steps back and allows his adversary or adversaries to shoot. first man again takes his position for the traps. Weller were the only contestants. the 7th target. When all have missed, the Meyer and He made his first miss on Weller retired with a miss on his 10th target. Meyer shot and smashed the target, but missed the next target and resigned, Weller got a line on 4 targets, and missed his 8d, Meyer broke the next 19 targets, and won the match. The scores follow: Eyents; ere epee! 56 6 T 8 Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 15 10 15 VCE Maite dptd eid id dareisletaisrsrersshaiers-3 ers rete ge tt 13 13 Worth ... Ronee noe Ol Oe Oo) ie 10 CBs Berstseess yard ESD of eerd, alle fe (Cinsonerr peers Dot, Me ee A OY eae MeCord ..... Retz ey he 1 14 Mosher ...... Bay “Be bt 10 14 Parsons ...... Be phe 7D iy ate Meyer ..-..-... toe HLS AP ob AB} Glover -......e0es i ear ae UStarreteccereecake sso oe es 16 Ji aule ct IRGP EES ce toaes sb sad ters pee tM aside Dyes = s Ge Site I eg. Doubles, 10 targets: Meyer iaaieetiiscedecsetestss >... .00 11 11 OL 11—7 11 10 10 10 1—7 Wreller Wei sepetretivtiie sinc kc eee 1111 10 11 10—8 01 10 10 11 1—1 Moser Wy s Frese oneceetecere ..-00 11 11 00 10—5 ies Me@oard ...scsceecies Sent hsdea 10 10 11 10 10—6 : Mivtinds) (SEER er Se crn eee miners i 10 10 11:10 10—6 : . Giloverie. sno sere ea Merwe wee ll 1110 1D 11-9 , 4 MROGELS te eee hirer tees +»eel0 11 11 10 10—7 Tigh eckace Twenty-five birds, miss and rest: Wiagae | aOS Ane Arbo aonc ee oh 10111.0101111111919191111111—25 Weller soe tose tees Stan eeeas os Picts 4911111011110 —12 The prize handicap contest, to be shot on the dates of March 29, April 5, 12, 19. 26, May 3, 10, 17, two gold badges, which have been donated, one by Mr. Thos. R. and the other by the Dent Dog Medicine Griffith, of Rochester, Co., of Chicago, together with two 94 and 31, have for prizes OSs. extra prizes to be purchased with the entrance money, will be shot for on the above dates. A single entrance fee of 50 cents will be charged each shooter who wishes to enter the series of shoots, and the mone ceived will be divided 60 and 40 and fourth prizes, winner to have selection o so re- per cent, ges eed or third prizes purchased. Members may enter the contest on either of the first three dates mentioned and not later. day contest may on the next week, The maximum score to be 25. for the one missed. Members missing any single and not later, shoot a score Members ma: shoot until their score is satisfactory. At any time after the 10t shot he can re-enter for new score as many times as he desires. Members must notify the scorer before shooting if it shall be his afficial score or for practice only. Four credits will be given the high guns at each shoot. | lenge each other for individual lenge at club house at least notice to challenged party, count. 6 5 8 8 8 7 9111118 16 22 W Hopkatis Witte. siaonnnnshtnccaces 8 910... 1011 913). 2123 7° Babcock ceesisiesensnes ia tive TO) Oo ieee LOMIS (ROSAS ee SN SUOUE Pos dss are, sivieie are edevayagandiet Bi & + Pap 31110.. .. 2 Bilbewiitivtte tiated aeeeae biteads 4 ut Ay Siley , aha Ilaghveees | ak arkeirkeecrayerarer span ie Shae FD BAL Fe . thtopkins- 2 eee ae .. 810 RAEN Ne oy PS oe Amend .2.:..5.-..., vretacrt » 9 710 8.. .. ...18 1220 23 21 Dr Smith 2.12.14: AEN te sanwve nt » 910 Bs. . 3 8% yy Dl Ss IDEA GMP yea le eee eee be reraceeen| hrc): Ba ny a eG Ge SOP Joun S. Wricht Manager. New Utrecht Gun Club. _Woodlawn, IL. 1, March 18—The return match between the Crescent Athletic Club and the New Utrecht Gun Club was shot at the grounds of the latter to-day. pouring rain, which made the contestants uncomfortable and the scores low. The liye-bird event, which followed the team race, resitited in a yictory for Jere Lott, who was the only: Cres- cent. man to kill straight. He was presented with an oak plaque, on which was the emblem of both clubs in silver, and offered by the home club, to be shot for by ‘the guests. Some of the New Utrechts shot along in an optional sweep. Scores: New Utrecht Gun Club SED ION GN Coo oecacorecceoeseurerecec 111110111100111311110111—21 GaptaMlGrleyabus sssssdegeaeteses sae 41401111011110010111111111—20 ea Ny SOW is tiy. SobebGibrert oncooeecen 11101117101111101001111117—20 (Ce ABP aN Misintay tothe ree cue oak . . .1711111101100011013101110—18 (0b MGreittt "Aoree sal oe ieee 11.00111011101011111110110—18 PE George wicesnereeqesereeeecerres 0100111101111101110011110—17 HY VAS SRN OnLPSeyie tes cg sme dees sees 1010111111011000010101011—15 JeGaucher tncaseccstssesecine seetamecnnd 1011011100101110111110000—15 WH Thompson ....c1sgseeeeeeseree 10111001011.00111100101100—15 ISR SRC Madea cseeatasaat se sSseie « -0001010010113111111100100—14 DT CSBeniett Boadecrnsoohetbed aE eer 0100101101111001010010011—13 Nuts Flevematie adadsdesacure scene weed 0001110011100111011010010—i3—199 Crescent Athletie Club. JSS Remsen ........- iris + OITITOLTIITAATIA ATT 1011 — 22, iS) IGUW Gey Pee eer Ses -1911.10011101101111101111—20: JBL ayiae saree es Pere Find Aas 00101011101101111111101117—18" OR RISD eS e9 Fy tse nt . - -441019110111011011110010—18 PD -WRStake liek as Apes s eevee ve oA117001111110071101000101—16 GeiNotniane, ) stint i beereeere witht . » -1100110001001111110011101—15 J H Halleck ...... padbhettetiust ~» » -0011011101311101001007110—15 ste attic: Pe an ers cr sitedtest vee ee» -1010911110001001001011010—13 (Ga diapadorde,nkwess tas aeeds +.» -L001011010101000101101011—13 C A Sykes: 0.00.05 Stedigawease ad «» -0110011110010000111010101—13 C J McDermott............-202e- «+» +1100001000110111000011001—11 D V B Hegeman....-..csiceseres . -.0001010000010110110010000— 8—182 Trophy shoot: : Crescent. ; New Utrecht, Ee Bortens sclera’ 22022126 E G_ Frost........ ene 222020W D V B Hegeman.....- 2202222—6 ID C Betinett......++.+.2l21112—7 ASRS BIS abso eee. *“l0w Dudley ...... a hiaraty cfels 0w G W Hagadorn........ 00w. Herman sonsscoyeers os ALZI0TI—E6 Me et ooeene eee 11122217 F A Thompson.,....,1222120—6 WV. tSitakeey eee 020w G E Greiff...... 3 erode #2222 —6) Ty, PRhethie | ees eat 2122201—6 is Gaughen...,.5.+-+0-- 2222022—5 1) «os Hallock sn ee. 21*2211—6 rf Shepard......-.-.:- 01222226 J S S Remsen..,...... 22222026 Capt Money.....--.:- ..1221221—T GA SS rikes ss oe ern ess 12120226 H Money ............. 1222222—T7 G Wotma............. 10222126 W H Thompson....-.. .1221222—T He Werleman....:...... 1*0w G H Piercy.....++.++» 1222222 —7 C G Rasmus....-.....- 200w G W Cropsey.......-.. *222112— ' _ Sweep: LPM LGn ey» Wewtcssaseraliel 12112—5 ~Capt Money.....:...0.0..1*2=35 G W Piercy. ..>o.-+.-+--- 120214 G Hagadorn,....,.,.-102*2—3 ‘March 25.—The semi-monthly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun Club was held at- Woodlawn to-day. The birds were a good lot. No. 1 was the regular club shoot; No. 2 the New Utrecht handi- cap; No, 3 the quarterly shoot; No. 4 the monthly shoot; No. 6 a sweep at 8 birds. Mrs, Lindsley shot along as a guest, and did well. Scores; _ No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. Wo, 4. Maggie Murphy, A, 28.,... *002222020 —5 21002—3 21212—5 2010w A Thompson, A, 29-.,., 0111101222 —g 12122—5 11222—5 10221—4 W H Thompson, A, 29. 1110101121 —8 1120i—4 ..... Syn Be M Otis, B, 29....... .22010200011—6 20022—3 12221—5 20222—+ S B VYoplitz, B, 28... -00011211220—7 21122—5 10022—3 02002—2 Mrs Lindsley, guest. . .2220022120—7 202224 202224 «.... J Gauighen........:-:epersee vretaness 222014 _ 22010-—3 22222—5 No. 5: : F A Thompson..,....02220212—6 § B Toplitz.......... -20221102—6 M Otis....... vase ess+/22200202—5 PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. An Easter Outing. SIX=DAY ‘TOUR TO GOLD POINT COMFORT, RICHMOND, AND WASHINGTON VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Tuer fourth of the present series of personally conducted tours to Old Point Comfert, Richmond and Washington yia the Penn- sylvania Railroad will leave Wew York and Philadelphia on Sat urday, April 1, affording a delightful Easter outing. ‘ Tickets, including transportation, meals en route in both direc- tions, transfers of passengers and baggage, hotel accommoda- tions at Old Point Comfort, Richmond and Washington, and carriage ride about Richmond—in fact, every necessAty expense for a period of six rer be sold at rate of $44 from New York, Brooklyn and Newark; $32.50 from Trenton; $31 Philadelphia, and proportionate rates from other stations, OLD POINT COMFORT ONLY. Tiekets to Old Point Comfort Gus including luncheon on Boing trip, one and three-fourths days’ board at that place, and’ goo to teturn direct by regular trains within six days, will be sold in connection with this tour at rate: ‘of $15 from Wew York; $13.50 from Trenton; $12.50 from Philadelphia, and proportion- ate rates from other points. . Bi For itineraries and full information: apply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent, 1196 Broadway, New York; 789 Broad street, Wewark. N. J.; or Geo. W. Boyd Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.—Adu. from Books Recety Sir Roger De Coverley- Essays from the Spectator, The Mac millan Co., New York. Price 25 cents. ; The tace was shot in a — FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. CopyricuT, 1899, By ForEsT AND STREAM PusLisHING Co, ERS, + A Vrar. 10 Cts. a Cory, ; Six Montus, $2. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1899. VOL, bil, -No. 14, No, 846 Broavwar, Nw York. 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AMERICAN GAME PARKES. We continue in this issue our fifth annual review of American game preseryes. The first report of this series was printed in the number for Feb. 17, 1894. In 1895 articles were printed May 12 and 18; in 1896, July 4, 11 and 18; and in 1897, July 24; 31 and Aug. 7. In the five years which have passed since the first report was published, the number and scope of Ameri- can preserves have increased tremendously. Previously to 1804 the preserves had not attracted much attention among sportsmen, nor otherwise. Of the fenced pre- seryes, Mr. Corbin’s great Blue Mountain Park had oniy been stocked with game four years, and Mr. George Gould’s Furlough Lodce Preserve, and Mr. Rutherfurd- Stuyvesant’s Tranquility Park about the same length of time, while Litchheld Park and Ne-ha-sa-ne Park were only a few months old. The period marked the transition from the shooting club, which exercised an often pre- carious control over leased lands, to the preserve which acquired ownership and set to work on an entirely new basis, not only to protect the game already existing on the land, but to increase it, oiten by the importation of animals, birds and fish which were not then to be found in the neighborhood. This journal has chronicled the changing conditions not only in its park reports, but also in such articles as that published some time since, showing the great extent of preserved holdings within the limits of the Adirondack State Park, and also in the articles on Western preserves. The new order has undoubtedly come to stay, and though at the present time a falling off in the number of new parks is noticeable, the halt is apparently only temporary, and one may confidently count upon a steady increase in the number of new en- terprises of this character from year to year. The conditions which favor preserves are cheap land with attractive natural features and trespass laws which are clearly defined and easily enforced. In this country there are large areas of hunting country, where either State laws, public sentiment or natural conditions effectu- ally operate against preserves, and it is not likely that the system will ever attain the predominance enjoyed in European countries, where the wealthy classes effectu- ally monopolize the shooting. : An interesting feature in connection with these pre- serves, and one which has attracted little attention, is the business of securing and rearing game animals for stocking them. Elsewhere will be found a letter from a man who has given his entire time for years to this business. The original animals which formed the nucleus for the pre- served elk herds have come chiefly from the country ly- ing in the immediate neighborhood of the Yellowstone National Park, either in Wyoming or Idaho. The buf- falo came from Texas, Nebraska, Colorado and Mon- tana. The moose from eastern Canada, and the deer from nearly every State in the Union. The various game animals have certain commercial values, whichy however, vary considerably from time to time, gare cites to supply and demand. Here are a few prices quoted from the letter of 2 dealer in wild game: Canadian beaver, $50 per pair, de- have taken to raising game as a business. - stud book is very desirable. livered; buffalo, $1,000 per pair, delivered; whitetail deer, $50 per pair; fallow deer, $50 per pair; wild turkey, $15 per pair; moose, offered $175, asked $250 apiece. The writer of the letter says: “Moose bring $350 each on the steamer dock at any port in England or Germany. I do not know much about Caribou;.never had them offered to me lower than $200 each.” Elk are not quoted in this letter, but are said to be worth about $75 apiece, delivered. In certain parts of the country farmers and others They have begun with the intention of supplying game parks with acclimated animals for stocking, but it is likely that some at least will look for a market for their surplus animals whenever possible by butchering them and selling the meat. Elk and deer can be raised in cap- tivity with good management almost as readily as the ordinary farm stock. The chief requirements are “suit- able fences and a liberal amount of shade and water, with plenty of grass. Pound for pound, they are worth sev- eral times as much as cattle, and are just as easily cared for. The possibilities in buffalo raising are much greater. In six years the buffalo in the Corbin herd increased threefold. There is no more yaluable stock in existence. When Forest AND STREAM took its census of the but- falo two years ago it was estimated that there were only about 600 American bison in captivity, The wild bison are certain to be extinct in a very few years, and their number at the present time is so small as not to affect the general result. A certain demand for buffalo can be counted upon from zoological gardens in various parts of the world, and also from owners of preserves, The greatest need of buffalo breeders at the present time is the infusion of new blood into their herds, As ForEST AND STREAM long ago pointed out, a btiffalo It would not be a difficult task to record the pedigree and history of every known animal, and such information would be of incalculable value in governing future breeding. The stock now in existence was secured from both the Northern and South- ern herds of wild buffalo, and there is ample opportunity for the intelligent selection of strains, - EARLY SPRING. Tus is no zephyr that comes tearing up from the south, threshing the naked boughs as if it would destroy the last bud before its chance of bursting, and out-roaring the brooks’ boisterous rejoicing over their new freedom, yet there is a sweet promise in its gusty breath—a promise that we cherish and believe in, for it has been often given and always soon or late redeemed. These are not musical notes that the crows utter as they are tumbled and tossed along before it in disorderly flight, but they are notes of rejoicing, and also a promise of sweeter voices that shall presently be heard. There is a hopeless look in the fields hemmed with soiled drifts and untidy with the flotsa:1 and jetsam of winter storms. No less so is the forest, 1ts once unsulliedd. floor bestrewn with tatters of bark and last year’s leaves, yet we see beyond all dreariness of present desolation what has been again and again revealed to us. Even now we may see where the raccoon and the woodchuck have writ down their faith in the coming resurrection of life with their tracks on the solid page, and we hear it declared by the trumpets of the geese and the shrill pipes of ‘‘small fowl making noise” of rejoicing. In the shallow pools of the meadows the blue of heaven is reflected, the whiteness of its clouds, and at night its stars, where by and by shall be the bloom of violets and daisies and dandelions, and bees shall hum to and fro be- tween them in sweet traffic, and fill the empty mouse- nests with brown comb. Through the roar of the wind and the dash of branches we catch the jubilant song of bobolink and lark and oriole, the call of the cuckoo, the bells and flutes of the woodland thrushes. Finer than the angry turmoil of the brook’s yellow overflowing flood we hear its babble of green fields where happy anglers wade ankle deep in lush grass, and the banished kingfisher has come to his own again. Through the dun of fields and the gray of woodlands as through thin veils we see green grass springing and the bourgeoning of branches; ledges, blushing with the ‘phow the reasonableness of this, study it. bloom of honeysuckles; the brown floor of the woods dappled with moose-flower and squirrel-cup. The birds are busy with nest building, from his freshly swept-thresh- old the woodchuck regards the growing clover, and the chipmunk sits at his door in the sun, clucking his con- tentment. So often haye we seen this miracle of spring wrought, that with the eye of faith, more than of fancy, we see it repeated, and in spite of all delays and relapses of the fickle weather, we hopefully await its fulfilment. AN INCIDBNT OF THE BAD LANDS. To His intimates the late Prof. Marsh was known not only as a scientific man of great ability and world-wide” reputation, but also as a delightful companion, quick and witty, with a keen appreciation of humor; and a narrator of capital stories. One of these, which he used to tell of himself with great effect, dealt with a small adventure had many years ago in the Rocky Mountains. The first month or two of the trip had been spent on the plains of Nebraska and Wyoming, at that time the hunting. ground of Sioux and Cheyennes, who were bitterly hostile, and signs of whose presence near the command were often seen, The whole party realized that they were in a dangerous country, and all hands were constantly on the watch for enemies and were care- ful not wander far from the command; or, if two or three fossil gatherers did go off from the main body, they took with them a number of soldiers to stand guard while they worked. After leaving this dangerous region the expedition moved on to the bad lands near Fort Bridger, where there were but few Indians, and those friendly ones, and the work of gathering fossils went on, One day Prof. Matsh was hard at work on his knees in the bottom of the narrow ravine, digging away the soil from a bone which stuck out of the bank. He was entirely absorbed in his task, and noticed nothing of what was going on about him, until the brilliant sun- _light, which poured down on him, was cut off by a dark shadow, and he looked up to see standing above him a great grim Indian warrior, holding his rifle at a ready. The Professor’s heart leaped into his throat. He for- got where he was. He strove to utter a propitiatory “How,” but his dry lips refused to form the word, and he could only swallow trying to get rid of the lump in his throat. Suddenly the savage bent teward him and spoke: “Have I the honor of addressing Prof, Othneil Charles Marsh, the eminent paleontologist. of Yale College?” he inquired. The revulsion of feeling was alinost too much for the Professor, who was now even less, able to speak than he had been before. lt developed that the Indian, as a small boy, had been sent East, Christianized, educated, taught the elements of theology, and sent back to the West to civilize his tribe; but he had not carried the civilization very far. That is a curious notion expressed by Mr. Mather, but by no means peculiar to his holding, that when a fishor- man catches a fish from pub.ic waters he has an absolute “right” to do with it whatever he may elect, the law to che contrary notwithstanding. The well-established prin- ciple 1s, on the contrary, that the taking of fish or game carries with it absolutely no “right” except such as the statute itself confers in express terms, or such as may be inferred from the silence of the statute. Thus, referring to the specific case in point, for perfectly good and suifi- cient reasons the State of New York has enacted that nd one may take trout from public waters for the purpose of stocking private waters, A moment’s consideration will The trout in public waters belong to the people for their fishing for fun and food, To preserve them for this purpose the men who vould “skin out” a stream of its trout for their own pri- ‘ate waters must be restrained. Experience has proved {iis. The law provides this restraint by forbidding the .aking of fish for that purpose. The fish belong to -he Dtace; it is for the State to say whether they may be taken at all; and, if so, in what times, in what ways, for what purpose, and what use may be made of them. All this is so clearly set forth in the famous United States Supreme. Court decision in the Geer vs. State of Connecticut case that we advise those who yas of fishing “rights” to = ean sae 4 me 262 ; FORES:? AND STREAM. _ oa [Arem 8, 1800. Che Sportsman Courisé. Wreck of the Schooner Lupe. “MADAM,” said Captain Wilson most politely, “mad- aim, 1 have come dripping wet from the sea to protest the schooner Lupe as she lies on the Matatangatele reef and her tackle and appurtenances. Likewise four Sav- ages which Cap'n Harry Smith said you could depend upon, and which you can’t. Likewise and also, I pro- test Cap'n Harry Smith who said you could depend on them Savages, and you can’t do it, or else I wouldn't be here protesting them three things, the schooner and the Savages and Cap'n Harry Smith.” Now all this sort of thing was manifestly consular biisiness, and as such belonged to the masculine and official member of the household. It 1s not for a woman sitting on the verandah of the unofficial side*of the con- swiate at Apia to deal with protests of mariners, even though they do come dripping wet from the sea, Al! -ihis was explained to Captain Wilson, who was leayirg a pool of salt water on the verandah where he stood in a tespectiul attitude. He was told that he would have to await the return of the proper official, who just then was off in the boat in pursuit of some one of those wild nightmares of war which are the sum and substance of Samoan politics. But none of these considerations had any Weight with the drenched mariner, he had come tight out cf the sea to protest and nothing short of a protest would satisiy him. The only way -to content him was to rummage through the tack of official blank forms to find a dusty and mildewed copy o1 Form No. 58 which 1s provided for mariners ‘fo protest on. Then by laying down a string of mats on the floor from the pool in which he stood on the veran- dah, a way was made by which he could come inside the office and sigh his name, a laborious operation but as satisiactory to him- self as though the thing had been done in proper iotm. One may have cherished ideas of keep- ing floors feat aud tidy, but ib is impos- Sible to prepare in add- vance for official calls of shipwrecked miari- ners just out of Lhe sea In which they have been shipwrecked. That is one of the unnsual states of affairs which would worry almost any hrousekeeper, Stall it was Ih a sense flattering io see that the ship- wrecked mariner was content to have his protest taken down hy a woman not authorized to‘the performance ol ‘ such duties of the consular service of the United States. _ When Captain Wilson had dissolved himself out ot the office, and the chain of mats had been thrown out on the grass to dry, he insisted on recounting his tale ol marine disaster and the shattering of confidence reck- lessly placed in Cap’n Harry Smith. < . “-Yes'm,” contintied Captain Wilson, “if you st your umbrella to keep the sun off and just step down on the beach here you can see the Lupe where she lies | and where I protest her and her tackle and her ap- purténances, You better fetch along that spyglass that was bought at Struit’s auction for three dollars, there may be three dollars worth of seeing in tt. Sure enough, when one stood just at the very verge of the sands it was possible to see a two-masted schooner high and dry on the reef a mile or so up the coast, and with the spyglass it was possible to make out more de- tails of her shipwrecked condition. The glass was all right if only one had learned the knack of keeping it from coming apart at the joint; so long as the big tune ‘did not drop off from the little tube you could see sev- eral dollars worth, even though the captain was doubt- ful about it, With a comprehensive sweep of his arm in that direction he repeated “There’s the schooner Lupe and I protest her atid her tackle and her appurtenances. Captain Wilson is not the only one who has found a sort of satisfaction in some complicated official formula. Then turning to a group of four natives who were sitting wet and impassive on the broken mast of the Trenton at the foot of the flagstaff, he repeated his statement that he protested “them Savages.” That was one iinfortunate feature of treasuring that broken piece of timber which is all that is left of the flag ship wrecked in the great Apia hurricane. It was very nice to have a memento of the historic event, but the mast was a nut- sance in that it provided a perch for all the idle Samoans to come and roost on, and a fair half the time was spent shooing them off. When Captain Wilson had protested Savages it created the impression that some dreadiul deed had been done by the islanders.. But the four on the mast were unmistakably boys from Niue, or Savage Tsanders, In the varied mixture of islanders about Apia it is always possible to identify the Savage Islanders throuch their fondness for clothes; others may be con- tent with a lavalava, but the Niue boys rig themselves -ovt in shirts and overalls with the very first wages they earn. -Therefore, when the shipwrecked mariner pro- iested four Savages he meant only his crew of Savage Islanders, whom he had set down there on the mast From a painting by Claude Raguet Hirst. where he could keep therm under his eye until he finished his business, Captain Wilson, who had just been wrecked, was some sort of a Finn, but at some time he had been tiaturalized in some American port and on that seore felt himself authorized to do all his nautical business with the Ameri- can consulate, It turned out on further investigation that this assumption was inaccurate, for his wrecked schooner was not entitled to sail under the American flag. Bur the mysteries of the navigation laws of the United States are not included in any curriculum of feminine educa- tion and mistakes are therefore pardonable. When Cap- tain Wilson was not sailing he was the general mender of clocks for all Apia, a community habitually careless of time and inclined to be content if they find their clocks are keeping the same day when Captain O’Ryan fires a cannon at the pilot station at noon on Saturday so that the beach may know once a week what time it is. Despite the filling out of Form No, 58 there was nothing to show how the schooner was wrecked and where the responsibility of Cap’n Harry Smith entered into che disaster. That was a part of the narrative which the shipwrecked captain was only too anxious to disclose, for by it he expected to show that the résponsibilitity for the loss did not lie on his shoulders. He began by telling how he had been chartered by the German firm to go to windward for a cargo of copia which was ready to bring down to Apia. If any keen intelligence discerns any slip in the nautical terms the blame is not to be laid on Captain Wilson who was probably as accurate in the use of his marine dialect as SIGNS OF SPRING. Copyright, 1894, by Claude Raguet Hirst. a Sailor is expected to be, it is rather due to the nar- rator’s inability to keep a clear idea of directions at séa which chase around after the wind. In this case the im- pression was clear that the schooner was to go to the eastward islands of the archipelago, to Tutuila or tu Manu’a, for in Samoa windward always has that mean- ing. He went on to explan that because the wind blew against the course all day long it was necessary to make a start at night when sometimes there was a wind out- side that would help him along several miles to the east before the tradewind began in the morning, There were other details about the need of making a quick trip of it and the bother he had in getting the Savages to sail the schooner for him. Aitter all these details had been set out in full, for wet as he was, he would not omit a single item which had even the mast remote bearing on his cruise which came so promptly to disaster, he then got to the point which mtroduced Cap'n Harry Smith and the cause of his difficulty hand in hand. : “Along in the early part of the evening, madam,” he continued the narrative of wreck, “me and Cap'n Harry Smith was discussing some points of sailing’ in these here waters and he was telling me about some of them harbors up to windward. Now I know a great deal more about them harbors than Cap’n Harry Smith does, but I didn’t tell him so, wanting to be sociable, and it being my last night ashore with him. From time to time he would get up and have a look at the harbor and come back and say it was dead calm. Then that being so, him and me woti!d have another one, and go on talking about points of sailing, for you’ve got 10 be mighty knowing when you're sailing up to windward in these islands. Along after ten o’clock I began to look for the wind to get out of the harbor on, but there wasn’t any wind and Cap'n Harry he says there never is any wind before midnight, but I know better than that, and I know that ten o’clock is the time to begin looking for the land breeze. Well the land breeze hadn’t begun to blow just _then, so me and Cap’n Harry took some more just to keep from dry waiting and then we began to argte about it, me knowing all the time that he was wrong and him trying to make out that I never sailed about these islands as long as he had, and on that account wasn't entitled to know anything about the land breeze at night. We was perfectly sociable in our talk, for Cap'n Harry is a good fellow for all that there’s lots of things he don’t know about sailoring.- When it got to be eleven o’clock; or maybe the. least..bit.shart of it, I went out looking for the land breeze, and Cap’n Harry Smith he sat back in his chair and told me it was a waste of time looking for it to set in until midnight. But I felt it a4 little fresh, not exactly a breeze, but a good sign it was going to come, So I[ told him to wet his finger and hold it up and then he’d see whether the land breeze always waited till midnight, That fixed him and ke said tliat maybe it was a little bit earlier for just that once, and that any way a cool feeling on a finger wasn’t enough to sail out of harbor on. So I sat down with-him just to finish it up, for I was for going off to the schooner and beginning to get the anchor up. “Yes’m. Where was me and Cap Harry Smith all _ —this.time? Oh, part of the time at one place and part of the time at another along the beach. But when it caine ~ eleven o'clock ‘they shut up for the night and so we finished off at my house where I had to go for some oi my things. As I was saving. for when there’s been a wreck you've got to tell everything just as it was, I was for going off to the schooner. But Cap'n Harry kept on saying the wind was too lisht yet, and really it didn’t amount to much, only to prove that land breezes do come before imidnight. So we sat down with what 7 happened to have in the house and Cap'n Harry he told me some more about the harbors to windward. By and by I was getting a little bit uneasy about getting aff at all, for there was preciots little wind, but Cap’ Harry he said that it was all right to leave it all to the. Savages, they’d know best ef all and they knew where ta find me when it was time to go. He said Savages was the ‘sort you could depend on, for they make the best sailors of all these natives. Samoans ate no good at all. they’re too lazy, and they go to sleep on watch and you can’t vet them to do more than just, so much. But he “said he always took Savages for his crew and glad to get them, because you could de- pend on them always. “But how did the Lupe come to be wrecked on the Mata- fangatele reef? Why, that’s what I'm telling you, maam. I’ve got to explain why I pro- test Cap’n Harry Smith and them Savages, for he said you could de- pend on them and I’ve -proved that you can’t. So when he was telling me how the Savages was the most reliable natives and you could always depend on them —which you can’t—the head one of them came along to the hotise. That’s him, the biggest of the lot, him that's leaning up against the flagpole fast asleep, He said that the wind would come pretty soon and he had come torme, “Then Cap'n Harry Smith, what does he say? He says ‘them Savages is the best na- tives in the South Sea, you can always depend on them.’ Well, it did look that way. So I owned up like a man, for I don’t mind saying so when another man happens to know more than me, though as a general thing I know as much about these islands as Cap’n Harry Smith, for all he’s been here so long. So we had another just iv say good-bye on, and I got into the boat and the Sayv- age rowed me out to the schooner. “That land breeze was light, just enough to get the schooner out of the passage and out tar enough away from the reef sos she would be saie, J was going to make an all-night job of it, and keep the helm while it was dark, but the breeze was so very light and I was sleepy, Then I thought of what Cap’n Harry Smith was saying about them Savages that you could always depend on them. And I began to think that perhaps he was right for he had been cruising about the islands so mucn longer than-I had that perhaps he knew best, for I’m not one of those men who stick to their own opinion just because it’s theirs; no, ma'am, I stick to my own - way of thinking because I know I’m right. Anyway, I had been hard at work all day and that made me sleepy, and then I got some more sleepy discussing them points of sailing with Cap’n Harry Smith, so I made up my mind I'd depend on them four Savages for just the one night so as to try them. So I called the head man of the Savages and I told him we-was bound to windward and 1 was going to turn in and I depended on him to see that the schooner went to windward all night lone, I did not say a word to him about Cap'n Harry Smith’s say- ing that they could be depended on, for it might have made them too set up to do any work if they knew that Cap’n Harry gave them the best name in the South Seas after he’d been cruising about the islands so many years. But I just told him I depended on all four of them and then I went to sleep. “The next thing I knew was this:morning when a -aft of Samoans came piling down the companion and into the cabin. I was some surprised, for I thoucht they was Savages when I shipped them, but I see I must have been mistaken alon® of all the other things I had to do an that I could get off as soon as the firm wanted me to zo. While I was puzzling out how I could come to make a mistake like that, signing Samoans on articles for Sav- ages, then it came over me that Cap’n Harry Smi-h thought they was Savages too, and I knew I had a good joke on, him and his telling me that Savages was the only natives you can*depend upon, Pretty soon I no- ticed that the schooner was lying pretty still. Then 1 Avni, 8, 1809.] went on deck mighty quick, and I see we had gone clean right atop of the reel and the tide going otit we was high and dry on the coral. Of course, being so tired I couldn’t be expected to wake up when we struck; you see I was depending on them Savages the way Cap’n Harry Smith said you could. But come to look for them they was all fast asleep on deck, and they didn’t know we was wrecked until I went around and kicked each one in turn. You see they got hold of some gin I had aboard in case of cramps or any kind of sickness you're likely to get when you're out at sea, They got hold of it and then they got drunk and let the schooner jump the reef and they didn’t even call me, but just slept through it all like logs, And before the Samoans thought to wake us up and let us know we were wrecked somebody stole all the sails and rigging and everything else, and then they left us to wade ashore. But I don’t mind that so much as I do them Savages, Cap’n Harry Smith was so sure you could depend on them. Because you can’t de- pend on them and I’ve proved it; that’s whv I want to protest them Savages; likewise and also, Cap’n Harry Smith which said so.” Now there is all the narrative there ever was in con- nection with the wreck of the schooner Lupe, which climbed ayer a Samoan réef and stuck there until suc- cessive gales tore her timbers apart. For a shipwreck it may, perhaps, lack the thrill of dashing waves and drown- ing mariners and things going by the board, if that he the correct way of putting it. There are a plenty of other shipwrecks which have all that sort of thing, this is only a nice cosy little shipwreck designed to illustrate the great truth that Savages can’t be depended on, even if Cap'n Harry Smith does say so. LLEWELLA PIERCE CHURCHILL. A Bee Hunting Story. THE story I am about to relate—hoping that it may find a place in the columns of good old Porrsr Ann StTREAM—has the merit of being a true tale both as tu the names of persons given and the names of the places at which the incidents occurred. Many years ago, or to be more explicit, in the summer of 1850, the writer was employed in the town of South Deerfield, Mass., by a mill man and farmer, whose mill was situated on a stream known in those days as Bloody Brook—so called | from the fact that the Indians a guod many years pre- vious to the time of which I write, had swooped down upon the luckless white settlers who then lived in this vicinity, and had ruthlessly murdered many men, women and children; the stream being dyed with the blood of tlie inoffensive white settlers who were massacred at and near this point, hence the name of Bloody Brook. One bright September morning Mr. Adams, for whom I was at work, informed me that he was about to take a holi- day and devote it to a test of skill with the speckled trout with which some of the nearby streams were well stocked in those days. He also informed me that I could accompany him on his fishing trip if I so desired.. Of course I gladly accepted the invitation, and bright and eatly on the Saturday morning we started, taking for transportation purposes Mr, Adatn’s bay mare, Five o'clock saw us on our journey, and by nine o’clock we were near its end, the fresh bracing air of the beautiful September morning seeming to put newlife into our blood as well as into the pony that hustled us along. Shortly aiter nine o’clock we arrived at the stream and stabled our pony in an old looking log stable that had been erected adjacent to a loge shack erected by my companion and a party of city sportsmen from Boston a year or two previous. We proceeded to our pleasant task without loss of time, and in a few hours had as many fine trout as we cared to take home with us—or rather should I say, as we cared to spend the time to catch, as I had per- suaded Mr, Adams to devote a part of our day to hunt- ing bees, we having seen many of the busy honey gath- erers plying their trade on the flowers in the clearings that were adjacent to the stream upon which we had been at work. After securing several bees for lining purposes we liberated them one at a time, following their movements with our eyes across the fields and into the woods. Then we would make a “bee line” in the di- fection taken by the first one liberated till we feared we might miss our line, when we would liberate another and follow in the same fashion as before. We kept this up for some time till we began to think we would soon be obliged to procure more “liners,” as we called our captured bees. But success at last crowned our efforts, and we came to a large birch tree that we felt sure must be the home of the colony we had been lining and such it proved to be; but, alas, upon its smooth bark we found the newly cut initials of a man who had located this same colony a day or two before, and to whom by all the rules of the pioneers of the woods the tree before us now be- longed, although he had deferred for a time the collecting of his store of honey. Being young and not over scru- pulous about what I would now look upon as genuine robbery, I tried to persuade Mr. Adams that we cut down the tree and carry the honey home, but with all of my pleading he was firm in his refusal to meddle with another person’s property. In dune course of time we returned home with our fish, but the “bee tree” still haunted my waking hours, and I decided rightly or wrongly to have a share in that honey. T had little difficulty in persuading Nathan Himes, who was also employed by Mr. Adams, to agree to accompany me on a second trip to secure the bees’ store; and we /le- cided te go that same night in order to make sure of the prize and to be more secure from detection while procuring the honey. Shortly after supper Himes and I took one of our overseer’s horses and with a wagon in which we had placed a large tub and several smaller pails for receiving the honey, started on our expedition. When we arrived at the clearing, which was some half- mile from the bee tree, it was dark. We drove the horse and rig in the direction of the tree by way of a zigzagging wood road till we were forced ta stop by the small trees that impeded further progress. We left the horse, and with cross-cut saw and tubs we made our way slowly through the woods till we at last found our tree again. We proceeded at once to our task of felling the tree with the saw. When our task was about half completed we FOREST AND STREAM. were nearly scared out of our wits by a party of men with dogs that chanced to pass quite close to us while on a coon-hunting expedition. We feared that it was the owner of the tree and a party of friends that had gut wind of our doings and had come to take forcible pos- session of the tree. Luckily for us it was not so. After this party had got out of sound of us we finished cutting down tree, which by good luck broke in two just at the point where the honey was stored. The night was rather hazy, and we were obliged to work by the aid of a lantern that contained only a tallow dip. Perhaps it was as well that our light was not more brilliant, for as it was Himes was badly stting by the bees, and several times was obliged to run off howling into the woods to frees himself from the fierce little tormentors. I might as weil say that though I was better protected than my mate, in the excitement of procuring the honey I lost part of my mask and several times I was obliged to follow the same tactics as the luckless Himes. But we persevered, and along in the small hours of the morning had finished despoiling the bees’ store and had all of our pails and the big tub filled with honey, and were ready to start for home, By this time Himes and myself were hardly able to see, caused by the many stings we had received in our faces, and with our dim lantern we went groping through the woods looking for our horse. To make matters worse, what little light we had received from the moon had disappeared, as the moon had gone down, and not knowing the woods very well we got turned around, and it was more than an hour before we could locate the spot where we had left the animal. We finally succeeded in finding our horse and then we lugged our honey to the rig and struck out for home, atriving there just as tlie first red streaks of dawn began to show in the East that the sun would later on show itself again, We were tired as well as chilled through with the cold night air on our drive home, while as to personal appearances we were frights. We had just 87 pounds of honey—very fine and nice—but we were’sure we must have had a ton’s weight’ of experience. It was a good thing for us that it was now the Sabbath day, so we could hide away with our swollen and half- blind-eyes, which ‘we were obliged to do all that day; and, to make matters worse, the owner of the tree went on’ the same Sunday morning to secure his anticipated prize, and when he found it had been taken he was in a terrible’ state of mind and declared he would take summary ven- geance on whoever had taken the honey—provided he could find out the guilty parties. Mr. Adams fearing for our safety as well as for his team had cleaned all traces of the honey and dead bees from the wagon and refused’ to believe (7) when called upon by the owner of the tree, that his men had taken part in the robbery. Things looked so bad though that Himes and myself were obliged to leave the place until our faces had again re- sumed their normal condition, Luckily, Himes had a sister living at Northhampton, Mass., several miles dis- tant, whither we went on Sunday night and visited till our faces healed and we felt safe to return to our work, |}, This was my first and last attempt to stéal andther’s bee | tree, and though helping to gather in many a store of! wild bee’s honey since that day, I have always looked! back upon that boyish escapade with regret, and to this day consider that we paid dear for our whistle. Wm. Brown. PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, The Story of “Dixie.” Ir has frequently been the subject of discussion regard-. ing the origin of negro minstrelsy which has brought fame and fortune to song writers, musical composers - and minstrel performers. Negro minstrelsy in reality had its origin with the plan- tation slaves of the South, but their performances, while amusing, were crude, fragmentary and perpetuated only by tradition.. The period when the white race first entered the field of plantation melodies and songs is within the memory of men still living, your correspondent included, The first known public performance of that character was “Coal Black Rose,” sang with self. accompaniment on the piano by a blind vocalist, whose name I do not re- member. The next to obtain notoriety was “Old Zip Coon,” which the writer, when a small boy, heard under the tent of a show consisting-chiefly of two fiddlers, an ele- phant, and Shetland ponies, ridden circus style, by eques- trian monkeys. This was over sixty-five years ago. The song was sting and performed with dance by three burnt- cork minstrels, and its novelty to both old and young afforded great amusement for the audience. It is questionable whether later songs have excelled it; and few performers on the stage at the present time, when they dance to the tune of “Turkey in the Straw,” ae that it is the air of “Old Zip Coon’ recently re- vived. Almost contemporaneously burst into popularity Rice’s great hit in “Jim Crow,” performed for the first time by him as an interlude in a theater in Pittsburg. The next in that line who gained notoriety appeared Christy's Minstrels, and Dan Emmett, both being pio- neers in professional minstrelsy, and it is difficult to say which, if either, had priority. _ The prineipal object of this article is to contribute in a small way to perpetuate the memory of the author and composer of the world-wide song and air of “Dixie.” Daniel D. Emmett is now living in retirement on a farm near Gambier, the seat of Kenyon College, in Ohio. He is a hale old man of eighty-four, and in full possession of his mental faculties, The writer remembers him as a pleasant, blue-eyed young man half a century ago, when his family resided im Mount Vernon, Ohio. His sister was a fine performer on the piano, and the two would oiten entertain their visitors with choice music, both -yocal and instrumental. Interest. in this venerable minstrel has been recently awakened by an ovation tendered to him on the Ist day of the present month, March, 1800, by the cadets of the Military Department of Kenyon College, to whom he feelingly told the story of his life, and detailed all the circumstances under which he wrote his famous song. A report in the morning papers give the-interesting details. 263 The young ladies of Harcourt Place Seminary were present, and the large assemblage filled Delano Hall to overflowing. The enthusiastic welcome of the young peo- ple and the kind manner in which he was introduced by N. H, Hills, senior regent of the academy, so touched Mr. Emmett that he could not at once proceed with his ad- dress, which he said was the first oration he ever made. Of Southern parentage, he was born in Mt, Vernon Oct. 29, 1815, and was the first white boy born there, His education was such as he gained in the log schoolhouses of the country im those early days. His father was a skillful and prosperous blacksmith, but the son at the age of eighteen, being a promising amateur, became a musician with traveling shows until he was twenty-two years old. Im 1843, in connection with three others of similar tastes, he organized the “Virginia Minstrels,” which was inimediately successful in New York and other Eastern cities of the United States, as well as in Great Britain. In 1850 he was engaged by Bryant’s Minstrels, 472 _ Broadway, New York, to write comic songs, negro songs and walk-arounds, and to act as musician when required. “Dixie,’ with the music, was coniposed by him early in the spring of 1859, and sung from that time to July a, 1865, by Mr. Emmett at every performance given at Bryant's. His recent address at Gambier was received with great applause, and at the close he sang “Dixie” with a chorus improvised from the school during the day, He was heartily encored, and after the performance, the cadets were all presented to him. He is white-haired, robust and physically shows but little indications of his adyanced years, It was an énjoyable night for the venerable min- strel. S. R. HArrts: Editor Forest and Stream: Haying seen Mr. Harris’ notes on Dan Emmett, I will say: He composed “Dixie” as a “walk-around” in No- vember, 1859. The date is fixed because I came from the West in that month and dropped in to see Emmett, whom I had known, and he was to produce “Dixie” that night, and I heard it. The dancing part is left off now, it is in different tune. The name did not refer to Mason and Dixon's line, but to an old New York City slave holde* named Dixie, who was famous for some reason, and a, early as 1840 we boys had a game called ‘“Dixie’s land, A ring was marked out and one boy was “it.” The others would trespass, calling out: “I’m on Dixie’s land, Dixie ain’t at home.’ Then, if the first one could catch an in- truder, he was “it.’ Dixie was crowded by the anti- slayery movement and took his slaves south, ’ Frep MATHER datuyal History. Handling and Breeding Rocky Mountain Game Animals. In compliance with your request I take pleasure in giv- ing you such facts as I have gained in ten years handling and breeding game of this locality. The species with which I haye had experience are antelope, black-tail deet, mountain sheep, moose, elk and bison. Of the elk I can say the most, having handled something over 300 head that have since been distributed in different parks m the East. A great many of them I caught wild when full grown. The balance were bred in captivity. I find them to be a very hardy animal and one that will thrive under the most unfavorable conditions. They are easily domesticated and become yery docile and nice pets, The males at one year old grow a spike horn, and at two years the prongs will vary from three to six on each horn, so the old adage of a prong for each year as the ag@e of a bull elk is exploded, I had one jemale elk which grew a horn. She had but one, which came out the summer she was three years old. It grew to be 18in, in length. It curved down over her face and hung below her nose, and remained that way while I kept her, four years, without shedding the velvet. After shedding the velvet the males are inclined to be vicious. The old ones will horn the young males, and often kill them, if confined in a small enclosure. I have had several killed that way. To avoid accidents I would dehorn all males more than' two years old, As soon as they rub the velvet from the horns they shed the crowns that are left on the head. The next spring the horns grow as usual. Elk are prolific breeders and drop their first young at three years of age. Moose, although hardy, tough fellows in their native ‘swanips and hills, in captivity are very tender and soon die, seemingly without any provocation. I have captured several head, all old animals, and only succeeded in keep- ing one alive. This was a female. She was easily broken to harness, and would come to the call of her name for any distance within hearing, She would eat anything in the line of grain, vegetables, fruit and bread. After keeping her seven years I sold her to a showman, and she died nine months later in Detroit, Mich. Black-tail deer do well in a large pasture. They should be captured when fawns, as they are of a very restless disposition ‘and will not do well if caught when grown They drop their young when two years old, and usually have two each year. Mountain sheep are fast disappear- ing before the inroads of civilization. They take kindly to domestication, and will breed in a yery small place altogether unlike the mountainous range to which they were accustomed. They are most difficult creatures to take alive as the ranges they inhabit are almost inaccessi- ble to man. When 4 rope is dropped on them they will jump from any height at the risk of injury or death. But i they can be caught and brouglit down to level ground without being injured im the process the chances are ninety-nine out of a hundred they will live in this alti- tude. Their food in captivity consists of wild hay, veg- etables and, above all, oats. Like the deer, they drop two young and breed at an early age. The antelope, while not a great success, can be bred with great care and fime and a large pasture. I have been breeding -bison four years next May. Last spring T cauight two calves, male and female. The cow dropped a fine heifer calf. Last summer I bred twelve Galoway cows fo the bison bull. Now I am waiting with curi- osity to see what the offspring will be like, as the cross- ing is an experiment with me and predictions are many and various as to the outcome. Dick Kock, LAKE, Idaho, Weights of Foxes. Editor Forest and Stream: The enclosed clipping is taken from the Winchester, Mass., Star: ‘Many frequenters of the Middlesex Fells have seen at different times a large black fox—an exceeding rarity. Word has been received from Mr, Gerry, of Stoneham, that this fox was shot last week in Burlington. He weighed 27]bs.” As-the item states, a black fox in New England is “an exceeding tarity,” but a fox of any color actually weighing a27lbs. is something I never heard of before. I have shot something over 200 New Hampshire foxes and haye care- fully weighed a good many immediately after they were killed. Our ordinary red fox weighs from 8% to olbs. We consider tolbs. large, and 12lbs. an unusually large one. The largest I ever killed weighed iglbs. I usually kill every winter several weighing from 10 to talbs., and they are always old doe foxes in fine condition. A fox is very deceptive in appearance, as to his weight. His winter coat is long and the hair stands out straight. Strip off his pelt, and what is left is comparatively very small. Estimated weight of wild animals, as I have found, in- variably exceeds the actual. A black bear was killed late one fall while swimming across Parmachenee_ Lake, in Maine. This bear was towed to the wharf at Danforth’s : Camp. There were several sportsmen and stiides there at the time, and they all estimated the weight. The bear’s fur was full of water, which would greatly add to his weight. The general estimate was 4oolbs. As there was a set of Fairbanks scales at the camp, the bear was weighed, and the actual weight was 25olbs. In several instances L have known of the estimated and actual weight of different animals to vary fully as much. If any of the readers of Forest AND STREAM know anything about this 27lb. fox, the Forest AND STREAM would be glad to hear of it. C. M. Stark. DunesarTon, N. H. Alaska as a Game Country. Juneau, Alaska.—Editor Forest and Stream: We ex- pect a great many visitors to Alaska next summer. Many of them attracted by the remarkable gold discoveries, the richest of which are so near to Juneau that they can be visited in two days. In addition to this, there will be tourists and others in search of big game shooting. Upon Adimirality Island, 100 miles from Juneau, reached easily in a day by local steamer, black bear can be found in abundance, The Indians inform me that from a point on the beach where the boat lands to a point up a gentle rise two iniles away, they don’t care to travel at night, as the bears are very large and ferocious. Some of the finest skins ever brought to Juneau came from that vicinity. : Deer are in abundance. most cease to be sport. On Shelter Island, tipon Lynn Canal, ten miles from Juneau, a sportsman _can find all the wolves he wants. When the steamer Detroit was wrecked there a few months ago, the passengers and crew had occasion to camp out for two nights, and so numerous were the wolves, big gray fellows, that it became necessary to place a guard at the door of the tent to protect the men and their passetigers. W. A. Beppor. Fishing and duck hunting al- Hawk and Grouse. Berxetey, lowa.—Editor Forest and Stream: While strolling through the fields one day in February I was an interested spectator in witnessing the capture of a pin- nated grouse by a red-tailed hawk. The hawk was ob- served soaring slowly about over an oat stubble, when he suddenly darted to the ground, and arose with the bird in his talons. As there seemed to be no struggle in the air it must have been killed almost instantly when struck by the hawk. The whole affair took place so quickly and un- expectedly that I could hardly believe my vision, Thinking the bird could not possibly sustain the load for any dis- tance, I followed its flight, but after flying some distance they were obscured by the intervening woods. This is the frst incident I have ever noticed where the red-tailed hawk has attempted to carry off anything as Jarge as the prairie chicken, and it was doubtless driven to it through neces- sity. The heavy snows and extremely cold weather of the previous three weeks having cut off his food supply, and with starvation staring him in the face it was his only alternative. E. D. Carrer. The Linnaean Society of New York. REGULAR meetings of the society will be held in the American Museum of Natural History, on Tuesday even- ings, April rz and 25th, at 8 o'clock, April 11—By members. “The Warblers of North America.’ Exhibition of specimens, with discussion of distribution, habits, etc., of Magnolia, cerulean, chestnut- sided, bay-breasted, black poll and blackburnian warblers. April 25.—By members. “The Warblers of North America.’ Exhibition of specimens, with discussion of distribution, habits, etc., of yellow-throated, sycamore, Grace’s black-throated gray, golden-cheeked, black- throated green, Townsend’s and hermit warblers. WaA.ter W. GRANGER, Sec’y. American Museum oF NATURAL -Hisrory, A Penobscot Buck. Tu illustration is of a beautifully marked buck, killed by Mr. Fred Hubbard, of East Berlin, Conn., in the East ®ranch Penobscot Valley of Maine. The party consisted of Messrs. Hubbard, J. N. Akarman, of Worcester, Mass., and Jno. Towne, of Amherst, Mass. This buck was of very large size, and the unusual marking is a white with dun mottling. The mounted effigy now adorns the rooms of the new athletic building in East Berlin. ae et Crow and Engine, ===>; Unies, March 31.—Lieut.-Goy. Woodruff and a party of friends came up the Central to-day on an observation engine bound for Fulton Chain, where they are to spend Sunday. Between Frankfort and this city a crow struck the window of the engine and shattered it. Some pieces of glass struck the Lieutenant-Governor in the face and the dead body of the bird hit him on the forehead, Upon reaching this city the Lieutenant-Governor visited a drug store, where a liberal application of court plaster was made —New York Herald. Game Bag and Gun. Game Laws in Brief and. Woodcraft Magazine. See announcement elsewhere. As the April issue will be govy- erned by the advance orders, it is requested that subscribers will order now either for the year or for the April number. ~ New Hampshire Fox Hunting. In Forest AND STREAM of Jan. 7, a correspondent writes: “In the South they hunt foxes with foxhounds, . and join the folk of the old world in calling it treason to kill a fox in any Other way. In New England they go not fox-hunting, but fox-shooting, and consider it sweet and decent to shoot a driyen fox with any sort of gun. Qut in North Dakota they hunt the fox with greyhounds.” To follow a pack of hounds, as is the custom in the South or in the old world, over such rough country as we have, would be impracticable. To use greyhoun:ls or any fast dogs which follow by sight only, would be equally so. Such dogs might succeed were our foxcs fools enough to keep on open ground. Our New Eng- land method is almost as old as our granite hills. We who follow it are satisfied to call it fox-huntine. Others may call it what they will. have been asked recently by some of FoREST AND SrrEAM’s readers to give my experience as connected fs é A PENOBSCOT BUCK. White, with Dun Mottling. with our foxes when huntin~ them in our New England manner. During the past twenty-five years I have hunted them more or less each winter. 1 seldom begin until snow falls. When I go out it is with the intention of shooting every fox I can, and I do not hesitate to use any means of outwitting them. : A good dog is necessary, and what I consider a really good fox dog is not always easy to find, I do not like a very fast dog, neither must he be too slow. The first drives too many foxes out of hearing, while the latter gives them too much time to play their well-known tricks, T want a dog to have a clear voice and to give tongue fast and regularly after the fox is started. I have found that foxes are often afraid of a coatse heavy-voiced doy, and also of one which only barks now and then. One oi the latter sort I have found to be the poorest kind of fox- hound, no matter what other good qualities he might possess. A fox wants to know just about where the dug is and will keep much nearer to one which barks steadily. The dog must be a good ranger, hunting the ground well, and should come in at least every half-hour, should he fail to find a track. He must know enough to come home after a run and not stop at the nearest house, no matter how tired he may be, One other point I am particular about is, that he must do his work himself and not go to join any other hounds he may hear. It is comparatively easy to get a hound having some of the above require- ments, but one which combines them all is not found so easily. As for breeding. In this section we do not count on long or high pedigrees. Some of the most worthless fox- hounds I have ever seen for practical work were blue- blooded, They might take prizes on the bench but they could not follow a fox. Puppies from a bitch known to be a good fox dog and from a similar dog, almost invariably learn quickly, The dog I now have T consider one of the best 1 have owned. He is of medium size, standinz nineteen inches at the shoulders, black, white and tan and. mottled. Heis not a fast runner, but still he holes more foxes than any dog I aye had. This is the third winter I have owned him, and He has driven in thirty-three. As T seldom try to get a fox after he holes, I do not like this, but know of no way to. help it. — r ia For a good foxhound, from two to four years’ old, twenty-five dollars is considered here a fair price. Some- times a good one can be bought for half that amount. jApri 8, Boo. Again there are some for which a much higher price would be asked, Such cases, however, are where the owner of a hound does not wish to part with the dog and would only be tempted by the amount offered. _ Speaking of very fast running hounds. Some years since there was such a dog owned a few miles from here. 1 am very sure that without exception there never has been such a dog in this part of New Hampshire. He was a cross between a foxhound and a bull dog, and looked like a hound, but with shorter ears than our natives. He was not a large dog, but stood up pretty well. Were this dog aliye to-day and in his prime, | would like to see him compete in some of the trials where speed and accuracy were the point. He was the only dog I have known which could and did catch our red foxes. He caught and killed fifteen foxes one winter, and not one of them had been previously shot at or injured in any manner. When he got after a fox the latter did not have any time to fool around and when he once got hold . of one his bull-dog nattre was in evidence, and he never broke his hold as long as the fox had any life in“him. He was wondertully true on a track: when a fox ran the: roads, on ice or such places. One day when there was a few inches of snow he drove a fox through a field in front of the house, saw the fox when he came into the field anid saw him follow around after the sheep which raced off when they saw him, The dog was not far behind and one of the men who knew the dog by his voice said “George’s dog will get bothered among all those sheep tracks,’ The dog, however, never made a skip or a breals and was on after the fox and out of hearing in a few minutes. Another time he drove a fox through a small village near here. It is about half a mile in length, and the fox kept in the road with the dog about three rods behind. Neither seemed to gain, and at a turn in the road the fox left and went into a rocky pasture where the dog caught and killed him. A fox was started by this dog near where he was owned. There was some crust on the snow which favored the fox. The dog drove him about ten miles, nearly straight away. During the run ihe fox passed near where lived an old fox-hunter, who saw him cross a pasture quite a distance ahead of the dog. The old man said to some men who were with him, “He has got aiter a fox this time that he will neyer catch. no dog could on such running.” But the dog did catch and kill the fox, and his owner followed up the trail and found the fox the next day. This dog did not hole so many foxes as any one would suppose, Perhaps he pushed them so fast that they did not have time to go {5 holes they knew of. Now | would not care to own such a dog. About the only chance to shoot a fox ahead ot him was to get on some runway before the fox was started; and nearly always to find a fox which he had caught and killed entailed a very long tramp. Occasionally a rather slow dog will catch a fox. IT never knew of but one instance of any of my dogs doing so. On that day there were several inches of very light snow and it was easy running. The dog caught this fox in about fifteen minutes after starting him. I saw the fox cross a meadow some five minutes before he was caught and he was running easily and about one ‘hundred yards ahead of the dog. They both went into a thick piece of bushes and sproutland, and the dog stopped barking. Thinking he had holed him I followed on and found the dog lying on the fox which he had killed. I could not see any signs of the fox having been hurt in any way before the dog caught him, and it has always been a mystery how the dog got near enough to get hold of him. T usually go alone when aiter foxes, and I decidedly prefer to use but one dog. There may be (while it can be heard) more music hearing a number of dogs driying a fox, but our foxes when so hunted neatly always run * straight out of hearing and often do not come back during the day. Of course, foxes will sometimes ru straight away for a good many miles when followed by a- single dog and a slow one at that, but I find it is only occasionally, while with a number of dogs they nearly al- ways do so. I haye shot a good many foxes during the time | have been after them, and am now pretty well in the third hundred of what I have killed. With one ex- ception they were all killed in this section. I have noticed that our foxes change their routes some years. One winter nearly every fox when followed by a dog will talce to high ground, running over ledges and the tops o1 ridges, while, perhaps, the following winter in the same locality hardly a fox will run in such places, they keep on low ground and in sproutland or thick small growth of pine or hemlock. They haye done so almost entirely during the past winter and would seldom go over a hill, keeping well down and going around. Another change in this vicinity is in the color. We seldom now get a fox of as dark red color as in years past. They incline towards a light grayish color on flanks and back. During the past six months J have seen but one of as deep a red as we tised to kill, Foxes, like almost everything which runs or flies, are hunted a great deal more than in years, long past. To-day they are wilder, and run over more ground than formerly. The past winter has been unusually unfavorable for our stvle of hunting them, Days when it was even fair running, have been few and far between, Yet I know of sixty-one being killed within a radius of seven or eight miles of here. Of this number I shot ten. (Ge STARK, Dunsarton, N, H. There is such a thing as knowing your business too well, Mr. Boodle and Mr, Griffin, of Hampton county, were out hunting wild turkeys in Coosawatchie swamp. Each was “yelping,” and their imitations of the move- ments and calls of the turkey were so realistic that they deceived each other. The result was that after dodging and yelping around in the underbrush an hour or so Mr. Grifan caught sight of something moving and fired promptly, putting four buckshot into the temple of Mr. Boodle, which was the end of poor Boodle. When Mx. Griffin went for his turkey he found a dead man whom he had never seen before. No doubt it was a question of which got the first sight of the other. Each thought he was calling aswild,turkey.—Greenville (S. C.) News. The Forms? AND STREAM is put fo press each week on Tuesday. Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the. latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. =~ Aprrn 8, 1800.) — eee —— American Game Parks. The “Forest and Stream’s” Fifth Annual Report on Game in Presetves. (Continued fram page 248.) Blue Mountain Forest Park. CHIEF aimong the fenced preserves, by reason of its sizé and importance, is the Corbin Blue Mountain For- ést Park, near Newport, N. H., south of the White Mountains. The tract includes more than forty square miles, surrounded by a fence, and there are at the present lime more than 300 large game animals included in its limits, The park has always been intended for a hunt- ing preserve, and more or less game has been killed in it Of recent years, but the hunting idea is developing, and the club feature promises to be more prominent in future. The park enjoys special laws relative to its game. Exotic game can be killed or shipped at any time, and an extended season is provided for hunting deer and moose. The game is especially protected against poachers. Some four years ago the State of New Hampshire passed a law making it a misdemeanor to kill deer in the park. Mr. Corbin at the same time stipulating that the area of the park should never be increased in size more than 1,000 acres additional. A year ago the State passed a law making a five year’s close seasoh on deer. Two counties were excepted, and also by special amendment, Blue Mountain Forest Park. _ The big game open season in New Hampshire, where hunting is permitted, extends from Sept. 15 to Nov. 30. The laws of 1899, passed two weeks ago, contain an amendment in favor of the parlc as follows: “Except that the Blue Mountain Forest Association may kill deer and moose within the confines of its game preserve, as established by Chapter 258 of the Laws of 1895, until Jan, 15 of each year, and may ship them to points without the State at any time when accom- panied by a certificate of the Fish and Game Commuais- sion that they were legally killed, and the Fish and Gare Commission shall provide stich rules and regulations as are necessary for the carrying out of the provisions of this paragraph without any expense to the State of New Hampshire.’ In 1808 twenty-five deer and six elk were killed in the _ preserve. We are indebted to Mr. Austin Corbin for the following additional particulars: “The stockholders of the Association have done little during the past year except keep the property, including roads and fences, in general repair, All classes of game are thriving as well as could possibly be desired. No dead animals are found except such as apparently die from old age; and a few wapiti that have been killed by lice or ticks. The wapiti, and indeed all the game, are getting wilder and afford better sport than ever before. , “The park has been visited by Canada lynx, and I am inclined to think, a big family of pumas, during the past year. They seem to come down from the North to the forest in the fall, and return in the spring. “The number of foxes is being kept down, but in spite of that the small game, grouse and hare, do mot seem fo increase. “The ‘Cony’ rabbit has secured a foothold in the for- est (and in all that part of New Hampshire), and, as usual, is driving out the hare. We should, incidentally, be very grateful for any suggestion that would help us in exterminating these small pests. “The buffalo in the original herd have increased so that they now number some seventy. They are in fine condition, and are being taken care of during the winter. The boar are also being fed. The buffalo which were returned from Van Cortlandt Park have never complete- ly recovered their health, and we have thought best to keep that herd apart from the other. : “T can give you no figures of the number of game in the forest, as it is utterly out of the question to form any estimate of that.” Wm, C. Whitney. Besides his Berkshire game preserve of 10,000 acres on Washington Mountain, near Lenox, Mass., Hon. Wm. C. Whitney has secured a large tract of land in the Adirondacks. This lies in the neighborhood of Little Tupper Lake in the northern part of Hamilton county, IL, G Lake Preserve. “The G Lake Preserve is situated in the town of Ariet- ta, Hamulton county, N. Y., comprising parts of Lots 231 and 233, and all of No. 234, Oxbow tract, 620 acres, owned by E, Z, Wright and John D, Collins, of Utica; E. B. Salmon and J. W. Black, of Syrcause, N. Y. It is kept as a hunting, fishing and timber preserve, in charge of a special game protector keeper. All timber is to be kept intact. None is to be removed or cut. All of the lake is embraced. Two cottages are erected and other buildings. Lake covers about 175, water.” William Rockefeller, Mr. William Rockefeller, of New York city, is one of the most recent additions to the ranks of Adirondack preserve owners. In August last he purchased 25,000 acres of forest land in Franklin county, abutting on Paul Smith’s preserve. The property has been lumbered for pine and sprtice, but it still has ample standing timber. Mr, Rockefellers intentions regarding the tract are not definitely known, : P. H. Flynn. : Mr. P. H. Flynn, the Brooklyn trolley magnate, has bought a large tract of wild land, including a lake at Emmonsville, Sullivan county, N. Y., with the intention of creating a game and fish preserve. It is said that he will put up a handsome summer residence on the pre- serve and stock with native and exotic game birds and animals, i C. Tielenius. Mr. Tielenius writes of his preserve: “My deer park is getting along satisfactory in regard to breeding elk. Same is situated near Mt. Pocono, Monroe county, Pa.; an 8ft. —— FOREST AND STREAM. -___ _— ~ fence encloses about 1,200 acres of woodland, rocky or stony and rolling, watered by two small streams. Four years ago I stocked these streams with about 30,000 small trout and placed twenty-eight young ell from one to two years old, from Wyoming (four bulls and twenty-four cows), inthe park. The first year the did not breed; the second year I had six young one; the third year thirteen, and this year from twenty-four to twenty-eight, so that the herd consists of about seventy-five head at present. Dur- ing the summer they are hard to be found or seen, as they hide away in the woods with the exception of the even- ing, when they come from the mountain tops to the streams for water, During the winter, in severe weather, they are fed with hay at two feeding stations; only then I have a chance to see them all and to find out exactly how many young ones I have from the past summer; they deliver them during June or July. I have no shelter for them in form of barns against frost or rain. They seem to be weatherproof, and rather lay down on the stiow than in a barn. Of the bulls, I had four shot, two four and five years old, and two yearlings; dressed, but in their skin, the old ones weighed about 4solbs., and the yearlings 268 and 276lbs. each. I ought to have lots of tufted grouse and rabbits; however, | am sorry to say that there are too many foxes who destroy them; and the trout are destroyed by mink, I certainly am trying to keep the vermin down in numbers, but it is very hard to follow the foxes through the thick underbrush and a rocky mountainous district, where they hide and breed. I would be very much obliged to you for your kind in- formation in how far the State game laws interfere with private parks. To protect the cows at the coming breed- ing season I ought to kill four more bulls. But I am not permitted to do so and to bring them to New York now.” “Concerning an Epithet.” Editor Forest and Stream: My modest little scrawl relative to immoderate game killing and matters pretaining thereto, seems to have brought down a call-down or two in addition to the -mild expostulation of Forrest AND STREAM, It also brought out a few stray flings at alleged use of intem- perate language in dealing with the subject. It strikes me that no unselfish, reasonable sportsman can feel otherwise than “hot” aiter seeing as we da, week after week and month after month, the pages cf nearly every ofie of the papers devoted to field sports, besmeared with the bloody records of intemperate, in- ‘human, wanton slaughters; records that make one’s trig- ger-finger itch with murderous intent, or cause him to hanker for the enactment of a law that would land some of these evildoers into the penitentiary. Even Fores AND STREAM—that great literary mecca of the sports- man—is an occasional offender in this line. Only a lew weeks ago one of its brightest and most entertaining correspondents told us that he was especially fond of a certain shooters’ club because the members thereof lim- ited themselves—a club rule I believe—to a daily bag of fiity ducks, and in the same item we are also told that several of the club members played the limit on many consecutive days, with the addition of a few geese and turkeys on the side. Ye gods! what a transcendentally beautiful limit; three hundred ducks in a week barring the Lord’s day; about three-fourths of a-ton of game birds slaughtered in one short week by one “sportsman” (limited). One shudders to think of what such a “sportsman” might do with the limit off, and there are “several of him” in the same club. Armour or Swift ought to throw open wide their abattoir doors and doff their hats to such wonderful talent. Do you wonder at the use of in- temperate language by any eve of your readers who has a spark of sportsmanlike decency in his makeup after having partaken of such an item as the one referred to? My private views on the subject would not, I iear, lool well on the pages of FoREST AND STREAM. Usually the parties who take most delight in having a fling at the poor devils, who, through ignorance, soni:- times scoff at the immoderate shooters are themselves confessed offenders in the unlimited killing line and they always offer as a plea for their want of moderation in the field that same old threadbare story “none of our gaine was wasted, all was used.” Robin Hood, Jack Shepherd, and several other celebrities are recorded as having made the same plea; none of the proceeds of their little pleas- antries went to waste, all not used by themselves went to feed and clothe the worthy poor, In this connection I beg leave to recall an incident that occurred at Shinnecock Bay a few years ago, where two shooters in a single day. killed four hundred shore birds—a large percentage oi which were dowitchers—and upon being upbraided for their action pleaded that “none of the birds were wasted, the hundred and odd guests at the hotel ate them all and would have eaten as many more had they been available.” Just such work as this has made the dowitcher a rara avis, comparatively, on the shores of Shinnecock Bay. Of what possible use would be the enactment into law of that most excellent Forrest anp Stream platform plank, relative to the prohibition of the sale of game, ii unlimited killmg is to be permitted to so-called sports- men who might desire to win applause by catering to the never-failing appetites of countless hordes of gourmands at the seaside and mountain resort hostelries? Of what possible use is a law putting restraints on the willful overcrowding of the game bag? Any one who has had aught to do with the enforcement of the game laws knows that the bag limit statute, especially that pertaining to small game, is a dead letter Jaw from way back, and that the only way to prevent unlimited killing by “sports- men’—prohibition of game selling will fix the markei- shooter—is to educate them up to a higher plane. Whether this education can best be instilled by means of moral suasion or with an axe.is a matter I leave to those more experienced than I in the moral suasion or hardware business, and will merely say that I have no desire to pursue this controversy further except to re- iterate my firm belief that the “game hog” is utterly unfitted for the company of the grand army of Forrsr AND STREAM readers, the vast majority of whom are gentlemen and sportsmen in every sense of those badly abused terms, and the sooner he, the g. h., is brougiit 2668 to a realization of this view of the case, the better for all coucerned, : One of your correspondents, Mr. L, A. C., takes ex- ception to my argtiment, because it seems to remotely connect the crime of larceny with immoderate game killing, and holds that, while there are statutory provi- sions governing the one, there is no law to govern opin- ions as to what should constitute a reasonable bag for a day’s shooting; in fact, he in effect holds that in this matter every man is a church unto himself. I beg leave to differ with the gentleman; the great unwritten law of “common honesty” governs in these premises as perfectly as does any law on the statute books relative to larceny, although it does not perhaps affix quite so severe pen- alties. If the unwritten law named is not sufficient to eover the ground, the “golden rule” indirectly applies, as do many other of the teachings relative to moderation and temperance, of the Great Teacher whom your corre- spondent quotes. Forbearance in dealing with the im- moderate game killer has ceased to be a virtue and the day of retribution is at hand. In conclusion, permit me to have a word at the item in ForrEST AND STREAM that hints that want of skill in the field is perhaps what ails me, and suggests “sour grapes,’’ I have been on earth fifty years, a shooter for forty, and, pardon a little egotism, a fairly good wing shot for up- wards of thirty, and can hold my own in the field with any of the mighty killers—barring none—who air their exploits in the columns of the shooting and fishing papers. I can work the slaughter racket, but I won’t; T have learned better ways. M. ScHEenck. Troy, N. Y., March 31. —__—_—. Editor Forest and Stream: The stand taken in your paper toward that class of sportsmen who ate inclined to call every other one (able to hit his birds) a game hog, etc., finds my hearty approval and also of thousands of others. The best way to make a market-shooter see into the error of his ways would be, to let the well-to-do sportsmen buy unlimited numbers of Forest anpd StreAM and distribute the copies to them, which would tend*to educate and refine them into the ways of true sportsmanship, Cuas. F; Brocker, - 5 , 4 _ The Fox (Wis.) Representative, as quoted in your isstfe of April 1, says: “Two dozen ducks a day is enough for any man to shoot, and a man who is not satisfied with that many is no sportsman.” Should any of Forest AND STREAM readers be “shy” on what constitutes a reasonable bag limit, this might help him out. I had no idea until recently that there was such a want of knowledge on the subject. I was foolish enough to think that every sports- man knew about what constituted a decent limit. M. SCHENCK, ADVERTISETIENT. D. N. & Co.’s Department Store. Spring Opening—Special Announcement. WE have an entire new list of spring goods laid in at very low figures, and which, owing to our enormous capi- tal and facilities for obtaining the entire output of all the live stock on this continent, and also of vast importa- tions from Mexico, Central and South America, we can offer at prices beyond competition. We have departments in every county, in every State and Territory in the Union, and send to each department such stock as has been proved to be suitable to the locality. , Trout. We can offer this season a fine line of brook, brown, rainbow, Dolly Varden and lake trout, in our different departments. Our trout purveyor was among all the State and private hatcheries two years ago, and secured the entire output, in addition to what we produced in our brooks and lakes. The first fruits of his journeys are now confidently offered to the public as the best that can be found on the entire globe. Trout of 3 and 4oz, per dozen........ssecssseeses 2 artificial flies. same quality per dozen.,..iy¢sececeeen 1 doz. angle worms, over 40z. and under iIb.. 4 artificial flies. Same quality.......s..s000e doz. angle worms, AbD VePlibacscave cane ve Root special rates. Notr.—No worms received at par that have not been well scoured in moss for three days. Flies must be up to the standard of the best makers. We will have a splendid assortment of black bass, pike, pickerel, masca- longe, crappies and other fish later in the season, when we will have a full line of minnows for bait. ] Wildfowl. In some of our departments our customers can obtain a full line of ducks, geese, brant and swans at this time of year, but the goods are no longer fashionable in many States during the spring months, and we do not care to do a big spring trade in this line, nor in fact in any bird line in the spting, for economical reasons, which, however, affect our customers more than ourselves. Every sale we make of a pair of birds in the spring les- sens our fall trade by a dozen. The same reasons which govern the poulterer in reserving his spring stock are sound, and we wish to follow them. As some customers demand wild fowl in the spring, we quote: ‘ ee ce ke ce cr] ce Swan, per single bird,..,......08. 3 days’ labor and 100 trid, Geese and brant, per single bird...1 day’s labor and 10 eens Ducks, per dozen......... Bbb dahshac 1 day’s labor and 60 cartridges, In the interests of our customers, as well as our own, we hope that the demand for spring goods of this descrip- tion will become as unfashionable in all of our depart- ments as it is at present in the best of them, where cus- tomers realize that our interests are theirs. Our firm having been established so far back in the re- mote ages that its records are incomplete, is too well known from the equator to both poles, wherever man in either savage or civilized condition exists, to need refer- ences by the transient people now occupying the earth; .we have supplied their forefathers for more thousands of years than they can reckon, and are still doing business at 266 FOREST AND STREAM. SS (Aren. 8, 1809. the old stand. It is our business to supply their needs in every line, food of all kinds, material for fuel and clothing, medicines of more or less value, minerals of all known kinds, and the raw material for many other things, therefore we think that our advice, which is based upon an experience greater than that of any living man, should be considered seriously. We would like our customers to go on with their breeding of domestic animals, which, under individual ownership, are treated on business principles, and are not slatightered in the breeding season. Of course this cannot be done in the case of the shad and some other fishes which only come within man’s reach when they go to the rivers to breed, but, as all intelligent communities forbid the killing of deer, grouse, quail, woodcock and other wild life during the breeding season, which includes the time of pairing, our firm does not understand why this principle is not applied to wild fowl and other birds. Once we had on our bargain counters buffalo meat and tongues, wild pigeon and beaver tails, We cannot offer them to-day, becatise they have not been allowed to live and multiply, The intelligent farmer preseryes enough breeding stock to supply his wants. The intelligent Com- monwealth should do the same thing. If this could be done all over the land, we could promise more liberal terms, per cartridge, in the fall than it is possible to do now. Ii we may be perinitted to advise our customers concerning fashions to come, we will say: Ina few years the sportsman will take up his gun in the woodcock season, say August and September, and in the latter month will look for grouse, quail, wildfowl, shore birds, rabbits, deer and other game until the new year. Then he will clean up and oil his gun and lay it away until the next woodcock season, unless he desires to shoot clay pigeons, which we do not furnish. Then he will sit in the chimney corner o’ nights and read what has been pub- lished on his favorite sport until the sun comes so far north that it shines on the rod case on top of his books. Then he looks over the whippings on his rod, tests his leaders, examines his fly-books for moths or abraded gut at the heads of the flies and awaits the opening day for trout, After this comes other fishing. Speaking as a business firm, we will say that our very best customers are those “all-round sportsmen” who love both the rod and the gun, and who are happy if they can fish in spring and stimmer and shoot in the fall. Some men do not care to fish at any time, and it is this class that demand that we should have wildfowl on our counters in spring, but we are glad to say that the demand for wildfowl in the spring months is decreasing, because intelligent gunners realize the fact that they. cannot lall a pair of ducks in the spring and expect them to bring down a brood in the fall. We have spoken plainly on this subject to our custo- mers, because their interests are ours, and, having had centuries of experience in purveying animal life for man, and haying seen him waste and eyen annihilate some species of it, we veriture to make the above stiggestions. Very respectfully, Dame Nature & Co, N. B—No goods sent on approval. Our customers must come and get for themselves what they want. Some African Hunting Experiences. Editor Forest and Stream: Towards the latter end of 18908 a book was published by Mr. Greener, the gunmaker, entitled “Fifty Years in South Africa.” The author is an Englishman named Nicholson, who states that “Varied by an occasional visit to England and other parts of the world, the greater por- tion of half a century has been passed by me under can- vas on African soil. * * * My wanderings of moze than thirty years ago had made me acquainted with im- mense tracts of the countries bounded to the north by the Lambesi, to the west by the ‘Great Thirst Land,’ and to the east by the Indian Ocean.” Although the author hunted for a livelihood, his narra- tive shows that he was a thorough sportsman in ‘the best sense of the term; never killing game except for food or to obtain ivory and yaluable skins. The ideas of a man of such wide experience as to the best weapons for wild sports will, I feel sure, be interesting to many of the readers of FOREST AND STREAM, and may also be useful to Americans contemplating a shooting trip into the in- terior of Africa. The author began large game hunting about 1845, be- ing then armed with a double flint and steel smooth bore by Purdy. The gauge is not mentioned but it was pro- bably No. 12 or 14, the latter being the favorite size in England at that period, With this weapon he killed ele- phants, zebras, various kinds of antelope, and lions. Twenty-seven of the last named were bagged in seven days during one hunting journey in the present Orange Free State. On this subject he says: “So numerous were the lions, that, on one occasion near the Kafr River, 1 counted over forty of all sizes in a single troup. * > %* My impression is that the safest and most effer- tual method of lion hunting is alone, with a gun bearer carrying a spare weapon or with one trusty fellow-hunter, and I have never had occasion to complain of the be- haviour of a native attendant, if isolated from companions of his own race. And here I may remark that although I have been in many tight corners when hunting lions, I have never been mauled, nor has any casualty befallen any of my ‘boys’ on these occasions.” In 1850, when hunting for guinea fowl with a No. 15 smooth bore muzzle loader, by Beckwith of London, he saw a lioness with two cubs, rammed down a bullet on the shot, and crawling over a rock on which she was ly- ing ready to rush at him, fired between the shoulder blades, The bullet and shot charge “smashed the back- bone and made a terrible mess of the contents of the chest.” The cubs were caught, put into a strong cage made in the bush, and some months afterwards were sold for fifty guineas to an American ‘shipper at Port Eliza- beth. During his wanderings Nicholson became acquainted with Dr. Livingstone, and also the celebrated hunters Gordon Cumming and Oswell. Livingstone is described as “a little, dark, tough-looking man with a countenance ‘every lineament of which denoted the possession ef courage, pertinacity, and intellect.” Cumming was, he says, a mighty hunter, but handicapped for such game as elephants and rhinoceros “by his weight in the saddle and his habit of using a rifle, that weapon in those days be- ing very inferior to 4 smooth bore, as it could not be used with a sufhicient charge of powder to ensure the necessary amount of penetration.” (He evidently méans that the srooves of the British sporting rifles of that period had toa quick a twist to allow of a heavy charge of powder without causing the round ball to strip. Those which | have examined have had one turn in between 30 and {8 ~ inches for ball of toz. wéight, which were very liable ro strip if more than 2 to 2%4 drams of No. 6 grain powder were used.) Many people in this country, and probably in America, thought that some of the adventures described by Gordon Cumming were too improbable to be believed, but this authot says “I don’t think such was the case; none of his performances in the hunting field amounting to much more than usually fell to the lot of most sporting wanderers in the same localities.” Jn justice to Cumming it should also be mentioned that Dr. Livingstone, who knew many of the natives employed by him, vouches for the accuracy of his descriptions, Of the hunter Oswell, Nicholson states, “he was a very light weight, a splendid horseman, always well mounted, and invariably shot with a smoth No, 1o-bore, which, in his hands, made short work of all kinds of big game. * * A grand specimen of a thorough, cultured, English gen- tleman, brave to the verge of temerity, but brimming over with kindheartedness, courtesy and geniality.” Among other weapons used by the author was a singie muzzle loading duck gun (bore not stated), altered from flint to percussion lock, and weighing 14lbs. Of this he writes: “I shot an immense quantity of game with it, ranging from elephant to the small steinbuck antelope, and lost very few animals wounded by its large spheri- cal bullet, which it shot accurately at quite outside dis- tances.” In the advice to those in search of foreign sport Nich- olson says: “I have observed that men intending to ob- tain it usually encumiber themselves with batteries as ex- pensive as they are superfluous, In all wild countries it may be taken for granted that transport is more or less difficult, imperfect, and expensive; and the obligation to be constantly on the alert to watch over the safety of a costly battery soon becomes intolerable, and a waste of energy in a profitless direction. * * * Having used nearly every kind of weapon of portable dimensions from the flint and steel days up to 1804, perhaps I may lay claim to some practical knowledge of the subject. * *” Of weapons for the native hunters he states: “Upon the whole I have found it better to arm any of the ‘boys’ who may have the wish or ability to shoot, with plain single barrel smooth bore guns; with rifles they get into the habit of blazing away atall kinds of distances, and waste ammunition; besides, by giving them a shot cartridge or two, they often bring in a toothsome bird for the larder when one is saturated with dry antelope meat. Such guns can be bought for about £5, and should be sighted for ball shooting up to one hundred yards.” Too much of your valuable space would be required for all the remarks about weapons made in variots parts of the book, but the most important ones are as follows, the author's own words being sometimes quoted: 1, Owing to the great improyéments in modern rifles, a sportsman need no longer be encumbered with very large bores and their correspondingly heavy ammunition, A ball and shot gun of the Colindian or Paradox type is very satisfactory if of 12-bore, and heavy enough to carry 1% drams of powder easily: A double rife of obs. weight and one ofthese guns of Slbs. is an excellent arma- ment for any part of the world and for any kind of game. 2, “Barrels of sporting rifles need never exceed 26in, in length, both on account of handiness and because short guns can be held much mote steadily than long ones when aiming, especially in high winds’ Aim can be more quickly taken, in running shots, if the stocks have a good bend, For a man of sft. toin. a gin. bend is not too much. 3. A first rate double barrel is the best and most reli- able rifle yet invented, but, if economy be an object, the Winchester repeaters are efficient weapons. 4. Although all soft-skinned animals may be killed with the ordinary«short express bullet with its large hol- low, its want of penetration makes it fail for general pur- poses. It is often necessary to fire raking shots at the sterns of good sized antelopes, when a large superficial wound is the result ‘“‘with which the poor animal usually escapes.” With solid bullets at such game express rifles are excellent. 5. Elephants, rhinos, and similar thick-skinned game fall readily to the bullets of a 45-bore, but it is not good for animals below a certain size, say three hundred weight, because they do not offer sufficient resistance to cause the expansion of the bullet and a large external wound. There is little or no blood spoor to enable the hunter to follow a wounded beast, and almost all African game, except the eland, has such extraordinary vitality that it is liable to escape although mortally wounded. 6. After a sufficient trial of small bores the author reverted to .577 gauge rifles and also to 12-bores, both rifles and specially made smooth bores, ‘for all kinds of game with satisfactory results. A rifle of .577 gatige and tolbs. weight is a very efficient weapon.” 7, A .577 rifle does not require more than 4%% drams of powder nor a 45 more than 85 grains. For all except elephant or rhino shooting “smaller charges are prefer- able, giving quite sufficient penetration, being less liable to cause a premature breaking up of the bullet and miiii- mising recoil,” j 7. It is very important to have rifles chambered for straight tapered shell as they can be reloaded a great number of times without resizing. Bottle-necked shells very much increase recoil and have to be resized alier every shot, The necessary swedging tools for this are very liable to-be mislaid or lost. Unless reloaded, a cum- bersome quantity of the shells must be carried. . -§ A white-tipped foresight is the best of all, and en~ amel is preferable becausé ivory is liable to shrink and drop off in hot, dry climates. The rear sight should he as black and dull as possible, as a platina mark in the center is apt to spoil the aim by dazzling the eyes in a glaring sun. .9, The very best South African game shots I haye known, have restricted themselves to a single standard sight for all sporting distances, “Only the rooyds, siglit is necessary, for game should not, as a rule, be fired at beyond 2ooyds,, and very little indeed is killed beyond t50 by even first tate shots, no matter what rifle is used. Firing at longer distances than 250yds. entails much unnecessary cruelty,” to. With regard to the new rifles of about .300: gattge with smokeless cartridges and metal patched bullets, their accuracy, flat trajectory and penetration are admitted, and they are considered goad for the defensive purposes of an exploring expedition when the weight of ammunition has to be economized. The objections to them are that a few months’ hard work causes the grooving to wear away to stich a degree as to make their accuracy unre- liable; and that they are very difficult to clean, their ex- tremely rapid twist and small bore “retaining and pack- ing the fouling to an inordinate degree.’ Their long range is of no importance for game shooting, ‘After the exertion entailed by a gallop or stalk, no man is fit to shoot with tolerable accuracy at more than point-blank distances. ir. As to the yarious ways of boring, Mr. Nicholson re- marks: “I have shot with all kinds of rifles, and have a decided preference for the smooth, oval-bored weapons on Mr. C. Lancaster's principle; which are quite as ac- curate at sporting distances as grooved rifles, retain their shooting qualities indefinitely, foul and recoil very little, ‘and are especially easy to clean, besides being ayailable with shot when expedient.” ‘They stand rough wear and neglect much better than any grooved ones * * and what fouling there is, is evenly distributed over the inside instead of packing in patches, as is the case with all grooved barrels more or less.” _— [t appears to me that if some of the manufacturers of repeating rifles would try the oval bore system, they might produce weapons exact ly adapted for the woods’ loafer, or for hunters who are obliged to subject their rifles to neglect and rough work. Some years ago the editor of the London Field reported a trial he had attended of an oval bore .500 express. He said the wind was so strong that Mr. Lancaster had much difficulty in holding the rifle steady, but, allowing for that, the accuracy was very good. I lately measured the bullet holes in a target shown me as having been made by a double Lancaster oval bore, chambered for the .303 army cartridge. The four shots of the right barrel were in a square 2in. wide by 1 1-1oin. deep, and the four of the left in 3 3-8in, by 1 9-16in. The whole eight were in 3 3-8in. wide by 1 7-10in. deep. That is certainly good for open hunting sights even from a rest. Last summer a friend who owns a double oyal-bore, of 16 shot gun gauge, brought it for me to examine, There was no safe tange available beyond soyds., but at that distance its bullets were quite accurate. Being doubtful about the truth of the claim as to its being really useful with small shot, I loaded some 16-bore shells with 2% drams of powder and 1oz. of No. 6 and tried them at forty measured yards. I was surprised to find the pat- terns not only as close but as regular as those of a good average cylinder bore shotgun, > Mr. Nicholson’s remarks about smooth bores will be new to many of your readers, as they were to me. He considers that there is not much practical difference be- tween the killing powers of guns from 20 to 12 bore unless the latter be heavy enotigh to carry 4 drams of powder and ri4oz. of shot. He seems especially fond of 16-bores, and says: ‘‘With a 28-bore I have killed satisfactorily, small antelope, geese and wildfowl, besides several large bustards, with shot of suitable size, No. t for choice; but, as it was an extra stout littte weapon, I used 2 drams of powder, Curtis & Harvey's No. 4, and the same measure of shot, “The cylinder barrel of any well-bored double gum with a suitable quantity of nictal, if fitted with a foldin leaf sight on the rib, and loaded with a thick, soft wad below a hardened spherical ball, will, if the bullet is a, close but not tight fit, shoot accurately enough to hit atry- thing of, or about, the size of a rabbit at t1ooyds.’” He states that some years ago, with a strong double muz- zleloading smooth 16-bore, fitted with a rear sight anil front ivory sight, he bagged forty-three buffaloes in a few days, very few wounded escaping, and several being killed by raking shots from behind. A ta-bore of olbs, weight, with 4% drams of fine powder and hard bullets, gave ample penetration for jarge bull elephants. By “cylinder barrels” I think he must mean true cylin- ders, not those which were made to threw small shot well by “opening” at the muzzle, or, as m breechloaders, by compressing it slightly. I have tried numbers of such guns loaded with ball in various ways, and the best of them would not carry accurately enough to be certain of hitting a deer in the thick part of the lings beyond 6oyds. — About ten years ago a letter, apparently by the same author, was published in the Field, describing a ball shoot- ing smooth bore in similar terms to those above quoted: It was a 12 gauge 8lbs. weight with very rigid barrels, one of which was “a perfect cylinder, specially bored with the greatest accuracy to throw ball.’ It also had a fixed rear sight like a rifle. I can quite believe that such a barrel might throw ball with the accuracy described. About twenty-four years ago I had a double muzzleloader carrying forty-three round balls to the pound, with a thin patch, It weighed 5%4lbs., and had very thick bar- rels up to the muzzle-bored true cylinders, Finding it very accurate with ball, 1 fitted a rear sight on the rib, and then found that it would put a secession of shats; into one page of the smallest size notepaper at rooyds.. carrying point-plank to that range with 48 grains off No. 2 Curtis & Harvey's powder. Of course, it scattered badly with small shot, so I reserved the left barrel for ball, and, with some emery powder, opened the muzzle of the right until it made a close pattern wp to 3o0yds. with %oz. of No. 9 and 35 grains of No, 2 pow- der. I kept this little gun two or three years, during which it never made a wild shot with ball. A halt-caste manager of a tea plantation in the Himalayas fell so much in love with it on account of the small quantity of ammunition required, that I sold it at a moderate price, Jess than it cost. ; TI will conclude with a few quotations well worth the consideration of those now commencing their sporting: careers: “The almost universal use of small bore rifles (inclusive of .450 bores) has played the mischief with the game all: over the country, without, I think, increasing the nun- Aram 8, 1800.] FOREST AND STREAM, 267 ber of animals actually brought to bay.” * * * “One is often tempted to fire a lot of risky and ineffectual shots at long range and without taking sufficient pains to obtain a fairly certain shot.” * * “Tn the interests of real sport it would be advisable, where a rule can be enforced, to prohibit the tse of small-bore, long-range rifles al- together,” “A formidable amount of aggregate skill in the use of their weapons was a noticeable characteristic of the Boers of the period I allude to (say twenty years ago)."’ * * * “Since the general introduction of long-range breechload- ing weapons, their shooting powers haye steadily de- teriorated,’ * * * “Indeed, ever since the modern rifle came into general use in the Transvaal, the Boers have gradually lost that amount of skill upon which their prestige was founded in former days.’ * * * “The extreme ease with which breechloading rifles can be loaded, and the long range of these weapons, contributed largely to the deterioration of their original skill, by in- ducing habits of carelessness as to distances, and a pref- erence for pumping a stream of lead into the ‘brown’ without much regard to aim. This soon makes the game animals very wild, and, in proportion to the number of cartridges expended, very little game is gathered, and an enormous waste by wounding occurs.” “Tn the late combat with Dr. Jameson’s faiders, the Boers fired from behind rocks, which. protected them completely from the effects of the horizontal fire of the enemy, whom they could pot at on an exposed plain on which marks indicatitig distances had been placed. * + % With all this in their favor, these burghers were only able to kill twenty-two of Dr. Jameson’s men, in ad- dition to a few minor casualties, with an expenditude of at the very least 6,000 cartridges.” There could not be a more striking illustration of de- terioration in skill caused by the facility of reloading modern rifles. Of course no one would now think of using any others, but it is not overstating the case to say that, even when armed with the most quick-fring repeaters, every shot should be fired with the same care as was practiced when muzzleloaders were used. We shotild then find that not only would fewer animals escape wounded, but that the shocking instances of men being killed in mistake for deer would be unknown. Firing at nioving leaves on the chance that a deer may be behind them was never heard of in muzzleloading times. J. J, Meyricx. SouTH-Devon, England. © CHICAGO AND THE WEST. "Check for Illinois Game Bit Last week I had occasion to mention the rapid progress of a dangerous meastire which bade fair to get through the Legislature of this State, namely, Senate Bill No. 43, otherwise known as the Begole bill. At that time I made mention of the undesirable features of this measure, al- though stating that the bill was being railroaded and might perhaps reach passage. It did come up for a vote in the Senate, on last Tuesday, March 28, and came within two votes of passing. There were fourteen votes for the meas- ure and sixteen against it. Mr. Begole gave notice of a reconsideration. There is little doubt that every effort will be used to push this thing through. There is a House bill already introduced which is almost as unde- sirable as this Senate bill, and the sportsmen of the State cannot be too urgent with their representatives with the request that they keep alert for these or any other sweep- ing measures which look toward the wiping out of our old game law with its well-tested sections. What we need in this State is not so much better laws as better enforcement of the laws, a statement which ap- plies indeed to all the western country. These new meas- ures contain some good points, of course, but to have them take the place bodily of our former laws would be no gain but a distinct detriment to the people of this State. We do not want any more laws which help South Water street. Any Illinois law which does help the commission men of this city is a distinct hurt to every western State which has any game left to ship. Let us hope that Senate bill No. 43 and all its countermarts will fall by the way- side and rise no more. The Feud on South Water Street, The fetid inaugurated against Warden Loveday by the Packer and National Produce Review, the alleged organ of South Water street, has taken a distinct and rather ugly form. The paper quoted comes out in its issue of March 25 with further distinct charges of illegality on the part of different game wardens, including the present one. It charges that it has been the common custom among the justices of the peace of Chicago not to turn in any funds to the school board, as directed by the law. Auditor Custer, of the city school board, is reported to have said that during his term of office, covering about fourteen years, there had never been any money turned into the school board from game prosecutions, The Re- view openly charges that neither Warden Blow nor War- den Loveday has ever turned in a cent. Justice Randall H, White states that he has turned over such funds prop- erly, or stands ready to do so, These are but part of the inttmations made by the paper above referred to. That the war has taken definite shape may be gathered from the fact that President Graham H. Harris, and Attorney McMahon, of the Board of Educa- tion, have this week conferred for the purpose of de- ciding whether or not to file suit for the collection of fees, estimated to amount fo several thousand dollars, which the school board claims belong to it, but which have never been turned over under the provisions of the law. Tt should be borne in mind that these funds are properly to be paid over by the justices of the peace, though I pre- sume the records of the warden’s office should tell the amount and dates of all such collections. T do not know whether or not there 1s any personal spite actuating the paper above mentioned in its course, and to be sure, both sides of any case should be given in a paper like the Forest Awp Stream. As J am unable to meet Warden Loveday at present, I hope he will send to me any statement which will give the facts upon the other side of the case. The Review should give chapter and verse, names and dates and not content itself with sweeping as- sertions, It is in a splendid position to expose a lot of the rottenness of South Water street, having much better access to the dealers than any sportsmen’s paper could ever have. If it is sure that hush money has been paid to any warden, it will do a service to all dealers and all sportsmen also, if it will print the names of any firms which haye. contributed such hush money, stating the amounts of such contributions, with the dates and cir- cumstances. This is a sort of information which I have long been anxious to get during the administrations of earlier wardens, but it is something which no stranger can obtain on South Water street. J once spent a little money in trying to get some facts of this sort, but failed. Ii the Review can secure these facts, and be sure that they are facts, | should for one be very joyful. It is not tight, however, to deal in inuendo or general charges, and the only right kind of journalism is that which is willing to get both sides of the story. For Warden Loveday, per: sonally, I must say that he has been more effective than any warden we ever had, out in the shooting districts, and that he has seized more game on South Water street than any other warden ever did, This I do not take to mean that he has stopped one-thousandth part of the ille- pal game trade of South Water street. I admit that it is my personal belief that a game warden belongs on South Waiter street, and not outside the city, and I think that he ought to haye a large, active hammer and nail puller always about his person. Perhaps, if [ were game warden myself, | would know more about this sort of thing, and could testify to the shrewdness of the great gaine fences of Chicago, which are forever open to the stolen game of the West. It may be mere spleen on my part, yet I confess to a sort of rage, in which I thinle per- haps I am joined by many others, that this gigantic system of theft and robbery should go on almost openiy under our eyes, and that the machinery of our laws should fail so utterly to reach and check it. It almost makes the word law amockery. If anyone thinks for one second that _ ho illegal game comes into the Chicago market, or goes out of it, he isin a state of ignorance deserving pity. Yet this thing goes on, and we know it goes on, and we can- not, or do not stop it. I would like to see the Review, as the commercial organ of the street, rip that whole de- lectable thoroughfare up the back at the same time, while it has out its knife for the officials who have failed to accomplish that purpose. The Elk of Jackson’s Hole. A while ago I had occasion to print a communication from Mr. Edwin F. Daniels, of this city, describing the un- spottsmanlike slaughter of the elk in the Jackson’s Hole country by Eastern shooters. For the most part one does not expect to have his hopes and wishes. regarding game protection realized, and to make a howl in a newspaper over the slaughter of game usually does little good except- ing to make the howler feel a little better at the time. I do this sort of thing chiefly because it makes me feel good, not because I think it jars the world yery much. Yet here I have another letter from Mr. Daniels, which would show that this subject has really attracted some attention in the country where the most good can be done. Mr. Daniels is good enough to write me as below: “My letter to you of recent date relating to the slaughter of big game in Jackson Hole country last fall by prominent people, has had a little effect. It has been read in Wyom- ing, and I am in receipt this morning of a letter from Simpson Bros., of Jackson, Wyoming, relating to same. This letter fully confirms my preyious information, regard- ing the slaughter, I quote from Mr. Simpson’s letter as follows: “The slaughter by them was awlul. Their guide was ——, and if ever they shouia veturn to the hunting grounds of Wyoming, they should receive summary treatment and dismissal.’ “T am glad to note that the matter has reached the right place, and I trust that the efforts of your paper may be so well directed that it will not be allowed to rest here, but that a sentiment may be created in that particular locality that will not fail to make known the fact that such slaughterers in the future will not be tolerated. “Mir. Simpson says, however, that he is not in sympathy with my view in relation to the residents of the game country being held less liable than the sportsmen from the East. He says he thinks they should be held more liable. I am yery glad to note this sentiment from a resident of that country, and I hope that it is widespread and general among the people who live there. From what Mr. Simp- son says, I gather that there are, however, some excep- tions, and that there are several of what he pleases to term “hoy hunters” who live there. These people will always be found in such localities, and the only thing that can be done is to watch them as carefully as possible, and then pass laws stringent and comprehensive enough to make it a misdemeanor for them to kill more than a certain amount of game, or more than is necessary to furnish meat for their actual use. “I hope that the reports of the death of thousands of elk, deer, etc., by starvation, is greatly overdrawn, al- though I doubt not that immense numbers have died from that cause. While at the Lake Hotel, Yellowstone Park, last fall, IT met Lieut. Lindsley, who had just been on a scout of 500 miles, and was just about making his report to the Government regarding the condition of game, and their summer and winter ranges. If the starvation story is true, Lieut. Lindsley’s recommendation that the Gov- ernment take into the forest reserve the entire Jackson Hole country far enough so that in the severest winter weather, the game could have a winter range where it could feed, should be adopted at once. This protection would afford both a summer and winter range, and would make it practically impossible for any great number of deaths to occur from lack of proper food. “Lieut. Lindsley told me that his duties to the Govern- ment in the fall and winter of 1897-98, brought him into such close proximity with the game, that he personally saw forty to fifty thousand elk moving from their sum- mer range in the Park to their winter range in Jackson Hole, where, owing to the lax protection in that country at that time, many thousands of them were indiscriminate- ly slaughtered,” That's right. Put a park about them. And incident- ally, put a 4oft. stone wall about the park. Western Game Prospects. From all I .can learn the quail have had a hard time in Minnesota and Wisconsin, not quite so bad a time in Michigan, Indiana and Illinois. In parts of the South they have suffered a great deal. I do not feel qualified to say how they have fared in lowa, Nebraska and Kansas, though I am sure the winter has proved more than ordi- narily severe pretty much all over the West. In this latitude the weather has been wretched. During the en- tire month of March we have had only five pleasant days, and it has rained or snowed almost every day for weeks, To-day, April 1, it 1s cloudy and snowing, at a date when the leaves ought to be sprouting and fish running in the streams. Of cotirse, the quail do not benefit by such seyerity of weather, but it is very comforting to state that the sum of all reports is far from indicating any wide- spread cutting down of the stock of these birds, For in- stance, Mr, W. 5B. Wells writes me from Chatham, On- tario, along the shores of Lake St. Clair, that the quail have wintered there almost without loss, and now seem fat and strong. Mr. Wells also reports geese and ducks coming in over the marshes of that country. Now and then he says some- one goes out aiter geese. In our locality, as earlier re- ported, the first of the flight has been up for several weeks, and some of our shooters got very good bags of birds a month ago. J am disposed to think the weather will render the flight rather long drawn out and straggling. As to the jack snipe, no one wistest where they are. E. Hoven. 1200 Boyce Burtptnc, Chicago. Maine Guides and Game. MoosrHEap LAKE, Me., March 28.—Editor Foresi and Stream: Tve been ta New York, seen the Sportsmen’s Show, the green grass and “‘spoutin’ fountings” in the parks, a forest of big “buildin’s,” and a lot of men and women atid children, who, mostly, look as if they never had séen the sun rise and needed an “airin’.” There ain't any green grass nor “fountings’” down here yet, and it looks as if there won't be for a month to come. Also, there ain’t any “big buildin’s,’ so when I think of that it seems to sorter square up for the green grass. But there is 7ft. of snow in our woods, 26in. of ice in our big lake—more than we shall need all the coming sumimer—and it looks as though the fishing season wiil be a little later than usual. Our big game has wintered well. There has hardly been a day all winter in this big country when a man could run down a moose or deer on snowshoes. Not that a man would do so if he could, but some people never do get to be men, and we have a few such critters here. I’ve been a great deal in the big woods this win- ter, and never saw better prospects for a good hunting sason. Our caribou ain’t all dead neither. I know where there are eight in one band. Now that the law is on them for six years to come, won't them eight caribou laugh and grow fiat and wax tnightily in numbers if the commiis- sioners and wardens do their duty, In six years that single band of caribou will increase to fifty head. I know our moose and deer are increasing each year, I meet deer right in my backyard in this village on the shore of Moosehead Lake, and last fall a big black bear walked across my garden—while I was away, however— and crossed the main road to the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad station, I guess he was lookin’ for a free pass! When we gttides see moose tracks, and moose, too, in most every section of our big territory, and even in places where we never before saw any, does it indicate that moose are growing so scarce, they are getting so anxious about it, that they are coming ott to be counted! Or does it prove that they are spreading otit into new feeding grounds, to get enough browse to keep in condi- tion. Each year more are legally killed by visiting sportsmen, and how would that be so if there were not more each year to kill? Take my word for it, and of our guides as a body, that otir big game is still on the in- crease. And what is more, we guides of Maine intend to keep it om the increase, In the past five years we have learned a lot about game protection; we’ve been getting to the point where we know that a live moose or deer in the woods is worth more to us and to the State than a dead deer of moose in our camp door-yard. And we know now that just so long as we have the live moose and deer, we will have a whole lot of nice gentlemen—and - ladies, too—coming down here to hunt them, and paying tis boys those three nice big dollars each day we are with them—just for company’s sake, I suppose. So it has come to pass that you now hear the voice of one literally crying in the wilderness, in these latter days, saying in a loud voice to all the great throng of Forest AND STREAM readers: Behold, the registered guides of Maine are in fayor of game protection, for they know on which side their manna is buttered, and locusts and wild honey don’t infest this wilderness, and the trout hag and game butcher must go! Yours for health, Ep. Harrow, Registered Guide No, 92, Capt. T. C, Barker writes from Camp Bemis: ‘It looks pretty wintry here in Maine. There must be 4ft. of snow on a level; and some drifts about my camp are all of 25ft. deep, so you see that the April rain will have some- thing to do to take the snow off. I have made a sixteen- mile snowshoe trip to-day taking in the Birches and Up- per Dam, and it seems mighty good to get onto them once more.” A wild duck killed by a farmer, brought in and sold on the streets, was dressed in the restaurant of Frenchy's saloon a few days ago, when a fish measuring 12e%4in, long and 3%in. wide was found on its inside, as perfect as if swallowed only a short time before the duck was shot. It had gone down tail first, and while its head was in the duck’s craw, the tail was at the extreme end of the bowel. But what bothered those who saw it was how a fish 3%4in. wide could go down the duck’s throat when its throat was apparently not large enough to admit of the passage of one an inch wide, The fish was of the: tooth herring or “skipjack” variety, but what family the duck belonged to none seemed to know,—Frankfort (Ky.) Roundabout, The Rock Springs Lumber Company. __ Rock Sprines, Wyo., March 27.—Editor Forest. and Stream: Referring to an editorial which appeared some time ago in your paper regarding the alleged killing of game by our company, we wish to state to you the exact facts in the case. Regarding the charges made against our company, our foreman at the camp writes us that he made use of a few elk during the open season, but that since Dec. 1 there has been no wild meat of any kind used. by the company, although the tie choppers, and some others working for us, who are boarding them- selyes, have killed a few elk for their own tse since that time. You will easily appreciate that it was impossible for us, aS a company, to stop this killing of elk by individuals, and as both Mr. Kendall, our president, and myself, were very anxious to have the law enforced, and this killing stopped, we wrote Mr. Schnitger, at Laramie (he was then State game warden), saying that if he would haye a deputy game warden appointed to stay at our camp, we would be willing to pay a portion of his expenses, if necessary, to secttre his appointment. Mr. Kendall and myself are strongly in favor of any measure that will more fully protect the game of our State, and were among the few active sportsmen who were instrumental in having a much more rigid game law passed at the last session of the Legislature. I intend making a trip to our camp some time this week, and the State game warden, Mr, Albert Nelson, is coming with me, for-the purpose of making a full investi- gation of the game question. ‘ Of one thing you may rest assured, that whatever may have occurred in the past, it was without the sanction of the officers of the campany, and we intend giving every possible assistance to the game warden and his deputies to enable them to enforce the law to the fullest extent from now on. A. M. GILpersLeeve, Vice-Pres. and Sec’y. Snowshoe Filling. Fox Point, Ont., March 30.—Fditor Forest and Stream: Having made and used snowshoes for twenty-five years I may be able to give some of your readers a hint as to how the shoes should be filled to prevent “sagging” in wet snow. I have tried nearly every kind of filling, from cow- hide, horse, moose and caribou to bear and beaver; but must say that cowhide (two or three-year-old heifer) is the most serviceable. Catibou is good, but too thin for real hard work, only making a nice light. shoe for snow- shoe parties and such like. The others are not worth * weaving in a pair of bows; unless it is a case of “Hob- son’s” choice. I cut my filling lengthways of the grain; that is splitting the hide down from nose to tail, cutting the strips straight, and on no account round and round, as wherever cut across the grain it will stretch every time it gets wet no matter how much it is pulled through bone or stretched around stakes. It must be soaked soft to weave, and in doing that the hide will again contract, when after wearing one’s weight stretches it and makes it loose. I find the best way is to have my filling as soft as pos- sible, and then weave it in as tightly as I can, and I’ve always had a snowshoe that won't “sag.” I’m afraid if you were to get a pair of snowshoes for $2 here they would hardly last to walk out of the store with; for from $3.50 to $6, about $4, one can get a good serviceable pair. If I’ve not made myself very clear, [ shall be most happy, on the receipt of a line, to answer any inqtiries. SALMO REX. Adirondack Deer and Snows. WoopsMEN who come into the city from the Adirondack region since the snow storms of the last two weeks, report a peculiar state of affairs as regards the deer in that part of the State. The animals are starving by scores, simply because the snow is so deep they cannot get through it to the moss and grass. This condition of affairs, which de- fies the best the game laws of the State can do for the animals, is not confined to any one locality, but extends through all that section where the sun gets but little chance to melt the snow, and where banks of it are often found when spring is far advanced. Loggers and other people whose work takes them into the forest for any distance are repeatedly reporting the bodies of deer lying stiff, and in repeated cases it has been determined that they died of starvation. A righteous indignation has been aroused in the ranks of true sportsmen by reports that State employees along the reservoirs and feeders have been allowing their dogs to run loose and worry the deer. Here is found a case where the destruction will be many times as great, and for which there is no apparent remedy. At present there is 6ft. of snow on the ground in many parts of the woods, and in the settled parts 4ft. is the rule. This will not melt sufficiently to relieve the deer in several weeks, and the death rate among the animals will probably increase with every day.—Utica Press. Properties to Rent. Tur advertisements of fishing and shooting properties for sale and to rent found in the columns of Forest AND SrrEAM no doubt appeal strongly to many of our readers. They cover a wide range, from cattle ranching and big game shooting down through birds, to angling, and the properties advertised extend from Canada to Colorado, and-from North Carolina to the Rocky Mountains, The hunting lodge advertised by Mr. Edmond Kelly offers peculiar attractions since it is so completely equipped that he who should rent it would be obliged to take with him nothing except his personal clothing and some pro- visions. The accommodations are large enough indeed “to admit of two or three friends or families joining hands to occupy these quarters together through the summer. he, —— Nelson, of Jackson, The new State game warden of Wyoming ig Albert Sea and River Sishing. To My Trout Rod. Dear comrade of my blissful hotirs, New joys again we'll borrow; If skies are clear or weather lowers, We seek the brook to-morrow, Where you and I, my comrade dear, Have wandered far together, In many a happy bygone year, In every kind of weather. For dreary skies we cared no rush, And oft despised their warning ; And if they smiled, then with the thrush We trilled a song at morning, And where was care when we were out And by the stream a-fishing— Save when we hooked the day’s first trout For more we fell a-wishing? Again, old friend, with cheery pluck We'll fling the barbed feather; Kind shade of Walton! grant us luck, And we'll not mind the weather. Grorce DoucLas. Fishin’ Time’s Come. BY FRED MATHER, AttrHoucnu the almanac has insisted that spring was close at hand the east winds, with their fog and chill along the coast, have not encouraged us to put much faith in the calendar. The surest sign of spring that [ have seen, notwithstanding the robins, blackbirds and the blooms of the daffodils and the skunk-cabbage, referred to two weeks ago, was seyeral flounder fishermen cross- ing Fulton ferry a few days ago with their short, stout rods and their peculiar double-lidded green baskets well filled with founders from Jamaica Bay, Long Island. The early birds are so anxiotts to get into their old homes in the orchards and swamps where they were bred, that a few sunny days is cause enough to break camp and start for the North. Not so with the cold-blooded flounder, which has been buried in the mud all winter; it takes time and many warm days to stir up his appetite for sand- worms, and when the flounder comes forth, he does not go back as thé bear and the ground hog are said to ‘lo, if their shadows are in sight, or out of it, I forget which. , But, after seeing the baskets of flounders the hum or trolley cars sang, all the way home: “Spring time ob year am come at las’, Ole wintah he’m done gone an” pas’; Fo’ an’ twenty boatmen all in a flock, Down by de ribber an’ a-fishin’ off de dock. Den dance, de boatmen, dance; O, dance, de boatmen, dance. Dance all night *till de broad daylight, An’ go home wid de gals in de mawnin.” For seyeral days after the flounder episode this verse took possession of my brain and every thought had somehow to be brotight into its rhythm. This is not an isolated case, for often some air, not necessarily a favorite one, will serve me the same trick, until I am weary, but cannot banish it. No doubt others are also plagued in this way. Spring starts other things out of the mud beside flounders and snapping turtles. Unfortunately, it awakes persons who think they ate poets, and they inflict lines, not 12 or 18-thread Cuttyhunk, nor water-proof silk, upon the public, and the temptation is strong to do it. Here is a bit that I once ground out mainly to show my knowledge of scientific terms, for there seems to be no other reason for its existence, and is merely reproduced as a “horrible example.” Spring. Now the adolescent homo Seeks Ltmbricus in the shade, Toiling in paternal garden, Deftly turning earth with spade, While the Harporhynchus rufus Chants his lay in yonder glade. In this phrase I seek to tell you That the boy is digging bait For Salvelinus fontinalis Near his fathers garden gate, Heedless if the school-bell ringeth Or the teacher marks him -late. But I see that I’ve neglected Adding foot notes to each term, Hence J’ll try to be explicit, And call on science to affirm That the Latin name Lumbricus Is another word for worm Sey aiaeyy + Lak Salvelinus fontinalis— There is not the slightest doubt Boys from Maine to California All would join in mighty shout, Laughing at your lack of knowledge, Tf you don’t know that’s a trout. And, likewise, the Harporhynchus, Which is singing in the bush, While his mate is incubating, Pouring forth his soul in gush, That’s another patronymic For our brown or native thrush. Fayd Hence I only meant to tell you tae ag In the plainest sort of terms, 1 That this is spring and thrushes. sing } | "Mid nature’s budding germs, } And boyish thought turns toward trout And agile angle worms. Many people do not distinguish between poetry FOREST AND STREAM. [Arr 8, 1899. verse, but there is a great difference which was ex- pressed by the man who objected to having Shakespeare classed with the poets, because, said he: “His plays don't rhyme.’ Now, I never wrote a bit of poetry in my life, but have written lots of rhymes, mainly travesty, biur- lesque, parody and that sort of thing which is easy, be- Gales it needs little originality. Let me show how this is one: The Fish and the Ring. In Rawlinson’s translation of Herodotus, the following story is told: “Amasis, King of Egypt, sent Polycrates, of Samos, a friendly letter, expressing a fear for the con- tinuance of his singular prosperity, and, therefore, ad- vising Polycrates to throw away some favorite gem in such a way that he might never see it again, as a kind wi charm against misfortune. Polycrates, therefore, took a valuable signet-ring—an emerald set in gold—and sailing away from the shore in a boat, threw the gem, in the sight of all on board, into the deep. This done he returned home and gave vent to his sorrow. Now it happened that five or six days afterwards a fisherman caught a fish ‘so large and beautiful that he thought it well deserved to be made a present to the King. So he took it with him to the gate of the palace and said that he wanted to see Polycrates, and Polycrates allowed him to come in, and the fisherman gave him the fish with these words follow- ing: ‘Sir King, when I took this prize I thought I would not carry it to market, though [| am a poor man who live by my trade, I said to myself, it is worthy of Polycrates and his greatness, and so I brought it here to give it you.’ This speech pleased the King, who thus spoke in reply: “Thou didst well, friend, and I am doubly indebted, both for the gift and for the speech. Come now and sup with me. So the fisherman went home, esteem- ing it a great honor that he had been asked to sup with the King. Meanwhile the servants, on cutting open tie © fish found the signet of their master in its belly. No sooner did they see it than they seized wpon it anil, hastening to Polycrates with great joy, restored it to him and told him in what way it had been found. The Kiie. who saw something providential in the matter, forthwiti wrote a letter to Amasis, telling him all that had hap- pened. Amasis felt certain that Polycrates would end til, as he prospered in everything, even finding what he hal thrown away. So he sent a herald to Samos, and dis- solved the contract of friendship. This he did that, when the great and heavy misfortune came, he might escape the grief he would have felt if the sufferer had been his loved friend.” ; There is a yarn that is very tempting to one who docs not take it as seriously as Amasis did, and so | wrote: The Trout and the Ring. — The tale I sing is a song of spring, And is true beyond a doubt; “The players are Miss Clara Carr, Myself, Uncle Jess and a trout. - *Twas Clara’s wish to take a fish From the bridge across the brook; So I rigged her a line, both strong and fine, And baited her. Limerick hook. With a spring and a snap a speckled old’ chap Snatched the bait and made the line sing. I gave a shout at the sight of the trout, - And Clara dropped her ring. We searched for days, in many ways; - We raked and dragged and sounded; We sifted ooze, but *twas no use, In short, we never found it. Many a trout was taken out _ Of the pool where the stream was crossed, And opened with care, but no ring was there, And we gave it wp ior lost. "Twas a year, 1 guess, when Uncle Jess Caught. a big trout on a fly; It was plump and round, and weighed a pound, And he brought it home to fry. His eye shone bright as he told, that night, Of the ring lost a year ago; On the very spot where his trout was got, — And never found, high nor low. = “Now, what do you think?” asked he with a wink; “111 bet you never could guess What was in that trout,” ‘The ring!” they shout! “Nothin’ but innards,’ said Jess. The story of Polycrates, which passed current in the centuries agone could not inspire a modern rhymester to go beyond a bit of burlesque, because the prose part of it has been overworked in many absurd yarns. Concerning Lent. Somehow it seems unfortunate for those who live in such northern latitudes as New York, that the lenten season should come at a time when fish are scarce, and con- sequently high. Now that lent is over the fishing season opens, and the markets will teem with fish in a few days. But speaking of lent and fast days, reminds me of a story told me by the late Daniel Fitzhugh, one of the “men I have fished with,” but not in the first series, who told to Father Scotius and me, this: “There was an Irish ser- vant at a Cardinal’s table in Dublin on a fast day, and there were seventeen courses of fish, ‘Bedad,’ said the waiter, ‘if that’s what ye call fastin’ it’s meself that would stand lent all the year round.’” As soon as lent has passed the shad begin to arrive in the Hudson, although they have been coming from southern rivers since January, but shad at one and two dollars each are not popular. Then come the mackerel, and by the first of May fish are plenty and cheap in New © York markets. Even the nutritious codfish is more costly in lent than at any other season, partly because of the increased demand and partly on account of the severe March storms, which often prevent fishing. Brook Trout, To those who wish to- know what the prospects for trouting may be on certain streams there is but one an- swer, Only men who live near a particular stream cay -_ —— ‘Apart 8, 1800.) FOREST AND STREAM. 269 eee SS Ss SS eee OMOOO—Em"=—: give anything like a guess about the coming season; they see the streata duy by day and can hit the answer about right if they wrote the frequency of rises for the early spring insects, {or some of the stone flies and midges hatch from midwinwer until May, and are often seen on the snow in celil days. But let two visitors see the stream on different Tis and one may report the trout as plentiful while Me w!fer did not see a fise. Some one has said: “It 1s never safe to prophesy unless you know.” The market for hiolk trout in New York City is a short one for la'y’ sales, although some are sold all through the oper! s:7son. Many persons confine their orders to the first | ctnight of the season, for no city in the world has such a wealth of excellent fish as New York, Salmon from the Provinces and the west coast; red-snapper, pompano and the best fishes from the Gulf of Mexico, as well as the coast and river fishes near home. Shad soon rival the trout and they are hardly within reach of moderate ptirses before the mackerel come and drop shad prices, and so it goes through the range of sheepshead, bluefish, Spanish mackerel and an embarrassment of riches. Yet I estimate that New York City takes 50 tons of brook trout in a season at retail prices of 25 cents per Jb. for wild Canadian to 75 cents for Long Islands, and $1.00 for trout sold alive from the tanks. , Here is another chip on my shoulder, and in a prte- vious article I have intimated a liking for kicking up a row and leaving other fellows to fight it out. Throwing off my coat, stripping to the buff. with only shoes andl trousers, I put up my “dukes” and say: It has been the fashion for half a century to decry “‘liver-fed trout” as inferior. I deny the allegation in the teeth of the alle- gator. Witness the paragraph above. See the prices paid for Long Island trout, which are mainly from: ptivate ponds and are mostly “liver-fed,’ and what the slim, black Canadian wild trout bring. The New York epi- cure will pay the price for the fat pond-fed trout becatise he knows that they are best. c . Now IL “ahsk” you, in all seriousness, if a bit of calrs iver and bacon is not a dainty breakfast dish for a mau. occasionally? If so, why should it not be good food for a trout, as good as any fish diet, which trout of over two ounces relish, or, as good as grubs and insects? Of course, we prefer the liver of the calf to that of the cow, and- require a bit of bacon to flavor it because we are given to flayoring our foods, but I once broiled a ruffed grouse over coals and ate it without even salt, and it was good, because I was hungry. The trout needs no fried bacon with its liver, but it thrives without that epi- curean adjunct. On the slabs in Fulton Market one may pick out the Long Island trout by their aldermanic bellies and amber-colored sides, and these are the fish that bring the srices. Of course, other pond-fed trout from Massa- chusetts and Rhode Island may be labeled | Long Island trout,” but that does not affect the question. In New Votk market all small clams are -“little necks,” small oysters are “blue points,” large oysters are ‘saddle rocks,” and all asparagus is labeled “Oyster Bay. I will confess that my estimate of the tons of brook trout sent to New York City is a mere guess based upon the statement of one breeder that he sent six tons of trout to that market in one year, and, no matter if the great demand for this fish is over in a few weeks, every high- class hotel, cafe or restaurant must keep them on their bill of fare, in season. ' wen, If fifty tons seems a large amount for one big city, let me say that the city named is a great distributing point. A large dealer gets contracts to supply steamship litves and summer hotels. Say he has a contract with the great Saratoga hotels to furnish a certain number of pounds 01 trout and other fish each week during their respective seasons, The hotel man has his contract, and when some local fisherman offers him some pounds of trout he has no use for them. The trout are then shipped to New York to the dealer who may possibly send them back to some Saratoga hotel. The hotel man cannot depend on getting a definite number of pounds of trout from local fishermen and consequently does not care to deal with them. A country merchant can buy axes cheaper in New York City than he can in Cohoes where they are made, because his freights will be more from the small town. Rat een eel On Long Island. Year by year there is less fishing for the public on this island which once had more trout streams flowing jrom it than any territory of equal size that I ever knew. The Borough of Brooklyn, now part of New York City, has extended its system of water-works along the south shore of the island and has turned the trout streams into reservoirs which get warm in summer and therefore have no trout in them. One exception is Massapequa Lake, which still has trout, although a city reservoir. Here one must get a permit to fish, if he can, and permits are so freely given that the lake is overfished after the first week. A dozen years ago. when it was the private prop- erty of Mr. William Floyd-Jones, there was good trout- ing there, if one had an invitation from its generous owner. * i South side streams, which have not been taken by the city, have mostly been posted, and in some of them an angler can purchase the privilege of fishing, but the streams on the western half of the island are not as plenty as before the water-works invasion. At Yaphank there is a fair trout stream called by two names, the “Conetquot”’ and “Carman’s” River. . . On the north side there is Mill Creek, flowing into Oyster Bay, near Locust Valley, where some trout are taken, and from there to Smithtown, where the Nisse- quoge River flows into the Sound, there is no trouting to speak of. On the Nissequoge the fishing is from boats, and some good trout are always taken there early in the season, but by the middle of May but few are to be had. Other Parts of New York. Tt is not worth while to go to the Adirondacks until the ice is off the lakes, which is usually from the first to the middle of May. There are good streams in all the counties north of the New York Central Railroad to Monroe Coutity, in the Catskills, and west of the Hudson including Otsego, Delaware and Sullivan, which are back from the river, In the,western part of the State there ate many good trout streams along the southern tier of counties where streams head, which flow north into Lake Ontatio and others that flow south into Pennsylvania, New Jetsey. There are a few good trotit streams in this State, in the northern part, above Mercer and Middlesex counties, - but most of them are posted. Men who know of the best streams in this State, or hint that they do, are chary of giying information about them. Years ago I took some trout in Sussex County, in company with that thorough sportsman, the late Theodore Morford, of New- ton, but that was long ago, and it is reported that the seams that we fished are not so prolific of trout as then. Pennsylvania. Even the wonderful Pine Creek does not yield the trout that it did in the Nessmtikian era, when his “Dah- whoop!” echoed among the pines and the old woorl- craftsman cut an alder and murdered trout by enticing them with salt pork, a trout’s eye or fin, or whatever came handy, for while he was full of poetry it was not of the kind that stirs the heart of the fly-fisher. I used to give him lectures on this stibject, but they never got beyond the whiskers: on his eats. Still Pine Creek is a fair trout stream to-day, as Eastern trout streams go; it rises back of Wellsboro, Tioga County, flows through a sparsely settled country and drops into the west branch of the Susquehanna River, near Williamsport, in Ly- coming county, Most of the streams in the east, above Easton, are excellent for trout, whether flowing east into the Dela- ware or into the east branch of the! Susquehanna, and back of Stroudsbufe, near the Delaware Water Gap. | have had excellent trouting; see sketch of Hon. James Geddes, Forrest AND STREAM, Oct, 30, 1807, All down those parallel ranges of mountains, east and west of the Alleghenys, there are good trout streaims which extend into West Virginia and Maryland. In the South, There are some good trout streams along the Blue Ridge, in Frederick county, Md., down along this range through Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Ten- nessee, and eyen to the streams in Northeast Georgia, which form the head of the Chattahoochee River. This is the southern limit of S, fontinalis on this continent. The rivers of the Southern States are very prolific of pike, bass, perch, crappie and other good fish, their warmer waters producing fish food in great quantitics. To balance this Nature gaye to those rivers great gars, and “grindles” or “dogfish,” Armia, to keep down the surplus, As man now attends to this business there is no longer any use for the uneatable gars and their fellows and they should be exterminated. Few of the Southern States have Fish Commissions or pay any attention to the fishes as sources of food. Florida has awakened to-her needs and has appointed two Fish Commissioners, both of whom are well-known men of acknowledged ability and would be efficient if the State would give them the means to do something, but up to date they have not an appropriation and are paying their own postage. Florida has seen its green turtle disap- pearing, its fisheries, which once were a great source of revenue, diminishing for want of propagation and pro- tection, atid has so far awakened from its lethargy as to authorize the appointment of Fish Commissioners with- ott money to investigate the needs of the State. Thirty years ago, when fish culture was an experiment, Legis- latures proceeded with caution and made small appro- priations. That day is gone by and Florida should place $10,000 in the hands of its Fish Commission to enable it to examine its waters, both, fluviatile and marine, and de- cide what should be done to benefit the people. The ont- lay would not come back this year, nor next, but it would be a most excellent investment. It is singular how tardy the South has been in the matter of fishculture. The rivers which once supplied a profusion of shad for home consumption are now being netted for the last shad to the great Northern markets. Will they wait until the fish are so nearly extinct thar the rivers will not furnish enough breeding fish? The past quarter of a century has seen a revolution in quick transportation which has enabled Southern waters to supply the great markets of the North. This exchanges fish for cash, but when the fish are gone that ends the exchange. Southern people are apathetic on this question, because fish food has always been plenty, but they have seen the buffalo and the wild-pigeon go before the rapacity of man until the races are practically extinct. The green turtle is threatened with extinction in Florida because the beach-combers, and others hunt their eggs for food, This should be stopped at once. The idea that fish culture is merely an adjunct to the sportsman should be combatted everywhere, Of course, when fishes which the angler seeks are made plentiful he is entitled to take his share, but the main thing:-is to in- ‘crease all valuable fish and to destroy others, since. we have upset Nature’s balance by killing only stich species as we consume; and protection shotild go hand im han1 with propagation. T have fished in many parts of the South, and haye seen the net fishermen throw back useless fish to live and de- vour better ones. | They need to be instructed in this matter, but. lest:-I be accused of saying that only Southern fishermet need this lesson, I- will refer to Forest AND STREAM of Jan. 7, 1800, page 13. where I say the same thing of men in South Bay, N. Y., fisher- men who threw seventy-one dogfish, the salt-water cousin of the shark, overboard because it was too much trouble to even katock them on the head. All net fish- ermen need to be educated in matters that are of vital interést to themselves, They never look beyond the re- sults of the day or the season. As a class the fresh-water market fishermen are ignorant of everything which con- cerns their business except where to get fish to-day and ‘where to sell them at the best price. Their motto seems to be: “at. drink and be merry, for to-morrow ye River counties, between Albany and Roekland jtounties, ie,” They think that the supply of fish is inexhaustible ? ° sure sign. and have no idea that each fish has cote from an egg and passed through daily perils for years before if met 1s fate at their hands. While Northern sportsmen go South in great num- bers to catch the worthless tarpon of Florida and to take the black bass and other fishes, they also go North to the salmon rivers of Canada and New Brunswick. Very lew Southern anglers go North for sport. Most men like to go away from home for sport with rod and gin. A funny instance of this once happened. [ was living on Long Island, and had an invitation from a friend to spend a week at his home in Warren county, N. Y., arid shoot ruffed grouse, squirrels and rabbits. I did so and three years later a man with a gun on Long Island asked me where he could find some good grouse, squirrel an‘ rabbit shooting, and, in the talk we had it developed the fact that he came from Warren cotinty to look for good shooting! I could tell him nothing, for I had never looked for game about home, although some rabbits bred in my garden each year, and a few gray squirrels scolded me once in a while when I intruded on their do- main, but I never thought of using a gun on Loug Island. None of this relates to fishin’ time, but you know how talk on any subject runs. A few of us start in to disctiss the proper flies, dressed on the regulation hoolss for certain waters and then some fellow remarks that “Peter went a-fishin’, and that if we had been fortunate enough to have been there at that time we might have been among the chosen ones,” and then some other fe}- low asks: “What became of St. Paul?’ The merchant from Minnesota moves his ears forward at the name anil says; ‘““There’s mighty good pickerel in the lakes back of St. Paul, and if you boys will come up there next season well have a good time; I’ll see to the bait.” ‘Now, speakin’ 0’ bait,” said a traveler, “there’s no bait for a dawe like a badger an’ it takes an all-fired eee to pull one out of his bar’l, ‘less he hooks him right. “Speaking of hooking,” said a man with a bundle of trout and bass rods, “I like small hooks and a little hook will .’ Here I have to leave the car and lost the rest of it but it shows how a stray thought will lead one from the main trail, But fishin’ time has come, and this week I hope to take a few Long Island trout and legally eat them in that part of New York City which is on Long Island and is officially known as the Borough of Brooklyn, while those who live across the East River must sneak their Long Island catches to their homes and eat them in fear oj game wardens until April 16. Verily our law-makers sometimes do qtteer things. Fishing and other Philosophy. CHARLESTOWN, N. H., March 31.—Editor Forest and Stream; Ienclose you, for “The Game Laws in Brief,” copies of the various acts passed by our last Legislature, some of them are good, some superfluous, and one, in part, decidedly objectionable. I refer to the one which opens the lower half of the State to trout fishing on April 1. The part of it, which closes the season, in the brooks of the same section, on Aug. 1, instead of Sept. 1, is all right, for the brooks in this section are nearly dried up by that date; but three months’ stream fishing: is enough for anybody, and to-day every stream is frozen up solid, and the snow in the woods is 3ft. deep. Last year the boys who went out at daylight on May 1 got a few half-starved, hungry trout, but I did not hear of another one for a fortnight, and the only success I had myself was on May 14, when atter a watm rain, which raised the brooks, [ got a dozen nice ones, of which I wrote you at the time. This new law was got through before I knew of it, by a lot of impatient “sooners’ down at Nashua, and other towns on the south line of the State, where there is a warm “pocket” covering a dozen or twenty towns in the lower Merrimac Valley. It gives them a chance about one year in four, to “go a-fishin’,”’ as soon as their Massachusetts neighbors, but the date for opening, of April 1, is too early for any part of Massa- chusetts, except the tidal streams on Cape Cod. It simply opens the streams in the Connecticut Valley to the Ver- mont anglers, a month earlier than they can fish in their own State, and though, as I said, there is only about ohe year in four when they can take advantage of it, it throws us out of line with our sister States in the same latitude, Maine and Vermont, to fit the caprices of a few hungry men on the Massachusetts. It is the third time in twenty years, that those men have played the same game, and twice, the common sense of the experienced anglers of the State has put the openingsday back to May I again and that is two weeks too early in average seasons, and | speak from sixty years’ experience, from Canada_ to Massachusetts. I have been greatly amtsed by the “weather prophets” this winter, especially with those who go by the “goose bone.” About a month ago I read the account of a man down in Tennessee, who, it was said, predicted a hard winter, because he had killed eighteen geese, and their breast bones were all perfectly transparent, which was a Last week I saw an extract from a prophesy in the New York Sun of last October, quoting a man who had killed a goose whose breast bone was entirely white,.and not transparent at all, and this was also a “sure sign of a hard winter.’ “Who shall decide when doctors disagree?” It is wonderful how people of average com- mon sense cling to these old superstitions. In all my long life among the woods and waters, I never saw any difference in the muskrat houses, and the thick corn husks are simply the result of a warm, wet stimmer, and no evidence toward the coming winter, whose weather matters nothing to an ear of Indian corn, which cannot be frozen, and is only affected by temperature when put in a “popper.” I do\not wish to interfére in any of Fred Mather’s dis- cussions, which he says, he starts for the fun of standing back and seeing some other fellow do the “scrapping,” but I was struck by the way in which Mr, Wade “got off the track” in his letter a short time since, in which he Chet tae 270 FOREST AND STREAM. =o {Apri 8, 1890. a a mission by inheritance of the results of experience of the parents, and the claim was, that there was such trans- mission “ab ovo,” in generation and conception, it is an important factor in evolution, and agrees with the Biblical maxim that ‘the sins of the fathers shall be transmitted to the children, even unto the third and fourth genera- tion,” and this, I look upon to mean inheritance. It sometimes skips a generation entirely, to return in full force later. My mother had great artistic taste and talent, my brother and sisters all inherited it, but I was left out in the cold! My children all draw and paint, and my oldest granddaughter gives promise of becoming a decided and successful artist. In judging humanity, we do not make half enough al- lowance, good or bad, for the unavoidable and irresistible qualities which are simply the result of inheritance. Vou W. Boston Anglers. Boston, April 1—To-day marks the legal opening of the trout season in Massachusetts, but the weather is cold and the season unusually late. Only two days ago there was a sharp freeze, and the slow running streams were all closed with ice. Indeed the grotind is still cov- ered with snow_in the western and northern part of the State. Yesterday morning there was an inch of new snow in Boston, which barely went off that day. Such weather is not favorable to whipping the streams, and fewer persons than usual have made the attempt to-day. Mr. Robinson has gone down to his Falmouth brook, but he will stay till better weather before trying the trout, The fishermen at Essex, Byfield and other poirits along the north shore will not attempt to lure the trout till the weather is better. Two or three gentlemen interested in trout preserves in Connecticut told me yesterday that their rigging is all ready, but that they should not think of going after trout till the weather is better. I have heard the opinion expressed sevetal times, within a couple of days, that the trout season opens too early in this State, In the markets there was to be found thé usual showing of trout this morning; from the trout hatcheries, April 3.—In spite of a very cold day, with a biting wind and the ground frozen in the morning, there were more enthusiasts who went after trout April t than might have been expected. Several members of the Monument Club started by first train for its trout waters at Bourne. The Tihonet Club was also represented on its brooks at Ware- ham. A number of gentlemen started for private brooks in Falmouth. Others will wait for warmer days and less ice in the brooks. Grover Cleveland and A. TH. Wood are fitting out their rigging and will try their preseryes in the vicinity of Buzzard’s Bay early this week, if the weather is warm enough, It will be noted that the season is most remarkably late, compared with a year ago. The ice left Sebago Lake, in Maine, April 6th last year, but reports from that point on Saturday say that the ice is doubtless as thick as at any time this winter, with a great body of snow on it. Landlocked salmon fishing be- gun there last year by the 8th, and good catches were made on the 9th and roth. Boston members of the Sebago Club say that they shall be more pleased than they ex- pect to be, if the ice is out of Sebago on the toth, which is a legal holiday in this State, and a time when they always try to be in camp. Billy Soule, of the Pleasant Is- land Camps, Cupsuptic Lake, Me., was in Boston the other day. He says that the snow is very deep in the woods in the whole Rangeley region, with the ice 20in, thick on the Jakes and at least 3ft. of snow over it. How- ever, he thinks that this snow may “rot away” the ice, and under favorable weather in April the Rangeleys will clear anywhere from the roth to.the 15th of May. Prospects of early fishing in Maine are not good this year. Three beautiful trout in Dame, Stoddard & Kendall's window, eatly Saturday morning, were the first harbingers of spring fishing. One of them is being frozen into the middle of a solid block of ice, to be on exhibition this week. Some of the fishermen ate inclined to helieve that this has been done to represent their condition after fish- ing on Saturday in the cold wind, but the exhibition is labeled: ‘How trout winter.” SPECIAL. Identity of Common and Labrador Whitefish. THE common whitefish of the Great Lakes was first very imperfectly described by Dr. Samuel L. Mitchill, in the American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review for March, 1818. The description, in fact, is so unsatisfactory that his contemporaries and later ichthyologists for more than fifty years supposed it to refer to the cisco, or lake herring, Argyrosomus artedi. A good account of the whitefish was published by Richardson in 1836, under LeSueur’s name of Coregonus albus, a name published only a few weeks later than that of Mitchill; but, like Mitchill’s, tnaccompanied by a sufficient description. In 1836 Richardson established a new species of Core- gonus upon a dried specimen which he received from Musquaw River, that falls into the Gulf of St. Lawrence near the Mingan Islands, giving it the name Salmo (Coregonus) labradoricus. This has been retained in the literature as a distinct species up to the present time, although its close relationship to the common whitefish has sometimes been obseryed without recorded com- ment. Systematic ichthyologists have found it difficult to show clearly the differences between the common whitefish and the Labrador whitefish, as may be seen by referring to the monographs upon the whitefishes by Jordan and Gil- bert, Bean and Evermann and Smith. They have been forced to rely, finally, upon a single character, the pres- ence of several rows of teeth on the tongue to distinguish the two forms, and this was supposed to be constant and infallible. ‘ » ’ The writer has recently had occasion, while studying the fishes of the State of New York, to examine numerous specimens of the common whitefish from the Great Lakes and interior lakes of New York and of the so-called La- _ brador. whitefish from lakes of New York and New Hampshire and from rivers in New Brunswick and La. bredor. As a result of these investigations he is forced to the conclusion that Richardson’s species, Coregonus labradovicus, is identical with the common whitefish, Coregonus clupeiformis, thete being _no characters by which the two can be distingtiished. Every individual of the common whitefish, young and old, was found to have teeth on the tongue and to possess the other characters by which Richardson’s species has hitherto been separated. This conclusion has an important bearing upon fish- cultural operations by the States and the United States, as it will tend to simplify the work of artificial propaga- tion, and, perhaps, extend its scope—Tarleton H. Bean in Science. CHICAGO AND THE WEST. Gum Hunting. Cuicaco, Ill,, April 1.—I was short of a story this week, but happening into the offices of the Chicago Varnish Co. I ran across something which I thought might per- haps give me the story, and also afford the readers of Forrest AND STREAM a little notion of a new kind of hunting, I had often noticed the fine collection of gums in the show-cases of this concern, which collection has been making for the past twenty-five years and is said to- be the finest in the world, even much superior to that of the Kensington Museum, of London, but I had always looked at the specimens carelessly, and had neyer stopped to inquire where this sort of thing came from, To-day I began to pry into the matter more curiously, and s6o0i found myself in a field of natural history which had hith- erto been unknown to me at least. I stippose we have all read about amber, and have heard the stories how flies and other insects are some- times found preserved in pieces: of amber. Here I saw any number of pieces of gums, clear as amber and con- taining insects sometimes in hundreds or thousands. I saw some giant beetles, as long as one’s finger, embalmed in lumps of gum, weighing perhaps a pound or so each, the preserving substance being so clear that all the luster of the beetle’s mail was given out as clearly as upon the day when his legs first stuck fast on the side of some big tree in New Zealand 2,000 years ago, For all this ‘“‘auti gum” is at least 2,000 years of age, and perhaps much older. The lighter gums are perhaps not so old. Tlie Kauri gum is more apt to be dark and siiooth, though some of the lighter colored gums are rather higher priced. I saw one piece of Zanzibar copal weighing about 12lbs. which was thought to be worth fully $500, so large a piece of that gum being yery rare. This sort of gum always has a suriace covered with minute dots, or what is called a “goose skin” surface. It is very rare to see a piece of this gum weighing the hali of 12lbs, The largest pieces of gum are of the Kauri, of which blocks as large as 35lbs. could be seen in this collection. I saw one 5oll. lump of Kauri gum, cut and polished until it looked like agate or petrified wood. Again, I saw a piece of jet black gum highly polished, which against the light showed blood red, Again, there was a long section showing thé grain of a piece of bark, about which the gum had flowed. There was a big fungus-like piece of gum, as clear as water, and some pieces like oyster shell, which T was told came from a part of the Congo country whose deposits are now altogether exhausted. There are a lot of curious and interesting things con- nected with the trades and applied arts which are con- tinually passed over by the public because they are out of the ordinary run of life. Thus, perhaps not everybody knows that the common commercial product, varnish, is all made out of gums such as I have been describing, and that all these gums are not taken from the surface of standing trees, as is the spruce gum of the Northern pine woods, but on the contrary must all be dug up from be- neath the ground, as though they were minerals and not vegetable products. All these varnish gums are fossil resins, the imperishable residue of forests which have per- ished and have been swallowed up by the earth. We dig up these immortal spirits of the bygone giant trees, we treat them in certain ways, and then we spread them over our manufactured woods in order that they may be made proof against time. The general name for these fossil gums is “‘copal,” which is a generic name in Mexico for all sorts of gums. The chief varieties of these resins are amber, “animi” and “kauri.” We all know about amber, or think we know about it. It is found in Eastern Germany, along the Baltic Sea, and in some parts of upper Burmah. Usuatly it is washed out by the waves [rom the cracks in rocks along the seashore. Men do not hunt for amber as they do for the other gums. You do not hunt for amber, but fish for it, and fish with nets, After heavy. storms the amber is washed out of the crevices in the rocks and rolled abouit in the surf. The fishermen hold their nets against the waves, and thus catch the precious gum. Yet amber is sometimes mined, being found along with lignite in cre- taceous blue clay. Sometimes, also, it is found in brown coal deposits attached to bits of bituminous wood. Of course, whether found on the seashore or under ground, amber is only the surviving spirit of the departed pine tree, which may have rotted quite away thousands of years before the:bit of gum was found. The “animi” gum is found in Zanzibar and Madagascar, usually in a red, sandy soil and about aft. under grounil. Sometimes it comes also from Demerara, though not :n so valuable forms. Thus we may see that these gums come from widely diverse portions of the earth, East and West Africa, New Zealand, and even South America, The latter country has not yet been much worked, The so-called Brazilian gum is of a pale yellow color. Thus far no one has found any copal deposits in North Amer- ica, I believe. New Zealand is the great gum producinz country, but shipments also come from Java and Sumatra. There is a little district about 200 miles across, known as the Sierra Leone district of West Africa, which sends out some valuable gums, and here one ought to qualify the sweeping statement as to the subterranean nature of all copals by saying that there are certain Sierra Leone for- ests where the gum is collected like our spruce gums, its deposits being sometimes hastened by slashing the bark of the trees. From Sietra Leone also comes the “chot gum,” small, round particles, very rate and very expensive. Yet other bits of gums come from this recion,, lmown as ‘pebble copal,” right valuable, too. These round Jittle lumps are found in river beds. washed down out of the mountains by the Hoods. Then there are other African West Coast gums, stich as the Congo, Gaboon and Loango copals, though these do not cut much figure in trade, T am ta'*. Not many parts of Asia produce copals, yet it may be of popular interest to lknow that some shipments come from Manila, in olit new caiigiit Philippine colintty, é5e supplies are not native to those islands, but are gathered from the Malay Islands roundabout. Z I recollect that at the World’s Fair, in the Prussian ex- hibit, there was shown what was thought to be a fine col- lection of amber, the specimens all -being those which showed imprisoned insects. Yet in the colleétion to which I have above fefetted I saw, Hete in Chikago, thany spetittiens Which fat sutpassed anything in the Prus- aidn exhibit, There was one piece of Bombay “animi,” about 15 inches long, which was literally full of insects. There is a certain fascination in studying these strangely perpetuated forms of animal life. Here they were. ail sorts of flying and creeping things, fragile and perishable themselyes, but kept faultlessly preserved, with even the sheen of wing and the lustet of scale tntotiched, moe¢king at the mummy-making of most skilled ancient Egypt. It was enough to ene one creeps tip his back, . This study of the fossil gums has the tiost 1titetest to me as applied to the far-off colintty of New Zealand, the hottie of those spléndid savages, the Maoris, Thiis 1s the cotintry which siipplies the bulk of the detnand of the stim market, its expotts fiinning about $3,000,000 each year, Auckland being the great shipping point. From this country, I take it, come the black gums, which make the most lasting yarnishes. There still stand in these far-off regions forests of the giant conifers known as the Kauri trees. Gum can be taken from these living trees, but th's “tree gum’ is not ttsed for making varnishes, It needs first to sleep a few centuries tnder the earth, I saw a piece of Kauri bark which was perhaps tote than 4ft. long, sawed out of the covering of sottie old tree which was about 8ft. in diameter and probably at least t.odo years of age, This piece of bark was all shot full of ex- uded gtim, which made the whole nedily as liedvy ds lead. This Kauri wood is sotiething like the California ted- wood, but it is intich hardet. It might be tised for futni- tute itdking wefe it not for one singular quality, not known, I believe, in any other wood, You may take a plank of Kauri wood, dry it in the sun for years, and season it in a kiln for weeks. It will shrink until appar- ently it is perfectly seasoned. Now, you saw this plank in two, and each half will at once proceed to shrink at least a quarter of an inch more! Saw each piece in two again, and each remaining new piece will again shrink in. the same way. Cut the Kauri, and it will shrink from the cut, and you cannot dry the shrink out of this wood tn any way known to man. I imagine this fact is sotiething not generally known, ; In the war which man is waging with natute itis hard to predict all the outcomes. fn prevails fot a while, until nature caltnly swipes 4 whole people off the face of the earth with one wipe of her Rand. ' he T looked at all these strange and beattifti] pieées of singular products from fat-off quitters of the world T naturally asked about the extent of the supply, The answer is what might be expected, From year to year the gum districts are worked out, and from year to year the ‘pieces that come’ into market grow smaller and smaller, and will some day be only chips and flakes and Aust. It is no wonder, for these gums haye been dug for aver 100 years, and we know that centuries ago amber was used in the varnish making of Europe. ‘ But I must not rin on abott things which thay be more interesting to me than to others, not forget the ini- plied promise to tell how the gum hunters find their guin’ In the cases holding the specimens that I saw I noted also, among the boomerangs, spears, wands, etc., from the far-away Maori country, a little hump-backed, long- billed bird, with hairs instead of feathers, looking like a giant woodcock, or perhaps more nearly like a big wood- chuck, with a bill a foot or so in length, standing on his hind legs and resting on his nose. This was a ‘“Kiwi” bird, and I think that from him the natives must have taken a lesson. The Kiwi bird runs along the sandy reaches and sticks his long probe down into the sand iti search of things to eat. He digs his things desired out from beneath the earth. Near to the Kiwi bird in the case I. saw a long, steel probe, arranged with a shovel handle at the top, the blade being perhaps 4it. in length, drawn to a point and mttch worn from contact with the sand and pebbles. Mr, Maori had evidently made himself a Kiwi bill, in order to see what he could find beneath — the sand! Tn the open bush land of the province of Auckland there are districts of soil altogether barren of any forest growth. This soil is loose enough for probing. Some Kiwi bird of an old Maori once upon a time discovered that under this soil, some 3 or aft., there lay rotted out forests of the giant Kauri pines. Thus it was that the great gum districts became located, one after another. They are exploited to-day as regularly as the goldmines. When the gold-mining is flush the laborers flock to the mines, and when the mines are dull they go back to the gum fields.. Once the Maoris mined the gum almost 4x- clusively, but now the whites take a hand. Armed with a sack and his long steel Kiwi probe, the laborer govs slowly over the loose stirface which govers the forgotten forest, He thrusts down the slender steel time after time. His trained touch tells him whether he has struck a rock or piece of gum, On and on he goes. tapping and dis- ging, now and then finding lumps or flakes of the Kauri gum washed up into the sand near the surface, and some- times having to dig the full leneth of His probe to unearzh what he knows is there. Weird and grotesque are some of the shapes which he unearths, and it is no wonder that naw and then he adds a touch which makes one into a fish or another into a grotesque squatting god. Now and then he finds a bit of bark run full of the preserving copal. and again he may unearth a lump holding the lizard or the beetle which centuries ago crawled up the giant tree trunk in search of something to eat, and which was itself eaten by the tree, and handed down to us in the slow, grim sport of the ages. Odd hunting enough must be this search for the buried gum, which comes on mari-back to the little outlying sta- ‘tions, and thence ultimately to the seacoasts by horse- back, and thence by water and rail to all the civilized portions of the world. There is something of a story in these flakes and Jumps of pale, translucent material, 3 story which runs back to the boomerang days, the times before gunpowder and steam and newspapers, when the tate ee Arrtt 8, 1899.] moa and the Kiwi bird made merry together, and she faori bangiieted iipon his efeiny unmolested by the Je- mands of a higher civilization, The Taylor System, I was interested to note in a late issue of Forest AND STREAM the comment of Mr, Mather on what he terins the so-called “Taylor system” of fly casting, which he takes fot to be a new but an old thing, inasmuch as a friend of hig lidd pievioiiSly diséovered that a folling cast, with the line making considerable splash oii the water, would oftentimes take trout, as against the old theory of delicate casting. In so far as Mr, Mather has discovered that a splashing fly will sometimes take trout, he has hit pon the Taylor idea, but I cofild not well conceive two more dissimilar methods than those prac- ticed by Mr, Mather’s friend, and by Mr, Taylor, as I Hoted diiting my fishing iith him, Mr. Taylot being evidently one of the men that Mr, Mather has not fished with, The peculiar thing about Mr. Taylor's fishing sééinted to the the vety shott line which he iised. Yet presuitie that of this line and leader he customarily al- lowed not itivte than a foot of 86 to touch the water, the fly being tised in flickitig the water as orie would cut at a small object with the crack 6f a whip. Tt was in its way very delicate casting, atid very accurate, and céftairly the line did not roll out, but the fly was always the first to strike the water, being at once removed for the next series of sharp but accurate flickings, always delivered very close to the same spot, which was supposed to be in front of the hiding place of a trout. I omce fished a deep bend jtist ahead of Mr. Taylor, and as he came up I could see his fly cutting the water at the edge of the bank jiist €ven with me and about ten feet away. As we stood in tliese telative positions he took two nice ttout, which cathe ftom somewhete ot other and struck his fy in plain sight of where I was standing in the water but a few feet dwdy. I should think Mr. Taylor rarely used mote thin 20 of 25ft. of line, and often very much less than that. Yet he was mighty quiet in a stteam, avoid- ing the grating of stonés béneatlh his feet, and being especially careful not to break up the surface .of the water into ripples by his wading. I have always taken much interest in this method of fishing, for which credit certainly must be given to Mr. Taylor for independent and I think original discovery, In all these ‘comments regarding a somewhat similar fishing IT have seen noth- ing which indicates to me that other persons have habit- ually fished in the same way that Mr. Taylor does. His thethod is so tinigtie and so distinct a departure from the old ideas that it has fully desetyed all the attention it has feceived. ; j in this connection it may be of interest to state that Mr. J. Q. Avefill’s very intetésting afticle of Japanese fly casting has received reptint in the coltinins of the Fishing Gazette of London. It would seein that tlie doctrine of short and heavy as against long and light js actually traveling around the world, even to the home of Izaak Walton, who, father of angling as he was, seems to have overlooked this very heretical but very practical way of taking trout. E, Hoven, 1200 Boyce Buiipine, Chicago, Ill. Oneida Lake Fish Pirates. Tue tithe of year for free Hewspaper advertising for the game pfotectots, who are siipposed to look after illegal fishing in Oneida Lake, is at hand. From tiowW tintil text “winter we may eXpect startling accounts, now atid then, about how the protectors have “bravely” captured nets and made big bonfires. A Syracuse paper Wednesday pub- lished a story under scare headlines relating that Protec- ters Hawn and Warren had dragged sixteen trap nets from Chittenango Creek and the open waters at Brewer- ton, The protectors may be depended upon to get full credit in most of the newspapers for every fish net bonfire they kindle. And while the protectors are making a big fuss over the burning of a few nets, the fish pirates are smiling, put- ting out new nets and shipping fish as though nothing had happened. If there had never been a game protector, it is doubtful if the Oneida Lake would prosper more than it does. Many fishermen along the lake shore pay more attention to teaching their children to make nets than they do to giving the youngsters a school education. But iia few pirates were prosécuted to the full extent of the law perhaps others of their kind would not exhibit so much friskiness. A few protectors of the Willian H. Lindiey type are needed.—Canastota Bee. The New York Striped Bass Season. Editor Forest and Stream: In your edition of March 25, Fred Mather seems to think that I wish to havé a close season for striped bass, which would prevent angling, whereas I do not care to prevent angling at any season of the year. The wholesale slaughter of-bass is caused by séines and other nets in the summer season. The close season of the proposed law now before the Assembly at Albany is from Jan. 1 to May 1, which covers part of the shad season, and as striped bass are often caught in shad nets, shad fishermen would violate the law by taking from their nets the small number of bass found therein, but “after May 1 the seine fishermen would take bass in great quaritities and break up the schools, leaving but few for the anglers. : From observation during the past thirty years. I know that seine fishermen are at work at Croton Point and Haverstraw Bay, from May to November, breaking up schools of bass and weakfish and leaving thousands of small fish, including bass, upon the beach. What is true in this locality must be the case elsewhere. In framing a law for a close season on bass, use a little common: sense, upon which all laws are supposed to be founded, Capr. A. B. Lent, ’ - Bangor Salmon Pool. A special from Bangor, Me., Saturday night, says the open season on salmon’in the Penobscot begins April 1, but the river is still full of ice, and it is not likely that any fish will be taken in the Bangor Pool for several weeks, Last year the first salmon was taken there on Friday, April t, by George Willey, of Veazie, and weished 18lbs. This was unusually early. SPECIAL, FOREST AND STREAM. The Kennel. Fixtures, BENCH SHOWS. April 4-7.—Boston, Mass.—New England Kennel Club’s bench show. James Mortimer, Manager. Noy. 22-24.—New York.—American Pet Dog Club's show. S. C. Hodge, Supt. Some Reasoning Dogs. Boston, March 18.—Editor Forest and Stream; 1 have read with great interest the articles which have recently appeared in “our” paper on the subject of animal in- stinct, or reason, and I submit, for what it is worth, a personal experience which I consider as bearing upon this subject. I have observed several instances of, to me, a sitnilar evidence of reasoning in dogs. I thought this was on a somewhat different line from much that has been printed, but I could cite other cases quite as re- markable, While living in Worcester several years ago I owned a young English setter, Phil, a dog of more than ordin- ary intelligence, At the same time I had in my employ a man whose daily dtities took him to different parts of the city, and Phil was frequently allowed to accompany him for the exercise it gave him. On one of their trips the man entered a Mechanic street saloon, and while he was busy with his ‘refreshments’ Phil trotted around behind the bar, where a large tabby cat was watching over her litter of kittens. She “lit” on the dog’s back and rode him out on to the street, and half way up the block. After his back had healed up and haired out he was 4s pleased as ever to accompany the man about the city, but he could never afterward induce Phil to enter Mechanic street. I tried it once myself. Although he was too well trained to break from a command to heel, his fear was so overwhelming that I turned back rather than prolong such acute mental suffering as he plainly manifested. Starting otit oné day in company with a friend, to do an errand at some distance from the office, I called to Phil to accompany us. As our cotitse took us across the end of Mechanic street, I mentioned Phil’s aversion to this street and asked the gentleman to observe the dog’s actions when he came to that street. As we ap- proached the corner we both glanced at him occasionally. He was trotting along at heel, but showed signs of nervousness. When about half way across the street I looked around for him, but he was not in sight. Nei- ther of us had noticed when he left us: nor could we see him in any direction. There were very few people on the street at the titne, and the only object which it seemed possible he cotild have dodged behind was a passing horse car. I stepped otit into the street, where I could see along the further side of the car, but could see noth- ing of Phil. We looked in all of the doorways in the vicinity, but could find no trace of him. There did not seem to be any shelter he could possibly reach in the very few seconds we took our eyes from him; but he had disappeared completely, and we returned to the office to wait until he should show up. At the office we found my wife and the missing dog Her story was as follows: She was coming down-town on an open car, and as it passed Mechanic street she was startled by a dog suddenly landing at her feet. She recognized him quickly and thought that I had seen her on the car and had jumped aboard with the dog. The car did not make a stop at Mechancic street, but was moving slowly. As she failed to find me on the car, however, she got off at the next stop and came to the office to leave the dog and learn, if possible, how and why he had come to her. The facts in the case are: The dog had the most in- tense fear of a certain locality; had not sufficient courage to venture there, eyen in company with his master; and yet he dare not break away against his command. Sud- denly he scented Mrs. M., and whether he figured it out that she would protect him, or that going to her would serve as some sort of an excuse for leaving me, T shall not attempt to say. Whatever he thought, he thought, and acted on it mighty quickly. We noted that the wind was blowing toward the side of the street we were on and so established beyond doubt the fact that he had “winded Mrs. M. on the passing car. Therefore it does not seem unreasonable to conclude that this was the influence which determined his decision, worked upon, as he was, by two strong emotions—fear and a sense of duty. The gentleman with me, who is as familiar with these facts as I am myself, is an old hunter and dog lover, Mr. O. A. Benoit, of Worcester, and T have no doubt he would corroborate my story in all its details. _ It seems to me that the mental process shown here indicates something more than mere instinct. iP. , : C. Harry Morse, Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. Fred Mather is always entertaining and instructive whatever he writes about: and never more so than in his article on “Reason and Instinct,” with its numerous citations and illustrations in support of his belief and as- Sertion that some of the lower animals possess and exer- ‘cise the faculty of reason. Heredity is a subject which has so many side ayenties that it is hardly safe to dogmatize about it; but.as a com- ment on the sentence (vide, p. 304), “Plainly . heredity must be very, very hard on trigger indeed, when we can- not bring it into play even by mutilating the bodies of ancestors and keeping if up for a hundred generations,” would merely state that there is a well-authenticated case of a man who, having had one of his fingers ampu- tated, became the father of one child, and I think of two or three children born with the corresponding finger either ‘wholly absent, or partially developed. It has been the fashion for many years to shorten the tails of fox ter- tiers and it is now not very uncommon for them to be whelped with tails of the regulation brevity. I do not know, but I doubt, whether the breed of polled cattle was always a hornless breed. ‘Certainly the screw-tail bull dog and Boston terrier were not always thus. lam, however, more particularly interested in this dis. 271 cussion about reason in some of the lower animals. On that I take the affirmative side most decidedly. Worces- ter’s definition of reason is: “That faculty in man, of which either the exclusive, or the far higher, enjoyment distinguishes him from the rest of the animal creation.” His definition of instinct is: “A natural impulse in ani- mals by which they are directed to do what is necessary #0 the continuation of the individual and of the species, inde= pendent of iftstruetion and experience.” The dentition of reason admits its existence in other animals besides mhan\. but in a lower degree than it is enjoyed by man; andl it also suggests a kind of reason which may be enjoyed by man exclusively. May it not be that some of us are looking at the golden side of the shield and the rest of ts at the silver side? Is it not a question of degree—like the difference in value between gold and silver? The reason of the child is not equal to that of the adult. Possibly, if dogs lived to the age of three score years and ten, they might develop rea- soning powers it a far higher degree to what is easily shown they now possess, Heredity would come in as an auxiliary to perpetuate and increase what former genera- tions had acquired. Of course, to this some one may ob- ject that the elephant, the eagle, and perhaps other ani- mals do now live to an age as great as, or even greater than, man, These animals are not, however, like the dog and horse, the constant companions of man. A child, fostered by a wild animal, and spending his life with them, would not even know how to talk in his native tongtte, al- ‘ though possessed of the proper yocal organs. I would claim, with Mr. Mather, and not with him alone, but with thousands of others who have made the dog and the horse their companions, that they possess what is called reason—and exercise it frequently in an unmistakable manner. The influence of association is perhaps greater than any other influence, both morally and mentally. It is especially so with children. The Mo- tavians, who excelled as educators, had a saying that if they could have a child until he was seven years old, they did not care who had him afterward. j By reason of their usefulness and faithfulness, the horse and dog have been companions of man from time im- memorial, The Arab horse is the most intelligent of all breeds, bécause he has been for centuries the constant companion of his master and family. Certain breeds of dogs are more intelligent than others for the same reason. I would like to cite several instances where dogs have shown the faculty of reason. I think it is hardly fair to conclude that because some one has never known a dog to do so simple a thing as to “push the expiring brands on a fire,” therefore all dogs are devoid of reason. With all due respect to the writer, I think this is rather beg- ging the question. It is like the man who, having been ac- cused of stealing by another man who saw him steal, of- fered to prove his innocence by bringing a hundred men who would swear they hadn’t seen him do it. For my part, I humbly think it is evidence of good sense, if not of sound reasoning, for a dog not to take fire brands in his mouth under any circumstances. If a dog had hands and could use a pair of tongs, it would be iJifferent Shakespeare says: , “This boy that cannot tell what he would have, But kneels, and holds up hands for fellowship, Does reason our petition with more strength Than thou hast to deny it.’ Six years ago, a gentleman sent me from Toronto a dog. In his letter, notifying me of his coming, he wrote that there was probably only one other dog in the world like him, and that was his little brother. He said his grand dam had taken first prize in Vienna as a Great Dane, and his sire was a greyhound. He suggested my calling hint a Canada greyhound; but I preferred to call him a Danish staghound. Every member of my family be- lieves that this dog understands nearly everything we say to him. That he tries to talk English, and would do so if his vocal organs were like those of a man, we also fully believe. As it is, I know by his voice when he is barking to be let in, or is barking at a tramp or peddlar, or at a cat up a tree, or a squirrel, or is only barking to let us know some friend is approaching the house. I will men- tion only one instance in which he showed the reasoning faculty. One day, my daughter threw him a very hard and dry crust of bread. He took it into his mouth, hesi- tated for agmoment, and then went to a pail of water ar the pump in the yard and dropped it into the pail. He waited for a minuté or two, and then took it out and ate it. On being told this, I thought it over for some time, try- ing to account for his action; until I remembered that in the kitchen there was a pail into which the cook puts greasy water, and frequently pieces of bread. Leopard was in the habit of foraging in this pail. He knew that the pieces of bread in that pail were soft, and so he reasoned that if bread was softened by water in that pail, it would be softened by the water in the other pail. He acted upon this theory, and found his conclu- sions were correct. There was no “sympathy” about it nor can you attribute it to instinct, for it was not an im- pulse by which he was directed to do something neces- sary to the continuation of himself or his species. Neither was it the result of any training, or of imitation. It was an original act with him. Leopard has done other things which showed calcula- tion and strategy, as well as good logical reasoning. But I never knew him to put wood on the fire—and in fact I don’t know that he ever had any opportunity to do it. The late Hon. Timothy Jenkins, of Oneida, N, Y,, a very prominent lawyer in his day, had a horse called Jim, and this horse sometimes interfered, He also had a green Irishman in his employ named John. One day Mr. Jenkins was returning from circuit and John met him with old Jim. As they were driving from the’station, Mr. J. turned to John and asked quite sharply: “Does Jim in- terfere any now?” John didn’t know what the squire meant by interfere, but he knew that he must say some- thing, and so he said “Intherfere! Shure, sor, he’s an able-bodied horse, and he can do it if it is required of him, sor.’ And so I-think that Leopard could even put a stick of wood on the fire, if it “was required of him.” But because he has never done so is not, I take it, any very smart proof that he has no reason. : Some years ago I bred a fox terrier whose name was Philip, A. R. R., 4229, and whose pedigree was long and unsullied. It would take too much space to tell of the many “reasonable” things he did in his short life; but I 272 FOREST AND STREAM. [Aprit 8, 1899. will mention one thing, in which I think instinct and rea- son acted harmoniously. Possibly some may object to calling that peculiar sense which we call “scent” possessed by dogs and other animals, instinct—but we call it that for lack of a better word. One of my sons had been in the woods, and in climbing a tree had lost his pocketbook containing some money. In the aiternoon of the same day my two sons were sitting on the front doorstep, when they saw Philip coming from the woods with some- thing in his mouth. He came to them, passed by the younger one, and dropped the purse at the fect of its owner. Now in this case, instinct, or that faculty of scent peculiar to animals, made Philip know that the purse belonged to his friend, my son. Why didn’t he leave it, just as he would_leave the scent of his footsteps? Something besides instinct told him that his young master valued this purse. In his poor dumb, doggy, grateful mind, he reasoned out that it was his duty as a faithful, conscientious, well-bred, well-treated dog, to carry this purse to his master. And he did it. And that he knew he had done the proper thing, and was as well pleased as his young master was, let no one doubt! His vocal organs were all imperfect. He could not talk; but he wig-wagged his sentiments just as clearly as Dewey or Schley could signal from ship to shore. Faithful and almost human, old Phil! Under the bed of annual foliage plants the remains of his true and plucky little ego rest. Of his sub-ego I am an agnostic. Two other fox terriers that I bred, both related to Philip—their mother by Perry Belmont’s Bacchanal—were yery intelligent; perhaps not more so than their brothers and sisters. : One of them I gave to my daughter, living in New York city. She brought him into the country one summer and he got filled with fleas. When she took him to town she put him into the bath tub and scrubbed him with a brush. Some time afterward she went away and left him with the servants, and he went into the coal cellar and got very dirty. When his mistress returned he expressed great delight, and ran upstairs to the bath room, jumped into the bath tub, took the brush in his mouth and whined ; asking her as plainly as language could have expressed it, to wash him as she had done before. Memory and intelligence were certainly shown, and J think,there was also a little bit of what we call reason exhibited. And as “cleanliness is akin to godliness,” let us humbly regard the dog as not beneath our esteem, In olden times they ate of “the crumbs which fell from their master’s table,” and these “crumbs” were pieces of soft bread which served the purpose of napkins, and were not the chance drop- pings. The litter sister to this fox terrier is the handsomest fox terrier I ever saw. She belongs to Dr. Rodman, of Huntington, L. I., a brother of the former owner of the famous setter known as Scott Rodman’s Dash. He had a bull terrier which he kept on the chain. His wife told him that the fox terrier unbuckled his collar and let him loose. He would not believe it, until one day she called to him and told him to watch the fox terrier. He saw her pull at the strap until she got the end out from the loop, then she pulled on it until she unbuckled it—the bull terrier holding still the while—and when she had got the collar off they started away for a frolic. Now I do not think you can call this instinct. I think there was more ego than sub-ego in it; and if there was not reason, what will you call it? I could cite many more instances equally as strong, which have come under my own observation, but I will close this ‘communication with one more, which I can vouch for as being authentic. ; In 1851-3 I was living at the Hague, in Holland. The champlain of the English embassy then was the Rev. Mr. Harris, He told me that he was visiting at a gentleman's place in England, and saw a large dog chase a rat under an outbuilding. He could not get into the hole through which the rat went. He started for the house and came back with a cat in his mouth, and put her at the hole. The cat went under the building and caught the rat. The dog was on good terms with the cat. Now there was exhibited in this very good reason, and also quick action upon this reason. There was no in- stinct about it. It was downright and upright reason. It was a clear case of ratiocination. This dog may not ever have put a fire-brand on an expiring fire to keep himself warm. Possibly he might have kept warm in some other way. oe Perhaps he would haye accepted a calf’s hide stuffed with straw for a real calf—as many a child might do—and not have noticed a color in pups that smelt alike, but you couldn’t fool him on the size of a hole, and the compara- tive size of himself and a cat. ; , The old saying is: ““There’s reason in all things,” and we bee leave to add, “especially in dogs.” : Dr CANIBUS. Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels. Mr. Edward Dexter, of Boston, Mass., whose name 1s familiar to all sportsmen who are interested in the affairs of the dog and gun, has sold his famous kennel of pointers and setters to Mr. Hobart Ames, of North Easton, Mass. The kennel will be located at Charlottesville, Va., and North Easton, Mass., and will continue’ under the old name, which has been conspicuous in field trial annals for so many years. We are informed that Mr. Dexter feels ihat he is in years where he would prefer to see a younger man carry on his good work on the lines laid down by him with such success through so many years, and he feels content in having found that man in the person of the popular sportsman, Mr. Hobart Ames. The policy of the kennel will be to run the dogs to their utmost in every competition, try to breed the highest type and worker pos- sible, the pointer receiving special attention, Mr. Ames will add his own famous bitches, all field trial winners, to the kennels. They are Christina Guenn and Lady Mil- dred. 5 Mr. Dexter’s name has been associated for many years with field trial competition where it was hottest—East and Wfest and South. He was neither exultant in victory nor despondent in defeat, though to success he was not at all a stranger. His retirement is distinctly a loss. Mr. Ames has been a field trial patron for many years, and now widens the sphere of his action in the sportsman’s world, 3 Jim. Edmund Day in Detroit Tribune. Jest an orn’ry yaller pup, *Thout no breed nor kin. Eats a heap o’ vittles up, Yet he’s allus thin. ’*Taint the sleekest kinder skin. Hides the kindest heart; Take a costly dog ter win Me and Jim apart. Tell yer what the critter done, He jest saved my life, That time old Marm Robinson; Visited my wite. She’s Sue’s mother, don’t yer see; Best she ever had, But we never could agree, ’Cause I made her mad. Marm staid with us jest a week, Seemed an awful spell; Wile an’ me, we didn’t speak, Home was jest like—well 'Tweren’t jest as nice a place As it was before. Frowns and scowls on ev'ry face, An’ a heap o’ jaw- Then I found this yaller pup, Comin’ home one night; Picked the orn’ry critter up, I was kinder tight. Fetched him home like he is now, Got marm’s dander up, Made her raise an awiul row, Swore she'd kill the pup. Jim next day got prowlin’ ‘round, While marm took her nap, An’ when she were sleepin’ sound, Ate her Sunday cap. Chewed her knittin’ all ter bits, Chased her Maltese cat, Scared the critter inter fits— Wise young pup, sir, that. Marm she swore she wouldn’t stay In the hcuse with him, Packed her duds an’ moved next day, All along of Jim. yam. An’ when I come home that night, -’Spectin’ frowns an’ strife. Jim he wore that collar bright— “ Put thar by my wife. é Now you see why we love Jim; Yes. my wife an’ me, Think a mighty heap o’ him, Saved us both, yer sec. Marm writes that she'll visit us, When Jim goes away, Wife an’ me no longer fuss—' Jim, you bet, will stay. Mr. A. C. Wilmerding’s Watnong Wiggley- Mr, A. Clinton Wilmerding writes: I have just lost my well-known working spaniel Watnong Wiggley (No. 38683) by pneumonia. He was a striking dog in ap- pearance, being beautifully marked, and active and stylish when worked with the gun. There are a host of people who knew him whorwill feel his loss almost as keenly as I do, as he was such a popular favorite. I killed about 200 bitds over him last fall. He was about seven years old at the time of his death. Canoeing. A.C. A. Regatta Programme, 1399. Since the annual meeting Com. Thorn has appointed a regatta committee, including Messrs. Al. T. Brown and John W. Ely, of Rochester, and F. B. Huntington, of Milwaukee: also Mr. John S. Wright, of Rochester, as chairman of the camp site committee, and Dr. F. R. Smith, of Rochester, as Fleet Surgeon. The regatta committee has issued the following proposed pro- sramme for the meet races, to which the attention of all members is called. Com. Thorn has not yet de- cided on the camp site, though it will be somewhere in the vicinity of Grindstone Island. : Thousand Islands, Aug. 4 to 18 inclusive, 1899. Members A. C. A.—Following programme of events for the next annual meet of the American Canoe As- sociation has been prepared by the regatta committee. Criticism and suggestions invited. The committee’s shell is good and thick; take a hack at it and have done with it. If any member can stiggest anything new in the rac- ing line, we want to “get next” immediately. Sailing Races—Decked Canoes. Eyent No. 1—Record Combined Race—Paddling and sailing, half mile alternately, three miles; time limit, one ancuonednal hours; start to be made under paddle. Aug. 8, A. M. Event No, 2—Record Sailing—Four and one-half miles: time limit, two hours; same rig and seat to be used in events Nos, 1 and 2. Aug. 8, P. M. Event No. 3— Record Paddling— One-half mile straight-away. Same canoe as events Nos. 1 and 2, Aug. oe eT RUE “’Byent No. 4—Unlimited Sailing—Six miles; time limit, two and one-half hours; see rule 1 of sailing. regu- lations. Contestants in Trophy race will be selected in eae under rule 5 of racing regulations, Aug. 9, reo Py? ee a Es % : 5 ok oo Peesey 4 Event No. 5—Trophy Sailing—Nine miles: time litnit, three and one-half hours. See rule 5 of racing regula- tions. Aug. to, A, M. Event No, 6—Dolphin Sailing Trophy—Seven and one-half miles; time limit, three hours. Canoe winning first place in Trophy race will not compete in this event. Aug, to, A. M, _ Event No. 7—Novice Sailing—Three miles; time lint, two and one-half hours. Open only to members who have never contested in any but their own club sailing races. Aug. 10, P, M. Event No. 8—Sailing, Live Man Overboard—Decked sailing canoes, one-fourth mile. At the discharge of git, the passenger will go overboard, the canoe will pass around the quarter-mile buoy, pick up his man, and then sail to home buoy. Sailing’ Races—Open Canoes. an Event No. g—Open Canoe Sailing—One and one-half miles; ote and one-half hour’s time limit, Open or par- tially decked canoes allowed. ; Event No, 1o—Combined Sailing and Paddling—One- half mile alternately, one and one-half mules; time limit, one and one-half hours. Start under sail. Single blades. Open or pattially decked canoes allowed. Note—In events 9 and to the sail area is limited to 40 square feet, No rudder, or seat projecting beyond gunwales, allowed. One pair detachable leeboards may be used. The paddle can only be used for steering except in_event No. 10 on the paddling leg. The same canoe, sail and leeboards will be used in both events. Canoes may have the usual bow and stern decks of about 321ns., and side decks of about 2ins. wide with combing about tins. high, Canvas covers or other substitutes for decks will be measured as decks. . ¥ Division Sailing Races. Event No. 11—Atlantic Division Cup., - . Event No. 12—Central Division Cup. Event No. 13—Northern Division Cup. Event No. 14—Eastern Division Cup. Event No. 15—Western Division Cup. Event No. 16—Northern Division Open Canoe Sailing for Orilla Cup. Note—Division sailing cup races will be sailed on Aug. 14, weather permitting, provided they have not been sailed at division meets and will be sailed under the rules provided by each division, which will be poster on the bulletin board day of race, and called in the order published. Division regatta committees will run their own sailing races. (See chap. 9.) A. C, A, Wat Canoe Championship Race. Event No. 17—War Canoe Race—A. C. A. champion- ship, one mile straight-away. Aug. 16, ro A. M. Division Paddling Races. Event No. 18—Western Diyision Gardiner cup pad- dling; open canoes. Event No. 19—Northern Division war canoe race; open to A. C. A. members only. Aug. 16, 3 P. M. : Paddling Races, Event No, 20—Trophy Paddling—One mile straight- away; paddles optional. Aug. 15. Event No. 21—Tandem Paddling—Single blade, open canoes, half mile with turn. _Event No, 22—Relay Race—Open paddling canoes, single blades; one and one-half miles, over sailing course; three men from each club or division. Starters paddle to and around first buoy, pass an article to second man, who paddles to and around second buoy, passing to third man, who paddles to the finish. : Event No. 23—Paddling—Sinele blade, half-mile, with turn. Event No. 24—Novice Paddling—Single blade, open canoes, one-half mile with turn, Open only to members who have never contested in any but their club paddling ~ races. Event No, 25—Four Men Paddling—Single blades, Open canoes, one-half mile with turn, Event No. 26—Tandem Overboard—Single -blades, open canoes, one-fourth mile. At the discharge of the gun both men will jump overboard, clear of their canoes, regain their seats in same, and paddle to home buoy. Event No. 27—Tail-end Race—Single blade, opea canoes, one-eighth mile. Paddlers will kneel in bow of canoe and paddle bow first with the wind. Event No. 28—Upset Paddling—Single blade, open canoes, Event No. 290—Hurry-scurry—Single blade, open ca- noes. Run, jump, swim and paddle. Event No. 30—Ladies’ Paddling—Single blade, open canoes, one-fourth mile with turn. Event No. 31—Ladies’ Tandem Paddling—Single blade, open canoes, one-fourth mile with turn. Event No. 32—Swimming—One hundred yards. Event No. 33—Tiltine Tournament—Sparring poles will be provided by the regatta committee. Eact sparrer will stand immediately aft the forward thwart. Both contestants must ~be on their feet when giving and taking. : Notes, First, second and: third prizes will be awarded in all events except No. 33. Two starters to win first, three starters to win second, and fowr starters to win third. Flag prizes will be awarded sailors and paddlers. First prize flag will be blue ground with event in white letters; second prize same as first, except body will be red; third prize same as the others, except body will be white. -- Events Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 ‘will be called on the dates shown in programme ‘weather: per mitting. The time for starting same will be posted on bulletin board by 8 A. M., date of race. Postponed events will be run off first opportunity. Events Nos. 17, 10, 20 will be run on dates shown in programme, wind, sea, or rain notwithstanding. ; The committee reserves the right to call remainder of programme at any time during the meet when in their judgment the conditions are most opportune notice of which will be posted on the bulletin board at 8 A, Mi), date of race, + a me ek ‘ ‘Aprit 8, 1800.] A special banner, emblematic of the “A. C, A, War Canoe Championship,” together with a suitable “follow” prize, donated by Com, Thorn, will be awarded the wit- ning crew of the war canoe event. Flags for second and third places will be awarded also, There is promise of a handsome cup, to be either a perpetual or limited trophy, in addition to the banner for the winning crew, announce- ment of which will be made later. Entries must be filed with the clerk of the course one hour previous to calling of any race. All events will be called promptly at hours desip- nated on bulletin board, Events postponed for lack of starters. will not be called the second time. Stragglers will be ruled off the course. Au, T. Brown, Rochester, N. Y., Chairman. Joun W. Ey, Rochester, N. Y. F, B. Huntineron, Milwaukee, Wis. A Few Stray Leaves from the Log ot the Frankie. - BY THE COMMODORE,” [Continued from page 256.] All was bustle and confusion in the morning, The camp was sttuck, the canoes packed and slid down the sandy bank into the river. A big farm wagon was brought down the lane and backed up to the edge of the bank above the camp, and the heavy wooden skiff, Mac, was carried up and loaded on it. Prof. Murray haying declared that nothing could in- duce him to continue on the fiver another mile, he -decided to abandon the trip right here, so after the Mac was comfortably disposed of, he and Dunbar, and Bald- win Wayt climbed up into the wagon with the boat, and with cordial good-bys and well-wishes, were driven off down the road four miles to Milnes, from whence they would return home by rail. The Doctor and Lacy also intended to abandon the cruise and return home {from Milnes, but decided to accompany us down the river that far; so with farewell greetings to Mr. Coff- man and his family, who came down to see us start. we stepped aboard our canoes and were swiftly whirled away on the rapid stream, We found more ledges, fish dams, rapids and rough Water generally crowded into the five miles of river between Coffman’s and Milnes than we had expertenced in any ten miles above, and when we finally beached our canoes on the rocky shingle in front of Milnes after a steady mile and a half of boiling, foaming down- hill rush of waters, plentifully strewn with rocks and ledgés, where the bie waves tossed us around and washed our decks and drenched our atms and shoulders in a way the like of which we had not before experi- enced, we were very glad indeed that the Mac party had not attempted the run. We were at Milnes several hours. While here we received accessions to our supplies from Staunton by express, anid I gladly embraced the opportunity to ex- press my sail back to Staunton, as I had found it to be but a useless encumbrance. At the expre$s office we found our quondam companion, the Mac, lying on the platform. It was a matter of mtich amusement to us at almost every ford, camp or stopping place on the - trip, from the very start to Coffman’s, wherever anybody gathered to see us, to hear the universal expression of opinion in favor of the Mac, and the universal distrust of the little narrow, frail-looking canoes. Every man who had an opinion to express stated emphatically that he would be everlastingly objurgated and otherwise im- precated if he wouldn’t “take his chances in that ’ere skift, and didn’t want nothin’ to do with them ’ere new- fangled, cranky little punkin seeds of canoes!” IX, el was awakened very early in the morning by the vigorous crowing of a big red rooster of undoubted lung power perched on the fence but a few feet from the Frankie’s tent, and found ‘it was raining heavily; OUR_CAMP. so, after housing sufficiently to shy a convenient club at the rooster as a suggestion to him to sound his morn- ing bigle elsewhere, I wrapped myself snugly in my blankets and turned over and went to sleep again, soothed by the musical patter of the rain on the roof and sides of my tent. A late start was the conse- quence, and it was 10 o’clock before we were again afloat. We packed the canoes where they lay and carried them down the high, steep bank, with the willing as- sistance of the curious little knot of rustics gathered around us, and launched them over the side of the ferry boat, stepped aboard and dropped gently down the smooth, still reach below the ferry, down the swift, gravelly rapid below, around the bend, out of sight ‘reef on which the dam was built. FOREST AND STREAM. of the little hamlet, and along the giant ragged flanks of the Fort Mountain, which rises directly from the water’s edge in a grand, imposing, tree-covered slope clear to its lofty summit, a couple of thousand feet above. The river is very: crooked in this region, and pursues a zigzag course back and forth across the narrow valley from east to west and from west to east, in search of an outlet through the mountains, for nearly fifty miles. Tn a short time we were off Mauk’s mill, and passed the dam with not a little difficulty and danger. The dam, after crossing the river in a straight line until quite near the right bank, turns at right angles and runs for quite a distance down stream parallel with the bank until the mill is reached. Right in this angle there was a good-sized break, thtough which the water rushed in a furious torrent, with a drop of 5 or 6ft. in a couple of canoe lengths. It was rotigh beyond description, but we were game to tackle it, as there was plenty of water. I went first in the Frankie, and passed over the dain successfully, but after pitching and tumbling down the steep slope, smashing upon the hidden rocks at the foot of the break so badly that I was in imiminent danger of a capsize. I threw off my apron and threw open my midship hatch, and gathered myself together for a hasty jump overboard to save my canoe and stores from: A SAILING DINGHY. ® irretrievable smash, when, with one or two more part- ing bumps I cleared the rocks. George pluckily fol- lowed in the Rosa, undismayed by my hard luck. He crossed the dam a little further to the left, and although he hung up badly on the dam, he escaped the rocks below, and we shot on down the swift rapid below the dam, waving our helmets in response to the congratu- latory salutations of the little setthement around the mill, which—men, women and children, incliding a sptinkling of pretty girls—were scattered along the bank in the dooryards to see us tun the dam, and fully ex- pecting to see us get a spill, The day’s cruise was simply a succession of rapids, falls and dams, interspersed with dams, rapids and falls. On the good water we had we took everything that of fered, and although we met with no mishaps, we had a rough, wet time of it. j Late in the afternoon, after picking our way through probably the worst and most troublesome series of reefs we had yet encountered, we reached Goode’s mill. The fall of the river was so considerable that there was not half a mile of slack water above the dam, although it was an unusually high one. The channel through the reefs above led us close along the left bank, and as I ex- pected, we fotind a shoot in the dam on this side also. Tt was such an unusually rough one that we landed to reconnoitre instead of going right through, as we had heretofore done. The dam was built on a heavy line of reefs, and ran straight across the river from the right bank until within a few yards of the left bank, where it ended, and was joined at right angles by a heavy wall of timbers and rocks, which extended up the river some 30 or 4oyds., parallel with the left bank, when it made an- other right-angle turn and came in-to the bank. The shoot was formed by merely leaving off the top course of timbers on this short wall extending out from the bank. The fall was a perpendicular one of about git. over which the water slid in a smooth, deep flow, with- out apron or other attachment to break its force or give it slope. Immediately below the fall the water reared itself up on end in-a huge, foam-crested coamer, neatly or quite as high as the fall itself, followed by a long line of lesser coamers down the swift little canal between the wing of the dam and the bank, which ended in a nasty ragged fall about a yard high, over the rough Below this was 1ooyds. of quite rough rapids. “Well, what do you think of it?” said I, as we gazed in dismay down upon this unpromising looking hole in the river. eae: rough,” was George's not very reassuring reply. ; “I believe I’d rather walk,” said I, as we made our way down through the underbrush ‘and inspected the rough looking little canal, and the angry ragged fall at its foot. “What's the chances for a portage?” “Poor. JI don’t see how we can get the canoes up this high, steep bank, nor how we could get them through this thick underbrush, after we get them up.” “How about the other side of the river?” Well, the banlk looks clear over there, but the river 2738 — is a quarter of a mile wide, the current is so swilt through the inill pool we'll have to paddle back tp the river that far before we dare venture to cross above the dam, and after we get over there we'll have to carry the canoes around the mill as well as the dam, as it is built right up from the water.” “Vhat’s so, I guess we'll have to rin the shoot!” "Well, here goes!” said I, as I stepped into the Frankie; gave an extra touch to the [fastenings of the fore and aft hatches, closed the well tightly in front of me, pulled the apron up to my chin and pushed off, while George remained on the bank, to sce me go through. My canoe slid smoothly over the dam and swooped down the steep fall with a dizzying swing. She stuck her sharp nose squarely in the middle of the huge coamer below and drove right through it. The water rolled in a solid sheet clear over the canoe from stem to stern at least a foot deep, atid the foaming crest of the wave stritck me full in the face, completely drench- ing my atms atid shotilders, which were above the apron, while the water poured in around the aft corners of my apron by the tubful, pretty effectually drenching the rest of my anatomy below the apron. ‘The canoe shiy- ered and trembled with the weight of water on top of her, and I still wonder why her light canvas decks were not crushed in by the load. She finally staggered to the surface and fled, pitching affrighted down the rough canal and plunged headlong over the 3ft. fall at the bottom, where she hung up so hard and fast on the reefs that I narrowly escaped a capsize, only escaping by good management and dexterous, vigorous shoves with my paddle, assisted by the boiling torrent around me. I finally got off into the smoother water below, where, _without waiting to run the rapid, I made a landing and scrambled ashore, and hurried along back up the bank in a quiver of excitement to see George male the plunge. “Now, darn you; lIct’s sce you go through!” was my excited exclamation (so George avers; I have no recol- lection of it myself), and through he went, pretty much as I did. He made a landing alongside of the Frankie, and as we sat on the bank, dipping the water out of our canoes, we congratulated each other on our sticcessful passage, the while we vowed we would attempt no more such shoots, The river ran deep and still, though always swiit, for miles, The Fort came down out of the clouds in a long, sloping, gracefully undulating, tree-clothed spur, which lost itself in the heayy woods along the river, The Massanutton range came to an end as abruptly as it began; the historic peak, used as a Confederate signal station, standing like a giant setitinel over the broad, reunited valley sweeping smilingly away to the distant Potomac. The railroad returned to the river again, and followed more or less closely along the bank; now directly along the water’s edge, as it lay along some narrow little shelf in the side of the cliffs or hills, now taking a short cut through the level fields across some bend, to reappear again further down. The dense forests along the banks gave place to smiling green fields; farmhouses and mansions appeared here and there, and the lovely, peaceful, twilight, pastoral surroundings were the more welcome aiter the wild solitude of the all-day- long cruise. Occasional short, steep, gravelly slopes. appeared, down which the river rushed boisterously, but deeply and free from obstructions, affording us fine coasting, with nothing to look out for but the big waves, which our canoes rode buoyantly. A densely packed excursion train thundered by up the road as we were pitching and tossing safely down one of these rifts, and a whirlwind of handkerchiefs whitened the sides of the cars, evidently a tribute of ad- mitation to otir daring, which we returned by waving our helmets. - We portaged around the Blakemore dam, although it had an open shoot in it. The dam was a high one, and the shoot consisted of a huge trough of logs, down od which the water pitched and roared at an angle of about RUNNING A DAM. 60 degrees. The floor of the trough did not seem to extend below the water, and the torrent pitched off the end of it like a huge spout, and the enormotis wave that reared its foaming, splashing crest high in air at the foot of the spout looked so menacing to small craft that we hadn’t the sand to tackle the shoot, and so, very wisely I think, we carried our canoes around. Twilight had long been stealing its shadowy folds around us, and now darkness began to close in on us, accompanied by a light rain; but still on we pushed as hard as we could drive, regardless of the occasional light rifts, our destination now not far off. We rounded one more bend, and the whitewashed side of the lofty rail- road bridge at Riverton gleamed through the fast falling shades of night, and in a few minutes more we werg 274 SAILING DINGHY——DESIGNED BY J. groping around among the gondolas and other crait nioored above the mill on the right bank, in search ofa landing and camping place, the broken ruined piers of the old bridge, burned during Jackson’s historic onslaught on Banks at this place, rising like spectres in the gloom from the deep, still, black waters. We found no favorable landing on this side, as the bank rose steep and high from the water, and felt our way carefully across the river to the left bank through the darkness, the roar of the river falling over the big oft. dam but a few yards below sounding start- lingly close through the gloom, and. stepped ashore at a good landing place where several rowboats were moored just as a small party of young men from the village out for an evening swim reached the spot. “Hello, boys! How fat up you been?” they asked, as we were laboriously pulling the canoes ashore, evidently nustaking us in the darkness for two of their own number. “As far up as Staunton,’ George replied. “Will you kindly give us a lilt with these canoes up the bank?” They readily and cordially assisted us, as they dis- covered their mistake, and carried the canoes for us lp on to a nice grassy bank under the spreading branches of the trees, between the roadside and the river, and were greatly interested as we briefly out- lined our story. We threw off the hatches and spread our blankets, and put up the tents as hastily as possible to keep the blankets from getting wet by the light rain that was falling with more threatening. ; A few sticks were hastily gathered and placed in the camp stove and well saturated with coal oil and lighted; a quick, plentiful supper of bacon and eggs, flanked by bread and butter and steaming hot coffee, prepared and stowed away by the light of my boat lantern, and we crawled into our tents, leaving our supper utensils to care for themselves until morning, and speedily dropped off to sleep, pretty well tired out with our thirty-three miles’ battling with reefs, rapids, falls and dams, the rain soothing us with its gentle lullaby on our canvas roofs the whole night long. F, R. Wess. Hachting. Yacht Designing. _XXVIL. BY W. P. STEPHENS, (Continued from faze 240, March. 25). Many of the instruments of the draftsman are adapt- able to a Variety of uses for which they were never in- tended; for instance, the T square with shifting head is a favorite weapon for broadsword practice among students, the dividers come into play as nut-picks, reamers and awls, and the scales and straight edges serve as guides for a knife in cutting paper. If any such uses are con- “templated, only the cheapest instruments should be pur- chased, to be thrown aside in a short time as worthless for drafting. If good instruments are purchased, they should be used and preserved with the greatest care, as FOREST AND STREAM. WILTON MORSE, they are extremely liable to injury and deterioration. Some of the more expensive instruments, such as the long straight edges and the larger triangles, are practically use- less after they.once become slightly out of truth, with the edges warped or nicked and the angles untrue. : it takes a good deal of time on the part of the drafts- man who is working regularly day by day if he has to put every tool away in its own special receptacle at night, and this is seldom done, even where elaborate instrument cases ate at hand; the tools are left to lie about from day to day, only being stored in their proper places at long intervals when the work stops for a time. The best plan is to have the drafting room so arranged that everything may be quickly restored to its proper place after using. The weights should have a strong shelf near to the draft- ing table or in the lower part of it; the battens should be kept in a long box about 2in. wide and tin. deep, with a hinged lid, or there may be separate boxes for long and short battens. The longer straight edges, T squares and curves should hang on the wall, against a piece of baize cloth if the wall is at all damp, and they should always, whether in use or not, be kept out of the sun. It is a great help and comfort in drawing to have a board that is perfectly true and flat, and scales, curryes and triangles that lie perfectly flat on it; but all of these instruments, whether of wood, ivory or celluloid, are liable to warp however carefully treated, and are certain to.do so if left in the sun. The small curves, of a foot or less in length, are best stowed in a shallow. box or drawer, a couple of feet long, 8in, wide and 2in. deep; and a similar box will hold all the scales; these being merely laid in loosely and not put into racks. The most convenient receptacle for the numerous small instruments is a home-made affair, a plain box about 30in. long, 10in. wide and 2in. deep inside measurement, with a hinged lid. This box is fitted with five small drawers or tills, each ro by’5 by 11m. outside measurement, made of Yin, wood, these sliding on ledges tin. deep along the sides of the large box. One of these tills contaims the pencils, one the pens for lettering, one the drafting pens, one the various compasses and dividers, and one is de- voted to miscellaneous tools. The space beneath them in the bottom of the large box contains the protractors, read- ing glass and odd tools not in constant use. None of the tills are arranged with a distinct slot for each tool or part, but they are simply lined with some suitable material, the tools being laid in loosely. With such a box a hand- ful of tools may be quickly gathered up when work is © over and distributed each in its proper place, there being no waste of time in changing points, etc., to fit the notches of the ordinary case. The larger and more expensive instruments, such as the planimeter, integrator, etc., are sold in special cases fitted to hold them without injury, and should always be kept in them. These cases should, if possible, be so made that the instruments can be stored away in any state of ad- justment, without being opened or closed to some par- ticular point merely to fit the case. This is an important detail, but one usually overlooked by the makers. It is impossible to handle instruments without in time dimming the first polish, which can only be restored by the maker, and the: most carefully used tools will in- evitably show some wear, but they should never be al- lowed to rust. In the case of such complicated and ex-. "Aprit 8, 1809. ESQ. pensive instruments as the planimeter, all parts should be wiped with a soft cloth after using to remove dust and the moisture of the hands, which will cause a little rust; but the dividers and other small instruments are hardly likely to get such care, nor do they suffer so much for the lack of it. The great enemy of the draftsman is dirt, chiefly in the form of dust, which finds its way everywhere. To com- bat it successfully there is needed a common dust brush or feather duster for the drawing boards, tables, etc., which should be vigorously used béfore beginning work; a much finer brush reserved solely for the surface of the Paper, for removing dust and also the particles of paper, ink and graphite produced by erasure, and third, a dust cloth for the scales, triangles, curves, etc. These all col- lect dust from the air and more or less moisture and dirt from the fingers, transferring them to the surface of the paper. Some of this dirt may be removed after the drawing is completed by the use of india rubber or of stale bread, but a good deal of it will remain. By way of prevention, the paper should be dusted before beginning work, the instruments should be wiped off with the dust cloth, and occasionally a slightly damp cloth-may be used on scales, triangles, etc., to freshen them up. Too much water is likely to injure them, but a little carefully ap- plied will clean them without damage. The idea of cleanliness is more than a mere sentiment, as when it comes to the inking, good work cannot be done on dirty paper. The use of the drafting pen and india ink is by no means an easy matter, but one de- manding skill, experience and care to produce good and reasonably rapid work. Even under the best conditions, with clean paper, clean pen, and ink freshly rubbed in clean water on a clean slab, the result is not invariably ee: and with dirt present anywhere it~ cannot € SO. As previously stated, the common writing ink is ab- solutely unfit for drafting, or for use in the drafting pen, corroding the instrument and paper, and making a very poor line. The Chinese or “india ink,” in solid sticks, has always been the standard material; but similar ink is prepared in liquid form and sold in small bottles. The use of this liquid ink has. become quite general of late years, the quality probably being better than of old, and many professional draftsmen use it entirely. At the same time we know of no reason for so doing good enough to offset its marked inferiority to good stick ink. It is as- sumed that the preparation of stick ink is a slow and verv laborious process, to be performed anew whenever a little ink is needed, while with the bottle ink it is only necessary to draw the stopper. There might be some truth in this if it were really necessary in all cases to follow the directions given for the preparation of the stick ink for the very finest drawing, both with the pen and in shading; to rub the stick of ink on the end of the finger and to rub the latter ir turn-on the ink slab, thus avoiding all grit and grinding the ink perfectly fine. For shading with the brush this process is necessary, as even the smallest speck of solid ink in the brush would spoil the work; for line drawing, however, it is quite sufficient to rub the stick ink directly in the saucer, or slab. A variety of china and stone dishes are sold for this purpose, a very convenient sort being of slate, about 4in, square and tin. thick, with a Apri 8, 1860.] FOREST aND STREAM. WT 12 =) S > S 3 = Sn gree 7 ——t at SAIL PLAN OF SAILING DINGHY. ‘saucer-shaped hollow, about 3in. in diameter and 3in, deep, in the center of which is a small hollow, like the end of a thimble, about 4%in. deep. With this slab is a ‘cover of plate glass. The stick of ink should under no circtimstances be dipped in water, nor even wetted any more than neces- saty. A little water is dropped on the slab and the stick is rubbed round and round with a gentle pressure until a sufficient amount of ink is ground off, when the end of the stick is carefully wiped dry. If left wet it will soon ‘check and crack, leaving small lumps in the saucer when- ‘ever itis used. The stick should be handled carefully, and laid away in a drawer when not in use, as this ink some- itimes cracks of itself into many pieces too small for ‘grinding. A good piece once obtained, it will last so ‘far as use is concerned for many years. After being ‘rubbed, the ink should be tested by drawing a broad line and allowing it to dry, when it should appear of a dense black. It is quite likely that the line first drawn may show thin and brownish, in which case more ink must be rubbed up. In any satcer like the one described, with an air-tight cover, the ink will keep for an indefinite time, a week or two at least, with no deterioration of quality, the slight evaporation will make it a little thicker and it may be even blacker than at first. If it becomes too thick to work freely in the pen, a drop or so of water may be gdded, the mixture being thoroughly rubbed up with the furger end. So far as the time and labor of rubbing are co1.icerned, the one reason for resorting to the liquid inks, with the proper appliances, it is but a matter of five min- utes ja week. Once prepared, there is no comparison be— tween fhe stick and the bottle ink, the former is in every way superior. It is not always possible to select the right kind of .stick ink, and in its absence, or in fact for those who do vwily occasional work, the better brands of the liquid inks’. in particular “Higgins,” furnish a passable: substitute; ,sut if one has much pen work to do, the soon- er he discarc ts entirely all liquid inks and provides himself with a good stick of solid ink, the better for his temper. India ink is- composed of carbon, sometimes lamp black and sometimes the coloring matter of the cuttlefish, com- pounded with a mucilage into more than a mere me- chanical mixturn% Jt does not soak into the body of the paper, like comr.10n ink, but lies on the surface, and if of the proper quatlity it is very black and practically in- delible; though itt may be almost completely removed without injury to the paper by means of a sharp eraser. It so happens that the ingenious Chinese counterfeits the shapes and markinyy of the best inks in the most in- ferior brands, so that the price alone is no guarantee of quality. Ink is tested! Hy wetting the end of the finger and rubbing the stick; the result being a spot of more or less intense black, showing a luster when dry. A line drawn with the ink should show the same intense lustrous blacix when dry and should stand a good deal of hard rubbing ~ with a soft pencil rubber (mot the ink rubber) without losing its blackness or ‘showing uneven spots; though its gloss and freshness wijl disappear. The ink should be kept closely covered at all times, even when in use, the cover being removed only for the moment when filling the pen and immediately replaced, both to exclude dust and to «heck evaporation. Should the ink stand so long as to owners through the Erie Canal and then dry up entirely, it should not be mixed again, but the slab should be thoroughly cleaned for a fresh grinding. The colored inks, blue, red, green, etc., like the black, are best ground from solid cakes of the regular artist's water colors; but:they are much less used than the black and the small vial§ of. liquid blue, réd, etc., are more convenient than the frequent grinding of small lots of different colors. . [TO BE CONTINUED. ] The Canada Cup. . Tue dates for the final races for the Canada cup have been decided, Aug. 4,°6, 8, the first being the Civic Holi- day of Toronto. The new Hanley boat for the Rochester a 1% syndicate is described as follows by the Boston obe: _ The most interesting boat of those now under construc- tion in Hanley’s Quincy shops is the one for the Roches- ter, N. Y., syndicate, to compete {in the trial races at Chicago to select a.challenger for the Canada cup. She is Hanley’s first attempt at a desiyn into which so many limitations enter as‘under the rues of the Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes, and “he has, therefore, had to modify some of the well-know'n features of his Eastern boats. She is a “Hanley ‘boat,’ nevertheless, with the flat floor, round bilge, straight topsides and “‘long side to sail on” which have marked his latest boats, but shows no reverse curve in the keel line, either forward or aft- She is also considerably’ narrower than a boat of the same length for Y. R. A. of M. rules, since.she is to carry less sail. i The boat is 44ft. over all, 27ft.’ waterline, 11ft. beam and 2ft. draft. Keel and planking are flush on the out- side, and all her ballast will ‘be inside. She will have rather a long centerboard, and her rudder will be hung on a skeg running from just aft;the centerboard. In con- struction she is fully up to the Union’s table of scantling prepared by W. P. Stephens, and in some places is a bit stronger. Keel and frames are of oak, the bottom plank- ing of hard pine and the top planking of cedar. She will have a good cabin, with sft. head room, but it will be very simply fitted. Her rig will be jib and mainsail. Hanley’s contract calls for the delivery of the boat in New York May 15. From there she will be taken bv. her sailed to Chicago. He is hopeful of her sticcess, and it would mean a great deal to him. J. E. Burroughs, of Rochester, secre- tary of the syndicates, expressed hiniself as very well satished with the looks and promise of the boat on his recent visit of inspection, and’says that she will be in good hands for her racing, The boat is nearly planked and shows the usual Hanley excellence of work throughout. Her designer and build- er expects to attend the trial racas at Chicago. The Cuthbert baat, for the Pearl syndicate, will be named Veva., ———2-—. _ Aphrodite, Col. O. H. Payne’ new steam yacht, 7 fale at New York on March 28 from her builder’s yard, ath, ; 6 ‘of the season in strictly Boston waters. The Quincy Challenge Cup. THE cat is out of the bag at last. The Quincy Y. C. will not depend upon Recruit to defend its $500 challenge cup for 21-footers against the challengers from the Lynn, Beverly and Hull-Massachusetts clubs, but will have a new boat, an up-to-date racing machine of the extreme “scow” type, against which Recruit will be used as a “trial horse’ to determine her speed. At the head of the syndicate, which will build the new boat, is Henry M. Faxon, who so successfully sailed Recruit in last year’s races against Duchess, and he will sail the new boat wtih the best amateur crew the club can give him. Mr, Faxon has been a very successful sailer of catboats, with Rocket, Swirl and Cleopatra, and with his last year’s experience with a jib-and-mainsail like Re- cruit, should be able to do the new boat full justice. The new defender will be close to 4oft. long and have something over oft. beam. Although nearly as wide for- ward and aft as she is amidships, she will show a flaring side, and so should be better in light airs than those of the “scow”’ model that have a harder bilge and straighter side. She is booked to carry over r,000ft. of sail. Some entirely new ideas in light construction are indicated. Her design is credited to Arthur Keith, and an endeavor has been made to improve on Recruit in the points in which that boat seemed weak, notably in stiffness of construc- tion. Recruit will be put in commission with some minor changes, and will be placed by Com, F. B. Rice at the disposal of the syndicate. The building of this new boat by the Quincy Y. C. will greatly add to the interest in the races for the cup, and if the promises of improvement over Recruit be fulfilled by the new one, the challengers will have no easy task ahead of them. The races are now scheduled for the week of July 20, and promise to be the most interesting events With four new 2i-footers building there is, indeed, a revival of racing in the class that augurs well for the sport in general. The Quincy Y. C. can take much credit to itself for this revival, through its offer of the silver trophy, and is entitled to the commendations of all who have the suc- cess of the sport at heart—Boston Globe. YACHTING NEWS NOTES. Mr. Isaac Stern, of New York, has placed an order with the Bath Iron Works for a steel steam yacht 2ooft. over all, 16sft. l.w.l., 26ft. beam, and with a speed of sixteen and one-half knots. She will be finished by the end of the year. Mr, W. O. Gay, of Boston, has placed an order at Bris- tol for a 7oft. l.w.l. cutter, of composite build, to be ready for the New York Y. C. cruise. Ramona, schr., formerly Resolute, has been sold by H. M. Gillig to Vice-Com. B. M. Whitlock, Atlantic, Y. C. Rifle Range and Gallery. Cincinnati Rifle Association. THe following scores were made by members of the Cincinnati Rifle Association, in regular competition, at Four-Mile House, Reading road, April 2. Conditions: 200yds., off-hand, at the German ring-target. Gindele was declared champion to-day with 4a scoré-of 219 on that target. Strickmier was high on the honor target to-day with a score of 66 GaP eles eae, A eee Dene eee EEE 24 23 19 22 20 20 23 23 24 21-219 Bs 92 21 23 21 24 20 22 22 25 21921 pica tires WAN dae dv ae earl loa a4 25 14 14 22 21 17 2117 25 19—195 ae ae 33 22 20 22 20 17 18 24 17 24207 i Ntag het aadee ee Ree teed peal ee or, 15 22 17 23 19 24 18 19 19 20—197 24 21 17 23 22 24 17 22 22 19—213 Uckotter ........0ssece res n esse emortios 2216 § 15 11 20 12 21 17 15158 18 23 23 17 16 20 20 22 21 19—200 =. 19 21 19 17 21 18 22 24 15 15191 aDyabiee: sos Spiro hat eer Aare detec 20 24 17 23 19 21 19 18 24 21—206 TENGT NEVES. wemoraee erat ty IAGO Po 2117 24 21 21 23 24 24 16 17—208 18 25 22 19 21 20 25 21 20 22—213 DPAIV TGs cayarcterarert ares tie ek lata ale litns tot etseei 20 23 22 21 21 18 21 16 22 22—202 24 22 20 21 23 21 25 19 20 28—218 SinGkniienseacuees asst sean | seers 21 18 22 21 17 23 23 28 20 19—207 25 25 23 20 15 20 23 22 21 2i—215 SESLITLS) Meee eeereLaaneate stint eieiee aise ci riciste 20 2417 71319 15 18 21 25—179 15 23 22 16 18 21 23 23 24 14—199 11 11 25 9 20 23 22 22 12 21—176 20 24 15 18 19 17 11 16 19 21-180 22 20 22 23 17 21 23 18 20 24—210 Trounstine UB Roe ANE | Aare ene Credit OCRerOOc 22 28 23 17 23 23 19 22 24 22218 FSHONe ya heceachyernaresscodkka engi 28 17 24 25 20 21 20 22 19 18—209, 28 24 21 21 23 25 23 14 23 20—217 Honor target: Gindele ........6.4: Day DEG H( tPayrie. ..ecccsentie 19 21 22—62 Weinheimer ....... 20 17 2461 Strickmier ......... 25 22 19—66 Niestlet: y-eeer sean 20 19 17—56 Trounstine ..,...... 16 19 21—56 Wekotter 2 7oy.s.s4.2- 21 20 14—55 Hasenzahl ......... 23 19 20—62 Roberts ..-.seeeesee 18 17 19—54 : Shell Mound Range. San Francisco, Cal., March 27.—At Shell Mound range yesterday tthere was a glaring light, with a shifty wind. In the Germania ‘Club contest for Bushnell trophy, 200yds., only one entry, the following scores were made: Faktor 224, Dr. Rodgers 221, J. Utschig 219, Schuster 218. In the yearly cash shoot, re-entry, 3 shots, 200yds., the only high scores were: Dr. Rodgers 78, 71; A. ‘Strecker 73; J. Utschig 170. In the Glinderman medal contests of the Columbia Club, at ‘200yds., Columbia Club target, A. Pape made the fine score of - 38. Scores of the Columbia Club: Lewis revolver trophy: C. Roberts 69, 76, 82. Siebe, all-comers’ pistol medal: F. O. Young 44, 61, 78; J. P. '‘Cosgrave 55, 64. Twenty-two and .25cal. rifle medal: F. O. Young 28; Mrs. C. F. ‘Waltham 40, 37; J. F. Twist 43, 49, eee medal, rifle: A. H. Pape 388, 42, 48, 46; F. O. Young Members’ rifle medal: E. N. Moor 64, C, A. Bremer 72, G. Mannel 95. ROEEL. Rifle at Conlin’s Gallery. Tue rest rifle match, or. “go as you please,” shot on the seven bullseye target, re-entries, gold medals for second and third prizes, entries 25 cents each, distance 20yds., prize a sport- ing rifle. presented by Winchester Arms Co., resulted as follows, “The first three men in this match tied, making the seven shots in measurement from the center of the bullseye to the center of each shot 1 3-16in. The following are the scores of the first fifteen competitors: . W. C. Southwick 1 3-16in., J. T. B. Thomas 1 3-16in., John W. Christiansen 1 3-16in., J. P. Stage 1 416in,, Peter Denise 1 6-16in., Cc. M. Brownell 1 9-16in., A. C. Goodrich 1 10-16in., W. F Strong 1 10-16in., J. R. Fink 1.10-16in., John C. Groin 2in., J, W. Well: man 2 13-16in,, W. C, Browne 2 14-16in., James Stanton 3in., W. Jackson 3 2-16in., John Williams 3 4-I6in. Tn shooting off the tie J. W. Christiansen won first, J. T, B. Thomas second and W. C, Southwick third. 276 FOREST AND STREAM. [Aprin §, 1899. The Laflin & Rand Powder Co. have tad an miultitude of orders for their new powder and samples of it, since they announced that ii was on the market. A nitro powder, at is designed for use in ties atid revolvers built for the use of black powders. The company has received many gratifying testimonials of its ex- bellence from men eminent as rifle and reyolyer shots Some remarkable scotes were made with it in the Smith & Wessoti range, at the Sportsmen’s Exposition. Dr. Ashley A. Webber, ef Brooklyn, who used this powder at the Spartsmen’s Exposition revolver competition, writes Messrs. Laflin & Rand as follows: “7 used the new S. & W. military revolver, and had no trouble in making the scores T did. There was not a bad cartridge in the lot, and [ am positive I could improve my score many points.” Grap-Shooting. If you want your shoot to be announced here send in notice like the following: Fixtures. April 45.—Chambersburg, Pa.—Chambersburg, Gun Club's. spring live-bird and target tournament; open to all. J. M. Runk, Captain. April 5-7—Richmond, Va.—Vournament under management of W. C. Lynham. Targets and live birds. : April 11-13.—Eikwood Park, Long Branch, N. J.—The Inter- state Association’s seventh annual Grand American Handicap tournament, Entries close April 4. Edward Banks, Sec’y, 318 Broadway. April 1$-21.—Laincoln, [ annual interstate tournament; targets and live birds; Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y. April 17-22.— Baltimore, tion’s tournament; $500 added. April 19.—South Wingham, Wingham Gun Club. 1 April 25-27,—Kansas City, Mo.— Ninth annual tournament of the Missouri State Amateur Shooting Association, under auspices of Washington Park Gun Club; $400 added money; target and live Neb.—The Lincoln Gun Club’s second $500 added. Md.—Prospeet Mark Shooting Associa- Stanley Baker, Sec’y. Mass.—Annnal tournament of the birds. Walter F, Bruns. Sec’y. » : April 25-26.—Gretna, Neb,—Target and live-bird tournament; #9) added; open to all, UH, M. [Mardin and C. Bb. Randlett, Managers. April #E-28.—Baltimore, Md—Tournanent of Baltimore Shooting Association; targets and live birds; money added. Geo. L. Har- rison, Sec’y. - ; , May 25.—Lincoln, Neb.—Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Associa- Hon’s twenty-third annual tournament, under the auspices of the Capital City Gun Club; six amateur and four open events each day; targets and live birds. R, M. Welch, Sec’y. May ¢—White Plains, N. ¥.—Live-bird handicap. E. G. Horton, Manzger. t he May 913.—Peoria, Iil.—tIllinois State Sportsmen's Association’s tournament. ©. F. Simmons, Sec’y. Mav 1619—EFrie, Va—Ninth annual tournament of the Penn- sylyania State Sportsmen’s Association, undér the auspices of the Reed Wurst Gun Club. F. W. Bacon, Sec’y. . . May 16-20,—St. Louis, Mo—Tournament of the Missouri State Fish and Game Protective Association. H. B, Collins, Sec’y. May 17-18—Oil City, Pa—Interstate Association’s tournament, under auspices of Oil City Gun Club. F. S, Bates, Sec’y. May 23-25:—Algona, Ia.—Tournament of the Lowa State Asso- ciation for the Protection of Fish and Game. John G, Smith, Pres. ’ May 94.95.—Greenwood, S. C.—Annual live-bird tournament of the Greenwood Gun Club; -25-bird Southern Handicap. R. G, McCants, Sec’y. May 26-27.—Tyrone; Pa. Club. D. D. Stine, Sec’y. t May 30.—Canajoharie, N, Y.—All-day target shoot at Canajo- harie, N. ¥Y. Charles Weeks, Sec’y. May 30-June 2.—Erie, Pa.—Ninth annual tournament of the Penn- sylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, under the auspices of the Reed Hurst Gun Club. Prank W. Bacon, Secty. June 5-10.—Buffalo, N. Y.—New York State shoot, under the auspices of the Buffalo Audubon Gun Club; $1,000 guaranteed; over $2,000 in merchandise, and 1,000 addéd money in open events. Chas. Bamberg, Sec’y, 51 Edna Place. June 6-9.—Sicux_ City, Pa._Fifth annual amateur tournament of the Soo Gun Club, E. R. Chapman, Sec’y. — Tune 7-9.—Columbus, ©.—Tournament of the Ohio Trap-Shoot- ers’ League, under the auspices of the Sherman Rod and Gun Club. J. C. Porterfield, Sec’y, O, An arr June 14-15.—Bellows Falls, Vt.—Interstate Association's tourna- ment, under auspices of Bellows Falls Gian Club. C. H. Gibson, Sec’y. Fie {4.16.—Cleveland, O.—Cleveland Target Co.’s tournament. June 20-22.—Wheeling, W. Va—Third annual tournament of the West Vitginia State Sportsmen's Assocjation, under the auspices of the Wheeling Gun Club, Wheeling, W. Va. John B. Garden, Sec’y. a June 27-29.—Altoona, Pa.—Target_ tournament of the Altoona Raid and Gun Club, Wopsononock Heights. G. G. Zeth, Sec’y. July 1-2—Milwaukee, Wis.—Grand tournament of Milwaukee Guan Club, in Carnival Week. $. M. Du Val, Secy. July 19-20.—Proyidence, R. I,—Interstate Association’s tourna- ment, under auspices of the Providerice Gun Club. R. C. Root, Target tournament of the Tyrone Gun ety. Tihy 18-20. Little Rock, Ark.—Arkansas State tournament. Aug, 9-10.—Portland, Me.—Interstate Assocaition’s tournament, under auspices of the Portland Gun Club, 5, B. Adams, Sec’y. Sept. 6-7.—Portsmouth, VWa—Tournament of the Interstate As- sociation, under the auspices of the Portsmouth Gun Club. W. N. White, Sec’y. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. Cluh secretaries ave invited to send their scores for publication in these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Mail all such niatter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad- way, New York, J. J. Hollowell, the popular repre- Unrler date of March 30, Mr. ‘ll, t Cincinnati, as follows: sentative of the LL M. CG. Co:, writes from A y “As you are well aware, the Clay Brothers, of the Hilltop Gun Club, are indefatigable shooters. They have shot sparrows, crows, pigeons, bats and bluerocks on their grounds, but their jJatest diversion is in shooting bumble bees. They haye the niggers busy all summer eatching the bees, keep them at a suitable temperature and next winter shoot them off. With that object in view, Mr. G. W. Clay visited Mr. Hill, of Indianapolis, he of spartow trap fame, and ordered a special set of bee traps, ar- ranged to have hot air connections from the club house. They are considering at the present time a programme for the first annual “bee shoot.’ One of the motes says: ‘Mr, Alfred Clay will have his coop of well-trained game cocks to do the retrieving. Wo shooter will be allowed to retrieve. Shades of our ancestors! but here is a chance for U. M. ©, Thomas to formulate a bee load’? that will go down in history as a world beater, The boys say that have shot everything that flies until it became too easy, and they looked around for something smaller. Well, I think they have it, don’t your” Mr. A. Kleinman, of Chicago, seems to he something of a shooter for a man who was considered one whose best was of the past. At Chicago, in a two-men team contest, he killed 238 out of 25 bitds, which is a reasonably good gait, and one which many find it difficult to follow. His team mate was Mr, J. A Amberg, who killed 19, defeating Messrs. _E. S. Graham and E. E. Neal, whose scores were tespectively 21 and 20. Ai On Thursday of this week, Smith Brothers’ grounds, Foundry and Ferry streets, Newark, there will be an open shoot, 20-to 25 live birds, Shooting commences_at 11 o’clock. There will be a wagon at the trolley car to meet visitors. : The two famous Pensylvania trap shots, Messrs. Harry Coldren, of Reading, and Fen Cooper, of Mahanoy City, shot the second of their series of three live-bird matches, at Reading, on March 31 Coldren scored 42 out of 50; Cooper 39. Owing to pressure of business matters, Hon. T. A. Marshall, of Keithsburg, [ll., we are informed, will be unable to act as one of the G. A. H. handicap committee. The veteran Mr. C, W. Budd, of Des Moines, Ia., has been invited to fill the vacancy. . . The long-postponed match between Messrs. Quimby and Banks vs. Keller and Waters, came off on April 1, and those who at- tended on that day were not fooled. Qne of the teams won handily, The conditions were: 25 targets and 25 live birds per man. There were quite a nimber of excuses why one team lost, but the excuses did not count in the scores. Another match may be made and shot some time—perhaps, In a match at 50 live birds each, fof a purse of $100, Mr. J. A. Lane_ defeated Mr. H. Steege, at Waterloo, Ia., on March 29, Dr, Kibbey, the well-known shooter, acted as referee. The scores were: Lane 42, with one dead out; Steege, 38, with four dead out. Mr, George W, Mains, secretary of the Enterprise Gun Club, Reynoldton, Pa,, writes us that at a meeting of the club, officers f- ( R. A. WELCH, 1893. were elected as follows: President, Fred Stephan; Vice-Presi- dent, John Owens; Secretary, Geo. W. Mains; Treasurer, J. F. Calhoun; Captain, Wm. H. Crouch, The programme of the St. Louis siaotine, Association is touched upon by Mr. Herbert Taylor, in Mr. Banks’ communi- cation, published in another column. The programme is on perfectly correct lines, guarding the interests of all concerned in a perfectly equitable competition. The amateur who loyes com- petitive sport will find in this programme opportunities seldom offered. Hi. B. Collins, Sec’y, The handicap committee of the G. A: H., on April 6 of this week will engage in a task which in the way of handicapping, far exceeds in difneulty anything of the kind which has occurred before in this country. The handicapping of such a great number of Shooters, many. of them known, many unknown, will probably take two days of diligent work. The New Brunswick Gun Club, of New Brunswick, N. J., is making an effort to revive interest and activity among its mem- bers in trap-shooting matters. It will endeavor to secure new ~/ THOMAS W. MORFEY, Th94. grounds in a more convenient location. The list of officers elected 75 as follows: President, William E. Sperling; Vice: President, J. A. Blish; Treasurer, Joseph Fisher; Secretary, Reuben -Mc- Dowell; Captain, Clarence Oakley. Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, manager of the Interstate Association, arrived in New York on Monday of this week prepatatory to assuming the duties as a member of the handica committes, and manager of the Grand American Handicap. He is not in the best of health, and further is suffering in spirit from bereavement, haying suffered the loss of near relatives. ; The entries to the Grand American Handicap, up to 3 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, April 4, numbered 247. ‘With those which will be received later, and with post entries this number may be quite materially increased. Tt is a peculiar feature of trap-shooting that, though a man may drift into the has-bens, he may revive and become a very lively factor of the present. -—_~ ~+~>—- Tn the final shoot of the Crescent Athletic Club’s trap-shooting season, April 1, otie of the events was the consolation handicap, open to members who had contested, but who had not won a prize during the season. .There were fiye contestants, namely, Messts, J. S. S. Remsen, Wilmot Townsend, C. G., Rasmus, L. Rhett and Henry Werleman. The prize was won by Mr. Remsen, who broke 23 out of 26. Mr. Charles Sykes won the Marlin re- peating rifle. Messrs. Rolla O. Heikes and W, Fred Quimby, have been dis- cussing their relative merits as pigeon Shots, with the result that they arranged to shoot at 25 live birds at Hlkwood Park, Long Branch, on Wednesday, of this week for a brand new hat. ~ Whicheyer wins, the same size of hat will fit after the match that fit before. Mr. E, G, Horton, of. White Plains, N. Y., will give a_live- bird shoot on May 6, The programme will be arranged with a view to good amateur competition, He will engage the Fair grounds for the purpose, which are said to be most excellently adapted to a tournament. Concerning Tom Morfey'’s birds and the scores recently there- unto appertaining, it might not be amiss for each shooter .to suspend judgment fill he tries them himself, ‘here are a few ee and there which are unkillable, and a few which are un- shootable. The records indicate that Mr. Fred Gilbert has been doing some very excellent shooting with his Winchester gun in his prac- tice shoots at Watson’s Park, Chicago, during some days past. On March 27 he killed 31 out of 32, which is a gait to be con- sidered with respect. The match for #500 a side between Messrs. W. Cashau and R. L. Packard was shot on Morfey’s grounds, Lyndhurst, N. J., on March 30, The former stood at 20yds., the latter at 27. Each shot at 50 birds. Score: Cashau 28, Packard 39. The Tyrone, Pa., Guin Club will hold a target tournament on May 26 and “yp eye club is a new one. Jn reference to it, Mr. G. G. Zeth gives full information under the head “Altoona Rod and Gun Club,” elsewhere in our colunins. The number of reasonably sure winners one hears of in reference to the G. A. H., and the G. A. H. enp, before it is shot may be ' decreased appreciably toward the latter part of next week. Mr. LE, 3. Garnier, of the firm of A. B. Garnier & Son, Easton, Pa., was in New York early this week on a business trip. is famous in his State im matters pertaining to the gun. Mr. Irby Bennett, representing the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., in the Southwest, arrived in New York last week and will remain fill after the Grand American Tandicap is decided. Leroy is in fine form at present, At Centredale, R. 7, re- cently, he broke 49 targets straight, and finished with 97 out of 100, a score of the highést excellence. The Boston Gun Club begins a new series of shoots on its grounds at Wellington, Mass., commencing April 4. BERNARD WATERS. Trap around Reading. _Reapins, Pa,, March 31.—With the score of 42 kills out of 50 live birds to-day at the Spring Valley Shooting Park, Elarry Coldren, of this city, defeated Fen Cooper, of Mahanoy City who succeeded jn killing only 39; The match was the second ot a_ series of three shoots, and was at 50 live birds, S0yds. rise, Hurlingham rules, for $100 a side. A large crowd of people wit- nessed the match, among them being a delegation of Mahanoy City rooters, who cane to Reading to back Cooper. Betting was quite lively before the match began, and thus a considerable amount of money changed hands. The birds were a fair lot of flyers, and some caused trouble to the shooters toward the end, as a strong wind began to blow toward the end of the match. James Schmeck, of Cacoosing, Pa., was referee, and Arthur A. Fink, of this city, scorer. The score follows: Trap score type—Copyright, 1809, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. S48 4514155053141488 415493 Coldren, 80.....80 1099 111208 be hoa ede EET 1 1-2 Beet en a are eae ae aL Ape eee L4234 ee 5114925 Cooper, Say sta eee aout sity et 304 21 SBQlBosIZvVAPHAAZHA PT BHAT sal b ASCA ERPSHEACZA L048 ems Tose 2F2110111121001*1010211 9% 1-18-39. Pottstown, Pa., March 31—The target tournament of the Shuler Gun Club, of this city, held to-day, on the ast End grounds, was a grand success. Shooters were present from Reading, Boyer- town, Limerick, and shooting kept up until dark. A new feature was the introduction of shooting incomers by placing a trap out in the field to throw toward the seore. The Special event of the day was event 8, 20 targets. Hirst prize, automatic loading outht, which was won by Grubb, with the score of 17. The scores of the different events follow: Events L238 4 5 6 8 $20 17 22 1344465 Targets 10 710 5107010 2010 510 5 55p 25 MAVIOT sees pico Prat ara Fi, Soe ine shy eae Tie Sy Se he) Ler TWalo Spee mend dddd eda ie alee Ee Santee topo LOL a te Pe Staci) Se ES at SS Ee os MORO AP A? een teleten() oe eas ake CAEP REE Whentz pide sons ee roe We stebeie ier ETH tidy Bb int nna: GUNS ag wrartadek ess rie TR OTe es LLL ea eee er Smith ..., Pe rect’ s: See pe has au ler Pee lie diate geil CREISIR cht ate ce eate Paes ier: cb tee Sac Te Ce a> toy ie Smet Soe SH GCI, fy te eneee et hubh iter pen eaee en en eee li erieibie Sere Uikaece ee ee AGUS 5 topicdetgd Seed oe terpcertc chee ee oe TLRS Dh RS vit Gee ee ice Livingood cic... Arte Mie rere rote dhe IR Toe OS Pee ors ATMEL aT te hay pote co teers yet tcecer Gime cbericbe eke or fly cee see De Witt ‘ Pipe eo petgt etree oe gS DES a yer prctiteacrtrapitettnaterrce, teste EE otreetse tat i] Ta tt ee ee Pea hind 210 here ere reine ttitacserce ith tacmerstt, tethers Dt Pe a te ae ee Si, EY PENT AAPL IBMMHRRSOee tr rrctitne Ht eh Heese toa there st HE UOTE thee peste as . Duster, Chart.r Oak Handicap. Cy.07¢usTeER, Pa., March 31.—A large trowd witnessed the com- peti:ion in the Charter (ak handicap, which was contested here to-day. Vhere were twenty-eight entries. The conditions, were 25 live birds, entrance $10, birds at 85 cents per pair, Rose system, Interstate rules to goverr. He ‘ Two men killed straight, namely, II. B. Pisher and H. E. Buckwalter. Howard Ridge lost but one bird and took second money alone, Sehwartz, Greener, Trumbaner and Flenry tied on 23. The scores: Je BEdiwakdsye2Gne ashe ot cite eapet eee 2210111201212221021120212—21 Fig Re Mia tinier AG wrrreinee (eens eee births 0010122111001110210000112—15 Je Kileitnz) 28h ititiiss ie: mrt . -0220222010122211021211221—20. T Wenwedy, “2h iiss viteiiees ee ieee .. .2000012210020210111111211 18 ACS eluwartz; es... et bier eierie .. .11121212022111 2122122022128 IT W Budd, 28...... arenes: Pee ee: 2212120222221222120222022—22 Te Stinti cia oe ee tree eee haa 1121221122022021122202212—22 UAC BO ENR EAS Cl pee omecmer odtkuton oor - -20221002121121222120122022—20 DP WW Sawetetorre 2 aad oo gored aed Gund ot 2112111211202020111010221—20 FIRES BISHERNe a OM ee ccoee re ett: mmene: 222222 9223292202922292992 25 H Greenet, 27...... POISON OIE 0224 210121222211121212122 23 TJ Byerett, 80-........ CO OOCITIOODE AICS race 2p esl 02221112121 22211122201002—91 € E Geikler, 28............ _ . . .2222002222220202222222202—20 H Traumbauer, 28......... bene ee es ee LQ22222222022229292022229-— 23 HD E Buckwalter 29..-................. » . 222229229999299022992292222—25 ED Ridge, 27 6. ices cere pepe veer sey ye en «0 2222121221220221292210221—24 PC O’Brien, Qiicsscccccscrey severe see veL122220022222222992992202 29 HéSanders, 25. ...cccsceesuecseucetesceees LLOOU20I0II20W Wes F Stevens, 25...........0005 be teaeeoree «+ 2022011022222020002222020—16: C HI Fowler, 25.2... 200. s scene cece ee eee se 0221200220122201222239222——90) By eintintehssealeus os seetienehs see Rea els 1201111202121211022100012—19 J Price, 27.2 .sa cece cece cere cece eee nee s L1OLO0IIII2Z21002221 20121119 F A Peterson, 30,.,...--022 2. eee eee enue 1222020202210002212200122 17 ~ TT iGlappes 20st aeassscew esses eevee ne eee o 22220010021020020211 2021116 D Landis, 80.0... 2.2. cee eee eee pee ee ee ee 212221201011 2001212222002—20 J Henry, 30......-. seen nesvigey ese ee ces o «dood ot O12122125222299902 98 H Johnson, 30....... maces e seep were ey ye 22AAA22222220022222200222—91 G Sterling, 80........ .2--..-... 22.2.8... .2222210122222220210122012—21) The Forest AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. — Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the jatest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable, " Arent 8 1800.4 | TN NEW JERSEY, Trap at Lyndhurst. Ganks—Onimby vs. Keller—Waters. April 1.—No better day could have been selected for the long- pending match between Messrs. Banks and Quimby on one side and Messrs, Keller and Waters on the other. The match had waxed fiercely al times, and waned at others into such attenua- tion that it seemed iost. Referring to April | as beimg a good day, the weather, and not the associations of April Ist as a day of the unwise, is in mind. It was a true April day, with quick changes frém sunshine to shadow, and fitful breezes blowing from 8 o’clock, This match has seen many fluctuations. If any two seenied out of form, the other two were quite courageous and talkative. If any three were ready, the fourth was out of town. If any one was ready, there was something which absolutely prevented the other three from shooting. At length this match, which on Iriday of last weele seemed to be peacefully dormant, broke forth into an activity which would not be denied. In an unhappy moment 'T. IK. put up a forfeit of $5, notwithstanding he had put up a like forfeit, a week hefore, which was applied to the purpose_of pur- chasing shad roe and baton, roast beef rare done and coftee with cheese. Waters received a peremptory notification on April 1 that the match was on. Calling to consult the opposing prin- cipals, he pleaded that he’ had not been consulted in the matter, that he didn’t have his gun, that this, that and the other thing interposed, but he was calmly overruled. THe took two strange guns to the grounds, then borrowed Mr. Ileikes’ gum to shoot the match; probably if he had had three or four more guns he might have done better. : ; There was a good and appreciative audience, among whom was Capt. Dressel, of the U. M. C. Co., and Messrs. Money, Morfey, Koegel, Hassinger, and others. Mrs. M. PF. Lindsley and two other ladies were present. Capt. A. \W. Money refereed the team race most satisfactorily. Tien passant, it may be remarked that shooting this match utterly spoiled it. As it stood before it was shoi, it seemed a very good match, After it was ‘shot, it was different. T. JS, sang a few verses about it, the refrain of which was, “But we'll never shoot this any tore.’ T. K. remarked further that his team had made {we mistakes, the first of which was in making the match. the second was in shooting it. The targets were a hard proposition, owing to the close prox- imity of trees, and the old barn straightaway in the ba¢kground. JOHN G. MESSNER, 1895. When it came to live-bird shooting, the old barn, with the chasm in its roof and large open windows, seemed to have a real draft for the birds when released from the traps. They were a corking lot of birds, swift, strong and with unlimited yitality. Most of them were straightaways, which flew direct for the old barn just. beyond the straightaway boundary. Following are the scores of the match entitled: But We'll Never Shoot This Any More. Team match, 25 targets, 25 birds: Targets: : ArT Se et Se ayer eer laas ore ass pee ee eee eee eA L1904191991 0119110911101 1— 22 Quimby .......... Stestdrdsbindertrreed 0011141106010011111101101—16— 38 Keller .. Lane Ponat a 8 sree eee ee oA 00709110001111171 1010011 —16 WGrECi See cee tote iterate tare a Ah BA .... .1100011010141110111001101 1632 Pigeons: Quimby, BO 22.2.2. ey sere tee ee ree vee 2 -1292"2022209299592019%21 18 Bae IS sop serene were ores les ee eee es OO1U2122111 012202122422 17 —35 eller (ip eeeee anes ee beet eee sees ee se -0222220202202022022220202 17 Waters, 28 necsessceqrerees verte eee es» L02*020022202121229%099*0—15—32 Recapitulation: Banks’ team, 73; Keller's team, 64.. Handicap, 10 birds, .$5, three moneys, Rose system: - Morfey, 30......... 222222222210 Keller, 27,,......... *202.222222— Capt Money, 30. ...2212222222—10 Waters, 27 ........2220*21112— 8 H. Money, 29...... 222202222210 Koegel, 28 .........2020220212— 7 Banks, 27 .........-2222121222 10 Hassinger, 27......: 0212022100— 6 Heikes, 31 .......-2022221022— 8 Trap at Hackensack River. Carlstadt, N. J., March 29.—Bvents Nos. 1 and 2. were 10-bird handicaps, $5 entrance. Some of the birds were good, some ordinary. The weather was pleasant, with a 7 o’clock wind: No. 1: : WN Apgar, 30.......1121211222—10 H Money, 29....-..1112*12121— 9 Fairmount, 28......1112222220— 9 P W Reed, 28.....1101022292— 8 Wail, “26s0)-)-. se... ail eoe0e— = 8 H OM Heflich, 28... .1*1211022i— 8 F Hall, 28..........1122220222— 9 Wanda, 26..........0100012011— 5 © F Lenone, 28....11*1101211— 8 Hi Pape, 28.........1100100200— 4 No. 2: +4 Palmer, 28..........1221212121—10 Reed, 28,.....,,.....0222222920— 8 Hall, 28......2...,--2201211222—§ Wan, 26.............1121202020— 8 Lenone, 28..,.,,-.,-2121022111— 9 Pape, 28.............1110029122— 8 Heflich, 28.......--,1102111212— 9 Fry, 28 .....2.......0120111011— 7 Steffens, 28.........1012211121— 9 Miss-and-out, $2, 28yds.: \ Steffetis! Fil done ces Ib 21— Te SEV CAIGh: tides sees. e2I2T10—6 Jersey City, IN. J.—On March 29 ex-Supervisor John Henry Outwater, one of the old-time shooters of New Jersey, when pigeons from the trap had a chance for life, and skill and ac- curacy counted instead of the present merciless system, has re- cently gone into the boniface business, having put up a com- modious hostelry on the further bank of the Hackensack on the old. Paterson Plank road, contiguous to the snipe and fishing ground =.J4e threw open his club house and traps to his many iends. ~It-owas -a very pleasant-affair, though there was not so many présent as expected, owing to a certain extent to a big shoot at Morfey’s grounds, Lyndhurst, between Wa. Cashau, of the Cobweb Gun Club, and Robert Packard, ‘and this took off many of the local shooters. As if was a match for $500 ROREST AND STREAM. a side, the largest individual race of the season, and eonsider- able money changed liands in the result, some $2,000, it was Wagered before the match commenced. | } Packard won easily, we understand, Cashatt being away Score 39 to 28. P We arrived a little late, and found the frst sweep under way. Tt did seem good and like old times to meet the old boys, and we were most cordially greeted. The Count, the same erect martial fisure of Yeats ago, but with mustache and goatee decidedly whitened, Still shoots well, and we were pleased to see how he held his gun well down until the bird was on the wing. That is sportsmanlike, and he was the only one that we noticed did jt. His scote under such circumstances is the best. Trank Hall, Neaf Apgar and young Money were of corse well to the front. The birds «were not a fast lot, only two or three showing any 0, 3R, GICKEY, T8096 great celerity in rising or getting away. The Supervisor must do better if he wants to draw the old reliables. Wanda would not get mad, and we think the gun stock toa long for her to shoot quick. We have seen her do much better. The opening was a success; the chowder was excellent and ample; the attendance all that could be asked. We hope tor a golden future in Capt. Outwater’s new venture as host. JACOBSTAFF. Packard vs. Cashau. March 30.—The match between Mr. W. Cashau and R. L. Pack- ard was shot at Morfey’s grounds, at Lyndhurst, N. J., on March 30. The conditions were $500 a side, Cashau standing at 30yds,, Packard at 27. This was really a most disastrous arrangenient, for Cashau, as 30yds, on Morfey’s grounds, with his fast straightaway birds, is about the same as 32yds. on ordinary grounds. Cashau had 6 dead out, which also is a feature of the 380yd. mark, if one is not a shooter of extra quickness. The old barn close by the boundary straightaway affords a most attractive hayen for wounded or missed birds, and perched on the roof, they act as decoys for the birds flying from the traps. THOMAS A, MARSHALL, 1897. = es neomers. Following is the score, with flights There are very fey h traps, etc. etry of: ; : : Trap score’ type—Copyright, 1899, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 5642184941429241449175595149 We Caghaur, 80.0925 05 8299's 1 108 1 OED ON aie 53214954418511294491111944 FUN TO OO NET OL ONL DOSS ST SO D184 11412512248829424549154158 RiiPackard, 7-999 18" 128 190 820 102 59 boo S59 15242825424921851292834315 GBD 02 2010858 1008 e111 09 441999 is. said,. “olf. 277 Two 10-bivd sweeps followed, 10 birds, $6, three moneys, Rose system, points 6, 8 and 1: Motfeys 80 cencpeeeedveceenereneee to22Q00222-— 8 30..2022212212— 9 C)ien), 23 bee ees Sawa enttaimas , 0020120222— b 27. .01L00112012— 6 MGHOTEEMLEIEL, 29 L.2cis.a esses ee 8 29, ,0120222201— 7 ehGep 27. ihc .eoeeed PERN ek 0*2*00— 5 eet. Cashat, 27 --.ccc-, cc reyeeuyee-=--2022202220— 7 27..*220212012— 7 Packard, 28 vyveversverr sec reyeey~—4 92000200010 — 4 SEA erage EN Ks RY Sy Aa peeeerepee ee OM 2100ITI— 6 26. .000w Rgeh Nr wet a 7 SOOe EAE Bae a! .-, 2100101211— §& 28. .11*2211101— 8 H Money..... Be alerite nek states at rm ey 29, .1221211112—10 IND BAES acts rire bphpi Lhbbde eee sinter sass 28,..2202222222— 9 Wiarttl S sitaisce ans-b re irte radtens 26, .2100112020— 6 Igy ot entries, $2, Harold Woeney killed 8 and won alone, Centredale Gin Club, CENTREDALE, R. T., April 2.—Editor Forest and Stream: Our opening shoot, held yesterday, brought out twenty-five shooters. The day was pleasant enough, with the exception of a north- westerly wind, which blew right) across the field, making the shooting tather uncomfertable. Many visiting shooters were present, among them being Leroy, of Campello, Mass.; Walls, the genial secretary of the Worcester Sportsman Club; Coffin, of Whitinsville, Mass; President Mills, of the Woonsocket Gun Club; also Leon Campbell, of the same club, and besides these visitors were most of the trap shots of the State. The remarkable shooting of Leroy won the admiration of all, setting a warm pace, with 49 straight, and finishing with 97 out of 100, whieh is a very good score in better weather conditions. When Leroy wasn’t shooting, he was talking Du Pont powder and Remington gun, trying to convince the boys that that was the ¢ombination that would win the American Handicap, and surely no one could haye disputed that fact had they been there, watch- ing vat smash targets with that quickness in which he easily excels, The handicap, which was the fifth event, had a large entry, and Was won by Dr. Hammond, with a clean score, of 25, aver which the Doctor was highly elated. Mills was second with 22, including 5 extra to shoot at, Bain and Richards tied for third with 21. Root fourth with 18 and Griffith and Remington tied for fifth with 17. This handicap will be shot eyery two weeks until October, The prizes are gold medal, leather gun case, hunting suit, shooting hlouse. 100 loaded shells, Powers’ cleaning rod, and 50 loaded shells. One Winners of each shoot receive 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 point. E, D, FULFORD,§1898, having most number ef points at end of season wins first prize, and so on, This was the first time we tried the five-trap system, und it worked well, until two of the chains around the pulleys broke, and then we used the magautrap. The scores: Events: lta ame Ke 687 _ Vargets: 10 15 20 20 25 10 25 THROW a temten hfe beletanc SE AOR OD OD ACAC COU Le Ur Uli Ths) = ALT a oh PEE Tih) ate METATe ie Weeetere eee hee ae ae aia alacasks Es weet: OP ib es a 8 822 Bani Hie Vey - Sor oe a: cae abtitne ces nea resc eee Te TSS ee Hammond .......,.. Rehog: duoocurpnenrr dae pre ce Wls alte Sa Ae Gampbell “..1....... Fpuhiscs elidefetslaletats SOR eas) gallate a2 TI MV EUNSS ea ates Fania et nislalotitateiath otetatstot tame QU] 4 eather oe (SCHL eee et, Roh See Ae ene sete sect aS LG a ee ae Misia. SY. Pete tiee intro maecaeeee MME HW RY Pe oe ge UNinetoilal Bi AGocooe ee ras baba age tsun meee CCAR, Fo: alli bheeiTeSk 5 Richards oe es ral ee ere Seer dey hee ere oon hee ee OR abhi. on. ay Francotte 4 en ys lr Ry PEM Ss By, Slade is NS a eS ee 1ioiei ceo, ; eR, PG AE a alae 8. RemimeitOm aces ve: Sefeeeass tint eee) a Bk A SIM Rah a lnBwde LYLE E Bcboro OP RCO Soe Tre He ncct = Sh SR Se LPP STI! wo Me, Webster ..... Bdgrrs Stators Steet hieig foe ee wal ee Sie Lee mele DOW EE lis Methalelalnis}eiefabePeert oe clear sip BENS pen beg lin syle acl Glee MM cTits Rese wetness napa aes } 18 N. F. Rerner, Sec’y, Baffalo Audubon Gun Club, Burraro, N. Y., April 1—In the contest for the Hebard trophy, George McArthur proved to be the winner at the Audubon Gun Club’s shoot to-day. He now has won it four times: - His score was 26 out of 80, and with 3 added, a total of 29. Event No. 3 was the elub’s badge shoot. C. S. Burkhardt won in Class A, T. B. Walker in Class B, and Porter in Class C. Among the visitors was E. C. Bald, who tried his hand at the tiger and did remarkably well for a beginner, and H. S. Weller, is) tica. H. D. Kirkover’s shooting was wonderful, as he scored 95 out of 100 shot at, in spite of the heavy wind and snowstorm which prevailed: Events: Ay e2ueat AD e0 Events: 1 25-3) 455 Targets: bee: ete tFS lh Targets: 1515 * ** 15 A © Heinold...,... 12 1418 2112 Reinecke .......... 12 81219 |. E € Burkhardt..:. 1113 15 2511 Shuler ............ 6 11 13-93 9 Walker <.....:.... 6 6202011 R H Hebard...... 14 10 19 20 12 C § Burkhardt.... 13 14 20 23 10 Jedi eae 10 12 12 .. Leuschner ....,... 4 6 22 19 10 @Sweetss.cchl 97 ATE, eS agence: Ee peas Tod ofc it etseas 8 91220 .. (otabals[oyyl c- ; Gerbolini, F........ .. : ‘Goodrich, Ib He.... .. . Hostetter, T R......-- Hofmeister, A C... ., Hammond, W A... .. Woey, Fred...... { Hoffman, J W..... . . Heikes, R. O..,... -- - Helgans, En cscsses os 4 Higginson, H C...., - Hall, Frank.......- -. , Height, G M...... «: : Hostetter, C M.,... .. Hudson, Dr G..... .. « Hi, SmitW.sire. a TAG, da ia ae se Hamer, J Wir _ FOREST AND STREAM. eet et petitors, with their handicaps, Rey eH , from the first year, 1898, to the last, . k., m. under the different years indicate Is gives a most complete statistical history tican shooting events, 28 e@ @ aes FO Hammond, Dr F.,. .. . Halloway, Geo..... tone Hildebrandt, L.,.. . Hutchins, G B..... .. Hunnewell, G R... .. 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Se ee « WtIOc: a wed abe ee bobo O93 00 CO OTH» = Marsh, Clem Monies Am Gna, vce eer Miarkis® (ioSsees een Moore, H H Marryott, H C Mosher, Dr D i Muirherd, C H....: .. , aed “wwe ee + PHONON OS cCetObIO toe » 1 Seep pe, + RCO OICORD a. Ss = + + PROD O o a%y ors of Te . ate Doe = 2 © DOM Doe es McWhorter, EH H.26 McMillan, M M... ... » cote. « Lp ta 7) “+ ota» conICo Hs McElroy, O D.......- Nae Hol sy Grlenaieres ese Fj Norton, B H b Neely, Jr J C..... : Outwater, J H..... Eres Oakley, Annie..... «« t b > fleipopte + = M1coq1 «+ ¢ * He bots + 1 + iE Dabo nono bongbo: + ey A TACRCOCN CACO CIGD: + Go. » OO > CON FNRAHBWNNON WT. = ; : — po Co) co Cobo > - . es - NOOK wW. ° pls Ree xe Qi’w> Coco «+ + « = ss fie © COCICOOD ROOD: CLIO: « Plankington, Jr J.. -. Peterson, Geo...... .. = NOV oT W. Richmond, J * bS 2 COO e © Be « ra Ross, J_Anderson:. ¥ Rumbaugh, H Ramalay, F W = * . Nm bE prrpl + NIOO-I OMS + « o+ + we 2 ss + CICA COOH RO. Schwartz, H D......- . o 6 = 4 etoghiogcD. roe OO PAO CoO RE He ® . ees = S9COCOCI. & . a Schortemeier, atone Schmidt, Aug...... .. i Shepard, i 2 Desig? ec es Steffens, Chas., ; H Serene, Bie oF ae 2 2 We CDS =O: + nob 100 poe Pup OOUCO EEO © 0 8 = bo ~l bo B Shattuck, Wm P.. Shattuck, Mrs W.. Stockwell, C H..... 4 COWIE POH = ponoceconnwcscoteeg: « RO OAD RSS He eun ono ao oOo nr 3 a-* + nS =) ray a eo. oe 2s Ht Pad a. 2 Oh he ar et Rien ee ne ee Te oe: non cS i] EE = 1893. 1804. 1895. 1896. 1807, 1898, eee et ee te ee y. k.m, y. km. y. kim. y. kim. y. km. y. km. 26 11 4 Shipman, D W. 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Siete -2omdr seco Groen. 0 ote “ WiolStencroite Weis td Gm ctspeleasrs | Stctetaien Sista stspca ups : White, Horace..... .. PA aes TRS el ne tn hee ty neha cd Wartotite (ie (era Naas con Ueedastsae eC meow tm geet, ECan Mena ero ges Wan ite GEOVEAG pena ieee ce nnn ree neem, Sune, Mlb COsL oma? Weller, Dr......5:. » A. A eee ue eae Ms) do in ol Wise, Colin R..... se EL Ae A ee PRP ERP PO PRE coop! es WioodritheAdcorees as tila) Gatien 5 lussussen) 2O0I0 Oa cammtta isn eeSeocedt Wagner, Wm...... .. a be ae ce we @ 28 83 2746103 27:25 0 White, ea dcHptin Ee « espe » 28183 2736124 27153 AVERT Ty Oe Ve ates Gos 45 cee oot oth PED USL sy Pose ca ce Winston, 1B et Sl a- cece ot te 80 SG hae Williams, ICMR, cobetre tet rerrtery sittin rite sees. SALUT A} Watson, John...... .. HS thedigeD eon Quem 4 oe - ot 144 is Zakoieonsieia Ses Sook ae = eg by rh ore . 27 241 Werk, Emil........ SWNT UAH As. tees ct Se Ne - 27105 Widlkeery Pm aireale tar os ech és AaeAt 26 14 4 Walt cituehte mare sce MP ae tac ay oetteeers euler ies Wier OP UNA aAgdns ys © TEL TS on pia!) SY He teeuce UR a PERCRLMA Young, H S...... ee lesen PA TORS Secret ote OS Zwirlein, Chas... 29163 28232 28 74 28204 Y,, yards. K,, ‘killed. 'M, missed, Trap at Watson’s Park. Wartson’s Parx, Burnside Crossing, Ill.—March 31.—The fourth Montgomery Ward & Co, contest for badges was shot at Watson’s Park, Burnside Crossing to-day. Mr. White won medal No. 1 by killing 15, and also No, 2 by making the longest run of kills from the start. Dr, Shaw won second money shooting out Searles and Wiley. Mr. Parker was the only and won third. The scores: BS: (Rice; =23ipe wane eesti byt Aedes penvceeees s012112012**911"21 —i1 © B Seales,’ 2025 Siiectsrssss Sek babhetott soce eB 012212122120%22 —l4 JS Boa, 30.....65-- ARAnAADO PRED AREAS OnOde © «2202220200202W PARKS LS Palla: Saat ety eee eee ee eri A} 0202172011111112 =—13 TES haweesUlme eee ee ete Lae ai bode Rae atch *202222212211222 —14 fies DA ceh gets: DERE EAS Re Sere ee rere aah 21111*22221122011 —1b GAAS OEN eH 5 paca guises coon as nenee i tielets 22200201110022102 —11 W B Leffingwell, 30 .......:...... Asides cir 20010100112022202 —10 TF GRE dinriad ee 20 Mey ben uistcw iets aan Meigs 1*+022010201221120 —11 DE OMAN ETE UE) nlaanleos aaa s noone ane nore 022*122212*2011 —i1 Ait Geriaroplsdii. 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HERPES LOM sh TS iste sn ceheds 02010—2 Barve pee coe aebicdane m2 —4- Will ye orctetatete nics stot nits ints 22022—5 No. 2: Leffingwell ........2s0008 200218 O’Brien ..ccesseeseeeees LOLI0—3 White ...-ceereee Ayes 12021—4 Wiley ccsccvcosseveeuven e LVOLI—3 (avtOn paeereetsteters setters 00221—3 Neal’... 3. ...cnsenese w+ -22022—4 Steck 4.222: Sep teae sein » +. -20112—4 Same day, $5 miss-and-out: SfeClewts saelra cease nanan T21TUI2I0" Searles iy sucpimenicseaees 121220 Lemingwell .......-.0.+- 0 Gdn peri stimeanes ny A Wihhitel seeder tte eter 1111120 lkbsorkdel pececere coc SAE) APU Fee ooo socnceconcds DATTZ21206 Ocal aekeen sane 0 Parkers see eeteieee renee 212111222" ‘@* Brien” (222.2 -seee 210 Banton sere caen Serato 222120 On March 29 the following practice scores were made at 25 live birds: E. S. Rice 19, Dr. Carver 21, Kirsher 15, Bingham 22, Dr. Shaw 28, F. Gilbert 26 out of 30, C. W. Budd 20 out of 30; ae oes: of 15, Neal 14 out of 15, Brown 12 out of 15, Graham out of (. March 29, practice at 25 birds: E. S. Rice 17, F. Gilbert 22, Kirsher 21, C. W. Budd 22, L. Stewart 15 straight. On this day Messrs. Fisher and Feigenspan shot a match at 25 live birds, the former killing 21 the latter 24. On March 27, Fred Gilbert, in a practice shoot, at Watson’s Park, killed 31 out of 32; March 28 Gilbert killed 26 out of 30; Dr. Shaw 25 out of 30. On March 29, at Watson’s Park, 25 birds per man, E. 5. Graham and E, E, Neal shot a race against A. S. Kleinman and J. H. Amberg. Scores: Graham 21, Neal 20; total 41. Amberg 19, Kleinman 23; total 42, . Trap at Allentown, ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 1—Herewith are the scores of the handi- cap shoot at Duck Farm Hotel, March 30. It was attended by crowds of sportsmen representing every town in the valley. The weather was perfect for the contest. Some very good scores were made, The exciting event of the day was the live-bird handicap, which commenced at 1 o’clock in the afternoon. Coleman was awatde the gold medal. ‘The summaries of the events are as ollows: No. 1, 10 live birds each: Fen Copper 9, Harry Coldren 8, L- Leonard $, J, Johrison. 8. 7 P No. 2, 10 live birds each: Fen Cooper 6, Harry Coldren 9, L. Leonard 10, J. Johnson 8. PP‘ No, 3, 5 live birds each: Hildreth 2, Zalinski 3, Mr. Brey 5. No. 4, 5 live birds: Hensle 4, Weiler 4, O. Acker 2, Haey 3; Ulmer 3, Rice 3. Live-bird handicap, 25 birds, $15 entrance: Leonard 22, Johnson 23, Coldren 22, Cooper 20, Coleman 25, Shimmel 23, Stubbs 21, Pleiss 22, Brey 28, Hansel 24, Lewis 24, S. Weiler 23, H. Mohr 21. C, F, Cramitcn, Fin, See. Miss Annie Oakley, whose skill with the shotgun and rifle is of world-wide fame, at two private shoots last week, killed 25 birds from the 28yds. mark, and 24 out of 26 from the 29yds. mark, using what most shooters would consider a very light load; thay is, 42grs, of Schultze. - f , _ those who are not in the pool. Abrm, 8 1800] Confabulations of the Cadi.—XVII. Pooling of Interests. . THe Cadi and Moke arrived early on the grounds on the morn-* ing of the second day, to the end that they might have everything perfected so far as they were able to do so, thereby avoiding many of the unpleasant and unprofitable incidents of the day before, They had learned the lesson that, if the machinery breaks down or stops, the reyenue is impaired accordingly. The Cadi looked rather worn and passe, He was very mmch fatigued at the end of the previous day, and Hopie Jane in consequence was more than ordinarily alarmed for his safety, in so much so that, as he sat lolling in his easy chair, she found it necessary to heat and administer twe large pitcherfuls of cider to him, after which he, with seeming reluctance, ate a hearty supper, then took a stiff dose of morphitie and slept well through the night. “Before we begin, sood Moke,” said the Cadi, “let us sit our- selves down and rest a while, for 1 am weary.” ‘Weary!’ commented Moke in surprise, “why the day has not yet begun, and you have done nothing yet to tnake you weary.” “Tt makes me weary to, think of werk, my good friend. Men of a gross fiber never have these finer feelings concerning phys- ical or mental effort. Even with them, work is entirely an ac- quired habit. No sensible man, according to my view, ever was born with’ an instinct for work. I would do violence to my convictions if I asserted that I liked to work. But now that we are committed to the labors of this day, will you tell me what plans you have made for condueting the.live-bird shooting, and thus we may proceed quickly and understandingly?” saying which the good Cadi stretched himself at length on a bench with much apparent contentment, “We have formed a number of plans for the day, and I think that we should make a little money if they work all right. You know that we will have almost an entirely different crowd here to-day, only one or two of the target shooters of yesterday being live-bird shooters also. Five of our own club members have agreed to shoot the live-bird programme clear through and pool the results. They are pretty fair shots, and as I will do the handicapping myself, I will see that they are not placed too far back.” “Tf you were to keep in mind that you could also place some of the visitors well back, it would also assist somewhat,” said the Cadi, with a most benevolent expression. “Certainly, certainly,’ Moke acquiesced. “But we've a pretty safe advantage in another way. Each one of our men will know which trap will be pulled when he goes to the score.” -“Oh, yes; I see,” said the Cadi, now showing signs of anima- tion. “I stippose the puller will move the rope of the trap that is to be pulled as our man goes to the score, and the wrong rope for the others if they should happen to suspect anything preconcerted,” _ . 1 ; : - *“N-N-N-No, No,” replied Moke, with much rising emphasis, “that would not do with the talent which will be here to-day. They would detect it in a short while. We have arranged a better method: The trapper scratches his head with one finger, or two or five, which correspondingly indicates which trap will be pulled; one of our party stands well away to one side from the trapper and grasps the railing with one hand, showing one finger, or two or five, thus repeating the signal, though if is not visible to Great idea, isn’t it?” Both rubbed their hands together and chuckled merrily, _ “Who are the members of our club who will shootr’ queried the Cadi. ; “Why, Catawauler Tityrus, Sure Thing Twist, Divide Always, Fatty Sliver and Long Green have all pledged themselves to coime, and a number besides are in the pool financially, although these mentioned, our best ones, will-do the shooting. We should with this combination: win everything in sight.” Just then a farm wagon drove tp with several crates of birds for the club. Most of them were dull and weak. This the Cadi noted and conimented upon. He intimated that Moke should have secured good birds. “Cadi,” exclaimed Moke, with some impatience, “these birds cost quite a sum less than would first-class birds or even better birds. We save good money on the first cost. More of these birds will be killed than would be if they were first-class, and we therefore will -haye more dead birds to sell, so that, with poor birds, we catch the profits going and coming. Then again, when we get a really good bird, we can haye the puller spring it on some of the strangers within the gates, and thus we have a competition which is conducted in a really intelligent man- ner.” Moke closed his left eye and rubbed the side of his nose with his forefinger as he looked at the Cadi, who smiled responsively and seemed to be quite satished that all was for the best. The shooters soon began to arrive, and entries were made in the first event, 15 birds, $10 entrance, birds extra. It is a peculiar feature of live-bird shooting that the shooter js nervously keyed up to a mutch higher pitch and feels alto- gether different from what he does when shooting targets. He first of all stands at the score alone, and has the center of the stage 4s it were for the time being, whereas in target shooting his individuality is lost in that he is but one of a squad. Then there is a different emotion when prepared to shoot at some thing which is actually. alive from that which one feels when shooting at inanimate things. Thus when Rooney, one of the target shooters, went to the scone, his knees were weak and shaky. He had to brace and stiffen himself to conceal his trepidation and to steady himself for the shot. Ebe got a bird from No. 3 trap and killed it with the first barrel nevertheless. As he turned from the score, his face wore the happy look which may be seen on the faces of sleeping babes which are dreaming of angels. Refereeing Without Thinking. Sure Thing was next. He got.a hot incomer from No. 1 trap, shot behind it with the first barrel, and, making the same error in part with the second, shot one leg and a part of the tail off, which fell two or three yards away, precisely on the boundary, The bird continued on its flight and disappeared in the blue horizon. The mangy dog, which ‘acted as retriever, galloped about frantically, and barked sharply at every jump. ' Dead bird!?? said Moke, who was refereeing. | Immediately there were angry protests from every side. bird!?? ‘Lost bird!’’ ‘“‘Where are your eyes, man?” etc., etc., were shouted, : “Hasy, friends,” said Moke, as he raised his hand to impose silence. “I am conscientiously refereeing this shoot under the rules, and under the rules that bird is a dead bird.” “You're crazy,” said Rooney. “fA bird which flies away before our very eyes cannot possibly be a dead bird.”- © “Perhaps you may know more about it than the rules,” re: ' ' wooklet from his pocket and read as follows: “Lost — FOREST AND STREAM. torted Moke. “But when I say that the bird is dead and have the rules to back me, I consider that it is useless to talk further over the matter.” 7 “Show tus the rule!” “Show us the rule!’ cried several, im- patiently. ‘All right; since you insist,” Moke replied. We pulled a small *'Should any por- tion of the bird be on the line or touching it, such bird shall be declared a dead bird and shall be scored as such.’ Do you see that leg and tail feathers exactly on the line. Aren’t they a portion of the bird? If they are a portion of the bird, then the rule is very explicit--the bird must be scored dead,” “But the rules means that che bird is lying on the line, patt within and part without,’ objected several, “Then why doesn’t. the rule say so?’ Moke retorted, “On the contrary, it says if any portion of the bird is on the boundary line, Now, a portion of that bird is on the line, and that portion you will admit is dead. 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Wm Sands, 30, T.--suneeee oeaeree Sen ee P Wi oelfel, 28, Te..scsrrenursres ee et er Ae Simtenn Jos Selg, 28; A4b.-.c-scseenrpersercrssasnnnrenatevecees ee ean J Wellbrock, 28 6%6..--20+++-cs=>*" ee pte : ohn Moore, 28, QueSt...ccecrunrnvrey Ee DDUOUD= G A Knodel, 28, S46.-cercenserees- gratuit ignite eed eere wipe arate gs T McPartland, 2%, AMa cae essersustwerwey=-ntaunanls Teed rene Quinn, 28, OYe.seunccsnccssenererrreryesnsterscsry DB oT am 7 Petersen, 28, T.c---2s0----s0er0s ee S38 so topeeiae Tar tee P Brennan, 28, AYp eles fase ee reurr sen: Sees oct ep ee 2 John Schlicht, 28, Gya..--sseercnsrerees A sadaogua- sagt tinereeit ae C HX Schmidt, 28, Gipeernncacnerasencsnnnece Sa NO OOT 3 SO ae Bec eh mh ae pe Chere eo CERI .ULUWUUUZ*=— 8 Chris Fuchs, 28, Desseveeryrenteeceres: 0222294999 8 SO Danneielser, DB, Warnennyenasanms=scesuanaumprr cnn ETE 7 E Karl, 28, Bannrecrencen Sea eT aS Spat eT Iseaye New Utrecht Gun iClub. F i ly wind was blow- Woodlawn, L. I., April 1.—A strong westerly c ing, which ‘caused the aateets re dip, ane ae Leena beers Nf the gun shoot, P, 1, ‘scor, 4 2). D: rh > ee See b, E, George at eae Tee Rates eine seumes bis property. Alter this event Geor aa pe fur the Mate, which he won. Gaughen had on ive previous occasions successfully defended it. nents ceo oe ae s0111000000001111001001020w Jas Brown, B...e.+2-sere-- 08 \ Faent Sa been Seen ie a 737707 001110107 10000001001 y & arene ep memtmity C5 sis 01u1101.1000121101101010111010 —17 IRE eeacr) © CLG Lae TT 10001011111011011100011010100 —16 W. HL Thompson, 3 csccsceverssemnont (010001001110001101001100W Be ee eee _....+-+<0000000000100000000001100w Jas Brown, & <-----aaneseune ne i ‘ cee Ec. 40100110101110911011111100 18 i oe % Separate ereeees* 77°70 011007110111001101001100w DRE aaah ae oe SET ee brinch < 1101110011110100111001111001. —18 WH Thompson, Bo lelete sare eewie =" » » 0000011100019.11011010L0~w Shoot-off of tie for gun; eee eveeee ee -4100000000110121111100101 —18 P Ee eostee seoseneecneere TI opuiie10iii01i 18 t 20 singles and 5 pairs: if vce Pete nore er» 00010101110111011101 40 01 10 00 11-17 PE George erseryycees+>- 777 .101111921111911014 1 01 11 10 10—28 Brooklyn Gun Club. April 1—The scores of shoot April 1 are appended. et i he wind blew 1 by them, the shooting was hard, as the w eee Heat event was a prize shoot, a fine leg of mutton $1 entrance, birds included, handicap. Chas. nok See ee The handicaps follow the names: Dudley was the lucky one. Bee : 1°32 3 4 5 6 Je es 9 Targets: 70 10 10 15 15 15 cit e Dey, Bice ebott ch ehbchipneasaree aig aienesede mod sat SoBe SIU 7 6 8 7 8 tl. 2 A ray fea caw re ge pep en ey ie RO Mee Cnet ee ee Babcock «cssnnusves PE ASOE RP eile SOU ce 16 72 9 6 3 fs Scheubel, 7 4.+< Sve te E i : rs 1 a oh ke Pee 2 “ee aeye Sipe <8 yeetioe Gortee toe reece Pua RmaMnRC IC HI TELE bet! fo B® Jee iad yp aero Pa he OPER DDD CPL Pepe ta TE ® We MING SMe 10IRte Dawid ss if ve 5 “s 8 7 “ 10 “34 inabadiciay csisemseceiniree aco ng Wea SUM uel ee Ey ab teenll cat Joun S. Wrtcut, Manager, Oceanic Rod and Gun Club. k, L. T., April 8—The Oceanic Rod and Gun Baht Recaisr bi-weekly shoot on the first day of this week. The weather was not very favorable for making high scores, a stiff breeze ‘and snow squalls quite frequently prevailing. Scores are as follows: 3 2 1234567 8 91011 oe aa 95 25 25 15 10 25 25 25 2510 6 Dr Ill ccssesececcceusnessceeercerress 18 20 16 10 5181819 21 B 8 A’ Schubel) spesnereseens iui 6s src ad 2 4 13 %, 6 10 T5e.¢ Weekes Ap US Atte eee ibeemiiennab eam Pe ca cei aan GaLaule mses ube lgupecakaseniars SNES Dicey. Ura CHOU eeik me, «a Jones cocevers= Rielcee warenooer ine bettas tl On cepa Bet “HR Coleman o.cccesesepessetecress NE thd ote ob Wate Pegae Catchpole Gun Club. tcoTT, N. ¥., March 30,—Herewith. are the scores made at a ieee held by the Catchpole Gun Club, Mareh 30. The programme consisted of twelve events, a total of 145 targets. ‘There was a good attendance, several well-known shots from Rochester, Fulton, Sodus and Sterling being present. Targets were thrown from the magautrap. vent 10 was at 6 i d 10 singles: eee 5 6 7 8 9101112 Shot Events: 123 4 ’ 10 10 10 15 1010 10 1510 201015 at. Broke. ce Deville {oes war 8 6 710 6 5 512 713 8 10 145 97 Dr Weller .-.-- . 8 91013 7 8 T11 918 913 145 120 Beyer ...+.5+ vucaeer 10 9 9172 8 9 918 9171015 145 130 R Doville ....c-0u» i : Ade 12 36 % oe ee oes ee He Wade . ey aes "4010 715 8 7 813 816 9.. 130 107 Turner ceccncns Licce 16-89 6°99 9 19 (ON Ol c6. 8 10 125 87 Wadsworth .,.s.. 8 6 711 8 7 811 8 15 Malate 120 89 Tassell .-sveceeceee 9 7 SUA. 9 BIS 71510 ., 120 100 Hopkins eccrecsess 769 8 8 G..10 612 6.. 120 {7 Burk ...-.225 cg eS: Bie Th TT ee og a pu 60 46 Knapp --.s-1. posene Goce oe IL co ce ve \u ye ia Ae 25 Ww Granger ...ceaes pee A BB 6 oe ve ca oe oe 24 ou oe 45 20) Dr Hamilton s.10-, 5 6 2 -. ce pe ne oe or oe ee oe 30 ie Cumpson Be Gitte sss eG imaes! ci! White Ge Pe co ta Bee ae 85 20 abe Wayte .« « 1410 91012 914 9-12 115 99 Hunter . w 1109 9 7T.. 94 95 83 Chapman 7 Seis Gee a 65 57 Boleyu A 6 81013... .. 1014 70 61 Seaman . wr ne ne oe Dee oh ba ne oe om oe a 2 Foster eh Ae ee, Cte Geet on nee de Ag at a 2 Strait codevsyeemeres beues $5 py peo nOL ac te aeons tm ne ert teens Ne. Tae nd : 4 SS east E. A. Wansworrtn, Sec’y. St. Louis Shooting Association. New Yorx, April 1.—Editor Forest and Stream: As you have already announced to your readers, the E. C. cup, emblematic of the inanimate target championship of the world, will be con+ tested for in open competition at the Missouri State shoot, to be. held at St, Louis, May, 16-20, under the auspices of the St. Louis Shooting Association. When the St. Louis: Shooting Association first requested the American E, C. & Schultze Gun Powder Co. to place this cup in open competition at its tournament, the secretary of the Association, Mr. H. B, Collins, asked me, in the event of the aboye Company favorably considering the request, to forward to him a couple of photographs of the eup. The other day mailed him the photographs, and receiyedl his acknowledgment through the courtesy of Mr, Jierbert Yaylor in the following letter, which I take to be of sufficient interest to the shooting public to find space in your publication: 1(The letter is dated St. Louis, March 27.). "Il beg to acknowledge the receipt of your recent favor; also two photographs of the cup. ‘The photographs have excited unusual interest among the sportsmen who have seen them, and haye been of materjal assistance to us in the way of preparing a design for a beautiful cup, which has been given to this A\sso- ciation by the St. Louis Republic. “I do not intend to convey the idea that the design has been copied in the slightest detail, as this mew cup is a loving cup, with a picture of a trap-shooter at the score in half relief, The cost of the cup will be between $700 and $800, and will be em- blematic of St. Louis’ open for all contest at live birds, The conditions haye not been definitely settled, but they will probably follow the rules governing the Kansas City Star cup, which, as you know, is mow the property of Mr. J. A. R. Elliott, and no longer subject to competition, “We are out of the woods now in regard to our tournament; ample money is assured; programme mapped out and adopted, and arrangement of grounds completed. We haye now to exectte the mechanical work, and will open up on May 15 the best and largest tOurnament ever held in the country, giyen by amateurs for amateurs, and for the loye of the sport. Not ba Wg any class of men, yet making it possible for the 80 per cent. Evan to shoot through the programme. “We seek to attain these results by adopting the Rose system of division of moneys, and making the man who can only breal IL out of 15 or 15 out of 20 transact a little business with the cashier at the end of the day. It is one of the pleasant features of a tournament, that little interyiew with the man in the box office, When you say ‘Please settle up with me,” and when you stick that money down in your jeans, it comes as near warm- ing the cockles of the amateur’s heart as anything in the world. “We are going to try and make it pleasant for most everybody except the 95 per cent man. He will have to be content with modest winnings as compared with the old times, when little amateur tournaments paid one or two shooters $100 or $200 per day, and when everybody else was loser. “A man at our tournaments if he shoots like a house afire ean make money; an average shot will more than pay his expenses, and the man that plays in hard luck cannot lose yery much. “The Association adds a large amount of money. Just think of it! %30 added to the 15-bird events, and $384 to the 20-bird eyents. Think how many targets that will buy! And we take out only 2 cents for targets! It’s a losing proposition on the face of it for the Association. We do not have the support that has been given to tournaments in the past by manufacturers. “Let me add in conelusion that if any tournament is deserving of a large attendance this one surely is. any plan for running a tournament will bring the amateur from his hiding place, and put the sport on a proper basis, we believe that we have found the right way to Go it. ; “The few evils which have crept into the sport we have tried to eliminate, and if we do not succeed in making this tournament in May at St. Louis the best one from all points of view that was eyer given, why, we just don’t know how.’ The above letter from Mr. Taylor speaks for itself, and shows how hard the St. Louis Shooting Association is working to make its tournament a success. Epwarp Banks. Boston Gun Club, - Wextwtinaron, Mass., March 81.—The Boston Gun Club _heid its final shoot in frst “99 series Wednesday, March 29, and the miost noticeable feature of the afternoon was a gale of wind that beat the record for yelocity and general depravity. The little coterie of shooters aboard the usual train were partially prepared for an interesting seance with the targets upon viewing the white- caps and rolling billows of the adjacent river from car windows, and later, while shooting, the surf could easily be seen dashing high on the banks of the same stream, as it narrowly winds in front of the club house some 500yds. away. It was truly a picnic, and the kind of a picnic where nobody improved on former scores, and all but the 2lyds. shooter succumbed to the inevitable and would prefer the stores not to be printed. Either Mr, Leroy’s load had a knack of reaching the right place at the right instant or he just fooled the targets by smashing them so quickly that the breeze was beaten at its own game. His quick execution was very noticeable, and once or twice it was found necessary to remind him that it would be just as well to allow the target a slight start. ’ , f The prize winners and scores are given at the concltision of this report, Mr. Woodruff is now the fortunate possessor of a B. G. C watch charm, just beating out Gordon and Miskay by one target. The scores are not so high as in previous Series, principally because of so-many stormy Wednesdays. One week was missed entirely on account of it being impossible to shoot; this narrowed the fourteen shoots to thirteen, and of these six best scores were selected for prize total. The fiye_ best scores counted for the two, or, tather, four teatn prizes. Regardless of the weather, the shoots have been well attended, and a great deal of pleasure and practice derived from the afternoon meetings. The new series will cover the months between now and shore bird season; and given more favorable shooting conditions, the scores should show much improvement. Scores as follows: Events: 12345 67 8 9101112 Targets: ; 10 10 8p 1010 53p10 10 10 10 10 Gordon 12 Ginaneeses vies sneeess 1. 6816 44 210 8 7 4 5 Miskay, 18 .....2..-> widdeddstpectye pUl (ha sai Ono ea ROM alkane: Werays (21 Miswtuehesnncerec¢eeeeees 8 7510 73 410 9 7 7 5 Woodruff, 17 .ciscscccsessoveveseee 6 7 2693 5 3 8 6 7 5 7 Bryan, 18 ,...--.- Raid oo cdtnesae ad 9" Obes IME ieee one aca Oe Miller, 16 ...... RM cn ae sevceey © 8 2°68 2. ey ce we we ee Qeonard, 16 .,...ccse- datelerrrtndn ae Dietuip) 28-3 168 #08 Andre, 16 yreyeececsuce Be Rie UE et Se tober ents ae Nowelle, 16 occvsyeecceuee erties 3 ; 24 6 7 0 Sai Driver, 15 ....«e- Tien ee ee othene 7 A ee La Horace; 18 o.s.e0s Abele lets yen eoree Bie Ge uGp 220 2 sO) I 5 ne oun Pijely, sLO Ee yetecg grasses rere rap ep re Pe pea gl ot ety Me ty Henry, 14 ..... ‘hou “Hahossddsued Vif urs vances aa Te “9 Events 1, 4, 5, 8 and 11, known angles: 2, 6, 9 unknown; 11, the same, use of both barrels; 8 and 7, pairs; 10, reverse. Final contest, individual, in winter prize series, 21 targets—l0 ‘known, 5 unknown and 3 pairs: Leroy, 20 sesecevseveoreses OOOMMIMIII—7 100118 = 10 11 10 —4 14 Bryan, 18. .isceeeeveeeoee- -LLOOTIIIOI—7 o1100—2 = 01: OF: 10—8 —12 Miskay, 18 ...c..-+ss00e+-.Q100011011—5 101013 11 10 10—4-12 Woodrull, 17 .screeeees» 01000100018 W1iI—5 2 00 10—3—It Gordon, 7 ...-+5 eeeecoess 01100010104 011134 10 10 00—2—10 Leonard, 16 .....s0« eoeee 10001010104 01130—3 11 10 00—3—10 Nowelle, 16 .---.-..0+ -., 11010001116 111014 00 00 00—0—10 Horace, 18 cece see 00110101116 00110—2 00 10 10—2—10 ipyoelke, PPA) neder Aso seooy »»e >, 0100100101—4 00011—2 10 00 10—2— 8 Final contest, team match, 40 targets—10 known, and 10 unknown | each shooter: distance handicap: Gonion mr Sat i rriGaenreneeenoe: 111111101—10 =. 11 0711101— 81 Woodruff ...... See ahaaaneste O11M0II—= 8 0111101100— 6—14—32 MBSA erie ee cuetoceeevvecens ccd LIU1I—10 =: 1111111110— 9—19 Leonprd «csc. ceceerervvesereeetIl0100011— 6 0010000110— 3— 6—28 Nisshayl chess ss+seeer--oe anys 0110120001— 5S 11070111 7—12 FIOPACE sveyecccuseserssucyercen 1011011100— 6 0010100011— 4—10—22 inners and scores of series; Wwoaint TES tee eels aaa Sagtehcceercete 1S 18 16-15 15 15-97 Gordon, second 16 16 15 15—96 Miskay, third ..... 16 16 15 1a—96 Spencer, fourth . Wi 1-98 Horace, fifth -.... i 16 13 12 10-8 Teeonard, sixth ..icsveseneansrees FeteePentece 15 13°13 10 10—75 Williams, seventh .....-+ 12 13 10 9—4 Winning team scores: - Garden nd Woodrttffi.cnsscenecseesecesens s4 82 82 32 380—160 Miskay and Williams...sn.:+:desecess--- saceedd B22 28 27 28143 The new series commences immediately, Wednesday, April 4, being the first shoot, and continues until uly. Tytone (Pa.) Gun Club, Autoona, Pa., April 1.—Editor Forest and Sircam: Please insert under trap-shooting fixtures the dates May 26-27 for a target tour- nament by the VTyrote, I'a., Gun Club. The shoot will be held on their remodeled grounds on Park avenue. The present re- organization is a mew one, ald 1s starting out in a flourishing condition. At a recent métting the following officers were elected; President, William L. Wicks; Vice-President, F, L, Berkstressers Secretary, Daniel D. Stine; Captain, L. LB. Blair. Board of Di- fectors: PP. J. Vrego; William G, Gipple, Marry Grazier, David H. Haagen and II. A. Gripp. 2 A number of these men have been attending the shoots at Altoona and other surrounding towns, and have proven them- selves stayers frum stuart to finish. ‘iey deserve encouragement by the older clubs, and it is to be hoped that a large attendance will «greet theni on these dates, ‘he programme will be an- nounced later. March 31—\t a practice shoot to-day some members of the Altoona Rod and (iyn Cjub made the following scores under very unfavorable conditions: Eevents 123 45 6 7 8 @ ‘Vargets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 AOUSE 5,22. a Lion aid eetead ests eae a a a 2 Ge 2. 16 2 eee Bane wn enesiitics od tees e Meneses BO: 2k “ON “Rae aes Hemphill ....., cecedyeeederrfersecen| 7 6 38 4 5 4 4 4 @ BRS: forerreere ere oreeee Srprerre 2S) OS 36~ Foy Fee Re eR ae Goboltiasrrrdrdecnsstetates ated ener yer Freeeh. mere Ye ee wet Weta ete naneeecas Renate Apirforcmteice WY rp gf be ap 4 Wihareayeny pinata tneieleceeesee sco «eo S 8 wp 4 6 9 10 7 EVeintSIit1@ Venere nein yee sine Hip ery Bee ae fie EGP SA Keyes ...-s00s0s Sracieeien Retreat naires Ie rc ies He we, Bn oid cyeneaaecoaae kee seetene cores fakes. {ect t ina” (aed toa eee Rat ersOniesusasusesteecesssmecences SUT seMuemtir ey lt eee TL pt Feeney cveppeassactnppsces Boreesrer at eG ree te tn eg oa MM oan ° G. G. Zets, Lane vs. Steeger. Wartrtoo, ta., March 29,—A live-bird match was shot on the grounds of the \Vaterloo Gun Club to-day between Messrs. Wenry Steege, of Waterloo, and Mr. J. A. Lane, of Marshalltown, The conditions were 50 birds each, 30yds. rise. The purse was, $100. Dr, \W, G. Kibbey, of Marshalltown, was referee: The match evoked great interest, and was witnessed by a large number of spectators, Lane shot an L. ©, Smith 12-gauge gun, using U. M, C. smokeless 3in. shells, loaded by hiniself with 344drs. of Du Pont sinokeless powder and Ijoz, No: 6 shot in the second barrel. Steere shot his Lefeyer 12-gauve gun, with Winchester Leader shells, factory-loaded, 2%4drs. of Du Pont powder and loz. of No, 74 shot im first barrel, and 14o0z, No. 7 in second. A high wind blew across the traps from left to right, and this may have had some effect on the score, which, however, is considered remarkable for amateurs. The scores were: Ti Steege c LA Lanes... »222222022022222222022*2202202211221222200222222229 42 Kibbey and Mr, lane Go to New York shortly to shoot im the Grand American Handicap. Waterloo gunners are imvited to a tournament to be held at Marshalltown in May, : ; H. PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. Acttfictal Limbs. Mr. A, A. Marks, of 701 Broadway, New York, sends us his ‘Treatise on Ariificial Limbs, with Rubber Hands and Feet.” Its 580 pages and 800 illustrations give a revelation of the wonder- ful perfection Mr. Marks has attainéd in the making of arms and hands, and legs and feet, and thus restoring to thousands of maimed men and women apera substitutes for the limbs they have lost. The purpose of the Vreatise is thus set forth: : “An effort has been made to parallel every possible case of amputation and deformity of the extremities, or sa mearly so. as to conyey with distinctness the methods that are to be adopted for their correction. Any person who is maimed in leg, arm, foot or hand will be able to find a case almost identical with his own, and to learn how such ease was prothetically treated. Tt is to be hoped that this book will dispel that gloom which naturally comes to one on whom misfortune has placed its baneful hand, “To many persons the life of a cripple is a blighted existence. The loss of a leg or an arm is a sore bereavement, but the time has arrived when remedial measures are so effective that the loss of a limb is to be regarded as a minor misfortune, not as serious as the impairment of health or the loss of any one of the senses. What has been done can be done again, The thousands of limbless persons who have had their disabilities removed are but evidences that there is a bright future and an agreeable compensation for every affliction that may happen to the human extremities.” - ‘The Rod and Gun. Tne hunting grounds and fishing streams of the two Virginias are among the most attractive to the true sportsman in the Unite States, not alone for the quality of game they oiffer, but also for their accessibility to the great cities of the Kast and West, the lisht tax they inipose upon the purse, and the pleasure given an outing among Virginia mountains by their great scenic beauty and interesting historic associations. The circuit of fifty miles around Clifton Forge, which embraces Bath, Highland and Alle- ghany counties, and the great Virginia Springs Basin, is un- questionably the best mountain deer region between the Rock Mountains and the Adirondacks. Speckled trout abound in all the streams of both Highland and Alleghany counties, while bass are abundant in the Cow WVasture, in the James between Clifton Forge and Natural Bridge, and in the Greenbrier River, in the vieinity of Fort Spring and Alderson, But it must mot be as- sumed that the field for sport in Virginia is confined to the mountain region, for upon Hampton Roads, at Old Point Comfort, the line may be dropped in salt water with infinite profit an pleasure to the angler, who, while satisfying the fisherman’s am- bition, breathes into his lungs that greatest of tonics, the ozone of the sea,—Adv. \ Western Boats. T HAVE just received ihe new boat catalogue of Dan Kidney & Son, of West De Pere, Wis., and 1 am interested at seeing thar this old firm builds a great many sorts of buats, canoes, launches, etc,, besides the old reliable Green Ihay duek boat. This latter craft is a staple all through rlis Wesiern country, and I question if we shall ever have a better model for marsh work, In these days of reviving interest in canoeing, it may be of interest for some fellow to know that Dan kidney & Son make some very knowing looking smooth-shell canoes, both paddlers and sqilings OuGH, Berore long people will be foe Be their steps northward and eastward to fish for trourc, and later for salmon, and all through the summer others will Le planning for the big-game hunt, to be made in the fall. One of the best-known regions for all this is the Lake St. John conriry, long famous as the home of the ouanan- iche, that prince of game fishes. Besides its other attractions, its nearness in time tu the eastern United States points makes this country especially attractive, and besides the fish and game to be found there is the remarkable scenery of the far-famed Sasuenay River. You can step off the trains of the Quebec & Lake St. John Ry. almost at the fishing point.—Adv. Tue vestibule sleeping bag advertised in another column claims as its advantages light weight, compact form and practical con- struction. The inventor of the vestibule sleeping bag seems to have overcome one great objection to sleeping out of doors in certain weather, in making a bag Where the vestibule keeps the head of the occupant dry and warm, and the ventilator affords a constant circulation of fresh air, Moreover, he claims that this is the only bag which has a perfect system of lacing and yet is absolutely. waterproof. It combines tent. woolen blanket, and rubber blanket at less than half the weight and less than half the eost.—A dv. (ee Se The Forrst AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. Correspondence intended for publication. should reach us at the latest by Monday and ag much earlier as practicable. * FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE Rop AND GUN. CopyricutT, 1899, BY Forrest AND STREAM: PUBLISHING Co, aoe % A Yexr, 10 Crs. a Cory, I. Six Monrns, $2. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 18 99. { VoL. Jit. No. 15, No, 346 Broavwat, Naw \orrF, The Forest anD STREAM is the recognized meditim of entertain- - A « v ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. , The editors invite communications ot; the subjects to which tis Pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be te- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not se for the views of correspondents. Subscriptions may begin at any dm “Terms: copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For ‘club rates and full particulars Tespecting subscriptions, see prospectus | on page. iv. We commonly refrain from killing swallows, and esteem it unlucky to destroy them: whether herein there be not a Pagan relick, we have some reason to doubt. For we read in Aelion that these birds were sacred unto the Penates or house- hold gods of the ancients, and therefore were pre- served. The same they also honored’ as the naicis of the spring; and we find in Athenalus that the Rhodions had a solemn song to welcome in the swallow. Sit Thomas Browne. NOTICE, THE New York Clearing House has adopted new regulations governing the collection of checks and drafts on banks outside of the city. This entails a collection expense on those who receive such checks. Our patrons are requested, therefore, in making their remittances to send postal or express money order, postage stamps, or check or draft on a New York city bank, or other New York current funds. MOUNDS AND ANIMAL EFFIGIES. In his interesting work on the mounds and earthwork of the Mississippi Valley, the second volume of the Pre- historic America, Mr. Stephen D. Peet, gives a vast amount of interesting material, which he considers as bearing directly on the hunting methods of the ancient people who occupied the region where they constructed those gigantic earthworks, which have so long-been the wonder of all students of American ethnology. The primitive American was largely a flesh eater, and almost all the old-time tribes of this continent were hunters and depended in large measure on the animal food which they captured in various ways. . These people, as is well understood, were poorly armed, and to be successful it was necessary that. they should creep close to the animal which they wished to destroy and should shoot at it, perhaps over and over again, with the stone headed arrow. Among all tribes traditions are handed down telling of the danger to man in primitive days from the animals on which in our time he subsisted, and telling too how in ancient times the moose, the deer, the antelope and the buffalo did not serve as food for the people, but instead devoured the people as their food. Father Marquette, the noble missionary who was the first to voyage on the waters of the upper Mississippi says: “The Indians hide themselves when they shoot at them (the buffalo), otherwise they would be in great danger of losing their lives. They follow them at a great distance, but for loss of blood they are unable to follow them. They graze upon the banks of the rivers.” — Many oi these earthworks so carefully studied by Mr. Peet consist of ridges built either parallel or converging, and often near some steep high bluff. The author be- lieves that 1t was the practice to drive the game into such _ narrow passageways and so to get near to them and to slaughter them with the primitive weapons; and while this may have been often the case, it is also probably true that in other instances these passageways led to pens and corrals. to which the game was driven and in which it might be confined while the operation; of slaughtering it went forward. These ancient hunters were, of course, as familiar with the ways and the habits of the animals on which they ted as our modern Indians have been. They knew all their haunts and runways, and understood precise- ly how a herd of animals of any sort would act under a given set of conditions. They knew, for example, precise- ly where they would find a certain sort of game at any particular season of the year, and when their crops had been gathered in the late summer, they traveled to their hunting grounds, where they found the game fat and abundant. Mr. Peet has pointed out that the country where these mounds are found was in these ancient times a real para- dise for the hunter, for game was enormously abundant; not only elk, deer, buffalo, moose, and all kinds of birds, For ide but also the carnivores, bear, wolf, panther, fox and lynx. It is not difficult to believe this, and indeed authors who | wrote of it in colonial times, picture the Mississippi Val- ley as abounding in game.’ Mr. Peet believes many of the animals whose figures he sees represented in these mounds to be in fact effigies of certain animal gods which had the power to assist the hunter in his chase, and_that these mounds are analogous to the pictured figures which used to be found on bluffs and in caves. In other words, he looks, on them.as bearing to the mound builders a reia- tion somewhat similar to the pictures of saints and angels with which we adorn our churches, _If, as Dr. Peet believes, these mounds possessing ani- mal shapes are indeed game gods or gods of the chase, they might well enough be situated near to the drives where the chase was carried on. They would thus be more constantly in the sight of the people and more con- venient to be addressed in prayer. Also, they might more readily be dreamed of if they were where’they were easily and often seen. Tt must be acknowledged that the question as to whe built these mounds and why they built them have not yet been satisfactorily answered. The probabilities all seem to indicate that the mound builders were no more than the predecessors, and probably the progenitors of the In- dians found in the ceuntry when the white man came. SNAP SHOTS. In the April session of the Rhode Island Legislature Hon, N. F, Reiner will introduce a measure to provide a game commission for the State, and to shorten the open.season so that it shall be for all game birds Oct. 15 to Dec, 15 . In view of the decrease of game, due in large measuresto snaring for the market, there is urgent necessity of amending’ the ‘statute, which mow permits owners to-snare on their own. land, This’ is virtually giving license to all snarers, for experience has proved the difficulty of suppressing the industry of snaring by professional market hunters on the farms of others, so long as’any snaring is permitted. As so many of the members of the General Assembly are in sympathy wish the snaring element, any changé in the present law would be difficult of achievement; but we are advised that Senator Reiner will make the attempt to abolish snar- ing; and if the sportsmen of the: State will lend their as- sistance the end may be accomplished. The practical way to work is for each sportsman who is interested to see his Senator or Representative and secure his sup- port of the measure. Now that they are assured of rep- resentation by one who appreciates the situation so thor- oughly as does Mr.- Reiner, the citizens of Rhode Island should improve the opportunity to correct this long- standing abuse. We print to-day the first part of Mr, Harry E. Lee’s story of his hunting experiences in Alaska. The con- cluding portion will be given next week, and will relate to the moose and caribou country. Mr. Lee’ is now planning another trip to Alaska, this time going in quest of the musk-ox, the wood bison and the bear. It gives us pleasure to correct a misapprehension or a slip of the pen by Mr. Fred Mather in his notes last week, when he spoke of the late Theodore Morford; for Mr. Morford is living at his New Jersey home, and is in no sense late. Mr. Rowland E. Robinson asks alter the veteran poet-sportsman, Isaac McLellan; and a wide circle will be pleased to learn that Mr, McLellan is living, still hale and hearty, in his ninety-third year, at Green- port, Long Island. By the way, we wonder if the school children of to-day number among the bits of verse made familiar by their school readers, Mr, McLellan’s poem, so well known and so often declaimed by the boys of long ago: S Wild was the night, yet a wilder night Hung ’round the soldier’s pillow; In his bosom there waged a fiercer fight Than the fght on the wrathful billow. Here once more is the old question of the apprentices who made it a condition of their articles of indenture that they should not be required to eat salmon or shad or canvasback duck more than six days in the week; and we are asked for references to the documents in the case as applying to the shad cf the Connecticut River We cannot give any light on she subject. No authentic data have ever been discovered, though in past years we have not infrequently requested those who made rei- erence to such'*stipulations to show the papers. The myth, if myth it be, is an ancient one. Here is a para- graph bearing on it from the autobiography of the artist Thomas. Bewick, more than a hundred years ago: “From about the year 1760 to ’67, when a boy, I was frequently sent by my parents to purchase a salmon from the fishers of the ‘strike’ at Eltringham Ford. At that time, I never paid more, and often less, than three half- pence per pound (mostly a heavy, guessed weight, about which they were not exact). Before, or perhaps about this time, there had always been an article inserted in every indenture in Newcastle that the apprentice was not to be obliged to eat salmon above twice a week, and tie like bargain was made upon hiring ordinary servants.” The story of an Adirondack moose hunt, as told in our pages the other day by Mr. Peter Flint, has attracted much deserved attention in the northern part of the State, where the moose is now but a memory with some of the oldest inhabitants, Another interesting occurrence in the history of the moose in its old stamping grounds was referred to in a note last week from Commissioner Jno. W. Titcomb, of Vermont, recording the killing of a moose near Island Pond, in that State. This was probably the first moose killed in Vermont for twenty-five or thirty years; at least it is the first during that period made known to the public, Mr. Titcomb sends us a photo- graph of the unloyely head with its ridiculous sprke-. horns, : This Vermont moose incident gives admirable point to the plea which our Mississippi contributor, Coahoma, makes for immunity in behalf of the stray remnants of peirshing species, Let such a creature show its head, as did this moose, in a region where it is a rarity, and as certain as fate the human kind will set upon it to do it to death. An entire village, men, boys and women with children in arms will join in the pursuit of a chance doe or fawn, Let a pestiferous bird “collector” catch sight of the bright plumage of a rare bird, and he is on the in- stant aroused to destroy it in the name of what he calls science. We congratulate Mr, D. C. Beaman, of Denver, and those who have labored with him to secure the enactment of the game bill to which we have already devoted at- tention in these columns. In its original form the meas- ure provided for a hunting and guiding license, but this feature was eliminated in the discussion. Another change made was respecting the limitation of the bag; Mr. Beaman’s draft put the limit of ducks lawfully killed in a day at twenty-five, and the number in possession at fifty, but these numbers were raised to fifty and one hun- dred respectively, and a lawful fifty pounds of fish was made seventy-five pounds, The old provision is retained that game may be killed for food purposes only, and a decided step in advance is a further limitation of the in- dividual to one elk, one antelope and one deer (or in- stead of one antelope and one deer, two of either) in a season, When it is remembered that the mountain ranch- men of Colorado have been accustomed to kill these species by the cord pile of stacked carcasses, the effect of the new rule may be realized. That effect, of course, depends upon how the new statute shall be enforced. For the executive service, there have been provided a com- missioner, five chief wardens constantly in service, and ten deputies when required. If the people of Colorado will give the new game protective system a fair trial, we are convinced thatthe results of the test will be to estab- lish the system in the support of public opinion. The sportsmen of Illinois are bestirring themselves to prevent the passage through the Legislature of Senate Bill number 43, an act to amend the game law. In its original form Bill 43 was a vicious measure clearly framed in the interest of the game dealers of Chicago, who, if the bill should become a law, would have an open ' matket for venison and grouse. Dr. Tarleton H. Bean has been appointed to the charge of the Fisheries Department of the American exhibit at Paris in 1900. The appointment is an excellent one; Dr. Bean has had extended experience in this field, and under his direction the United States display at Paris will be a creditable showing of our FSDers resources, appliances and. methods, 282 FOREST AND STREAM. {Aprm 13, 1890. Che Sportsman Canrist, - Winning Alaska Trophies.—I. I aM receiving numerous letters from all parts of the country wishing to know more about my hunting trip of 1898 in Alaska, and as it is impossible to answer all of them, I know of no better way than to just give you a Short detajled account of it. I left Chicago about May 5 and visited friends in neat- ly every State between there and the Coast, arriving at Seattle June to. I expected to get a boat at once for Cook’s Inlet, but was disappointed, as the mail steamer only leaves once a month for that part of Alaska: I met my friend, Mr, Dall De Neese, of Cafion City, Colo., at Salt Lake, and found him a most enjoyable companion all the way up to Alaska, While waiting for our boat to leave we enjoyed ourselves in going up to Cedar Late, Wash., and had some fine sport with speckled trout. We also visited a number of places of interest around Seattle and Tacoma. Our steamer leit Seattle June 28, and we hada most delightful trip all the way up. We stopped at Fort Wrangell, Juneau, Skaguay, Sitka and other points of in- terest, It was quite an interesting study to watch the miners and prospectors at each oi the steamboat land- ings, and note the expression on each face. Some were returning after months of toil and hardship without a penny in their pocket nor the slightest prospect for the future. Others were just starting out, their faces all! aglow and radiant with hope and confidence. It is sur- prising to see how many people go up to Alaska and how few there are who know the resources of that wonderful country. Thousands of people go over the trail or around by the Yukon to Dawson City, and hardly one oi them ever attempts to penetrate the interior, I had some of the latest Government maps along with me, and was astonished to find that not one of them was correct. I made some special inquiries into this matter, and found that most oi the maps were made from supposition, and others from descriptions given by Indians, but none from real observation, for no one had yet penetrated that coun- try. Every Jittle town along the Coast was crowded with praspectors. And such prospectors! Niné-tenths of them acted. more like children at a seaside watering place with their little pick and shovel, digging in the dry sand; each one of course expected to find nuggets in every shoveliul of sand; but as they did not find the yellow metal as expected they would get together and discuss the situation and then blame the whole country. There are a few men in that country who are not afraid to stem the fierce tides or cross the rugged mountains, and those are the men who will succeed. The Indians along the Cook's Inlet country are guite different from those in the eastern part of Alaska. I found the eastern Indians between Seattle and Sitka a very lazy, slovenly class, while those further west were much brighter and possessed far more intelligence, Near- ly all have neat, comfortable little homes; all spoke the Russian language, and nearly all belong to the Russian Greek Church. I never found a more honest class 9: people in any part of the country than those western Alaskan Indians. They never think of touching any- thing that does not belong to them. I left my camp for weeks at a time where Indians passed every lay, and not one article was ever molested. Our first. landing place in western Alaska was at Homer, a large mining camp on Kachemmack Bay. From there we took a small steamer which carries mail and passengers tp Cook’s Inlet. We stopped off at Kus- silof,:and through the courtesy of Capt. Weatherby were made very coimfortable. At this point is located one ot the largest salmon canneries on the western coast. Capit. Weatherby is in charge of it, and is a most worthy gen- tleman in every respect. From this point we took a small sailboat and visited all of the towns along the coast on both sides of the inlet. It required abont ten days to make the trip, as the boat was small and the water very rough. On our return to Kussilof I parted company with Mr, De Neese. He went up the Kussilof River on a prospecting trip, while I returned to. Homer, where T made my permanent headquarters. Homer is situated on what is known as the Spit, a peninsula running out in the Kachemmach Bay, about five miles long and only half a mile wide. It is the only place in Alaska which I.found entirely free from mosquitoes and insects of all kinds during the summer months. The shores are teem- ing with wateriowl of every description, The eider duck especially are very numerous, and a great number of other yarieties that I had never seen nor heard of before. Wild geese are also very plentiful. Most of the ducles which are raised in this part of the country winter on the west shore of Japan instead of in the United States. The waters are alive with nearly every variety of fish. The silver salmon is the gamiest fish I saw in that part of the country. I haye seen those great shining beauties of 10, 5 and 2olbs. rise to a fly, and maybe you think I did not have fun landing them. ‘While enjoying these sports along the coast of the Kachemmach, I would gaze away off in the distance to the far off snowy range of mountains, and with my mind’s eye could see the great white-fleeced bighorn sheep I had heard so much about, but according to the miners and prospéctors and even the Indians, no human being could ever ascend the rugged peaks or cross the deadly glaciers. I had come several thousand miles for this purpose, however, and to see the promised land and not get there was hardly my style of doing things. I tried to engage some Indians, but they all said, Water too plenty; mountains no good walk”; or in other words, the rivers were too rapid and the mountains too hard to climb: and none of them cared to endanger their precious life, for as a rule they never like to take any risk unléss it 1s absolutely necessarv. While debating what was the best plan to pursue, I met with some gentlemen who were anxious to take a little pleasure trip up the bay, and four of us started for the mouth of Sheep River. If thought that if I got up so far as that I would try the ascent of the motintains alone and risk all dangers in order to get one of the much coveted sheep. 4 Our party consisted of Mr. L. M. Morgan, of Mlinois: Mr. Harry Gunning, of Brooklyn, N, Y.; A. J, Hill, of Paterson, N. J., and myself. Our craft was a whaleboat rigged with sails and having a cabin large enough for tour to sleep comfortably in. We reached our destina- tion in three days and found a yery pleasant place to camp, which I named Windy Point, as the wind caused from the action of the glaciers blows there contiually, You may think it strange for me to call this a pleasant place to camp; but if you knew how much more pleas- ant it is to endure a little wind, even if it is off a glacicr, than to be eaten alive with mosquitoes and sand flies, you would agree with te that it was enjoyable, Mz. Morgan and Mr. Hill were both anxious to see a moun- tain sheep, and decided to accompany me on my motin- tain climb, We baked bread sufficient for a four days’ trip, and with very scant outfit started, Our route was through a deep swamp, and at every step we went over our knees and very often to our hips in mud and water. This continued for miles and miles, until we thought we could never reach firm footing again, nor even a spot where we could rest for a moment; however, we toiled on until we reached the foot of the mountain, ani here our hardships begtin in earnest. T have hunted through the dense forests in upper Can- ada, the Cumberland Mountains in Pennsylvania, the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas, the Roeky Mountains in Colorado, Wyoming and Montana, the swamps and cane- brakes of Mississippi and Louisiana, and the hummoclss and Everglades of Florida, but in all my experience I never undertook anything half so bad as this was, My two companions decided to give up and return to camp, as it seemed impossible to go One step further. The tin- derbrush was so dense and matted and the “devil’s staf” so plentiful that a rabbit could hardly crawl through. The “devil’s staff” is a growth of underbrush averagitig about Tin, in diameter and about 3 or aft, high, and it is ten times worse than briers, for the thorns are long aud sharp as a sword and very poisonous. ‘Thien the rocks were sO perpendicular that we had to climb up on each others’ shoulders to get over them. I finally persuade] nly companions to keep going, and we would get to thie DALL’S MOUNTAIN SHEEP. Une of the specimens secured by Mr Lee top some time, and by to o'clock that night we reached timber line. Here we made a shelter of spruce boug‘t1s and rested for the night. The next morning we found that we were only about half way up the mountain. Each of us had a repeating rifle. Mr. Morgan had a .45-90 Winchester, Mr. Hill had my .30-40 Winchester, and I staked my faith on my little .30-30 Savage. At an early hour we started for the summit of the mountains, and about noon reached the top. We saw several signs of sheep along the ledge, but the animals themselves were nowhere to be seen. At last we looked away across a deep ravine, and saw on a distant mountain four little white specks; we hardly knew whether they were sheep or snow; but finally we could discern that the objects moved, and we were satisfied that they were the long-expected animals we were hint- ing. Now for the wings of an eagle or some other bird to waft us over that dreadful deep ravine. We looked down and saw the bottom about 3,000ft. below, and the rocky cliff on each side almost perpendicular. There was no alternative, however; down the rocky ledge we had to go, and inch by inch crawled up the other side. One unguarded step would mark our destiny forever. Finally we reached the opposite mountain and saw the sheep about a mile above us. We were almost exhausted, as we had had nothing to eat from early morn, and the light atmosphere was anything but reviving, It was, indeed, almost impossible to breathe. Now was the time for the hunter to exert his skill as well as his strength, The mountain sheep are considered wiliest of all animals to get within range, and especially at this season of the year, when everything is in their favor, Their great large eyes are always on the lookout and their keen ears are ever on the alert for the slightest sound; their nose is in the air most of the time, and so acute is their sense of simell that it is said they can easily scent danger a mile away; and from my own experience i am satisfied that the statement is correct, I also found that hunting the Alaskan sheep was quite a different proposition from that with those found in the Rocky Mountains. The Rocky Mountain sheep are used to see- ing numerous animals, such as deer, elk and antelope, around them every day, which has a tendency to make them less suspicious, The Alaskan sheep sees nothing on those bare mountains but animals which they are in con- stant dread of, such as béar, wolves and mountain lions. It is therefore reasonable to suppose that they are miove watchful and more apprehensive of all moving objects. Our first care was to see from which point the wind was blowing; our next was to keep out of sight, and last, but not least, to be very cautious not to make the slight- est noise. Neither of the men along with me seemed to realize how important all of these precautions were, and T had hard work to keep them from making some serious blunders. ; ' The first difficulty was to get above the sheep. To du this we had to make a detour of about three miles. The shéep were disporting themselyes in a little yalley and “acted tote like lambkins than. the great, old full-gtowd tales tat they were: The females were carefully eon- cealed along the deep ledges of the previpite, guarding their little ones, while their lords and masters were out enjoying the sunshine, and all the pleasures of their mountain life, We now sepatated, Mr. Morgan guing to a ledge of tock almost over the sheep; Mr. Hill was to go around the hill and cut off their retreat, while I téimdined behind some rocks about 600ytls. from the sheep. AS soon as Mr, Mofgan feached the Point of tock, which was abort 8sytls. from the game, he immediately began fiting at thetn, Naturally, of course, the sheep were surprised, and instead of running direct to the ledges they bunched and looked in eyery direction to see where all the hboise Was-coming from, Finally, diter Mf. Morgan Had’ dis- chargéd aboiit elglt shots withbtit touching a hair He raised his head and the sheep bolted arotind the hill and daine withit gooyds, of the tacks where I was concealed, | knew it was a long shot and a hard one, as scared sheep ilo not give 4 very easy mark, evén at close fdnge, Bilt it was thy only chanee, and with well-directed dim I drew doWn on the neck of the foremost one, and the ball went crashing through the shoulder. The animal fell at the report of the gun and the others ran around to where Mr. Hill was standing. He shot seven times, but without effect. Mr. Morgan tan down the hill and saw the slieap- as it fell, and as he did not see either of us shoot, he suyl- posed he had killed the sheep, and that it had rin that far and fallen. I enjoyed his-zest and enthusiast for some time, heyer saw a mah feel so elated in inly lite. He danced around and threw up his hat and acted like a boy when he catches his first fish. I was so pléased at his intense pleasure that I decided not to méntion that I had killed the animal, for I knew I could easily get an- other next day. But when he and Mr. Hill began ta examine the bullet hole, they discovered that if was i small bullet that had done the work, and as Mr, Morgati was using a .4§-00 the fact began to dawn upon them that the shot mist have cote from sonie other stin, Ele looked at me and asked if I had shot at the sheep from such a distance, I said I had taken a random shot; but as he was so tlose he certainly must have hit some of them, No more was said on this matter, and Mr: Mor- gan skinned the prize and took the head as a roval trophy. We took the meat and set out to our moutitaind camp. which was about seyen tilles ffoin where tie sheep was killed. : We reached camp, a little before dark, tired, wet and. ungiy, bit Soon a big fire of spruce logs was cracking and roaring. Jater was brought from the stream 4A iew rods distant, and some coffee was put on. Loans green sticks were cut with three prongs on each one, and the choicest part of the fine mutton was broiled, while the spare-ribs wer’ plit on sttong skewers to broil, for later use. Tt made a great feast, 1 aifi sure we ite fot three hours, and when we folled in oh our spruce boughs for the night we felt as though we were just as neat content as it was possible for mortal man to get. We wefe hunting mountain sheep all night in our dteariis and saw some wonderfully fine, specimens: Next morning, waking bright anil early, we decided that Mt. Morgan should take his trophy and the two Hind-qitatters and go down to our lower camp, which ' Was about twenty miles down the mountain, while Mr. Hill and I should return to the summit and go up on some very high peaks, where I was satisfied there we1e soine monster old rams, It is an easy matter to talk about it, or read about it, but when it comes to climbing along the edge of pteci- pices thousands of feet deep, where every movemert of hand or foot means life or death, and crossing over snowslides, glaciers and peaks perpetually crowned with snow, it is quite a different thing. And it is especially hard when the thermometer is down, down—well, I don't want to say how far down it does go on those mioui- tains; but it got so intensely cold and dangerous that my man could not endure it any longer and had to rettirn ti camp; yet he had been raised on the borders of northern Rtissia and was a fine specimen of sturdy manhood, He tried to prevail on me to return, as he said it was impos- sible for any one to cross a large glacier which was in front of us and which must be crossed to get to the motintain that I saw in the distance. This glacier was about three miles wide, with chasms and fissures all through it hundreds of feet deep, and so narrow and perpendicular that they could not be seen until one came within a few feet of them. I crossed one which was about 2ft. wide. I could not see the bottom of it, but could hear the water roaring down some thousands of feet below. I was afraid to step across this death hole with my boots on, as the soles were getting very slip- pery, and a slip of even rin. meant sure death, So T sat down and pulled off my boots and put on an extra pair of heavy stockings, which I carried in my pocket, and digging a rough place in the ice, with the butt of my rifle I had a firm place to step from; but the other side was like a Sea of glass, and if I should fall IT would have nothing to hold on to, and where I should stop it was impossible to tell. Finally I made the spring and landed safely and squarely on both feet; I jammed the butt of the little rifle into the ice to steady myself, I now had about two imiles to go im my stocking feet, but strange to say my feet did not get cold. a he When I was within 600yds. of the opposite side I heard_ a terrible roaring, but could not locate where the noisé came from. I knew it was the noise of falling wate=)~ but there was no place visible for such a roaring torrent.. At times the sotind seemed to come from aboye, thes - from one side, and then from another. I then thought, that the glacier was splitting open, but as I proceeded 1 came to the conclusion that it was a river running under the ice. I could not tell how close it was to the sur— face, and I had to be very careful where T stepped, for it very frequently happens that the ice over those rivers is only a few inches thick, and once the ice is broken i} means a-plunge of hundreds and perhaps thousands oi feet into a watery grave. I continued cautiously until the rough shore was reached, and although it looked rough and uninviting, it was the happiest moment of my life when I felt my feet touch the solid rocks. I sat down for a while to rest, and how I wished I was back across that sea of ice; but my time was limited to a few hours, and I had ta make good use of every moment and — Apri 75, 1800. | had no time to reflect on danger past or danger ahead. At once T climbed up the steep rocks, and to my intense joy I began to see large footprints of sheep on every hand and noticed particularly the size of them. When I reached the summit I saw, about half a mile distant, on a projecting ledge, three large sheep, 1 dropped to my knees, and as the wind was in my favor, crawled within eooyds of the game, 1 examined them carefully with the field glass and noticed that one of them was a mon- arch of the mountains. J faised my rifle very carefully and took deliberate aim. Sping, went the little Savage, and the great monster fell where he stood. The others at one bound were out of sight, and I was glad they were, as I had all I could attend to, I worked for about two hours getting the hide and head carefully taken off, and when I got through it was almost night, A thick fog began to settle all over the mountain. J knew it was useless to try and return to camp that night, and so began at once to look for a shel- tered spot, as the wind began to blow from the north- west, and with it came a cold, drizzling rain. My feet were already wet from walking over the glacier, and as I had no coat with me my buckskin shirt soon got wet through and the ground was very damp and cold. You probably ask why I did not make a fire. There was neither wood nor brush within twenty miles, and hardly a blade of grass. I had half a hardtack in my pocket and a small piece of raw fat bacon, which I devoured with .telish. I now stretched the sheep skin and made a pil- low of the head; and it was a little better than a rock. Not expecting anything to disturb me until morning, | closed my eyes and tried to sleep; but the chilly wind and the tain coming thicker and faster, I did not get to sleep for over an hour, About 1 o'clock I was roused by a strange noise close by, and raising up on my elbow | looked im the direction the sound came from, and to my surprise saw on the edge of the rock where I had left the careass of the sheep two large brown bears, which were fighting over the meat, I thought I would keep quiet and let them haye it out. I also knew that if they gor filled with the mutton they would not be so lilely to bother me, and under the circumstances I did not care to haye any closer relations with them just at present; but JT did not sleep any more, for it was hard to tell how tnatiy other bears there were in that part of the country, and the smell of the fresh meat would attract them from a long way. I examined my little rifle yery carefully and saw that it was well supplied with soft-nose cart- ridges. I also looked at the edge of my hunting knife and rubbed it a few times on the sole of my shoe. I did not want to be the attacking party, but if attacked I should certainly make the best of what I had. The bears kept on growling and eating until they had consumed nearly the whole sheep, and then slunk off along the ledges without even paying me a visit or thanking me for thei supper. ) It was now breaking day and I had a long, hard wails before me and a heavy load to carry. I got up and stretched myself, and, strange to say, did not feel tirsd, stiff or hungry. But I was wet to the skin from head to foot. I took a small rope and tied the head and hide of the sheep together, and throwing it over my shoulder started down to the glacier. There was quite a stiff breeze blowing, and I again took off my boots and started across, holding boots in one hand and with the other using the rifle as an Alpine staff. The sharp steel-pointed butt-plate was just the thing, and had it not been for ‘this rifle I never could have gotten across that day, for the wind got higher and higher, until 1 was compelled to lie down flat on the ice at times; and when I did get across I was almost exhausted. I had now about four- teen miles to camp over a rough and dangerous moun- tain, and not having had anything to eat for almost two days, I felt a little weak; but I kept right on, and about 4 o'clock in the afternoon got sight of camp. My man soon had a good fire and plenty of meat and coffe ready. Fle was nearly wild with delight when he saw me, for he had given me up for dead. He examined the bighorn and the faultless white skin, and now regretted that he had not gone with me. I told him I had seen some others on this side of the glacier and I thought we-would go back in the morning and get one for him, I dried my clothes and rested that night. The next morning we were up at daylight and drank a cup of coffee and ate a piece of broiled mutton, and were ready for another day’s hard journey. We sighted the sheep about a mile from the place I had seen them the day before. When we got within half a mile of them I made him take off his black hat and black sweater and his heavy boots. This seemed very hard to him, but it Was necessary in order to get our game. The sheep were feeding on the edge of a precipice, and we had to steal cautiously to a ledge of rock and then shoot over the embankment. When we got to the desired spot the sheep were feeding about 1ooyds down the slope. There were three of them. 1 told my companion to take the one to the right and I would take the one on the left; he cocked his gun and got up when I did. As we rose the sheep scented us and off they started, two to the left and one to the right. I could only see them as they boundel in the air, but at each crack of the little Savage a sheep fell. I now looked to my right and saw the other one getting away as fast as possible. I leveled my gun on him and he went down. All this time my friend stood periectly motionless with his mouth open. ‘I asked him why he did not shoot; he said he did not think of it until they were all gone. Then he raised his gun and shot at the one to his right, which was already down. 1 told him it was no use to shoot at it, as it was already done for, but he was so bewildered he hardly knew wiat he was doing, We then walked over to the edge of the slope, but could only see one sheep, thotigh we knew that two had come down. On close examination we found that one of them had rolled over the embankment and gone down a precipice about 2,o00ft. The other one was only saved by his massive horns, which struck the ground first and held him. It was a very dangerous thing to go near him, as the slope was at an angle of oyer 45 degrees, and the precipice was only a few feet below where he had fallen. £ worked: my down to where he was and tied a rope around his foot, as he was liable at any moment to roll over. I did not care to lose such a magnificent head. I had my little camera along and took a snap shot of him as he lay with his head bent FOREST AND STREAM. under him, could and | held to his foot while Mr, Hill got him We propped him up with rocks as best we skinied. We then got the other head, which was over on the right, and with as much meat as we could carry we started for camp. On our way home we saw several ewes and lambs, but did not disturb them. Tt was now g o'clock, and we had seven miles to gv. Our way was around the edge of a deep ravine for about two miles; then we had to go down the steep ledges to the bottom, and from there work our way down through tangled underbrush and deep holes of unknown depths. The fog’ and rain came down thick and fast, and the wind blew a stiff breeze from the west. We were both tired and almost.worn out, We heard a peculiar cry coming from the opposite side of the ravine, I first thought it was a mountain lion, but my Russian friend said not, but that he had heard the same cry a number of times before in northern Russia, and it was that of the black Siberian wolf, He hesitated about going down the ravine, I tried to cheer him tp, telling him that they were cowardly animals. But this did net go. He knew what they were and would not go a step further, The cries began to be a littke more numerous and much sharper than when we first heard them. We wind was blowing direct from us to them, and we soon began to realize that we were the object of their pursuit. The smell of the fresh meat was what first attracted their at- tention. We now had either to leave the meat and heads and run for our lives, or else prepare for war. I preferred the latter, as I wanted to get a few of their hides anyway; but my Russian friend did not care to meet them, We could hear them coming down the op- posite side of the cation, and the rattling of loose rocks which gaye way from under their feet, mingled with their fierce cries, made the blood curdle in every vein, The night was growing darker every moiment, and there was no possible chance for retreat, for the mountain back of us was a solid mass of ice and snow. J demanded that we go right down the ledges into the cation and meet our enemy face to face, for I was satisfied I could attend to them as fast as they came in view. I kept about ten steps ahead of my man, and on reaching the bottom J looked a little ahead and saw on a large flat rock the form of some animal. J did not say anything until I got within ten steps of it. Then, when I saw it crouch 4s if preparing for a spring, I raised the rifle and took a random shot, and at the report the animal fell with a heavy thud on the opposite side of the rock. The wolves also stopped their cries for a few moments, and instead of waiting to examine what kind of a beast I had shot we moved rapidly on, as fast as our tired limbs coulil carry us. J now prepared myself for the worst, as I expected eyery moment that the black demons would be upon us. Presently we heard some fierce snapping and growling a few hundred yards behind us. Pausing for a moment we could distinctly hear their wicked jaws coming together. The way was now over open ground, and the camp was about three miles distant. The moss and underbrush made it very disagreeable walking, and the rushing streams which came down from the glaciers were not very inviting to wade through; some of them were knee deep and others nearly up to our waists, If you haye never taken a bath in ice water you cannot imagine how intensely cold those streams are. The noise of our pursuers was soon left behind. Yet we did not know when they might come stealthily upon us, and our ears were ever on the alert. The next trouble that confronted us was to find our camp, for it was now dark, and there was no road nor object to mark the location. The camp itself consisted only of a few stunted spruce trees, with some brusn thrown over them. My man insisted that it was in one direction, while I contended it was in another. Fellow sportsmen who haye lost their way at night know what this means. Again I had to take the command, and aiter an hour’s hard walking we discovered the little clump of trees. It was now about 12 o’clock, and we were quickly stretched along the fire and fast asleep, with wet clothes on. We did not care now for wet clothes, cold winds, wolves, beats, nor anything else. Sleep and rest were what we must have, and we put in ten solid hours before we awoke. The sun was up several hours high and the spruce logs had long since smouldered into ashes. The day was warm and cloudless (something rare in this part of the country), We ate a good breakfast of broiled mutton, and while my man attended to some camp duties I shoul- dered my rifle and walked up the ravine where I had shot the animal which the wolves had stopped to devour. On atriving there a strange sight met the eye. The iresa bones of at least half a dozen animals were scattered all around, and the earth was torn up as ii a desperate strug- gle had taken place. Eyery particle of meat was de- voured, and only occasionally a tuft of hair was scat- tered on the blood-stained ground, J examined the hair ® carefully and found that some it was that of a wolverine, ~ and it was this animal that had been crouching on the rock when I shot. I followed up the track of the wolves, and as near as I could count in the wet sand there must have been about eight or ten still left. I kept eyes and ears open, expecting every moment to see some of the slinking creatures, for I did not think they would go very far from where they had had such a ravenous feas:. They soon took to the ledges and I could not track them any further. I now thought they must have gone back the way they had come, and accordingly climbed up that side of the ravine. I was quite tired when I got to the top and sat down on a large boulder to examine the surrounding country. T could not see a living creature in any direction. I sat there for about half an hour, and was contemplating a return to camp, when I heard on the opposite side of the caiion a number of sharp, quick barks or yelps. I looked in the direction of the sound, but could not see a thing. Presently I discovered two sheep coming down the mountain, and about royds behind them five wolves. The pursuers seemed to be gaining.on their prey when they reached the cliffs; but the sheep plunged down, down, until they reached a wide.shelf, and here imme- diately they turned around and with heads to the enemy waited the onslaught, The wolves came on barking at every bound, and springing from ledge to ledge. The sheep stood perfectly motionless. The foremost wolf gained the shelf, Quick as a flash the sheep struck him 283 and hurled him off the cliff down to the depths below, The other four came dashing on. As they stepped on the fatal ledge each one was sent thundering down in the satne way. I was spellbound for a few minutes. L[ would have given almost anything I possessed for a pic- ture of the scene. The sheep walked leisurely to the edge of the precipice and looked over, then gazed around on every side and leisurely walked back and lay dowii. J could easily haye killed both these sheep, but | felt s0 proud of them that I would almost have sent a shot at any man who would molest them. I am told on goo authority that a Jarge ram will defend the whole floci< against any living animal that would give battle on their own grounds. I could not believe this until T saw what I have described; but now I am convinced that a harm- less looking sheep can male as fierce a fight as any ani- mal I ever saw, when called on to defend his own rights, and so quick and effective are his blows that nothing can withstand him, ; , I walked down the rayine to where the wolves had been thrown over, and saw the mangled forms of three of them at the bottom. The other two had caught on tlie lower ledge and were also shattered to pieces on the sharp frocks. When I returned to camp I found my man had every- thing ready for an early start next morning, and alter a good night’s rest we proceeded down the mountain to our lower camp, We atrived there late in the afternoon and found the other two boys eagerly looking for us. They were so delighted with our trophies that we had to sit up until nearly midnight telling them about our adventures. The next day we set sail, and after two days’ delightful sailing we came to anchor at Homer, Harry FE. Les, [TO BE CONCLUDED. | On Kansas Prairies.—IIl, Tampa, Kan., March 25—Editor Forest and Streani: Don’t you wish you were here just for a day. Our mo- tive power, a 10 horse-power engine is stalled by the mud, so the boss and all hands have gone home, leaving me to follow out my own sweet will. Camped here in a “cook shack’ with plenty of provisions, a good stove and abundance of coal, ] am as free as one of the wildfowl that are passing overhead as I look out. The newly sown wheat fields so lately made desolate by the breath of the blizzard, are greening in the sunshine. The fields of corn and wheat stubble varied by great stretches of unbroken prairie reach away as boundless and almost as level as’ the ocean itself. As one wanders out into the fields, over- head with honk and quack and whirr of wings, the wild- fowl in numbers, at times goodly to look upon, are passing northward; around are heard the notes of the plover, blackbird, robin and many lesser birds; from underfoot the rabbit scurries away; and best of all, occasionally are seen and heard the call and brown back of the prairie chicken. And then in the mud of the sloughs and ponds is written the book of the wild life of the prairie. The ducks, from the mallard down to the teal, waddling awkwardly, but ever keen eyed and alert, have been here. The hawk and owl as well as the lesser birds must stoop to drink. Bunny (for some reason that J do not under- stand, for otherwise I should think him too dainty to choose stich places), makes this his playground, The whole tribe of fur-coated hunters, restless, uneasy and ever bloodthirsty, make this by right of might their high- way; and occasionally passing irom one hunting ground to another that sly fox of the prairie, thé coyote, leaves evidence of his presence. Truly it is a book full of m- terest to one who cares to read. A Red-Letter Day. We were camped down on “The Section’ hunting chickens; bat it was late Noyember, and the chickens in- variably flushed wild; and so far as they were concerned the hunt was a failure. But we found an orchard of an acre or two grown tp to sunflowers and other weeds and wholly surrounded by prairie. In one corner of this I unexpectedly flushed a strong bevy of quail; and scoring one, they scattered out through the orchard, and then the fun commenced. One by one the birds were flushed and ‘missed or gathered in as our skill did or did not equal theirs. How many, I do not remember. I know we left some unharmed, But I do and always shall remember the surroundings of that day. All care a thing of yesterday or the future. Ahead, obedient, strong and eager, a very prince among dogs. To our certain knowledge, hidden among the weeds and unwilling to go out on the prairie an abundance of full-grown, strong-flying birds. Over- head the bonnie blue sky of Kansas. All around in their coloring of brown and old gold, flecked here and there by the shadow of a passing cloud, the prairies stretched off and away. The air cool and bracing; and myself, al- though worn by a long siege of hard work, yet in perfect health. ‘Truly, lite was worth living that day, and is richer now as write, for the memory of such a time, Mixed up with the rest of the pleasure came one of those incidents so puzzling and yet which go to make up the fascination of a day afield. A quail wholly unharmed was marked down in a patch of tall grass of possibly toit. square; and although three hunters and a dog, that can always be relied on to find a winged bird hidden in grass, leaves or anywhere else, looked that bit of grass through and through, yet it was, I think, fully fifteen minutes be- fore the bird was flushed. It was no “spook” for tke lead stopped it the same as the rest; but the question, how did she hide? remains unanswered to this day. One of your contributors asked what had become of the sand hill cranes. I know but little about them, as they seldom light hereabouts, but pass overhead both iall and spring. Pine TREE. A telegraph operator along the Northern line received a slight shock a few nights ago by witnessing what appeared to him to be the Bishop’s Falls wolf surveying him through the office window; as though he (the sup- posed wolf) were meditating on the best plan to secure him for his breakfast. On closer investigation the cause of the alarm turned out to be a dog.—St. Johns (New- foundland) News. OY vi, = SSS ee Camping Ways. How well I recall my first attempt at camping. Alone and in a dismal drizzle I tried in vain to set up a small tent. Disgusted and disheartened [ soon wandered over to a stranger’s camp, where J was hospitably received, and inducted into some of the mysteries of camping life, Since then I haye lived and learned, and have evolved some practical ideas which may be of some service to other campers. First the tent, A small wall tent 7 by 7 or 7 by 9 is amply sufficient for one person. And to each man his tent is the best rule. Here is a place where each one can be as orderly or disorderly as he pleases. In tenting with another person one loses somewhat of the pleasant solitude and independence of camp life, and even with the best of companions is liable to some of that social friction from which we flee to the woods. I hinge my top pole in the middle and cut my side poles in the center, joining by a sheet iron tube, which works freely. Thus the whole tent outfit can be folded together into small compass, and put in a trunk strap, and checked to des- iination. A very conyenient form of small tent which would be worth trying would be to do away entirely with guy-ropes, which are always tripping one up, and fasten the tent by strong pockets at the corners, said pockets to snugly fit over iron stakes and tie there securely. have never found any use for a fly, which is sure to be noisy in a wind. When camping I live wholly outside the tent in the open air except when weather or night drives me in. For cooking my main reliance is a home-made oven, constructed of a biscuit tin covered with asbestos felt and then with thin boards. A hole in the bottom admits the chimney of a double wick lamp, or better, oil stove. The cost of the whole lamp and all was about $2, and it fits into a compartment in my provision chest. On awaking I light the lamp, put my breakfast in the oven, and inside of half an hour it will be ready. This oven will warm the tent in cold and rainy weather, and I can camp with it in places where open fires are not allowed, as in the Park at Mackinac Island. I now regard the oven as quite indispensable, and I think every tent in a party should have one. I use the open fire mainly for broiling. This open fire should be built on a heap of earth, turf or sods about git. high, and hanging your implements around this altar, you can sit in your chair, read a paper and broil a steak or fish in great comfort. As to proyisions, get the best. Sink a pail of the best butter in the earth in a cool cornerwf the tent, and cover with a box, and it will keep in the hottest weather. For a bed a wire mattress folding cot is best. This with the mattress should be in two sections, and fold with the bedding into a large valise, whose handle will be top | and bottom bed rails. The bed sections when set up can be fastened together, staple or cleat, and the near ends should be elastic steel. The whole bed apparatus can then be checked as baggage. If you are skillful you can put your whole outfit into baggage form and limit, namely, bed, provision chest, tent, grip, and save all the bother and expense of freight or express. A party of campers might with these outfits make a very enjoyable and cheap tour of the world, living at their own hotel, Thus, camp on some quiet farm'near London, and go in daily by train, and the same for Paris, Berlin, etc. These outfits are also most convenient for gypsying, and can be set up and taken down in a few moments. The place and time for camping is first of all the Great Northern Lakes, preferably near to rivers and small lakes as on the Lake Superior shore, and after mosquito time, that is aiter the middle of July. have camped with little annoyance on Mackinac Island from the middle of June, where for three weeks myself and companion prac- tically had the island to ourselves, The wonderiul salu- brity of the air and beauty of view are best appreciated by the camper who pitches in the Fort, and 1 am much sur- prised that more do not take advantage of the best and cheapest way to enjoy that wonderful island. Hiram M. STANLEY. “The Poetry of Sport.” ALL sportsmen may be divided into three classes, viz., (1) those who, like the proverbial Britisher, say, “Come, let us kill something’; (2) those who have the real love of sport at heart, minus its poetry; (3) those who have the teal love, with the poetry of sport. Tt is freely admitted that all who haye accomplishe.l anything in the field of sport should feel with Whyte Melville that they “have earned for the nonce a con- sciousness of thorough self-satisfaction intensely erati- fying to the vanity of the human heart.” We cannot all fully comprehend with the poet the pleasant influences of soft winds and singing streamlets, and shady coverts, ol the violet couch and plane-tree shade, nor can we il combine the qualities of keenest sportsmanship with the rare talents of geologist, entomologist and ornithologist; nor can we, on the other hand, quite concur with him who said, “You talk of the poetry of sport; 1 can see nothing in it but animal excitement,” adding, “As a fact, the majority of sportsmen are the most unpoetic type of manhood—men who look upon ‘the primrose by the river bank as but a primrose still.’’” We may, however, sym- pathize with those who, in lonely hours, in forest and on stream, find pleasure in the song of birds and in the beati- ties of nature. : ‘ Merely to touch upon that most interesting subjest, the song of birds, who, at this season, when eagerly lools- ing forward in this northern and eastern part of the con {inent, to the first cast for trout, does not greet with ai- fection that harbinger of spring, the robin, so unlike his Anglo-Saxon cousin, the redbreast, that warbles round his leafy cove? The robin, with his accompanying ‘summer tourists--- the song sparrow, and hermit thistles, the thrush, and crow blackbird—brings sweet melody, | Wow unlike his British cousin, too, is our blackbird? Of the former it is said: “The blackbird’s song at eventide, And her’s who gay ascends, Filling the heavens far and wide, Are sweet—” Flow often are those birds of ours disappointed in their FOREST AND STREAM. search for stinshine; frequent snow fAltrries remind them that summer is not yet. The hungry crows, as if to poke fun at the new comers, gravely stalk about as if they should have undisturbz 1 possession of the land, their somber coloring forming a marked contrast with the gay plumage of many of thie late arrivals from the tropics, who, in common with the flowers of that region, dress in gay and bright colors; but as the flowers have no perfume, their companions, the birds, have no song. It is remarkable that all migratory birds return to the same spot year after year, the swallows to build their homes without hands under the eaves of church or chapel; others, thrushes and sparrows, robins and blackbirds. return to their familiar groves and hedges, while yet others seek uninterrupted repose in the forest deep. May we not sympathize, too, in early spring with the fur-hunting trapper or the Jumberman alone in the forest awaiting the departure of ice from stream and river. Each counts the hotits, the former until he can, on the approach of summer, pick up his traps and seelx pastures new in the settlements; the latter until he can exchange the axe for the handspike and follow the course of stream and river to the market of his hopes. He sits awhile in the brief spring sunshine at his hut door; but how cold it is; he still has to wait and watch. In his despondent mood a bluejay, his silent companion during the long winter, appears on the scene, and from an overhanging branch favors him with a cheery, chatty song, and this is what he says: “Summer is coming; summer is coming.” Later on, when even birds are sure of a warm climatic reception, as you are perhaps busily engaged in selecting a killing fly for a monster trout, who, unlike some mem- bers of the rising generation, is shy in his desire to rise in his search for food, do you not rejoice to welcome the return of the bobolink, with his merry, joyous note, or the much valued yireos; or, on reaching camp, after a good forenoon’s sport, as you smoke your pipe, after the midday meal, do you not rejoice to see your old friend, the moose bird, in his easy going way, in full con- fidence that he is amongst friends, noiselessly light upon the frying-pan at the tent door and enjoy a luxurious re- past from the remains of the pork and beans of your meal? And how eagerly, on your return homewards, you look out in every bit of open country for your friends the thistle birds and yellow warblers; they never fail to bring their music with them. Thus, so long as summer lasts, we who cast no stone at the poetry of sport, enjoy to the full the presence of our feathered visitors and their joyous melody. The question never enters our heads as to which country or which climate can boast of the best songsters, for as Burroughs says.“The charm of the songs of birds, like that of a nation’s popular airs, is so little a question of intrinsic musical excellence, and so largely a matter «i association and suggestion, that it is perhaps entirely natural for every people to think their own feathered songsters the best.’ When winter again sets in, when the silence of the forest, and the comparative absence of bird life cannot fail to strike one, the blackcap titmortse is sure to greet you in your woodland walk with his cheery note, called by the lumbermen “gee up,” as it is supposed to giye a fillip to the weary-team hauling logs to the brow on river bank. The Canada jay, too, seems to follow one’s footsteps from the camp to the spot you kill caribou, with his low, soft note, eyer soothing, ever sweet, and moose birds, with an occasional member of the woodpecker tribe, with his auctioneer’s hammer and a “here-we-are-again,” are, like our best friends, ever with us. Mic-MAc:. FRepericron, March 20, diatuyal History. The Northern Porcupines. - A Chapter in Degeneracy. As ONLY a probable tenth of the population of North America live where porcupines are found, there is a good share of ignorance regarding them. Early English colo- nists coming to New England gave the Canadian animal the name of hedgehog, as the nearest approach to the spiny little insectivore which inhabits Great Britain. But the Germans and other immigrants from southern Eu- rope, where the great quilled porcupine, Hystrix cristata, is a native, quickly saw the real family resemblance in our species, and stachelochwein, quill pig, porcupine, etc., were the names by which it was most commonly known. The hedgehog lives almost entirely on animal food aud belongs to the same order of quadrupeds as the mole, whereas the porcupine is a vegetable feeder and near kins- man to the ground hog and beaver in the great class of rodents. : In South America and southern Mexico there are tree porcupines, mostly smaller and slenderer animals than the Canadian species, with long, tapering, prehensile tails, which they use in climbing as do the monkey and opos- sum. They also. have a peculiar adaptation of the fore feet which gives them greater grasping power upon the small limbs of trees, and they possess ‘no hair or fur among their thick covering of long quills, as does the northern animal. The great Cuvier was the first naturalist to undertake the prickly problem of classifying the porcupines. To the Canada poreupines he gave the name Erethizon (irritable) and to the long-tailed, tropical forms Synetheres and Sphiggurus (strangle tailed), on account of their use of that member in climbing. If he had given Erethizon, a name signifying club-tailed, it would have fitted the case more exactly, for the whole tribe seem to be alike in their irritability, but the way Erethizon uses his tail is the most characteristic thing about him, and has given rise to the popular fallacy that he uses it as a catapult to discharge arrows against the enemy. Besides, anatomical differences, however, there is an insuperable geographic and climatic barrier separating the monkey-tailed and club-tailed porcupines. Somewhere in the past few thousands or tens of thousands of years our big, lumbering Canada porcupine got separated from the ancestral stock in the tropics, so that there if yew * stretch of country from one to two thousand miles wide, and reaching from ocean to ocean, which is devoid of porcupines, its climate too cold for one and too hot ior the other. f As I have just hinted, the Canada poreupines are con- fined to-a cold climate, Their habitat reaches from the northern limit of trees in Alaska and the Hudson Bay re- gions down the mountain systems to Virginia and Colo- rado, but they are not found in the lowlands nearly se far south, In this respect they are unique, forming a dis- tinct and isolated climatic group which has no representa- tive in the old world, and are at once separable from all the others in the world by their possession of a true hairy covering, which grows thickly among and overtops the spinous coat in the winter season. _ There seems little doubt that porcupines originated in the tropics, and with one exception they yet remain in comparatively warm climates. It is interesting to spes- ulate a little how the cold-weather porctipine, so different from its nimbler, spinier, prehensile-tailed kinsmen of {lie South, should have been banished far from ancestral do- main and so effectually kept in exile. Geology essays to bridge the gap and account: for these conditions in this wise. The Alleghenies and Rocky Mountain systems in preglacial times formed a passageway {rom the then cooler tropics to the ‘warm north polar regions. Along this highway to undiscoyered lands the fen-thousand year imi- gration of tropical species crept and swarmed and colon- ized, transforming and transformed as the climate grad- tially passed from warm to coll again and the unstable land and sea rose and fell. Cut off at last by the trans- continental sea, the animal forms composing the retreat- ing tide of life were given two alternatives, either to ac- commodate themselves to the changing conditions and “srow up with the country” or to die in the attempt. | Among the very few tropical animals which sticceeded im passing this ordeal the Canada porcupine is entitled to our respect and, in spite of his ungainliness, our admiration. It seems a plain case of pluck. In the process of acclini- tion his tail, originally long, pliable and naked, was shovt- ened one-half, at the same time growing twice as thick and strong and clothed with a dense mass of stiff bristles and spines, and was transformed from a delicate climbing instrument to an all-round prop, cudgel and balancing pole. At the same tite his legs, feet and claws grew stronger and more like those of a bear; his back and thighs broad- ened, his skin toughened and became invested with a thick layer of fat, while a warm coat of hair and tar crowded in among the shortening spines and wholly in- vested the unprotected under parts of his body. This is the scientific explanation of Brethizon as we find him to- day. j , The old world porcupines have a much more formidable set of spines than Erethizon, and so, in fact, have those of tropical America. The European Hystrix has a very handy bobtail. It can make off with fair speed to a place of safety. It also has great burrowing powers and does not trust to trees for shelter, making for itself a refuge in the soil, where it fortifies itself, rarely venturing abroad till night. The Canada porcupine has not such a short tail as Hystrix, nor such a long one as Synetheres. It is able to do both climbing and burrowing on occasion, but it can do neither well, and has to resort to a bayonet charge to save its neck, Among the so-called ungainly looking beasts which we meet in the world each seems to have its native ele- ment where it appears to advantage and its movements become graceful. The ponderous walrus is transformed by its plunge from the rocks into the sea, The sloth, so helpless upon the ground, rivals the monkey in its ability to traverse the branches of trees. The mole, painfully ~ groping over the hardened surface of the ground, tray- erses the depths of the soil with a celerity truly astonish- ing. To this rule of special adaptation to a certain en- vironment the Canada porcupine seems to be the great exception. Under any and all circumstances he is clumsy. Ungainliness with him seems to be a virtue. He can walk, even to galloping a bit in a painful, impotent en- deavor to escape insults; but it is merely an effort to turn tail against his pursuer, and, this accomplished, he is content to hunch up and fall around and over himself and sigh and moan like a very Falstaff because he can get no farther. A northern poreupine neyer seems to have any faith in his outdoor surroundings. Catch one up a tvee and ten to one he begins to back down, right into your arms, if you dare to receive him in that fashion. And what a backdown it is! Tail trashing from side to side as if it would cast its owner loose; long claws deeply scratci- ing the tree trunk; snorts and pauses and quill raisings as one foot deviously follows the other, and as a grand finale a tumble of two or three feet to the ground, where he flounders about like a great ball of quills. Tf you catch one on the ground and his den among the rocks be not near he is stire to reverse proceedings and make for a tree, perhaps the very one he seemed so anxious to forsake when you chanced to find him im it. Cut him off and most likely he will put his head down and, quills erect, charge for that special tree with fixed bayonets. It takes a sharp whack on the nose to turn him under such conditions. The groan which follows, such a rebuff is pitiful in its human-like tone of helpless- ness. ‘, Despite these apparently fatal defects in its make-up, the Canada porcupine is not becoming exterminated. Its coat of mail is a most effective protection in 99 out of Ioo cases of assault and battery upon it. Mr. E. P, Bicknel, speaking of the stupid audacity of the porcupines °%n Slide Mountain in the Catskills, thinks that the destruction of such animals as used to prey upon them will result in their greater abundance, regardless of the wanton kilhag by human beings. Along the southern border of its hab- itat in the East, in the mountains of southern Pennsvl- vania, the destruction of its food supply by deforestations has made the porcupine very rare south of the east anil west branches of the Susquehanna River. Its abundan«s in other parts of the State, more suited to it climatically, has not seriously lessened in spite of axe and fire, nor in proportion to the decrease in other forms of animal life in those regions. The panther, wolverine, wolf and fisher are known to kill and eat porcupines, but as these are now practically exterminated in the northern Allegheny Moun- tains, its only feral enemy is the wildcat, which frequently makes a meal of it in severe weather, Foxes haye been. Apri 1§, 1899.] found with porcupite quills in their bodies and mouths, but probably only as pickers at the feast of some larger carnivore or victim of a collision with the porcupine among the rocky retreats which both inhabit. It is nos likely that the human consumption of porcupines for [oor will greatly lessen their numbers. Anyone taking the care and trouble to skin one, however, will find a well- cooked October porcupine that has been fattening on acorns and chestnuts both palatable and nourishing food. Many a hunter and lumberman’s camp in the north woods would have sadly suffered tor meat if this source of supply had not been available. Though an indifferent climber, irom the standpoint of agility, the porky, as he is called by woodmen, spends a large share of its time in trees, the twigs, nuts and bark of which form its chief food. In securing these its mo- tions remind one of those of a black bear in similar posi- tions, only the bear is by far the more adroit of the twa. One habit of the porcupine which I observed last fall in. the Pennsylyania Alleghenies not only reminded me of a custom of the bear, but also of the prodigality or vandal- ism of the squirrel, to which most agile creature, by the way, our sluggish porcupine is not so distantly related. I was hunting for bear signs and came across a large rad oak which had been ascended by some animal, apparently a yearling bear, in search of acorns. The ground was strewn with acorn shells and oak twigs from 1 to 3it. long, which had evidently been dropped from the topmost branches. I was surprised that bruin could execute such adroit pruning feats without breaking down some of the larger limbs. A few days later, 1n company with a native hunter, my attention was directed to another sturdy re oak which had a cartload of these terminal branches, each THE TREE PORCUPINE. nearly severed as if by a knife, strewn below it. My com- panion assured me that it was done by a porcupine and that itqwas a common habit with them. He stated that it was not always done to get at the acorns, but that they often seémed to do it for amusement or to keep their in- cisor teeth from growing too Jong. Sometimes trees witi1- out acorns were treated in the same way, and in most cases only a small percentage of the nuts were devoured. While a porcupine has no agility, it has strength, and its powerfully hooked claws and coarsely granulated foot- pads give it a very tenacious hold upon the trunk or smaller branches of a tree. In securing these slender ter- minal twigs they gather two or more limbs together, and, | if necessary, climb out body downward like a stock until near the end of the branch and then bend the limb in- ward by means of the strong feet and claws within reach of the formidable teeth, severing it with two or three diagonal bites and letting it fall to the ground. In secur- ing the bark of birch, pine and hemlock, they climb oiten to great heights, usually girdling the main trunks at con- siderable elevation where they can sit on a limb to do so, gnawing away the bark and outer wood in the form of a band from four inches to a foot wide. This band rareiy encircles the tree at any point, and consequently their gnawing is not so destructive as if the stem were com- pletely girdled. SamueEL A, RHOADs. Reindeer in Sweden. Consul=-General Winslow, of Stockholm, under date of March 3, 1809, says, in part: The only food given reindeer in Sweden is “reindeer moss,” a lichen highiy prized by the Laps, growing abundantly in the Arctic regions, almost as luxuriantly on the bare rocks as in the soil. Tt covers extensive tracts in Lapland, making the landscape in summer look hke a field of snow. The ds- mesticated reindeer are never as large as the wild on‘s; Siberian reindeer, domesticated, are larger than those ol Lapland. No care is taken of the deer; they thrive best by being permitted to roam in droves and obtain their own sustenance. The moss is capable of being used for human food: the taste is slightly acrid. Attempts have been made to feed hay, roots, grain, etc., to the reindeer, but they have not succeeded. Near Bangor, Me., farmer George W. Brown chopper down a large dead hollow pine tree for fuel, which as it fell divided into halves, and there in the cayity lay eight fat coons snugly housed away for the winter. I urther up in the trunk were two more coons while in the stump was a 50-pounder, the biggest and fattest of the lot. Brown thus got, besides. two cords of dry wood, over 2colbs, oi econ meat,—Methuen (Mass,) Transcript, FOREST AND STREAM, : ——— _ “WNature’s Compasses.” Anout a year ago Mr. G. W. Dearborn wrote an articie with this title. in which he pointed out various peculiarities of trees by observing which one could travel in the woods without the help of a compass. Although | had traveled the woods of Maine for over fifty years, and often in company with as good woodsmen as there are, ] had never been observing enough to notice any of these signs my- self, and had never, among all the hunters I had known, heard anyone speak of bemg guided by any of them, | thought I would give his theory a fair trial before deciding on its merits. For nearly a year I have observed as closely as | am able, over a large tract of country, and among all kinds of growth, and the results are as follows: Mr. Dearborn states that the tops of cedar and hemlock always point to- ward the south. I find that they usually point straight up and when otherwise are as likely to point to one point of the compass as another. If they all pointed as he claims, they would be of little help, as in such places as they grow, it is extremely hard to see their tops even in the clearest weather, and in rain or snowstorms, which are the times when one most needs direction, they could not possibly be seen. He states that trees have more and larger limbs on the south side. I have tested this in scores, if not hundreds of places, in every kind of growth we have in Maine, and I find there is no reliance to be placed in it. Trees throw out the largest and most branches on the side where there is the most room for them to spread. If trees stand alone with room on all sides, most kinds branch otit quite evenly on all sides, especially fir and spruce, but when crowded on one side and there is room on the other, they naturally reach out toward the open space. If a road ruins east and west the trees on the north side will have the longest branches to- ward the south; those on the south side will branch most toward the place, where they have the most room to spread and grow without any regard to the points of the compass. Probably at first, about an equal number of branches start to grow on each side, but those on the side where there is the least room either die or are stunted in their growth, while those on the side where there is plenty of room receive all the nourishment which other- wise would have helped the others grow, and so are larger and stronger. Another point made is that trees have more moss on the north side than on the south. I find that this depends a great deal as to whether the tree is situated in a con- tinuous growth or is more exposed on one side. Vhe ex- posed side, no matter how it faces, is most likely to have the most moss. I know where there is a long row of maples by the roadside, which are equally exposed on all sides, but every tree is mossed up on the south side. I think this is owing to their being on a southern slope of land and probably face the south wind more than any other. Trees exposed on lake shores will moss most on the exposed side. The same is trie on the side of bogs and mountains, those trees most exposed will moss up the most and usually on the exposed side. In the solid woods some have little moss and some a great deal, A sickly or dying tree, often has more moss than the same tree would if healthy, As a rule I find that those trees, espe- cially hardwood trees, if crooked, have the most moss on the concave side; as the crook holds moisture and so en- courages the growth of moss, while the outward bend sheds off the water, and consequently is apt to be free of moss. I do not believe that any man who is uncertain about his direction will ever get any help from observing which side of a tree is mossed up. If anyone thinks dif- ferently, let him give it a fair trial on different slopes of land where he knows the points of the compass and see how much it would help him if he were lost. Tt is also stated that the needles of the pines are longer on the south side. Now if a man were lost in our Maine woods, the chances are very small that he would he where he could find any pine small enough so that he could ge the needles, but I tested this till I was tired on our white pine needles and haye been very exact about it. Any onc who will test it will find that the needles on the white pine tassel are never of the same length on all parts of the tassel. Those at the base are the longest. and grow shorter toward the end. In order to test fairly, the needles to be measured must come from the same rela- tive position in the tassel, on both sides of the tree. | have in all cases taken a tassel from the north side by the compass, and’ one from the south side, then I have measured a needle from the base of one tassel, with one irom a corresponding place on the other; then I have measured one from the end of each. In the many cases IT have measured I have neyer, but in a single instance, found any difference. In this one case that on the north side was the longest. It is also stated that the gum will be clearer on the south side, while that on the north will be darker and lure more insects to it. As all the trees we have in Maine which has much gum is the spruce, I suppose that he re- fers to that tree, In the summertime ona hot day the gum on the south side of a tree would be apt to be softer, but the time when men need help to find their way is not in a bright day, but cloudy at best. and more likely in rain or snowstorms, and then all gum would be hard. As to its clearness on different sides, I have talked with one ot two men who have just brought in 600lbs. of spruce gum and he has not seen this difference or anytning which would help a man if lost. He says as I do, that owing to gum in hot days being softer on the south side that more insects get stuck on that side than on the north, There is another thing which probably Mr. Dearborn did not think of. It is very seldom that one finds gum on both sides of a tree except on an old spotted line, and then they are as likely to be east and west sides-as north and south, to say nothing of the fact that in some cases a man might travel for hours where he could not see a particle of gum on any side of a tree. There are several! points which Mr. Dearborn mentioned, but I find them all as unreliable as those cited. No man who is fit to travel’ alone in our Maine woods, needs any help in keeping his way in a clear sunshiny day. When it is cloudy, or what is worse, a rain, or thick snowstorm, he had better de- pend on a compass if he feels the need of help, as T do not believe any of the things named will he of the least assistance, Until something more reliable is discovered than any of 288 the points of “Nature's Compasses,” which Mr. Dearborn describes, it will be safer for any one traveling Maine woods, who tieeds any help, to stick to the old-fashioned compass. | remember hearing of an old Irishman who tried to ship as a sailor, when asked, “Do you know the points of the compass?” replied, “Tt is not only a compass that I have, but a pair of thim, that me brother Tim, the car- penter, left me when he died. But the divil of a point is left to thim, for the childers broke thim off boring holes in the fures wid “em,”’ If nature ever had any compasses the points must have all been broken off before she got to Maine. M. Harpy. Game Bag and Gun. Game Laws in Brief and Woodcraft Magazine. See announcement elsewhere. The April number is now ready, Man and Other Animals. Editor Forest and Stream: Some expressions in Mr, Hough’s last interesting con- tribution on the subject of game protection lead me to put into words some reflections that have frequently passed through my mind, and doubtless through the minds of many others. I quote from Mr. Hough’s article: “Warden Osborn (of Michigan) has on the whole a sad story to tell about his game and fish. He says that squirrels and rabbits are less each year, that the fur- bearing animals are decreasing, that the bear is disap- pearing, that the wolverine is practically extinct, that the elk and wild turkeys haye disappeared. He cites the killing of ohe moose in Mackinac county last fall, but learns of no caribou.” 2 The question to be asked is this; Amid that gloomy array of desolation in the game resorts of Michigan, why was that last lone moose destroyed? ‘The inference is that if there had been one caribou left, and its destruc- tion could have been compassed, the caribou would have gone the way of the moose. One is reminded of the “widow woman” of Zarephath, who said to Elijah, “I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a eruse; and be- hold, | am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.” It is not assumed as literally true, that the last moose and caribou in that part of Michigan have been destroyed. But the above episode is taken by way of illustration, “to point a moral” if not “adorn a tale.’ Not infrequently has been seen in print, some such statements as the fol- lowing: “Mr. Brown reports that he saw last week a remnant of the once numerous flocks of wild pigeon, the first that have been seen in these parts for many years. There were seven pigeons in this flock. Mr. Brown suc- ceeded in securing three of them.” Or this: “A few days ago a deer was discovered in Black township, the first one seen in this county for many years. Several of the neighbors gave chase, and succeeded in killing it. The animal was a large doe, in good condition.” Or this: “Early last week a wild deer came up to farmer Smith’s barn with the cattle. This is a remark- able occurrence, as no deer have been seen in this part of the State for at least twenty years. Mr. Smith was fortunate enough to kill the deer, which proved to be very fat. The animal was quite tame, which gave rise to the suggestion that it might have escaped from captivity.” And so on, ad nauseam. I presume that most of your readers will recognize the above as familiar specimens, Last fall my family took up their abode in a house in Memphis, Tennessee. There are some fine old forest trees in the yard and those adjoining. Early one morning my ears were greeted with the familiar sound of a squir- rel’s teeth on the shell of a nut. I soon discovered a couple of .gray bunnies in a black walnut tree in my neighbor's yard. They continued to be a source of de- light to us, until the Christmas holidays, when, during the general licemse prevailing in the use of explosives. some boys shot both of the squirrels. What a great loss for so small a gain! Now, brother sportsmen, let us enter into a little whole- some self-examination. The ‘epithets,’ “game hog,” “trout hog,” have been much discussed of late in the col- umns of Forest AND STREAM. Likewise, many brave narrations haye appeared in its columns, reciting enor- mous quantities of game and fish destroyed by sports- men im various parts of the land, with much self-ap- proval. Occasionally there is evidence of self-restraint, but not often. We can all see clearly enough the “game hog” in others, but can we see him in ourselyes? “Oh wad some power the giftie gie us,” ete. Now let ussall lay our hands tpon our hearts and re- peat after me this formula: “Ii I should see a remnant of seven wild pigeons in my neighborhood, I would not shoot one of them. “Tt a deer should come up to my barn with my cows (or any other inan’s barn), and was in easy range, [ would not shoot it. “Ti an eagle should light on a tree near me, and I had a gun in my hand, [ would not kill it. “Tt [ were in a hunting party in the Rocky Mountains and had a chance to kill ten elk, I would kill only two or three. “If [ had a chance to kill twenty-six ducks, I would stop at twenty-five. “Ti I had a chance to catch one hundred slb. trout, [| would stop when I had caught toolbs. “Tf game should become very scarce in my neighbor- hood. I would refuse to lall any more until the supply was increased.” Can we all repeat the above sentences with clear con- sciences? JT do not quote, with Mr. L. A. Childress, “He that is without sin among you let him first cast a stone.” But I say. we are all rank sinners (or the majority of us). Let us all pelt one another roundly until we all show marked iniprovement in our habits. Man has inherited from his remote ancestors two very powerful instincts. One is to “look out for ntmber one” first of all, The other, to lall—bipeds, quadrupeds 286 FOREST AND STREAM. [Aprit 75, 18900. and no-peds; feathered and unteathered. The natural im- pulse of children, grown up and ungrown up, is to kill, everything that is not protected by some special reasons for curbing this inclination, It is the office of “civilization” and enlightment to furnish these special reasons for self-restraint, both as to selfishness and the killing proclivity, and to broaden these special reasons into general reasons—to make self-re- straint the rule mstead of the exception. As Governor Roosevelt happily suggested, in a re- cent plea for the protection of bird life (and I resolved then and there to vote for him if J should have the chance for any office he might run for), let us all teach our children, after having first taught ourselves and our neighbors by our good example—let ts guide them, along lines of broad enlightenment to a right conception of our proper relations to our fellow-men and to all of nature’s children, And in this connection, allow me to say, tn- der forbearance, let us not forget to embrace, among na- ture’s great family of children, that member so long per- sectited under the spur of superstition and ignorance, the non-yenomous snakes, I said snakes, CoAHOMA, Aprit 4, == A Jolly Camp in California. “Boys,” said Josh one day in the latter part of June when we three met in “the city,” “let's go over to my cabin in the woods and slay a buck or two. Season opens on July 1, you know, and I can promise you lots of game.” Ned and I jumped at the idea, and at once agreed to the proposition, acknowledging at the same time the brilliancy oi our friend's intellect. Josh was the proprietor of a ranch two hours’ journey from the city, and, in a wild cafion, had, one summer, with a great deal of trouble on account of the inaccessibility of the situation, built a rough cabin in which four could sleep, cook and eat very comfortably. It was located at the bottom of a deep, rocky gulch in a little glade covered with magnificent pines, laurels and other evergreens. The cabin of rough redwood boards, with a substantial roof of shakes, was 20 by 16it., lighted by two sliding windows and a wide door, The broad fireplace, built of stones and clay, where large pine logs blazed cheerfully, supplied the hot coals for roasting the venison to per- fection, and in cool nights gave forth a genial warmth and cheerful glow throughout the room. A pretty brook of pure water that thus far im its course never saw the sun, always as cold as one would care to drink, danced by the cabin among the pines, its volume increasing as it went along; its gentle murmur gradually turning into a roar as, further on, it dashed recklessly over the huge boulders and fallen trees, mak- ing in one place a wild plunge of 3oft. clear, and finally emerged into the sunlight miles below. The spot had been selected on account of many trails leading to the best hunting grounds in the neighborhood forming a junction there. According to agreement, on the afternoon of the last day of June, we three started out from the farmhouse for the cabin, with a pack horse, plenty of provisions, Josh’s celebrated dog Smith and our Winchester rifles. The trail led oyer a high range of hills through a plateau which looked as if, ages ago, some enormous meteor had burst directly over it and scattered millions of frag- ments of all sizes from a speck to a meeting hottse upon it, and since that event chapparal, heath and chemisal had grown wherever a little soil had collected. Finally the trail turned off from this plateau and plunged down the steep side of a cafion through the wild oats and poison oak bushes and we rushed along with a celerity which made up for the slowness of our ascent on the other side of the range. We clattered down as fast as the old packhorse could slide along, even the dog full of excited anticipation for the coming hunt, He had “been there’ before. Josh remarked that we had better get that horse down “right side up,” for if he fell it would take us all night to sort out horse from grub, and he didn’t like hotsemeat anyawy. re Arriving all serene at last at our destination, we stowed things away, picketed our horse, had our supper. and smoke, and “turned in” to lie awake for a long tame, listen- ing to the soft night sounds of the forest, watching the ever varying glow of the burning logs in the fireplace, and inhaling with delight the cool spicy air loaded with the scent of the pines. Tt seemed as if sleep had only just come to us when Josh threw one of his spike-nailed hunting boots against our side of the cabin wall, and, as the crash ceased re- yerberating through the cafion, queried in a very calm way. “Are you fellows going to sleep all day?” “Let us now be up and doing, While the muley cows are mooing, While the whiskey-jack is cooing, And the gentle buck perambulates the yale.” Josh is always calm, but humorous. To our surprise, we found that it was only 3:30 A. M. In spite of the early hour the odor of steaming coffee arose enticingly from the region of the fireplace. We rather sleepily began to tumble out of our bunks and asked Josh if he had been up all night. “Oh, no,” said he, “T just slept twice as hard as usual for the last three hours, so as to come out even.” After making a temporary breakfast of hardtack and coffee, with our rifles on our shoulders, and old Smith at our heels, we commenced the ascent of the opposite side of the canon. ay hi. Slowly we climbed the steep trail in the dim light of the early dawn, out of the pines, through open wild oat glades, where Josh cautioned us to keep our eyes “peeled for a buck; again through chapparal that met over our heads across the path, finally emerging on the top of the ridge. Fo sh,” said Ned, as we were leaving the camp, “why do you call your dog Smith?” “Well,” was the reply, “I once knew a iman who called his friend Bob, because his name was William, so I called my dog Smith because he was brown—sabe?” Tt was light enough to see clearly by the time we reached the backbone of the ridge. Josh, who was in the lead, suddenly ducked down and whispered, “Deer just going oyer the edge of the chemisal point ahead of us, but think it is a doe’ We quietly crept along to get a better view, but found the deer had already moved behind the point. _All excitement, we trod as noiselessly as possible in the direction the deer had taken in order to find out whether it was a doe or a buck; Josh being very particular about not haying does shot on his ranch. We had not gone 50yds. when our leader made a low whistling sound, that brought old Smith to-his heels, and dropped behind a bush. We dropped also, and looking in the direction he indi- cated, saw two fine bucks in the shadow of the canon iooyds. below us, their antlers thrown back and their heads high in the air, evidently suspicious of danger. Josh whispered, “Now, boys! take ’em right and left as you stand and fire when I count three. Aim low, and darn the man that ‘misses. Ready? One—two—three!” The simultaneous crack of the rifles rang out on the still morning air and echoed from peak to peak. One buck fell. The other, only wounded, bounded off over the low brush. Before he had made a dozen jumps, however, Josh, who was prepared for just stich an emergency, pulled the trigger, coolly remarking, “That fellow might just as well stay, too,” The buck gave a tremendous bound, but came down, made two or three somersaults down the steep hillside, kicked desperately a few times and—staid. “?Rah for our side,’ we shouted, and Ned and I plunged wildly through the brush, regardless of skin and clothing to where our game lay. Josh, to whom all this was an old story, picked his way more leisurely; but - Smith, even more excited than we were, rushed yelping ahead ready to grasp the throat of either animal whic’ might not be quite dead. “Well done,” said Josh, on joining us as we were ex- amining the effects of our shots, “a three and a four- pointer. Your first deer, too, Jay. You didn’t kill him outright, but he would not have gone far with that hole in him. By the way, you should always aim for the spot you intend to hit, and not for the whole deer. Overshooting is the beginner's great fault, but next to it comes that of trying to hit the whole animal at once—sabe?” I acknowledged that I had not stopped to pick out any particular spot, but promised to do so in future—if not too excited. While we were dressing the game and preparing the legs in such a way that we could shoulder the deer like knapsacks, old Smith disappeared. In a short time we heard his familiar “Yap! yap!” down the cafion, accom- panied by the almost unmistakable jump, jump of a deer in the bushes. We looked round and seized our rifles just in time to be too late. A fine buck was coming to- ward us, but on seeing our heads above the bushes wheeled like a flash and was out of sight in the chap- paral before we could draw a bead on him. “That buck jumped as if he’d been wounded in the leg last year,” said Josh. ‘Wouldn’t be surprised if Smith treed him before long.” We swallowed our disappointment, and concluded that we already had enough to carry up that brushy hillside anyway. Shouldering our game, we climbed, pausing many times for breath and rest, now and then making wild grabs at the bushes to keep our balance, and working laboriously upward toward a spot to which the horse could be brought. It finally ended, however, in Josh’s carrying one of the deer most of the way to the top, and then coming back after the second. THe is tall and very slight, but apparently made of india rubber, and he could beat us heavy fellows all hollow at this sort of work. He said, when we utterly collapsed and sat down to wipe off the perspiration, “You city boys are not used to eating your bread with the sweat of your brows. One does not mind it when one is used to it.’ I frankly acknowledged that I usually preferred my bread dry; but could stand a little moisture on an occasion like this. We drew lots to see who should go back to camp to get - the pack horse, and this duty fell on Josh. As soon as he leit we took out our tobacco pouches and settled down to await his return, enjoying meanwhile, most thorough- ly the magnificence of the wild mountain scenery, and watching, with a pleasure which strangers to such scenes can hardly appreciate, the light from the rising sun as it lit up hillside after hillside in the apparently unending series of cahons and gorges whose depths seemed so dark and cool in comparison with the now bright peaks. As the sun rose in the cloudless sky we sought the nearest shady spot and began to speculate upon Josh’s long absence, finally deciding that he must have stopped to ~ repait the horse or something of the kind. At length. however, he appeared, and without explaining the cause of his detention, but with a twinkle in his eye, which we did not uriderstand, proceeded to load the game. We retraced our steps of the early morning, and finally plunged into the refreshing shade of the pines around the cabin with a feeling of relief, the rays of the July sun seeming “a foretaste of the future’ as Ned remarked. To our astonishment we found another buck hanging in front of the cabin door. We looked at Josh, who only smiled and said, “I told you Smith had taken an interest in that fellow. Guess the old cuss found out the deer could not run very fast, and staid by him until he rounded him up; thought I might just as well gather him in.” Tt turned out that the dog had bayed, or “treed” the buck, as Josh quaintly expressed it, within a hundred yards of the camp, and, on his way down for the horse Josh had “gathered him in’ without our hearing the shot, and had dragged him to the cabin. We hung our game on a stout pine limb and the three bucks in a row looked very imposing. Ned remarked that he knew lots of fellows in the city who would give fifty dollars for such sport as we had just enjoyed that morning. “Guess some of them must be like the chap I had such a laugh over last summer,’’ said Josh, Knowing there must be a good story behind the remark, we both immediately demanded it. ‘Well, it isn’t much of a story, but you can have it. A young fellow I had known for a number of years asked me one day if I wouldn’t give him a chance to shoot a deer. He said he would give anything to shoot one; he knew he wasn’t much‘of a shot, but was sure he could hit an object as large as°a buck, “T told him I’d give him all the chance he wanted, but if he’d never seeti one before it would either look big enough to scare him, or else so small that he wouid wish his rifle were loaded with a few pounds of bickshot in- stead of a single bullet. Still he was certain he could hit one, and that such a thing as ‘buck fever’ would never bother him. “Well, I took him out one day and placed him in a mighty good stand to get a shot, and put the dog in the brush right below him. From the tracks around there I was almost certain there must be a buck not far off. “Pretty soon Smith gave a couple of yaps and I saw : poeeliey jumping over the bushes toward my confident riend. “Just at this moment I heard a succession of shouts and shrieks and saw him jumping up and down like a crazy man, waving his rifle in the air. Thinking he must have stepped on a rattlesnake and got bitten, I was on the point of starting fo run toward him, when I began to make out the words: “Josh! Josh! for Heaven’s sake! there’s a buck! shoot him! shoot him! Look out, he'll get away! Shoot him quick! quick! Well, boys, I did shoot him as he came right up to me, but was shaking so with laughter that I nearly missed a dead shot. “T asked my friend why in blanknation he didn’t shoot the deer himself, as that was what he had come out for. ‘Jerusalem, he said, ‘kick me; kick me hard! never thought of it.’ “T couldn’t keep this affair all to myself, you know, and he had to set ’em up pretty often for a while after- ward; and I hear he is very touchy ever since when you discuss the different forms of buck feyer in his presence.” While Josh was telling his story, we were making preparations for breakfast, which soon appeared. Deer's liver broiled on hot coals was the principal dish, and it vanished rapidly before our ravenous appetites, well sharp- ened by the morning’s tramp. The rest of the day was spent in the usual camp style; that is, we swept the cabin, got wood for the fire, straight- ened things out, had dinner about 5 o’clock, and aiter- wards strolled, or rather climbed, up on the top of a hill to watch the shadows deepen in the valleys until the sun finally disappeared behind a distant pine-fringed ridge. The stars commenced to speck the eastern sky, and the poorwill’s sweet but melancholy notes were breaking the evening stillness as we slowly descended to the darkness of the forest camp, each deeply impressed by the quiet beauty of the scene and loth to leave it. While chatting and smoking around the camp-fire we decided to kill no more deer this time, having as much veinson as we could use, but to try to find a short cut to a ridge near by, which Ned and Josh had always reached by an old trail a long way round. Next morning we got a regular breakfast before start- ing on our explorations, and then went to the ridge by the long way, intending to make an attempt to cut back to camp through the timber. Old Smith did not seem to understand our want of in- terest in deer that morning, and after a while we missed him. While we were.all three on top of a pile of rocks, looking about for an opening in the forest, we heard his sharp bark coming in our direction, and in a few mo- ments a large doe came bounding along, pausing a sec- ond to listen within a few yards of us. Smith showed up on the deer’s track just as we jumped down trom the rocks. He seemed rather confused. Josh called ta him to stay close. He took two or three steps in the direction the deer had followed, stopped, looked back at us and again toward the deer, and finally, with head and tail drooping dejectedly, came back to Josh’s heels, The latter remarked that our not potting that deer had taken the wag out of Smith’s tail, and he looked disgusted. We missed him again shortly after, but thought no more about him until we arrived at ihe camp after a hard struggle through brush and timber in a vain attempt to find a serviceable short cut. ; When we had absorbed a comparatively large propor- tion of the deliciously cold water in the little brook we unlocked the cabin door, and, to our utmost astonisu- ment, there was old Smith, curled up most comfortably on Josh’s bed. As the windows were closed and the door padlocked, it beat us completely; and at intervals through the rest of the day some one would remark— to the trees, apparently— that he “gave it up.” We took a cold lunch and loafed around, enjoying the shade and the afternoon siesta until the lengtheninz shadaws and the delightiul coolness that comes on 19- ward evening warned us that it was time to think about supper. We were suddenly startled by an exclamation from Ned: “Great Scott! Ive got it!” Without deign- ing to notice our inquiry as to whether he ever took any- thing for it, he rushed out to the gable end of the cabin, where he found what we had not before noticed, a rough ladder left standing against the clay chimney, which was about 1oft. high. We followed in hot haste, only to hear him wonder “how in blazes did that old duffer know that the chimney opened into the house.” , The mystery was solved. There were the dog’s tracks in the ashes of the fireplace, where he had jumped, or ° rather slid down the chimney. “Talk about horse sense,” said Josh, ‘dog sense beats it from Alpha to Omaha, Tl bet a dollar and six bits none of us would have thought of climbing down that chimney to get in, though it’s big enough for two at once, unless it was Christmas time.” It really was almost incredible that a dog could have sense enough to understand the idea of the chimney con- necting with the open fireplace, and to climb up a lad- der on the outside and scramble down on the rough stones inside; but the fact remained as “gospel truth,” and can be certified to on oath by all three of us. He simply saw that we did not care to hunt that morning, and getting tired of working for nothing, had returned to camp. Finding the door and windows all closed, anid longing for those soft blankets inside, he had prospected around and hit upon this novel method of entering a house—a la Santa Clats. , When the dishes were washed that evening, and we were enjoying the “pipe of perfect peace;’ as Ned ex- pressed it, we agreed to let the deer alone for awhile and to pass the remainder of the time we could spare from business in the health-giying rest and thorough enjoy- ment of the pure mountain air, free from all fears of rain or dampness in this long California summer, Josh had arranged for one of his vaqueros to come for our game, and keeping orily enough for our own use, we divided the Aprit 15, 1809.] venison, sending generous portions to those of our friends who we knew would appreciate it. On the eve of our departure we were bewailing our hard fate that dragged us back to work, arranging for the next expedition, and assuring each other that noth- ing short of glue on the seat of our stools or the death of some distant re‘ative with a will in our favor attached would keep us in Gur offices-when the time came for it, when Josh broke out with “Ch, it’s lots of fun to camp In a climate free from damp, Where the sun shines all the summer, And every city bummer Can rusticate and busticate His last year’s Sunday pants. There’s nary rain to wet you through Or make you feel so cussed blue; And the only things you veto Are the bills of the mosquito, (The birds that bite both day and night), And those pesky little ants.” Here we caught him, gagged him and tied him to a tree till he promised not to inflict any more of this stuff upon ts—until next time. Jay Em. American Game Parks. — The “Forest and Stream’s” Fifth Annual Report on Game in Presetves. (Continued fro page 205.) The Sapelo Rod and Gun Club. Tue Sapelo Rod and Gun Club was incorporated under the laws of New York, Jan. 8, 1808. The following par- ticulars with regard to the club preserve are taken from the New York Evening Post: The preserve covers an area of about 10,000 acres, or some twelve square miles. It faces directly on Sapelo Sound, and is bounded on the north by White Chimney River and on the south by Sapelo River, so that in all it has a water front of about fifteen miles. This tract of land was originally made of four old plantations, and during the war was the scene of many stirring encoun- ters. Since that time it has been practically abandoned, and most of it is to-day in a state of wildness that, to- gether with its peculiar position between the two rivers, makes it an almost ideal natural game preserve. Unlike much of the surrounding country, the land is high, and covered with a heavy growth of Georgia pine. Here and there are open stretches and clearings that mark the once cultivated fields, covered in some instances by a scrub palmetto growth. North, south, east, and west it is one mass of verdure, and semi-tropical plants; palms and flowers are found in great profusion. Topographically the land is high in the middle, sloping gradually to the shores of the rivers that bound it on éither side. The heavy pine forests are surprisingly free from underbrush, thus affording better chances for a shot when the game is flushed. At the same time the quail meadows and the natural growth in the clearings furnish an excellent cover for the birds, so that it necessitates careful and thorough hunting, a fact that usually invites the prowess of the true sportsman. Along the shores of the Sapelo River for some three and one-half miles is a bluff that tises from 30 to Soft. almost sheer from a white and sandy beach. It is along this bluff that the headquarters of the club have been established. The white, sandy beach offers-facilities for excellent bathing, and the view from the top of the bluff is charming. A temporary house, that will accommodate ~ about twenty members, can be used at once, and no bet- ter place could be selected for the permanent home, look- ing out as it does across the sound, past the islands that fringe the Georgia coast line, and out upon the wide ex- panse of the Atlantic Ocean. Back of it are the heavy pine woods, and fish and game in abundance almost within reach. Lob cabins or lodges will be scattered through the preserve to serve as temporary camps for those who wish to rough it to the fullest extent, or who, in search of game, are led too far away from the house to return the same day. They will be built on the same order as the log camps in the Adirondack region that are so attrac- tive to any who have spent a day in the Northern Woods. A double wire fence will be built across the westward boundary from river to river, preventing the game from straying off the preserve, and affording a slight protec- tion from poachers. Of the game, quail abound, perhaps, in the largest number, the field making easy. ground, wihle there is also plenty of excellent cover. Game and fish of infinite variety are plentiful, and will repay the ‘most exacting angler or most ardent hunter for his trouble. An occasional bear, quantities of deer, and some wildcats make up the larger game, while wild turkey, water fowl of all kinds, quail, ruffed grouse, woodcock and pheasants are plentiful. The pheasants are of the English variety, and rather scarce, having strayed there from other pre- ‘serves, but once the club is established, it is intended to have a pheasantry, where the young birds can be reared and properly cared for till ready to be released. This will insure plenty of this game bird, that is such a favorite with all sportsmen. The rivers and sound swarm with fish; the salt-water trout that closely resembles our weak- fish furnishing, perhaps, the best sport. Add to these in- numerable turtle, terrapin, oysters, crabs and shrimps, and every table delicacy known to best hotels is ready to be taken for the trouble. The Country Club. On March 13, 1800, thirty-seven members of the Pacific- Union Club, of San Francisco, interested in field sports and country life, organized a club, which was called the Country Club. In September of the same year this club leased, with privilege of purchase, from Mr. Payne J. Shafter, 1,000 acres of land in what is known as Bear Walley, on the Shafter Ranch in Marin county, California ; and at the same time they obtained from Mr. Charles Webb Howard and the ‘owners of the Shafter ranches, leases for shooting and fishing privileges of a large tract of land containing about 76,000 acres. FOREST AND STREAM. bers, and no one, by its Constitution, is eligible to mem- eat unless he is a member of the Pacific-Union ub, Shortly after the leases before mentioned were ob- tained, the club set to work to provide accommodations for its members, and it has constructed upon its grounds in Bear Valley, a club house, stables, barns, dog kennels, shooting box, and all of the appliances and accessories incident to club life in the country, and has expended in the neighborhood of $25,000 for these improvements, The present leases expire in September, 1900. Nittany Rod and Gun Club. The club was organized at a meeting of subscribers held at Williamsport, Pa., April 30, 1897, with the following objects in view: First, to procure a modern country club house where its members could find a suitable and attractive retreat from business cares and a place for the entertainment of their families and friends. Second, to establish a quail preserve of sufficient area to provide ample shooting for members and their friends, and third, to secure a trout preserve that can be yearly stocked with large fish, and at the same time enjoy immunity from the market fishermen, whose wholesale slaughter has for years depleted the streams of the State. Flow well these objects have been carried out may be seen from the following facts taken from the club prospectus: “The quail preserve is composed of about 100 farms, with an area of 20,000 acres, located in Walker and Marion townships, extending from the Bald Eagle Moun- tains on the north to the Nittany Mountains on the south, thence through Nittany Valley for a distance of ten miles, or in the neighborhood of thirty square miles of territory. The exclusive game rights on these properties are under lease to the club for a term of years. “During the fall of 1897 and spring of 1898, 4,000 mated quail from Western States were planted on the preserve for breeding purposes. Based on an average yield of eight young birds to the pair, it was estimated there would be 20,000 quail for the shooting season of 1898, but from inquiries made after the spring nesting, it has been learned that nests found contained from fourteen to twen- ty-eight eggs. As many of these birds nest twice in the’ same season, the success of this feature of the club would seem to be assured. In all probability no further stock- ing will be necessary for several years. “For the ptirpose of a trout preserve, the club has leased for a term of years, Little Fishing Creek and Green Valley, through which it flows from its source to the club house, a distance of eight and one-half miles. The stream heads at the western extremity of this valley, and its course to the club house has a fall of about 7ooft. During the summer of 1897, sixty-three tight dams were constructed on the stfeam, and in November of that year 7,000 trout, ranging in size from 1) to gin. in length, were placed in these dams. It is the purpose of the club, so long as it may be necessary, to each year restock the stream with large fish. “As already stated Green Valley is about eight and one-half miles in width. No part of this territory is un- der cultivation; in fact, there is nothing more wild or picturesque to be found in the Allegheny Mountains. For many years these have been favorite grounds for pheasant and wild turkey shooting. These birds will, doubtless, rapidly incréase under the fostering care and protection of the club. “The home of the club is particularly fortunate in its location at the base of Nittany Mountains near Hecla Park (Mingoville Post-Office), Centre county, Pennsyl- yania, and within five minutes’ walk from the station of that name, on the Central Railroad of Pennsylvania. The house contains twenty-five rooms, including a sitting room, 20 to 38ft.; a dining room, 20 by 24ft.; each of which have two large, open fire-places; ladies’ parlor, also with an open fire-place; large well-ventilated sleeping apartments, card room, bath rooms and buffet, ali heated by steam; and supplied with spring water piped from the mountain near by. Double-deck porches, roft. in width, surround three sides of the house, having a floor surface of about 5,000 square feet. By means of a long-distance telephone in the house, members can be in easy communi- cation with their homes and business offices, “The club has now in contemplation the erection of additional buildings for a bowling alley, billiard and pool rooms; also a dog kennel of ample proportions, to be un- der the care of an experienced and competent dog trainer. “The club house grounds proper include a lawn of 30,- 000 square feet, appropriately laid out with limestone screening walks, an athletic field of eight acres for trap- shooting and other field sports, and an apple orchard of seven acres.” Santa Clara Preserve. Darwin J. Day is superintendent of the Santa Clara pre- serve, Brandon, Franklin county, N. Y. This includes an area of about 44,000 acres, of which 1,600 acres are burnt land. The burnt land is a great resort for deer, anil an excellent place for still-hunting. Mr. Day writes that last season sixty-two deer and one beat were killed. He adds: ‘With the experience I have had within the past four years regarding the game, I am satisfied that the deer are increasing very rapidly tnder the present law, and wish also to say I do think that we ought to have a bounty on foxes and otter, as otter destroy so many trout and foxes so many birds. Aside irom that, I thinis the law as it is is as neat right as to suit all classes of sportsmen as it can be.” . The Magaguadavic Fish and Game Corporation. The Magaguadavic Fish and Game Corporation was incorporated under the laws of New Brunswick in the year 1892, with a capital stock of $20,000 divided into 400 shares at $50 per share. The preserve-of the corporation consists of a tract of land 5,000 acres in area, known as the Stanus Grant, situated in Charlotte county in the south- eastern part of the Province of New Brunswick, and is practically an unbroken wilderness. The property is covered by a dense forest, interspersed by more than a score of Jakes and ponds and traversed from end to end by the beautiful and picturesque Magaguadayvic River, from which the corporation derives its nhame, which, with its nuumerous tributaries, furnishes opportunities for some of the most delightful and exciting canoe trips in the Province, a region noted for this sport. It is unsurpassed ‘fighters. 287 as a shooting and fishing country. It seems to have escaped the notice of the sportsman until recently, and its denizens on the land and in its waters have been allowed to increase in a primitive manner. When the pioneer sportsmen came here from the overcrowded and more famous resorts they were both surprised and delighted with the abundance of game, fur, fin and feather, and came away enthusiastic in its praise, with a determination to return. The formation of the above named corporation soon fol- lowed, and for a time flourished, increased in member- ship and seemed assured of a prosperous future; but at the height of its prosperity, for various reasons, it be- gan to lose ground until the year 1895, when a partial reorganization took place; new blood was infused into its management, and a new era of the brightest promise seems to have dawned on its affairs. Shocco Game Association. The Shoeco Game Association, of Baltimore, Mil, controls 19,000 acres of land in North Carolina, which is strictly preserved for the benefit of members. A part of the land is leased and part purchased outright, The head- quarters of the club is the fine old mansion known as “Montmorenci,’ built by the Jate Gen. William Williams at a cost of $33,000. Maple Lake Club. The Maple Lake Club was incorporated July 29, 1892, with a membership limited to ten. The property of the club consists of Maple Lake and about 2,000 acres of woodland in the town of Wilmurt, Herkimer county, N. Y. There is a substantial club house for the use of mem- bers. The lake has never been stocked, but it is a natural trout water, and is considered one of the best breeding grounds in the State. There is good partridge shooting in the club grounds, and some deer. Deer are increasing. Mr. John Cummings, Jr., writes that the fishing has im- proved each year, and that the club has become more popular with the members and their friends. Henry L, Smith. Mr. Henry L. Smith, of Albany. N. Y., is proprietor of a preserve in St. Lawrence county in the Adirondacks. The preserve includes four and one-half miles of water and is ten miles from the nearest town. There are good buildings in the tract, and as Mr. Smith writes, “lots of deer and the best of brook trout fishing.” Page Fence Company, The Page Fence Company have lately made an addt- tion to their game park at Adrian, Mich. At the present time they have ten buffalo and about twenty elk and thirty deer. They also have eight black bears. It is un- derstood that all the animals are in good condition. Mat-a-mek Presetve. “Mat-a-mek preserye, my little place in the woods, is not large nor important enough to be classed among the Americatt game parks. In our part of the woods we have managed to hold our own so far as deer and partridge and trout are concerned, and we hope that next year will show a decided improvement. ASHBEL P. FircH.” Tt is reported that Mr. E. B. Bailey, of Windsor Locks, Conn., has purchased the island tn the Connecticut River just above the railroad bridge with the intention of stock- ing it as a game preserve. The Hull (Ontario) Electric Raitlway- Company has under contemplation the creation of a game park to be stocked with American game animals. Boston Brantets. Boston, April 8—The first party of Monomoy brant shooters got back to Boston the other day. The weather was very bad—only one or two days in the whole week of their stay that it did not storm or blow a gale. But they secured thirty-two brant. This they consider a very good record for the first party of the season. They cal- culate that there was not a young bird in the lot; that they were all old birds that have staid around that section all winter. The man who has charge of the property of the Monomoy Brant Club, say that brant have been around all winter, and up to the time the first party left home, no brant had arrived from further south this season. There was some pretty fair black duck shooting, with now and then a sheldrake. The third shooting party is now in camp, and are reported to be having fine shooting, with more flight brant than the other parties saw. Mr. C. H. Alden, already mentioned as being at Homo- sassa, Florida, and greatly enjoying the shooting and fish- ing, has started for home. In his last letter to his friend Charlie Brown, he mentions taking thirty-four bass in a few hours’ fishing. One day he had the good fortune to hook on to a “cayalarie,” and fought him for hours, with a light rod. The fish was finally brought to the net, and weighed islbs. Mr. Alden writes that they are great He is mttch pleased with the place and its surroundings. It is about three miles only from the Gulf coast, on the Homosassa Riyer. There is great.sport there in the winter season for both rod and line and shooting sportsmen, SPECIAL. Deer in the Eastern Townships. Sutton, Province of Quebec, April 3.—Editor Forest and Stream: It will be of interest to many of your sports- men readers to learn the fact that deer are beginning to once again seek and breed in their old haunts in this sec- tion of the eastern townships. For years we have seen or heard of only an occasional deer having been seen in Siitton and the surrounding towns, but during the past season no less than nine fine deer were shot and secured during the open season on what is known as Sutton Mountains, lying between this village and Glen Sutton, and extending its ranges toward the town of Potton, Que. Others of the surrounding towns—iorming our famotis eastern townships of the Province of Quebec—report the same gratifying conditions of increase. Now let our close season game laws be generally observed, and within a few years our native township sportsmen should not have fo go too miles and more tao Lake Megantic and Spider Lake and to Maine for their large game. but will be able to tind it with ¢asy reach, Wm. Brown. “Concerning. an Epithet.” Editor Forest and Stream: As you know, [ am no sportsman, but I am an old hand al newspaper wars. and think I have known as many as the next man, and have watched the results of such rows, and | am quite sure that the man who indulges in vituperation of dissenters from him, seldom persuades anybody. The villifed are only made angry and the man with no convictions on the matter reniembers the old adage for lawyers, ‘When you have no case, abuse the other side and his attorney,” and judges of the merits of the case by the style of argument used. What is the aim of this epithet campaign? Conyver- sion of “hogs” or conviction in the public mind as to the rights or wrongs of killing too much game? The hog cry is not apt to convert, and with folks like myself that don’t care a fig for sport and would not give one cent ta save all the strictly gaine creatures in the country from extinction, that style of game preservation is not allur- ing. I know it would be preferable to have no “game” than to have it set tip that if my friend X Y Z shoots more birds than an undefined authority declares war- ranted, he is a “hog”; I know he isn’t anything of the sort, and how am I to know whether Tom, Dick and Harry know what a “sportsmanlike” limit is? Who was the here of fiction who laid his suecess in war and poetry to his following his sister’s adyice, “Mod- erate your transports?” Let me add, that while I claim the individual right to cate nothing for sport and to think that I am none the worse for this indifference, I am not “hog” enough to respect a man less becattse he is devoted to it. That is his right, and I have no right to condemn him. But I do not admit that a “sportsman” is one bit the better, or worse, man from being so. W. WADE. OakMonT, Pa., April 7. PHILADELPHIA Pa.—Editor Forest and Stream: The discussion in the columns of Forest AND STREAM con- cerning the propriety of an individual arrogating to him- self the right to denounce other individuals who differ from him as to the amount of game they may kill in one day, I perceive has aroused a great deal of interest. There has been quite enough opinion, adverse to tne stand taken by Mr. Schenck, to show that his opinions do not truly represent the opinions of sportsmen, In Forest AND StREAM of April 8 I read a vigorous letter from him in support of his contention. There 1s no doubt of his sincerity, The fact that he, on his own confession, was once a game hog and reformed, encour- ages me ta write this communication to you; lor if by argument he can be shown to be now wrong, I am sure he has moral firmness sufficient to enable him to again readjust his ethics on better lines. ' Before beginning the argument proper, I beg permi:- sion to quote from Mr. Schenck’s writings as follows: “Tt strikes me that no unselfish, reasonable sportsman can feel otherwise than ‘hot’ after secing. as we do, week after week, and month, the pages of. nearly every one of the papers devoted to field sports besmeare.l with the bloody records of intemperate, inhtman, wa- ton slaughters; records that make one’s trigger-finger itch with murderous intent, or cause him to hanker [i+ the enactment of a law that would land some of these evil-doers into the penitentiary.” 1 wish to ask Mr. Schenck, concerning this port, whether, if he were clothed with full authority to do s0, he would kill a man who killed more than his share of game in a day? Would he send a man to the peniten- tiary for life for the same offense? Suppose, at the pericd when he was a game hog, some game fanatic with a nervous trigger-finger had drawn a bead on him and filled his person with buckshot. In the dark ages, when emotion governed the action of some men more than did reason, other men were burned at the stake, or iin prisoned for life, or were executed in yarious barbarous ways for matters of opinion; but at the present day the great pride of the civilized world is in its tolerance of all opinion, and in its laws free from all taint of ven- geance. Tn respect to the duck-shooters’ club, whose members are permitted to kill fifty birds in a day, if my memory serves me tight this club owns or leases its grounds and protects them as a preserve, so that the members have certain property rights in the preserved game, differing entirely from the ordinary common law nights of the public. They pay out money for their property Tigiits and guard them much as Mr. Schenck does his own per- sonal property rights. : As to any record of sport with a shotgun or rifle. if anything at all is killed, the record is sure to be more or less bloody: this in reference to the excerpt quoted above. I do not think that Mr. S. can point out the “pages besmeared with the bloody records,’ ctc, The sportsmen of to-day are far in advance of those of years ago in the matter of the proper quantity to be killed in one day, and in the ethics of sport. I am sure that this change was not brought about by angry snarls and © the showing of pointed teeth. Suppose that one man, who has had but one great op- portunity to kill a large bag of game—let us say 100 ducks—offends from the standpoint of Mr. S. He has traveled a long distance, has liberally spent his money in the section wherein he shoots, and, in the enthusiasm of the sport and the bountiful supply he killed 100 birds in one day. Yes, let us assume that he killed. 300. ducks in three days. Now let us suppose that another sports- man, proud of his own shooting abstemiousness, killer but ten ducks in one day, yet goes out every day for thirty days, killing thus a total of 300 ducks. Will Mr. S. be so good as to explain how one got more than his share while the other got less, and wherein lies the dif- ference in the total result? If one shot too much game in short time, the other shot an equal amount in a longer time, so that as a matter of mathematics or an equality of shares, they both took precisely the same quantity. Eheu! Game is the property of the people, and as such is not valued and preserved with a view to the delectation of some man or men who own guns. It has a food signili- cance of greater public value than a sport significance. The lone shooter, who rants that his sport may be pre- served for him, should reconsider-and recognize that the FOREST AND STREAM. public at large may appreciate only material values of | public importance. Concerning the law on the matter Mr. Schenek pre- claims as follows: One of your correspondents, Mr. L. A. C., takes exception to iuy argument, beeause it seems to remotely connect the crime of larceny with immoderate game killing, and holds that, while there are statutory provisions governing tlie one, there is no law to goyern Opinions as to what shonld constitute a reasonable ba for a day’s shooting; in fact, he in effect holds that in this matter every man is a church uuto himself, T beg Jeave to differ with the gentleman; the great unwritten Jaw of ‘common oe ie governs in these premises as jetfectly as does aty IAw on ft statute books relative to larceny, although it does not perliaps affix quite so severe petalti¢s, If the unwritten Jaw nanied {5 — not sufficient to cover the ground, the “golden rile” indirectly applies, as do may other of the teachities relative to moderation and temperance, of the Great Teacher, whom your correspondent quotes. Forbearance in dealing with the immoderate game killer has ceased to he a virtue, antl the day of retribution is at hand. The unwritten law of “common honesty’ is not wull taken, There is no such law. Honesty is the ‘source of all law, and not the law itself. In any case, it has no application whatever to the point in question. The game of a State belongs to the people of that State. The tirle is very vague and remote. While the people own the fame, no one person has any title to if whatever till he has the game reduced to his possession. After that it is the person's own property, with some or no «ualifiea- tions in different States, according to the different laws which govern therein, There is no dishonesty whatever in killing the game when the statute and common laws are obseryed in the killing. There is no share belong- ing to anyone. The game is in a state of fere nature before it is killed; afterward it is the property of him who takes it. If we consider that the people has shares, then the man who does not own a gun has just as much right to his share as has the man who does. If Rhode Island has a population of 420,000, with an area of 1,306 square miles, then there probably is less than one bird to each person within that State. Any man who takes mote than one bird takes, therefore. more than his share. Mr. Schenck’s position may be brought to the reductio ad absurdum in many other ways. L. A. Crt press. New Brunswick Notes. Some of the game officials have been displaying a com- mendable degree of alacrity of late in looking atter per- sons suspected of killing moose in the deep snow. The test flagrant case reported was that of Mr, A. FE. Han- son, a Deputy Crown Land Surveyor, who, by virtue of his office, is also a game warden. Mr. Hanson was com- inissioned to run some linés on the headwaters of the Yobique and Nepisiguit. He shot a bull moose some weeks ago, and upon reaching Bathurst last Saturday was arraigned before Stipendiary Magistrate McLaughlin on complaint of Warden Bishop, Mr. Hanson pleaded guilty to the charge and the minimum fine of $50 was imposed. His plea was that he was short of provisions and that his party needed the moose hide to sleep upon at nights when camping in the snow. This plea is rather weakened by the fact, not brought out at Bathurst, that before leaving Fredericton upon the suryey referred to, Flanson bor- rowed a rifle and stated to a number of persons that he proposed to shoot a moose if he required it, Long before Hanson emerged froin the survey it was reported at Fredericton and elsewhere that he had killed a moose and local sentiment was very strong against him, not only because of the position which he held, but the boldness he had shown in defying the law. At the in- stance of Game Commissioner Knight, information was lodged against him at Fredericton, and it can scarcely be doubted that if Hanson had faced the music here the niagistrate would have imposed the maximum penalty of $200. Country justices are notoriously lax in their admin- istration of the game laws, and there is quite a general he- lief that, in the present case, Hanson knew that the authorities were on his track, and deliberately promoted the proceedings at Bathurst in order that he might escape with a minimum penalty. However, the end is not yet. If it shall appear that there was any collusion in reference to the Bathurst proceedings, Hanson will again be ar- raigned on the information laid at Fredericton. In any case, the leader of the Governinent, Premier Emmerson. announces his intention to suspend Hanson for a period from his office of Deputy Crown Land Surveyor. One of the strongest obstacles in the way of a yieorous enforcement of the Jaws is that country magistrates are disposed to take a most lenient view of the offenses brought before them, in nearly all cases imposing the ininimum penalty and frequently allowing this to stand. Cases are even mentioned where they have ignored the plain provisions of the law entirely, and imposed a fine of $ro for killing moose out of season, whereas. the smallest amount they could legally impose is $ro. For this reason the Chief Game Commissioner is endeavoring to have offenders, as far as possible, arraigned before magistrates of intelligence and experience in St. John, Fredericton and other cities, At St, John on Saturday last Albert Alward, of Queens county, appeared in answer to the charge of hunting a cow moose and of killing a moose out of season. He was fined $100 on each of these counts, the latter being allowed to stand. Alward was captured through the clever work of Detective Ring. A confederate escaped, but is being shadowed. A great deal depends upon the county game wardens. Some of them are active, intelligent men who discharge their duties fearlessly; others are nonentities who like to whittle a good fat cedar shingle at the grocery store. Warden Henry Bishop, of Bathurst, is one of the most efficient officials to be found in the Province, being not only a friend in need_to the visiting sportsman, but a terror to evildoers. On Saturday last he laid informa- tion against John Glasier, James Aube, Thomas Lavigne, Joseph Melanson, Thomas Glasier, Ambrose Doucet, Joseph Coutre, Jr., and Frank Hurst. Each or these parties were fined $50 for hunting moose out of season, two months being allowed them in which to pay the same. It is to be feared that no efforts to enforce the laws will prove effectual until the Government recognizes the dire effects of-this deep snow butchery business and pro- vides sufficient funds to employ an efficient force of wat- dens and detectives. It is certain that not one case out of fifty is ever brought to the notice of the authorities. My information is that in some sections of Maine the situa- tion is not much better. A good many young men from |ApRit 15, 1899. == New Brunswick work in the Maine woods in winter, re- turning home in the spring. Some of these youths give a. very circumstantial account of the Killing of many moose and deer by the loggers in the Aroostook region, "Tis a weary world. Franc H, RIstRen, Prepericron, April 8, ‘N, B.—Since foregoing was writtes, Stiryeyor-General Dunn has suspended Hanson for two motiths ard fited hin $150 for shooting a fiodse otit of sedson; if case fine is not paid at the end of two miotitlis, Siisperision to continue ahtil it is paid. oe eal gee The Hunting Rifle. Editor Forest and Streanv: I wish to make a rifle inquiry which has long been at my finger ends. That is, why is the double tifle shaped precisely like a shotgun, and about as heavy, so little known in the United States? To my mind there was neyer so really lovable a weapon 1H the world; Evety time I tead of a man ii trouble with his rifle, 1 feel like writing to him aid askitig lili if he ever saw a dotible hammierless @xptess. Let hie niention two or three con- stant catises of profanity to the North American big game hunter. Perhaps the greatest is the snow and ice in the gun locks, or the alternative sticking of the weapon in the gun coat at the supreme moment of the unexpected chance for a shot. Mr. Frederic Remington, in his recent article “The White Forest,” in Harper's Magazine, tells it in a sentence: ‘“‘We were led up hills, through dense hem- lock thickets, where the falling snow nearly clogged the action of my rifle, and filled the sights with i¢e,”’ No matt can travel through stiow-laden branches and keep a faked rifle fit for instant tise. Neither cat a répeater, with its peculiar shape, be telied off to come otit of a cover at the first pull. A sniooth-hipped jidninierless will do so. Beat wittess the old Sharps. The only thing that ever caught in the cover was the sight, and the peculiar shape of the modern double hammerless preyents this from catching. But the greatest advantage about the double rifle is its instant second chance. Mr. Hough, in describing the virtues of the yaliant John Munroe, in “Sheep and Snow- shoes,” told how bravely that delightful mountain man stood his ground in the face of a charging grizzly, “when he knew he would have only one shot.’ The good Mr. Munroe was armed on that oceasion with a big repeatin rifle. The bear was skulking through the btishes, ie when he cane out like 4 ragitig jabberwock, a few feet away, there was fio ¢haitce to work the lever. The situation wads precisely that which tiger hunters face near- ly always. And no sane man, [I suppose, ever chose a re- peater for tiger shooting. Where a very qitick shot is required, no repeater, worked with a leyer by the trigger hand, is ever quite quick enough. With a double rifle, as with a double gun, one can place two accurately aimed shots more quickly than with any repeater, and four shots as quickly. And the man who is preparing for his second shot as he fires his first—a habit which “repeaters” near- ly all haye—will not make so good a first shot as he will if he knows the sécond awaits only oie other motioih—s finger pull, , E The best authority on the practical effects of rifle bullets with whom I am acquainted is that famous sur- veyor-puide, Mr. Henry Braithwaite, of New Brunswick. He has been present at the downfall of more moose during the last thirty years than aziy other man I know, and he has seen more moose depart for unknown localities, to the music of more kinds of rifles, in the hands of more kinds of men. He is as broad minded as the world, and can tell you more about the history of firearms than most gun makers can. He believes that the only weapon stited for big game shooting is a double rifle. The small-bore smokeless tifle 1§ unqttestionably a great factor in the gun problem nowadays. This parddoxical arm has reversed the usual order of progress in fireartis. Most, if not all, of the improvements heretofore have béett made first in sporting arms, and then have slowly been adapted to the uses of the non-experts who make up the greater per cent. of armies. The small-bore smokeless is a distinctly military arm. Its greatest claim to the sports- man’s respect is its long point blank, It practically eliminates the bullet’s drop at sporting ranges. Its lack of driving, smashing force is the great objection to it. in the hands of very expert shots it often kills at once, be- cause they place the bullets just where they do the most harm. A year ago I sat in a refreshment roam in Bos- ton with one of the surest rifle shots in this country, and he told me how he had knocked tliown a large moose a few weeks before with one shot from his pretty little .30 repeater. He said then that he believed any man who could shoot straight needed no better weapon. This fall Forest AND STREAM recorded the fact that this gentle nian, using the same weapon, hit his moose just where he wanted to, and the moose plunged away to an unknown deathbed, where its bones are now being picked by the gorbies and the minks. What we all want 1s a rifle with a long point-blank range, with paralyzing power af the end of that range. Discussing these things with Mr. Braithwaite, in front of a glorious winter fire, he said to me: “If there could be a double rifle of about ,4o caliber with a heavy, soft-nosed bullet, and burning about fifty grains of smokeless powder, a rifle having about the smashing power of an ordinary .50 English express, it would be as good at 2ooyds. as the .50 is at 5oyds., and would be the ideal hunting weapon.” ; I wondered if all the world was bound down to knitting—_ needle calibers, and made up my mind that there must be some maker who had sense enough to see the utility of such an arm. Sure enough, it is being sold in London, and is a great favorite in Africa and India. Another illus- tration of the fact that one-half the world does not know how the other half shoots, This .40 rifle burns fifty grains of cordite, fires a 400-grain bullet, and develops more striking shock than a .50, with as much penetration as a .45 government. A 24in. barrel is plenty long enough, and.it seems to me that this hammerless double tifle, with the beautiful sights which always come on these artistically made weapons, is the ideal which com- bines all we know of sporting gunnery. jac 2 T have roughly calculated that the extra weights of the rifles I have carried, multiplied by the hours I have car- ried them, would lift the capitol of the greatest nation on ~ Apait 1%, 7809.) ' FOREST AND STREAM. 289 earth, The reason for this is the same as that which conipels the dug-out to be thicker and heavier than the Peterboro’ canoe. There is the same difference between an American tepeating and an English double rifle, So far as I know, there is no American shotgun maker who also builds double rifles. But if every man who uses a twelve dollar rifle and a hundred dollar shotgun could handle a really artistic double express rifle, I am sure there would be an opening for a new fifle factory in the United States, or an encouragement to our American rifle makers to enlarge the lists of their models. Uniformity of action between rifle and gun is also a controlling reason for having both alike. Any one who has fired at partridges and caribou the same day will testify to that fact. FREDERIC IkLAND: CHICAGO AND THE WEST. Troublous Times in Illinois. Cuicaco, Ill., April 8—Times are growing exciting in this yicinity just now. As matters stand to-day there i: a reasonable show that a law will be passed which will leaye Chicago market open the year round to outside game. A few sportsmen are fighting this possibility. The measure is already passed by the Senate, this being no less than the Senate bill No. 43, to which attention has been called in the last two issues of Forest AND STREAM, A warm meeting of those opposed to this measure was held yesterday afternoon. but wotldn’t it be a little more pleasant if the hiring’ of the guide were leit a matter to be regulated by preference and not by law? I shouldn’t mind the license part of it— if I had the price—but I confess I don’t like the notion of being told that I must have a guide whether I like the color of his hair and eyes or not; that all my rising up and sitting down must be watched by the neyer-sleeping eye of Wyoming as per the aforesaid guide, who is to have his hand continually on my collar and his beak con- tinually in my financial heart. Still, big game hinting is a thing chiefly for the rich nowadays, and the game has been disappearing so fast that I do not blame the resi- dents of Wyoming for taking radical measures. If this new act, stringent as it is, shall keep out the butchers, and if it shall let in only a few good hunters, and if these few shall be so closely watched by intelligent and virtuous euides that they dare not lapse from rectitude, then this Wyoming law will protect the game as well as comfort the guides, There are several ifs to this. I get part of my advice on this Wyoming Jaw from Mr. Wm. Wells, of Uinta County, Wyo., a contributor to the Forest AND SPREAM, whose writing always has somec- thing to it, and who is very well known to most of the big game hunters of the East as a thoroughly reliabie man for consultation about a big game trip. Mr, Wells writes me as below: “Gros Ventre Lodge, Wells Po. O., Uinta Co., Wyo,, April 5.— liear Mr. Hough: I have neglected writing to you for some time. _\We are having a wintér wp here to be remembered. Siow over 4{t. on the level, and very little thaw as yet. Two of the boys in from the Big Gros Vertre, where the main herds of elk are, re- port the elk doing well and no dead ones, and enough gtass show- ing wp on the south clopes and ridges to furnish plenty of feed The elk and deer here on the head of Green River are all O. K. but EF am worried about the elk and antelope on the desert. Stil fey may be all tight, as reports from the Big Pineys say not nich snow down there. I suppose you have seen the new Wyom- ing game law. It is a radical one, $40 licensé on non-residents, cumpels all guides to be registered, and who must be bona fide citizens of Wyoming, thus blocking out all the Montana and “daha guides, No non-resident ¢an hunt unless Ne has witn him a reg- istered guide. Amount of game to be killed by one person veatly limited 40 two elk, two deer three antelone, on slicey) and one goat. This amount of game may be taken out of the State by the person killing it, Open season on big game, September, Octo- ber and November.” I had cherished as one of my dreams a little trip out to Mr. Wells’ Gros Ventre Lodge some day before very long, as I know he is in a splendid game country; but if the license keeps on rising and the price of poetry rules low, as it has for the past few years, I don’t see how I aim going to make it connect all around. I have always wanted to get into the Wind River country. Yet when I reflect that this is the way the Wyoming men get back at the Eastern butchers who go out there and kill a hundred elk on one trip, as reported in recent letters. from Mr. Daniels, of this city, then I am free to say that I do nat blame them a bit on earth, and I would be still more rabid if I were a Wyoming man, How about Michigan, In the slang of the day, it is up to Governor Pingtee now in Michigan. He has said that he would veto the Leidlein bill permitting spring shooting in Michigan, an‘ “it is now his privilege to do so. ‘The’ fellowing lette1 was yesterday addressed to Governor Pingree by a gentle- man of that State, who has always been very energetic ‘n his efforts at practical game protection, and I hope it may be of weight sufficient in’ connection with Governor Pin- gree’s good judgment to stop the backward step in gaod ald Michigan. I need not, under the circumstances, mea tion the name of the writer, whose communication is as below:- ‘ : “Hon, H. S. Pingtee, Lansing, Mich._—Dear Sir: I am grqit- fied to learn on reading last night’s paper that you have taken a stand toward vetoing ‘Senator Leidlein’s bill permitting -spring shooting, and I cannot tirge too’ strongly in behalf of the eports- men of Saginaw and in behalf of the true protectionists of game that you maintain this position, To permit, at this time, spring shooting would be a step backward in game protection. For yeats, the energetic sportsmen and game protectionists have la- bored to have laws enacted preyenting the shooting of these breed- ing birds in the springtime, when they were paired and mated, and when the destruction of one meant the destruction of an en- tire brood. At last, by conference, the Legislatures of Illinois and Wisconsin agreed to abolish spring shooting, with the under- standing that Michigan did likewise, and the pronuse was well kept two years ago. The claim has been made that if spring shooting was allowed in one State, the selfish greed of the neigh: boring States demanded the same privilege of Slaughter. Now, I say, the two neighboring States have a law that prevents spring ‘shooting, and Michigan cannot afford to havé her honorable repu- tation tarnished by going back on this agreement, or even with- out the agreement, by taking this barbarous step backward, In the State of Ohic they are even more rigid than we are here, and not only do they prohibit spring shooting, but in many localities the shooting of ducks is limited to three days per week during the open season in the fall. Every one who is interested in the subject has agreed that too much cannot be done to protect game birds and fishes and song birds, for with the rapid diminishing of our forests their natural covers and their natural places of breed- ing and feeding have become so Scarce that the songsters and the game birds naturally decrease. With the aid of modern fire- arms and especially the pump gun in the hands of those who have no sentiment for the songsters and care no more for the game ‘birds than the dollar they will bring, and which fill the pot for them no more acceptably than a chunk of pork does, the work of slaughtering goes on, ‘ “7 do not want to burden you with many Jong letters, but I am very warm on this subject, for I do not want them to disap- pear like the buffalo and wild pigeon have. Show this letter to my friend Chase H. Osborn, ex-game watden; he may want to use some portions of it. and I know he is a practical game pro- tectionists and can readily distinguish between the pot hunter and the unselfish citizen.” . The Neighbors are Good. TI surely do haye good neighbors. For instance, look at this, which comes from my friend, Maj. T. G, Dabney (“Coahoma”), of Clarksdale, Miss.: “T picked up an old volume, or part of one, which T read with much interest, and think it may be of interest to you. I will mail it to you, and if, after examining it. vou place any value upon its possession you may regard it aS your property. ; j “The book is an itinerarv in diarv form of an exped)- tion commanded by Lieut. Zebulen M. Pike. U. 5. A... as officially reported by himself, from St. Louis to the sources of the Mississippi River. in 1805-1806. . “Also a second expedition to the’ sources of the Arkan- sas, Red River and Rio del Norte.” ~~ »~* Now, that “Coahoma” should have stopped buildinz levees and catching snakes for domestic purposes 1s not altogether so surprising, bint that he should so nicely 4't the very dearest wishes of a fellow man, who is many hundreds of miles distant from him is the singular part of it, It happens to be one of my matias to get hold oj all the old books on early Western life that I can fin’. “ ' AbRizt, 23, 1899.] FOREST AND STREAM. B09 - cSt. Beer a he 7 Witness the-great good fortune by which Mr. Horace Kephart,.of-St. Louis, made me a gift of that very dear old book, Mr, Howe's “The Great West,” which dates back to 7855. Yet this old treasure of “Coahoma’s’’ is still ‘older. The Pike narratives, of course, date 1805 and 18c6, and this wern old copy seems to have been printed trot much later than that date. It is soiled, and staine, and torn, and bruised, but its good leather backs holds manv a good hour’s reading. Sturdy, devout, expansion- ist Zebulon Pike. what a good time he did have in the days when Louisiana ran all the way to the British line on the North, and nobody knew how far West! Per- haps some day I may find something curious in this old book for Chicago and the West. And this does not end the chapter of good neighbors who send in things which I need and things which I love. T don’t know why they do this, but they do. Thus, I haye another letter which touches me, bearing as it does L ae . upon the belongings of a good sportsman who has closed his chapter of sport and put aside his gun and rod for- ever. I don’t know that I ought to print such a letter, but these thintss all seem to me to belong to the family. It : from Mr. Wm. Cuppage, of Newkirk, Okla., and reads: “T used ta be very fond of fishing, but have not done any, since "70. I have some flies which belonged to my brother, Col. C.. who used some of them in India, Nor- way and Great Britain. He died in ’72, and I have had them ever since. It is not likely I shall use them soon, and if you could use them I would mail them to you, ‘They will be spoiled if I keep them much longer, and I would like some one have them that would appreciaie them.” I hardly. need say that I wrote Mr. Cuppage that I ‘should always keep safe these things which his brother prized so much during his life. No doubt their former owner knew Forrest AND STREAM, and derived pleasure from it, and these possessions which come back to the Forest AND STREAM have a certain fitness as well as a pathos of their own, and should be sacred. Personal. Capt. O. C. Guessaz writes from Havana, Cuba, that he is dead in love with Cuba, and is going to locate there when this cruel war is over. I don’t altogether like to hear this, as it will rob San Antonio of one of its main delights for me. Captain Guessaz tells me that Cuba 1s by no means without sport, for he has found six bevies of quail in a half hour's tramp. He says also that the streams are numerous and clesr and full of fish, and all in all he thinks he has found the promised land. As to the yellow fever, he scoffs at it and says there are men in Havana who never heard of it, who have been living therefor years. Guessaz is indestructible himself, and 1 imagine will never discover there is any such thing as sickness so long as there are such things-as quail, I am glad to be able to add that he comes back to San An- tonio for the summer, and may possibly come around by Chicago. This last is a part of the programme which he had better not omit. ne oflecd We Minresota. : - Having been partially off the earth for some time | _ -lrave not at hand the new Minnesota game law, which [ - - take it is new passed. Last week the Minnesota Senate - passed an amendment abolishing spring shooting; an “asked the House to concur in this act. A section was passed’ compelling all non-resident big game hunters to pay a $25 license, residents to pay a 25 cents license fee. Brook trout were forbidden to be sold till 1902. Spear- ing with artificial light was prohibited. I take it we may depend on these features going through all right; and may congratulate Minnesota as being the one State to come close to living up to the interstate wardens’ con- ~ yention. whose bill has been often referred to in this paper. There is progress in Minnesota, though in Illinois aye can write a whole book on Looking Backward. Opening Day. To-day is opening day of trout in Wisconsin, and as we have had a week of beautiful warm weather, it is more than likely that on a few of the earlier streams, such as the White River, and other streams near Princeton, to say nothing of watets lower down in the State, there have been some trout taken. The best of the sport on trotit in that State, however, will come a little later, and 30 days later will be far better for the fly. Bait fishing, and that for dull fish and in uncleared waters, is the history of most first weeks in this section. Snipe. The snipe are in. Frank Bissel a week ago reported a good number of snipe at Water Valley, Ind., where te was shooting ducks. Yesterday a bag of twenty-one ‘snipe was made on the Skoie marsh, north of Chicago, The past five days have been exactly right, and I highly recommend anyone cating for snipe shooting to have himself ready for this coming week. The best knowz Kankakee points should be productive. ; Singing Mouse No. J3. Mr. Harry S. Loftie, of Syracuse, N. Y., writes me about a singing mouse which he has captured, and I give this as Singing Mouse No. 13 in the FoREsT AND STREAM series. He says: | mn _ “E have in my possession a singing mouse, or, in fact, about as near as yowr can come to it. It is not any different in appearance from the ordinary mouse, but his voice 1s whete the mystery is. - Before I caught him we were trying hard to discover where the noise came from, as at fimies it resembled a canary bird exactly. ‘A eréat many notes sounded exactly like one, only not very loud. It could be heard at a distance of 100ft very plain. But since I have had him in a cage he does not sing any ‘in the daytime. but some nights he will sing ae cai for hours at a time. No one has eyer heard anything like it. I wish you would kindly ‘give me a brief history of the singing mouse, and I will be much obliged to you for your kindness.” T cannot give Mr. Lottie very much of a history of the animal known as the singing mouse, except to say that it is well accepted by scientists, though no one seems to have discovered what it is that causes it to sing or enables it to sing. I have heard it suggested that the singing note is only uttered by mice that are diseased, but this I take to be a merely fanciful and unsupported assertion. I dis- covered a singing mense—or rather two of them—before I had ever read or heard of any such thing being known, It was at first rather hard to believe one’s ears—or rather his eyes and ears together—for it does not seem natural to hear a mouse sing. Yet once in a while a mouse does sing, and very sweetly and thrillingly, too, as Mr. Loftie has by himself also discovered, I beseech him to take care of the little creature, and hope it may live long ani prosper, I never owned a singing mouse myself, as both those I heard were not captive, I imagine there are few persons who can claim such live stock, The few speci- mens of singing mice of which I have heard in captivity did not live very long. I hope Mr. Loftie may have bet- ter luck with his. E, Hoven, 1200 Boyce Burxtpinc, Chicago, “Concerning an Epithet.” “How absolute he is! we must Speak by the card, or equivocation will Undo us.” —Hamlet, Act Y., Scene I. Editor Forest and Stream: Your Philadelphia contributor, Mr, Childress, seems anxious to continue a controversy that has already taken up far too much of valuable space in the columns of your. paper, but as he insists upon holding me strictly to the letter of my remarks and asks certain questions relative to them, in order to place myself right before your read- ers, I will, with your permission, answer them. The gentleman charges me with having in a prior arti- cle made an argumient, thanks! I attempted none; life is too short for that sort of thing; I merely made a few statements of individual opinion, I would much rather run a foot-race any day than get into an argument and am no sprinter at that. But to the questions. Qutes, “Would Mr. S."—meaning me—‘if clothed with full authority, kill a man for taking more than his share of game in a day?” Ans. Not on your life; probably wouldn't say a word about it to him either, if he hap- pened to be large and appeared to be vigorous. Our friend must not imagine that when a reader of Forest AND STREAM tells him that his trigger finger itched with righteous indignation, or something like that, that he is “intent on murder bent,” the language is figurative only. The great family of readers of that paper are too well bred to even mistake a man for gatne and kill him that way, they always have in mind the maxim “when you shoot be sure you know what you are shooting at.” But this is digression; let us get back to our sheep. Ques. “Would he’—meaning me again—‘“for the same offense send a man to the penitentiary for lifer’ Ans. No; hardly for life; about 30 days for first offense, with lib- eral increase for subsequent offenses; sentence to be sus- pended upon promise to reform. There; that covers I believe the questions propounded by Mr. C., let me ask him a couple. Mr..C. speaks of ducks as being preserved game and tells us that a certain shooters’ club had certain property rights in him, the duck. When, I ask, did the duck cease to be a migratory bird and become so per- manent a resident of any place as would warrant any shooters’ club claiming any property right in him, except when dead and reduced to possession? If it is not a half- way sort of robbery to take more than one’s shate of mi- gratory game, what is it? The immoderate killing of even preserved game of any kind is usually an indication of brutal instincts (see some of the criticism on the inordin- ate slaughter of preserved game by our friends on the other side of the pond, in back numbers of Forrst AND Stream). Another opinion of mine; backed by Forest AND STREAM this time. ' Our Quaker City friend does not believe that the pages of the papers devoted to field sports are “besmeared with the bloody records of immoderate slaughter of game.’’ It is very evident that the gentleman only reads Forest AND StTrREAM—quite commendable—which paper, as stated by me in the article to which he takes exception, very rarely offends in the killing line, but let him scan the columns of some of the so-called sportsman’s magazines and tell “as what he finds there. True; a large percentage of what he will find there is exaggeration, but not ali of it; I only wish it was all exaggeration. In his last communication he says, “the unwritten law of common honesty.” ‘There is no such law.” I guess Mr. C. ts right. I wrote, or at least, intended to write it, “common decency; the man who set it up made it “common honesty,” he should not be condemned,, my chirography is very unlike copper plate. There 1s, however, such a law as “the great unwritten law of common de- ceney,’ we have had it here for an age and it ought to have reached Philadelphia by this time. Unwritten laws are not always found in the statute books. Hope Mr. C. will mot take this last remark in too literal a sense and call me down. All of our friend’s arguments relative fo property rights in game has been discussed, ad natiseam, on the pages of nearly every one of the sportsman’s papers and magazines, for the past 20 years; discussed in the same manner and in almost the identical language used by him; it is, therefore, not new, neither has it the slightest bear- ing on the question of immoderate game killing: Because a man happens to own a small share in a piece of prop- erty it is no warrant for his taking the whole of it by any means. The game is the property of the people and he who takes more than a fair share of it does that which I believe at least 80 per cent, of our sportsmen concede to be wrong, intensely wrong, and he is a mighty dull man who in this day of enlightenment does not know that tnlimited slaughter of game is wrong. To my mind the only ques- tion before the house is how to right the wrong. Forest AND S@fREAM suggests one way, Others have suggested another, the doctors disagree; who shall decide? All the raps [ have received in this controversy came about from my having offered my. individual opinion of the “immod- erate killer,’ an- item in ForREsT AND STREAM: pertaining thereto, and I now ask that if my position in the matter is not entirely clear, to say that I have the same liking for the wilful, persistent, game-hog that I have for a fellow who would strangle an infant, or poison a well. As an offset to the adverse criticism*on-my position, noted by Mr. Childress, I wish to add that during the past 10 days I have received at least a dozen letters of ‘commendation and endorsement, three of which were from gentlemen connected with the Museum of Natural a ‘snipe? Also of cooking them?” History and the New York Zoologicaal Park and had I permission would send them to you for publication-if-you were so disposed.- For myself, however, I promise that you will hear no more from me on this subject, even if called a cosine, or even that awful name “game fanatic,” the antithesis I presume of “game-hog.” M, ScHENCK. = lRoy, April 15, Litchfield Park. I received some time ago a letter from you asking about “Litchfield Park” for your usual report on game parks, You have in former numbers pretty well described the park, My elk are breeding and doing well. I have lost quite a number from various causes, but the remainder are looking splendidly. I have a herd now of nearly 20 moose, all of which came from outside of the United States, some from Can- ada, some from Manitoba. They are doing well and will probably breed next year. A bunch of fallow deer were put in over a year ago, I should judge that nearly half of them are dead, as we only see that percentage around. These animals require a little feeding in the winter, Have not been able to obtain beaver as yet. Built ten miles of first-class carriage drives last year. Epwarp H. LitcHFIExp. Vermont Deer in the Sugar Bush, EAst Dorset, Vt., April 10—The deep snow and-. crust on the mountain have driven a great many of the deer down into the valley during the past two or three weeks and they ate seen nearly every day within a few rods of this village, Another thing I noticed a day or two ago is that they are drinking sap from buckets in the woods and it may be that in a measure which is* keeping’ them in the valley. I saw one licking syrup off from an~ old milk can which had been used to catry sytiup down from the woods a few days ago, so I conclude they are fond of sweets. ‘ ho pa More partridges (ruffed grouse) are wintering in the ~ woods about here this winter than I have seen in five or six years, so I think, if we have good weather during the hatching and breeding season, we may reasonably ex- pect a good many birds another fall. C. W. BARTLETT, , Pheasant Stocking. Apropos of the Brief’s pheasant breeding instructions, Mr, W. B. Mershon writes from East Saginaw, Mich,: “There is a good deal of interest taken, by the sports- men around here in this pheasant business, It is gomg to have a good effect in this way; it is going to educate the people to game protection and to prize our native birds more highly, “We never had more quail in Saginaw county than last year. How they wintered I cannot say. It was one continual starm during March, and earlier in the winter we had five days when the thermometer ranged from tn to 23 below, and even at noontime was not ahove zero Fortunately then there was no snow on the grovnd.” ; How to Cook a Snipe. L. D. C: asks: “What is the best way of dressing a Pick it (but don’t draw it), and broil. Or wrap in bacon, skewer, and roast in a pot. This if one of the smaller snipe. The larger ones, pick, draw, split, add bacon and broil, - Some add onion, and there’s.a woman down on Cape Cod who does her snipe with garlick; no matter how many birds her guests’ bring in, when she fixes them up they prove all too few for a Cape Cod gun- ning appetite, Some folks leave the trail in all snipe and woodeock. Weights of Foxes. Editor Forest and Stream: My own limited experience corroborates Mr. Stark’s testimony concerning weight of foxes. It so happened that the smallest and the largest foxes I ever killed were shot when I had no knife with me, and I was obliged to carry them home to skin. I improved the chance to weigh them, and the small one weighed 7lbs., the large one r2lbs. The Canada lyix weighed 17Ibs. AWAHSOOSE, Ontario Deer Killing in Water. Last week the Ontario Legislature legalized the killing of deer in water on the ground that it was inadvisable to prohibit it as long as hounding should be allowed. The ‘great increase in the slaughter of deer, which is inevitable. may eventually result in the prohibiting of hounding. If so, the retrogressive action of the Legislature will be a good thing in the long run—Canadian Champion, Mil- ton, Ont. “4 Every Number will be Gnmpletes Editor Porest and Streant: - In re Woodcraft, you have served up a ‘‘menu” that ought to. be appreciated. The stories by Mather, Robinson and Nessmiuk ought to be enough to make “em bite: I hone you make each number complete. TRANK A. BATEs. [Yes, every number of Woodcraft will be complete. There will be no “continued in our next.” But certain papers in one num- ‘ber may be supplemented by some others in a later issue. Thus, Philip Gilbert Hamerton’s chapter on “Dogs” will have as a complement in some future number Grant Allen’s “The Dog’s Univetse.” A list of the contents of the April number is given in our advertising pages.] Y Mollie’s Easter Hat. I’ve got to kill a jaybird—a robin an’ all that, ; For we're goin” to economize on Mollie’s Easter hat: — = She’s goin’ to trim it up herself—them wuz her yery words— An’ so, I’ve took the contract fer to bring her in the birds! Now, thar’s a woman sensible—don’t put on any frills? — An’ never tries to break a man with millinery billsé What does she want with feathers in the shiny shops in town,” When I kin load my rifle up_an’ bring the feathers down! ‘2 _ =F, L, S. in Atlanta Constitution. 310 FOREST AND STREAM. [APRIL 22, 1899. Sea and River Sishing. The Hook and I. Every fisherman has heard his well-meaning but non- fishing friends exclaim: “Oh, I haven’t the patience to fish!” as though that was all that went to make up a fisherman. Usually you smile or murmur vaguely that everything comes to him who waits, but now and then someone will come over the well-worn phrase on whom you can pour out your phials of wrath in telling him that he also lacks skill, energy, brains, and the gift. Patience, with them means a rod, a body of water, and hours of time, and frequent repetitions of the dose. Patience, in- deed! Why, some of the most successful fishers I have ever been with have made the air quite blue around them with the fervency of their remarks when flies were missed, leaders breaking, rods a-smashing! I have seen a fouled reel cause an atdent fisherman to show what patience was in his make-up. I am aitaid we are misunderstood and the noble art of angling not appreciated. One time an elderly min- ister of .gieat scholarly attainments was preaching the baccalaureate sermon at the commencement of a young ladies’, seminary. His subject led him to speak of the art, and he called it “the peaceful and unexciting pur- suit of angling.” What think you of that? You who have had the black bass jumping, “crazy for the fly.” The: fisherman knows hopes, fears, longings and tri- umphs-that come not to ordinary mortals, and they are as dear and as slow to be relinquished as the dreams of an opiim eater. But how different in the effect on body and mind—the difference of life and death. Fishing nevet kept a man down. Look for proof at the number of notéd men who haye béen fond of fishing, and when + a-gteat man fishes at all he fishes to perfection. Boys are fishermen ex officio, but they do not take to it seriously. When they grow up it is only a small per cent. that go to fishing in earnest. Of all my boy friends I believe that I am the only one who cares to fish, and I, often think of the yery first fish I ever caught and wonder. if there was any foreshadowing of my fate in the citcumstance.. “There were five boys whose ages ranged from five to seven,.and we very carefully set our fishing poles at the toot of a big cottonwood tree and went away to play. When we returned we found that a big sucker had been caught and that he had roamed around among the dif- ferent lines until they were wound into one. We landed ‘the-big fish, as long as any of our arms, nor stood upon the:order of landing. A man came by and a season of breathless stspetse ensued while he was tracing the sucker. When the lines were untangled the sucker was found.to be-on my line, and I ran home with it in my arms. I am the only one of that hopeful group who casts a line in the water to-day. = Maybe circumstance has most to do with making a man a fisher, even as the taste of mutton makes a sheep- killing dog out of a nonentity? But not all. There mas have been. many a man who from want of chance has lived and died without knowing his capabilities as a fisher, or what life held for him. “Some mute, inglo- rious Milton” whose lot forbade. I think all fishermen are proud of their proficiency in . the craft, and look down somewhat on those who do fish as well as they. They may not brag about it, after the manner of me, but in their inmost souls they re- spect not the frantic efforts of a superior in most things in his endeavor to whip out a line length of his rod. I have been with gray-haired men who had made a suc- cess of liie and to whom I must have deferred in all things: else, for whom I had a kind of a contempt, of which I was ashamed, when fishing with them, for the unskalliul way in which they handled themselves in their futile endeavors to extract fish from the water. It prob- ably never occurred to such a man that there was any special reason he should be expected to fish well. I once fished with a gentleman who had never realized that there was any particular sleightin the art of angling. We were just established in a camp in the woods at the forks of an-ideal trout stream. The north fork came down with that clear amber color which water gets by flowing through spruce woods, and the south fork sligh;- ly discolored by the mud it drained from a bog. This mud is deposited in twelve or fifteen miles, and the whole stream- becomes again as clear as crystal. There was a gentleman in the party, a wholesale merchant, who was paired with me for the south fork, His rod and ac- coutrements looked suspiciously new, but it was not until he respectfully asked me to put a worm on the hook that I knew he was new to the business, We started up the south fork, a stream about 20ft. broad, and I let him go ahead—the most pronounced act of self-denial that the trout-fisher- knows. He did not care to lead the way, and telling him the proper distance to keep behind me I had the glory. of casting in the stream the first line that had been cast maybe in months. About the time we separated C. stepped on a smooth stone and fell down on his. back in the ice-cold water. He tried to make a few remarks on the mishap and the contractions of his throat wete awful. I advised him to set his teeth together and not try to explain how ‘it hap- pened for fifteen minutes or so, and his remarks would be more connected. This is the only way to hide all signs of the effect a sudden ducking has on a man, _ Having saved my manners and secured the place ahead, we gradually worked our way up the stream, cast- ing a fly in the likety places and taking a trout too fre- quently,.for my number would soon be reached, there being several other fishermen out. At a bend in the stream where some big boulders marked a. geological change. in the face of the country, when standing on a large rock, I had a rise from a big trout;and I‘triéd “for some mintites to get him to change his ‘mind ‘about rejecting the fly, but to no purpose. C. overtook me,-and clambered over the boulders near me, Just then his feet slipped and*he sat-down yery violently ona big stone and a crash followed. Now most of reg- ulated families and camps have a small supply of some stimulant on hand in case of accident, but it is an: un- written law if Gur camp that no one is to carry a bottle with him after the manner of that small supply in a pocket flask vulgarly called a “tickler,” and also that it is to be used in moderation. Anyone so far forgetting him- self as to attempt to celebrate the first founding of the forest, or for other seemingly good reasons, has the pleasure as well as the privilege of contributing the sum of $5 and upwards, which is applied to the reduction of the sum total of the expense fund. C. being on his first trip was excusable for not know- ing of this rule. His tickler was an elaborate leather- bound flask, the property of the captain of the gang, to whom it had been presented by someone he thought a lot of. He prized it very highly. Therefore, when C. put it in his hip pocket and sat down very hard it gave way, and great was the catastrophe. The flask was ruined, to say nothing of spr. fru. Continuing up the stream,. saving the adults and casting back the infants into the water to grow bigger, we worked our way up the stream. The overhanging boughs made casting difficult, and C.’s remarks when his line became entangled in a tree for the twentieth time were very edify- ing. About a mile or so up I found that I had upwards of thirty-five trout in the basket, all that it was given me to catch. The tninitiated might argue that trout being plenty, they could be caught and put back, as they were so plentiful. I am not that kind of a fisherman. There has to be a chance of acqttiring to make pleasure for me in the complex sport of fishing. I dreamed of the de- lights of catching a tarpon until someone told me the fish was no better than carrion when caught. Since then I have not hankered after such sport. C. and I sat down on a flat rock in the middle of the stream and he looked at the fish. He had not been able to secttre one, little or big. We sat there talking and becoming acquainted. He gave me the first idea of his powers as raconteur, for as such he is unsurpassed. Jt was his graphic description later of my enthusiastic re- marks in landing a big fish that leads me to retaliate in a slight degree. There we sat, I with my rod in my hand, with the line and leader gathered in an orderly manner. C. sat with the water washing around his feet, with his back down stream. Huis tod was on his shoul- der and the line trailing down stream. The bait was a fat fishing worm, which the strength of the current kept on top of the water. C. was telling a rollicking Irish story when a good-sized trout took the hait and gave the rod a wrench. C, jumped up and very coolly led it in and remarked: “That was easy!” Since then, when, after toiling with the rod and line for hours, and there seems to be nothing in the waters under the earth, a fish takes the lure in the twinkling of an eye and is taken in turn, I lose sight of all the labor of-the hours which brought me nothing and think how easy it is to catch fish. ; ANDREW PRICE. Maruinton, W. Va. - } “ New England Angling. Boston, April 15.—Mr. H. F, Hathaway is a Someryillé trout fisherman of considerable reputation; that is, a rep- utation of always getting some. Saturday, April 1, he was early on a brook in Concord that he has the acquaint-’ ance of, and brought back to Boston seven fine trout. Thenext Saturday evening hisfriend Jackson,also a fisher- man,methimatwhistandinquired if he had secured any troutthatday. Heexplainedthathehadtaken several; one of roin. in length and two of 12in. Fishing down on the Cape has generally been disappointing, the sportsmen re- turning without.any or with three or four. But Mr. Luther Little, an enthusiast concerning Cape fishing, with Dr. (he stipulates that his name must not be mentioned, since it injures his practice for his pa- tients to know that he goes a fishing), and Dr. Richardson have fished one or two Saturdays at a pond they own in Centreville. The first Saturday brought them 36 good trout. The next Saturday Mr. Little got seven trout, one weighing 1%lbs. Grover Cleveland and A. C. Bene- dict, of New York, have come around for the spring fish- ing on the yacht Oneida, At Buzzard’s Bay they were joined by A. H, Wood, of Boston, At first they fished Nine Mile Pond, near Centreville, which they own, and later went down to the Cape to some waters near Sand- wich. The amount of their catches is not generally known, though reported to have been good. Mr. L. Dana Chapman, secretary and treasurer of the Megantic Club, made his annual report to the directors last Tuesday. The condition of the club financially is ex- cellent. Payment and discharge of the mortgage on the club’s property has been made. Payment of all notes pay- able and outstanding bills, with accrued interest to date, has been made. Bonds which would regularly have been - paid in August next have been taken up. Every dollar of outstanding indebtedness incurred for supplies purchased for the coming summer, has been paid, and a comfortable balance stands to the credit of the club. Six gentlemen have just been proposed for membership, The directors have voted to purchase several new boats and canoes. At the opening of the season the members will find every- thing in first-class shape. The season is unusually late, the woods still being full of snow and the lakes ice-bound. The report in the papers about the slaughter of deer on the club’s reserve is entirely unfounded. That such slaughter has been carried on is doubtless true, but it has been done many miles north of or east of the Megantic, Mr. Chapman is well satisfied that the deer have been let alone on the lands of the club, since the close season begun. April 17.There is little that is new about the ice that still locks most of the New England fishing waters. The Penobscot has just opened up to Bangor; two or three weeks late. No salmon are yet reported to have been taken by anglers at the Pool, though they are tried for every day. The Kennebec opened up to Waterville late last week; fully three weeks behind last year. Sebago Lake is not yet open, and is now Ir days behind last year. The fishermen here, of the Sebago Club, are en- tirely discouraged about visiting their camp on the roth; reports Saturday stating that the ice is still solid. Mr. H. Staples Potter has just returned from a fishing and outing trip of several weeks in Florida waters. He made his headquarters at Punta Gorda, sailing in a yacht into different fishing waters. He reports that the tarpon havr’ been very late about coming in this year; though he sue cteded in getting two; one weighing 18olbs. These gave him all the sport he could desire. Other fishing was fine, in many varieties, Mr. Dean, well known for his tarpon record, was there, but also found the tarpon late. Some of the fishermen here are planning for brooks in New Hampshire on the 19th, which is Patriots’ Day in this state, a legal holiday, Saturday tackle was being looked over and put in order. Several sportsmen, with rods and reels in hand, left for the Cape on the morning trains. L. T. Smith mentions taking 20 good trout in private waters on the Cape one day last week. These owners of private waters do not like to mention their successes: it gives away too much to the local poachers. Lake Webb, Weld, Me,, Fish and Game Association, held its annual meeting Saturday evening, April 8, and elected the following board of directors: E. W. Pratt, R. E. Scamman, J. A. Witham, A, M, Child, H. A. Coburn, H. M. Barrett, C. G. Dummer, F.-S. Schofield and R. G. Dummer. The directors were to have a business meet-- ing Saturday evening, April 15, SPECIAL. In the Pound-Net. BY FRED MATHER, THE trout season on Long Island has been dull so far, It opened on March 29, and will open in the rest of the State of New York on the 16th. The weather has been taw, rain fog and east wind, conditions favorable for bringing on rheumatism, but not calculated to awake the appetite of a trout. A few trout were taken on Long Island by those who will fish on the opening day if they do not wet a line again all summer. They remind one of the “farstnighters’ at a New York theatre. There are probably two thousand persons in New York City who never visit a theatre except on the first night of the pre- sentation of a new play, and they are disconsolate when two new plays are presented on the same night. Their faces are familiar at the box offices, and they know eachi other by sight; they have one trait in common and that is all. There are such anglers, in New York City, at least, and it is their boast that they have not missed an opening day in a certain number of years, and they can tell you how the weather was on the opening day a dozen years ago, who fished and what the catch was. This is simply a fad, like the first-night theatre fad, the collection of postage stamps or knot-holes. It is not a legitimate subject for ridicule, because some of us do not care for that sort of thing. Some twenty years ago more or less, the law for long Island trout opened on March 1, and I have known men to go there and: fish in the teeth of a howling gale, when their lines were coated with ice, and they were clad in ulsters. Ifa man considers this to be sport, who shall say him nay? Men have pursued the musk-ox and the barren ground cari- bou into the Arctic circle, where they could barely find food for their dogs, on which their lives depended, ani suffered hunger to the point of starvation, and called it sport. Some of them wrote books of their adventures, but a book would not comipensate for the sufferings there was the dare-devil spirit of the Vikings behind it. all, and perhaps this spirit, in a lesser degree, animates the trout fisher who disdains all discomforts. . ; Men not only look at things differently, but the same man will view them in different lights as he gets older, and therefore we should let every fellow. seek his pleas- ure in his own way, within Jegal bounds. Forty years ago the question of physical discomfort, to me, was not a factor in any proposed sport; to-day it is the prime one. Then, to tote 5olbs. of venison and a tolb. rifle for ten miles, with clothing wet through. and frozen on the outside, was a mere incident that enhanced the sport; to- day the game would not be worth the ice, and both veni- son and rifle would be thrown away and ever be re- gretted. Fifty years ago I stripped and swam through floating ice about 1ooyds for a mallard, and was in the icy water nearly half an hour; but I got my duck andl thought nothing of it then. To-day that bird would rep- resent half a dollar; then it was invaluable, and I would risk life for it, although the risk was not thought of. To-day such an exposure, if I would make it, would end wp with muffled drums and “three rounds blank.” As the melancholy Jacques says: “And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, And then from hour to hour we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale.” Buying Fish to Take Home. We are built on different lines. This is not stated as a new or a startling proposition, because men have he- come familiar with this fact in centuries long agone. They have also observed that the same rule which goy- erns men may also be applied to wives. As one who has had much experience in angling, as well as in other de- partments of life, let me say to young anglers, tell all the fishing yarns you can invent at the club or to the sitters around the country grocery, but be dead square with your wife. If you have that false idea that it is disgraceful to come home without a fish after a day’s angling, banish it and tell the truth. Many of us have fished with success varying from a grand catch to little or nothing. There is nothing to be ashamed of in com- ing home empty-handed; many hunters of big and small game doit, ~ We have all done it since the days of St. Peter, who said: “We have toiled all night and caught nothing.” This had just been written when in came my neigh- bor, Mr. P. C. Macevoy, with a story of a man who — had been fishing and caught nothing, but was disposed to “deceive his wife by buying some fish on his way home, Tt was not an unusual case, but his story moved me to put it in rhyme, and here it is; it seems best to call it An Angler’s Pipes. The angler hastened toward the brook, As the brown thrush ‘piped its ‘lay. He sorted his flies of gatidy dies, And guessed what his ereel would weigh. His flies fell light on the waters bright, While a robin piped a tune; But none of his fies could coax a tise, And the swum was marking noon. 7 So he dropt his reel in the empty creel, nae And sadly piped his eye; : | APRIL 22, 1899.] eee ee ee eee Then, as he thought where fish could be bought, His whistle replaced the sigh. “Oh, Molly,” said he, “If you could but see”; (And Molly was piping him off), “How the trout would rise at the poorest flies’’; The rest was lost in a cough, “Yes, dear,” said she, ‘now give them to me”; (John started to fill his pipe). ; “Why these aren’t trout!” so Molly did shout, “And, darling, they’re rather ripe.” After reading these verses to Macevoy, he mumbled: “Um—im—piped his eye; it’s all right, but what do you mean by that?” “Mac, my boy, if you were familiar with that old English punster, Tom Hood, who wrote,— “He went and told the sexton And the sexton tolled the bell.” “You would also remember his equally good pun of “Tirst the bo’s’n eyed his pipe And then he piped his eye.” “Which in nautical lingo signifies weeping.” But Mac- evoy could stand no more of this and had gone before the sentence was finished. He knows a good thing when he sees it, but he did not have his glasses with him. Puns, Quoting from Tom Hood, the great English punster, brings up that statement, made by somebody, that “a pun is the lowest form of wit,’ and the reply of some other somebody, “Therefore it is the foundation of all wit.” Our American punster, John G, Saxe, proved this to the satisfaction of some of us, but space forbids quo- tations. Here are two things which may not be puns, but if not they may be put tnder the head of tautology, The first has no relation to fish, but the second one has, and so they are given. Once some fellow wrote on the correct repetition of words, and chose the word “that,” saying: “I say that that ‘that’? that that man used was superfluous.” This was pasted in my scrap-book and under it I wrote: “He has five words in his string, but I can go him three bet- ter in this line: ‘Of all the smelts that I ever smelt, I never smelt a smelt that smelt as that smelt smelt.’ Not the same word in consecutive repetition, but ’twill pass in a crowd, As the systematic namé of the smelt is Osmerus, which, if Prof. Jordan’s Greek is correct, means odorous, then I can imagine some learned ichthyic dui fer paraphrasing this thus: ‘Of all the osmerus that ever I osmered,” etc. _ Tome a bit of nonsense, either to read or write it, is a safety valve—it takes a man outside his self and breaks up the bad habit of continuous thought. Someone wrote; With curious art the brain, too finely wrought, Preys om itself, and is destroyed by thought.” This is from the. scrap-book before mentioned, where wit and wisdom jostle each other. which do not need relaxation, but. the little one which T lug around, can stand, any given quantity of it. The mad-houses are filled with people who never relaxed the bowstring of thought., “No, no, that way madness lies.” The Antiquity of Fly-Fishing. It is a singular fact that the modern Egyptians are ignorant of fly-fishing; at least Wilkinson tells us so in his “Egypt”; yet paintings show that it was practiced among the Egyptian gentry as far back as the days oi the Ptolomies. The ruined cities of Thebes and Beni Hassan abound in pictures of fishing, some with ‘the fly and others with the spear: Among’ the remains of an- cient Nimroud, which is the:modern name of the Assy- tian city of Calah, on the east side of the Tigris, a few miles above the mouth of the upper Zab, there is a paint- ing of an angler with his rod in hand, fish by his side, and near his feet is a creel said to be of willow and ex. actly the same as those we sling on our shoulders ta carry our fish in to-day. Verily, there is little that is new under the sun, unless it may be the X-rays and wireless telegraphy, and there is no telling but what some Egyptologist may dig these things from under the pyramids. b We know from the paintings that the Egyptians {a- vored the trident spear, throwing it from the bank of canal or river, or in a boat of papyrus, but it is not gen- erally known that they used the artificial fly. Just how long the Japanese have been fly-fishers is x question. I have some wonderfully delicate flies from Japan, the tiniest midgets, that danced in a cloud before your face on a spring day, tied on the most minute of hooks with a snell of horse-hair, Midges. The above paragraph brings up the question of these dancing midges. I don’t know what they are ; no man knows. Of course they are catalogued by some bugolo- gist atid given a double-jointed name twenty times longer than they are, but when you have that all tucked away under your hat you are no wiser. The snow is hardly off before there are bunches of these things; they gather in bunches of a bushel or SO, and play tag in a nuptial sort of way, and in a few days they are no more. With them it’s a short life and a merry one; eggs are laid in or about the spring water, and so the round goes on. Me The particular midges here referred to are not the biting “no-see-ums,” black flies or other pests. They play in the sun for a few days in early spring, procreate and die. The curious thing about them is that they will accompany a man, keeping about his head and dancing in front of his face and yet have no bloodthirsty designs on him. The larva of one of these gnats, for no douht there are others, may be found on the crest of a dam in. the swiftest of water; a small worm with a hard “head, and if detached will spin a thread and work back by it. Later it makes a pupa, case on the dam. Any trout culturist can find it in stimmer, and years aso a man given to sensation, a sort of “yellow” fishceulturist, made the startling announcement that there was a “web worm.” which spun a web to catch trout. It merely spins a single thread, which enables it to get back to a place of There may be minds. ~ FOREST AND STREAM. safety, for no fish can get it where the waters are pouring over a dam, and as long as it can maintain its position there it is safe. Curiosities in the Tackle Shops. Every dealer in fishing tackle is compelled to keep a lot of freak things, and they are queerer than the wood. bone and iron hooks of the Eskimos. Last summer I fished for striped bass with the late Jeremiah Sullivan, on the north shore of Long Island Sound, from New Rochelle some ten miles east. We had a boatman and the best of sand and blood worms; fished all day and never caught a fish. Yet it was a grand day. Jerry had grown up in the tackle business from the store of the original Conroy, in Fulton street, and had fished with Genio C. Scott, of the elder lot of anglers, and was a frequent companion of Mr. G. P. Morisini, one of the best of striped bass angler about New York to-day. Few were the New York City anglers who did not know honest “Jerry” Sullivan, who died a few weeks ago, hav- ing been eighteen years with Conroy. As the boatman rowed along over ground where many good bass had been taken a few days before, and were taken a few days afterward, I said: “Jerry, I’ve plugged along with such tackle as I have been accustomed to use for different fishes, but often wonder at things which I see in the showcases. Those artificial mice, rubber frogs, dobsons, and, most of all, rubber angleworms, Do they really catch fish?” —"“O, yes, suckers,” and he reeled in to clear his-hook of weeds. Then he added: “Pardon me; I thought I had a strike, and will modify my statement by saying that there is a demand for these things; other firms keep them, and we must Tt is possible that the rubber mice _ and frogs may be more or less effective, because they are put in motion; but no fish would touch a rubber worm or a dobson, because they don’t smell right,’”’ “Then you think a fish is prompted to take a bait more by smell than sight?” Jerry replaced some blood worms which the weeds had torn off, and then replied: “Not a surface lure, like a fly or a spoon, where the motion attracts the fish, but when a man is still-fishing with bait it would be a foal fish which would take a bit of rubber for a worm. Boys are attracted by these things; old boys, too, who know no better, and I sell them unless they should ask if they are good, when I tell them the truth.” “Then you do not offer advice.” “Never; I might get a rebuke if I did. If a person asks for an article, it is fair to suppose that he knows what he wants; but if he thinks that I may know more of the use of some fancy article than he does, and asks for an opinion on it, he gets it, The tackle stores keep lots of fancy things, got up like Peter Pindar’s razors, to sell. Things that an angler of experience would only look at as curiosities, just as he would regard strange coins which represent no value to him.” I was gradually leading Jerry to two things, about which I had curiosity. While the average angler has his own notions of things and gets the ideas of the few friends that he fishes with, his field of observation is small compared to that of a man who sells fishing tackle and talks with a hundred or more men each day, expeti- enced anglers with differing views concerning some de- tails of their tackle; old fishing cranks who want some- thing different from anything on the market; young fish- ing cranks who once fished with some guide in the wil- derness and who know more about fishing tackle than the veteran angler or dealer, and the honest man, who knows about what he wants, but realizes that he has not had much experience and asks advice of the merchant. Automatic Reels. With all this in mind the talk had been led to the point where I asked: “What is your opinion of auto- matic reels? There are several on the market, and I only refer to the principle on which they work, and not to any maker. Do they sell well?” “Contound these blood worms; that one bit me ; they’re getting scarce, and we will have to use more sand worms. O, yes; you asked a question. Well, the salt-water anglers won't use them; a few are sold to trout fisher- men about New York, but they are more popular inland. You saw the trout reel I used last spring; that tells what kind of a reel I prefer. What is your opinion?” This was a natural, if unexpected, question, and was answered thus: “Like you, I find these reels more popt- lar in central New York then elsewhere; some anglers sweat by them—good anglers, too—but, Jerry, there are things about them that prohibit their use on my rod. They are constructed on the principle of the Hartshorn window-shade roller—the more line you reel off the stronger the spring acts, and the more you reel in the weaker the spring. This is all right on a window-shade, where a few feet is the limit of its work, but 6oft of line is another thing. Then, my boy, it is silent. About half the enjoyment of trout or bass fishing is the song of the reel, simulating the exultant chirr of the kingfisher after a dive of more or less success; a reel without a click has no charm for me.” Jerry was evidently annoyed; he had invited me to his favorite grounds for striped bass and the day was blank. Perspiration was on his forehead, but I laughed at our non-success and told him that next year, when he should be my guest on the same day and grounds, there might be no fish taken, but there was a hope that the outine would be as agreeable as that of to-day. He said: “Your first objection is a sound one; the spring weakens as it reels in and there is no such thing as the “escapement’ of a watch to regulate this: and if one should be invented, there would still be your secon objection, which is entirely sentimental. Izaak Walton never knew a click reel; he enjoyed fishing, as we read. Why do you demand a click on your trout and bass reel and not on the multiplier that you are to-day using for striped bass?” The question was superfluous, for no man knew bet- ter than’ “Jerry” Sullivan that a “elick’ is not only a check on a fast running’ line, but also indicates the speed at which the line is running, He also knew that the ‘‘sorg of the reel” is the sweetest of all songs to the angler: But he was answered on these lines, and when he turned and put a qtiestion which unexpectedly put me on the defensive, I replied: “You will not deny, Jerry, 311 that we fish for sport. As boys we found our greatest sport in using hand-lines and pulling in fish hand-under- hand, Then came the use of rods and reels and the wind- ing in of fighting fish. To me, the enjoyment of trout fishing is the reeling in, on a click reel, of a fighting trout, and as for a spring on my rod taking in this trout, why, I'd as soon signal to a steam engine on the bank to pull it in. I want to feel every bit of tremulo on both hands; the exquisite throbbing of the rod and its elec- tric effect on the crank of the reel, as well as hearing its song.” Poor Jerry! He had laid out to give me a grand day's fishing and had failed so far as fish were concerned. All sportsmen haye had such experiences if they have lived long. They know of good grounds for fish or game, where they often have fine sport, but it’s ten to one that the day is blank when they write a friend to fish or shoot with them. About Rods, “Jerry,” said I, “there are rods that I would not have found among my effects when I leave earthly waters to try those of the Styx; and if we are to use the ghosts of our departed rods on those misty shores, it is sure that none of the rat-traps will be seen in our hands by the shades of angling friends gone before.” Jerry looked up and remarked: “In the natural course of things you should be there to greet me, but nothing is more uncertain. If you refer to split bamboo rods in the department stores at 99 cents, a sum that would not cover the cost of the ferules on a good rod, it is safe to say that we will not be ashamed to have all the anglers from Izaak Walton down to a Jamaica Bay flounder fisherman inspect our rods.” The “natural course of things” did not work out in this case, and Jerry died last month of acute pneumonia. Fle hada wealth of anecdote of the older New York anglers, whom he knew as a boy, and many of whom he fished with. Once I asked the late Genio C. Scott, author of “Fishing in American Waters,” now out of print, about the proper style of hook for taking Jake trout, and he replied: “There is a hook made for those fish which is long in the bend but short in the point; but you had better go and consult Jerry Sullivan.’ Auf Wiedersehen. An old song says: “Say au revoir, but not good- bye,” and an older ballad tells. in the most doleful of metres: “Tarewell, farewell, is a lonesome sound And is oftimes heard with a sigh; But give to me that good old word That comes from the heart, ‘good-bye.’ ” The time has come for me to say something of this kind, but there is nothing in the French “au revoir” or the English “good-bye,” which is a corruption of “God be with you,’ which appeals to me like the German “un- til we.meet again.” There had been a sort of a dream that I should go to take charge of a great trout preserve in Wisconsin. The dream spread out over two years, as dreams alwa;s spread, and then somehow it narrowed down to a date. The date was somewhere in the coming June—and things were getting brisk, with some April lectures and a new fishcultural book to see throtigh the press; but, when a telegram came with orders to start on April 15, there was no margin. Therefore, all correspondents are hereby notified that my personal address for one year—the con- tract is for one year only—will be Brule, Douglas county, Wis. This place is in a wilderness where bears, deer, wild- cats, sharp-tailed grouse and other beasts may polish niy bones, but I will go and face the sharp tails of the grouse, and between dropping a line to the trout may drop a few lines to Forest AnD StrREAM. So—autf wiedersehen. FRED MATHER, Old Shad Times in Connecticut. ALLUSION is frequently made at this season, when Shad begin to run in the Connecticut River, to the time when shad were so abundant there as to sell for a penny apiece, In the New York Herald of April 9 the writer was quoted in regard to some historical reminiscences and data which he published some years ago. The same were obtained, I may say, by laborious investigation of public documents during a summer sojourn at Old Hadley, in the Connectivut River Valley, and are in all respects authentic and official. One of the most voluminous of these references is Sylvester Judge’s sketch of Old Had- ley, which is available at the local libraries at Hadley and Northampton, I am surprised, therefore, to read in the Forest AND StrEAM of April 13 that “no authentic data exist,” and to note the intimation that these old state- ments regarding the glut of salmon, shad and canvas- back ducks, are so nearly obsolete as to come within the realm of myths. CHARLES HALLOCK. | [The gluts of salmon and shad and ducks are not mythical; but did the fish or the fowl figure in apprentices’ indentures as articles of food from which for certain stipu- lated days they were to have relief?] Jeremiah Sullivan. THE late Jeremiah Sullivan, for many years associated with Mr. T. J. Conroy in the fishing tackle business in New York, had been with Mr. Conroy for eighteen years, during which time he made many friends among the anglers of New York who had dealings with him, and all will be grieved to learn of his death. Mr. Sullivan was thirty-eight years old, and up to the time of his illness was in perfect health, and frequently found time to leave his business for a few days’ fishing with some of the local salt-water fishermen, among whom he was particularly well known and respected. i “Children Together,’ Forest and Stream Pub. Co.: Dear Sir—Find enclosed 25 cents for one copy of “Game Laws in Brief and Woodcraft Magazine,” to be sent fo the following ad- dress. We can’t get along without Forest anp STREAM. WV We were children together, and I am only four years the older: but my brother took it, and our mother read aloud the stories after we were in bed. How well I remember one evening she came across the word “cuss,” and the little lecture we got: but she kept reading just the same. Ia RD: ~. T.am certainly u 812. Fishes of Hudson Bay and Strait. “BY CHARLES HALLOCK, — , In 1884 Mr. Charles- R. Tuttle was historian of the Canadian Government expedition sent to Hudson Bay and Strait 10 determine the period of open navigation, as bearing upon the question of the proposed Hudson Bay route. In his published record he devotes considerable space to the economic fishes of those waters, and after stating that cod swarm in Ungata Bay and all along the north Labrador coast in quantities so vast that a schoon- er may be loaded in a few days in any of the inlets, he remarks that, ii any person wishes to see Salmo salar in perfection’ “he should go to the rivers and brooks and torrents and leaping, dashing, foaming streams whici everywhere empty their Strait. *. * * There dwell the salmon in their virgia beauty.” They abound in such numbers that a ship can be loaded with them in a few days; and’eyéen at the date named, which was filteen_years ago, the Hudson Bay Company maintained a fishery at Ungara Bay anc shipped a ieirigerator steamship load every year to ele eld country. This mformation will astonish those wlic imagine the shores of that Arctic channel to be only : tenantless terra incognita. Sea trout are ever more plentiful than the salmon, an¢ nearly as large up there, being a little longer, but no, quite so stout, ‘according to Tuttle. 3 gists they are designated as spotted salmon, of ‘Hearne’ : salmon, and Dr. Robt. Bell, chief of the Dominion 5u1 - vey, speaks of them as Hearne’s salmon in a private let ter to the writer under date of March 26, 1890. He says : “They do not go over rolbs. weight, but are the periec tion of all salmon for flavor.” This weight would bE: marvellous to fishermen on the Bay Chaleur and Rive St. Lawrence tributaries, where the average is perhaps 4lbs. In many places the Hudson’s Bay Company carry on extensive sea trout fisheries by means of simple traps, which they set in the shallow streams when the tide rises some io or i2it. At ebb tide thousands are found secured in these nets. They are salted in casks or bar- rels and shipped to England. The Eskimos spear therm - in spring and early summer, and consider them a great luxury. : ‘ alar are abundant in the Koksak and Georges _ Salmo s D in all affluents of Ungara Bay, and thence rivers, and 1 down along the whole Labrador coast. But to the west ward of Ungara it is replaced by the Hearne’s salmon, which. occurs alt around the Hudson Bay proper and along the south side of Hudson Strait to Bay ol Hope's Advance, but not in James Bay, which is a southwara projection of Hudson Bay. : Still another species, the Arctic salmon, begins at 2 point on the mainland of the continent about Wager In- let. The same is found in the Coppermine, Baele’s River and Great Fish River. They are netted around Melville Peninsula and westward, and it is said also on the shores af Baffin Land. which is an archipelago of islands. On the Pacific Coast this Arctic salmon is in its turn replaced by the five recognized species of oncorhynchus, which occur from Kotzebue Sound southward, A species of salmon allied to the. whitefish 1s the incounu of the Mackenzie River, put a sorry fish it is for eating, or for any other purpose whatever. Dr, Bell says that nothing worth mentioning has ever - been _published regarding the fishes of Hudson Bay, though a considerable ‘porpoise and walrus fishery is cas- ried on around Marble Island, at the mouth of the bay, and the oil prodtct is rendered at Fort: Churchill, at its fiead, where there are also three refineries. A Late Season. -- Quepec, April 14——The angler in Canada requires 2 good stock of patience this spring—ii one can call it spring with ft. of snow piled by the roadsides and 2%t. on the level. Not even the oldest inhabitant can remmember is have seen so much snow wpon the ground here ta the middle of April as there is at the present time. Last year at this season the dust was flying upon even the country roads in the vicinity of Quebec. So it was at Roberval, upon the shores of Lake St. John. Now the ice is thick upon the lake, and the snow in the surround- ing country is as deep as if is in the environs of Quebec. This will furnish some idea of how late the fishing seasun is likely to open this year in this part of Canada. Last year was all exceptionally early season, and yet on either the ist or 2d of May both General Henry, U. S. Consul here; and-the writer, whipped Lake Beauport diligently without obtaining a rise, and fished some of the Bernard > Club lakes-in Maskinonge county a week later with not > much better success so far as the fly-fishing was con- cerned, Of course, the snow and ice will disappear very quickly when the really warm weather sets in, but good fishing must-now be very late, for all the lakes and streams will be exceptionally high, and heavy floods are anticipated in most parts of Canada. The abundance of ‘snow. water runnig-down, for sometime after the thaw, is “practically over, will naturally deter the trout from sur - face. feeding until still later in the season, when the waier “in the streams and lakes reaches its norma! mid-May term- - perature... 1 have- several inquiries from friends in the United States respecting spring fishing, but it is naturaty impossible at. present, with the ground covered with snow, ‘and ice still on all the lakes, to offer any defimite advice. nder the impression, for reasons already given, that there will not be-much May fishing with the fly, not before the last week of the month. But as the season progresses and the thaw advances, I will endeavor to keep the readers of Forest AND STREAM thoroughly posted, for nobody in Canada would like fo see American anglers in search of sport, coming here at the wrong time for it. At present. it looks as if the best of Canadian spring angling will be had this year in the month of June. Quananiche fishing in the Grand Discharge will scarcely be at its best until the latter half of the month, for the ‘Jate thaw and abundance of snow still in the woods wil! raise Lake St. John in May to much more than its * ‘ordinary spring level, and the fishing is never good in ~#he. Grand Discharge until the water in the lake has «> fallen to+a lower-level. . turbulent waters into Hudson,-;g this season in the Lake St. John country, certainly | But. it is likely that for three FOREST AND STREAM. weeks or -a month prior to the opetiing of the season in the Discharge, ouananiche will be taken freely in Lake St. John, almost as early, in fact, as fontinalis furnishes sport for fly-fishermen in the various streams and lakes between Quebec and Lake St. John. = E. T, D. CHAMBERS. Hints and Points. Satem, Mass., April 4—-We readers of Forest AND SrreAm have from time to time come into possession of valuable information which ought to be imparted to all the brotherhood of sportsmen. In particular we know of certain valuable remedies for sickness and wotinds, snake | bites, etc. For instance, a friend of mine was bitten by 1 rattlesnake, and having learned that alum taken inter- "nally was a sure cure, he’ procured some a few moments after having been bitten by the snake,-and although he became unconscious for a time, yet he shortly recovered. I had an opportunity to. test a peculiar remedy for scalds and burns. While camping in the woods of Maine and suffering from asevere scalded hand. ang having nothing better to apply, I used*some black-fly ointment, which xaye almost instant relief. Since that time it has been used in very many cases, and found to be, without any doubt, the surest and most reliable remedy for burns ever tried. JT enclose a recipe for this-which has just been dis- By some ichthyole ‘™ :qvered in an old diary. Remedy for Black Flies. One-half ounce oil of tar; 14drs. oil of clove; oz. oil of pennyroyal; 140z. spirits of camphor; 2drs. of am- monia water; Ioz. castor oil; olive oil enough to make the whole quantity 80z. I trust that some interest may be awakened on these lines among the readers of Forest AND STREAM, and that others may be prompted to give other hints and wrinkles and receipts. N. C, Locke. =" & New Jersey Coast Fishing. Aspury Park, N. J., April 14.—But little success has attended the efforts of anglers in this section so ree RS salt water fishing is concerned. A few ling have been taken from the piers and some flounders from the tidal streams. Perch are beginning to make their presence known in the head-waters of the Manasquan and are ever welcome to the enthusiastic. First-class sport cam be had with fly rod when they are taking the hook freely. The sucker seems to be more than usually abundant in several streams and is now taking the hook in his usual clumsy manner. Nevertheless he is ever welcome to a large con- tingent. as his memory is linked with reviews of pleasant wanderings through meadow and glen- But little has been done along.the trout streams, as the very backward weather has kept the sport in abeyance, and those who have ventured have.met with but meagre srccess. Dr. H. S..Kinmonth has been out twice; and while meeting with some sticcess cach time, reports the streams in bad condition and the fish unusually small in size. Parties living in the immediate vicinity of the waters say that great quantities of trout perished during: the past winter, owing -presumably to the severity of the weather and the very shallow streams.. — : ' Lronarp Hutt. e Che HB nel, Fixtures. - BENCH SHOWS. April 18-21,—Cincinnati, O—Bench show of Dog Owners’ Pro- tective Association of Cincinnati. : April 26-29 Baltimore, Md.—Baltimore Kennel Club’s third Club’s annual slow. May 36.—San Francisco, Cal.—San Francisco Kennel third annual show. Sept. 4-7.Toronto, Can.—Toronto Industrial Exhibition Asso- ciption’s eleventh annual show. Nov, 22-24—New York.—American Pet Dog Club’s show. bs) C. Hodge, Supt. FIELD TRIALS. Noy, 6.—Bicknell, Ind.—Indiana Field Trial Club’s trials. 5S, H. Socwell, See’y. Nov. 14—Chatham, Ont—International Field Trial Club’s tenth annual trials. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec’y, Nov. 14—Washington. C. H., O.—Ohio Field Trial Club’s trials. ©. FE. Baughn. Sec’y. Dec, &—Newton, N. C.—Continental Field Trial Club’s trials. W. B. Meares, Sec’y. Dog Sense. Sritnwater, N. Y., March 28.—Editor Forest and Stream: Fred Mather is all right. I glory in his spunk. When he maintains that animals have reasoning power, I think he knows where he stands, as his several illustra- tions in your issue of Feb, 25 plainly show. ; Tt puzzles me that one can give a dog no more credit far his thoughtfulness than if he were a piece of ma- chinery. For instance, take three pups all from the same litter and admit that all are endowed with the same degree of instinct. One year later there will be one of them that you will prize higher than the rest. Why? - Simpiy because he is the smarter of the three. _Did instinct de- yelop in him more than in the other two? 2 . I have an Irish setter that I frequently keep -chained wider a shed near the house. One day a neighbor leit two eggs lying in a wheelbarrow within teach ot the dog. Upon the man’s return the dog, expecting to be patted, perhaps, put his feet on the barrow, averturmng if and breaking the eggs, after -which he proceeded to lap them up. - } . A few days after that, when he was unchained, | saw him coming from that neighbor's hencoop, with an egg in his month. When he saw me he crouched low in the srass and carefully let the egg roll to the ground. He had never been punished for anything of the kind, yet how did he know that he was doing wrong: and why was he so careful not to break the egg? If that had been a bone or a ball his teeth prints would have been left im it~. used for plotting and the other for drawing lines. [Apri 22, 1896. I think that he remembered how those eggs broke “On falling from the ‘barrow, and he thought his punishnrent would be mitigated if he gave up the stolen property un- broken. a ine I will think until it is disproven that instinct is the mother of knowledge; and knowledge the mother of wis- dom and reason. SR is instinctive; hence, it pilots us to knowl- edge. With full knowledge of two different routes to a city you wish to reach, one rough and hilly, the other smooth and easy to travel, which would you take? Why, with basa born of knowledge you would choose the easier route. Then, after entering the city, you think you need a shave. You look around as you meander along; and finally you observe a striped pole on the sidewalk ahead, You will think, ‘There is a barber shop. I can get a shave there.” Now, how do you know you can, as you have not tried yet? You simply reason that you can, be- cause you have the knowledge that barbers do have such signs, and there must be a shop represented by that one. . I liken instinct to a root, and curiosity to a plant grow- ing from it, and knowledge, wisdom and reason are pro- ducts of that plant. Can you see it that way® I believe that any form of animal life that can be taught to mind must reason ere they obey. If they do not, then tell me, someone, why do they obey? Why does a dog crouch before his master when he has disobeyed? Simply because he reasons that punishment is lable to follow disobedience. He also has a knowledge ot his master’s tender feelings, as well as the wisdom to touch those tender feelings if he can by his ardent dis- play of penitence, : I said Fred was “all right,” but—I mean—pretty near all right. When, as I read his fox hunting narrative, I came to where his dog came up to him “wet with perspira- tion” I paused. He can get a big price for his perspiring dog, CuAs. H. SMODELL. Editor Forest and Stream: The other day with a friend I took the dogs and went out into the woods. We took our way to one or two likke- ly places, and at the first one, an old apple tree, got a poirit on an old partridge which was eking out a scanty subsistence on the seeds of the dried-up fruit. She didn’t stay long, for the crunching snow was too sure a warning, But after both barrels [imaginary] we marked her down —ours, if it had been dear old October. Next, we visited a sure place for woodcock and found two. Just imagine old aristocrat on his uppers, and no coal in the cellar. The fitst one was a good-looking old gentleman; and Lee found and pointed him three times before he left, It was amusing to see the dogs look up the bare spots—wonder- ful how they certainly reason it all out. Here is a little dog story about a dog of mine—but that makes no difference—I always admit of others. Lee has used a certain chair for his bed ever since we have had him, The chair was covered with a lounge cover, A day or two ago. we sent the chair away for recovering. At night Lee could not find his chair. He inquired of the cat and the baby where it had gone, and coaxed us to help him find it. He searched the house; but all he could find was the cover, which hung on a line in the back kitchen. So, while we were getting ready for bed, in he walked, dragging the cover. He put it down over near where his chair should have been, and then lay down on it and went to sleep. Reason? Instinct? or just dumb luck? . E. D. Brunswick Fur Club. 7 A SPECIAL meeting of the Brunswick-Fur Club was held at Mechanics’ Hall, Boston; on April 4. President O. F. Joslin presided, and twenty-two members were present. The following gentlemen were elected to active membership: B. N. Hamlin, Horace F. Fuller, L.. W. Campbell, B, P. Williamson, C. J. Prouty, Geo. W. Jacques, C. F. Harris, Wm. H. Simonds, J. T. Flan- nelly, The report of the committee on the revision of the constitution and running rules was accepted. It was voted to hold the field trials at Barre, Mass., during the week of Oct. 16. A vote of thanks was extended to President Joslin for his generous present of $50 to the club. Adjourned, BrApForD S, TuRPIN, Sec’y. Hachting. Vacht Designing. —XXVII, BY W. P. STEPHENS. (Continued from page 215, Apri 3.) Tue proper manipulation of the drafting instruments is but a small matter compared with the larger problenis of naval architecture which are involved in yacht design- ing; but it is nevertheless indispensable. The requisite degree of skill can only be acquired by study and prac- tice, if possible under a competent instructor. No writ- ten directions can fully take the place of personal instruc- tion, but at the same time the latter is beyond the reach of many. The general series of operations are: plot- ting, pencilling in, inking, tracing, and in some cases tinting or shading. Every line of a drawing is depend- ent on one or more points, these being first located and the line drawn to er through them. These points are minute dots, made with a pencil having a sharp conics point. In Fig. 63 the scale is shown held by the ‘inger: of the left hand, while the two points marking the extrem- ities of the proposed line are made with a conically point- ed pencil. The other pencil shown on the paper under the left hand has a chiscl point, broad and flat on bota sides—something like a duck’s bill. It is impossible to make a fine dot with such a point, but for drawing a long line it is much superior to the round point. Two pencils may be used, one with each style of point, or one pencil may be sharpened on both ends. The double-ended ‘pencils with movable leads are convenient, one end being Tu Fig. 64 the two hands are shown, one holding the tri- Apri 22, 1899.) angle and the other with the pesicil held lightly between the thumb and first and second fingers, drawing the ‘re- quired line. The ruler is held firmly by the left hand; it it be a T square, the head is held tight against the left edge of the drawing board, The line is invariably drawn along the edge furthest from the body, and this edge is placed not directly on but & short distance below. the point or poirits which mark the position of the lite. A space of 1-32 to t-16it,, called daylighé is left between the point and the edge. The rulér in position, the litle is drawn by a quick steady motion from left to right. Where the T square is used all horizontal lines are drawn with it, the vertical and inclined lines being put in hy means of the various triangles. For marine drafting, 10 which many long parallel lines are necessary, the T square - may be replaced by the long straight-edge held in place hy a couple of flat bricks of lead, It is absolutely essential that, however held, the ruler should not move while the litte, or series of lines if tli¢y are parallel, is being drawn. In laying out the design in pencil the fewest possible num- ber of lines should be drawn, and each should stop at its Propet limit, not continuing indefinitely to be erased ater, - While a certain amount of erasure arid change is un- avoidable the exact length and position of each line should be careftilly determined before any attempt is made to - dtaw it, evefi ih peiicil; the design as a whole should be carefully cofisidered so as to avoid the necessity for changes of the general plah, ahd the papet shotild be kept as clean as possible. The best and quickest work in draft- ing is done by careful planning of the design in advatice : drawing each line in its proper order and exact position and shape, and leaving the least possible amount of change and cleaning up to be done at the end. In Fig. 65 is shown the position of the left hand in holding the triangle against another triangle, T square ot straight-edge, as it is constaantly used in drawing a series of parallel lines, as in sectioning. The guide cr fixed triangle is held by the thumb and little finger firmly on the paper, the ruling triangle is held by the first, second and third fingers, and is slid along the requisite distance by a slight movement of these’ fingers. It is a great aid to the draftsman to be able to perform this rapidly and certainly, holding the guide ruler immovable at all times and alternately moving the other the correct distance and then holding, it- while -. A good deal of practice will be the line is being drawn. Fig. 63. tequited before this can be done. In drawing with either pencil or pen, the instrument should be held, not by the extreme point, but as high up from the point as possible, _s0 as to avoid cramping the fingers and to give a iree sweep to them. In drawing short lines with the triangle or set curve as a guide, the pen or pencil is held nearer to the point, the third and little fingers resting on the ruler and helping to steady it, as partly shown in Fig. 65. In drawing along a batten this is impossible, as the fin- gers must be raised well clear of the weights. In draw- ing any long line, by the straight-edge or batten, the pen is held high up, as in Fig. 66, and the drawing is all done from the shoulder rather than the wrist, with a long steady sweep of the whole arm. In this work, such as the inking in of a sheer line or level line 4ft. long, the body should be poised easily and naturally on both feet, the weight being thrown on the left foot as the pen-starts at the left end of the batten, and being transferred to both feet and then thrown on the right foot as the end of the line is reached. It is no easy matter to ink in a line 4it, long, especially on tracing cloth, and leave a hard even width of black. Sharp tools are essential to good work; the pencils should have a long taper to the wood with about halt an inch of lead projecting; this point being brought to the desired shape, conical or flat, by rubbing on a fine file or sandpaper. These should be kept out of the way, at a dis- tance from paper and instriiments, as there will always — be an abundance of very fine black dust about them. ' The drafting pens should be brought to a round point, similar to a duck’s bill, the edges of each blade being just sharp enough to avoid cutting thin paper. Sometimes the points are worn down so short that it is necessary to have them ground by an instrument maker, but if only the edges are dull, as often happens with continual use, they are sharpened by setting the two points quite close together by means of the adjusting serew and then ticklimg them up with a small piece of oilstone. The pen should be held firmly in one hand, in a good light, and carefully rubbed by the stone, held in the other hand, until it is seen that the points are of equal length, practically ‘semicircular in outline, and each with a keen edge. -The pen inay then be lightly dressed on the edges and out- sides of the blades on a piece of very fine emery paper held on some Hat surface, after which the blades are epened until about parallel at the points and the inner -sides dressed up on the emery paper wrapped around a flat piece of wood of the correct thickness to fit between the points. After this the points are clased and whetted back-and forth over the emery paper in such a. manner that, the pen being held constantly vertical in one direc- tion, the-end of the handle described a semicircle and at the same time the whole of the semicircular end of each blade is brought in contact with the paper. ~ : After.this is done the penis, thoroughly cleansed of all oil and dirt, some ink is freshly mixed and the pen filled, using a clean steel writing pen for transferring the Ss - out all the ink. point almost touches the ruler. that are not straight, but still of too slight a curyattre FOREST AND StRHAM. ink from the-saticer to the pen. The points are set close together and a line of medium width is drawn; this should be evenly continuaus from end to end, drying with a black gloss if both pen and ink are right. It may be necessary to rub more ink, to get a deeper degree of blackness, or to touch up the points of the pen to secure a more even distribution. When a good line can be drawn at one stroke. or pos- sibly by second over the first, the pen should be set very fthe and a thin line drawn, a harder test than the first. After this has been successfully accomplished, the screw 1s loosened and the blades separated to make as wide a line as can be drawn, upward of ofte-eighth of an } Ss a a Wig. Gl. inch. When the pen will draw this cleanly and evenly, it may be accepted as in good working condition, In the case of the pen points of compasses and bow pens, the sharp- ening is a more difficult matter, as the point must be held at one particular angle and cannot be held in slightly dif- ferent positions, as when the plain pen is held in the hand. The most difficult of all pens to sharpen are those of the smallest bows of the old pattern, Fig. 45; the new bows, Fig. 47, can be handled much more readily and held at the best working angle to the paper. After a more or Jess intimate acquaintance with most of the implements of the shipwright, from the spud-wrench, old-man and rachet-drill of the shipyard to the planimeter and integrator of the drafting room, the writer has no hesitation in saying that the drafting pen stands alone among all tools as the most perfect embodiment of the inate cussedness of inanimate things. It will not work when, dull_or dirty, and it may mot work even when new, sharp and clean and properly nourished with good ink. There may be some draftsmen who can say why this is so, but to most it is att unfathomable mystery. A pen that-is gentle and willing one-one day may be sulky and obstinate on the next under apparently the same condi- The only ef- and under the ruler, a bad blot following. time it is quite possible for the practiced hand to draw an ink line, especially a fine one, almost touching the ruler, and it is sometimes desirable to do this. The pen should if possible be held exactly perpendicu- lar to the paper, both in the direction of the line and transversely; but it- will often be found that the point will worl: better 1f held at a slight angle, the end of the handle inclining slightly forward, to the right, or in toward the body. -Whatever this angle may he at the start, it should be maintained for the entire distance, or the line will not be parallel with the edge of the ruler, but wavy and crooked. If the edge of the ruler is very thin, about 1-16in. as in the ordinary set curves, there is yery little trouble from this cause, but on the other hand there is a much greater chance of blotting through the edge of the nen touching the ruler and the latter drawing With a thick ruler, of 4gin., as in some Big. 66. straight-edges and T squares, or even of %4in. as in the larger battens, there is mtich less danger of this blotting, but any slight change in the angle of the pen is sure to make a crooked line. At the same time the writer at least prefers to draw with a thick rather than a thin edge. In some cases, aS In drawing the very slight curves of a boom or mast in a sail plan, a thick ruler may be used to advantage, the point of the pen being close ta the edge at the start, with the upper: end inclined outward, from the body, As the pen moves ahead, the handle is slightly inclined in, the point curving away from the straight edge until the swell of the spar is reached, when it is pradually thrown out until at the end of the line the Tn this way many lines for either the set curves or the spline, may be readily drawn. - ; ' In the every-day: praétice of the draftsman. there. are three points on which opinions differ as to the best pos- 8i8 sible methods, In the first place, in the general construc- tion of the drawing, the pencilling may be carried on quite. rapidly, the lines being all drawn in full, not dotted or broken, and no special care being taken to stop each at its correct ending but leaving more or less pericil work to be stibsequently erased, In this case it will be necessary in the inking to determine the proper nature of each line, solid, dotted or broken, as well as its limits, as it 19 drawn, and to use the pen accordingly. In the alternative plan each line is put in with the pencil in its final shape and position, so that there is nothing to do in the inking but to copy exactly the pencil lines with the pen, This method perhaps takes more time in the end than the for- mer, but there is no doubt that it is the correct one, and the beginner will do well to accustom himself to it. One important advantage is that after the pencil drawing is once completed by the designer, it may be turned over to a comparatively inexperienced hand, so far as planning and designing go, who will merely copy it mechanically with the pen. In some cases where this method is followed the draw- ing is made with a HHHH pencil instead of HHHHHAH pencil and is not inked in at all, but a_ trac- ing in ink is taken from it; both for a _ per- manent and legible record and for blue printing. In case of subsequent alterations in the design, as ts often the case in machinery, parts of the original drawing are erased, new ones pencilled in, and a fresh tracing made. Another point is in regard to erasing and cleaning, it is the practice of some draftsmen to make no erasures of errors or blots during the penciling and only to clean up the drawing before inking; while others use every effort to keep the drawing correct and clean all the time. This latter method may involve some serious erasures, which will mar the surface of the paper and interfere with the inking; but it is decidedly the better. For one thing, if a maii stops at once as soon as he has made a blot or an error and takes the time to correct it, he is likely to be much more careful than if he leaves everything to some indefinite time in the future when he will clean up ana correct everything before inking. We should advise the learner to stop as soon as a mistake has been made, either in pencil or ink, and to remove all traces of it as fully as possible before going on with the work. The third point concerns the inking in, It is the prac- tice of many to complete the drawing entirely in pencil before a line is drawn in ink; while others complete the main part of the worl only, and ink it in afterward, ad- ding various details in pencil. There may be occasional conditions which justify this method, but as a rule the me Eee a E t : | ; Fig. 66. drawing should be completetd to the last line in pencil before any pen work is begun. In default of practice in a good office, or instruction tinder a competent teacher, the learner will have to cely on his own ingenuity in planning the most expeditious methods of plotting and pencilling: his main construction lines, the foundation of his drawing must be correctly placed on the paper and must be absolutely accurate in their relations to one another; they must also be arranged so that distances may be quickly plotted on and measure- ments taken from them. Some of the auxiliary lines will not appear in the completed drawing, and these may be drawn only in part, enough perhaps to give an intersec- tion or a tangent. All similar distances should be set off and all circles of the same diameter drawn at one setting and handling of the dividers or compasses. There are many small points of this kind which it is difficult to par- ticularize, but which at the same time do much to lessen the time and labor of drafting. [TO BE CONTINUED. ] The Canada Cup. As in the case of the 90-footers, the greatest possible secrecy is being maintained as to the dozen yachts build- ing for the challenge and defense of the Canada cup, but some little news is leaking out. Concerning the Duggan boat, the Montreal Gazette says: The utmost secrecy pervades Harry Hodson’s yards, and will continue for same weeks yet. The cause of all the mystery is the building of the 35-footer for the de- fense of the Canada cup. The vessel under construction is owned by the J. Wilson Morse syndicate of the Royal Canadian Y. C., and is being built from designs by Mr. G. Herrick Duggan. The particulars are being kept secret. The frame, which is of oak and elm, is in position, and is kept carefully under lock and key in a sheet iron building at the end of Hodson’s wharf. The employes have strict orders to keep all curious people at bay. The first strake of planking has been placed upon the frame, but the work is now at a standstill awaiting the shipment of British Columbia cedar for the remainder of her planking. As far as can be learned the craft will be of extreme lightness and will embody several radical changes in the accepted model for 33-footers. In spite of the delay in the arrival of planking material, the boat will be ready for landing on May r. The contract calls for the delivery of the little vesel complete at the middle of May. ~The public will not be allowed the slightest olimpse of the Toronto candidate for the defense of Canada’s cup until she slides into the water, The following is from the Toronto Globe: - _ There will be a Canada cup defender from the Halifax design after all, and it won’t be built in Hamilton, either, .though that hope was entertained but a short time ago- The Halifax designer is Mr. H. C, McLeod, general man: ‘ager of the Bank of Nova Scotia, who has been very suc S14 cessful with his productions, both on the ocean and the inland lakes. He was formerly the agent of the bank in Chicago and was chosen as one of the committee of man- agement of the first Canada cup race. The project of building from the design of Mr. McLeod was taken up by Commodore Jarvis on his recent return to the city. With the co-operation of Vice-Commodore J. H. Plum- mer, the necessary funds are so far assured that the order to begin work on the new boat has been given to Capt, Andrews of Oakville, from whose shop Canada was put into the water two years ago. It is said that this latest decision to add to the number of trial yachts has developed another possible boat, malk- ing three Toronto defenders in addition to the three tinder way in Hamilton, The following is from the New York Tribune: A. G. Cuthbert came to New York yesterday to ar- tange to introduce the alco-yapor launch in Chicago waters. The 35-footer Veva, which is being designed for Vice-Commodore Peare, of the Chicago Y. C., and which is intended to back the international challenge for the Canada cup, will be an improved Sylvia. Sylvia has taken fourteen first and five seconds out of twenty-one races, and in the contests in which she took second place she was beaten by her sister yacht, also designed by Cuthbert, ‘called Mirage. It is a singular fact that al- though Sylyia was built and raced in 1893, two years be- fore Defender appeared, she is the exact counterpart of that’ Herreshoff flyer. except that she is slightly deeper in proportion. On being worked out on a scale the princi- pal measurements, other than draft, are the same within afi inch, Columbia. Late last week it was announced officially that Mr. C. Oliver Iselin had given to Sec’y Oddie of the New York Y_ C. the name Columbia for the cup defender now build- ing for Com. Morgan. This news Sets at rest the numer- ous rumors as to the other names that have been for some time current. Sufficient work has been done on the top- sides of the yacht to confirm the report that they, like the bottom, will be of Tobin bronze, The work on all parts is progressing steadily, and the yacht will be launched early in June. The brass foundry at Warren has been leased. by the Herreshoffs for the making of the numerous small castings, and work has been begun on a foundry as a permanent addition to the Bristol plant. The Boston Globe has collected a lot of information concerning the sail plan, and though it may not all prove correct, it is sufficiently probable to be interesting at the present time. Unless all signs fail and all present indications are wholly at fault, there is a-big surprise in store for those who have confidently predicted amincrease of 15 per cent. of sail in the new ctip defender over the old, and who have figured the gain by a’rough addition of fiye or six feet all around in the spars of the new boat over those of the champion of ‘95. Although the Globe cannot say so to a certainty, yet the information now in its possession as to the spars of the new boat leads to the conclusion that the increase in sail area will not be over 5 per cent. At the same time the information points to a far more effective sail plan in this increase of 5 per cent. than in the 15 per cent. in- ctease given in connection with any so-called “approxim- ate” designs. _The sources of this information cannot be given, for the steel gaff and boom are being made in the Herreshoff shops tundet lock and key, and watchmen to guard; while the wooden mast, bowsprit, topmast and spinaker pole, which are ready for shipment in the shop of the Boston Spar Co., at East Boston, ate hardly more available for observation. Nevertheless, the Globe believes its infor- mation to be accurate, even if it upsets some preconceived ideas of what was being done. ; . According to this information, the spar dimensions are as follows, the figures in each case being the limit shown by the spars before their final finish: Mast 1o7ft., boom torft., gaff 65ft., topmast 62ft., bowsprit 38ft., and spin- aker pole 74ft, A 2o0ft. masthead and a housing of oft. be- low the deck would make the mast 78it. from deck to hounds, or 6ft. more than in Defender. The main boom is 5ft. shorter, the topmast 5it. longer, and the bowsprit 4ft. shorter than Defender’s, while the spinaker pole is about the same length. With the known position of the mast in the new boat as between frames 28 and 29, the sail plan for the pur- poses of measurement for time allowance can be very closely calculatetd. It figures to about 600 square ft. more than that of Defender, or about 5 per cent., but at the same time it shows an increase of actual sail of about 500 sq, ft. in the mainsail, leaving only rooft. to go into the head sails, or a very great imcrease in the area of the principal driving sail in proportion to the increase on which an allowance tax is paid. This sail plan is shorter on the base line and longer on the perpendicular than that of Defender, and there- fore carries more sail aloft where it will do the most good in light airs, and where it is more effective and more easily kept in place than as if it were lower down. The figures and the proposition itself are somewhat surprising at first, since the easiest way to increase a sail plan would be to add on something all around, but a little considera- tion of the matter and of the conclusions to be drawn from certain known data will show the plan to be a logical and practical one, even if Measurer Hyslop’s tape shall finally show it to be wrong. ; ue Many figures were made on Defender’s sail plan while she was building and after she was under way, but Meas- urer Hyslop’s figures, just before the cup race, were the first official or authoritative ones obtained, and they showed that presttmably positive information was by no means cortect, Defender was not officially measured un- til the last possible moment, and the same will undoubted- ly be true in the case of the new boat. : In considering the sail plan of the new boat the placing of the spars as well as their length is of the utmost im- portance. The position of the mast is known, and this is a-good starting point for obtaining the base line for the purposes of measurement. The fore side of the mast is FOREST AND STREAM. at frame 28, or practically 47ft. 6in. from the stemhead. Housing the 38f{t. bowsprit about roft., as in Defender, gives it a length of 28ft. outboard. Deducting from this length about a foot and a half for finishing at the other end, and for the attachment of the headstays, gives a measurement of about 74ft from the side of mast to for- ward point of measurement midway between the jibstay and foretopmast stay. — Under the measurement rule of the New York Y. C., any excess of length in the spinaker pole over the dis- iumce just given is added to the base line. Hence all spin- aker poles are made just under this length to avoid being taxed, while at the same time they are as close as possi- ble to the distance so as to get the largest possible sail. In Defender the distance from foreside of mast to for- ward point of measurement was 73.55it. and the spinaker pole was 73.36ft. long. In the sail plan now under con- sideration the distance is about 74ft., and the length of the pole not many inches under the same figure. Taken together the figures should closely fix the length of base of the forward triangle. This base is not officially meas- ured except to determine any tax on the spinaker pole, but in the present case it is valuable in helping to deter- mine the entire base line, ! The official base line is from the forward point of meas- urement to end of main boom, to which is added any ex- cess of length of gaff over 80 per cent. of the topmast, measured from the hounds to lower side of sheave of top- sail halyard block. Taking the boom at 1ooft. and allowing 3ft. for mast and goosencck fittings, a liberal allowance, a base line of 178it. is obtained. Allowing Ift. on the topmast for fitting and the drop of the topsail halyard block gives a measurement length of 6rft,, and with a 65ft, gaff an excess of 16ft. of gaff over 80 per cent: of the topmast to be added to the base line, which brings the latter to to4ft. The perpendicular next claims attention. This is meas- ured from upper side of mainboom to lower side of sheave of topsail halyard block. With a measurement of 78ft, deck to hounds, an allowance of about 3ft. must be made for the distance of the upper side of the boom from the deck. This gives 75ft. up to the hounds. Add to this the length of the topmast, 61ft., and a perpendicular of 1306ft. is obtained. Defender’s perpendicular for meas- urement was 128.48ft. The sail plan of the new boat is therefore nearly 16ft. higher in the air. To obtain the sail area, multiply the base by the perpendicular and divide by 2. The result is 13,242 sq. ft., or 640 sq. ft. more than Defender at her offical measurément of 12,602 sq, ft, This, it must be remembered, is the sail area for meas- “irement, and not the actual sail area. The rule was de- vised to get as closely as possible the area of the working sails, including the topsail, together with something for a jib topsail. The actual area of the working sails is less than this figure, but in the plan under consideration the mainsail figures roughly in the neighborhood of 500 sa. ft: more than in Defender, wherein lies one of the merits of the plan. aT ais Variations of a few inches all around in these figures, either more or less, would give a different result, but the area as given is not far out from what it is believed the new boat will carry. If there are additions they will show, on boom and gaff rather than in perpendicular or forward portion of the base line. ‘ Now for the reasons for such a sail plan, In the first place Defender carried a strong lee helm, which all addi- tions to her after sail by lengthening her boom and gaft failed to entirely correct. Her head sails were also ma- terially cut down to help in this direction. These things were kept very quiet in ’95, but have since become known, and it was fully as much to correct the fault of a lee helm as because she could carry more sail, that the main- sail of Defender was increased, The addition of two feet in height when the new mast was made was probably as effective for speed as the addition of 5it. to boom and gaff. The necessary cutting down of the head sails was always a source of worry. In the new boat Herreshoff has set the mast between 4 and sit. further aft than in Defender, and at the same time has retained practically the same length of base line to the triangle of the head sails. This would make the rorft. boom come about as far aft as the ro6ft. boom of Defender, and would practically mean the adoption of the length of base line originally given Defender, while at the same time giving the proper balance to the new boat by setting the whole sail plan as much farther aft as was found necessary to correct the carrying of a lee helm in “05. Or, to put it a bit differently, it may fairly be reasoned that Herreshoff adopted in ’95 a rig which was as long on the base line as would be properly effective and could be comfortably handled. He made additions aft to correct the balance of his boat rather than because he thought them the best way to get increased speed. This year he starts with about the same base line as originally decided upon, but balances his boat properly in the light of ex- perience and then carries the additional sail he needs for speed away up in the air where it is taxed the least and will do the most good. : ; Certainly the new rig, judging by experience in smaller craft, will be more effective by being comparatively nar- row and lofty rather than spread out on the base line, The new boat has plenty of added power to carry it and it is known that her designer wishes her to heel well out when sailing, so as to gain all the advantage of her long overhangs, and has given her a “tumble home” to her topsides in the expectation that she will sail in just that way. Avatar point in favor of the new plan is that the ex- cess of gaff to be added to the base line is only 16ft., when in Defender it was 19ft. The only question in the writer’s mind as to the plan is as to whether it gives sufficient aftersail to balance the boat. He frankly confesses he is not enough of a naval architect to answer the question definitely, and can only say that it seems likely to do so. In view of the apparent placing of the center of lateral resistance, but little further aft than in Defender. : In any event he has outlined a consistent and possible, as well as probable, sail plan, and confidently expects that any changes that subsequent information or Measurer Hyslop’s tape may show, will be in the direction only of more aftersail, ' In the meantime the new boat’s wooden spars—her ’ should be better in a breeze. [APRIL 22, 1890. — mast and duplicate topmasts, bowsprits, spinaker poles and sets of club topsail poles—are still in East Boston, and will remain there until the completion of a set of spats for W. O. Gay’s new 70-footer, for which set an order has recently been received by the spar company. All the spars will then be shipped together to Bristol by barge or schooner. The large spars will be put over- board at East Boston and be towed to Fiske’s Wharf in the city proper, where they will be hoisted out by the big shears, and placed on the deck of the craft that is to carry them around the Cape. The smaller spars will go to Fiske’s Wharf by team. The big mast for the new defender lies in plain view in the spar company’s shop, but Mr, Bailey does not encour- age close inspection by visitors. The other spars are so piled up as to defy inspection were opportiinity afforded. Mr. Bailey is naturally affable and disposed to give in- formation about the work in which he takes a pride, but in this case the mantle of Herreshoff secrecy has included him in its voluminous folds. “He may possibly find it op- pressive, but he does not say so, since the Herreshoffs are zood customers. Under these circumstances he can hard- ly be blamed for being close-mouthed. But the spars will get out from his hands some time, and there will then be a chance for the verification of what are now believed to be their correct dimensions. The Seawanhaka Cup. THE race committee of the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y, C. has issued a notice of the change of date for both trial and cup races, in consequence of other important yacht- ing events. The trial races at Oyster Bay will be sailed on July 3, 5 and 6; while the cup races at Dorval Lake, st. Louis, will be sailed on July 26 and the succeeding week days. Up to the present time two 20-footers are promised for the challenging side, a new and an old boat. The new boat, already mentioned in these columns, was designed by B. B. Crowninshield, of Boston, for a syndi~ cate of the Bridgeport Y. C., including Messrs. T. H, Macdonald, W. Herbert Jennings of Southport, Archibald McNeil, T. L. Watson, De Vere H. Warner, James H. McElroy and Egdar D. Chittenden. She will be built by Lawley & Co. and will be 32ft. over all, 17ft. 6in. line and 8ft. beam; the planking being cov- ered with canvas. The other boat, also a Boston craft, is described as fol- lows in the Globe; her photo was given in the Forest AND STREAM of Sept. 3, 1808 Boston will not only be represented in the trial races by a Boston designed and built boat, but also by one that is owned as well as designed and built here. The cham- pion 18-footer Duchess, challenger last year for the Quin- cy cup, will have her sail plain reduced to conform to the limits of the 2oft. Seawanhaka class, and will be en- tered for the races at Oyster Bay. She will be sailed by Arthur H. Parker, one of her present owners, and: with him will be his brother Frank and C. D. Mower, de- signer and builder of the boat. Duchess at present measures close to 18ft. water line, with 600lbs. for weight of crew on board, but will easily come under 17ft. 6in. waterline with the 4s5olbs. required under the Seawanhaka rule. This will allow her the limit of 50o0ft. of sail, It will be quite a reduction from her present 67oft., but she will carry less live weight and 1 Neither her owner nor her designer expect to win out against the new Crowinshield boat for the Bridgeport syndicate, but they are looking for sport, and expect to get it. oo Te The new boat is a little narrower than Duchess, and is also more on the “scow” model, and should have the ad- vantage of Duchess in ordinary racing weather. It is hoped to “try out” the new boat with Duchess in some of the races here before taking her to Long Island Sound. Duchess will probably lose her chances of winning the Y. R. A. championship again, because of the change in her rig, but she has had “heap plenty” honor in that direction already. It is also reported that a second new defender, in addi- tion to that ordered by Com. Ross, will be built at Doryal. If You Want the Whitest and Best WHITE LEAD use ‘ENGLISH B.B."’ Of all paint dealers and of J. Lee Smith & Co., 59 Frankfort street, and F. W. Devoe & C. T. Ray- nolds Co. , 101 Fulton street, New York.—Adv. Bifle Range and Gallery. Maryland Sportsmen’s Exposition. Revolver Contests. The conditions governing the revolver contests, April 18 and 19, Baltimore, Md., are as follows: 2 - “Military” revolver contest, any revolyer issued by U. S. Govern- ment to State troops, having fixed regulation sights. Ammunition —Seryice cartridge of caliber used. Thirty shots, in six-shot Scores; cleaning allowed between scores,’ Contestants are permitted 30 minutes to complete the entire score. Range—Twenty measured yards. Four-inch bull counts 5; 6in. ring counts 4; 8in. ring counts 3;, balance of card counts 2 Contestants—Any member of an military organization in the service of the State of Maryland. - Where unknown to the manager, credentials will be required. En- trance fee—$2, including cartridges and entrance to the grounds. Position—Arm extended, free from any support. Prizes—First, gold medal and amateur championship of Maryland, with mili- tary revolver; second, silver medal; third, bronze medal. Ties— Shooting is class shooting, the three highest scores to win, and all ties must be shot off in six-shot scores until decided. Shoot- ing will begin at 3 P. M., April 18, and entries may be made at any time thereafter up to 9 P. M., after which the entry list will be closed. Shooting will stop promptly at 10 P. M., and unfinished scores or ties will be shot off the following day, at a time to be designated by the manager. Contestants are required to shoot as soon after making their entry as possible, so there shall be no un- necessary delay. ~The gallery will be open in the morning for prac- tice to all boma-fide entries. Conditions of “Any” reyolver contest! ammunition. Range—Twenty measured yards, American target, reduced for 20yds. Bull counts 5; first ring, 4;. second ring, 3; balance of card, 2. Position—Arm extended, free from any support. Number of shots—Thirty, in six-shot scores; cleaning allowed between scores. Entrance fee—$2, Ammuni- tion extra. Division of money—One-fourth of entrance fees to go to management; the other three-fourths to be divided into 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent, Class shooting, ties to be shot off in six- shot scores until decided. Contestants—Anybody can enter this contest by paying entrance fee. The manager is sole ref-— ' - wee Any tevolver and any Target—Stendard -£ Apait. 22, 1800. | , eree and his decision is to be final. Animiunition is tiot Str nished im this contest, and contestants who haye hot provide their own ammunition tan buy it at the score, and also hire a tevolyer if necessary. Shooting will begin at 3 P. M., April 19, and continue until 19 P. M. Contestants may enter at any time, but.will be expected to shoot as soon as possible after they have entered. No entries taken alter 9 P. M. Re-enitrics will not be permitted, : Rifle About San Francisco. “SAn FraAwersco, Cal., April 10—The California: Schiitzen Club held its annual ‘spring festival at Schiitzen Park on the 2d imst. ‘There was a very large attendance of riflemen, several clubs from the interior counties being represented, / F The honorary or merchandise target was most patronized. The conditions were: 8 shots, 200yds, 25 ring target, tickets $1 each. Highest scores were: Strecker, 72; Foktor, 72; Kuhnle, 72; Schmid, 71; Pape, 71; Mason, 71; Otschig, 71; Gruhler, 71; Walden, 70. Cash target, 4 shots, tickets each $1. H. P. Schuster, 95 rings, $20; Dr. L. O. Rogers, 94, $25; J. Utschig, 94, $20; A, Strecker, 93, $15; C. J. Walden, 92, $12.50; O. Bremer, 93, $10; A. H. Pape; 92: D, W. McLaughlin, 91; D. B. Faktor, $1; E. Semid, 91. Scores at Shell Mound Range yesterday: . First champion class, John Utschig, 446; second champion class, R. Stettin, 421; first class, Hi Stelling, 414; second class, August Jungblut, 395; third class, J. Beuttler, 364; first best shot, J. Beutt- Jer, 25; last best shot, August Jungblut, 2b. For Bushnell medal—D. B. Faktor, 227; Dr. L. O. Rodgers, 214; F, P. Schuster, 214, , Competition for cash prizes—F. Rust, 72; D. B. _Faktor, T—7— 70; John Utschig, 70; F. P. Schuster, 69; David Salfield, 68, * At the monthly medal shoot of Company C, First Infantry, Na- tional Guard of California, the following were the best scores out of a possible 50: Chris Meyer, 46; Charles Waltham, 45; H. Ken- nedy, 42; L, W, Grant, 39; T. McGilvery, 39; I. V. Northrup, 365, The Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club held its monthly target practice, with the following results; Class medals, experts—A. H. Pape, 45; Dr. Rodgers, 51; F. E. Mason, 71. Sharpshooters— J. E. Gorman, 75; G. M. Barley, 78; O. A. Bremer, 97; M, J. White, 148, -Marksmen—E. N. Moore, 96; G. Mannel, 102; Mrs, White, 120; C, F. Waltham, 121; Mrs. Waltham, 132; A. W. Tom- kins, 185; J.. F. Twist, 197. Grap-Shaating. If you want your shoot to be announced here send to notice like the following: Fixtures. First and third Fridays of each month.—Watson’s Park Burn- side Ill.; Semi-monthly contest for Montgomery Ward & Co,’s diamond badges, + _ April 17-22.—Baltimore, Md.—Prospect Park Shooting Associa- tion’s tournament; $500 added. Stanley Baker, Sec’y. April 19—South Hingham, Mass.—Annual tournament of the Hingham Gun Club. ity. \ f April 22—Wissinoming, Pa—Philadelphia Trap-Shooters’ League tournament. J. K. Starr, Sec’y, April 25-27.—Kansas City, Mo.—Ninth annual tournament of the Missouri State Amateur Ghasune Association, under auspices of Washington Park Gun Club; $400 added money; target and live birds, alter ©, Bruns, Sine ’ , April 25-26—Gretna, Neb.—Target_ and live-bird tournament; $200 added; open te all. H. M. Hardin and C. B. Randlett, Managers. ; . April 25-28.—Baltimore, Md.—Tournament of Baltimore Shooting Association; targets and live birds; Money added. H. P. Collins, April 25-27.—Oseeola, Ta.—Osceola Gun Club’s tournament. , April 26-28.—Temple, Tex.—Texas State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion’s tournament, ; May 2-5.—Lincoln, Neb.—Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion’s twenty-third annual tournament, under the auspices of the Capital City Gun Club; six amateur and four open events each day; targets and live birds. R, M. Welch, Sec & May 6.—White Plains, N. Y.—Live-bird handicap. E. G. Horton, Manager. bie May 9-13.—Peoria, Iil.—Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association’s tournament, C. F, Simmons, Sec’y. May 16-19.—Erie, Pa,—Ninth annual tournament of the Penn- sylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, under the auspices of the Reed Hurst Gun Club. F. W. Bacon, Sec’y. f 4 May 16-20.—St. Louis, Mo.—Tournament of the Missouri State Fish and Game Protective Association. H. B. Collins, Sec’y. May 17-18.—Oil City, Pa.—Interstate Association’s tournament, under auspices of Oil City Gun Club. F. S. Bates, Sec’y. May 23-25—Algona, la.—Tournament of the Iowa State Asso- elation for the DroiceHon of Fish and Game. John G. Smith, TES. May, 24-25.—Greenwood, S. C.—Annual live-bird tournament of the Greenwood Gun Club; 25-bird Southern Handicap, R. G. McCants, Sec’y. Club. D, D. Stine, Sec’y. . May 30.—Canajoharie, N. Y.—All-day target shoot at Canajo- harie, N. Y. Charles Weeks, Sec’y. May 30-Jiine 2,—Erie, Pa—Ninth annual tournament of the Penn- sylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, under the auspices of the Reed Hurst Gun Club. Frank W. Bacon, Sec’y. - June 5-10.—Bufialo, N. Y.—New York State shoot, under the auspices of the Buffalo Audubon Gun Club; $1,000 guaranteed; over $2,000 in merchandise, and $1,000 added money in open events. Chas. Bamberg, Sec’y, 51 Edna Place. June 6-9.—Sioux City, Pa.—Fifth annual amateur tournament of the Soo Gun Club. E. R. Chapman, Sec’y. June 21-23.—Columbus, O.—Tournament of the Ohio Trap-Shoot- ers’ League, under the auspices of the Sherman Rod and Gun Club. J. C. Porterfield, Sec’y, O. T. S. L. June 14-15.—Bellows Falls, Vt.—Interstate Association’s tourna- ae under auspices of Bellows Falls Gun Club. C. H,. Gibson, ec’y, June 14-16.—Cleveland, O.—Cleveland Target C€o.’s tournament. June 20-22.—Wheeling, W. Va.—Third annual tournament of the West Virginia State Sportsmen’s Association, under the auspices of the Wheeling Gun Club, Wheeling, W. Va. John B. Garden, Sec’y. June 27-29.—Altoona, Pa.—Target tournament of the Altoona Rod and Gun Club, Wopsononock Heights. G. G. Zeth, Sec’y. July 1-2,—Milwaukee, Wis.—Grand tournament of Milwaukee Gun Club, in Carnival Week. 5S. M. Du Val, Sec’y. July 19-20.—Providence, R. I.—Interstate Association’s tourna- ment, under auspices of the Providence Gun Club. R. C. Root, Sec’y. Tale 18-20.—Little Rock, Ark—Arkansas State tournament. Aug. 9-10.—Portland, Me—Interstate Assocaition’s tournament, under auspices of the Portland Gun Club. S. B. Adams, Sec’y. ° Sept. 6-7.—Portsmouth, Ya.—Tournament of the Interstate As- sociation, under the auspices of the Portsmouth Gun Club. W. N. White, Sec’y. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. Clué secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties on ald events are considered as divided uniess otherwise reported. Mazi all such matter to Horest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad= way, New York. j The Glenville Gun Club Co., of Glenville, Ohio, has decided to hold a tournament on May 30th annually. The secretary, Mr. Robert W. Sterling, informs us that the club possesses a beauti- ful shooting park and club house, with ample provision for the comfort of all who attend. The programme provides for ten intro- ductory practice shoots at 10 targets, followed by 10 events, of which three are at 10 targets, 50 cents entrance, four moneys; two at 15, $1 entrance; one at 20, $3 entrance; three events at doubles,S=pair, 15 pair and 20 pair, respectively, $1, $2 and $3 en- trance; and one eyent at 5 live birds, $5 entrance, money divided 60 and 40 per cent., birds extra. Shooting commences at 9 o’clock. 26-27.—Tyrone, Pa.—Target tournament of the Tyrone Gun fUREST aND STREAM. The programme of the Missouri Amateur Association's nintl annual tournament is now teady for disttibution and ean be ob- tained of the secretary, Mr. Walter I’. Bruns, Kansas City, Mo. It is an artistic production in every detail. Three days’ shooting is provided, ses day having events at both liye birds and targets. On the frst day, April 25, there are two live-bird events—one at seven bitds, $5, $10 added; one at 15 live bitds, $10, entrance, Mh added. ‘There are also 10 blue rock events, nine at 15 targets and one at 10 pairs, each having a uniform entrance fee of $1.50, ex cepting No. 10, which is $1; each has $10 added money. ‘Two live- bird events are provided for April 26. The first is at seven live birds, $5 entrance, $10 added; the second is at 15 live birds, $10 entrance, $25 added, and is the State amateur championship event. The present holder of the medal receives fifty per cent. of net entrance, and the remainder of the purses with added money will be divided in the usual manner, ‘Ties for this trophy must be shot out, There are eight target eyents on this day, of which No, 6, at h0 targets, $5 entrance, $20 added, is the State team championship; teams of two men. The present holders of the Hunter Arms Company Cup will receive fifty per cent. of net entrance. ‘The other fifty per cent., with added money, will go with the usual division; four moneys, Rose system, On the third day there will be one event at liye birds for the Schmelzer Trophy—20 live birds, $10 entrance, $100 added. Con- cerning this the management proclaims that “In order that all shooters may have an opportunity of competing for the beantiful Schmelzer Trophy the management has decided to accept entries from parties who do not wish to participate in the money, at $9, which will pay for the birds only. Those paying $10 entrance fee will compete for both trophy and divisions of money. These con- ditions are made for the sole purpose of catering to those who for any reason are opposed to entering a sweeepstake money shoot. The trophy will become the permanent property of the contestant making the highest score in this contest. All ties for the trophy to be shot off at 10 birds.” There are 10 target events provided for the third day, the entrance to which is $1.50 each, excepting two, one at 20 targets, one at 5 pairs or 10 singles, the entrances of which are $2 each. Each event has $10 added. Shooting com- mences at 9:30. Interstate rules will govern the division of moneys in both live-bird, and target events will be governed by the Rose system, four moneys, the points being 5, 4, 3, 2, excepting that in case of fifty entries or more in the target events there will be five moneys. Professionals may shoot for price of targets. Grounds will be open for practice April 24, The annual meeting of the association will be held at the Midland Hotel on the evening of April 25. From a representative of the St. Louis Shooting Association we have received the following: Now that the Grand American Handicap has been decided, and in favor of a Western sportsman, the eyes of the shooting world are turned to St. Louis, where the twenty-second annual shoot of the Missouri State Game and Fish Protective Association will be held at Dupont Park May 15 to May 20, under the auspices of the newly organized St. Louis Shooting Association. With the ex- ception of the tournament at Elkwood Park the shoot at St, Lonis will be the biggest thing of its kind that will be held this, year. More added money will be hung up at the Mound City tourna- ment than has ever been offered at any similar shoot in the West. Besides this there will be medals and trophies galore. The St Louis Republic has offered a cup, valued at $500, for the champion wingshot of the world. What undoubtedly will be pleasant news to every honest shooter in the country is the fact that either the equitable or Rose systems of divisions of moneys will be used in St. Louis. The systems are bound to do away with that old habit of “‘dropping for place’ which has marred some of the best shoots in previous years. A new club house is being erected at Dupont Park which will afford accommodations for 200 sportsmen. New traps are being placed, under the supervision of Superin- tendent Corray, and everything will be in lovely shape when the inaugural day of the shoot rolls around. The St. Louis shooting Association is composed of hustling young business men, and they will leaye nothing undone to make this snoot a grand success. The officers of the association have gotten up a programme that appeals particularly to the amateur shot, and they are anxious that the simon-pure sportsmen journey to St. Louis in large num- bers to compete in the tournament. To the professional they say, “Come, and you will be treated royally.” The annual meeting of the Brockton Gun Club was held at their club howuise on April 9. The following is a list of officers; Presi- dent, J. W. Murdock; secretary, A. A. Barrett; treasurer, R. E. Brayton; executive committee, C. FP. Kneil, W. A. Allen, The club) is in excellent pasition financially, One of the prizes for the season will be a valuable medal, to be shot for under the following conditions: 30 targets, 10 unknown, 10 expert and 5 pairs, highest per cent. to win after a stated number of shoots, Merchandise prizes at regular intervals, Mr, John B. Rogers, Warwick, N. Y., writes us as follows: “The annual meeting of the Warwick Gun Glub was held on the evening of April 15th. The following officers were elected for the enusing year: President, Clinton W. Wisner; vice-president, Geo. A. Williams; secretary, John M. Seryin; treasurer, James A. Og- pens captain, W. Scott Lines; trustees, F. Dunning, J. L. Welch, and W. S. Lines. President C. W. Wisner presented the club with a cup to be shot for during the coming season, the condi- tions to be made known later, The club is in good financial can- dition and the prospects are bright for the coming year.” The “Illustrated Treatise on the Art of Shooting,” by Charles Lancaster, in its sixth and popular edition, contains nearly all the information of the library edition. The price of the latter is $2; that of the popular edition, which is neatly bound in cloth, is $1. It contains in concise form hints on the proper manner of pointing the gun in making every possible kind of shot, with illus- trations to make the matter perfectly clear to the student. Besides this, there is a mass of information on gun making, care of the gun, chokes, powders, penetration, velocities, pattern, etc., all uf practical value to the shooter. We publish a group of portraits of officers of the Interstate Asso- ciation, the gentlemen who have done the executive work in making the G. A. H. the great success it has been and is. We regret that we were unable to add the portraits of Mr. W. F. Parker, of Parker Brothers, director and member of the executive and tournament committees; Mr. C. Tatham, of Tatham Brothers, member of the club organization committee, and Mr. Paul North, of the Cleveland Target Company, and membér of the club or- ganization committee. Mr. Ed. Johnson, of Atlantic City, N. J., and Mr. T. Morfey, of Lyndhurst, N. J., will shoot 100-bird match at the latter place on Thursday, April 27th, for $250 a side, Mr. Johnson has achieved great fame in recent matches, while Mr. Morfey’s fame as a match shooter is also great. The contest should be of the highest order if the men are in their usual good form. There will be a shoot between teams to be made up en the grounds of the Bergen County Gun Club, Hackensack, N. J., April 22. Sweepstake events also will be held, Trains at 12 M., 1110 and 2:20 P. M. from the foot of Cortlandt street. C. O, Gard- ner, secretary. On April 10, the day before the Grand American Handicap was begun, three important events were shot, one at five birds, $5 entrance; one at 10 birds, $10 entrance, and one at seyen birds, $7 entrance. BERNARD WATERS. Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Association. * Mr, Geo. Rogers president of the Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Association, writes as follows anent the coming tournament of the Asociation: The twenty-third annual tournament of the Ne- braska State Sportsmen’s Association will take place at Lincoln, Neb., May 2, 3, 4 and 5, under the auspices of the Capital City Gun Club. The management has $650 raised and will add it to the different events. There will be each day six 15-target races, $1.50 entry, $15 added to each, and four 20-target races, $2 entry, $20 added. The 15-target_ events will be open to amateurs only, and the 20-target events will be open to the world, and all the cracker- jacks are invited, Two years ago the same club held the twenty- first annual tournament. I think the manufacturers’ agents and professionals will admit that Nebraska has always treated them fairly, and we think that by making four open events each day the entries will be much larger and the purses greater than if we had made them all open sweeps. We anticipate nearly all the amateurs will want to try conclusions with the cracker-jacks. ‘The Missouri amateur shoot precedés ours, and the Dlinois State: shoot at Peoria and the Missouri State shoot at St. Louis follow, and we feel sure of a good crowd making the cireuit, which makes four weeks of continuous pleasure. Lines; handicap committee, John B, Rogers, F. Dunning - Sis ON LONG ISLAND. Oceanic Gun Club, Kkocxaway Park, L, I, April 16—The first day of this week the Oceanic Gun Club held its regular bi-monthly shoot at its grounds, Rockaway Park, L. I., and the race between the Oceanic and the Wiudson Gun Club, of Jersey City, had to be postponed two Weeks on account of inclement weather, and the lack of rep- resentatives of the visiting: teain, Scores follow: Events: Ile a ee Oe eh ate oo ALU Targets: 15 16 10 26 15 -25 25 265 1b 26 Ji Ete Galea ereteereeeet Leiatrs Lee Ss eh TT if eee 9 Gay Dudley. retweeeneniin 95 2s rae eS Ls ASS GHITPElm ts iver ene Sen ee et ie Ure ae UCase Lee 2 WOR pices Apt ure ree eenrioy. 8. 4 Tu ves Bone Giveic ers saarretseeerts an, hE Se irda Wastes sae ites, & eens DAD LU feeke LO. eae haere TEL TEATS fafa laps SET een eso lbs clkbe sh. ‘ bol Pinvenaksoapayi hl Oe ee nee tee Sy Bh! i Al Wilson 5 3 heeeilicns ate . T Diffley Hy ee A RI alls: at Tas © 6B Flarp Carrs Meade Ke - b Laney ite Be eam ee G If Leable . ie Ae yy ee ; 5S. Charles , 5 10 24 13 ta Vio ediei iil e yy eeecn ber nol nie mans : Bose SBA es ne 2) Chas SIN CS lato bye lololla o hd aah cherteecher euch 3 Poach iis AP Ar i PIFETTELTIL tore yur paca oe tat qa ite op Ls Penge Pete aaty te ICIS GE i tievestreretsiia decane tateitem efit be Woomay RS Sg on tl CLALIT ewes vw sleitia (eileen ea teee ee eee tS ee os, ey iw) New Utrecht Gun Club. Woodlawn, L, I., April 15.—The weather conditions were fayora- ble. The most interesting events were the three contests for the challenge plate. ‘The first between Dudley and George, won by Dudley; the second between Dudley and Gaughen, won by Gaughen; the third between Dudley and Gaughen, won by Dud- ley. EF. A, Thompson shot with the contestants in the second event for the challenge plate. 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Dudleyis Wiis OLOLIIAIONIII 1437s 2. 1. «1: 1. 1926 P E George........... 11101111110110101000—12 =:00- 10 00 10 114—17 No. 3, challenge plate: yy Griseiteny Gi) laet ss oe 1010100110101011131—13 =. 1. 11. 11 «11 10-9 —22 C W Dudley........., 01101119111111110101—16 «10 11:10 00 015—21 EF A Thompson..,..-- 107111001010101111114 00 10 00 10 00—2—16 No. 4, challenge plate: C W Dudley,...,..5<- 10101011001310110000—10 =: 00: 10 10 01 10—4—14. Ji Gatighen 4..2:..--.. 01101000000131000130— 8 10 00 10 10 10—4—12 Several sweeps were also shot. The Glenville Gun Club Co. GLENVILLE, O., April 10.—The club, having held several tourna- ments at various times during the past two years of its exisence, decided at a meeting of its board of directors last January, to hold May 20 as a permanent annual tournament, the first to be held this May 30 next, The club is now well equipped with all facilities necessary to the pleasure of shooters, and their new large club house, with its beau- tiful shooting park and accommodations, will meet with the ap- proval of all who may desire to attend, Our members extend to one and all a cordial invitation to be with us on May 30 next. The following scores were made at the last club shoot: Club event, 25 blue rocks. Ulopkins, 21; May, 22; W TeLinde, 12; F Brown, 18; G TeLinde, 19; Sterling, 21; Brockaway, 20; Fel- lows, 12. Events: 2 a. Ae 6 Events: 12 3 4.5 6 Birds:, 10 10 10 10 10 10 Birds: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Brown ......, ee ke Se See G a Ge ADelinde «s,s 878 78 8 W ‘TeLinde.... 4 4 2 4 4 8 Brockaway .... 8 998 5 8 IM ctiyln Ween Wy a 8 8 8 81010 Fellows -:..,... <1 FP OE ye Hopkins ....... DS) 7 989) (Sterling Sui naka, ee T 908) Bey Rost. W. Stertine, Sec’y. Woonsocket Gun Club. Woonsocket, R. I., April 8—The following scores were made at a practice shoot on the club grounds to-day: Carn nbelliie cs thads. cen voee cease rut 1101111111001110111100111—19 LAPIS eer teld cites nee eye tern aan 1000010111.001100101111111—15 Baleommeec ayy sodaden ates «cere Stee eeaien 1111110011101111011011101—19 IDE IE KAS SIMPAKNHBE hea nue SE ag 11110011917911111011101000—18 SVEN Se MeLUceateed arp popsprsAvatilceasehstarete ola cinnvcrrtalettnene 120109111011999411011110—21 Riiiiariny sets eailaNelor ce ceeseeeh hati hoeces 11100199110111170101011731—19 CEREAL iB sett rk oe Se ey eee Hort 11111113100100100000101310—14 eee Baila Lesttaet eeectvcee: teen cee 1101171110101101001101111—i8 Banber wa cere: er ee Ph mee oboe 1001100111101111011111101—18 Deserve: wae Se eee eer i ere ae 1011111110011111000101110—17 Parker 2 otters he PEE ets poe ty rk § Soe oni Montpelier Gun Club. Montpetier, Vt., April 10.—Editor Forest and Stream: At our annual meéeting officers for the ensuing year were elected, as follows: President, Jos, G. Brown; Vice-President, F. A. Stan- dish; Secretary and Treasurer, Geo. B, Walton; Executive Com- mittee, C. L. Smith and W. E. Stoddard, Our grounds will be open and ready for business the latter part of this month, when we shall be pleased to welcome all shooting friends who may be in our city. : We would like to call the attention of the Vermont shooters to the badge, emblematic of the championship of Vermont, for six- man team, which we still hold, and which we place in the market again this year, same as last, and subject to challenge. We shall be pleased to hear from you, boys, in reference to this, and will endeavor to arrange dates, etc., which will be as near satisfactory as possible to all concerned. i By Geo. B. Walton, Sec’y. Kingsbridge? Gun Club. Kinesrripcr, N. ¥. City, April 8.—Following are scores made by members of the Kingsbridge Gun Club at their regular monthly shoot, held to-day: TAs SEPA Cte ected tenet foun eirbieree teres ste 1101110111—8 + 20001—2 (O) ARS ASS RCM Ohe) REE AG Soe omcrr en gue ODL CEOS 2220102100—6 02122—4 ay WGOUWATL nea ndanceheialates: cine eaten ene 21111121"0—8 = 1211*4 E& D Lentilhon...... Neu Hed vec Leen ocuatnd eS 2222200"12—T 21222—5 IDO IRE MMOIA Oak es snonbes oseeeiooajoddads saaes st 2022100100—5 + 10120—8 IVES WWieteintananiec ss = 5) -yrlrcils nich ese ++» -2002220002—5 22002—3 The Forest AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. The editors invite communications oi; the subjects to which tis pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not bé re- garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. < +E | Subscriptions may begin. at any time. Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and, full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iy, W. C, Lynbam Tournament, Ric#kmonyp, Va., April 7.—The following scores were made at our tournament, held here on April 5, 6 and 7. Owing to the yery disagreeable weather, we had a very small attendance on the first day, not many more on the second and none on the third. However, we had the pleasure of meeting the following out-of- tewn shooters, who proved to be a fine lot of fellows amd thor- : ough sportsmen: Dr. Wayman, Stauntan, Va.; W. EF. Summer- son, Staunton, Va.; W. E. Hurst, Portsmouth, Va.; J. B. James, Newport News, Va.; Dr. Charles, Newport News, Va.; W. 3. Price, Virginia Beach, Va.; W. T. Mitchel, Lynch Station, Va.; Wim, Harper Dean, Qak Hill, Fair Oak, Va. The State championship at targets was won by Mr. ff. L. Hewitt, of this city. Me shot in good form and was entitled to all he made, as the weather was extremely bad for ‘throwing: ta-gets. Hammond and Hurst tied for the State championship at live birds. They agreed to shoot off the tie, and Hurst won, Hammond shot a good race, everything considered, and his average throughout the day at live birds was equal to the winner of the championship match. Wim. Harper Dean, familiarly known among the shooters as Pop’ or Pa, was several times applauded as he cut down some very fast drtivers. He is considered the gamiest veteran sports- man in the State of Virginia. Events: Ne 20 to) 46186. ae Events: 12.3) 45 8 Targets 15°20 15 * 15 2015 Targets: 15 20 15° * 15 20 15 Hewitt ...... 12°16 12 45 131811 Wayman ..,. 1215 6 40 13 17 18 Mitchel ..... 11175 9 31 81611 Summerson : 9.. 11 35.,.... Hammond .. 12 1611 40 81612 ° Dean ..;....., 91710 48 1517 .. Tignor ...... 613 633 9... .. Colquitt ...-. 12 16 12 40 14:76 15 Sinton ($0.21 710° 8%. 1111 .. Dr'Charles... .3s,5. 1M 8 * State championship, 40 targets. Second, day, April 6, State championship, 25 live birds; ELATOS GINS Caen eteert ena te ee ee ene aad LOLLI ITI 0111111110101 —21 [Skysigerepye® Moder re ia hee done ner ctr. (91009999991111111011111.10—21 Jeewencets WLyaiys WP eae ra Ano aried jcoehoorn 2 11.00110110111111111111101—20 ... SIR eSAArag, Te Stace crete ner le dee ae Oe dance gycacae lela ady 1111101011110131110101161—19 ENTS Cee ee a crea ey ait ethane ean 0111001111101111111101011—19 ARETE (alta Wer) Soh bbe ante fas ates fr bea ete 1101001311110001111101111—18 NV aiVETISI Wisi eee be Unies tack Agni cts saee 111009111001910101111101.—16 Tri eaiOned ease bh betiaes Peng ach er etek wee 1000000000011000110111110—10 Dr Gharles ee nie aesatorn teas ae ete 010101 1010001011 109w —3§ Events: te yet Events alfa Birds: 5 7 10 Birds 5 7 10 Wittcltel eyeiwet teres: hee an eee Gemaaricce oe turein a berg ate starercette DF Dae Hathmond © ,,...2.ecreeee EVE CISU batt Soe peat oeeere: 43 5 ATES Aven eee ee EEL ET rie Gh ey rg WD yee vay PES Se Ps cn 410 AlcivITianl cmlereeetjyak eee SETHE. GShbvbis eyelets etek vt oe 9 W, Cc. LZ Boston Guan Club, Wettincron, Mass., April 14—The second shoot of series was accomplished at Wellington in a pouring rain most of the time and the boy with the magautrap was able to congratulate him- self as being decidedly better off than the shooters. Not that the shooters objected strongly, yet some preferred to await the pass- ing of certain showers, and interspersed the events with discus- sion of loads, picking of G. A. H, winner, ete, The fascination of selecting a “‘fine load’ will probably never forsake the trap shooter; no matter if it changes with each week, there is always a fine load left. A dense powder im a new cheap shell started off in good shape to-day, a dram for dram nitro in an old stand-by case did good work all the afternoon; perhaps a factory load averaged best, and the only consolation left was gath- ered in by something a little different than cither. Each take their turn, and half the sport of trap-shooting at a little club like this lies in the trial of different combinations, the noting of re- sults and the inevitable decision that even a very good load is unlikely to acquit itself nobly unless the user is more than sure of it being the only one for his gun. The varying degrees of suc- cess Wednesday, April 12, are tabulated below: Events 1208 405 06 ofeess Felts Targets: 10 10 5p 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 (O@gletlors Biies oh sae eee SS bh eS Sik 4a eos. 38 Miskay, 18:.....-<:. eee paiaeegrele CPG AD Dh BY ty a8 ee i JetoiiPrs, kts Sead anftscosaco CGR ie O IS) “fee cone aoe Vio rctatitedd Yue bee oe aise ere ersiptaee ee Woe (BOOS: Boel SieeRELGe Gres ee Griffiths, 17..... 7510 889748 510 8 Newton, 15...-. he eee i Pe ie es PR SLR ee ere ete Michaels, 16......+.+. ro Satis soe Neos ees ro LOseoe: ye istoleyehe SES ee eas a Pncedbasset Meee a. Means GL. ee nae tee Stelling ton, IG. nse beneee Fomerctsls cele) ve or ee ANGPISS 103, edobacr se at henry, ol4.. 0... caecesssscseeqaees= be ot ir ve we ee _ All events unknown angles, from magautrap; No, 3, pais; Na. 9 singles; 26yds. rise. Merchandise match, 30 targets, unknown angles: - Miskay, 18.......-- a he OE 191019119.19111111.1011111— 29 Michaels, 16...0.scseseeerecceeere eee 4910110191111919911111101111—27 Griffiths, 17.,...cccee reese sre cccenes 191111110011111011101111011111—25 Gordon, [T..seseeceecr ccc eenneccecess 111001111101013111110011111111—24 Btollish TSF oe Seay selene et Kanata 191111101110111111100101101111—24 Woodruff, 17.----2:seeneeeccecreeeee= 101011111111011011111011011011—23 Wellington, 16, -.-...000+scccceeesnes 0012.011000111111413.01111110011—21 ATCO, AS. 0. cece ce wnteec ewer eeeseser 1011100010011 00000101110101010—14 Newton, 15,......... Horse .«- »-100000000100100010001000000000— 5 Centredale Gun Club. -CENTREDALE, R, I., April 10—A practice shoot was held on our grounds Saturday. The much-talked-of event between Charles Cozzens, Senator C. Luther and Thos. Mellor took place and was won by Cozzens, scoring 2 out of 10, neither one of the others hitting dny, this being their first experience at shoot- ing. We also had the pleasure of having Mr. Fanaday, repre- senting Laflin & Rand Company, with us. Many of the shooters tried his load, and did very well, especially the secretary and . C. Root. i.e About 1,200 bluerocks were trapped, and a very enjoyable after- noon passed by all. Next Saturday we have our medal shoot. Scores: Events: Sea pe aGanGemse ne Targets: 15 25 25 15 10 25 25 Root ..... fe RBA 50 SEOOOUCC paieee 7 12 $17 20 4 8 19 16 Sere erent i 13°22 5. 12 102. = Williams ... ae A a Sa ¢ Collins ...... te Co ee Webster ..-.. 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SAO Ole f oqd3 95 Oo we CPR ie Bis z Gos fan gots Ce eter ae S&S poh 4 eS fa Oe eos Oo aay a) a =e < Hote, woke = eS a x BS City, Mo. Kansas City,Mo. Kansas City, Mo. Chris, Gottheb, 28, Kansas William Dunnell, 28 Nippersink, Ill.. J W Bramhall, 27, Ed Hickman, 28, HB Fisher, 27, They The I] here on ds show it. within a short distance of fortable quarters for the To Mr. E. S. Rice is due largely the credit for accom- plishing such a remarkable undertaking, and bringing it to such a successful conclusion. dining car and the a, With four cooks, five waiters and one steward, this car a seating capacity of forty, and was a part of exibit at the World’s Fair; the compartment car standard Pullman Tartary; ar Atlantic, Guiana; the the Pullman the section Pullman Persia, d “Dupont.” were a fine body of men, and it is unnecessary to dwe the excellence of their shooting, for the recor train was side-tracked near Branchport, Elkwood Park, shooters. The train consisted of a da felt hat, in styl and decorated simply Pullman buffet and supply ¢ buffet and attendants; the exposition Most of these shooters were distin- guished by a neat-fitting corduroy coat an and made most com luxurious in their appointments, arber, bB. & ©. baggage car, the with b Similar to that worn in the regular army, having standard Pullman WVilame. with an aluminum pigeon bearing the legen Americ ears, Philadelphia, Pa. 2 iS if a : ¥ ol ME Se 9 as uA = gé & ‘o 0 es ef Ee Soo e Bo Sa are PG ke See a) & O fasn SoU sp ogo puselusnona batieoho=l cS ad) 2 SSae@s eg roe Oc oo gu kU tral BS SHEE O Ce) Eee we BAe Satvmess & wap oad oo OS AN eh. aid Cog" shoSsigu wm & wv a = 2S bp re BS Od opt 8 bo.8 ag 2 DOES a = 8h oo ° a 5 Bese m3. 85.0 a ea@doo og Boge hu eo a Ho (UU Or 2S “a2 £.oss° Bb2 msm ESC oF, SR ah pace 23 sEa9scehe rm) x Ver ° Sue eQntr meu Bee eee 0o "8 SE p7Se acu. em Cs} hee eee Sw fdas woe ono Pt" ae Sean - inne a) = Ogitieoug sed ypDHOMERD FOS ae. Fa we 952 10 Db bo 6 Po ‘she Ges Sto guy oF Toe ght o on wo St Sg 20 eyes a HS. hae hE o BO RSF eS he = 4 os bo Vos Sis be. Bs (ees Sas on aU Se op’ Saray we wots TO BS atch os Sow 3 vp > 5 Rgestagd® os Ens Sa Seseke The scores follow: 7 1 Chicago, oO. 4 , C A Young, 29 Springfeld t, 1899, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. Trap score type—Copyrigh 28, albire as 4 27, Wi r ESS, ’ Camaha, N suy V Dering : Columbus w D Bur f- Ct Ta. 23 Bes New Haven Des Moines, B W Cland W R Milner, 27, 29 g, Ill. 29 jelaee Keithsbur, Clear Lake T A Marshall CM Grimm 2G, 2.4 E Stuteyant, y- st New York Cit EL » 27, [eb rire J G Knowlton N ew Yor ’ G@ W Schuler, 2 Dr, R G Fallis, Louisville , 28; Wee Plat n J A Jackso Cincinnati Austin, 4 is 2 e ill... oY 1 © VonLengert _ Chicago tes William Wagn Washington, y Jr. 27, * Shar. S Hoffman Atlantic 2 2T, idge, NJ. 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Bunk,” 28 W 4H Perrine, 27, N Brunswick, E Banks, 27, Nippersink, JSS Remsen, 28, Albert Dunnell, 28, * Jim Jones,”’ 28, Chas B Cullom 7, Til. Brooklyn, N Y. Wis. 1 Neb.... , Mass. GAS ras y. 29, Haverhill M T W Morfe Lyndhurst, San Francisco.. F Coleman, 28, Megins, Wood, 27, New York City... G F Brucker, 27, Oxnaha, E D Fulford, 30, Utica, N) Ys... H E Boltenstern,2 Cambridge, A.W du Bray, 27 Cincinnati, O . John M Lilly, 27, Indianapolis, Ind. VY E Boltenstern, 27 Cambridge, Ill.. Dr J. Hood, 27, Otto Zwerg, Jr., 26 Sheboygan, C F Bryan J S Fanning, 80, FEF 2—23 1—23 2—23 5 ve 62414511212433 LRADTAAAAAARTER 22222222220222 33553512555113315355 AARACARLLAARTATIN YRS 2222002222222222222 344 NTA 222 6, aN eg Wis. 4 €, ve H J Carter, 27, , Jr. 28 Fredonia, N 28, (hye a b Scranton, Pa.... Kansas City,Mo. Spirit L Janesville, Opheim, IIll.,.. Paterson, N J.. Charleston, S$ New York City. Salem, Pittsburg, Pa.,.. 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Hee peeheckeee -002021020 —4 James H Campbell, 25, Franklin, Tenn......,.0220*2*02 —4 UO F Bender, 28, Fanwood, N J....------+++++-100220010 —4 W L Smith, 27, Brooklyn Wi ncenvees-, 022220000 —4 John Parker, 29, Detroit, Mich......+..:++..2*2000001 ang RL Packard, 27, New York Gity.....ccans«s «200001702 —3 J Van Mater, 27, Atlantic Highlands, N J..200020200 —3 William Vance, 26, Baltimore, Md............ -000010 = il Friday, Fourth Day, April 14. The weather was charmingly pleasant. The day was filled with the balminess of the springtime, mild, clear and warm. ‘There was a large number of spectators present to Witness the close of the greatest eyent of the kind eyer held in the world, and of the number many were ladies. There was but the twenty-fifth round to be-shot off before the final.struggle for the possession of the cup began, While the closing shot of the finishers was watched with great interest, it was manifest that it was considered but the preface to the real strugele—the shooting off of the ties for the cup. was refereed by Referee Mr. Ed. Taylor, the ballistic expert of the Lafln & Rand Powder Co. There was not sufficient wind to be of any assistance to the birds. What there was came from the north, though in its warmth and gentleness it was more befit- ting the south, The greatest interest was manifested when the men who had killed twenty-four straight came to the score, There were seven of them, Messrs. T. A. Marshall, E. Hickman, 8, Hoffman, Jr.; J. A. Jackson, Dr. J. G. Knowlton, G, M. Grimm and G. Roll When Marshall killed his twenty-fifth bird there’ was tumultuous applause, and clearly he was the favorite in the contest. Hickman drew a corking swift straightaway from No. 4 trap, and, over-careful, slowed up in his time and under-shot it with both barrels, This left six men who were’ straight and who killed their last bird. The Shoot-off for the Cup. Immediately after this round was concluded, the shoot-off was started at No. 2 set of traps, where the breeze, what little there was, was blowing from the shooter to the traps and would make the conditions harder if it had any effect at all. Mr. Harold Wallack refereed. The birds averaged very commonplace, They were slow flyers most of them, and were in quality far below what would make a real test of the shooting abilities of Messrs. Mar- shall and Grimm. An occasional good bird was, sprung, There. was a great crowd clustered around No. 5 traps, which applauded the few good kills of good birds most vigorously, though they marred their good taste and common propriety by exultant applause when Dr. Knowlton missed a*bird and was out of the race for the cup. On the first round Roll shot under a rising right quartering driver from No. 4 trap, a fast, strong bird, which escaped. In the second round Hoffman drew a fast swift rising driver from No. 3, and missed it, Knowlton’s first bird he called no bird, and killed neatly his second. In passing, it may be temarked that all through the contest Dr, Knowlton called about every bird which did not fly promptly, sometimes thus calling two or three birds before he shot. Some birds which he called “no birds’? were declared “dead” by the referee, a point which some of the spectators did not understand. The explanation is that such birds had started and were on the wing a moment be- fore he called “‘no bird,’ and a bird once on the wing cannot be called “tno bird’ by the shooter. Had he missed under such circumstances it would have been a lost bird. Im the fourth round, Marshall missed clean with his first, but his second was placed right. Grimm was drawing very easy birds, while Dr. Knowlton was drawing by far the hardest. Jackson’s sixth bird from No, 4 was a swift right-quartering driver, which went straight for the boundary, and out, and the gentleman from Texas retired with a good record and a game contest. Knowlton’s sixth was a hummer, a circling right-quartering driver, strong and swift, which died dead out. ‘This left the contest to Marshall and Grimm, Grimm’s eighth bird was his first good one, a circling right-quar- tering incomer, which he stopped with his second. He made a good kill on his twelfth, a swift straightaway, The contest contin- ued thus with no specially remarkable features till the twenty- eighth round of the tie, when Grimm missed a right-quarterer, which, though a good bird, would have been considered easy on the preceding day, when the wind was blowing. The birds were a poor lot as a whole, far away inferior to those shot at by Brewer and Parmelee in the match a short while afterward. To have made the finish interesting, a better lot of birds should have been used. However, whatever the birds, Mr. Marshall showed that he could shoot them. He was shooting in better’time than Grimm, and his manner was devoid of all mervousness. Had he been shoot- ing for the price of the birds only, he could not have appeared more tranquil, He was shooting in excellent time and placed his Joads with admirable precision. He killed fifty-eight straight in that handicap contest from start to finish, The scores follow: Trap score type—Copyright, 1899, by Forest end Stream Pub. Co. BR aD ak ei Dake ace oN re RR AE LS ASA LEATORT ETT ZAR As 222 2% 3 i 2 Marshall, 29....,. 22222222 22 22-2222 2 2202 We eae ge Se ate at Rcd 22222222 —33 3 Hoftman, Jr, 27..b 522354 bore ly ' Jackson, 28...... 212220 UeDeomee AAP tt Knowlton, 27.....2 222 2 * 2451828145342838281438125155 TETAS Gare yy bea ob ene ae Grimm, 29........ 221212221 2.222121 2:2 2.22 222-2 45313125 he Ten 22221220 —32 d Roll, Oe The nine men who were straight at the close of the twenty-first round had agreed to divide. The share of cach was $305.05. Each of the twenty-fours received $105.05; the twenty-threes, each, $36. In respect to the ties, Mr. Shaner, before the assembled shooters, announced that if one of the parties at interest wished it the ties on 24 and 23 would be shot off. One man, whose voice did not sound quite brave, said he would shoot off if anyone else would. Mr. Shaner prompily informed him that that Was no answer; it must be yes or no, and if any one of his ties said yes all therein would have to shoot. He warned them that then was their opportunity. A general silence proclaimed that all were willing to divide, In view of the foregoing, if any one of the shooters feels a fierce belicf three or four or more or less months hence that he wanted to shoot off the ties, but was prevented from doing so, it would be well to recall Mr, Shaner‘’s announcement above mentioned. Tt was a great contest of great shots, and the quality of the com- petition was worthy of the greatness of the event. ship prevailed throughout, so that notwithstanding the great num- ber a competitors and the keenness of the competition, there was a kindly atmosphere pervading at all times, and all fraternized to- gether in the most harmonious manner. ‘The twenty-fifth round was shot on No. 1 set of traps, and — Good fellow- ° a [Apri 22, 1899. WHAT THE 25s USED. * rt CM Grimm......Smith......7.14..U.M.C.Trap. .3% 14 DupontlyZ 7 Hazard ....1% 7 Ja Jackson. +... Greener... l,.Luader,...,-.42 Laf@Rand.1% 7 Geo Koll.,..,....Remington,7.12.,.U M.C. Trap. .8% Dupont....14 7 5 Hoffman, Jr....Boss...,...7.1¥.,U.M.C, Trap. 814 Dupont....134 7 WHAT THE 24s USED. Ed Hickman.....Smith.....- 7.14..U.M C. Trap. 8% Schultze...1% 7 CA Young ....,.Smith......7.18..U.M:C.S.&1..3% Schultze....134 7 DrS Shaw,....,.Greener....7. 9..Leader........834 Dupont..-.14% 7 W R Milver,.....Parker.....7.11..U.M.C Trap..3i4 Schiltze...14% 7. Chris Gottlieb,...Smith,...,,7.15..Smokeless,....344 Schultze,.,.14% 7 J W Bramhall,.,.Remington.7,12..U,M C, Trap. .8% Schultze...14 1% Dr RG FPallis,,..Parker....,1.15..Winch Pigeon.48 Dupont,....14 7 Chas Zwiriein,...Parker,,.,.1. 8..U,M,.C,Trap..3% Hazard.... % 7 John W Hoffman, Parker..... 7. ..Smokeless,..., hal het Deere elt Ht B Money...... Parker... <5 7.15..U.M.C. Trap. .54% E.C.........1% 7 Wm R Crosbey...Haker..,,..7.15..Leader...... Hy Olnetsneee 11% T J D Gay..... ++-,Parder..,.. Tl... Leader. 42 Dupont..... wT J A Sherburne... Wrancotte. .7,12,.Smokeless.....3834 Dupont....1y% 8 7 H Trumbauer....Greener....7. 1..U,M.C.T.&S_.84414 Dup 1414 7% 7 Sporting Lite NorPurdy .....7. 4,,.U M.C.T.&S..8%4 Dup.&sch.117 7 Hess...., +,» Parker...., 7.14., Winch, Pigeon.3'4 Dupont..,.14% 8 7 J,C*Bicks:....... Smith......7. 9.,Smokeless...,, 40 Dupont.....14% 7% 7 ailas Palmer..... Greener....7.14,,Leader.,......84% Dupont....14% 7 FS Parmelee. ,,,Remiggton.7.12..U,M.C, Trap. .334 Schultze....0% 7 W F Meidroth.,..Parker,,...7. §..Smokeless ....354 Dupont....14% 734 7 Wim-Dunnell.,...Smith,,.... 7.12.,U,M.C,Trap..2% Dupont....14 7 BW Claridge....Winchester,7,12,,eader........ 444¥vL&@R&Hazly 7% 7 EIDE Osta a ieue ye Benker atis 7.14.,U.M.C.Trap..34 Dupont....14% 7 C Von Lengerke,.Francotte, ,7. 6..U.M.C.VL&Dis Schultze. ...134 7 HOB Fisher ,.,...Parker..... PPL Lye Saas: 8% EB C...,,...14% 7 j WHAT THE 255 USED. ; ¥ H Stockton....Parker.,,..7.14..U.M.C, Trap, .834 Hazard....14% 7 RD Oridaterel- fase ole Francotte..§. ..Leader..,..... 614 Dupont....13% 7 Chas H Woolley.,Parker..... 7. 4..Leader.,..,... 4-0) Schultze.14% 7 O Von Lengerke,. Francotte, .6,14..Win,&U.M.C,.8%4 Schultze,...14% 114 7 W H Hassinger..Smith...... 7.11..U.M.C.Acme, 45 Laf&Rand..1% 1% 7 Chas S Campbell. Greener, ...7,12..U.M.C. VL &D34 Schultze...1344 7 7% G H Petermann.. Lelever.....7. 5..U.M,C.V rap. .64% Schultze...124 7 GS Burroughs...Francotte..5. ..U M.-C. Trap..84 Schultze...1% 7 H J Carter....... FPSrannard7.14..Leader........ 3144 Dupont....144 T L H Owen....... Greener....1.12..Smokeless..... 344 Dupont..,.1% 7 GH Fairmont ...Francotte..7.11..U.M.C.Trap..s4% E.C........14% 7 HB Ondawa.....Parker..... 7.10. Leader ....... az Laf ®Rand.. 144 7 AUT Kang. 22. ia: Scott.......7.10..U,M.C.Trap. 314 Dupont....14% 73 7 Mrs ‘W Shattuck. Smith......7,11..Leader....... wy 04 Mazard 14 1% JE Riley..... Agosteld tee noe 7.11,.U0,M.C, Trap. .34% 3% Schultzely 7 _ Dave Elliott......Winchester.7.14..Leader,......: 54 Schultze...1% 7 FWred Bucklin.,...Winchester.7. 5..Leader........ 4z-1sHaz &Dupi ly 7 J J Sumpter, Jr..Smith...... 7.13..U.M.C. Trap. 5% Dupont....1% 7 Hasers teenies ..G Renett 14, .Smokeless.....6144 Dupont....14 7 A D Sperry Parker 9..Leader........41 Dup.tbhlaz..1% 714 7 H R Sweny . Parker . o.. Leader.......+ 44 Lat &Rand,.14f 6 7 GH Ford... . Kemington.7.12..U.M.C.VL& D48 Schultze....14% T J T Anthony....Parker..... 7.15..U M.C."Vrap. .334 Schulze... 14 7 Wm Wagner..... Parker..... 7.18..U.M.C.'Vrap..d. EB O.....1.14 1% Guy V Dering....Parker..... 7. %..5mokeless....- 314 Dupont....14% 1% 7 Dallas E)iott....Greener....7.14..U.M.C.'lrap. du schultze....14 7 . W A Heilman.....Kemington.7.14.,Smokeless..,.- 3Y% Dupent....1y% 34 © W B Leffingwell..Smith...... 7.10. .Leader...... ..346 Dupont....144 7 Russell Kiem....Smith...... 7.14..Winch L.&P..5Y% o% tlazard 14% 1% 7 G W Schuler..... Smich.....-. 8, ..U M.C.Vrap. 30 Kings ,.:1%67 J AR Ejliott...-Winchester,7. 7.,Leader....... 49 Hazard.....14 7 FD Alkire....... Parker..... 7.14..U.M.C, Vrap. 4% 534 Dupontiyy 7 C Nauman, Jr....Clabrough,.7. 1-.Leader........034 Dupont. ,« sls 7 Dr J G Kilbourn. Francotte..7.12..U,M.C.'Trap..40 Schulcze..,-1% 7 B HW Worthen....Parker..... 7,15.,U.M.C,Trap..8%% dchultze...144 7 Wallace Milier...Smith,..... 7.14..Victor.........5% Kings......144 7 HE Backwalter.Warker..... 7.15. .Smokeless.....514 54 8.C,...144 14 7 JL Brewer...... Francotte. .7.1%..U M.C,'lrap..4 schultze..... 1y7 Edwin SturteyantParker, lhga6. 5..Smokeless.....234 Dupont....1 8 7 Milt Lindsley....Sniith,..... 7.14... Victor........84% Kings .....1%7 6 Raussen wena sees Parker..... 7.15.,Weader...... 1.514 Dupont....1% 7 J O'H Denny....Hoss.....-. T, Asdlbeader: 010) an 45 Schulize,,..134 7 J A Samuelson...Smith,...... 8. ..Leader..... .. 53% Dupont,,..14 7 W 1 Burges ....Greener....7.11..U.M.C. Trap. .514 Senultze,...144 134 7 Aaron Dory...... Parker..... 7.142..Smokeless,.... 4-00 B.C... 7 S M Van Allen...Daly....... 7. 1. loeader.,......544 Dupont....14 7 GR Hunnewell. .Parker.....7,14..Winch.P.&L..044Hazesehul.ig 7 Geo L Deiter ....Cashmore,.7.10..Leader...,....40 Wupont,....13% 7 The Handicaps, The handicapping was done by the veteran, Mr, Jacob Pentz, of Bergen Point, N. J: Mr. W._R, Hobart, Newark, N. J.; Mr. W. K. Park, Philadelphia; Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, Pittsburg, men of vast experience in such matters, and Mr. B. Waters, of New York, Hon, T. A: Marshall, Keithsburg, lll., was also appointed on the handicapping committee, but business affairs interfered with his coming, and Mr. C, W. Budd, of Des Moines, la., took his place. Mr, T, A. Divine, of Memphis, Tenn., also was appointed, but conld not attend the meeting. } Considering the great number of contestants, the handicapping was quite well done, as shown by the results. It is useless to point out that some man stood at such and such a mark and won or lost. It was expected that men whe won would stand at some mark, as well men who lost. Someone had to win. It was impossible to place 260 shooters on seven marks, 25 to dlyds., with- out having some unevenness somewhere. The wisdom of aban- doning the $2yd. mark was vindicated, for of all those who stood at 31, none killed straight. As a whole, the handicapping was accepted as sound. The Birds, There was 2 fairly good lot of birds furnished for the competi- tion, although at times they ran very poor, whole coops being slow of wing, though this was a small percentage as compared to the whole. There was am eflormous quantily of birds used. Prom the time that practice began in earnest before the Grand American Handicap till the day after it was finished there were well toward 90,000 birds used. Mr. L. C. Kirstner, of Baltimore, Md., who supplied the birds last year, supplied about 23,000 this year, and about 2,000 were obtained from other sources. Allowing liberally for sick birds and ‘tno birds,” fully 20,000 were trapped in the dit- ferent events. The greater part of them were blue in color, The Retrieving. All the retrieving was done by dogs, and their task was a most laborious one, considering the many thousands of birds killed. On the whole they did fairly well, though the team on No. 3 set of traps had one or two which at first were over enthusiastic on the first and second days, breaking away from contro! of the handler in their eagerness io retrieve birds out of bounds, and delaying thereby the shooting, Mr. Charles Zwerlein, of Yardville, N. J., had some of his dogs on hand to assist, and his Irish setter at No. 3 materially assisted in keeping those traps cleared for action, Answers to Correspondents. No notice taken of anonymous communications, J. T. G—tIs it permissible to fish for trout through the ice, i such fishing is done after open season commences? There has been considerable argument in this vicinity of late concerning the aboye, many contending that it is unlawful to fish for trout in any season if one is obliged to cut a hole through the ice to do so, I do net see, or at least am tinable to find any proviso in any of the books published by the State authorities, Ans.—The law does not forbid fishing for trout through the ice in open season. PUBLISHERS’ DEPAR T. Last two Tours to Washington under Personal Escort. : Tue Jast two of the present series of Pennsylvania Railroad three-day personally-conducted tours to Washington, D. C,, will leave April 20 and May 11. The rate, $14.50 from New York, $11.50 from Philadelphia, and proportionate rates from other points, in- cludes transportation, hotel accommodations, and Capitdl guide fees. An experienced chaperon will also accompany the party. For itineraries, tickets and full information apply to ticket agents; Tourist. Agent, 1196 Breadway, New York; 789 Broad street, Newark, N. AB + or address Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.—Adz, FOREST 4.'D STREAM. A. WEEKLY JOURNAL U. CopyricuT,|1899, sy Forest anp $2. SLISHING Co, ~ RopD AND GUN. TERMs, $4 a Year, 10 Crs. a Stal! Six Montus, $2. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1899. VOL, LIi.—No. 17, No. 846 Broapway, Naw Yorr, WORK AND PLAY, Tue letter printed elsewhere from Mr. S, R. Harris, is characteristic of very many of those which come to us, be- cause it expresses the peculiarly pleasant relations exist- ing between the Forest AND STREAM and its readers and contributors. By a happy coincidence, on the very day that this letter was received from a member of the Bar of Ohio, our Tennessee contributor, who writes over the name of Lewis Hopkins, who also is a member of the Bar, and whom happy fortune had brought to New York, related how the Forest AND STREAM, with its stories of the experience of others and its promptings to him to tell his own, was the chosen favorite diversion which came to him in the week of labor. These two expressions are, as has been said, characteristic of the paper’s relations with its readers and of the peculiar office it fills of the busy man’s companion. Some who are outside of the craft and have not the clear knowledge which comes only with initiation into it, might scoff and sneer at the designation of a sportsman’s paper as a special journal of “The Workers.” Yet he must be downright ignorant and stupid who in this day confounds the typical sportsman or angler with the idler or the sluggard or the ne’er-do-well. The truth is that they most value the rod and gun, who find in the use of these implements diversion and recreation from the routine of toil, The most enthusiastic sportsman is quite _ likely to be one who finds but scant opportunity to indulge his favorite pursuit, who must needs plan and contrive far ahead for his vacation, and make the opportunity for it by plotting to steal time from crowded calendars; and who, when he writes of it for others to read in the Forrest AND STREAM finds in such recording a grateful realization anew of the actualities of the trip. The typical sportsman is the professional man who is engaged in the rcund of his profession, the business man immersed in affairs, the farmer, the student, the public official, the mechanic—the man and the men who are doing the world’s work to-day and doing it all the better because they have learned that play too has its proper place in the economy of efficient work. We hold the theory, not here broaclied for the first. time, but advanced before and confirmed and established by fuller observation, that those who make the most out of theft outings in the field, on the waters, in the woods and in the mountains, who get the most from their day off, their week or their month, are they who have to plan most closely how they may break the chains which hold them to their daily rounds, and how by contriving they may achieve the opportunity for the vacation short or long. . This is what gives field sports their dignity and worth, and causes every reflecting and right-thinking person to be jealous for the preservation of the game and the fish and the forests and the streams, the bird covers and the haunts of trout and bass. HUNTING KNIVES. THE question of the form and material of the most use- ful hunting knife 1s 2 subject which, while it is one which presents difficulties to the novice, is not likely to occupy a large place in the thoughts of the man who has had experience. He who is buying his first hunting knife, vhowever, imagines that a great deal depends on it, and that unless he provides himself with a knife of proper appearance, his equipment is by no means complete. As has often been said, the hunting knives sometimes sold in the gun stores are an abomination for general pur- poses. _ This is natural enough, since they were never made for general purposes nor for the uses to which ‘the American hunter puts the knife. They are a modifi- cation of the dagger of the Middle Ages, a fighting weapon, which was a part of the equipment of every knight, squire and man at arms, and they were used by the huntsman for a single purpose only, that was to give the ame its coup de grace and to bleed it. In other words, this knife or dagger was a thrusting weapon. In those times and in those places the liuntsman never wished to do more than io secure the game. The operations which we call butch- sting and skinning were left to the servants and the fol- lowers of the hunt. But in our land and in our time, the aunter must not only kill his game, but must also bleed f, disembowel it, remove the skin, cut up the carcass and carry it in whole or in part to his camp. For such work e needs a knife adapted to a variety of operations. It must have a point for ripping, a broad, round edge for skinning, a light thin blade, short enough to be comfort- ably handled. Finally, it must be hard enough to re- tain an edge, yet tough enough not to break if it is sharply brought against a bone. The varying opinions expressed in our columns, and the different shapes of blades there shown, offer a wide range of choice for the man who has had a delicate taste in hunting knives. No part of his outfit is more essential to the hunter’s comfort, if he is in a good game country, We confess to having a strong liking for a knife which exactly suits tis, but we acknowledge also that it is often the case that those who are most finical about their hunting knives are the ones who have the least use for them. WALTON’ S ANGLER. ONE may become the possessor of Izaak Walton’s “Com- pleat Angler” in return for the expenditure of the sum of ten cents, or of ten dollars, or of ten hundred dollars. What he gets in exchange for his money in each several transaction is Walton’s Angler; and if one buys simply to read what Walton wrote he may find it as completely in the cheap copy as in the expensive. But even for the purpose of reading one likes to have an author in re- spectable and worthy dress. An extremely cheap book, that 1s to say, one which is cheaply made in material and workmanship in imitation of a more costly one, is an abomination which grows more and more abominable with time} just as on the other hand a fine edition is cherished the more dearly the longer one has the joy of its posses- sion. The safe rule in buying books we intend to keep is to select substantial well-made volumes, honest ma- terials used and artistic and dignified in the printing. And if the style of the volume in its material pari shall comport with the character of the subject, the writer, or the time of its original publication, the outward dress being thus in harmony with the inner soul, so much more surely may the reader enter into the spirit of the author. Your Walton need not be an early edition—there are not many early editions left, and those that exist belong to the owners of long purses—but if it shall have something of the antique air answering to the quaintness of the book itself, an edition for instance like that of the Temple Classics, the reader may get much nearer to Tottenham Hill, than he will with some other copy, even though more stately and luxurious in dress. Book buying is like angling, It means different thing's to different people, and has in it a multiplicity of gratifica- tions answering to varied tastes and various desires. No hard and fast rules may be laid down for book buying, no more than for trout fishing. No particular motive may be prescribed as the only permissible or worthy impulse. Nor may we quarrel with another because the pleasure he finds in his books or in his fishing is not the pleasure we discover in our own. Most of us buy books as we catch fish, for the double purpose of food and entertainment. There are those who invest in books together with rugs and paintings and bric-a-brac for house furnishing, without ever knowing what is inside the covers; and as little does the conventional angler, the fisherman to be in fashion, ever get at the heart of angling, There was sold at auction in this city last week a copy of Walton, which brought $2,870, It was not one of the first editions, but that published by William Pickering, London, 1853. The Pickering edition, in two volumes, was an imperial octayo, published in parts, as a subscrip- - tion work. It was a superb edition, elaborately illus- trated with engravings on steel and copper, and volumi- nous in notes by the editor, Sir Harris Nicolas. West- wood, in his “Chronicle of the Compleat Angler,” de- scribes it as “‘one of the handsomest publications of mod- ern times, an ornament to the angler’s library, unique of its kind, and perhaps destined to remain so.” The copy sold in New York last week had been extended by the insertion of extra illustrations from the original two volumes to seven; it was beautifully bound in green crushed Morocco, and each volume .was encased in a chamois-lined case. It-was the book in the collection, that of Mr, Henry F. Cox, which excited the most lively: competition and brought the highest price. The inserted plates numbered 1,762, and when it is considered how many other works in various branches of literature must have been rifled of their illustrations for the enrichment of this one, and*how. rare were many of the prints secured for the purpose, we may perhaps conclude that the seven volumes cost Mr. Cox in their making more than he realized from them at the sale. The task of collecting the materials must have consumed years of patient searching and acquiring, with much haunting of print shops and delying in many fields of book making, Walton is one of the works in all literature which lend themselves most graciously to the pursuit of the extra-illustrator. Not to begin to catalogue the various classes of illustrations which might be drawn tpon for the purpose, there are the portraits of Walton and his friends and contemporaries, and of the numerous per- sonages mentioned by him, with the good anglers of all times and all countries, from Genesis to Forest AND STREAM; the fishing localities named, the fishes them- selves and their relations, the sports of the time, hawking and hunting, with the hawks and the dogs and the horses and the paraphernalia of the chase, the trees and the birds and the flowers and the flies and the baits and the tackle, and fishing scenes without end, as one may quick- ly discover for himself, if ever the print collector’s pas- sion shall lay hold upon him. An astonishing range of subjects and undreamed of wealth of material will un- fold themselves before the devoted mortal who sets him- self to the task of illustrating Walton’s Angler; we may not believe that Mr. Cox, with the 1,762 illustrations of his copy, had anywhere nearly exhausted the field; hut we may at least give him the credit of having made a good beginning, SNAP SHOTS, Mr. Orin Belknap’s recent call for gun-flints for his Hudson Bay antique developed the fact that the flints are still manufactured and dealt in for the supply of flint-lock gunners. This is an age of breach-loading percussion systems; and yet one has but to step just aside from the full swing of modern progress to discover that there are still thousands of muzzle-loaders used in the United- States by classes of shooters who could ill afford the more costly breach-loading mechanism, ridiculously cheap though it be. In some other countries the muzzle-loader is the common and conventional arm, Our consul at Asuncion, Paraguay, Mr. Ruffin, reports large importa- tions into that republic of shotguns with ramrods, which sell for from $3 to $6, thus, so cheaply, that a good American shotgun cannot compete. Our South American sporting brother is behind the times with his powder- flask, ramrod, wadding and cap—so far behind that per- haps by the time he catches up with otir present perfection of the hammerless breach-loader with smokeless powder, we ourselves may long since have passed beyond it with our liquid-air guns. For the first time in its history since a fish commis= sion was established, New Jersey is this year without an appropriation for fish stocking, The situation is due to the Governor, who- is consistently hostile to the fishing interests of his State, and whose attitude with respect to fish and game protection is determined by his petty per- sonal piques and prejudices rather than by any concep- tion of good statesmanship or any appreciation of wise economy. New Jersey has in recent years administers its fish and game affairs in a business-like and effective manner; the fish commission has given the people a re- turn for the moneys expended, and the wardens have ac- complished a vast reform in the efficiency of the protect- ive service. We of other States haye been accustomed to point to New Jersey with some satisfaction for a dem- onstration of the possibilities of an intelligent conduct of the affairs of a fish and game commission, The State was doing good work, and the commission should have had the usual appropriation this year to continue it. Michigan’s Governor has yielded to the demands of the spring shooters and has signed the bill to permit killing wild. ducks to May 1st. This retreat from a place in the advance of wise game protection is a step which will be generally regretted; but the sentiment—or rather the common sense conviction so widely held—concerning the folly of spring shooting will not be weakened but in- tensified by the reactionary movement. The spring shoot- ing of migratory birds is something which in the very nature of things must be stopped, and will be stopped; and the general movement toward that end may not be stayed by the defection now and then of an individual State, 822 FORES: AND STREAM. [Aprin 20, 1899. Che Sportsman Canvist. Comrades. WHEN one gets to the last quarter of his journey he is apt to look backward more than forward, for the fur- ther end of the path, half veiled in the misty glow of sun- set, is pleasanter to look upon than the untrodden, un- cettain path that lies before him. Seen through it thie wayside woods bloom with rare Howers, the roughness of the path is smoothed whereon the companions oi our youth walked Slorified as in a halo. Where are the fornis whereof these are but the shadow? Some are still tray- eling divergent paths, some asleep in the green tents ly the wayside where their journey ended, the green roots dotting the way far back into the filmy perspective. But a little way behind, his weary journey ended, sleeps one who was always my chosen companion in those happy days of youth, when the world was fair around us, the sicy was blue above, and there was no thought tor the mov- row but that it would dawn as brightly and be as full of sunshine. It is a long lesson to learn that the pres- ent is always the best, and happy are we in being such slow learners; so hopeful in our ignorance, when it were folly to be wise. We were comrades of rod and gtin— the same fire of pine roots lighted our nightly fishing; when one went shooting the other went also, and all the livelong sunny April day we loafed on the level margin of the Slang, potting. pickerel and muskrat, T well remember one such day, a Sunday be it whis- pered, when all loafers beside us were abroad. How warm the sun shone, how soit the April air, breeding laz- iness in all things save the pulse of nature. Treefuls of blackbirds dribbled down their medley of harsh and liquid notes, the frogs purred in endless monotony, rows of little painted turtles basked on every slanted log, wild ducks swam safely in the distant midstream, from some far sequestered cove came the watery booming of a bit- tern, the spawning pickerel swam lazily in the sun- steeped shallows of the marsh, and these we sought with eyes intent and stealthy step and guns at ready. With like purpose, over against us on the Slang’s further shore stalked the grim old Drtum Major, an attache oi the Champlain Arsenal, where he had horrowed a heavy Colt’s revolyer, then a novel arm. The Major was fol- lowed by his nephew John, a tall, lank youth, very proud to be in the company of so distinguished an arms-bearer. Whenever they met other fish-hunters the strange weapon was certain to attract attention, and then followed exam- ination and question, after which Jack would ask, “How much did that ere pistil cost, Uncle?” and the Major would answer with solemn impressiveness, ““Paw-ty dol- lars.’ Then came an awed silence, until another party was met, when another inspection was made, and Jack would ask, as if for the first instead of the twentieth time, *“Haow much did you say that ere pistil cost, Uncle?” “Faw-ty dollars!” Long after they had passed out of our sight we heard again and again that solemn response echoed along the wooded shore, “Faw-ty dollars!”’ We met Oné Justin, the old Canadian, with a nose like a Brobdingnagian strawberry and an ancient Queen’s arm, charged like a cannon. He would empty it at a musk- rat, but nat for the reward of a single duck. Eighteen black ducks killed at one discharge of his ordnance was his crowning achievement. Oné Justin had a little red spaniel that was said to dive after muskrats and olten catch them, There was a vagabond of a shiftless trapper making the round of his traps in a cockleshell skiff, sing- ing tunelessly the song of “Old King Cole,” and there were fish-hunters in the tottlish log canoes that are now extinct. Long ago their navigators made their last yoy- age to known ports; for them and for me and my com- rade there are no more happy days of lazy loafing about the Slane. Long ago our ways parted, and since we were boys we have never wet line nor pulled trigger to- ‘gether, and he has come to the end of it all. There were other comrades of field and forest, but all are gone, some to the end of their journey; others are yet afoot, but far away. Old Jim was my first duck- shooting chum. Quaint of speech, of a racy, native hu- mor, and always good-natured, he was a right pleasant companion, for all his queer notions. He would not use paper for wadding because it weakened the force of the shot, Tow was his first choice, wasp nest second, and if neither was to be had, then linen or cotton rags, of which there were always plenty in his household, if not always to spare. Sunday was his only holiday, and then. when we should have been at our devotions, we prowle:l! along the Slang, and coming to the John Clark place would ensconce ourselves behind the screen of drooping oak boughs and await the incoming of woodduck and teal, routed from the creek by other ungodly gunners. Far away the booming of a gun would echo along tie wooded shores; then our eyes would catch the thin line of incoming flocks against the sky; it would grow to separate dots and the sibilant beat of swift wings, throb- bing but little quicker than our hearts, would become audible. and then, with a long downward slant and a reaching down of webbed feet, the flock would surge into the currentless channel before us. No rest for them here, for at the counted word we let drive our two charges into the thick of them, and springing to flight with tremulous squawks and prodigious splash- ing, the harried flock would start again in quest of some safer retreat and we would gather in our victim:. Jim’s iron-banded and battered relic of 1812 rarely spoke but to pronounce death sentence. Good, kindly, old, toil-worn, poverty-stricken old Jim. I am sure the re- cording angel set down naught against him for these few bright days in his weary life. Dearest of all comrades was the boy whom I first taught to shoot, whose first hook I baited, to whom I imparted my meagre lore of woodcraft, and in whose youthful imagination I held a place with Teather Stocking, ‘In manhood he became imy chosen companion, most beloved of all men. brave, tender and true, Alike in our tastes and our love oj ature, it was our daydream of. earthly enjoyment to renew our youth beside the old streams in the shadows of the old woods, a dream, alas, never to be realized. Cut down midway in Iife’s. journey, he leit the world the poorer for his Joss, and me alone, stumbling alonyz the dark pathway. Crueler than death, sadder than sep- aration, is estrangement, that hardens the hearts of oid friends against one another. Happy am I that this cold, black gulf never yawned between me and my comrades of the old days, Sometime, sqmewhere, in that undis- covered country where their kindly spirits abide, shall we find a happy hunting ground, where an endless Indian | summeér broods on the celestial hills, where, with the shades of guns whose like are made no more, and with dogs whose like dwell not now upon the earth, shall we hunt the ghosts of game that has no close time? Rowztanp E. RoBINSON. se : Old Derry, “Let it be book’d with the test.” - —Shokespeare. On a visit to the neighborhood of my early home a year or two ago, J ascended the lofty hillside above Ritdge- view Park, and from the coign of vantage afforded by an abandoned road looking down, I saw at my feet an ex- tended landscape. It was mainly old Derry township, a region that IT was more or less familiar with in my boy- hood, but which I liad not yisited except to ride through it on the line of the railroad for many years. A hun- dred recollections, not all of them cheerful, crowded into my memory at-the sight. In the distance were the river, hills along the Conemaugh, and I could distinguish the localities that lay about my native town. To the left and several miles distant were two detached peaks or knobs that | had not seen for more than two-score years. In fact, IT think IT never saw them but once in my life before, and that was when | was a small boy, I had been with my father and some other persons out on the lower slope of the Ridge to get fox grapes, and in the evening going home we passed along a road in sight of those hills, but they were far away to the west. A heavy rainstorm was off in that quarter, and we had a good deal of appre- hension that we should be oyertaken by it; but it passed off, and did not cross our path. My father, I remem- ber, called those two hills Camel's Hump and Sugar Loaf. I did not know then, and I don’t know now, whether those were names by which the hills were commonly known, or whether, as [ rather suspect, was the case, they were names that he himself applied on the occasion— reminiscences of his early home in the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts. Anyhow, I have neyer heard those names since, as the appellations of hills in that section of the country. But there they were now, unaltered in ap- pearance in the slightest degree. Change and decay and death had been widespread; but the everlasting hills were unscarred, and lifted up their vast bodies in the blue of the horizon as calmly as of yore. In the immediate foreground I recognized after a little a house at which I had spent some time when a boy of fourteen years. What I best remembered in connection with that place was that one night while [ was there, there came up what I still think was the most terrific thunder storm that | have ever known. It was so alarming that everybody in the house got up, and all gathered in the sitting room, and my father, who was a devout man, “took the Book’ and read a chapter aloud and then led the family in prayer amid the uproar. We were all thoroughly frightened, and I have never forgotten that storm. _ ; Off to the right 1 could now recognize another house, where a year later I and an elder brother of mine, had worked for some time. It was late in the fall of the year, and my stay there was made memorable to me by reason of two things, J there heard for the first time in my lite the sound of a steam whistle. That would seem almost incredible; yet there were many people then who had lived much longer than I had, who had never heard one, The Pennsylvania Railroad was at that time in course of constriction in the western part of the State, and its tracks were laid down within a mile or two of the house. From my point of observation I could see the railroad just at the foot of the slope, where I now sat, and. the; house off in the distance. Several times in the course of a certain very blustery and dreary afternoon there came through the woods a most unearthly screeching, which no one could account for. We were all agog. The.old lady, the mother of the household, and a most excellent old lady she was, imagined that it was somebody out in the woods in the direst extremity, [ remember that I re- marked to her that it was impossible for anybody to “holler” like that; but she replied that if I was in the woods with a tree-top on me, I didn’t know how I would holla. That was an unanswerable argument, and we were all sent off into the woods to look for the unfortinate victim of a fallen tree. We spent a good part of the afternoon in the yain search. That evening at the spelling school at “the corners” we learned that the unwonted screeching had been the whistle of the construction train on the railroad. It was a great relfef to have the mystery so happily explained. And here, 1£ this were the proper place for it, I should like to indite somewhat anent the old-time spelling school, once so familiar an institution among us, and now so rarely heard-of. How clearly at the word comes back into memory the grimy schoolroom, the hali-dozen tal- low dips smoking in their tin sconces on the unpainted wall; the schoolmaster, pompous and precise, spelling hook in hand; the two long rows of eager contestants: the few survivors of the struggle as it proceeds from “Darter” and “garter” through “phthisic” and “hbdellium” until the supreme ctffort is reached-in “honorifticabiditu- deanditatibusque.” ‘Great glory was, his who “spelled down” the school. The home-returning hero from Bin- gen on the Rhine was never happier "*" _ The other circumstance: | refer te=was'a- coon -hunt in which I participated. There-were. four -of-s, two young fellows belonging to the farm, to, whom,.of course, the neighborhood was familiar, my élder brother and myself, I was the youngest member of the party, and a stranger to the place. .We had with us an axe. and a full comple- ment of dogs. We had no gun. We expected to tree the coon, then cut down the tree and let the dogs and the- coon have it out: I had, no doubt that this would be very good fun. We trudged along for some time, stop- ping occasionally to, hear-if there. was any report of’ progress from the dogs, until in the course of our tramp we unluckily came into the.neighhorhood of a house where — ij, 9 a st an elderly man,’a widower with a family of grown-up children, was being married that very evening to a woman of suitable years. I don’t know just which one of the eyil genil presided on the occasion, but it was suggested that the proper thing for us to do would be to go down to the hotise and give the old couple a send-off in the way of what they called “a serenade,” I had no idea what form the serenade was to take; but I went along very willingly. The serenade was a very simple affair; it consisted only in standing on the hillside aboye the house and firing stones down on the roof. In a minute the whole wedding party came swarming out of the house like a lot of mad hornets, or ? “As bees bizz out wi angry fyke, ‘ When plund’ring herds assail their byke.”’ some big dogs were let loose and bid “sic ’em,” a gut was fired, and the chase began. At the very first intima- tion of trouble the yoting farmers took to their heels, my brother could keep up with them, but I fell behind and very soon Jost them in the darkness. I forged ahead, but altogether aimlessly; there was no road; it was pitch dark, and I knew not how to direct my steps. It was a dreadful plight to be in; alone in the unknown woods with tinseen enemies near and unfriendly dogs sniffing among the bushes; lost, without bearing or compass; no shelter and a long, cold night in advance; wandering about, with- out knowing whether each step was bearing me nearer to safety or destruction: afraid to stand still for fear of being overtaken; afraid to call out, for fear of being heard by the foe. But fortunately the pursuit was called off soon and the people returned to the house. But I did not know that, and so kept groping along in mortal terror. The pros- pect of spending the night alone in the woods was any- thing but reassuring, and if I shed some hitter tears it is not to be wondered at. I have never posed as a hero. Fifteen or twenty minutes, which seemed an age to me, thus passed, when I heard some one walking softly among the fallen leaves. I stood still, with my heart im my mouth. Then my name was called in a low tone, and I knew I was saved. Ii I had been rescued from a floating plank on the bosom of the tossing sea, I could not have been happier. It was one of the young men of the farm. They had been neatly as much concerned tor me as I had heen for myself, and had been anxiously seeking me. The result of this foolish prank was to take all the yim out of us, and we made onr way home silently enough, and the festive coons suffered no harm from us that night. The scene of this youthful adventure of mine must have been in the near neighborhood of the spot where I sat so long afterward. The venerable hillside had not much changed, True, right below me were the white cottages and the auditorium of a stylish camp ground,-and its colonnaded boarding house, a sad innovation upon the ancient demesne of Pan and the Satyrs; but still the grand old forest extends almost unbroken for many miles. The “green-robed senators’’ of the mighty woods yet stand much as they stood when my young eyes first beheld them. The lapse of fiity years is marked by little apparent change in a forest where the hand of the lumberman has not en- croached. The solemnities of the vast woodland, its brooding calm, its sequestered depths, its flickering lights and beckoning shadows, remain little changed from age to age. I do not wonder that the ancients peopled the woods with uncotith and romantic shapes. Such was the forest described by Keats in his “Endymion” : “Upon the sides of Latmos was outspread A mighty forest; for the moist earth fed So plenteously all weed-hidden roots Into o’erhanging boughs and precious fruits. * * * Paths there were many, Winding through palmy fern and rushes fenny, And ivy banks, all leading pleasantly To a wide lawn, whence one could only see Stenis thronging all around between the swell Of turf and slanting branches; who could tell The freshness of the space of heaven above, Edged round with dark treetops? through which a dove Would often beat his wings, and often, toa, A little cloud would moye across the blue.” T. J, CHAPMAN, The Sportsman’s Den. How many happy hours are spent in it. It is the one room in the house in which the master feels that he is monarch of all he suryeys; one into which his dog knows he is welcome to come and snooze and pursue the festive flea without fear of being chased ont with a broom in the hands of an irate female. The room is not perhaps so tidy as the best spare room, nor its furniture set in unvarying geometrical positions; but it is as the owner wants it, On the walls hang pictures of hunting scenes, one or two stately stag heads, as true to lile as the taxidermist skill can do; a set of wide- spreading moose horns hang over the mantel, deer horns here and there on the walls are used as racks. The floor is covered with skins of the bear, deer, and wolf. A rack is well filled with shotguns of different makes aud bores, and rifles of different calibers. On a shelf is loading apparatus. In anether corner hang the hunting clothes. A center-table is littered with sport- ing magazines, Numerous pipes lie conveniently around, A large easy chair and a pair of well-worn slippers invite to comiort. Many happy hours are spent in the little den. On entering its door one may leave all business for a time behind, and live over the happy hours of the’ chase. In his fancy he again kills the old big buck, and hears the music of the fleet-footed hounds bringing the game nearer and nearer. He is in camp again, sees the twinkling light of the camp-fire, with his comrades sit- ting around it. With the delicious night coming down and wrapping the little white tents about like a soft cocoon, as one by one the stars swing out their glowing lamps in the great tent of the sky, : The scene shifts, and now he is on the lakes with his 12-gauge hammerless, bringing down the mallards and blue-wings and an occasional honker, Or he is whipping the streams for the speckled trout. Again he kills the big four-pound bass that tried his split-bamboo to its utmost, and made his reel sing a merry tune. Or he is in the field in quest of quail or snipe. Thus, sitting ' capsizes, and he goes overboard. APRIL 20, Tgp, - in the easy chair, watching the wreaths of blue smoke curling from the old briar root, he sees all the scenes of former outings, with his genial companions, How his heart goes out to the genial comrade, how he cherishes the memories of the past outings together! How he longs for the time to come when they may - share the same blanket, lounge before the same camp + fre, cast from the same boat, or face the storm together ‘again. Some of these old friends, alas! have crossed over the river to rest in the shade of the trees, He likes to while away a few quiet hours in the den, He loves to overhaul his traps, unpack his hunting chest, oil his reels, clean and polish his guns and throw them to his shoulder and sieht them at imaginary birds, The old dog, curled up on the best rug, keeps his eye on his master. and when he sees him take up the gun, raises his head with an expectant look. He, too, loves the sport and the den with its soft rugs and cosey fire. In this room the owner always finds things just as he left them. When he comes in tired from a long tramp he ‘can sling one rubber boot into one corher and.one into the other with perfect impunity, and it is all right— he will know just where to find them, The old adage of a place for everything and everything in its place will not do for him, He is more lavish; he has a hundred places for everything; but if no female invades his retreat With a search warrant for loose real estate, it will not take him long to locate any of his things; he seems to do it by instinct. All.of the servants of the household are imbued with the idea that all who enter here with dust broom or brush are like the prisoners of the Bastile and “leave all hope behind.” So, by general consent he is given that room. And he is better off there among his idols than leaning over the pool table or setting around the hotels, giving his views of the Philip- pine Islands, or in some quiet room having a little game “with just enough in sight to make it interesting,” There are moments when he lilkes to be alone, and the den offers the opportunity. Perhaps he had been out ‘all day after game, and returned with an empty bag, after boasting of the amount he was going to bring in. The chagrin makes him feel “that there are moments when he wants to be alone’’ Or while fishing his boat Wet and plastered with mud, by taking the back way he arrives home utseen., “There are moments when he wants to be alone.” Or he hears that the rivers are full of ducks; he takes his headlight and spends the night after them—and comes home in the morning cold, tired and sleepy, with not a feather to show. These are moments when he wants to be alone. C. L. Brapiey. TENNESSEE. AA Nitro. Iv is only since the new powder has become generally known that his friends have found a name for him, and now, in the field or camp, he is most appropriately “Nitro.” An all-round good fellow, his predominant characteristic is the ability to act before the average man has even mentally purposed. We gathered our parapher- nalia for a day’s outing recently, and borrowed one-half of two—alleged—good dogs. They being owned by a joint stock company, one-half of the stock being held by Nitro. *. Dog number one showed faint symptoms of good points, but was too much handicapped by an excess of adipose tissue to rate high in the field. Dog number two was a “had been,” sadly degenerated. We left the train at a small village in east Tennessee, and went forth to make scarce the quail that we had heard were very plentiful in that bailiwick. A country boy of sturdy growth was found, who, for a compensation that was about equivalent to a week's reasonable wages, was willing to pilot us and show us the favorite haunt of the brown bird, which he assured us he well knew. We wete out for fun, regardless of expenise, and hefore he had time to annex the usual many condi- tions, or ask his fill of questions, my friend of action, and not words, had loaded him with our lunch and spare shells and started him off. If that boy was not born tired, he certainly had de- veloped well early in life, for it required the effort of one, and at times both, of us to get him down from every fence crossed that had a flat rail on-top suitable for a resting place. ; : We hunted for some time without success, and with scarcely varying positions. Nitro and I trudged along side by side; the fat dog ambled along in front of us just far enough ahead to prevent our stepping on him; the “had been” wildly ranging from a hundred yards to a half-mile ahead, and frequently out of sight; and General Debility, as my irreverent friend had christened our boy, dragging along weil in the rear. Our fat canine finally fell over a rabbit, which was brought to bag by our combined efforts, not because we particularly craved the flesh of hare, but, as Nitro said, “because he will cure the lean and hungry look of our game bag, and aid in getting a little work out of General Debility-’ The rabbit evoked the-nearest approach to an effort from the General that he had yet developed during our acquaintance; picking it up and holding it at arm’s length, we heard a sigh, and looking at me, said: “Mister, he is awful heayy.” This being assertion and not argument, I said nothing, : ; Turning to my companion he added: ‘And he ain’t wuth a durn to eat.” This pathetic bid for sympathy was met by- Nitro with the heartless query: “Well, who is eating him,” Pitching it into the game bag on top of our lunch with unnecessary violence, he “took up the white man’s burden” and fell in line, | Soon thereafter the real business of the day began, and we put up. a fine covey of birds. Our fat dog found them “in a patch of briars, and, after several honest efforts at the conventional thing, settled down on all four feet and pointed truly, if not with grace and ease. We each got in both barrels on the flush, and I killed _three birds; at least, that was my. friend’s report, although I had shot at only two, and had a strong suspicion that — one of the shots, at least, had heen entirely out of line with the flight of the bird. a Not feeling inclined to dispute his word, I pocketed the three birds and we moved on in the direction of the ST AND STREAM. piece ot we were jv investigate tu. business, as tho. flushed two birds a. after them, leaving n. assistance of the fat dog, We first flushed a single, : fell, so my companion averrm A pair next offered, at rathe which we bagged, my bird ag, free birds next broke coyer, two of which stopped . tir invitation, both falling to my unerring aim, according to my truthful com- panion, although I had found a 4ft, oak tree between me and the second bird I had tried to hold on, Either I was shooting a remarkable gun, or else there was something in my companion’s reports that called for a court of inquiry, Two birds next flushed, one flying to the right and the other to the left, and after my companion had swung to the right hand bird, I killed the one on the left, and waited before retrieving it for my companion’s report. “You got him,” he cried, and walking out he picked up his bird and brought it to me, “Not until I had assured him that I had not shot at his bird at all, and showed him my dead bird lying where I had thrown him, well off to the left, would he admit that he had killed a bird. “ere the covey had settled. Here 7d been” dog, that returned to “s rushed im with an air of ’ to make up all lost time, qt of sight and hearing "e remainder with the oth fired, and he ae, only one of Not finding any more of the birds in that cover, we sat down on a log to rest, and I proceeded to question my unselfish friend on his lack of success in the field; assur- ing him that I had seen his work at the trap, which I considered above the average. , “Well,” said he, “this bird killed to-day is the third bird I have killed since the opening of last season, -al- though I have been shooting birds for many years. “Last season, and the few times I have been out this year, | have hunted with two gentlemen, one prominent in the professional, and the other in the business world, and they have invariably killed every bird that was brought to bag.” (There was no irony in his voice, it was cold steel.) “The other two bitds I got on a hunt last season when I had promised a pair to a sick friend, getting one that they did not see fall, and the other by killing him behind me, while they were shooting to the front, and holding my finger on the trigger and threatening to lift the tops of their heads if they offered to touch it when I went to ‘pick it mp, “They were fair enough on the divide of the game, and they were both like ‘Brutus,’ but they always fired when there was a flush, and they invariably killed everything that fell, “I have promised to hunt a day with them next week and have arranged a lot of shells for the trip that I firmly believe will cure them of their bad habit and make pleasant shooting companions of them. They will shoot the regula- tion loads of powder, but the shot space in their cartridges will be filled with felt wads, and after they have claimed all the birds killed, I propose to produce the affidavit of the man who loads to prove that only the 16-gatge shells (they both shoot 12s) had any shot in them. “Tt will be heroic treatment, and may cause temporary unpleasantness, but it will cure them, I honestly believe.” Assuring him of my sympathy, and the hope that his scheme would work well, we resumed our hunt with the understanding that he was to kill as many birds as any body else on our hunt, ‘We swung round and started back in the general di- rection we had come, and found the appearance of the country very encouraging. But now our heretofore apathetic boy seemed to wake to life and take a real interest in the hunt. “Better keep out of there,” he said, as we started to climb a fence, enclosing a promising looking bit of stub- ble. “That is ole man Grubbs and he don’t allow no huntin,’ “Where is his sign?” asked my companion. “Ain't got none up, but he will raise sand ’ef he catches ye.” We concluded to risk the sandstorm and entered the field. Two nice coveys rewarded our temerity, out of which Nitro asknowledged seven birds to his gun. Another good stubble was soon reached, which General Debility tried to argue us out of hunting by assuring us that it was “boggy and full of water holes.’’ Here the “had been” truant rejoined us, and none too soon, for his highness, the dog of aldermanic proportions, was fairly worn out, A covey was found that flushed wild, and one was killed across a small stream by a long shot. The condemned dog acted well on the stand, and promptly rushed for the dead bird, We congratulated ourselves on his reformation, and waited for him to bring in the bird that we might en- courage him with kind words and caresses. He did not return promptly and my companion crossed over to investigate the cause of the delay. His arrival at the point where the dog was located was immediately followed by some rather strong language, the thud of a vigorous kick, and ki-yis! of a pained and surprised canine. The dog resumed his business of seeking secluded spots, and as he disappeared over a distant hill still voic- ing his displeasure at. the vigorous objection to his meth- ods, my companion returned bringing for my inspection the foot and wing of a quail connected by a tageed chewed frings of feathers which he reported as the only sign of the bird left when he reached the dog. This episode abated our enthusiasm sufficiently to ad- mit of our knocking off for lunch, and as we were con- venient to the abode of the General, we dismissed him to minister to his: material necessities, while we enjoyed our mid-day meal by a convenient spring. Our faithful fat dog lay and snored all the time we were eating our lunch and my kind-hearted companion would not wake him up to eat, but gathered a nice lot of scraps and placed them on a clean piece of paper to feed him when‘ he finally had his nap out, We were smoking and resting after lunch when asound attracted our attention, and turning we were just in time to see the lastvof the dinner that we had so carefully put asidé ‘for our ‘faithful canine friend disappearing down the throatiof the worthless disgrace to the whole B23 ba tribe, that had smeaked up in the rear and appropri- ated it. “Get out! You infernal, base-born aggregation of per- ambulating sausage meat,” yelled Nitro, snatching up his. gun and crowding in shells with all haste. The dog understood enough of the order to know that his presence was not desired and Got! at a rate of speed that carried him over the top of a rise in the ground about 1-16in. ahead of the load of shot that my indignant companion sent after him, native now joined us who proved a friend of Nitro’s. “Had puirty good luck, men?” he queried. We reported, and suggested that our boy did not ap- pear well informed as to the bird covers. “Well now”—said he—“I don’t want you to say noth- in’ *bout my tellin’ you, but that boy knows every covey of birds within five miles of here, but he won't show them to everybody. “T just been up to the house an’ heard him a kickin’ because you fellers would go in the fields where the birds - was in spite of his tryin’ to keep you out. “He says he has some regular hunters that always employs him an’ pays him big prices, comin’ to hunt here day after to-morrow, an’ he don’t want the coveys cut up an’ scattered none, “Don't you tell him I told you, but I rec’on you will do jest about as well without him, “Well, so long; hope you will*have luck: and off he trudged, leaving us to wonder why it was that we had not realized the duplicity being practiced by the boy all morning, Without a word of comment my companion walked over to where he had placed his gun after his remon- strance with the dog, loaded it, and proceeded to locate himself at a point commanding a view of the path by which the boy would return, There was too much business in his preparations, and watching my opportunity I slipped the gun away from behind him, where he had placed it within reach, and re- placed it with the shells removed, Down the path the General finally strolled, looking as pleased as Punch, and apparently ready to forget and for- give, as a well-fed man should. He walked up to Nitro, who was looking hint straight between the eyes, and said: ‘Well now, if you feller: want me to find you ony birds this afternoon ye better be gittin’ a move on ye, ’stid of sitten ‘round burnin’ day- light, don’t ye think?’ Tossing a coin at the boy, my friend produced his wateh and quietly, but with a cold sincerity that was con- vineing, replied: “You take that money and get out just as quickly as you can, “I will begin to shoot at any piece of you big enough to draw a bead on that is in sight 30 seconds from this time, “If you are fond of yourself, and like to live, do your best—Now Git!” Evidently believing that he had to do with a dangerous individual the boy snatched up the money and imade off at a gait that would have utterly discouraged our running dog had he been there ta see it. He was well out of sight with time to spare before the limit was up. 5 The afternoon proyed interesting and we added to our ag. The truant dog came back to us, and though in deep disgrace was tolerated until patience again ceased to be a vittue. He raced us for every bird killed and generally won, Finally he and Nitro engaged in a rough and tumble over a bird that the latter had killed and the former eaten, The combatants were hidden from view by a thicket, but the sounds of the battle were plainly audible. At first there were many and vigorous commands from the man, apparently unheeded by the dog; then thuds of a vigorously propelled boot landing on the dog’s anatomy and a chorus of canine protests; the next act in the tragedy was a moving panorama of dog in swift retreat and determined man in pursuit. The dog passed near by where I stood, scattering howls and feathers, and the man followed scattering ad- jectives, neither apparently aware of my presence. Then my thoroughly incensed friend, finding himself rapidly be- ing distanced, bethought himself of his weapon, Stopping short, he proceeded to deliver a broadside from both barrels of his gun at the dog, that caused that animal ta give a vocal and gymnastic exhibition the like of which I have never seen equalled. When we resumed operations in the field there was a look of conscience approving duty performed on the face of the man that lasted out the day, but the dog did noz come baci. Our game pockets assayed 27 whole and 4 dessicated birds, when we arrived at the station where we were to take the train for home* and our faithful fat dog did not open his eyes or break a snore when we lifted him in and laid him on the floor of the haggaage car. Lrewis Hopkins, Vermont Birds and Game. SHELDON, Vt., April 22—Below I give you the dates of the arrival of several of our birds this season, as com- pared with the springs of 1807 and 1808, which shows how very backward our present spring has been: 1899 1898. 1897. INOOEAS. seven te mh Souk tate April 5 Mareh 10 ° March 21. Red-wing starling,............ April 11 March 23 : Song sparrow.... .-April 12 March 18 April 3. Meadowlark .._.. April 12 March 25 April 1. THEME e a suldate sates y April 15 March 17 March 2s. Peso Sye [OWT ns ah ral April 20 April 8. The dates not filled. are those where we did not observe the birds until late in the season. Se a Regarding the game prospects, deer are getting quite common, foxes the:same., Ruffed grouse appear to haye wintered well. Mongolian pheasants have again without . doubt winter-killed,-and so far not a single flock of wild geese have been seen.or heard. The ice is generally out of the streams, but not yet out of the lakes, and a few snowdrifts still remain in the sheltered..ravines. nee oe STANSTEAD.. (3, * ees ie £. 824 In Cat Claw Park. It was Novy. 7th, at 7 A. M., when Miguel knocked at my door at the hotel in Ratan, New Mexico, and told me that he could see the smoke of the train from the East coming down the mountains. Harry and Al. are on that train coming to meet me here for a hunt in the Ratan Mountains and thereabouts, and I came yesterday to meet them in response to a telegram. ' So I went out on to the platform of the depot hotel to meet the boys, When the train stopped Harry jumped out and Al. followed more calmly. After him came a colored gentleman, arrayed in gorgeous apparel and loaded down with parcels—two guncases, two grip- sacks, a roll of blankets and a few other things. He sailed into the hotel with a lordly air and said: “We have come,” ‘to the’ clerk; who gazed at him with respect. From Ratan we drove over to Mat’s ranch in Cat Claw Park. Mat and I are partners in a bunch of horses. I come down here to see the horses, as I usually do twice a year, and Mat had ‘told me'to get Harry and Al. to come down when 1 did; so I invited them. Harry and I have hunted- together‘ for the past fifteen years. The park is in the heart of the Ratan Mountains, and is a beautiful oval valley five miles long and three wide, suv . rounded by lovely moutitains that glow with the dull red of the mountain oak and the bright green of the spruce pine, In the centre of the valley, on a little knoll, is Mat’s ranch, a big adobe house of many rooms. It is of one Story and looks like a big mud turtle. Twenty feer from the door bubbles up a strong ice-cold spring, which runs on a little rill down into the creek 200 yards away. Behind the main house isa motley collection of buildings —Mat’s old cabin, where he tised to live when he was a bachelor. It’s the harness and saddle-room now. Car- riage houses, hen house, stables, coral, cow house, smoke house, and two jacals full’of Mexican herders and women and fleas and dogs and''children. — That afternoon we planned a little hunt over into Colo- rado, and started two wagons ‘arotind by the road. Al. dug up a lot of thirigs for’ Mrs. Mat out of one of his trunks, She told him that she hated to take such valu- able presents, but that she couldn’t help it, for they were just what she wanted, and* Mat looked wise and said nothing—he had sent alist of things to Al. two weeks before accompanied by a check. Al. had added a few things on his own account. That evening Al. owned up to Mrs. Nell how the things were so well-selected, and she sat down very close to Mat, and without looking at him patted him onthe knee, and the rest of us made be- lieve we didn’t see it, and I thought of a young woman 300 miles away that’ is just as good-looking as she is, anid felt a trifle lonesome for a few minutes. The next morning at daybreak Al. and I got into a strong buckboard, ‘and “Harry and Mat mounted their horses and we went over the mountain, over a most villainous trail for a wagon. Up the worst places Al. and I had to walk, and occasionally hold on to the buck- board to keep it right side up; We went eight miles across a beautiful rolling prairie on top of the mountain, and then down over big rocks and through quaking asp thickets, till we landed on a good road at the fountain head of the Trinchard. Three miles down the stream and twenty miles over rolling prairie guiltless of road or trail except the track of our baggage wagons, which we had sent on ahead, and at last we went down a very rough little hill, and there was camp, looking very home-like. It was in a little round valley, with a few cedars and one big cottonwood by a low cliff on the north side of the valley. A large water hole was close by the tree at the foot of the cliff. Al.’s new tent and my old dingy one were set up facing the south, and as we came down the hill Miguel and Roque were’cooking supper at a big open fire, the four “horses were feeding near the tents, and the wagons were each beside its own tent, The horses stopped grazing and whinied at us as we came in, and the Mexicans went on cooking with Indian stolidity and hardly looked up when we stopped. Al’s tent had a floor cloth of heavy canvass stretched tight, a wire mattress on a cot bed, with new California blankets, a rubber pillow and white sheets, a tin fixing withea tank and a wash bowl combined with a look- ing-glass; two camp chairs and a folding table, a swing lamp and his trunk. - My tent was furnished with three rolls of rather ragged blankets, wrapped up in old wagon sheets and tied up with a rope, all thrown down on the ground. We also had a tin pail full of water, a tin wash- basin and a lantern for furniture. We had a big supper as soon as possible, and then all but Roque struck out for meat. Al. and Harry went to- gether. Each had anew .30 calibre Winchester and a new belt, and the cartridges looked very small to me. I use a 35.90, Miguel and I each went alone. J wandered off about 2 mile and sat down on the brink of the Purga- toire canon, and sat there till after dark watching and waiting near a deer trail for the deer that did not come. I heard two shots not far from camp that I thought were fired by Al. and Harry, and finally the darkness came and I went back to camp. A big fire was burning in front of my old tent and the boys were all there. Roque was broiling deer ribs on the coals, Al. and Harry were in Al.’s'tent, that was so brilliantly lighted that it looked as if it were afire, and Miguel was just in. Al. had killed a yearling buck and had carried it into camp on his back, while Harry had toted the guns. Miguel smiled an expansive smile when he saw me, and said: “Senor Dick, I saw a big flock of turkeys, and fcl- lowed them till they went to roost in some pines down in the Purgatoire canon. We will go down and get some pretty. soon; but first 1 am going to eat some ribs.” In a few minutes we were eating ribs and tortillas and drinking strong black coffee, for it’s a tough trip down into the cafion at night, and one needs to be reinforced. Also, let me inform you folks, deer ribs, as they roast sputtering and popping before an open fire, smell very good, and taste as good as they smell. ; Al. concluded that he wouldn’t go two miles, and down into a cafion 2,000ft. deep in a dark night to kill 4 turkey, so he told Roque to take his shotgun and he would keep camp in our absence. It was very dark; and crawling down into the gloomy cation, down a deer trail part way, and then down the side cafion along the- side hill through a very poky bear and mountain-lionish hole, would not have been nice alone; but the five of us - were perfectly satisfied, and we finally reached the trees uf FOREST AND STREAM. and got under the turkeys and located them, I had a shotgun—i12 Winchester lever gun—and missed with the first barrel. I shot where I thonght the turkey’s head ought to be, and shot over him,-and hit him at the second shot. So down he came almost at my feet, and went fluttering and rolling down the hill, I finally heard him stop away below me and followed his trail down by lighting matches and seeing a little blood and am occa- sional feather, till I found him stone dead in a hole under a big rock that looked like a bear den. We finally all came together down on the flat in the cafion. We had only three turkeys, but it was very dark and we had had bad luck, that’s all. Mat had a notion to stay till morning and call them, but I didn’t feel like playing freeze-out around a fire all night with- out blankets; so we finally started for camp, and got there about 11 o’clock very tired and hungry again. I am ashamed to tell so much about eating, and yet I must plead guilty to eating five big meals that day. We sat around the fire a long time, and Roque told oi the Thing that came down from the mountain and killed his dogs and made him hole up in the house after dark, and hung around just out of sight, and whined and moaned as if it wanted to eat him and Luce, his wife. He said it was a demon animal and a bad spirit, but when he wound up the tale by telling how he finally got it to take a bait of liver with half a bottle of strychnine, and that it went away and never returned we all breathed easier, and Miguel said that he would like the demon’s skin tanned right now, as he was short of bedding. Mat and I immediately responded, and lent him and Roque two blankets and a heavy quilt. Mexicans and old mountain men have lots of queer and grizzly stories of things—things that are seldom seen but often heard; that kill men and defile their corpses. But Miguel is intensely practical and as brave a little man as ever lived; besides he has a witch for a mother-in-law, who worries him greatly monkeying with spirits and play- ing solos on her medicine dtum at unseasonable hours of the night, and that makes him very uncharitable. The old lady is a Navajoe Indian, and I am very fond of her; but she is a great trial to Miguel. I once offered to take her home with me and keep her, but Miguel said she would drive my wife crazy with her drum and her ghosts; that besides she would wear men’s pants and ride a horse (como un hombre) like a man, and that finally she was a cross he had to bear, and that he hoped to be forgiven all his sins if he stood all her capers, and I concluded he was right both ways. Mrs. D. said Miguel had good sense when I told her about it.’ The coyotes laughed and squealed and howled over on the hill where the deer offal lay, and a big owl sat on a tree nearby and occasionally said “Whoo-whoo” in a bass voice, as if he had a bad cold. Miguel growled and ' said, “There’s nez’s owl taking care of us,” and we all turned in. It didn’t seem, as if I had been asleep more than five mintites when Mat pulled Roque out, and they both went to cooking breakfast and rattling pots and pans. Al, finally woke me up and asked if I was going to hunt this morning, and I said, “No; lemme be,” and promptly went to sleep again, and woke up at 10 when the boys came in. Al, and Harry had seen several deer, but failed to get a shot. Miguel had killed a big wildcat, which, he said, was a small lion, and Roque had stayed at home and cooked more deer meat. We hunted, played whist, told stories and got several deer and more turkeys, and finally went home to Mat’s ranch, and Al. and Harry started for the railroad and went home. In a few days I rolled out for Kansas, and here I am. 4 W. Jj. D. Buck Ranch. Tue silent forest beside Buck Ranch still stretches away to the north and the east, beyond where we have yet wandered. Past Buck Ranch, the deserted remnant of a timber camp or two, and then only the wide forest, with its giants of sweet gum, oak and elm, o’erspread- ing the groves of green holly which close in on either side the winding course of the bayou. ; “At the Place of the Oaks” Mr. Hough’s two friends bowed the head, and no one would scoff. It would have been so at Buck Ranch. Thought is nobler in the lonely forest. It was nightfall when I reached the lodge, after a day’s ride over frozen roads, but within the great wood fires seemed to sputter and glow more warmly than fires are wont, and fatigue was soon forgotten, and plans making to find the party (who were in camp seven miles away), or stories telling of past exploits. Next morning, on foot, I took the trail over to Big Possum Bayou, thence five miles up and across to dis- cover the camp ground deserted. An almost untrace- able wagon trail over leaves, twigs and switch cane led nearly a mile inland to where I found the tent, guarded by the two new hound pups. Several deer and parts of deer were swinging from limbs, and it was a small matter to find a piece of tenderloin about the right size and drop it among the live coals. Soon Parker strolled in, and after a greeting said he needed help to get in the last kill—a small buck. This task was accomplished before the Captain, Mr. Stan- ford, and Arch came in from their morning hunt. The -Captain said he had been unsuccessful, but when he found time and wasn’t hungry he would tell us about the one he got yesterday morning, and the two that he didn’t get. “Oh, but there are some big ones here!” and the ‘tracks that we saw as we hunted away the evening and studied the woods verified the assertion. The log fire in front of the little A tent must be piled up amply on that cold November night, and then the Captain told about the big deer that he did get, and the ones that he didn’t get. “Tt was so cold yesterday morning that they were not feeding’ much, and I had wandered a long way down the open ridge before, I’ finally saw several does away ahead of me. <. net 2 “Getting a bunch of trées on them, I was slipping nearer; when my: attention was drawn to a moving ob- ject off to the right, and there I: discovered a large buck loping along a course parallel to my own. thought at first that he had not seen me, and ‘bleated’ [Arriz 29, 1890. to stop him, but he kept on, and when he came up with the does they all disappeared. “T had followed on for a while in the direction they had taken, when all at once I heard the quick striking together of the horns of bucks fighting. I had never ‘seen a combat of the kind, though having made fre- quent efforts before. So I was anxious to come within sight of them. This I succeeded in doing, by using great caution, but just as I first saw them they stopped fighting, and one deliberately walked toward where I stood concealed and stopped when within 70 or 8oyds. His breast was toward me, but I was afraid to wait for a side shot, and pulled trigger, Instantly he wheeled and ran a short distance, then fell. I heard him get up, 1un and fall again, and repeat the maneuver several times before he finally fell with a heavier crash than Berne) after which all was quiet, and I knew that he was ead, ‘When the smoke cleared, here came the other buck along the trail of the first, this one approaching within 35yds, and stopping broadside. What was my chagrin, then, to find that my lever had gotten caught and would not reload. I had been warned of this fault in the style of gun that I was using, and had seen symptoms in this gun before, but had trusted to its finding a more op- portune time to misbehave. “While the deer stood, I had to turn my back to him and pick out the eight cartridges from the magazine with my knife, consuming nearly ten minutes, during which time the buck, scrutinizing my back, had not made up his mind that I was an enemy, But when the magazine was empty and I closed the lever, the ‘click’ was too much for him, and he started off. I was quick enough to get a shot before he was entirely lost to view - in the cane, but missed. “That isn’t all of the story yet. One of the does came. She stood and looked while I tried again to reload, but the lever now got caught so badly that I could do absolutely nothing with it, and after giving the deer assurances of her safety, I carried my lame gun toward camp, being in no good humor toward the man that made it. . “Parker went back with me to bring in the dead buck, which we were tnable to lift on the horse, and had to drag to camp. This spoiled his hide, all but the head and neck, which I will mount.” A charm protected the other big buck, Captain Brad- ford could not find him again, and when Mr. Stanford encountered him he, too, met with a disappointment. He said the old buck looked as big as a mule, and as if he was posing for a target, as he stopped at short range and turned his full side to him. But Mr. Stanford had a two-trigger gun, and a pair of thick-fingered gloves on, and as the gloves got mixed with the trig- gers that he was going to pull both at once, a pre- mature shot was fired and the big buck yet roams up and down in that locality. * * * * * e _ Snow clouds the next day decided us to break camp after the morning’s hunt. The party had secured a total of seven deer. ; After a rought trip in we reposed a night at Buck Lodge, In the morning I relocated a flock of turkeys that Mr. Stanford had kindly scattered the evening before and killed a portly bird. At noon the party ‘had begun to disband, and I sadly turned from Buck Ranch and rode toward the realms of man., TRIPOD, _. Misstssrppi. The Changes of the Years. Bucyrus, Ohio, April to.—Editor Forest and Stream: I am in receipt of copies of your paper containing my article on “Dixie and Dan Emmett,” and I was much gratified with the note thereto contributed by Fred Mather. It also gratified me to keep up my friendly rela- tions with Forrst AND STREAM. Over twenty years ago I sent you an occasional article, mostly descriptive of the prairies, streams and lakes, and sporting experiences of my own in northwestern Iowa, a new region which was just beginning to attract settlers, I then owned and still own farm lands there, where I have been accustomed to spend my summer vacations as a relief from the active practice of my profession. The feathered game has most- ly disappeared before the march of civilization; and where I formerly looked over the yast stretch of prairies, bounded only by the horizon line like the open sea, we now see railroad trains, cultivated fields, harvesters, schoolhouses and comfortable dwellings, embowered amid planted trees. The beautiful lakes and running streams are still there, and you cannot find more attractive resorts than a cluster of lakes, like Okobogi, Spirit Lake, and other neighboring waters abounding with fish, in Dickin- son county, Iowa, and the neighboring portion of south- ern Minnesota. Nothing affords me greater pleasure than to find enough leisure to lay aside my legal papers, books and briefs, and employ my pen to communicate a hasty article to the Forest AND STREAM. Very cordially yours, S, R. Harris. A Mysterious Shadow. In the fall of 1897 I was trapping and hunting on a small tributary of the Colorado River. My camp was situated on the west side of a large bluff. High up on this bluff was a large flat rock about 80 or goft. square. The face of the rock looked as smooth as if it had been dressed by the hand of man. On bright days the sun shone on the -rock from a little after 12 o’clock until 3:30 in the evening. Exactly at 1:15 o’clock a shadow would make its appear- ance on this rock exactly like that of a hunter dressed in the garb usually worn by hunters of eatly times—tfringed hunting shirt, cap, leggings, shot pouch and gun. The shadow appeared to be nearly 8 or oft. high; and it was so plain in every detail that it was hard to believe that it was not painted by. the hand of some skillful artist. Now the strange part of this apparition was that so far as I could discover there-was no object on the sunward side of the bluff to cause the-appearance. Who can-give an ex- planation of this strange phenomenon? J. W. Drane, M, D, -_ Atrit 29, 1800.) Blatnyal History. Migrations at New Orleans. - In a perfectly normal season in this latitude, spring begins, irom the ornithologist’s point of view, in the early part of February, the time of the arrival of the first pur- ple martins, and the signs of returning bird-life grow more or less uninterruptedly until the full tide of migra- tion sets in, _ That the past season has not been normal in the South ‘is a fact only too well realized to call for any comment upon the unusual character of the weather during the winter months. But among the changes wrought by the unprecedented weather not the least noticeable was that upon the movements of the birds. The week preceding Feb. t was very variable in New Orleans, and while there had been at least two cold days up to the first, several days were mild enough to warrant one in expecting the first martins soon, and from Feb, 2 to 6 there was-a con- tinuation of such weather. During recent years martins have been recorded by the first week of February more than once, but none were seen in this mild period; con- ceditig that none arrived then, an opportunity for their migtation was precluded by the weather of the next ten or twelve days; during that entire time there was but one day that was the least mild, and that was the 11th, and it was on the night of that day that we had indica- tions of the approaching blizzard. The next day snow and sleet covered everything, and a'temperature of 13 degrees was recorded, falling to 6 degrees the next day. But the indomitable mild character of our climate was asserting itself inside of three days. By the 16th the mercury had been above 40 degrees, and though there was a very chilly north wind, I saw the first grackles (Florida) assembled for their usual spring concourses and voicing their thankfulness for the approaching bless- ings of spring weather in those peculiar squeaky notes familiar wherever the crow-blackbird appears at this season. Feb. 18 was an example of what a fine early spring day may be in Louisiana, and the purple martin Was positively recorded for the first time. While it is natural that cold weather coming in Feb- tuary, the time of arrival of martins, should interfere with their movements, it does not ordinarily exercisé such a great influence on the migrations occuring after March :. But on the present occasion one was appalled by the terribly stricken appearance of nearly every green thing about us after the cold blast. The early fruit trees and the willows had begun to bloom and leaf respectively when the cold came, and a walk in the woods on the last day of February showed them as apparently lifeless as they are ordinarily the middle of January. This set- back in the budding of the trees has undoubtedly delayed a great many migrants that occur here. The first parula warbler did not appear until March 7, the time the species is common most years, while in advanced seasons the first come not later than March 1. f Of course, so late in the season trees sprouted much more rapidly than if they had begun at their usual time, and an incomplete dress of green began to clothe the hid- eousness of the waste of frozen vegetation. Then, with the spring showers and balmy south winds, the birds began to appear again. March 13, as far as meager notes could show, seemed to be_the first day of general migration. On that day a friend noted the first white-eyed vireo, evidently a mi- grant, though this species does winter here sparingly. White-bellied swallows were observed as common for the first time. They appeared in even greater numbers un the 14th, and purple martins were heard singing as they flew low over the houses. The first swallow-tail butterfly to appear in spring, usually Papiho crestophontes, was seen on the 14th; cn the 15th two dragon flies appeared. Out of the city, my friend, Mr. Andrew Allison, ob- served the first hooded warbler (Sylvania mitrata) on the 14th. : With the weather fresh and almost fall-like on the 16th, there came a mildness and softness about the air on the 17th that reminds us what the spring is really like; at this time the daisy-like fleabane and the clover began fo push themselves into prominence everywhere. It seemed the weather for chimney swifts and gnat- catchers to take advantage of, but they were looked for in vain. Martins, however, appeared to become well established, being fully a week behind time. - March 21 the first yellow-crowned night herons (Nycti- coray violaceus) were heard at night. The arrival of these birds was the first intimation of more migrants to come after the uneventful period between the 14th and the 21st. March 24.—First red-eyed yireos. March 25—First male orchard oriole and first chimney swiilt. ee March 26.—Bartramian sandpipers passed over in num- bets at night. The last days of March I spent about thirty-five miles below New Orleans. The 20th was very cool, with north wind, but the 30th was warmer and cloudy, with southeast wind. a Forester’s terns were found very abundant and noisy in the flooded rice fields, and a flock of five or six black- necked stilts was observed feeding beside two woodducks. Greater and lesser yellow-legs were common in a tract half swamp, half marsh. The first crested flycatchers came March 30, and the first kingbirds the day before. The only other migrants observed were the first Ken- _tucky warblers and the first black-and-white warbler on the gist. Since April 1, the season having made“up a good deal of its lost time, things appear to havé igone- on more as in most years. April-3 the first .stummer warblers came; this is the usual time for them. Between. this day and the 1oth we experienced an unusual amount of almost cold weather for April; all through March, in fact, there had been many more cool snaps than usual. April 9 was a cool but beautiful day, milder than it had been for several days past, There arrived the first cerulean warbler and wood pewee, and the first belated barn swallow appeared among the white-bellies. ¥ April 10.—Birds interesting and conspicuous. White- throated sparrows singing, and warbling vireos making their customary rounds unseen through the oaks in a _could see no signs of a nest. ~*~ AND STREAM. well-shadéu More barn swallows, and hummingbirds ‘s. Several cerulean warb- lers (females) tu. “ag material for inyesti- gation as they paus *f the oaks. Orchard orioles (males) plentii. “me, _ These bird notes were ~ suburbs of the city. A trip to the woods wwed that the bird wave had passed, and the 75 an oven- bird, though indigo buntings app tance for the first time. All the other birds w. + Tesi- dents, as the wood thrush, Kentucky 4 the white-eyed vireo, The arrival of the reasted chat was noted, the date being earlier than a. .ecord of which I know. I should have least expected to find that the case this year, but there is-no accounting for what the birds will do. -It should be observed, however, that the season, or- nithologically speaking, made most rapid strides between the toth and 13th, and seems as advanced now (April 20) as it ever does, With the first nighthawk on the 13th and the first but rather belated yellow-billed cuckoo on the 17th, there is nothing more of importance to chron- icle this season, unless we have a rain followed by a cold snap, in which event any ‘‘wave” of late transient mi- grants that happens to be en route is apt to rest two or three days in our woods and fields. Henry H. Korman. Unusual Nesting Sites. _ DuriInc my many rambles through forest and thicket in search of bird lite-in the last fifteen years, there have come to my notice several nesting sites that vary from those usually found. One day a lady said to me: “What little bird. with a red cap on its head builds a little nest on the ground among the grasses, and has three little blue eggs with black spots near the end?” This was a poser, so I went with her to an old orchard near her house, and under the branches of an apple tree, on the ground, was the nest, and to my surprise it belonged to a chipping sparrow that had varied her usual choice of a nesting site, One rainy day in June, as I strolled through a large field of clover near my boyhood home, I saw a rollicking, jubilant, bobolink swaying on a golden rod, going into ecstacies over his plain brown mate and his little home’ tucked so snugly away in the clover, when from my feet up fluttered Mrs, B., and though I looked closely, I I parted the grass here and there, and was about to give up the search, when by chance I gave a piece of dry cow manure a scuff with my foot, and there under it was the nest, with seven beautiful eggs, so neatly hidden that I had nearly oyer- looked them. sh In May, 1892, while crossing an old pasture, I vaulted over a stone wall, and suddenly, from beneath my feet, a slate-colored junco fluttered up from among the icrns, coming apparently up out of the ground: Long and diligently did I search for a nest, without finding any sign of one; but on lifting up a piece of turf that hung over a hole from which a flat stone had been taken, be- hold! there was the junco’s, nest of roots and grass, safely. tucked away from the sight of any observer, and com- pletely protected from the rain by the sod. Wonderful to me seemed the instinct and ingenuity— almost reasoning powers—of this pretty little sparrow. I recall one bright morning in May, 1803, while watch- ing a pair of my favorite songsters, the hermit thrush, adding the finishing touches to their nearly completed nest, on the side of a knoll bordering on the edge of a maple wood. The nest was placed under an over- hanging rock, making a shelter for the bird, as she should sit patiently day after day on her five blue beauties, and for her nestlings, as their parents should labor for food to appease’ their growing appetites. As I stood there I saw a small bird fly to the knoll beside this nest and remain there, On creeping cautiotisly mearer, I saw a small warbler on a nest, not 3ft. from the thrush’s nest. Here were near neighbors indeed! I must learn which warbler it was, so cautiously working my way to the back side of the knoll, I slowly and carefully placed my hat over her, so closely did she sit, and getting her into my hands she proved to be the Nashville warbler. Was it chance or sociability that caused these birds to nest so near each other? The nest contained five spotted gs. ; While driving along a country road in the spring of 1894, I saw a flicker’s head emerge from a cavity in a telephone pole that she was excavating for a nest. The pair completed their laborious task, and reared a brood of young, beside the noisy thoroughfare, undisturbed except by the annoyance of-‘sitting for a photo, which 1 took of the female peering out of the nest, in wonder- ment at the to her strange and unheard-of performance. I had heard of some of the other woodpeckers excavating in the cedar telegraph poles, but haye read of no in- stance of the flicker doing so. rs I might also mention a nest of that pest, the English spatrow, that was recorded before (cfi, Swain, Maine Sportsman, June, ‘97, p. 6). A nest of this sparrow containing two eggs was found in-a car of flour that had come directly through from the West. The birds had entered the car through a knot-hole, and built the nest and to my surprise they were following the nest, as the birds presence in the car attracted my at- tention to the nest built up over-the door. This well illustrates this sparrow’s persistence. I well recall the only instance I know of cowbirds attempting to build a nest of their own. ~ j One spring, large flocks of these birds were seen perched on the limbs of the apple trees, sunning them- selves, and later, as they had paired off and scattered, I saw a pair carrying grass and feathers to a hole under the eaves of an ald building; wlhiere the boards had started off, leaving a place large erfongh to build a nest. I watched them day after day with. much interest, until the nest was completed; but whether they were just ‘trying their hand” at building atid did not intend to rear their own young, or that I watched them too closely and frightened them away, I am unable to say, as they left the nest soon after completion, and were seen no more about it. a Another oddity was a pendant nest of the Maryland 328 yellow-throat, hung from the fork of a small bush be- side a stone wall, after the manner and resembling a nest of the vireo’s, fs The finding of the odd nest sites as well as the usual ones has brought me much pleasure, and constantly re- minds me that the Creator of these lovely creatures has scattered them about us to bring happiness and joy into our lives. MERTON SWwaIN. PORTLAND, April 8, Wild Pigeons. THE statement that this native American bird is extinct will seem almost incredible to residents of Dutchess county, N. Y., for within a few years it has certainly been seen in that vicinity, although not in vast numbers as the old residents used to see it, Four years ago there was a remarkable flight of wild pigeons there, a flight like those of forty or fifty years ago. Hundreds were killed, and the event created no little interest, This was, however, a most unusual occurrence, in that section of the country for these latter days. In the flight of four years ago, there were thousands of the birds, and it hardly seems possible that they could since have become extinct, Nevertheless, how have they disappeared or where they have gone seems a mystery. There are living hundreds of persons who remember when vast flights of wild pigeons could be seen almost any day in November. All about Poughkeepsie, for instance, in old times, pigeons were killed by thousands, and many men now living there have made up parties to hunt the birds. A pigeon roost, was a place where confusion worse confounded reigned supreme. Toward evening, when the foraging army returned to its nightly resting place, the uproar and tumult caused by the rustling of tens of thousands of wings was deafening and bewildering, The place was not without its dangers, for branches of trees were torn from their trunks by the weight of.the birds and crashed to the earth, breaking other branches in their fall and startling thousands of ready wings to fluttering, until the sound was as a roaring of a mighty wind through the tree tops, In such mishaps, which were constantly occurring over a wide expanse of country, numberless birds were killed or wounded and fell to the ground, y oe The birds would not forsake the roost, so long. as food could be obtained within a half-day’s journey. In the nesting season, when the male birds attended with the most assiduous care upon his mate, these datntless husbands have been known to fly 200 miles in search of food, and their return was the signal for an outburst of the most clamorous joy on the part of those who’ re- mained, ; Always about a pigeon roost were many birds, usually males, who evidently believed that they: also serve who only “stand and wait.” Those birds were to the pigeon roost as the drones are to the hives, and reaped some other pigeon’s sowing. These birds were evidently de- spised by the workers, for when the demand for food became too aggressive they were set upon by a mob of pigeons and remorselessly lynched. The usefulness of these idlers has never been discovered, and as the family relations of pigeon life were known to exist, it _is surmised that they were the dudes of pigeon civiliza- tion, ‘ In many localities around Poughkeepsie these. wild pigeons in their annual flight southward; seem to Have had certain woods, where they almost.always stopped to rest, yet it is not known that the satin birds ever, re- turned. The steady column swiftly deployed into these woods, until every tree was weighted down with its living load. Within an hour or two after nightfall the birds became quiet, and the sighs of the winds were the only sounds, save the gentle coo of some sleepless birds, whose rest was disturbed by the encroachments of others, Late at night, when the tired birds were supposed to be deep in slumber, men came from all directions with wagons piled high with coops. They were armed with long poles and sticks, and carried torches. The light’s glare seems to paralyze the birds, for those in the vicinity of the lights remained inactive, while the men beat those on the lower branches into insensibility with their poles, The dead and wounded birds were gathered up and stuffed into coops until they would hold no more. In the day- time, both in the vicinity of the roosts and over the country generally, the birds were caught in nets, and countless thousands were destroyed in this manner, The nets were stretched over oblong frames of wood about 6ft, wide and 20 to 30ft. long. A favorite place for set- ting the nets was in an open wood, where the-nets were placed at an angle of 45 degrees and held in position by light props at each end. A string tied to each prop ex- tended to a screen of cornstalks or brush, under which a man lays concealed. Grain was scattered plentifully under the net and a few stool pigeons were tied there. If a flight of pigeons came near, the foolish stool pigeons fluttered to the length of their restraining cords and attracted the attention of the passing birds. The pigeons —usually hundreds in a single flight—drove on with in- credible speed, but whirled and came flying back lower and lower each time, and when they saw the alluring grain, plumped downto the ground and walked under the net, when the props were jerked out, the net fell upon the birds, whose struggles availed them not. ‘Then they were either carried to market or taken home and usually placed in the corncrib, where they dashed them- selves in a frenzy of fear against the sides of the build- ing. The worst injured were immediately slaughtered and the rest were left until they were wanted, when the farmer entered the crib and beat down with sticks. what he wanted for his dinner. The nature of these birds was wild, and no matter how long they were kept in confine- ment, not one of them ever lost its tameless spirit, or ceased to struggle with desperate energy to escape when the crib was entered by anyone. ‘, Sometimes, especially in. wet weather, the birds flew so low that they could be killed with sticks and stones, and any man or boy who could load a gun and fire it was sure to bring down one or more at each discharge. Sometimes’ a smail cannon was loaded to the muzzle with slugs and missiles, and when a flight appeared in range it was discharged, and the ground was blue with the little soldiers who dragged their maimed bodies a = = 826 SSS ES Sas into high grass or-any place of concealment and flut- tered up to the very wheels of the instrument that had caused their death. James Fenimore Cooper, in his book, “The Pioneers,” gives a most interesting and graphic account/of a slaughter of wild pigeons in which a small cannon was used, That these birds should have disappeared from this section of the country is hard enough to realize, but that it should become so nearly extinct in the United States passés comprehension, since it was common to a vast section of the country. Audubon, the great or- nithologist, observed a flight of pigeons in’ Kentucky that extended as far as the eye could see, and was more than ‘five hours passing. He attempted to compute the number of individual birds in the flight, and esti- mated that there were more than 500,000,000, Further than that he estimated that there could not have been less than that number in the smaller and detached flocks, which were passing to the North in great numbers early in the day, flying very swiftly and unusually high, These first flights appeared to be the vanguard ot the immense army, patrolling the blue field of heaven, un- heralded, yet possessing the dignity and confidence of overwhelming numbers. He observed with wonder that the number of flocks visible early in the day increased and multiplied until the earth was canopied with the feathered hosts, and that when the main body of the rank and file had passed there were yet detached regt ments to cover the rear of the fleeing army. The strag- glers continued to pass until darkness rendered them invisible, This wonderful flight is well_authenticated, not alone by Audubon, which would have been sufficient, but by many persons who were living in the territory over which “the birds flew. The disappearing of the pigeon reminds us that only a few years ago flocks of what is known as tame doves could be seen around this place daily. The court house roof was a great roosting place for these birds, which also have nearly disappeared, but few being seen in that vicinity. A. V. MERSCH, [Mr. Meersch further advises us that at the time of this last flight of pigeons in Dutchess Co., which he says took place in 1895, great numbers of the birds were killed and sold for food ail over the country. Many of those who were engaged in the destruction came from the towns of Kingston and Amenia, Cannot some of the readers of FOREST AND STREAM give us further informa- tion as to this matter? It is certainly worth recording,] Laxewoop, O., April 15.—Editor Forest and Stream: This morning, about 8 o’clock, I saw a flock of filty or seventy-five birds flying in a northeasterly direction, and if it-had been twenty years ago I should have called them passenger pigeons beyond a doubt; but now that these birds have been pronounced extinct by high authorities, I hardly dare venture an opinion or believe my own eyes. Nevertheless, this flock was moving along in true pigeon style, and I would advise sportsmen to look sharp about the Alleghany and Adirondack mountains, as they were headed that way, and are probably there at this writing. A. HALL. Instinct. Editor Forest and Stream: To prove that the lower animals reason I shall ‘make use of the facts that scientific investigation has disclosed. Science teaches that in the brain of the vertebrates, man included, the seat of mind is situated in the “su- preme hemispherical ganglia.” The invertebrates do not possess these higher merve centers. ‘They haye no centers of intelligence and will, like the higher animals, All the intelligence they exhibit is located in the sen- sary ganglia. A study of insects, however, will prove to any one that they possess an intelligence akin to reason. The bee.and the ant are noted examples that prove something more than blind instinct. The fact is science cannot draw the line where mind commierices in animal life. In the evolution of mind there are grades from the lower to the higher life, Man’s mind is su- périor because it is ministered to by superior organs, What is a superior organ? I will illustrate. In the nose of man there are the inferior turbinated bones. They are scroll-shaped, which increases the surface ex- posed. These bones are covered by the mucous mem- brane through which the olfactory nerves are distributed, Because the surface is large, man possesses the sense of smell in a high degree. These bones in the dog are separated into plates or leaves, which greatly increases the surface to which the nerves of smell] are distributed. @hus the dog’s sense of smell is superior to man’s be- cause he possesses superior orgaiis. The brain follows the same natural law. In the lower antmals the primary convolutions may be traced. The Hottentot brain is far below the brain of the European. In the latter the ar- rangement of the convolutions is remarkably complex. A large surface is thus exposed to the network of neryes that minister to reflection, giving to man’ the power to reason beyond any other animal, just as the dog’s sense of smell is increased by the increased net- work of nerves that minister to the sense of smell. Is-it not a logical conclusion that the lower animals can reason when we are told by science that they possess the necessary organs? It is one of nature’s laws that a useless organ soon disappears. Why do these persist¢ The answer is plain: Because they are used and are absolutely necessary to the existence of the lower amni- mals. Without the power to reason animal life would be blotted from the face of the earth, as nature 1s consti- tuted to-day. Man’s reason is occupied with the sur- roundings of his daily life, The sate is true of the lower animals, Man considers first the three necessaries of life— feod, shelter and clothing. After that comes the luxuries, The lower animals consider food and shelter and how to’ maintain an existence. The advent of man was a serious danger to most animal life. The animals under changed conditions were forced into new channels of thought. Some, like the rat. reasoned it out by forcing man to provide food and shelter. Some were: domesti- cated. Others were exterminated. Those’ that exist in a wild state to-day find their surroundings continu- ally changing, and the bitter strugele for existence ttrns * placed with her for adoption. FOREST AND STREAM. their thoughts into new channels. Reason must work out their fate, If they adapt themselves to changed con+ ditions and maintatin an existence, 1% is evidence of a power to reason, which can!only be denied by assertion. Mr, Wade’s argument contains all the earmarks of the argument advanced by opponents of reason in the lower animals, I will put it in a nutshell. “The acts of animals which seem to indicate reason are null and void because of other acts which seem to indicate a lack of season.” ~ ‘This boils it down and reduces their argument to a plain statement, They measure animal intelligence by some act which seems to indicate a lack of reason, be- cause mat can compass -the act, while they coolly ignore millions of acts that indicate reason in the lower animals as well as in man. Again, if these “blind leaders of the blind” will apply their logic to man they aut find themselves obliged to deny reason to man- kind. Take the dog trained to protect the child’s perambula- tor, which Mr. Wade asserts attacked another child be- cause there was a limit to a dog’s intelligence, as much as to say that man would not fall into such an error. What can Mr. Wade say about the unnumbered errors which are so common and are usually caused by trained human beings who fail to comprehend orders? Would he limit the intelligence of mankind because of these in- dividual errors of judgmentr Mr. Wade cites that old fake of pushing the burning brands together to show that animals do not com- prehend such a simple problem. Mr. Wade forgets that fire is mot necessary to the existence of the lower animals, : I challenge him to name anything that is absolutely necessaty to maintain the existence of the lower animals which they do not comprehend, When whale oil and the tallow candle made darkness visible man did not comprehend the electric light.- “He had the electric spark, why didn’t he push the brands together and enjoy a new light? Simply because it was not necessary at that time. Man’s necessity evolved the electric light. He pushed the brands together when he was educatéd to it; A log- ical mind will judge the lower animals by the same rule, and grant them the power to reason upon the things that are necessary to their existence. Mr. Wade’s remarks about adoption are wholly illoz- ical. Adoption is a common thing in human life. Strange children are adopted and tenderly cared for, and sometimes it seems impossible to reconcile the act with a power to reason, Surely if human beings adopt strange offspring animals cannot be deprived of reason for doing practically the same thing. The cow that was satisfied with the hide of her calf always bobs up serenely in the controversy. I wonder if it ever Occurred to those who advance this argument that the cow comprehended the meaning of death, and accepted the situation just as poor human beings are forced to do? My experience when a farmer proved to me that animals comprehend death. It frequently happened in cold weather that lambs dropped im the night would get chilled. Such were removed to the house, but ustally died) The mother would be placed in a pen by herself and-one_of a pair of twins would be At first I had no end of trouble with these sheep. It was almost impossible to get a sheep t> adopt a lamb. A farmer, old at the : business, told me to let the mother have the dead lamb for a short time. As he expressed it, “The mother is saving her milk for her lamb, which she thinks is alive and hungry. When satisfied that it is dead she will adopt another,” 4 I found the theory all right in practice, and had but little trouble afterward, I applied the theory to my cows, with the same result, During my fourteen years of hermit lile I have run across many incidents that prove that wild animals comprehend the meaning of death, Two years ago I found the nest of a ‘‘wild’” domestic cat in an old stone ~ wall. There were thtee live kittens and one dead one. L left the dead kitten as an experiment, Whenever I had found a nest before this, a yisit a few hours later would find the nest deserted, the kittens removed to some secret spot. -When I again visited the nest in question it was deserted save tor the dead kitten. If that cat had no conception of death she would haye placed the dead kitten beyond my reach, and for the same reason that caused her to remoye the live kittens, Mr. Wade and his ilk do not call on scierice ta verity their claims. We know how gladly they would do so if science was on their side. They claim that the lower animals cannot reason because they do not reason in all things, but forget to apply their logic to mankind. What can be said of the millions of human beings who use alcoholic drink to excess, knowing that the penalty is death or dementia? If any large number of animals should act in such an unreasonable manner Mr. Wade and his friends would blazon it to the world, as sure proof that animals lacked reason. In my study of animal life I find that the lower animals stick closer to the lines of reason in adapting themselves to their surroundings than does mankind. T will put the reason of the sturdy red squirrel that lays up food for a cold winter against the reason of the spendthrift who, having spent 4 fortune, goes to the hospital to die with a loathsome disease. Who would not score one for the squirrel? HERMIT, Edible (>) Puff Ball. I REMEMBER that some time ago the Forest AND STREAM showed its-readers some fine illustrations of the imush- room, and this led me to make inquiry, together with what | saw. I am extremely fond of the genuine mush- room, and had thought it was the only edible variety of the fungi. But one afternoon I went out of town to shoot woodcock. On my way I came across several gentlemen and ladies, who are artists in the copying house of this city, and found them gathering the fungus that in decay is called the “puff-hall,” which all country residents are fainiliar with, It sometimes grows as big as a man’s first, is round, almost white-skinned. and pure white mside while fresh, and when thoroughly decayed and dry be- comes purple in color, and sends forth yolumes of purple smoke when bursted. he OS oe P Well, this party had about a peck or more of these . —— = oie ere wn ges en ti i A le a SY TT an [Aven 20, 1800, nae ny = mee en _ —— —+_—- fungi. “What!” said I, “you are not going to eat these?” “Certainly we are,’ Said one of the men, who began ialk- ing of the different species, and I concluded he ought to’ know what he-was about, as he seemed to be up to date in’ the matter of botany as it regards the mushroom and. its: congenérs. — fs And they ate them. Talking with several who partook of the fungus, they said it was entirely safe when fresh and white, but should not be eaten when it began to turn its color. They are sliced, then soaked an hour or two in saltish water and fried in butter, Can the Forest aNp STREAM Or some of its readers give us any points of enlightenment on the edibleness of the “puft-ball” ? N Game Bag and Gan. American Game Parks. — The ‘Forest and Stream’s” Fifth Annual Report on Game in Preserves. (Concluded from page 281,) Charles F. Dietrich’s Game Park. Mr, CHartes F. Dietricn’s park at Milbrook, Dutchess county, N, Y., has an area of 3,000 acres, Of this about. 2,400 acres are fenced with a oft. woyen wire fence of. Page manufacture. Mr, Dietrich has at present one hundred white-tail deer, as well as smaller game. When his game enclos- ure was much smaller than at present he tried the ex~ periment of stocking with German roe deer. They did) not thrive, however, in the thirty-acre enclosure. They could stand it for a year or two, but in the end all died, The roe is essentially a forest deer and cannot bear con— finement in small, open parks. Some friends of Mr. Dietrich who tried to rear them in Germany under simi— lar conditions said the deer always died, and that their bodies were geénerally found close to the restraining: fences. ° Mr. Dietrich has imported German hares on three or four occasions, and at present he has several hundred of these animals, which have been acclimated and are do- ing well. He has put out 500 quail for the coming season, ani released the same number last year. English pheasants. are raised each year at the park, and a certain number are: released previous to the shooting season, Two years ago this journal mentioned Mr. Dietnich’s experimental stocking with prairie chickens. Untonti nately the plan was not a success, as all the birds have died or disappeared. The ruffed grouse put out albortt the same time are doing very well, and have increased in number, j The attempt to introduce English partridges was not successfuljias the birds are tender.and do not seem able to starid our climate. Mr, Dietrich will, however, try another importation in the near future. The -German: partridge, “feldhuhn,” which closely resembles its Eng- lish cousin, and which is certainly more robust, seems to. be thriving, Mr. Dietrich found a covey of these birds: which had bred in the park late last fall. ; There are some small natural lakes in a hilly portion oi: the park, which contain fish, Several streams crossing: the meadows and also some artificial ponds haye been stocked with trout. - ; Mr. Dietrich has imported from time to time a consid- erable variety of European song birds. The nightingales which he released died. Finches of various kinds dtd well. Finches are almost as hardy as English sparrows and ate well able to take care of themselves. He has made several experiments with skylarks. Last spring fifty or sixty were released. They were seen all during the summer, but when fall’ came they migrated. south, Birds put out previous seasons have not returned. Mr.. Dietrich is particularly anxious to introduce this en- chanting songster and will try another importation. H's birds are procured from Germany, but are identical with the English skylark. Ozonia Park, Ozonia Park has been somewhat enlarged and now contains 2,000 acres of densely wooded mountain land, including Lake Ozonia. It is situated seven miles from St. Regis Falls Station, on the New York & Ottawa Railroad. Adjoining it are 6,000 acres of forest which I control, but do not include in the park, being partly lumbered. The park is kept for friends and for the guests of my summer hotel, Fernwood Hall, The lake has been stocked -with salmon and brown trout, and landlocked salmon, but the principal fish are black bass. Deer have been unusually plentiful during the past year. Every year makes me more determined to preserve the virgin forest and the beauty of nature, as I see more proofs of its great value to the worn and weary from the cities, Frepertc M. HEeatH, Brandreth Patk. ‘We have no new information regarding our pre- serve. We have protected it carefully for the last twenty~ five years and now estimate the number of our deer at 1,000. These figures are considered by many to be far- short of the actual number, however. “We have not imported any exotic species, and so far as our experience goes those who have done so haye little but trouble and expense with them. “The preserve includes some 30,000 acres and thir teen lakes and ponds, the largest being four miles long. Grouse are becoming fewer each year, owing, we think, to the increase in the number of foxes.” ) Cutting Preserve. Mr. Frank A. Cutting writes: / ‘My preserve is well protected and the deer are in- creasing; also the deer are increasing in the territory: surrounding me. Owing to their being protected on my preserve and increasing in numbers there, they then stray away to the adjoining territory, 7 APRIL 29, 1899. ] “The law prohibiting hounding is a great help to the deer and will cause them to increase faster in all parts wi the Adirondacks, “The deer that are now killed in the fall are nearly all bucks, “Quite a number of bear are on my preserve, but none have been killed lately.” ; New England Game Conditions. Tn reply to your letter, would say that I have no pre- serve. We live in summer at Mount Washington, Berk- shire county, Mass. The innkeepers on the Harlem road carry their boarders up our hills and promise them gamie. The woods and streams have been fairly drained ot game. I suppose it is useless to hope that atty place so fiear New York should be able to preserve any game, but I wish the law had been enforced to keep something to propagate. We are now without grouse or trout, where- as, yeats ago the hills and streams were full of both. JAMes MAcNAUGHTAN, Colorado Game. Mr. D. C. Beaman, of Denver, Colo., who has been gathering evidence regarding the effect of the winter upon the game, sends us the following reports from corre- spondents, and kis own conclusions as to the game situation : Warden Wilcox, of Steamboat Springs, says that so far as he knows there has been tio actual loss of elk in the Steamboat Springs country; that several bands are in that region in 3 to 5ft. of snow, and getting thin, but in no immediate danger if not disturbed and compelled to go up into the deeper snow. Deer do not winter there. W. L. Pattison, who resides in Pot Hole Valley, Rio Blanco county, ten miles above the forks of the White River, says that near his place the elk are not just now so plenty as in former years at this time; that about 200 are on the low ridges in sight of his house, and about seventy-five are wintering in the valley with his horses; that there is little snow on the south slopes, although it is 5ft. deep in the valley of the White River, that there has been little cold weather, Most of his horses are still getting along without hay, ‘That last fall there were more elk in that region than for many years past; bulls in bands of twenty or thirty, and cows and calves in bands of roo or more; that the forest fires probably had something to do with their presence then so low down. They are mostly wintering this year on Morapos Creek and other tributaries of the Yampa north of Pot Hole. Their condition cannot now be ascertained, but he does not anticipate any considerable loss, as the conditions there are not likely to be different from those on the White River. | \ Ed. Kennan, on Wallace Creek, in Mesa county, twelve miles from Debeque and in the winter deer range, says that the later storms drove the deer down into the val- leys, but they are looking well. Some of them are feeding at his haystacks. Summarizing these reports with stich information ob- tained from others and personal observation im a portion of the region referred to, it is reasonable to conclude that the loss of large game from the storms alone will not be great, as the storms interfered with the market and head-hunter about as much as with the game, but that the depth of snow and the night crusting which is now occurring will give the lions, wolves and other beasts which prey on the game such an advantage that the loss will be larger than that of any recent year, and if the market and hide-hunters, who, like the other wild beasts, take advantage of the helpless condition of the game, re- gardless of the law, unless vigorously enforced, are not closely watched, the aggregate loss will be greatly in- creased. This condition calls urgently tor more paid wardens duting the periods when meat, hides and horns are de- sirable. Taking the whole game situation in, there seemed to be no reason why the deer season should not be lengthened a little at each end, and a short open season made on elk and mountain sheep. This would accommodate residents at both ends of the line—summer and winter range—and also the money-spending, law-abiding hunter and tourist, and in connection with a strict limit on the number which one person may kill in a season no hari can result. When the game question was before the Senate, ob- jéctions were made to the open season on elk and sheep, and as to sheep the.cbjections prevailed. These open - geasons have been pretty generally demanded by the peo- ple all over the State. The characteristics of the deer, elk and mountain siieep are not like those of the ox, but of the domestic sheep. One male is equal to the service of fifty or more females, and males are now more nu- merous than necessary for procreative purposes, and a short season on male elk and sheep would mot lessen the increase. In fact, the killing off of the old ones (which, on account of their larger horns, will be the ones most sought for) will be of advantage by allowing the younger and more vigorous ones a chance to assist in propaga- tion = ; — Another reason given for an open season on these ani- mals is that so long as there is no open season whatever, the law-abiding htinter has no special interest in their protection as they are forbidden fruit to him, while the lawless hunter is not restrained by the law. But if there was a short open season the former would have an in- terest in protection that he might have some chance in that season, and he would thereby have an interest in seeing that the head and hide hunter kept the law. Tt was asserted in the Senate discussion that antelope had been annihilated. This is a mistake. Ten or more years ago when the market-hunter was in full play, a great many were killed, but during the Jast ten years they have increased, and there are now thousands of them east of here, as well as in Routt county. There is little doubt as to considerable natural increase of elk and sheep the last two years. It has not been large, but it has kept pace with the unlawful killing. as A member of the fraternity of Elks in the Senate made a plea on sentimental grounds for the entire prohibition of elk killing.. T am not a member of the Elks, but I have never heard oi a member of that fraternity refusing to FOREST AND STREAM. shoot at a wild one because of his association with the name. The lengthening of an open season is not objectionable with a proper limit as to number, in fact, it is better for the game than a short season, and no limit on number. The former game law had no limit on big game killing atid its constitutionality having been questioned, hampered its enforcement and weakened it as a protective meas- ure, and some new legislation was absolutely necessary. With this there should be good hunting in Colorado the coming season without detriment to the game supply. Senate bill 148, by Senator Smith, of Leadville, was the only bill pending in the Legislature which met these con- ditions, and its passage was absolutely necessary to save the big game from serious diminution before next sea- son, As ofiginally drawn, it required licenses for bunt- ing, for guides and taxidermists, which would have pro- duced sufficient revenue to more than meet the expenses of its administration, and as these three classes embrace about all who reap any benefit from the game, there seems no good reason why they should not contribute the fund required, But the Senate thought otherwise, and struck these provisions out, When the go per cent. of the people who do not hunt realize that they are paying the expense of protecting the game for the benefit of the 10 per cent, who do, they will probably favor these license features, as other States aré doing. When these license features were eliminated the bill passed both Houses without other material changes, almost unanimously, and if not yetoed, will go into effect May 3, unless the Governor signs it sooner, in which case it will go into effect as soon as signed. There are still some revenue producing features left in it. Captain Myrick, on the Grand River, four miles above Debeque, says the snow has been light in the valleys and only about rift. on the lower mesas. Captain Myrick is one of the forest rangers, and has been within two months over a great deal of the winter range of the deer on the Grand River and its tributaries, and is of the opinion that the deer are as numerous and in as good order as at any time within four years past. M. E. Laswell, of Plateau Creek, Mesa county, agrees with Mr. Kennan and Captain Myrick, James H. Templeton, who resides in Routt county, on the Yampa River, above the mouth of the Little Snake and Lily Park, near where the conflict between the game wardens and the Indians occurred in 1897, says that the loss of deer and antelope will not be much more than usual, the wind having kept the south slopes of the hills mostly bare of snow; that some will be destroyed by coyotes on account of the crusted snow .on which the coyotes can run, but the game cannot, ‘The elk do not winter in that region. Incidentally, he says that the Indians were in that sec- tion again last fall and killed great numbers of deer, gen- etally taking hides only and not the meat. That they kept away from the settlements mostly and were in’parties of eight or ten, probably for self-protection. A. S. Bennet, the game photographer at Craig, Woutt county, says that the deer, elk and antelope, although having to contend with 3ft.or more of snow, are, trom all accounts, and to all appearances, in good condition, A. G. Wallihan, the game photographer, formerly of Lay, Colorado, but now residing at Wells, Wyoniing, writes that thousands of elk are wintering well near Jackson’s Hole, Wyoming, where the snow has been very light. He has lived in Colorado and in or near the wih- ter range of elk for many years, and is of the opinion that neither cold nor snow is harmful to the elk, unless taken advantage of by the market and head-hunter, as 1s likely to be the case. ; This emphasizes the utility of the hunting license with a coupon to be attached to every specimen. If this sys- tem were generally adopted, every head without a coupon would be contraband and subject to seizure, and the mar- ket-hunter’s occupation would be gone, Wherever it is in use it has the emphatic indorsement of the game com- missioners as the most effective means of protection ever devised. : Mountain grouse are snow birds from choice, and in winter always seek the higher regions and the heavy spruce timber where the snow is deep, and depend en- ‘tirely on the foliage for food, and there 1s no reason to suppose any loss among them! Judge McDougal, of Gun- nison, says the sage chicken have not suffered at all, Within the last five or six years the Bob White quail which were planted along the front of the range between Denver and Fort Collins have increased rapidly. Reports pretty well authenticated indicate considerable loss among them this winter, but the actual extent cannot be ascer- tained until the snow goes off, as some of those killed may be covered by the later snows. It was mainly on this account that no open season was made on quail in the new game law. In the Grand Junction region, up the Gunnison River as far us White Water and up the Grand to Debeque, the California or Arizona quail have become very numerous, and the recent storms did not touch that country suffi- ciently to do them harm. Five years ago a fund was raised by the farmers and others near Grand Junction, and these quail were im- ported, and now they have become so numerous that they destroy the gardens and materially injure the grain in many places. It was generally agreed that they should not be killed for five years, which time expires this fall, and now the farmers want the privilege of killing some of them, both on account of their enormous increase and destructive nature, and that they may reap sonte benefit from their expenditure. It was at their suggestion that an open season on them was put in the new law, and yet a well-meant but probably mistaken assertion in the Sen- ate struck it olit in Opposition to the wishes of the people most concerned, as | understood them. Hunters are continually on the track of alligators and turtle, and it seems to us that if the Legislature do not put some restriction upon them, Florida is doomed to lose two of her very interesting and attractive features, The eggs of the loggerhead turtle on our seashore are nearly all taken out of their nests in the summer, while the alli- gator, in our ponds ard lagoons, is meeting with rapid extinction. Call a halt, ere too late—Indian River Ad- yocate, Titusville, Fla., April 14, “ 327 Capt. Lafe’s Swivel-Breech Rifle. In 1870-71, when Fayette S. Giles and the writer were mapping out territory for the Blooming Grove Park, in Pike county, Pa, we domiciled with Moses C, West- brook while the club hottse was being built. and a very pleasant summer we spent. When fall came and hunting was in order, we put down the hounds on the tracks of the big deer which ran among the Knoles; and Genso C, Scott, David Dudley Field, Isaac McLellan, Jacob Pentz, the Westbrook brothers, Ira Chrisman, Ed. Quick and the rest of the local and invited hunters would take their allotted stands on the runways between the numerous lakes*and creeks, and wait for the deer to pass, The other day I happened to see some mention made in Forest AND STREAM of Uncle Ira’s double hunting rifle, and wrote to Capt. Lafayette Westbrook, for particulars, In reply I was gratified to receive the following lines, which you may be pleased to print: Stroupssurc, Pa., March 24.—Chas. Hallock, Wash- ington, D. C—Dear Sir: I need hardly say that I was. agreeably surprised to receive a letter from you, and to hear you are in the land of the living, My brother, Moses, whom you boarded with, is still living at Blooming Grove at the old place, in very comfortable circumstances. John C., the oldest brother, is still in Milford, holding the same office of prothonatory which he has held for thirty- three years. Not another man in the State has held that office anywhere near that length of time. He is now seventy-eight years old; Moses is seventy-two, and I am seventy-foir. I was qttite a politician while living in Pike; was in the Pennsylvania Legislature six years, and was the means of getting the charter for the Blooming Grove Association, and a liberal one it is. Uncle Ira Chrisman has been dead quite a number of years. He died at Milford. In regard to the old double- barrel rifle that Ira hunted with when you were at Bloom- ing Grove, that was my gun, piven to me by my. father, Solomon Westbrook. It was made by Nicolas Hawk, of Chestnut Hill, Monroe county, Pa,, some time about 1830; . was then flint lock, After having it some time he got 1t percussioned; he gave it to me about 1840, I killed over 100 deer with it and two bears, It was beautifully finished, mounted with pure silver, curled maple stock, barrels on top of each other, and worked by a spring by pulling on the guard, It was the first double-barrel swivel breech rifle in that section of the country. Last fall I gave it to one of Moses’ boys, to keep in the family. Uncle Ira Chrismann thought a good deal of “old swivel,” as he called it. He killed quite a good many deer with it. The original cost, I think, was $75. That was a big price in those eatly days. The postmaster at Blooming Grove is John Kleinhaus, The one who was postmaster when you were there was Henry Kleinhaus. He is dead; they were half-brothers; Jacob Kleinhaus, the father, had his second wife. He was a tanner. I would like to meet you at Blooming Grove. I go up every sum- mer with my wife. I was married October, 1876, and am connected with the East Stroudsburg Bank, as director and vice-president, ~ -L. WESTBROOK. About the time referred to, in 1871, I was the possessor of a Perry self-capping rifle; which I had owned and carried since 1856. It is described by text and cut in one of Frank Forester’s books. It was even more ingenious than the swivel breach. for, although it was not a “two- shoot gun,” it was vastly more convenient in cold weather, when fingers would become so stiff as to be tunable to set acap on the nipple. By a leverage on the triggeér-guard, a _ heel section of the barrel some gin. in length was thrown up so as to receive a ball cartridge, and by the same action the nipple received a percussion cap from a brass tube which ran through the stock lengthwise. When swung back into line with the barrel, the charge was ready to shoot, and the rifle could be loaded and fired several times in a minute. The tube held thirty-seven caps. I sold this rifle in 1872 to Bob Crawford, the Hudson Bay Company's agent at Red Rock, Lake Superior. CHARLES HALLocK. Circumventing the Gobblers, Writine irom Hamilton, N. C., Mr. S. W. Everitt tells of unsuccessful days in turkey hunting, with better luck in the end: I started out actoss the same old field for home where we had flushed them before. I had: not gone far before Lote struck a trail of them again. Away she went, and was gone for several minutes. I stood lis- tening for her bark, but no sound came back, Soon I saw her coming; she had given it up or ran over it. I turned to the right and put her ont again, but she could find no scent of them that way. I had not gone over 2ooyds. when I looked to my right, and there about rooyds away in the tall grass, was a gobbler picking along content edly. I dropped on my knees and my dog was comin toward me, She saw me go down and knew something was wrong, so she came to me at once. I slipped a cord around her neck, and half crouching I ran 200 or 300yds., making a half circle, so as to get ahead of him. I got in an old fallen tree-top and fixed myself and waited his coming. I thought he was making for the cornfield on the opposite side of the swamp, where I had flushed them on Saturday. This was about 1:30 in the afternoon. I waited patiently for about fifteen minutes, I got impa- tient and took out my call and -began to call. I called a few times, but no response came. I waited about fif- teen minutes more, calling occasionally. After a while T raised up and scanned the old field, Dut no sign of a turkey was in sight. I concluded he had seen or heard me when I ran down there and had gone.- I got up and got my traps together and started for home. I thought I would go back the way I had seen the one feeding and see if I could see it or find out from the doy which way it went, I had not gone over 1ooyds before I spied one feeding along leisurely, not over Soyds from where I left him and about rooyds. away. I dropped on my knees again and decided that this time I would stalle it, I touched my dog and made her creep low, and I crawled along, putting my gun ahead of me, I crawled ~ about 5o0yds., and raising up slowly saw it feeding about 60 yds. away. I selected a tree about half way from it and crawled to this, About the time I got to the tree TI noticed the little bitch get nervous, and begin to peep 388 FOREST AND ©) 4! \M, to the left. I listened, and could hear a turkey walking through the weeds and grass, I gradually rose up on my knees, and there, not over 75ft. away, stood a gobbler with its keen eyes glistening, trying to make me out. The right hand clutched the gun as it lay across my knees, and in a twinkling of an eye the hammer was cocked and gun went to shoulder, By the time it got there he had made me out and had sprang to run, bit the second step he made old Betsy spoke out and he dropped dead. At the report-of the gun the rest of his companions took fright and started to fly away. One came too close-- about 3oyds. away. I gave it the other barrel and it dropped to the earth, I slipped the cord on Loie and she had a picnic after it, for it was not quite dead, She chased it around in the grass for a few seconds and came on it where it had fallen. I threw them across my shoul- der and started to my wagon. Thus ended an exciting and. careful piece of strategy, and I had the satisfaction of a nice double. At 4 o’clock I was at home, where a loving and smiling wife met me with a cheerful kiss. {it . was a day long to be remembered. S. W. Everitt. Hunting Knives. SourH Hanover, Mass., March 2.—Editor Forest and Stream: J am interested in the recent notes in ForEsT AND STREAM regarding hunting knives, for experience taught me years ago the value of a good knife and the difficulty of getting one which could be depended on to cut. My hunting trips have extended in point of time froir 69 to within a few years off and on, and in place from New Brunswick to California. They began with a two- seasons trip. when a youngster in company with trappers in Nebraska and Dakota, and ended with a trip among the “billies” on Santa Catalina. While I have seen a few times when a cleaver a quarter as heavy as my rifle, or a machete as long as my arm would have been handy, I have seen a great ‘many tunes when a keen blade.5 or 6in. long was exactly what I needed. My only encotinter which had to be settled with a knife was with a half-wild hog, and it is not often one. has to do this. But when your game is down and has. to be bled, skinned and dressed, and when innumerable things have to be done, for which you want a knife which will cut keeniy and stay sharp with decent usage, then the difference be- tween a cheap dollar knife and one skilliully made be- comes apparent. Tradition tells us that the sword of Richard Coeur de Lion, in-its*masiter’s hand, cut through the iron handle of PHIEBROOK, a mace at one blow. And the sword of Saladin divided into two parts at ore blow a silken handkerchief tossed into the air. ; I have only had twenty years’ experience in tempering steel, so I may be pardoned for being a little incredulous about the knife which cuts open a frozen can of deans, and then is in shape to dress carefully the deer’ which has given up -its- life to afford me one of tne keenest pleasures savage man enjoys. ° - apt _-It.is.a fact that few hunters know the luxiry of a good knife. What -I have evolved for a knife from my ex- perience as a hunter and steel worker is singularly like what. Mr, Hough suggests as the ideal in size and shape, if I catch his meaning, N. W. PHILBrRooK. PHILADELPHIA.—Editor Forest and Stream: I-inclose a photograph of what I consider the best hunting knife made, and as there has been a good deal of discussion on this subject I thought it would be of interest to other Forrst AND STREAM readers. The length of the whole knife is 8%in. with a_blade of 434in. long, At the back the blade is nearly 3-16in. in thickness and is 13-16in. in width. : ‘The knife has an ebony handle, carved and checked, which gives a splendid hold. It is a beautiful piece of workmanship and as strong as any knife made. You can open cans or anything with it, ; ‘You can get them a little larger than the above, but you don’t want it, as this size will answer every purpose. These knives are used by nearly all the guides in North- ern Maine and that is where I first saw them. R, D. B., Jr, A few opinions of my own in regard to a hunting knife wete published in a recent Forest AND STREAM. Since then one of my friends, a poet, and myself have met in executive session and devised a knife model. My friend the poet is Ernest McGaffey, author of the tasty book “‘Poems of Rod and Gun,” published by Scribners’ some years ago; author of another volume of poems, -and of a great many good things in prose and poetry which have been published in the best of our periodicals. Mr, McGaftey is a lawyer, and likewise a newspaper writer. These things he does for pleasure, but he con- siders the real business of life, just as I do, the follow- ing of the sports of the rod and gun. We usually call Mr. McGaffey Ernie out here in Chicago, which shows how used to association with genius we are, and also what a good fellow Ernie is. ‘ Well, anyhow, Ernie McGaffey and I foregathered at my lodge the other evening and we devised a knife. We laid upon the table in front of us all my hunting knives, a dozen or so from the Hudson Bay knife down. We threw out all the bad points of these, and tried to keep all the good points, and_the result was something which in our mind was a very beautiful and perfect creation. With proper™ sense of our worth, we named the model after ourselves. but in deference to the fact that there have been other hunters besides ourselves and before ourselves, we called the knife after one of the © early and distinguished American hunters. I don’t mind ‘telling something of the points which seemed desirable to ‘sin a hunting knife, hart, of St. Louis. [APRIL 29, 1899. In the first place we thougt extended clear bacl< thror piece of steel, so that if a he could take off the he and still cut with it a © We thought that model the blade - offset in front oi + .e should be '¢, all in one break his knife . ehd of it in rags ald be short. In our ioug. It has no table or dt runs clean back to the handle with full c se. It has no ridge along the backbone, but ‘veled straight to the edge: It has no foolish joini, wt is cunningly turned tip with a good skinning curve. The blade is deep enough to be strong, and runs up to an inch in depth at about the place where the curve begins on the point. The top of the blade swings up in a gentle curve to the top of the handle, which again swells in the middle, and then drops gently down at the bttt, being curved on the under surface also, This gives a solid, substantial and not ungraceful handlé, which offers a very good hold to the hand. The handle is about 5in, long if I re- member correctly, and it is made of two plates of bone, corrugated and slightly swelled in the middle, so that the knife will wedge in the sheath. To make the knife handsome and strong, the sides of the hatidle are strengthened by plates of brass, as in the Hudson Bay knife. We also kept the Hudson Bay idea of the two big brass-headed rivets through the handle, which finish and strengthen the knife. Of course there is no guard to the knife. We improved the handle of the Hudson RODGERS, KEPHART.. | Bay knife by boring a hole through the end of the handle, through which a thong can be passed, fastening it to the scabbard if so desired, or giving the advantage which a wrist loop sometimes offers with a knife. Mr. McGaffey and I hardly know whether te pride ourselves most upon the blade or the handle of our knife, but we think both are good, though altogether the opposite of the conventional idea in hunting kniyes. We ex- pect to get a strong, well-balanced knife, with a good handful of heavy handle. We expect that the hang of the knife will be such that one can do the most deli- cate of skinning with it, and that the steel will be such that it will both take and hold an edge, not too soit and not too hard, The usefulness of a hunting knife de- pends very much on the judicious temper in the steel. The Kephart Knife. Dr, W. L. Lake, of Fulton, N. Y., writes to-day on this very question of a hunting knife, and he mentions a Knife which. I presume has been designed by that in- vestigative and thoughtful sportsman, Mr. Horace Kep- T have never seen one of Mr. Kep- hart’s knives, but I will warrant it is a good one. I think I shall get one of these to add to my battery, and shotild the model which my friend the poet and I have designed ever come to manufacture, I shall see to it that Mr. Kephart gets one of the first editions. This I want to do; so that. Mr. Kephart will feel bad about his knife when he sees how much more brass and things there are on our knife. While I write somewhat in ignorance, I will venture the assertion that Mr. Kep- hart has bored no hole through the handle of his knife. This argument I will take up further, when the poetic carver above mentioned gets further along. Meantime IT must append Dr. Lake’s comment, which is as below: “A blade sin. long, no guard, and the sheath extends half-way up the handle. This the makers call the Kephart knife. It is my idea of a good ‘meat’ knife round camp (to botrow your adjective anent dogs). Just a plain business knife, made of steel, that will take an edge and keep it too. The point is strong and won't breal off like a clip point, found on the ordinary bowie pat- tern.” EK. Hove. Editor Forest and Streams + Da te! ose T have been interested and diverted by the matter which has recently appeared in ForREST AND STREAM con- cerning the best hunting knife. It reminds me a little of what you used to publish concerning the best-riflé-for general use. Men seemed to want one which should be equally deadly on grizzly bears and chipmunks—which should’ be capable of boring a moose through from end - to end and yet should not send its ball so far but they could have target practice on the lawn. The aged hunter who contemplates buying a knife naturally asks himself what the knife is to be used for. He does not purchase a machete for the purpose of sharpening his lead pencil, nor a penknife to ctt his way through the jungles of Cuba. The men who talk about a hunting knife wish to secure—I assume—an implement to be used on the big game which they may kill. With this knife they wish to cut the animal’s THE HARDWARE STORE KNIIE, throat, to disembowel it and to remove its hide. For such purposes the best knife is what we used to call a butcher knife, and this is a butchet’s knife; that is the knife used by the man whose trade it 1s to cut the throats and remove the hides of animals day after day, year in and year out. This knife, of which I send on outline, has a light blade, with a decided curve in it, which permits a long stroke during the whole of which it cuts. Straight knives admit of only a short stroke, which must be often re- peated, and this adds greatly to the labor of skinning, If a knife is purchased such as J have indicated an- ¢t- fort should be made to get a good blade in it. Very likely the salesman may be willing to try it on a stone for you so that you may be sure of what you are buying. When you have a good one take care of it. These knives come in various sizes. My preference is for one with a blade about 434in, long and a handle 4in. If I had a good one that I expected-to use much I should wrap the handle, which is likely to be a little light, with a string of wet rawhide or with heavy twine. This gives a better hand-hold and prevents slip- ping, which you do not care to have happen if your knife has a keen edge. Te CHICAGO AND THE WEST. Progress in Minesota. Cuicaco, Ill., April 22.—Just too late for use in last week’s Forest AND STREAM, I received a letter from Mr. S. F. Fullerton, late game warden of Minnesota, bear- ing upon points in the game law which has been enacted in that State this spring. It is gratifying to nofe that Mr. Fullerton’s interest in protective matters does ot terminate with the expiration of his term of office, and especially Satisfactory to note that steady progress 1m protective matters still continues in this representative State. bys : fe 14 No doubt the greatest step forward in the Minnesota law is the stopping of spring shooting,- as legislation of~ that sort has always been. unpopular in many of the western States, and indeed impossible of enactment in the majority of them. Michigan is shaky on spring shoot- ing, and Wisconsin has always been wabbly, but they may both take courage from the re-enforcement offered by the strong body of Minnesota protectionists. : Of equal importance with this measure, perhaps of ‘greater importance, were it capable of equally easy, eti- forcement, is the stopping of the sale of prairie chickens, grouse and quail. This is indeed progress, and its re- sult will be seen directly, although this measure will throw arduous duties upon the executive officers, since Minne- sota is a vast cotintry and possessed of many wily dealers. ~ Sy f ; Not so certain is the wisdom of the license fee matter. although this is a measure agreed upon at the interstate warden’s meeting last year, The license idea is sfill in an experimental stage in the opinion of very many, al- though the deer license is a thing which has no doubt come to stay, and Mirinesota simply follows the prece- dent of Wisconsin and Michigan in attempting to set a partial limit upon the ever-increasing tide of nom-resi- dent deer hunting traffic. If the idea of a non-resident license be distasteful to non-residents, and apparently un- fair, it is to be said upon the other side that it has many arguments in its favor. The men of Minnesota have Jooked about them, as have the men of Wisconsin and Michigan, and discovered that there are more hunters than there are deer, and as the stock of deer does not increase, while the stock of hunters is constantly and largely augmented, the result has seemed obvious, ‘that in a short time the supply of deer will be altogether gone. We have in the Middle West but these three States which hold pine forests where the white tail deer is found. Upon the other hand, we have more than a dozen States, containing thousands of hunters, all of whom furn toward these three States for the enjoyment of their sport. Viewed from the standpoint of the resident of ‘any one of these Statés, it seems a fair enough proposi- tion to ask a non-resident deer hunter to pay a reasonable price for the royal. sport of hunting the deer. Without doubt or question there must be restriction of some sort. But I must allow Mr. Fullerton to make his own comment upon a law which is so good and so much to his own liking. He writes as follows: a “T think we have accomplished more for the protec- tion of game in Minnesota during the session ‘of the pres- ent Legislature than I had really hoped to see accomi- plished in the next five years. We haye nailed down Forest Anp StreAm’s Plank with spikes, and nailed it ‘down in such a manner that I believe it will so remain for all time to come. — a. : ‘We have stopped, by law, the sale of prairie chickens, pintailed grouse and quail, and stopped their shipment Apri. 29, 1899.) FOREST AND STREAM. 329 either within or without the limits of the State, and that with the ruffed grouse completes the list of the principal gatne birds we have here, and goes further, in my estima- tion, toward their protection than if the Legislature had anpropyiated another $25,000 for the policing of the State with that many additional wardens, As you are already aware, the stopping the sale of game has always been a hobby of mine, and I wish to thank Forest AND STREAM, and I know every game protector in Minnesota wishes to do likewise, for the splendid assistance rendered, and for the consistent course that has always been pursued in regard to the very foundation of game protection. In ty estimation this will insure good chicken shooting, sharp-tailed grouse and quail shooting for Minnesota in the future, We have also allowed the law to stand in regard to black bass and brook trout, which will preserve these two species of fish in the same manner similar laws will preserve our game. “We have also added another chapter to our game laws, which, in my estimation, is a twin brother to the above, and that is, we have stopped spring shooting, which will insure a good supply of native ducks for the sportsmen and the farmer’s boy in Minnesota. ‘ve have fought those vicious measures for the past three ssesions of our Legislature, and had a bitter fight again thisasin but we carried the day, and the whole matter is now before Governor Lind, who I am satisfied, will sign the biit. “We have some Senators in Minnesota and some reue- sentatives whose names shall be inscribed on the hearis Ot Every game prozector in the State, and for the matter of that, on the hearts of every game protector in the United States. They have worked consistently and earnestly to bring this about, The chairman of our game and fish committee in the Senate, the Hon. J. H. Ryder, although not professing to be as old a sportsman as some of the others, has done splendid work, as has also the ‘Hon. Joe Wood, chairman in the House, but the. real leaders in this movement have been the Hon. A. F, Ferris in the House, and the Hon. J. D. Jones in the Senate. OF course they wéfe backed up by a number of others who have taken an interest in this matter, but to Senator Jones belongs the credit when he was Speaker in the House two years ago, of leaving the chair and making a speech on the floor of the Hotise in favor of stopping the sale of ruffed grouse. That was the entering wedge, and the good results from that amendment helped us in the fight this session, “Of course we had the usual number of fights and a lot of crazy amendments introduced. We had an amend- ment offered to allow gill netting in all the inland waters of Minnesota; another allowing pound nets and the use of seines in Lake Pepin, but we fought them all down, and have now got a game law that I have no hesitation in saying is the best that can be produced in any State in the Union, and if the sportsmen and the men who take an interest in game and fish protection will stand nobly by the commission and the different game wardens ap- pointed by them to lool after the protection of or game aud fish, we will all reap the benefit therefrom, in being able to go out and catch a good string of fish and secure a good bag of birds at any time in the open season for same. “We also passed a license law, an account of which I presume you read in the papers before this. The non- resident now coming to Minnesota to hunt deer will be compelled to pay a license fee of $25, and the resident a nominal fee of 25 cents. _ The original bill called for a license fee of all shooters, but such determined opposi- tion developed in regard to the matter, we had to be content with a ‘half-loaf’ rather than have no bread at all. We also changed the date of shooting deer from Oct. 25 to Nov. 1, but left twenty days, the same as be- fore. No deer can be sold the first five days of the sea- son, which we consider is a step in the right direction.” Couldn’t Skin the Cow. I was speaking a moment ago of Mr. Kemeys, the sculptor, who lives at Bryn Mawr, and I am reminded by him of the story which appeared some time ago in Forest AND STREAM, of two hungry Cheyenne Indians, who knocked down a buffalo and thought they had meat, only to see it get up again and rin away. Mr. Kemeys is himself an old-timer, and killed buffalo on the range thitty years ago. He tells me that one time he shot down a. fine cow, as he thought, quite dead. He pulled the carcass into shape for skinning, and started in to make the incision down the hind leg, beginning at the inner side of the hoof. As the point of the knife touched this sensitive tierve center, the cow all at once changed her mind about dying. With a snort and a bound she sprang to her feet, nearly knocking the breath out of the hunter, and then running like a deer, she disappeared rapidly from view and actually escaped, apparently as good as new! A Lost Carrier Pigeon, On the chance of its being useful to some one who has carrier pigeons, | may print the note from Mr. T. I. Phelps, of Greenville, Mich., who writes me: .“I have in my possession here a carrier pigeon which flew in at my opera house window about two weeks ago. The ‘bird has a number on its leg, “Miles, 5596.2 Owner may have same by paying charges.” : Jack Snipe. The jacksnipe are in over all this section of the coun- try now, and shooting is merrily going on. The usual Kankakee points are yielding their quota, and the prairie sloughs west and northwest of this city are showing some returns, Water Valley, Ind., is overrun with shooters from Chicago. My poet-sportsman friend, Ernest McCafferty, has concluded that the pen is not mightier than the gun, and yesterday went to Shelby to meet the spring run of snipe, I have no doubt he will have good luck, for the weather has been just about right and conditions are as good as they can be for this erratic and undependable bird, E. Hoven. 480 Caxton Burtpine, Chicago, Ill. The Forest AND STREAM is put to press each week on Titesday. Correspondence interided for publication should reach us at the latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. Currituck, Currituck, N. C., April to.—The ducking season, which closed March 31, has been one of the best we have had for many years. The natives who shoot for the mar- kets have sold far many thousands mote than last sea- son, of the season before, while the club members from the North have had excellent shooting also. Canvas- backs have been specially plentiful, and one of the mem- bers of the Narrows Island Club bagged eighty-eight in one day, besides many other ducks. This is the largest bag of canvasbacks I have known of being shot at Curri- tuck in fifteen years. Our shooting seems certainly improving under our present laws, and our last Representative, the Hon. S. M, Beasley, has made still another improvement, viz., no shooter is allowed to leave the landing place until sun- rise, He has made the open season Noy, 10, cutting oft ten days, This, I think, is a mistake, as the ducks will eat the greater portion of the best food during this ten days and go on further south, I would much rather see the time taken off the spring end of it, In fact, I think all spring shooting should be stopped altogether. I had a letter to-day from one of New York’s best-known sportsmen, who spent ten days with me last spring shoot- ing yellow-legs and other bay birds. He writes: “I shall shoot no more in the spring, My experience last spring proved it to be dead wrong. The birds were all mated, and many of them filled with eggs. I hope to see spring shooting abolished,” Yellow-legs and all kinds of plover are much less plen- tiful than usual at this time in April. No large bags have been made, thirty-five by my own gun being the largest. English snipe have also been exceedingly scarce; in fact, they have almost ceased to come this way on their northern flight. in September. I noticed the first fight of curlew to- day, but, strange to say, they were going south. The fishermen who fish for large-mouth black bass have been catching an abundance of very large German carp, and no one knows where they come from. The catch of sturgeon so far has been exceedingly light, and caviar is very high in consequence. Shad have not been nearly so plenty as last season, but striped bass are unusually abundant. a4 More Anon. Bloody Brook. I READ in your paper of the 8th Mr. Brown’s rather slighting reference to the massacre at South Deerfield, Mass., with a feeling of sorrow amounting almost to in- dignation, and I thought a few words on the subject would be worth at least the writing. There were no women nor children who fell that day, but the very choicest of the young men—over seventy in number—ol the towns of Hadley and Hatfield. I am Hatfield born and bred, and I write the story as I heard it from the lips of the descendants of the same families, possibly of some of the men who were slain, Hadley and Hatfield, then under the one name oi Hadley, were settled first; then the settlers passed on up the river, some twelve miles to Deerfield, with the prom- ise that if they were troubled by the Indians they should receive assistance from Hadley, One day in early fall word came to Hadley that the common enemy had ap- peared, about Deerfield, and eighty of the young .men, under strict orders not to break ranks until past all dan- ger of attack, were sent to the aid of the settlers there. On reaching Deerfield they found no signs oi the enemy, so started homeward. Arriving at what is now South Deerfield, then an unbroken forest, they found the vines of the wild grape so loaded with ripe clusters that they could not resist the temptation to stop and eat their fill, so most of them stacked their muskets and climbed into the trees with that intent, and while so occupied and wholly defenseless were attacked by the Indians, who had been following them, and over seventy of their num- ber were killed. So freely ran their blood that day that the waters. of the little brook on whose banks they were ran red with their blood. 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Mr. G, A. porte won the trophy. There will be a trophy for the next shoot: = Turrell he ewes. OS eee ee an dbo 211*00011022011— 9—3—12 THOrne wn peeesennnerererncess vee yee cee 202001211 2200— $—2—-11 WB Stone casos ce cneteere res siresres ts edeesine A LOLOL TTT 1 2— 118 EH EH Frothingham,..e-verrressrrrecesyres¢ 9 00Q0041122212120—13—0—13 RAVELEIGG, {Arar 20, 1890, oe ee SE ia na ne En TE ee oe Haverhill Gun Club, Havernirt, Mass., April 22.—The Haverhill Gun Club’s third annual Patriots’ Day shoot was given at the grounds, Hoyt’s grove, last Wednesday, It was in every way tlie: most successful as well as the most enjoyable strictly club event ever held since the organization of same. Aside from a chilly wind, the day was excellent, aud a large number of ladies, who take a lively interest in club affairs, were present. The club served a substantial lunch to shooters and yisitors at its own expense. Among the visitors were Messrs. Le Roy and Barrett, of Campello, Mass.; Margaret and Messrs. William and Horace Kirkwood, of the Boston Gun Club; Mr. C. A. North, who seldom) forgets to mention the peculiar merits of the magautrap, and Mr, Ferriday, who really believes that W-A is the correct article. The shooting was very good, considering the fact that many of the members are new at the sport, and others are so situated that opportunities for indulging in practice are rare, Le Roy’s 58 straight was easily the best run for the day, and he was about ventilating his opinion, that it was due wholly to Du Pont’s smokeless. Miskay smashed the targets in Borie but a ladylike manner, which was against us, as we like a few pick-ups for practice shoots. The most interesting part of the programme at least to the club members was events 11 and 12, 15 targets each, the first at known and second at unknown angles, known as the club’s annual handicap event, with prizes as follows: Ammunition case, given by club; 5lb. can Du Pont’s powder, given by club members, and fishing rod, donated by our first president, J. F, Brown, all to be contested for by club members only, For the shooter not a member of club, a 5lb. can of Du Pont’s powder was offered for best score in the events above named, and was won by Le Roy, wha immediately offered it - to be shot for at our Memorial Day shoot, The handicaps were arranged on the basis of percentage, by a committee of three, and in view of the fact that former averages of members were not obtainable, together with the lack of knowl- edge of the abilities of men who have but recently become mem- bers, the result shows that the at best thankless task was well done. Qut of twenty-four shooters twelve were tied for first prize, which was shot off at 10 targets, unknown angles, original handi- cap governing same. The shoot-off of ties for first prize was hotly contested and interesting to witness, and at the end of the eighth round had narrowed down to Sprague and Holden, the former winning out on the ninth round with one to spare, Ties on the remaining prizes will be shot off Monday, 24th. There were nearly 3,800 targets thrown, and it was close to 7:15 P, M, when the ties were finally decided. The result of the shoot is gratifying to the club, and shows that something in the nature of prizes with shooters handicapped in such a manner that chances are as nearly equal as it is possible to make them will draw an attendance that nothing else will. Events 2, 4, 7, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, were at unknown angles; 1, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, at known angles; 3 and 5, reversed; 5, five pairs: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 15 15 15 10 10 eo one 9m Events: =) > NAMAMMHWoomoOMoW ae SaSDmanow =y 00 1 J =1 63 © 09-2 9145 GO 00S = G9 01 tO I OO eN S00 DoS oT i + poNoom ooo 4S odo = CAPM AGO NADHATORAAIMI Demon DI4s9 oO . none ee ee Se jt : Dihoe OHIO os we nee meee eee Ree epee = oo be bo bo bo bo en oo Sa S00 6 8 8 8 0 ee ee aes Se ANoy srs) CAC ARE BBABB OS Me = Es col tooo bs no Osborne Miller Nea Leighton | ,..s..veedares gee ee we te am IMTESTIEC Gites soe mies Agee eee Sa Phew wesoreonene na . = 09 “ * > : Py . * . 6 ° ° « a > TE OOH NO A Se Os 7 ui jt ween PREPS pC eR eee eEiws r= ° “ Ranshe basse eececs be) Ue) o> Being wet ime BSSEE ex} ceuneeaen ee ee pees so 68 Be SU ww ee aw Bee jp mie Wm OMONCIOH Oo: ayoyoueye 2. * p ar " a rs . * o oy McDougal .,.:-csrseeee s+ oe ee ee ae ee ee B Bradford Meri an du hae + sobo= © =1bo oe * > a ee me = cooomoogets 3 E : : : ¢ 0 8 8 5 6 8 4 9 5 8 6 3 6 6 6 4 yi 6 4 8 3 5 . ® » * > . « o « ey ; pEESE Webster .cccsssseseuss ene Cole Pillsbury Gardello ... Verbergt Meseroe - > & + = a ee es o3 - . . . ie ble 2 < . r O = Cs eT eae en C. F. Lamzert, Sec’y. Jeannette Gun Club. Hackensack Bridge, April 24—The shoot of the Jeannette Gun Club was held on H. Outwater’s grounds, at Hackensack Bridge, April 21. H. Pape won in Class A, winning out with 5 kills in the shootoff with Hainhorst, who killled 4. J. Bockling won itt Class B, The scores: Ehlen, 25....002- 00111021117 Geo Meyer, 25......2020%11101—6 ay Rotian, 98.....,011222200k—7 F Karster, 28.0.1... 142001220*2—6 H. Otton, 28.).-..5- 10122100016 D J. Peters, 28.......00110110*—5 Toth team ees 99012920228 C Bohling, 25....... 0021110202—6 WVagts, 28...0ce0-0-> 4120002010—5 J Kroeger, 28.......,1212110100—7 Bohling, 25.....-+- 21022202027 G E Leable, 28......020211201—6 Hainhorst, 28....,.1111201212—9 C Steffens, 22.,.-... 0111021021—7 Kid Peters, 25...-...1021002120-6 J. Mehl,’ 28,,...---.+ 02102001216 Mohrman, 25...,.,10*0212201-6 Capt. Debacker, 28..2201000120—5 Pape, 2......6.--/0221122211—-9 G Fixser, 25....,...-1201000201—5 N Bnunie, 28...+-0008 012111*121-8 Wm Ralphs, 28....-2022120001—6 Vivre 10*2000002—8 C Meyer, 28,...,.,--212220222*—8 ; ee 95... 20020001204 C Heilshorn, 25,.,..2201221100—7 The team race at 4 ae birds resulted as follows: 1 : Hainhorst ...-.+«-«::- 21— Pape) pee tuantssosee ees 22002; Cl Meyer i3i.22-2yases 212—4 Lott ..... been pms piere py enaaae—4 Otter Lite eisegte secre 1102—3 Brunie ....2++ sa9a op = pe LO0L—2 VWagtS S.s-tceres sess . .1022—3 Steffens ...----.5 pesos slllQ—4 Kroeger .....sseeur . -2020—2 Debacker ..;.,-+-++++++2000—-1 Peter K.,....-.:+<- ve vee Ll22—4 Fetopnsesteoes. wenn adc 0202—2 Meh] 2.2) o--eetatmene = 1000—1 F Karsters ...... neat 2002—2 Stralma ..,.---.: eee 0000—9 Phen Whee sees vee» 0002—1 ROHS! gasseee---ennert 2022—3 Loebel -.. 6.00005. eae 2222—4 C Mohrman ......s+5. 2210—38 J Bohling ..... 2.2.4 2202—3 Ge Boblinges. , 22203 Mohrman ......0.s05 0220—2 G Meyer -.00--.++---- 2000 I—31 Fixen ...,.---...-.--:- 0020—1—28 ‘Jounny JONES. Buffalo Audubon Gun Club, Rurrato, N, ¥., April 22—H, D. Kirkover again made a score of 25 straight in the badge event, which looks yery much as though, he will win that prize. He has two wins to his credit, they being the only straights made during the whole season, which includes forty-three shoots, The shoot to-day was well attended, and some fine sport was enjoyed by those present, Among the visitors were Capt. Giarardin and H. © Burnett, both of whom did themselves eredit with the gin. The feature of the sport was the shooting between H, D, Kirkoyer and Jack Panning, each of whom scored 96 out of 100 targets shot, at. Event No. 8 was the club badge shoot. H and C Classes were unfinished. R. H. Hebard won B Class: ts: 1 2-8 4 5 67 Events: hE BPadtedis ager TEES: 15.15 2515 20 2525 Targets: 16 15.25 15 20 25 25 Hi Kirkover.. 14 14 25 .. 19 24 24 pe H Burnett..- o ane er renre Fe Kkhardt40 8 2014 18 24 22 Norris ...... S20 1G es é ec a 10-18 13:. 2. =. R Hebard ....14 11 23.190. 5... Talay!) www atl) Soe otle es lene ape Girardin. 9 13 24 1. «. ss «- Foxié escccs- Qn» 161317 22 20 © Hebard ... Gon hh Shuler .-.... 8 9165.. 13 21 .. Ww Hebard. . GS 20th ye aa ae gig ous sre Oren SAR Ge BO SU TIDE suo 1s ke 19 26 26 -o 12 1 f TS: poe ea a cee Leuschner «i218 18s. i. +- Reecke -.. . 1) TT ty Walker s-.00 M1113 -. «- e+ se Newman ..00 00 42 ey Dye vy oe Kerew Seige 16 12 17% oe we 98 ae : : ks Arrit 29, 1809.) _ ORR ou ce ge aa OT Maryland Sportsmen’s Exposition Association Tournament. Barrimore, Md,—The tournament that, was run here in con- nection with the Maryland Sportsmen’s Exposition can hardly be classed a success, owing to the fact that after the fourth day it had. virtually resolved itself into a local shoot. When the manage- ment discovered that most of the visiting shooters were going to leave for home, it refused longer to carry out the programme, and declared that the added money as advertised for Friday would be withdrawn, Much disgust was felt thereat by the few shooters who were still on hand, Much of the failure We this shoot can be at- tributed to the manner in which the programme was arranged. For an amateur shoot, the programme provided for too much shooting, and the events were also too lengthy. ‘Then again the manner in which the money was divided was hardly such as to appeal to the average amateur. With the old inequitable per- centage system in vogue, the average amateur stands but little show of lasting over two days, At the very longest, a shoot of this kind should not continne over three days; that is, if one desires it to be a sticcess. It is well to bear in mind that few of this class of shooters can remain away from their business for more than three or four days. Furthermore, ane can get but so much shoot ing out of a crowd, and then it is done. Of course the winners are willing to, continue, but the method of dividing the money in use at this shoot always enriches the few at the expense of the many, Four moneys and 20-bird events is a proposition that will tempt only the expert amateur, as, in order to get into the money, he would virtually have to shoot an 85 per cent. gait, and there are few that can do this in competition. Had the programme consisted of 15-target events, and the money been divided by the Rose system, it would haye proven much more satisfactory. Tt is well to keep in mind that but few shooters will shoot an entire week unless it is his business to do so. This business class was barred here. The manner in which the shooting was conducted when it was once in progress also robbed it of much of its pleasure, which precludes the possibility of classing it as sport, The amount of Jabor involved made it much more like a hired man plowing, for it was one continuous round of shooting once you were called to the score. With so few shooters participating, it would have been much pleasanter to shoot all the events over one set of traps, instead of two, as was here the case. This worked additional hardship on the shooter, as he no sooner finished his score on one set of traps when he was told to_get twenty more shells to proceed to shoot the next event, This further added to the difficulty of making good scores, for as a rule only men of strong physique can stand such a strain. In this active manner five events were shot, after which an intermission for dinner was taken, following which the same procedure con- tinued until everyone was shot out, The management further erred when it permitted Sim Glover to participate on the first day as an amateur. This was rather inconsistent in view of the fact that at all other shoots where the line is drawn Glover has always been compelled to shoot in the professional class. This too created no little dissention, for through it Glover was permitted to win seventy odd dollars which should have found their way into the pockets of the amateurs. True, it was submitted to a vote of the shooters as to whether or not Mr, Glover should be allowed to shoot for the money. But ene shooter, Dupont, had the courage of his convictions to vote No; but this vote was taken in Mr. Glover’s presence, and had this not been the case, no doubt it would probably have been the other way. At night additional protests were entered, and the next day Mr. Glover was debarred from shooting for the money, Mr. Glover, however, claims that he is not in the employment of any one, and does not receive any money for expenses, and that he also shoots his own money, This classing of shooters bids fair to continue a vexed question, Tourists. Among the out-of-town shooters who were present are such well- known shooters as Wallace Miller and J. A. Jackson, Austin, Tex.; J. D. Gay, Pine Grove, Ky.; Col. Martin, Bluffton, S. C.; C. C. Nauman, San Francisco, Cal.; E. D. Hobb, New Market, Md.; Sim Glover, Rochester, N. Y¥.; the Mallory brothers, of Parkers- burg, W. Va.; Pentz; Harpers’ Ferry, Va.; Clay, Piedmont, W. Wa.; Pearre, Fredricks City, Md.; John W. Coleman, Portland, Me.; PF. W. Moffett, Bloomfield, N. J.; also Boh Emslie, the base- ball umpire. “The trade was represented by John Parker and Tom Keller of the Peters Cartridge and Kings Powder Co.; Jack Fan- ning, of the Gold Dust Powder; B, H. Norton, Hazard powder; and H. P. Collins, the local Du Pont powder representative. The tournament was held at Prospect Park, and the arrange- ments for conducting the shoot were first class. Ample prepara- tions had been made for handling a very large number of shooters, as there were four sets of target traps arranged on the Sergeant system, and two sets of King’s live-bird traps in position. : Mr. Hawkins managed the target events, while Mr, Malone had charge of affairs when Jive-bird shooting was in progress. In the cashier’s office Mr. J. K. Starr, of Philadelphia, held sway, and all these departments were well taken care of. was not always correct, as one of the scorers persisted in watch- ing the shooting instead of paying strict attention to the work in hand. Thus it frequently occurred that he would score as he saw, in place as the referee announced. ‘ This tournament was not conducted under the auspices of the Baltimore Shooting Association, and has no connection with the one announced by this organization for next week. However, the members of this Association contributed in every way possible to help make this shoot a success. Many of its members partici- pated in the events, and endeavored in eyery way to continue the shooting as provided in the programme; this notwithstanding they were in no way interested. Very few shot through the day’s target programme, but of those who did Fanning and Nauman were high; the former had an ayerage of .938 and the latter ,886. First Day, Monday, April 17, Live Birds. The programme consisted of four events, but as these were soon disposed of, several extras were also shot. ‘The first event was 5 birds, $5, high guns. This showed the following entries and scores: Col. Martin 5, Hicks, Norton, Gay, Hill, Coe, Dupont, Emslee and Malone 4, Collins and Leland 3, Glover: 4. No. 2 was 7, $7, also high guns. This resulted: Hicks, Malone and Fox 7, Col, Martin and Hill 6, Dupont, Glover, Hobbs and Coe 5, Norton, Leland, Emslie and Dixon 4, Collins 3. Then followed the 15-bird event, the entrance being $15, class shooting, The division was 50, 30 and 20 per cent. 4 The scores of this are given in full, and show, as is frequently the case, that second money paid better than first. The two straight men, Martin and Gay, got 50 per cent., or rather 25 per cent. each. While Smith, the only 14, got 30. per cent, There were two 13s. Thus only five of the fifteen contestants got a share of the purse. “ An extra 10-bird event was shot, This showed nineteen entries, ie not a single Straight, though seven finished with but a single oss. After this several miss-and-outs were shot. This first had eight entries, and Gay and Hicks cut up the purse on 6 kills each, ~ The next had but five entries and the debate ended when Hicks, | Gay and Malone had each scored 7. The last had a like number of entries, and here Gay and Hicks were again in evidence, as they were the only ones who could run up a total of 5. ; Gay did the best shooting of the day, scoring 42 out of 45. All His shooting was from the 30yds. mark. - The weather conditions were fine, there being very little wind. Event No. 4, was as follows: Hill, 28.-........+...2282202122—9 § T Mallory, 27....0122222202—8 Smith, 29 «21222202229 Collins, 26 sa e0 es» 2020112122—8 Gay, 30 ...-.-..-- . 2022222222—9 Glover, 29 ..........- 0221210022—7 Linthicum, 28 .. . 1112022222—9 Mann, 27-........... 0220021222 —7 Goe, 29...----++- i.s5.122202222—9 'F E Mallory, 28... .0022202221—7 Hicks, 3 0........- . .1222202222—9 Dickson, 27 ........ 0-10220102—6 TRG BON swage lalate ys 1111210229 Hood, 29 ....:....... 2002122200—6 Co] Martin, 30.....- 1221222200—8 Leland, 27 .......:..,1001112000—5 Malone, 30.00.0000! 1111011210—8 Norton, 26 .......... 20210020205 Dupont, 29...-..----. 1011112210—8 Second Day, Tuesday, April 18. The attendance at the opening day of the tournament was about up to the average. ask, being decidedly favorable to good shooting. Fanning’s shooting is worthy of special mention, as he put up the excellent percentage of 95. By scoring his first 59 straight he got off on the right foot, and readily realized how essential this is in making a wood average. It naturally followed that in the face of such good shooting he should be at the head of the ptacession. . However, his margin is not great, as Sim Glover, The scoring ° * .920 will always rank well to the top in any company. -the day was that of young Fox, The weather conditions were all that one could FOREST AND STREAM. who made his debut as an amateur here, is but one bird short of his total, while so far as shekels are concerned he has these to let, as he is some seventy odd dollars ahead for the day, while Fanning, who was shooting for targets only, got, but the glory and the privilege of paying for his targets. Gay is third, a bird behind Glover, There is quite a little gap between Gay and lox, a local man, who is fourth. There is average money to the extent of $25, which is divided on a_basis of 50, 30 and 20 per cent, This went to Glover, Gay and Fox in the order named, and netted them respectively $12.50, $7.50 and $5, The old percentage system of dividing the purse is in vogue here, and as on seyeral occasions first was won without a tie, it netted quite a mice sum, as the ratio was 40, 30, 20 and 10, Glover and Gay were the most fortunate ones in this respect. ’ The names of all the principals in to-day’s shoot appear in the table appended in the order of merit. The programme consisted. of ten Dotareet events: Shot Eyents; 12 3 45.6 7 8 910 at. Broke. Avy- Fanning casescreees 90°20 19 17 2018 18191919 200 190 50 Glover ccsecesareces 18 19 19 2017 2019201819 200 189 945 Gay .. sey 17 19 20181919 20.17 2019 200 188 40 Sc ey 21+, 1819 2018 161619161720 200 179 895 F E Mallory ....... Wi9ITITISIWWI9ITI9I& = 3200) 6178 890, RGAE ES ARB Aa , 12:18 19 19 19 17 16 16 19 16 200 V7 B55. DOT Seen: cere WiISI7iI61WI9IBITIFI9 §=200 86170 850 Malone ..........-. 1617 1417171616191918 200 169 845 WES oh ot fete Stet A 151615 18 1615 1918 2016 200 168 840 ER years, 1417171617-1818 1617138 200 165 “825 IDyabevevede Wr ela ans 161717161616151581819 200 165 825 AT Roto!) hae ene: 161817191615 1218 1518 200 159 795 Waltons eae seae ee 35171514151613151916 200 i155 116 Jackson i)... scns WIIHIWITIT WIT WA 200s A 770 S F Mallory....... 11131075 18 1420171716 200 152 760 Miter pietateateec <0 13 18 17 19 14 13 16 10 16 16 200 817 736 libnytel Oey arena teen W416 17MM ib Wd &§ B20 145 720 WYicks) .vsers boris 111614 15181015 81517 200 139 695 (Qa is1Ss Gaesottiele 8 912 9121714131718 200 134 670 Coleman ..-..-..--: 13 16 11 14 13 13 11 18 13 11 200 «©. 183 665 WNortone yoseeeierss 0151270111113 1416 14 200 8 125 620, CHG PEGS DEE ben ueee Bh Het 1 n- 16171918 .. 17 ~=—-100 87 870 Efenderson .....-.02 a2 <0 oe oe LP TG D6... ie 60 AY 816 Hobbs Pe ete ed nae scat ee stern ail 60) 48 800 Glavieebe art anuerreaeye eae ia 161415 1515.. .. 100 74 740 Williams Fey ae eh ramag dirt tree 1 eco ey 20 14 700 Trwing 3 914 ..181417171610 180 123 -683 Emslie OVA) TE A Rea an bao 60 40 H66 Fairmouth fi .. .. fi 10 14.2 14 60 38 fi33 Peat rea ee eles ose Beet, Shae = ekleg 40 24 600 Lenthicum ........ TORR LR ERs eae ey! bu, 20 12 600 (Patttze Maahiten tes fh 8 § .. 1218 18 14 15 12 18 106 88 Leth ibisortne en ores acta wa eh Mo Phare ab and 20 10 00 MRS ney Pics ceeieee ee one GrlZ ele, “Bes 80 38 AT5 Third Day, Wednesday, April 19. Owing {6 some vigorous protests, the management decided to bar Glover from participating for the money, though it gener- ously offered to petmit him to shoot all the targets he cared to free of charge. Whether the turning loose of this one wolf in the flock of lambs had the result of keeping away any of them to-day is hard to say, but nevertheless there is a perceptible shrink- age in the number of those who shot through the entire events. Fanning is again high man to-day, with a single break less than yesterday, though to-day he is shooting from the 18yds.. mark. Nauman, the young Californian, showed his speed to-day by capturing first average money, $12.50, with an average of Gay again got second, $7.50, though his shooting really ranks second, as he is shooting from the same mark as Fanning. Malone, a home man, wins third average money, $5, with .865. This is just a single break ahead of Fox, who was also on the i8yds. mark. But fifteen shot through the programme to-day, and two of these, Fanning and Norton, shot for birds only. Under the division of 40, 30, 20 and 10, straights paid well, as there were never more than one in any event, with the exception of the last. The two lucky shooters were Nauman, with three straights to his credit, and. Fox, with one, Fanning made two, but of course these netted him nothing. Gay, Martin and Hill al! made straights in the last event, Fine weather still prevails, and in this respect the management and principals have nothing to complain of. Shot —. Events: Epo, ot br Ge 7 8) (9/10 at. Broke. Av, Fanning, 18........ 18 19 20 19 2018 19 19 18 19 - 200 189 945 Nauman ..2........ 19 18 18 20 14 19 19 20 2018 200 185 925 (Genet aley So sane dteeon 19 19.1719 181918191620. 200 184 -920 Malone’ .,.-..-..-.. 17171519 181818181716 200. 173 865 Fox, 18 .... 201718181619 13181617 200 172 .860 Dupont ..-.......55 16 18 18 14 18 17 17 18 18 17 200 171 855 Nise pe Ree 16191716161519171719 200 171 855 Wizedtheh eeu abn se 1817171719 16161818 20 200 171 .855 Jackson ...... Sees 17181713161517191919 200 170 85 F E Mallory......- 917 1B 1817181718 1815 200 #8 170 -850 (Laiyiatis: hnbenpseono se 15181818 161616181719 200 169 845 EL, OS Ree eS oe 161516191617171519 20 200 166 -830 S T Mallory:-..... 161117121418 17161719 200 157 -185 Hood! Syestefesssaes 1514123171515 17161614 200 151 155 Niortom \ic- dees ote 14417181415 713121710 200 138 665 Keller ....- weetiet hy hy. ules ie 16 16 &0 65 812 Nafolelors: Neeeisrckacee! fey ary sate Ska Bey SEE realy 40 32 800 ESTTin ieee nies aetee aemaece ispR sa Wer sy pe eh os 100 76 760 Leland MCs RE Nein eet a hee be es Ler Le 60 45 2750 Parker .. 022222 oe. Re eg ee rb ee A TTS 60 44 738 IBlanAwebedl “Visanoso00 6a yo te oD 161218127616 120 85 108 Sitllavatie see poe Bly Ae tite Bes 13) Seb 40 28 700 Klauser AAAS Oe eh Bch tec8be bon oe + at J4 20 14 . 700 INGA Neh ee ee IBN NAN KE Coy te chee ane wleg 20. 14 -700 MANATEE ty Ber hee 695417 S1514 ..141612 180 125 694 Mimmick .1212121515371179 ..3513 180 124: .688 Coleman .... og NE ETS Al EA Ae ee Be 100 68 680 Smith Le RRP ot eae naa, popes 20 13 650 (eransofot pastas cup co ou pelea Teasrant aly ss Ay 80. 46 575 ERE A Teese Ge aerate sre 11 2025 ky 1G) SEs 80 45 562 IRENtZzI Re eens cee erat » oe. ,7,12;12, 8:12,, -100 5L 510 abet fet Aree ae Sere NIK Pee 20 10... 600 Fourth Day, Thursday, April 20. . That Fanning outeclasses all the other shooters here is evident from the fact that he has remained at the top from the start. His percentage is not so good as on the two preceding days, though Nauman to-day is on the 18yds. mark, though this did not prevent, him from capturing first average, but it reduced his percentage some- what. Dupont (Ducker), one of the home contingent, came to the front to-day and stopped but one bird short of Nauman. Jackson and E. T. Mallory took third average money on .860. The Mallory brothers shot a very eyen race, just one bird separating them at the close. Malone, at 18yds., found if more difficult to négotiate the targets. Really the best performance of Unfortunately he could only participate in seven of the events, but in these he showed the best form of all the contestants, as he has an average of .985. ; From indications it looks yery much as though there will be little shooting to-morrow, as most of the visiting shooters are talking of going home. Gay was called home on a telegram, while Miller and Jackson, and the Mallory brothers speak of going also. With this reduction in mumbers there will be but few, left. Uuder these circumstances it would not surprise me ‘if the management would declare the shooting off. Shot Events: DT 2- Seed, 5 Ge Xe 852910 at. Broke. Avy. Toepenmbobe OS) Aeon 18 201917181918191818 200 184 920 Nauman, 18 ....:4. U8 1719 161717 17181917 89200 = 176 - 880 Dupont .:....::-...18 17 191616 1718181818 200 175 875 JACKSON fesse et ue 41719 2017 1617181717 =—200—Ss«d1:72 860 E T Mallory........ 20 19 16 1617 18 1617 1419 200.» . 172 Bo0r F E'Mallory....... 1813 2017 191716191715 200 71 855 Malone, 18 9.2... 18 1181717171717 1617200 170 850 Isbthl Seas tS ei te 17 16 18 17 16 16 20:16:19: 15 -200 . 169 845, Marie i-aes sss ... 17179619 191714451716 200 467 835 PDUs Yactusurcese 14181618 141714181619 200 i164 - .820 Miller .....5 eae , 15161718 181616 17-418 16 200 462-.- .810 Haywood .cnussss* , WATIBSIITIG IG 171317 200 8 162 810 Parker ...... eles aisite 1441416 141618151714 18 200 155 «115 Miofterts (ae ahaue » TIZI2I WWIII 200. 141 705 ARWas a Be Rac Ree OLS Te TOSS etait) AGS 6H! 985 (Gane Sass s sie ace MGM DCm Ge Sine cc) pene ane 100 84 =. 840 Weller 0 areas OR Salad sae tytn he ees fel AQ) 34 - .850 Mimmick ......... 19, Goel ayy te no Sl) 64- .800 SKlouseryse fle cee GLl Sel 2o1G a) ASG 1h AO) 19635 =787, TOE al Bhan obsntncre a: elrea eta ilies Gy BS ae ae 100 78 . 780 Thraigtlbinsl Amott Ot Ao pened os op dl les ath 40 20 Teland ,.ec¢peps-e es 28 15 14°04 13 wwe ve ee oe §©=— 100 74 ~§=6. 740) Norton .i:r: ittrys 13 12 19 ee al of: Staley’ ¢. sence Te ee s Meivener VAIS ee ee - TrHos. Keiry, See’y. a _ Woonsocket Gun Club, Woonsocker, R. I... April 17.—There were only six st present at the Woonsocket Gun Club’s grounds, Sarda, arn 17. The following scores were made: : re PELaNCi lege Pon anes Pa Ente 11111111110101211.11110100—2 Ee Baliat eee ee eye Lat LOMUALTANTLO1OLOLLL LOLI on Mays Campbells ites) sassscur gests , ++ 0111011110111111101111011_20 I, B Arnold ..... Pemtias bes eaqereeesecvees LO111111111001001:10111110—18 E R Darling 2.00... OR ed tee ae 110010110111100011111111118 H W Perkins ..... el tea eta hese 1000100110001100111001111-13 ARNOLD SEAGRAVE, Sec’y. The last contest. of the series for the $s hy of t : ; ee ee took HRS ey ME ae Park, Petocides ate ote Sey and was won by Mr. G. A. orne, Anothe 7 presented for competition soon, nother trophy will be 340 St. Louis Shooting Association. Mz. Gzo. Munson, of St. Louis, sends us the following con- cerning the forthcoming tournament of the St Louis. Shooting Association: Everything is hustle and bustle at Du Pont Shooting Park, in St. Lonis, these days. as Superintendent J. A. Corray has a big gang of men at work preparing the grounds, erecting a new club house and placing new traps, 50 that everything will be, in tiptop shape when the shooters arrive to compete in the twenty- second annual shoot of the Missouri State Game and Fish Protective Association, which will be held May 15 to May 20 under the auspices of the St. Lauis Shooting Association. On Saturday, May 13, Mr. Rolla Heikes, of Dayton, O., and Mr, J. E. Riley, of Kansas City, will shoot a match at 100 live birds at Du Pont Park. The amount of the side bet has not been decided on as yet, but it will not be less than $100 or more than 3250, the loser to pay for the birds. Mr, Heikes, is one of the best-known sportsmen in the country, and is regarded as one of the best shots in the land. Mr. Riley is an old resident of Kansas City, and has been for years considered oné of the best shots in the live-bird shoots.in the West. Without any practice, Mr. Riley de- feated a field of forty-five for the Kansas City Star championship cup in 1896. J. A. R. Elliott, immediately challenged Mr. Riley for the cup and defeated him. Mr. Riley was vice-president of the Missouri State Game and Fish Protective Association in 1886, and has been an ardent admirer of the rod and gun ever since, Mr, Heikes has defeated a preat many men who have said more about their shooting ability than Mr. Riley, but lie says he has never entertained a harder shooter than this man from Kansas city. This match between Messrs. Heikes and Riley will inaugurate the new -live-bird traps that are being placed in position at Du Pont Park. These traps will be a decided novelty to every sportsman who attends the May tournament. .They are the in- vention of Mr. E, D. Fulford, of Utica, N. Y., who is not only a first-class man with the shotgun, but also a skilled mechanic. These traps are made of very heavy steel. The pigeons are put in from an underneath trap, the trapper boys and pigeons being in a pit 6ft. deep and G0ft. long. ‘The operation of each trap is controlled by a lever, the slightest movement of which opens the trap. making it lie perfectly flat on the ground and leaves the pigeon exposed to view in an instant. The noise of the traps scares the pigeon, and he, seeing daylight all around him, takes. wing immediately. Pigeons that would be slow flyers in ordinary traps are fast birds when trapped by this new system. Jt approaches as nearly as possible to the flight of a bird in the field upon which" the hunter has come tnexpectedly, and while perfectly fair to the shooter, is also fair to the bird. : The improvement in ainmunition and guns has been so great in the past ten years that high scores haye become possible to a great many amateur shooters. Trap-shooting clubs throughout tle country have recognized this fact and have handicapped the shooter by placing him at a greater distance from the bird than was formerly the practice. In former years 28yds. was considered a proper distance for an expert shooter, but nowadays 30yds. is the place where most experts stand, and some are placed as far back as 32yds. This does not seem like much of a handicap, but as it makes the pattern of the load very much larger, so that the bird may escape through it and it lessens the penetration of the shot. A bird may be hit with seven or éight pellets of shot and still have strength enough ta fly over the boundary line, whereas if the shooter had been closer to him the shot would have gone clear through the bird, and would of course have stopped his flight immediately. Mr. W. V. Reiger, who has been engaged to officiate as referee at the May shoot has been official referee of the Missouri State Game and Fish Protective Association for a number of years, Mr. Reiger is quite a modest man, with a clear eye and a cor- Tectness of decision of which few can equal. His decisions are never questioned, and this insures to the Association that the live-bird contests, as well as the target programme, will be con- ducted in a perfect manner. Mr. J. J. Hallowell, of Phoenix, Ariz., has accepted the position of manager of the May tournament. Mr. Hallowell does not need an introduction to many shooters of the country, as he has traveled extensively all over the United States, shooting his way to the front at all times. Mr. Hallowell learned to shoot off the back of a bucking broncho on the plains of Arizona, and probably has few equals as an off-hand revolver marksman in the jand. He is a typical Westerner in appearance, being almost a giant in size, and has the physical ability as well as the nerve to make his ruling stick as manager of the coming shoot, should there be any occasion for such treatment. Centerdale Gun Ctiub. CENTERDALE, R. I., April 15.—Our second medal shoot brought good weather and a good crowd to-day. Everybody was please at the handicapping, as the scores were all very even. A three- cornered match had been arranged between Root, Bain and Reiner, but at the last moment Griffith was taken in, and he won out, with Reiner second. It was a fine day to shoot, and some of the boys who do not generally shoot very well did excellent work. Qur traps worked fine to-day, as we have overcome previous hitches. Below- are all the scores: Events: 1234456 Events: 123456 Targets: 10 10 10 10 25 1 Targets: 10 10 10 10 25 10 Reiner .-..-...- TS el0 ese. Parkers, sytiec-atmsarei=s nH x, Sievikes qo ooeene +» &8 % 8 717.. Remington ..... - 4 i Grifhth ve.<44sses Cf 899 Lows Gepeatersssscer ser wer Wie oe Sty fe) Phetteplace ..5 9 5 -. 8.1 «. Collins s.ccsseee we ne “ 5 McGormick..... 76 5 613 Harris nk! nb te LT Inman .....-. sw fT 110.2... (Webster , te Sweet ...-.-...- Rati Saber, aidovelt:| Qaaerionge ati - ies, OT Werstetesnotetanc. psd oh ss Ay a BA Ae yaI) sae eerie. ea bom wee 6 PHrAnCOMCILD Pinie ee Diegeect ete cl Oaree Medal handicap race: ‘ Points Points. 3 2 z¥ 2 = 4 3 Francotte, 4...., 35h bO. 5 1 McCormick, 7....-.--.- 20 on 1 Lyte | Sone hdece res 23 3 3 Reiner, 2 ..¢---- Sos . + ROIcrOO: CoN: Gow: com? * Oda]? GeO j= — oO ro) * . PCO oh OT 7 oS to et men aor Sms = 5 goeen cong 2 ’ eis OTe a eerste lak. cies . Thompson ....., My eeineacies aoe een Donoghue ....... Witsiesrsderuttaun fe Everett Paylor | AIMS! An Olam * « 8 > > the > ot: armen: ene: i St 1 asi mane: + oA Thayer Manuel , Packard Bishop NFA) BEC 9 eee SACS Ee wou ony co i Sean: ges! i Seer oat UotE kOe EKER EEE A dhafo fa se SA basa it A. A. BarretT, Sec’y. eRe rae tee ewe ee eee eee ee ee oe The West Virginia State Sportsmen’s Association. SISTERSVILLE, W. Va., April 15.—Edifor Forest and Siream: I see that dates for the tournament of the Ohio Trap-Shooters’ League has been changed to June 21, 22 and 23, so as not to conflict with the dates of the New York State tournament at Buffalo. It was suggested in one of last week’s papers that these people would in all probability change the dates for their shoot, and the same paper advised that they be particular to see that they did not jump ont of the frying pay into the fire by claiming dates already claimed by other shooting organizations. As June 20, 21 and 22 have been claimed by the West Virginia. State Sportsmen’s Association for their annual tournament at Wheeling, W, Va., and a notice to this effect published in all the sporting papers under “Fixtures” for at least two months, it would seem that our friends across the river did not look. into the matter of claimed dates very thoroughly, or else do not consider we West Virginians of very much importance. I am advised that our annual at Wheeling, June 20-22, will have in the neighborhood of $500 added money, besides a great number of valuable merchandise prizes, and a very attractive programme will be ready for the mail early in May. As we had hoped to send a good delegation to represent us at the tournament in question across the way and have them come to see us, we regret exceedingly that they sheuld have selected conflicting dates. Would it not be a good idea for them to look again and make another little shiit? West Virginia has already entered a full squad at Buffalo, the same at Cleveland the week following, and will wind up the three weeks’ shooting at Wheeling, June 20-22. Arrangements have been made whereby they are to be squad No. 1 in each of these three tournaments. Ep, O, Bower, Sec’y-Treas. Answers to Qorrespondents. Wo notice taken of anonymous communications. A carrier pigeon marked W W 21 was found dead im the aks Beer by Mr. Courtney Netherway, April 1b, near Little ase Nene PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. Gettysburg, Luray, and Washington. PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOUR VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, Tue Pennsylvania Railroad Company has arranged for a five- day personally conducted tour to Gettysburg, Luray and Wash- ington on May 6.-A full day will be spent at Gettysburg, three hours at Luray, affording ample time to make the tour of the wonderful caverns, and two days at Washington, The party will be under the guidance of one of the company’s experienced tourist agents. chaperon, whose especial charge will be unescorted ladies, will also accompany the party through- out. Round-trip tickets, including transportation tor the round trip, hotel accommodations at Gettysburg and carriage drive over the battlefield, luncheon, transfer and admission to the Luray Caverns, luncheon, transfer and~ hotel accommodations at Washington, and dinner going and supper returning, at Broad Street Station in connection with tickets irom Trenton and points east thereof, will be sold at the extremely low rate of $25 from New York, $24 from Trenton, $22 from Philadelphia, and propor- tionate rates from other points. For itineraries and full information apply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent, 1196 Broadway, New York; 789 Broad Street, New- ark, N. J.; or address Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia—Adv. THE advertisement of Sixteen Island Lake presents unusual attractions to anglers who may wish to take their families with them for a long summer’s outing. In addition to the advantages set forth by Mr. Lawlor, we are at liberty to state that his lease has nine years more to run; that it permits him and his sub- lessees to cut building timber within his reserve, and guarantees compensation to him and to those claiming under him from any subsequent lessee of the lake for improyements made during his lease. Mr. Lawlor owns in fee three principal islands in the Jake, and there are others which might be purchased outright from the Crown by one one who desired to make a permanent summer home on the lake. This body of water is only about two hours’ from Montreal, and close connections are made with trains from southern points, so that it is not only possible for one to reach the lake quickly from New York, but also to get in less than twenty-four hours’ provisions or anything else that may be desired from any central point.—Adv. Turoucuour the world the name Sheffield, England, has long stood for the best-known cutlery, and Joseph Rodgers & Sons, of all its manufacturers, are perhaps the most famous. They turn out of their factories carving knives and forks, table cutlery, scissors,- razors, hunting and bowie knives, pocket cutlery, etc., and thus their goods have an especial interest for Forest AND StrEAm readers, who in their outings, need, above all things, good knives. At the present time, when a discussion of the best form of hunting knife is going on in our columns, this matter is one of especial interest. Messrs. Alfred Field & Co., 98 Chambers street, are the United States agents for Messrs. Joseph Rodgers . pone. and in another column tell something about these goods.— Oe Tur Harvey & Watts Company, who manufacture the Mallinck- trodts ventilated patent tobacco pipes, announce that hereaiter they will use on their pipes the shott perforated stems and paper tubes, such as are used in the bent pipes unless the longer stems are especially desired and called for in the order. This new description of tobacco pipe has already achieved a great degree of popularity among smokers who use the pipe, whether in doors or out.—Adv, THE success attained during the last angling season by the aluminum fish phantom justifies its further exploitation this season. The Phantom may be used either as a troll or for casting, and for the latter purpose a light stiff rod and a free-running line are required. The manufacturers claim that it is an extremely killing bait, and that it may be used with equal effect im fresh and in salt water— wnt). As my informant said: “*You know that it is the butterfly who brings us our dreams—who brings the news to us when we are asleep, Have you never heard a man say, when he sees a butterfly fluttering over the prairie, “There is a little fellow flying about that is goine to bring the news to some one to- - FOREST AND STREAM. © night”? Or have you not heard a person say after night, as the fire burns low and the people begin to make up their beds about the lodge, “Well, let us go to bed and see what news the butterfly will bring”? “T called attention also to the sign for the butterfly— a design roughly in the shape of a maltese cross, one arm horizontal and the other vertical, which is painted on most of the more elaborately ornamented Piegan lodges, just below the smoke-hole and between the wings at the back of the lodge. This sign painted on a lodge indicates that the style and method of painting the lodge were taught the lodge owner in a dream. More recent inquiry leads me to suspect that the influence of the butterfly is not confined to dreams, but covers sleep as well. _ “Tt is still a custom for the Blackfeet woman to em- broider the sign of the butterfly in beads or quills on a small piece of buckskin, and to tie this in her baby’s hair when she wishes it to go to sleep. At the same time she sings to the child a lullaby, in which the butterfly is asked to come flying about and to put the baby to sleep. “The word a z'nni appears to have some relation to apa qwé vi, which means ‘talking around,’ or ‘talking in different places,’ ‘to go about telling news.’ 4 wa'zi, ‘he says’; dp d wa wa ka, ‘he walks about.’ The prefix @ seems to denote presence or existence in different places. “T haye not been able to learn why or how the butter- fly brings dreams or sleep, It is stated merely that it is soft and pretty and moves gently, and that if you look at it for a long time you will go to sleep, “How widespread the faith in the butterfly as the American sleep-producer may be—and this cross as its sign—I do not know. My direct testimony comes only from the Blackfeet, but the belief may well have. been shared by their old-time allies, the Atséna or Gros- ventres-ot-the-prairie, and the Sarsi, who with three tribes of the Blackfeet nation—Sj’ksikau, Mainah, and Piki'nni —made up the five tribes of the ‘Prairie people.’ It is suggestive, too, that on the head of a Kutenai baby-board in my possession, there are embroidered three conven- A CAMP OF THE SOUTHERN CHEYENNES. Showing the crosses on the Medicine Lodge. tional sprays of flowers, each flanked on either hand by a cross, which certainly would have signified the butter- fly as the sleep bringer, if the board had been ornamented by a Blackfoot woman. Crosses appear on two baby- boards figtired in Prof. O. T, Mason’s paper on Primitive Travel and Transportation; * “On a very large lodge shown in an old photograph of ‘Southern Cheyenne wigwams,’ kindly loaned me by the Bureau of American Ethnology, appear four maltese crosses, quite like those shown on some Blackfeet lodges, except that they are much larger and are differently placed on the lodge, being in pairs one above the other. The upper series is well below the smoke-hole, and the lower is just above the ground painting, which seems to ex- tend 4 or 5ft. up the side of the lodge. It looks as if the complete upper series of crosses runs entirely about the lodge, and the lower series also, except where interrupted by the door, p “Still more to the point is the fact that on some pre- historic Hopi or Moki pottery collected by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, and now deposited in the National Museum, ap- pears a figure identical with the Blackfoot sign for the butterfly, and in close juxtaposition to it the unmistakable figure of a noctuid moth, It will be interesting to learn whether this belief in the butterfly as the god of sleep and this same sign for it have any general currency among the Western Indians. “The use among the Dakota of the Latin cross to de- note the dragonfly as a warner of the approach of danger is interesting in this connection. “The Piegan Blackfeet call the spider ‘underground deer’ (Ast' & wa kos), no doubt because of its rapid move- ments and the readiness with which it disappears from sight when disturbed. Its activity and supposed intelli- gence cause the Indians to hold it in high esteem. In ancient times there were religious beliefs and a ceremony about the spider, and though much of this has been for- gotten, the animal still possesses a more or less sacred character among these people, so that even to-day in the ~ ‘ceremony of the medicine-lodge, the medicine-lodge * Smithsonian Report, 1894, pp. 516, 517, Figs. 207, 208, . _the back of the tree. 345 women pray briefly to the spider and ask help from its in- telligence, “Tt is unnecessary to refer to the position which the spider holds in the beliefs of many other tribes, The sub- ject is a familiar one, I may call attention, however, to the fact that among both the Cheyenne and the Arapaho the same word is used to denote ‘spider’ and ‘white man, and that in both languages this word appears to convey the idea of high intelligence, being almost the equivalent of ‘wise or intelligent one,’ ” GrorcE Birp GRINNELL, Western or Yellow-Haired Porcupine THE western or yellow-haired porcupine (Hrethizon dorsatus epixanthus) is one of the few mammals that is not confined to any particular life zone. In the high mountains of the West, even to timber line, and some- times making excursions above it, they are found, as well as in the sage and grease brush flats in the valleys, thou- sands of feet below. It is also the only animal of any size and abundance that can be killed without firearms, and for that reason the Canadian Government has passed a law protecting it. Many a hunter, trapper, or prospec- tor, who has had the hard luck to lose his way, burn his outht, or swamp his raft while far from home, has ‘found the porcupine a Godsend. On the other hand, they are a great nuisance about camp, and during the absence of the hunter they are apt to gnaw into his cabin and do considerable damage, They enjoy gnawing into caches EDP Ones made by a tenderfoot and going through his grub. In the valleys, they may be found during the day, rest- ing in cliimps of bushes, or asleep on the low limb of a cottonwood tree along a stream, while in the high moun- tains they make good use of the large tracts of slide rock that occurs so abundantly at and above timber line, in the Rockies, Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges. These ani- mals do not hibernate, but during the winter live on the bark of alder, willow, cottonwood and pine trees, together with what roots and grasses they are able to find on places blown free from snow. While traveling in the Wind River and other mountains of Wyoming several years ago, I saw large num- bers of trees that had been gnawed, and in some instances com- pletely girdled by them. In this one section the damage was very exten- sive. Not far from the sate ‘place I saw four feeding in one small Srassy park, Dur- ing summer. they sub- sist on tender shoots, roots, iruits,; buds and grasses, A ranchman in Washington once com- plained that one was making raids on his garden, and ate his veg- etables, among which he mentioned apples that had fallen from the trees, A few days later. he caught the animal. During the day they usually remain quiet, ap- pearing about sundown, or earlier during the dark days of the winter months, and it is by no means uncommon fo find them prowling about at midday, although properly speaking they are nocturnal. They are usually found singly, but on one occasion I met two together. (The tour I have mentioned as seeing in a single park were iar from each other.) They move slowly, the zigzag im- print of their tdil left in the snow or dust being caused by the rolling motion of their body. Their sight, as well as scent, seems to be very imperfect, and I have repeat- edly ridden up within 2o0ft. of them on horseback. During the summers of 1805 and ’96 I spent several months of each year collecting specimens of natural his- tory in the Rocky Mountains of northern Alberta, Can- ada, during which several amusing incidents with these animals occurred. At the time, my camp was pitched at Jasper House, in the pass bearing the same name. 1 had a line of traps set in a rocky bluff on the other side of a swift-running stream, and when fording it, for fear of fall- ing and wetting my gun, I would leave 1t at camp. It was while out looking at this line of traps one day that 1 chanced to run across a porcupine, huddled up on a low limb of a large cottonwood tree. His back rested against ( As I ascended the tree he did like- wise, until we were both as far as we could go, and yet he was out of my reach. Here was a problem that took me several minutes to solve. If I shook him out, the probabilities were he would fall on me. Finally, with my hunting knife, I cut the limb, so that I could push it over and break it off, which I did. Down went the bunch of quills through the branches, and I followed via the trunk. He struck with a heavy thud, ‘and after lying there a few seconds (he had fallen fully 65ft) he gained his legs, and when I reached the ground was making off toward some rocks. I overtook and secured in him a good specimen, At another time, while returning from a hunting trip one moonlight night, I saw several. There was about tit. of snow, which helped to make it all the lighter. During the fiye-mile ride, most of the way of which led through the edge of the timber close to timber line. T encountered several of these animals. They were all in the open tim- ber, or small parks, feeding on the bare Spots which the wind had swept clear of snow, At my approach they shuffled off for some place of retreat, but if closely pur- 346 sued would stop, duck their heads, bristle their quills and switch their short, stubby tails from side to side, No matter which way I turned, the porcupine always kept his back toward me; it was impossible for me to get at his head. Jt was remarkable what an amount of ham- mering on the back one of them would take before he would succumb, and yet a light blow on the nose was sufficient to kill them. ‘The skin is rather thin, and the quills so lightly attached that a light blow from a stick is sufficient to knock some out, many of which stick to the club. Many persons who have not had any experi- ence with porcupines, believe that they have power to throw their quills, which is not so. I remember reading an article written by a mati who supposed that he had had a narrow escape from one of them. As I remember, he came suddenly upon the animal, climbed a tree, a limb broke, he fell to the ground a few feet from the porcu- pine, and his miraculous escape he could never account- for, Again, while hunting little-chief hare (Lagomys prin- ceps) in a large tract of slide rock, at timber line, I was entertained for some time by one of these animals. I was waiting for a “coney” to appeaf, when my attention was attracted to a slight sound at one side, and turning, I beheld a porcupine watching me from an elevated posi- tion close by. Evidently I had disturbed him jn running over the rocks, or he had come out to sun himself. He gazed at me a few minutes, then came a few feet nearer, sat on his-hattnches, with his front feet held in the air, like a Squirrel, then he licked his paw, scratched his side and shook himself, advancing until he was not more than soit. from me. His actions» were very comical, and he reminded me more of a monkey than a rodent. As I got up to leave, he took refuge among the rocks. Regarding the habits of a Canadian porcupine (rethi- zon dorsaia) that Audubon and Bachman had in con- finenient, these gentlemen say (Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. I., pp. 280, 281): “It was occasionally let out of its cave to enjoy the benefit of a promenade in the garden, It had become very gentle and evinced no spite- ful propensities; when we called it, holding in our hand a tempting sweet potato or apple, it would turn its head slowly toward us and give us a mild and wistful look, and then with steady steps advance and take the fruit from our hand. It them assumed an upright position, and con- veyed the potato of apple to its mouth with its paws. If it found the door of our study open it would march in and gently approach us, rubbing its side against our legs and looking at us, as if supplicating for additional deli- cacies. We frequently plagued it in order to try its tem- per, but it never evinced any spirit of resentment by rais- ing its bristles at us; but no sooner did a dog make its appearance than in a moment it was armed at all points in defense, It would bend its nose downward, erect its bristles, and by a threatening, sidewise movement of the tail, give evidence that it was ready for the attack.” I had a dog that would attack every porcupine he found, and of course came out worsted in every round, but experience was no teacher to him; he did it again the very next time he had a chance, Frequently he came into camp with his head full of spines, which necessitated my gagging him and withdrawing them with a pair of pincers. Several spines in his paws, that he had broken off, worked through in the course of a few days, and were extracted from the other side. A half-breed -Cree Indian told me that once while eating a piece of porcu- pine meat, of which these people are very fond, he got a quill fastened in the roof of his mouth, and in trying to pull it out, the point broke off, and a week or ten days aiter the piece worked out of his nose. The flesh is dark, tender, but of hard to become accustomed to, I was once hunting in the mountains of Wyoming, when I saw a pine squirrel (Scturus fremonti), sitting on a log, acting altogether too quiet and unnatural for so spry an animal. He was all huddled up, and took no notice of what was going on about him. I crept close to him, and from the side of his neck saw several porcu- pine quills protruding. Whenever I got within 4 or sft of him another squirrel in a tree near by chattered and aroused him. Several times I was on the point of strik- ing him with a stick, when the other squirrel gave the alarm, and at last he went up a tree. I would have shot him, but deer and elk tracks were abundant, and [ did not feel like risking a shot and scaring the game, not even for science. I have often wondered how the squirrel got the quills in him; surely it was accident. Possibly, while playing, he ran quickly around the trunk of a tree and surprised the porcupine sleeping on a limb, and received a blow with his tail, or he may have jumped upon the animal’s back, taking it for a stone, I am quite sure that he died from the wounds in course of time, for the action of the muscles would work the spines further into the flesh every day. Mr. E. W. Nelson, in speaking of the western porcu- pine (Natural History Collections made in Alaska, p. 274), says: ‘““The Indians and Eskimo are yery fond of its flesh, and, with the exception of the wolverine, are its only enemies.” From Audubon and Bachman (Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. I, p. 285) I copy the following: “We have mentioned in an article on the Canadian lynx that one of those animals (referring to the Canadian animal) was taken in the woods in a dying state, owing to its mouth being filled with porcupine quills. We have heard of dogs, some wolves, and at least one panther that were found dead, in consequence of inflammation produced by seizing on porcupine.’ Dr. C. Hart Merriam, in his “Mammals of the Adirondacks,” p. 301, says regarding this subject: “The porcupine, owing to the formidable dermal armature, has. but few enemies. Chief among them, as has already been shown (Vol. I, pp: go and 48-50), are the panther and fisher, and since these prowl- ing carnivora haye become rare in the Adirondacks, the porcupine has been, and still is; on the increase. He is occasionally attacked by wolves, eagles and the great horned owl.” In a foot-note the same author says: “In Forest AND STREAM of March 20, 1884 (p. 144), Mr. J. L. Davison, of Lockport, N. Y., states that he has re- a rank taste, and cently examined a golden eagle that had been shot at. Plessis, Jefferson county, N. Y. He says: ‘The feet of : the eagle were full of porcupine quills, which was prob- ably the last animal he had dined off, and about as hot a meal as he ever had.’” FOREST AND STREAM. On turning to the pages referred to above, I find the following: “Cougars are either particularly fond of por- cupines, or else are frequently forced by hunger to make a distasteful meal, for certain it is that large numbers of these spiny beasts are destroyed by them. Indeed, it often happens that a panther is killed whose mouth and lips, and sometitnes other parts also, fairly bristle with the quills of this formidable rodent. Porcupines are such logy, sluggish creatures that in their noctivagations they fall an easy prey to any animal that cares to meddle with them.” In speaking of the fisher (Wustela pennanti) he says: “Sir John Richardson tells us that ‘its favorite food is the Canadian porcupine, which it kills by biting on the belly.” Corporal Lot Warfield, who writes of this animal from western Vermont, states his experience as follows: ‘I agree with Penobscot that they are not plenty, but account for it on different grounds, namely, its fondness for the flesh of porcupines, whose quills often prove fatal to it. I have several times found the quills buried in the bodies, besides quantities of flesh, hair and quills in the stomach and excrements, and.from this gained a point in baiting them. Jet other trappers try it.” Continuing, the writer, Dr. Merriam, says: “Dur- ing a recent visit to the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence I was informed both by an agent of the Hiud- son's Bay Company and by trappers themselves, that por- cupines constitute a large and important element in the food of the ‘pekin (fisher). Mr. Nap. A. Comeau, of God- bout, who secured me a large and handsome male of this species, tells me that its intestine contained hundreds of porcupine quills arranged in clusters, like so many pack- ages of needles, throughout its length, In no case had a single quill penetrated the mucous lining of the intes- tine; but they were, apparently passing along its interior as smoothly and surely as if within a tube of glass or metal, Mr. Comeau could not discover a quill in any of the abdominal yiscera, or anywhere in the abdominal cavity, except as aboye stated, A great many, however, were found imbedded in the muscles of the head, chest, back and legs, and it was remarkable that their presence gave rise to no irritation, no products of inflammation being discovered in their vicinity, In examining the partly cleaned skeleton of this specimen I still find some of the quills in the deep muscles and ligaments about the joints. A knee in particular showed seyeral in its imme- diate neighborhood. One is deeply imbedded in the dense ligament alongside the patella, three lie parallel. to and close against the tibia, and two can be seen between it and the fibula.” a It is probable that all of the quills entered the body while engaged in killing and devouring the porcupine, for those swallowed seemed to have caused. no trouble after having fairly entered the alimentary canal. There- fore there remains no question whatever that the fisher feeds upon the porcupine, but I de not agree with Cor- poral Warfield in the belief that the “quills often prove fatal to it,” oe ic The Indians of the North use the quills in decorating their moccasins and for other fancy work. ' J. Actpen Lorre. Tree Nesting Ducks. Carats, Me., April 20—Editor Forest and Stream: 1 have been interested in reading what Mr. Mather and others, say about tree ducks, and thought perhaps the experience of an old bird and egg collector might inter- est the readers of your natural history column. Fifty years ago we used to have six different tree ducks. breed- ing on our river: barrows, golden eye and the buffle head (albeola) rare, but the common golden eye, the American merganser, hooded merganser and wood duck abundant. About fifty yéars‘ago pickerel were put into our waters, which soon put aii*end to most of our wild ducks breeding, as the pickerel eat up all the chick ducks except in the few lakes or ponds that were free from pickerel, Near to Calais are several ponds and lakes that are iree from those fish, and the tree ducks bring their young to those lakes for safety. I was at the Kendrick Lake, and a lad that lived near by was with me. A duck (whistler) came flying low toward us, when the lad threw up his hat with a shout, when the old duck dropped a young one that fell near us that was at least ten-days old. The old one went for it so quickly I almost-lost it, but I got it and put it in my pocket for a specimen. We were near, the lake, and the old duck also, when we saw she had four others in the water. The boy says if we keep quiet OwWeco, N.Y, she will go away and bring others, or if she is afraid of us very much she will take those across the lake or to the other lake. They were getting near to some water grass, when the old duck made a flutter, caught one and went across the lake; it was hardly two minutes before she returned and took another. T don’t think she took them by her mouth, and the one she dropped, if it had been in her mouth we should have seen it. Mr, Eastman, father of the lad, said they often took their young from one lake or river to another if they thought them in danger, and said he had seen them bring the young from the nest to the water and then in their bills, or to go any distance, or if they are any size carry them pressed to the body by the feet, and the boys often by a shout made them drop their young. They brought me several different kinds after- ward, wood duck, whistlers and hooded mergansers, but no young of the large merganser. Many years ago I was up to Grand Lake Stream salmon fishing, when I saw a large duck fly into a hole high up in a large birch tree. The log drivers said it was a sheldrake and had nested there many years. I was anxious to see what kind of a merganser it was. After the log drivers’ day’s work was done one of them by driving spikes managed to get up. The old bird flew out, and he brought down one egg, and said there were seven more. I then got the man to arrange a noose over the hole, and the next morning we had the-_ old bird hung by the neck and the eight eggs were new to science. ‘The log drivers said they had seen the old hird bring down the yottie in_her bill to, the water. Several years later’ Mr. John Krider, of Philadelphia, went with me to the same tree and collected the eggs. He was a well-known collector. Mr. Audubon was mis- taken in his account of the nesting of this merganser v [May 6, 1806. since he describes it as nesting on the ground among rushes, in the manner of the serrator, having a large nest raised 7 or Sin. above the surface. On one of my collecting trips my attention was called by the log drivers to a singular contest between two ' ducks; it proved to be a female wood duck and a female hooded merganser, for the possession of a hollow tree, Two birds had been observed for several days contesting for the nest, neither permitting the other to remain in peaceful occupancy. The nest was found to contain eighteen fresh eggs, of which one-third belonged to the merganser, and as the nest was lined with the down of the merganser it appeared probable this bird was the rightiul owner of the premises. I once found a dusky duck’s nest in a cavity of a leaning birch tree about zo0ft. high. Gero. A. BOARDMAN. The Harriman Alaska Expedition’ Mr. FE, H. Harrrman, of New York, who is taking his family to Alaska on a large private steamer, has invited a notable party of scientific men and others to accompany him as his guests. The party will leave this city late in May, and will be gone two months, It will not keep to the beaten track of travel, but will visit out-of-the way portions of the coast of. which the average tourist sees nothing and of which comparatively little has been written. As at present made up the arts and the sciences are well represented in this party. There are geologists, botanists, topographers, ornithologists and mammalo- gists, and there are three or four artists and two men eminent for their literary ability—John Muir and John Burroughs, The following gentlemen constitute the guests of Mr. Harriman, E. L, Trudeau, Jr., T. H. Carney, Depart- ment Agriculture Washington; E, S. Curtis, Seat- tle; F. V_ Coville, Washington; Dr. W. H, Dall, Smith- sonian Institution; D. G. Elliot, Field Columbian Museum; Prof. B. K. Emerson, Amherst, Mass.; L. A. Fuertes, G. K. Gilbert, Geological Survey; Drs,. C. Hart, Merriam and A. K. Fisher, both of the Biological Survey; Dr. Lewis Rutherford Morris, Mr. John Muir, Dr. H. S, Pritchett, of the Coast Survey; Prof. Wm. Trelease, Botanical Garden of St. Louis; R. Swain Gifford, George Bird Grinnell, John Burroughs, Robert Ridgway, Smithsonian Institution; E. §. Dellenbaugh, Henry Gannett, Geological Survey; Prof. Wm. H. Brewer, -of Yale, and Prof. W. K. Ritter, University of California. The expedition is expected to leave Seattle, or some other Sound port, about June 1, and to proceed by the inside passage to Sitka and Skagway. Thence it will - move north, taking in the Muir and Malaspina glaciers, the Mount St. Elias Alps, and from there cruising along the coast to Cook’s Inlet, to Kadiak Island and perhaps beyond. It is anticipated that great opportunity will be afforded for the collection of little known birds and mammals, and that important scientific results may be achieved. The Opportunity for viewing the marvelous scenery of the Alaskan peninsula and of seeing out-of-the-way places is a remarkable one. } ; Tt is anticipated that occasional brief excursions will be made into the interior in search of some of the larger mammals, which are not only very desirable objects of the hunter’s skill, but most interesting to science as well. Among these animals are the white sheep, named after one of the guests of the party, and the great Kadiak bear, named by one of the members. It is pos- - sible too that the, steamer may get far enough north to reach the resting places of the walrus, though it is not likely to enter the, Bering Sea. - ry Reason and Instinct. Editor Forest and Stream: ry 4 ; 4 Doubtléss you feel that this discussion 1s growing lengthy, but I will only ask this one reply. Tf I correctly understand Hermit, his challenge ido) name anything that is necessary to the existence of the lower animals which they do not comprehend, yenders any reply from me unnecessary; J hever claimed any- thing of the sort, and if knowledge oi prime requisites to existence is the full definition of reason, then I know nothing of such reason in man. Hermit puts the argu- ment | and my “ilk” make as, “The acts of animals which seem to indicate reason are null and void because of other acts which seem to indicate a lack of reason,” and I ac- cept that statement, if to it is added, “until the antece- dents and all connected circumstances are examined, and fail to afford an explanation of the acts im previous ex- periences or habits, of the animal performing the acts. If Hermit holds that the reason of the least intelligent of sound-minded men should not teach them that while grown persons are to be kept away from a child in its perambulator, a toddling child may be permitted to ap- proach, I pity his estimate of human mentality. Hermit’s remarks about adoption are whoily illogical (or what is now the same, misleading), as I never re- ferred to “adoption.”. It was substitution which I cited as indicating lack of reasoning power in dams. ; “Mr. Wade and his ilk do not call on science to verify: their claims. We know how gladly they would do so, il science was on their side.’ That statement 1s incorrect. But now for a bit of lay science. Hermit gives us lots of what is doubtless the correct article, as he knows it, but he makes statements which are incorrect. “Thus the dog’s sense of smell is stiperior to man s.’ But no hound has a keener “nose” than many of those human beings both deaf, dumb and blind, To be able to distin- guish one’s clothing from that of another after washing and a year after that washing, to recognize that a friend ig within several yards, to know and name eyery article of food on the table on entering a dining room seated for three hundred, to know there are many books in/a room upon entering that room, to know one’s books from others’, to distinguish any kind of wood, to distinguish 6 brass from steel, ‘all by smell, is about-as much. “‘nose”’ as any hound J ever knew had (although, I admit, not equal to the American bloodhounds that followed’a man’s a el May 6, 1899.] FOREST AND STREAM. 347 trail atter he changed horses without putting foot to the ground). Tt is mot logical to conclude that the lower animals reason because they possess the necessary organs for it. We all have the same orgatis of smell that the deaf-blind have, yet we normals cannot smell as they do, Hermit says: “It is one of Nature’s laws that a useless organ soon disappears.’ It does, does it? How much “soon” is there in the continuance of the extinct third eye now surviving as the pineal gland of the brain? Surely it is a longer stretch of time than any “soon” since we were lizards. . I would suggest to Hermit that Lloyd Mortgan’s “In- troduction to Comparative Psychology,’ “Habit and In- stinet,’ “Animal Life and Intelligence,” etc., can be had of Edwin Arnold, 70 Fifth ayenue, New York, and some- how Prof. Morgan has enough “science” for me to sit at his feet and think that I am honored in finding him sup- port my “claims.” _ W, WADE, Weight of the Raccoon. Editor Forest and Siream: Have you any record data at hand showing what weight the raccoon attains? My attention was called to this mat- ter by an item it last isstie of Forrest Anp StTReAM, rela- tive to a solb, coon, said to have been killed recently near Bangor, Me, Very many people will question the accu- racy of the scales upon which the solbs. was weighed, and I would perhaps be found among the doubting Thomases but for the following incident: About twenty- five years ago a young man maimed Schoolcraft killed, near the village of Fonda, N. Y., a raccoon that ts said to have weighed 53lbs. The coon was weighed at the Ametican Express in the village of Fonda, and there was at one time and possibly is yet, im existence a certificate signed by several reputable persons who saw the animal weighed, which certificate gave the weight at 53lbs, The heaviest one I ever saw put on the scales weighed 28lbs. and was a very large male. The largest I ever saw shot weighed less than 25. Domestic animals sometimes at- tain abnormally large weights, and no doubt wild ones do also. The weight of the coon killed near Fonda ap- peated to be quite well authenticated. Troy, N, VY. [Definite records of the weight of the raccoon are not accessible. It has always been our impression that the full-grown animal weighed from t5lbs. to 18lbs,, but we have.seen some that were much heavier, though none to equal the weight given above. We should be glad to have authentic weights from any correspondents. | California Audubon Society. Reptanps, Cal., April 22—Editor Forest and Stream: At the close of the meeting: of the Contemporary Club atthe Y. M. C, A. Auditorium last Monday afternoon, a meeting was held for the purpose of organizing a society for the protection of song and insectivorous birds. It was decided to call the organizaizon the California Audubon Society. Following officers were elected: A. K. Smiley, Redlands, President; Mrs. A. G. Hubbard, Mrs, G. T. Grunlief, Miss A. H. Partridge, Redlands; Mrs. Elizabeth Grinnell, Pasadena; Mrs. Isabel H. Baxby, Santa Barbara; Mrs. Caroline Severance, Los Angeles; Mrs. Geo. H: Dole, Riverside; Rev. T. H. Williams, F. P. Meserve, Kirk Field, H. L. Graham, Redlands; Prof. Everett McLoomis, Academy of Science, San Francisco; Prof. A. W. Anthony, San Diego; Prof. A. J. Cook, Claremont; Honorary Vice-Presidents. Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. Geo. S. Gay, Redlands; Executive Com- initteee, A, K. Smiley, Mrs. Geo. 5S. Gay, Harry L. Gra- ham, Redlands. The following resolution was passed: Resolved, That che California Audubon Society hereby appeal to all parents and teachers to prevent the cruel and wanton slaiighter of our native birds by air guns, sling- shots, parlor rifles, shotguns, etc., in the hands of the youth under their charge, and that they exert their influ- ence and authority against the practice of egg collecting, now so prevalent among boys. On payment of 25 cents anyone so wishing may become a life member of the society. REELFOOT, Manitoba Elk Heads. Winwaireec, Man.—The largest wapiti or elk head lalled last season in Manitoba measured 4oin, along the beam; had thirteen points, and a span of 3ft. 4in. This is much smaller than some Montana or Wyoming heads, but a very large one for this Province, though not a record. ; St, CRorx. a Salmon in the Oswego River, Editor Forest and Siream: In late numbers of your paper reference has been made to the former presence of salmon in Lake On- tario and is tributaries. Up to the time the Oswego Canal was constructed and the dams built, salmon in great numbers frequented the Oswego River, coming up each year from the sea through the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario to visit their spawning beds. My father has told me of seeing shoals of them on bright sunny days, stopped by the shadow of the bridge at Oswego Falls, twelve miles above the mouth of the river, waiting until the sun was off the water to pass up; and at night of seeing the river covered with boats and canoes, the men in them spearing the salmon by torch- light, These salmon were never known to take a fly or any bait so far from the sea, except that a man fish- ing-for trout many years ago on Salmon River (coming into the lake twenty miles below Oswego), at the foot of the igh falls, took several grilse. Some years ago fishways were placed at each dam on the Oswego; but the demand for water for power and for the canals at low water time, when the salmon were _ Tufining Up, was too great, and the fishways had to go dry. Up to 1870, and perhaps a little later, salmon were occasionally taken im the whitefish nets set off the harbor of Oswego, - / FISHERMAN, Gane Bag and Gan. Old Hudson’s Bay Dag. THe weapon and its sheath here figured come down to us from the olden time. These dags—so called—were the first knives furnished by the Hudson Bay Company to the Indians of the North, and most of them have long since been worn out, given away or lost, A few still remain, and are cherished more as relics and mementoes of the good old days than for any use to which they are put at present, When the first white man came, he found the Indians using knives of bone, or of flint stofie to skin and cut up their game. Strangely rude and useless they must have seemed to him, yet they served well the purposes of these primitive people. We may imagine that thousands of years before that, the Indians did riot know even how to use a sharpened stone or bone for cutting, but that they tore their way through the tough hides to the flesh below with their teeth, or perhaps with a sharp-edged shell, or possibly with the tine of a deer’s horn, After the white man came, the fitst improvement in the HUDSON'S BAY DAG AND SHEATH, knives was by inserting a strip of tin or hoop iron along the edge of a bone knife. For, in those first days, of course, metal—this new and mysterious substance—must have had an enormous value for the Indians, and they must have used it as economically as possible. This strip of tin would take an edge and hold it for a little while, and thus give them a knife vastly better than anything that they had previously known, Soon after this, however, there were brought into the country these old-time dags, useful weapons which rendered far easier the labors of men and of women. These were employed for many years, but later the company sent in an improved knife, more tiseful for skinning and for the other purposes of cainp life, but not nearly so good for war. It was for this last purpose that in later years these dags were chiefly used, and each warrior when he entered a hostile camp for the punpose of cutting loose horses, carried his dag, slung by a loop to his leit wrist. Very likely he might leave all his arms hidden outside of the camp, for an armed man walking through the camp with bow case and quiver and shield upon his back would be an object of curiosity and would be stared at and soon in- vestigated by the people who occupied the camp. So the warrior who entered it, and who, above all things, desired to escape notice, was usually clad only in blanket or robe, and tried to be as inconspicuous as possible. Yet some arms he must have for his defense, and so he carried the’ dag swinging to his wrist under his robe, and ready at an instant’s notice for the terrible forward and downward thrust which might rip open am enemy. Qur friend Bear Chief, who will be remembered -by thany of our readers, was once stabbed through the lungs with one of these great knives, the point of which almost came out at his back, making a wound two inches wide, through which the wind whistled as he breathed. Many another man has been similarly cut up, and it is singular fo notice how many of those stabbed in the chest re- covered from their wounds: As has been said, the dag is a relic of the olden time, al- most as much so as is the bone knife which preceded it, or the still earlier knife of flint. The one here figured is a legacy left to its present owner by a friend, a brave Piegan warrior, who several winters ago left his people to join that greater throng who, in the Sand Hills, still hunt the buffalo that haye lone since vanished from the material world. How the Bird Hid. READING Pine Tree's article, I feel it my duty to write this explanation. The quail and ruffed grouse have the power to retain all scent under certain conditions. When Pine Tree has hunted as long as I have, which is almost three score years, he will learn that the best- nosed pointers cannot locate a frightened quail which has dropped into the grass and leayes to hide when even less than a yard from their nose. Last October, while hunting about two and one-half miles north of Hartford, with as good a Liewellyn setter, as any man could wish to shoot over, the dog trailed a covey of quail about eighty rods and came to a point at some scattered brush at the roadside, I flushed the quail and stopped a bird with right and left, and marked the rest down in a cultivated raspberry patch nof Soyds. away. Picking up my two birds, I went into the raspber- ries, which were in distinct rows, with my dog close at hand and my gun ready. I went up and down through that patch of berries both ways, following the rows, the dog hunting faithfully. But from the action of the dog you would not have thought there had beeti a quail there for a month, Knowing the power of the quail to sup- press all scent for a short time, I called the dog and walked away 5oyds. to an apple orchard and sat down and ate apples for fifteen or twenty minutes; then took my dog and returned to the raspberry patch, and the dog had no sooner entered the bushes than she came to a point. On the ground we had so recently been over, the dog found and I flushed and shot six quail. The situation was such that I positively khow the quail were there all the time, With the same dog my son and I killed forty-two quail and twelve partridges in one day. Yet I have seen that dog within 2yds of a partridge on his drumming log and still unconscious of there being a bird in that neighborhood. The partridge will drum continually in places where there ate foxes, skunks and other animals who would devour them were it possible to locate them by scent, Jf, when Pine Tree flushes a flock: of birds that fly only a short distance; he will wait a few minutes before he puts his dog on to the ground, he will never have to kick the birds out. The dog can find them. For further proof of this fact I refer him to Frank Forrester’s complete work on “Dog and Gun.” SULLIVAN Coox. MICHIGAN. Connecticut Grouse Snaring. Editor Forest and Stream: The last shooting season demonstrated the fact that partridges are unusually scarce in this vicinity, while woodcock and quail average about as usual. Sports- men are puzzled over the scarcity of partridges, but a moment’s reflection should reveal part of the cause. The Connecticut law allows sharing on owner's prem- ises. This license is eagerly grasped by land owners, who have always borne reputations as snarers. I write of what I know to be a fact, when I say that many post their lands to protect the snares they set on them. While they reap a reward through the medium of this lame law, yet they are filled with hatred of game laws in general. Many of them are too ignorant to realize the far-reaching benefits of good game laws; they think they are made by and for the benefit of a class. “Let me ketch one o’ them dudes that make-the game laws on my land once; I'll have him arrested and shoved higher’n a kite.’ That's the way some of them talk to me. From experience I will say that it is useless to under- take to reason with such men. You could never con- vince them that game laws are a benefit to them, Of course they believe in the law which allows them to snare on their own lands, but not in game laws in general. Besides the partridge stranglers, there is a small pet- centage of farmers who kick against game laws because they have that privilege, and they would kick against anything else for the same reason. Ask them their reason and they will either evade your question or give an answer liké this: “The birds don’t belong to the city dude, and they’ve got a herve to make laws so they can hunt over my land in the fall of the year, What right have they got to hunt on my land?” They don’t hunt the birds themselves and would keep others from hunt- ing them, simply because they themselves are chronic kickers, .- For the benefit of my fellow sportsmen, I would say that a little flattery judiciously applied works to per- fection on this material. Praise the appearance of their fields or of their cattle and horses, and you are in the right road to an invitation to “have a glass of cider? Won't you stop to dinner?” or “Say, you can hunt on -tny lands whenever you like.” Of course there are farmets, and many of them are stanch supporters of all game laws, who are compelled to post their lands. I talked with one of these persons recently and he said: “It was like drawing teeth tor me to post my land. I am so near the city, however, that I was compelled to-do so. It was bang! bang! bang! right around my door, all day long; and the rowdies and Italians broke down my fences, stole my fruit and even shot some of my chickens. J stood it all as long as I could before I put up the signs. Any decent man is welcome to shoot over my land, even now; but he must ask permission first,’ I know of a number of cases like this, Now, it is not the “chronic kicker’ who is the real enemy of game laws. Neither is-it the farmer living near the city. The first would kick just as hard against doing away with all game laws as he does against exist- ing ones, for it is his nature to kick. From motives of seli-preseryation the second would be compelled to post his lands, game laws or no game laws. The only real enemy of all game laws therefore is the natural lawless character who is too lazy to work and who chokes birds for money. He is the gfowh-up snater. Tt goes without saying that any law which allows snaring under any conditions is a lame one, and the sooner.it is stricken from the statute books the better. Then another should be inserted in its place so strict against snaring that the very wording might scare a partridge strangler out of his wits. Such is the only kind of an argument that these people understand, A couple of sportsmen, with whom I am acquainted, went out of town for a day’s shooting carly in the season. They went on the Derby R. R. Upon their return they told me how they had seen over Ioo partridges delivered to the baggagemaster; not in one batch, but in stall instalments at different places. They examined same of the birds and found they had been snared. Witiiam H. Avis. HicHwoop, Conn. CHICAGO AND THE WEST. Minnesota Forest Reserve. Curcaco, Ill., April 29—What is perhaps one of the largest bits of our-door news turned up in_years ap- pears herewith in the Forest AND STREAM. It 1s news which will be larger a year from now than it is to-day. Although it is always a long step irom the inception of any enterprise to its completion, I think we may briefly cover this matter by stating that it is among the possi- bilities if not the certainties that the State of Minnesota, one of the most remarkable in the West, in the extent of its forests and in the wealth of its fish and game, will have set apart as a forest reserve, under the protection of the United States Government, a tract which will cover four counties, which will be 140 by 125 miles in ex- tent, which will embrace the sources of the Mississippi River, and which will include one of the most remark- able sporting regions to be found anywhere in the West. It is a long way to the fulfillment of this possibility or this certainty. We may call the restilt reasonably sure, because it is to be backed by some of the broadest minded thinkers and some. of the longest headed men of affairs to be found * anywhere in the West. : Although an announcement like the above is practically news to the sporting press, and is news absolutely in regard to the sober features of an actual beginning in the working part of the enterprise, the matter of a forest reserve or “State park,’ in Minnesota, is not a new thing, At the last session of the Legislature of that State there was passed, “An act to encourage the growing and preservation of forests and to create forest boards and forest reservations.” It invites the gift of land for fortestry purposes and provides that any one who will turn over to the board a tract of land of not less than 1,000 acres may have the forest named after him.” On the above lines, Congress was memoralized by the Minnesota Legislature to set apart for the use of the public some 2,500 square miles of land in the Leech Lake and Winnibigashish district, and this action of the Minnesota Legislature may be perhaps called the first real step taken in a general way in the matter of the forest reserve. Following hard upon this legislative action, Mr. Chas. Christadoro, prominent in the lumber trade of that State, and a resident of St. Paul, wrote the first com- munication which I can discover upon the matter, being a letter to the American Lumberman, earnestly adyocat- ing the establishment of the reserve, and making use of the following words: “Beyond the question of forest preservation is the in- teresting one of the conserving of the game. Deer, moose, elk and bear would thrive and multiply in this region of lakes and woods if controlled by the Government, and were it protected as is the Yellowstone. As a pleasure and outing ground for the people of the Northwest, it cannot be excelled. With its sixty to seventy lakes, in some of which the first line is yet to be cast by a white inan, all of them teeming with muscalonge, pike, bass and pickerel, it affords an ideal spot for the lover ot the rod and reel. The sportsman can count upon good Hight duck shooting as long as the mallards and scores of other Northern ducks are allowed peacefully to rear their young within the confines of the score or more of rice lakes within its borders. “We Minnesotians want this land and water as a na- tional park. We want Congress to act favorably i the matter. We realize that the railroads, the timber hog. the town sites are all against the idea of making such a profitable piece of territory into a national park, and it is against. such that we wish to prevail in our efforts to pre- serve for all time a pleasure ground for the people, where the canoeist, camper, tourist and fisherman can enjoy nature at her best and where, twenty years from now, after every stick of white pine is gone the way of the black walnut, one can walk under the massive cork pine giants and think of what a wooded paradise Michigan. Wisconsin and Minnesota were before the advent of the axe and saw.” ; Commenting upon the above, the editor of the paper mentioned endorsed the idea from the standpoint of the lumberman—this being endorsement from a source un- expected, for the rapacity of the lumber cutter is a proverb nowhere better exemplified than in this very tract of Minnesota, where twenty million feet of Government timber have been stolen outright. Taking the high stand- point of the thinking man, the editor above mentioned approved the view of the thinking lumber merchant and of the State Legislature, and went on further to say: ‘““The fame of Minnesota as an agricultural region has gone to the uttermost parts of the earth, but her greatest f glory has properly been ascribed to the magnificent wealth of forest, lake and stream with which nature endowed her, The disfiguring of these beautiful areas, due largely to man’s necessities, in part to fearful conflagrations and mostly to the consummation of commercial desire, has left a dreary waste of hundreds of miles of what was once as fair a prospect as ever Sun shone upon. The time is near at hand when utilitarian purposes can logically be directed to other sources, and is with us now when some reminder of the most glorious natural characteristic of the Northwest should be preserved not only for the bene- fit of those of this generation, but for the enlightenment, the instruction, the good health of and a refining in- fluence upon the generations to come, to whom this gen- eration owes a debl, emphasized by its richer resources and its loose stewardship of them and in which resources the coming generations should be conceded their unde- niable rights. “Miles of bare Northwestern land, unprotmising as to future usefulness, thousands of acres of black and blasted stumps that offend the eye and insult the artistic sense, appeal for the preservation of some of the best of what is left in primeval growth.” : In the same issue of the same paper, yet another think- ing lumber merchant, Mr. W. B. Mershon, of Saginaw, . Mich., came out with a letter reiterating practically the aboye, and showing yet further that the matter of a Minnesota reserve is not one which is going to be fought ee all of the great timber companies operating in that tate. The above, so far as I can discover, covers about all of the reserve matter up to date, J confess I was not aware until to-day that so much. had been done, and was writing to the Forrst AND STREAM upon a different line when [ received a call from Mr. Christadoro himself, stating that he had been to New York and had talked with the Editor of Forrest AND STREAM in regard to this very matter, which I had written up, and had in my desk ready to mail! J had arrived at the same station by an en- tirely different road, and through news sources quite in- dependent of the above. ; T have still left to state that, while the matter of the forest reserve belongs to Minnesota, and has been first considered in Minnesota, it is sure that the first step to- ward active work for the attainment of this great purpose was taken by a Chicago man, and taken within the last few days. Justice requires this statement, though the enter- prise itself is too large to be held even within the bounds of all Minnesota, Chicago will not rest content with this credit, and indeed would disclaim any intent to call this a Chicago undertaking, for it belongs to the whole United States. The best and greatest news about the whole thing is that it seems far more than likely that the matter is now past mere beginning and will not be allowed to rest until it has attained success or absolute rejection by the Congress of the United States. The Man With an Idea. Years ago when the muscallonge country of W isconsin Was just opening wp, one of the most ardent pilgrims to that favored land was a well-known Chicago attorney, Col. John S. Cooper. Col. Cooper is not a politician, but attorney. He won his title honestly in the Civil War, and he has earned the title of sportsman over and over since that time. He was fond of exploring, and there are few lakes of the Wisconsin chains which haye not known his boat or canoe. sAfter the glory of Wisconsin began to depart, in some measure, with the advent of the new roads, Col. Cooper turned’ his face to the less known ~wilderness of Minnesota. Years ago | predicted that Minnesota would be the next State to he reached by the throng of angling travelers, and this prediction has been fully verified, It was only two years ago that Col. Cooper made his first muscallonge trip in that State. Before he had ended his first outing in the great wilder- ness of upper Minnesota, he was a devotee to that re- gion, and a convert to one idea, He resolved then and there to spend the remaining years of his life, if need be, in the effort to secure the preservation, intact, so far as that might be, of that great stretch of wild country about the head of the Mississippi River. He saw that the rapid denudation of the forests by the lumbermen must surely be followed at no late date by the most serious conse- quences in the flow of the head waters of the greatest American stream, trobably also by a distinct change in the climate of the region. He saw that the fish and game, even now rapidly passing away, must soon become practically extinct there, as they have in other regions left open to the tender mercies of State laws and the unchecked impulses of eager human nature. It was not enough to Col. Couper to go on and take what he could of the fish and game of this country, though without doubt its resources would outlast his time. It seemed to him better, indeed ict seemed to him imperative that some- thing should be done to keep this wilderness so that the American people might have one more chance to see how noble a thing its original heritage had been. Col. Cooper was the man with the idea. He was the ian with the enthusiasm. He was the man with the purpose and the energy. At the beginning of every considerable enterprise you will find some such man. Sometimes he is overridden, and often he is forgotten, and often he fails. At this point, at what I take to he the first written word in the sporting press regarding this enterprise, I wish to make it clear in the record, that should the State of Minnesota and the people of America win this great forest reserve, the credit for the first working steps toward that fact belongs. and should be given, to Col. John S. Cooper, lawyer and sportsman, of Chicago, who began the work not for glory nor for ad- yertising, but because he loved the woods and streamnis. Plan of Campaign. A great many persons have ideas, but it is very gratify- ing to state that in this case the idea was not allowed to rest in embryo. Col. Cooper saw some men in Minne- sota to whom he mentioned his proposition in part. He met at St. Paul a gentleman who offered suggestions of greatest value. He took counsel among certain Chicago friends, who promised him support, and he found outside this city and outside both these States, other broad- minded men who saw at once that this enterprise was not a personal one, but one of national importance. I need not describe all the-steps that have quietly been’ taken here for the past few weeks, and which have been fully known to myself. Let it be enough to give below a brief sketch of the plans which have been outlined for the furtherance of the main proposition, In the first place, this work of moving for a Minnesota forest reserve is not a Chicago enterprise, and it is not a personal enterprise. It is already far beyond both these — phases. The matter belongs to the United States, and will need to be brought before the Congress of the United States. Should it come before that body as a mere proposition, should it appear as a political measure, or as a scheme for the benefit of some persons or cor- porations, the fate of the measure might be written now. Yet more, should it approach Congress in a loose arid indefinite form, something perhaps good but yague, some- thing perhaps desirable but not definable, the result of failure might again be prophesied. Still more than this, were this proposition neyer so clearly and convincingly put, it none the less might fail, if it came before mem- bers of Congress who, while they might be willing and anxious to approve the measure if it seemed of great popular benefit, might themselves be toa personally ignorant of the region and the data regarding it to act with perfect understanding in the matter, Ail these contingencies have been foreseen. It may be said with a certain pride that they have been guarded against with a certain Western largeness and thorough- ness, Chicago claims no more than the first step, but the first step, being the one which counts, wottld appear to have in this case to have been well considered. In a short time there will be a meeting of a few prominent men of Chicago, let us hope of stich men as George E Cole, president of the Municipal League; Edwin F. Daniels, president of the Tolleston Club; Judge Gross- . cup, of the Circuit Bench; Ruthven Deane, foremost ornithologist of the West, and a few other such men, men of social rating and conservative thought, who will be asked to meet as a body for preliminary organiza- tion. -After such organization there will be invitations sent out to similar men in other States, men of the kind who are not content with passing resolutions. Thus there will be formed, and I think formed at no very late date, a body of American thinkers. I shall not call this a body of American sportsmen. This is by no means a spottsmen’s meastire, for all classes are interested in it, though sportsmen are primarily so. This body of Amer-— ican thinkers will be one whose invitation will carry weight and be entitled ta respect. An Invitation to Congtess, Soon after the formation of this. representative body, which will be sometime this summer, and at the earliest possible date, there will be issued to some sixty miem- bers of Congress an invitation to go out and see this wilderness of Minnesota, to see it personally, and to examine it thoroughly, in such way that they may be able to vote understandingly on any measure regarding it and may be able to give their colleagues any facts that they may need. To take sixty membets of Congress, from all parts of the Union, out into the State of Minnesota, to pay their expenses for the entire trip, whether by rail or by canoe, is something which runs very rapidly into the thousands of dollars. Perhaps we may stamp as something Jess than visionary this interesting proposal when I -say~that it is already well within the botinds of likelihood that the funds for this large enterprise may be already reckoned as secured, Just how this will be done is something which I am at this writing not at liberty to disclose, but I may perhaps within the bounds of discretion say that if ultimate success shall crown the undertaking it wiil be due to the liberality of one of the biggest minded men the West has ever produced. So much for the news up to date of a matter which if left alone would not be worth writing about, but which, if handled as it seems likely it will be handled, may run into something vety large and ifiteresting indeed. The State of Minnesota, To many persons liying in the East the State of Min- nesota is simply a place out West. To many near-by dwellers, and even to most of the residents of the State itself, much of the original history of the State, and many interesting details regarding this northern part of the State, will come in the way of added knowledge. Really, there are few States more interesting, and few whose his- tory holds more of wild romance. Here it was that stout and devout Lieut, Pike, honest Zebulon Pike, in the year 1805, came to spy out the new possessions of the United States, and to order the traders of the Northwest Fur Company to take down their British flags. Honest Zebulon accomplished his purposes, and told contem- porary man much about the resources of that region, al- though he made the mistake of believing that Leech Lake was the headwaters of the Mississippi. Prosaic, plodding Zebulon, what a good time he had without knowing it. Because, after he had come down the Mississippi River to St. Louis again, he was sent out into the West to the headwaters of the Arkansas River, with the purpose of crossing over to the headwaters of the Red River, thence descending that river and coming back home again to this great Mississippi River, which then marked the boundary of the known America. He got lost, did sober Zebulon, and by mistake struck the headwaters of the Rio del Norte, in Spanish territory. He was taken prisoner by the Spamiards, taken over to Santa Fe, and then was forced to ride with his captors horseback all the way to Chihuahua, in Old Mexico. Finally released, he rode again northward, through San Antonio, and across Texas far to the east, until finally, in the most matter-of-fact manner in the world, he came again to the Mississippi River, and to soil admittedly American. Meantime Lewis and Clarke were making their lucky trip to the Pacific Ocean, that wonderful trip which brought them so much glory, and which so far overshadowed honest, plodding Zebulon M. Pike, al- though the latter had seen much of new America him- self. vy The Historical Society of Minnesota has recently beer digging in the early history of the State, and had discov- ered that Minnesota is the only State with-a dual origin, As a matter of fact the territory of the State came partly. trom the Northwest Territory and partly from the Lou- isiana Purchase. Minnesota is the only State in the Union which combines territory of those two sotirces. Just to make my story more complete, and perhaps to please some citizens of Minnesota, I may quote from a paper May 6, 1800.] FOREST AND STREAM. 349 read by Mr, Samuel M. Davis, of Minneapolis, at a recent” meeting of the Historical Society. “Tt is not possible,” the author said in part, ‘to divide among Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay the exact honor due to each for saving the Northwest to their country. To one, however, who goes through the otiginal documents, it would seem that we are not least indebted to John Jay for his distinguished services in this connection, : . “England's claim to the Northwestern territory was founded both on cofquest and on the charters of the original colonies; and she was very reluctant to surren- der so much of that region as remained in her hands at the close of the war, Minnesota’s Origin, “The part of Minnesota east of the Mississippi River was taken from the original Northwestern territory. As afterward ascertained, its west lime northward from the source of the Mississippi, in Lake Itasca, would pass through Beltrami county, by the west margin of Red Lake, to the Lake of the Woods. The territory east of the Mississippi and this line now included in Minnesota comprises about one-third of the State. The remainder of Minnesota as a Territory and State was derived from the Louisiana purchase. “The interest that attaches to the Louisiana purchase is romantic as well as historic. That vast territory ac- quired by the United States in its early history laid the foundations for the subsequent greatness of the republic, That region had belonged successively to powerful and aggressive nations of Europe. Zealous and pious mis- sionaries had traversed it, Daring and adventurous ex- plorers and discoverers had plowed its rivers with their canoes and laid open the vastness of its extent and the magnificent wealth of its natural resources. At length it was returned to the dominion of France, Napoleon was at the head of the French nation, and was in need of funds to equip her armies for conquest, The United States stood ready to purchase Louisiana, and events hurried Napoleon to a conclusion.” . Proceeding onward from the dates of acqitisition of these great tracts, the first from Great Britain in 1783, and the second from France twenty years later, which supplied respectively the northeastern third and the west- ern two-thirds of Minnesota, Mr. Davis reviewed, in the latter part of his paper, the successive changes of ter- ritorial organizations. Wilderness Incortigible. Since the date of 1849, when Minnesota became a Ter- ritory, the changes have been too rapid to follow, yet in spite of the great development of the State there has al- Ways remained, virtually unchanged, a great tract of wild country in the upper part‘of the State, which has not been and which never can be reduced to the purposes of agri- cultural or city-building man. Hundred of square miles refiain now covered with forests, in part virgin growth, though now largely ruined by the lumbering operations. The soil over the greater part of this section is so poor and sandy that it can never be farmed. A few little vil- lages dot the wilderness here and there, dependent mostly upon the lumber companies. There is no permanent civ- ilization, nor will there eyer be after the forests are cut off. It is a country ft only to be a wilderness, but yet a country too noble to be merely a desolation. The time has come when, in the opinion of many thinking men, the desolation should be in part arrested, and the wil- derness preserved, : Tt seeming desirable to place in available form as much information as possible regarding this region, a diligent study was made along all possible lines, atid certain sta- tistics were tabulated, this work being done on request by Mr. H. G. McCartney, of Chicago, a gentleman who has long been interested in the country lying about the head- waters of the Mississippi. To put this information into form readily digestible, I may say that the proposed for- est reserve will include practically all of the four counties of Cass, Hubbard, Beltrami and Itasca. As stated above, the tract would be 140 by 125 miles, and would run from the southern line of Hubbard county clear to the Cana- dian border. This tract includes 4,000 lakes and count- less streams. While it does not include the great White Earth Indian reservation, it does include six large and small Indian reservations, whose territory is already un- der the control of the United States Government. Un- der the control of the State of Minnesota is the State Park, which surrounds the headwaters of the Mississippi - River. Of the region thus embraced but little is known by the average man, and I know of but one other section in the Middle West of America equally wild and equally un- known, and that is the canebrake region of the Missis- sippi Delta, which latter is so rich it is being rapidly taken up by settlers. There does not lie out of doors a tract of country less suitable for agriculture or mining, or more suited to the uses of a national reserve than this sandy, piny Minnesota wilderness. This is not intended as a national park, properly speaking, but as a forest reserve only, and its establishment would not impair individual rights. Details regarding the extent, resources, popula- tion, etc., of this tract are given below. 1. The amount of Jland within the proposed park, which is included in the Indian Reservation, together with the number of Indians. The nanies of Indian reservations and number of acres and number of Indians: Number of Indians. Acres, Bois Fort ...... Daher 2:2 csretoen’s reble, OLS: 6 square miles, Leech Lake .....,.. me eese bibl : THe TALES Roa Benncosnenansnnnncns 1,341 3,200,000 (Qieras- dbl gee Oy MRE eae ee eo —- 320,000 Winnibigoshish ..,...-.-..-.-.. ven 426 : FUORI MAS Abodoodordk ITER MERE RS 8c 3,300 White Earth Reservation contains 36 square miles, with 1,322 Indians. ‘This reservation would not be included in the Park. Total number of Indians in Minnesota, 7,280. 5 As near as can be concluded, the number of Jakes within this region: Itasca county, 400; Cass county, 350; Hubbard county, 150; Beltrami county, 200; total 1,100. % The character of the soil in that region in Minnesota: Soil mostly of the drift period. A sandy loam, interspersed with sandy and rocky areas, fit only in most cases for tree growth, gd. The character of the timber and the probable amount of merchantable pine still standing: — ; : Beltrami county is remarkable for its great extent, and the magnificent body of virgin pine forest, situated on the Red Lake Tndian Reservation, southeast of the lake, Pine is also found on jigh ground al) the way to the north houndary; White pine, 1,- 500,000,000ft.; Norway pine, 350,000,000ft,; oak, maple, birch, spruce, poplar, tamarack, 250,000,000ft.; wood, 16,500,000 cords, ass county contains rich forests of pine atid hardwood around Cass, Leach and Winnibigashish, Land south of each lake to the width of ten miles has good clay and loam soil: White pine, 1,600,000,000ft.; Norway pine, 400,000ft.; oak, 8,000,000ft. ash, birch, basswood, elm, etc., 25,000,000; wood, 6,000,000 cords. ; Character and amount of timber in Mubbard county: White pine, 450,000,000; Norway pine, 300,000,000; jack pine, 50,000,000; oak, 3,000,000; birch, 10,000,000; spruce, poplar, etc., 10,000,000; wood 3,300,000 cords, . ‘ A Character and amount of timber in Ipasca county: White pine, 2,200,000,000; Norway pine, 550,000,000; jack pine, 30,000,000; cedar, 100,000,000 ; spriice, 100,000,000; tamarack, 50,000,000; birch, 100,000,000; oak, 50,000,000; basswood, maple, elm, ash, poplar, etc,, 100,000,000; wood, 36,000,000 cords, . . Itasca county has two important rivers, the Big Fork and Little Fork, Little Fork being the largest. The land trayersed by these rivers coyered with fine growth of timber, both hard and soft, and is good farming land. Much of the pine along these rivers has been stolen and floated down to the Lake of the Woods. 6. The number of villages or towns within the Park, and the inhabitants: Population, Acres. Itasca county.,...,, tab aitninaicte teeter er raid 743 8,676,000 Beltrami county.......--, BE tel A reonode 1,431,000 Hatbbatd countvinss:nnsosrneececey vim amieea 1,412 604,000 CUES COUITLY iv vvle di visletlslueiels Htc creer eee ee 1,247 1,768,000 UWoyiich see peee hers OM toy careree ee B, U14 7,479,000 Number of acres reserved: Itasca county, 586,014; Beltrami county, 1,088,000; Hubbard county, none; Cass county, 421,240; total, 2,095,254, f Population of towns in proposed park; Park Rapids, 277; Hubbard Village, 533; Grand Rapids, 415; Walker, 200; Bemidji, 160; Deer River, 50; total 1,625. Character of unappropriated and unreserved county—Prairie land and timber, hardwood. Cass County—limber, brush and swamp. THiubbard county—Timber and prairie. , ‘ Itasca county—Largely timber; gold in the north, with light swamp; agricultural in the south; iron belt in center, running east and west. ‘ “hie . 6. As to the navigability of the UpRet Mississippi for our light- draft steamers from St. Anthony Falls at Minneapolis to Grand Rapids: From St. Anthony Falls from Minneapolis to Brainerd, navigation is obstructed by rapids. Light-draft boats from Brain- erd to Grand Rapids. Light-draft boats from Grand Rapids above the United States Government dam to Winnibigoshish dam; Winnibigoshish dam to Cass Lake. f 7. The different kinds of game and fish in that region; Birds—Woodcock, plover, prairie chickens, wild geese, quais, pheasant, wild ducks, all varieties; grouse, snipe. Game—Elk, moose, caribou, deer, bear. Fish—Muskalonge, great Northern pike, black bass, wall-eyed pike, pickerel, lake trout, whitefish, silver bass," croppies, rock ass, perch, 8. The market value of the land on an average, stbject to the removal of the merchantable pine: In small lots, $3 per acre; in large lots, $1.50 per acre, ‘ 9. All the facts from Goyernment reports and otherwise, bear. ing upon the management and cost to the Government of the Yellowstone National Park. The number of employees and the people under Government control, as well as the reports of officials having charge of the Park. About the number of forests through that Park, as well as to the extent of the Park itself: 62 miles long from north to south; 54 miles wide from east to west; contains 3,348 square miles; Park controlled by U, S. troops. Sequoia and General Grant National Park: Sequoia Park, Tulare county, Cal.; contains 250 square miles. General Grant Park, Mariposa county, Cal., contains four square miles. Park is controlled by U. S. troops. Hot Springs reservation contains 900 acres. The distinction between national parks and forest reservations: National parks special act of Congress; individual titles extin- guished; private interests excluded. Forest reserves under a gen- eral act; no private holdings disturbed. Itasca State Park: “Amount of land owned and under State control, 10,879 acres. Private ownership, 8,823 acres. Park orig- inally proposed by Mr, Albert J. Hill, in 1889. Seven miles north and south and five miles east and wesh, 10. Adirondacks Park under the control of the State of New York. State of New York owns 677,220 acres in the Adirondacks and 48,491 acres in the Catskills; a total of 725,71] acres, which has been set apart by Jaw aS a forest reserve. The management of these lands was vested in a State bureau, styled the lorest Commission; 2 board of five members to serve without pay, Under them a superintendent with assistants. Private clubs own. 550,000 acres; three of them own over 100,000 acres each, or a total of 390,000. New York State has- come owner of nearly 1,000,000 acres abandoned land by lumbermen because it was not worth the taxes. li. Comparative statements from other countries, such as Germany, about their Government parks: German Forest Administration—Average yearly new growth, 50 cubic feet per acre, or 2 3-10 cubic feet for 100 cubic feet standing timber. In Germany the prices of wood has increased in the last 30 to 40 years at the rate of 1 5-10 per cent. to nearly $ per cent. per annum. In Prussia prices doubled from 1830 to 1865. From 1850 to 1891 it rose 59 per cent. From 1830 to 1879 net yield increased 1 36-100 per cent. per year. In Saxony from 1850 to 1879 at the rate of 3 2-10 per cent. In the Bavarian forests at the rate of 3-14 per cent. per year. This will repeat itself in the United States. 12. What forest reservations the United States Government has provided for, and the manner in which the Government has taken control and is managing the same; land: Beltrami Report of the Secretary of the Interior—Forest Reserva- tions by States. Arizona— Grand Cafion............ Cobb EEE OS bANUS> Jon DHEHOOCOGOE 1,851,520 Califormia— Be Tea etal fas cere on une ode adele pus eobboseknarasn 505,520 Sierra ane isrrmaye amid} cha Behe ONE danieeecubHeOnbobod 4,096,000 San Bernardino............... Te os oe Hoang oni vs- 187,280 AA se CAR OUM en vie Searle tia ste ee cies: tee iceer oe 49,920 Colorado— WATE Saori eer ceeee ee nee Pklowib. cit tyelcjate eats ts oe eee ey 1,198,080 Ae e BRC ramen abe Sete eeren cree hae oe ET apa aIS aloes aot ca we 184,320 DED bbb on, MOIS Fo ee cements IS OOS DAOC DAAGr Oro . 179,200 They South’ Platte: “2 s.3 22. ts: POR ondiacnn bob b5h0L5000% 683,520 Battlement Mesa ........ Stk Lhe eae DE UESOSOCOOEARAE 858,240 New Mexico— NhesBecgsmiRiweriy i tet eel Ltn ae we ee) \halelel dela 311,040 Oregon— Bile ER er OPE vAn res Yee wpewe. Teese Cente Bera Seah 142,080 (eked oe Ranees 8 yippee Wek ete es ELL Qe huis 4,492,800 : Acclplaricl eer Ww (Gay Le ntsc ca tt eee oe eV GUE Ak a53 18,660 Washington— Mie Pacific. aneeyee 8) heavens eveters pean sa FEEL COS SS ORS 967,680 Wyoming— Yellowstone National Park, timber reserve............ 1,239,040 Total amount of acres in aboye reservations....17,564,800 Lands actually reserved are only vacant, unappropriated public Jands in said boundaries. . The number of these reservations is 16, Apa they are partially protected by the Government, by rangers /or fire wardens. Objects for making these reservations not defined by law, but are supposed to be protection against fire and axe, and also upon conditions of water flow, which are said to be dependent. 13. As te the effect of preserving the timber at the headwaters of ur rivers in maintaining a yolume of water therein as against i condition where timber has been cut off, it has been established beyond controversy that forest cover influences the regularity of water flow. . Forest floor prevents ftapid evaporation, and tends to turn siirface drainage into underground channels. Retards melting snow and thereby reduces spring floods. Miscellaneous Notes. Red Lake Reservation—Arable land limited, but sufficient for the tribe; 95 miles wide and 115 miles long. A Secretary of the Interior recommends the sale of all ltimiber on reservation al once to save loss by fire and wind. White Earth Reseryations contain 36 square miles of the best farming land im Minnesota, Ample in size and resources to ac- gomine dats all the Indians in are self-supporting. ; f O24 Area of penuer land in the United States estimated, 500,000,000 innesota,. acres. White Earth Indians: Timber growing scarce, of the following kinds: White pine of the North, white ash, tulip poplar, and black walnut. We consume 25,000,000,000 cubic feet of wood a year. Sixty years will exhaust our existing supply if there is no new growth, Forest resources treated as a crop, rather than as a mine, from which we take What is useful and abandon the remainder, White pine timber grown for market takes about 100 years. Mayor Goes Snipe Shooting. Hon. Carter H. Hatfison, Mayor of Chicago, is a sportsman of no mean pretensions, which is to say, he is a sportsman of no pretensions whatever. The Harrison family came from Virginia, to Kentucky, and from Ken- tucky to Chicago. It would be strange if the sportsmen’s instinct did not show in it. Mayor Harrison is the second of his family to be Mayor of Chicago, and like his father is holding his second term of office. An ardent fly-fisher of wide experience, a bicycler of thoroughgoing sort, and a sportsman tourist, Mayor Harrison is also a good wing shot, and now and then takes a day afield with the Lou- isiana quail of the Indiana jacksnipe. To-day he sent for me to ask where he could get some good snipe country, as he wanted to go out for a day before long. We both agreed upon the country near Lorenzo, on the Santa Fe road, where there is quite a section of marsh which is sometimes very good. Mayor Hatrison will probably put up with Mr, Kelly, at his place on the banks of the Kankakee River, where, as Mr. George E. Cole and my- self can both testify, the table groans, and the daughters of the family sing. I am sure I hope he will have very good fortune, Snipe Situation. Mr. E, H, Hughes, assistant passenger agent of the Grand Trunk Railway, in company with Warden Harry Loveday, of this. city, and Fish Commissioner Nat H, Co- hen, of Urbana, IIl., went snipe shooting day before yes- terday, at Lottaville, near Valparaiso. They got there just a day too late, the birds having left, and they got but eleven jacks between them. Mr. W. P. Mussey, who has been snipe shooting at Maksawba Club, has had bad luck the last two days he ee been out, though earlier he got thirty and forty birds a day, At Koutts, Ind., one of the best snipe marshes in the country, there haye been some birds, though a great many shooters. Mr, Oswald Von Lengerke went to Koutts day before yesterday for a try at the jacks. At Shelby. Ind., or rather six miles north of there, there is a grand marsh, and this is a popular point, We are having very. warm weather right now, and it may be the birds are moving out north, but if they are not leaving the entire ascot there should be shooting in the Fuller Island tract. A shooter of Blue Island, a Chicago suburb, says that he has been finding quite a number of birds along the 328 a few miles west of Blue Island, within the past few ays. Wake up. Mr. R. R. Wiley, of Peoria, writes me as below: “Allow me to congratulate you upon the success of your efforts in regard to the Senate bill 43. The stand that you and the other gentlemen so opportunely made should set an example to those who Preach protection but who never do anything, If they would only wake up we might hope of having such improvements as ‘no spring shooting’ on the statutes.” | Itasca State Park. Among other good acts, the late Legislature of Min- nesota appropriated $20,000 for the enlargement and im- provement of Itasea State Park, around the headwaters of the Mississippi River, which is, in the estimation of late Warden Fullerton, one of the greatest breeding places for game in the State. The Executive, _The new executive agent of the Minnesota Commis- sion, Mr. Beutner, is bestirring himself in his new duties. He has looked into the matter of licenses for Lake of the Woods, has held an auction sale of confiscated fish and game, and at last accounts had gone to Ely Lake, via Tower, for the purpose of collecting wall-eyed pike spawn. , E. 48) Caxton Buriprne, Chicago, Tl. Houcnx, As to Flintlocks. Bartimore, April 26—Editor Forest and Stream: Noting “Snap Shots” in issue of zoth inst., and Mr. Orin Belknap’s call for gun flints, do not, please underesti- mate the value of gun flint guns. My first gun was a “gun flint,” and my affections go out to it as a com- panion that never failed me. In the early 40s my older brother had it changed to percussion, and when I re- turned from school I felt disposed to cry. The gun was a smooth-bore, and was carried by my grandfather in the battle at Lexington. The change from flint to per- cussion destroyed half its value as a family relic of the Revolution. I was a shooter at ten years of age, when T could not hold the gun at arms’ length. That was eatly in the 30s. What would I have done if my percussion - caps had become exhausted, or my cartridges—in the case ofa breechloading gun. I lost a deer in Mississippi in 1843 becatise my percussion caps, carried in my breeches pockets, had become wet in my wading in the over- flows. How I then wished for my old flint lock. It never nussed fire. It sometimes “hung fire,’ but I would hold it as long as the powder in the “pan” burned, and it was sure to give a good account, I don’t see what people living remote from civilization want with breechloading gting or percussion guns. _ Where could they obtain supplies of percussion caps or shells, presuming they would load their own cartridges. That is where the flint lock gun comes in. My ideas may be old-fogy and tinctured by my early education in firearms, but “thar J are.” Epwin S. Younes. The Forres? anD STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. 3850 FOREST AND STREAM. [May 6, 1899. One Ball, QT wo%Ears,4T wos Holes. One day last year while squirrel shooting in Essex county, N. Y., I rested for a few minutes on the sunny side of a hill overlooking Lake Champlain and the “Ti’ Flats. There was an old man sitting among some bundles of corn, which he was husking in a lazy sort of fashion, We got to talking about hunting, and the old fellow said: “There was once a chap named Race Winters out in Schroon who had a hound that he shot a good deal by. Well, one day the dog was chasin’ a deer through a pas- ture owned by a inan named Wyman. Race hurried up so as to get a shot at the deer on the runway. Pretty soon he seed a big buck a-comin’ full tilt right for him. He was jest goin’ to shoot when somebody fited from a thicket near by, and the dog gave a yelp and fell. Race was so mad at the shootin’ of his dog that he blazed away right into the center of the smoke about ten rods off. He heard a groan and felt that he had better get out of there pretty quick, Just then the old hound got up, shook himself and went on after the deer as if nothin’ had your Legislature abolished spring shooting that New York State would fall in line and that the shooting of wild fowl en route to their nesting grounds would soon be a thing of the past. I cannot understand what pleasure or enjoyment a man can derive from shooting game in the spring when unfit for food and full of eggs, men who do this and then expect to have a supply of young birds to shoot in the fall ought to be inmates of a govern- ment institution under medical surveillance. If any public officials of your State have any doubt of the wis- dom of abolishing spring shooting let them cross Lake St. Clair by boat from Michigan to the marshes on the Canadian side during the summer months, and note the large number of the various species of wild game breed- ing unmolested, in striking contrast to the dearth of bird life in your waters. A public officer, no matter what his position may be, can confer no greater boon on the people of his State or country than by conserving and per- petuating for them the wise provisions of nature, whether of land or water, so bountifully provided. It is to be de- plored that so few public men have the manliness and PIEGAN happened. Race soon got to a cranberry magh, but his partner, a city chap, had already shot the buck as it was druy in by the dog.- The funny part of the story is comin’. There was two round holes through that hound’s : ears, fresh bored by a rifle ball as clean as a punch could have done it. covered with blood—but he got over it all tight, Winters told me once that a neighbor, who hated to have deer drove across his land, recovered from a flesh wound a few weeks later on, sayin’ that he had shot himself by accident. I never heard of a neater single rifle shot than this borin of a cdog’s ears while they was a-hangin’ below his jaws.” SILEX. Ontario Quail. _Lonpon, Ont., April 25—Editor Forest and Stream: Quail have come through the winter in this section very well, if reliance can be placed upon reports. Our club has leased about 20,000 acres of land from the Govern- ment as a game preserve, upon which we have quail, partridges and woodcock. Reports from there are most encouraging, and we expect abundance of birds as usual next fall. Although this is a natural quail country, and it abounds with native birds, we are in the habit of putting ~ out several hundred imported birds each spring, with the most gratifying results. ing and putting out alive a very large percentage of the birds Of course, the spunky old dog was all We have succeeded in saving’ INDIAN BONE KNIFE. courage to rise above political exigiencies and honestly do what they know to be right, and just to God and their fellow-men. Well, friend ‘Osborn, you haye done your duty, it rests with those in more exalted positions to do theirs. E. Tinstey, Chief Game Warden. Worth Carolina Quail, Editor Forest and Stream: I notice that much has been written through the columns of your valuable paper about the destruction of game birds by the extreme cold weather of February last. I have made diligent inquiry in this section about the matter, and while there is no doubt that they suf fered a great deal from cold and hunger, I have every reason to believe that but very few succumbed. When I say “ game birds,” I refer to quail of course, as they are about the only really game birds that we have here, and I have only heard of three being found dead. I know that great numbers of doyes, larks, yellow- hammers and smaller birds did freeze to death, for I found many of thent myself. I only took one hunt alter the cold wave, and on the trip found twenty-four fine coveys, and out of sixty- eight bagged only found one bird that was poor, ‘Several weeks ago I had occasion to go about nine cy A Mae which we imported in the winter, and in this way we have succeeded in keeping always’ an abundance of birds on our preserves notwithstanding that it is pretty heav- ily shot during the open seasons. I think every encour- agement should be given to clubs who have preserves of this kind, and are-willing to spend their money in keeping up a supply of birds, as we have done, as it benefits not only those who may be. members of the club, but the birds scatter and help to keep up the supply om adjoining premises. Our game laws here are very well observed. We have no spring shooting on ducks, and I would urge you to do all in your power to stop it in the United States. I belong to one of the best duck clubs in western On- tario, and we have very good shooting there, but would not if it were not for the strict observance oi our rules for protecting the marsh and giving it regular rests. But it is somewhat discouraging that, while we on this side of the lake and river are doing all in our power to keep the ducks with us 4nd give them every opportunity to increase, our American cousins in Michigan are shooting them ruthlessly in the spring; at least so ] am informed on good authority. H. MarsHAtt GrAyoon. Spring Shooting. Mr. Epwin Trnstey, Chief Game Warden of Ontario, sends us this letter recently addressed by him to State Game Warden Chase H. Osborn, of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. It has wider application than to the districts im-_ mediately concerned in Mr. Tinsley’s references: PARLIAMENT BuiLpinc, Toronto, April 22—Mr. Os- born: I regret to leatn that some of your good work in game protection in the State of Michigan is likely to be undone by the combined efforts of the unreasoning greed of pot-hunters and almost criminal apathy of sportsmen. We in Ontario have had to contend for some years with adyocates of spring shooting who allege that we have been protecting the ducks for the sportsmen in New York State and Michigan. We had fondly hoped when INDIAN STONE KNIFE WITH WOODEN HANDLE. miles in the countty, and in going that distance I saw five very fine coveys along the roadside. From what I have seen since the shooting season closed, I should say that there was more than enough left for breeding purposes, and with a favorable season, | think that we will have a great abundance of quail for our next fall’s shooting, The worst enemy that we have to game here is the “Hot-hunter,’”’ who goes out with only one idea, and that is to get birds, no matter how.’ They are after meat and not sport, May the day soon come when no man will be “allowed to sell game. C. H, Harris, Rocky Mount, N. €. ‘ Newfound Lake. Newrounp LAkg, Bristol, N. H., April 29—The fishing | season at this noted lake will open in a few days, as the ice is commencing tio honeycomb. Sure sign that dissolu- tion will soon take place. , _The season promises to open lively, with all boats en- gaged, as already there are a few fishermen from Bos- ton now at the lake shores waiting and hoping for the honor of landing the first landlocked salmon this year. lf the fishing opens as good as it was the first few days of last year, many a nice trout or salmon will grace the tables of anglers’ friends in-Boston or New York. This lake is restocked every year from the State hatchery, located on.its banks, which now contain fry in tanks for future distribution in lakes and streams of New Hampshire: 1,000,000 lake trout, 60,000 landlocked salmon, 125,000 brook trout. & Newfound Lake is fed by numerous cold springs. Trout and salmon are often caught during the summer months by- deep trolling. LANDLOCKED SALMON HOUSE. The PorEST AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the Jatest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. — Sea and Aiver Sishing. The Mascalonge. NaturE must have been in an ugly mood when she formed the ancestral pike and launched it in the fresh waters upon its mission of destruction. Thoreau has described the pike as “the swiftest, wariest, and most ravenous of fishes, which Josselyn calls the river wolf.” An English writer says: “The European pike, like its brethren, is the most voracious of fresh-water fishes; it probably exceeds the shark, to which it has been com- pared by many writers, in the relative quantity of food it consumes. Ponds would soon be depopulated, but for its cannibal propensities, no pike being safe from another of its own kind large enough to swallow it.’ Hallock refers to the mascalonge as “a long, slim, strong and swift fish, in every way formed for the life it leads, that of a dauntless marauder.” But what has the mascalonge to do with the pike? It belongs to the same family, and even the same genus. The pike family is a small one, containing only five prin- cipal members. In this family the pickerels are the small fry, the pike comes next in size, standing in a group all alone, and in some waters, rivalling in proportions the giants of the aggregation, the formidable mascalonges. In Europe pike weighing from 40 to 5olbs. are not un- ‘common, and captures of much larger ones have been _ reported. What are the races of mascalonge? There are three: The common form of the Great Lakes and the St. Law- rence River, with the upper part of the body usually gray, the lower part pale, the sides and fins with nu- merous roundish dark spots, about as large as buckshot; the banded mascalonge of Chautauqua Lake, New York, which has no dark spots, but has many irregular dark cross bands, intermingled with broken bands and blotches, and the variety in lakes of Wisconsin and Minnesota, which lacks both spots and bands, and has uniform bluish gtay sides. The last is the one described by General Garrard, under the name Esoa wumaculatus, from eagle waters, The writer is at a loss to know how to regard the Not. Size. MASCALONGE 4 DAYS OLD FROM CHAUTAUQUA, LAKE, W, Y. mascalonge of the Ohio River, and its tributaries since authorities differ as to its relations. Kirtland described it as: “White with many narrow transversal brown bands, somewhat curved; length, 5ft.’ Jordan and Eyer- mann in “A Check-List of the Fishes,” etc., 1896, place the Chatitaugqua Lake variety along with the unspotted mascalonge of Wisconsin and Minnesota; but in Bulletin 47, U. S. National Museum, published nearly two months earlier, the Chautauqua Lake specimens are supposed “to be allied to the typical form masquinongy rather than to var. immaculatus, but are somewhat different from either in coloration. No constant difference in other respects is apparent.” The three forms of mascalonge have been defined as follows: ; (1) A typical mascalonge, the sides with round of squarish, blackish spots of varying size on a ground color of grayish silvery, the belly white, the fins spotted with black. (In the Great Lakes, their outlets and tributaries. ) (2) A form with spots coalescing in bands. (In Ohio River, Chautauqua Lake, Conneaut Lake and other clear lakes outside the Great Lakes system.) (3) A variety, or subspecies, with spots obsolete, but with vague, dark cross shades, the tail a little more slender and fins a little higher than in the spotted, or lake, mascalonge. (This in lakes and rivers of Wisconsin and Minnesota. ) The great difficulty with these varieties isto keep them where they are supposed to belong, and induce them to maintain at all times the characters assigned to them. They have an unfortunate way of growing out of one style and into another, and mixing things up by swim- ming away from one jurisdiction into another. To illus- trate: The Ironton Register, Ironton, Ohio, Nov. - 28, 1895, had an account of a “pike” taken on light bass tackle by James Dupuy in Tygart’s Creek, a tributary of the Ohio River. The fish was 44%4in. long and weighed 3rlbs. Mr. E. Hough wrote about that fish in Forest AND Stream, July 11, 1896, as follows: “The head was spotted with dark, regular, exactly round black spots on the jaws and gill-covers. Mr. Dupuy said that the entire body had these regular black spots all over it, a trifle larger than the end of a lead pencil.” The writer saw the head of that specimen at Forest AND STREAM Office, July 29, 1896, at which time the black spots of the head were present, but scarcely visible. The head was Qin. long. Now, if the mascalonge described by Mr. Dupuy, Mr- Hough and myself be a black-spotted fish without cross bands, it is not the same as Dr. Kirtland’s mascalonge, and the Ohio basin must be credited with two races in- stead of one. Dr. Henshall has contributed to the history of color variation with age in the following paragraph: “Tt was also supposed that in all cases the mascalonge was always dark-spotted on a lighter colored ground, but as already stated, while the young are always thus marked, these dark spots become more or less obscure or obsolete with age, and the largest specimens will exhibit a uniform grayish coloration, with brownish or greenish reflections. T have seen large examples from the St. Lawrence basin, that were apparently identical in color with others from Eagle Waters and the upper Mississippi of similar size and weight,” ; ’ - The best account of the mascalonge in Wisconsin waters is given hy Mr. A. A. Mosher. He says there are three varieties, the unspotted, barred and spotted, and de- scribes them as follows: F - , fi “The ‘barred lunge’ agrees in coloration with the “May 6, 1899.] . variety in Chautauqua Lake. On the ‘barred lunge’ the bars are transverse and commence near the back and extend to the edge of the belly, that is to say, some of them do, while others go only part way, being quite irreg- ular all over the sides, without any apparent system; the dorsal fin is marked the same. “In the spotted variety the spots are also irregularly placed, and the intervening space partially filled by trans- verse bars, the dorsal fin marked with distinctive round black spots, exactly the same as in the common gar. “The “Esox wammaculatus’ has no distinctive mark, the back being dark green, which color extends down the sides, fading, as it extends downward, into a greenish yellow, where it blends with the white on the belly. “These distinctive marks are on the barred and spotted specimens when yery small, not over 2 or 3in, long, which shows that they are different in marking, at least, from the moment of leaving the egg or nearly so. “These three varieties are found together, and in fish- FOREST AND -STREAM, The name mascalonge, or maskinongé, appears to signify “deformed pike” or “spotted pike”; but we may never know the original orthography and meaning of the des- ignation first applied to the fish. Mr. Chambers, in his book of “The Ouananiche,” says: “The original spelling of the Indian name was un- doubtedly ‘maskinongé,’ and such it is still called in the statutes of Canada, According to Bishop Lafleche, of Three Rivers, a recognized authority upon Indian cus- toms and dialects, and in his early life a devoted mission- ary to the Northwest, ‘maskinongé’ is derived from mashk* (deformed) and kinoje (a pike), and was ap- plied to the Hsox nobilior by the Indians, because it ap- peared to them a deformed or different kind of pike from that to which they had been accustomed.” Dr, De Kay, in the Zoology of New York, Fishes, 1842, mentions itas: “The muskellunge or maskinonge, for its orthography is not settled. * * * -According to Le Sueur, the name of this fish in the Wyandot dialect is 331. palate almost as long. On the tongue will be founda - long patch of fine teeth, beginning in a sharp point and wide at the hind margin. The gills bristle in front with numerous clusters of short, spiny tubercles, Many of the teeth are depressible, facilitating the capture of the prey and preventing its escape. The eye is silvery white with a tinge of yellow, and it has a cold, calculating and ferocious aspect. The combination of great size, enormous strength and formidable dentition makes the masealonge easily one of the most dangerous of the predaceous fishes of our fresh waters, No hint of the ferocity and destructive character of the adult mascalonge is conveyed in the appearance of the newly hatched young, here represented for the first time, and upon an enlarged scale, the actual length of the embryo four days after hatching being not quite %in. The speci- men illustrated was one of a series preserved at Chautau- qua Lake by Mr. Frank Redband, foreman of the Cale- donia Fish Hatehery. It would require a lively exercise ing- for them one is as likely to catch one kind as an- other. In size and proportions there is no perceptible difference in the three, and in the spring, while they are spawning, they are found together at the same time and place, which would go to show that they are really of one family, for the spotted male is as likely to be found with a barred female as with a spotted one, or with an ‘Esox immaculatus, so called. * * * “Tt may, be that away back in the past during some very high waters some of the St. Lawrence variety got over into the Mississippi waters, and mating with ‘Esox im- maculatus’ produced a hybrid in the spotted and barred mascalonge, and that nature, for some inscrutable reason, has kept up these markings in different individuals.” Even in Chautauqua. Lake, according to Mr. James An- nin, Jr., color variation with age has been observed. Mr. Annin writes that Mr. Frank Redband, foreman of the Caledonia Hatchery, is familiar with the mascalonge dur- ing the spawning season only. He says all the large fish, above 25lbs., are spotted (meaning banded). If there THE MASCALONGE. Thuihahyesah han.’ It must be remembered, however, that Richardson regarded Le Sueur’s description of a supposed mascalonge as applying to the pike, and not at all to the mascalonge. The name maskinongé or mas- quinongy, was ptiblished in the Mirror by Dr. Mitchill in 1824. In 1815 De Witt Clinton knew the fish as the muscalinga, and his account, in the first volume of the Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New York, published that year, is as follows: ‘The muscalinga, a species of pike, is greatly esteemed, and -is generally caught in rivers emptying into the lakes. It weighs from to to golbs., and in a few instances 45lbs., and is generally very fat,”’ Rev. Zadock Thompson, just fifty years ago, described the mascalonge from specimens taken in the River La- moille, Vermont. It was then called by the fishermen the masquallonge, and Thompson defined it thus: ‘The vul- gar name masquallonge appears to have been given by the early French settlers of Canada to the pikes and pickerels generally, it being a term or phrase descriptive of the of the imagination to forecast this puny little creature in the role of a “dauntless marauder” or a “mere machine for the assimilation of other organisms,” and yet, po- tentially, “he is it.’ The egg of the Chautauqua Lake mascalonge is about I-Ifin. in diameter, and 74,000 of them will fill a quart measure. The eggs are free, semi-buoyant, and not ad- hesiye, although some writers say they are slightly ad- hesive and stick to water plants, In a fish weighing 30%lbs, the ovaries weighed slbs. and a 35lb. fish has furnished 265,000 ripe eggs. Spawning usually begins in April or May, soon after the lake is free from ice, and the season is short. It occurs in depths of 10 to 15ft, on the mud in the bays, or among rushes and grasses near the banks of streams. The eggs have usually been hatched in boxes with wire-cloth tops and bottoms, submerged from 1 to 4ft. below the surface, the boxes being drawn up daily, the covers taken off and all.sediment and dead eggs removed. In 1898 Mr. Annin experimented with the eggs in Chase hatching jars, each containing about i be any difference in the mascalonge at the spawning ' season the men did not. notice it. About May 1, 1898, Mr. Annin and Mr. Cheney in- spected about 130 mascalonge at Chautauqua Lake, and in all that number did not find one of the spotted ones, that is, with round spots covering the entire fish, or any- thing like the mascalonge of the St. Lawrence. A good ' many of them were spotted near the tail, but on their sides they were all barred. One of the very large fish had neither bars nor spots, but seemed to be all of a brownish cast. From the foregoing somewhat elaborate details we are forced to the coticlusion that no one of the three races of mascalonge is restricted to a single locality, but two or more of them may occur at any time, and anywhere within the known limits of distribution. In Chautauqua Lake, New York, it is stated, the dark transverse bars on the sides are characteristic of young fish, and, in the female especially, they disappear at an early age. It is said, further, that the sexes are repre- sented there in the proportion of four males to one female. So-called mascalonge are reported in several of the inland lakes of New York, but it is doubtful whether they be- Jong to that species. The pike was so called on account of its long, slender- shape and pointed snout. The pickerel is a little pike. THE UNSPOTTED MASCALONGE. whole family—Masque signifying face or visage, and allonge, lengthened, they all having lengthened or elongated heads. In modern times this name, masqual- longe, has been confined by the fishermen to the species here described, while the other species bear the vulgar name of pike or pickerel. * * *’ In his description of the mascalonge, Mr. Thompson first called attention to the most important superficial character by which it is dis- tinguished from the pike and pickerels, namely, the ab- sence of scales on the lower half of the cheek. According to General I. Garrard (see Forest AND STREAM, Vol. XXVIL., p. 268) the unspotted mascalonge is Osh-au-wash-ko Genozhay of the Chippewas, or blue - pike. It is not proposed to discuss further the origin and etymology of the name, since these matters have al- ready been extensively treated in this journal. The savage character of the mascalonge will be re- vealed through a glance at the size of the mouth and the structure of the teeth. The long jaws are armed with bands of strong, sharp, curved teeth, which might as well be called fangs. The middle of the roof of the mouth bears a patch of teeth nearly one-third as long as the head, and this is flanked on each side by a band on the *tIn the Rapport sur les missions du diocese de 12, April, 1857, p, 102 serene four quarts. Apparently they worked as easily.as white- fish eggs, but after hatching they seemed to be too weak to rise and go out of the jar into the receiver. The same difficulty has been experienced with certain trout eggs, but by transferring the embryos to rearing boxes or troughs the trouble was overcome. The mascalonge eggs usually hatch in fifteen or sixteen days, when the water temperature is 55 degrees Fahrenheit, and the yolk-sac is absorbed in the same length of time. The fry are always helpless when first hatched, but especially so when the hatching period is protracted. At Chautauqua Lake in 1898, according to Mr, Annin, eggs hatched during the first week in May had been in the boxes over thirty days. The spawning fish are captured in nets, which’ are set as soon after April 1 as the ice leaves the lake, and the season usually closes in the latter part of April. Males are much more abundant than females on the spawning — grounds. Mascalonge are not gregarious, but are often catight in pairs after the spawning season has passed, They ate, for the most part, surface feeders, or they will be found along shallow bars where aquatic plants grow nearly to the top of the water, Their food sometimes consists of vegetable substances, but usually of smaller fishes without regard: even to their own offspring. They frequently conceal themselves under lilypads and lie in wait for their prey, . 352 FOREST AND STREAM. ; [May 6, 1809, — S$ ma RLRLRLLKLKLLLLLeKG ‘upon which they dart swiftly by a single stroke of the powerful tail. Fishes and young waterbirds are destroyed by them in great numbers, and still more victims would fall before their voracious appetite, but for the huge and somewhat unwieldy bulk of the pursuer. In Chautauqua Lake the mascalonge frequents nearly the same feeding grounds in summer and winter, and is always found in of near water weeds. In February, when the water be- comes very clear, the fish range into greater depths; in fact they prefer the depths for permanent quarters, except at spawning time. They are said to feed freely after sun- down, and on bright moonlight nights, Warm water ap- pears to have an enervating effect upon them, but when the nights are crisp and cold, as in October and No- vember, they are particularly active and vigorous. De Witt Clinton wrote to Mitchill of the ‘‘muscalinga” as a species of pike which is greatly esteemed. Dr. Kirtland considered the fish one of the best for eating pro- duced by the western waters. Rev. Zadock Thompson described the Vermont ‘“masquallonge” under the specific name nobilior, “believing it to attain to a larger size and to be a more excellent fish for the table than any other species of the pike family found in the United States. It is a fish which is eagerly sought, and commands the highest price in market.” Mr. James Annin, Jr., stated to me that he had never tasted a miascalonge, or any of the pike family, from other waters that would compare favor- ably with the Chautauqua Lake mascalonge. The writer cannot claim much experience with the mascalonge as a food fish. While at Trout Lake, Wisconsin, in 1893. we had it on the table of a U. S. Fish Commission car. The flesh was totigh and stringy, and poor in flavor; but the weather was warm and something may have gone ‘wrong in the cooking. The finest fish of the pike family, in my judgment, is the little banded pickerel, which is found in its best condition in streams of Long Island, whose lower waters become brackish on flood tide. It is almost free from small bones, the flesh is firm, and the flavor is exquisite, and especially so in October. The mascalonge has not the dash and activity of the bass, nor the impetuous tush of the salmon and trout; it may nibble at live bait, play with it, and leave it in- stantly when alarmed by a suspicious movement or an unnatural appearance of the lure. It does not always strike with the regularity and frequency so much desired by the patient angler, and, even when it takes the bait, it must be allowed to hook itself as a rule. Sometimes it will strike with a rush and leap out of the water when hooked, shaking its head fiercely to remoye the hook, and again, it may sulk at the bottom as persistently as a salmon, or it may give slack line faster than the reel can take it up. In summer the mascalonge loses its vigor to a latge extent, strikes the live bait or trolling spoon with little energy, and offers only slight resistance when hooked; but in October and November, when the nights are crisp with frost, it fights vigorously, especially after sundown and on bright moonlight nights. Owing to its habit of lying in wait for its prey, the mas- calonge is usually caught by trolling with hand line or rod and line near the reeds or lilypads in which it is concealed. A moderately stiff rod, 814 or oft. long, and weighing 8 to 100z., with about 300ft. of No. 9 Cuttyhunk line, and spoons of the sizes 7 and 8, meet the usual requirements of mascalonge anglers. A live chub of good size, a sucker or a frog will be found suitable for bait, and one of these may be used effectively in combination with a spinner. With about soft. of line out the cast should be made as close as possible to the edge of the reeds or lilypads, the boatman rowing along about zoft. from the edge. It is important to let the fish hook itself, and to play it until it is completely tired out. When the fish leaps out of water the tip of the road must be lowered and the rod held parallel with the surface of the water, to prevent the huge body from falling on the line, and to keep the hook firm- ly set. The line is to be kept taut, holding the fish on the spring of the rod. When the gaff is to be used, insert it securely back of the gills and bring the fish aboard with a strong and quick motion, unless you prefer to lll it in the water with a stout club or by shooting it in the head. It is ex- tremely risky to attempt to handle the mascalonge, even when apparently exhausted, instances being on record of severe injuries inflicted by the fish upon the hands of unsuspecting fishermen, when placed in the water in front of its jaws. : For trolling astern, 150ft. of fine silk line may be used where the fish are not very large. When the fish is hooked it is best to row out into deep water, where line can be freely given without danger of fouling in the weeds, In the lake region about Georgian Bay a small spoon with two blades and two swivels is often used. In central Ontario, the lakes and connecting rivers from Kingston, on Lake Ontario, to Georgian Bay, cover- ing mote than 300 miles, mascalonge and black bass ate still abundant. Stony Lake offers celebrated ground. Lake Cameron and its tributary, Balsam River, are well- known mascalonge waters. Lindsay and Peterboro are noted headquarters for the fishing. From Lindsay parties ‘ go out to Sturgeon Lake, Bobcaygeon, and Fenelon Falls, In the rapids of the Balsam, formed below a low log slide, big fish live and thrive. In this region minnows, green frogs and crawfish are used for bait. ; In the pine woods region of upper Michigan and Wis- consin there are series of lakes and connecting streams extending for hundreds of miles. “Below the low range of hills called the Iron Divide the streams flow to the Mississippi, the chief rivers being the Wisconsin, Flam- beau and Chippewa. The Manitowish waters are tribu- tary to the main branch of the Chippewa, and from these are separated by a low divide the Turtle waters. Each ” of these is a connected series of lakes, the streams uniting them being in many cases mere sluggish creeks called “thoroughfares. The mascalonge 1s found in all these lakes and streams which are tributary to the Mississippi.” Chautauqua Lake, New York, and Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, especially the former, are famous for their mascalonge and for the superior qualities of the fish as gwame and food, On account of its size and the esteeni in which it is held, the fish has steadily diminished in num- bers with the increase of population, but with the aid of protective legislation and artificial reproduction it may long continue as a distinguished member of the so- ciety of American game fishes. = ‘Tarteton H, Bean, CHICAGO AND THE WEST. Chicago Fly-Casting Club, Mr, H. G. Hascall, captain of the Chicago Fly-Casting Club, issues the following card: “The regular contests of this club will be held during the summer of 1809 at the North Lagoon in Garfield Park, upon the following Saturday afternoons: “May 13 and 27, June Io and 24, July 22, Aug. 5 and 19, Sept. 2, with extra contests for re-entries upon July 8 and Sept, 16. “Entries for any one of the four events will be re- ceived up to the time the last man is at the score in each event. Late arrivals will be allowed to cast in éach event after all the contests are finished. “The time for calling the events shall be as follows: Long distance fly, 1:30; distance and accuracy fly, 3; bait and dry fly, 4. The captain to state which of the latter shall be called first.” The secretary of the Chicago Fly-Casting Club is Mr. George Murrell, room 2, 161 La Salle street, Chicago. A Good Rule. It was at Kabekona Camp, in Minnesota, that the rule was first established among the guests of the resort that all fish above the legal daily limit, or above the amount which could be readily used by the taker, must be re- turned alive to the water. In practically all cases this rule was cheerfully complied with. I am glad to see that a resort at State Line, Wis., follows suit by publishing this also as a rule of their establishment. It is a good rile. and should be followed by all summer hotels. Trout, Mr. Charles Antoine, of Ven Longerke & Antoine, of this city, will start within the week for the Prairie River of Wisconsin. He will be accompanied by Mr. Edward Taylor, originator of the “Taylor system,” of which we have heard so much. Bass. The weather is bright and warm here now, and the trees and grass show all the marks of advancing spring- time, yet this change has been a sudden one, and the sea- son, so far as fishing is concerned, is fully two weeks late. At St. Charles, on the Fox River,*suckers are running and some pickerel are taken now and then, but hardly a bass has been seen, or at least had not’a few days ago. By the almanac it is time the sucker run was over and the bass should be up in force. I should expect to hear of the bass run at that point within a week at latest. Speaking of bass, and speaking of St. Charles, reminds me that I was once told by Ed. Rock, a local fisherman. that he has very often seen both bass and pickerel go up over the fishway at that point. He has seen them nearly succeed in going up over a sheer fall of water at the dam, at one side of the fishway, where the water drops nearly roft. straight down or with but little pitch. Many men think that bass will not ascend a fishway, as I re- member was the assertion of Mr. Avery, of Port Huron, at Lansing, Mich., last winter. Trout Time, It is getting very close to trout time now. I should not be surprised, from all I hear, if the trout season in Wisconsin were relatively more advanced than the bass season here. The middle of May will be late enough and the first of May will do. The best time in the year to take big trout on the fly is just at “the turn,” when with a leap winter changes into sttmmer in the pine woods. At that time the big fish are moving and they are less wary than they will be soon after the streams begin to be whipped and plugged by fishermen of all sorts. E. Hove, 480 Caxton Burupine, Chicago, Mil. : New England Early Fishing. Boston, April 29—The movement of sportsmen toward Sebago Lake for landlocked salmon fishing is a fairly good one, though the ice was eighteen days later than last year in getting out. Reports say that the fishing is to be good, though up to this writing there are no ac- counts of big catches. The Sebago Club party is off for their beautiful location near the mouth of Northwest River, but the numbers are a little reduced by the fact that the ice was so long in getting out, putting members into other engagements. In the party are Henry Fisher, manager of the excursion, and pioneer of the Sebago Club; W. T. Farley, S. A. Bolster, C. A. Dean and two or three others. The party really carries con- siderable weight, as Mr. Bolster is judge of the Roxbury Municipal Court, while Mr. Dean is one of the most suc- cessful of Florida tarpon fishermen. Mr. Farley has a reputation of a 6lb. trout at the Rangeleys. Messrs. Brackett and Clark are also about starting for Sebago for salmon, I use their names together because they have fished together so many seasons that among fisher- men, especially at the Rangeleys, they are always named together as a firm. Later they will go to the Upper Dam, at which point they have fished for a great many spring trips. Mr. Kendrick is also getting ready for Sebago. Mr. L. Dana Chapman, secretary and treasurer of the Megantic Club, with W. K. Moody and Mr. Jones, edi- tor of the New England Sportsman, are off for Sebago. Mr. Chapman has fished there for a number of seasons. He has his son, a youth of twelve, with sporting pro- clivities. with him on this trip, and he is expected to take a big salmon. They go to Fitches, near the North- west River, and will doubtless fish the mouth of the Songo and Muddy River besides. Later a Portland dispatch says that thirty salmon were taken at Sebago Friday. Mr. Pinkham, of Portland, _ took one of r18lbs. East Sepaco, Me., May 1.—This is a queer little town, four miles through the pine woods trom Mattoek’s Sta- tion, on the M. O. R: R., and on the southeasterly shore of Sebago Lake. It is here that a good many landlocked salmon fishermen gather in the springtime, while there have sprung up a number of ideal camps, to which tired Boston and Portland fishermen resort as often as busi- ness will permit during the summer and autumn. Fish and Game Commissioners Carleton, Stanley and Oak, with Supt. of Hatcheries Carr, were here yesterday. I understand that they did not fish at all, there being some ice still left in parts of the lake, and the new law reading, “When the ice is out.” Evidently the Legislature did not make the law plain enough. But others are fishing. A young man by the name of Field took a salmon Saturday weighing t7lbs. Mr. W. D. Brackett, of the Brackett and Clark party, took three salmon the same day, one of 3lbs., one of 544lbs. and one of 8lbs. A party of sports- inen, some from Boston and Portland, is at the Anco- cisco Club. Frank Ferdinand, of Roxbury, is in the party. They came in Friday night. I have not yet heard of their success with salmon, A number of Portland sportsmen have gone up to the Sanyo River. SPECIAL. The Moosehead Signs. MoosEHEAD Laker, Maine, April 25.—Editor Forest and Stream: Tell the boys through your columns that they can begin to overhaul their fishing kits and look after the old tried rod, for the time approaches when there will be fun to be had with our big speckled trout and lusty lakers! The black ice is already up, and if the extreme warm weather of the past week holds for a day or two yet, it will so honeycomb the ice that the first hard gale will break it up, and fishing will be in order, From present indications I venture to predict that the ice will be out by May 8. I go fishing with a great many parties each season, and notice that many gentlemen who come here do not use large enough hooks when bait-fishing—that is, troll- ing with live minnows. We have lots of trout of 3lbs. weight in Moosehead, and even as large as Olbs: have been taken, and when one of those fellows strikes a light hook, away it goes, and the fish is lost. Then, too, many of the rods brought here are too light and springy. In order to hook a fish securely a good weight, stiff rod should be used, and it should not be too long, Our earliest fishing is done by trolling with from 60 to Soft. . of line, and it needs a fairly stiff rod to set the hook well home when striking the fish. Our lakers, or lake trout, weigh as much as 3olbs., and when one of that size catches on, he means business, and it needs good tackle to hold him, These remarks are intended for those who have never fished Moosehead Lake, many such coming here each year for the first time. Of course, the oldtimers and those who are familiar with our waters, know what they are at and come with proper outfits. T know the boys are all longing to try the trout, and impatiently waiting for the season to open here. The fever is in the blood. of all ‘good fellows, and I even got a spasm myself, so I worked it off with poetry flatus—I believe that’s what a regular poetry feller I was with two years ago, called it. He used to set by a brook and “listen to the water talk,” as he said, instead of fishing. When the “flatus’” hit me I was setting by my camp-fire looking at the moon, and wondering why it took so long for spring to get into the backwoods. Here’s how it struck me: ; The snowdrifs, they are a-goin’, An’ the brooks they are a-flowin’, An’ the fishayorm is crawlin’ in the ground; On the lake the ice is thawin’, ; In the woods the crow is cawin’, An’ the trout fishin’ season’s comin’ ‘rotund; An’ my blood it is a-b’ilin’, Fer a tussel I’m a-sp’ilin’, At the big trout I must surely have 2 go. ‘With my rods and reels an’ traces,” I’m a-goin’ ter try the places, Where the biggest fish of all are lyin’ low! Ey’ry day the sun gets higher, Gettin’? warm as my camp-fre, Soon the papers they will say, “the ice is out”; Then I'll grab my old bamboo, An’ a-killin’ fy or two, An? be off to Moosehead Lake to try the trout! En Hartow, Registered Guide No. 92. Pennsylvania Trouting. A Few days of the last week in April spent at the Spruce Cabin Inn, Canadensis, Pa., afforded the writer the opportunity of again taking up his fly-rod, which had been laid aside for two years on account of the cares of business. The weather was bright and beautiful, the ‘country charming, the trees just beginning to leaf, and. the water clear as crystal. The Broadhead and tributary streams had run down low from the absence of rain for several weeks, making the trout shy. : -Careful fishing, however, gave satisfactory results at times. I caught enough fish to eat while there, and nine nice ones to bring home. They ran up to 12in., and were in fine condition. Seasonable showers are needed to in- sure good catches. My outing was altogether Bee eel The Forest AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen, The editors invite communications on the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous communications will not be re= garded. While it is intended to give wide latitude in discussion of current topics, the editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents. =) - Subscriptions may begin at any time. Terms: For single copies, $4 per year, $2 for six months. For club rates and full particulars respecting subscriptions, see prospectus on page iy. NOTICE. ‘apn New Vork Clearing House has adopted new regulations governing the collection of checks and drafts on banks outside of the city. This entails a collection expense on those who receive such checks. Our patrons are requested, therefore, in making their remittances ta send postal or express money order, postage stamps, or check or draft on 4 New York city bank, or other New York current funds, ams ss May 6, 1890.] Ghe Kennel. Fixtures, BENCH SHOWS. . May 3-6—San Francisco, Cal.—San Francisco Kennel Club's third annual show, , Sept. 4-7.—Toronto, Can.—Toronto Industrial Exhibition Asso- eiation’s eleventh annual show. Novy. 22-24—New York.—American Pet Dog Club’s show. 5. CU. Hodge, Supt, FIELD TRIALS. Nov. 6.—Bicknell, Ind.—Indiana Field Trial Club’s trials. 5S. HH. Socwell, Sec’y. Nov. 14—Chatham, Ont.—International Field Tria] Clib’s tenth annual trials. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec’y, Nov. 14—Washington, C. H., O.—Ohio Field Trial Club’s trials. C. E. Baughn, Sec’y. Dec. 8—Newton, N. C.—Continental Field Trial Club's trials, Thos. Sturges, Sec’y. : Foxhounds and Foxes. Now that New England fox hunters have Reynard “started,” I hope they will let their “trigger finger” play with the pen and narrate their hunts in FoRrEST AND STREAM. The article under the heading of “New Hamp- shire Fox Hunting,” by C. M. Stark, that recently ap- peared, plainly stamps him as an experienced fox hunter, and one who has studied out the successful ways of pur- suit. In your last issue I recognized an old acquaintance in Dr. E. H. Niles, and was surprised he had joined the crowd of “lazy, shiftless fox hunters.’ He, too, has dis- covered the health-giving sport fox hunting abounds in. Fox hunting has grown in favor for the past few years, and is the foremost sport in many sections, That unique figure, the old fox htunter of twenty-five years ago, who could be found in neatly every neighborhood, has gone, together with his hound. ; ‘During the past year my experiences have shown that good foxhounds are scarce. My brother and I com- menced during the last week in September to purchase a foxhound, and not until the last week in January did we buy; and then we purchased a young dog that had been hunted on rabbits for two years. Over one hundred had been killed ahead of time; but he formed a habit of start- ing foxes, and so was condemned as a rabbit dog. Noth- ing now will induce him to run rabbits. He has a won- derful nose, is a fast, wide ranger, and foxes run well be- fore him. I would advise everyone to take a dog on trial before purchasing, We had six dogs on trial, at prices ranging from $5 to $35. Nearly all came highly recommended. None of these dogs would we take as a gift. However, the $5 dog proved the best. He caught a fox in a manner similar to that described by Mr. Stark. We saw the fox cross a field and enter the timber with the hound some fifty rods behind. In a short time we heard the dog bay- ing as if the game had holed. On going to the dog we found he had caught and was barking at, not having the cotirage to kill it. Nor could the fox get away. This fox was not injured in any way, and the trailing was on bare ground. This would have remained a mystery, as did Mr. Stark’s hunt, had I not had a similar experience a few years ago, which occurred in sight. I saw the ‘hound start a fox from under some shelving ledges in the open pasture. The-fox ran some fifty rods, coming with- in twenty rods of my stand, when it stopped and bristled up, with its ears lying flat on its head (much like a cat on the approach of a-dog), and stood waiting for the dog. The hound trailed up within a few feet of the fox, but had not the courage to kill it, After a moment the fox trotted away, the dog in pursuit. I saw the fox sey- eral times during the next hour. The hound was always twenty or more rods behind, At another timel had a fox get out from its inclosure during the night. The hound was put on the trail and soon started it, running to a large field, when the hound was not more than four rods behind, when, quick as a flash, the fox turned and tackled the dog. The dog threw the fox and held until taken away uninjured. This may explain why at times a fox is caught by a hound when the chances of escape are easy. BARRE, Yt. Machting. OnE of the curious developments of modern yachting is the conversion of old schooners into serviceable auxil- iaries. This was begun a couple of years ago by Rear- ‘Com. Whitlock, Atlantic Y. C., who converted the fa- mous old schooner Hildegarde, once-owned by the Prince of Wales, into an auxiliary, with good success. Now Mr. Whitlock has taken the old Ramona for the same purpose, while Palmer and Viking are also in hand for similar change. The idea is a very good one, the boats are still sound and staunch and of course roomy, while they have that bold shipshape appearance which should be an essential quality of every yacht. With but a mod- erate loss of space for the power, they can be driven at a fair service speed, and by dint of sail and power together He can get around very well with the fleet of newer oats. AFTER enduring inepatience for many months such abuse, insult and misrepresentation as, we are happy to say, but one American paper is capable of, the Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts has at last taken public notice of an evil which is apparently beyond remedy. Mr. Higginson, the president, and Mr. Walter Burgess, of the executive committee have each written to protest’ against the malicious attacks made on it. It is strange that a paper which claims to be of high stand- ing should lend itself as a mere instrument of personal spite against prominent yacht clubs, as in this special case and many others. Wirnin the past week there has come sad news for the “born sportsmen” of the Payne and Frye stripe, who had, in the notorious “Payne bill,’ apparently closed the door to Americans who desired steam yachts of modern FOREST AND STREAM. type, It is no longer possible to import and use a steam yacht of foreign build, but there is no restriction on the ptitchase of a foreign design. One New York yachts- man, Mr, Isaac Stern, has taken advantage of this fact to secure a design from Mr. George L. Watson, of Glas- gow, from which he will build at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me. The new yacht will be similar to the Andria, designed by Mr. Watson for John E, Brooks, formerly owner of Resolute, Montauk and Lasca, but a little larger. She will be 165ft. on l.w.l., 25ft. gin. moulded beam, 15ft, gin, moulded depth and raft. draft. Her name will be’ Virginia, she will be rigged as a two-masted schooner, and it goes without saying that she will be a handsome craft. Since Columbia and Shamrock have been under con- struction the public has continually asked why so much secrecy was sought by their builders and designers. It is also asked whether rival designers, who are preparing boats for the same contests, copy each other’s work when they get the chance. Such a case has never been reported. To any one acquainted with the vast amount of work necessary in arranging every small detail for a large mod- ern racing yacht, the idea of materially altering the de- signs that have been ready for months, after the boats are half constructed, is absurd. The shape of the yacht and every particle of the material that is to go into her are settled and down on paper long before even her lead keel is cast, and the suggestion that Fife might give cre- dence to some newspaper story from America and change Shamrock at this late hour is unimaginable. Fife knew all about Defendet’S lightness of build, and about every part of her construction before he drew a line of Sham- rock’s shape. It may be taken as a certainty that every possible attenuation to construction was considered and settled months ago, and that he is not waiting for reports of the Columbia in order to find out what to plate his boat with. With such builders as the Herreshoffs.and the Fifes, it cannot be supposed that either firm is looking for help from the other, and after the frames are in place and two- thirds plated any further continuance of secrecy in regard to either boat may be ascribed to the desire for advertise- ment.—New York Tribune. Yacht Desiening oxi, BY W. P. STEPHENS. (Continued from page 3138, April 22,) Tue straight edge, T square and triangles are common to all drafting, mechanical, architectural or marine, but in the practice of the latter they are supplemented by the splines and weights and the set curves. These require more skill in their use than the simpler instruments em- ployed for straight lines. In most drafting the eye plays a small part, it is merely a matter of mechanical manipt- lation te lay off certain points at the proper distances, to join them by straight lines, and to draw by means of the triangles or’ T square other lines perpendicular or parallel cope ery Fig. 66, to the first, A great deal more than this, however, is necessary when it comes to drawing the numerous curves of a yacht design; the eye of the draftsman must be trained to detect and rectify the slightest unfairness in a batten, or in the joining of two portions of a line drawn with different curves, In using the batten, as in all long curves, the points of the curve are first plotted and then the weights are placed on the drawing a short distance back from the proposed line. A batten of suitable size being selected, neither too rigid nor too flexible, and somewhat longer than the proposed line, it is taken in the left hand and placed on the paper close to the point marking the cx— treme right end of the line, the nearest weight being placed to hold it. The fingers of the right hand may be used to steady the right end of the batten for the mo- ment, while the left hand is slid along to the left end of the batten, the thumb being on the inside and the four fingers on the outside. Held in this way, the batten may be lightly sprung to a fair curve, and when it touches the second spot it is anchored there by another weight, placed by the right hand. If the curve is a sharp one and the first weight unlikely to hold, one of the hook weights may be placed over the extreme end to prevent the batten from flying away. Jf the end does get loose, pencils, scales and any other instruments within its range will be fired through the air with more force than is good for them. The batten may be sprung frém spot to spot, with weights at suitable distances, until the curve is covered, when the extreme left end may be secured with the hook weight. It is difficult to draw a fair curve with a batten just the length of the line, the batten should be at least 6 to 8in. longer at each end, if the size of the board will permit, and it should be sprung and weighted to a fair curve for this full length; though, of course, only a por- tion will be drawn in. After the weights are all placed, the batten should be carefully conned in a good light and from both ends, to make sure that it is perfectly fair; the weights being shifted if necessary until it is so. The weights and batten in position for drawing a line are shown in Fig. 66. A batten should never be subjected to stich strain as to run the risk of breaking it; if it will not bend freely a lighter one must be chosen, or the set curves must be used instead. A line drawn with the batten is necessarily continuous, 858 without breaks or angles, but in using the set curves great care is necessary to avoid these latter, and also to’ join neatly the different parts of the line, as it is neces- satily drawn in sections. Starting at the left end, a curve is selected that will make a fair sweep for at least the total distance between the first three points, be- yond which it may diverge from the desired line, The first section drawn should not extend to the point of divergence, but should stop well short of it, then the curve is shifted ahead or a new one chosen to fit the next portion of the line and overlap fairly a part of the line already drawn in. Another short portion is drawn and the curve again adjusted further ahead. In this way what may be termed a long splice is made between each two adjoining parts; whereas, if the first part be drawn clear to the point of divergence and the curve is readjusted so as just to catch this point, the result will be a series of abrupt and broken joints. In inking with the set curves, or in extending any portion of an inked line, a little care is necessary to avoid an apparent break or thickening of the line at the joint. The pen is held clear of the paper, over the portion al- ready drawn, and moved firmly ahead, at the same time dropping until it lightly touches the paper, continuing with a harder pressure on the new line. Under the most favorable conditions, on good paper, it is not always possible to draw a satisfactory line at one stroke, and Where when working on vellum it is still more difficult. Fig. 67, the line is faulty in places, or where, as in work for photo reproduction, a specially hard and black line is necessary, the pen must go over the line two or even more times. Under no circumstances should the pen be pushed backward, nor the pencil either for that mat- ter, but it should be lifted from the paper, carried back beyond the break, and started ahead with a steady motion before it is lowered to totich the paper. When the drawing is completed in pencil it should be cleaned, using soft rubber or stale bread. The latter should be neither pasty nor very hard, but dry enough to crumble freely. It is crumbled over the papér and rolled in with the palm of the hand, being forced down into all the small depressions of the surface and carrying away the dirt and dust with which it comes in contact. After the ttse of bread or rubber, the paper is brushed with a soft brush or a fine cloth. In all operations, eras- ing, brushing, pencilling and inking, the movement should be the same, from left to right. The drawing being clean and free from all dust that might obstruct the pen, and the ink being mixed, the steel eraser, the sand rubber and a piece of blotting paper are placed at hand on the board, and the work of inking is begun, the circles being first drawn with the compasses, after which the set curves are used for the non-circular All curved lines should be drawn before the When a blot occurs, and it will be soon curves. straight lines, enough at the hands of the beginner, the first thing to do is to wipe the ink off the outsides of the blades, where it has run, and to lay the pen down, not on the paper, but on a remote part of the board or table. Next, the blotter is applied to the paper and at the same time the T square, batten or curve is lifted clear. As soon as the paper is blotted, the ruler shottld be wiped clean and’ laid aside. After the loose ink has been removed with the blotter and the paper is dry, the sand rubber or ink eraser should be used, with a slow steady stroke from left to right. In this work the surface of the paper is pro- tected by a piece of metal or cardboard with holes and & SB4 slits of various sizes cut in it; a slit of the proper size is placed over a portion of the line to be erased, and the rubber is applied through it. In some cases the sharp steel erasing knife will be needed in addition to the rubber. After the line or blot is erased and the paper brushed clean, the surface is rubbed with an ivory paper cutter or the end of an ivory pen handle until it is hard and glossy. Especial care is needed in te-inking after erasure, as the new surface of the paper is tnuch more absorbent than the original one, On cloth the processes of erasure and re-inking are still more difficult. There is a very great difference in the fluidity of the various inks; and a pen should be tested with every change of ink, For this purpose a small piece of paper may be kept on the table beside the ink saucer, a much better plan than the indiscriminate marking up of the margins of the drawing. Eyen in the same mixing of stick inl a difference will be found, as the pen is ttsed for a little time, and after each filling it should be tried ae the paper until it gives precisely the same line as at rst. Colored inks are a great aid in a marine drawing, sct- ting out clearly to the eye the many complicated linés. As previously explained in Part XIV., red, blue and green inks can be used to good adyantage in indicating various classes of lines, For this purpose the colors may be mixed from ordinary artist’s. water colors, in small cakes, or they may be had already mixed. The latter are the more convenient, and relatively better, as compared to the cakes, than the liquid India ink compared with the stick ink. The fluidity of the different colors varies greatly, however; red works easily and freely, but by no means as easily as green; a pen that is set right for red ink, making a sharp fine. line, will give a broad ragged line if used with greeti ink, Of course, a pen must be thoroughly cleaned in working from one ink to another, but in addi- tion, it will probably need to be readjusted as well. Asa safe precaution, the pen should be tried in all cases be- fore applying to the drawing. As a ttle, fine, sharp lines are the best for marine work, with distinct and clean-cut intersections, these being far more important than pictorial effect. It takes longer, however, to draw a very fine line than a moderately heavy one, and the draftsman must decide for himself just how fine he can afford to work without expending too much time. It should not be necessary, however, to use a much heavier line than those in Figs. 57, 58 and 50. The dividers are so contantly in the hands uf the marine draftsman that a complete mastery of them 1s in- dispensable. The method of holding them is showi in Fig. 67; they are picked up with the thumb on top of them and the first and second fingers beneath, just below the joint. They should just balance on the two fingers, while the thumb lies between the legs. Held in this way, the legs may be closed by the pressure of the two firigers on the outside, or opened by the pressure of the thumb on-the inside. A better description of the moye- ment is that in closing the instrument the inner leg, nearer the body, is held by the second finger and thumb, the first finger, om the outside of the outer leg, pushing it in. In opening the legs the grasp of the thumb is transferred, to aid the first finger in holding the outer leg, while the end of the second finger, on the inside of the inner leg, forced it out. The motion is really a simple one, though some practice is necessary to acquire it, When first picked up the dividers lie poised with the legs nearly horizontal, a turn of the wrist brings the points down to the paper, and one, usually the inner, is held just over one of the two reqtired points. The instrument is now adjusted very nearly to the other point, one leg is dropped until it rests on the paper at the point, and the other is re-adjusted until it coincides exactly with the second point. This should be done not merely with- out jabbing a great hole through the paper, but without making more than a slight indentation on its surface. The distance thus picked up will be transferred to some other part of the drawing, either to check a measurement already made or to mark a new ofie, in which case one of the points is used to ream a very small hole in the surface. It is possible to use the dividers constantly on a draw- ing without making a mark that shows through on the other side, and it should be the aim of the draftsman to do this. After the distance is taken from the drawing, as just described, the position of the thumb and fingefs is slightly shifted, until the instrument is firmly grasped by the joint instead of by the legs, as shown in Fig. 68. If it is merely a matter of testing or transferring one distance, this new hold is not necessary, but it is where a distance is to be set off any number of times. In this case the instrument is held lightly but firmly by the joint alone, and it is rolled over between the thumb and fingers, not continuously in one direction, but back and forth, describing mrst a semicircle on one side of the line and then on the other, as in Fig. 68. All spacing of distances, with the plain dividers or the bow instru- ments, is done in this way, alternately to one side and the other. ' There are some points that are used so constantly that it is almost impossible to avoid wearing through, one of these is the central point on the body plan, the intersec- . tion of the L.W.L. and the middle vertical, from which a large number of measurements ate taken. In this case the proper method of working is to place the point of the dividers on the outer spot, merely poising it over the central spot without actually touching it. The reverse of this is usually done, the point of the dividers is placed at the center for each separate measurement, so that by dint of fifty or a hundred applications, however light, a hole is finally made. By the other plan the same number of applications is divided among a large num- ber of spots, on frame stations at L.W.L., diagonals, inclined waterlines, etc., each individual spot receiving very little injury. It may be noted here that much of the work thus done by the dividers can be done as well by means of a strip of paper and a sharp pencil, the meas- urements being marked on the margin of the paper. . For this ptirpose a good quality of writing paper may be cut into strips. In taking off the half breadths, for instance, the paper is laid to the proper level line, a corner just touching the center line, then all the half breadths of the fore body are marked at one time. The same process is followed with the diagonals, inclined lines, ete. With # ‘Defender in the beauty of her lines and model. FOREST AND STREAM. this method, there is, of course, no injury to the paper and the work can be done quickly and very accurately. The compasses are handled precisely as the dividers, adjusted in the same manner and then grasped by the joint and swung around, the head rolling between the thumb and fingers. Some compasses are furnished with a handle on top of the joint, but this is a doubtful advan- tage. The thickness of the line drawn with the pen point of the compasses depends very largely on the pressure, and by a little manipulation the compasses may be made to draw a circle of varying thicknesses, as is necessary in shading. In all cases the compasses should be held exactly square to the surface of the paper, and the joints in the legs should be used, according to the span of the instrument, to keep each leg square to the paper. Where many circles are to be drawn ftom the same center, a device called a horn center ts used, a ring of metal enclosing a small circular piece of transparent horn, on which a central dot is marked, the ring being provided with very small points, which hold it in place on the paper. The horn is adjusted over the point and carries the needle point of the compasses. The needle point, shown in Fig. 45, has already been described; a very fine point with a shoulder above. It is an awkward instrument, more difficult to adjust to a given point than the plain conical points shown in Figs. 40 to 53. In making really accurate measurements, either in plotting with the pencil or in using the dividers or compasses, it is a great help to have a Jong fine point to worl: with, instead of the large leg and set screw and the thick shoulder of the needle point. : [TO BE CONTINUED: } Columbia. Tue Boston Globe continues to publish information concerning the new Cup defender, which is interesting and we believe sufficiently true to entitle its yachting edi- tor, Mr. Robinson, to the first prize-in the guessing con- test. During the past week it has given two important pieces of information, including the actttal measurements of the spars and a description of the yacht from personal observation, as follows: ; Just seven weeks ago to-day (April 26) the first of the Tobin bronze plates of the new Cup defender Columbia was putin place. To-day she lacks but about a strake and a half of the six strakes of plating that will shut her-in, and the prospects for a launch in about four weeks’ time seen to be fairly good, » - The first four strakes of plating, counting from the keel upward, are in place, and most of the plates are riv- eted. The sixth, or top strake, shows plates for about half the length of the boat amidships on each side. None of the plates of the fifth or next to the top strake are in place, so that the extreme ends of the boat are not shut in, and show the frames as originally set up. This makes the boat something more than half plated and riveted, but there can be no slacking up in the work if she is to be out on time, . Nearly all the plates to complete the shutting in of the boat have been bent and have had the rivet holes punched ~ in them, so that it is only a question of putting in place and riveting. At the same time the work on the bilge stringers and all the interior strengthening of the boat is so well along as to make it practically certain she will be ready for launching with the completing of the plating, The Globe’s yachting man had a good look at the boat to-day fer the first time and therefore speaks of the progress of the work from personal observation. Perhaps the Herreshoffs invited him to visit the shop, and then again perhaps they didn’t, but “How do you like her?” was John B. Herreshoff’s pleasant inquiry after the ob- servation had been taken, and he seemed satisfied at the expression of admiration for the boat that was given in response to the question. And the expression was given in all sincerity. Colum- bia is certainly the finest of the many Herreshoff produc- tions ahd excels even the handsome and Sa aE e is the thoroughbred racer all over; a legitimate develop- ment and improvement from other Herreshoff models, and promises to be a boat to which the American people can confidently pin their faith in the contests with Sham- rock in October. Little more than a general idea of her model can be ob- tained from a look at her in the shop. She is so big, she fills it so completely, she towers so high above an ob- seryer on the floor of the shop that dimensions of beam and depth could be little more than an estimate. Re- course must be had for these things to something more than simple obseryation, but a good idea can be had of the sweep of the lines of her underwater body and its gen- eral shape. Fortunately these dimensions have been pre- viously obtained, and are as follows: Length over all, 131ft.; water line, ooft.; beam, 24ft.; draft, 20ft. Length and beam are slightly under what the boat shows. waterline is designed at as close to the limit of ooft. as the designer dares to go, while the draft is likely to be under than over the figure given. The midship section shows a little flatter floor than in Defender, but the bilge is the same easily routided one that has marked all the Herreshoff designs. It looks a bit harder than Defender’s but is very easy at that. The. lead keel shows more of the plate shape already described in the Globe than of the bulb shape of Defender, and the weight of the lead is carried considerably lower than in the old boat. s Columbia is cut away forward more than Defender, and the line of the stem as it rises toward the water line, after curving upward from the lead keel, is almost a straight line. From the waterline upward the curve is not so sharp as in Defender, but is more marked than in Vigilant, frames show about half way between the U ‘and the V shape, or more of the former than in Defender, thus showing a design to tise the overhangs considerably when heeled. The whole effect of the bow is for a more pow- erful one than in Deiender. And this is also true of the impression of the boat asa whole. She is a more powerful and finer-lined béat than Defender, She cannot only carry moré sail) but carry it The - The bow will be a handsome one. The bow [May 6, 1899. better, and at the saine time be more easily driven. She ought to beat Defender of model alone. The common in-and-out system of lap plating has been used on the boat, except that the plates of the second and fourth, or two lowest “in” strakes, have had their upper and lower edges turned inward or flanged, the flange be- ing something over an inch deep. The plates have not been abruptly bent in working the flange, but the bend is an easy one. Spaces are cut in the flange for the frames to pass through, and the flanges do little more’ therefore than stiffen the plates themselves between the frames. They do not in any way take the place of bilge stringers. There is of course no evidence of this flanging from the outside. It is not “knuckle joint’ work, for the bronze plates could not be bent to such a joint, but is the simple flanging of the ‘in’’ plate as described in the Globe weeks ago. It stiffens the plating where the greatest strain comes, and that is all. The lower strakes of plating are %4in. in thickness. The bronze shoeing on the lead keel is %in, The top strake plates look too handsome to be ever covered with paint, and it is shrewdly argued that had paint been intended, nickel steel would have served the purpose better than bronze. So the outlook for a bright boat above the waterline is still a good one. The boat rests in the cradle, built specially for hauling out Defender. Consequently she sets level as she will when affoat, for she is intended simply to float out of the cradle when it is lowered into the water. The bottom of her lead keel is level and parallel with the waterline, as already told. \ Mr. Herreshoff was not inclined to say definitely when she could be launched, but pointed out that she was being finished as rapidly as possible. In the north shop the workmen ate busy with the steel mast, working from the ~ middle toward the ends. The semicircular steel plates, of which the shell of the mast is being made, are about oft. long, and lap by each other on opposite sides for about half their length. The frame of the mast is the longi- tudinal steel angles and the transverse disks or stiffeners of steel plate. The angles are bulbed like the frames and deck beams of the boat and are in long lengths. At their ends they are joined by lapping and riveting. There are eight of these angles, and they run the whole length of the spar, The stiffeners are circular disks of steel, about 20in, in diameter, In the center is cut a 14in, hole, both to de- crease the weight and to allow a man to crawl through. Around this large hole are several smaller ones cut out to save weight. Spaces are cut for the angles. The outer edge of the disk is flanged and riveted to the plates of the shell. The inner edge is flanged in the opposite direction. The shell plates are riveted on their edges to the steel angles, and on their ends to interior butt plates, so that _ the outside surface is a smooth one, The plates are also securely riveted all alone to the angles, making a very strong spar. In riveting the plates it is necessary for a workman to crawl inside the spar to hold a sledge on the head of the rivet being worked upon, and it is a curious sight to see a man half in and half out of the iron shell. The diameter of the spar looks to be about 21in. The stiffening disks are placed about 4% or 5ft. apart. Ap- parently a length of some 50 or 6oft. has been completed. Tf the spar is the same length as the Oregon pine mast now finished and awaiting shipment at the Boston Spar Company’s shop, in East Boston, it will be about ro7ft. in length. The steel gatf has been completed and is lying on the north pier, where the Defender is moored, Ma- terial for the steel boom has been got out, but the work of putting it together has not been started. Red lead has been freely tsed in the interior of the steel spars, and also on the frames of the boat, so that her colors are at present red and gold, the red showing on the still uncovered frames. But later she will be gold from keel to rail, Mast, ro7ft. 6in.; topmast, 64{it.; bowsprit, 38ft., and - spinaker pole, 73ft. These are the lengths by actual measurement of the Oregon pine spars for the new Cup defender Columbia now building by the Herreshofis at Bristol. The spars have been made by the Boston Spar Com- pany in its shop on Condor street, East Boston, and have been carefully kept from public observation. To-day (April 29) they were put overboard from the shop, were lashed together with other Herreshoff spars in a com- pact raft, and were towed to the whari of the Magee Fur- nace Company in Chelsea, just across the channel from’ the spar company s shop, and were there made fast. There they will stay until Monday, when they will be towed to Fiske’s wharf in the city proper and be put on board the schooner Nat Ayer, which has been specially chartered by the Herreshoffs for the shipment of’ the spars to Bristol. Fiske’s wharf has been selected as the place of shipment because of the big shears there, which can handle the big spars as easily as the smaller ones. The part of the wharf in Chelsea where the raft is now made fast is not a good point for public observation, since a building rises direct from the cap sill, but there are such things as boats, tape meastires and foot rules, and the Globe has men who know how to use them. There was no watchman in sight near the raft about sunset last even- ing, and the big spars in the rait were not hard to pick out and measure. : ot, The mast for Columbia and the mast for W, O. Gay’s 7o-footer form the sides of the raft. Between them are the topmasts, bowsprifs and spindker poles of the two boats, with the boom of the Gay boat. On top are piled the gaff of the Gay boat, the double sets of club topsail poles for Columbia and a set of spars for a 56ft. yawl which the Herreshoffs will soon launch. This comprises the entire Herreshoff order to the spar company. With the exception of the mast there are duplicates of all the spars’ for Columbia, so that a spare one may be handy in’ case of accidént. No wooden boom or gaff has been made for Colitmbia, since these spars are to be of steel and built by the Herreshoffs themselves. The lengths of the principal spars of Columbia are very close to those given in the Globe three weeks ago. The mast proves to be Gin. longer, the spinaker pole rit. shorter, and the topmast 2ft. longer. The length of the bowsprit is the same as then given. The mast where it is sqtiared at the hounds is just 22in, in diameter. At > Mav 6, 1800. | its heel, where it will go into the step in the boat, it iS roin, The masthead takes up 2a{t. of the length of the spat, and is simply roughed out in an octagonal form, but the rest of the mast is rounded and beautifully smoothed and finished, The other spars are completely finished. The iron work of the spars will be fitted at the Herreshoffs’. The mast will show a measurement of between 76 and vit, deck to hounds, when in place, this measurement being dependent on the amount of “bury” given the mast in the boat, or the portion of its length below the deck. Tt will probably be between 8 and oft., as in Defender. Defender’s mast was 72it., deck to hounds, and her topmast 58ft. long. Columbia’s sail plan will therefore be carried about 1oft, higher than Defender’s, and will mean not only a considerable increase in sail area, but also a much more effective sail plan. From this is appar- ent the need of the extra power and stability which the hull of Columbia shows over that of Defender. ; The spinaker poles of the two boats are practically of the same length, showing the base of the fore triangle to the same. With Columbia’s mast placed farther aft than Defender’s in order to correct the fault of a lee helm found in the latter boat, it is not probable that a longer main boom will be carried than in Defender, so that all . indications point to an increase in the sail plan aloft and not on the base line. Defender’s sail area for measurement for time allow- ance was 12,602 sq. ft. Columbia’s promises to be only about 700 sq. ft. more, certainly less than a thousand, but the increase will be aloft, where it will do the most good, Another Herreshoff cat has escaped from the bag, The steel mast, on which work is now being rushed at | Bristol, is not for Columbia, as has generally been sup- posed, but is for Defender, and will be put in place in that boat and given a thorough trial. In the meantime the Oregon pine mast made by the Boston Spar Company will be stepped in Columbia, and if the steel mast in De- fender proves satisfactory, there will be ample time to make a steel mast for the new boat. This is the secret of the laying aside of the parts of the steel boom for Columbia and the rush of work on the mast in order that it may be put in Defender as soon as possible and the boat herself put in commission and tried under sail. The trial of the steel spar in Defender will show its strength or weakness, its greater or less yalue, than an Oregon pine spar, as the case may be. If it should prove unsatisfactory, the old Oregon pine spar will be at hand to put in its place, and the expense of a steel mast for Columbia will be saved. It is a common sense way of solving the question of the value of a steel spar, and Mr. Iselin and the Herres- shoffs are very lucky in having the Defender at hand on which to try the experiment. This will be the first steel mast to be used in a racing yacht, and the result of the ex- periment will be watched with great interest. The sup- posed advantage of a steel spar is. its greater strength and less weight as compared with a wooden spar. The steel mast for Defender is 1oolt. oin. long, and is constructed as described at considerable length in the Globe of Thursday last. Defender’s Oregon pine mast was roTft, The difference between the two is too slight to be considered. The steel mast is close to 21in. in diam- eter. The Oregon pine mast was a trifle more than that, but the steel one can be made to fit the hole in the deck just the same. The Yachting World gives the following particulars of the mast of Shamrock: While reports that the new defender’s mast will be built of steel have been coming from the other side, to- gether with denials and confirmations of the report, Wil- liam Fife, Jr., has gone on steadily with the construction of Shamrock according to the plans which were finished down to the smallest details before the order was placed. | The question as to whether a steel or wooden mast would be likely to prove the more satisfactory was fully consid- ered before a single line was drawn, and the designer then _ decided upon wood, This decision has never been recon- sidered, and, as a matter of fact, Shamrock’s racing main- mast is now lying at Messrs. Thorneycroft’s practically finished, and almost ready for stepping. It is a beautiful stick of Oregon pine, which looked well in the log, and has finished even better than it promised. It is without exception the longest spar ever stepped in a racing boat, and in oyer-all length it tapes 110ft. Following the fash- ion-which is now universal, it carries its greatest thick- “ness at the hounds, and just under the crosstrees it meas- ures within a fraction of 6oin. in girth. It is reduced then with a long-drawn taper until half way to the deck line the girth is barely 50in., and it carries this right down | until it is cut for the step. Tn view of the importance of reducing the weight aloft, it was thought that the principal metal work of the mast would be of the same manganese bronze of which the hull is being built. The difficulty of getting a perfect and absolutely reliable job in metal so difficult to work deter- mined Mr. Fife, however, to sacrifice this slight advan- tage and have the mast fittings made of iron in the usual way. These important fixings have, therefore, all been made at the Fairlie yard and sent south as finished, to be fitted and placed in position. Nothing has yet been done in the construction of the gaff or boom, but it is understood that they will both be of metal. The latest reports from Thorneycroft’s point to the fact that Shamrock will not be ready for launching before the end of May. With the aid of specially constructed fur- naces the lead keel of the challenger, of some 80 to I00 tons, has been successfuly cast, under the supervision of William Fife, and in the presence of the owners of the yard_and a number of experts. According to a cabled report on April 27, Mr. Will Fife, Jr., is seriously ill with la grippe. With Capt. Urias Rhodes, who will sail Defender with Mr. W. Butler Dun- cari as representative of the owner, will be “Lem” Miller, - well. known in connection with Volunteer in, 1887, and later-with Vigilant and Colonia, as mate. sa sdsleen TI. the new steam yacht now nearly completed at Chester for Richard Stevens, has been chartered for _sthe season to Wm. H, Patterson, of New York. POREST AND STREAM. Going Astern, The South Boston Y, C. has issued the following cir- cular to its members: “We desire to call your attention to the twenty-eighth open regatta of the South Boston Y. C. Decoration Day, inaugurating the racing season of 1899, in conjunction with the opening of our new club house. As racing is the life of clubs, we believe in the open-door policy in this branch of sport, and that there should be a distinction between rules for match racing and interclub racing, and that yachtsmen should be encouraged in racing, not leg- islated out of it, If new boats should not be legislated against, surely old ones should not. If twenty boats in a class is picture making, it is a sorry spectacle to see but three in a class in an open race. Therefore, in order to encourage the starting of a large fleet of yachts in this season’s racing, the S. B, Y, C. will start off in arranging special classes, outside asso- ciation rules, with liberal prizes—a wide open race. In order to get the sentiment of the racing men, we give you on return card three rules relating to meastire- ment, and ask that you state your preference by putting ' a cross against the rule preferred. Any modification of the enclosed rules will be carefully considered by the committee. I. Waterline length with crew on board, Il. Sailing length equals the length gin. above and parallel with the waterline. Ill. Waterline length plus one-fifth overhang forward and alt. , Time allowance according to Herreshoff table. We are in sympathy with all of those yachtsmen who are dissatisfied with the conditions existing in yachting for some years past, and also with the efforts made to improve them; but at the same time we regret to see thought and labor wasted in a task that is useless and fruitless, The three methods of measurement mentioned aboye are happily obsolete; they have passed away and have gone where they belong, to join the rope shrouds and lanyards, the deadeyes and the stone ballast of a past generation. There are many things which are uncertain, both in the present and future of yachting, but if there is any one thing that is fixed beyond question, it is that the “plain and simple rule” in which length alone, how- ever measured, or even length and sail area, are the sole factors, is the direct parent of such freaks as Cartoon, Skate and the new Boston 35-footer. If racing is the object, it is not possible to build anything but a freak under any form of waterline rule, with a heavy penalty on the waterline when the yacht is at anchor, and no limita- tions to draft, fin or length of effective waterline when heeled. That good yachts have been built in the past, or even up to last year, under the length rule and the length and sail area rule, in no way proves that the designer who wishes to win to-day can consider anything else but the evasion of the measured waterline and the forcing to an extreme of every untaxed element of speed. We do not question the good intentions of the South Boston Y. C., but in thus diverting the attention of yachtsmen from the vital questions of the day to dead and obsolete issues they are simply wasting their own time and doing harm instead of good ta the sport. There is no question that the best rule thus far tried or proposed is very far from perfect, but what is needed is an earnest and intelligent effort to discover a rule fitted to modern conditions. The mere aimless condemnation of every move in advance without any practical propositions of something better is both foclish and uniair. The Anchorage Grounds of New York Harbor. YACHTSMEN and shipping people generally will be in- terested to know that the new anchorage grotnds to be established under the provisions of a recent act of Con- gress for Newark Bay, Raritan Bay, and the Kill Von Kull have been reported on by the officers charged with the enforcement of the anchorage laws at this port, and that the new regulations will go into effect in a few days. ‘Two anchorages have been marked off in the Kill Yon Kull, one on each side of the main channel. The north- etn anchorage is bounded by a line passing through the dumb beacon off Bergen Point. The red channel buoy dumb beacon off Constable Point and the red channel buoy off Bergen Point. The southern anchorage is set off by a line running from the power house at Factory-— ville to Starin’s dry dock, In Newark Bay two anchorage grounds have been set aside. They lie respectively to the eastward and west- ward of the main channel. The eastern anchorage is bounded by a line passing through the Newark Bay lighthouse and the eastern end of the draw of the New Jersey Central Railroad bridge. The western anchorage lies to the westward of a line passing through the eastern end of Shuter’s Island, the black buoy to the northward and the western side of the railroad drawbridge. Another anchorage has been provided off Elizabethport. It is set apart by a line which runs through buoy No. 4 and buoy No. 2, and thence to the western pier-head of the Central Railroad bridge. In Arthur Kills an an- chorage has been marked off to the southward of a line passing through Clark’s wire works building. Buckwheat Island, and the phosphate works. At Prawl’s Island an anchorage is defined to the southward of a line running through the southern end of Prawl’s Island and the old dock off Linoleumville. On Story’s Flat there will be an anchorage to the southward and westward of a line passing through Smoking Pomit, the red channel buoy and Kreischerville: wharf. — Off the termints’of the Port Reading docks in Arthur . Kills an anchorage will be afforded to the northward of a line passing through the Port Reading wharf and the entrance to Smith’s- Creek. At Perth Amboy provision is made for an anchorage to the northward of a line pass- ing through the western coal pier of the Lehigh Valley ° Railroad and the black. and red buoy off Perth Amboy, and from thence to Great Beds lighthouse. Off Totten- yille the new anchorage ground will lie south of a line passing through the red buoy off that place, and extend- ing in a direction northeast by east. . — In Raritan Bay the anchorages are defined as being clear of the dredged channel. The Treasury Department 858 will shortly issue a chart and printed instructions on the subject of the new anchorage grounds for the information of mariners. The fine for anchoring in other than pre- scribed localities, except in case of an emergency, is $100. —New York Evening Post, : New York Y. C. Races, The regatta committee of the New York Y. C. has is- sued the following circular of the season’s races: The New York Y. C., season of 1809. New York, June 22.—The fiity-third annual regatta, New York, July 1—The Columbia and the Defender, Course, fifteen miles to windward or leeward, and return, from Sandy Hook Lightship. Cup offered by the club, $250. The Fifty-fourth Annual Cruise, Aug. 7.—The ren- dezyous will be on this date, at a port to be selected by the commodore. There will be the customary club prizes for the squadron runs; the Astor cups will be sailed for over the Newport courses, and the dates and places for other special cups and the Owl and Gamecock colors will be given later. ; New York, September.—The trial races for the selec- tion of a vessel to defend the America’s Cup will be sailed during the first two weeks in September, The Autumn Sweepstakes will be sailed in September, alter the termination of the trial races. q New York, Oct. 3—The America’s Cup.—As at present arranged with the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, the first race of this match—best three out of five, with one day’s inter- yal between each race—will be on this date. : CLUB STEAMERS. Annual Regatta—A steamer and lunch will be provided at the club’s expense. Under by-law she will be restricted to members and the ladies accompanying them, and those officially invited, The America’s Cup,—Members will be provided with a steamer at the club’s expense, and will be enabled to pro- cure extra tickets. All tickets will inelude lunch. Atrangements for witnessing other important racing events will be announced later, S. NicHoLaAs KANE, CHESTER (GRISWOLD. TrvInG GRINNELL Regatta Committee. _ Owing to the abandonment of the Bay Ridge Fetry, Station No. 1 is no longer accessible, and it will be re- established at Staten Island, in many respects a better location. The Quincy Cup. _Wirn the challenge from the Annisquam Y. C,, the Quincey Y. C. now has four challenges for its $500 cup for 21-footers on its hands, and will need all the skill its racing men possess fo safely keep the trophy from a visit to another organization, More interesting than ever will be the races for the cup, while the addition of five new 21-footers to the racing fleet will be a “boom” for that class and for the sport itself, which should be ample jus- tification for the original offer of the cup for its continued existence as an interclub challenge trophy. The date for the first race has been fixed for Monday, July 24. W. E. C. Eustis, challenger from the Beverly Club, has asked that a later date be set, and the club com- mittee will soon call a conference of the challengers and will see if a date satisfactory to all cannot be agreed upon. At present it looks as though July 24 was the only availa- ble date, on account of the tides in Hull Bay, and because later dates, when the tide would serve, have been taken by other clubs, but the whole matter will be carefully con- sidered. With five boats in the match, the question has been asked as to how many races will be necessary to decide the ownership of the trophy. The question is answered by the deed of gift, which says: “A yacht must-win three races of a series to win the cup. After four races of a series have been sailed, only winners of at least one race shall be allowed to compete; after six races, only yachts which have won two races.” With five competitors this makes a possibility of at least four races to start with; if a different yacht wins each day. Two additional races must then be had be- tween these four boats, but if it should happen that a different boat wins in each of these races, another race between the winners of two races each must be had to decide the ownership. This makes a possibility of.seven races in all, although of course an earlier settlement is the probability. The latest challenger is being designed by Crownin- shield for Com, Hastings, Vice-Com. Bent and W. B. Pigeon, of the Annisquam Y. C., and is to be about 3ofit. over all, oft. Gin. beam and gin, draft. She is to be de- cidedly on the scow type, although her deck line will round in forward in the usual way, and she will carry about goo sq. ft. of sail. As compared with the other boats, she will be a compromise between the Heiress and the extremes of the scow variety, as shown in the Abbott boat and the Quincy defender.—Boston Globe. Robert Goelet. Own April 28 the news reached New York by cable of the sudden and very unexpected death of Robert Goelet, of New York and Newport, on board his steam yacht Nahma, at Naples, the cause being heart failure. Mr. Goelet was the elder brother of the late Ogden Goelet, who died a little over a year ago under very similar cir- cumstances on board his steam yacht Mayflower at Cowes. The two were sons of the late Robert Goelet and nephews of Peter Goelet, Robert being born in his father’s house, No. 5 State street, New. York, on Sept. 20, 1841. With unlimited means at his command, he was never in business, though devoting himself to the care of his estate. He was a liberal patron of music, and, though not interested in yacht racing, he was, like his brother, a eood friend to the New York Y.-C. The body will be brought home on the Nahma. 8B6 . Ne ET a (oe. te oe Ay : 1 vo ee The Canada Cup, Tue following letter practically settles the date for the first race of the series for the Canada cup, as it is under- stood that the date is acceptable to the Chicago Y. C.; Charles H. Thorne, Secretary of Chicago Y, C—Dear Sir: In reply to your favor of the 3d inst,, regarding set- tlement of date for Canadian cup races, I am requested to inform you that our committee this day fixed the date of the first race of the series for Monday, Aug, 21, and the course to be sailed, south of Toronto Island. We un- derstand this decision will be favorable to you, and may now be inserted in our respective agreements governing the race. The committee begs to apologize for the delay in naming the date, for which, however, they are not wholley responsible. HF, J. RicADo SEAVER, Honorable Secretary Royal Canadian Y. C. The dates in connection with the entire series of races are consequently as follows: Trial races of challenger, Chicago, July 4, 5 and 6; trial races of defender, Toronto, Ang. 7 and following days; Lake Y. R. A. race week, Toronto and Hamilton, Aug. 14 and following days; first cup race, Toronto, Aug. 21, The latest news is that Arthur E. Payne, of Summers & Payne, Southampton, Eng., has designed a 35-footer for the defense, the yacht to be built for Toronto yachtsmen. Mr, Payne has scored many successes, stich as Decima, Penitent, Gloria, Eldred and Emerald, the latter a 36-footer, and he is likely to turn outa very fast boat; the only point is that he has as yet had no experience in designing for American con- ditions. The following yachts propose to visit Toronto from Chicago and Detroit: Pathfinder, Com, F. W. Morgan, C. Y. C.; Sentinel, Thistle and Catherine, steam - yachts; Siren, Hawthorne, Mistral, Toxteth, Vanenna and Challenger, sailing yachts. The city of Toronto has appropriated $1,000 toward the racing and the enter- tainment of the yisitors. Forty-two Miles per Hour. Tuts is the speed promised, according to current re- | perts for the steam yacht for C. R. Flint, designed by C. D. Mosher. This yacht has been in contemplation for several years, and the engines are partly built, but nothing has been done toward the hull, though it has been stated at different times that the Lawleys and other builders had received the order for it. The contract has finally been signed with S, Ayres & Son, of Nyack, builders of the fast Ellide. The new yacht is to be 135{t. on lw.l., 12ft. 6in, beam and aft, drait, with twin screws and quad- ruple expansion engines. The hull will be of nickel steel and bronze, divided into seyen compartments. The yacht will be fitted luxuriously for her owner’s use, but it is proposed to make her convertible to a war vessel in a very short time, provision being made for shipping a tur- tle-back forward, conning towers, and rapid-fire guns. YACHTING NEWS NOTES. The annual meeting of the Royal Canadian Y. C., of Toronto, was held on April 22, the following officers be- ing elected: Com., J. H. Plummer; Vice-Com., Geo. Hi. Goodetham; Rear-Com., C. A, B, Brown; Hon. Sec’y, F. J. Ricardo Seaver; Executive Committee, ay eG Clarkson, J. E. Robertson, Aemilius Jarvis, GB. Mc Murrich, A. G. Peuchen, F, O. Cayley, Geo. Hargrait, W. G: Gooderham, F. M. Gray and F. Campbell. The club is now in a very prosperous condition, with a large membership and a growing fleet, Several new yachts of the 35ft. class will be added this year. The Douglaston Y. C. held a special meeting on April _ 19, at which it was decided to change the name to the Manhasset Y. C., in consequence of the recent removal from Douglaston to the new site on Manhasset Bay. The club was organized in 1890, The new station will be opened on June 3 and the annual regatta will be sailed on June ro. Mr. O, M. Lipton has offered a cup for the club’s dory class, which has received six new members. Red Cross, steam yacht, formerly Admiral, has been sold by the Red Cross Society to John D. Crimmins, of New York. Orinda, cutter originally owned by Dr. W. H, Winslow, has been sold by J. W. Tucker to Wm. F. Williams, of New Bedford. Mr. Isaac B. Mills, of Boston, the yacht designer, has been elected measurer of the Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts. Wayward, cutter, designed by Burgess and built by the Lawley Corporation in 1890, for David Sears, has been converted to a schooner by her new owner, Chas. Smith- ers, The work has been done at Bayles & Son’s yard, Port Jefferson, where the yacht has wintered. Ramona, schr., recently purchased by Rear-Com. B. M. Whitlock, Atlantic Y. C., from H. M. Gilhg, is at Hawkins’ yard, Port Jefferson, where she will be con- verted into an auxiliary. She is best known as the old Resolute, built by David Carll at City Island in 1871 for A. S. Hatch and afterward owned by John _E. Brooks. ’ She was sold by the latter in 1887 to Com. Postley, who lengthened and rebuilt her with the aid of Mr. A. Cary Smith, renaming her Ramona. Under the ownership of Mr. Gillig she was for some years the flagship of the Larchmont Y. C, Nymph, cutter, has been sold by TEL Pratt to.E. J: Bergen, who sold her again a few days later to J. E. Fletcher, of Providence, Mr. Fletcher at the same time selling the fin-keel sloop Memory to Mr. Hope Morton, of New York. Mr. Bergen has since purchased of Chas. L. Poor the schooner Fenella, Mr. Fletcher, the new owner of Nymph, was for some time the owner of ‘Minerva, both of these boats having been previously owned by T. C. Zerega. The Corinthian Y. C., of San Francisco, opened its season on April 22 with appropriate ceremonies, sailing on the following day to Fort Point, where the squadron of the California Y. C. was met and saluted. In honor of the oceasion the C. Y, C. issues a very artistic souvenir yolume, with many portraits of officers and yachts. Intrepid, schr., E, T, Hunt, under charter all winter FOREST AND STREAM, to E. Clinton Clark, has been purchased by that gentle- man on her return from a West India ermise last week. Verena, the Burgess 4o-footer, practially a sister to Nymph, has been sold by E, A. Morrison to F. de Funiack, of New York, who proposes to alter her great- ly. She will be converted to a keel boat, fitted with a 20-horse power gasolene motor, rigged as a yawl and renamed Foxie. f Com, Postley, Larchmont, Y. C., has appointed the following regatta committee for 1890: John F. Lovejoy, chairman; Edward J. Greacen and Howard W, Coates. The club features for the season are as follows: Formal opening, May 27; spring regatta, Saturday, June 17; an- nual regatta, Tuesday, July 4; race week, from Saturday, July 15, to Saturday, July 22, inclusive; special races, Saturday, Sept. 2; fall regatta, Monday, Sept. 4; special race Saturday, Sept. 0, Atalanta, schr., has been sold by F. W. Savin to C, H, Brock, of Philadelphia, She was: originally the schooner Calypso, burned and rebuilt by David Carll in 1873 for Wm, Astor, and renamed Atalanta. ; Black Pearl, steam yacht, EB, B. Sheldon, arrived at New York on April 27 from Nassau, after a cruise in the West Indies, having sailed from New York on Feb. 22, Capt. Eldridge is still in command. Palmer, schr., recently purchased by F. K. Sturgis from Rutherford Stuyvesant, is at Poillon’s yard, South Brook- lyn, for conversion to an auxiliary, She was built for Mr, Stuyvesant by T., Byerly & Son at Philadelphia in 1865, and was in her day one of the most noted of the great scshooners. Viking, schr., J. D. Smith, is at Greenport, L. I., where she is being altered to an auxiliary, a gasolene engine of 32-horse power being installed. . Sapphire, steam yacht, A. L, Barber, has been sold to Harrison L, Drummond, formerly of St. Louis. Within the past year the colony of yachtsmen at Chip- pewa Bay, on the St, Lawrence River, has taken up the 20it. class, and it is now yery popular. The class at pres- ent includes such well-known boats as Skate, Seawan- haka, renamed Flirt, and two boats built last year, Yan- kee, designed by Gardner, and Minnetonka, designed by H. C. McLeod. Other additions are promised for the coming season and races will be sailed weekly. A. T, Hagen, Rochester Y. C., has-a new boat for the class, designed and built by Miller Bros., of Rochester, She is 27it. over all, 17it, 6in. I.-w.1., oft. beam and join. draft of hull, 6ft. draft with board; weight of board, g3oolbs.; sail area, 500 sq. ft. She will have hollow spars, made by the Spalding St. Lawrence Boat Company. During the winter L. D. Huntington, Jr, of New Rochelle, has designed and built for W. N. Bavier, of the New Rochelle Y. C., a keel cruising yawl 4oft. over all, 3oft. lw.l,, 11ft. 5in. beam and aft. 2in, draft. The great speed displayed at times last season by the Gardner fin-keel Cartoon ‘in the 25ft. class of the ¥Y. R. A. of Massachusetts, has led to an order for a similar boat for the 35ft. class, the owner being George E. Bruce, of Boston, former owner of Mabel F. Swift IJ. The new boat. will be built by Embree, of Ouincy Point, and will be an extreme scow, like Cartoon, practically an en- larged Skate, her dimensions being 6oft, oin, over all, asit. l.w.l., 13ft. 2in, beam and tft. oin. draft of hull, the extreme draft, including fin, being thus far unknown. The fin will be longer and shoaler than in Cartoon, but she will haye the same scow rudder. The construction will be much stronger than in Cartoon, “The size of the yacht will, in spite of her shoal hull, admit of very good ac- commodations, the cabin trunk being i6ft. long, with 5ft. 11in. headroom, The space will be divided into a main saloon, two aiter staterootns, toilet room, galley, etc. The rig is that of a pole-masted cutter, with topsail, the mast being 67it. long, boom 5oit., gaff 32it, calls for the delivery of the yacht by June 15. W. L. Ward, of New York, has now nearly ready at Hanley’s yard, Quincy, a cruising sloop of 33ft. over all, asit. l.w.l., t2ft. beam and 2it. draft, with two tons of lead in her keel. Miller Bros., of Charlotte, N. Y., have on the ways a Ikeel sloop for the 25ft. class of the Lake Y. R. A., for James C. Dryer, of Rochester, She is intended for rac- ing on Lake Ontario. Her dimensions are: Over all, 32ft.; lw.L, 18ft.; beam, 8ft, 6in.; draft, 5ft.; sail area, 650 sq. ft.; ballast, one ton. She will have hollow spars. Regina, yawl, designed by Crowninshield and built by Rice Bros. for Hon. W. E. Barrett, of Boston, was launched at East Boothbay,-Me.; on.April 19, She is 76ft. over all, soft, l-w.l., t7ft. 5in. beam, and 7ft, draft. without board, her outside ballast weighing fifteen tons. Below she has a main saloon 12ft. 6in. long, owner's stateroom, guest's stateroom, toilet room, etc. The same builders have under way two more Crowninshield de- signs, for Robert Saltonstall; of Boston, and H. H, Bailey, of the South Boston Y. C. Syren, the former, is a keel cutter, of 35ft, low.l.; Jungirau, the latter, is a con- terboard cutter 35ft. over all, 23ft. 6in. l.w.l., roft. beam and 4ft. draft without board. Both are intended for cruising. A very useful little volume for yachtsmen has just been published by the Outing Publishing Company under the title of “Yachting Wrinkles.” The author is Capt. A. J. Kenealy, the well-known yachting writer, who out of a long experience has gathered together a great deal of valuable and interesting information about yachts, new and old, which is set forth in that easy and familiar style for which’ he is noted. The book is not only interesting _to the casual yachting reader, but it contains a great deal that is of practical value, It 15 illustrated by nu- merous pictures and diagrams. We have received from the secretary of the Yacht Rac- ing Association, B, Heékstall Smith, Esq., whose new ad- divess is No. 2 Utrecht Mansions, West Kensington, Lon- don, W., the year book of the British Y. R. A. for 1890. The book contains the complete rules, as recently amend- ed, the list of members, allowance tables, decisions of council, etc. We call attention to the advertisement on another page of the knockabout built by. the Buzzards Bay Yacht Agency, This yacht, which is illustrated in the Forest ~ signs, The contract - [May 6, 1500. - AND STREAM of March 18, is a thoroughly staunch and serviceable craft, well fitted for general sailing and crnis- ing. ; If You Want the Whitest and Best WHITE LEAD use “ENGLISH B, B.” Of all paint dealers and of J. Lee Smith & Co,, 59 Frankfort street, and I°, W. Devoe & C. T, Raynolds Co., 101 Fulton street, New York.—4dv Canoeing. The Board of Park Commissioners of Rochester, N. Y., has instructed the Genessee Valley Park Committee to prohibit the use of canvas canoes on the waters under their jurisdiction, on the ground that such canoes are not fit for any human being to ride in, The question came up in connection with the lease of the boat-letting priv- ilege to a man who proposed to put on twenty-five skiffs and some canyas canoes. Such a comprehensive dis- crimination as this against all canyas canoes does little credit to the committee; if a canvas canoe is unsafe, as many of them are, it is not becatise it is constructed of canyas, but because it is of defective design or construc- tion, or usually both. There is a class of cheap canyas canoe, built by boys with no knowledge of canoeing or building, which is highly dangerous; but on the other hand, there are canvas canoes without number that are cheaper, but fully as strong and safe as anything built of wood. If the committee is anxious to protect the lives of those desiring to go on the water, it might use a little judgment in approving or condemning certain models, rather than establishing an arbitrary and absurd standard, CANOEING NEWS NOTES. There is something suggestive of the good old days of canoeing in the copy we have lately received of the by- laws and constitution of the Springfield C. C., with the familiar totem on the cover, The club is now making an earnest effort to restore its old-time standing, and to this end it has arranged a series of races and other entertain- ments, to run through the season, There will be ten sail- ing races for points with two silver cups for prizes and pennants for each race, and five paddling races for simi- lar prizes. Club runs, evening canoe trips, entertain- ments at the club house and similar diversions are relied on to renew the interest of old members and to bring in new ones. At the general meeting of the British Canoe Associa- tion, held in London on March 17, it was-decided to hold the annual meet at Falmouth, beginning on July 20, Mr. George Huntley, Redheugh Bridge Works, Gateshead- on-lyne, is secretary of the Association. The winner of the ninth of The Yachtsman’s designing competitions, for a light drait cruiser, is Mr. George F. Holmes, of the Humber Yawl Club, an old canoeist, well known to our readers through Eel and other de- 1 The winning design is of 30it, over. all length, asit. lw.l., oft. beam and 2ft. extreme draft of hull, in- - cluding an iron keel of just over one ton. “The -drait with board. down is about 6ft. The yacht is a double-ended, a large canoe yawl, and looks like a very safe and. able eraft, with good lines and quite a nice cabin. Grap-Shooting. If you want your shoot to be announced here send in notice like the following: Fixtures. .May 2-5.—Lincoln, Neb,—Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Associa- tion’s twenty-third annual tournament, under the auspices of the. Capital City Gun Club; six amateur and four open events each day; targets and live birds. Welch, Sec’y: A May 6.—Passaic, N, J.—E, C. cup contest for championship of New Jersey, between Capt. A. W. Money, holder, and Mr. Phil Daly, Jr., challenger, ' May 6.—Philadelphia, Pa.—Meet of the Intercollegiate Sheot- ing Association, on the Keystone grounds, mre 6.—White Plains, N. Y.—live-bird handicap. E. G, Horton, anager. : May 9-13:—Peoria, Il).—Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association’s tournament. C. F, Simmons, Sec’y. : May 13.—Dunellen, N. League. ; . May 16-19.—Erie, Pa.—Ninth annual tournament of the Penn- sylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, under the auspices of the Reed Hurst Gun Club. Bacon; Sec’y. ; May 16-20.—St. Leuis, Mo.—Tournament of the Missouri State Fish and Game Protective Association. H. B. Collins, Sec’y. May 17-18.—Oil City, Pa.—Interstate Association’s tournament, under auspices of Oil City Gun Club. F. S. Bates, Sec’y, May 23-25—Macon, Miss—Eleventh annual tournament of the Noxubee Gun Club; targets and sparrows; $500 in mehchandise and cash added. C. M. Scales, Manager. May 3320.7 _Dlgotias la.—Tournament of the Iowa State Asso- oars for the Protection of Fish and Game, John G, Smith res, = May 24-25.—Greenwood, S. C,—Annual live-bird tournament of the Greenwood Gun Club; 25-bird Southern Handicap. R. G. McCants, Sec’y. : May 26-27.—Tyrone, Pa.—Target tournament of the Tyrone Gun Inb. D. D. Stine, Seo’y. : ‘ May 30.—Rutherford, N. J.—Decoration Day shoot of the Boilmg Springs Gun €lub; good prizes. W. H. Huck, Sec’y. ay 30.—Canajoharie N. Y¥.—All-day target shoot at Canajo- harie, N.Y. Charles Weeks, Sec’y, May 30-June 2,—Erie, Pa—Ninth annual tournament of the Penn- sylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, under the auspices of the Reed Hurst Gun Club. Frank Bacon, Sec’y. o une 3.—New Haven, Conn,—Yale vs. Princeton, une 5-10.—Buffalo, N. Y.—New York State shoot, under the auspices of the Buffalo Audubon Giin Club; $1,000 guaranteed; over $2,000 in merchandise, and $1,000 added money in open eyents, Chas, Bamberg, Sec’y, 51 Edna Place, ; June 6-9.—Sioux City, Ja—Fifth annual amateur tournament of the Soo Gun Club. _E. R. Chapman, Sec’y, une 10.—Princeton, N. J.—Yave vs. Princeton. fine 13-14,—Grand Forks, N, D.—Fifth annual shoot of the North Dakota Association. ; f June 14-15.—Bellows Falls, Vt—Interstate Association’s tourna- ment, under auspices of Bellows Falls Gun Club, C. H, Gibson, J.—Shoot of the New Jersey Central ec'y. ane 14-16.—Cleveland, O.—Cleyeland Target Co.’s tournament. June 20-22—Wheeling, W. Va—Third annual tournament of the West Virginia State Sportsmen’s Association, under the enon ices a the Wheeling Gun Club, Wheeling, W. Va. John B. arden, Sec’y. = June 31:28, —Columbus, O.—Tournament of the Ohio Trap-Shoot- ers’ League, under the auspices of the Sherman Rod and Guy Club. J. ©. Porterfield, Sec’y, O, T, S, EL, ~ Mav 6, 1800.1 June 27-29,—Altoona, Pa,—Tareet tournatnent of the Altoona Rod and Gun Club, Wopsononock Heights, G. G. Zeth, Sec’y. July 1—Sherbrooke, P, Q.—Annual tournament; targets; Domin- ion Day; open to all Amateurs, Chas. H. Fass, Secy. July 1-2.—Milwaukee, Wis.—Grand tournament of Milwaukee Gin Club, in Carnival Week. S. M, Du Val, ee . July 4—Pawling, N. Y.—All-day tournament o the Pawling Rod and Gun Club; targets. hed July 19-20.—Providence, R, I,—Interstate Association’s tourna- ment, under auspices of the Providence Gun Club. R. C. Root, Sec’y, July 18-20,—Little Rock, Ark—Arkansas State tournament. -Aug, 9-10,—Portland, Me,—Interstate Assocaition’s tournament, under auspices of the Portland Gun Club. S, B, Adams, Sec’y. Sept. 6-7.—Portsmouth, Va.—Tournament of the Interstate As- sociation, under the auspices of the Portsmouth Gun Club, N White, Sec’y. s Oct. 6-7.—Pawling, N. Y.—Tournament of Pawling Rod and Gun Club; target and live birds. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS, Club secretaries are invited ta send their scores for publication tx these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties on ail events are considered as divided unless otherwise veported, Mail allsuch matter ta Forest and Strean Publishing Company, 346 Broad- way, New York, - The Noxubee Gun Club, of Macon, Miss,, has issued its pro- gramme for its eleventh tournament, May 23 to 25, inclusive. The events will be at targets and English sparrows. Merchandise and cash to the amount of $500 are promised. There are twelye events -on the programme for the first day, of which six are at 10 targets, three at $1.50 entrance; two at $1,380 entrance and one at $1, There are four 15-target events, two at $2 entrance and two at $1.75; oneat 20 targets, $2, and one at 25, $3 entrance, completes the first day’s programme. There are six target events for the second day, three at 10 and one each at 15, 20 and 25 targets. Six sparrow events, 10 birds, with a uniform entrance of $2.50 completes the second day’s programme. ‘The third day is devoted exclusively to targets, eleyen events, 10, 15, 20 and 25 targets, Three cents for targets and 10-cents for sparrows, deducted from purses. Class shooting, 50, 30 and 20 per cent., except when otherwise stated. Ammunition shipped in care of the manager, Mr. ‘C M. Scales, will he delivered on the grounds free of cost. Shooting begins at 8 A. M, The shoot is open to the world. Manufacturers’ agents and experts will be handicapped, concerning which they are advised by Mr, Scales, to write to him if they desire to learn about it. At the last medal shoot of the Memphis Gun Club Mr. A. H. Frank again won the medal with a straight score of 25. Frank has now won it three times, and according to the conditions, he now becomes the permanent possessor of it. Both of his other wins also were on straight scores. There were ten contestants, and the other winners were J. C. Neeley, Jr., who won twice on scores of 24 and 25; J. P. Edrington had two wins to bis credit, each on a straight score; Tom Divine wom it omce on a straight score, and W. H. Allen and Dr. Gragg won it once each on 24. “Mr. E. G. Horton, who has been preparing for a live-bird shoot on Saturday of this week-at White Plains, N. Y., informs us that he is forced to declare the shoot off, owing to the scarcity of birds. He has been diligently seeking a supply for several days, and he informs us that a sufficient quantity cannot be obtained at any ‘price, and only small lots can be obtained here and theré. Rather “than to have a shoot which would fall far short of the programme for want of birds, he regretfully declares the shoot off. Under date of April 26, Mr, J. W. Babbit, of Danvers, Mass., writes us as follows: “The Danvers Gun Club have held their annual meeting and elected the following officers for the ensuing _ year: Dr. E, H. Niles, President; Langdon, Vice-Presi- dent; David S. Brown, Secretary and Treasurer; George E. Mar- tin, Captain. Executive Committee: F. M., Spoftord, Amos 7. Killam, and the president, vice-president and secretary. The club will hold a shoot on May 17 and 30,” Messrs. Schoverling, Daly & Gales began moving into their new modern quarters, 800-302 Broadway, on Priday of last week, and expected to be doing business there on the following day. The new Store has abundant space, and is most elaborately fitted in its de- tails. Every department is so arranged that a full display of goods is visible. They sell everything in the way of sporting goods, so therefore some idea may be formed of the space they require for their mammoth stock, Mr. H. B. Chase, of North Ferrisburg, Vt., writes us that at the annual meeting of the Lewis Creek Gun Club the following ofh- cers were elected for the enswing year: Caleb Harrimgton, Presi- dent; J. A. Cory, Vice-President; H. B. Chase, Secretary; iG - Mallory, Jr., Treasurer; M. B, Thompson, Captain. Expert traps and bluerocks are used. Several new members have been added to the club, and many a pleasant shoot is looked forward to for the coming season. In our columns elsewhere is some crisp, ahead-oi-date news con- cerning the place where the next G. A. H. will be held. It no doubt will be read with great interest by the Interstate Associa- tion, inasmuch as it determines matters ahead of the Association’s official acticn. The Times:Herald, on trap matters, seems to be after the school of journalism which makes a home-made brand of news when there is no news. There was a pood attendance at the shoot of the Brooklyn Gun Club on Saturday last, and some good scores were made, the best being that of Mr. J. 5. S. Remsen, who broke 15 straight rand 5 pairs, in a 2b-target event. He also took one of the special ‘prizes. The other was won by Dr. Creamer, he having a close sand hard struggle in the ties with Dr. Smith. The next contest for the E. C. cup, emblematic of the champion-, | ship of the State of New Jersey, will take place at Passaic, N, J. -on Saturday, of this week. Capt. A. W. Money, the holder, and Phil Daly, Jr., are the contestants. There are several shooters ‘ready to challenge the winner as soon as the contest is over. This ds a very popular trophy, and bids fair to make interesting compc- tition for a long while. At the annual meeting of the Pawtuxet Gun Club, held re- ently, officers were elected as follows: Wm. _G. Crandall, Presi- dent: S. D. Greene, Jr., Vice-President; R. C. Root, Treasurer; W. HH. Sheldon, Secretary; J. Armstrong, Jr, Captain; J. J. Crandall and A. B, Hawkins on Executive Committee, with above officers, comprising a board of seven. The club will hold shoots on Saturdays and holidays till October. The live bird match betwee. Messrs, T. W. Morfey, of Lyndhurst, N. J., and E. Johnson, of Atlantic City, N, J., on Thursday of last week was rather a disappointment in the wa of high scores. Johnson scored 87; Morfey 81. The condi- tions were 100 birds per man, $250 aside. The veteran Capt, A. W. Money refereed the match. On April 25, on the grounds of the Keystone Shooting League, at Holmesburg Junction, H. E, Buckwalter, of Royersford, Pa., defeated T. J. Payne, of Philadelphia, in a match at 50 birds, $50 a side. Score, 48 to 42. On the same date Messrs. F. Miller and H. B. Fisher shot a match at 50 birds, $50 a side, the former winning, Score, 46 to 43, “i The Brooklyn Gun Club, which is another way of designating John Wright, contemplates giving an all-day target shoot some time before May 15. Mr. Wright will endeayor to make it an enjoyable event, quite in line with any of his previous pleasing efforts in giving shoots. Special prizes will punctuate any good, surpassing performance. ‘ : Mr. W. H. Huck, secretary of the Boiling Springs Gun Club, Rutherford, N. J., informs us that the club will hold a Decoration Day shoot on May 30, and that there will be good prizes and plenty of them. It is a most pleasant place to spend the day, whether one shoots or looks on. _ Three-in-one is becoming an uniyersal article of use for the pur- poses. for which it is’ designed; that is, a lubricant, a cleanser, a tust preventive. It possesses the sterling merit of being equal to all that is claimed for it. A trial is all that is necessary to win the hem confidence and permanent faith of those who need such an article. We received the programme of the Peru, Ind., Gun Club’s tour- nament last week after ForEST AND STREAM was in the mails, on its way to its host of readers. The date fixed for that tournament is May 2 and 3, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The pro- gramme, therefore, arrived too jJate to be reviewed. ' At the Missouri State Amateur shoot, Messrs, Hallowell and Young shot a team race against Messrs. Gottlieb and Nauman, the latter team losing by one bird; score, 45 to 44, J Tn theit team match at Wellington, Mass., April 29, the Harvard Shooting Club defeated the Yale Gun Club by a score of 117 to 110, five men on eagh team, 380 targets per man. Campbell, of Haryard, won the cup for the highest score, he finishing with 27, a 90 per cent. gait. The Pawling Rod and Gun Club, Pawling, N. Y,, has already begun its preliminary thinking anent its tournament on July 4, ‘at targets. It mo doubt will be perfect in its arrangements, There is no pleasanter company, nor no pleasamnter surroundings than. those of Pawling. The final match between the Hudsons and the Oceanics, owing to insufficient numbers present, was not shot, The Oceanic’s last shoot of the season took place at Rockaway Park early this week, There was a good attendance, The Hudson Gun Club is building a new club house on its old grounds, near Hackensack Bridge, near Jersey City, and con- templates a steady season of shooting in the future. BERNARD WATERS. IN NEW JERSEY, Johnson Defeats Morfey. Lyndhurst, N. J., April 27.—An expedition from the southern part of the State of New Jersey arrived at’*Tom Morfey's grounds at Lyndhurst, N. J., in the midday hours of Thursday of last week. A few had rolls of the circulating medium, while one of them had a gun. The latter gentleman was Mr. E. Johnson, of Atlantic City, N, J., and he was present to debate a little differ- ence of opinion with Mr. Morfey as to which was the better man at the traps. To show that there was no frivolity, each side put up $250, which, with sundry other chinks of wealth, the gentle- men aforementioned quietly and calmly gathered to their posses- sion, and took with them to their domicile, They conducted themselves in the most matter-of-course matiner, as if the coming and the gathering in of the reyenues and the deportation of the same were from long-continued habit, The match itself was mot a high class competition. There was very little wind, hardly enough to make any advantage to the birds, and what there was varied from 3 ta 4 o'clock, The weather was clear and pleasant. The first 25 birds per man were quite a good lot, after which there were many very ordinary birds, with a few good ones mixed in, Many of the misses were from down- right bad shooting, rather than the superior class of the birds. Johnson shot a Scott gun Stidrs. of Du Pont and No. 7 shot. Morfey a Francotte, 50grs. of Schultze and No. 7 shot. Neverthe- less, there were some fine shots made, as would be expected in a long contest by men of skill and fame. ohnson’s bth was a twisting right-quartering driver that required fine work to stop, while he was in great luck with his 6th, which struck the wire fence of the boundary as it pitched downward, and was saved. His 16th and d7th he lost, the latter dead out, finishing with 22, his 4th dying dead out also. Morfey had an up-hill race from the start, losing two birds out of his first four, which lead he never etttirely over- came, thotigh he cut it down to one a time or two. Toward the finish of the race he lost ground. The scores were 87 to 81, thus Johnson won by six birds. The match began at 1:55. The first 55 required 30 minutes. The second 25 required 87 minutes. The third 25, 85 minutes. Capt, A. W. Money was referee. Several miss-and-outs were shot, the chief feature of which was the fine shooting of Capt. Money and his son Harold, the latter shooting nearly equal to the form of his father, which is truly high form, Trap score type—Copyright, 1899, by Forest and Stream Pub, Co. Eee a bad peace RAAT KT KRRETTATUPTALTTATHA EWMorfey.. 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This is the first shoot of Gur new year, and in accordance with the action passed at our annual meeting, all men shoot from the scratch and without allowance: Arrowsmith ........ ttretartitianieg oir oe 111100111101111011013101111101—23 RA Ellis..... ee sata ec ates 101101111111010010100011011110—19 Dansem oi sancecseceaeenscetaeree etn 101001101100111110000011000001—14 McDermott ..ccesscreenspenentese , .-210100100100000111000111000010—12, Heyer ....sserenenceesnanes wats _ ..101110111101110110101010011001—19 E Vanderveer -...-rseseeure weds 101011011101001111011110111100—20 Campbell .,..02......++ AN dewo hanna 0010101101101111111011111011i10—21 |. HSTIV GEE “nna cree ab pcecce esse ees reece , » -110100111111111100311111101111—24 ; iF hbdol Seaton eer eee ine Biatalare wfetidy 111110110100110011101110100101—19 DT] CGa area isis ne Sp bea air aes! 111111100001111101110101101100—20 C. C. Snyder with 24 was first, E. W. Arrowsmith with 23 was second, while Campbell with 21 was third, ~ ¢, C. Snyper. Rochester Rod and Gun Club, Tw last. week’s shoot of the Rochester Rod and Gun Club Ed Meyer carried off the honors of the day. Six men tied in the badge shoot with scores of 25 each, In the shoot-off Meyer, Weller, McCord and Case won the four certificates. Meyer broke 58 targets without a miss. Scores: Bebe) Mead einngoou SP rater o4 111111.01110911911111111011 —23 1000100010000 —25 Borst) 28 2:..35. Bieetoomooc et Ue 111992111101111111.101011. —25 *1011101010111111011111001101 —20 Weller, 27........ ons Spe ees» © 209119909111911911111100111 —24 1101.001.0199111111101111111111110—30 49999919110... —25 . *UOVIAAILOVITIII T0111 —24 Byer, 26. ,..2-:s.sss-ecvveceseas 4910911111011. —23 9911111110111111910011. —24 1991111111.10111011011110 —2b McCord, 26........- saben. Areas 4499999111011 —2b *1190011100001001000011 —25 Jones, 29..... BOUNDS SODOoEEE 0191999001911 —28 *01011110110110111011119110111 —22 Meyer, 2becrccsssses tc caecst ya 1149011001010 —25 ~ -4411911101111111101111110 —22 49990191199111111110111111. —24 DATTA 1001011 —24 W101. —2b LJUVNNORPORSUOGURROR ROR END —25 @ase, 28)... got besveld ela aya stsrgtii , OITA ONT —2b q #411111111101110011111110101. —23 Judson .......- oenanon seeoee ee oLL00011100991011111101101 . 0111010011111111111001111 11171111031 0011 Puller ...0.)----+-- enjaressaas® .. «+ -101101101111011010111100 Cogswell wv. eve eee ee Pe HCD , 0104111001011011010001101 1001110011011100111011710 * Scores made in shooting off ties. The West End Gun Club is arranging to hold a shoot on Decor- ation Day. The Maple City Gun Club, of Hornellsville, claims the same date. The sented at both places. Coldren, of Reading. ..s:..iy-esenees ochester Rod and Gun Club will be repre Woonsocket Gun Club, Wooncocxer, R. T., April 22—Lhe Woonsocket Gun Club held its first tournament of the season Saturday, April 22. The weather was unusually fine, and there was a good attendance of visitors. The Centerdale Gun Club was well represented by ten shooters and three or four spectators, together with the club scorer, A, - W. Walls, secretary of the Worcester Sportsmen’s Club, was pres- ent, besides shooters from Uxbridge and Burtrilville, Leroy, the Campello expert, was there, reptesenting the Du Pont Powder Company, and the Union Metallic Cartridge Company’s ammuni- tion. He shot a Remington gun, atid made a remarkable score missing but 4 on the entire programme of 120 targets. This raised the record of the grounds by several points, The scores by events were as follows: Events: ieee eine Wy ro Total Targets; 10 15 20 15 10 15 20 15 120 RAPE 1 Gia Peels ve iale jereveentr-aetatede te sete petite Fil i4 81218. 86 REIN GIa ea enotate seer ehhiee cect 6 9 17 10 93 GOT a A OE Cleats reenact does 7 12 18 12 95 (Css taepeetea ete re eee Cee tae i 8 12 19 13 107 1gEh a) GAbteenertiorre fat 911 15 12 82 Stade Wi cheseunzst 8 12 14 11 71 Campbell 9 7 17 12 88 Getchelley foo aku eaa ee 9 11 19 18 08 BRL Ve mettle ce ehh e neat ttt err ete 5 10 15 18 15 116 Smith 0 41112 9 71 Francotte 8 13 12 13 95 F A Inman Solera ee 68 Arnold KO 8 61 CGF AA hice Oak emu net yn vale oh pees 67 NET Eee eeiete ieee ekg eee tauaes STL Aa 14 64 Tere ete eI Reb keys cents ah 7 10 18 10 73 Griffith 9 15 18 12 84 Misarteiol 4 cee Pre teh ea Me cieee e p Nei nisoet 29 Johnson O sitter 38 DAY pc lecdrstsweeevestpepesberecwurrs yess Sus un 35 Baleom 8 8 8. 34 L B Arnold...... po Oe ee CD Boe SF i AT” Mies 27 Edwards ,.....3s.s.9 Menta ciiefime onl wy SN ies cet 10 Jeo Mo tree bso coat potcccra Ota fombeee 16° 7 23 Harris 4 Daniels vane es a. Callen Owe os 6 After the programme was finished, there were two extra events, The first was a miss-ard-out, This was won by Campbell. Root and Reiner tied for second place, Getchell was third and Mills fourth, haying tied with Slade, Grifhth and Bain dropped out on the first round, Root and Reiner shot of their tie and Reiner wor, The second extra was at 5 pairs, doubles: Campbell .....- 10.10 11 JI J1—8 Slade ...........- 01 00 00 61 00—2 Getchell 11.222, 10 10 10 10 00—4 Griffith .........- 10 11 11 11 10—8 RGGt cbt trys bees WL AL WO D0—S Malls veeeetsveese 00 01 01 01 01—4 LerOy vyecp sane 00 11 11 01 11—7 Shoot-off for first: Campbell .....- .01 11 01 10 10—6 Griffith ...,.....- 11 11 10 11 10—8 RDO teins aes ee 10 10 11 10 10—6 Shoot-off for second: Getchell .....«s. 410/10 00.12 10—5 Mills .,.....c0005 10: 10 01 00 10—4 Pawling Rod and Gun Club, Dover Pratns, N. ¥,—Herewith are the scores of our club’ shoot of Saturday, April 29, which also combined our postponed club shoot of March #5. It-was, as the reader will see, a double- header. Our members have the trouting fever, which had the result. of slim attendance, The scores are rather low om account of a strong south wind, which blew directly across the traps. We are going to give a tournament on July 4, all day. Liberal programme, on somewhat different lines than heretofore. Members’ cup, postponed shoot of March 25: Points. DT “Dallmany ee ces ween 1103101101111110100 11111121 4401119111111110111110100 2011. — 7—48 5 H Lelurgy, 12....00++- 0410100111111101111101100—17 , 111911111111110111100110—21—38 10—_48 4 FE Fenn, 18. ....--.60404 1110U0)11011100110000100—11_—* 1110011110011011111101011—1825— 7—36 1 E Foster, E2...+0-22+- 11110111011111101110011U1—19 to ; 1111911110111110001011011—19—38— 846 B Fry, 18....+-.06 , ee = -2101010001001101110101010—138 0011011011101111110110001—16—29— 9—38 2 H Nelson, 10..,.,-.--- 0111001101010101101100111—15 1011111001100141110111101—1833w Members’ cup, April 29: Tallman, 7....-...- +.» -L100711111110110101111110—20 4411111111111111111010111—23 —48— T—50 5 HL Lefurgy, 12....-....01100001011.10101111101111—16 : 0011101111110111111010000—16—32— 6—38 4 E Foster, 12.....,,+5+: 0111000100111011010111110—15 ; ; 1111101110111001101100111—18—33— 4—27 3 H Nelson, 14.........-1000110111001100110010111—14 0101111111110111001111010 18—32— 3—35 2 Postponed cash handicap, ee rate naeue H-Lefurgy, 10.... 19 625 E Foster, 6,...-: wa peers 18 4 22 I Tallman, 2... vend W EF Fenny 10. ...c.te -O10100191111101110101010—16 WWestcoth sayy ctest ebb eccesudedstsee.ea . . -010031014100011101001110i—14 GEE) anes acere hy avot ears petatasiteteesee ..011.00001.0001.0110111001001—11 Ridge, [hes..cerceseete enn ewtnwease rep tad (1111.09.11 191001 1123 QUEST ee Caaieh gab ewe te nce eum eee ees 411011111111010101111111—21 (PASETPIG TI sete tee eterclete ecb iets 119.11.01.00110001010113011—16 Wan Loony DOL... scccocenarpienendaedenes 10019.0319199111111011111.—21 nown angeles, 25 targets, President’s medal: Anaeeen Cae eb te ay eas V1110111011941191011111—23 CGlVEMAN. Bits cov adc cc sene poe ~2100101919911111.01011011—20 Emgle assssecscseeyeeenesses nee 1000131110100111,011.010100—14 Cartled ge 22... cece neces seen rere «0179910909110 1011 0 122 Calpine es pee ne etry Phd depal ha aabe 19.01.191191.1.1111.1111—24. TREY Appice Tobe e RO be Ree ese SS aru Lo” 01.1011.0100100011010001010—11. Gmiith, SOs. l...0ccs-sscueruoem eres ececcer an 010701191199119701110111—20 McKKarraher, 50..,.-.--.sesreeere ARP Ag OEE 0111101110101110011100011—16 SPRabEiSe Hote eee meee ole eo antoeereseae 0010010110011111110110010—14 Westcott, 50... .cccccepese eee eueneeeererers 00010011000000111011011 114.2 Hisentohr, 25....- Ne FOL ek eae Pe ie 101.0111140111101311111101—20 Points awarded according to inerease over previous records: Anderson 6, Coleman 5, Dorp 4, Cartledge 3, Smith 2, MeKaraher 2, Ball 1. - Baltimore Shooting Association Tournament. Bartimore, Md., April 28.—The sixth, annual tournament of our Association, April 25-28, was brought to a close this evening with the conclusion of the Maryland handicap, at 25 birds, $25, with $100 added money, in which there were only eleven entries, the honors being carried off by Col. Thos. Martin, of Blufiton, S. C,, with, a straight score, netting, $146.25, while second money on 24 was. divided between Col. Sedam, of Denver; Hayward, of Baltimore; Glover, of Rochester, and Le Roy; and Hood captured third money all alone. We were most fortunately blessed with beautiful weather, and can only express our regrets and deep disappointment at the slim attendance from out-of the-city shooters, as we had-every reason to expect a much larger attendance. We are at a serious loss to account for this, because we think we offered a liberal programme in the way of added money and no one barred, No.doubt we suffered to some extent from the result of the previous week’s shoot at Prospect Park, as a number who were in attendance there and had intended remaining over for our tournament, because provoked at their refusal to put up the added money on the last day, and, like the Arab, they quietly packed up their guns and as silently stole away. However, we had, all in all, a very pleasant time; all of the added money as . called for by our programme, was forthcoming, and not 4 com- plaint was made. vee We had as visitors from out-of-town: Col. Thos. Martin, Bluff- ton, S. €.; Col. J. S. Sedam, Denver, Colo.; Sim Glover, Roches- ter; B. Leroy oodard, Campello, Mass.; Pentz, of Harper’s Ferry; E, C. Burkhardt, Buffalo; B. H. Norton, of the Hazard Powder Company, New York; Mrs. Milt. Lindsley (Wanda) and Thos. Keller, of the Peters Cartridge Company and King Powder Company, while the following representatives upheld the honors of the B. S. A.: Messrs, Macalester, Hicks, Collins, ' Malone, Ducker, Harrison, Dr. Brooks, Hood Waters, Marshall, Mann, Ducker, Fox, Hawkins, Richardson and Gent. While we suffered somewhat financially, owing to the small attendance, still: we don’t complain, and are under great obligations to those who honored us, and in conclusion can only add we hope to have you all with us again at no distant day. The scores for the entire four days follow: April 25.—Targets: a AE Beck Sag aie Ye tee KIS 5 20 25 20 15 20 20 15 9 15 21 16 14 19 13 12 16 14 14 10 14 13 11 15 16 14 12 17 13 11 15 24191319 14 9 15 21 19 10 14 16 14 18 18 17 14 12°15 13 19 23 20 14 18 18 16 17 22 17 14 18 20 11 1131611 915 9 isbiky Boopee cud UsSocc sihano. somennangn 4 18/2018 10 fet Robpins | cer cweasesss EP the ppaicee es 10 18°19 13 16 17 16 11 17-19 13 Petites vente eat Leite oe pipboeseewens DIAS TT 13, 17. 21 1601 251s ek: PINOTEOM | eee =a ee Sie bpae Pe hhe tase TART 2 1A STOOD SR, caine ee eee Du Pont ...... Aer eeeou era ee oree fr 14 20 17 11 18 20 15 14 19 19 14 ) Tah aN ie eee Gene CO Pabe poeperen Rabee ney or 16 17 15 18 22 18 13 19:19 15 THarnisOM. aeasmoces were dee neant sass sete ge we 16°23 17 12-20 17 14 Robb cococece Poppet tenetit teense PB ence hare neeh et ali eas way coy. os GENE seccnepecevieccuvaryswtenen BASOS ORG see ee oe oe AO 15 12 D4 14 18 JAMISON sesccvecerobsus OE RoC eee mi 415 150 atte tus tx) rh Pete EN ne April Events 12345 67 8 91011 BAHGSe Slo nect ss eiece Septet mee heme e mete 18 19 16 12 19 24 19 14 18 19 12 "Malone .cccccceccscccsscectsccosscssoy 1417 14 1415 23 17 (616 16 13 ~ Tusty, FOREST AND STREAM. 9 16 17 14 18 24 18 14 20 18 12 stoeees stay Sn ePEREEE ssa» 18 16 17 18 17 23 20 13 16 19 13 81012 8 6151011 .. ..., 11 18 16 12 16 23 18 13 18 20 13 101116 $ 1618 18 .. 16 18 14 . 12 16 18 13 18 23 20 13 17 17 14 RRR ee Se ee 1417 18 14 20 21 18 13 19 16 14 14 18 17 11 16 24 16 13 16 17 12 ~ NBL KSB ee ree arrrick estore rere ey tae Doedor dell hh Ate ey ea tay BROW Meee RL COU Oe ete ie eye nets NT dh Dee i prepilin, eee elandi ey. cea A nee ore otc fo, LO 6 ba. chee es aa PGs aeeee ey Pere Terres »»» 16:17 18 13 16 22 20 14 19 18 14 CEIPUZ™ alt cle miny-feleltatslaseneerlin ttre tae ae Girl safes ceo aan Seee Rel a MiSrIGL Wie wawyonnenecrteuns secsscssce 14 20 20 13 19 22 16 12 18 19 14 Wianda: Fi Pontsoelucnaentatinn nad eer bier Cys diy Ary aE, Pane AA ae hart er eerste Aine de dappiesaota Semen 15-3317 26 145)... 15. 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Level ol bd tern ye abreeri-eu yA Pa Madadadocte ts ty ec) oy. et el PEE April 27.—Live birds: Miss-and-outs, $3: No, 1 No. 2. ware 22112220 11122211220 12122210 22212211212 S aecq ana 12111222 22222121121 Waeravertiaie vente 12111212 21111111221 yl) . 20 wieves sjaderegere als fals|starertveselebissperaimelark Ae aectae Meath 0 21121222122 Sotefetetetersieleleryiisitia sabe ofeeiare save Dane See @ 222220 Stee eet seo ee aan E A 22222229 222220 IDE Ghee Se yy saan nts it Reeser esau ees 210 2111210 Hisywatchs meeps cea TERR Osea tele « Cevitaniec ins. cele oe een 11221222112 Event 1, 7 birds, $5, 80yds.; f - WUlzerhhbe Ae ieee dra Py. 2100202 Wanda ....-.-2.sceeesse+es 1102002 Malone 010 Collins ...-....6 . 1012020 TEVICKES fy ae geet eee EL Norton 1021002 - Edwards Trl) -oeececene 1112022 Le Roy Sedan piverrecier 2200222 GIOVEE set eests Hayward ...........-.-... 2211211 Smith” stews peepee eee es Penton etteerettice sida elect aes 1000111 Daly As es enticed 01220 NaANMISOMe ee rubhihineriet re 2202000 IDSC ASTER roth eer eyes Oe 2222992 “Keller cescesesrs-s" Walle 2222200 Event, 2, 10 liye birds, $10, 30yds,: Wantiviy tsar sn 2110212202— 8 Hayward .......... 2222111110— 9 Mia lorie Vaaecange-t 11210 w olisis, ee & pais aa aes 2101120209-— 6 FLIGKS Geisveteoad need 222221222210 2122220222— 9 Sinkiyges. cere 2111212120— 9 ,«.1210111210— 8 Sedan iisscsrs ven y s 2222222222 10) R 222222222210) Glover ()iitistiers ,2111111222—10 é +. 2991212221 —10 Jamison 2202w . 202w. Norton ,- ..2020221022— 7 Du Bray 0)222222232— 9 Edwards 1222222222—16 Event 3, 15 live birds, $15, three moneys: Trap score type—Copyright, 1809, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. Maren 20 ber eeteee te ada 2101212999129121-14 BicksB0;. cee, see icici watch cit Ninth tree 19122001200w, Simith?-2o7.uiteceeees rhttigaacbereh veeee2 9121110922022 2-13 Sedam, 30....... ELA tS Senet Hees 992212929929012299 14 DS K GlaversSDloveysiyaicecoeuesstrs Pee 112920121229129222-1 WarOUS OTs ees eees eateareea taaraccetareseiars +. 00011002000 yp, Hoty ward) 80 Se cegstaacac actu ccuueveees 2111 11202212029-43 DeiRoye 20euton suavira ce eney ieneete sy to 2209299 9929999 0-44 Du Pont, 29. .ccecessceey Hoe iss os ate »21711010210021 1-11 Daly OO appease esc ses nein Ut dadaretiins 21120222200 w. Du Bray, 30....1..2006 RPP eer ee hirer 122199939922092-14 7 t “ats Woe BOs eee, eS er A as | 922111120912292-14 Wiayitlane opens ie ie iene ac easarges avererete ent Wied wane Te Oey PentZ Ob) cvrrt mane banecsiieeeee dy Mt 100102120w. Wiest; sett sechonbecaernreacuaiesddase 0 0121290013022 9-10 Edwards. 805-05. t 40 tiieth4 can iaeaaer eee 921111220921202-18 Stubener, 27,...-..- RERED REY ASRER AACE Aa on 122201002000020— 7 Keller, 28..:200400+s vetesrseversaeeevver2 020120220292 09—1, Watts, 28. le... sara ABA: beer worl 002020, Hood, 29...00geerreas ARLE ER Ce ate ae 2911191221222292-15 NS Z Malone, 29..... porter tec csoseves 1212212220194 1-14 April 28.—Several very clasely contested miss-and-outs were shot on this day, Messrs. Martin, Flicks, Malone, Hayward, Burkhardt, Du Pont and Sedam being among the winners. ‘The main eyent, the Maryland handicap, 25 birds, $25 entrance, $100 added, was shot to-day: E WWieriven Si s5o5554556965045¢0uo0ur Jo9e oe ye + 2221122122211222222121212—26 Burkhardt 28isaynenr--ceer eerie een 4s =02222200222220222020220222—19 Sedam, 30....... oT , .2221229112222222022111112—24 ay wards S0..s Soers-nbasdieod 1222021222021221222121222—23 Du Bray, 29. 2.0 cciss reece net trees ress vows 2222202202022222222222022—21 Fitchburg Rifle and Gun Club. Fireusure, Mass., April 21.—The Fitchburg Rifle and Gun Club opened the season by a shoot at their traps Wednesday, April 19. About thirty took part in the excellent sport. It was an ideal day, but scores were not high generally, for most of the men were and several had new guns, all of which conspired to keep the scores down. The shooting began about 10:30 and lasted until night, when Federhan, of Leominster Club, was way in the lead with 90 per cent. to his credit. He shot in fine form and was easily the star of the shoot, Messrs. Burbank, Spring and Wood, of the Leominster Club, also shot, and did good work. Of the Fitchburg Club men who shot E. R, Wilbur, Jr, M. A. Cutler, W. K. Smith, E. W. Gilson and S. W. Putnam, 3d, showed up better than their fellow members. ; In addition to the trap shooting, there was a rifle and revolver - practice, and Ed Starkey did fine work at both 25 and S0yds. with the revolver. ue a number of members are becoming in- terested in revolver Shooting, and it will be made more of a feature of the club work in the future. The shoot was a success, and was enjoyed by a large number of spectators im the afternoon. J in- close a partial list of the scores: 23 4 5 6°7 8 910 LutecbucbecGn tts s< ce Hh 6 4 7 S8:s8ien a. ae Ata Tete users sects Smee Viet hehgin iC= op etliete: ASG GGG, Dp ee SRS Ube (Se TaP te Se 4) Tigh UE RY IS BS 54578 666. le SAS eer nie ea aS Wee Ute Wy teens were rat or Terirtg 8000 i 7 Federhan ........5 Sera ssoaguga0 pteisicts ee oe Spring .:... SSS eens Re ee es ciate offers caret ip Mere ONE ee eee th Burbank ...-. Deel apeeRstesococonsG ie oe Be heen Gilt PREY pms W Wood ......-. Sette Sapper gor rnfreic ee) epi eae We aie OCH ye Meas Events 1, 4, 6, regular angles; 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10, unknown angles; 3. unknown traps and angles. ; C. * [May 6, 1800. ON LONG ISLAND, Hell Gate Gun Club. New York, April 25.—The monthly shoot of the Hell Gate Gun Club took place at Dexter Park to-day. Porty-iwo members out of fhity faced the traps. ' - Club shoot, 10 birds, 30yds, rise, 7 points handicap: iW _forster... ,» 2112022221—9 G Nowak..........-: 2220222200—T. E Doenick....., +++ 0+2202212202—8 Ff Frostel.....c..-.-- *20. C Weber sasessss »..2011120210—7 J Voss Sas tare qesunasu0r=s Pee ote ae: yore 646 points: : AIA Sate lea AZ2N112—9 © Lang.........:.-0s 110222001 A Schmitt AE al | 20222220128 FE Meta, htcibla see ts Mesnoeolt ae Titstilicht. yyeressese 2101212210—8 Peterson.......... 0010*21221—_6 J A Belden......... 02*2112220—7 C Rabenstein,......02220200#2—5 J Wellbrock....... «01210102117 P Woelfel........... 020*200222—5 ii Seat wards, aes immelsbach..... 10021121118 NeWMationsce sense 0111002220—6 ee Kreeb..:.... ,-202121212*—8 FE Meckel........... 0002000221—4- Steffens....,, »..,..1012120012—7 J P Dannefelser..... 0002110100—4 eae eee yancs, 542 points: uenohi 45. 022121201—8 G K Breit *220012220—6 BK Arie esac 2*20101111—7 F Wehler...... + 71 lozoe120000—4 Reg Reaan ptemen a. pegenpnny ah fv OMLeP sexu tar sDUURL2OODO oan ene ee tee unseen 5 points: Facer th Ba ae 112211222 10 C Fuchs..... 1000010002— 3 H Haften...........22220002*2— 6 idt.vs++- : ioe these Q0geti2001— Be nmi +. r--*102000100—3 feeb CNS yards, Az points: HOGelar wen Grid: 010101127 Fred Guy ..........0000 E Marquardt........220*120210—6 - H Cattott Ante SN neni P Brénnativemt... 22 0112200010—5 J Selg........, os ves 1000200020—3 Ree. yards, 4 points: ; chaeffer.... sc... 10210020004 G Phillippi.........- *100100100—2 D a icadyesewnn det 0202000012—4 LT McPartland....... 0000102000 ests: ; EF (Gerbolini...:.,..5 0101002211—6 A J Dresehke....... 0000020222—4. EvucENE DoErmex. Brooklyn Gin Club, Brooklyn, L, T., April 29.—The weather was chatming, the da being a blending of spring and summer as to weather, “there ae a clear light, no wind of any consequence, and a balmy feeling in the air, all of which were conducive to good scores, The magau- trap was kept going till near dark. John Wright contemplates giving an all-day target shoot some time before May 15, and this insures at the start that it will be a success, for the amiable manager of the Brooklyn Gun Club studies deeply beforehand what prizes will be useful and pleasing to his clientele, Capt. J. A, H. Dressel was among the visitors> as were also Mr. Lincoln and Miss Randall. No. 10 was a handi- cap at 15 birds, and was won by Remsen in a tie with Hopkins. No. 11 also was a handicap. No. 12 was the prize eyent, a subscrip- Boe to RORPEE AND STREAM, ; lt was a handicap. Waters shot for targets only. Smith, Cramer and Skidmore tied, and in the shootott Dr, Crater and Smith tied, In the shoot, Smith was scratch man and Cramer had 3 as a handicap; score, Smith 9,.Cramer 10. Nos. 18 and 14 were at 15 singles and 5 pairs, Events: H 1.23 45 6 7 8 91011 1213 14 Targets 10 10 10 10 10 15 10 15 10 15-15 15 25 Atel we eey en unteees spate B99 Tl 9. 29 Ol od 5 (DrINEGHE hamdsan vedi ane soins Tease (be lomee pemee oboe chet oamen Hopkins ceases i Menbebres (eee Rt A! Merete be oe bee We pe IE Arte ee Buy dellsonasns. ehPiG: MiP e tk Spl Re sat GOlOL ates IDreUreatiels eo sas Oe en idee cet Chea Pee (ee eee Size 8 Sls IDresicemib ies -LeeGelhtvactenesicnicenty nes TOD Lie, aarti a: IDPS THT tase Be aren ct LU 8 eRe eh oe Brawl oasacedgessanehetaetit ress mae G6. SCE aaee = SKIUIOTE Lfeebcdn es bonete crete ieeeee es fear Peer eo te IREMISEHE eecsereucess( seed rie ree ta Sede ce (Ond4 OS 4-5 2b IDB soho hnnehera tt eae fei gt ba ca yea ht A ie Bn ee he eames Crreaco, Il., April 28—The Illinois State shoot, May,. 9-13, comes nearly thirty days ahead of the stereotyped date of the first week in June, and will classify among the first trap, events of this Section. The Peoria boys will no doubt make things lively. Chicago Trophy, In the race for the Chicago trophy, shot between Messrs, Silas Palmer and E. S. Rice last Tuesday, Mr. Palmer won, in his very good style, killing 23.out of his 25 birds, Mr, Rice 17 out of 29, he having 4 birds added. Both at 30yds. - r rae At the meeting of the subscribers to the Chicago trophy, held on Wednesday evening in a State street hall, the following trustees were elected for the ensuing year. Messrs. FP. H. Lord, F, R. Bissell and W. B. Leffingwell, These are good men, and they will haye the confidence of the shooters. Garfield, Garden City, Eureka and Caltiimet Heights clubs were represented. Grand Forks. The fifth annual shoot of the North Dakota Association will be held at Grand Forks, June 13 and 14. Rose system. Targets at 2 cents. A liberal programme has been arranged. 4 Mr. A. €, Paterson and Mr, Thomas P. Hicks, immediately after the contest for the Chicago challenge trophy was finished on April 25, challenged the winner in due form, and the keen interest in it-continued unabated. E. Hovucna. 480 Caxton Buttpine, Chicago, Til. Trap at Watson’s Park. Burwsrpe, Ili., April 25—The scores made in the contest for the Chicago challenge trophy, to-day, between Messrs. E. 5. Rice and S. Palmer, are as follows: ' Wot Bsr Aires ae AN ERE SSE bake , «+» -10202211020020120000221220011—17 S Palmer, 30... +200. ce eens sstee sen cees 291411111121111110022 © —23 April 28,—25-bird match: - J H Cummings......:. cep pesey sees sees es Ld O2012112212111122112212— 23 J Sampson .......- Pra eeibetaste see eeae o1220211110221221012210100—19 “Important if True.” Tue following clipping is from the Chicago Times-Herald, of April 29, and seems to effectually settle the matter ot the. time and place at which the Grand American Handicap will be held next year—excepting what the Interstate Association may deter- mine for itself later. While the modest laudation has a good basis in fact, there is some doubt as to the correctness of the matter concerning the G A. H. The clipping is as follows: “Tt is more that probable that the Grand American Handicap shoot will be held in the West mext year. Already Eastern shooters have broached the idea of transferring the great event from Elk wood Park westward, and Western sportsmen stand ready to make all the necessary arrangements, “The West has not asked for the shoot, from leading Eastern trap-shooters themselyes. vine The overtures have Yesterday E. . Rice, the well-known manager, received a letter from Irby Bennett, vice-president of the Interstate Association, practically assuring Mr. Rice that the West could have the shoot if it wanted to. Mr. Bennett wanted to know what arrangements could be made for holding the shoot here. As Mr. Bennett is also chairman of the committee on grounds and location the letter may, be re- » garded as a direct proposal. 2 “The showing made by the Western shooters in the laSt tour- fament was probably the most potent factor in aiding the astern shooters to arrive at the conclusion which was expressed. tit the jetter by Mr. Bennett. The Westerners in the last sheot* made an impression on the Eastern trapsmen, which the-latter aresnét‘liable to soon forget. . First prize went to Tom Marshall,’ of -Meiths- burg, Ill, and practically every other trophy worth having was carried westward. The party conducted by Mr, Rice contamed a greater number of winners than has ever been the case before. . “Before the shooters left for the East the matter of a Western association was also under discussion. Jt was intended to hold a- great shoot in Chicago next ‘year, at which it. was asserted every shooter of note west of the Alleghanies would be present,” May 6, 1809,] Missouri State Amateur Shoot. Kansas Crry, Mo,, April 28—The tournament of the Missouri State Amateur Shooting Association, under the auspices of the Washington Park Gun Club, was a pronounced success, notwith- standing that many unavoidable obstacles interposed, sich as high water and unfavorable weather. ~The former no doubt kept many of the Kansas and Nebraska shooters he for with the threatening aspect of ali the rivers in this part of the country it makes railroad traveling very uncertain, as many of the streams are reported as being over their banks. This will naturally deter the prudent man from making any trip where he is likely to be ptevented from returning home by an overflow. However, those shooters who did attend this tournament, went away pigeerat I fell safe to assert, for it was conducted on the Tight line, as the programme was arranged so that the poorer shots had at least a chance for their lite. The purse was so divided that when one shot into the money heat least received his entrance back, even though it was only fourth place. In speaking of this I refer to the target events of course, for I am frank to admit that the management erred in having four moneys in the 7 and 10-pigeon events, With such a division, it was rarely that any of the contestants were out of the money. In pigeon events of this kind high guns should prevail. Two moneys or every five entries would be a fair ratio, and I believe there would be nearly as many entries, This would at least enable the contestant who shot well to break even on the sport, while on the other hand, if he only kills 4 or 5 out of 7 he should not be entitled to any money, The management admitted the mistake, but very resolutely persisted in carrying out its programme, which is of itself commendable. The Washington Park Gun Club is composed of young energetic business men, and it is safe tao predict, Etenit they attempt to hold another tournament it will be €ven more successful than the present one. All of the members contributed their mite toward the success of this shoot, and toa entimerate all the workers at this tournament it would be necessary to publish the roster of the club. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Association was held at the Midland Hotel, and in the absence of the president and vice-president Mr. Herbert Taylor was called on to preside. Only five clubs were répresented, and after some discussion it was decided to take no definite action in regard to selecting a place for the next annual meeting at present, but to meet again at St. Louis next month, when the Missouri State Fish and Game Protective Association will convene. An executive committee, however, was appointed Which consisted of a member from each club, and which is com- posed as follows: Herbert Taylor, St, Louis Gun Club; Dr, E. R. Hackerson, Moberly Gun Club; W, EH. Allen, Pleasant Hill Gun Club; Walter Howe, Washington Park Gun Club, and Chris. Goltt- lieb, O. K. Gun Club, both of Kansas City. The sentiment seemed to prevail that there is really no oceasion for the existence of this organization, and it has been suggested that it be merged with the parent one, which will most likely be done. Such an amalgamation would materially strengthen the alder organization, Present and participating: C. C. Nauman, San Francisco, Cal.; Hatry Dayis, Richmond, Mo.; W. Gulick, Brookfield, Mo,; B. Daniels, Denver, Col.; W. A. Smith, Greenwood, Mo.; ; ». Thomas and W. H. Allen, Pleasant Hill, Mo,; A. L, evinney and T, Stevenson, Olathe, Kan.; Dr. J. C. Jones, W. G. Lytle and B. O. Running, Atchison, Kan.; H. L. Talbot, A, H. Barlow and Geo, Stevenson, Waterville, Kan.; A. Dixon and S. W. Bullock, ere Mo,; T. A. Brown, Frontenanc, Kan.; W. H. Koohler and J. W. Gott, Leavenworth, Kan.; Chas. Young, -Springfield, O.; D. S. Gregg, Kingfisher, O. T.; D. W. Cooley, Oxford, Kan.; J. R. Wilmot, Lexington, Mo.; F, N. and C. B. Cockrill, Dr. S. Redman, Dr, A. D, Park and G. D. Park, Platt City, Mo.; Bud Freeman, Blue Springs, Mo.; Geo. McClure and L. SS. Eddins, Sedalia, Mo.; G, W. Jenkins, Wamego, Kan, W, S. Allen, Raymore, Mo.; Dr. C, B. Clapp and Dr. E. R. Eek s Ons Moberly, Mo.; Paul Mellinger and Parhan, Wichita, an. The trade representatives were Jno. J. Hallowell, Bridgeport, Conn., of the U. M. C. Co.; J. S. Fanning, Batavia, N. Y¥., Gold Dust Powder Co.; Paul North, Cleveland, O,, Cleveland Target Co., whe materially assisted the management by seeing that the target events and magautrap were kept going; Herbert Taylor, St. Louis, Mo. Du Pont Powder €Co,’s representative. The tournament was held at Washington Park, where all the trap- shooting of Kansas City is done. This park has been described in your columns several times before. The targets used at this tournament were bluerocks, thrown from magautray, First Day, Tuesday, April 25. In the early part of the day most of the interest centered in the shooting of Sweet, who for several events kept grinding out Straights on targets, without any apparent effort whatever, He got through the first four events without a miss, but in the next he could not get beyond his 9th bird, the loss of which gaye him a run of 68 straight. This excellent start enabled him to finish at the top of the list; not undisputed, however, as Gottlieb, who shot in his usual steady, unconcerned manner, managed to over- haul Sweet right at the finish, and thus these two ate tie for high average with .935, a percentage that would do credit in the. pro- fessional class. y Next to these comes Charley Young, 4 birds short of their total, and he is in ttirn closely followed by MHallowell and Koohler. Not only did Young shoot targets well, but his work on live birds was also of the best; for he and Besch were the only two that killed straight in the two live-bird events, which consisted of 17 birds. However, Young’s run on live birds, 26, _ scored 9 more in the miss-and-outs that followed the conclusion of the regular programme, Young’s miss did not occur-until it was decided to go back a yard each round in order to settle this event. To Besch, though, goes the honor in the liye-bird events, as his tun is even two greater than Young’s, being 28. His first loss had to be recorded when he was shooting at 35yds, This miss- and-out created no end of interest, for there were twenty-nine ~ entries, and if was only possible to decide it by going back a yard each round, which began with those who had 7 straight to their credit. On the 12th bird the 35yds. mark was reached, and there were yet 4 straight, but here Nauman and Besch fell out, so nec remaining, F. N, Cockrill, W. H. Allen and Wilmot, ivided. The target programme consisted of nine 15 target events, and one, No, 6, at 10 pairs. The entrance in each was- $1.50. Then there were two live-bird events, a 7 and 10-bird shoot; $5 and _ $7.50 were the entrance respectively in these. The former had $10 added and the latter $15. There was also $100 added im the target events. The weather conditions were perfect. Shot Byents: 123 45 67 8 910 at. Broke. Ay. Citas Adebee es atas 1515 15-15141515141814 155 145 .935 Gotthchente ie: 1415 1414141813151414 155 145 935 Vote: meen eo nio on 1518 1213151615151814 155 141 .909 Hallowell ......... 1213 1515141515121518 155 139 .896 POOH ere ie iets uuldelete 14:13 141413181412 1312 155 137 -883 Wauman S22)... , 121510141317 151391812 165 136 877 Wright ...... ona Wisi IT td2i413 15 129 1832 EF W Gockrill..... WIZWIWI9I 91475 165 128 825 W A Smith....... 13.1116 12131212318 1812 155 128 895 Brown .. a 1314121414 14121711311 155 128 1835 Thomas 10121012 121812181312 155 128 793 Lytle ... 1818151281011 175121512 165 121 .780 | Laidlaw 7 911 1012121212101] 155 106 .688 “Barlow ...... .... 1612751915 1415 14 125 119 959 Daniels 15151818 .,.18141815., 125 116 928 pz: ae tee eae ele ele BEd at He SoA 45 4t O11 (Sera) ae Uae eae BA A) Sab pry Te OTe 45 ate Oil SCA LL Ap Amen ae mea ehlsttae Un Gun byhalZ Pe aee 95 86 905 Running ..cypseeeee- W111i Ii 1414 .. 140 195 892 Hernan s55-.0000 Re se Ne be wel ay 35 Bill 885 Dixon ...--.-.---- 1414141810 ..13151312 435 18 874 ID AS@oe see anes oe ee ey ea oa ees 14 43 “R66 Cornett <....... 05 19.1312 ..18 .. 1417213512 120 103 858 a 1IGN Wines: i pt Hep ee ee See? 60 5) 850 TDENCSS 20 Sosinee ogee 411112 9..351381512 13 2 ~~. 842 Jones ...-...- eB aoe a ee SP ee 105 88 8338 Jenkins Meneaa os LZR IS .. 1414181071 489120 0«©6 1100S s—«=#'8388 wines afigcuceerraa > ot Pee eaten De key ee 60 Et) 816 Walhot: .scs oat -.,, 124272 141812718... | =61Bh SO ~~ 806 runs ...s.seres reece hy pH dicey Gin Eee EOE xmtlteh oF ao 12 800 iL WRC roa Uenl ay Soe Fal 2 Bee oe Pe 04 30) 12 800 Cinime selec eeiy dedeale S10 5 ds2q3 43 135 107 yi92 Wareom ai 27poree ts Sabi sbhakyabjetoGy Py ir, An 125 99 792 ca aa) Ql eek Tey Olea i HR 60 a] 788 Tea ee See eee ahaa es, aon 95 72 stl Percnkas) -<-:-2ee ces sane BB BT Gk oe ae oe ee ve Wellington, 17-......<«.- ere Tee eT Pam ometoare routes 75 8 6 4 3 6 6 Spencer, IS... ns steep etesee essen en 4s ee (ey lie) Coe he 7 ay a! Eyent 4, known angles; events 3, 9 and 11, pairs} unknown, ; d . ! Third contest, merchandise series, 30 targets, unknown angles; the balance Sheffield, 16.....cccecssees 191111111111101101.1011.0011.0110—23 Woodrutf, 17..-....+-:- .19.11111101110010111911.001001—22 Miskay, 18...cccceeese--ss 11101101001311311011001101111—22 Michael, 16...... cde iinet esier ansch yo -11101011101100111.001111001110019 Spencer, 18......csscees -10111001101011110110101110100119 Wellington, 16......... poghoparacananys 1011.0091.001011011111010101110]—19 Williams, 15,.........cs20+ tosigen 1.00110010111111311011000110110—19 Leonard, 16......cns-scenccrateerrrees 011100011011110010100111111100—18 Bricher, 16 ....esyesreene cede cotsees 0011.0111010100101100w Mfearsn iG etter ec cfeke kamen reine: 00010000111.001001000w Steele, Glos... cea any pace Pesce aS OL 1100101100w Centetdale Gun Club. Centerpae, R. L., April 30—Our third medal and merchandise shoot yesterday had fourteen entries, and the scratch men had ta shoot hard to get a few points. Inman and Phettiplace tied for first with 24, and Griffith and Hammond, both scratch, scored 23. ‘Before and after this event, eleyen other events were shot. The afternoon was perfect for shooting, and consequently some good scores were made. . Dr. Hammond tried a new load, with which he was very suc- cessful, scoring 26 out of 27. Remington is getting back to where he belongs, and before long he will make them all hustle. Griffith shot in his usual strong form, but_shot remarkable at doubles, scoring 15 out of 16. Inman and Phettiplace are both shooting strong, and will surely lose their liberal handicap after the next shoot. Next Saturday all the boys are going to attend the opening shoot of the Pascoag Gun Club, and you can rest assured that we will all have a good time: Events: 123 4%5 6 7 8 9101112 meee: 10 101515251010 * * * 10 25 (Griffithiesauvmer 1d asm burs CINCHER oy ERSEE Ini verily ally os 2 Se as 55 Phettiplace .scccescsunceouveroucns Ray rae a taeet a MS Ciee ace ed Ibshentehoe eager rere ree Sata: S484 OPT De eee eae oe caer use Reiner ...-.- beeeee Pe hia te eile pe ey abt es ee ee, Bag Slade ....+ecersuewes Pinfrtcletc bef) at petit LEIP Thor ts e S rite s SW EEE a resstaterstehelele te (eientenese oe heed Arent oF in a ‘ ee 3% H i 14 friel Boedrismriecrcrorce Berea es, Ae as se acpeere mice AMER eee TAS pean4- 2 7 16. 8) 3 10 teat Francotte ...-..<< eerie tiaeasie De Geol ay ay ay BE ae Arnold PUTS oietrtielelalerers pisimialateierers eee), 222 Re lt De tat eon Remington .....ceccre Mielslvicissetd tat tiem a S209 a 6 eee: Moore ...-cscssene Bese cane emeey Pace ta eprpiibedliy ome art ty he Lao Tortie eile ao Hap yee HIRO ceee eer horse ile ua a eee ens Ghermam .crcceccovnesssreteser--c0= = AG Gl) ot Go oa ae cee bo Sarit tite lase Wie syererbsblece sty .bpie-n to Fibra uretetare ve ines A Lana DLT George .....1. Te th ee a OC een fe Cemery cue 8 og pt fe FTArrIS cet co tect bb demscaderersecense bs fee reel) *The fifth event was the handicap; "Nos. & 9 and 10 were miss- and outs, WN. FE. Rerner, Sec’y. FOREST AND STREAM. Lincoln Gun Club Tournament. Lincoin, Neb., April 24.—Hlerewith are scores made at our tournament, April 18 to 21 inclusiye, The cliib’s system of-iree ee pve universal satisfaction, and the shoot passed off very leasantly: 2 ae ees ‘ . j The first day was’ véry fine, and ‘the scorés on this day were the best during the’meéet.° On the second day the sky was covered with black clouds, and the wind blew a gale directly into the shooters’ facés, which made good scores impossible. The third day was clear and cool, with a strong wind blowing from the north directly over the traps and bearing the targets close to the ground. On the second day the club gave a handsome gold badge, which was event No, 5, emblematic of the interstate championship, which was won by D. D. Bray, of Syracuse, Neb. A rather singular occurrence was that in a field of thirty-five entries only one man should break straight in the first ten. It is prob- ably due to the fact that Mr, Bray has been a trap-shooter in Nebraska winds for twenty-three years, and no doubt better ac- quainted with the erratic flight of the targets on that occasion, Tuesday, April 18, - All events at 15 targets: Events: Tee 8 a 67 Ss 90 Broke C.E Latshaw.....--...:es222.5- 14 15 18 11 15 14 18 14 10 13 182 lx DIEMETS a Pee LE CARE REET heb riliie 12 12 15 12 13 14 11 13 14 13 129 TS EG Lari ven seis talssiciels sis 8 12 18 10 10 14 12 18 10 11 113 Cream PeLersOnet sa yerrrreeerebeeen 15 13 1414 14 138/18 15 11 15 137 VEG bode erehBorraoortpousthe 14 14 14°12 14 13 12 15 14 18 135 Shed Thies onoAouensiy oe ..... 18 1412141512 9131414 130 AM “Bernhardt... 0 ites eases « 15 13 15 14°13 14 14 18 13 12 136 We Dee AD aoe Ake ores oe 18 12 13 18 12 13°12'14°12 14 = 128 Grant (Kimballs).........2.-++- W121 141312151 Ww 8129 W _E WSessler...........-- Se ee Orla. oe 84 BVT eee eee enna jane 9 14 12 13 11 12 13 12: 15 15 126 QD Sid rmatieenaeneeeee ss 13 11 11 1444 10 18 12 14 14 126 JOR IDE lekacy a aes OR Sere Cy erinescerk 11 18 13 14 14 13 15 14 14 13 134 Salueoatimdensaeaceces nes eae oe 9 14 14 14 14 15 12:13 14 18 132 Up TSE ster oe Senne Sag a 121411141111 714-7 8 109 ED BR ollardinerive tens cuss Reine fiery Spa eat te Te an oo Min Et Sieerntn cet ccssansmscnset 12 1414 141315121512 14 135 Re Sissi palleewe. seca add cadeews 1412-15 1215 1515121314 137 WM Moores sees.-ss -eeeraknanis $11 12111212 810-918 106 So (Garner tei ee eee $4 ll, COM LORS Bere siete cee aes 49 (Sep OPPyatls ee peyelsieclann aoe .. 813 11 12 12.15 13) 9 11 12 116 eG BR berry penne ne ee teae ote 1112141212 911121314 120 1S) TDS US ena s one, AB ocr ob re WWMWWWWAWI4I213 86122 W Je@rean’ oi. teen pee sene EPPA eer feces et Se S 62 J M HigginS.....cscceseseneses 713 9 91210 6 91214 101 H H Hawman..... Lumaneieene sah [ U412 Tilii1id 7 14 98 TecGlydeve ese eb al beiweed Bere Tyee. Tene che cB es 39 Gr Slow Cartenes easel de ee LO) BACHE os ne a le 43 Geo Be Bertonienernasssseces i ‘tery Jeb eee be eS 65 Tew Baileyewenwecewesescsessn cama GOpicweb ALOT apie iems 60 (ARS AMIE WS ten tecnsc.s5,8 tesa ese 12 14 12 10 13 12 12 15 12 11 123 (eR 1S MYER o reaintererrri gti ein 12 123 14121315 9 13 14 13 127 W D Townsend..-.... ididetised 13 10 13 11 10 14 12 15 10 11 419 McDonald) ovcscecenss needa. 11 12 13 1313 9 11 12 11 12 17 LEV) WS eesti cheers eens eeepc oor 3 13 15 13 15 12 14 12 15 13 14 137 TT SWilatieiearccecueitiactiartrestrerstory aveseee ms stack biete Bera dpac 12141214 ,. 12 64 We (Spe beiresjnesmpauanrennane pent 11 9 12 10 12 1218 10 11 11 1 Wednesday, April 19, All events at 15 targets, scceUr No; 5, 10 targets, gold badge: Events: $45 6 7 $ 910 Broke. G SleverS.......45 pine te Saecceedaatl 128 912 81813121312 104 CC) Be Gatshawires in tdeeeee se eme 12121014 811101110 9 99 IB. oSlarket eae ee ee eee eee 9 8 912 71118131211 98 Geot Peterson ies ress prnebrs a5 14 91312 9 14 14 12 15 12 113 H C Mortenson, seeseevee 10101215 TMM iIZ1t14 107 TES REREVE Giseheeates eis apes WWW §$1IWWWIwWIb 13 IB eniss 98 einen Avr Ge 7 oa 13121118 812101410 8 103 Bei ate forsee gs ces asa ne ingiowie se 11141218 8 9 10 11 11 10 101 ERG bn doteceecects Bee Bap pabeee eas i111 $iIsziZIivis1s 115 Lowrey .. 05h. seeshes Se stene 10121218 911 10 1813 a1 105 IMGT ERS ses pa hiv ne Spee Vee e 69-1087 10) 16) 99)! alas 87 TimdermMan $510.:0seweewees 101 811 4111312 943 98 Lea teh re ters Att od 10 14 9 12 10 13 15 13 14-14 114 Saunders wechiew sree etieee eras 1 P1211 912 9131318 103 Iikedse SSG ae Pe heee cues 10 § 810 9 8 9 11 1218 90 IATA LE WSauese nersideieds oe kel s am 12 81013 8 13 15 12 12 14 109 McDonald: Jyseeserewacessee ..... 910 9 9 61010 10 10 14 91 Townsend 1 ),).-3 222s shes wecees § 91012 8 912 71418 $4 TITERS es ork beastie weet 108 714 410121214 9 96 Iie PAO eebeAneoDermnat doen 121417110 81414121414 Wh EMGUISECE) cue leche mm asesacecelsls 918-912 6121112 913 100 DMyetentlerfere's inns lee aertelalvelye 11 9 51412131414 107 GitrsSene lod Ue eaneanonmatretmayreratia 12 12 10 11 oe 7 10 10 12 an rales LD ee aaa wate Merits Oats Raigoles Ta scccasae: ey ragace 9 8 5 6 4 81210 612 75 Hairgrove -......--- Seesassatiek 111112 6 91010 4218 99 ADbtolesto, Bshertinenc ceo er Eypocueart 1010 910 71410 1213 14 102 Burton jl-.s: Surnceveereaee sea . 1413892 7 8 91011 O12 9G IMIGOLe) | Lyoaw cu seroeae STs Soot SILIOM FW I,. 83 Schroeder wiwaiisretn eee eces 66s 10121012 9 71210 812 93 Hawman iathatebetod Jasabis boi 1131110 6€1WhHi 7 96 Shaw. Gyesriiahhernterte tay ee ee Diet ree) og ti Suir Pa Schultze ...... tu anata gtatetwlalatatecs BoM Bvt td ah res Bed PonwMSOrn peterivescesscttetenaess SRO PED eX eee ies Pye IPTOSSEre Voebeted ene ete cine jaacees AL sii poe eat 12 Alexander ......0...00++ asta Go aL ‘an 10 ARM covet erosteroereuetabokk hed fe 1340 5121 612 810... 13 82 Badwards etepetiy ns. SAP ee ne a 510 9 ret a4 Orearesbenepersssiitrecsteceeess Le 5 : 16 (Giitator | 55 incase apr beGh eenine Cote? eee pte tee Sk es 14 WolNAra wthhtrsoounsteseneres sre = QU ets eld xp peckieas 9 Bailey ..pssecssssereeerer oneare 8 9 Fy ee fe es eee 7 Kimball .,,-++5: PE Ty acl eG GR efabeicih = wills ANTHERS Se ed doce aciove cralaleteielet Pir uaeee Lanes a eocy mba ane Weare tLey 59 SEEM THE a Aline nen ea oars iglesia oie eed ae lee pate, Seal pelet LOL a 81 OClyde aissann Tea ere Ce iri clem ae will Cowperthwait .secrsreereeeerers Bee ee ng ne rt ve ne ee ae ff Katte gti pepe senondsldtag See it oe fhe? > Heya An bn 7 Thursday, April 20. All events at 15 targets: i ieee, 4 4 129 45 6 7 8 910 Broke Latshaw .---+ A pecncentprerr tna egal aS iN seep IS es 419 Srevetiswess ce seats fistesersyse O18 12 91412121413 14 te Mortenson .......0+ vevseevseese 11121412 1415121318 14 120 Petensolmesmiiedsehnerrse ae veoe 141495181414 12 141414 197 Glark. -hee used Audeeonnere tops 3 . 10 12 12 12 14 14 12 13 10 i 11 Hulberty: Qeeuuninews si pe ... 10 9181418 1411121210 18 vans Gye tbutes hehe vesceensee AV 8° 7141418131215 Je TEST HERaS peterson ge IDG ETT EINE yeahs Ak) alt) FICE! ee senor eee epee 1 913181118174 91211 414 LOWrey ..csssceeee Weyl eae Sa mina Ree GEM ibh EES salkh) Linderman cicccrcveveseecseeees 10 44.13 13 10121214 1014 22 Miller -.iecestre 1018121212 1413 11 1612 123 Burks. 2) hoitass W121i 1210 Si21213 11 113 Saunders 12138 1414131413151215 184 Bray ..csss--s 141414 141815121215 11 134 Andrews . 611M 116 McDonald . 1211 12121214 7 91310 112 Townsend ... . 18 15 13 11101217 121313 866128 Higgins .... . 511 912310111313 1012 110 Trotter .. , 12 11 138 1212 14151314138 129 Hollister .,,;.+.-. te . 9121012 1211101212 9 109 Diefenderfer .-.... 101212 181412123141012 128 Burton “fissreeceeces 61111 g11 1011 9 9 12 Os TWEaRIaS Ta ninntmtoabbnrnnasaucoue jie alla Pahl) AAG Sek tek 74 CAE SE Ie dididouraininaek oreenrecance cosets U2) Uyeakiy allay akan aly) aby abs 99 Shaw. (2berenss sb Lo PRIA) A RSI OCT ORL ed Ua ae teens 5d DUNCAN: boars secyevrcveracnsnsme 1010 14131418 10121213 tat Hawman ....ss0ysos Raemebtgac 10 us ea 9 91013 810 a Bae have Sake 19 69 911i 61512 100 Ruggles ... NWWV2NwWMNIM It White .... cc 12 18 8 18 10 15 11 15 ay gues al oe, WIDWIS 12 14 SIBI4 1b 125 Grant ...... ai, 10 Sea 1). ease 0 Stein ...:-- era? load 10 a 12 10 12 11 13 os Organ eer rere pit on ten ee ee ete Garner, se Hartree inet ele sede ince died 18 J E Erb .. shh k tee ees Reve REP een 9 (Garter: avec es accnjeus es amaeses site 1211101218 913101011 110 Interest naturally centered on the last. day, which was the Wes- tern Interstate live-bird handicap, 25 irds, $15 entrance, 100 added. I herewith attach scores in this event, also the merchandise prize winners. There could not have been a more popular victor in the handicap than the winner, Mr. Peterson, who is one of those quiet gentlemanly shooters who always saws wood, and ’ May 6, 1800, was never known to criticise the managethent of a tournament, He used a Parker gun, Smokeless shells and Schultze powder, killing 48 birds during the shoot without a skip, EEN poUa set icin aes ttatieernssuvnns sdagooneneoee1e222 21 02222 —28 Paso, BU Se peat taantenewesees Ledeed2212211112112221222—25 ogres ORS on See stecelitatciclv inate We eitaancoh fe sf 1222110122222220112222212 23 He QILEMSON a yoU sayy ae seen ee oF eat iaeene oes 2110122202222222229222202—22 JGVEES Ao tate ecient viele aS i9.9°9 Foo tn bee on tea2"111212111121222991 93 Sue ie PA passa do Lrwtete'sts, plea) ietlanrh enacts 0212212011101021121201112—20 Stam, SHE Le Rees SURAA- onreneoctes eee ence © 2202222222222222001222202 93 _ Diefenderfer, 28........ Veena tOsass «+. «2010010222000221122102102—16 Hollister, Bos ener ese eeeserseesennses 2022222222122122022202222 23 Bernhardt, CAN Mp Sedo oetorteee Goceee eee 201*2112120221111120112*2—20 PH taiies Peete snosnEmBadouncelen eri ane cmben 2120211201221220221110222 93 Heshataheani capri, 2aY ep yyrgjeesces entree a pollen a ve © 22222222120"2292222222022—ai5 Wal ee Ean ad Sha. ro nnedodbyenednenntsnc 212222*220221222121212"22-—29, Bray, 20...,....211. RMN nnn ae ee *20222102212112*220122222-—2() Gran ee oO iia wares “TLLODOCTEE EOL